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Bridge Builder Core Bond Fund
Ticker: BBTBX
Bridge Builder Core Plus Bond Fund
Ticker: BBCPX
Bridge Builder Municipal Bond Fund
Ticker: BBMUX
Bridge Builder Municipal High-Income Bond Fund
Ticker: BBMHX
Bridge Builder Large Cap Growth Fund
Ticker: BBGLX
Bridge Builder Large Cap Value Fund
Ticker: BBVLX
Bridge Builder Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund
Ticker: BBGSX
Bridge Builder Small/Mid Cap Value Fund
Ticker: BBVSX
Bridge Builder International Equity Fund
Ticker: BBIEX
PROSPECTUS
October 27, 2023
The Securities and Exchange Commission has not approved or disapproved these securities or passed upon the adequacy of this Prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE FUNDS’ INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIES     77  
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING PRINCIPAL RISKS OF INVESTING IN THE FUNDS     103  
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS INFORMATION     119  
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SHAREHOLDER INFORMATION     142  
ACCOUNT AND TRANSACTION POLICIES     146  
TRADEMARKS     152  
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS     153  

SUMMARY SECTION
Bridge Builder Core Bond Fund
Investment Objective
The investment objective of the Bridge Builder Core Bond Fund (the “Fund” or the “Core Bond Fund”) is to provide total return (capital appreciation plus income).
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
The following table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as annual program or administrative fees for participating in Edward Jones Advisory Solutions® (“Advisory Solutions”), Edward Jones Guided Solutions® (“Guided Solutions”) or Financial Advisor Managed Solutions™ (“FAMS”) (collectively, the “Advisory Programs”), which are not reflected in the table and examples below.
 
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Management Fees(1) 0.32
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees None
Other Expenses(2) 0.02
 
 
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 0.34
Less Waivers(1) (0.21 )% 
 
 
Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses 0.13
 
 
 
(1) 
Olive Street Investment Advisers, LLC (the “Adviser”) has contractually agreed, until at least October 28, 2024, to waive its management fees to the extent management fees to be paid to the Adviser exceed the management fees the Fund is required to pay the Fund’s sub-advisers (i.e., the Adviser does not receive any management fees from the Fund as a result of its waivers). This contractual agreement may not be terminated by the Adviser without the consent of the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of Bridge Builder Trust (the “Trust”), except that the Adviser may terminate the agreement upon written notice to the Trust, effective as of the end of the expense limitation period ending October 28, 2024, if written notice is provided to the Trust by or before April 15, 2024. Such waivers are not subject to reimbursement by the Fund.
(2) 
Other Expenses include acquired fund fees and expenses less than 0.01%.
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. 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 Adviser’s agreement to waive management fees until October 28, 2024). Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
 
1 Year 3 Years 5 Years 10 Years
$13 $88 $170 $410
Portfolio Turnover
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 151% of the average value of its portfolio.
 
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Principal Investment Strategies
The Fund invests, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of borrowings for investment purposes) in fixed income securities and other instruments, such as derivatives and certain investment companies (see below), with economic characteristics similar to fixed income securities. The Fund’s assets are allocated across different fixed-income market sectors and maturities. Most of the Fund’s investments are in fixed income securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government or its agencies; corporate bonds; asset-backed securities (“ABS”), including collateralized loan obligations (“CLOs”) and other collateralized debt obligations (“CDOs”); privately-issued securities (e.g., Rule 144A securities); floating rate securities; and mortgage-related and mortgage-backed securities (“MBS”), including pass-through securities, collateralized mortgage obligations (“CMOs”), adjustable rate mortgage securities (“ARMs”), interest-only securities (“IOs”), principal-only securities (“POs”), inverse floaters, privately-issued MBS, commercial MBS (“CMBS”), and mortgage dollar rolls. A mortgage dollar roll is a transaction in which the Fund sells mortgage-related securities for immediate settlement and simultaneously purchases the same type of securities for forward settlement at a discount. The Fund may purchase or sell securities which it is eligible to purchase or sell on a when-issued and delayed-delivery basis and may make contracts to purchase or sell such securities for a fixed price at a future date beyond normal settlement time (forward commitments), including to be announced MBS (“TBA”). The purchase or sale of securities on a when-issued basis or on a delayed delivery basis or through a forward commitment involves the purchase or sale of securities by the Fund at an established price with payment and delivery taking place in the future.
The Fund will invest primarily in securities denominated in U.S. dollars. The Fund may invest in securities issued by foreign entities, including emerging market securities, and obligations of non-U.S. governments or their subdivisions, agencies and government-sponsored enterprises. The Fund may also invest in other investment companies, including other open-end or closed-end investment companies and exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) that have characteristics that are consistent with the Fund’s investment objective. The Fund may invest in futures, primarily interest rate and U.S. Treasury futures, and in swaps, primarily interest rate swaps. The Fund may buy or sell futures or swaps to gain or hedge exposure to risk factors or to alter the Fund’s investment characteristics.
The Fund’s portfolio is constructed by combining the investment styles and strategies of multiple sub-advisers that have been or will be retained by the Adviser (each a “Sub-adviser”). Each Sub-adviser may use both its own proprietary and external research and securities selection processes to manage its allocated portion of the Fund’s assets. The Fund is designed to allow managers to invest in various fixed income market sectors.
Portfolio securities may be sold at any time. Sales may occur when a Sub-adviser seeks to take advantage of what a Sub-adviser considers to be a better investment opportunity, when a Sub-adviser believes the portfolio securities no longer represent relatively attractive investment opportunities, when a Sub-adviser perceives deterioration in the credit fundamentals of the issuer, or when a Sub-adviser believes it would be appropriate to do so in order to readjust the asset allocation of its portion of the Fund’s investment portfolio.
The Adviser is responsible for determining the amount of Fund assets allocated to each Sub-adviser. The Adviser allocates Fund assets to the following Sub-advisers: Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc. (“Baird”), J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc. (“JPMIM”), Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P. (“Loomis Sayles”), and PGIM, Inc. (“PGIM”). The Adviser may adjust allocations to the Sub-advisers at any time or make recommendations to the Board with respect to the hiring, termination or replacement of a Sub-adviser. Below is a summary of each Sub-adviser’s principal investment strategies.
Baird’s Principal Investment Strategies
Baird’s strategy is based on its belief that the bond market is very efficient in discounting risk and return over time, and bond market benchmarks accurately reflect this relationship between risk and return across the duration curve. Baird believes interest rates are extremely difficult to consistently forecast over time and accordingly employs a duration-neutral, risk-controlled approach. Baird sets the duration of its allocated portion of the Fund’s assets equal to that of the Fund’s benchmark, thus aiming to ensure a high degree of predictability in tracking benchmark returns. Baird then adds incremental value through security selection, yield curve positioning, sector allocation and competitive execution of trades.
 
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Baird’s philosophy is implemented strictly in the U.S. dollar-denominated, cash bond market, and Baird normally invests in U.S. government and other public sector entities, ABS and MBS of U.S. and U.S. dollar-denominated foreign issuers, and corporate debt of U.S. and foreign issuers.
JPMIM’s Principal Investment Strategies
JPMIM incorporates a bottom-up, value-oriented approach in managing its allocated portion of the Fund’s assets. Taking a long-term approach, JPMIM looks for individual fixed income investments that it believes will perform well over market cycles. JPMIM is value-oriented and makes decisions to purchase and sell individual securities and instruments after performing a risk/reward analysis that includes an evaluation of interest rate risk, credit risk, duration, liquidity, and the complex legal and technical structure of the transaction.
Loomis Sayles’ Principal Investment Strategies
Loomis Sayles’ investment philosophy focuses on research-driven, relative value investing on a risk-adjusted basis, seeking to add value primarily through security selection while continually managing risk in the portfolio. Loomis Sayles’ objective with respect to its allocated portion is to consistently outperform, over time, a broad-based market-weighted benchmark that measures the investment grade, U.S. dollar-denominated, fixed-rate taxable fixed income market, including Treasury securities, government-related and corporate securities, MBS, ABS, and CMBS.
Under normal circumstances, Loomis Sayles will seek to invest in U.S. dollar-denominated, investment grade fixed income securities, including Treasury securities; agency securities; credit; MBS (including TBAs), ABS and CMBS; corporate bonds issued by U.S. and foreign companies; and mortgage dollar rolls.
PGIM’s Principal Investment Strategies
PGIM’s strategy is based on the philosophy that research-driven security selection is the most consistent strategy for adding value to client portfolios. PGIM complements that base strategy with modest sector rotation, duration management, and disciplined trade execution. PGIM uses a team approach to attempt to add value by tilting toward fixed income sectors that it believes are attractive and by utilizing its extensive research capabilities to choose attractive fixed-income securities within sectors.
In managing the Fund’s assets, PGIM uses a combination of top-down economic analysis and bottom-up research in conjunction with proprietary quantitative models and risk management systems. In the top-down economic analysis, PGIM develops views on economic, policy and market trends. In its bottom-up research, PGIM develops an internal rating and outlook on issuers. The rating and outlook are determined based on a thorough review of the financial health and trends of the issuer. PGIM may also consider investment factors such as expected total return, yield, spread and potential for price appreciation as well as credit quality, maturity and risk. PGIM may invest in a security based upon the expected total return rather than the yield of such security.
Principal Risks
Since the Fund holds securities with fluctuating market prices, the value of the Fund’s shares varies as its portfolio securities increase or decrease in value. Therefore, the value of your investment in the Fund could go down as well as up. You may lose money by investing in the Fund. An investment in the Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. The principal risks affecting the Fund that can cause a decline in value are set forth below. The risks are ordered in alphabetical order after the first five risks, although the order of the risk factors does not indicate the significance of any particular risk factor. Any additional risks associated with the Fund’s non-principal investments are described in the Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”). The SAI also provides additional information about the risks associated with the Fund’s principal investments described herein.
 
Market Risk. The overall market may perform poorly or the returns from the securities in which the Fund invests may underperform returns from the general securities markets, a particular securities market, or other types of investments. A variety of factors can influence underperformance and can have a significant impact on the Fund and its investments, including regulatory events, inflation, interest rates, government defaults,
 
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government shutdowns, war, regional conflicts, acts of terrorism, social unrest, and substantial economic downturn or recessions. In addition, the impact of any epidemic, pandemic, natural disaster, spread of infectious illness or other public health issue, or widespread fear that such events may occur, could negatively affect the global economy, as well as the economies of individual countries, the financial performance of individual companies and sectors, and the markets in general in significant and unforeseen ways. Any such impact could adversely affect the prices and liquidity of the securities and other instruments in which the Fund invests, which in turn could negatively impact the Fund’s performance and cause losses on your investment in the Fund.
 
Interest Rate Risk. The value of fixed income securities may decline because of increases in interest rates or rise because of decreases in interest rates. The value of a fixed income security with greater duration will be more sensitive to changes in interest rates than a similar security with shorter duration. The prices of fixed income securities with shorter duration generally will be less affected by changes in interest rates than the prices of fixed income securities with greater duration. A low interest rate environment may present greater interest rate risk because there may be a greater likelihood of rates increasing and rates may increase more rapidly. Fluctuations in interest rates may also affect the liquidity of the fixed-income securities held by the Fund. As a result, it is possible that the Fund would, during these conditions, maintain a substantial portion of its assets in cash, on which it may earn little, if any, income. Changes in monetary policy made by central banks and/or their governments or changes in economic conditions may affect the level of interest rates, which could have sudden or unpredictable effects on the markets. A sudden or unpredictable rise or decline in interest rates may cause volatility and reduced liquidity in the markets, which could make it more difficult for the Fund to sell its investments at a time when it may be advantageous to do so and could cause the value of the Fund’s investments to decline, potentially suddenly and significantly.
 
Credit Risk. Credit risk is the risk that the issuer of a bond will fail to make payments when due or default completely. If the issuer of the bond experiences an actual or anticipated deterioration in credit quality, the price of the bond may be negatively impacted. The degree of credit risk depends on the financial condition of the issuer and the terms of the bond.
 
Asset-Backed, Mortgage-Related, and Mortgage-Backed Securities Risk. Borrowers may default on the obligations that underlie ABS, mortgage-related securities, and MBS. During periods of rising interest rates, the Fund may be subject to extension risk and may receive principal later than it had expected, causing the Fund to experience additional volatility. During periods of falling interest rates, ABS, mortgage-related securities, and MBS may be called or prepaid, which may result in the Fund having to reinvest proceeds in other investments at a lower interest rate. CMOs, MBS, ARMs, IOs, POs, and inverse floaters may be more volatile and may be more sensitive to interest rate changes and prepayments than other mortgage-related securities. The impairment of the value of the collateral underlying a security in which the Fund invests (due, for example, to non-payment of loans) may result in a reduction in the value of the security. The risk of default, as described under “Credit Risk,” for privately-issued and sub-prime mortgages is generally higher than for other types of MBS. The structure of some of these securities may be complex, and there may be less available information than other types of debt securities. In addition, ABS such as CLOs and CDOs present credit risks that are not presented by MBS. This is because ABS generally do not have the benefit of a security interest in collateral that is comparable in quality to mortgage assets. If the issuer of an ABS defaults on its payment obligations, there is the possibility that, in some cases, the Fund will be unable to possess and sell the underlying collateral and that the Fund’s recoveries on repossessed collateral may not be available to support payments on the security.
 
Active Management Risk. The Fund is actively managed with discretion and may underperform market indices, including relevant benchmark indices, or other mutual funds with similar investment objectives. In addition, to the extent that a Sub-adviser’s investment strategy uses a quantitative investment model to evaluate and recommend investment decisions for the Fund, the Fund can perform differently from the market as a whole based on the factors used in the model, the weight placed on each factor and changes from the factors’ historical trends.
 
Corporate Debt Securities Risk. Corporate debt securities respond to economic developments, especially changes in interest rates, as well as perceptions of the creditworthiness and business prospects of individual issuers.
 
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Counterparty Risk. When the Fund enters into an investment contract, such as a derivative or a repurchase agreement, the Fund is exposed to the risk that the other party may be unable or unwilling to fulfill its obligations, which could adversely impact the value of the Fund.
 
Currency Risk. As a result of the Fund’s investments in securities or other investments denominated in, and/or receiving revenues in, foreign currencies, the Fund will be subject to currency risk. Currency risk is the risk that foreign currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar, adversely affecting the value of the Fund.
 
Derivatives Risk. An investment in derivatives (such as futures contracts, swaps, TBAs and dollar rolls) may not perform as anticipated by the Sub-advisers, may not be able to be closed out at a favorable time or price, or may increase the Fund’s volatility. Derivatives may create investment leverage so that when a derivative is used as a substitute for or alternative to a direct cash investment, the transaction may not provide a return that corresponds precisely with that of the cash investment, or when used for hedging purposes, the derivative may not provide the anticipated protection, causing the Fund to lose money on both the derivative and the exposure the Fund sought to hedge. Increases and decreases in the value of the Fund’s portfolio may be magnified when the Fund uses leverage. Derivatives are also subject to correlation risk, which is the risk that changes in the value of the derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying asset, rate, or index. The Fund’s use of derivatives is also subject to market risk, which is described above, and liquidity risk, which is described below. The Fund’s use of swaps is also subject to counterparty risk, which is described above.
 
Floating Rate Securities Risk. The Fund may invest in obligations with interest rates that are reset periodically. Although the prices of floating rate securities are generally less sensitive to interest rate changes than comparable quality fixed rate instruments, the value of floating rate securities may decline if the floating rate securities’ interest rates do not rise as quickly, or as much, as general interest rates.
 
Foreign Securities Risk (including Emerging Markets Risk). The risks of investing in foreign securities, including those in emerging markets, can increase the potential for losses in the Fund and may include currency risk, political and economic instability, terrorism, armed conflicts and other geopolitical events, additional or fewer government regulations, the imposition of tariffs and other restrictions on trade or economic sanctions, less publicly available information, limited trading markets, differences in financial reporting standards, fewer protections for passive investors, and less stringent regulation of securities markets. Geopolitical or other events such as nationalization or expropriation could cause the loss of the Fund’s entire investment in one or more countries. In addition, periodic U.S. Government prohibitions on investments in issuers from certain foreign countries may require the Fund to sell such investments at inopportune times, which could result in losses to the Fund. The risks associated with international investing will be greater in emerging markets than in more developed foreign markets because, among other things, emerging markets may have less stable political and economic environments and may have fewer resources to mitigate the effects of a pandemic or natural disaster.
 
Investment Company and Exchange-Traded Fund Risk. An investment company, including an ETF, in which the Fund invests may not achieve its investment objective or execute its investment strategies effectively. Large purchase or redemption activity by shareholders of such an investment company might negatively affect the value of the investment company’s shares. The Fund must also pay its pro rata portion of an investment company’s fees and expenses.
 
Investment Strategy Risk. There is no assurance the Fund’s investment objective will be achieved. Investment decisions may not produce the expected results. The value of the Fund may decline, and the Fund may underperform other funds with similar objectives or strategies.
 
Issuer-Specific Risk. The value of an individual security or particular type of security can be more volatile than, and can perform differently from, the market as a whole or other similar securities.
 
Liquidity Risk. Low trading volume, a lack of a market maker, or contractual or legal restrictions may limit the Fund’s ability to value securities or prevent the Fund from selling securities or closing derivative positions at desirable times or prices.
 
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Mortgage Dollar Roll Risk. The use of mortgage dollar rolls is a speculative technique involving leverage and can have an economic effect similar to borrowing money for investment purposes. Mortgage dollar roll transactions involve the risk that the market value of the securities the Fund is required to purchase may decline below the agreed upon repurchase price of those securities. If the broker-dealer to whom the Fund sells securities becomes insolvent, the Fund’s right to purchase or repurchase securities may be restricted. Successful use of mortgage dollar rolls may depend upon a Sub-adviser’s ability to correctly predict interest rates and prepayments.
 
Multi-Manager and Multi-Style Management Risk. The Fund allocates its assets to multiple Sub-advisers believed to have complementary styles. These investment styles, at times, may not be complementary and could result in more exposure to certain types of securities. Because portions of the Fund’s assets are managed by different Sub-advisers using different styles, the Fund could engage in overlapping or conflicting securities transactions. Overlapping transactions could lead to multiple Sub-advisers purchasing the same or similar securities at the same time, potentially leading to the Fund holding a more concentrated position in these securities. Conversely, certain Sub-advisers may be purchasing securities at the same time other Sub-advisers may be selling those same securities, which may lead to higher transaction expenses compared to a fund using a single investment management style.
 
Portfolio Turnover Risk. The Fund may buy and sell investments frequently. Such a strategy often involves higher transaction costs, including brokerage commissions, and may increase the amount of capital gains (in particular, short-term gains) realized by the Fund. Shareholders may pay tax on such capital gains.
 
Prepayment and Extension Risk. When interest rates fall, issuers of high interest debt obligations, as well as issuers of callable bonds, may pay off the debts earlier than expected (prepayment risk), and the Fund may have to reinvest the proceeds at lower yields. When interest rates rise, issuers of lower interest debt obligations may pay off the debts later than expected (extension risk), thus keeping the Fund’s assets tied up in lower interest debt obligations.
 
Privately Issued Securities Risk. Investments in privately issued securities (e.g., Rule 144A securities) may be less liquid than in publicly traded securities. Although these securities may be resold in privately negotiated transactions, the prices realized from these sales could be less than those originally paid by the Fund or less than what may be considered the fair value of such securities. Furthermore, companies with securities that are not publicly traded are not subject to the disclosure and other investor protection requirements that might be applicable if the securities were publicly traded.
 
Redemption Risk. The Fund may experience losses or realize taxable gains when selling securities to meet redemption requests. This risk is greater for larger redemption requests or redemption requests during adverse market conditions. Large redemptions of the Fund’s shares may force the Fund to sell securities at times when it would not otherwise do so and may cause the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate and transaction costs to rise, which may negatively affect the Fund’s performance and have adverse tax consequences for Fund shareholders.
 
Regulatory and Judicial Risk. The regulation of security markets, transactions and portfolio companies is subject to change. Such regulatory changes and judicial actions could have a substantial adverse effect on the Fund’s performance.
 
Reinvestment Risk. Cash flows from fixed income securities are generally reinvested at current market rates. A decline in market rates may result in less attractive reinvestment opportunities and affect the Fund’s ability to meet its investment objective.
 
Sovereign Debt Risk. Investments in non-U.S. sovereign debt securities can involve a high degree of risk, including the risk that the governmental entity that controls the repayment of sovereign debt may not be willing or able to repay the principal and/or to pay the interest on its sovereign debt in a timely manner.
 
U.S. Government Securities Risk. U.S. government obligations are affected by changes or expected changes in interest rates, among other things. While U.S. Treasury obligations are backed by the full faith
 
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and credit of the U.S. government, such obligations are still subject to credit risk. Securities issued or guaranteed by federal agencies or authorities or U.S. government sponsored instrumentalities or enterprises may or may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government. Moreover, some securities are neither insured nor guaranteed by the U.S. government. The U.S. Department of the Treasury has the authority to provide financial support to certain of these debt obligations, but no assurance can be given that the U.S. government will do so. From time to time, uncertainty regarding the status of negotiations in the U.S. government to increase the statutory debt ceiling and/or failure to increase the statutory debt ceiling could increase the risk that the U.S. government may default on payments on certain U.S. government securities (including those held by the Fund), which could have a material adverse impact on the Fund.
 
When-Issued, Delayed Delivery, and Forward Commitment Transactions Risk. When-issued transactions, delayed delivery purchases, and forward commitments involve a risk of loss if the value of the securities declines prior to the settlement date. Therefore, these transactions may result in a form of leverage and increase the Fund’s overall investment exposure. When the Fund has sold a security on a when-issued, delayed delivery, or forward commitment basis, the Fund does not participate in future gains or losses with respect to the security. These transactions are also subject to counterparty risk, which is described above.
Performance
The accompanying bar chart and table provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows changes in the Fund’s year-to-year performance and the table shows how the Fund’s average annual total returns for one and five years and since inception compared to that of a broad measure of market performance. The performance information shown here reflects only Fund performance and does not reflect annual program or administrative fees you may be charged for participating in an Advisory Program. See the Fund’s website www.bridgebuildermutualfunds.com/literature for updated performance information. The Fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future.
Year-by-Year Total Returns
Calendar Year Ended December 31
 
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Quarterly Returns
 
Highest (quarter ended June 30, 2020) 4.45%
Lowest (quarter ended March 31, 2022) -5.91%
The performance information shown above is based on a calendar year. The Fund’s performance (before taxes) from 1/1/23 to 9/30/23 was -0.41%.
 
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Average Annual Total Returns
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on the investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. The after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts. Returns after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares may be higher than before-tax returns when a net capital loss occurs upon the redemption of Fund shares.
 
Average Annual Total Return as of December 31, 2022
1 Year 5 Years Since Inception
(10/28/13)
Return Before Taxes
-12.93 % 0.44 % 1.66 %
Return After Taxes on Distributions
-13.93 % 0.84 % 0.42 %
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
-7.63 % 0.12 % 0.78 %
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deductions for fees, expenses or taxes)
-13.01 % 0.02 % 1.26 %
The Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index measures the broad market for U.S. dollar-denominated investment grade fixed-rate taxable bond market. Index returns reflect the change in value, principal payments and interest of bonds in the index. The Fund’s portfolio holdings may differ significantly from the securities held in the relevant index and, unlike a mutual fund, the performance of an unmanaged index does not reflect deductions for transaction costs, taxes, management fees or other expenses. You cannot invest directly in an index.
Fund Management
Olive Street Investment Advisers, LLC is the investment adviser for the Fund.
Sub-advisers and Portfolio Managers
The Adviser allocates Fund assets for each investment strategy to the following Sub-advisers, which allocations may be adjusted at any time:
 
Baird     
Portfolio Managers    Position with Baird  
Length of Service to
the Fund
Mary Ellen Stanek, CFA    Managing Director, Chief Investment Officer   Since Inception
Charles B. Groeschell    Managing Director, Deputy Chief Investment Officer   Since Inception
Warren D. Pierson, CFA    Managing Director, Deputy Chief Investment Officer   Since Inception
Jay E. Schwister, CFA    Managing Director, Director of Research, and Senior Portfolio Manager   Since Inception
M. Sharon deGuzman    Managing Director, Senior Portfolio Manager   Since Inception
Meghan H. Dean, CFA    Managing Director, Senior Portfolio Manager   Since October 2020
Jeffrey L. Schrom, CFA    Managing Director, Senior Portfolio Manager   Since October 2020
JPMIM     
Portfolio Managers    Position with JPMIM  
Length of Service
to the Fund
Richard Figuly    Managing Director   Since July 2018
Justin Rucker
  
Managing Director
 
Since October 2019
Steven Lear*    Managing Director   Since April 2021
Andrew Melchiorre    Managing Director   Since May 2023
Edward Fitzpatrick III    Managing Director   Since May 2023
 
*
Effective March 1, 2024, Mr. Lear will no longer serve as a portfolio manager to the portion of the assets of the Fund managed by JPMIM.
 
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Loomis Sayles     
Portfolio Manager    Position with Loomis Sayles  
Length of Service
to the Fund
Lynne A. Royer    Portfolio Manager and Co-Head of the Disciplined Alpha Team   Since July 2015
Seth J. Timen    Portfolio Manager and Co-Head of the Disciplined Alpha Team   Since March 2021
PGIM     
Portfolio Managers    Position with PGIM  
Length of Service
to the Fund
Richard Piccirillo    Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager   Since Inception
Gregory Peters    Managing Director and Co-Chief Investment Officer   Since March 2014
Michael Collins, CFA    Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager   Since March 2014
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
Fund shares are currently available to investors participating in the Advisory Programs, each an investment advisory program sponsored by Edward D. Jones & Co., L.P. (“Edward Jones”), as well as current and former Trustees of the Trust. Advisory Program investors may purchase and sell or redeem Fund shares only from Edward Jones through an Advisory Program. Current and former Trustees of the Trust may purchase and sell or redeem shares directly. There are no initial or subsequent minimum purchase amounts for the Fund. You may purchase or redeem shares of the Fund on any day the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) is open.
Tax Information
The Fund’s distributions will normally be taxed as ordinary income or capital gains. Distributions on investments made through tax-deferred arrangements may be taxed later upon withdrawal of assets from those accounts.
 
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SUMMARY SECTION
Bridge Builder Core Plus Bond Fund
Investment Objective
The investment objective of the Bridge Builder Core Plus Bond Fund (the “Fund” or the “Core Plus Bond Fund”) is to provide total return (capital appreciation plus income).
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
The following table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as annual program or administrative fees for participating in Edward Jones Advisory Solutions® (“Advisory Solutions”), Edward Jones Guided Solutions® (“Guided Solutions”) or Financial Advisor Managed Solutions™ (“FAMS”) (collectively, the “Advisory Programs”), which are not reflected in the table and examples below.
 
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Management Fees(1) 0.36
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees None
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses (AFFE)(2) 0.03
Other Expenses 0.03
 
 
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses(3) 0.42
Less Waivers(1) (0.22 )% 
 
 
Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses(3) 0.20
 
 
 
(1) 
Olive Street Investment Advisers, LLC (the “Adviser”) has contractually agreed, until at least October 28, 2024, to waive its management fees to the extent management fees to be paid to the Adviser exceed the management fees the Fund is required to pay the Fund’s sub-advisers (i.e., the Adviser does not receive any management fees from the Fund as a result of its waivers). This contractual agreement may not be terminated by the Adviser without the consent of the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of Bridge Builder Trust (the “Trust”), except that the Adviser may terminate the agreement upon written notice to the Trust, effective as of the end of the expense limitation period ending October 28, 2024, if written notice is provided to the Trust by or before April 15, 2024. Such waivers are not subject to reimbursement by the Fund.
(2) 
AFFE are indirect fees and expenses that the Fund incurs from investing in shares of other mutual funds, including exchange-traded funds.
(3) 
The Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses and Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses in this fee table do not correlate to the expense ratios in the Fund’s Financial Highlights because the Financial Highlights include only the direct operating expenses incurred by the Fund and exclude AFFE.
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. 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 Adviser’s agreement to waive management fees until October 28, 2024). Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
 
1 Year 3 Years 5 Years 10 Years
$20 $113 $213 $508
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
 
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are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 228% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
The Fund invests, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of borrowings for investment purposes) in fixed income securities of any maturity or duration and other instruments, such as derivatives, with economic characteristics similar to fixed income securities, and certain investment companies that seek to track the performance of fixed income securities. The Fund’s assets are allocated across different fixed income market sectors and maturities. Most of the Fund’s investments are in fixed income securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government or its agencies; corporate bonds; convertible securities; corporate commercial paper; asset-backed securities (“ABS”), including collateralized loan obligations (“CLOs”) and other collateralized debt obligations (“CDOs”); privately-issued securities (e.g., Rule 144A securities); floating rate securities; inflation-linked securities (including Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (“TIPS”) issued by the U.S. Treasury) and other inflation-indexed bonds issued both by governments and corporations; structured securities; and mortgage-related and mortgage-backed securities (“MBS”), including pass-through securities, collateralized mortgage obligations (“CMOs”), adjustable rate mortgage securities (“ARMs”), interest-only securities (“IOs”), principal-only securities (“POs”), inverse floaters, sub-prime MBS, privately-issued MBS, commercial MBS (“CMBS”), and mortgage dollar rolls. A mortgage dollar roll is a transaction in which the Fund sells mortgage-related securities for immediate settlement and simultaneously purchases the same type of securities for forward settlement at a discount. The Fund may purchase or sell securities which it is eligible to purchase or sell on a when-issued and delayed-delivery basis and may make contracts to purchase or sell such securities for a fixed price at a future date beyond normal settlement time (forward commitments), including to be announced MBS (“TBA”). The purchase or sale of securities on a when-issued basis or on a delayed delivery basis or through a forward commitment involves the purchase or sale of securities by the Fund at an established price with payment and delivery taking place in the future.
The Fund also invests, under normal market conditions, in a “plus” portfolio of high yield securities deemed below investment grade, also known as “junk bonds,” or in unrated securities that a sub-adviser believes are of comparable quality to instruments that are so rated. The Fund’s investments in junk bonds may include bonds in default. The Fund considers investment grade securities to be those securities that are rated at or above Baa3 by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”), BBB- by Standard & Poor’s Corporation (“S&P”), or an equivalent rating by another nationally recognized securities rating organization (“NRSRO”), or securities that are unrated but deemed by a sub-adviser to be comparable in quality to instruments that are so rated. The Fund may also invest in convertible securities rated below investment grade, including convertible bonds and convertible preferred stocks.
The Fund may invest in securities issued by foreign entities, including emerging market securities, and obligations of non-U.S. governments or their subdivisions, agencies and government-sponsored enterprises. In addition, the Fund may invest in a variety of loans, including bank loans, bridge loans, debtor-in-possession loans and mezzanine loans. The Fund’s investments in bank loans are generally acquired as a participation interest in, or assignment of, loans originated by a lender or other financial institution. The Fund may also invest in other investment companies, including other open-end or closed-end investment companies and exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) that have characteristics that are consistent with the Fund’s investment objective. The Fund may invest in futures, primarily interest rate, currency, and U.S. Treasury futures, and in swaps, including interest rate, credit default, total return, and currency swaps. In addition, the Fund may invest in forward contracts. The Fund may buy or sell futures, swaps, or forward contracts to gain or hedge exposure to risk factors or to alter the Fund’s investment characteristics. From time to time, the Fund may also enter into repurchase agreements.
The Fund’s portfolio is constructed by combining the investment styles and strategies of multiple sub-advisers that have been or will be retained by the Adviser (each a “Sub-adviser”). Each Sub-adviser may use both its own proprietary and external research and securities selection processes to manage its allocated portion of the Fund’s assets. The Fund is designed to allow managers to invest in various fixed income market sectors.
Portfolio securities may be sold at any time. Sales may occur when a Sub-adviser seeks to take advantage of what a Sub-adviser considers to be a better investment opportunity, when a Sub-adviser believes the portfolio securities no longer represent relatively attractive investment opportunities, when a Sub-adviser perceives deterioration in the credit
 
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fundamentals of the issuer, or when a Sub-adviser believes it would be appropriate to do so in order to readjust the asset allocation of its portion of the Fund’s investment portfolio.
The Adviser is responsible for determining the amount of Fund assets allocated to each Sub-adviser. The Adviser allocates Fund assets to the following Sub-advisers: BlackRock Investment Management LLC (“BlackRock”), Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P. (“Loomis Sayles”), Metropolitan West Asset Management, LLC (“MetWest”), and Pacific Investment Management Company LLC (“PIMCO”). The Adviser may adjust allocations to the Sub-advisers at any time or make recommendations to the Board with respect to the hiring, termination or replacement of a Sub-adviser. Below is a summary of each Sub-adviser’s principal investment strategies.
BlackRock’s Principal Investment Strategies
In managing its allocated portion of the Fund’s assets, BlackRock will buy or sell securities whenever its portfolio management team sees an appropriate opportunity. Under normal circumstances, BlackRock invests primarily in fixed income securities and derivatives with similar economic characteristics. BlackRock may invest in investment grade fixed-income securities, obligations of the U.S. Treasury or any U.S. Government agency or instrumentality, TIPS and other inflation-linked bonds, MBS and ABS, corporate debt securities of U.S. and foreign issuers, bank loans, and cash equivalents. BlackRock may also invest in Rule 144A securities and other private placement transactions. BlackRock may invest in high yield, or “junk,” securities, including convertible bonds, convertible preferred stocks and other securities attached to bonds or other fixed-income securities. BlackRock may also invest in foreign securities, including in emerging markets. BlackRock may invest in derivatives such as currency-related derivatives and swaps to obtain investment exposure, enhance return, or “hedge” or protect its allocated portion of the Fund’s assets from an unfavorable shift in the value or rate of a reference instrument. BlackRock may also invest in structured securities, mortgage dollar rolls, investment companies, forward commitments and when-issued and delayed delivery securities and repurchase agreements.
Loomis Sayles’ Principal Investment Strategies
Three themes typically drive Loomis Sayles’ investment approach with respect to its allocated portion of the Fund’s assets. First, Loomis Sayles generally seeks fixed-income securities of issuers whose credit profiles it believes are improving. Second, Loomis Sayles may invest significantly in securities the prices of which Loomis Sayles believes are more sensitive to events related to the underlying issuer than to changes in general interest rates or overall market default rates. Loomis Sayles relies primarily on issue selection as the key driver to investment performance. Loomis Sayles will manage the interest rate risks in the portfolio but believes that anticipating changes in rate levels is not the primary source of added value. Third, Loomis Sayles analyzes different sectors of the economy and differences in the yields (“spreads”) of various fixed-income securities in an effort to find securities that it believes may produce attractive returns in comparison to these securities’ risks. Loomis Sayles generally prefers securities that are protected against calls (early redemption by the issuer).
MetWest’s Principal Investment Strategies
MetWest seeks to maximize current income and pursues above average total return consistent with prudent investment management over a full market cycle. MetWest employs a value-oriented fixed income management philosophy and an investment process predicated on a long-term economic outlook, which is determined by the investment team on a quarterly basis and is reviewed constantly. Investments are characterized by diversification among the sectors of the fixed income marketplace. The investment management team seeks to achieve the desired outperformance through the measured and disciplined application of five fixed income management strategies which include duration management, yield curve positioning, sector allocation, security selection, and opportunistic execution.
PIMCO’s Principal Investment Strategies
In selecting securities for its allocated portion of the Fund’s assets, PIMCO seeks to achieve the Fund’s investment objective by investing in a multi-sector portfolio of Fixed Income Instruments (as defined below) of varying maturities, which may be represented by derivatives, such as forwards, futures contracts, or swap agreements. “Fixed Income Instruments” for purposes of PIMCO’s principal investment strategies include securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies or government-sponsored enterprises; corporate debt securities of U.S. and non-U.S.
 
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issuers, including convertible securities and corporate commercial paper; MBS and other ABS; inflation-indexed bonds issued both by governments and corporations; structured notes, including hybrid or “indexed” securities and event-linked bonds; bank capital and trust preferred securities; loan participations and assignments; delayed funding loans and revolving credit facilities; bank certificates of deposit, fixed time deposits and bankers’ acceptances; repurchase agreements on Fixed Income Instruments; obligations of non-U.S. governments or their subdivisions, agencies and government-sponsored enterprises; and obligations of international agencies or supranational entities, debt securities and other similar instruments issued by various U.S. and non-U.S. public- or private-sector entities. PIMCO may seek to obtain market exposure to these Fixed Income Instruments by entering into a series of purchase and sale contracts or by using other investment techniques (such as buy backs or dollar rolls). PIMCO will seek maximum total return, consistent with preservation of capital and prudent investment management by investing in a broad array of fixed income sectors and utilizing income efficient implementation strategies.
Principal Risks
Since the Fund holds securities with fluctuating market prices, the value of the Fund’s shares varies as its portfolio securities increase or decrease in value. Therefore, the value of your investment in the Fund could go down as well as up. You may lose money by investing in the Fund. An investment in the Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. The principal risks affecting the Fund that can cause a decline in value are set forth below. The risks are ordered in alphabetical order after the first five risks, although the order of the risk factors does not indicate the significance of any particular risk factor. Any additional risks associated with the Fund’s non-principal investments are described in the Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”). The SAI also provides additional information about the risks associated with the Fund’s principal investments described herein.
 
Market Risk. The overall market may perform poorly or the returns from the securities in which the Fund invests may underperform returns from the general securities markets, a particular securities market, or other types of investments. A variety of factors can influence underperformance and can have a significant impact on the Fund and its investments, including regulatory events, inflation, interest rates, government defaults, government shutdowns, war, regional conflicts, acts of terrorism, social unrest, and substantial economic downturn or recessions. In addition, the impact of any epidemic, pandemic, natural disaster, spread of infectious illness or other public health issue, or widespread fear that such events may occur, could negatively affect the global economy, as well as the economies of individual countries, the financial performance of individual companies and sectors, and the markets in general in significant and unforeseen ways. Any such impact could adversely affect the prices and liquidity of the securities and other instruments in which the Fund invests, which in turn could negatively impact the Fund’s performance and cause losses on your investment in the Fund.
 
Interest Rate Risk. The value of fixed income securities may decline because of increases in interest rates or rise because of decreases in interest rates. The value of a fixed income security with greater duration will be more sensitive to changes in interest rates than a similar security with shorter duration. The prices of fixed income securities with shorter duration generally will be less affected by changes in interest rates than the prices of fixed income securities with greater duration. A low interest rate environment may present greater interest rate risk, because there may be a greater likelihood of rates increasing and rates may increase more rapidly. Fluctuations in interest rates may also affect the liquidity of the fixed-income securities held by the Fund. As a result, it is possible that the Fund would, during these conditions, maintain a substantial portion of its assets in cash, on which it may earn little, if any, income. Changes in monetary policy made by central banks and/or their governments or changes in economic conditions may affect the level of interest rates, which could have sudden or unpredictable effects on the markets. A sudden or unpredictable rise or decline in interest rates may cause volatility and reduced liquidity in the markets, which could make it more difficult for the Fund to sell its investments at a time when it may be advantageous to do so and could cause the value of the Fund’s investments to decline, potentially suddenly and significantly.
 
Credit Risk. Credit risk is the risk that the issuer of a bond will fail to make payments when due or default completely. If the issuer of the bond experiences an actual or anticipated deterioration in credit quality, the price of the bond may be negatively impacted. The degree of credit risk depends on the financial condition of the issuer and the terms of the bond. Credit risk for high yield securities, or “junk” bonds, is greater than for higher-rated securities.
 
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Derivatives Risk An investment in derivatives (such as swaps, forward contracts, futures contracts, structured notes, TBAs and dollar rolls) may not perform as anticipated by the Sub-advisers, may not be able to be closed out at a favorable time or price, or may increase the Fund’s volatility. Derivatives may create investment leverage so that when a derivative is used as a substitute for or alternative to a direct cash investment, the transaction may not provide a return that corresponds precisely with that of the cash investment, or when used for hedging purposes, the derivative may not provide the anticipated protection, causing the Fund to lose money on both the derivative and the exposure the Fund sought to hedge. Increases and decreases in the value of the Fund’s portfolio may be magnified when the Fund uses leverage. Derivatives are also subject to correlation risk, which is the risk that changes in the value of the derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying asset, rate or index. The Fund’s use of derivatives is also subject to market risk, which is described above, and liquidity risk, which is described below. The Fund’s use of swaps and forward contracts is also subject to the risk that the counterparty to the swap and forward contract will default or otherwise fail to honor its obligations.
 
Active Management Risk. The Fund is actively managed with discretion and may underperform market indices, including relevant benchmark indices, or other mutual funds with similar investment objectives.
 
Asset-Backed, Mortgage-Related, and Mortgage-Backed Securities Risk. Borrowers may default on the obligations that underlie ABS, mortgage-related securities, and MBS. During periods of rising interest rates, the Fund may be subject to extension risk and may receive principal later than it had expected, causing the Fund to experience additional volatility. During periods of falling interest rates, ABS, mortgage-related securities, and MBS may be called or prepaid, which may result in the Fund having to reinvest proceeds in other investments at a lower interest rate. CMOs, MBS, ARMs, IOs, POs, and inverse floaters may be more volatile and may be more sensitive to interest rate changes and prepayments than other mortgage-related securities. The impairment of the value of the collateral underlying a security in which the Fund invests (due, for example, to non-payment of loans) may result in a reduction in the value of the security. The risk of default, as described under “Credit Risk,” for privately-issued and sub-prime mortgages is generally higher than for other types of MBS. The structure of some of these securities may be complex, and there may be less available information than other types of debt securities. In addition, ABS such as CLOs and CDOs present credit risks that are not presented by MBS. This is because ABS generally do not have the benefit of a security interest in collateral that is comparable in quality to mortgage assets. If the issuer of an ABS defaults on its payment obligations, there is the possibility that, in some cases, the Fund will be unable to possess and sell the underlying collateral and that the Fund’s recoveries on repossessed collateral may not be available to support payments on the security.
 
Convertible Securities Risk. The value of a convertible security will generally decline as interest rates increase and increase as interest rates decline. Convertible securities are also subject to credit risk. In addition, because convertible securities are generally convertible to the issuer’s common stock, convertible security prices will normally fluctuate as prices of the common stock increase or decline.
 
Corporate Debt Securities Risk. Corporate debt securities respond to economic developments, especially changes in interest rates, as well as perceptions of the creditworthiness and business prospects of individual issuers.
 
Counterparty Risk. When the Fund enters into an investment contract, such as a derivative or a repurchase agreement, the Fund is exposed to the risk that the other party may be unable or unwilling to fulfill its obligations, which could adversely impact the value of the Fund.
 
Currency Risk. As a result of the Fund’s investments in securities or other investments denominated in, and/or receiving revenues in, foreign currencies, the Fund will be subject to currency risk. Currency risk is the risk that foreign currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar, adversely affecting the value of the Fund.
 
Floating Rate Securities Risk. The Fund may invest in obligations with interest rates that are reset periodically. Although the prices of floating rate securities are generally less sensitive to interest rate changes than comparable quality fixed rate instruments, the value of floating rate securities may decline if the floating rate securities’ interest rates do not rise as quickly, or as much, as general interest rates.
 
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Foreign Securities Risk (including Emerging Markets Risk). The risks of investing in foreign securities, including those in emerging markets, can increase the potential for losses in the Fund and may include currency risk, political and economic instability, terrorism, armed conflicts and other geopolitical events, additional or fewer government regulations, the imposition of tariffs and other restrictions on trade of economic sanctions, less publicly available information, limited trading markets, differences in financial reporting standards, fewer protections for passive investors, and less stringent regulation of securities markets. Geopolitical or other events such as nationalization or expropriation could cause the loss of the Fund’s entire investment in one or more countries. In addition, periodic U.S. Government prohibitions on investments in issuers from certain foreign countries may require the Fund to sell such investments at inopportune times, which could result in losses to the Fund. The risks associated with international investing will be greater in emerging markets than in more developed foreign markets because, among other things, emerging markets may have less stable political and economic environments and may have fewer resources to mitigate the effects of a pandemic or natural disaster.
 
High Yield Securities Risk. High yield, or “junk,” securities involve greater risks of default or downgrade and are more volatile than investment grade securities because the prospect for repayment of principal and interest of many of these securities is speculative. High yield securities also may be less liquid than higher quality investments. These securities may offer higher returns, but there is no guarantee that an investment in these securities will result in a high rate of return.
 
Inflation-Linked Securities Risk. The value of inflation-linked securities is expected to change in response to changes in real interest rates (the market rate of interest less the anticipated rate of inflation). Real interest rates change over time as a result of many factors, such as currency exchange rates, central bank monetary policies and general economic conditions. In general, the price of an inflation-linked security tends to decline when real interest rates increase. Unlike conventional bonds, the principal and interest payments of inflation-protected securities such as TIPS are adjusted periodically to a specified rate of inflation (e.g. the Consumer Price Index (the “CPI”)). There can be no assurance that the inflation index used will accurately measure the actual rate of inflation. These securities may lose value in the event that the actual rate of inflation is different than the rate of the inflation index. Repayment of the original bond principal upon maturity (as adjusted for inflation) is guaranteed in the case of TIPS. For bonds that do not provide a similar guarantee, the adjusted principal value of the bond repaid at maturity may be less than the original principal.
 
Investment Company and Exchange-Traded Fund Risk. An investment company, including an ETF, in which the Fund invests may not achieve its investment objective or execute its investment strategies effectively. Large purchase or redemption activity by shareholders of such an investment company might negatively affect the value of the investment company’s shares. The Fund must also pay its pro rata portion of an investment company’s fees and expenses.
 
Investment Strategy Risk. There is no assurance the Fund’s investment objective will be achieved. Investment decisions may not produce the expected results. The value of the Fund may decline, and the Fund may underperform other funds with similar objectives or strategies.
 
Issuer-Specific Risk. The value of an individual security or particular type of security can be more volatile than, and can perform differently from, the market as a whole or other similar securities.
 
Liquidity Risk. Low trading volume, a lack of a market maker, or contractual or legal restrictions may limit the Fund’s ability to value securities or prevent the Fund from selling securities or closing derivative positions at desirable times or prices.
 
Loan Risk. Bank loans (including through both assignments and participations) often involve borrowers with low credit ratings whose financial conditions are troubled or uncertain, including companies that are highly leveraged or in bankruptcy proceedings. Loans typically have less liquidity than investment grade bonds and there may be less public information available about them as compared to bonds. The Fund may also enter into, or acquire participations in, delayed funding loans and revolving credit facilities, in which a lender agrees to make loans up to a maximum amount upon demand by the borrower during a specified term. These commitments may have the effect of requiring the Fund to increase its investment in a company
 
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at a time when it might not otherwise decide to do so (including at a time when the company’s financial condition makes it unlikely that such amounts will be repaid).
 
Mezzanine Securities Risk. The Fund may invest in certain high yield securities known as mezzanine securities, which are subordinated debt securities generally issued in private placements in connection with an equity security (e.g., with attached warrants). Mezzanine investments may be issued with or without registration rights. Mezzanine investments are usually unsecured and subordinate to other obligations of the issuer.
 
Mortgage Dollar Roll Risk. The use of mortgage dollar rolls is a speculative technique involving leverage and can have an economic effect similar to borrowing money for investment purposes. Mortgage dollar roll transactions involve the risk that the market value of the securities the Fund is required to purchase may decline below the agreed upon repurchase price of those securities. If the broker-dealer to whom the Fund sells securities becomes insolvent, the Fund’s right to purchase or repurchase securities may be restricted. Successful use of mortgage dollar rolls may depend upon a Sub-adviser’s ability to correctly predict interest rates and prepayments.
 
Multi-Manager and Multi-Style Management Risk. The Fund allocates its assets to multiple Sub-advisers believed to have complementary styles. These investment styles, at times, may not be complementary and could result in more exposure to certain types of securities. Because portions of the Fund’s assets are managed by different Sub-advisers using different styles, the Fund could engage in overlapping or conflicting securities transactions. Overlapping transactions could lead to multiple Sub-advisers purchasing the same or similar securities at the same time, potentially leading to the Fund holding a more concentrated position in these securities. Conversely, certain Sub-advisers may be purchasing securities at the same time other Sub-advisers may be selling those same securities, which may lead to higher transaction expenses compared to a fund using a single investment management style.
 
Portfolio Turnover Risk. The Fund may buy and sell investments frequently resulting in higher transaction costs, including brokerage commissions. Frequent transactions may increase the amount of capital gains (in particular, short-term gains) realized by the Fund. Shareholders may pay tax on such capital gains.
 
Prepayment and Extension Risk. When interest rates fall, issuers of high interest debt obligations, as well as issuers of callable bonds, may pay off the debts earlier than expected (prepayment risk), and the Fund may have to reinvest the proceeds at lower yields. When interest rates rise, issuers of lower interest debt obligations may pay off the debts later than expected (extension risk), thus keeping the Fund’s assets tied up in lower interest debt obligations.
 
Privately Issued Securities Risk. Investments in privately issued securities (e.g., Rule 144A securities) may be less liquid than in publicly traded securities. Although these securities may be resold in privately negotiated transactions, the prices realized from these sales could be less than those originally paid by the Fund or less than what may be considered the fair value of such securities. Furthermore, companies with securities that are not publicly traded are not subject to the disclosure and other investor protection requirements that might be applicable if the securities were publicly traded.
 
Redemption Risk. The Fund may experience losses or realize taxable gains when selling securities to meet redemption requests. This risk is greater for larger redemption requests or redemption requests during adverse market conditions. Large redemptions of the Fund’s shares may force the Fund to sell securities at times when it would not otherwise do so, and may cause the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate and transaction costs to rise, which may negatively affect the Fund’s performance and have adverse tax consequences for Fund shareholders.
 
Regulatory and Judicial Risk. The regulation of security markets, transactions and portfolio companies is subject to change. Such regulatory changes and judicial actions could have a substantial adverse effect on the Fund’s performance.
 
Reinvestment Risk. Cash flows from fixed income securities are generally reinvested at current market rates. A decline in market rates may result in less attractive reinvestment opportunities and affect the Fund’s ability to meet its investment objective.
 
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Sovereign Debt Risk. Investments in non-U.S. sovereign debt securities can involve a high degree of risk, including the risk that the governmental entity that controls the repayment of sovereign debt may not be willing or able to repay the principal and/or to pay the interest on its sovereign debt in a timely manner.
 
Structured Notes Risk. Structured notes are specially-designed derivative debt instruments in which the terms may be structured by the purchaser and the issuer of the note. The Fund bears the risk that the issuer of the structured note will default. Structured notes may be leveraged, increasing the volatility of each structured note’s value relative to the change in the reference measure. The Fund also bears the risk of loss of its principal investment and periodic payments expected to be received for the duration of its investment. In addition, a liquid market may not exist for the structured notes.
 
Trust Preferred and Bank Capital Securities Risk. Trust preferred securities (and bank capital securities that take the form of trust preferred securities) are preferred stocks issued by a special purpose trust subsidiary backed by subordinated debt of the corporate parent. Trust preferred securities are subject to unique risks, due to the fact that dividend payments will only be paid if interest payments on the underlying obligations are made, which interest payments are dependent on the financial condition of the parent corporation and may be deferred for up to 20 consecutive quarters. Such risks include increased credit risk and market value volatility, as well as the risk that a Fund may have to liquidate other investments in order to satisfy the distribution requirements applicable to regulated investment companies if the trust preferred security or the subordinated debt is treated as an original issue discount obligation, and thereby causes the Fund to accrue interest income without receiving corresponding cash payments. There is also the risk that the underlying obligations, and thus the trust preferred securities, may be prepaid after a stated call date or as a result of certain tax or regulatory events, resulting in a lower yield to maturity.
 
U.S. Government Securities Risk. U.S. government obligations are affected by changes or expected changes in interest rates, among other things. While U.S. Treasury obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government, such obligations are still subject to credit risk. Securities issued or guaranteed by federal agencies or authorities or U.S. government sponsored instrumentalities or enterprises may or may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government. Moreover, some securities are neither insured nor guaranteed by the U.S. government. The U.S. Department of the Treasury has the authority to provide financial support to certain of these debt obligations, but no assurance can be given that the U.S. government will do so. From time to time, uncertainty regarding the status of negotiations in the U.S. government to increase the statutory debt ceiling and/or failure to increase the statutory debt ceiling could increase the risk that the U.S. government may default on payments on certain U.S. government securities (including those held by the Fund), which could have a material adverse impact on the Fund.
 
When-Issued, Delayed Delivery, and Forward Commitment Transactions Risk. When-issued transactions, delayed delivery purchases, and forward commitments involve a risk of loss if the value of the securities declines prior to the settlement date. Therefore, these transactions may result in a form of leverage and increase the Fund’s overall investment exposure. When the Fund has sold a security on a when-issued, delayed delivery, or forward commitment basis, the Fund does not anticipate future gains or losses with respect to the security. These transactions are also subject to counterparty risk, which is described above.
 
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Performance
The accompanying bar chart and table provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows changes in the Fund’s year-to-year performance and the table shows how the Fund’s average annual total returns for one and five years and since inception compared to that of a broad measure of market performance. The performance information shown here reflects only Fund performance and does not reflect annual program or administrative fees you may be charged for participating in an Advisory Program. See the Fund’s website www.bridgebuildermutualfunds.com/literature for updated performance information. The Fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future.
Year-by-Year Total Returns
Calendar Year Ended December 31
 
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Quarterly Returns      
Highest (quarter ended June 30, 2020) 5.69%
Lowest (quarter ended March 31, 2022) -5.71%
The performance information shown above is based on a calendar year. The Fund’s performance (before taxes) from 1/1/23 to 9/30/23 was -0.28%.
Average Annual Total Returns
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on the investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. The after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts. Returns after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares may be higher than before-tax returns when a net capital loss occurs upon the redemption of Fund shares.
 
Average Annual Total Return as of December 31, 2022
1 Year 5 Years Since Inception
(7/13/15)
Return Before Taxes
-12.67 % 0.90 % 1.63 %
Return After Taxes on Distributions
-13.92 % 0.63 % 0.21 %
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
-7.48 % 0.11 % 0.68 %
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
-13.01 % 0.02 % 0.97 %
The Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index measures the broad market for U.S. dollar-denominated investment grade fixed-rate taxable bond market. Index returns reflect the change in value, principal payments and interest of bonds in the index. The Fund’s portfolio holdings may differ significantly from the securities held in the relevant index and, unlike a mutual fund, the performance of an unmanaged index does not reflect deductions for transaction costs, taxes, management fees or other expenses. You cannot invest directly in an index.
 
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Fund Management
Olive Street Investment Advisers, LLC is the investment adviser for the Fund.
Sub-advisers and Portfolio Managers
The Adviser allocates Fund assets for each investment strategy to the following Sub-advisers, which allocations may be adjusted at any time:
 
BlackRock     
Portfolio Managers    Position with BlackRock  
Length of Service
to the Fund
Rick Rieder    Chief Investment Officer of Fixed Income, Fundamental Portfolios, Head of the Corporate Credit Group, and Portfolio Manager   Since October 2021
David Rogal    Managing Director and Portfolio Manager   Since October 2021
Chi Chen    Director and Portfolio Manager   Since February 2023
Loomis Sayles     
Portfolio Managers    Position with Loomis Sayles  
Length of Service
to the Fund
Matthew J. Eagan, CFA    Portfolio Manager and Co-Head of Full Discretion   Since Inception
Brian P. Kennedy    Co- Portfolio Manager   Since Inception
Elaine M. Stokes*    Portfolio Manager and Co-Head of Full Discretion   Since Inception
 
*
Effective December 31, 2023, Ms. Stokes will no longer serve as a portfolio manager to the portion of the assets of the Fund managed by Loomis Sayles.
 
MetWest     
Portfolio Managers    Position with MetWest  
Length of Service
to the Fund
Laird Landmann*    President, Generalist Portfolio Manager   Since Inception
Stephen Kane, CFA    Co-Chief Investment Officer, Group Managing Director, Generalist Portfolio Manager   Since Inception
Bryan Whalen, CFA    Co-Chief Investment Officer, Group Managing Director, Generalist Portfolio Manager   Since Inception
Jerry Cudzil    Generalist Portfolio Manager   Since October 2023
Ruben Hovhannisyan    Generalist Portfolio Manager   Since October 2023
 
*
Effective December 31, 2023, Mr. Landmann will no longer serve as a portfolio manager to the portion of the assets of the Fund managed by MetWest.
 
PIMCO     
Portfolio Managers    Position with PIMCO   Length of Service
to the Fund
Alfred Murata    Managing Director and Portfolio Manager   Since May 2017
Daniel Ivascyn    Group Chief Investment Officer, Managing Director and Portfolio Manager   Since May 2017
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
Fund shares are currently available to investors participating in the Advisory Programs, each an investment advisory program sponsored by Edward D. Jones & Co., L.P. (“Edward Jones”), as well as current and former Trustees of the Trust. Advisory Program investors may purchase and sell or redeem Fund shares only from Edward Jones through an Advisory Program. Current and former Trustees of the Trust may purchase and sell or redeem shares directly. There are no initial or subsequent minimum purchase amounts for the Fund. You may purchase or redeem shares of the Fund on any day the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) is open.
Tax Information
The Fund’s distributions will normally be taxed as ordinary income or capital gains. Distributions on investments made through tax-deferred arrangements may be taxed later upon withdrawal of assets from those accounts.
 
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SUMMARY SECTION
Bridge Builder Municipal Bond Fund
Investment Objective
The investment objective of the Bridge Builder Municipal Bond Fund (the “Fund” or the “Municipal Bond Fund”) is to provide current income exempt from federal tax, with a secondary goal of preservation of investment principal.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
The following table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as annual program or administrative fees for participating in Edward Jones Advisory Solutions® (“Advisory Solutions”), Edward Jones Guided Solutions® (“Guided Solutions”) or Financial Advisor Managed Solutions™ (“FAMS”) (collectively, the “Advisory Programs”), which are not reflected in the table and examples below.
 
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
        
Management Fees(1)      0.36
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees      None  
Other Expenses(2)      0.02
  
 
 
 
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses      0.38
Less Waivers(1)      (0.23 )% 
  
 
 
 
Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses      0.15
  
 
 
 
 
(1) 
Olive Street Investment Advisers, LLC (the “Adviser”) has contractually agreed, until at least October 28, 2024, to waive its management fees to the extent management fees to be paid to the Adviser exceed the management fees the Fund is required to pay the Fund’s sub-advisers (i.e., the Adviser does not receive any management fees from the Fund as a result of its waivers). This contractual agreement may not be terminated by the Adviser without the consent of the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of Bridge Builder Trust (the “Trust”), except that the Adviser may terminate the agreement upon written notice to the Trust, effective as of the end of the expense limitation period ending October 28, 2024, if written notice is provided to the Trust by or before April 15, 2024. Such waivers are not subject to reimbursement by the Fund.
(2) 
Other Expenses include acquired fund fees and expenses less than 0.01%.
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. 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 Adviser’s agreement to waive management fees until October 28,2024). Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
 
1 Year   3 Years   5 Years   10 Years
$15   $99   $190   $458
Portfolio Turnover
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 26% of the average value of its portfolio.
 
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Principal Investment Strategies
The Fund invests, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of borrowings for investment purposes) in municipal securities of any maturity or duration whose interest is exempt from federal income tax. These municipal securities include debt obligations issued by or on behalf of a state or local entity or other qualifying issuer that pay interest that is, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, generally excludable from gross income for federal income tax purposes (except that the interest may be includable in taxable income for certain taxpayers subject to the federal alternative minimum tax (“Federal AMT”)). Municipal securities may be obligations of a variety of issuers, including state or local entities or other qualifying issuers. Issuers may be states, territories, and possessions of the United States and the District of Columbia and their political subdivisions, agencies, and instrumentalities.
The Fund invests in municipal securities financing projects, including but not limited to those relating to education, health care, and transportation. The Fund may invest in municipal securities rated below investment grade, also known as “junk bonds,” or in unrated municipal securities that a sub-adviser of the Fund believes are of comparable quality. Investment grade securities are those securities that are rated at or above Baa3 by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”), BBB- by Standard & Poor’s Corporation (“S&P”), or an equivalent rating by another nationally recognized securities rating organization (“NRSRO”), or securities that are unrated but deemed by the sub-adviser to be comparable in quality to instruments that are so rated. The Fund may purchase or sell securities which it is eligible to purchase or sell on a when-issued and delayed-delivery basis and may make contracts to purchase or sell such securities for a fixed price at a future date beyond normal settlement time (forward commitments). The purchase or sale of securities on a when-issued basis or on a delayed delivery basis or through a forward commitment involves the purchase or sale of securities by the Fund at an established price with payment and delivery taking place in the future. The Fund also invests in U.S. Treasury futures and may buy or sell futures to hedge exposure to risk factors, for speculative purposes or as a substitute for investing in conventional fixed income securities. In addition, the Fund may invest in privately issued securities (e.g., Rule 144A securities) and other investment companies, including open-end or closed-end investment companies and exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) that have characteristics that are consistent with the Fund’s investment objective.
The Fund’s portfolio is constructed by combining the investment styles and strategies of multiple sub-advisers that have been or will be retained by the Adviser (each a “Sub-adviser”). Each Sub-adviser may use both its own proprietary and external research and securities selection processes to manage its allocated portion of the Fund’s assets.
Portfolio securities may be sold at any time. Sales may occur when a Sub-adviser seeks to take advantage of what a Sub-adviser considers to be a better investment opportunity, when a Sub-adviser believes the portfolio securities no longer represent relatively attractive investment opportunities, when a Sub-adviser perceives deterioration in the credit fundamentals of the issuer, or when a Sub-adviser believes that it would be appropriate to do so in order to readjust the duration or asset allocation of its portion of the Fund’s investment portfolio.
The Adviser is responsible for determining the amount of Fund assets allocated to each Sub-adviser. The Adviser allocates Fund assets to the following Sub-advisers: BlackRock Investment Management, LLC (“BlackRock”), FIAM LLC (“FIAM”) and MacKay Shields LLC (“MacKay Shields”). The Adviser may adjust allocations to the Sub-advisers at any time or make recommendations to the Board with respect to the hiring, termination, or replacement of a Sub-adviser. Below is a summary of each Sub-adviser’s principal investment strategies.
BlackRock’s Principal Investment Strategies
BlackRock takes a top-down, bottom-up approach with a flexible investment framework in managing its allocated portion of the Fund’s assets. The investment process begins with setting a macro-outlook and broad strategy guidelines around credit, duration, yield curve, structure, and liquidity. Portfolio management works closely with BlackRock’s credit research team to determine which sectors of the municipal market provide the most value and should be overweight and which should be underweight. Once a sector view is established, BlackRock’s credit research team works to identify securities that provide the best risk reward profile. BlackRock’s security selection process is based on its relative value outlook and the quantitative assessment of the security and portfolio. In managing its allocated portion of the Fund’s assets, BlackRock seeks total return derived primarily from coupon interest, and secondarily, capital appreciation.
 
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FIAM’s Principal Investment Strategies
FIAM uses a municipal bond index as a guide in structuring and selecting its investments for its allocated portion of the Fund’s assets. This municipal bond index represents FIAM’s view of how the portfolio’s competitive universe will perform over time. This index is a market value-weighted index of short to intermediate investment-grade fixed-rate municipal bonds. FIAM considers a variety of factors when selecting investments, including the credit quality of issuers, security-specific features, current valuations relative to alternatives in the market, short-term trading opportunities resulting from market inefficiencies, and potential future valuations. In managing the portfolio’s exposure to various risks, including interest rate risk, FIAM also considers the market’s overall risk characteristics, current pricing of those risks, and internal views of potential future market conditions.
MacKay Shields’ Principal Investment Strategies
MacKay Shields’ relative-value investment strategy combines a top-down macro view with bottom-up credit research driven security selection. MacKay Shields’ investment discipline begins by outlining a macro view of the economy, interest rates, inflation and both national and regional political concerns. The top-down component guides decisions relating to the Fund’s credit distribution, sector distribution, state exposure and yield curve positioning. The investment strategy seeks to maintain duration neutrality, typically expressed as a range around the duration of the relevant benchmark. MacKay Shields’ approach is driven by fundamental bottom-up security analysis using deep credit research and spread analysis. In doing so, the investment process seeks to identify mispricings and opportunities for total return with an emphasis and focus on risk management.
Principal Risks
Since the Fund holds securities with fluctuating market prices, the value of the Fund’s shares varies as its portfolio securities increase or decrease in value. Therefore, the value of your investment in the Fund could go down as well as up. You may lose money by investing in the Fund. An investment in the Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. The principal risks affecting the Fund that can cause a decline in value are set forth below. The risks are ordered in alphabetical order after the first five risks, although the order of the risk factors does not indicate the significance of any particular risk factor. Any additional risks associated with the Fund’s non-principal investments are described in the Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”). The SAI also provides additional information about the risks associated with the Fund’s principal investments described herein.
 
   
Market Risk. The overall market may perform poorly or the returns from the securities in which the Fund invests may underperform returns from the general securities markets, a particular securities market, or other types of investments. A variety of factors can influence underperformance and can have a significant impact on the Fund and its investments, including regulatory events, inflation, interest rates, government defaults, government shutdowns, war, regional conflicts, acts of terrorism, social unrest, and substantial economic downturn or recessions. In addition, the impact of any epidemic, pandemic, natural disaster, spread of infectious illness or other public health issue, or widespread fear that such events may occur, could negatively affect the global economy, as well as the economies of individual countries, the financial performance of individual companies and sectors, and the markets in general in significant and unforeseen ways. Any such impact could adversely affect the prices and liquidity of the securities and other instruments in which the Fund invests, which in turn could negatively impact the Fund’s performance and cause losses on your investment in the Fund.
 
   
Interest Rate Risk. The value of fixed income securities may decline because of increases in interest rates or rise because of decreases in interest rates. The value of a fixed income security with greater duration will be more sensitive to changes in interest rates than a similar security with shorter duration.The prices of fixed income securities with shorter duration generally will be less affected by changes in interest rates than the prices of fixed income securities with greater duration. A low interest rate environment may present greater interest rate risk, because there may be a greater likelihood of rates increasing and rates may increase more rapidly. Fluctuations in interest rates may also affect the liquidity of the fixed-income securities held by the Fund. As a result, it is possible that the Fund would, during these conditions, maintain a substantial portion of its assets in cash, on which it may earn little, if any, income. Changes in monetary policy made by central banks and/or their governments or changes in economic conditions may affect the level of interest rates,
 
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which could have sudden or unpredictable effects on the markets. A sudden or unpredictable rise or decline in interest rates may cause volatility and reduced liquidity in the markets, which could make it more difficult for the Fund to sell its investments at a time when it may be advantageous to do so and could cause the value of the Fund’s investments to decline, potentially suddenly and significantly.
 
   
Credit Risk. Credit risk is the risk that the issuer of a bond will fail to make payments when due or default completely. If the issuer of the bond experiences an actual or anticipated deterioration in credit quality, the price of the bond may be negatively impacted. The degree of credit risk depends on the financial condition of the issuer and the terms of the bond.
 
   
Municipal Securities Risk. The value of the Fund’s investments in municipal securities may be adversely affected by unfavorable legislative or political developments and economic developments that impact the financial condition of municipal issuers. For example, a credit rating downgrade, bond default, or bankruptcy involving an issuer within a particular state or territory could affect the market values and marketability of many or all municipal obligations of that state or territory. Additionally, the relative amount of publicly available information about the financial condition of municipal securities issuers is generally less than that for corporate securities.
 
   
Active Management Risk. The Fund is actively managed with discretion and may underperform market indices, including relevant benchmark indices, or other mutual funds with similar investment objectives. In addition, to the extent that a Sub-adviser’s investment strategy uses a quantitative investment model to evaluate and recommend investment decisions for the Fund, the Fund can perform differently from the market as a whole based on the factors used in the model, the weight placed on each factor and changes from the factors’ historical trends.
 
   
Counterparty Risk. When the Fund enters into an investment contract, such as a derivative or a repurchase agreement, the Fund is exposed to the risk that the other party may be unable or unwilling to fulfill its obligations, which could adversely impact the value of the Fund.
 
   
Derivatives Risk. An investment in derivatives (such as futures contracts) may not perform as anticipated by the Sub-advisers, may not be able to be closed out at a favorable time or price, or may increase the Fund’s volatility. Derivatives may create investment leverage so that when a derivative is used as a substitute for or alternative to a direct cash investment, the transaction may not provide a return that corresponds precisely with that of the cash investment, or when used for hedging purposes, the derivative may not provide the anticipated protection, causing the Fund to lose money on both the derivative and the exposure the Fund sought to hedge. Increases and decreases in the value of the Fund’s portfolio may be magnified when the Fund uses leverage. Derivatives are also subject to correlation risk, which is the risk that changes in the value of the derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying asset, rate or index. The Fund’s use of derivatives is also subject to market risk, which is described above, and liquidity risk, which is described below.
 
   
High Yield Securities Risk. High yield, or “junk,” securities involve greater risks of default or downgrade and are more volatile than investment grade securities because the prospect for repayment of principal and interest of these securities is speculative. High-yield securities also may be less liquid than higher quality investments. These securities may offer higher returns, but there is no guarantee that an investment in these securities will result in a high rate of return.
 
   
Investment Company and Exchange-Traded Fund Risk. An investment company, including an ETF, in which the Fund invests may not achieve its investment objective or execute its investment strategies effectively. Large purchase or redemption activity by shareholders of such an investment company might negatively affect the value of the investment company’s shares. The Fund must also pay its pro rata portion of an investment company’s fees and expenses.
 
   
Investment Strategy Risk. There is no assurance the Fund’s investment objective will be achieved. Investment decisions may not produce the expected results. The value of the Fund may decline, and the Fund may underperform other funds with similar objectives or strategies.
 
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Issuer-Specific Risk. The value of an individual security or particular type of security can be more volatile than, and can perform differently from, the market as a whole or other similar securities.
 
   
Liquidity Risk. Low trading volume, a lack of a market maker, or contractual or legal restrictions may limit the Fund’s ability to value securities or prevent the Fund from selling securities or closing derivative positions at desirable times or prices.
 
   
Multi-Manager and Multi-Style Management Risk. The Fund allocates its assets to multiple Sub-advisers believed to have complementary styles. These investment styles, at times, may not be complementary and could result in more exposure to certain types of securities. Because portions of the Fund’s assets are managed by different Sub-advisers using different styles, the Fund could engage in overlapping or conflicting securities transactions. Overlapping transactions could lead to multiple Sub- advisers purchasing the same or similar securities at the same time, potentially leading to the Fund holding a more concentrated position in these securities. Conversely, certain Sub-advisers may be purchasing securities at the same time other Sub-advisers may be selling those same securities, which may lead to higher transaction expenses compared to a fund using a single investment management style.
 
   
Municipal Revenue Bond Risk. Municipal revenue bonds are used to finance municipal projects that generate revenue. These types of bonds may be more sensitive to adverse economic, business or political developments than other types of municipal bonds. In addition, if the specified revenues from a project do not materialize, there is a risk that the bonds may not be repaid. As a result, the municipal revenue bonds in which the Fund invests may entail greater credit risk than the Fund’s investments in other types of municipal bonds. Moreover, a change that affects one project, such as proposed legislation on the financing of the project, a shortage of the materials needed for the project, or a declining need for the project, would likely affect all similar projects, thereby increasing the Fund’s market risk.
 
   
Prepayment and Extension Risk. When interest rates fall, issuers of high interest debt obligations, as well as issuers of callable bonds, may pay off the debts earlier than expected (prepayment risk), and the Fund may have to reinvest the proceeds at lower yields. When interest rates rise, issuers of lower interest debt obligations may pay off the debts later than expected (extension risk), thus keeping the Fund’s assets tied up in lower interest debt obligations.
 
   
Private Activity Bonds Risk. Municipalities and other public authorities issue private activity bonds to finance development of industrial facilities for use by a private enterprise. The private enterprise pays the principal and interest on the bond and the issuing authority does not pledge its full faith, credit, and taxing power for repayment. The private enterprise can have a substantially different credit profile than the municipality or public authority. The Fund’s investments in private activity bonds may subject certain shareholders to the Federal AMT.
 
   
Privately Issued Securities Risk. Investments in privately issued securities (e.g., Rule 144A securities) may be less liquid than in publicly traded securities. Although these securities may be resold in privately negotiated transactions, the prices realized from these sales could be less than those originally paid by the Fund or less than what may be considered the fair value of such securities. Furthermore, companies with securities that are not publicly traded are not subject to the disclosure and other investor protection requirements that might be applicable if the securities were publicly traded.
 
   
Redemption Risk. The Fund may experience losses or realize taxable gains when selling securities to meet redemption requests. This risk is greater for larger redemption requests or redemption requests during adverse market conditions. Large redemptions of the Fund’s shares may force the Fund to sell securities at times when it would not otherwise do so, and may cause the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate and transaction costs to rise, which may negatively affect the Fund’s performance and have adverse tax consequences for Fund shareholders.
 
   
Regulatory and Judicial Risk. The regulation of security markets, transactions and portfolio companies is subject to change. Such regulatory changes and judicial actions could have a substantial adverse effect on the Fund’s performance.
 
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Reinvestment Risk. Cash flows from fixed income securities are generally reinvested at current market rates. A decline in market rates may result in less attractive reinvestment opportunities and affect the Fund’s ability to meet its investment objective.
 
   
Tax and Federal AMT Risk. The Fund will rely on the opinion of issuers’ bond counsel and, in the case of derivative securities, sponsors’ counsel, on the tax-exempt status of interest on municipal bond obligations and payments under tax-exempt derivative securities. Neither the Fund nor its Adviser or Sub-advisers will independently review the bases for those tax opinions, which may ultimately be determined to be incorrect and subject the Fund and its shareholders to substantial tax liabilities. Certain shareholders subject to the Federal AMT may be required to report the Fund’s exempt interest distributions in determining their Federal AMT. Exempt-interest dividends may affect the federal corporate alternative minimum tax for certain corporations. The Fund may also not be a suitable investment for individual retirement accounts and other tax-deferred arrangements.
 
   
When-Issued, Delayed Delivery, and Forward Commitment Transactions Risk. When-issued transactions, delayed delivery purchases, and forward commitments involve a risk of loss if the value of the securities declines prior to the settlement date. Therefore, these transactions may result in a form of leverage and increase the Fund’s overall investment exposure. When the Fund has sold a security on a when-issued, delayed delivery, or forward commitment basis, the Fund does not participate in future gains or losses with respect to the security. These transactions are also subject to counterparty risk, which is described above.
 
   
U.S. Government Securities Risk. U.S. government obligations are affected by changes or expected changes in interest rates, among other things. While U.S. Treasury obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government, such obligations are still subject to credit risk. Securities issued or guaranteed by federal agencies or authorities or U.S. government sponsored instrumentalities or enterprises may or may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government. Moreover, some securities are neither insured nor guaranteed by the U.S. government. The U.S. Department of the Treasury has the authority to provide financial support to certain of these debt obligations, but no assurance can be given that the U.S. government will do so. From time to time, uncertainty regarding the status of negotiations in the U.S. government to increase the statutory debt ceiling and/or failure to increase the statutory debt ceiling could increase the risk that the U.S. government may default on payments on certain U.S. government securities (including those held by the Fund), which could have a material adverse impact on the Fund.
 
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Performance
The accompanying bar chart and table provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows changes in the Fund’s year-to-year performance and the table shows how the Fund’s average annual total returns for one and five years and since inception compared to that of a broad measure of market performance. The performance information shown here reflects only Fund performance and does not reflect annual program or administrative fees you may be charged for participating in an Advisory Program. See the Fund’s website www.bridgebuildermutualfunds.com/literature for updated performance information. The Fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future.
Year-by-Year Total Returns
Calendar Year Ended December 31
 
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Quarterly Returns
 
Highest (quarter ended December 31, 2022)      3.39%  
Lowest (quarter ended March 31, 2022)      -5.51%  
The performance information shown above is based on a calendar year. The Fund’s performance (before taxes) from 1/1/23 to 9/30/23 was 0.11%.
Average Annual Total Returns
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on the investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. The after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts. Returns after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares may be higher than before-tax returns when a net capital loss occurs upon the redemption of Fund shares.
 
Average Annual Total Return as of December 31, 2022
     1 Year    5 Years    Since Inception
(9/14/15)
Return Before Taxes
       7.71 %        1.29 %        1.80 %
Return After Taxes on Distributions
       7.73 %        1.28 %        1.77 %
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
       3.69 %        1.54 %        1.89 %
Bloomberg Municipal 1-15 Year Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
       5.95 %        1.44 %        1.84 %
The Bloomberg Municipal 1-15 Year Index is a subset of the Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index covering only maturities between 1 and 17 years. The Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index is an unmanaged index composed of tax-exempt bonds with maturities greater than one year and a minimum
 
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credit rating of Baa. Index returns reflect the change in value, principal payments and interest of bonds in the index. The Fund’s portfolio holdings may differ significantly from the securities held in the relevant index and, unlike a mutual fund, the performance of an unmanaged index does not reflect deductions for transaction costs, taxes, management fees or other expenses. You cannot invest directly in an index.
Fund Management
Olive Street Investment Advisers, LLC is the investment adviser for the Fund.
Sub-advisers and Portfolio Managers
The Adviser allocates Fund assets for each investment strategy to the following Sub-advisers, which allocations may be adjusted at any time:
 
BlackRock     
Portfolio Managers    Position with BlackRock   Length of Service
to the Fund
Walter O’Connor, CFA    Managing Director   Since October 2018
Michael Kalinoski, CFA    Director   Since October 2018
Kevin Maloney, CFA    Director   Since October 2018
FIAM     
Portfolio Managers    Position with FIAM   Length of Service
to the Fund
Cormac Cullen    Portfolio Manager   Since October 2017
Elizah McLaughlin, CFA    Portfolio Manager   Since September 2018
Michael Maka, CFA    Portfolio Manager   Since March 2020
MacKay Shields     
Portfolio Managers    Position with MacKay Shields   Length of Service
to the Fund
Robert DiMella, CFA   
Senior Portfolio Manager and
Executive Managing Director
  Since January 2021
David Dowden   
Senior Portfolio Manager and
Managing Director
  Since January 2021
Michael Denlinger, CFA    Portfolio Manager, Trader, and Managing Director   Since January 2021
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
Fund shares are currently available to investors participating in the Advisory Programs, each an investment advisory program sponsored by Edward D. Jones & Co., L.P. (“Edward Jones”), as well as current and former Trustees of the Trust. Advisory Program investors may purchase and sell or redeem Fund shares only from Edward Jones through an Advisory Program. Current and former Trustees of the Trust may purchase and sell or redeem shares directly. There are no initial or subsequent minimum purchase amounts for the Fund. You may purchase or redeem shares of the Fund on any day the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) is open.
Tax Information
The Fund generally intends to distribute income that is exempt from federal income tax; however, the Fund’s distributions may be subject to the Federal AMT, federal income, or capital gains taxation. The Fund may not be a suitable investment for individual retirement accounts and other tax-deferred arrangements.
 
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SUMMARY SECTION
Bridge Builder Municipal High-Income Bond Fund
Investment Objective
The investment objective of the Bridge Builder Municipal High-Income Bond Fund (the “Fund” or the “Municipal High-Income Bond Fund”) is to provide current income exempt from federal tax.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
The following table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as annual program or administrative fees for participating in Edward Jones Advisory Solutions® (“Advisory Solutions”), Edward Jones Guided Solutions® (“Guided Solutions”) or Financial Advisor Managed Solutions™ (“FAMS”) (collectively, the “Advisory Programs”), which are not reflected in the table and examples below.
 
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
 
 
Management Fees(1)      0.36
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees      None  
Other Expenses(2)      0.05
  
 
 
 
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses      0.41
Less Waivers(1)      (0.23 )% 
  
 
 
 
Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses      0.18
  
 
 
 
 
(1)
Olive Street Investment Advisers, LLC (the “Adviser”) has contractually agreed, until at least October 28, 2024, to waive its management fees to the extent management fees to be paid to the Adviser exceed the management fees the Fund is required to pay the Fund’s sub-advisers (i.e., the Adviser does not receive any management fees from the Fund as a result of its waivers). This contractual agreement may not be terminated by the Adviser without the consent of the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of Bridge Builder Trust (the “Trust”), except that the Adviser may terminate the agreement upon written notice to the Trust, effective as of the end of the expense limitation period ending October 28, 2024, if written notice is provided to the Trust by or before April 15, 2024. Such waivers are not subject to reimbursement by the Fund.
(2)
Other Expenses are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.
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. 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 Adviser’s agreement to waive management fees until October 28, 2024). Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
 
1 Year   3 Years
$18   $108
Portfolio Turnover
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. For the fiscal period from April 13, 2023 (commencement of Fund operations) to June 30, 2023, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 6% of the average value of its portfolio.
 
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Principal Investment Strategies
The Fund invests, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of borrowings for investment purposes) in municipal securities of any maturity or duration whose interest is exempt from federal income tax. These municipal securities include debt obligations issued by or on behalf of a state or local entity or other qualifying issuer that pay interest that is, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, generally excludable from gross income for federal income tax purposes (except that the interest may be includable in taxable income for certain taxpayers subject to the federal alternative minimum tax (“Federal AMT”)). Municipal securities may be obligations of a variety of issuers, including state or local entities or other qualifying issuers. Issuers may be states, territories, and possessions of the United States and the District of Columbia and their political subdivisions, agencies, and instrumentalities.
The Fund invests at least 50% of its assets in municipal securities rated Baa1 or lower by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”), BBB+ or lower by Standard & Poor’s Corporation (“S&P”), or an equivalent rating by another nationally recognized securities rating organization (“NRSRO”), or in unrated securities that a sub-adviser of the Fund believes are of comparable quality. Such investments include municipal securities rated below investment grade, also known as “junk bonds,” which are municipal securities rated Ba1 or lower by Moody’s, BB+ or lower by S&P, or an equivalent rating by another NRSRO, or in unrated securities that a sub-adviser believes are of comparable quality.
The Fund invests in municipal securities including, but not limited to, municipal bonds related to financing projects such as those relating to education, health care, and transportation. The Fund may purchase or sell securities which it is eligible to purchase or sell on a when-issued and delayed-delivery basis and may make contracts to purchase or sell such securities for a fixed price at a future date beyond normal settlement time (forward commitments). The purchase or sale of securities on a when-issued basis or on a delayed delivery basis or through a forward commitment involves the purchase or sale of securities by the Fund at an established price with payment and delivery taking place in the future. The Fund also invests in futures and may buy or sell futures to hedge exposure to risk factors, for speculative purposes or as a substitute for investing in conventional fixed income securities. In addition, the Fund may invest in privately issued securities (e.g., Rule 144A securities) and other investment companies, including open-end or closed-end investment companies and exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) that have characteristics that are consistent with the Fund’s investment objective.
The Fund’s portfolio is constructed by combining the investment styles and strategies of multiple sub-advisers that have been or will be retained by the Adviser (each a “Sub-adviser”). Each Sub-adviser may use both its own proprietary and external research and securities selection processes to manage its allocated portion of the Fund’s assets.
Portfolio securities may be sold at any time. Sales may occur when a Sub-adviser seeks to take advantage of what a Sub-adviser considers to be a better investment opportunity, when a Sub-adviser believes the portfolio securities no longer represent relatively attractive investment opportunities, when a Sub-adviser perceives deterioration in the credit fundamentals of the issuer, or when a Sub-adviser believes that it would be appropriate to do so in order to readjust the duration or asset allocation of its portion of the Fund’s investment portfolio.
The Adviser is responsible for determining the amount of Fund assets allocated to each Sub-adviser. The Adviser may allocate Fund assets to the following Sub-advisers: Capital International, Inc. (“Capital International”) and T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (“T. Rowe Price”). The Adviser may adjust allocations to the Sub-advisers at any time or make recommendations to the Board with respect to the hiring, termination, or replacement of a Sub-adviser. Below is a summary of each Sub-adviser’s principal investment strategies.
Capital International’s Principal Investment Strategies
Capital International’s investment philosophy is to seek to invest in attractively priced securities that, in its opinion, represent good, long-term investment opportunities. Capital International uses a system of multiple portfolio managers in managing its allocated portion of the Fund’s assets. Under this approach, its allocated portion of the Fund’s assets is divided into segments managed by individual portfolio managers. With respect to its allocated portion of the Fund’s assets, Capital International primarily invests in municipal securities that provide income exempt from federal personal income tax and may subject certain taxpayers to Federal AMT. In selecting securities for its allocated portion of the Fund’s assets, Capital International may accept risks to capital value that it deems prudent to take advantage of opportunities for higher current income on municipal securities in which it invests. Capital International may sell securities when it believes that they no longer represent relatively attractive investment opportunities.
 
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T. Rowe Price’s Principal Investment Strategies
T. Rowe Price’s active investment management approach emphasizes the value of in-depth fundamental credit research, diversification and risk management practices. By using fundamental research, T. Rowe Price seeks to add value through sector weights (emphasizing higher yielding revenue bonds at the expense of state and local general obligation debt) and issue selection over a full market cycle. The goal of this approach is to build a yield advantage into the portfolio while still taking a risk-conscious approach. Risk management includes managing the portfolio’s duration (which is a measurement of the price sensitivity of a bond or bond fund to changes in interest rates), while also focusing on striking a balance between (i) having conviction (and an overweight allocation) in certain sectors and (ii) not being disproportionately dependent on any one sector or portfolio exposure. T. Rowe Price will invest in investment grade bonds, as well as below investment grade bonds.
Principal Risks
Since the Fund holds securities with fluctuating market prices, the value of the Fund’s shares varies as its portfolio securities increase or decrease in value. Therefore, the value of your investment in the Fund could go down as well as up. You may lose money by investing in the Fund. An investment in the Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. The principal risks affecting the Fund that can cause a decline in value are set forth below. The risks are ordered in alphabetical order after the first six risks, although the order of the risk factors does not indicate the significance of any particular risk factor. Any additional risks associated with the Fund’s non-principal investments are described in the Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”). The SAI also provides additional information about the risks associated with the Fund’s principal investments described herein.
 
   
Market Risk. The overall market may perform poorly or the returns from the securities in which the Fund invests may underperform returns from the general securities markets, a particular securities market, or other types of investments. A variety of factors can influence underperformance and can have a significant impact on the Fund and its investments, including regulatory events, inflation, interest rates, government defaults, government shutdowns, war, regional conflicts, acts of terrorism, social unrest, and substantial economic downturn or recessions. In addition, the impact of any epidemic, pandemic, natural disaster, spread of infectious illness or other public health issue, or widespread fear that such events may occur, could negatively affect the global economy, as well as the economies of individual countries, the financial performance of individual companies and sectors, and the markets in general in significant and unforeseen ways. Any such impact could adversely affect the prices and liquidity of the securities and other instruments in which the Fund invests, which in turn could negatively impact the Fund’s performance and cause losses on your investment in the Fund.
 
   
Interest Rate Risk. The value of fixed income securities may decline because of increases in interest rates or rise because of decreases in interest rates. The value of a fixed income security with greater duration will be more sensitive to changes in interest rates than a similar security with shorter duration. The prices of fixed income securities with shorter duration generally will be less affected by changes in interest rates than the prices of fixed income securities with greater duration. A low interest rate environment may present greater interest rate risk, because there may be a greater likelihood of rates increasing and rates may increase more rapidly. Fluctuations in interest rates may also affect the liquidity of the fixed-income securities held by the Fund. As a result, it is possible that the Fund would, during these conditions, maintain a substantial portion of its assets in cash, on which it may earn little, if any, income. Changes in monetary policy made by central banks and/or their governments or changes in economic conditions may affect the level of interest rates, which could have sudden or unpredictable effects on the markets. A sudden or unpredictable rise or decline in interest rates may cause volatility and reduced liquidity in the markets, which could make it more difficult for the Fund to sell its investments at a time when it may be advantageous to do so and could cause the value of the Fund’s investments to decline, potentially suddenly and significantly.
 
   
Credit Risk. Credit risk is the risk that the issuer of a bond will fail to make payments when due or default completely. If the issuer of the bond experiences an actual or anticipated deterioration in credit quality, the price of the bond may be negatively impacted. The degree of credit risk depends on the financial condition of the issuer and the terms of the bond.
 
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Municipal Securities Risk. The value of the Fund’s investments in municipal securities may be adversely affected by unfavorable legislative or political developments and economic developments that impact the financial condition of municipal issuers. For example, a credit rating downgrade, bond default, or bankruptcy involving an issuer within a particular state or territory could affect the market values and marketability of many or all municipal obligations of that state or territory. Additionally, the relative amount of publicly available information about the financial condition of municipal securities issuers is generally less than that for corporate securities.
 
   
Liquidity Risk. Low trading volume, a lack of a market maker, or contractual or legal restrictions may limit the Fund’s ability to value securities or prevent the Fund from selling securities or closing derivative positions at desirable times or prices.
 
   
Active Management Risk. The Fund is actively managed with discretion and may underperform market indices, including relevant benchmark indices, or other mutual funds with similar investment objectives. In addition, to the extent that a Sub-adviser’s investment strategy uses a quantitative investment model to evaluate and recommend investment decisions for the Fund, the Fund can perform differently from the market as a whole based on the factors used in the model, the weight placed on each factor and changes from the factors’ historical trends.
 
   
Counterparty Risk. When the Fund enters into an investment contract, such as a derivative or a repurchase agreement, the Fund is exposed to the risk that the other party may be unable or unwilling to fulfill its obligations, which could adversely impact the value of the Fund.
 
   
Derivatives Risk. An investment in derivatives (such as futures contracts) may not perform as anticipated by the Sub-advisers, may not be able to be closed out at a favorable time or price, or may increase the Fund’s volatility. Derivatives may create investment leverage so that when a derivative is used as a substitute for or alternative to a direct cash investment, the transaction may not provide a return that corresponds precisely with that of the cash investment, or when used for hedging purposes, the derivative may not provide the anticipated protection, causing the Fund to lose money on both the derivative and the exposure the Fund sought to hedge. Increases and decreases in the value of the Fund’s portfolio may be magnified when the Fund uses leverage. Derivatives are also subject to correlation risk, which is the risk that changes in the value of the derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying asset, rate or index. The Fund’s use of derivatives is also subject to market risk and liquidity risk, which are described above.
 
   
High Yield Securities Risk. High yield, or “junk,” securities involve greater risks of default or downgrade and are more volatile than investment grade securities because the prospect for repayment of principal and interest of these securities is speculative. High-yield securities also may be less liquid than higher quality investments. These securities may offer higher returns, but there is no guarantee that an investment in these securities will result in a high rate of return.
 
   
Investment Company and Exchange-Traded Fund Risk. An investment company, including an ETF, in which the Fund invests may not achieve its investment objective or execute its investment strategies effectively. Large purchase or redemption activity by shareholders of such an investment company might negatively affect the value of the investment company’s shares. The Fund must also pay its pro rata portion of an investment company’s fees and expenses.
 
   
Investment Strategy Risk. There is no assurance the Fund’s investment objective will be achieved. Investment decisions may not produce the expected results. The value of the Fund may decline, and the Fund may underperform other funds with similar objectives or strategies.
 
   
Issuer-Specific Risk. The value of an individual security or particular type of security can be more volatile than, and can perform differently from, the market as a whole or other similar securities.
 
   
Multi-Manager and Multi-Style Management Risk. The Fund allocates its assets to multiple Sub-advisers believed to have complementary styles. These investment styles, at times, may not be complementary and could result in more exposure to certain types of securities. Because portions of the Fund’s assets are
 
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managed by different Sub-advisers using different styles, the Fund could engage in overlapping or conflicting securities transactions. Overlapping transactions could lead to multiple Sub-advisers purchasing the same or similar securities at the same time, potentially leading to the Fund holding a more concentrated position in these securities. Conversely, certain Sub-advisers may be purchasing securities at the same time other Sub-advisers may be selling those same securities, which may lead to higher transaction expenses compared to a fund using a single investment management style.
 
   
Municipal Revenue Bond Risk. Municipal revenue bonds are used to finance municipal projects that generate revenue. These types of bonds may be more sensitive to adverse economic, business or political developments than other types of municipal bonds. In addition, if the specified revenues from a project do not materialize, there is a risk that the bonds may not be repaid. As a result, the municipal revenue bonds in which the Fund invests may entail greater credit risk than the Fund’s investments in other types of municipal bonds. Moreover, a change that affects one project, such as proposed legislation on the financing of the project, a shortage of the materials needed for the project, or a declining need for the project, would likely affect all similar projects, thereby increasing the Fund’s market risk.
 
   
New Fund Risk – Because the Fund is new, investors in the Fund bear the risk that the Fund may not be successful in implementing its investment strategy, may not employ a successful investment strategy, or may fail to attract sufficient assets under management to realize economies of scale, any of which could result in the Fund being liquidated at any time without shareholder approval and at a time that may not be favorable for all shareholders. Such liquidation could have negative tax consequences for shareholders and will cause shareholders to incur expenses of liquidation.
 
   
Prepayment and Extension Risk. When interest rates fall, issuers of high interest debt obligations, as well as issuers of callable bonds, may pay off the debts earlier than expected (prepayment risk), and the Fund may have to reinvest the proceeds at lower yields. When interest rates rise, issuers of lower interest debt obligations may pay off the debts later than expected (extension risk), thus keeping the Fund’s assets tied up in lower interest debt obligations.
 
   
Private Activity Bonds Risk. Municipalities and other public authorities issue private activity bonds to finance development of industrial facilities for use by a private enterprise. The private enterprise pays the principal and interest on the bond and the issuing authority does not pledge its full faith, credit, and taxing power for repayment. The private enterprise can have a substantially different credit profile than the municipality or public authority. The Fund’s investments in private activity bonds may subject certain shareholders to the Federal AMT.
 
   
Privately Issued Securities Risk. Investments in privately issued securities (e.g., Rule 144A securities) may be less liquid than in publicly traded securities. Although these securities may be resold in privately negotiated transactions, the prices realized from these sales could be less than those originally paid by the Fund or less than what may be considered the fair value of such securities. Furthermore, companies with securities that are not publicly traded are not subject to the disclosure and other investor protection requirements that might be applicable if the securities were publicly traded.
 
   
Redemption Risk. The Fund may experience losses or realize taxable gains when selling securities to meet redemption requests. This risk is greater for larger redemption requests or redemption requests during adverse market conditions. Large redemptions of the Fund’s shares may force the Fund to sell securities at times when it would not otherwise do so, and may cause the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate and transaction costs to rise, which may negatively affect the Fund’s performance and have adverse tax consequences for Fund shareholders.
 
   
Regulatory and Judicial Risk. The regulation of security markets, transactions and portfolio companies is subject to change. Such regulatory changes and judicial actions could have a substantial adverse effect on the Fund’s performance.
 
   
Reinvestment Risk. Cash flows from fixed income securities are generally reinvested at current market rates. A decline in market rates may result in less attractive reinvestment opportunities and affect the Fund’s ability to meet its investment objective.
 
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Tax and Federal AMT Risk. The Fund will rely on the opinion of issuers’ bond counsel and, in the case of derivative securities, sponsors’ counsel, on the tax-exempt status of interest on municipal bond obligations and payments under tax-exempt derivative securities. Neither the Fund nor its Adviser or Sub-advisers will independently review the bases for those tax opinions, which may ultimately be determined to be incorrect and subject the Fund and its shareholders to substantial tax liabilities. Certain shareholders subject to the Federal AMT may be required to report the Fund’s exempt interest distributions in determining their Federal AMT. Exempt-interest dividends may affect the federal corporate alternative minimum tax for certain corporations. The Fund may also not be a suitable investment for individual retirement accounts and other tax-deferred arrangements.
 
   
U.S. Government Securities Risk. U.S. government obligations are affected by changes or expected changes in interest rates, among other things. While U.S. Treasury obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government, such obligations are still subject to credit risk. Securities issued or guaranteed by federal agencies or authorities or U.S. government sponsored instrumentalities or enterprises may or may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government. Moreover, some securities are neither insured nor guaranteed by the U.S. government. The U.S. Department of the Treasury has the authority to provide financial support to certain of these debt obligations, but no assurance can be given that the U.S. government will do so. From time to time, uncertainty regarding the status of negotiations in the U.S. government to increase the statutory debt ceiling and/or failure to increase the statutory debt ceiling could increase the risk that the U.S. government may default on payments on certain U.S. government securities (including those held by the Fund), which could have a material adverse impact on the Fund.
 
   
When-Issued, Delayed Delivery, and Forward Commitment Transactions Risk. When-issued transactions, delayed delivery purchases, and forward commitments involve a risk of loss if the value of the securities declines prior to the settlement date. Therefore, these transactions may result in a form of leverage and increase the Fund’s overall investment exposure. When the Fund has sold a security on a when-issued, delayed delivery, or forward commitment basis, the Fund does not participate in future gains or losses with respect to the security. These transactions are also subject to counterparty risk, which is described above.
Performance
The Fund does not have performance history for a full calendar year. Once the Fund has completed a full calendar year of operations, a bar chart and table will be included that will provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing the variability of the Fund’s returns and comparing the Fund’s performance to a broad measure of market performance. See the Fund’s website www.bridgebuildermutualfunds.com/literature for updated performance information. The Fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future.
Fund Management
Olive Street Investment Advisers, LLC is the investment adviser for the Fund.
Sub-advisers and Portfolio Managers
The Adviser may allocate Fund assets for each investment strategy to the following Sub-advisers, which allocations may be adjusted at any time:
 
Capital International     
Portfolio Managers    Position with Capital International   Length of Service
to the Fund
Chad M. Rach    Portfolio Manager   Since Inception
Jerome H. Solomon    Portfolio Manager   Since Inception
Courtney K. Wolf    Portfolio Manager   Since Inception
 
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T. Rowe Price     
Portfolio Manager    Position with T. Rowe Price   Length of Service
to the Fund
James M. Murphy, CFA    Vice President, Portfolio Manager, Chairman of Investment Advisory Committee   Since Inception
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
Fund shares are currently available to investors participating in the Advisory Programs, each an investment advisory program sponsored by Edward D. Jones & Co., L.P. (“Edward Jones”), as well as current and former Trustees of the Trust. Advisory Program investors may purchase and sell or redeem Fund shares only from Edward Jones through an Advisory Program. Current and former Trustees of the Trust may purchase and sell or redeem shares directly. There are no initial or subsequent minimum purchase amounts for the Fund. You may purchase or redeem shares of the Fund on any day the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) is open.
Tax Information
The Fund generally intends to distribute income that is exempt from federal income tax; however, the Fund’s distributions may be subject to the Federal AMT, federal income, or capital gains taxation. The Fund may not be a suitable investment for individual retirement accounts and other tax-deferred arrangements.
 
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SUMMARY SECTION
Bridge Builder Large Cap Growth Fund
Investment Objective
The investment objective of Bridge Builder Large Cap Growth Fund (the “Fund” or the “Large Cap Growth Fund”) is to provide capital appreciation.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
The following table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as annual program or administrative fees for participating in Edward Jones Advisory Solutions® (“Advisory Solutions”), Edward Jones Guided Solutions® (“Guided Solutions”) or Financial Advisor Managed Solutions™ (“FAMS”) (collectively, the “Advisory Programs”), which are not reflected in the table and examples below.
 
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
        
Management Fees(1)      0.44
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees      None  
Other Expenses(2)      0.02
  
 
 
 
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses      0.46
Less Waivers(1)      (0.27 )% 
  
 
 
 
Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses      0.19
  
 
 
 
 
(1)
Olive Street Investment Advisers, LLC (the “Adviser”) has contractually agreed, until at least October 28, 2024, to waive its management fees to the extent management fees to be paid to the Adviser exceed the management fees the Fund is required to pay the Fund’s sub-advisers (i.e., the Adviser does not receive any management fees from the Fund as a result of its waivers). This contractual agreement may not be terminated by the Adviser without the consent of the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of Bridge Builder Trust (the “Trust”), except that the Adviser may terminate the agreement upon written notice to the Trust, effective as of the end of the expense limitation period ending October 28, 2024, if written notice is provided to the Trust by or before April 15, 2024. Such waivers are not subject to reimbursement by the Fund.
(2)
Other Expenses include acquired fund fees and expenses less than 0.01%.
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. 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 Adviser’s agreement to waive management fees until October 28, 2024). Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
 
1 Year   3 Years   5 Years   10 Years
$19   $120   $231   $553
Portfolio Turnover
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 21% of the average value of its portfolio.
 
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Principal Investment Strategies
The Fund invests, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of borrowings for investment purposes) in the securities of large capitalization companies and other instruments, such as certain investment companies (see below) that seek to track the performance of securities of large capitalization companies. The Fund defines large capitalization companies as companies whose market capitalizations at the time of purchase typically fall within the range of the Russell 1000® Index (as of April 28, 2023, companies with capitalizations greater than $2.4 billion). The market capitalization of the companies included in the Russell 1000® Index will change with market conditions. While the Fund primarily invests in equity securities of large capitalization companies, it may also invest in securities of medium and small capitalization companies. The Fund may invest in securities issued by U.S. and foreign entities, including emerging market securities. The Fund may invest in American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) or Global Depositary Receipts (“GDRs”). The Fund may also invest in other investment companies, including other open-end or closed-end investment companies and exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) that have characteristics that are consistent with the Fund’s investment objective. The Fund may also invest a portion of its assets in securities of real estate investment trusts (“REITs”), which are companies that own and/or manage real estate properties. From time to time, the Fund may also buy or sell derivatives, principally futures contracts for cash equitization purposes. The Fund may, from time to time, invest a significant portion of its total assets in securities of companies in certain sectors. As of September 29, 2023, the Fund had significant exposure to securities of companies in the information technology sector. The Fund follows an investing style that favors growth investments.
The Fund’s portfolio is constructed by combining the investment styles and strategies of multiple sub-advisers that have been or will be retained by the Adviser (each a “Sub-adviser”). Each Sub-adviser may use both its own proprietary and external research and securities selection processes to manage its allocated portion of the Fund’s assets.
Portfolio securities may be sold at any time. Sales may occur when a Sub-adviser seeks to take advantage of what a Sub-adviser considers to be a better investment opportunity, when a Sub-adviser believes the portfolio securities no longer represent relatively attractive investment opportunities, or when a Sub-adviser believes it would be appropriate to do so in order to readjust the asset allocation of its portion of the Fund’s investment portfolio.
The Adviser is responsible for determining the amount of Fund assets to allocate to each Sub-adviser. The Adviser allocates Fund assets for each investment strategy to the following Sub-advisers: BlackRock Investment Management, LLC (“BlackRock”), Jennison Associates LLC (“Jennison”), Lazard Asset Management LLC (“Lazard”), and Sustainable Growth Advisers, LP (“SGA”). The Adviser may adjust allocations to the Sub-advisers at any time or make recommendations to the Board with respect to the hiring, termination, or replacement of a Sub-adviser. Below is a summary of each Sub-adviser’s principal investment strategies.
BlackRock’s Principal Investment Strategies
BlackRock invests in equity securities with the objective of approximating as closely as practicable the capitalization weighted total rate of return of the segment of the United States market for publicly traded equity securities represented by the 1,000 largest capitalized companies. The criterion for the selection of investments is the Russell 1000® Growth Index.
Jennison’s Principal Investment Strategies
Jennison seeks to invest in large capitalization securities whose price will increase over the long term. It invests in equity and equity-related securities of companies that it believes have strong capital appreciation potential. In deciding which equities to buy, Jennison follows a highly disciplined investment selection and management process of identifying companies that show superior absolute and relative earnings growth and also are believed to be attractively valued. Jennison’s confidence in potential issuer earnings is an important part of the selection process. Jennison evaluates a company’s value by examining fundamental metrics such as price to forward earnings, price to book value, price to sales, and enterprise value to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization.
Lazard’s Principal Investment Strategies
Lazard invests primarily in equity securities, principally common stocks, of U.S. companies that Lazard believes have strong and/or improving financial productivity and are undervalued based on their earnings, cash flow or asset values.
 
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Although Lazard generally focuses on large capitalization companies, the market capitalizations of issuers in which Lazard invests may vary with market conditions, and Lazard also may invest in medium capitalization and small capitalization companies.
SGA’s Principal Investment Strategies
SGA uses an investment process to identify large capitalization companies that it believes have a high degree of predictability, strong profitability and above average earnings and cash flow growth. SGA seeks to identify companies that exhibit characteristics such as pricing power, repeat revenue streams, and global reach that, in SGA’s judgment, have the potential for long-term earnings growth within the context of low business risk. SGA employs an intensive internal research and a bottom-up stock selection approach. SGA selects investments that it believes have superior long-term earnings prospects and attractive valuation. SGA seeks to sell a portfolio holding when it believes the security’s fundamentals deteriorate, its valuation is no longer attractive, or a better investment opportunity arises.
Principal Risks
Since the Fund holds securities with fluctuating market prices, the value of the Fund’s shares varies as its portfolio securities increase or decrease in value. Therefore, the value of your investment in the Fund could go down as well as up. You may lose money by investing in the Fund. An investment in the Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. The principal risks affecting the Fund that can cause a decline in value are set forth below. The risks are ordered in alphabetical order after the first five risks, although the order of the risk factors does not indicate the significance of any particular risk factor. Any additional risks associated with the Fund’s non-principal investments are described in the Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”). The SAI also provides additional information about the risks associated with the Fund’s principal investments described herein.
 
   
Market Risk. The overall market may perform poorly or the returns from the securities in which the Fund invests may underperform returns from the general securities markets, a particular securities market, or other types of investments. A variety of factors can influence underperformance and can have a significant impact on the Fund and its investments, including regulatory events, inflation, interest rates, government defaults, government shutdowns, war, regional conflicts, acts of terrorism, social unrest, and substantial economic downturn or recessions. In addition, the impact of any epidemic, pandemic, natural disaster, spread of infectious illness or other public health issue, or widespread fear that such events may occur, could negatively affect the global economy, as well as the economies of individual countries, the financial performance of individual companies and sectors, and the markets in general in significant and unforeseen ways. Any such impact could adversely affect the prices and liquidity of the securities and other instruments in which the Fund invests, which in turn could negatively impact the Fund’s performance and cause losses on your investment in the Fund.
 
   
Equity Securities Risk. The value of equity securities will rise and fall over short or extended periods of time in response to the activities of the company that issued them, general market conditions, and/or economic conditions.
 
   
Active Management Risk. A significant portion of the Fund is actively managed with discretion and may underperform market indices, including relevant benchmark indices, or other mutual funds with similar investment objectives.
 
   
Larger Company Risk. Larger capitalization companies may be unable to respond quickly to new competitive challenges such as changes in technology. They may also not be able to attain the high growth rate of successful smaller companies, especially during extended periods of economic expansion.
 
   
Growth Style Risk. The Fund is managed primarily in a growth investment style. Growth stocks can perform differently from the market as a whole and other types of stocks and may underperform other types of investments or investment styles, as different market styles tend to shift in and out of favor depending upon market conditions and other factors. Growth stocks are stocks of companies expected to increase revenues and earnings at a faster rate than their peers.
 
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American Depositary Receipts or Global Depositary Receipts Risk. ADRs and GDRs have the same currency and economic risks as the underlying non-U.S. securities they represent. They are affected by the risks associated with non-U.S. securities, such as changes in political or economic conditions of other countries and changes in the exchange rates of foreign currencies.
 
   
Counterparty Risk. When the Fund enters into an investment contract, such as a derivative or a repurchase agreement, the Fund is exposed to the risk that the other party may be unable or unwilling to fulfill its obligations, which could adversely impact the value of the Fund.
 
   
Currency Risk. As a result of the Fund’s investments in securities or other investments denominated in, and/or receiving revenues in, foreign currencies, the Fund will be subject to currency risk. Currency risk is the risk that foreign currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar, adversely affecting the value of the Fund.
 
   
Derivatives Risk. An investment in derivatives (such as futures contracts) may not perform as anticipated by the Sub-advisers, may not be able to be closed out at a favorable time or price, or may increase the Fund’s volatility. Derivatives may create investment leverage so that when a derivative is used as a substitute for or alternative to a direct cash investment, the transaction may not provide a return that corresponds precisely with that of the cash investment or when used for hedging purposes, the derivative may not provide the anticipated protection, causing the Fund to lose money on both the derivative and the exposure the Fund sought to hedge. Increases and decreases in the value of the Fund’s portfolio may be magnified when the Fund uses leverage. Derivatives are also subject to correlation risk, which is the risk that changes in the value of the derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying asset, rate, or index. The Fund’s use of derivatives is also subject to market risk, which is described above, and liquidity risk, which is described below.
 
   
Foreign Securities Risk (including Emerging Markets Risk). The risks of investing in foreign securities, including those in emerging markets, can increase the potential for losses in the Fund and may include currency risk, political and economic instability, terrorism, armed conflicts and other geopolitical events, additional or fewer government regulations, the imposition of tariffs and other restrictions on trade or economic sanctions, less publicly available information, limited trading markets, differences in financial reporting standards, fewer protections for passive investors, and less stringent regulation of securities markets. Geopolitical or other events such as nationalization or expropriation could cause the loss of the Fund’s entire investment in one or more countries. In addition, periodic U.S. Government prohibitions on investments in issuers from certain foreign countries may require the Fund to sell such investments at inopportune times, which could result in losses to the Fund. The risks associated with international investing will be greater in emerging markets than in more developed foreign markets because, among other things, emerging markets may have less stable political and economic environments and may have fewer resources to mitigate the effects of a pandemic or natural disaster.
 
   
Investment Company and Exchange-Traded Fund Risk. An investment company, including an ETF, in which the Fund invests may not achieve its investment objective or execute its investment strategies effectively. Large purchase or redemption activity by shareholders of such an investment company might negatively affect the value of the investment company’s shares. The Fund must also pay its pro rata portion of an investment company’s fees and expenses.
 
   
Investment Strategy Risk. There is no assurance the Fund’s investment objective will be achieved. Investment decisions may not produce the expected results. The value of the Fund may decline, and the Fund may underperform other funds with similar objectives and strategies.
 
   
Issuer-Specific Risk. The value of an individual security or particular type of security can be more volatile than, and can perform differently from, the market as a whole or other similar securities.
 
   
Liquidity Risk. Low trading volume, a lack of a market maker, or contractual or legal restrictions may limit the Fund’s ability to value securities or prevent the Fund from selling securities or closing derivative positions at desirable times or prices.
 
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Multi-Manager and Multi-Style Management Risk. The Fund allocates its assets to multiple Sub-advisers believed to have complementary styles. These investment styles, at times, may not be complementary and could result in more exposure to certain types of securities. Because portions of the Fund’s assets are managed by different Sub-advisers using different styles, the Fund could engage in overlapping or conflicting securities transactions. Overlapping transactions could lead to multiple Sub-advisers purchasing the same or similar securities at the same time, potentially leading to the Fund holding a more concentrated position in these securities. Conversely, certain Sub-advisers may be purchasing securities at the same time other Sub-advisers may be selling those same securities, which may lead to higher transaction expenses compared to a fund using a single investment management style.
 
   
Passive Management Risk. Because the portion of the Fund allocated to BlackRock is managed so that its total return closely corresponds with that of the Russell 1000® Growth Index, the Fund faces a risk of poor performance if the Russell 1000® Growth Index declines generally or performs poorly relative to other U.S. equity indexes or individual stocks, the stocks of companies which comprise the Russell 1000® Growth Index fall out of favor with investors, or an adverse company specific event, such as an unfavorable earnings report, negatively affects the stock price of one of the larger companies in the Russell 1000® Growth Index.
 
   
Real Estate Investment Trusts Risk. REITs may be affected by changes in the value of the underlying properties owned by the REITs and by the quality of tenants’ credit.
 
   
Redemption Risk. The Fund may experience losses or realize taxable gains when selling securities to meet redemption requests. This risk is greater for larger redemption requests or redemption requests during adverse market conditions. Large redemptions of the Fund’s shares may force the Fund to sell securities at times when it would not otherwise do so and may cause the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate and transaction costs to rise, which may negatively affect the Fund’s performance and have adverse tax consequences for Fund shareholders.
 
   
Regulatory and Judicial Risk. The regulation of security markets, transactions and portfolio companies is subject to change. Such regulatory changes and judicial actions could have a substantial adverse effect on the Fund’s performance.
 
   
Sector Focus Risk. Because the Fund may invest a significant portion of its assets in a particular sector of the market, the Fund may be especially sensitive to factors and economic risks that specifically affect that sector. As a result, the Fund’s share price may fluctuate more widely than the share price of a fund that is more diversified across numerous sectors.
 
   
Information Technology Sector Risk. From time to time, the Fund may focus its investments in the information technology sector. Information technology companies face intense competition, both domestically and internationally, which may have an adverse effect on profit margins, and may be subject to extensive regulatory requirements causing considerable expense and delay. In addition, information technology companies are heavily dependent on patent and intellectual property rights. The loss or impairment of these rights may adversely affect the profitability of these companies.
 
   
Smaller Company Risk. Investments in smaller capitalization companies (including medium capitalization and small capitalization companies) may have greater risks, as these companies may have less operating history, narrower product or customer markets, and fewer managerial and financial resources than more established companies. Smaller capitalization stocks may be more volatile and have less liquidity.
 
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Performance
The accompanying bar chart and table provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows changes in the Fund’s year-to-year performance and the table shows how the Fund’s average annual total returns for one and five years and since inception compared to that of a broad measure of market performance. The performance information shown here reflects only Fund performance and does not reflect annual program or administrative fees you may be charged for participating in an Advisory Program. See the Fund’s website www.bridgebuildermutualfunds.com/literature for updated performance information. The Fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future.
Year-by-Year Total Returns
Calendar Year Ended December 31
 
LOGO
 
Quarterly Returns
 
Highest (quarter ended June 30, 2020)      26.46%  
Lowest (quarter ended June 30, 2022)      -19.54%  
The performance information shown above is based on a calendar year. The Fund’s performance (before taxes) from 1/1/23 to 9/30/23 was 16.33%.
Average Annual Total Returns
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on the investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. The after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts. Returns after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares may be higher than before-tax returns when a net capital loss occurs upon the redemption of Fund shares.
 
Average Annual Total Return as of December 31, 2022
       1 Year      5 Years      Since Inception
(4/27/15)
Return Before Taxes
         -26.82 %          10.18 %          10.23 %
Return After Taxes on Distributions
         -26.94 %          9.02 %          9.39 %
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
         -15.79 %          7.91 %          8.17 %
Russell 1000® Growth Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
         -29.14 %          10.96 %          11.66 %
The Russell 1000® Growth Index measures the performance of the large- cap growth segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 1000® Index companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values. The Fund’s
 
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portfolio holdings may differ significantly from the securities held in the relevant index and, unlike a mutual fund, the performance of an unmanaged index does not reflect deductions for transaction costs, taxes, management fees or other expenses. You cannot invest directly in an index.
Fund Management
Olive Street Investment Advisers, LLC is the investment adviser for the Fund.
Sub-advisers and Portfolio Managers
The Adviser allocates Fund assets for each investment strategy to the following Sub-advisers, which allocations may be adjusted at any time:
 
BlackRock     
Portfolio Managers    Position with BlackRock   Length of Service to
the Fund
Jennifer Hsui    Managing Director, Senior Portfolio Manager   Since October 2019
Peter Sietsema    Director, Portfolio Manager   Since January 2022
Paul Whitehead    Managing Director, Portfolio Manager   Since January 2022
Jennison     
Portfolio Managers    Position with Jennison   Length of Service to
the Fund
Kathleen A. McCarragher    Managing Director   Since Inception
Blair A. Boyer    Managing Director   Since Inception
Natasha Kuhlkin, CFA    Managing Director   Since April 2023
Lazard     
Portfolio Managers    Position with Lazard   Length of Service to
the Fund
Andrew Lacey    Managing Director and Portfolio Manager/Analyst   Since Inception
Martin Flood    Managing Director and Portfolio Manager/Analyst   Since Inception
H. Ross Seiden    Managing Director and Portfolio Manager/Analyst   Since September 2015
Louis Florentin-Lee    Managing Director and Portfolio Manager/Analyst   Since December 2018
SGA     
Portfolio Managers    Position with SGA   Length of Service to
the Fund
Robert L. Rohn    Portfolio Manager/Analyst   Since Inception
Kishore Rao    Portfolio Manager/Analyst   Since December 2019
Hrishikesh (HK) Gupta    Portfolio Manager/Analyst   Since July 2022
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
Fund shares are currently available to investors participating in the Advisory Programs, each an investment advisory program sponsored by Edward D. Jones & Co., L.P. (“Edward Jones”), as well as current and former Trustees of the Trust. Advisory Program investors may purchase and sell or redeem Fund shares only from Edward Jones through an Advisory Program. Current and former Trustees of the Trust may purchase and sell or redeem shares directly. There are no initial or subsequent minimum purchase amounts for the Fund. You may purchase or redeem shares of the Fund on any day the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) is open.
Tax Information
The Fund’s distributions will normally be taxed as qualified dividend income, ordinary income or capital gains. Distributions on investments made through tax-deferred arrangements may be taxed later upon withdrawal of assets from those accounts.
 
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SUMMARY SECTION
Bridge Builder Large Cap Value Fund
Investment Objective
The investment objective of Bridge Builder Large Cap Value Fund (the “Fund” or the “Large Cap Value Fund”) is to provide capital appreciation.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
The following table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.
You may pay other fees, such as annual program or administrative fees for participating in Edward Jones Advisory Solutions® (“Advisory Solutions”), Edward Jones Guided Solutions® (“Guided Solutions”) or Financial Advisor Managed Solutions™ (“FAMS”) (collectively, the “Advisory Programs”), which are not reflected in the table and examples below.
 
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
        
Management Fees(1)      0.44
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees      None  
Other Expenses(2)      0.01
  
 
 
 
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses      0.45
Less Waivers(1)      (0.22 )% 
  
 
 
 
Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses      0.23
  
 
 
 
 
(1)
Olive Street Investment Advisers, LLC (the “Adviser”) has contractually agreed, until at least October 28, 2024, to waive its management fees to the extent management fees to be paid to the Adviser exceed the management fees the Fund is required to pay the Fund’s sub-advisers (i.e., the Adviser does not receive any management fees from the Fund as a result of its waivers). This contractual agreement may not be terminated by the Adviser without the consent of the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of Bridge Builder Trust (the “Trust”), except that the Adviser may terminate the agreement upon written notice to the Trust, effective as of the end of the expense limitation period ending October 28, 2024, if written notice is provided to the Trust by or before April 15, 2024. Such waivers are not subject to reimbursement by the Fund.
(2) 
Other Expenses include acquired fund fees and expenses less than 0.01%.
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. 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 Adviser’s agreement to waive management fees until October 28, 2024). Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
 
1 Year   3 Years   5 Years   10 Years
$24   $122   $230   $545
Portfolio Turnover
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 21% of the average value of its portfolio.
 
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Principal Investment Strategies
The Fund invests, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of borrowings for investment purposes) in the securities of large capitalization companies and other instruments, such as certain investment companies (see below), with economic characteristics that seek to track the performance of securities of large capitalization companies. The Fund defines large capitalization companies as companies whose market capitalizations at the time of purchase typically fall within the range of the Russell 1000® Index (as of April 28, 2023, companies with capitalizations greater than $2.4 billion). The market capitalization of the companies included in the Russell 1000® Index will change with market conditions. While the Fund primarily invests in equity securities of large capitalization companies, it may also invest in securities of medium and small capitalization companies. The Fund may invest in securities issued by U.S. and foreign entities. The Fund may invest in American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) or Global Depositary Receipts (“GDRs”). The Fund may also invest in other investment companies, including other open-end or closed-end investment companies and exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) that have characteristics that are consistent with the Fund’s investment objective. The Fund may also invest a portion of its assets in securities of real estate investment trusts (“REITs”), which are companies that own and/or manage real estate properties. From time to time, the Fund may also buy or sell derivatives, principally futures contracts for cash equitization purposes. The Fund follows an investing style that favors value investments.
The Fund’s portfolio is constructed by combining the investment styles and strategies of multiple sub-advisers that have been or will be retained by the Adviser (each a “Sub-adviser”). Each Sub-adviser may use both its own proprietary and external research and securities selection processes to manage its allocated portion of the Fund’s assets.
Portfolio securities may be sold at any time. Sales may occur when a Sub-adviser seeks to take advantage of what a Sub-adviser considers to be a better investment opportunity, when a Sub-adviser believes the portfolio securities no longer represent relatively attractive investment opportunities, or when a Sub-adviser believes it would be appropriate to do so in order to readjust the asset allocation of its portion of the Fund’s investment portfolio.
The Adviser is responsible for determining the amount of Fund assets to allocate to each Sub-adviser. The Adviser allocates Fund assets for each investment strategy to the following Sub-advisers: Artisan Partners Limited Partnership (“Artisan Partners”), Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss, LLC (“Barrow Hanley”), BlackRock Investment Management, LLC (“BlackRock”), LSV Asset Management (“LSV”), T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (“T. Rowe Price”), and Wellington Management Company, LLP (“Wellington Management”). The Adviser may adjust allocations to the Sub-advisers at any time or make recommendations to the Board with respect to the hiring, termination, or replacement of a Sub-adviser. Below is a summary of each Sub-adviser’s principal investment strategies.
Artisan Partners’ Principal Investment Strategies
Artisan Partners employs a fundamental investment process to construct a diversified portfolio of equity securities across a broad capitalization range. Artisan Partners seeks to invest in companies that are undervalued, in solid financial condition, and have attractive business economics. Artisan Partners believes that companies with these characteristics are less likely to experience eroding values over the long term.
Artisan Partners values a business using what it believes are reasonable expectations for the long-term earnings power and capitalization rates of that business. Artisan Partners prefers companies with an acceptable level of debt and positive cash flow. At a minimum, Artisan Partners seeks to avoid companies that have so much debt that management may be unable to make decisions that would be in the best interest of the companies’ shareholders. Artisan Partners favors cash-producing businesses that it believes are capable of earning acceptable returns on capital over the company’s business cycle.
Barrow Hanley’s Principal Investment Strategies
Barrow Hanley invests primarily in large capitalization securities. As a traditional value manager, Barrow Hanley searches for companies that are temporarily undervalued for reasons Barrow Hanley can identify, understand, and believe will improve over time. In its valuation framework, Barrow Hanley strives to construct portfolios that trade at levels below the market across multiple metrics, such as the price-to-earnings and the price-to-book ratios, while
 
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simultaneously delivering an above-market dividend yield. Barrow Hanley’s goal is to generate alpha by building a high active share portfolio with an asymmetrical risk/return profile that maximizes upside potential while minimizing risk.
BlackRock’s Principal Investment Strategies
BlackRock invests in equity securities with the objective of approximating as closely as practicable the capitalization weighted total rate of return of the segment of the United States market for publicly traded equity securities represented by the 1,000 largest capitalized companies. The criterion for the selection of investments is the Russell 1000® Value Index.
LSV’s Principal Investment Strategies
LSV primarily invests in large and medium capitalization U.S. companies. LSV uses a bottom-up investment style, seeking to identify companies that are trading at prices substantially below their intrinsic value. LSV follows an active investment strategy, focusing on using data and financial information and combining such information with the rigor of a quantitative model.
T. Rowe Price’s Principal Investment Strategies
T. Rowe Price’s active investment approach emphasizes the value of large-capitalization stocks that have a strong track record of paying dividends or that are believed to be undervalued. T. Rowe Price typically employs a “value” approach in selecting investments. T. Rowe Price’s in-house research team seeks companies that appear to be undervalued by various measures and may be temporarily out of favor but have good prospects for capital appreciation and dividend growth. In selecting investments for its allocated portion of the Fund, T. Rowe Price generally looks for companies in the aggregate with one or more of the following: an established operating history; above-average dividend yield relative to the broader equity market; low price/earnings ratio relative to the broader equity market; a sound balance sheet and other positive financial characteristics; or low stock price relative to a company’s underlying value as measured by assets, cash flow, or business franchises. T. Rowe Price typically invests in U.S. common stocks and may invest in foreign stocks. The portion of the Fund managed by T. Rowe Price may also at times invest significantly in certain sectors, such as the financials sector.
Wellington Management’s Principal Investment Strategies
Wellington Management normally invests a significant portion of its assets in the equity securities of large-capitalization companies, though it may invest in the securities of companies with any market capitalization.
Wellington Management uses substantial proprietary, fundamental research resources to identify companies with superior prospects for dividend growth and capital appreciation that sell at reasonable valuation levels. Wellington Management believes that above average growth in dividends is an effective and often overlooked indicator of higher quality, shareholder-oriented companies that have the ability to produce consistent, above-average returns over the long term.
Principal Risks
Since the Fund holds securities with fluctuating market prices, the value of the Fund’s shares varies as its portfolio securities increase or decrease in value. Therefore, the value of your investment in the Fund could go down as well as up. You may lose money by investing in the Fund. An investment in the Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. The principal risks affecting the Fund that can cause a decline in value are set forth below. The risks are ordered in alphabetical order after the first five risks, although the order of the risk factors does not indicate the significance of any particular risk factor. Any additional risks associated with the Fund’s non-principal investments are described in the Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”). The SAI also provides additional information about the risks associated with the Fund’s principal investments described herein.
 
   
Market Risk. The overall market may perform poorly or the returns from the securities in which the Fund invests may underperform returns from the general securities markets, a particular securities market, or other
 
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types of investments. A variety of factors can influence underperformance and can have a significant impact on the Fund and its investments, including regulatory events, inflation, interest rates, government defaults, government shutdowns, war, regional conflicts, acts of terrorism, social unrest, and substantial economic downturn or recessions. In addition, the impact of any epidemic, pandemic, natural disaster, spread of infectious illness or other public health issue, or widespread fear that such events may occur, could negatively affect the global economy, as well as the economies of individual countries, the financial performance of individual companies and sectors, and the markets in general in significant and unforeseen ways. Any such impact could adversely affect the prices and liquidity of the securities and other instruments in which the Fund invests, which in turn could negatively impact the Fund’s performance and cause losses on your investment in the Fund.
 
   
Equity Securities Risk. The value of equity securities will rise and fall over short or extended periods of time in response to the activities of the company that issued them, general market conditions, and/or economic conditions.
 
   
Active Management Risk. A significant portion of the Fund is actively managed with discretion and may underperform market indices, including relevant benchmark indices, or other mutual funds with similar investment objectives. In addition, to the extent that a Sub-adviser’s investment strategy uses a quantitative investment model to evaluate and recommend investment decisions for the Fund, the Fund can perform differently from the market as a whole based on the factors used in the model, the weight placed on each factor and changes from the factors’ historical trends.
 
   
Larger Company Risk. Larger capitalization companies may be unable to respond quickly to new competitive challenges such as changes in technology. They may also not be able to attain the high growth rate of successful smaller companies, especially during extended periods of economic expansion.
 
   
Value Style Risk. The Fund is managed primarily in a value investment style. Value stocks can perform differently from the market as a whole and other types of stocks and may underperform other types of investments or investment styles, as different market styles tend to shift in and out of favor depending upon market conditions and other factors. Value stocks are believed to be undervalued relative to their projected underlying profitability.
 
   
American Depositary Receipts or Global Depositary Receipts Risk. ADRs and GDRs have the same currency and economic risks as the underlying non-U.S. securities they represent. They are affected by the risks associated with non-U.S. securities, such as changes in political or economic conditions of other countries and changes in the exchange rates of foreign currencies.
 
   
Counterparty Risk. When the Fund enters into an investment contract, such as a derivative or a repurchase agreement, the Fund is exposed to the risk that the other party may be unable or unwilling to fulfill its obligations, which could adversely impact the value of the Fund.
 
   
Currency Risk. As a result of the Fund’s investments in securities or other investments denominated in, and/or receiving revenues in, foreign currencies, the Fund will be subject to currency risk. Currency risk is the risk that foreign currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar, adversely affecting the value of the Fund.
 
   
Derivatives Risk. An investment in derivatives (such as futures contracts) may not perform as anticipated by the Sub-advisers, may not be able to be closed out at a favorable time or price, or may increase the Fund’s volatility. Derivatives may create investment leverage so that when a derivative is used as a substitute for or alternative to a direct cash investment, the transaction may not provide a return that corresponds precisely with that of the cash investment or when used for hedging purposes, the derivative may not provide the anticipated protection, causing the Fund to lose money on both the derivative and the exposure the Fund sought to hedge. Increases and decreases in the value of the Fund’s portfolio may be magnified when the Fund uses leverage. Derivatives are also subject to correlation risk, which is the risk that changes in the value of the derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying asset, rate, or index. The Fund’s use of derivatives is also subject to market risk, which is described above, and liquidity risk, which is described below.
 
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Foreign Securities Risk. The risks of investing in foreign securities can increase the potential for losses in the Fund and may include currency risk, political and economic instability, terrorism, armed conflicts and other geopolitical events, additional or fewer government regulations, the imposition of tariffs and other restrictions on trade or economic sanctions, less publicly available information, limited trading markets, differences in financial reporting standards, fewer protections for passive investors, and less stringent regulation of securities markets. Geopolitical or other events such as nationalization or expropriation could cause the loss of the Fund’s entire investment in one or more countries. In addition, periodic U.S. Government prohibitions on investments in issuers from certain foreign countries may require the Fund to sell such investments at inopportune times, which could result in losses to the Fund.
 
   
Investment Company and Exchange-Traded Fund Risk. An investment company, including an ETF, in which the Fund invests may not achieve its investment objective or execute its investment strategies effectively. Large purchase or redemption activity by shareholders of such an investment company might negatively affect the value of the investment company’s shares. The Fund must also pay its pro rata portion of an investment company’s fees and expenses.
 
   
Investment Strategy Risk. There is no assurance the Fund’s investment objective will be achieved. Investment decisions may not produce the expected results. The value of the Fund may decline, and the Fund may underperform other funds with similar objectives and strategies.
 
   
Issuer-Specific Risk. The value of an individual security or particular type of security can be more volatile than, and can perform differently from, the market as a whole or other similar securities.
 
   
Liquidity Risk. Low trading volume, a lack of a market maker, or contractual or legal restrictions may limit the Fund’s ability to value securities or prevent the Fund from selling securities or closing derivative positions at desirable times or prices.
 
   
Multi-Manager and Multi-Style Management Risk. The Fund allocates its assets to multiple Sub-advisers believed to have complementary styles. These investment styles, at times, may not be complementary and could result in more exposure to certain types of securities. Because portions of the Fund’s assets are managed by different Sub-advisers using different styles, the Fund could engage in overlapping or conflicting securities transactions. Overlapping transactions could lead to multiple Sub-advisers purchasing the same or similar securities at the same time, potentially leading to the Fund holding a more concentrated position in these securities. Conversely, certain Sub-advisers may be purchasing securities at the same time other Sub-advisers may be selling those same securities, which may lead to higher transaction expenses compared to a fund using a single investment management style.
 
   
Passive Management Risk. Because the portion of the Fund allocated to BlackRock is managed so that its total return closely corresponds with that of the Russell 1000® Value Index, the Fund faces a risk of poor performance if the Russell 1000® Value Index declines generally or performs poorly relative to other U.S. equity indexes or individual stocks, the stocks of companies which comprise the Russell 1000® Value Index fall out of favor with investors, or an adverse company specific event, such as an unfavorable earnings report, negatively affects the stock price of one of the larger companies in the Russell 1000® Value Index.
 
   
Real Estate Investment Trusts Risk. REITs may be affected by changes in the value of the underlying properties owned by the REITs and by the quality of tenants’ credit.
 
   
Redemption Risk. The Fund may experience losses or realize taxable gains when selling securities to meet redemption requests. This risk is greater for larger redemption requests or redemption requests during adverse market conditions. Large redemptions of the Fund’s shares may force the Fund to sell securities at times when it would not otherwise do so and may cause the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate and transaction costs to rise, which may negatively affect the Fund’s performance and have adverse tax consequences for Fund shareholders.
 
   
Regulatory and Judicial Risk. The regulation of security markets, transactions and portfolio companies is subject to change. Such regulatory changes and judicial actions could have a substantial adverse effect on the Fund’s performance.
 
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Smaller Company Risk. Investments in smaller capitalization companies (including medium capitalization and small capitalization companies) may have greater risks, as these companies may have less operating history, narrower product or customer markets, and fewer managerial and financial resources than more established companies. Smaller capitalization stocks may be more volatile and have less liquidity.
Performance
The accompanying bar chart and table provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows changes in the Fund’s year-to-year performance and the table shows how the Fund’s average annual total returns for one and five years and since inception compared to that of a broad measure of market performance. The performance information shown here reflects only Fund performance and does not reflect annual program or administrative fees you may be charged for participating in an Advisory Program. See the Fund’s website www.bridgebuildermutualfunds.com/literature for updated performance information. The Fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future.
Year-by-Year Total Returns
Calendar Year Ended December 31
 
LOGO
 
Quarterly Returns
 
Highest (quarter ended December 31, 2020)      18.11%  
Lowest (quarter ended March 31, 2020)      -26.31%  
The performance information shown above is based on a calendar year. The Fund’s performance (before taxes) from 1/1/23 to 9/30/23 was 3.36%.
 
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Average Annual Total Returns
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on the investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. The after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts. Returns after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares may be higher than before-tax returns when a net capital loss occurs upon the redemption of Fund shares.
 
Average Annual Total Return as of December 31, 2022
       1 Year      5 Years      Since Inception
(4/27/15)
Return Before Taxes
         5.25 %          9.10 %          9.39 %
Return After Taxes on Distributions
         -7.23 %          7.87 %          8.40 %
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
         1.80 %          7.04 %          7.42 %
Russell 1000® Value Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
         7.54 %          6.67 %          7.63 %
The Russell 1000® Value Index measures the performance of the large-cap value segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 1000® Index companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower expected growth values. The Fund’s portfolio holdings may differ significantly from the securities held in the relevant index and, unlike a mutual fund, the performance of an unmanaged index does not reflect deductions for transaction costs, taxes, management fees or other expenses. You cannot invest directly in an index.
Fund Management
Olive Street Investment Advisers, LLC is the investment adviser for the Fund.
Sub-advisers and Portfolio Managers
The Adviser allocates Fund assets for each investment strategy to the following Sub-advisers, which allocations may be adjusted at any time:
 
Artisan Partners     
Portfolio Managers    Position with Artisan Partners   Length of Service
to the Fund
Daniel L. Kane    Managing Director and Portfolio Manager   Since Inception
Thomas A. Reynolds IV    Managing Director and Portfolio Manager   Since October 2017
Craig Inman    Managing Director and Portfolio Manager   Since February 2019
Barrow Hanley     
Portfolio Managers    Position with Barrow Hanley   Length of Service
to the Fund
Mark Giambrone    Managing Director, Portfolio Manager   Since Inception
Michael Nayfa, CFA    Director, Portfolio Manager   Since Inception
Terry Pelzel, CFA    Director, Portfolio Manager   Since Inception
BlackRock     
Portfolio Managers    Position with BlackRock   Length of Service
to the Fund
Jennifer Hsui    Managing Director, Senior Portfolio Manager   Since October 2019
Peter Sietsema    Director, Portfolio Manager   Since January 2022
Paul Whitehead    Managing Director, Portfolio Manager   Since January 2022
 
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LSV     
Portfolio Managers    Position with LSV   Length of Service
to the Fund
Josef Lakonishok, Ph.D.    Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investment Officer, Portfolio Manager and Founding Partner   Since May 2020
Menno Vermeulen, CFA    Portfolio Manager, Systems Development, and Partner   Since May 2020
Puneet Mansharamani, CFA    Portfolio Manager and Partner   Since May 2020
Greg Sleight    Portfolio Manager and Partner   Since May 2020
Guy Lakonishok, CFA    Portfolio Manager and Partner   Since May 2020
T. Rowe Price     
Portfolio Manager    Position with T. Rowe Price   Length of Service
to the Fund
John D. Linehan, CFA    Vice President, Portfolio Manager, and Chairman of Investment Advisory Committee   Since May 2020
Wellington Management     
Portfolio Manager    Position with Wellington Management   Length of Service
to the Fund
Donald J. Kilbride*    Senior Managing Director, Equity Portfolio Manager   Since Inception
Peter C. Fisher    Senior Managing Director, Equity Portfolio Manager   Since April 2021
 
*
Effective January 1, 2024, Mr. Kilbride will no longer serve as a portfolio manager to the portion of the assets of the Fund managed by Wellington Management.
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
Fund shares are currently available to investors participating in the Advisory Programs, each an investment advisory program sponsored by Edward D. Jones & Co., L.P. (“Edward Jones”), as well as current and former Trustees of the Trust. Advisory Program investors may purchase and sell or redeem Fund shares only from Edward Jones through an Advisory Program. Current and former Trustees of the Trust may purchase and sell or redeem shares directly. There are no initial or subsequent minimum purchase amounts for the Fund. You may purchase or redeem shares of the Fund on any day the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) is open.
Tax Information
The Fund’s distributions will normally be taxed as qualified dividend income, ordinary income or capital gains. Distributions on investments made through tax-deferred arrangements may be taxed later upon withdrawal of assets from those accounts.
 
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SUMMARY SECTION
Bridge Builder Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund
Investment Objective
The investment objective of Bridge Builder Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund (the “Fund” or the “Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund”) is to provide capital appreciation.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
The following table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as annual program or administrative fees for participating in Edward Jones Advisory Solutions® (“Advisory Solutions”), Edward Jones Guided Solutions® (“Guided Solutions”) or Financial Advisor Managed Solutions™ (“FAMS”) (collectively, the “Advisory Programs”), which are not reflected in the table and examples below.
 
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
        
Management Fees(1)      0.64
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees      None  
Other Expenses(2)      0.02
  
 
 
 
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses      0.66
Less Waivers(1)      (0.28 )% 
  
 
 
 
Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses      0.38
  
 
 
 
 
(1) 
Olive Street Investment Advisers, LLC (the “Adviser”) has contractually agreed, until at least October 28, 2024, to waive its management fees to the extent management fees to be paid to the Adviser exceed the management fees the Fund is required to pay the Fund’s sub-advisers (i.e., the Adviser does not receive any management fees from the Fund as a result of its waivers). This contractual agreement may not be terminated by the Adviser without the consent of the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of Bridge Builder Trust (the “Trust”), except that the Adviser may terminate the agreement upon written notice to the Trust, effective as of the end of the expense limitation period ending October 28, 2024, if written notice is provided to the Trust by or before April 15, 2024. Such waivers are not subject to reimbursement by the Fund.
(2) 
Other Expenses include acquired fund fees and expenses less than 0.01%.
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. 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 Adviser’s agreement to waive management fees until October 28, 2024). Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
 
1 Year   3 Years   5 Years   10 Years
$39   $183   $340   $796
Portfolio Turnover
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 63% of the average value of its portfolio.
 
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Principal Investment Strategies
The Fund invests, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of borrowings for investment purposes) in the securities of small and mid-capitalization companies and other instruments, such as certain investment companies (see below), that seek to track the performance of securities of small and mid-capitalization companies. The Fund defines small and mid-capitalization companies as companies whose market capitalizations at the time of purchase typically fall within the range of the Russell MidCap® Index and the Russell 2000® Index (as of April 28, 2023, companies with capitalizations between approximately $159.5 million and $47 billion). The market capitalization of the companies included in the Russell MidCap® Index and the Russell 2000® Index will change with market conditions.
While the Fund primarily invests in equity securities of small and mid-capitalization companies, it may also invest in securities of large capitalization companies. The Fund may invest in securities issued by U.S. and foreign entities. The Fund may invest in American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) or Global Depositary Receipts (“GDRs”). The Fund may also invest in other investment companies, including other open-end or closed-end investment companies and exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) that have characteristics that are consistent with the Fund’s investment objective. The Fund may also invest a portion of its assets in futures contracts, principally for cash equitization purposes. The Fund may also invest a portion of its assets in securities of real estate investment trusts (“REITs”), which are companies that own and/or manage real estate properties. The Fund may, from time to time, invest a significant portion of its total assets in securities of companies in certain sectors. As of September 29, 2023, the Fund had significant exposure to securities of companies in the information technology sector. The Fund follows an investing style that favors growth investments.
The Fund’s portfolio is constructed by combining the investment styles and strategies of multiple sub-advisers that have been or will be retained by the Adviser (each a “Sub-adviser”). Each Sub-adviser may use both its own proprietary and external research and securities selection processes to manage its allocated portion of the Fund’s assets.
Portfolio securities may be sold at any time. Sales may occur when a Sub-adviser seeks to take advantage of what a Sub-adviser considers to be a better investment opportunity, when a Sub-adviser believes the portfolio securities no longer represent relatively attractive investment opportunities, or when a Sub-adviser believes it would be appropriate to do so in order to readjust the asset allocation of its portion of the Fund’s investment portfolio.
The Adviser is responsible for determining the amount of Fund assets to allocate to each Sub-adviser. The Adviser allocates Fund assets for each investment strategy to the following Sub-advisers: Artisan Partners Limited Partnership (“Artisan Partners”), BlackRock Investment Management, LLC (“BlackRock”), Champlain Investment Partners, LLC (“Champlain”), Driehaus Capital Management LLC (“Driehaus”), Eagle Asset Management, Inc. (“Eagle”), Stephens Investment Management Group, LLC (“SIMG”), and Victory Capital Management Inc. (“Victory Capital”). The Adviser may adjust allocations to the Sub-advisers at any time or make recommendations to the Board with respect to the hiring, termination, or replacement of the Sub-advisers. Below is a summary of each Sub-adviser’s principal investment strategies.
Artisan Partners’ Principal Investment Strategies
Artisan Partners’ investment team employs a fundamental investment process to construct a diversified portfolio of U.S. mid-capitalization growth companies. The team seeks to invest in companies that it believes possess franchise characteristics, are benefiting from an accelerating profit cycle and are trading at a discount to its estimate of private market value. The team’s investment process focuses on two distinct elements – security selection and capital allocation. The team overlays its investment process with broad knowledge of the global economy.
BlackRock’s Principal Investment Strategies
BlackRock invests in equity securities with the objective of approximating as closely as practicable the capitalization weighted total rate of return of the segments of the United States market for publicly traded equity securities as represented by the Russell Midcap® Growth Index, which tracks the performance of mid-capitalization companies, and the Russell 2000® Growth Index, which tracks the performance of small capitalization companies.
 
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Champlain’s Principal Investment Strategies
Champlain principally invests in equity securities of mid-capitalization companies. Champlain seeks capital appreciation by investing in companies that it believes have strong long-term fundamentals, superior capital appreciation potential, and attractive valuations. Through the consistent execution of a fundamental bottom-up investment process, which focuses on an analysis of individual companies, Champlain expects to identify a diversified universe of mid-sized companies that trade at a discount to their estimated or intrinsic fair values.
Driehaus’ Principal Investment Strategies
Driehaus primarily invests in the equity securities of U.S. small capitalization and U.S. medium capitalization companies which will generally be, at the time of investment, within the capitalization range of those companies included in the Russell 2500® Growth Index without regard to the index’s float adjustment. Investment decisions are based on Driehaus’ belief that fundamentally strong companies are more likely to generate superior earnings growth on a sustained basis and are more likely to experience positive earnings revisions. These decisions involve evaluating a company’s competitive position, evaluating industry dynamics, identifying potential growth catalysts and assessing the financial position of the company. An investment decision is also based on the evaluation by Driehaus of relative valuation, macroeconomic and behavioral factors affecting the company and its stock price. Driehaus sells holdings for a variety of reasons, including to take profits, changes to the fundamental investment thesis, changes in the risk/reward assessment of the holding, an assessment that the holding is efficiently priced, to make room for more attractive ideas or for other portfolio or risk management considerations. Driehaus frequently and actively trades its portfolio securities.
Eagle’s Principal Investment Strategies
During normal market conditions, Eagle primarily invests in the equity securities of small capitalization companies. When making investment decisions, Eagle generally focuses on investing in the securities of small capitalization companies that demonstrate growth potential at a price that does not appear to reflect the company’s true underlying value. Eagle uses a three-pronged investment philosophy when evaluating potential additions to the portfolio – quality, valuation, and balance. Eagle seeks quality by investing in companies with superior cash-flow generation, management teams with a successful record of business strategy execution, sustainable growth, and a defensive business model. It seeks attractive valuation using market fluctuations as opportunistic entry points. Finally, it attempts to balance the allocated portion of the Fund’s portfolio through sector-weight policies that provide diversification across major economic sectors.
SIMG’s Principal Investment Strategies
SIMG evaluates and selects securities of both mid-capitalization and small capitalization companies. When making its investment decisions, SIMG employs a disciplined, bottom-up investment selection process that combines rigorous fundamental analysis with quantitative screening in an effort to identify companies that exhibit potential for superior earnings growth that is unrecognized by the markets. SIMG has two screens—one for core growth stocks and one for catalyst stocks. Core growth stocks have strong growth franchises, recurring revenue, and above-average growth rates; catalyst stocks, in comparison, are experiencing change that could lead to accelerated earnings growth.
Victory Capital’s Principal Investment Strategies
Victory Capital primarily invests in the equity securities of small capitalization companies. Victory Capital employs both fundamental analysis and quantitative screening in seeking to identify companies that it believes will produce sustainable earnings growth over a multi-year horizon. Valuation is an integral part of the growth investment process and purchase decisions are based on the team’s expectation of the potential reward relative to risk of each security based in part on the investment team’s proprietary earnings calculations.
Victory Capital regularly reviews the investments held in Victory Capital’s allocated portion of the Fund’s assets and will sell securities when the team believes the securities are no longer attractive because (1) of a deterioration in rank of the security in accordance with the team’s process, (2) of price appreciation, (3) of a change in the fundamental outlook of the company or (4) other investments available are considered to be more attractive.
 
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Principal Risks
Since the Fund holds securities with fluctuating market prices, the value of the Fund’s shares varies as its portfolio securities increase or decrease in value. Therefore, the value of your investment in the Fund could go down as well as up. You may lose money by investing in the Fund. An investment in the Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. The principal risks affecting the Fund that can cause a decline in value are set forth below. The risks are ordered in alphabetical order after the first five risks, although the order of the risk factors does not indicate the significance of any particular risk factor. Any additional risks associated with the Fund’s non-principal investments are described in the Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”). The SAI also provides additional information about the risks associated with the Fund’s principal investments described herein.
 
   
Market Risk. The overall market may perform poorly or the returns from the securities in which the Fund invests may underperform returns from the general securities markets, a particular securities market, or other types of investments. A variety of factors can influence underperformance and can have a significant impact on the Fund and its investments, including regulatory events, inflation, interest rates, government defaults, government shutdowns, war, regional conflicts, acts of terrorism, social unrest, and substantial economic downturn or recessions. In addition, the impact of any epidemic, pandemic, natural disaster, spread of infectious illness or other public health issue, or widespread fear that such events may occur, could negatively affect the global economy, as well as the economies of individual countries, the financial performance of individual companies and sectors, and the markets in general in significant and unforeseen ways. Any such impact could adversely affect the prices and liquidity of the securities and other instruments in which the Fund invests, which in turn could negatively impact the Fund’s performance and cause losses on your investment in the Fund.
 
   
Equity Securities Risk. The value of equity securities will rise and fall over short or extended periods of time in response to the activities of the company that issued them, general market conditions, and/or economic conditions.
 
   
Active Management Risk. A significant portion of the Fund is actively managed with discretion and may underperform market indices, including relevant benchmark indices, or other mutual funds with similar investment objectives. In addition, to the extent that a Sub-adviser’s investment strategy uses a quantitative investment model to evaluate and recommend investment decisions for the Fund, the Fund can perform differently from the market as a whole based on the factors used in the model, the weight placed on each factor and changes from the factors’ historical trends.
 
   
Smaller Company Risk. Investments in smaller capitalization companies (including medium capitalization and small capitalization companies) may have greater risks, as these companies may have less operating history, narrower product or customer markets, and fewer managerial and financial resources than more established companies. Smaller capitalization stocks may be more volatile and have less liquidity.
 
   
Growth Style Risk. The Fund is managed primarily in a growth investment style. Growth stocks can perform differently from the market as a whole and other types of stocks and may underperform other types of investments or investment styles, as different market styles tend to shift in and out of favor depending upon market conditions and other factors. Growth stocks are stocks of companies expected to increase revenues and earnings at a faster rate than their peers.
 
   
American Depositary Receipts or Global Depositary Receipts Risk. ADRs and GDRs have the same currency and economic risks as the underlying non-U.S. securities they represent. They are affected by the risks associated with non-U.S. securities, such as changes in political or economic conditions of other countries and changes in the exchange rates of foreign currencies.
 
   
Counterparty Risk. When the Fund enters into an investment contract, such as a derivative or a repurchase agreement, the Fund is exposed to the risk that the other party may be unable or unwilling to fulfill its obligations, which could adversely impact the value of the Fund.
 
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Currency Risk. As a result of the Fund’s investments in securities or other investments denominated in, and/or receiving revenues in, foreign currencies, the Fund will be subject to currency risk. Currency risk is the risk that foreign currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar, adversely affecting the value of the Fund.
 
   
Derivatives Risk. An investment in derivatives (such as futures contracts) may not perform as anticipated by the Sub-advisers, may not be able to be closed out at a favorable time or price, or may increase the Fund’s volatility. Derivatives may create investment leverage so that when a derivative is used as a substitute for or alternative to a direct cash investment, the transaction may not provide a return that corresponds precisely with that of the cash investment or when used for hedging purposes, the derivative may not provide the anticipated protection, causing the Fund to lose money on both the derivative and the exposure the Fund sought to hedge. Increases and decreases in the value of the Fund’s portfolio may be magnified when the Fund uses leverage. Derivatives are also subject to correlation risk, which is the risk that changes in the value of the derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying asset, rate or index. The Fund’s use of derivatives is also subject to market risk, which is described above, and liquidity risk, which is described below.
 
   
Foreign Securities Risk. The risks of investing in foreign securities can increase the potential for losses in the Fund and may include currency risk, political and economic instability, terrorism, armed conflicts and other geopolitical events, additional or fewer government regulations, the imposition of tariffs and other restrictions on trade or economic sanctions, less publicly available information, limited trading markets, differences in financial reporting standards, fewer protections for passive investors, and less stringent regulation of securities markets. Geopolitical or other events such as nationalization or expropriation could cause the loss of the Fund’s entire investment in one or more countries. In addition, periodic U.S. Government prohibitions on investments in issuers from certain foreign countries may require the Fund to sell such investments at inopportune times, which could result in losses to the Fund.
 
   
Investment Company and Exchange-Traded Fund Risk. An investment company, including an ETF, in which the Fund invests may not achieve its investment objective or execute its investment strategies effectively. Large purchase or redemption activity by shareholders of such an investment company might negatively affect the value of the investment company’s shares. The Fund must also pay its pro rata portion of an investment company’s fees and expenses.
 
   
Investment Strategy Risk. There is no assurance the Fund’s investment objective will be achieved. Investment decisions may not produce the expected results. The value of the Fund may decline, and the Fund may underperform other funds with similar objectives and strategies.
 
   
Issuer-Specific Risk. The value of an individual security or particular type of security can be more volatile than, and can perform differently from, the market as a whole or other similar securities.
 
   
Larger Company Risk. Larger capitalization companies may be unable to respond quickly to new competitive challenges such as changes in technology. They may also not be able to attain the high growth rate of successful smaller companies, especially during extended periods of economic expansion.
 
   
Liquidity Risk. Low trading volume, a lack of a market maker, or contractual or legal restrictions may limit the Fund’s ability to value securities or prevent the Fund from selling securities or closing derivative positions at desirable times or prices.
 
   
Multi-Manager and Multi-Style Management Risk. The Fund allocates its assets to multiple Sub-advisers believed to have complementary styles. These investment styles, at times, may not be complementary and could result in more exposure to certain types of securities. Because portions of the Fund’s assets are managed by different Sub-advisers using different styles, the Fund could engage in overlapping or conflicting securities transactions. Overlapping transactions could lead to multiple Sub-advisers purchasing the same or similar securities at the same time, potentially leading to the Fund holding a more concentrated position in these securities. Conversely, certain Sub-advisers may be purchasing securities at the same time other Sub-advisers may be selling those same securities, which may lead to higher transaction expenses compared to a fund using a single investment management style.
 
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Passive Management Risk. Because the portion of the Fund allocated to BlackRock is managed so that its total return closely corresponds with that of the Russell Midcap® Growth Index and the Russell 2000® Growth Index, the Fund faces a risk of poor performance if either index declines generally or performs poorly relative to other U.S. equity indexes or individual stocks, the stocks of companies which comprise either index fall out of favor with investors, or an adverse company specific event, such as an unfavorable earnings report, negatively affects the stock price of one of the larger companies in either index.
 
   
Real Estate Investment Trusts Risk. REITs may be affected by changes in the value of the underlying properties owned by the REITs and by the quality of tenants’ credit.
 
   
Redemption Risk. The Fund may experience losses or realize taxable gains when selling securities to meet redemption requests. This risk is greater for larger redemption requests or redemption requests during adverse market conditions. Large redemptions of the Fund’s shares may force the Fund to sell securities at times when it would not otherwise do so, and may cause the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate and transaction costs to rise, which may negatively affect the Fund’s performance and have adverse tax consequences for Fund shareholders.
 
   
Regulatory and Judicial Risk. The regulation of security markets, transactions and portfolio companies is subject to change. Such regulatory changes and judicial actions could have a substantial adverse effect on the Fund’s performance.
 
   
Sector Focus Risk. Because the Fund may invest a significant portion of its assets in a particular sector of the market, the Fund may be especially sensitive to factors and economic risks that specifically affect that sector. As a result, the Fund’s share price may fluctuate more widely than the share price of a fund that is more diversified across numerous sectors.
 
   
Information Technology Sector Risk. From time to time, the Fund may focus its investments in the information technology sector. Information technology companies face intense competition, both domestically and internationally, which may have an adverse effect on profit margins, and may be subject to extensive regulatory requirements causing considerable expense and delay. In addition, information technology companies are heavily dependent on patent and intellectual property rights. The loss or impairment of these rights may adversely affect the profitability of these companies.
 
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Performance
The accompanying bar chart and table provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows changes in the Fund’s year-to-year performance and the table shows how the Fund’s average annual total returns for one and five years and since inception compared to that of a broad measure of market performance. The performance information shown here reflects only Fund performance and does not reflect annual program or administrative fees you may be charged for participating in an Advisory Program. See the Fund’s website www.bridgebuildermutualfunds.com/literature for updated performance information. The Fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future.
Year-by-Year Total Returns
Calendar Year Ended December 31
 
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Quarterly Returns         
Highest (quarter ended June 30, 2020)      29.32%  
Lowest (quarter ended March 31, 2020)      -20.63%  
The performance information shown above is based on a calendar year. The Fund’s performance (before taxes) from 1/1/23 to 9/30/23 was 8.60%.
Average Annual Total Returns
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on the investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. The after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts. Returns after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares may be higher than before-tax returns when a net capital loss occurs upon the redemption of Fund shares.
 
Average Annual Total Return as of December 31, 2022
     1 Year    5 Years    Since Inception
(4/27/15)
Return Before Taxes
       -29.84 %        6.75 %        7.70 %
Return After Taxes on Distributions
       -29.87 %        4.58 %        6.21 %
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
       -17.64 %        5.24 %        6.12 %
Russell 2500® Growth Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
       -26.21 %        5.97 %        7.07 %
The Russell 2500® Growth Index measures the performance of the small to mid-cap growth segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 2500® Index companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values. The Fund’s portfolio holdings may differ significantly from the securities held in the relevant index and, unlike a mutual fund, the performance of an unmanaged index does not reflect deductions for transaction costs, taxes, management fees or other expenses. You cannot invest directly in an index.
 
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Fund Management
Olive Street Investment Advisers, LLC is the investment adviser for the Fund.
Sub-advisers and Portfolio Managers
The Adviser allocates Fund assets for each investment strategy to the following Sub-advisers, which allocations may be adjusted at any time:
 
Artisan Partners     
Portfolio Managers    Position with Artisan Partners   Length of Service
to the Fund
Craigh A. Cepukenas, CFA    Portfolio Manager and Managing Director   Since June 2020
James D. Hamel, CFA    Portfolio Manager and Managing Director   Since June 2020
Matthew H. Kamm, CFA    Lead Portfolio Manager and Managing Director   Since June 2020
Jason L. White, CFA    Portfolio Manager and Managing Director   Since June 2020
Jay C. Warner, CFA    Portfolio Manager and Managing Director   Since January 2022
BlackRock     
Portfolio Managers    Position with BlackRock   Length of Service
to the Fund
Jennifer Hsui    Managing Director, Senior Portfolio Manager   Since October 2019
Peter Sietsema    Director, Portfolio Manager   Since January 2022
Paul Whitehead    Managing Director, Portfolio Manager   Since January 2022
Champlain     
Portfolio Managers    Position with Champlain   Length of Service
to the Fund
Scott Brayman, CFA    Chief Investment Officer and Managing Partner   Since Inception
Corey Bronner, CFA    Deputy Chief Investment Officer and Partner   Since October 2017
Joseph Caligiuri, CFA    Deputy Chief Investment Officer and Partner   Since October 2017
Joseph Farley    Analyst and Partner   Since October 2017
Robert Hallisey    Analyst and Partner   Since October 2017
Driehaus     
Portfolio Managers    Position with Driehaus   Length of Service
to the Fund
Jeff James    Lead Portfolio Manager   Since September 2021
Michael Buck    Portfolio Manager   Since September 2021
Prakash Vijayan, CFA    Assistant Portfolio Manager   Since September 2021
Eagle     
Portfolio Managers    Position with Eagle   Length of Service
to the Fund
Matt McGeary, CFA    Portfolio Manager   Since Inception
E.G. Woods, CFA    Portfolio Manager   Since March 2022
Jason Wulff, CFA    Portfolio Manager   Since March 2022
Matthew Spitznagle, CFA    Portfolio Manager   Since March 2022
SIMG     
Portfolio Manager    Position with SIMG   Length of Service
to the Fund
Ryan Crane, CFA    Chief Investment Officer   Since August 2015
 
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Victory Capital     
Portfolio Managers    Position with Victory Capital   Length of Service
to the Fund
D. Scott Tracy, CFA    Chief Investment Officer and Managing Partner   Since September 2021
Stephen J. Bishop    Portfolio Manager   Since September 2021
Melissa Chadwick-Dunn    Portfolio Manager   Since September 2021
Christopher W. Clark, CFA    Portfolio Manager   Since September 2021
Paul Leung, CFA    Portfolio Manager   Since September 2021
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
Fund shares are currently available to:
 
(i)
investors participating in Advisory Solutions, an investment advisory program sponsored by Edward D. Jones & Co., L.P. (“Edward Jones”), who purchase shares of the Fund through their Advisory Solutions account, and investors participating in Guided Solutions or FAMS, each an investment advisory program sponsored by Edward Jones, who purchase shares of the Fund under the specific circumstances described below through their Guided Solutions or FAMS account, as applicable;
 
(ii)
investors participating in Guided Solutions or FAMS whose Fund shares were transferred into their Guided Solutions or FAMS account, as applicable, directly from an Advisory Solutions account (which, following such transfer, shall be referred to herein as an “Eligible Guided Solutions Account” or “Eligible FAMS Account”, as applicable);
 
(iii)
investors participating in Guided Solutions whose Fund shares were transferred directly from an Eligible FAMS Account to their Guided Solutions account;
 
(iv)
investors participating in FAMS whose Fund shares were transferred directly from an Eligible Guided Solutions Account to their FAMS account; and
 
(v)
current and former Trustees of the Trust.
Edward Jones, in its sole discretion, may make exceptions regarding the eligibility requirements of the Fund with respect to Guided Solutions and FAMS investors based on the particular facts and circumstances of an investor’s situation.
Eligible investors may purchase and sell or redeem Fund shares only from Edward Jones through an eligible Advisory Program described above. Current and former Trustees of the Trust may purchase and sell or redeem shares directly. There are no initial or subsequent minimum purchase amounts for the Fund. You may purchase or redeem shares of the Fund on any day the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) is open.
Tax Information
The Fund’s distributions will normally be taxed as qualified dividend income, ordinary income or capital gains. Distributions on investments made through tax-deferred arrangements may be taxed later upon withdrawal of assets from those accounts.
 
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SUMMARY SECTION
Bridge Builder Small/Mid Cap Value Fund
Investment Objective
The investment objective of Bridge Builder Small/Mid Cap Value Fund (the “Fund” or the “Small/Mid Cap Value Fund”) is to provide capital appreciation.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
The following table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as annual program or administrative fees for participating in Edward Jones Advisory Solutions® (“Advisory Solutions”), Edward Jones Guided Solutions® (“Guided Solutions”) or Financial Advisor Managed Solutions™ (“FAMS”) (collectively, the “Advisory Programs”), which are not reflected in the table and examples below.
 
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
        
Management Fees(1)      0.64
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees      None  
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses (AFFE)(2)      0.01
Other Expenses      0.02
  
 
 
 
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses(3)      0.67
Less Waivers(1)      (0.26 )% 
  
 
 
 
Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses(3)      0.41
  
 
 
 
 
(1) 
Olive Street Investment Advisers, LLC (the “Adviser”) has contractually agreed, until at least October 28, 2024, to waive its management fees to the extent management fees to be paid to the Adviser exceed the management fees the Fund is required to pay the Fund’s sub-advisers (i.e., the Adviser does not receive any management fees from the Fund as a result of its waivers). This contractual agreement may not be terminated by the Adviser without the consent of the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of Bridge Builder Trust (the “Trust”), except that the Adviser may terminate the agreement upon written notice to the Trust, effective as of the end of the expense limitation period ending October 28, 2024, if written notice is provided to the Trust by or before April 15, 2024. Such waivers are not subject to reimbursement by the Fund.
(2) 
AFFE are indirect fees and expenses that the Fund incurs from investing in shares of other mutual funds, including exchange-traded funds.
(3) 
The Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses and Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses in this fee table do not correlate to the expense ratios in the Fund’s Financial Highlights because the Financial Highlights include only the direct operating expenses incurred by the Fund and exclude AFFE.
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. 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 Adviser’s agreement to waive management fees until October 28, 2024). Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
 
1 Year   3 Years   5 Years   10 Years
$42   $188   $347   $810
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
 
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are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 41% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
The Fund invests, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of borrowings for investment purposes) in the securities of small and mid-capitalization companies and other instruments, such as certain investment companies (see below), that seek to track the performance of securities of small and mid-capitalization companies. The Fund defines small and mid-capitalization companies as companies whose market capitalizations at the time of purchase typically fall within the range of the Russell MidCap® Index and the Russell 2000® Index (as of April 28, 2023, companies with capitalizations between approximately $159.5 million and $47 billion). The market capitalization of the companies included in the Russell MidCap® Index and the Russell 2000® Index will change with market conditions.
While the Fund primarily invests in equity securities of small and mid-capitalization companies, it may also invest in securities of large capitalization companies. The Fund may invest in securities issued by U.S. and foreign entities. The Fund may invest in American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) or Global Depositary Receipts (“GDRs”). The Fund may also invest in other investment companies, including other open-end or closed-end investment companies and exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) that have characteristics that are consistent with the Fund’s investment objective. The Fund may also invest a portion of its assets in futures contracts, principally for cash equitization purposes. The Fund may also invest a portion of its assets in securities of real estate investment trusts (“REITs”), which are companies that own and/or manage real estate properties. The Fund follows an investing style that favors value investments.
The Fund’s portfolio is constructed by combining the investment styles and strategies of multiple sub-advisers that have been or will be retained by the Adviser (each a “Sub-adviser”). Each Sub-adviser may use both its own proprietary and external research and securities selection processes to manage its allocated portion of the Fund’s assets.
Portfolio securities may be sold at any time. Sales may occur when a Sub-adviser seeks to take advantage of what a Sub-adviser considers to be a better investment opportunity, when a Sub-adviser believes the portfolio securities no longer represent relatively attractive investment opportunities or when a Sub-adviser believes it would be appropriate to do so in order to readjust the asset allocation of its portion of the Fund’s investment portfolio.
The Adviser is responsible for determining the amount of Fund assets to allocate to each Sub-adviser. The Adviser allocates Fund assets for each investment strategy to the following Sub-advisers: American Century Investment Management, Inc. (“American Century”), BlackRock Investment Management, LLC (“BlackRock”), Boston Partners Global Investors, Inc. (“Boston Partners”), Diamond Hill Capital Management, Inc. (“Diamond Hill”), LSV Asset Management (“LSV”), Massachusetts Financial Services Company (d/b/a MFS Investment Management) (“MFS”), Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC (“Silvercrest”), and Vaughan Nelson Investment Management, L.P. (“Vaughan Nelson”). The Adviser may adjust allocations to the Sub-advisers at any time or make recommendations to the Board with respect to the hiring, termination, or replacement of a Sub-adviser. Below is a summary of each Sub-adviser’s principal investment strategies.
American Century’s Principal Investment Strategies
Under normal market conditions, American Century will invest at least 80% of the portion of the Fund’s net assets that it manages in small capitalization companies. American Century considers small capitalization companies to include those with market capitalizations no larger than that of the largest company in the S&P Small Cap 600® Index or the Russell 2000® Index. In selecting stocks for the Fund, the portfolio managers of American Century look for equity securities of smaller companies whose stock price may not reflect the company’s value. The portfolio managers attempt to purchase the stocks of these undervalued companies and hold each stock until the price has increased to, or is higher than, a level the portfolio managers believe more accurately reflects the value of the company.
BlackRock’s Principal Investment Strategies
BlackRock invests in equity securities with the objective of approximating as closely as practicable the capitalization weighted total rate of return of the segments of the United States market for publicly traded equity securities as
 
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represented by the Russell Midcap® Value Index, which tracks the performance of mid-capitalization companies, and the Russell 2000® Value Index, which tracks the performance of small capitalization companies.
Boston Partners’ Principal Investment Strategies
Boston Partners primarily invests in mid-capitalization companies. Boston Partners uses bottom-up fundamental analysis to make investment decisions. Boston Partners’ strategy is designed to identify companies with attractive valuation, sound business fundamentals, and improving business momentum. Boston Partners’ strategy seeks to add value through bottom-up stock selection.
Diamond Hill’s Principal Investment Strategies
Diamond Hill typically invests in U.S. equity securities of small- to mid-market capitalization companies. Diamond Hill seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing in companies selling for less than Diamond Hill’s estimate of intrinsic value. Diamond Hill focuses on estimating a company’s value independent of its current stock price primarily focusing on a “bottom-up” analysis. If Diamond Hill’s estimate of a company’s value differs sufficiently from the current market price, the company may be an attractive investment opportunity. In constructing a portfolio of securities, Diamond Hill is not constrained by the sector or industry weights in the benchmark.
LSV’s Principal Investment Strategies
LSV primarily invests in mid-capitalization companies. LSV uses a bottom-up investment style, seeking to identify companies that are trading at prices substantially below their intrinsic value. LSV follows an active investment strategy, focusing on using data and financial information and combining such information with the rigor of a quantitative model.
MFS’ Principal Investment Strategies
MFS primarily invests in securities of companies with small capitalizations. MFS focuses on investing in the stocks of companies it believes are undervalued compared to their perceived worth (value companies). MFS normally invests across different industries and sectors, but MFS may invest a significant percentage of the portion of the Fund’s assets allocated to MFS in issuers in a single industry or sector. MFS uses an active bottom-up investment approach to buying and selling investments. Investments are selected by MFS primarily based on fundamental analysis of individual issuers. Quantitative screening tools that systematically evaluate issuers may also be considered.
Silvercrest’s Principal Investment Strategies
Silvercrest primarily invests in small capitalization companies. These companies typically possess, in the opinion of the portfolio manager, one or more of the following attributes:
 
   
Business that results in relatively consistent longer-term earning and cash flow growth;
   
Franchise/asset value that may make the company attractive to potential acquirers;
   
Cyclically depressed earnings and/or cash flow that has potential for improvement; or
   
A catalyst that will promote recognition of the company’s undervalued status.
Vaughan Nelson’s Principal Investment Strategies
Vaughan Nelson primarily invests in mid-capitalization companies with a focus on those companies meeting Vaughan Nelson’s return expectations. Vaughan Nelson uses a bottom-up value-oriented investment process in constructing the Fund’s portfolio. Vaughan Nelson seeks companies with the following characteristics, although not all of the companies selected will have these attributes:
 
   
Companies earning a positive return on capital with stable-to-improving returns;
   
Companies valued at a discount to their asset value; and
   
Companies with an attractive and sustainable dividend level.
 
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Principal Risks
Since the Fund holds securities with fluctuating market prices, the value of the Fund’s shares varies as its portfolio securities increase or decrease in value. Therefore, the value of your investment in the Fund could go down as well as up. You may lose money by investing in the Fund. An investment in the Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. The principal risks affecting the Fund that can cause a decline in value are set forth below. The risks are ordered in alphabetical order after the first five risks, although the order of the risk factors does not indicate the significance of any particular risk factor. Any additional risks associated with the Fund’s non-principal investments are described in the Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”). The SAI also provides additional information about the risks associated with the Fund’s principal investments described herein.
 
   
Market Risk. The overall market may perform poorly or the returns from the securities in which the Fund invests may underperform returns from the general securities markets, a particular securities market, or other types of investments. A variety of factors can influence underperformance and can have a significant impact on the Fund and its investments, including regulatory events, inflation, interest rates, government defaults, government shutdowns, war, regional conflicts, acts of terrorism, social unrest, and substantial economic downturn or recessions. In addition, the impact of any epidemic, pandemic, natural disaster, spread of infectious illness or other public health issue, or widespread fear that such events may occur, could negatively affect the global economy, as well as the economies of individual countries, the financial performance of individual companies and sectors, and the markets in general in significant and unforeseen ways. Any such impact could adversely affect the prices and liquidity of the securities and other instruments in which the Fund invests, which in turn could negatively impact the Fund’s performance and cause losses on your investment in the Fund.
 
   
Equity Securities Risk. The value of equity securities will rise and fall over short or extended periods of time in response to the activities of the company that issued them, general market conditions, and/or economic conditions.
 
   
Active Management Risk. A significant portion of the Fund is actively managed with discretion and may underperform market indices, including relevant benchmark indices, or other mutual funds with similar investment objectives. In addition, to the extent that a Sub-adviser’s investment strategy uses a quantitative investment model to evaluate and recommend investment decisions for the Fund, the Fund can perform differently from the market as a whole based on the factors used in the model, the weight placed on each factor and changes from the factors’ historical trends.
 
   
Smaller Company Risk. Investments in smaller capitalization companies (including medium capitalization and small capitalization companies) may have greater risks, as these companies may have less operating history, narrower product or customer markets, and fewer managerial and financial resources than more established companies. Smaller capitalization stocks may be more volatile and have less liquidity.
 
   
Value Style Risk. The Fund is managed primarily in a value investment style. Value stocks can perform differently from the market as a whole and other types of stocks and may underperform other types of investments or investment styles, as different market styles tend to shift in and out of favor depending upon market conditions and other factors. Value stocks are believed to be undervalued relative to their projected underlying profitability
 
   
American Depositary Receipts or Global Depositary Receipts Risk. ADRs and GDRs have the same currency and economic risks as the underlying non-U.S. securities they represent. They are affected by the risks associated with non-U.S. securities, such as changes in political or economic conditions of other countries and changes in the exchange rates of foreign currencies.
 
   
Counterparty Risk. When the Fund enters into an investment contract, such as a derivative or a repurchase agreement, the Fund is exposed to the risk that the other party may be unable or unwilling to fulfill its obligations, which could adversely impact the value of the Fund.
 
   
Currency Risk. As a result of the Fund’s investments in securities or other investments denominated in, and/or receiving revenues in, foreign currencies, the Fund will be subject to currency risk. Currency risk is the risk that foreign currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar, adversely affecting the value of the Fund.
 
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Derivatives Risk. An investment in derivatives (such as futures contracts) may not perform as anticipated by the Sub-advisers, may not be able to be closed out at a favorable time or price, or may increase the Fund’s volatility. Derivatives may create investment leverage so that when a derivative is used as a substitute for or alternative to a direct cash investment, the transaction may not provide a return that corresponds precisely with that of the cash investment or when used for hedging purposes, the derivative may not provide the anticipated protection, causing the Fund to lose money on both the derivative and the exposure the Fund sought to hedge. Increases and decreases in the value of the Fund’s portfolio may be magnified when the Fund uses leverage. Derivatives are also subject to correlation risk, which is the risk that changes in the value of the derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying asset, rate or index. The Fund’s use of derivatives is also subject to market risk, which is described above, and liquidity risk, which is described below.
 
   
Foreign Securities Risk. The risks of investing in foreign securities can increase the potential for losses in the Fund and may include currency risk, political and economic instability, terrorism, armed conflicts and other geopolitical events, additional or fewer government regulations, the imposition of tariffs and other restrictions on trade or economic sanctions, less publicly available information, limited trading markets, differences in financial reporting standards, fewer protections for passive investors, and less stringent regulation of securities markets. Geopolitical or other events such as nationalization or expropriation could cause the loss of the Fund’s entire investment in one or more countries. In addition, periodic U.S. Government prohibitions on investments in issuers from certain foreign countries may require the Fund to sell such investments at inopportune times, which could result in losses to the Fund.
 
   
Investment Company and Exchange-Traded Fund Risk. An investment company, including an ETF, in which the Fund invests may not achieve its investment objective or execute its investment strategies effectively. Large purchase or redemption activity by shareholders of such an investment company might negatively affect the value of the investment company’s shares. The Fund must also pay its pro rata portion of an investment company’s fees and expenses.
 
   
Investment Strategy Risk. There is no assurance the Fund’s investment objective will be achieved. Investment decisions may not produce the expected results. The value of the Fund may decline, and the Fund may underperform other funds with similar objectives and strategies.
 
   
Issuer-Specific Risk. The value of an individual security or particular type of security can be more volatile than, and can perform differently from, the market as a whole or other similar securities.
 
   
Larger Company Risk. Larger capitalization companies may be unable to respond quickly to new competitive challenges such as changes in technology. They may also not be able to attain the high growth rate of successful smaller companies, especially during extended periods of economic expansion.
 
   
Liquidity Risk. Low trading volume, a lack of a market maker, or contractual or legal restrictions may limit the Fund’s ability to value securities or prevent the Fund from selling securities or closing derivative positions at desirable times or prices.
 
   
Multi-Manager and Multi-Style Management Risk. The Fund allocates its assets to multiple Sub-advisers believed to have complementary styles. These investment styles, at times, may not be complementary and could result in more exposure to certain types of securities. Because portions of the Fund’s assets are managed by different Sub-advisers using different styles, the Fund could engage in overlapping or conflicting securities transactions. Overlapping transactions could lead to multiple Sub-advisers purchasing the same or similar securities at the same time, potentially leading to the Fund holding a more concentrated position in these securities. Conversely, certain Sub-advisers may be purchasing securities at the same time other Sub-advisers may be selling those same securities, which may lead to higher transaction expenses compared to a fund using a single investment management style.
 
   
Passive Management Risk. Because the portion of the Fund allocated to BlackRock is managed so that its total return closely corresponds with that of the Russell Midcap® Value Index and the Russell 2000® Value Index, the Fund faces a risk of poor performance if either index declines generally or performs poorly relative to other U.S. equity indexes or individual stocks, the stocks of companies which comprise either index fall out of favor with investors, or an adverse company specific event, such as an unfavorable earnings report, negatively affects the stock price of one of the larger companies in either index.
 
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Real Estate Investment Trusts Risk. REITs may be affected by changes in the value of the underlying properties owned by the REITs and by the quality of tenants’ credit.
 
   
Redemption Risk. The Fund may experience losses or realize taxable gains when selling securities to meet redemption requests. This risk is greater for larger redemption requests or redemption requests during adverse market conditions. Large redemptions of the Fund’s shares may force the Fund to sell securities at times when it would not otherwise do so, and may cause the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate and transaction costs to rise, which may negatively affect the Fund’s performance and have adverse tax consequences for Fund shareholders.
 
   
Regulatory and Judicial Risk. The regulation of security markets, transactions and portfolio companies is subject to change. Such regulatory changes and judicial actions could have a substantial adverse effect on the Fund’s performance.
Performance
The accompanying bar chart and table provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows changes in the Fund’s year-to-year performance and the table shows how the Fund’s average annual total returns for one and five years and since inception compared to that of a broad measure of market performance. The performance information shown here reflects only Fund performance and does not reflect annual program or administrative fees you may be charged for participating in an Advisory Program. See the Fund’s website www.bridgebuildermutualfunds.com/literature for updated performance information. The Fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future.
Year-by-Year Total Returns
Calendar Year Ended December 31
 
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Quarterly Returns
 
Highest (quarter ended December 31, 2020)      25.39%  
Lowest (quarter ended March 31, 2020)      -32.28%  
The performance information shown above is based on a calendar year. The Fund’s performance (before taxes) from 1/1/23 to 9/30/23 was 1.62%.
 
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Average Annual Total Returns
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on the investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. The after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts. Returns after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares may be higher than before-tax returns when a net capital loss occurs upon the redemption of Fund shares.
 
Average Annual Total Return as of December 31, 2022
       1 Year      5 Years      Since Inception
(4/27/15)
Return Before Taxes
         9.68 %          5.83 %          6.61 %
Return After Taxes on Distributions
         11.22 %          4.47 %          5.63 %
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
         4.65 %          4.38 %          5.13 %
Russell 2500® Value Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
         13.08 %          4.75 %          6.31 %
The Russell 2500® Value Index measures the performance of the small to mid-cap value segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 2500® Index companies with lower price-to-book and lower forecasted growth values. The Fund’s portfolio holdings may differ significantly from the securities held in the relevant index and, unlike a mutual fund, the performance of an unmanaged index does not reflect deductions for transaction costs, taxes, management fees or other expenses. You cannot invest directly in an index.
Fund Management
Olive Street Investment Advisers, LLC is the investment adviser for the Fund.
Sub-advisers and Portfolio Managers
The Adviser allocates Fund assets for each investment strategy to the following Sub-advisers, which allocations may be adjusted at any time:
 
American Century     
Portfolio Managers    Position with American Century   Length of Service
to the Fund
Jeff John, CFA    Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager   Since June 2021
Ryan Cope    Portfolio Manager   Since June 2021
BlackRock     
Portfolio Managers    Position with BlackRock   Length of Service
to the Fund
Jennifer Hsui    Managing Director, Senior Portfolio Manager   Since October 2019
Peter Sietsema    Director, Portfolio Manager   Since January 2022
Paul Whitehead    Managing Director, Portfolio Manager   Since January 2022
Boston Partners     
Portfolio Manager    Position with Boston Partners   Length of Service
to the Fund
Steven Pollack, CFA    Portfolio Manager   Since Inception
Timothy Collard    Assistant Portfolio Manager   Since February 2023
 
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Diamond Hill     
Portfolio Managers    Position with Diamond Hill   Length of Service
to the Fund
Christopher Welch, CFA    Portfolio Manager   Since January 2019
Christopher Bingaman, CFA    Portfolio Manager   Since January 2019
LSV     
Portfolio Managers    Position with LSV   Length of Service
to the Fund
Josef Lakonishok, Ph.D.    Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investment Officer, Portfolio Manager and Founding Partner   Since November 2016
Menno Vermeulen, CFA    Portfolio Manager, Systems Development, and Partner   Since November 2016
Puneet Mansharamani, CFA    Portfolio Manager and Partner   Since November 2016
Greg Sleight    Portfolio Manager and Partner   Since November 2016
Guy Lakonishok, CFA    Portfolio Manager and Partner   Since November 2016
MFS     
Portfolio Managers    Position with MFS   Length of Service
to the Fund
Kevin Schmitz*    Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager   Since January 2019
Richard Offen    Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager   Since December 2019
 
*
Effective December 31, 2023, Mr. Schmitz will no longer serve as a portfolio manager to the portion of the assets of the Fund managed by MFS.
 
Silvercrest     
Portfolio Manager    Position with Silvercrest   Length of Service
to the Fund
Roger W. Vogel, CFA    Managing Director and Portfolio Manager   Since Inception
Vaughan Nelson     
Portfolio Managers    Position with Vaughan Nelson   Length of Service
to the Fund
Dennis G. Alff, CFA    Senior Portfolio Manager (Lead)   Since Inception
Chad D. Fargason, Ph.D.    Senior Portfolio Manager   Since Inception
Chris D. Wallis, CFA    CEO and Senior Portfolio Manager   Since Inception
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
Fund shares are currently available to:
 
(i)
investors participating in Advisory Solutions, an investment advisory program sponsored by Edward D. Jones & Co., L.P. (“Edward Jones”), who purchase shares of the Fund through their Advisory Solutions account, and investors participating in Guided Solutions or FAMS, each an investment advisory program sponsored by Edward Jones, who purchase shares of the Fund under the specific circumstances described below through their Guided Solutions or FAMS account, as applicable;
 
(ii)
investors participating in Guided Solutions or FAMS whose Fund shares were transferred into their Guided Solutions or FAMS account, as applicable, directly from an Advisory Solutions account (which, following such transfer, shall be referred to herein as an “Eligible Guided Solutions Account” or “Eligible FAMS Account”, as applicable);
 
(iii)
investors participating in Guided Solutions whose Fund shares were transferred directly from an Eligible FAMS Account to their Guided Solutions account;
 
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(iv)
investors participating in FAMS whose Fund shares were transferred directly from an Eligible Guided Solutions Account to their FAMS account; and
 
(v)
current and former Trustees of the Trust.
Edward Jones, in its sole discretion, may make exceptions regarding the eligibility requirements of the Fund with respect to Guided Solutions and FAMS investors based on the particular facts and circumstances of an investor’s situation.
Eligible investors may purchase and sell or redeem Fund shares only from Edward Jones through an eligible Advisory Program described above. Current and former Trustees of the Trust may purchase and sell or redeem shares directly. There are no initial or subsequent minimum purchase amounts for the Fund. You may purchase or redeem shares of the Fund on any day the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) is open.
Tax Information
The Fund’s distributions will normally be taxed as qualified dividend income, ordinary income or capital gains. Distributions on investments made through tax-deferred arrangements may be taxed later upon withdrawal of assets from those accounts.
 
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SUMMARY SECTION
Bridge Builder International Equity Fund
Investment Objective
The investment objective of the Bridge Builder International Equity Fund (the “Fund” or the “International Equity Fund”) is to provide capital appreciation.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
The following table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as annual program or administrative fees for participating in Edward Jones Advisory Solutions® (“Advisory Solutions”), Edward Jones Guided Solutions® (“Guided Solutions”) or Financial Advisor Managed Solutions™ (“FAMS”) (collectively, the “Advisory Programs”), which are not reflected in the table and examples below.
 
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Management Fees(1) 0.60
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees None
Other Expenses(2) 0.03
 
 
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 0.63
Less Waivers(1) (0.27 )% 
 
 
Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses 0.36
 
 
 
(1) 
Olive Street Investment Advisers, LLC (the “Adviser”) has contractually agreed, until at least October 28, 2024, to waive its management fees to the extent management fees to be paid to the Adviser exceed the management fees the Fund is required to pay the Fund’s sub-advisers (i.e., the Adviser does not receive any management fees from the Fund as a result of its waivers). This contractual agreement may not be terminated by the Adviser without the consent of the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of Bridge Builder Trust (the “Trust”), except that the Adviser may terminate the agreement upon written notice to the Trust, effective as of the end of the expense limitation period ending October 28, 2024, if written notice is provided to the Trust by or before April 15, 2024. Such waivers are not subject to reimbursement by the Fund.
(2) 
Other Expenses include acquired fund fees and expenses less than 0.01%.
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. 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 Adviser’s agreement to waive management fees until October 28, 2024). Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
 
1 Year 3 Years 5 Years 10 Years
$37 $175 $324 $761
Portfolio Turnover
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 19% of the average value of its portfolio.
 
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Principal Investment Strategies
The Fund invests, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of borrowings for investment purposes) in equity securities and other instruments, such as derivative instruments (see below), with economic characteristics similar to equity securities, and certain investment companies that seek to track the performance of equity securities. The Fund primarily invests in non-U.S. companies. A non-U.S. company is a company economically tied to a country other than the United States. In determining whether a company is economically tied to a country other than the United States, the Adviser or a Sub-adviser will consider whether the company:
 
Is organized under the laws of a country other than the United States;
 
Has a class of securities whose principal securities market is in a country other than the United States;
 
Has its principal office in a country other than the United States;
 
Derives 50% or more of its total revenue or profit from goods produced, sales made or services provided in one or more countries other than the United States; or
 
Maintains 50% or more of its assets in one or more countries other than the United States.
Such a determination can also be based on the classifications assigned to a company by the Fund’s benchmark index provider.
The Fund may invest in companies of any capitalization. The Fund invests principally in equity securities issued by companies in developed countries but may also invest in companies in emerging markets or developing countries. The Fund may also invest in U.S. dollar-denominated securities issued by foreign entities, American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”), or Global Depositary Receipts (“GDRs”). The Fund may also invest in other investment companies, including other open-end or closed-end investment companies and exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), that have characteristics that are consistent with the Fund’s investment objective. The Fund may also invest a portion of its assets in securities of real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) that own and/or manage properties. From time to time, the Fund may also buy or sell derivatives, principally futures contracts for cash equitization purposes, and forward contracts and options for currency hedging. From time to time, the Fund may also focus its investments in a particular country or geographic region, such as the United Kingdom or Japan.
The Fund’s portfolio is constructed by combining the investment styles and strategies of multiple sub-advisers that have been or will be retained by the Adviser (each a “Sub-adviser”). Each Sub-adviser may use both its own proprietary and external research and securities selection processes to manage its allocated portion of the Fund’s assets.
Portfolio securities may be sold at any time. Sales may occur when a Sub-adviser seeks to take advantage of what a Sub-adviser considers to be a better investment opportunity, when a Sub-adviser believes the portfolio securities no longer represent relatively attractive investment opportunities, or when a Sub-adviser believes it would be appropriate to do so in order to readjust the asset allocation of its portion of the Fund’s investment portfolio.
The Adviser is responsible for determining the amount of Fund assets to allocate to each Sub-adviser. The Adviser allocates Fund assets to the following Sub-advisers: Baillie Gifford Overseas Limited (“Baillie Gifford Overseas”), BlackRock Investment Management, LLC (“BlackRock”), Marathon Asset Management Limited (“Marathon-London”), Mondrian Investment Partners Limited (“Mondrian”), Pzena Investment Management, LLC (“Pzena”), and WCM Investment Management (“WCM”). The Adviser may adjust allocations to the Sub-advisers at any time or make recommendations to the Board with respect to the hiring, termination, or replacement of a Sub-adviser. Below is a summary of each Sub-adviser’s principal investment strategies.
Baillie Gifford Overseas’ Principal Investment Strategies
In the Fund, Baillie Gifford Overseas primarily invests in non-U.S. dollar-denominated securities that derive a majority of their revenues or profits from a country or countries other than the United States. Baillie Gifford Overseas aims to add value through active management, by making long-term investments in well managed, quality businesses that enjoy sustainable competitive advantages in their marketplace.
 
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BlackRock’s Principal Investment Strategies
BlackRock invests in international equity securities with the objective of approximating as closely as practicable the capitalization weighted total rates of return of the markets in certain countries for equity securities traded outside the United States, as represented by the MSCI EAFE Growth and MSCI EAFE Value Indices. The MSCI EAFE Growth and MSCI EAFE Value Indices measure the performance of large and mid-capitalization companies across developed markets, excluding the United States and Canada. The MSCI EAFE Growth Index focuses on companies exhibiting overall growth style characteristics, while the MSCI EAFE Value Index focuses on companies exhibiting overall value style characteristics.
Marathon-London’s Principal Investment Strategies
Marathon-London invests primarily in equity securities of non-U.S. issuers in developed and emerging market countries. In selecting investments for the Fund, Marathon-London employs a bottom-up, fundamental investment philosophy focused on identifying attractive long-term investment opportunities that can arise as a result of certain “capital cycle” conditions. Capital cycle investing is based on the concept that the prospect of high returns will attract excessive capital and competition and the prospect of low returns will excessively depress new capital investments and discourage competition. This “capital cycle” approach to investing guides Marathon-London to invest in stocks in industries where consolidation has occurred and return on investment is expected to rise and/or where barriers to entry exist that may allow elevated return on investment to persist for longer than the market expects. Marathon-London’s long-term approach is often considered to be contrarian and its portfolio is expected to have low turnover, will seek to be well-diversified and will have a bias towards the smaller capitalization segments of the market.
Mondrian’s Principal Investment Strategies
Mondrian invests primarily in equity securities of non-U.S. large capitalization issuers, including the securities of emerging market companies, that in Mondrian’s opinion, are undervalued at the time of purchase based on fundamental value analysis employed by Mondrian. Mondrian employs a long-only, value investment philosophy. Portfolio construction is primarily driven by detailed bottom-up stock selection, based on rigorous dividend discount valuation analysis.
Pzena’s Principal Investment Strategies
Pzena focuses on deep value investing, seeking to identify international securities that are trading at prices substantially below their intrinsic value but have solid long-term prospects. Pzena may also invest in emerging markets securities. Pzena performs intensive fundamental research using a bottom-up security selection process.
WCM’s Principal Investment Strategies
WCM uses a bottom-up approach that seeks to identify companies with attractive fundamentals, such as long-term growth in revenue and earnings, and that show a high probability for superior future growth. WCM’s investment process focuses on seeking industry leading companies that WCM believes possess growing competitive advantages; corporate cultures emphasizing strong, quality, and experienced management; low or no debt; and attractive relative valuations. WCM also considers other factors in selecting securities, including political risk, monetary policy risk, and regulatory risk.
Although WCM may invest in securities of companies of any size, WCM will generally invest in large, established multinational companies. WCM generally will invest in securities of companies located in different regions and in at least three different countries. From time to time, however, WCM may have a significant portion of its allocated assets invested in the securities of companies in one or a few countries or regions.
Principal Risks
Since the Fund holds securities with fluctuating market prices, the value of the Fund’s shares varies as its portfolio securities increase or decrease in value. Therefore, the value of your investment in the Fund could go down as well as up. You may lose money by investing in the Fund. An investment in the Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the
 
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. The principal risks affecting the Fund that can cause a decline in value are set forth below. The risks are ordered in alphabetical order after the first six risks, although the order of the risk factors does not indicate the significance of any particular risk factor. Any additional risks associated with the Fund’s non-principal investments are described in the Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”). The SAI also provides additional information about the risks associated with the Fund’s principal investments described herein.
 
Market Risk. The overall market may perform poorly or the returns from the securities in which the Fund invests may underperform returns from the general securities markets, a particular securities market, or other types of investments. A variety of factors can influence underperformance and can have a significant impact on the Fund and its investments, including regulatory events, inflation, interest rates, government defaults, government shutdowns, war, regional conflicts, acts of terrorism, social unrest, and substantial economic downturn or recessions. In addition, the impact of any epidemic, pandemic, natural disaster, spread of infectious illness or other public health issue, or widespread fear that such events may occur, could negatively affect the global economy, as well as the economies of individual countries, the financial performance of individual companies and sectors, and the markets in general in significant and unforeseen ways. Any such impact could adversely affect the prices and liquidity of the securities and other instruments in which the Fund invests, which in turn could negatively impact the Fund’s performance and cause losses on your investment in the Fund.
 
Equity Securities Risk. The value of equity securities will rise and fall over short or extended periods of time in response to the activities of the company that issued them, general market conditions, and/or economic conditions.
 
Active Management Risk. A significant portion of the Fund is actively managed with discretion and may underperform market indices, including relevant benchmark indices, or other mutual funds with similar investment objectives.
 
Foreign Securities Risk. The risks of investing in foreign securities, including through ADRs and GDRs, can increase the potential for losses in the Fund and may include currency risk, political and economic instability, terrorism, armed conflicts and other geopolitical events, additional or fewer government regulations, the imposition of tariffs and other restrictions on trade or economic sanctions, less publicly available information, limited trading markets, differences in financial reporting standards, fewer protections for passive investors and less stringent regulation of securities markets. Geopolitical or other events such as nationalization or expropriation could cause the loss of the Fund’s entire investment in one or more countries. In addition, periodic U.S. Government prohibitions on investments in issuers from certain foreign countries may require the Fund to sell such investments at inopportune times, which could result in losses to the Fund.
 
Currency Risk. As a result of the Fund’s investments in securities or other investments denominated in, and/or receiving revenues in, foreign currencies, the Fund will be subject to currency risk. Currency risk is the risk that foreign currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar or, in the case of hedging positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in value relative to the currency hedged.
 
Geographic Focus Risk. To the extent that a significant portion of the Fund’s portfolio is invested in the securities of companies in a particular country or region, the Fund will be subject to greater risk of loss and price volatility than a fund holding more geographically diverse investments. The Fund may invest significant portions of its assets in the United Kingdom (the “UK”) and Japan, and therefore, the economic, political, social and environmental conditions of the UK and Japan generally will have a greater effect on the Fund’s performance than they would in a more geographically diversified fund.
 
American Depositary Receipts or Global Depositary Receipts Risk. ADRs and GDRs have the same currency and economic risks as the underlying non-U.S. securities they represent. They are affected by the risks associated with non-U.S. securities, such as changes in political or economic conditions of other countries and changes in the exchange rates of foreign currencies.
 
Counterparty Risk. When the Fund enters into an investment contract, such as a derivative or a repurchase agreement, the Fund is exposed to the risk that the other party may be unable or unwilling to fulfill its obligations, which could adversely impact the value of the Fund.
 
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Derivatives Risk. An investment in derivatives (such as futures contracts, forward contracts or options) may not perform as anticipated by the Sub-advisers, may not be able to be closed out at a favorable time or price, or may increase the Fund’s volatility. Derivatives may create investment leverage so that when a derivative is used as a substitute for or alternative to a direct cash investment, the transaction may not provide a return that corresponds precisely with that of the cash investment or when used for hedging purposes, the derivative may not provide the anticipated protection, causing the Fund to lose money on both the derivative and the exposure the Fund sought to hedge. Increases and decreases in the value of the Fund’s portfolio may be magnified when the Fund uses leverage. Derivatives are also subject to correlation risk, which is the risk that changes in the value of the derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying asset, rate or index. The Fund’s use of derivatives is also subject to market risk, which is described above, and liquidity risk, which is described below. The Fund’s use of forward contracts is also subject to the risk that the counterparty to the forward contract will default or otherwise fail to honor its obligation.
 
Emerging Markets Securities Risk. A fund that invests a significant portion of its assets in the securities of issuers based in countries with “emerging market” economies is subject to greater levels of foreign investment risk than a fund investing primarily in more-developed foreign markets since emerging market securities may present market, credit, currency, liquidity, legal, political and other risks greater than, or in addition to, the risks of investing in developed foreign countries.
 
Growth Style Risk. The Fund is managed partially in a growth investment style. Growth stocks can perform differently from the market as a whole and other types of stocks and may underperform other types of investments or investment styles, as different market styles tend to shift in and out of favor depending upon market conditions and other factors. Growth stocks are stocks of companies expected to increase revenues and earnings at a faster rate than their peers.
 
Investment Company and Exchange-Traded Fund Risk. An investment company, including an ETF, in which the Fund invests may not achieve its investment objective or execute its investment strategies effectively. Large purchase or redemption activity by shareholders of such an investment company might negatively affect the value of the investment company’s shares. The Fund must also pay its pro rata portion of an investment company’s fees and expenses.
 
Investment Strategy Risk. There is no assurance the Fund’s investment objective will be achieved. Investment decisions may not produce the expected results. The value of the Fund may decline, and the Fund may underperform other funds with similar objectives and strategies.
 
Issuer-Specific Risk. The value of an individual security or particular type of security can be more volatile than, and can perform differently from, the market as a whole or other similar securities.
 
Larger Company Risk. Larger capitalization companies may be unable to respond quickly to new competitive challenges such as changes in technology. They may also not be able to attain the high growth rate of successful smaller companies, especially during extended periods of economic expansion.
 
Liquidity Risk. Low trading volume, a lack of a market maker, or contractual or legal restrictions may limit the Fund’s ability to value securities or prevent the Fund from selling securities or closing derivative positions at desirable times or prices.
 
Multi-Manager and Multi-Style Management Risk. The Fund allocates its assets to multiple Sub-advisers believed to have complementary styles. These investment styles, at times, may not be complementary and could result in more exposure to certain types of securities. Because portions of the Fund’s assets are managed by different Sub-advisers using different styles, the Fund could engage in overlapping or conflicting securities transactions. Overlapping transactions could lead to multiple Sub-advisers purchasing the same or similar securities at the same time, potentially leading to the Fund holding a more concentrated position in these securities. Conversely, certain Sub-advisers may be purchasing securities at the same time other Sub-advisers may be selling those same securities, which may lead to higher transaction expenses compared to a fund using a single investment management style.
 
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Passive Management Risk. Because the portion of the Fund allocated to BlackRock is managed so that its total return closely corresponds with that of the MSCI EAFE Growth Index and the MSCI EAFE Value Index, the Fund faces a risk of poor performance if either index declines generally or performs poorly relative to U.S. equity indexes, other international equity indexes or individual stocks, the stocks of companies which comprise either index fall out of favor with investors, or an adverse company specific event, such as an unfavorable earnings report, negatively affects the stock price of one of the larger companies in either index.
 
Real Estate Investment Trusts Risk. REITs may be affected by changes in the value of the underlying properties owned by the REITs and by the quality of tenants’ credit.
 
Redemption Risk. The Fund may experience losses or realize taxable gains when selling securities to meet redemption requests. This risk is greater for larger redemption requests or redemption requests during adverse market conditions. Large redemptions of the Fund’s shares may force the Fund to sell securities at times when it would not otherwise do so, and may cause the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate and transaction costs to rise, which may negatively affect the Fund’s performance and have adverse tax consequences for Fund shareholders.
 
Regulatory and Judicial Risk. The regulation of security markets, transactions and portfolio companies is subject to change. Such regulatory changes and judicial actions could have a substantial adverse effect on the Fund’s performance.
 
Smaller Company Risk. Investments in smaller capitalization companies (including medium capitalization and small capitalization companies) may have greater risks, as these companies may have less operating history, narrower product or customer markets, and fewer managerial and financial resources than more established companies. Smaller capitalization stocks may be more volatile and have less liquidity.
 
Value Style Risk. Value stocks can perform differently from the market as a whole and other types of stocks and may underperform other types of investments or investment styles, as different market styles tend to shift in and out of favor depending upon market conditions and other factors. Value stocks are believed to be undervalued relative to their projected underlying profitability.
 
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Performance
The accompanying bar chart and table provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows changes in the Fund’s year-to-year performance and the table shows how the Fund’s average annual total returns for one and five years and since inception compared to that of a broad measure of market performance. The performance information shown here reflects only Fund performance and does not reflect annual program or administrative fees you may be charged for participating in an Advisory Program. See the Fund’s website www.bridgebuildermutualfunds.com/literature for updated performance information. The Fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future.
Year-by-Year Total Returns
Calendar Year Ended December 31
 
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Quarterly Returns      
Highest (quarter ended June 30, 2020) 17.96%
Lowest (quarter ended March 31, 2020) -22.44%
The performance information shown above is based on a calendar year. The Fund’s performance (before taxes) from 1/1/23 to 9/30/23 was 6.81%.
Average Annual Total Returns
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on the investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. The after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts. Returns after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares may be higher than before-tax returns when a net capital loss occurs upon the redemption of Fund shares.
 
Average Annual Total Return as of December 31, 2022
1 Year 5 Years Since Inception
(7/6/15)
Return Before Taxes
18.01 % 1.89 % 4.15 %
Return After Taxes on Distributions
18.34 % 0.98 % 3.44 %
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
10.22 % 1.52 % 3.33 %
MSCI EAFE Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
14.45 % 1.54 % 3.53 %
 
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The Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Europe, Australasia, Far East Index (EAFE) is an unmanaged index of over 900 companies, and is a generally accepted benchmark for major overseas markets. The Fund’s portfolio holdings may differ significantly from the securities held in the relevant index and, unlike a mutual fund, the performance of an unmanaged index does not reflect deductions for transaction costs, taxes, management fees or other expenses. You cannot invest directly in an index.
Fund Management
Olive Street Investment Advisers, LLC is the investment adviser for the Fund.
Sub-advisers and Portfolio Managers
The Adviser allocates Fund assets for each investment strategy to the following Sub-advisers, which allocations may be adjusted at any time:
 
Baillie Gifford Overseas     
Portfolio Managers    Position with Baillie Gifford Overseas   Length of Service
to the Fund
Joe Faraday    Investment Manager   Since Inception
Iain Campbell    Investment Manager   Since Inception
Sophie Earnshaw    Investment Manager   Since September 2018
Milena Mileva    Investment Manager   Since May 2022
Stephen Paice    Investment Manager   Since July 2022
BlackRock     
Portfolio Managers    Position with BlackRock   Length of Service
to the Fund
Jennifer Hsui    Managing Director, Senior Portfolio Manager   Since October 2019
Peter Sietsema    Director, Portfolio Manager   Since January 2022
Paul Whitehead    Managing Director, Portfolio Manager   Since January 2022
Marathon-London     
Portfolio Managers    Position with Marathon-London   Length of Service
to the Fund
Neil M. Ostrer    Founder and Portfolio Manager – Europe   Since June 2021
Charles Carter    Managing Director and Portfolio Manager – Europe   Since June 2021
Nick Longhurst    Portfolio Manager – Europe   Since June 2021
William J. Arah    Founder and Portfolio Manager – Japan   Since June 2021
Simon Somerville    Portfolio Manager – Japan   Since June 2021
Mondrian     
Portfolio Managers    Position with Mondrian   Length of Service
to the Fund
Elizabeth Desmond, CFA    Deputy CEO, CIO – International Equities, Founding Partner   Since Inception
Nigel Bliss    Senior Portfolio Manager, Partner   Since Inception
Alex Simcox, CFA    Head of ESG Investment, Senior Portfolio Manager, Partner   Since Inception
Steven Dutaut, CFA    Head of Research – Europe and Asia, Senior Portfolio Manager, Partner   Since April 2016
Pzena     
Portfolio Managers    Position with Pzena   Length of Service
to the Fund
Caroline Cai    Managing Principal, Chief Executive Officer and Portfolio Manager   Since November 2016
 
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Portfolio Managers    Position with Baillie Gifford Overseas   Length of Service
to the Fund
Portfolio Managers    Position with BlackRock   Length of Service
to the Fund
Portfolio Managers    Position with Marathon-London   Length of Service
to the Fund
Portfolio Managers    Position with Mondrian   Length of Service
to the Fund
Portfolio Managers    Position with Pzena   Length of Service
to the Fund
Allison Fisch    Managing Principal, President and Portfolio Manager   Since November 2016
John Goetz    Managing Principal, Co-Chief Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager   Since November 2016
Rakesh Bordia    Principal and Portfolio Manager   Since January 2023
WCM     
Portfolio Managers    Position with WCM   Length of Service
to the Fund
Paul R. Black    CEO and Portfolio Manager   Since Inception
Michael B. Trigg    President and Portfolio Manager   Since Inception
Sanjay Ayer, CFA    Portfolio Manager and Business Analyst   Since June 2020
Jon Tringale    Portfolio Manager   Since May 2022
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
Fund shares are currently available to investors participating in the Advisory Programs, each an investment advisory program sponsored by Edward D. Jones & Co., L.P. (“Edward Jones”), as well as current and former Trustees of the Trust. Advisory Program investors may purchase and sell or redeem Fund shares only from Edward Jones through an Advisory Program. Current and former Trustees of the Trust may purchase and sell or redeem shares directly. There are no initial or subsequent minimum purchase amounts for the Fund. You may purchase or redeem shares of the Fund on any day the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) is open.
Tax Information
The Fund’s distributions will normally be taxed as qualified dividend income, ordinary income or capital gains. Distributions on investments made through tax-deferred arrangements may be taxed later upon withdrawal of assets from those accounts.
 
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE FUNDS’ INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIES
BRIDGE BUILDER CORE BOND FUND
Investment Objective
The Core Bond Fund’s investment objective is to provide total return (capital appreciation plus income). The Core Bond Fund’s investment objective is non-fundamental; that is, it can be changed by a vote of the Board alone and without a shareholder vote upon at least 60 days’ prior written notice to shareholders.
Principal Investment Strategies
The Core Bond Fund invests, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of borrowings for investment purposes) in fixed income securities and other instruments, such as derivatives and certain investment companies (see below), with economic characteristics similar to fixed income securities. This investment policy may be changed by the Board without shareholder approval, but shareholders would be given at least 60 days’ notice if any change occurs.
The Core Bond Fund’s assets are allocated across different fixed-income market sectors and maturities. Most of the Core Bond Fund’s investments are in fixed -income securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government or its agencies; corporate bonds; ABS, including CLOs and other CDOs; privately-issued securities (e.g., Rule 144A securities); floating rate securities; and mortgage-related and MBS, including pass-through securities, ARMs, CMOs, IOs, POs, inverse floaters, privately-issued MBS, CMBS, and mortgage dollar rolls. A mortgage dollar roll is a transaction in which the Fund sells mortgage-related securities for immediate settlement and simultaneously purchases the same type of securities for forward settlement at a discount. The Fund may purchase or sell securities which it is eligible to purchase or sell on a when-issued and delayed-delivery basis and may make contracts to purchase or sell such securities for a fixed price at a future date beyond normal settlement time (forward commitments), including TBA commitments. The purchase or sale of securities on a when-issued basis or on a delayed delivery basis or through a forward commitment involves the purchase or sale of securities by the Core Bond Fund at an established price with payment and delivery taking place in the future.
The Core Bond Fund will invest primarily in securities denominated in U.S. dollars. The Core Bond Fund may invest in securities issued by foreign entities, including emerging market securities, and obligations of non-U.S. governments or their subdivisions, agencies and government-sponsored enterprises. The Core Bond Fund may also invest in other investment companies, including other open-end or closed-end investment companies and ETFs that have characteristics that are consistent with the Core Bond Fund’s investment objective. The other investment companies in which the Core Bond Fund may invest have similar investment objectives to that of the Core Bond Fund or otherwise are permitted to invest in the same or similar investments as the Core Bond Fund.
The Core Bond Fund may invest in futures, primarily interest rate and U.S. Treasury futures, and in swaps, primarily interest rate swaps. The Core Bond Fund may buy or sell these derivative securities to gain or hedge exposure to risk factors or to alter the portfolio’s investment characteristics. Futures and swaps are each a type of derivative, which are instruments that have a value based on another instrument, exchange rate or index. The Core Bond Fund may also use derivatives, primarily futures and swaps, as substitutes for securities in which the Core Bond Fund can invest.
The Core Bond Fund may, from time to time, take temporary defensive positions that are inconsistent with the Core Bond Fund’s principal investment strategies in attempting to respond to adverse market, economic, political or other conditions. For example, during such period, 100% of the Core Bond Fund’s assets may be invested in short-term, high-quality fixed income securities, cash or cash equivalents. In addition, during such periods, the Core Bond Fund may invest up to 15% of its net assets in certain other derivatives, primarily forward contracts, interest rate swaps, total return swaps, and credit default swaps, measured at notional value. Temporary defensive positions may be initiated by the individual Sub-advisers or by the Adviser when a Sub-adviser and/or the Adviser judges that market conditions make pursuing the Core Bond Fund’s investment strategies inconsistent with the best interests of its shareholders. A Sub-adviser and/or the Adviser then may temporarily use these alternative strategies that are mainly designed to limit the Core Bond Fund’s losses or to create liquidity in anticipation of redemptions. When the Core Bond Fund takes temporary defensive positions, it may not achieve its investment objective.
 
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From time to time, the Core Bond Fund may invest in short-term, high-quality investments, including, for example, commercial paper, bankers’ acceptances, certificates of deposit, bank time deposits, repurchase agreements, and investments in money market mutual funds or similar pooled investments.
The Core Bond Fund’s portfolio is constructed by combining the investment styles and strategies of multiple Sub-advisers that have been or will be retained by the Adviser. Each Sub-adviser may use both its own proprietary and external research and securities selection processes to manage its allocated portion of the Core Bond Fund’s assets. The Core Bond Fund is designed to allow Sub-advisers to invest in various fixed income market sectors.
Portfolio securities may be sold at any time. Sales may occur when a Sub-adviser seeks to take advantage of what a Sub-adviser considers to be a better investment opportunity, or when a Sub-adviser believes the portfolio securities no longer represent relatively attractive investment opportunities. A Sub-adviser may also sell portfolio securities because of deterioration in the credit fundamentals of the issuer or to readjust the asset allocation of its portion of the Core Bond Fund’s investment portfolio.
The Adviser allocates assets of the Core Bond Fund to the following Sub-advisers: Baird, JPMIM, Loomis Sayles, and PGIM. The Adviser may adjust allocations to the Sub-advisers at any time or make recommendations to the Board with respect to the hiring, termination or replacement of a Sub-adviser. Below is a summary of each Sub-adviser’s principal investment strategies.
Baird’s Principal Investment Strategies
Baird’s risk-controlled approach to active bond management emphasizes the value of bottom-up security selection with a disciplined duration neutral approach. Permissible securities are evaluated based on the credit fundamentals for corporate issues, the underlying collateral and structure of MBS and ABS, any additional structural risks of the security itself, and market liquidity risk. This risk identification process is facilitated by the use of multiple quantitative models coupled with highly experienced portfolio managers interpreting the output from these models and providing an additional qualitative assessment of the inherent risk in the security. After the risks of a security are quantified, the valuation is compared to securities with a similar risk profile within and across various sectors. This relative value analysis helps Baird select the securities it believes are undervalued and that have the best risk-adjusted expected return potential within the permissible universe of bonds.
Baird’s portfolio construction process assembles those securities with above-average risk-adjusted expected returns focusing on risk control relative to the benchmark and the discipline of diversification. Baird generally will sell a security when, on a relative basis and in Baird’s opinion, it will no longer help its allocated portion attain its objectives.
JPMIM’s Principal Investment Strategies
JPMIM invests principally in corporate bonds, U.S. treasury obligations and other U.S. government and agency securities, ABS, mortgage-related securities and MBS, and cash and cash equivalents. Mortgage-related securities and MBS may be structured as collateralized mortgage obligations (agency and non-agency), stripped MBS, commercial MBS, or mortgage pass-through securities. These securities may be structured such that payments consist of only principal payments, only interest payments or both principal and interest payments.
JPMIM invests its allocated portion of the Core Bond Fund in bonds which generally have intermediate to long maturities. The average weighted maturity of its allocated portion will ordinarily range between four and twelve years but may be shorter than four years or longer than twelve years if deemed appropriate. Because of its holdings in ABS, MBS, and similar securities, its allocated portion’s average weighted maturity is equivalent to the average weighted maturity of the cash flows in the securities held within its allocated portion, given certain prepayment assumptions (also known as weighted average life).
Securities within JPMIM’s allocated portion may be U.S. dollar-denominated issues of a foreign corporation or a U.S. affiliate of a foreign corporation or foreign government or its agencies and instrumentalities. JPMIM may, in its sole discretion, invest a significant portion or all of its allocated portion in mortgage-related securities and MBS.
JPMIM buys and sells securities and investments for its allocated portion based on its view of individual securities and market sectors. Taking a long-term approach, JPMIM looks for individual fixed income investments that it believes
 
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will perform well over market cycles. JPMIM is value-oriented and makes decisions to purchase and sell individual securities and instruments after performing a risk/reward analysis that includes an evaluation of interest rate risk, credit risk, duration, liquidity, and the complex legal and technical structure of the transaction.
Loomis Sayles’ Principal Investment Strategies
Loomis Sayles invests principally in U.S. dollar-denominated investment grade fixed income securities, including Treasury securities, agency securities, credit, MBS (including TBAs), ABS and CMBS, corporate bonds issued by U.S. and foreign companies, and mortgage dollar rolls. Loomis Sayles’ objective with respect to its allocated portion of the Core Bond Fund’s assets is to outperform the benchmark consistently over time while maintaining the portfolio’s risk close to the benchmark.
In the view of Loomis Sayles, the fixed income markets are inefficient, often mispricing risk and reacting to news, corporate, and market events as well as technical supply and demand factors. These inefficiencies may provide effective, active investors with opportunities to generate risk-adjusted performance in excess of the benchmark. Loomis Sayles’ investment philosophy focuses on relative value investing on a risk-adjusted basis, seeking to add value for clients primarily through security selection while continually managing top-down risks in the portfolio.
Loomis Sayles’ investment strategy has a bias for fixed income securities that are liquid, or can be traded readily in the markets. Typically, Loomis Sayles sells fixed income securities when they reach a target level of valuation, there has been a change in fundamental credit quality that is not reflected in the current price, or Loomis Sayles is trimming overall risk in the portfolio.
PGIM’s Principal Investment Strategies
PGIM’s strategy is based on the philosophy that research-driven security selection is the most consistent strategy for adding value to client portfolios. PGIM complements that base strategy with modest sector rotation, duration management, and disciplined trade execution. PGIM uses a team approach to seek to add value by tilting toward fixed income sectors that it believes are attractive and by utilizing its extensive research capabilities to choose attractive fixed-income securities within sectors. Fixed-income securities include corporate and non-corporate debt obligations, such as U.S. Government securities. The weighted average maturity of the debt obligations held by its allocated portion will normally be between three and thirty years but may be shorter than three years or longer than thirty years if deemed appropriate.
PGIM may invest in securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government or by an agency or instrumentality of the U.S. Government. PGIM may also invest in commercial and residential mortgage-related securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. governmental entities or by private issuers. Mortgage-related securities include CMOs, multi-class pass-through securities and stripped MBS. PGIM may also invest in ABS. PGIM may also invest in U.S. dollar-denominated securities of non-U.S. issuers, including emerging market securities (which PGIM refers to as foreign securities), money market instruments and other investment-grade fixed-income securities of foreign issuers.
In managing the Fund’s assets, PGIM uses a combination of top-down economic analysis and bottom up research in conjunction with proprietary quantitative models and risk management systems. In the top down economic analysis, PGIM develops views on economic, policy and market trends by continually evaluating economic data that affect the movement of markets and securities prices. This top-down macroeconomic analysis is integrated into PGIM’s bottom-up research, which informs security selection. In its bottom up research, PGIM develops an internal rating and outlook on issuers. The rating and outlook are determined based on a thorough review of the financial health and trends of the issuer, which includes a review of the composition of revenue, profitability, cash flow margin, and leverage.
PGIM may also consider investment factors such as expected total return, yield, spread and potential for price appreciation as well as credit quality, maturity and risk. PGIM may invest in a security based upon the expected total return rather than the yield of such security. PGIM may also utilize proprietary quantitative tools to support relative value trading and asset allocation for portfolio management as well as various risk models to support risk management.
 
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BRIDGE BUILDER CORE PLUS BOND FUND
Investment Objective
The investment objective of the Core Plus Bond Fund is to provide total return (capital appreciation plus income). The Core Plus Bond Fund’s investment objective is non-fundamental; that is, it can be changed by a vote of the Board alone and without a shareholder vote upon at least 60 days’ prior written notice to shareholders.
Principal Investment Strategies
The Core Plus Bond Fund invests, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of borrowings for investment purposes) in fixed income securities of any maturity or duration and other instruments, such as derivatives, with economic characteristics similar to fixed income securities, and certain investment companies that seek to track the performance of fixed income securities. This investment policy may be changed by the Board without shareholder approval, but shareholders would be given at least 60 days’ notice if any change occurs.
The Core Plus Bond Fund’s assets are allocated across different fixed-income market sectors and maturities. Most of the Core Plus Bond Fund’s investments are in fixed-income securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government, or its agencies; corporate bonds; convertible securities; corporate commercial paper; ABS, including CLOs and other CDOs; privately-issued securities (e.g., Rule 144A securities); floating rate securities; inflation-linked securities (including Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (“TIPS”) issued by the U.S. Treasury) and inflation-indexed bonds issued both by governments and corporations; structured securities; and mortgage-related and MBS, including pass-through securities, CMOs, ARMs, IOs, POs, inverse floaters, sub-prime MBS, privately-issued MBS, CMBS, and mortgage dollar rolls. A mortgage dollar roll is a transaction in which the Core Plus Bond Fund sells mortgage-related securities for immediate settlement and simultaneously purchases the same type of securities for forward settlement at a discount. The Core Plus Bond Fund may purchase or sell securities which it is eligible to purchase or sell on a when-issued and delayed-delivery basis and may make contracts to purchase or sell such securities for a fixed price at a future date beyond normal settlement time (forward commitments), including TBAs. The purchase or sale of securities on a when-issued basis or on a delayed delivery basis or through a forward commitment involves the purchase or sale of securities by the Fund at an established price with payment and delivery taking place in the future. The Core Plus Bond Fund also invests, under normal market conditions, in a “plus” portfolio of high yield securities deemed below investment grade, also known as “junk bonds,” or in unrated securities that a Sub-adviser believes are of comparable quality to instruments that are so rated. The Core Plus Bond Fund’s investments in junk bonds may include bonds in default. Investment grade securities are those securities that are rated at or above Baa3 by Moody’s, BBB- by S&P, or an equivalent rating by another NRSRO, or securities that are unrated but deemed by the Sub-adviser to be comparable in quality to instruments that are so rated. The Fund may also invest in convertible securities rated below investment grade, including convertible bonds and convertible preferred stocks.
The Core Plus Bond Fund may invest in securities issued by foreign entities, including emerging market securities, and obligations of non-U.S. governments or their subdivisions, agencies and government-sponsored enterprises. In addition, the Core Plus Bond Fund may invest in a variety of loans, including bank loans, bridge loans, debtor-in-possession loans and mezzanine loans. The Core Plus Bond Fund’s investments in bank loans are generally acquired as a participation interest in, or assignment of, loans originated by a lender or other financial institution. The Core Plus Bond Fund may also invest in other investment companies, including other open-end or closed-end investment companies and ETFs that have characteristics that are consistent with the Core Plus Bond Fund’s investment objective. The Core Plus Bond Fund may invest in futures contracts, primarily interest rate, currency, and U.S. Treasury futures contracts, and in swaps, including interest rate, credit default, total return, and currency swaps. In addition, the Core Plus Bond Fund may invest in forward contracts. The Core Plus Bond Fund may buy or sell futures, swaps or forward contracts to gain or hedge exposure to risk factors or to alter the Fund’s investment characteristics.
The Core Plus Bond Fund may, from time to time, take temporary defensive positions that are inconsistent with the Core Plus Bond Fund’s principal investment strategies in attempting to respond to adverse market, economic, liquidity, political or other conditions. For example, during such period, 100% of the Core Plus Bond Fund’s assets may be invested in short-term, high-quality fixed income securities, cash or cash equivalents. Temporary defensive positions may be initiated by the individual Sub-advisers or by the Adviser when a Sub-adviser and/or the Adviser judges that market conditions make pursuing the Fund’s investment strategies inconsistent with the best interests of its
 
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shareholders. A Sub-adviser and/or the Adviser then may temporarily use these alternative strategies that are mainly designed to limit the Core Plus Bond Fund’s losses or to create liquidity in anticipation of redemptions. When the Core Plus Bond Fund takes temporary defensive positions, it may not achieve its investment objective.
From time to time, the Core Plus Bond Fund may invest in short-term, high-quality investments, including, for example, commercial paper, bankers’ acceptances, certificates of deposit, bank time deposits, repurchase agreements, and investments in money market funds or similar pooled investments.
The Core Plus Bond Fund’s portfolio is constructed by combining the investment styles and strategies of multiple Sub-advisers that have been or will be retained by the Adviser. Each Sub-adviser may use both its own proprietary and external research and securities selection processes to manage its allocated portion of the Core Plus Bond Fund’s assets. The Core Plus Bond Fund is designed to allow Sub-advisers to invest in various fixed income market sectors.
Portfolio securities may be sold at any time. Sales may occur when a Sub-adviser seeks to take advantage of what a Sub-adviser considers to be a better investment opportunity, or when a Sub-adviser believes the portfolio securities no longer represent relatively attractive investment opportunities. A Sub-adviser may also sell portfolio securities because of deterioration in the credit fundamentals of the issuer or to readjust the asset allocation of its portion of the Core Plus Bond Fund’s investment portfolio.
The Adviser allocates assets of the Core Plus Bond Fund to the following Sub-advisers: BlackRock, Loomis Sayles, PIMCO, and MetWest. The Adviser may adjust allocations to the Sub-advisers at any time or make recommendations to the Board with respect to the hiring, termination or replacement of a Sub-adviser. Below is a summary of each Sub-adviser’s principal investment strategies.
BlackRock’s Principal Investment Strategies
In selecting securities for its allocated portion of the Fund’s assets, BlackRock will buy or sell securities whenever its portfolio management team sees an appropriate opportunity. BlackRock invests, under normal circumstances, primarily in fixed income securities and derivatives with similar economic characteristics. BlackRock may invest in investment grade fixed-income securities, obligations of the U.S. Treasury or any U.S. Government agency or instrumentality, TIPS and other inflation-linked bonds, MBS (including CMOs), ABS (including CLOs and other CDOs), corporate debt securities of U.S. and foreign issuers, bank loans, and cash equivalents. BlackRock may also invest in securities issued pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933 and other private placement transactions. BlackRock may invest in high yield securities (commonly known as “junk bonds”). In addition to bonds, the Fund’s high yield securities may include convertible bonds, convertible preferred stocks and other securities attached to bonds or other fixed-income securities. BlackRock may also invest in foreign securities, including in emerging markets. BlackRock may invest in derivatives to obtain investment exposure, enhance return, or “hedge” or protect its allocated portion of the Fund’s assets from an unfavorable shift in the value or rate of a reference instrument. BlackRock may use such derivatives as currency-related derivatives and swaps for these purposes. BlackRock may also invest in structured securities, mortgage dollar rolls, investment companies, forward commitments and when-issued and delayed delivery securities and repurchase agreements. BlackRock has no stated minimum holding period for investments.
Loomis Sayles’ Principal Investment Strategies
Three themes typically drive Loomis Sayles’ investment approach with respect to its allocated portion of the Core Plus Bond Fund’s assets. First, Loomis Sayles generally seeks fixed-income securities of issuers whose credit profiles it believes are improving. Second, Loomis Sayles may invest significantly in securities the prices of which Loomis Sayles believes are more sensitive to events related to the underlying issuer than to changes in general interest rates or overall market default rates. Loomis Sayles relies primarily on issue selection as the key driver to investment performance. Loomis Sayles will manage the interest rate risks in its allocated portion of the Core Plus Bond Fund but believes that anticipating changes in rate levels is not the primary source of added value. Third, Loomis Sayles analyzes different sectors of the economy and spreads of various fixed-income securities in an effort to find securities that it believes may produce attractive returns in comparison to these securities’ risk. Loomis Sayles generally prefers securities that are protected against calls (early redemption by the issuer).
 
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In deciding which securities to buy and sell, Loomis Sayles will consider, among other things, the financial strength of the issuer, current interest rates, current valuations, Loomis Sayles’ expectations regarding future changes in interest rates, and comparisons of the level of risk associated with particular investments with Loomis Sayles’ expectations concerning the potential return of those investments.
MetWest’s Principal Investment Strategies
MetWest seeks to maximize current income and pursues above average total return consistent with prudent investment management over a full market cycle. MetWest employs a value-oriented fixed income management philosophy and an investment process predicated on a long-term economic outlook, which is determined by its investment team on a quarterly basis and is reviewed constantly. Investments are characterized by diversification among the sectors of the fixed income marketplace. The investment management team seeks to achieve the desired outperformance through the measured and disciplined application of five fixed income management strategies which include duration management, yield curve positioning, sector allocation, security selection, and opportunistic execution.
The first three strategies are top-down in orientation. MetWest starts by establishing its duration target and then determines its preferred yield curve strategy which could be concentrated or distributed across a range of maturities or concentrated at a particular point. Sector overweight or underweight decisions reflect MetWest’s view of the current relative value environment. Security selection is a bottom-up process involving the day-to-day fundamental analysis of available bond market opportunities. MetWest’s execution approach is characterized by the aggressive and informed negotiation of the prices at which transactions take place.
PIMCO’s Principal Investment Strategies
In selecting securities for its allocated portion of the Fund’s assets, PIMCO seeks to achieve the Fund’s investment objectives by investing in a multi-sector portfolio of Fixed Income Instruments (as defined below) of varying maturities, which may be represented by forwards or derivatives such as futures contracts or swap agreements. “Fixed Income Instruments” for purposes of PIMCO’s principal investment strategies include securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies or government-sponsored enterprises; corporate debt securities of U.S. and non-U.S. issuers, including convertible securities and corporate commercial paper; MBS and ABS; inflation-indexed bonds issued both by governments and corporations; structured notes, including hybrid or “indexed” securities and event-linked bonds; bank capital and trust preferred securities; loan participations and assignments; delayed funding loans and revolving credit facilities; bank certificates of deposit, fixed time deposits and bankers’ acceptances; repurchase agreements on Fixed Income Instruments; obligations of non-U.S. governments or their subdivisions, agencies and government-sponsored enterprises; and obligations of international agencies or supranational entities, debt securities and other similar instruments issued by various U.S. and non-U.S. public- or private-sector entities. PIMCO will seek maximum total return, consistent with preservation of capital and prudent investment management by investing in a broad array of fixed income sectors and utilizing income efficient implementation strategies.
PIMCO will generally allocate its portion of the Fund’s assets among several investment sectors, which may include: (i) high yield securities (“junk bonds”) and investment grade corporate bonds of issuers located in the United States and non-U.S. countries, including emerging market countries; (ii) fixed income securities issued by U.S. and non-U.S. governments (including emerging market governments), their agencies and instrumentalities; (iii) mortgage-related and other asset backed securities; and (iv) foreign currencies, including those of emerging market countries.
PIMCO may invest in derivative instruments, such as futures contracts or swap agreements, or in mortgage- or asset-backed securities, subject to applicable law and any other restrictions described in the Fund’s prospectus or Statement of Additional Information. PIMCO may purchase or sell securities on a when-issued, delayed delivery or forward commitment basis and may engage in short sales. PIMCO may seek to obtain market exposure to the securities in which it primarily invests by entering into a series of purchase and sale contracts or by using other investment techniques (such as buy backs or dollar rolls).
 
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BRIDGE BUILDER MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
Investment Objective
The investment objective of the Municipal Bond Fund is to provide current income exempt from federal tax, with a secondary goal of preservation of investment principal. This investment objective is non-fundamental; that is, it can be changed by a vote of the Board alone and without a shareholder vote.
Principal Investment Strategies
The Municipal Bond Fund will invest, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of borrowings for investment purposes) in municipal securities of any maturity or duration whose interest is exempt from federal income tax. This policy is a fundamental policy of the Municipal Bond Fund and may not be changed without approval of the Municipal Bond Fund’s shareholders. These municipal securities include debt obligations issued by or on behalf of a state or local entity or other qualifying issuer that pay interest that is, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, generally excludable from gross income for federal income tax purposes (except that the interest may be includable in taxable income for certain taxpayers subject to the Federal AMT). Municipal securities may be obligations of a variety of issuers, including state or local entities or other qualifying issuers. Issuers may be states, territories, and possessions of the United States and the District of Columbia and their political subdivisions, agencies, and instrumentalities. Certain municipal securities are either pre-refunded or escrowed-to-maturity, meaning that U.S. government obligations are placed in an escrow account with principal and interest payments from the U.S. government bonds used to secure the payment of principal and interest payments due to the holders of the municipal securities.
The Municipal Bond Fund invests in municipal securities financing projects, including but not limited to those relating to education, health care, and transportation. The Municipal Bond Fund also invests in U.S. Treasury futures and buys or sells futures to gain or hedge exposure to risk factors, for speculative purposes or as a substitute for investing in conventional fixed income securities. In addition, the Municipal Bond Fund may invest in privately issued securities (e.g., Rule 144A securities) and other investment companies, including open-end or closed-end investment companies and exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) that have characteristics that are consistent with the Municipal Bond Fund’s investment objective. The Municipal Bond Fund may purchase or sell securities which it is eligible to purchase or sell on a when-issued and delayed-delivery basis and may make contracts to purchase or sell such securities for a fixed price at a future date beyond normal settlement time (forward commitments). The purchase or sale of securities on a when-issued basis or on a delayed delivery basis or through a forward commitment involves the purchase or sale of securities by the Municipal Bond Fund at an established price with payment and delivery taking place in the future.
Additionally, the Municipal Bond Fund may invest in securities rated below investment grade, also known as “junk bonds,” or in unrated securities that a Sub-adviser believes are of comparable quality. Investment grade securities are those securities that are rated at or above Baa3 by Moody’s, BBB- by S&P, or an equivalent rating by another NRSRO, or securities that are unrated but deemed by the Sub-adviser to be comparable in quality to instruments that are so rated.
The Municipal Bond Fund may, from time to time, take temporary defensive positions that are inconsistent with the Municipal Bond Fund’s principal investment strategies in attempting to respond to adverse market, economic, liquidity, political or other conditions. For example, during such period, 100% of the Municipal Bond Fund’s assets may be invested in short-term, high-quality fixed income securities, cash or cash equivalents. Temporary defensive positions may be initiated by the individual Sub-advisers or by the Adviser when a Sub-adviser and/or the Adviser judges that market conditions make pursuing the Municipal Bond Fund’s investment strategies inconsistent with the best interests of its shareholders. A Sub-adviser and/or the Adviser then may temporarily use these alternative strategies that are mainly designed to limit the Municipal Bond Fund’s losses or to create liquidity in anticipation of redemptions. When the Municipal Bond Fund takes temporary defensive positions, it may not achieve its investment objective. For the avoidance of doubt, the Municipal Bond Fund may invest without limitation in taxable securities as a temporary measure for defensive purposes and these investments may prevent the Municipal Bond Fund from meeting its investment objective.
From time to time, the Municipal Bond Fund may invest in short-term, high quality investments, including, for example, commercial paper, bankers’ acceptances, certificates of deposit, bank time deposits, repurchase agreements, and investments in money market funds or similar pooled investments.
 
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The Municipal Bond Fund’s portfolio is constructed by combining the investment styles and strategies of multiple Sub-advisers that have been or will be retained by the Adviser. Each Sub-adviser may use both its own proprietary and external research and securities selection processes to manage its allocated portion of the Municipal Bond Fund’s assets.
Portfolio securities may be sold at any time. Sales may occur when a Sub-adviser determines to take advantage of what a Sub-adviser considers to be a better investment opportunity, or when a Sub-adviser believes the portfolio securities no longer represent relatively attractive investment opportunities. A Sub-adviser may also sell portfolio securities because of deterioration in the credit fundamentals of the issuer or to readjust the duration or asset allocation of its portion of the Municipal Bond Fund’s investment portfolio.
The Adviser allocates assets of the Municipal Bond fund to the following Sub-advisers: BlackRock, FIAM, MacKay Shields, and T. Rowe Price. The Adviser may adjust allocations to the Sub-advisers at any time or make recommendations to the Board with respect to the hiring, termination or replacement of a Sub-adviser. Below is a summary of each Sub-adviser’s principal investment strategies.
BlackRock’s Principal Investment Strategies
BlackRock takes a top-down, bottom-up approach with a flexible investment framework in managing its allocated portion of the Fund’s assets. The investment process begins with setting a macro outlook and broad strategy guidelines around credit, duration, yield curve, structure, and liquidity. Portfolio management works closely with BlackRock’s credit research team to determine which sectors of the municipal market provide the most value and should be overweight and which should be underweight. Once a sector view is established, BlackRock’s credit research team works to identify securities that provide the best risk reward profile. BlackRock’s security selection process is based on its relative value outlook and the quantitative assessment of the security and portfolio. In managing its allocated portion of the Fund’s assets, BlackRock seeks total return derived primarily from coupon interest, and secondarily, capital appreciation.
FIAM’s Principal Investment Strategies
FIAM uses a municipal bond index as a guide in structuring and selecting its investments for its allocated portion of the Municipal Bond Fund’s assets. This municipal bond index represents FIAM’s view of how the portfolio’s competitive universe will perform over time. This index, a market value-weighted index of short to intermediate investment-grade fixed-rate municipal bonds with a certain maturity range, is designed to represent FIAM’ view of its intermediate municipal investment mandate. From time to time, FIAM may change the index or the characteristics of the index in response to changes in the market.
Normally, FIAM invests in investment-grade municipal securities. FIAM considers multiple factors when selecting investments, including the credit quality of the issuer, security-specific features, current valuation relative to alternatives in the market, short-term trading opportunities resulting from market inefficiencies, and potential future valuation. FIAM allocates assets among different market sectors (for example, general obligation bonds of a state or bonds financing a specific project) and different maturities based on its view of the relative value of each sector or maturity.
In managing exposure to various risks, including interest rate risk, FIAM considers, among other things, the market’s overall risk characteristics, the market’s current pricing of those risks, and internal views of potential future market conditions.
MacKay Shields’ Principal Investment Strategies
MacKay Shields’ investment philosophy is centered on the belief that strong long-term performance can be achieved through an actively managed, research-driven, relative-value approach. MacKay Shields’ investment strategy combines a top-down macro view with bottom-up credit research driven security selection. MacKay Shields’ investment discipline begins by outlining a macro view of the economy, interest rates, inflation and both national and regional political concerns. The top-down component guides decisions relating to the Fund’s credit distribution, sector distribution, state exposure and yield curve positioning. The investment strategy seeks to maintain duration neutrality, typically expressed as a range around the duration of the relevant benchmark. MacKay Shields’ approach is driven by fundamental bottom-up security analysis using deep credit research and spread analysis. In doing so, the investment process seeks to identify mispricings and opportunities for total return with an emphasis and focus on risk management.
 
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BRIDGE BUILDER MUNICIPAL HIGH-INCOME BOND FUND
Investment Objective
The investment objective of the Municipal High-Income Bond Fund is to provide current income exempt from federal tax. This investment objective is non-fundamental; that is, it can be changed by a vote of the Board alone and without a shareholder vote.
Principal Investment Strategies
The Municipal High-Income Bond Fund will invest, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of borrowings for investment purposes) in municipal securities of any maturity or duration whose interest is exempt from federal income tax. This policy is a fundamental policy of the Municipal High-Income Bond Fund and may not be changed without approval of the Municipal High-Income Bond Fund’s shareholders. These municipal securities include debt obligations issued by or on behalf of a state or local entity or other qualifying issuer that pay interest that is, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, generally excludable from gross income for federal income tax purposes (except that the interest may be includable in taxable income for certain taxpayers subject to the Federal AMT). Municipal securities may be obligations of a variety of issuers, including state or local entities or other qualifying issuers. Issuers may be states, territories, and possessions of the United States and the District of Columbia and their political subdivisions, agencies, and instrumentalities. Certain municipal securities are either pre-refunded or escrowed-to-maturity, meaning that U.S. government obligations are placed in an escrow account with principal and interest payments from the U.S. government bonds used to secure the payment of principal and interest payments due to the holders of the municipal securities.
The Municipal High-Income Bond Fund invests at least 50% of its assets in municipal securities rated Baa1 or lower by Moody’s, BBB+ or lower by S&P, or an equivalent rating by another NRSRO, or in unrated securities that a Sub-adviser of the Municipal High-Income Bond Fund believes are of comparable quality. Such investments include municipal securities rated below investment grade, also known as “junk bonds,” which are municipal securities rated Ba1 or lower by Moody’s, BB+ or lower by S&P, or an equivalent rating by another NRSRO, or in unrated securities that the Sub-adviser believes are of comparable quality.
The Municipal High-Income Bond Fund invests in municipal securities including, but not limited to, municipal bonds related to financing projects such as those relating to education, health care, and transportation. The Municipal High-Income Bond Fund also invests in futures and buys or sells futures to gain or hedge exposure to risk factors, for speculative purposes or as a substitute for investing in conventional fixed income securities. In addition, the Municipal High-Income Bond Fund may invest in privately issued securities (e.g., Rule 144A securities) and other investment companies, including open-end or closed-end investment companies and ETFs that have characteristics that are consistent with the Municipal High-Income Bond Fund’s investment objective. The Municipal High-Income Bond Fund may purchase or sell securities which it is eligible to purchase or sell on a when-issued and delayed-delivery basis and may make contracts to purchase or sell such securities for a fixed price at a future date beyond normal settlement time (forward commitments). The purchase or sale of securities on a when-issued basis or on a delayed delivery basis or through a forward commitment involves the purchase or sale of securities by the Municipal High-Income Bond Fund at an established price with payment and delivery taking place in the future.
The Municipal High-Income Bond Fund may, from time to time, take temporary defensive positions that are inconsistent with the Municipal High-Income Bond Fund’s principal investment strategies in attempting to respond to adverse market, economic, liquidity, political or other conditions. For example, during such period, 100% of the Municipal High-Income Bond Fund’s assets may be invested in short-term, high-quality fixed income securities, cash or cash equivalents. Temporary defensive positions may be initiated by the individual Sub-advisers or by the Adviser when a Sub-adviser and/or the Adviser judges that market conditions make pursuing the Municipal High-Income Bond Fund’s investment strategies inconsistent with the best interests of its shareholders. A Sub-adviser and/or the Adviser then may temporarily use these alternative strategies that are mainly designed to limit the Municipal High-Income Bond Fund’s losses or to create liquidity in anticipation of redemptions. When the Municipal High-Income Bond Fund takes temporary defensive positions, it may not achieve its investment objective. For the avoidance of doubt, the Municipal High-Income Bond Fund may invest without limitation in taxable securities as a temporary measure for defensive purposes and these investments may prevent the Municipal High-Income Bond Fund from meeting its investment objective.
 
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From time to time, the Municipal High-Income Bond Fund may invest in short-term, high quality investments, including, for example, commercial paper, bankers’ acceptances, certificates of deposit, bank time deposits, repurchase agreements, and investments in money market funds or similar pooled investments.
The Municipal High-Income Bond Fund’s portfolio is constructed by combining the investment styles and strategies of multiple Sub-advisers that have been or will be retained by the Adviser. Each Sub-adviser may use both its own proprietary and external research and securities selection processes to manage its allocated portion of the Municipal High-Income Bond Fund’s assets.
Portfolio securities may be sold at any time. Sales may occur when a Sub-adviser determines to take advantage of what a Sub-adviser considers to be a better investment opportunity, or when a Sub-adviser believes the portfolio securities no longer represent relatively attractive investment opportunities. A Sub-adviser may also sell portfolio securities because of deterioration in the credit fundamentals of the issuer or to readjust the duration or asset allocation of its portion of the Municipal High-Income Bond Fund’s investment portfolio.
The Adviser may allocate assets of the Fund to the following Sub-advisers: Capital International and T. Rowe Price. The Adviser may adjust allocations to the Sub-advisers at any time or make recommendations to the Board with respect to the hiring, termination or replacement of a Sub-adviser. Below is a summary of each Sub-adviser’s principal investment strategies.
Capital International’s Principal Investment Strategies
Capital International’s investment philosophy is to seek to invest in attractively priced securities that, in its opinion, represent good, long-term investment opportunities. Capital International uses a system of multiple portfolio managers in managing its allocated portion of the Municipal High-Income Bond Fund’s assets. Under this approach, its allocated portion of the Municipal High-Income Bond Fund’s assets is divided into segments managed by individual portfolio managers. With respect to its allocated portion of the Municipal High-Income Bond Fund’s assets, Capital International primarily invests in municipal securities that provide income exempt from federal personal income tax and may subject certain taxpayers to the Federal AMT. Under normal circumstances, Capital International invests at least 50% of its allocated portion of the Municipal High-Income Bond Fund’s assets in municipal securities rated BBB+ or below or Baa1 or below by an NRSRO, or unrated but determined by Capital International to be of equivalent quality. Such investments may include junk bonds. In selecting securities for its allocated portion of the Municipal High-Income Bond Fund’s assets, Capital International may accept risks to capital value that it deems prudent to take advantage of opportunities for higher current income on municipal securities in which it invests. Capital International may sell securities when it believes that they no longer represent relatively attractive investment opportunities.
T. Rowe Price’s Principal Investment Strategies
T. Rowe Price’s active investment management approach emphasizes the value of in-depth fundamental credit research, diversification and risk management practices. By using fundamental research, T. Rowe Price seeks to add value through sector weights (emphasizing higher yielding revenue bonds at the expense of state and local general obligation debt) and issue selection over a full market cycle. The goal of this approach is to build a yield advantage into the portfolio while still taking a risk-conscious approach. Risk management includes managing the portfolio’s duration (which is a measurement of the price sensitivity of a bond or bond fund to changes in interest rates), while also focusing on striking a balance between (i) having conviction (and an overweight allocation) in certain sectors and (ii) not being disproportionately dependent on any one sector or portfolio exposure. T. Rowe Price will invest in investment grade bonds, as well as below investment grade bonds.
 
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BRIDGE BUILDER LARGE CAP GROWTH FUND
Investment Objective
The Large Cap Growth Fund’s investment objective is to provide capital appreciation. The Large Cap Growth Fund’s investment objective is non-fundamental; that is, it can be changed by a vote of the Board alone and without a shareholder vote upon at least 60 days’ prior written notice to shareholders.
Principal Investment Strategies
The Large Cap Growth Fund invests, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of borrowings for investment purposes) in the securities of large capitalization companies and other instruments, such as certain investment companies (see below) that seek to track the performance of securities of large capitalization companies. This investment policy may be changed by the Board without shareholder approval, but shareholders would be given at least 60 days’ prior notice of such change.
The Large Cap Growth Fund defines large capitalization companies as companies whose market capitalizations at the time of purchase typically fall within the range of the Russell 1000® Index (as of July 1, 2023, companies with capitalizations greater than $2.4 billion). The market capitalization of companies included in the Russell 1000® Index will change with market conditions. While the Large Cap Growth Fund primarily invests in equity securities of large capitalization companies, it may also invest in securities of medium or small capitalization companies. The Large Cap Growth Fund may invest in securities issued by U.S. and foreign entities, including emerging market securities. The Large Cap Growth Fund may invest in ADRs or GDRs. The Large Cap Growth Fund may also invest in other investment companies, including other open-end or closed-end investment companies and ETFs that have characteristics that are consistent with the Large Cap Growth Fund’s investment objective. The Large Cap Growth Fund may also invest a portion of its assets in futures contracts, principally for cash equitization purposes, and in securities of REITs, which are companies that own and/or manage real estate properties. The Fund may, from time to time, invest a significant portion of its total assets in securities of companies in certain sectors. As of September 29, 2023, the Fund had significant exposure to securities of companies in the information technology sector. The Large Cap Growth Fund follows an investing style that favors growth investments.
The Large Cap Growth Fund may take temporary defensive positions that are inconsistent with its principal investment strategies in attempting to respond to unusual and adverse market, economic, political, or other conditions. For example, during such a period, up to 100% of the Large Cap Growth Fund’s assets may be invested in short-term, high-quality fixed income securities, cash, or cash equivalents. Temporary defensive positions may be initiated by the individual Sub-advisers or by the Adviser when a Sub-adviser or the Adviser judges that market conditions make pursuing the Large Cap Growth Fund’s investment strategies inconsistent with the best interests of shareholders. A Sub-adviser or the Adviser may then temporarily use these alternative strategies that are mainly designed to limit the Large Cap Growth Fund’s losses or to create liquidity in anticipation of redemption. When the Large Cap Growth Fund takes temporary defensive positions, it may not achieve its investment objective.
The Large Cap Growth Fund’s portfolio is constructed by combining the investment styles and strategies of multiple Sub-advisers that have been or will be retained by the Adviser. Each Sub-adviser may use both its own proprietary and external research and securities selection processes to manage its allocated portion of the Large Cap Growth Fund’s assets.
Portfolio securities may be sold at any time. Sales may occur when a Sub-adviser seeks to take advantage of what a Sub-adviser considers to be a better investment opportunity, when a Sub-adviser believes the portfolio securities no longer represent relatively attractive investment opportunities, or when a Sub-adviser believes it would be appropriate to do so in order to readjust the asset allocation of its portion of the Large Cap Growth Fund’s investment portfolio.
The Adviser allocates assets of the Large Cap Growth Fund to the following Sub-advisers: BlackRock, Jennison, Lazard, and SGA. The Adviser may adjust allocations to the Sub-advisers at any time or make recommendations to the Board with respect to the hiring, termination or replacement of a Sub-adviser. Below is a summary of each Sub-adviser’s principal investment strategies.
 
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BlackRock’s Principal Investment Strategies
BlackRock invests in equity securities with the objective of approximating as closely as practicable the capitalization weighted total rate of return of the segment of the United States market for publicly traded equity securities represented by the 1,000 largest capitalized companies. Of those 1,000 companies, the Russell 1000® Growth Index represents those with a greater-than-median orientation towards growth. Companies in this index generally have higher forecasted growth values than more value-oriented securities. The criterion for the selection of investments is the Russell 1000® Growth Index. When deemed appropriate by BlackRock, BlackRock may invest a portion of the assets allocated to it by the Adviser in futures contracts for the purpose of acting as a temporary substitute for investment in equity securities included in the Russell 1000® Growth Index. Derivatives may be used as a means to invest small liquidity balances and accruals.
Jennison’s Principal Investment Strategies
Jennison seeks to invest in large capitalization securities whose price will increase over the long term. It invests in equity and equity-related securities of companies that it believes have strong capital appreciation potential. In deciding which equities to buy, Jennison follows a highly disciplined investment selection and management process of identifying companies that show superior absolute and relative earnings growth and also are believed to be attractively valued. Jennison’s confidence in potential issuer earnings is an important part of the selection process. Jennison evaluates a company’s value by examining fundamental metrics such as price to forward earnings, price to book value, price to sales, and enterprise value to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization.
Lazard’s Principal Investment Strategies
Lazard invests primarily in equity securities, principally common stocks, of companies that Lazard believes have strong and/or improving financial productivity and are undervalued based on their earnings, cash flow, or asset values. Although Lazard generally focuses on large capitalization companies, the market capitalizations of issuers in which Lazard invests may vary with market conditions, and Lazard also may invest in medium capitalization and small capitalization companies.
SGA’s Principal Investment Strategies
SGA uses an investment process to identify large capitalization companies that it believes have a high degree of predictability, strong profitability, and above average earnings and cash flow growth. SGA seeks to identify companies that exhibit characteristics such as pricing power, repeat revenue streams, and global reach that, in SGA’s judgment, have the potential for long-term earnings growth within the context of low business risk. SGA employs an intensive internal research and a bottom-up stock selection approach. SGA selects investments that it believes have superior long-term earnings prospects and attractive valuation. SGA seeks to sell a portfolio holding when it believes the security’s fundamentals deteriorate, its valuation is no longer attractive, or a better investment opportunity arises.
 
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BRIDGE BUILDER LARGE CAP VALUE FUND
Investment Objective
The Large Cap Value Fund’s investment objective is to provide capital appreciation. The Large Cap Value Fund’s investment objective is non-fundamental; that is, it can be changed by a vote of the Board alone and without a shareholder vote upon at least 60 days’ prior written notice to shareholders.
Principal Investment Strategies
The Large Cap Value Fund invests, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of borrowings for investment purposes) in the securities of large capitalization companies and other instruments, such as certain investment companies (see below), that seek to track the performance of securities of large capitalization companies. This investment policy may be changed by the Board without shareholder approval, but shareholders would be given at least 60 days’ prior notice of such change.
The Large Cap Value Fund defines large capitalization companies as companies whose market capitalizations at the time of purchase typically fall within the range of the Russell 1000® Index (as of July 1, 2023, companies with capitalizations greater than $2.4 billion). The market capitalization of the companies included in the Russell 1000® Index will change with market conditions. While the Large Cap Value Fund primarily invests in equity securities of large capitalization companies, it may also invest in securities of medium and small capitalization companies. The Large Cap Value Fund may invest in securities issued by U.S. and foreign entities. The Large Cap Value Fund may invest in ADRs or GDRs. The Large Cap Value Fund may also invest in other investment companies, including other open-end or closed-end investment companies and ETFs that have characteristics that are consistent with the Large Cap Value’s Fund’s investment objective. The Large Cap Value Fund may also invest a portion of its assets in futures contracts, principally for cash equitization purposes, and in securities of REITs, which are companies that own and/or manage real estate properties. The Large Cap Value Fund follows an investing style that favors value investments.
The Large Cap Value Fund may take temporary defensive positions that are inconsistent with its principal investment strategies in attempting to respond to unusual and adverse market, economic, political, or other conditions. For example, during such a period, up to 100% of the Large Cap Value Fund’s assets may be invested in short-term, high-quality fixed income securities, cash, or cash equivalents. Temporary defensive positions may be initiated by the individual Sub-advisers or by the Adviser when a Sub-adviser or the Adviser judges that market conditions make pursuing the Large Cap Value Fund’s investment strategies inconsistent with the best interests of shareholders. A Sub-adviser or the Adviser may then temporarily use these alternative strategies that are mainly designed to limit the Large Cap Value Fund’s losses or to create liquidity in anticipation of redemptions. When the Large Cap Value Fund takes temporary defensive positions, it may not achieve its investment objective.
The Large Cap Value Fund’s portfolio is constructed by combining the investment styles and strategies of multiple Sub-advisers that have been or will be retained by the Adviser. Each Sub-adviser may use both its own proprietary and external research and securities selection processes to manage its allocated portion of the Large Cap Value Fund’s assets.
Portfolio securities may be sold at any time. Sales may occur when a Sub-adviser seeks to take advantage of what a Sub-adviser considers to be a better investment opportunity, when a Sub-adviser believes the portfolio securities no longer represent relatively attractive investment opportunities, or when a Sub-adviser believes it would be appropriate to do so in order to readjust the asset allocation of its portion of the Large Cap Value Fund’s investment portfolio.
The Adviser allocates assets of the Large Cap Value Fund to the following Sub-advisers: Artisan Partners, Barrow Hanley, BlackRock, LSV, T. Rowe Price, and Wellington Management. The Adviser may adjust allocations to the Sub-advisers at any time or make recommendations to the Board with respect to the hiring, termination or replacement of a Sub-adviser. Below is a summary of each Sub-adviser’s principal investment strategies.
Artisan Partners’ Principal Investment Strategies
Artisan Partners employs a fundamental investment process to construct a diversified portfolio of equity securities across a broad capitalization range. It seeks to invest in companies that are undervalued, in solid financial condition, and have attractive business economics. Artisan Partners believes that companies with these characteristics are less likely to experience eroding values over the long term.
 
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Artisan Partners values a business using what it believes are reasonable expectations for the long-term earnings power and capitalization rates of that business. This results in a range of values for the company that Artisan Partners believes would be reasonable. Artisan Partners generally will purchase a security if the stock price falls below or toward the lower end of that range.
Artisan Partners prefers companies with an acceptable level of debt and positive cash flow. At a minimum, Artisan Partners seeks to avoid companies that have so much debt that management may be unable to make decisions that would be in the best interest of the companies’ shareholders. Artisan Partners favors cash-producing businesses that it believes are capable of earning acceptable returns on capital over the company’s business cycle.
Barrow Hanley’s Principal Investment Strategies
Barrow Hanley invests primarily in large capitalization securities. As a traditional value manager, Barrow Hanley searches for companies that are temporarily undervalued for reasons Barrow Hanley can identify, understand, and believe will improve over time. In its valuation framework, Barrow Hanley strives to construct portfolios that trade at levels below the market across multiple metrics, such as the price-to-earnings and the price-to-book ratios, while simultaneously delivering an above-market dividend yield. Barrow Hanley’s goal is to generate alpha by building a high active share portfolio with an asymmetrical risk/return profile that maximizes upside potential while minimizing risk.
BlackRock’s Principal Investment Strategies
BlackRock invests in equity securities with the objective of approximating as closely as practicable the capitalization weighted total rate of return of the segment of the United States market for publicly traded equity securities represented by the 1,000 largest capitalized companies. Of those 1,000 companies, the Russell 1000® Value Index represents those with a less-than-median orientation towards growth. Companies in this index generally have low price-to-book and price-to-earnings ratios, higher dividend yields, and lower forecasted growth values than more growth-oriented securities. The criterion for the selection of investments is the Russell 1000® Value Index. When deemed appropriate by BlackRock, BlackRock may invest a portion of the assets allocated to it in futures contracts for the purpose of acting as a temporary substitute for investment in equity securities included in the Russell 1000® Value Index. Derivatives may be used as a means to invest small liquidity balances and accruals.
LSV’s Principal Investment Strategies
LSV uses a deep value, bottom-up investment approach, employing fundamental and qualitative criteria to evaluate and select securities of large and medium capitalization companies that it feels are trading at a substantial discount to their intrinsic value. LSV follows an active investment strategy, focusing on using data and financial information and combining such information with the rigor of a quantitative model.
LSV’s active investment strategy uses a quantitative investment model to evaluate and recommend investment decisions for the Large Cap Value Fund in a bottom-up, contrarian value approach.
The primary components of the quantitative model are:
 
   
traditional value measures, such as price-to-earnings, price-to-cash flow, and price-to-book ratios;
   
indicators that rank companies on long-term past performance using a combination of market indicators and fundamentals;
   
focus on short-term signs of improvement to help identify whether the market is beginning to change its assessment of an undervalued stock in a positive position; and
   
control of incremental risk relative to the benchmark index.
All such indicators are measured relative to the overall universe of large and medium capitalization companies.
T. Rowe Price’s Principal Investment Strategies
T. Rowe Price’s active investment approach emphasizes the value of large-capitalization stocks that have a strong track record of paying dividends or that are believed to be undervalued. T. Rowe Price typically employs a “value” approach
 
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in selecting investments. T. Rowe Price’s in-house research team seeks companies that appear to be undervalued by various measures and may be temporarily out of favor but have good prospects for capital appreciation and dividend growth. In selecting investments for its allocated portion of the Large Cap Value Fund, T. Rowe Price generally looks for companies in the aggregate with one or more of the following: an established operating history; above-average dividend yield relative to the broader equity market; low price/earnings ratio relative to the broader equity market; a sound balance sheet and other positive financial characteristics; or low stock price relative to a company’s underlying value as measured by assets, cash flow, or business franchises. T. Rowe Price typically invests in U.S. common stocks and may invest in foreign stocks. The portion of the Large Cap Value Fund managed by T. Rowe Price may also at times invest significantly in certain sectors, such as the financials sector.
Wellington Management’s Principal Investment Strategies
Wellington Management invests primarily in equity securities. Although Wellington Management may invest in the securities of companies with any market capitalization, Wellington Management normally invests a significant portion of its assets in the equity securities of large capitalization companies. Wellington Management may invest in REITs and foreign securities, including ADRs.
Wellington Management seeks to provide total returns in excess of the broader market over the long term by identifying companies that Wellington Management expects to consistently return cash to shareholders in the form of a growing dividend. Wellington Management uses substantial proprietary, fundamental research resources to identify companies with superior prospects for dividend growth and capital appreciation that sell at reasonable valuation levels. Wellington Management believes that above average growth in dividends is an effective and often overlooked indicator of higher quality, shareholder-oriented companies that have the ability to produce consistent, above-average returns over the long term.
Wellington Management’s investment philosophy rests on the belief that the best investments over long periods of time are in companies that balance value creation and value distribution. Wellington Management seeks companies that are good stewards of capital with a long history of growing and paying dividends and a proven ability to innovate over many market cycles. Wellington Management looks for companies with good profitability, strong cash flow generation, and moderate payout ratios.
 
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BRIDGE BUILDER SMALL/MID CAP GROWTH FUND
Investment Objective
The Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund’s investment objective is to provide capital appreciation. The Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund’s investment objective is non-fundamental; that is, it can be changed by a vote of the Board alone and without a shareholder vote upon at least 60 days’ prior written notice to shareholders.
Principal Investment Strategies
The Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund invests, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of borrowings for investment purposes) in the securities of small and mid-capitalization companies and other instruments, such as certain investment companies (see below), that seek to track the performance of securities of small and mid-capitalization companies. The investment policy may be changed by the Board without shareholder approval, but shareholders would be given at least 60 days’ prior notice of such change.
The Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund defines small and mid-capitalization companies as companies whose market capitalizations at the time of purchase typically fall within the range of the Russell MidCap® Index and the Russell 2000® Index (as of April 28, 2023, companies with capitalizations between approximately $159.5 million and $47 billion). The market capitalization of the companies included in the Russell MidCap® Index and the Russell 2000® Index will change with market conditions.
While the Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund primarily invests in equity securities of small and mid-capitalization companies, it may also invest in securities of large capitalization companies. The Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund may invest in securities issued by U.S. and foreign entities. The Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund may invest in ADRs or GDRs. The Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund may also invest in other investment companies, including other open-end or closed-end investment companies and ETFs that have characteristics that are consistent with the Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund’s investment objective. The Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund may also invest a portion of its assets in futures contracts, principally for cash equitization purposes. The Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund may also invest a portion of its assets in securities of REITs, which are companies that own and/or manage real estate properties. The Fund may, from time to time, invest a significant portion of its total assets in securities of companies in certain sectors. As of September 29, 2023, the Fund had significant exposure to securities of companies in the information technology sector. The Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund follows an investing style that favors growth investments.
The Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund may take temporary defensive positions that are inconsistent with its principal investment strategies in attempting to respond to unusual and adverse market, economic, political, or other conditions. For example, during such a period, up to 100% of the Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund’s assets may be invested in short-term, high-quality fixed income securities, cash, or cash equivalents. Temporary defensive positions may be initiated by the individual Sub-advisers or by the Adviser when a Sub-adviser or the Adviser judges that market conditions make pursuing the Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund’s investment strategies inconsistent with the best interests of shareholders. A Sub-adviser or the Adviser may then temporarily use these alternative strategies that are mainly designed to limit the Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund’s losses or to create liquidity in anticipation of redemption. When the Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund takes temporary defensive positions, it may not achieve its investment objective.
The Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund’s portfolio is constructed by combining the investment styles and strategies of multiple Sub-advisers that have been or will be retained by the Adviser. Each Sub-adviser may use both its own proprietary and external research and securities selection processes to manage its allocated portion of the Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund’s assets.
Portfolio securities may be sold at any time. Sales may occur when a Sub-adviser seeks to take advantage of what a Sub-adviser considers to be a better investment opportunity, when a Sub-adviser believes the portfolio securities no longer represent relatively attractive investment opportunities, or when a Sub-adviser believes it would be appropriate to do so in order to readjust the asset allocation of its portion of the Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund’s investment portfolio.
The Adviser allocates assets of the Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund to the following Sub-advisers: Artisan Partners, BlackRock, Champlain, Driehaus, Eagle, SIMG, and Victory Capital. The Adviser may adjust allocations to the Sub-
 
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advisers at any time or make recommendations to the Board with respect to the hiring, termination or replacement of a Sub-adviser. Below is a summary of each Sub-adviser’s principal investment strategies.
Artisan Partners’ Principal Investment Strategies
Artisan Partners’ investment team employs a fundamental investment process to construct a diversified portfolio of U.S. mid-capitalization growth companies. The team seeks to invest in companies that it believes possess franchise characteristics, are benefiting from an accelerating profit cycle and are trading at a discount to its estimate of private market value. The team’s investment process focuses on two distinct elements – security selection and capital allocation. The team overlays its investment process with broad knowledge of the global economy.
Security Selection—The team seeks to identify companies that have franchise characteristics (e.g., low cost production capability, possession of a proprietary asset, dominant market share or a defensible brand name), are benefiting from an accelerating profit cycle and are trading at a discount to the team’s estimate of private market value. The team looks for companies that are well positioned for long-term growth, which is driven by demand for their products and services at an early enough stage in their profit cycle to benefit from the increased cash flows produced by the emerging profit cycle.
Capital Allocation—Based on the team’s fundamental analysis of a company’s profit cycle, it divides the portfolio into three parts. GardenSM investments are small positions in the early part of their profit cycle that may warrant more sizeable allocations as their profit cycle accelerates. CropSM investments are positions that are being increased to a full weight because the team believes they are moving through the strongest part of their profit cycles. HarvestSM investments are positions that are being reduced as they near the team’s estimates of full valuation or their profit cycles begin to decelerate.
Broad Knowledge—The team overlays the security selection and capital allocation elements of its investment process with a desire to invest opportunistically in U.S. mid-capitalization growth companies with exposure to the global economy. The team seeks broad knowledge of the global economy in order to position it to find growth.
BlackRock’s Principal Investment Strategies
BlackRock invests in equity securities with the objective of approximating as closely as practicable the capitalization weighted total rate of return of the segments of the United States market for publicly traded equity securities as represented by the Russell Midcap® Growth Index and the Russell 2000® Growth Index. The Russell Midcap® Growth Index measures the performance of mid-capitalization companies represented in the Russell Midcap® Index with higher price/book ratios and higher predicted and historical growth rates. The Russell 2000® Growth Index measures the performance of small capitalization companies represented in the Russell 2000® Index with higher price/book ratios and higher predicted and historical growth rates. When deemed appropriate by BlackRock, BlackRock may invest assets of its allocated portion of the Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund in futures contracts for the purpose of acting as a temporary substitute for investment in equity securities included in the Russell Midcap® Growth Index and the Russell 2000® Growth Index. BlackRock may use derivatives as a means to invest small liquidity balances and accruals.
Champlain’s Principal Investment Strategies
Champlain seeks capital appreciation by investing mainly in common stocks of medium-sized companies that it believes have strong long-term fundamentals, superior capital appreciation potential, and attractive valuations. Through the consistent execution of a fundamental bottom-up investment process, which focuses on an analysis of individual companies, Champlain expects to identify a diversified universe of medium-sized companies that trade at a discount to their estimated intrinsic or fair values.
Driehaus’ Principal Investment Strategies
Driehaus primarily invests in the equity securities of U.S. small capitalization and U.S. medium capitalization companies which will generally be, at the time of investment, within the capitalization range of those companies
 
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included in the Russell 2500® Growth Index without regard to the index’s float adjustment. For the avoidance of doubt, while the reference index is “float-adjusted,” meaning it excludes closely held and other shares unavailable to investors, Driehaus does not consider a float-adjustment when determining the market capitalization of a company. Securities of companies whose market capitalization no longer meets this definition after purchase may continue to be held by the Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund. Driehaus may also invest in companies with limited or no operating histories. Driehaus does not employ any industry or sector focus but may from time to time have greater exposure to the securities of issuers within the same industry or sector. Driehaus frequently and actively trades its portfolio securities.
Investment decisions for Driehaus’ growth style of investing are based on Driehaus’ belief that fundamentally strong companies are more likely to generate superior earnings growth on a sustained basis and are more likely to experience positive earnings revisions. These decisions involve evaluating a company’s competitive position, evaluating industry dynamics, identifying potential growth catalysts and assessing the financial position of the company. An investment decision is also based on the evaluation by Driehaus of relative valuation, macroeconomic and behavioral factors affecting the company and its stock price. Driehaus sells holdings for a variety of reasons, including to take profits, changes to the fundamental investment thesis, changes in the risk/reward assessment of the holding, an assessment that the holding is efficiently priced, to make room for more attractive ideas or for other portfolio or risk management considerations.
Eagle’s Principal Investment Strategies
During normal market conditions, Eagle primarily invests in the equity securities of small capitalization companies. When making investment decisions, Eagle generally focuses on investing in the securities of small capitalization companies that demonstrate growth potential at a price that does not appear to reflect the company’s true underlying value.
Eagle uses a three-pronged investment philosophy when evaluating potential additions to the portfolio – quality, valuation, and balance. Eagle seeks quality by investing in companies with superior cash-flow generation, management teams with a successful record of business strategy execution, sustainable growth, and a defensive business model. It seeks attractive valuation using market fluctuations as opportunistic entry points. Finally, Eagle attempts to balance the portfolio through sector-weight policies that provide diversification across major economic sectors.
SIMG’s Principal Investment Strategies
SIMG evaluates and selects securities of both mid-capitalization and small capitalization companies. SIMG believes that securities of mid-capitalization and small capitalization companies have the opportunity to appreciate more quickly than larger capitalization companies due to greater market inefficiencies. SIMG attributes these inefficiencies primarily to lower levels of research coverage in this area of the market.
SIMG believes that earnings growth drives stock performance. SIMG uses a disciplined, bottom-up investment selection process that combines both fundamental analysis and the use of proprietary quantitative tools and screens to identify companies that exhibit potential for superior earnings growth that is unrecognized by the markets. SIMG has two screens – one for core growth stocks and one for catalyst stocks. Core growth stocks have strong growth franchises, recurring revenue, and above-average growth rates; catalyst stocks, in comparison, are experiencing change that could lead to accelerated earnings growth. There are common elements in both types of stocks, such as higher forward growth rates, above-median price/earnings ratios, higher return on equity, and positive earnings revisions.
Victory Capital’s Principal Investment Strategies
Victory Capital primarily invests in the equity securities of small capitalization companies. Victory Capital employs both fundamental analysis and quantitative screening in seeking to identify companies that the investment team believes will produce sustainable earnings growth over a multi-year horizon. Investment candidates typically exhibit some or all of the following key criteria: strong organic revenue growth, expanding margins and profitability, innovative products or services, defensible competitive advantages, growing market share, and experienced management teams. Victory Capital seeks to categorize each potential investment based on its view of a company’s
 
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stage of development on a spectrum that identifies companies as promising, developing, or proven. Valuation is an integral part of the growth investment process. Purchase decisions are based on Victory Capital’s expectation of the potential reward relative to risk of each security based in part on its proprietary earnings calculations.
Victory Capital regularly reviews the investments held in Victory Capital’s allocated portion of the Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund’s assets allocated to Victory Capital and will sell securities when it believes the securities are no longer attractive because (1) of a deterioration in rank of the security in accordance with its process, (2) of price appreciation, (3) of a change in the fundamental outlook of the company or (4) other investments available are considered to be more attractive.
As a result of this investment process, the investments in the portion of the Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund’s assets allocated to Victory Capital may from time to time be focused in one or more economic sectors from time to time, including the information technology and health care sectors, and may from time to time generate portfolio turnover, with respect to Victory Capital’s allocated portion of the Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund’s assets, in excess of 100%.
 
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BRIDGE BUILDER SMALL/MID CAP VALUE FUND
Investment Objective
The Small/Mid Cap Value Fund’s investment objective is to provide capital appreciation. The Small/Mid Cap Value Fund’s investment objective is non-fundamental; that is, it can be changed by a vote of the Board alone and without a shareholder vote upon at least 60 days’ prior written notice to shareholders.
Principal Investment Strategies
The Small/Mid Cap Value Fund invests, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of borrowings for investment purposes) in the securities of small and mid-capitalization companies and other instruments, such as certain investment companies (see below), that seek to track the performance of securities of small and mid-capitalization companies. The investment policy may be changed by the Board without shareholder approval, but shareholders would be given at least 60 days’ prior notice of such change.
The Small/Mid Cap Value Fund defines small and mid-capitalization companies as companies whose market capitalizations at the time of purchase typically fall within the range of the Russell MidCap® Index and the Russell 2000® Index (as of April 28, 2023, companies with capitalizations between approximately $159.5 million and $47 billion). The market capitalization of the companies included in the Russell MidCap® Index and the Russell 2000® Index will change with market conditions.
The Small/Mid Cap Value Fund primarily invests in equity securities of small and mid-capitalization companies but may also invest in securities of large capitalization companies. The Small/Mid Cap Value Fund may invest in securities issued by U.S. and foreign entities. The Small/Mid Cap Value Fund may invest in ADRs or GDRs. The Small/Mid Cap Value Fund may also invest in other investment companies, including other open-end or closed-end investment companies and ETFs that have characteristics that are consistent with the Small/Mid Cap Value Fund’s investment objective. The Small/Mid Cap Value Fund may also invest a portion of its assets in futures contracts, principally for cash equitization purposes, and in securities of REITs, which are companies that own and/or manage real estate properties. The Small/Mid Cap Value Fund follows an investing style that favors value investments.
The Small/Mid Cap Value Fund may take temporary defensive positions that are inconsistent with its principal investment strategies in attempting to respond to unusual and adverse market, economic, political, or other conditions. For example, during such a period, up to 100% of the Small/Mid Cap Value Fund’s assets may be invested in short-term, high-quality fixed income securities, cash, or cash equivalents. Temporary defensive positions may be initiated by the individual Sub-advisers or by the Adviser when a Sub-adviser or the Adviser judges that market conditions make pursuing the Small/Mid Cap Value Fund’s investment strategies inconsistent with the best interests of shareholders. A Sub-adviser or the Adviser may then temporarily use these alternative strategies that are mainly designed to limit the Small/Mid Cap Value Fund’s losses or to create liquidity in anticipation of redemptions. When the Small/Mid Cap Value Fund takes temporary defensive positions, it may not achieve its investment objective.
The Small/Mid Cap Value Fund’s portfolio is constructed by combining the investment styles and strategies of multiple Sub-advisers that have been or will be retained by the Adviser. Each Sub-adviser may use both its own proprietary and external research and securities selection processes to manage its allocated portion of the Small/Mid Cap Value Fund’s assets.
Portfolio securities may be sold at any time. Sales may occur when a Sub-adviser seeks to take advantage of what a Sub-adviser considers to be a better investment opportunity, when a Sub-adviser believes the portfolio securities no longer represent relatively attractive investment opportunities or when a Sub-adviser believes it would be appropriate to do so in order to readjust the asset allocation of its portion of the Small/Mid Cap Value Fund’s investment portfolio.
The Adviser allocates assets of the Small/Mid Cap Value Fund to the following Sub-advisers: American Century, BlackRock, Boston Partners, Diamond Hill, LSV, MFS, Silvercrest, and Vaughan Nelson. The Adviser may adjust allocations to the Sub-advisers at any time or make recommendations to the Board with respect to the hiring, termination or replacement of a Sub-adviser. Below is a summary of each Sub-adviser’s principal investment strategies.
 
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American Century’s Principal Investment Strategies
Under normal market conditions, American Century will invest at least 80% of the Small/Mid Cap Value Fund’s net assets in equity securities of small capitalization companies. American Century considers small capitalization companies to include those with market capitalizations no larger than that of the largest company in either the S&P Small Cap 600® Index or the Russell 2000® Index. American Century considers equity securities to include common stock, preferred stock, and equity-equivalent securities, such as convertible securities, stock futures contracts or stock index futures contracts. The portfolio managers of American Century look for stocks of companies that they believe are undervalued at the time of purchase. The managers use a value investment strategy that looks for companies that are temporarily out of favor in the market. The managers attempt to purchase the stocks of these undervalued companies and hold each stock until it has returned to favor in the market and the price has increased to, or is higher than, a level the managers believe more accurately reflects the value of the company. American Century believes that companies may be undervalued due to market declines, poor economic conditions, actual or anticipated bad news regarding the issuer or its industry, or because they have been overlooked by the market. To identify these companies, the portfolio managers look for companies with earnings, cash flows and/or assets that may not be reflected accurately in the companies’ stock prices or may be outside the companies’ historical ranges. The managers also may consider whether the companies’ securities have a favorable income-paying history and whether income payments are expected to continue or increase.
American Century’s portfolio managers may sell stocks from the Small/Mid Cap Value Fund’s portfolio if they believe:
 
   
a stock no longer meets their valuation criteria;
   
a stock’s risk parameters outweigh its return opportunity;
   
more attractive alternatives are identified; or
   
specific events alter a stock’s prospects.
BlackRock’s Principal Investment Strategies
BlackRock invests in equity securities with the objective of approximating as closely as practicable the capitalization weighted total rate of return of the segments of the United States market for publicly traded equity securities as represented by the Russell Midcap® Value Index and the Russell 2000 Value® Growth Index. The Russell Midcap® Value Index measures the performance of mid-capitalization companies represented in the Russell Midcap® Index with lower price/book ratios and lower predicted and historical growth rates. The Russell 2000® Value Index measures the performance of the small capitalization companies represented in the Russell 2000® Index with lower price/book ratios and lower predicted and historical growth rates. When deemed appropriate by BlackRock, BlackRock may invest assets of its allocated portion of the Small/Mid Cap Value Fund in futures contracts for the purpose of acting as a temporary substitute for investment in equity securities included in the Russell Midcap® Value Index and the Russell 2000® Value Index. BlackRock may use derivatives as a means to invest small liquidity balances and accruals.
Boston Partners’ Principal Investment Strategies
Boston Partners primarily invests in medium capitalization companies. The strategy of Boston Partners is grounded in bottom-up fundamental analysis. Boston Partners seeks to identify companies with attractive valuation, sound business fundamentals, and improving business momentum. Boston Partners’ strategy seeks to add value through bottom-up stock selection. Boston Partners’ investment philosophy is that (1) low valuation stocks outperform high valuation stocks; (2) companies with strong fundamentals, e.g. high and sustainable returns on invested capital, outperform companies with weak fundamentals; and (3) stocks with positive business momentum, e.g. rising earnings estimates, outperform stocks with negative business momentum.
Boston Partners seeks to construct a well-diversified portfolio that consistently possesses these three characteristics; Boston Partners aims to limit downside risk, preserve capital, and maximize the power of compounding.
 
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Diamond Hill’s Principal Investment Strategies
Diamond Hill typically invests in U.S. equity securities of small to medium market capitalization companies measured at the time of purchase. Diamond Hill’s objective with respect to its allocated portion is to seek long-term capital appreciation by investing in companies selling for less than Diamond Hill’s estimate of intrinsic value. Diamond Hill focuses on estimating a company’s value independent of its current stock price. To estimate a company’s value, Diamond Hill concentrates on the fundamental economic drivers of the business. The primary focus is on “bottom-up” analysis, which takes into consideration earnings, revenue growth, operating margins, and other economic factors. Diamond Hill also considers the level of industry competition, regulatory factors, the potential for newer technology to make a product or service obsolete, and a variety of other industry factors. If Diamond Hill’s estimate of a company’s value differs sufficiently from the current market price, the company may be an attractive investment opportunity. In constructing a portfolio of securities, Diamond Hill is not constrained by the sector or industry weights in the benchmark. Diamond Hill relies on individual stock selection and discipline in the investment process to add value. The highest portfolio security weights are assigned to companies where Diamond Hill has the highest level of conviction. Once a stock is selected, Diamond Hill continues to monitor the company’s strategies, financial performance, and competitive environment. Diamond Hill may sell a security as it reaches Diamond Hill’s estimate of the company’s value if it believes that the company’s earnings, revenue growth, operating margin or other economic factors are deteriorating; or, if it identifies a stock that it believes offers a better investment opportunity.
LSV’s Principal Investment Strategies
LSV uses a deep value, bottom-up investment approach, employing fundamental and qualitative criteria to evaluate and select securities of mid-capitalization companies that it feels are trading at a substantial discount to their intrinsic value. LSV follows an active investment strategy, focusing on using data and financial information and combining such information with the rigor of a quantitative model.
LSV’s active investment strategy uses a quantitative investment model to evaluate and recommend investment decisions for the Small/Mid Cap Value Fund in a bottom-up, contrarian value approach. The primary components of the quantitative model are:
 
   
traditional value measures, such as price-to-earnings, price-to-cash flow, and price-to-book ratios;
   
indicators that rank companies on long-term past performance using a combination of market indicators and fundamentals;
   
focus on short-term signs of improvement to help identify whether the market is beginning to change its assessment of an undervalued stock in a positive position; and
   
control of incremental risk relative to the benchmark index.
All such indicators are measured relative to the overall universe of mid cap companies.
MFS’ Principal Investment Strategies
MFS primarily invests in securities of companies with small capitalizations. MFS focuses on investing in the stocks of companies that it believes are undervalued compared to their perceived worth (value companies). Value companies tend to have stock prices that are low relative to their earnings, dividends, assets, or other financial measures. MFS normally invests across different industries and sectors, but MFS may invest a significant percentage of the portion of the Small/Mid Cap Value Fund’s assets allocated to MFS in issuers in a single industry or sector. MFS uses an active bottom-up investment approach to buying and selling investments. Investments are selected by MFS primarily based on fundamental analysis of individual issuers and their potential in light of their financial condition, and market, economic, political, and regulatory conditions. Factors considered may include analysis of an issuer’s earnings, cash flows, competitive position, and management ability. MFS may also consider environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) factors in its fundamental investment analysis, where MFS believes such factors could materially impact the economic value of an issuer. ESG factors considered may include, but are not limited to, climate change, resource depletion, an issuers governance structure and practices, data protection and privacy issues, and diversity and labor practices. Quantitative screening tools that systematically evaluate an issuer’s valuation, price and earnings momentum, earnings quality, and other factors, may also be considered.
 
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Silvercrest’s Principal Investment Strategies
Silvercrest primarily invests in small capitalization companies. Silvercrest seeks to invest in companies that it believes to be undervalued at the time of purchase. These companies typically possess, in the opinion of the portfolio manager, one or more of the following attributes:
 
   
Business that results in relatively consistent longer-term earnings and cash flow growth;
   
Franchise/asset value that may make the company attractive to potential acquirers;
   
Cyclically depressed earnings and/or cash flow that has potential for improvement; or
   
A catalyst that will promote recognition of the company’s undervalued status.
Vaughan Nelson’s Principal Investment Strategies
Vaughan Nelson primarily invests in mid-capitalization companies with a focus on those companies meeting Vaughan Nelson’s return expectations. Vaughan Nelson uses a bottom-up value-oriented investment process in constructing the Small/Mid Cap Value Fund’s portfolio. Vaughan Nelson seeks companies with the following characteristics, although not all of the companies selected will have these attributes:
 
   
Companies earning a positive return on capital with stable-to-improving returns;
   
Companies valued at a discount to their asset value; and
   
Companies with an attractive and sustainable dividend level.
Vaughan Nelson employs a value-driven investment philosophy that selects stocks selling at a relatively low value based on business fundamentals, economic margin analysis, and discounted cash flow models. Vaughan Nelson selects companies that it believes are out of favor or misunderstood. Vaughan Nelson narrows its investment universe by using value-driven screens to create a research universe of companies in its desired market capitalization range. Vaughan Nelson uses fundamental analysis to construct a portfolio that, in its opinion, is made up of quality companies with the potential to provide significant increases in share price over a three-year period. Vaughan Nelson will generally sell a security when it reaches Vaughan Nelson’s price target or when the issuer shows a change in financial condition, competitive pressures, poor management decisions, or internal or external forces reducing future expected returns from the investment thesis.
 
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BRIDGE BUILDER INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUND
Investment Objective
The International Equity Fund’s investment objective is to provide capital appreciation. The International Equity Fund’s investment objective is non-fundamental; that is, it can be changed by a vote of the Board alone and without a shareholder vote upon at least 60 days’ prior written notice to shareholders.
Principal Investment Strategies
The International Equity Fund invests, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of borrowings for investment purposes) in equity securities and other instruments, such as derivative instruments (see below), with economic characteristics similar to equity securities, and certain investment companies that seek to track the performance of equity securities. This investment policy may be changed by the Board without shareholder approval, but shareholders would be given at least 60 days’ prior notice of such change.
The International Equity Fund primarily invests in non-U.S. companies. A non-U.S. company is a company economically tied to a country other than the United States. In determining whether a company is economically tied to a country other than the United States, the Adviser or a Sub-adviser will consider whether the company:
 
   
Is organized under the laws of a country other than the United States;
   
Has a class of securities whose principal securities market is in a country other than the United States;
   
Has its principal office in a country other than the United States;
   
Derives 50% or more of its total revenue or profit from goods produced, sales made or services provided in one or more countries other than the United States; or
   
Maintains 50% or more of its assets in one or more countries other than the United States.
Such a determination can also be based on the classifications assigned to a company by the Fund’s benchmark index provider.
The International Equity Fund may invest in companies of any capitalization. The International Equity Fund invests principally in equity securities issued by companies in developed countries, but may also invest in emerging markets or developing countries. The International Equity Fund may also invest in U.S. dollar-denominated securities issued by foreign entities, ADRs, or GDRs. The International Equity Fund may also invest in other investment companies, including other open-end or closed-end investment companies and ETFs, that have characteristics that are consistent with the International Equity Fund’s investment objective. The International Equity Fund may also invest a portion of its assets in securities REITs that own and/or manage properties. From time to time, the International Equity Fund may also buy or sell derivatives, principally futures contracts for cash equitization purposes, and forward contracts and options for currency hedging. From time to time, the International Equity Fund may also focus its investments in a particular country or geographic region, such as the United Kingdom or Japan
The International Equity Fund may take temporary defensive positions that are inconsistent with its principal investment strategies in attempting to respond to unusual and adverse market, economic, liquidity, political, or other conditions. For example, during such period, 100% of the International Equity Fund’s assets may be invested in short-term, high-quality fixed income securities, cash or cash equivalents. Temporary defensive positions may be initiated by the individual Sub-advisers or by the Adviser when a Sub-adviser and/or the Adviser judges that market conditions make pursuing the International Equity Fund’s investment strategies inconsistent with the best interests of its shareholders. A Sub-adviser and/or the Adviser then may temporarily use these alternative strategies that are mainly designed to limit the International Equity Fund’s losses or to create liquidity in anticipation of redemptions. When the International Equity Fund takes temporary defensive positions, it may not achieve its investment objective.
The International Equity Fund’s portfolio is constructed by combining the investment styles and strategies of multiple Sub-advisers that have been or will be retained by the Adviser. Each Sub-adviser may use both its own proprietary and external research and securities selection processes to manage its allocated portion of the International Equity Fund’s assets.
 
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Portfolio securities may be sold at any time. Sales may occur when a Sub-adviser seeks to take advantage of what a Sub-adviser considers to be a better investment opportunity, when a Sub-adviser believes the portfolio securities no longer represent relatively attractive investment opportunities, or when a Sub-adviser believes it would be appropriate to do so in order to readjust the asset allocation of its portion of the International Equity Fund’s investment portfolio.
The Adviser allocates assets of the International Equity Fund to the following Sub-advisers: Baillie Gifford Overseas, BlackRock, Marathon-London, Mondrian, Pzena and WCM. The Adviser may adjust allocations to the Sub-advisers at any time or make recommendations to the Board with respect to the hiring, termination or replacement of a Sub-adviser. Below is a summary of each Sub-adviser’s principal investment strategies.
Baillie Gifford Overseas’ Principal Investment Strategies
In the International Equity Fund, Baillie Gifford Overseas’ primarily invests in non-U.S. dollar‑denominated securities that derive a majority of their revenues or profits from a country or countries other than the United States. Baillie Gifford Overseas primarily uses proprietary, fundamental research to seek to identify companies for investment that exhibit sustained, above-average growth with attractive financial characteristics, such as superior profit margins on invested capital. Baillie Gifford Overseas normally evaluates these characteristics over a five-year time horizon. When evaluating individual companies for investment, Baillie Gifford Overseas normally focuses on the following: growth/quality, management, valuation, and sell discipline.
BlackRock’s Principal Investment Strategies
BlackRock invests in international equity securities with the objective of approximating as closely as practicable the capitalization weighted total rates of return of the markets in certain countries for equity securities traded outside the United States, as represented by the MSCI EAFE Growth and MSCI EAFE Value Indices. The MSCI EAFE Growth and MSCI EAFE Value Indices measure the performance of large and mid-capitalization companies across developed markets, excluding the United States and Canada. The MSCI EAFE Growth Index focuses on companies exhibiting overall growth style characteristics, while the MSCI EAFE Value Index focuses on companies exhibiting overall value style characteristics. Growth style characteristics include long-term forward earnings per share (“EPS”) growth rate, short-term forward EPS growth rate, current internal growth rate, long-term historical EPS growth trend, and long-term historical sales per share growth trend. Value style characteristics include book value to price, 12-month forward earnings to price, and dividend yield.
Marathon-London’s Principal Investment Strategies
Marathon-London invests primarily in equity securities of non-U.S. issuers in developed and emerging market countries. In selecting investments for the International Equity Fund, Marathon-London employs a bottom-up, fundamental investment philosophy focused on identifying attractive long-term investment opportunities that can arise as a result of certain “capital cycle” conditions. Capital cycle investing is based on the concept that the prospect of high returns will attract excessive capital and competition and the prospect of low returns will excessively depress new capital investments and discourage competition. This “capital cycle” approach to investing guides Marathon-London to invest in stocks in industries where consolidation has occurred and return on investment is expected to rise and/or where barriers to entry exist that may allow elevated return on investment to persist for longer than the market expects. In addition, Marathon-London believes that its assessments of how management responds to the forces of the capital cycle through its capital allocation strategy and how it is incentivized are both critical to performance of a company’s stock.
Marathon-London’s long-term approach is often considered to be contrarian and its international (EAFE-benchmarked) equity portfolio is expected to have low turnover, will seek to be well-diversified and will have a bias towards the smaller capitalisation segments of the market as compared to the International Equity Fund’s benchmark index.
 
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Mondrian’s Principal Investment Strategies
Mondrian pursues its investment objective primarily by investing in equity securities of non-U.S. large capitalization issuers, including the securities of emerging market companies, that, in Mondrian’s opinion, are undervalued at the time of purchase based on fundamental value analysis employed by Mondrian. Mondrian reviews the definition of large capitalization each year. Typically, Mondrian’s portfolio will be invested in securities of approximately 30-40 companies.
Mondrian’s approach in selecting investments is primarily oriented to individual stock selection and is value driven. In selecting stocks, Mondrian identifies those stocks that it believes will provide capital appreciation over a market cycle, taking into consideration movements in the price of the individual security and the impact of currency fluctuation on a United States domiciled, dollar-based investor. Mondrian conducts fundamental research on a global basis in order to identify securities that, in Mondrian’s opinion, have the potential for long-term capital appreciation. This research effort generally centers on a value-oriented dividend discount methodology with respect to individual securities and market analysis that isolates value across country boundaries. The approach focuses on future anticipated dividends and discounts the value of those dividends back to what they would be worth if they were being received today.
In addition, the analysis typically includes a comparison of the values and current market prices of different possible investments. Mondrian’s general management strategy emphasizes long term holding of securities, although securities may be sold at Mondrian’s discretion without regard to the length of time they have been held.
Pzena’s Principal Investment Strategies
Pzena employs a deep value investment approach, emphasizing larger capitalization equity securities in international developed markets. Pzena may also invest in emerging markets when valuations are perceived as sufficiently discounting additional risks. Pzena does intensive fundamental research utilizing a bottom-up security selection process prior to recommending a security. Pzena invests in stocks that trade at a significant discount to the issuers’ normalized long-term earnings power. This research process looks for businesses with tangible downside protection where management has a sound plan for earnings recovery.
WCM’s Principal Investment Strategies
WCM uses a bottom-up approach that seeks to identify companies with attractive fundamentals, such as long-term growth in revenue and earnings, and that show a high probability for superior future growth. WCM’s investment process focuses on seeking industry leading companies that WCM believes possess growing competitive advantages; corporate cultures emphasizing strong, quality, and experienced management; low or no debt; and attractive relative valuations. WCM also considers other factors in selecting securities, including political risk, monetary policy risk, and regulatory risk.
Although WCM may invest in securities of companies of any size, it will generally invest in large established multinational companies. WCM generally will invest in securities of companies located in different regions and in at least three different countries. From time to time, WCM may have a significant portion of its assets invested in the securities of companies in one or a few countries or regions.
WCM will reduce position size in the portfolio as deemed necessary to adhere to portfolio construction guidelines regarding maximum individual holding size, industry/sector weight, as well as other relevant factors. When performing a fundamental analysis, WCM views valuation as the most significant factor in managing position size. The key factors WCM considers when determining whether to sell out of a position completely are: that a company’s competitive advantage is deteriorating or no longer expanding; that there are more attractive companies in an essentially similar industry; that a company’s leadership is not performing as expected; that a company’s culture is challenged; that valuation is deemed excessive; and/or that there is material geopolitical or currency risk.
 
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING PRINCIPAL RISKS OF INVESTING IN THE FUNDS
Principal Risks of Investing in the Funds
The Funds are subject to the principal investment risks listed in the table below.
 
     Core
Bond
Fund
  Core
Plus
Bond
Fund
  Municipal
Bond
Fund
 
Municipal High-
Income Bond
Fund
  Large Cap
Growth
Fund
  Large
Cap
Value
Fund
  Small/Mid
Cap
Growth
Fund
  Small/Mid
Cap
Value
Fund
  International
Equity
Fund
Active Management Risk                  
Adjustable Rate Mortgages Risk                                
American Depositary Receipts or Global Depositary Receipts Risk                          
Asset-Backed, Mortgage-Related, and Mortgage-Backed Securities Risk                                
Convertible Securities Risk                                  
Corporate Debt Securities Risk                                
Counterparty Risk                  
Credit Risk                            
Currency Risk                      
Cyber Security Risk                  
Derivatives Risk                  
Emerging Markets Securities Risk                            
Equity Securities Risk                          
ESG Criteria Risk                                  
Floating Rate Securities Risk                                
Foreign Securities Risk                      
Forward Contracts Risk                                
Futures Contracts Risk                  
Geographic Focus Risk                                  
Growth Style Risk                              
High Yield Securities Risk                              
Inflation-Linked Securities Risk                                  
Information Technology Sector Risk                                
Interest Rate Risk                            
Investment Company and Exchange-Traded Fund Risk                  
Investment Strategy Risk                  
 
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     Core
Bond
Fund
  Core
Plus
Bond
Fund
  Municipal
Bond
Fund
 
Municipal High-
Income Bond
Fund
  Large Cap
Growth
Fund
  Large
Cap
Value
Fund
  Small/Mid
Cap
Growth
Fund
  Small/Mid
Cap
Value
Fund
  International
Equity
Fund
Issuer-Specific Risk                  
Larger Company Risk                          
Leverage Risk                  
Liquidity Risk                  
Loan Risk                                  
Market Risk                  
Mezzanine Securities Risk                                  
Mortgage Dollar Roll Risk                                
Multi-Manager and Multi-Style Management Risk                  
Municipal Revenue Bond Risk                                
Municipal Securities Risk                                
New Fund Risk                                  
Options Risk                                  
Passive Management Risk                          
Portfolio Turnover Risk                                
Prepayment and Extension Risk                            
Private Activity Bonds Risk                                
Privately Issued Securities Risk                            
Real Estate Investment Trusts Risk                          
Redemption Risk                  
Regulatory and Judicial Risk                  
Reinvestment Risk                            
Sector Focus Risk                                
Smaller Company Risk                          
Sovereign Debt Risk                                
Structured Notes Risk                                  
Swap Agreement Risk                                
Tax and Federal AMT Risk                                
Trust Preferred and Bank Capital Securities Risk                                  
U.S. Government Securities Risk                            
Value Style Risk                              
When-Issued, Delayed Delivery, and Forward Commitment Transactions Risk                            
 
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The principal risks of investing in each Fund that may adversely affect such Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) or total return have previously been summarized in the “Summary Section.” These risks are discussed in more detail below. An investment in the Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.
Active Management Risk. The Core Bond Fund, Core Plus Bond Fund, Municipal Bond Fund and Municipal High-Income Bond Fund are actively managed and their performance therefore will reflect in part the ability of the Sub-advisers to select securities and to make investment decisions that are suited to achieving each Fund’s investment objective. Significant portions of the Large Cap Growth Fund, Large Cap Value Fund, Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund, Small/Mid Cap Value Fund, and International Equity Fund are actively managed and their performance therefore will reflect in part the ability of the Sub-advisers to select securities and to make investment decisions that are suited to achieving each Fund’s investment objective. Due to their active management, the Funds could underperform relevant benchmark indices, or other mutual funds with similar investment objectives. In addition, to the extent that a Sub-adviser’s investment strategy uses a quantitative investment model to evaluate and recommend investment decisions for a Fund, the Fund can perform differently from the market as a whole based on the factors used in the model, the weight placed on each factor and changes from the factors’ historical trends. Due to the significant role technology plays in a quantitative model, use of a quantitative model carries the risk of potential issues with the design, coding, implementation or maintenance of the computer programs, data and/or other technology used in the quantitative model.
Adjustable Rate Mortgages Risk. ARMs contain maximum and minimum rates beyond which the mortgage interest rate may not vary over the lifetime of the security. In addition, many ARMs provide for additional limitations on the maximum amount by which the mortgage interest rate may adjust for any single adjustment period. Alternatively, certain ARMs contain limitations on changes in the required monthly payment. In the event that a monthly payment is not sufficient to pay the interest accruing on an ARM, any excess interest is added to the principal balance of the mortgage loan, which is repaid through future monthly payments. If the monthly payment for such an instrument exceeds the sum of the interest accrued at the applicable mortgage interest rate and the principal payment required at such point to amortize the outstanding principal balance over the remaining term of the loan, the excess is used to reduce the then-outstanding principal balance of the ARM.
In addition, certain ARMs may provide for an initial fixed, below-market or teaser interest rate. During this initial fixed-rate period, the payment due from the related mortgagor may be less than that of a traditional loan. However, after the teaser rate expires, the monthly payment required to be made by the mortgagor may increase dramatically when the interest rate on the mortgage loan adjusts. This increased burden on the mortgagor may increase the risk of delinquency or default on the mortgage loan and in turn, losses on the MBS into which that loan has been bundled.
American Depositary Receipts or Global Depositary Receipts Risk. ADRs are U.S. dollar-denominated depositary receipts typically issued by a U.S. financial institution that evidence an ownership interest in a security or pool of securities issued by a foreign issuer. ADRs are listed and traded in the United States. GDRs are similar to ADRs but represent shares of foreign-based corporations generally issued by international banks in one or more markets around the world. ADRs and GDRs are subject to the risks associated with investing directly in foreign securities, which are described below. In addition, investments in ADRs and GDRs may be less liquid than the underlying shares in their primary trading markets, and GDRs, many of which represent shares issued by companies in emerging markets, may be more volatile. Depositary receipts may be sponsored or unsponsored. Holders of unsponsored depositary receipts generally bear all the costs associated with establishing unsponsored depositary receipts. In addition, the issuers of the securities underlying unsponsored depositary receipts are not obligated to disclose material information in the United States, and, therefore, there may be less information available regarding such issuers, and there may not be a correlation between such information and the market value of the depositary receipts.
Asset-Backed, Mortgage-Related, and Mortgage-Backed Securities Risk. ABS, mortgage-related securities and MBS are subject to certain risks. The value of these securities will be influenced by the factors affecting the housing market and the assets underlying such securities. As a result, during periods of difficult or frozen credit markets, significant changes in interest rates, or deteriorating economic conditions, mortgage-related securities and ABS may decline in value, face valuation difficulties, become more volatile, and/or become illiquid. Additionally, during such periods and also under normal conditions, these securities are subject to prepayment and call risk. Gains and losses associated with prepayments will increase or decrease a Fund’s yield and the income available for distribution by a Fund. When mortgages and other obligations are prepaid and when securities are called, a Fund may have to reinvest
 
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in securities with a lower yield or fail to recover additional amounts (i.e., premiums) paid for securities with higher interest rates, resulting in an unexpected capital loss and/or a decrease in the amount of dividends and yield. In periods of declining interest rates, a Fund may be subject to increased prepayment risk, which is the risk that borrowers will increase the rate at which they prepay the principal value of mortgages and other obligations resulting in faster rates of principal repayment on MBS. In periods of rising interest rates, a Fund may be subject to extension risk, which is the risk that the expected maturity of an obligation will lengthen in duration due to a decrease in prepayments of the underlying mortgages. As a result, in certain interest rate environments, a Fund may exhibit additional volatility. Some of these securities may receive little or no collateral protection from the underlying assets and are thus subject to the risk of default described under “Credit Risk.” The risk of such defaults is generally higher in the case of mortgage-backed investments that include so-called “sub-prime” mortgages. The structure of some of these securities may be complex and there may be less available information than other types of fixed income securities. Inverse floaters, a type of mortgage-backed derivative, are fixed income securities structured with interest rates that reset in the opposite direction from the market rate to which the security is indexed. Because an inverse floater inherently carries financial leverage in its coupon rate, it can change very substantially in value in response to changes in interest rates. Interest-only and principal-only securities may also be backed by or related to MBS. Holders of interest-only securities are entitled to receive only the interest on the underlying obligations but none of the principal, while holders of principal-only securities are entitled to receive the principal but none of the interest on the underlying obligations. As a result, interest-only and principal-only securities are highly sensitive to actual or anticipated changes in prepayment rates on the underlying obligations. CMOs, IOs, POs, and inverse floaters may be more volatile and may be more sensitive to interest rate changes and prepayments than other mortgage-related securities. The risk of default, as described below under “Credit Risk,” for privately-issued and sub-prime mortgages is generally higher than other types of MBS. The structure of some of these securities may be complex and there may be less available information than other types of debt securities.
ABS in which a Fund may invest may include CLOs, CDOs and other similarly structured securities. A CLO is a trust typically collateralized by a pool of loans, which may include, among others, domestic and foreign senior secured loans, senior unsecured loans, and subordinate corporate loans, including loans that may be rated below investment grade or equivalent unrated loans. Other CDOs are trusts backed by other types of assets representing obligations of various parties. Repayment depends largely on the cash flows generated by the assets backing the securities. ABS entail prepayment risk, which may vary depending on the type of asset, but is generally less than the prepayment risk associated with mortgage-backed securities. ABS present credit risks that are not presented by mortgage-backed securities. This is because ABS generally do not have the benefit of a security interest in collateral that is comparable in quality to mortgage assets. If the issuer of an ABS defaults on its payment obligations, there is the possibility that, in some cases, a Fund will be unable to possess and sell the underlying collateral and that a Fund’s recoveries on repossessed collateral may not be available to support payments on the security. In the event of a default, a Fund may suffer a loss if it cannot sell collateral quickly and receive the amount it is owed.
Convertible Securities Risk. The value of a convertible security is influenced by changes in interest rates (with investment value declining as interest rates increase and increasing as interest rates decline) and the credit standing of the issuer. The price of a convertible security will also normally vary in some proportion to changes in the price of the underlying common stock because of the conversion or exercise feature.
Corporate Debt Securities Risk. Corporate debt securities respond to economic developments, especially changes in interest rates, as well as perceptions of the creditworthiness and business prospects of individual issuers. Therefore, corporate debt securities are subject to interest rate risk, market risk, and credit risk, as described herein.
Counterparty Risk. When a Fund enters into an investment contract, such as a derivative or a repurchase agreement, the Fund is exposed to the risk that the other party will not fulfill its contractual obligations. For example, in a repurchase agreement, there exists the risk that a Fund buys a security from a seller (counterparty) that agrees to repurchase the security at an agreed upon price and time, but the counterparty later fails to repurchase the security. Even though the Fund’s investments in repurchase agreements are collateralized at all times, there is some risk to the Fund if the other party should default on its obligations and the Fund is delayed or prevented from recovering or disposing of the collateral.
Credit Risk. There is a risk that issuers and counterparties will not make payments on securities, repurchase agreements or other investments held by a Fund. Such defaults could result in losses to a Fund. In addition, the credit
 
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quality of securities held by a Fund may be lowered if an issuer’s financial condition changes. Lower credit quality may lead to greater volatility in the price of a security and in shares of a Fund. Lower credit quality also may affect liquidity and make it difficult for the Fund to sell the security. A Fund may invest in securities that are rated in the lowest investment grade category. Such securities may exhibit speculative characteristics similar to high yield securities, and issuers of such securities may be more vulnerable to changes in economic conditions than issuers of higher grade securities.
Currency Risk. While the Funds’ net assets are valued in U.S. dollars, the securities of foreign companies are frequently denominated in foreign currencies. Thus, a change in the value of a foreign currency against the U.S. dollar will result in a corresponding change in value of securities denominated in that currency. Some of the factors that may impair the investments denominated in a foreign currency are: (1) it may be expensive to convert foreign currencies into U.S. dollars and vice versa; (2) complex political and economic factors may significantly affect the values of various currencies, including U.S. dollars, and their exchange rates; (3) government intervention may increase risks involved in purchasing or selling foreign currency options, forward contracts, and futures contracts, since exchange rates may not be free to fluctuate in response to other market forces; (4) there may be no systematic reporting of last sale information for foreign currencies or no regulatory requirement that quotations available through dealers or other market sources be firm or revised on a timely basis; (5) available quotation information is generally representative of very large round-lot transactions in the inter-bank market and thus may not reflect exchange rates for smaller odd-lot transactions (less than $1 million) where rates may be less favorable; and (6) the inter-bank market in foreign currencies is a global, around-the-clock market. To the extent that a market is closed while the markets for the underlying currencies remain open, certain markets may not always reflect significant price and rate movements.
Cyber Security Risk. A Fund and its service providers may be subject to operational and information security risks resulting from cyber-attacks. Cyber-attacks include, among other behaviors, stealing or corrupting data maintained online or digitally, denial of service attacks on websites, the unauthorized release of confidential information or various other forms of cyber security breaches. Cyber-attacks affecting a Fund or its service providers may adversely impact the Fund. For instance, cyber-attacks may interfere with the processing of shareholder transactions, impact a Fund’s ability to calculate its NAV, cause the release of private shareholder information or confidential company information, impede redemptions, subject a Fund to regulatory fines or financial losses, and cause reputational damage. A Fund may also incur additional costs for cyber security risk management purposes. Similar types of cyber security risks are also present for issuers of securities in which a Fund invests, which could result in material adverse consequences for such issuers and may cause the Fund’s investment in such portfolio companies to lose value.
Derivatives Risk. The Funds may use derivatives in connection with their investment strategies. Derivatives may be riskier than other types of investments because derivatives may be more sensitive to changes in economic or market conditions than other types of investments and could result in losses that significantly exceed a Fund’s original investment. Derivatives are subject to the risk that changes in the value of a derivative may not correlate with the underlying asset, rate, or index. The use of derivatives may not be successful, resulting in losses to a Fund, and the cost of such strategies may reduce a Fund’s returns. Certain derivatives also expose the Fund to counterparty risk, which is described above. Certain derivatives are synthetic instruments that attempt to replicate the performance of certain reference assets. With regard to such derivatives, a Fund does not have a claim on the reference assets, which may increase the extent of a Fund’s exposure to counterparty risk. In addition, a Fund may use derivatives for non-hedging purposes, which increases a Fund’s potential for loss. Certain of a Fund’s transactions in derivatives could also affect the amount, timing, and character of distributions to shareholders, which may result in a Fund realizing more short-term capital gain and ordinary income subject to tax at ordinary income tax rates than it would if it did not engage in such transactions, which may adversely affect a Fund’s after-tax returns. Investing in derivatives may result in a form of leverage and subject a Fund to leverage risk, which is described below. Regulation relating to a Fund’s use of derivatives and related instruments, including Rule 18f-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), could potentially limit or impact the Fund’s ability to invest in derivatives, limit the Fund’s ability to employ certain strategies that use derivatives and/or adversely affect the value of derivatives and the Fund’s performance. The risks of a Fund’s use of futures contracts, swap agreements, forward contracts and options are discussed in further detail below.
Emerging Markets Securities Risk. A Fund that invests a significant portion of its assets in the securities of issuers based in countries with “emerging market” economies is subject to greater levels of foreign investment risk than a fund investing primarily in more-developed foreign markets, since emerging market securities may present market, credit,
 
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currency, liquidity, legal, political, and other risks greater than, or in addition to, the risks of investing in developed foreign countries. These risks include high currency exchange-rate fluctuations; increased risk of default (including both government and private issuers); greater social, economic, and political uncertainty and instability (including the risk of war); more substantial governmental involvement in the economy; less governmental supervision and regulation of the securities markets and participants in those markets; controls on foreign investment and limitations on repatriation of invested capital and on a fund’s ability to exchange local currencies for U.S. dollars; unavailability of currency hedging techniques in certain emerging market countries; the fact that companies in emerging market countries may be newly organized, smaller and less seasoned; the difference in, or lack of, auditing and financial reporting standards, which may result in the unavailability of material information about issuers; different clearance and settlement procedures, which may be unable to keep pace with the volume of securities transactions or otherwise make it difficult to engage in such transactions; difficulties in obtaining and/or enforcing legal judgments in foreign jurisdictions; and significantly smaller market capitalizations of emerging market issuers.
Equity Securities Risk. Since certain Funds purchase equity securities, those Funds are subject to equity securities risk. This is the risk that stock prices will fall over short or extended periods of time. Although the stock market has historically outperformed other asset classes over the long term, the stock market tends to move in cycles. Individual stock prices may fluctuate drastically from day-to-day and may underperform other asset classes over an extended period of time. Individual companies may report poor results or be negatively affected by industry and/or economic trends and developments. The prices of securities issued by such companies may suffer a decline in response. These price movements may result from factors affecting individual companies, industries or the securities market as a whole.
ESG Criteria Risk. To the extent a Sub-adviser considers ESG factors as part of its decision to buy and sell securities with respect to its allocated portion of the Fund, the Fund may forgo some market opportunities available to funds that do not use these criteria. Securities of companies with ESG practices may shift into and out of favor depending on market and economic conditions, and the Fund’s performance may at times be better or worse than the performance of funds that do not use ESG criteria.
Floating Rate Securities Risk. Certain Funds may invest in obligations with interest rates that are reset periodically. Although floating rate securities are generally less sensitive to interest rate changes than fixed rate instruments, the value of floating rate securities may decline if their interest rates do not rise as quickly, or as much, as general interest rates. Floating rate securities are issued by a wide variety of issuers and may be issued for a wide variety of purposes, including as a method of reconstructing cash flows. Issuers of floating rate securities may include, but are not limited to, financial companies, merchandising entities, bank holding companies, and other entities. In addition to the risks associated with the floating nature of interest payments, investors remain exposed to other underlying risks associated with the issuer of the floating rate security, such as credit risk.
Foreign Securities Risk. The securities of foreign issuers, including ADRs and GDRs, may be less liquid and more volatile than securities of comparable U.S. issuers. The costs associated with securities transactions are often higher in foreign countries than the United States. Additionally, investments in securities of foreign issuers, even those publicly traded in the United States, may involve additional risks to those inherent in domestic investments. Foreign companies may not be subject to the same regulatory requirements of U.S. companies, and as a consequence, there may be less publicly available information about such companies. Also, foreign companies may not be subject to uniform accounting, auditing, and financial reporting standards and requirements comparable to those applicable to U.S. companies. Foreign governments and foreign economies, particularly in emerging markets, may be less stable than the U.S. Government and the U.S. economy. In addition, periodic U.S. Government prohibitions on investments in issuers from certain foreign countries may require the Fund to sell such investments at inopportune times, which could result in losses to the Fund.
Forward Contracts Risk. A forward contract involves a negotiated obligation to purchase or sell a specific security or currency at a future date (with or without delivery required), which may be any fixed number of days from the date of the contract agreed upon by the parties, at a price set at the time of the contract. Forward contracts are not traded on exchanges; rather, a bank or dealer will act as agent or as principal in order to make or take future delivery of a specified lot of a particular security or currency for a Fund’s account. Risks associated with forwards may include: (i) an imperfect correlation between the movement in prices of forward contracts and the securities or currencies underlying them; (ii) an illiquid market for forwards; (iii) difficulty in obtaining an accurate value for the forwards; and (iv) the risk that the counterparty to the forward contract will default or otherwise fail to honor its obligation. Because
 
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forward contracts require only a small initial investment in the form of a deposit or margin, forwards involve a high degree of leverage. Forward contracts are also subject to counterparty risk, market risk, liquidity risk, and leverage risk, each of which is further described elsewhere in this section.
Futures Contracts Risk. Futures contracts provide for the future sale by one party and purchase by another party of a specified amount of a specific security or asset at a specified future time and at a specified price (with or without delivery required). The risks of futures include: (i) leverage risk, which is described below; (ii) correlation or tracking risk; (iii) liquidity risk, which is described below; and (iv) market risk, which is described below. Because futures require only a small initial investment in the form of a deposit or margin, futures involve a high degree of leverage. Accordingly, the fluctuation of the value of futures in relation to the underlying assets upon which the futures are based is magnified. Thus, a Fund may experience losses that exceed losses experienced by funds that do not use futures contracts. There may be imperfect correlation, or even no correlation, between price movements of a futures contract and price movements of investments for which futures are used as a substitute, or which futures are intended to hedge.
Geographic Focus Risk. To the extent that a significant portion of a Fund’s portfolio is invested in the securities of companies in a particular country or region, a Fund may be more susceptible to economic, political, regulatory or other events or conditions affecting issuers within that country or region. As a result, a Fund may be subject to greater price volatility and risk of loss than a fund holding more geographically diverse investments. For example, on January 31, 2020, the United Kingdom (the “UK”) formally withdrew from the European Union (the “EU”) (commonly referred to as “Brexit”) and, after a transition period, left the EU single market and customs union under the terms of a new trade agreement that became effective on a provisional basis on January 1, 2021 and was formally entered into force on May 1, 2021. While the full impact of Brexit is unknown, Brexit has already resulted in volatility in European and global markets. There remains significant market uncertainty regarding Brexit’s ramifications, and the range and potential implications of possible political, regulatory, economic, and market outcomes are difficult to predict. In addition, to the extent a Fund is invested significantly in Japan, the Fund may be subject to greater price volatility than a fund holding more geographically diverse investments because the Japanese economy is heavily dependent upon international trade and is particularly exposed to the risks of currency fluctuation, foreign trade policy and regional and global economic disruption.
Growth Style Risk. Certain Funds follow an investing style that favors growth investments. Such Funds may invest in equity securities of companies that a Fund believes will increase their earnings at a certain rate that is generally higher than the rate expected for non-growth companies. If a growth company does not meet these expectations, the price of its stock may decline significantly, even if it has increased earnings. Many growth companies do not pay dividends. Companies that pay dividends often have lower stock price declines during market downturns. Over time, a growth investing style may go in and out of favor, causing a Fund to sometimes underperform other equity funds that use differing investing styles.
High Yield Securities Risk. Below investment grade securities (junk bonds) involve greater risks of default or downgrade and are more volatile than investment grade securities. Junk bonds involve greater risk of price declines than investment grade securities due to actual or perceived changes in an issuer’s creditworthiness. In addition, issuers of junk bonds may be more susceptible than other issuers to economic downturns. Junk bonds are subject to the risk that the issuer may not be able to pay interest or dividends and ultimately to repay principal upon maturity. Discontinuation of these payments could substantially adversely affect the market value of the security. The volatility of junk bonds, particularly those issued by foreign governments, is even greater since the prospect for repayment of principal and interest of many of these securities is speculative. Some may even be in default. Junk bonds may offer higher returns, but there is no guarantee that an investment in these securities will result in a high rate of return.
Inflation-Linked Securities Risk. The value of inflation-linked securities is expected to change in response to changes in real interest rates (the market rate of interest less the anticipated rate of inflation). Real interest rates change over time as a result of many factors, such as currency exchange rates, central bank monetary policies and general economic conditions. In general, the price of an inflation-linked security tends to decrease when real interest rates increase and can increase when real interest rates decrease. Interest payments on inflation-linked securities are unpredictable and will fluctuate as the principal and interest are adjusted for inflation. Any increase in the principal amount of an inflation-linked debt security will be considered taxable ordinary income, even though the Fund will not receive the principal until maturity. Repayment of the original bond principal upon maturity (as adjusted for inflation) is guaranteed in the case of TIPS. For bonds that do not provide a similar guarantee, the adjusted principal value of the bond repaid at maturity may be less than the original principal.
 
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There can also be no assurance that the inflation index used will accurately measure the real rate of inflation in the prices of goods and services. The Fund’s investments in inflation-linked securities may lose value in the event that the actual rate of inflation is different than the rate of the inflation index. In addition, inflation-linked securities are subject to the risk that the CPI or other relevant pricing index may be discontinued, fundamentally altered in a manner materially adverse to the interests of an investor in the securities, altered by legislation or Executive Order in a materially adverse manner to the interests of an investor in the securities or substituted with an alternative index.
Information Technology Sector Risk. A Fund that focuses in the information technology sector may be subject to greater risks than a portfolio without such a focus. Information technology companies face intense competition, both domestically and internationally, which may have an adverse effect on profit margins. Like other technology companies, information technology companies may have limited product lines, markets, financial resources or personnel. The products of information technology companies may face obsolescence due to rapid technological developments and frequent new product introduction, unpredictable changes in growth rates and competition for the services of qualified personnel. Information technology companies may be subject to extensive regulatory requirements causing considerable expense and delay. Information technology companies are heavily dependent on patent and intellectual property rights. The loss or impairment of these rights may adversely affect the profitability of these companies.
Interest Rate Risk. Certain Funds invest in fixed income securities that change in value based on changes in interest rates. If rates increase, the value of these investments generally declines. On the other hand, if rates fall, the value of these investments generally increases. The value of a fixed income security with greater duration will be more sensitive to changes in interest rates than a similar security with shorter duration. Duration is a measure of the sensitivity of the price of a fixed income security (or a portfolio of fixed income securities) to changes in interest rates. The prices of fixed income securities with shorter duration generally will be less affected by changes in interest rates than the prices of fixed income securities with greater duration. For example, a five-year duration means the fixed income security is expected to decrease in value by 5% if interest rates rise 1% and increase in value by 5% if interest rates fall 1%, holding other factors constant. Usually, the changes in the value of fixed income securities will not affect cash income generated, but may affect the value of an investment in the Fund. A low or negative interest rate environment may present greater interest rate risk, because there may be a greater likelihood of rates increasing and rates may increase more rapidly. Floating rate instruments also react to interest rate changes in a similar manner, although generally to a lesser degree (depending, however, on the characteristics of the reset terms, including the benchmark rate chosen, frequency of reset, and reset caps or floors, among other things). Zero coupon bonds have longer durations than coupon-bearing bonds with comparable maturities and generally experience greater volatility in response to changing interest rates. In certain interest rate environments, such as when real interest rates are rising faster than nominal interest rates, inflation-indexed bonds may experience greater losses than other fixed income securities with similar durations. Interest rate changes can be sudden and unpredictable, and a wide variety of factors can cause interest rates to rise or fall, including government and/or central bank policy and action, inflationary or deflationary pressures, supply of and demand for debt securities, and changes in general market and economic conditions. A sudden or unpredictable rise or decline in interest rates may cause volatility and reduced liquidity in the money market securities markets, which could make it more difficult for the Fund to sell its investments at a time when it may be advantageous to do so and could cause the value of the Fund’s investments to decline, potentially suddenly and significantly.
Investment Company and Exchange-Traded Fund Risk. Investments in open-end and closed-end investment companies, including any ETFs, involve substantially the same risks as investing directly in the instruments held by these entities. However, the total return from such investments will be reduced by the operating expenses and fees of the investment company or ETF. The Funds must also pay their pro rata portion of an investment company’s fees and expenses. An investment company or ETF may not achieve its investment objective or execute its investment strategy effectively, which may adversely affect each Fund’s performance. Shares of a closed-end investment company or ETF may expose the Funds to risks associated with leverage and may trade at a premium or discount to the NAV of the closed-end funds or the ETF’s portfolio securities depending on a variety of factors, including market supply and demand. Additionally, large purchase or redemption activity by shareholders of an investment company might negatively affect the value of the investment company’s shares.
Investment Strategy Risk. Each Fund’s portfolio is constructed by combining the investment styles and strategies of multiple Sub-advisers; there is no assurance each Fund’s investment objective will be achieved. Investment decisions may not produce the expected results. The value of the Funds may decline, and, the Funds may underperform other funds with similar objectives and strategies.
 
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Issuer-Specific Risk. Changes in the financial condition of an issuer or counterparty, changes in specific economic or political conditions that affect a particular type of security or issuer, and changes in general economic or political conditions can increase the risk of default by an issuer or counterparty, which can affect a security’s or instrument’s value.
Larger Company Risk. Certain Funds may invest in securities of large capitalization companies. While large cap companies have certain competitive advantages, they may be unable to respond quickly to new competitive challenges such as changes in technology or consumer preferences. They may also not be able to attain the high growth rate of successful smaller companies, especially during extended periods of economic expansion.
Leverage Risk. Certain Fund transactions, such as the use of futures, forward contracts, swaps, or mortgage rolls, may give rise to a form of leverage. These transactions may expose the Funds to greater risk and increase its costs. As an open-end investment company registered with the SEC, each Fund is subject to the federal securities laws, including the 1940 Act and the rules thereunder. Rule 18f-4 under the 1940 Act requires, among other things, that a Fund either use derivatives in a limited manner or comply with an outer limit on fund leverage risk based on value-at-risk. The use of leverage may cause a Fund to be more volatile than if the Fund had not been leveraged because leverage tends to exaggerate the effect of any increase or decrease in the value of the Fund’s portfolio securities. A Fund cannot assure that the use of leverage will result in a higher return on investment, and using leverage could result in a net loss. In addition, use of leverage by a Fund may cause the Fund to liquidate portfolio positions when it may not be advantageous to do so to satisfy its obligations or to meet the applicable requirements of the 1940 Act and the rules thereunder. Increases and decreases in the value of the Fund’s portfolio may be magnified when the Fund uses leverage.
Liquidity Risk. Low trading volume, a lack of a market maker, or contractual or legal restrictions may limit or prevent a Fund from selling securities or closing derivative positions at desirable times or prices. During times of significant market or economic turmoil, usually liquid markets for certain of a Fund’s investments may experience extreme reductions in buy-side demand, which may result in values of a Fund’s portfolio securities declining significantly over short or extended periods of time. These reductions in value may occur regardless of whether there has been a change in interest rates or a change in the credit rating of the issuer of the security. Under certain adverse market or economic conditions, Fund investments previously determined to be liquid may be deemed to be illiquid, and, because of regulatory limitations on investments in illiquid securities, a Fund may not be able to make or gain the desired level of exposure to certain investments that it otherwise would.
Loan Risk. Bank loans (including through both assignments and participations) often involve borrowers with low credit ratings whose financial conditions are troubled or uncertain, including companies that are highly leveraged or in bankruptcy proceedings. The Fund’s investments in bank loans are generally acquired as a participation interest in, or assignment of, loans originated by a lender or other financial institution. These investments may include institutionally-traded floating and fixed-rate debt securities. The bank loans underlying these securities often involve borrowers with low credit ratings whose financial conditions are troubled or uncertain, including companies that are highly leveraged or in bankruptcy proceedings. Participation interests and assignments involve credit, interest rate, and liquidity risk. Bridge loans involve certain risks in addition to those associated with bank loans including the risk that the borrower may be unable to locate permanent financing to replace the bridge loan, which may impair the borrower’s perceived creditworthiness. Debtor-in-possession loans are subject to the risk that the entity will not emerge from bankruptcy and will be forced to liquidate its assets. Mezzanine loans generally are rated below investment grade and frequently are unrated. Investment in mezzanine loans is a specialized practice that depends more heavily on independent credit analysis than investments in other fixed-income securities. Loans typically have less liquidity than investment grade bonds and there may be less public information available about them as compared to bonds. In addition, bank loans may not be considered “securities,” and purchasers, such as a Fund, therefore may not be entitled to rely on the anti-fraud protections of the federal securities laws.
Market Risk. Various market risks can affect the price or liquidity of an issuer’s securities in which a Fund may invest. Returns from the securities in which a Fund invests may underperform returns from the various general securities markets or different asset classes. Different types of securities tend to go through cycles of outperformance and underperformance in comparison to the general securities markets. Adverse events occurring with respect to an issuer’s performance or financial position can depress the value of the issuer’s securities. The liquidity in a market for a particular security will affect its value and may be affected by factors relating to the issuer, as well as the depth of the
 
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market for that security. Declines in dealer market-making capacity as a result of structural or regulatory changes could decrease liquidity and/or increase volatility in the fixed income markets. As a result, a Fund’s value may fluctuate and/or a Fund may experience increased redemptions from shareholders, which may impact the Fund’s liquidity or force the Fund to sell securities into a declining or illiquid market.
The interconnection of international markets means that events in one country or region may affect the markets in other countries and regions, increasing the likelihood that inflation, interest rates, government defaults, government shutdowns, wars, regional conflicts, acts of terrorism, or social unrest, could affect the securities market. Other market risks that can affect value include a market’s current attitudes about types of securities, market reactions to political or economic events, including litigation, and tax and regulatory effects (including lack of adequate regulations for a market or particular type of instrument). Similarly, the impact of any epidemic, pandemic, natural disaster, spread of infectious illness or other public health issue, or widespread fear that such events may occur, could negatively affect the global economy, as well as the economies of individual countries, the financial performance of individual companies and sectors, and the markets in general in significant and unforeseen ways. Any such impact could adversely affect the prices and liquidity of the securities and other instruments in which a Fund invests, which in turn could negatively impact the Fund’s performance and cause losses on your investment in the Fund. Recent examples include pandemic risks related to an outbreak of an infectious respiratory illness caused by a novel strain of coronavirus (known as COVID-19) and aggressive measures taken worldwide in response by governments, including closing borders, restricting international and domestic travel, and the imposition of prolonged quarantines of large populations, and by businesses, including changes to operations and reducing staff. The duration of the outbreak and its effects cannot be determined with certainty. In addition, the large-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia in February 2022 and resulting responses, including economic sanctions by the U.S. and other countries against certain Russian individuals and companies could negatively impact a Fund’s performance and cause losses on your investment in the Fund. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the invasion of Ukraine and other similar events that may arise in the future may affect the financial markets in general ways that cannot necessarily be foreseen. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the invasion of Ukraine, and other similar events may be short term or may last for an extended period of time, and in either case could result in a substantial economic downturn or recession. Governmental and quasi-governmental authorities and regulators throughout the world have in the past often responded to major economic disruptions with a variety of significant 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 sudden reversal of these policies, or the ineffectiveness of these policies, could increase volatility in securities markets, which could adversely affect a Fund’s investments.
Additionally, in March 2023, several financial institutions experienced a larger than expected decline in deposits and two regional banks, Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, were placed into receivership in response to their rapidly declining financial condition. Although the Federal Reserve, the U.S. Department of Treasury, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation have taken measures to stabilize the financial system, uncertainty and liquidity concerns for small and regional banks remain. Additionally, the events related to regional banks could in the future lead to further rules and regulations for public companies, banks, financial institutions and other participants in the U.S. and global capital markets, and complying with the requirements of any such rules or regulations may be burdensome. These and any related events could have a significant impact on certain sectors in which the Fund may have holdings.
Mezzanine Securities Risk. The Fund may invest in certain high yield securities known as mezzanine securities, which are subordinated debt securities generally issued in private placements in connection with an equity security (e.g., with attached warrants). Mezzanine investments may be issued with or without registration rights. Mezzanine investments are usually unsecured and subordinate to other obligations of the issuer.
Mortgage Dollar Roll Risk. The use of mortgage dollar rolls is a speculative technique involving leverage and can have an economic effect similar to borrowing money for investment purposes. Mortgage roll transactions involve the risk that the market value of the securities the Fund is required to purchase may decline below the agreed upon repurchase price of those securities. If the broker-dealer to whom a Fund sells securities becomes insolvent, the Fund’s right to purchase or repurchase securities may be restricted. Successful use of mortgage dollar rolls may depend upon a Sub-adviser’s ability to correctly predict interest rates and prepayments. A Fund’s use of mortgage dollar rolls may increase its portfolio turnover rate and may lead to higher transaction costs and increased capital gains for the Fund.
Multi-Manager and Multi-Style Management Risk. Fund performance is dependent upon the success of the Adviser and the Sub-advisers in implementing a Fund’s investment strategies in pursuit of its objective. To a
 
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significant extent, a Fund’s performance will depend on the success of the Adviser’s methodology in allocating the Fund’s assets to Sub-advisers and its selection and oversight of the Sub-advisers and on a Sub-adviser’s skill in executing the relevant strategy and selecting investments for the Fund. There can be no assurance that the Adviser or Sub-advisers will be successful in this regard.
In addition, because portions of each Fund’s assets are managed by different Sub-advisers using different styles/strategies, a Fund could experience overlapping security transactions. Certain Sub-advisers may be purchasing securities at the same time that other Sub-advisers may be selling those same securities, which may lead to higher transaction expenses compared to a fund using a single investment management style. The Adviser’s and the Sub-advisers’ judgments about the attractiveness, value, and potential appreciation of a particular asset class or individual security in which a Fund invests may prove to be incorrect, and there is no guarantee that the Adviser’s or a Sub-adviser’s judgment will produce the desired results. In addition, a Fund may allocate its assets so as to under- or over-emphasize certain strategies or investments under market conditions that are not optimal, in which case a Fund’s value may be adversely affected.
Municipal Revenue Bond Risk. Municipal revenue bonds are used to finance municipal projects that generate revenue. These types of bonds may be more sensitive to adverse economic, business or political developments than other types of municipal bonds. In addition, if the specified revenues from a project do not materialize, there is a risk that the bonds may not be repaid. As a result, the municipal revenue bonds in which the Fund invests may entail greater credit risk than the Fund’s investments in other types of municipal bonds. Moreover, a change that affects one project, such as proposed legislation on the financing of the project, a shortage of the materials needed for the project, or a declining need for the project, would likely affect all similar projects, thereby increasing the Fund’s market risk.
Municipal Securities Risk. Municipal securities rely on the creditworthiness or revenue production of issuers or auxiliary credit enhancement features. Municipal securities may be difficult to obtain because of limited supply, which may increase the cost of such securities and effectively reduce their yield. A Fund may own different obligations that pay interest based on the revenue of similar projects potentially resulting in greater exposure to the risk of a decline in credit quality in that sector of the municipal market. In addition, certain municipal securities are special revenue obligations, which are payable from revenue generated by a particular project or other revenue source rather than the revenue of a state or local government authority. The Fund may take advantage of tax laws that allow the income from certain investments to be exempted from federal income tax and, in some cases, state individual income tax. There is no guarantee that such federal laws will remain the same. In addition, tax authorities are paying increased attention to whether interest on municipal obligations is properly exempt from taxation under existing laws, and the Fund cannot assure that a tax authority will not successfully challenge the tax exemption of a bond held by the Fund. Capital gains, whether declared by the Fund or realized by the shareholder through the selling of Fund shares, are generally taxable as either short or long-term capital gains depending upon the holding period. The economic and revenue performance of states and their agencies and municipalities may be significantly impacted by trends in the national economy, particularly by factors such as unemployment and the housing market, as well as trends in each state’s economy. The performance of the national economy and of the economy of each state may directly impact revenue production of certain issuers of municipal securities. Poor economic performance may increase the likelihood that issuers of securities in which the Fund may invest will be unable to meet obligations to make timely payments of principal and interest, that the values of securities in which the Fund invests will decline significantly, and that the liquidity of such securities will be impaired. From time to time, a Fund may invest a substantial amount of its assets in municipal securities whose interest is paid solely from revenues of similar projects. If a Fund concentrates its investments in this manner, it assumes the legal and economic risks relating to such projects and this may have a significant impact on the Fund’s investment performance.
New Fund Risk. Because the Fund is new, investors in the Fund bear the risk that the Fund may not be successful in implementing its investment strategy, may not employ a successful investment strategy, or may fail to attract sufficient assets under management to realize economies of scale, any of which could result in the Fund being liquidated at any time without shareholder approval and at a time that may not be favorable for all shareholders. Such liquidation could have negative tax consequences for shareholders and will cause shareholders to incur expenses of liquidation.
Options Risk. Options involve the payment or receipt of a premium by the investor and the corresponding right or obligation, as the case may be, to either purchase or sell the underlying security for a specific price at a specified date. Purchasing options involves the risk that the underlying instrument will not change price in the manner expected, so
 
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that the investor loses its premium. Selling options involves potentially greater risk because the investor is exposed to the extent of the actual price movement in the underlying security rather than only the premium payment received (which could result in a potentially unlimited loss).
Passive Management Risk. Because the portions of certain Funds allocated to BlackRock are managed so that their total return closely corresponds with the total return of an index, these Funds face a risk of poor performance if the index being tracked declines generally or performs poorly relative to other indexes or individual stocks, the stocks of companies which comprise the index fall out of favor with investors, or an adverse company specific event, such as an unfavorable earnings report, negatively affects the stock price of one of the larger companies in the index.
Portfolio Turnover Risk. The Funds may buy and sell investments frequently. A higher portfolio turnover may enhance returns by capturing and holding portfolio gains. However, it also may result in correspondingly greater brokerage commission expenses and may result in the distribution to shareholders of additional dividends and capital gains for tax purposes. These factors may negatively affect a Fund’s performance.
Prepayment and Extension Risk. When interest rates fall, issuers of high interest debt obligations, as well as issuers of callable bonds, may pay off the debts earlier than expected (prepayment risk), and a Fund may have to reinvest the proceeds at lower yields. When interest rates rise, issuers of lower interest debt obligations may pay off the debts later than expected (extension risk), thus keeping a Fund’s assets tied up in lower interest debt obligations.
Private Activity Bonds Risk. Municipalities and other public authorities issue private activity bonds to finance development of industrial facilities for use by a private enterprise. The private enterprise pays the principal and interest on the bond and the issuing authority does not pledge its full faith, credit and taxing power for repayment. The private enterprise can have a substantially different credit profile than the municipality or public authority. The Fund’s investments in private activity bonds may subject certain shareholders to the Federal AMT. Such shareholders will be required to report that portion of the Fund’s distributions attributable to income from the bonds as a tax preference item in determining their Federal AMT, if any.
Privately Issued Securities Risk. Investments in privately issued securities may be less liquid than in publicly traded securities. Although these securities may be resold in privately negotiated transactions, the prices realized from these sales could be less than those originally paid by a Fund or less than what may be considered the fair value of such securities. In certain cases, privately placed securities may need to be priced at fair value as determined in good faith by the Adviser’s Valuation Committee, subject to Board oversight. Despite such good faith efforts, a Fund’s privately placed securities are subject to the risk that the securities’ fair value prices may differ from the actual prices that a Fund may ultimately realize upon the securities’ sale or disposition. Furthermore, companies whose securities are not publicly traded are not subject to the more extensive disclosure and other investor protection requirements that might be applicable if the securities were publicly traded. Recipients of certain information from the issuer, including the Fund and the Sub-adviser, may be contractually obligated to keep the information confidential, which could adversely affect the Fund’s ability to dispose of a privately issued security.
Real Estate Investment Trusts Risk. REITs are trusts that invest primarily in commercial real estate or real estate-related loans. By investing in REITs indirectly through the Funds, shareholders will not only bear the proportionate share of the expenses of the Funds, but will also indirectly bear similar expenses of underlying REITs. The Funds may be subject to certain risks associated with the direct investments of the REITs, such as including losses from casualty or condemnation, changes in local and general economic conditions, supply and demand, interest rates, zoning laws, regulatory limitations on rents, property taxes, and operating expenses in addition to terrorist attacks, war, or other acts that destroy real property. REITs may be affected by changes in the value of their underlying properties and by defaults by borrowers or tenants. Some REITs may have limited diversification and may be subject to risks inherent in financing a limited number of properties. REITs generally depend on their ability to generate cash flow to make distributions to shareholders or unit holders and may be subject to defaults by borrowers and to self-liquidations. In addition, a U.S. REIT may be affected by its failure to qualify for tax-free pass-through of income under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), or its failure to maintain exemption from registration under the 1940 Act.
Redemption Risk. A Fund may experience losses or realize taxable gains when selling securities to meet redemption requests. This risk is greater for larger redemption requests or redemption requests during adverse market conditions.
 
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Because the Funds currently are only available to participants in the Advisory Programs, a reduction in the allocation of an Advisory Program’s assets to the Funds could result in one or more large redemption requests. Moreover, as a result of the requirement that a Fund satisfy redemption requests even during times of significant market or economic turmoil, a Fund may be forced to sell portfolio securities during periods of reduced liquidity when prices are rapidly declining. This may require a Fund to realize investment losses at times that a Sub-adviser believes that it would have been advisable to hold a particular investment until a more orderly sale could occur or the market recovers. These transactions could also have tax consequences for shareholders if sales of securities result in gains, and could also increase transaction costs or portfolio turnover. In addition, a large redemption could result in a Fund’s expenses being allocated over a smaller asset base, leading to an increase in the Fund’s expense ratio.
Regulatory and Judicial Risk. The regulation of security markets, transactions and portfolio companies is subject to change. Such regulatory changes and judicial actions could have a substantial adverse effect on a Fund’s performance. Judicial actions may impact specific issuing entities such as in relation to bankruptcy rulings. Legislative or regulatory changes may have a broader impact to a range of municipal issuers, such as a change in tax status.
A Fund could be affected not just by regulation in the United States but also by the regulation of foreign governments. Foreign governments could impose capital or currency controls, nationalize a company or industry of which a Fund owns securities, or impose punitive taxes that could have an adverse effect on security prices. Some foreign governments impose less governmental supervision and regulation of the securities markets and participants in those markets, which could make some markets more volatile or increase the difficulty of valuing certain securities.
Reinvestment Risk. Cash flows from fixed income securities are generally reinvested at interest rates available under then-prevailing market conditions. Consequently, declining market rates may cause a Fund to reinvest the proceeds at lower yields and adversely affect a Fund’s ability to meet its investment objective.
Sector Focus Risk. To the extent a Fund invests a relatively high percentage of its assets in the securities of companies in the same or related businesses (market sectors), the Fund will have greater exposure to the risks associated with those sectors, including the risk that the securities of companies within the sectors will underperform due to adverse economic conditions, regulatory or legislative changes, or increased competition affecting the sectors. To the extent a Fund is underweight other sectors, the Fund may be unable to take advantage of progress or advances in those sectors. A fund that is more diversified across numerous sectors may perform better than a Fund if the sectors in which the Fund is overweight perform poorly or the sectors in which the Fund is underweight perform well.
Smaller Company Risk. Certain Funds may invest in securities of small and medium capitalization companies. While these investments may provide potential for appreciation, these securities can present higher risks than investments in securities of larger companies. This increased risk may be due to the greater business risks of smaller size companies, limited markets and financial resources, narrow product lines, and the frequent lack of depth of management. Additionally, the securities of smaller companies may be less liquid, may have limited market stability and may be subject to more severe, abrupt or erratic market movements than securities of larger, more established companies or the market averages in general. Further, less publicly available information may be available for smaller companies and, when available, such information may be inaccurate or incomplete.
Sovereign Debt Risk. Investments in non-U.S. sovereign debt can involve a high degree of risk, including the risk that the governmental entity that controls the repayment of sovereign debt may not be willing or able to repay the principal and/or to pay the interest on its sovereign debt in a timely manner. A sovereign debtor’s willingness or ability to satisfy its debt obligation may be affected by various factors including, but not limited to, its cash flow situation, the extent of its foreign currency reserves, the availability of foreign exchange when a payment is due, and the relative size of its debt position in relation to its economy as a whole. In the event of default, there may be limited or no legal remedies for collecting sovereign debt and there may be no bankruptcy proceedings through which a Fund may collect all or part of the sovereign debt that a governmental entity has not repaid. In addition, to the extent a Fund invests in non-U.S. sovereign debt, it may be subject to currency risk which is discussed above.
Structured Notes Risk. Structured notes are specially-designed derivative debt instruments in which the terms may be structured by the purchaser and the issuer of the note. The Fund bears the risk that the issuer of the structured note will default. In addition, the interest rate or the principal amount payable upon maturity or redemption may increase or decrease, depending upon changes in the value of the reference measure. The terms of a structured note may provide
 
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that, in certain circumstances, no principal is due at maturity and, therefore, may result in a loss of invested capital by the Fund. The interest and/or principal payments that may be made on a structured product may vary widely, depending on a variety of factors, including the volatility of the reference measure. In addition, a liquid market may not exist for the structured notes.
Swap Agreement Risk. Swaps are agreements whereby two parties agree to exchange payment streams calculated in relation to a rate, index, instrument or certain securities and a predetermined amount. Total return swaps are contracts that obligate a party to pay or receive interest in exchange for payment by the other party of the total return generated by a security, a basket of securities, an index or an index component. Total return swaps give a Fund the right to receive the appreciation in the value of a specified security, index or other instrument in return for a fee paid to the counterparty, which will typically be an agreed upon interest rate. If the underlying asset in a total return swap declines in value over the term of the swap, a Fund may also be required to pay the dollar value of that decline to the counterparty.
A credit default swap enables a Fund to buy or sell protection against a defined credit event of an issuer or a basket of securities. Swap agreements involve the risk that the party with whom the Fund has entered into the swap will default on its obligation to pay the Fund and the risk that the Fund will not be able to meet its obligations to the other party to the agreement. The buyer of a credit default swap is generally obligated to pay the seller a periodic stream of payments over the term of the contract in return for a contingent payment upon the occurrence of a credit event with respect to an underlying reference obligation. If the Fund is a seller of protection and a credit event occurs (as defined under the terms of that particular swap agreement), the Fund will generally either: (i) pay to the buyer an amount equal to the notional amount of the swap and take delivery of the referenced obligation, other deliverable obligations, or underlying securities comprising a referenced index or (ii) pay a net settlement amount in the form of cash or securities equal to the notional amount of the swap less the recovery value of the referenced obligation or underlying securities comprising a referenced index. If the Fund is a buyer of protection and a credit event occurs (as defined under the terms of that particular swap agreement), the Fund will either: (i) receive from the seller of protection an amount equal to the notional amount of the swap and deliver the referenced obligation, other deliverable obligations or underlying securities comprising the referenced index or (ii) receive a net settlement amount in the form of cash or securities equal to the notional amount of the swap less the recovery value of the referenced obligation or underlying securities comprising the referenced index. Recovery values are assumed by market makers considering either industry standard recovery rates or entity specific factors and other considerations until a credit event occurs. If a credit event has occurred, the recovery value is determined by a facilitated auction whereby a minimum number of allowable broker bids, together with a specified valuation method, are used to calculate the settlement value.
Credit default swaps involve special risks in addition to those mentioned above because they are difficult to value, are highly susceptible to liquidity and counterparty risk, and generally pay a return to the party that has paid the premium only in the event of an actual default by the issuer of the underlying obligation (as opposed to a credit downgrade or other indication of financial difficulty). Like a long or short position in a physical security, credit default swaps are subject to the same factors that cause changes in the market value of the underlying asset it is attempting to replicate and are subject to market risk, which is discussed above.
Interest rate swaps are an agreement between two parties where one stream of future interest rate payments is exchanged for another based on a specified principal amount. Interest rate swaps often exchange a fixed payment for a floating payment that is linked to a particular interest rate. Interest rate swap futures are instruments that provide a way to gain swap exposure and the structure features of a futures contract in a single instrument. Interest rate swap futures are futures contracts on interest rate swaps that enable purchasers to cash settle at a future date at the price determined by the benchmark rate at the end of a fixed period. Interest rate swaps can be based on various measures of interest rates, including swap rates, treasury rates and other foreign interest rates. An investment in an interest rate swap could result in losses to a Fund if the underlying asset or reference does not perform as anticipated or if the counterparty fails to meet its obligations.
Tax and Federal AMT Risk. The Municipal Bond Fund will rely on the opinion of issuers’ bond counsel and, in the case of derivative securities, sponsors’ counsel, on the tax-exempt status of interest on municipal bond obligations and payments under tax-exempt derivative securities. Neither the Fund nor its Adviser or Sub-advisers will independently review the bases for those tax opinions, which may ultimately be determined to be incorrect and subject the Fund and its shareholders to substantial tax liabilities. Certain shareholders subject to the Federal AMT may be required to report
 
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the Fund’s exempt interest distributions in determining their Federal AMT. Exempt-interest dividends may affect the federal corporate alternative minimum tax for certain corporations. The Fund may also not be a suitable investment for individual retirement accounts and other tax-deferred arrangements.
Trust Preferred and Bank Capital Securities Risk. Trust preferred securities (and bank capital securities that take the form of trust preferred securities) are preferred stocks issued by a special purpose trust subsidiary backed by subordinated debt of the corporate parent. Trust preferred securities are subject to unique risks, due to the fact that dividend payments will only be paid if interest payments on the underlying obligations are made, which interest payments are dependent on the financial condition of the parent corporation and may be deferred for up to 20 consecutive quarters. Such risks include increased credit risk and market value volatility, as well as the risk that a Fund may have to liquidate other investments in order to satisfy the distribution requirements applicable to regulated investment companies if the trust preferred security or the subordinated debt is treated as an original issue discount obligation, and thereby causes a Fund to accrue interest income without receiving corresponding cash payments. There is also the risk that the underlying obligations, and thus the trust preferred securities, may be prepaid after a stated call date or as a result of certain tax or regulatory events, resulting in a lower yield to maturity.
U.S. Government Securities Risk. Certain Funds may invest in securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government or its agencies and instrumentalities (such as the Government National Mortgage Association (“Ginnie Mae”), the Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”), or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”) securities). Certain municipal securities are either pre-refunded or escrowed-to-maturity, meaning that U.S. government obligations are placed in an escrow account with principal and interest payments from the U.S. government bonds used to secure the payment of principal and interest payments due to the holders of the municipal securities. Securities issued or guaranteed by Ginnie Mae, Fannie Mae, or Freddie Mac are not issued directly by the U.S. government. Ginnie Mae is a wholly-owned U.S. corporation that is authorized to guarantee, with the full faith and credit of the U.S. government, the timely payment of principal and interest of its securities. By contrast, securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. government sponsored organizations such as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government. No assurance can be given that the U.S. government would provide financial support to its agencies and instrumentalities if not required to do so by law. Therefore, U.S. government-related organizations such as Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac may not have the funds to meet payment obligations in the future.
From time to time, uncertainty regarding the status of negotiations in the U.S. government to increase the statutory debt ceiling and/or failure to increase the statutory debt ceiling could increase the risk that the U.S. government may default on payments on certain U.S. government securities, including those held by a Fund, which could have a material adverse impact on the Fund. The failure, or potential failure, to increase the statutory debt ceiling could adversely affect a Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective. For example, a downgrade of the long-term sovereign credit rating of the U.S. could increase volatility in both stock and bond markets, result in higher interest rates and lower Treasury prices and increase the costs of certain kinds of debt. These events and similar events could have significant adverse effects on the economy generally and could result in significant adverse impacts on issuers of securities held by the Fund and the Fund itself.
Value Style Risk. Certain Funds follow an investing style that favors value investments. The price of equity securities rises and falls in response to many factors, including the historical and prospective earnings of the issuer of the stock, the value of its assets, general economic conditions, interest rates, investor perceptions, and market liquidity. Favoring stocks with a value orientation means the Fund will invest in of companies whose securities are believed to be undervalued relative to their projected underlying profitability, but there can be no assurance that the shares of the companies selected for a Fund will appreciate in value. In addition, many of the stocks in a Fund with a value orientation are more volatile than the general market.
When-Issued, Delayed Delivery and Forward Commitment Transactions Risk. When-issued transactions, delayed delivery purchases, and forward commitments involve a risk of loss if the value of the securities declines prior to the settlement date. This risk is in addition to a risk that a Fund’s other assets will decline in value. Therefore, these transactions may result in a form of leverage and increase a Fund’s overall investment exposure. When a Fund has sold a security on a when-issued, delayed delivery, or forward commitment basis, the Fund does not participate in future gains or losses with respect to the security. If the other party to a transaction fails to pay for the securities, a Fund could
 
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realize a loss. Additionally, when selling a security on a when-issued, delayed delivery, or forward commitment basis without owning the security, the Fund will incur a loss if the security’s price appreciates in value such that the security’s price is above the agreed-upon price on the settlement date.
 
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PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS INFORMATION
A complete description of each Fund’s policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the Funds’ portfolio holdings is available in the SAI.
MANAGEMENT OF THE FUNDS
Investment Adviser
Olive Street Investment Advisers, LLC (the “Adviser” or “Olive Street”), 12555 Manchester Road, St. Louis, Missouri 63131, serves as investment adviser to each Fund under an investment advisory agreement (the “Advisory Agreement”) with the Trust, on behalf of the Funds. Olive Street is registered as an investment adviser with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and was formed in Missouri in 2012. As the Adviser, Olive Street has overall supervisory responsibility for the general management and investment of each Fund’s securities portfolio, and subject to review and approval by the Board, sets each Fund’s overall investment strategies. The Adviser is also responsible for the oversight and evaluation of each Fund’s Sub-advisers.
Advisory Fees
For its investment services, the Adviser receives the annual management fees, set forth below, calculated daily and payable monthly as a percentage of the relevant Fund’s average daily net assets.
 
Fund    Management Fee
Core Bond Fund    0.32%
Core Plus Bond Fund    0.36%
Municipal Bond Fund    0.36%
Municipal High-Income Bond Fund    0.36%
Large Cap Growth Fund    0.44%
Large Cap Value Fund    0.44%
Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund    0.64%
Small/Mid Cap Value Fund    0.64%
International Equity Fund    0.60%
During the most recent fiscal year ended June 30, 2023, the Funds are considered to have paid Olive Street net management fees in the amount of $234.9 million. Olive Street is deemed to have waived $289.3 million in management fees during the most recent fiscal year ended June 30, 2023, as part of the contractual agreement to waive its management fees to the extent management fees to be paid to the Adviser exceed the aggregate management fees payable by a Fund to the Fund’s Sub-advisers. Based on this contractual agreement to waive management fees to the extent management fees to be paid to the Adviser exceed the sub-advisory fees, the annual management fee paid to the Adviser during the most recent fiscal year ended June 30, 2023, was 0.00% of average daily net assets of each Fund. For avoidance of doubt, management fees waived pursuant to this agreement are not subject to reimbursement by the Funds.
Pursuant to an operating expense limitation agreement between the Adviser and the Funds, the Adviser has also contractually agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, portfolio transaction expenses, interest expense in connection with investment activities, taxes and extraordinary or non-routine expenses) through at least October 28, 2024 to the extent necessary to limit total annual Fund operating expenses after fee waivers and/or expense reimbursement to the amount set below as a percentage of the relevant Fund’s average daily net assets.
 
Fund    Expense Cap
Core Bond Fund    0.48%
Core Plus Bond Fund    0.42%
Municipal Bond Fund    0.48%
 
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Fund    Expense Cap
Municipal High-Income Bond Fund    0.48%
Large Cap Growth Fund    0.51%
Large Cap Value Fund    0.51%
Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund    0.73%
Small/Mid Cap Value Fund    0.73%
International Equity Fund    0.67%
Any fee reductions or expense payments made by the Adviser pursuant to the operating expense limitation agreement are subject to reimbursement by a Fund, if requested by the Adviser, in the thirty six (36) month period following such fee waiver and/or expense payment, if the aggregate amount actually paid by a Fund toward operating expenses, as accrued each month (taking into account any reimbursements) does not exceed the Fund’s expense cap accrued for such month (i) at the time of the fee waiver and/or expense payment and (ii) at the time of the reimbursement. A Fund must pay its current ordinary operating expenses before the Adviser is entitled to any reimbursement of expenses.
A discussion regarding the Board’s considerations in connection with the approval of the Advisory Agreement for the Funds is available in the Funds’ annual report to shareholders for the period ended June 30, 2023.
Fund Expenses
In addition to the management fees discussed above, each Fund incurs other expenses such as custodian, transfer agency, and interest.
Sub-adviser Evaluation
The Adviser is responsible for hiring, terminating, and replacing Sub-advisers, subject to the Board’s oversight. Before hiring a Sub-adviser, Olive Street performs due diligence on the Sub-adviser, including (but not limited to), quantitative and qualitative analysis of the Sub-adviser’s investment process, risk management, and historical performance. It is Olive Street’s goal to hire Sub-advisers who it believes are skilled and can deliver appropriate risk-adjusted returns over a full market cycle. Olive Street selects Sub-advisers who it believes will be able to add value through security selection or allocations to securities, markets, or strategies. Olive Street is responsible for the general overall supervision of the Sub-advisers along with allocating a Fund’s assets among the Sub-advisers and rebalancing a Fund’s portfolio as necessary from time to time.
More on Multi-Style Management. The investment methods used by the Sub-advisers in selecting securities and other investments for the Funds vary. The allocation of a Fund’s portfolio managed by one Sub-adviser will, under normal circumstances, differ from the allocations managed by the other Sub-advisers of the Fund with respect to, among other things, portfolio composition, turnover, issuer capitalization, and issuer financials. Because selections are made independently by each Sub-adviser, it is possible that one or more Sub-advisers could purchase the same security or that several Sub-advisers may simultaneously favor the same industry or sector.
The Adviser is responsible for establishing the target allocation of each Fund’s assets to each Sub-adviser and may adjust the target allocations at its discretion. Market performance may result in allocation drift among the Sub-advisers of a Fund. The Adviser is also responsible for periodically reallocating the portfolio among the Sub-advisers, the timing and degree of which will be determined by the Adviser at its discretion. Each Sub-adviser independently selects the brokers and dealers to execute transactions for the allocation of the Fund being managed by that Sub-adviser.
At times, allocation adjustments among Sub-advisers may be considered tactical with over- or under-allocations to certain Sub-advisers based on the Adviser’s assessment of the risk and return potential of each Sub-adviser’s strategy. Sub-adviser allocations are also influenced by each Sub-adviser’s historical returns and volatility, which are assessed by examining the performance of strategies managed by the Sub-advisers in other accounts that the Adviser believes to be similar to those that will be used for a Fund.
In the event a Sub-adviser ceases to manage an allocation of a Fund’s portfolio, the Adviser will select a replacement Sub-adviser or allocate the assets among the remaining Sub-advisers. The securities that were held in the departing Sub-adviser’s allocation of the Fund’s portfolio may be allocated to and retained by another Sub-adviser of the Fund or
 
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will be liquidated, taking into account various factors, which may include but are not limited to the market for the security and the potential tax consequences. The Adviser may also add additional Sub-advisers in order to increase a Fund’s diversification or capacity or as otherwise determined by the Adviser to be in the best interests of the Fund.
The Funds and the Adviser have obtained an exemptive order from the SEC that permits the Adviser to act as the manager of managers of the Funds and be responsible for the investment performance of the Funds, since it will allocate the Funds’ assets to the Sub-advisers and recommend hiring or changing Sub-advisers to the Board. The “manager of managers” structure enables the Funds to operate with greater efficiency by not incurring the expense and delays associated with obtaining shareholder approval of sub-advisory agreements. The structure does not permit investment management fees paid by the Funds to be increased or to materially change the Adviser’s obligations under the Advisory Agreement, including the Adviser’s responsibility to monitor and oversee sub-advisory services furnished to the Funds, without shareholder approval. Furthermore, any sub-advisory agreements with affiliates of the Funds or the Adviser will require shareholder approval.
Multi-Manager Exemptive Orders. As referenced above, the Trust and the Adviser have obtained an exemptive order from the SEC, which permits the Adviser, subject to certain conditions, to select new Sub-advisers with the approval of the Board but without obtaining shareholder approval. The order also permits the Adviser to change the terms of agreements with the Sub-advisers and to continue the employment of a Sub-adviser after an event that would otherwise cause the automatic termination of services. The order also permits the Funds to disclose Sub-advisers’ fees only in the aggregate in the SAI. This arrangement has been approved by the Board and each Fund’s initial shareholder. Within 90 days of retaining a new Sub-adviser, shareholders of the affected Fund(s) will receive notification of any such change. In accordance with a separate exemptive order that the Trust and the Adviser have obtained from the SEC, the Board may approve a new sub-advisory agreement or a material amendment to an existing sub-advisory agreement at a meeting that is not in person, subject to certain conditions, including that the Trustees are able to participate in the meeting using a means of communication that allows them to hear each other simultaneously during the meeting.
Sub-advisers and Portfolio Managers
The Adviser and the Trust, on behalf of the Funds, have entered into a sub-advisory agreement with each Sub-adviser (each, a “Sub-advisory Agreement”). For the services provided pursuant to its Sub-advisory Agreement, each Sub-adviser receives an annual fee directly from each Fund it serves. For the purposes of determining compensation under the Advisory Agreement, each Fund will be deemed to have paid the Adviser, and the Adviser will be deemed to have received an amount equal to any payment made pursuant to the Sub-advisory Agreements. As stated above, the Adviser has contractually agreed to waive its management fees for each Fund to the extent management fees to be paid to the Adviser exceed the aggregate management fees payable to the Fund’s Sub-advisers. Each Sub-adviser makes investment decisions for the assets it has been allocated to manage. The Adviser oversees the Sub-advisers for compliance with the Funds’ investment objectives, policies, strategies, and restrictions, and monitors each Sub-adviser’s adherence to its investment style. The Board oversees the Adviser and the Sub-advisers, establishes policies that they must follow in their management activities, and oversees the hiring, termination, and replacement of Sub-advisers recommended by the Adviser.
A discussion regarding the Board’s considerations in connection with the approvals of the Sub-advisory Agreements for the Funds are available in the Funds’ annual report to shareholders for the period ending June 30, 2023.
The following provides additional information about each Sub-adviser and the portfolio managers who are responsible for the day-to-day management of each Sub-adviser’s allocated portion of a Fund. The SAI provides additional information about the portfolio managers’ compensation, other accounts managed by the portfolio managers and their ownership of securities in the Funds.
 
Core Bond Fund
Baird
Baird, 777 East Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202, serves as a Sub-adviser to the Core Bond Fund under a sub-advisory agreement with the Adviser on behalf of the Core Bond Fund. Baird is registered as an investment adviser with the SEC and was founded in 1919. As of June 30, 2023, Baird had assets under management of approximately $120.8 billion.
 
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Portfolio Managers:
Mary Ellen Stanek, CFA, Charles B. Groeschell, Warren D. Pierson, CFA, Jay E. Schwister, CFA, and M. Sharon deGuzman have served as portfolio managers of the Core Bond Fund since its inception. Meghan H. Dean, CFA, and Jeffrey L. Schrom, CFA, have served as portfolio managers of the Core Bond Fund since October 2020.
Ms. Stanek is a Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer at Baird with over 44 years of investment experience managing various types of fixed income portfolios. Prior to joining Baird in 2000, Ms. Stanek was President and Chief Executive Officer of Firstar Investment Research and Management Company (FIRMCO) and was Director of Fixed Income. She is responsible for the formulation of fixed income strategy as well as the development and portfolio management of all fixed income services.
Mr. Groeschell is a Managing Director and Deputy Chief Investment Officer at Baird with over 40 years of investment experience managing various types of fixed income portfolios. Prior to joining Baird in 2000, Mr. Groeschell was a Senior Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager with Firstar Investment Research & Management Company (FIRMCO) where he played a lead role in the overall management of major fixed income client relationships. His responsibilities include setting investment policy with a major portion of his time allocated to security analysis, credit research, and implementing the long-term investment strategy of the firm.
Mr. Pierson is a Managing Director and the Deputy Chief Investment Officer at Baird with over 37 years of investment experience managing various types of fixed income portfolios. Prior to joining Baird in 2000, Mr. Pierson was a Senior Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager with Firstar Investment Research and Management Company (FIRMCO) where he managed municipal bond portfolios and intermediate taxable bond portfolios. A major portion of his time is allocated to yield curve analysis and credit research. He plays a lead role in coordinating and implementing all fixed income strategies at the firm.
Mr. Schwister is a Managing Director and the Director of Research and a Senior Portfolio Manager at Baird with over 39 years of investment experience managing various types of fixed income portfolios. Prior to joining Baird in late 2004, Mr. Schwister was a Senior Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager for 15 years with Putnam Investments in Boston. At Putnam, he was responsible for strategy formulation and portfolio construction across a wide variety of multi-sector fixed income mandates.
Ms. deGuzman is a Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager at Baird with over 27 years of investment experience managing various types of fixed income portfolios. Prior to joining Baird in 2000, Ms. deGuzman was an Assistant Vice President and Portfolio Manager with Firstar Investment Research and Management Company (FIRMCO) where she did quantitative fixed income analysis and portfolio management. She currently focuses on managing short and intermediate taxable portfolios and tax-exempt portfolios.
Ms. Dean is a Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager at Baird with more than 23 years of investment experience managing a broad range of fixed income portfolios. She co-leads research and strategy development in the mortgage and asset-backed sectors. Prior to rejoining Baird Advisors in 2007, Ms. Dean was a Vice President and Portfolio Manager with Deerfield Capital Management in Chicago where she was a member of the asset-backed securities team focusing on collateralized debt obligations.
Mr. Schrom is a Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager at Baird with more than 29 years of investment experience managing a broad range of fixed income portfolios. He plays a lead role in overseeing credit research and developing and implementing investment strategies within the credit sector. Prior to joining Baird Advisors, Mr. Schrom was the Director of Corporate Bonds at Clarica Life Insurance and began his career as an auditor at the Chicago Board of Trade.
JPMIM
JPMIM, 383 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10179, serves as a Sub-adviser to the Core Bond Fund under a sub-advisory agreement with the Adviser on behalf of the Core Bond Fund. JPMIM is registered as an investment adviser with the SEC and was formed in 1984. As of June 30, 2023, JPMIM had assets under management of approximately $2.75 trillion.
 
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Portfolio Managers:
Richard Figuly, Managing Director, has served as a portfolio manager of the Core Bond Fund since July 2018. Justin Rucker, Managing Director, has served as a portfolio manager of the Core Bond Fund since October 2019. Steven Lear, Managing Director, has served as a portfolio manager of the Core Bond Fund since April 2021. Effective March 1, 2024, Mr. Lear will no longer serve as a portfolio manager to the portion of the assets of the Core Bond Fund managed by JPMIM. Andrew Melchiorre, Managing Director, and Edward Fitzpatrick III, Managing Director, have been portfolio managers of the Core Bond Fund since May 2023. All of the portfolio managers are based in Columbus, Ohio except Mr. Fitzpatrick, who is based in New York, NY.
Mr. Figuly is a portfolio manager for the U.S. Value Driven team and has been an employee of JPMIM or predecessor firms since 1993. He is a member of the GFICC group and is responsible for managing institutional taxable bond portfolios.
Mr. Lear is the U.S. Chief Investment Officer within the GFICC group, responsible for all fixed income investment strategies of JPMIM in the U.S. Mr. Lear co-chairs the firm’s Investment Strategy Review Group and is a member of the firm’s Asset Management Investment Committee. He has been an employee of JPMIM since 2008.
Mr. Rucker has been an employee of JPMIM since 2006. He is a member of the GFICC group and a portfolio manager responsible for managing long duration and core bond institutional taxable bond portfolios.
Mr. Melchiorre has been an employee of JPMIM since 2012. He is a member of the GFICC group and is a portfolio manager on the firm’s Core Bond strategy. He is responsible for managing institutional taxable bond portfolios and fund vehicles.
Mr. Fitzpatrick has been an employee of JPMIM since 2013. He is a member of the GFICC group and is the Head of the U.S. Rates Team, responsible for managing government bond portfolios for institutional clients as well as recommending U.S. rates and derivatives strategies across GFICC portfolios. He is a CFA charterholder.
Loomis Sayles
Loomis Sayles, One Financial Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, serves as a Sub-adviser to the Core Bond Fund under a sub-advisory agreement with the Adviser on behalf of the Core Bond Fund. Loomis Sayles is registered as an investment adviser with the SEC and was founded in 1926. As of June 30, 2023, Loomis Sayles had assets under management of approximately $310.3 billion.
Portfolio Manager:
Lynne A. Royer has served as portfolio manager of the Core Bond Fund since July 2015. Seth J. Timen has served as portfolio manager of the Core Bond Fund since March 2021.
Ms. Royer is a Portfolio Manager and Co-Head of the Disciplined Alpha Team at Loomis Sayles. Ms. Royer began her investment industry career in 1985 and joined Loomis Sayles in 2010 from Wells Capital Management, where she was senior portfolio manager and co-head of the Montgomery core fixed income investment team. Previously, Ms. Royer was a lending officer with Morgan Guaranty Trust Company (J.P.Morgan). Earlier, she was a financial analyst in the equity research department at Barclays de Zoete Wedd and an analyst in the corporate finance department at Drexel Burnham Lambert. Ms. Royer is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Gettysburg College and earned an MBA from the Anderson Graduate School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles and has over 36 years of investment industry experience.
Mr. Timen is a Portfolio Manager and Co-Head of the Disciplined Alpha Team at Loomis Sayles. Mr. Timen began his investment industry career in 2001 and joined Loomis Sayles as a credit trader in 2010, from Pequot Capital Management, where he was responsible for trading fixed income risk across investment grade, high yield, and structured products. Mr. Timen was promoted to senior credit trader in 2014 and credit portfolio manager in 2016. Previously, Mr. Timen was an associate at Credit Suisse, where he assisted with corporate bond investment and strategy execution for institutional clients. Mr. Timen earned a BA from the University of Michigan and has over 22 years of investment industry experience.
 
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PGIM
PGIM (formerly Prudential Investment Management, Inc.), 655 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102, serves as a Sub-adviser to the Fund under a sub-advisory agreement with the Adviser on behalf of the Core Bond Fund. PGIM is registered as an investment adviser with the SEC and was formed in 1984. As of June 30, 2023, PGIM had assets under management of approximately $1.27 trillion.
Portfolio Managers:
Richard Piccirillo has served as a portfolio manager of the Core Bond Fund since its inception. Gregory Peters and Michael Collins, CFA, have served as portfolio managers of the Core Bond Fund since March 2014.
Mr. Piccirillo is a Managing Director and senior portfolio manager for PGIM Fixed Income’s Core, Long Government/Credit, Core Plus, Absolute Return, and other multi-sector Fixed Income strategies. Mr. Piccirillo had specialized in mortgage-and asset-backed securities since joining the firm in 1993. Before joining the firm, Mr. Piccirillo was a fixed income analyst with Fischer Francis Trees & Watts. Mr. Piccirillo started his career as a financial analyst at Smith Barney. He received a BBA in Finance from George Washington University and an MBA in Finance and International Business from New York University.
Mr. Peters is a Managing Director and Co-Chief Investment Officer of PGIM Fixed Income. Mr. Peters is also a senior portfolio manager for U.S. and Global Multi-Sector Fixed Income strategies. Prior to joining the firm in 2014, Mr. Peters was Morgan Stanley’s Global Director of Fixed Income & Economic Research and Chief Global Cross Asset Strategist, responsible for the firm’s macro research and asset allocation strategy. Earlier, he worked at Salomon Smith Barney and the Department of U.S. Treasury. He received a BA in Finance from The College of New Jersey and an MBA from Fordham University. Mr. Peters is a member of the Fixed Income Analyst Society and the Bond Market Association.
Mr. Collins, CFA, is a Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager for Core, Core Plus, Absolute Return, and other Multi-Sector Fixed Income strategies. Previously, Mr. Collins was a High Yield Portfolio Manager and Fixed Income Investment Strategist. Earlier he was a credit research analyst, covering investment grade and high yield corporate credits. Additionally, he developed proprietary quantitative international interest rate and currency valuation models for the global bond unit. Mr. Collins began his career at the firm in 1986 as a software applications designer. He received a BS in Mathematics and Computer Science from Binghamton University and an MBA in Finance from New York University. Mr. Collins holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation and is a Fellow of the Life Management Institute (FLMI).
 
Core Plus Bond Fund
BlackRock
BlackRock, 1 University Square Drive, Princeton, New Jersey 08540, serves as a Sub-adviser to the Core Plus Bond Fund under a sub-advisory agreement with the Adviser on behalf of the Core Plus Bond Fund. BlackRock is registered as an investment adviser with the SEC and was founded in 1988. BlackRock has entered into a sub-sub-advisory agreement with each of BlackRock International Limited (“BIL”), a U.K.-based affiliate of BlackRock, and BlackRock (Singapore) Limited (“BRS”), a Singapore-based affiliate of BlackRock, to facilitate the provision of advice and trading out of non-U.S. jurisdictions. BIL and BRS, each registered as an investment adviser with the SEC, organized in 1995 and 2000, respectively. As of June 30, 2023, BlackRock had assets under management of approximately $9.1 trillion.
Portfolio Managers:
Rick Rieder and David Rogal have been portfolio managers of the Core Plus Bond Fund since October 2021. Chi Chen has been a portfolio manager of the Core Plus Bond Fund since February 2023. Messrs. Rieder and Rogal and Ms. Chen are members of BlackRock’s Fundamental Fixed Income Portfolio Management Group (the “Group”), which leverages the individual expertise of the Group’s members.
 
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Mr. Rieder has been Chief Investment Officer of Fixed Income-Fundamental Portfolios, and Head of the Corporate Credit Group and the Multi-Sector and Mortgages Group since 2010 and a Managing Director of BlackRock since 2009.
Mr. Rogal has been a member of the US Multi-Sector Fixed Income team within BlackRock’s Global Fixed Income Group since 2009. Previously, he was a member of BlackRock’s Multi-Asset Portfolio Strategies group, where he focused on various research and analytical projects, and was responsible for asset allocation analysis and liability-based portfolio structuring for taxable clients and prospects. Mr. Rogal joined BlackRock in 2006 as an analyst in the Financial Institutions Group.
Ms. Chen is a portfolio manager in BlackRock’s Global Fixed Income Investment Group, focusing on US multi-sector fixed income mandates and global government bond mandates. She is co-manager of BlackRock’s Total Return Fund, Core Bond Fund, US Dollar Bond Fund and Global Government Bond Fund. Ms. Chen joined BlackRock as an analyst in the Global Fixed Income Investment Group in 2012. She has been a Director of BlackRock since 2012. She earned a BA degree, magna cum laude, in Economics and Statistics from Mount Holyoke College.
Loomis Sayles
Loomis Sayles, One Financial Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, serves as a Sub-adviser to the Core Plus Bond Fund under a sub-advisory agreement with the Adviser on behalf of the Core Plus Bond Fund. Loomis Sayles is registered as an investment adviser with the SEC and was founded in 1926. As of June 30, 2023, Loomis Sayles had assets under management of approximately $310.3 billion.
Portfolio Managers:
Matthew J. Eagan, CFA, Brian P. Kennedy, and Elaine M. Stokes have been portfolio managers of the Core Plus Bond Fund since its inception. Effective December 31, 2023, Ms. Stokes will no longer serve as a portfolio manager to the portion of the assets of the Fund managed by Loomis Sayles.
Mr. Eagan, Portfolio Manager and Co-Head of Full Discretion, has been employed by Loomis Sayles since 1997 and has 33 years of investment industry experience. He earned his B.A. from Northeastern University and an M.B.A. from Boston University.
Mr. Kennedy, Co-Portfolio Manager, joined Loomis Sayles in 1994 and has 33 years of investment experience. He earned a B.S. from Providence College, an M.B.A. from Babson College.
Ms. Stokes, Portfolio Manager and Co-Head of Full Discretion, has been employed by Loomis Sayles since 1988 and has 36 years of investment industry experience. She earned her B.S. from St. Michael’s College.
MetWest
MetWest, 865 South Figueroa Street, Suite 1800, Los Angeles, California 90017, serves as a Sub-adviser to the Core Plus Bond Fund under a sub-advisory agreement with the Adviser on behalf of the Core Plus Bond Fund. MetWest, a California limited liability company, is registered as an investment adviser with the SEC and was founded in 1996. MetWest is a wholly‑owned subsidiary of TCW Asset Management Company LLC, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The TCW Group, Inc. (“TCW Group”). As of June 30, 2023, MetWest, together with TCW Group and its other subsidiaries, which provides investment management and investment advisory services, had approximately $210.0 billion under management or committed to management, including $179.6 billion of U.S. fixed income investments.
Portfolio Managers:
Laird Landmann, Stephen M. Kane, CFA, and Bryan T. Whalen, CFA, have been portfolio managers of the Core Plus Bond Fund since its inception. Effective December 31, 2023, Mr. Landmann will no longer serve as a portfolio manager for the Core Plus Bond Fund. Jerry Cudzil and Ruben Hovhannisyan have been portfolio managers of the Core Plus Bond Fund since October 2023. They are all Generalist Portfolio Managers at MetWest. Messrs. Landmann, and Kane co-founded MetWest in 1996.
 
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Mr. Landmann currently serves on the boards of TCW, LLC and Metropolitan West Funds and leads the fixed income group’s risk management efforts. Prior to founding MetWest in 1996, Mr. Landmann was a principal and the co-director of fixed income at Hotchkis and Wiley. He also served as a portfolio manager and vice president at PIMCO.
Prior to MetWest, Mr. Kane was a fixed income portfolio manager at Hotchkis and Wiley. He also served as a Vice President at PIMCO.
Mr. Whalen has been employed by MetWest since 2004. Prior to joining MetWest, Mr. Whalen was a director in the fixed income department at Credit Suisse First Boston in New York.
Mr. Cudzil has been with MetWest since 2012. Prior to joining MetWest, he was a High Yield Bond Trader for Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank.
Mr. Hovhannisyan has been employed by MetWest since 2007. He was previously with KPMG’s Structured Finance Group.
PIMCO
PIMCO, 650 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660, serves as a Sub-adviser to the Core Plus Bond Fund under a sub-advisory agreement with the Adviser on behalf of the Core Plus Bond Fund. PIMCO is registered as an investment adviser with the SEC. As of June 30, 2023, PIMCO managed $1.79 trillion in assets, including $1.42 trillion in third-party client assets.
Portfolio Managers:
Alfred T. Murata and Daniel J. Ivascyn have been portfolio managers of the Core Plus Bond Fund since May 2017.
Mr. Murata is a managing director and portfolio manager in the Newport Beach office, managing income-oriented, multi-sector credit, opportunistic and securitized strategies. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2001, he researched and implemented exotic equity and interest rate derivatives at Nikko Financial Technologies. He has 22 years of investment experience and holds a Ph.D. in engineering-economic systems and operations research from Stanford University. He also earned a J.D. from Stanford Law School and is a member of the State Bar of California.
Mr. Ivascyn is Group Chief Investment Officer and a managing director in the Newport Beach office. He is lead portfolio manager for the firm’s income, credit hedge fund and mortgage opportunistic strategies, and is also a portfolio manager for total return strategies. He is a member of PIMCO’s Executive Committee and a member of the Investment Committee. Prior to joining PIMCO in 1998, he worked at Bear Stearns in the asset-backed securities group, as well as T. Rowe Price and Fidelity Investments. He has been in the investment industry since 1992 and holds an MBA in analytic finance from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and a bachelor’s degree in economics from Occidental College.
 
Municipal Bond Fund
BlackRock
BlackRock, 1 University Square Drive, Princeton, New Jersey 08540, serves as a Sub-adviser to the Municipal Bond Fund under a sub-advisory agreement with the Adviser on behalf of the Municipal Bond Fund. BlackRock is registered as an investment adviser with the SEC and was founded in 1988. As of June 30, 2023, BlackRock had assets under management of approximately $9.1 trillion.
Portfolio Managers:
Walter O’Connor, CFA, Michael Kalinoski, CFA, and Kevin Maloney, CFA, have been portfolio managers of the Municipal Bond Fund since October 2018.
 
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Michael Kalinoski, CFA, Director, is a portfolio manager on the Municipal Mutual Fund Desk within BlackRock’s Municipal Fixed Income business in BlackRock’s Portfolio Management Group. Mr. Kalinoski’s service with the firm dates back to 1999, including his years with Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM), which merged with BlackRock in 2006. At MLIM, he was a member of the tax-exempt fixed income team responsible for managing a number of national and state funds. Prior to joining MLIM in 1999, Mr. Kalinoski was a municipal trader with Strong Capital Management. Mr. Kalinoski earned a BS degree in accounting from Marquette University in 1992.
Walter O’Connor, CFA, Managing Director and Co-Head of the Municipal Funds team within the Municipal Fixed Income business in BlackRock’s Portfolio Management Group. He is also a member of the Municipal Bond Operating Committee, which oversees all municipal bond portfolio management, research and trading activities. Mr. O’Connor’s service with the firm dates back to 1991, including his years with Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM), which merged with BlackRock in 2006. At MLIM, he was a portfolio manager for municipal bond retail mutual funds. Prior to joining MLIM, Mr. O’Connor was with Prudential Securities, where he was involved in trading, underwriting, and arbitrage for municipal securities and financial futures. Mr. O’Connor earned a BA degree in finance and philosophy from the University of Notre Dame in 1984.
Kevin Maloney, CFA, Director and Co-Head of the Municipal Funds team, is a Portfolio Manager within the Municipal Fixed Income business in BlackRock’s Portfolio Management Group. He is also a member of the Municipal Management Committee, which oversees all municipal bond portfolio management, research, and trading activities. Mr. Maloney began his career at BlackRock in 2011 as a research analyst on the Municipal Credit Research Team. He graduated from Drexel University in 2011 with a BS degree in Finance.
FIAM
FIAM, 900 Salem Street, Smithfield, RI 02917, serves as a Sub-adviser to the Municipal Bond Fund under a sub-advisory agreement with the Adviser on behalf of the Municipal Bond Fund. FIAM is registered as an investment adviser with the SEC and was founded in 2005. FIAM is an indirectly held, wholly owned subsidiary of FMR LLC (“Fidelity”). As of June 30, 2023, FIAM had assets under management of approximately $201.9 billion.
Portfolio Managers:
Cormac Cullen has been a portfolio manager of the Municipal Bond Fund since October 2017. Michael Maka, CFA, has been a portfolio manager of the Municipal Bond Fund since March 2020. Elizah McLaughlin, CFA, has been a portfolio manager of the Municipal Bond Fund since September 2018.
Since joining Fidelity in 2007, Mr. Cullen has worked as a senior legal counsel, an analyst, and portfolio manager.
Since joining Fidelity in 1997, Ms. McLaughlin has worked as an analyst and portfolio manager.
Since joining Fidelity in 2000, Mr. Maka has worked as a research associate, municipal bond trader, and portfolio manager.
MacKay Shields
MacKay Shields, with its principal office at 1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10105, serves as a Sub-adviser to the Municipal Bond Fund under a sub-advisory agreement with the Adviser on behalf of the Municipal Bond Fund. MacKay Shields is registered as an investment adviser with the SEC. MacKay Shields was privately held until 1984 when it became indirectly wholly-owned by New York Life Insurance Company. As of June 30, 2023, MacKay Shields managed approximately $134 billion in assets.
Portfolio Managers:
Robert DiMella, CFA, David Dowden, and Michael Denlinger, CFA, have served as portfolio managers of the Municipal Bond Fund since January 2021.
 
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Mr. DiMella is a Senior Portfolio Manager and Executive Managing Director of MacKay Shields. Mr. DiMella joined MacKay Shields in July 2009 when the firm acquired the assets of Mariner Municipal Managers LLC. He was the President and co-founder of Mariner Municipal Managers from 2007 to 2009. He has been a municipal portfolio manager since 1992, with a broad range of trading and portfolio management experience in the municipal markets. Mr. DiMella is a member of the firm’s Senior Leadership Team. He earned his Master’s degree at Rutgers University Business School and a Bachelor’s degree in Finance at the University of Connecticut. He is a CFA Charterholder.
Mr. Dowden is a Senior Portfolio Manager and Managing Director of MacKay Shields. Mr. Dowden joined MacKay Shields in 2009. Before joining the firm, he was Chief Investment Officer at Financial Guaranty Insurance Company. Mr. Dowden was previously with Alliance Capital Management as a Senior Portfolio Manager and at Merrill Lynch & Co. as a Municipal Strategist. Mr. Dowden has an AB from Brown University and an MBA from Columbia University. He has been in the investment management industry since 1989.
Mr. Denlinger is a Portfolio Manager, Trader, and Managing Director of MacKay Shields. Mr. Denlinger joined MacKay Shields in 2019. Before joining the firm, he was an institutional municipal credit trader at Bank of America Merrill Lynch with a primary focus on taxable and healthcare securities. Prior to trading credit, he was a high grade municipal trader. He started at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in 2014. Mr. Denlinger earned a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Johns Hopkins University in 2014. He is a CFA Charterholder. He has been in the financial services industry since 2014.
 
Municipal High-Income Bond Fund
Capital International
Capital International, 333 S. Hope Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071, serves as a Sub-adviser to the Fund under a sub-advisory agreement with the Adviser on behalf of the Fund. Capital International is registered as an investment adviser with the SEC. Capital International, incorporated in California in 1987, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Capital Group International, Inc., which is owned by Capital Research and Management Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Capital Group Companies, Inc. (collectively, “Capital Group”). As of June 30, 2023, Capital International had approximately $37.1 billion in assets under management.
Portfolio Managers:
Chad M. Rach, Jerome H. Solomon, and Courtney K. Wolf, have been portfolio managers of the Fund since its inception.
Mr. Rach is a portfolio manager at Capital International. He has 29 years of investment experience and has been with Capital Group for 17 years.
Mr. Solomon is a portfolio manager at Capital International. He has 29 years of investment experience and has been with Capital Group for 13 years.
Ms. Wolf is a portfolio manager at Capital International. She has 16 years of investment experience, all with Capital Group.
T. Rowe Price
T. Rowe Price, 100 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202, serves as a Sub-adviser to the Fund under a sub-advisory agreement with the Adviser on behalf of the Fund. T. Rowe Price is registered as an investment adviser with the SEC and was founded in 1937. T. Rowe Price is a wholly-owned subsidiary of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. As of June 30, 2023, T. Rowe Price had approximately $1.4 trillion in assets under management.
 
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Portfolio Manager:
James M. Murphy, CFA, has been the portfolio manager of the Fund since its inception.
Mr. Murphy, who joined the firm in 2000, is a Vice President of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. and T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., and Portfolio Manager in the Fixed Income Division managing the firm’s tax-free high-yield strategy. He is chairman of the Investment Advisory Committees for the T. Rowe Price Tax-Free High Yield Fund. Mr. Murphy received a B.S. in finance from the University of Delaware and an M.B.A. in finance from Seton Hall University. He has also earned the CFA® designation.
 
Large Cap Growth Fund
Jennison
Jennison, 466 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10017, serves as a Sub-adviser to the Large Cap Growth Fund under a sub-advisory agreement with the Adviser on behalf of the Large Cap Growth Fund. Jennison (including its predecessor, Jennison Associates Capital Corp.) is registered as an investment adviser with the SEC and was founded in 1969. As of June 30, 2023, Jennison had assets under management in excess of $186.4 billion.
Portfolio Managers:
Kathleen A. McCarragher and Blair A. Boyer have been portfolio managers of the Large Cap Growth Fund since its inception. Natasha Kuhlkin, CFA has been a portfolio manager of the Large Cap Growth Fund since April 2023.
Kathleen A. McCarragher is a Managing Director, the Head of Growth Equity, and a large cap growth equity portfolio manager at Jennison. She joined Jennison in May 1998. Prior to joining Jennison, Ms. McCarragher spent six years with Weiss, Peck & Greer LLC where she was a Managing Director and the Director of Large Cap Growth Equities. Prior to that, Ms. McCarragher spent 10 years with State Street Research & Management. Ms. McCarragher earned a BBA, summa cum laude, in finance and economics from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Blair A. Boyer is a Managing Director and Co-Head of Large Cap Growth Equity and a large cap growth equity portfolio manager at Jennison. He joined Jennison in March 1993 as an international equity analyst and joined the large cap growth team as a portfolio manager in 2003. Prior to joining Jennison, he managed international equity portfolios at Arnhold and S. Bleichroeder for five years. Prior to that, he was a research analyst and then a senior portfolio manager at Verus Capital. Mr. Boyer earned a BA in economics from Bucknell University and an MBA from The New York University Stern School of Business.
Natasha Kuhlkin, CFA, is a Managing Director and a large cap growth equity portfolio manager at Jennison. She joined Jennison in May 2004. Prior to joining Jennison, Ms. Kuhlkin was an equity research analyst at Evergreen Investment Management and Palisade Capital Management. Ms. Kuhlkin earned a BS, magna cum laude, in accounting from Binghamton University and she holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.
Lazard
Lazard, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, New York 10112, serves as a Sub-adviser to the Large Cap Growth Fund under a sub-advisory agreement with the Adviser on behalf of the Large Cap Growth Fund. Lazard is registered as an investment adviser with the SEC and was founded in 1970. As of June 30, 2023, Lazard had assets under management of approximately $203.3 billion.
Portfolio Managers:
Andrew Lacey and Martin Flood have been portfolio managers of the Large Cap Growth Fund since its inception. H. Ross Seiden has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since September 2015. Louis Florentin-Lee has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since December 2018.
Mr. Lacey is a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager/Analyst at Lazard, and is a member of various US and global equity teams. He joined Lazard in 1995 as a Research Analyst.
 
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Mr. Seiden is a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager/Analyst at Lazard, and is a member of various US equity teams at Lazard. Prior to joining Lazard in 2010, he was an Equity Research Associate covering the financials sector at Credit Suisse. Mr. Seiden began working in the investment field in 2006.
Mr. Florentin-Lee is a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager/Analyst at Lazard, and is a member of various global equity teams at Lazard. Prior to joining Lazard in 2004, he was an equity research analyst at Soros Funds Limited and Schroder Investment Management. Mr. Florentin-Lee began working in the investment field in 1996.
Mr. Flood is a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager/Analyst at Lazard. He joined Lazard in 1996 and is a member of various US and global equity teams at Lazard.
SGA
SGA, 301 Tresser Blvd., Suite 1310, Stamford, Connecticut 06901, serves as a Sub-adviser to the Large Cap Growth Fund under a sub-advisory agreement with the Adviser on behalf of the Large Cap Growth Fund. SGA is registered as an investment adviser with the SEC and was founded in July 2003. SGA is an independent affiliate of Virtus Investment Partners Inc., (“Virtus”), a U.S. publicly traded company listed on the NASDAQ that utilizes a multi-boutique structure. Virtus owns a 69% majority equity interest in SGA, with the remaining 31% equity interest held by SGA’s 20 individual equity owners. As of June 30, 2023, SGA had total assets under management of approximately $24.4 billion, of which $21.9 billion represents regulatory assets under management and $2.5 billion represents model emulation assets under contract.
Portfolio Managers:
Robert L. Rohn has been a portfolio manager of the Large Cap Growth Fund since its inception. Kishore Rao has been a portfolio manager of the Large Cap Growth Fund since December 2019. Hrishikesh (HK) Gupta has been a portfolio manager of the Large Cap Growth Fund since July 2022.
Mr. Rohn is a principal and portfolio manager of SGA. He is also a member of the Investment Committee and co-founder of the firm. Prior to founding SGA in 2003, Mr. Rohn managed over $1 billion of large capitalization, high-quality growth stock portfolios at W.P. Stewart & Co. During his 12-year tenure with W.P. Stewart, he was an analyst and portfolio manager, held the positions of chairman of the board and chief executive officer of W.P. Stewart Inc., the company’s core U.S. investment business, and served as chairman of the firm’s management committee. From 1988 through 1991, Mr. Rohn was with Yeager, Wood & Marshall, where he served as vice president and a member of the Investment Policy Committee, with responsibilities in equity analysis and portfolio management. He began his career in 1983 at Morgan Guarantee Trust Company, where he was an officer of the bank in Corporate Finance.
Mr. Rao is a principal and portfolio manager of SGA. He is also a member of the Investment Committee. Prior to joining SGA in 2004, Mr. Rao was a member of the investment team at Trident Capital, a venture capital firm managing a portfolio of software, technology, and business service companies. He had been Founder and General Manager of the Street Events division of CCBN, which was a Trident Capital portfolio company before it was sold to Thomson Reuters. Previously, Mr. Rao was an investment analyst at Tiger Management following healthcare services and software companies and an analyst at Wellington Management following semiconductor equipment.
Mr. Gupta is a principal and portfolio manager at SGA. He is also a member of the Investment Committee. Prior to joining SGA in 2014, Mr. Gupta was a senior analyst at MDR Capital Management (“MDR”) and an associate managing director at Iridian Asset Management (“Iridian”). Mr. Gupta followed the Technology, Telecommunications, Industrials, Basic Commodity and Refiners sectors while at MDR and Iridian. He also worked as an investment banking associate at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and advised industrials and financials’ clients on private placements and mergers and acquisitions. Prior to beginning his career in the investment industry, Mr. Gupta was a product and program manager at Amazon.com and, as part of their strategic executive division, led the launch of Amazon’s Japanese and German merchant platforms.
 
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Large Cap Value Fund
Artisan Partners
Artisan Partners, 875 East Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 800, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202, serves as a Sub-adviser to the Large Cap Value Fund under a sub-advisory agreement with the Adviser on behalf of the Large Cap Value Fund. Artisan Partners is registered as an investment adviser with the SEC and was founded in March 2009 and succeeded the investment management business of Artisan Partners Holdings LP during 2009. Artisan Partners Holdings LP was founded in December 1994 and began providing investment management services in March 1995. As of June 30, 2023, Artisan Partners had total assets under management of approximately $142.99 billion, of which $142.93 billion are regulatory assets under management and $56 million are assets for which Artisan Partners provides investment models to managed account sponsors (reported on a one-month lag).
Portfolio Managers:
Thomas A. Reynolds IV has been a portfolio manager of the Large Cap Value Fund since October 2017. Daniel L. Kane, CFA, has been a portfolio manager of the Large Cap Value Fund since its inception. Craig Inman, CFA, has been a portfolio manager of the Large Cap Value Fund since February 2019.
Mr. Reynolds is a Managing Director of Artisan Partners. He joined Artisan Partners in October 2017 as a portfolio manager on Artisan Partners’ Value team. Prior to joining Artisan Partners, Mr. Reynolds was a portfolio manager for Perkins Investment Management at Janus Henderson since April 2013. He has been in the investment industry since 2005.
Mr. Kane is a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager of Artisan Partners. Mr. Kane was an Associate Portfolio Manager from February 2012 to September 2013 and was an Analyst prior to February 2012. Before joining Artisan Partners in March 2008, Mr. Kane was a senior small cap investment analyst at BB&T Asset Management, Inc. He has been in the investment industry since 2005.
Mr. Inman is a Managing Director of Artisan Partners. He joined Artisan Partners in February 2012 as an analyst working on the U.S. Value team and has been Portfolio Manager of the Artisan Mid Cap Value Fund and Artisan Value Fund, in addition to the Large Cap Value Fund, since February 2019.
Barrow Hanley
Barrow Hanley, 2200 Ross Avenue, 31st Floor, Dallas, Texas 75201, serves as a Sub-adviser to the Large Cap Value Fund under a sub-advisory agreement with the Adviser on behalf of the Large Cap Value Fund. Barrow Hanley is registered as an investment adviser with the SEC and was founded in 1979. As of June 30, 2023, Barrow Hanley had assets under management of approximately $46.1 billion.
Portfolio Managers:
Mark Giambrone, Michael Nayfa, CFA, and Terry Pelzel, CFA, have been portfolio managers of the Large Cap Value Fund since its inception.
Mr. Giambrone has been a Portfolio Manager at Barrow Hanley since 2002. Before joining Barrow Hanley in 1999, he served as a portfolio consultant at HOLT Value Associates. Mr. Giambrone has 31 years of professional experience.
Mr. Nayfa has been a Portfolio Manager for this strategy since 2014 and was an Equity Analyst from 2008 to 2014. He continues to serve as an Equity Analyst on other strategies. Before joining Barrow Hanley in 2008, he worked as an analyst at HBK and in the institutional equity sales group at Natexis Bleichroeder. Mr. Nayfa has 19 years of professional experience.
Mr. Pelzel has been a Portfolio Manager for this strategy since 2014 and was an Equity Analyst from 2010 to 2014. He continues to serve as an Equity Analyst on other strategies. Before joining Barrow Hanley in 2010, he served as a senior portfolio analyst for Highland Capital Management, LP. He has 18 years of professional experience.
 
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LSV
LSV, 155 North Wacker Drive, Suite 4600, Chicago, IL 60606, serves as a Sub-adviser to the Large Cap Value Fund under a sub-advisory agreement with the Adviser on behalf of the Large Cap Value Fund. LSV is registered as an investment adviser with the SEC. As of June 30, 2023, LSV had assets under management of approximately $93.6 billion.
Portfolio Managers:
Josef Lakonishok, Menno Vermeulen, Puneet Mansharamani, Greg Sleight, and Guy Lakonishok have served as portfolio managers of the Large Cap Value Fund since May 2020.
Dr. Josef Lakonishok has served as Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investment Officer, Partner and Portfolio Manager for LSV since its founding in 1994. He has been in the investment industry since 1978.
Mr. Vermeulen, CFA, has served as a Portfolio Manager of LSV since 1995 and a Portfolio Manager and Partner since 1998. He has previously served as a Senior Quantitative Analyst. Mr. Vermeulen has been in the investment industry since 1993.
Mr. Mansharamani, CFA, has served as a Partner and Portfolio Manager since 2006 and had previously served as a Senior Quantitative Analyst upon joining LSV in 2000.
Mr. Sleight has served as a Partner since 2012 and Portfolio Manager since 2014 and previously served as a Quantitative Analyst upon joining LSV in 2006.
Mr. Guy Lakonishok, CFA, has served as a Partner since 2013 and Portfolio Manager since 2014 and previously served as a Quantitative Analyst upon joining LSV in 2009. He has been in the investment industry since 2002.
T. Rowe Price
T. Rowe Price, 100 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202, serves as a Sub-adviser to the Large Cap Value Fund under a sub-advisory agreement with the Adviser on behalf of the Large Cap Value Fund. T. Rowe Price is registered as an investment adviser with the SEC and was founded in 1937. As of June 30, 2023, T. Rowe Price and its affiliates had assets under management of approximately $1.4 trillion.
Portfolio Manager:
John D. Linehan, CFA, has served as a portfolio manager of the Large Cap Value Fund since May 2020.
Mr. Linehan is a portfolio manager, the chief investment officer of Equity, and a member of the firm’s U.S. Equity Steering and Equity Brokerage and Trading Control Committees. He is a vice president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. From February 2009 to June 2014, Mr. Linehan was head of U.S. Equity and chairman of the U.S. Equity Steering Committee. He joined T. Rowe Price in 1998 as an equity analyst, covering the paper and forest products and airline industries. Prior to joining T. Rowe Price, between 1990 and 1996, he was an executive in the oil trading and consulting industry. Mr. Linehan began his investment career in 1987 in mortgage-backed securities trading. He earned a B.A. in economics from Amherst College and an M.B.A. from Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Wellington Management
Wellington Management, 280 Congress Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210, serves as a Sub-adviser to the Large Cap Value Fund under a sub-advisory agreement with the Adviser on behalf of the Large Cap Value Fund. Wellington Management is a Delaware limited liability partnership with principal offices at 280 Congress Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210. Wellington Management is a professional investment counseling firm which provides investment services to investment companies, employee benefit plans, endowments, foundations, and other institutions. As of June 30, 2023, Wellington Management and its investment advisory affiliates had investment management authority with respect to approximately $1.2 trillion in assets.
 
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Portfolio Manager:
Donald J. Kilbride has been a portfolio manager of the Large Cap Value Fund since its inception. Effective January 1, 2024, Mr. Kilbride will no longer serve as a portfolio manager to the portion of the assets of the Large Cap Value Fund. Peter C. Fisher has been a portfolio manager of the Large Cap Value Fund since April 2021.
Mr. Kilbride is a Senior Managing Director and an Equity Portfolio Manager at Wellington Management. Mr. Kilbride has been in the investment industry since 1987 and has been with Wellington Management since 2002.
Mr. Fisher is a Senior Managing Director and an Equity Portfolio Manager at Wellington Management. Mr. Fisher has been in the investment industry since 1994 and has been with Wellington Management since 2005.
 
Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund
Artisan Partners
Artisan Partners, 875 East Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 800, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202, serves as a Sub-adviser to the Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund under a sub-advisory agreement with the Adviser on behalf of the Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund. Artisan Partners is registered as an investment adviser with the SEC and was founded in March 2009 and succeeded the investment management business of Artisan Partners Holdings LP during 2009. Artisan Partners Holdings LP was founded in December 1994 and began providing investment management services in March 1995. As of June 30, 2023, Artisan Partners had total assets under management of approximately $142.99 billion, of which $142.93 billion are regulatory assets under management and $56 million are assets for which Artisan Partners provides investment models to managed account sponsors (reported on a one-month lag).
Portfolio Managers:
Craigh A. Cepukenas, CFA, James D. Hamel, CFA, Matthew H. Kamm, CFA, and Jason White, CFA, have served as portfolio managers of the Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund since June 2020. Jay C. Warner, CFA has served as portfolio manager of the Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund since January 2022.
Mr. Cepukenas is a Managing Director of Artisan Partners. He joined Artisan Partners in 1995 as an analyst. He became a Portfolio Manager for Artisan Partners in 2004. Mr. Cepukenas holds a B.S. in Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.
Mr. Hamel, CFA, is a Managing Director of Artisan Partners. He joined Artisan Partners in 1997 as an analyst. He became a Portfolio Manager for Artisan Partners in 2006 and an Associate Portfolio Manager in 2001. Mr. Hamel holds a B.S. in Finance from the University of Minnesota – Minneapolis.
Mr. Kamm, CFA, is a Managing Director of Artisan Partners. He joined Artisan Partners in 2003 as an analyst. Prior to becoming a Lead Portfolio Manager for Artisan Partners in 2013, Mr. Kamm had been a Portfolio Manager for Artisan Partners since 2012 and an Associate Portfolio Manager since 2010. Mr. Kamm holds a B.A. in Public Policy from Duke University and an M.B.A. in Finance and Operations Management from New York University.
Mr. White, CFA, is a Managing Director of Artisan Partners. He joined Artisan Partners in 2000 as an analyst. He became a Portfolio Manager for Artisan Partners in 2016 and an Associate Portfolio Manager in 2011. Mr. White holds a B.S. in History from the United States Naval Academy.
Mr. Warner, CFA, is a Managing Director of Artisan Partners. He joined Artisan Partners in 2003 as an analyst. He became a Portfolio Manager for Artisan Partners in 2022 and Associate Portfolio Manager in 2019. Mr. Warner holds a B.B.A. in accounting and an M.S. in finance, investment and banking from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Mr. Warner is a licensed Certified Public Accountant.
 
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Champlain
Champlain, 180 Battery Street, Suite 400, Burlington, Vermont 05401, serves as a Sub-adviser to the Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund under a sub-advisory agreement with the Adviser on behalf of the Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund. Champlain is registered as an investment adviser with the SEC and was founded in 2004. As of June 30, 2023, Champlain had assets under management of approximately $17.2 billion.
Portfolio Managers:
Scott Brayman, CFA, has been a portfolio manager of the Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund since its inception. Corey Bronner, CFA, Joseph Caligiuri, CFA, Joseph Farley, and Robert Hallisey have managed the Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund since October 2017.
Mr. Brayman is the Chief Investment Officer and Managing Partner at Champlain. Mr. Brayman has been in the investment industry since 1985. Before joining Champlain, he was a Senior Vice President at NL Capital Management, Inc. and served as a portfolio manager with Sentinel Advisors, Inc.
Mr. Bronner is a Deputy Chief Investment Officer at Champlain. He joined Champlain in April 2010 and has been in the investment industry since 2008. He leads the consumer and financials sectors on the firm’s investment team. Prior to joining Champlain, Mr. Bronner was an analyst focusing primarily on the financial services industry at Duff & Phelps Corporation. Mr. Bronner was a credit analyst with the commercial lending group at Merchants Bank, a subsidiary of Merchant Bancshares, Inc., before joining Duff & Phelps.
Mr. Caligiuri is a Deputy Chief Investment Officer at Champlain. He joined Champlain in 2008 as an Operations Analyst and moved to the small and mid-capitalization investment team in 2010. He leads the industrials and energy sectors on the firm’s investment team. Prior to joining Champlain, Mr. Caligiuri held internships at Sheaffer & Roland Consulting Engineers as a business operations analyst and Sopher Investment Management as a research assistant. He has been in the investment industry since 2008.
Mr. Farley joined Champlain in August 2014 and has been in the investment industry since 1993. He leads technology sector research on the firm’s investment team. Prior to joining Champlain, Mr. Farley was a founder and portfolio manager of Kelvingrove Partners, LLC, an investment management firm focused on technology, media, and telecommunications. His investment management career began at Private Capital Management, where he was the managing director of investment research and a portfolio manager. Mr. Farley spent over 10 years as a securities analyst on Wall Street and held senior investment research and management roles at Morgan Stanley, Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette, and UBS. He began his career as a market analyst with AT&T.
Mr. Hallisey joined Champlain in August 2016 and has been in the investment industry since 1994. He is an Analyst for the health care sector on the firm’s investment team. Prior to joining Champlain, Mr. Hallisey was a member of Fidelity’s fund manager due diligence team beginning in 2013. Mr. Hallisey’s experience includes coverage of the small and mid-cap health care sector at BlackRock, Sirios Capital, and John Hancock Funds.
Driehaus
Driehaus, 25 East Erie Street, Chicago, IL 60611, serves as a Sub-adviser to the Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund under a sub-advisory agreement with the Adviser on behalf of the Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund. Driehaus is registered as an investment adviser with the SEC and was founded in 1982. As of June 30, 2023, Driehaus had approximately $14.4 billion in assets under management.
Portfolio Managers:
Jeff James, Michael Buck, and Prakash Vijayan, CFA, have served as portfolio managers of the Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund since September 2021.
Mr. James, Lead Portfolio Manager, joined Driehaus in March 1997. He has held portfolio management responsibilities for the investment strategy used to manage the portion of the Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund’s assets allocated to Driehaus since January 2012 and has over 20 years of portfolio management experience at Driehaus. He is also a Portfolio Manager for other Driehaus strategies. Mr. James received his B.S. in finance from Indiana University in 1990 and his M.B.A. from DePaul University in 1995.
 
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Mr. Buck, Portfolio Manager, joined Driehaus in February 2002. He has held portfolio management responsibilities for the investment strategy used to manage the portion of the Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund’s assets allocated to Driehaus since January 2012 and has over 10 years of portfolio management experience at Driehaus. He is also a Portfolio Manager for other Driehaus strategies. Mr. Buck received his B.A. and B.M. in economics and cello performance from Northwestern University in 2000.
Mr. Vijayan, CFA, Assistant Portfolio Manager, joined Driehaus in November 2010. He has held assistant portfolio management responsibilities for the investment strategy used to manage the portion of the Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund’s assets allocated to Driehaus since January 2020. He is also an Assistant Portfolio Manager for other Driehaus strategies. Mr. Vijayan received his Bachelors of Technology degree in mechanical engineering from Indian Institute of Technology in 2003 and a Masters of Science in mechanical engineering from Arizona State University in 2005. Mr. Vijayan is a CFA charterholder.
Eagle
Eagle, 880 Carillon Parkway, St. Petersburg, Florida 33716, serves as a Sub-adviser to the Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund under a sub-advisory agreement with the Adviser on behalf of the Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund. Eagle is registered as an investment adviser with the SEC and was founded in 1984. As of June 30, 2023, Eagle had assets under management of approximately $30.2 billion.
Portfolio Managers:
Matt McGeary, CFA has been a portfolio manager of the Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund since its inception. E.G. Woods, CFA, Jason Wulff, CFA and Matthew Spitznagle, CFA, have been portfolio managers of the Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund since March 2022.
Mr. McGeary has been a Portfolio Manager with Eagle since 2012. He was a Portfolio Manager at Sentinel Investments from 2011 to 2012.
Mr. Woods has been a Portfolio Manager with Eagle since 2020. He was a Portfolio Manager at Taylor, Cottril, Erickson & Associates from 2018-2019 and a Senior Equity Analyst at Sentinel Investments from 2013-2018.
Mr. Wulff has been a Portfolio Manager with Eagle since 2015. He was a Portfolio Manager at Sentinel Investments from 2007-2015.
Mr. Spitznagle has been a Portfolio Manager with Eagle since 2012. He was a Portfolio Manager with Sentinel Investments from 2005-2012.
SIMG
SIMG, 111 Center Street, Suite 2110, Little Rock, Arkansas 72201, serves as a Sub-adviser to the Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund under a sub-advisory agreement with the Adviser on behalf of the Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund. SIMG is registered as an investment adviser with the SEC and was founded in 2005. As of June 30, 2023, SIMG had assets under management of approximately $6.6 billion.
Portfolio Manager:
Ryan Crane has been a portfolio manager of the Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund since August 2015. He is also Chief Investment Officer of SIMG and serves as the Lead Portfolio Manager for several strategies. Before joining SIMG, Mr. Crane had been at AIM Capital Management since 1994, where he was a Senior Portfolio Manager and the team leader for the small/mid-cap growth complex.
 
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Victory Capital
Victory Capital, 15935 La Cantera Parkway, San Antonio, TX 78256, serves as a Sub-adviser to the Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund under a sub-advisory agreement with the Adviser on behalf of the Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund. Victory Capital is registered as an investment adviser with the SEC. As of June 30, 2023, Victory Capital managed and advised assets totaling in excess of $161.6 billion for individual and institutional clients.
Portfolio Managers:
D. Scott Tracy, Stephen J. Bishop, Melissa Chadwick-Dunn, Christopher W. Clark, and Paul Leung have served as portfolio managers of the Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund since September 2021.
Mr. Tracy is the Chief Investment Officer of Victory Capital’s RS Growth team and has been a co-portfolio manager and analyst since 2007, prior to the 2016 acquisition of RS Investment Management Co. LLC (“RSIM”) by Victory Capital. He joined RSIM in 2001. Mr. Tracy is a CFA charterholder.
Mr. Bishop has been a member Victory Capital’s RS Growth team since 1996, prior to Victory Capital’s acquisition of RSIM in 2016. From 1996 to 2007, Mr. Bishop was a research analyst primarily covering the technology sector with RSIM. He became a portfolio manager in 2007.
Ms. Chadwick-Dunn has been a member of Victory Capital’s RS Growth team since 2001, prior to Victory Capital’s acquisition of RSIM in 2016. She became a portfolio manager in 2007.
Mr. Clark has been a portfolio manager of Victory Capital’s RS Growth team since 2014, prior to Victory Capital’s acquisition of RSIM in 2016. From 2007 to 2014, he was an analyst with RSIM. Mr. Clark is a CFA charterholder.
Mr. Leung has been a member of Victory Capital’s RS Growth team since 2012, prior to Victory Capital’s acquisition of RSIM in 2016. He became a portfolio manager in 2018. Mr. Leung is a CFA charterholder.
 
Small/Mid Cap Value Fund
American Century
American Century serves as a Sub-adviser to the Small/Mid Cap Value Fund under a sub-advisory agreement with the Adviser on behalf of the Small/Mid Cap Value Fund. American Century is registered as an investment adviser with the SEC and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of American Century Companies, Inc. (“ACC”), a privately held corporation. The Stowers Institute for Medical Research (“SIMR”) controls ACC by virtue of its beneficial ownership of more than 25% of the voting securities of ACC. American Century and ACC are located at 4500 Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64111, and SIMR is located at 1000 E. 50th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64110. As of June 30, 2023, assets under management were approximately $214.8 billion.
Portfolio Managers:
Jeff John, CFA, and Ryan Cope, CFA, have been portfolio managers of the Small/Mid Cap Value Fund since June 2021.
Jeff John is a Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager at American Century. He joined American Century in 2008 as an Analyst and became a Portfolio Manager in 2012. He has a bachelor of science degree in business from the University of Colorado in Boulder and an MBA in finance and accounting from Vanderbilt University, Owen Graduate School of Management. He is a CFA charterholder.
Ryan Cope is a Portfolio Manager at American Century. He joined American Century in 2009 and became a Portfolio Research Analyst in 2010, an Investment Analyst in 2012, and a Portfolio Manager in April 2020. Mr. Cope has a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Truman State University and an MBA from Kansas State University. He is a CFA charterholder.
 
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Boston Partners
Boston Partners, One Beacon Street, 30th Floor, Boston, MA 02108, serves as a Sub-adviser to the Small/Mid Cap Value Fund under a sub-advisory agreement with the Adviser on behalf of the Small/Mid Cap Value Fund. Boston Partners is an autonomous subsidiary of ORIX Corporation, a financial services holding company based in Japan. Boston Partners is registered as an investment adviser with the SEC and was founded in 1995. As of June 30, 2023, Boston Partners had assets under management of approximately $89.6 billion.
Portfolio Managers:
Steve Pollack, CFA, has been a portfolio manager of the Small/Mid Cap Value Fund since its inception and Timothy Collard has been a portfolio manager of the Small/Mid Cap Value Fund since February 2023.
Mr. Pollack has been a portfolio manager at Boston Partners since 2005. Before joining Boston Partners, he spent 12 years as an equity portfolio manager at Hughes Investments. Mr. Pollack has been in the investment industry since 1990.
Mr. Collard is an assistant portfolio manager for the Boston Partners Mid Cap Value Equity product. He began his investment career in 2004 and joined Boston Partners in 2018 as an equity analyst.
Diamond Hill
Diamond Hill, 325 John H. McConnell Blvd, Suite 200, Columbus, OH 43215, serves as a Sub-adviser to the Small/Mid Cap Value Fund under a sub-advisory agreement with the Adviser on behalf of the Small/Mid Cap Value Fund. Diamond Hill is registered as an investment adviser with the SEC and was founded in 2000. Diamond Hill is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc. As of June 30, 2023, Diamond Hill had assets under management of approximately $26.06 billion.
Portfolio Managers:
Christopher Welch, CFA, and Christopher Bingaman, CFA, have been portfolio managers of the Small/Mid Cap Value Fund since January 2019.
Mr. Welch, CFA, serves as Portfolio Manager for Diamond Hill. Mr. Welch has been with Diamond Hill since 2005.
Mr. Bingaman, CFA, serves as Portfolio Manager for Diamond Hill. Mr. Bingaman has been with Diamond Hill since 2001.
LSV
LSV, 155 North Wacker Drive, Suite 4600, Chicago, IL 60606, serves as a sub-adviser to the Small/Mid Cap Value Fund under a sub-advisory agreement with the Adviser on behalf of the Small/Mid Cap Value Fund. LSV is registered as an investment adviser with the SEC. As of June 30, 2023, LSV had assets under management of approximately $93.5 billion.
Portfolio Managers:
Josef Lakonishok, Menno Vermeulen, CFA, Puneet Mansharamani, CFA, Greg Sleight, and Guy Lakonishok, CFA have served as portfolio managers of the Small/Mid Cap Value Fund since November 2016.
Dr. Josef Lakonishok has served as Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investment Officer, Partner and Portfolio Manager for LSV since its founding in 1994. He has been in the investment industry since 1978.
Mr. Vermeulen, CFA, has served as a Portfolio Manager of LSV since 1995 and a Portfolio Manager and Partner since 1998. He has previously served as a Senior Quantitative Analyst. Mr. Vermeulen has been in the investment industry since 1993.
 
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Mr. Mansharamani, CFA, has served as a Partner and Portfolio Manager since 2006 and had previously served as a Senior Quantitative Analyst upon joining LSV in 2000.
Mr. Sleight has served as a Partner since 2012 and Portfolio Manager since 2014 and previously served as a Quantitative Analyst upon joining LSV in 2006.
Mr. Guy Lakonishok, CFA, has served as a Partner since 2013 and Portfolio Manager since 2014 and previously served as a Quantitative Analyst upon joining LSV in 2009. He has been in the investment industry since 2002.
MFS
MFS, 111 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts, 02199, serves as a Sub-adviser to the Small/Mid Cap Value Fund under a sub-advisory agreement with the Adviser on behalf of the Small/Mid Cap Value Fund. MFS is registered as an investment adviser with the SEC. MFS and its predecessor organizations have a history of money management dating back to 1924. MFS is a majority-owned subsidiary of Sun Life of Canada (U.S.) Financial Services Holdings, Inc., which in turn is an indirect majority-owned subsidiary of Sun Life Financial Inc., a diversified financial services company. As of June 30, 2023, MFS had assets under management of approximately $589 billion.
Portfolio Managers:
Kevin Schmitz, has been a portfolio manager of the Small/Mid Cap Value Fund since January 2019 and Richard Offen has been a portfolio manager of the Small/Mid Cap Value Fund since December 2019. Effective December 31, 2023, Mr. Schmitz will no longer serve as a portfolio manager to the portion of the assets of the Small/Mid Cap Value Fund managed by MFS.
Mr. Schmitz serves as Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager of MFS and has been employed in the investment area of MFS since 2002.
Mr. Offen serves as Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager of MFS and has been employed in the investment area of MFS since 2011.
Silvercrest
Silvercrest, 1330 Avenue of the Americas, 38th Floor, New York, New York 10019, serves as a Sub-adviser to the Small/Mid Cap Value Fund under a sub-advisory agreement with the Adviser on behalf of the Small/Mid Cap Value Fund. Silvercrest is registered as an investment adviser with the SEC and was founded in 2002. As of June 30, 2023, Silvercrest had assets under management of approximately $31.9 billion.
Portfolio Manager:
Roger W. Vogel, CFA has been a portfolio manager of the Small/Mid Cap Value Fund since its inception. He is a Managing Director and lead portfolio manager at Silvercrest. Prior to joining Silvercrest, Mr. Vogel was Managing Director at Credit Suisse Asset Management, where he co-managed both small cap and large cap portfolios.
Vaughan Nelson
Vaughan Nelson, 600 Travis Street, Suite 3800, Houston, Texas 77002, serves as a Sub-adviser to the Small/Mid Cap Value Fund under a sub-advisory agreement with the Adviser on behalf of the Small/Mid Cap Value Fund. Vaughan Nelson is registered as an investment adviser with the SEC and was founded in 1970. As of June 30, 2023, Vaughan Nelson had assets under management of approximately $15.2 billion.
Portfolio Managers:
Dennis G. Alff, CFA, Chad D. Fargason, Ph.D., and Chris D. Wallis, CFA, have been portfolio managers of the Small/Mid Cap Value Fund since its inception.
 
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Mr. Alff has been a Senior Portfolio Manager at Vaughan Nelson since 2006. He has been in the investment industry since 1997. Mr. Alff has also served as Vice President, Credit Arbitrage and Asset Investments at Koch Capital Markets and Project Leader at The Boston Consulting Group.
Dr. Fargason has been a Senior Portfolio Manager at Vaughan Nelson since 2013. Before joining Vaughan Nelson, he was a Director at KKR&Co. from 2003 to 2013. He has been in the investment industry since 2000. Dr. Fargason also served as a Senior Vice President at El Paso Corp. and Project Leader at The Boston Consulting Group.
Mr. Wallis has been Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer at Vaughan Nelson since 1999. He has been in the investment industry since 1992. Prior to joining Vaughan Nelson, he was an Associate at Simmons & Company International and a Manager at Coopers & Lybrand, LLP.
 
International Equity Fund
Baillie Gifford Overseas
Baillie Gifford Overseas, Calton Square, 1 Greenside Row, Edinburgh, Scotland serves as a Sub-adviser to the International Equity Fund under a sub-advisory agreement with the Adviser on behalf of the International Equity Fund. Baillie Gifford Overseas is registered as an investment adviser with the SEC. Baillie Gifford Overseas is a wholly owned subsidiary of Baillie Gifford & Co., which was founded in 1908. As of June 30, 2023, Baillie Gifford & Co. had assets under management of approximately $293 billion.
Portfolio Managers:
Iain Campbell and Joe Faraday have been portfolio managers of the International Equity Fund since its inception. Sophie Earnshaw has been a portfolio manager of the International Equity Fund since September 2018. Milena Mileva has been a portfolio manager of the International Equity Fund since May 2022. Stephen Paice has been a portfolio manager of the International Equity Fund since July 2022.
Mr. Faraday is an Investment Manager at Baillie Gifford Overseas and has been with Baillie Gifford Overseas since 2002. He is a member of the International Focus Portfolio Construction Group.
Mr. Campbell is an Investment Manager at Baillie Gifford Overseas and has been with Baillie Gifford Overseas since 2004. He is a Partner and also a member of the International All Cap Portfolio Construction Group.
Ms. Earnshaw is an Investment Manager at Baillie Gifford Overseas and has been with Baillie Gifford Overseas since 2010. She is also a member of the International All Cap Portfolio Construction Group.
Ms. Mileva is an Investment Manager at Baillie Gifford Overseas and has been with Baillie Gifford Overseas since 2009. She is a Partner and also a member of the International All Cap Portfolio Construction Group.
Mr. Paice is an Investment Manager at Baillie Gifford Overseas and has been with Baillie Gifford Overseas since 2005. He is a member of the International All Cap Portfolio Construction Group.
Marathon-London
Marathon Asset Management Limited (“Marathon-London”), Orion House, 5 Upper St Martin’s Lane, London, United Kingdom, WC2H 9EA serves as a Sub-adviser to the International Equity Fund under a sub-advisory agreement with the Adviser on behalf of the International Equity Fund. Marathon-London is predominantly owned by its founders, with the remaining equity shared between a number of key employees. Marathon-London was founded in London in 1986 and is registered as an investment adviser with the SEC. As of June 30, 2023, Marathon-London had assets under management of approximately $39.9 billion.
 
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Portfolio Managers:
Neil M. Ostrer, William J. Arah, Charles Carter, Nick Longhurst and Simon Somerville have served as portfolio managers of the International Equity Fund since June 2021.
Mr. Ostrer co-founded Marathon-London in 1986 and is a Portfolio Manager focusing on investments in Europe. Prior to Marathon-London, he worked at Carnegie International as a Director of International Sales. Mr. Ostrer began his investment career at G.T. Management, where he began managing the G.T. European Unit Trust before he was appointed Director, G.T. Management UK. Mr. Ostrer began his investment career in 1981.
Mr. Carter joined Marathon-London in 1998 and is Managing Director and a Portfolio Manager focusing on investments in Europe. Previously, he worked for Olivetti S.p.A. as part of an internal merger and acquisition team involved in restructuring the firm’s business. Prior to that he worked for Lazard Brothers in Investment Banking. Mr. Carter began his investment career 1989.
Mr. Longhurst joined Marathon-London in 2003 and is a Portfolio Manager focusing on investments in Europe. Previously, he worked for American Express Asset Management as Senior Pan-European Investment Analyst. Prior to that he worked for Schroder Investment Management as Senior Pan-European Analyst managing the Schroder International Eurotech Fund. Mr. Longhurst began his investment career in 1994.
Mr. Arah co-founded Marathon-London in 1986 and is a Portfolio Manager focusing on investments in Japan. He has managed assets at Marathon-London since 1987. Previously, he was employed at Rowe and Pitman and at Goldman Sachs based in Tokyo. Mr. Arah began his investment career in 1982.
Mr. Somerville joined Marathon-London in 2016 and is a Portfolio Manager focusing on investment in Japan. Previously, he worked for Jupiter Asset Management as strategy head, Head of Pan-Asian Equities and Co-Head of Asian Equities. Prior to that he worked for Cazenove Fund Management as Head of Global and Japan Equities. Mr. Somerville began his investment career in 1990.
Mondrian
Mondrian, Sixty London Wall, Floor 10, London, United Kingdom EC2M 5TQ serves as a Sub-adviser to the International Equity Fund under a sub-advisory agreement with the Adviser on behalf of the International Equity Fund. Mondrian has managed assets since the firm’s founding in 1990. As of June 30, 2023, Mondrian had total assets under management and advisement of approximately $49.8 billion, of which $45.6 billion represents regulatory assets under management and $4.2 billion represents non-regulatory model assets under advisement.
Portfolio Managers:
Elizabeth Desmond, Nigel Bliss, and Alex Simcox have been portfolio managers of the International Equity Fund since its inception. Steven Dutaut has been a portfolio manager of the International Equity Fund since April 2016.
Ms. Desmond is Deputy CEO, Chief Investment Officer of International Equities, and member of the International Equity Strategy Committee at Mondrian. Prior to joining Mondrian in 1991, she was a Pacific Basin equity analyst and senior portfolio manager at Hill Samuel Investment Advisers Ltd. Ms. Desmond began her investment career as a Pacific Basin investment manager at Shearson Lehman Global Asset Management. Ms. Desmond is a CFA Charterholder, and a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society of the UK.
Mr. Bliss is a Senior Portfolio Manager and member of the International Equity Strategy Committee at Mondrian and has been with the firm since 1995. Prior to joining Mondrian, Mr. Bliss began his career at Cazenove & Co.
Mr. Simcox is Head of ESG Investment and a Senior Portfolio Manager at Mondrian and is a member of the firm’s International Equity Strategy Committee at Mondrian. Prior to joining Mondrian in 2007, Mr. Simcox worked at Ernst and Young LLP for four years, where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant. Mr. Simcox is a CFA Charterholder, and a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society of the UK.
 
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Mr. Dutaut is Head of Research – Europe and Asia and a Senior Portfolio Manager and member of the International Equity Strategy Committee at Mondrian and has been with the firm since 2007. Prior to joining Mondrian, Mr. Dutaut was an investment analyst for Baillie Gifford Overseas and began his career in Bank of America’s investment banking division. Mr. Dutaut is a CFA Charterholder, and a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society of the UK.
Pzena
Pzena, 320 Park Avenue, 8th Floor, New York, New York 10022, serves as a Sub-adviser to the International Equity Fund under a sub-advisory agreement with the Adviser on behalf of the International Equity Fund. Pzena is registered as an investment adviser with the SEC. As of June 30, 2023, Pzena had approximately $56 billion in assets under management.
Portfolio Managers:
Caroline Cai, Allison Fisch, and John Goetz have been portfolio managers of the International Equity Fund since November 2016. Rakesh Bordia has been a portfolio manager of the International Equity Fund since January 2023.
Ms. Cai joined Pzena in 2004 and currently serves as a Managing Principal, Chief Executive Officer and Portfolio Manager for Pzena. Ms. Cai holds a B.A., summa cum laude, in Mathematics and Economics from Bryn Mawr College and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.
Ms. Fisch joined Pzena in 2001 and currently serves as a Managing Principal, President and Portfolio Manager for Pzena. Ms. Fisch holds a B.A., summa cum laude, in Psychology and a minor in Drama from Dartmouth College.
Mr. Goetz joined Pzena in 1996 and currently serves as Co-Chief Investment Officer, Managing Principal and Portfolio Manager for Pzena. Mr. Goetz holds a B.A., summa cum laude, in Mathematics and Economics from Wheaton College and an M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
Mr. Bordia joined Pzena in 2007 and currently serves as a Principal and Portfolio Manager for Pzena. Mr. Bordia holds a B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India and an M.B.A. from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India.
WCM
WCM, 281 Brooks Street, Laguna Beach, California 92651, serves as a Sub-adviser to the International Equity Fund under an investment sub-advisory agreement with the Adviser on behalf of the International Equity Fund. WCM is registered as an investment adviser with the SEC and was formed in California in 1976. As of June 30, 2023, WCM had assets under management of approximately $80.4 billion.
Portfolio Managers:
Paul R. Black and Michael B. Trigg, have been portfolio managers of the International Equity Fund since its inception. Sanjay Ayer has been a portfolio manager of the International Equity Fund since June 2020. Jon Tringale has been a portfolio manager of the International Equity Fund since May 2022.
Mr. Black is the CEO and a Portfolio Manager at WCM. Prior to joining WCM in 1989, he served as a portfolio manager with Wells Fargo Private Banking Group and Bank of America.
Mr. Trigg is the President and a Portfolio Manager at WCM. Before joining WCM in 2005, he was an equity analyst at Morningstar, Inc.
Mr. Ayer is a Portfolio Manager and Business Analyst at WCM, where his primary responsibilities are portfolio management and equity research. Before joining WCM in 2007, he was an equity analyst at Morningstar, Inc.
Mr. Tringale is a Portfolio Manager at WCM, where his primary responsibilities are portfolio management and equity research. Before joining WCM in 2015, he was an analyst as a vice president at Gerson Lehrman Group and on the trading floor at Wedbush Securities.
 
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Large Cap Growth Fund, Large Cap Value Fund, Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund, Small/Mid Cap Value Fund and International Equity Fund
BlackRock
BlackRock, 1 University Square Drive, Princeton, New Jersey 08540, serves as a Sub-adviser to the Large Cap Growth Fund, Large Cap Value Fund, Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund, Small/Mid Cap Value Fund, and International Equity Fund under a sub-advisory agreement with the Adviser on behalf of each of the Large Cap Growth Fund, Large Cap Value Fund, Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund, Small/Mid Cap Value Fund, and International Equity Fund. BlackRock is registered as an investment adviser with the SEC and was founded in 1988. As of June 30, 2023, BlackRock had assets under management of approximately $9.1 trillion.
Portfolio Managers:
Jennifer Hsui, CFA, has been a portfolio manager of the Funds since October 2019. Peter Sietsema and Paul Whitehead have been portfolio managers of the Funds since January 2022.
Jennifer Hsui, CFA, Managing Director, is Chief Investment Officer of Global Portfolio Engineering within BlackRock’s EII team. She is responsible for overseeing the management of investment strategies for institutional index and ETF clients. Ms. Hsui’s service with the firm dates back to 2006, including her years with BGI. Prior to her current role, Ms. Hsui was a senior portfolio manager and led the Emerging Markets Portfolio Engineering teams in the Americas within EII. At BGI, she led the team responsible for the domestic institutional equity index funds. Prior to joining BGI, she worked as an equity research analyst covering the medical devices industry at RBC Capital Markets. Ms. Hsui earned a BS degree in economics and biology from the University of California, Berkeley.
Peter Sietsema, Director, is a member of BlackRock’s Index Equity Portfolio Management Group. He is responsible for BlackRock’s sub-advised vehicles. Mr. Sietsema was previously responsible for the management of a broad range of U.S. equity portfolios. Mr. Sietsema’s service with the firm dates back to 2007, including his years with BGI. At BGI, he was a portfolio manager within the US Index Portfolio Management group in San Francisco. Mr. Sietsema began his career as Senior Manager of Alternative Investments at State Street. Mr. Sietsema earned a BS degree in business administration from California State University, Sacramento, in 2000.
Paul Whitehead, Managing Director, is Co-Head of BlackRock’s Index Equity Portfolio Management Group and Co-Head of EII. He is responsible for overseeing the management of institutional index and ETF clients. Mr. Whitehead was previously the Global Head of Equity Trading and the Global Head of Transition Management within BlackRock’s Global Trading Group. Mr. Whitehead represents BlackRock on the board of Luminex, a buy-side owned alternative trading system launched in 2015. Mr. Whitehead’s service with the firm dates back to 1996, including his years with BGI. Prior to assuming his current role, Mr. Whitehead was Head of Americas Equity Trading. Previously, he managed the trading team responsible for all institutional index funds, ETFs, and transition management mandates. Mr. Whitehead earned a BS degree in economics at the University of Colorado in 1993.
SHAREHOLDER INFORMATION
Pricing of Fund Shares
Each Fund sells its shares at NAV. NAV is determined by dividing the value of the Fund’s securities, cash and other assets, minus all liabilities, by the number of shares outstanding (assets – liabilities / number of shares = NAV). NAV takes into account the expenses and fees of the Fund, including management, administration and other fees, which are accrued daily. Each Fund’s share price is calculated as of the close of regular trading (generally, 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time) on each day that the NYSE is open for business.
 
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The value of the portfolio securities held by each Fund are determined pursuant to the Adviser’s valuation policy and procedures. The Adviser has been designated by the Board as the valuation designee for the Funds pursuant to Rule 2a‑5 under the 1940 Act.
When valuing portfolio securities, each Fund values securities listed on a securities exchange, market or automated quotation system for which quotations are readily available (as defined by Rule 2a-5) at market value, which is generally determined, other than for securities traded on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (“NASDAQ”), at the last quoted sale price on the primary exchange or market (foreign or domestic) on which the securities are traded. Each Fund values securities traded on NASDAQ at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price. A security’s valuation is considered a readily available market quotation only when that quotation is an unadjusted quoted price in an active market for an identical investment that a Fund may access on the measurement date. A quotation is not considered readily available if it is not reliable as determined by the Adviser. If a quotation is deemed to be unreliable or is not a quoted price in an active market, the fair value of the security shall be determined by the Adviser as set forth in the Adviser’s valuation policy and procedures, as discussed below under “Fair Value Pricing.”
If a Fund invests in securities that are primarily listed on foreign exchanges that trade on weekends or other days when the Fund does not price its shares, the NAV of the Fund’s shares may change on days when shareholders will not be able to purchase or redeem Fund shares.
Fair Value Pricing
If readily available market quotations are unavailable or deemed unreliable for a Fund’s investments, such as in the case of a security value that has been materially affected by events occurring after the close of a securities market on which the security principally trades but before a Fund calculates its NAV, such investments will be valued at fair value. The Board has designated the Adviser as the valuation designee of the Funds to make all fair value determinations with respect to the Fund’s portfolio investments, subject to the Board’s oversight. The Adviser has adopted, and the Board has approved, policies and procedures that allow for the use of fair value pricing in appropriate circumstances, and it has established a Valuation Committee to assist the Adviser in making fair value determinations.
Generally, the fair value of a portfolio security or other asset shall be the amount that the owner of the security or asset might reasonably expect to receive upon its sale under current market conditions. Attempts to determine the fair value of securities introduce an element of subjectivity to the pricing of securities. This fair value may be higher or lower than any available market price or quotation for such security and, because this process necessarily depends upon judgment, this value also may vary from valuations determined by other funds using their own valuation procedures. While the Funds’ use of fair value pricing is intended to result in calculation of an NAV that fairly reflects security values as of the time of pricing, the Adviser cannot guarantee that any fair value price will, in fact, approximate the amount a Fund would realize upon the sale of the securities in question. If a reliable market quotation becomes available for a security formerly valued through fair valuation techniques, the Adviser would compare the new market quotation to the fair value price to evaluate the effectiveness of its fair valuation procedures. If any significant discrepancies are found, the Adviser may adjust its fair valuation procedures.
When valuing fixed income securities, the Adviser may use the value of the security provided by pricing services. The values provided by a pricing service may be based upon market quotations for the same security, securities expected to trade in a similar manner or a pricing matrix. For certain fixed income securities with remaining maturities of 60 days or less, the Adviser may use the security’s amortized cost under certain circumstances. Amortized cost and the use of a pricing matrix in valuing fixed income securities are forms of fair value pricing.
For foreign securities traded on foreign exchanges, the Adviser has selected ICE Data Services (“ICE”) to provide pricing and fair value adjustment data with respect to foreign security holdings held by the Funds. The use of this third-party pricing service is designed to capture events occurring after a foreign exchange closes that may affect the value of certain holdings of Fund securities traded on those foreign exchanges. In providing pricing data, ICE provides the Funds a confidence level for each security for which it provides a price. The confidence level is a measure of the historical relationship that each foreign exchange-traded security has to movements in various indices and the price of the security’s corresponding ADR, if one exists. The Adviser uses the ICE provided confidence level in determining whether to use the ICE provided prices. If the ICE provided confidence level is at or above a certain threshold, as
 
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determined by the Adviser’s valuation committee from time to time, the Adviser will value the particular security at that price. If the ICE provided confidence level falls below the threshold, the particular security will be valued at the preceding closing price on its respective foreign exchange, or if there were no transactions on such day, at the mean between the bid and asked prices.
How to Buy Shares
Fund shares are currently available to:
 
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investors participating in Advisory Solutions, an investment advisory program sponsored by Edward Jones, who purchase shares of a Fund through their Advisory Solutions account;
 
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investors participating in Guided Solutions or FAMS, each an investment advisory program sponsored by Edward Jones, who purchase shares of a Fund through their Guided Solutions or FAMS account; provided that, solely with respect to the Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund and Small/Mid Cap Value Fund, Fund shares currently are only available to the following investors:
 
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investors participating in Guided Solutions or FAMS whose Fund shares were transferred into their Guided Solutions or FAMS account, as applicable, directly from an Advisory Solutions account (which, following such transfer, shall be referred to herein as an “Eligible Guided Solutions Account” or “Eligible FAMS Account”, as applicable);
 
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investors participating in Guided Solutions whose Fund shares were transferred directly from an Eligible FAMS Account to their Guided Solutions account; or
 
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investors participating in FAMS whose Fund shares were transferred directly from an Eligible Guided Solutions Account to their FAMS account; and
 
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current and former Trustees of the Trust.
Edward Jones, in its sole discretion, may make exceptions regarding the eligibility requirements of the Funds with respect to Guided Solutions and FAMS investors based on the particular facts and circumstances of an investor’s situation.
Orders by investors participating in an eligible Advisory Program to purchase shares must be placed directly with Edward Jones, which is registered with the SEC as a broker-dealer and investment adviser, or your local Edward Jones financial advisor. Current and former Trustees of the Trust may purchase shares directly. Payment for shares must be received by the transfer agent within three business days after the order is placed in good order. Each Fund reserves the right to reject purchase orders or to stop offering shares without notice. There are no minimum initial or subsequent investment amount requirements for the Funds. The Funds do not issue share certificates. If you discontinue your participation in an Advisory Program or for any other reason are no longer an eligible shareholder, your shares in any of the Funds may be subject to compulsory redemption by such Funds (or their agents).
Shares of the Funds have not been registered for sale outside of the United States. The Funds generally do not sell shares to investors residing outside of the United States, even if they are United States citizens or lawful permanent residents, except to investors with United States military APO or FPO addresses.
Purchases In-Kind
In limited circumstances, Advisory Solutions’ investors may acquire shares of a Fund with in-kind redemption proceeds they receive from a mutual fund that is not sponsored by Edward Jones (a “third party fund”). The Funds’ Board has adopted procedures that require the relevant Fund and the Adviser to meet certain conditions prior to the Fund’s acceptance of a contribution of securities in exchange for shares of the Fund. These procedures require, among other things, that (a) the Adviser, in consultation with the relevant Fund’s Sub-advisers, determines that the securities to be contributed to the Fund are appropriate for investment by the Fund in light of its investment objective, strategies and policies; (b) the valuation procedures utilized by the Funds will be used when determining the value of the securities to be contributed to the Fund; and (c) the Adviser and the Board reasonably determine that the particular contribution in-kind transaction, when considered as a whole, is expected to be in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders.
 
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Although the contributed securities will be appropriate for investment by a Fund in light of its investment objective, strategies and policies, the Adviser, in consultation with the Sub-advisers, may nonetheless determine that it is consistent with the best interests of the Fund to liquidate a portion of the contributed securities. In the event of such determination, the Adviser, in its discretion and in consultation with the Sub-advisers, will determine which of the contributed securities will be liquidated and will allocate the resulting cash proceeds to one or more of the Fund’s Sub-advisers. The Fund will pay both the explicit transaction costs and any implicit transaction costs, including market impact and any markup built into the price of fixed income securities and other instruments, incurred in the sale of the contributed securities. The Adviser will seek to minimize the transaction costs, including market impact, to the Fund, generally by engaging one or more third-party transition management service providers that specialize in executing portfolio transactions on a large scale. However, the Adviser’s use of a transition manager does not guarantee that the Fund will experience better executions or reduced costs associated with the liquidation of the Fund’s securities.
A contribution of in-kind securities to purchase shares of a Fund will be permitted only if the Adviser reasonably determines that the overall benefits to the relevant Fund and its shareholders of the in-kind transaction, when considered as a whole, are expected to materially outweigh the costs of liquidating the securities. In making such determination, the Adviser will review and document the specific facts and circumstances of the particular in-kind transaction taking into account all relevant factors, including, but not limited to: (a) the transaction costs, including market impact, expected to be incurred by the Fund in liquidating a portion of the contributed securities, versus the transaction costs, including market impact, expected to be saved by the Fund in connection with receiving and retaining contributed securities; (b) the benefit the Fund is expected to receive, if any, by allowing the Fund to acquire certain contributed securities that the Fund may not otherwise be able to obtain with cash due to the fact that such securities may not be available, or are of limited supply, in the open market; and (c) the benefit the Fund’s shareholders are expected to receive, if any, as a result of the increase in the Fund’s assets that is associated with the transaction (e.g., a reduction in the Fund’s total annual operating expenses).
The valuation procedures utilized by the Funds may differ from the valuation procedures utilized by the third party fund. In such instances, Advisory Solutions’ investors who acquire Fund shares with in-kind redemption proceeds may receive fewer or more shares of the relevant Fund than they would have received if the Fund used the same valuation procedures as the applicable third party fund.
USA PATRIOT Act. The USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 requires financial institutions, including the Funds, the Adviser, and Edward Jones to adopt certain policies and programs to prevent money laundering activities, including procedures to verify the identity of customers opening new accounts. When setting up an Advisory Program account, you will be required to supply Edward Jones with your full name, date of birth, social security number and permanent street address. Mailing addresses containing only a P.O. Box will not be accepted. Until such verification is made, Edward Jones may temporarily limit any security purchases, including in the Funds. In addition, Edward Jones may close an account if it is unable to verify a shareholder’s identity. As required by law, Edward Jones may employ various procedures, such as comparing the information to fraud databases or requesting additional information or documentation from you, to ensure that the information supplied by you is correct. Corporate, trust and other entity accounts require further documentation.
If Edward Jones does not have a reasonable belief of the identity of an account holder, the account will be rejected or the account holder will not be allowed to perform a transaction in the account until such information is received. The Funds also reserve the right to close the account within five business days if clarifying information/ documentation is not received. Accounts may only be opened by persons with a valid social security number or tax identification number and permanent U.S. street address. Any exceptions are reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
How to Sell Shares
Orders to sell or redeem shares must be placed directly with Edward Jones or your local Edward Jones financial advisor. All redemption requests accepted by the transfer agent before 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on any business day the NYSE is open will be executed at that day’s share price. Orders accepted after 4:00 p.m. or on a day the NYSE is closed will be executed at the next day’s price. If the NYSE closes early, the Funds may accelerate transaction deadlines accordingly. All redemption orders must be in good form, which may require a signature guarantee (available from most banks, dealers, brokers, credit unions and federal savings and loan associations, but not from a notary public) to assure the safety of your account. If you discontinue your participation in an Advisory Program or for
 
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any other reason are no longer an eligible shareholder, your shares in any of the Funds may be subject to compulsory redemption by such Funds (or their agents). A Fund has the right to suspend redemptions of shares and to postpone the transmission of redemption proceeds to a shareholder for up to seven days, as permitted by law. Redemption proceeds held in an investor’s brokerage account generally will not earn any income, and Edward Jones may benefit from the use of temporarily uninvested funds.
ACCOUNT AND TRANSACTION POLICIES
Payment of Redemption Proceeds. Proceeds will generally be sent no later than seven calendar days after a Fund receives your redemption request. The Funds typically expect to pay sale proceeds to redeeming shareholders within 1 to 3 business days following receipt of a redemption order. A Fund may suspend your right to redeem your shares for (1) any period (a) during which the NYSE is closed other than customary weekend and holiday closings or (b) during which trading on the NYSE is restricted; (2) any period during which the SEC determines that an emergency exists as a result of which (a) disposal by a Fund of securities owned by it is not reasonably practicable or (b) it is not reasonably practicable for a Fund to determine the value of its net assets; or (3) such other periods as the SEC may by order permit. More information about redeeming shares and the circumstances under which redemptions may be suspended is in the SAI.
Your redemption proceeds will be deposited in your Advisory Program account unless you instruct otherwise. A Fund will not be responsible for interest lost on redemption amounts due to lost or misdirected mail. If the proceeds of redemption are requested to be sent to an address other than the address of record, or if the address of record has been changed within 15 days of the redemption request, the request must be in writing with your signature guaranteed.
The Funds generally pay sale (redemption) proceeds in cash. The Funds expect to meet redemption requests by using holdings of cash or cash equivalents and/or proceeds from the sale of portfolio holdings. Under unusual conditions, such as upon a particularly large redemption request in highly stressed market conditions, a Fund may utilize any overdraft protection afforded by its custodian or rely upon an interfund loan to meet redemption requests. In a highly unusual situation that would make the payment of cash unwise, a Fund might pay all or part of your redemption proceeds in securities with a market value equal to the redemption price (redemption in kind) in order to protect the Fund’s remaining shareholders. It is unlikely that your shares would ever be redeemed in kind, but if they were, you would have to pay transaction costs to sell the securities distributed to you, as well as taxes on any capital gains from the sale as with any redemption. In addition, you would continue to be subject to the risks of any market fluctuation in the value of the securities you receive in kind until they are sold. Under unusual conditions, a redemption in kind may include illiquid securities. Investors may not be able to sell such securities and may be required to hold such securities indefinitely.
Electronic Delivery. It is the Funds’ policy to deliver documents electronically whenever possible. You may choose to receive Fund documents electronically rather than hard copy by signing up for e-delivery for your Advisory Program account with Edward Jones at www.edwardjones.com/edelivery.
Unclaimed Property. Each state has unclaimed property rules that generally provide for escheatment (or transfer) to the state of unclaimed property, including mutual fund shares, under various circumstances. Such circumstances include inactivity (i.e., no owner-initiated contact for a certain period), returned mail (i.e., when mail sent to a shareholder is returned by the post office, or “RPO,” as undeliverable), or a combination of both inactivity and returned mail. More information on unclaimed property and how to maintain an active account is available through your state. If you are a resident of certain states, you may designate a representative to receive notice of the potential escheatment of your property. The designated representative would not have any rights to your shares.
Payments to Edward Jones. Every Advisory Program account pays asset-based fees to Edward Jones for investment advisory services which varies based on the amount of money in the Advisory Program account. Please refer to your updated Advisory Program Brochure for more information about payments to Edward Jones for investment advisory services related to your Advisory Program account. These fees and payments are not reflected in the fees and expenses described elsewhere in this Prospectus.
 
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TOOLS TO COMBAT FREQUENT TRANSACTIONS
Frequent purchases and redemptions of Fund shares may interfere with the efficient management of a Fund’s portfolio by its portfolio managers, increase portfolio transaction costs, and have a negative effect on a Fund’s long-term shareholders. For example, in order to handle large flows of cash into and out of a Fund, the portfolio managers may need to allocate more assets to cash or other short-term investments or sell securities, rather than maintaining full investment in securities selected to achieve a Fund’s investment objective. Frequent trading may cause a Fund to sell securities at less favorable prices. Transaction costs, such as brokerage commissions and market spreads, can detract from a Fund’s performance. In addition, the return received by long-term shareholders may be reduced when trades by other shareholders are made in an effort to take advantage of certain pricing discrepancies, when, for example, it is believed that a Fund’s share price, which is determined at the close of the NYSE on each trading day, does not accurately reflect the value of a Fund’s portfolio securities.
Because of the potential harm to a Fund and its long-term shareholders, the Board has approved policies and procedures that are intended to discourage and prevent excessive trading and market timing abuses through the use of various surveillance and other techniques. Under these policies and procedures, a Fund may place restrictions on additional purchases of Fund shares by shareholders whom the Adviser reasonably believes to be engaged in these excessive trading activities. The Funds define “excessive trading” as a purchase into a Fund followed or preceded by a redemption out of the same Fund within a rolling 30-day period (a “round trip”), where each side of the round trip is in an amount the Adviser reasonably believes would be harmful or disruptive to the Fund.
Certain transactions are excluded when determining whether trading activity is excessive, including (i) systematic withdrawal and/or contribution programs; (ii) scheduled rebalancing model trading; (iii) tax-efficient management (e.g., tax loss harvesting); and (iv) liquidations of Fund shares due to the termination of an Advisory Program.
If a shareholder is identified as having engaged in excessive trading, the shareholder will be sent a warning that another sale of the same Fund within 30 days of the beginning of the prior round trip will result in a six-month suspension of the shareholder’s ability to initiate Fund purchases and redemptions (including purchases and redemptions via transfers or reallocations) through the Internet, facsimile, telephone calls to their financial adviser or branch, or other electronic trading medium that the Trust, Fund, Edward Jones and/or the Adviser may make available from time to time (collectively referred to herein as “Expedited Trading Privileges”). If a shareholder is identified as having engaged in a second instance of excessive trading following this warning, the shareholder’s Expedited Trading Privileges will then be suspended for a period of six months. During this time period any purchases or redemptions by the shareholder of Fund shares (including Funds that were not involved in the prior round trips) can be initiated by the shareholder only by providing written instructions to Edward Jones via regular U.S. mail. The Funds reserve the right to send additional warnings to a shareholder before imposing the trading or other restrictions set forth herein if the Funds believe such additional warnings are appropriate based on the facts and circumstances surrounding the trading activity.
If, following the six-month suspension period, no additional round trips have been identified, the shareholder’s Expedited Trading Privileges may again be restored. However, any additional instances of excessive trading by such shareholder will result in the indefinite suspension of the shareholder’s Expedited Trading Privileges. Excessive trading during the six-month suspension period described above will also result in an indefinite suspension of the shareholder’s Expedited Trading Privileges.
In addition to the suspension of a shareholder’s Expedited Trading Privileges as described above, the Funds reserve the right to reject, limit or cancel as permitted by law, any purchase of Fund shares with or without prior notice to the account holder, including, in particular, if a Fund reasonably believes that the trading activity would be disruptive to the Fund, regardless of whether the trading activity falls within the definition of “excessive trading” set forth above. The Funds, at any time, may also impose constraints or conditions that are more restrictive on excessive trading than those described herein. Although the Funds’ policies and procedures are designed to deter excessive trading, none of the above measures alone nor all of them taken together eliminate the possibility that excessive trading will occur.
The policies and procedures apply to any account, whether an individual account or accounts with financial intermediaries, such as investment advisers, introducing brokers and retirement plan administrators, commonly called omnibus accounts, where the intermediary holds Fund shares for a number of its customers in one account. The Funds and their service providers will use reasonable efforts to work with financial intermediaries to identify excessive short-
 
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term trading in omnibus accounts that may be detrimental to a Fund. However, there can be no assurance that the monitoring of omnibus account level trading will enable a Fund to identify or prevent all such trading by a financial intermediary’s customers. The Funds may consider trading effected through multiple accounts that are under common ownership, control, or influence to be trading out of a single account for purposes of evaluating potential excessive trading.
DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS
Each Fund will make distributions of dividends and capital gains, if any, at least annually. A Fund may make an additional payment of dividends or other distributions if it deems it to be desirable or necessary at other times during any year.
All distributions will be reinvested in shares of the relevant Fund. Generally, distributions are taxable events for shareholders whether the distributions are received in cash or reinvested.
TAX CONSEQUENCES
You should always consult your tax advisor for specific guidance regarding the federal, state and local tax effects of your investment in the Funds. The following is a summary of certain U.S. federal income tax consequences of investing in the Funds. This summary does not apply to shares held in an individual retirement account or other tax-qualified plans, which are generally not subject to current tax. Transactions relating to shares held in such accounts may, however, be taxable at some time in the future. This summary is based on current tax laws, which may change.
You are urged to consult your own tax advisor regarding your investment in the Funds.
Each Fund has elected or will elect and intends to continue to qualify each year to be taxed as a regulated investment company (a “RIC”) under Subchapter M of the Code. As a RIC, each Fund is generally not subject to U.S. federal income tax if it timely distributes its income as required by the tax law and satisfies certain other requirements that are described in the SAI.
Each Fund generally intends to operate in a manner such that it will not be liable for federal income or excise taxes.
The Funds intend to distribute substantially all of their net investment income and net realized capital gains, if any. The Municipal Bond Fund and Municipal High-Income Bond Fund each intends to make distributions, the majority of which are expected to be exempt from federal income taxes by satisfying the requirement that at the close of each quarter of its taxable year at least 50% of the value of its total assets consist of obligations, the interest on which is exempt from regular federal income tax. As long as this and certain other requirements are met, dividends derived from the Municipal Bond Fund’s and Municipal High-Income Bond Fund’s net tax-exempt interest income will be “exempt-interest dividends” that may be excluded from shareholders’ gross income for federal income tax purposes to the extent they are not subject to the Federal AMT. However, a portion of the Municipal Bond Fund’s and Municipal High-Income Bond Fund’s distributions from “private activity bonds” may be taxable to certain shareholders as an “item of tax preference” for purposes of the Federal AMT. The Municipal Bond Fund and Municipal High-Income Bond Fund may also invest a portion of its assets in securities that generate taxable income for federal or state income tax purposes. Exempt-interest dividends may affect the federal corporate alternative minimum tax for certain corporations. Income exempt from federal tax may also be subject to state or local income taxes. Income from municipal bonds held by the Municipal Bond Fund and Municipal High-Income Bond Fund could be declared taxable because of unfavorable changes in tax laws, adverse interpretations by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) or state tax authorities, or noncompliant conduct of a bond issuer. Interest paid on a municipal bond issued after December 31, 2017 to advance refund another municipal bond is subject to federal income tax. Distributions of capital gains and any investment income that is not exempt from federal income tax are generally taxable to you regardless of whether you reinvest them in additional shares of the funds or receive them in cash in the same manner as described above. Some distributions from the Municipal Bond Fund and Municipal High-Income Bond Fund may also include nontaxable returns of capital. Return of capital distributions reduce your tax basis in your fund shares and are treated as gain from the sale of the shares to the extent your basis would be reduced below zero.
 
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You will generally be taxed on a Fund’s distributions that are not exempt from federal income tax, regardless of whether you reinvest them or receive them in cash. Each Fund’s distributions of net investment income (other than distributions of exempt-interest dividends) and short-term capital gains are generally taxable to you at ordinary income tax rates or at the lower capital gains rates that apply to individuals receiving qualified dividend income. Distributions that are reported by a Fund as qualified dividend income are generally taxable at the rates applicable to long-term capital gains and currently set at a maximum tax rate for individuals at 20% (lower rates apply to individuals in lower tax brackets). Qualified dividend income is, in general, dividend income from taxable domestic corporations and certain foreign corporations (e.g., foreign corporations incorporated in a possession of the United States or in certain countries with a comprehensive tax treaty with the United States, or the stock of which is readily tradable on an established securities market in the United States). Certain Funds’ investment strategies may limit their ability to make distributions eligible for the reduced rates applicable to qualified dividend income. Distributions that are reported by each Fund as long-term capital gain, if any, are taxable to you as long-term capital gain, regardless of how long you have held your shares. Distributions may also be subject to certain state and local taxes. Some Fund distributions may also include nontaxable returns of capital. Return of capital distributions reduce your tax basis in your Fund shares and are treated as gain from the sale of the shares to the extent your basis would be reduced below zero. Corporate shareholders may be entitled to a dividends received deduction for the portion of dividends they receive that are attributable to dividends received by a Fund (directly or in some cases indirectly) from U.S. corporations, subject to certain limitations. Certain of the Funds’ investment strategies may limit their ability to report distributions as eligible for the dividends received deduction.
Distributions of capital gain and distributions of net investment income received shortly after the purchase of shares reduce the NAV of a Fund’s shares by the amount of the distribution. If you purchase shares just prior to a distribution, the purchase price would reflect the amount of the upcoming distribution. In this case, you are taxed on the distribution even though, as an economic matter, the distribution represents a return of your investment. This is known as “buying a dividend” and should be avoided by taxable investors.
A RIC that receives business interest income may pass through its net business interest income for purposes of the tax rules applicable to the interest expense limitations under Section 163(j) of the Code. A RIC’s total “Section 163(j) Interest Dividend” for a tax year is limited to the excess of the RIC’s business interest income over the sum of its business interest expense and its other deductions properly allocable to its business interest income. A RIC may, in its discretion, designate all or a portion of ordinary dividends as Section 163(j) Interest Dividends, which would allow the recipient shareholder to treat the designated portion of such dividends as interest income for purposes of determining such shareholder’s interest expense deduction limitation under Section 163(j). This can potentially increase the amount of a shareholder’s interest expense deductible under Section 163(j). In general, to be eligible to treat a Section 163(j) Interest Dividend as interest income, you must have held your shares in a Fund for more than 180 days during the 361-day period beginning on the date that is 180 days before the date on which the share becomes ex-dividend with respect to such dividend. Section 163(j) Interest Dividends, if so designated by a Fund, will be reported to your financial intermediary or otherwise in accordance with the requirements specified by the IRS.
The sale or exchange of a Fund’s shares is a taxable transaction for federal income tax purposes. You will recognize a gain or loss on such transactions equal to the difference, if any, between the amount of your net sales proceeds and your tax basis in the Fund shares. Such gain or loss will be capital gain or loss if you held your Fund shares as capital assets. Any capital gain or loss will generally be treated as long-term capital gain or loss if you held the Fund shares for more than twelve months at the time of the sale or exchange, and otherwise as short-term capital gain or loss. Any capital loss arising from the sale or exchange of shares held for six months or less, however, will be treated as long-term capital loss to the extent of the amount of net long-term capital gain distributions with respect to those shares. In addition, any capital loss arising from the sale or exchange of shares held for six months or less will be disallowed to the extent of the amount of exempt-interest dividends received with respect to those shares. For tax purposes, an exchange of Fund shares for shares of a different fund is the same as a sale.
A Fund may be required to withhold federal income tax at the federal backup withholding rate of 24% on all taxable distributions and redemption proceeds otherwise payable to you if you fail to provide the Fund with your correct taxpayer identification number or to make required certifications, or if you have been notified by the IRS that you are subject to backup withholding. Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Rather, any amounts withheld may be credited against your federal income tax liability, so long as you provide the required information or certification.
 
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After December 31 of each year, the Funds will mail you, or provide Edward Jones as sponsor of each Advisory Program, reports containing information about the income tax classification of distributions paid during the year. Distributions declared in October, November or December to shareholders of record on a specified date in such a month, but paid in January, are taxable as if they were paid on December 31 of the calendar year in which declared. Under this rule, therefore, a shareholder may be taxed in one year on dividends or distributions actually received in January of the following year.
U.S. individuals with income exceeding $200,000 ($250,000 if married and filing jointly), are subject to a 3.8% tax that applies to “net investment income,” including interest, dividends and capital gains received from the Fund (including capital gains realized on the sale or exchange of shares of the Fund). Exempt-interest dividends do not constitute “net investment income” for this purpose.
The Funds (or their administrative agent) must report to the IRS and furnish to Fund shareholders the cost basis information for purchases of Fund shares. In addition to reporting the gross proceeds from the sale of Fund shares, each Fund (or its administrative agent) is required to report the cost basis information for such shares and report whether these shares had a short-term or long-term holding period. For each sale of Fund shares, a Fund will permit its shareholders to elect from among several IRS-accepted cost basis methods, including the average cost basis method. In the absence of an election, a Fund will use the default cost basis method which, if applicable, will be provided to you by your financial adviser in a separate communication. The cost basis method elected by the Fund shareholder (or the cost basis method applied by default) for each sale of Fund shares may not be changed after the settlement date of each such sale of Fund shares. Fund shareholders should consult their tax advisors to determine the best IRS-accepted cost basis method for their tax situation and to obtain more information about how cost basis reporting applies to them. Shareholders also should carefully review the cost basis information provided to them by the Funds and make any additional basis, holding period, or other adjustments that are required when reporting these amounts on their federal income tax returns.
Each Fund (other than the Municipal Bond Fund and Municipal High-Income Bond Fund) may invest in foreign securities and therefore may be subject to foreign withholding taxes with respect to dividends or interest the Fund received from sources in foreign countries. If more than 50% of the total assets of a Fund consist of foreign securities, the Fund will be eligible to elect to treat some of those taxes as a distribution to shareholders, which would allow shareholders to offset some of their U.S. federal income tax. A Fund (or its administrative agent) will notify you if it makes such an election and provide you with the information necessary to reflect foreign taxes paid on your income tax return.
A Fund may invest in U.S. REITs. Investments in REIT equity securities may require the Fund to accrue and distribute income not yet received. To generate sufficient cash to make the requisite distributions, the Fund may be required to sell securities in its portfolio (including when it is not advantageous to do so) that it otherwise would have continued to hold. A Fund’s investments in REIT equity securities may at other times result in the Fund’s receipt of cash in excess of the REIT’s earnings; if the Fund distributes these amounts, these distributions could constitute a return of capital to the Fund’s shareholders for federal income tax purposes. Dividends paid by a REIT, other than capital gain distributions, will be taxable as ordinary income up to the amount of the REIT’s current and accumulated earnings and profits. Capital gain dividends paid by a REIT to a Fund will be treated as long-term capital gains by the Fund and, in turn, may be distributed by the Fund to its shareholders as a capital gain distribution. Dividends received by a Fund from a REIT generally will not constitute qualified dividend income and will not qualify for the dividends received deduction. If a REIT is operated in a manner such that it fails to qualify as a REIT, an investment in the REIT would become subject to double taxation, meaning the taxable income of the REIT would be subject to federal income tax at the regular corporate rate without any deduction for dividends paid to shareholders and the dividends would be taxable to shareholders as ordinary income (or possibly as qualified dividend income) to the extent of the REIT’s current and accumulated earnings and profits.
“Qualified REIT dividends” (i.e., ordinary REIT dividends other than capital gain dividends and portions of REIT dividends designated as qualified dividend income eligible for capital gain tax rates) are eligible for a 20% deduction by non-corporate taxpayers. This deduction, if allowed in full, equates to a maximum effective tax rate of 29.6% (37% top rate applied to income after 20% deduction). Distributions by a Fund to its shareholders that are attributable to qualified REIT dividends received by the Fund and which the Fund properly reports as “section 199A dividends,” are treated as “qualified REIT dividends” in the hands of non-corporate shareholders. A section 199A dividend is treated
 
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as a qualified REIT dividend only if the shareholder receiving such dividend holds the dividend-paying RIC shares for at least 46 days of the 91-day period beginning 45 days before the shares become ex-dividend, and is not under an obligation to make related payments with respect to a position in substantially similar or related property. A Fund is permitted to report such part of its dividends as section 199A dividends as are eligible, but is not required to do so. Unless later extended or made permanent, this 20% deduction will no longer be available for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2025.
Because each shareholder’s tax situation is different, you should consult your tax advisor about the tax implications of an investment in the Funds.
For further information about the tax effects of investing in the Funds, including state and local tax matters, please see the SAI.
 
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TRADEMARKS
The Russell 1000® Index, Russell 1000® Growth Index, Russell 1000® Value Index, Russell Midcap® Index, Russell Midcap® Growth Index, Russell Midcap® Value Index, Russell 2000® Index, Russell 2000® Growth Index, and Russell 2000® Value Index, Russell 2500® Index, Russell 2500® Growth Index, and Russell 2500® Value Index (each, an “Index” and collectively, the “Indices”) are trademarks of Frank Russell Company (“Russell”) and have been licensed for use by the Trust.
The Trust and the Funds are not in any way connected, sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Russell or the London Stock Exchange Group companies (“LSEG”), or by Research Affiliates LLC (“RA”) (together the “Licensor Parties”) and none of the Licensor Parties make any warranty or representation whatsoever, expressly or impliedly, either as to the results to be obtained from the use of an Index (upon which a portion of a Fund based) and/or the figure at which the said Index stands at any particular time on any particular day or otherwise. The Indices are calculated by Russell in conjunction with RA. None of the Licensor Parties shall be liable (whether in negligence or otherwise) to any person for any error in an Index and none of the Licensor Parties shall be under any obligation to advise any person of any error therein. All rights in an Index vest in the relevant LSEG which owns the Index.
THE FUNDS ARE NOT SPONSORED, ENDORSED, SOLD OR PROMOTED BY MSCI, INC. (“MSCI”), ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES, ANY OF ITS INFORMATION PROVIDERS OR ANY OTHER THIRD PARTY INVOLVED IN, OR RELATED TO, COMPILING, COMPUTING OR CREATING ANY MSCI INDEX (COLLECTIVELY, THE “MSCI PARTIES”). THE MSCI INDEXES ARE THE EXCLUSIVE PROPERTY OF MSCI. MSCI AND THE MSCI INDEX NAMES ARE SERVICE MARK(S) OF MSCI OR ITS AFFILIATES AND HAVE BEEN LICENSED FOR USE FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES BY THE TRUST. NONE OF THE MSCI PARTIES MAKES ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, TO THE ISSUER OR OWNERS OF THE FUNDS OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY REGARDING THE ADVISABILITY OF INVESTING IN FUNDS GENERALLY OR IN THESE FUNDS PARTICULARLY OR THE ABILITY OF ANY MSCI INDEX TO TRACK CORRESPONDING STOCK MARKET PERFORMANCE. MSCI OR ITS AFFILIATES ARE THE LICENSORS OF CERTAIN TRADEMARKS, SERVICE MARKS AND TRADE NAMES AND OF THE MSCI INDEXES WHICH ARE DETERMINED, COMPOSED AND CALCULATED BY MSCI WITHOUT REGARD TO THESE FUNDS OR THE ISSUER OR OWNERS OF THIS FUND OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY. NONE OF THE MSCI PARTIES HAS ANY OBLIGATION TO TAKE THE NEEDS OF THE ISSUER OR OWNERS OF THE FUNDS OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY INTO CONSIDERATION IN DETERMINING, COMPOSING OR CALCULATING THE MSCI INDEXES. NONE OF THE MSCI PARTIES IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OR HAS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DETERMINATION OF THE TIMING OF, PRICES AT, OR QUANTITIES OF THE FUNDS TO BE ISSUED OR IN THE DETERMINATION OR CALCULATION OF THE EQUATION BY OR THE CONSIDERATION INTO WHICH THE FUNDS ARE REDEEMABLE. FURTHER, NONE OF THE MSCI PARTIES HAS ANY OBLIGATION OR LIABILITY TO THE ISSUER OR OWNERS OF THE FUNDS OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY IN CONNECTION WITH THE ADMINISTRATION, MARKETING OR OFFERING OF THE FUNDS.
ALTHOUGH MSCI SHALL OBTAIN INFORMATION FOR INCLUSION IN OR FOR USE IN THE CALCULATION OF THE MSCI INDEXES FROM SOURCES THAT MSCI CONSIDERS RELIABLE, NONE OF THE MSCI PARTIES WARRANTS OR GUARANTEES THE ORIGINALITY, ACCURACY AND/OR THE COMPLETENESS OF ANY MSCI INDEX OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN. NONE OF THE MSCI PARTIES MAKES ANY WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO RESULTS TO BE OBTAINED BY THE ISSUER OF THE FUNDS, OWNERS OF THE FUNDS, OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY, FROM THE USE OF ANY MSCI INDEX OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN. NONE OF THE MSCI PARTIES SHALL HAVE ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS, OMISSIONS OR INTERRUPTIONS OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY MSCI INDEX OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN. FURTHER, NONE OF THE MSCI PARTIES MAKES ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, AND THE MSCI PARTIES HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, WITH RESPECT TO EACH MSCI INDEX AND ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN. WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OF THE FOREGOING, IN NO EVENT SHALL ANY OF THE MSCI PARTIES HAVE ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, CONSEQUENTIAL OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOST PROFITS) EVEN IF NOTIFIED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
 
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
The tables that follow present performance information about each of the Funds. The information is intended to help you understand each Fund’s financial performance for the past five fiscal years or for the period of the Fund’s operations. Certain information reflects financial results for a single Fund share. The total returns in the table represent the rate that you would have earned (or lost) on an investment in a Fund, assuming you reinvested all of your dividends and distributions. The information provided below has been audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting firm of the Funds, whose report along with the Funds’ financial statements, are included in the 2023 Annual Report of the Funds, which is available upon request by calling the Funds at 1-855-823-3611 or online at www.bridgebuildermutualfunds.com/literature.
 
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Bridge Builder Trust
Financial Highlights
 
    Per Share Operating Performance  
    Change in Net Assets Resulting from
Operations
    Less Distributions  
     Net asset
value,
beginning of
period
    Net
investment
income(2)
    Net realized
and
unrealized
gain/(loss)
    Net
increase/
(decrease)
in net asset
value from
operations
    Distributions
from net
investment
income
    Distributions
from net
realized
gains
    Total
Distributions
 
Bridge Builder Core Bond Fund
             
For the year ended June 30, 2023
  $ 9.23       0.31       (0.34     (0.03     (0.31         (0.31
For the year ended June 30, 2022
  $ 10.55       0.21       (1.28     (1.07     (0.23     (0.02     (0.25
For the year ended June 30, 2021
  $ 10.91       0.23       (0.10     0.13       (0.26     (0.23     (0.49
For the year ended June 30, 2020
  $ 10.34       0.31       0.61       0.92       (0.32     (0.03     (0.35
For the year ended June 30, 2019
  $ 9.87       0.31       0.48       0.79       (0.32         (0.32
Bridge Builder Core Plus Bond Fund
             
For the year ended June 30, 2023
  $ 9.10       0.33       (0.28     0.05       (0.37         (0.37
For the year ended June 30, 2022
  $ 10.43       0.20       (1.28     (1.08     (0.22     (0.03     (0.25
For the year ended June 30, 2021
  $ 10.56       0.22       0.12       0.34       (0.25     (0.22     (0.47
For the year ended June 30, 2020
  $ 10.27       0.32       0.47       0.79       (0.36     (0.14     (0.50
For the year ended June 30, 2019
  $ 9.81       0.35       0.48       0.83       (0.37         (0.37
Bridge Builder Municipal Bond Fund
             
For the year ended June 30, 2023
  $ 9.78       0.27       0.02       0.29       (0.27         (0.27
For the year ended June 30, 2022
  $ 10.81       0.20       (1.03     (0.83     (0.20         (0.20
For the year ended June 30, 2021
  $ 10.49       0.22       0.32       0.54       (0.22         (0.22
For the year ended June 30, 2020
  $ 10.46       0.26       0.03       0.29       (0.26         (0.26
For the year ended June 30, 2019
  $ 10.09       0.27       0.37       0.64       (0.27         (0.27
Bridge Builder Municipal High-Income Bond Fund
 
           
For the period 4/13/23(6) - 6/30/23
  $ 10.00       0.09       (0.09         (0.09         (0.09
Bridge Builder Large Cap Growth Fund
             
For the year ended June 30, 2023
  $ 17.13       0.16       3.37       3.53       (0.12         (0.12
For the year ended June 30, 2022
  $ 23.32       0.13       (4.51     (4.38     (0.12     (1.69     (1.81
For the year ended June 30, 2021
  $ 17.11       0.13       6.83       6.96       (0.11     (0.64     (0.75
For the year ended June 30, 2020
  $ 14.64       0.14       2.65       2.79       (0.14     (0.18     (0.32
For the year ended June 30, 2019
  $ 13.53       0.15       1.60       1.75       (0.14     (0.50     (0.64
Bridge Builder Large Cap Value Fund
             
For the year ended June 30, 2023
  $ 15.20       0.32       1.63       1.95       (0.32     (1.05     (1.37
For the year ended June 30, 2022
  $ 17.24       0.30       (1.10     (0.80     (0.30     (0.94     (1.24
For the year ended June 30, 2021
  $ 11.77       0.26       5.48       5.74       (0.27         (0.27
For the year ended June 30, 2020
  $ 12.71       0.24       (0.94     (0.70     (0.23     (0.01     (0.24
For the year ended June 30, 2019
  $ 12.12       0.24       0.74       0.98       (0.23     (0.16     (0.39
Bridge Builder Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund
             
For the year ended June 30, 2023
  $ 11.60       0.03       1.78       1.81       (0.02         (0.02
For the year ended June 30, 2022
  $ 19.02       0.02       (4.42     (4.40     (0.01     (3.01     (3.02
For the year ended June 30, 2021
  $ 14.73       0.02       6.42       6.44       (0.04     (2.11     (2.15
For the year ended June 30, 2020
  $ 14.25       0.05       1.01       1.06       (0.05     (0.53     (0.58
For the year ended June 30, 2019
  $ 13.52       0.05       1.39       1.44       (0.05     (0.66     (0.71
Bridge Builder Small/Mid Cap Value Fund
             
For the year ended June 30, 2023
  $ 12.56       0.20       1.21       1.41       (0.15     (0.79     (0.94
For the year ended June 30, 2022
  $ 15.55       0.19       (1.57     (1.38     (0.16     (1.45     (1.61
For the year ended June 30, 2021
  $ 9.92       0.14       5.64       5.78       (0.15         (0.15
For the year ended June 30, 2020
  $ 11.55       0.16       (1.63     (1.47     (0.16         (0.16
For the year ended June 30, 2019
  $ 11.97       0.17       (0.10     0.07       (0.14     (0.35     (0.49
Bridge Builder International Equity Fund
             
For the year ended June 30, 2023
  $ 10.55       0.27       1.52       1.79       (0.20     (0.05     (0.25
For the year ended June 30, 2022
  $ 14.73       0.29       (3.11     (2.82     (0.32     (1.04     (1.36
For the year ended June 30, 2021
  $ 10.97       0.29       3.72       4.01       (0.25         (0.25
For the year ended June 30, 2020
  $ 11.38       0.23       (0.36     (0.13     (0.28         (0.28
For the year ended June 30, 2019
  $ 11.60       0.28       (0.14     0.14       (0.22     (0.14     (0.36
 
  (1)
Annualized for periods less than one year.
  (2)
Per share amounts based on average number of shares outstanding during the year/period.
  (3)
Total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period and redemption on the last day of the period and is not annualized.
  (4)
Includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions.
  (5)
Ratios do not include the impact of the expenses of the underlying funds in which the fund invests.
  (6)
Inception Date.
  (7)
Since inception return.
  (8)
Portfolio turnover rate does not include securities received as part of an in-kind capital contribution.
 
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Bridge Builder Trust
Financial Highlights
 
      Ratios/Supplemental Data  
                 
Ratios to Average Net Assets of:(1)
       
Net asset
value, end of
period
    Total
return(3)(4)
   


Net assets,
end of period
(millions)
    Expenses,
before
waivers(5)
    Expenses, net of
waivers(5)
    Net investment
income/
(loss)
    Portfolio
turnover
rate
 
           
$ 8.89       (0.30 )%    $ 16,431       0.34     0.13     3.40     151
$ 9.23       (10.36 )%    $ 17,105       0.34     0.13     2.12     157
$ 10.55       1.18   $ 17,891       0.34     0.13     2.19     153
$ 10.91       9.01   $ 14,140       0.34     0.13     2.91     137
$ 10.34       8.18   $ 15,160       0.34     0.14     3.15     153
           
$ 8.78       0.55   $ 30,225       0.39     0.17     3.72     228
$ 9.10       (10.59 )%    $ 31,334       0.38     0.15     2.00     283
$ 10.43       3.18   $ 32,690       0.38     0.15     2.06     281
$ 10.56       7.94   $ 19,434       0.39     0.16     3.08     164
$ 10.27       8.66   $ 17,963       0.47     0.24     3.50     242
           
$ 9.80       3.03   $ 11,708       0.38     0.15     2.79     26
$ 9.78       (7.73 )%    $ 10,813       0.38     0.15     1.96     22
$ 10.81       5.19   $ 9,889       0.38     0.16     2.03     18
$ 10.49       2.80   $ 6,520       0.38     0.16     2.47     41
$ 10.46       6.42   $ 5,253       0.39     0.17     2.64     42
           
$ 9.91       0.01 %(7)    $ 2,398       0.41     0.18     4.48     6 %(8) 
           
$ 20.54       20.76   $ 22,860       0.46     0.19     0.88     21
$ 17.13       (20.83 )%    $ 15,381       0.46     0.19     0.60     23
$ 23.32       41.44   $ 17,606       0.45     0.19     0.65     31
$ 17.11       19.28   $ 13,464       0.46     0.22     0.90     42
$ 14.64       13.76   $ 6,998       0.46     0.22     1.07     31
           
$ 15.78       13.52   $ 17,053       0.45     0.23     2.06     21
$ 15.20       (5.27 )%    $ 17,033       0.46     0.23     1.76     24
$ 17.24       49.10   $ 17,397       0.45     0.24     1.80     26
$ 11.77       (5.55 )%    $ 12,499       0.46     0.24     1.94     36 %(8) 
$ 12.71       8.46   $ 8,731       0.46     0.25     1.95     24
           
$ 13.39       15.65   $ 7,116       0.66     0.38     0.25     63
$ 11.60       (27.88 )%    $ 5,332       0.67     0.38     0.12     84
$ 19.02       46.08   $ 5,976       0.66     0.37     0.13     37
$ 14.73       7.63   $ 4,794       0.66     0.38     0.34     65
$ 14.25       11.66   $ 4,024       0.67     0.39     0.41     23
           
$ 13.03       11.65   $ 6,772       0.66     0.40     1.54     41
$ 12.56       (10.21 )%    $ 6,045       0.66     0.40     1.26     33
$ 15.55       58.63   $ 7,008       0.65     0.40     1.12     34
$ 9.92       (12.98 )%    $ 5,101       0.66     0.42     1.44     50
$ 11.55       1.22   $ 4,810       0.67     0.43     1.47     38
           
$ 12.09       17.27   $ 16,404       0.63     0.36     2.45     19
$ 10.55       (21.02 )%    $ 13,609       0.64     0.37     2.18     23
$ 14.73       36.84   $ 15,213       0.63     0.32     2.21     52
$ 10.97       (1.40 )%    $ 11,345       0.63     0.33     2.10     36
$ 11.38       1.57   $ 10,645       0.64     0.36     2.49     16
 
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You can find more information about the Funds in the following documents:
Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”): The SAI provides additional details about the investments and techniques of each Fund and certain other additional information. A current SAI is on file with the SEC and is herein incorporated into this Prospectus by reference. It is legally considered a part of this Prospectus.
Annual/Semiannual Reports: Additional information about the Funds’ investments is available in the Funds’ annual and semiannual reports to shareholders. A Fund’s annual report contains a discussion of market conditions and investment strategies that significantly affected the Fund’s performance during the Fund’s prior fiscal year.
You can obtain free copies of these documents, request other information and discuss your questions about the Funds by contacting your Edward Jones Financial Adviser or by contacting the Funds at:
Mailing Address:
Bridge Builder Trust
P.O. Box 219062
Kansas City, MO 64121-9062
Overnight Address:
Bridge Builder Trust
430 W 7th Street Suite 219062
Kansas City, MO 64105-1407
www.bridgebuildermutualfunds.com
Shareholder reports and other information about the Funds are also available:
 
Free of charge from the Funds’ website at www.bridgebuildermutualfunds.com/literature or by contacting 1‑855‑823‑3611.
Free of charge from the SEC’s EDGAR database on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
For a fee, by e-mail request to the SEC at [email protected].
The Trust’s SEC Investment Company Act file number is 811-22811.