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U.S. TREASURY FUND

SUMMARY

Investment Objective

To seek current income with liquidity and stability of principal.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the U.S. Treasury Fund. An investor transacting in Institutional Shares, which do not have any front-end sales charge, contingent deferred sales charge, or other asset-based fee for sales or distribution, may be required to pay a commission to a broker or other financial intermediary for effecting such transactions on an agency basis. Such commissions are not reflected in the tables or the example below. Shares of the Fund are available in other share classes that have different fees and expenses.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment): None.

Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment).

 

Administrative

 

Institutional

 

Select

Management Fees

 

0.05%

 

0.05%

 

0.05%

Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees

 

0.25%

 

 

Other Expenses

 

0.37%

 

0.37%

 

0.37%

Shareholder Servicing Fees

 

0.25%

 

0.25%

 

0.25%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

 

0.03%

 

0.03%

 

0.03%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

 

0.70%

 

0.45%

 

0.45%

Less Fee Waivers

 

 

0.17%

 

0.25%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waivers

 

0.70%

 

0.28%

 

0.20%

†  Affiliates of the Adviser have contractually agreed to waive all Shareholder Servicing Fees to which they are entitled paid by Select Shares and 0.17% paid by Institutional Shares. The affiliate waivers result in a reduction of the Shareholder Servicing Fee paid by all purchasers of a Class to the extent shown in the table. Contractual waivers are in place for the period through December 31, 2024 and may only be terminated or modified with the approval of the Fund’s Board of Trustees.

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. 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

Administrative Shares

 

$72

 

$224

 

$390

 

$871

Institutional Shares

 

$29

 

$127

 

$235

 

$550

Select Shares

 

$20

 

$119

 

$227

 

$543

Principal Investment Strategy

To pursue its objective, under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 99.5% of its total assets in cash, U.S. Government Securities, or repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. Government Securities and other U.S. Treasury investment companies. The Fund also invests at least 80% of its net assets in U.S. Treasury Obligations or repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. Treasury Obligations. These policies will not be changed without at least 60 days prior notice to shareholders. As a money market fund, the dollar-weighted average portfolio maturity of the Fund will not exceed 60 days and the dollar-weighted average portfolio life cannot exceed 120 days.

Principal Investment Risks

You could lose money by investing in the Fund. Although the Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it cannot guarantee it will do so. An investment in the Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. The Fund’s sponsor has no legal obligation to provide financial support to the Funds, beyond what is disclosed in the footnote under the “Annual Fund Operating Expenses” table, and you should not expect that the sponsor will provide additional financial support to the Fund at any time. In addition, the principal risks of investing in the Fund, which could adversely affect the Fund’s net asset value, yield or total return are:

 Interest Rate Risk — The value of the Fund’s interest-bearing investments may decline due to an increase in interest rates. In general, the longer a security’s maturity, the greater the interest rate risk. For a portfolio with a duration of 3 years, each 1% rise in interest rates would reduce the value of the portfolio by an estimated 3%. The Fund’s yield may decrease due to a decline in interest rates. Very low or negative interest rates may magnify interest rate risk. Recent and any future declines in interest rate levels could cause the Fund’s earnings to fall below the Fund’s expense ratio, resulting in a negative yield and a decline in the Fund’s share price. Changing interest rates, including rates that fall below zero, may have unpredictable effects on markets, may result in heightened market volatility and may detract from Fund performance to the extent the Fund is exposed to such interest rates.

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 Market Risk — The value of the Fund’s assets will fluctuate as the markets in which the Fund invests fluctuate. The value of the Fund’s investments may decline, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably, simply because of economic changes or other events, such as inflation (or expectations for inflation), deflation (or expectations for deflation), interest rates, global demand for particular products or resources, market instability, debt crises and downgrades, embargoes, tariffs, sanctions and other trade barriers, regulatory events, other governmental trade or market control programs and related geopolitical events. In addition, the value of the Fund’s investments may be negatively affected by the occurrence of global events such as war, military conflict, acts of terrorism, social unrest, environmental disasters, natural disasters or events, recessions, supply chain disruptions, political instability, and infectious disease epidemics or pandemics.

 Liquidity Risk — Certain securities may be difficult or impossible to sell at the time and the price that would normally prevail in the market. The portfolio manager may have to lower the price, sell other securities instead or forego an investment opportunity, any of which could have a negative effect on Fund management or performance. This includes the risk of missing out on an investment opportunity because the assets necessary to take advantage of it are tied up in less advantageous investments. If a Fund is required to sell securities quickly or at a particular time (including sales to meet redemption requests) the Fund could realize a loss.

 Investment in Other Investment Companies Risk — Investments in other investment companies are subject to market and selection risk. In addition, if the Fund acquires shares of investments companies, shareholders bear both their proportionate share of expenses in the Fund (including management fees and other expenses) and, indirectly, the expenses of the investment companies.

 Redemption Risk — The risk that heavy redemptions could cause the Fund to liquidate its assets at inopportune times or at a loss or depressed value, particularly during periods of declining or illiquid markets, and that could affect the fund’s ability to maintain a $1.00 share price. Redemption risk is greater to the extent that the fund has investors with large shareholdings, short investment horizons or unpredictable cash flow needs. The redemption by one or more large shareholders of their holdings in the fund could cause the remaining shareholders in the fund to lose money.

 Floating Rate Notes Risk — Securities with floating or variable interest rates can be less sensitive to interest rate changes than securities with fixed interest rates, but may decline in value if their coupon rates do not reset as high, or as quickly, as comparable market interest rates, and generally carry lower yields than fixed notes of the same maturity.

 Management Risk — There is no guarantee that the investment techniques and risk analyses used by the Fund’s portfolio managers will produce the desired results.

 Regulatory Risk — The risk that a change in laws or regulations will materially affect a security, business, sector or market. A change in laws or regulations made by the government or a regulatory body can increase the costs of operating a business, reduce the attractiveness of investment and/or change the competitive landscape. Regulatory risk also includes the risk associated with federal and state laws which may restrict the remedies that a lender has when a borrower defaults on loans. These laws include restrictions on foreclosures, redemption rights after foreclosure, federal and state bankruptcy and debtor relief laws, restrictions on “due on sale” clauses, and state usury laws.

To the extent that the Fund makes investments with additional risks, those risks could increase volatility or reduce performance. The Fund may trade securities actively, which could increase its transaction costs (thus lowering performance) and may increase the amount of taxes that you pay.

For more information about these risks, please refer to the section titled “Investment Practices and Risks” in the Fund’s prospectus.

Performance Information

The bar chart and the performance table below illustrate some of the risks and return volatility of an investment in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund’s performance from year to year and by showing the Fund’s average annual returns for 1, 5 and 10 years. The Fund’s past performance does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information may be obtained on the Fund’s website www.cavanalhillfunds.com or by calling 1-800-762-7085.

This bar chart shows changes in the Fund’s performance from year to year1. The returns for Institutional and Select Shares will differ from the returns for Administrative Shares (which are shown in the bar chart) because of differences in the expenses of each Class.

Annual Total Returns for Administrative Shares and predecessor (Periods Ended 12/31)

1The performance information shown above is based on a calendar year. The Fund’s total return from 1/1/23 to 9/30/23 was 3.22%.

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This table shows the Fund’s average annual total returns for periods ended December 31, 2022. The Select Shares commenced operations on December 26, 2017. The performance shown for periods prior to commencement of operations of the Select Shares is that of the Institutional Shares. The shares would have substantially similar performance because shares are invested in the same portfolio of securities. The performance shown is lower than actual returns would have been because the predecessor class had a higher expense ratio.

Average Annual Total Returns for Administrative, Institutional and Select Shares and predecessors.
(Periods Ended 12/31/2022)

U.S. Treasury Fund

 

1 Year

 

5 Years

 

10 Years

Administrative Shares

 

1.07%

 

0.78%

 

0.41%

Institutional Shares

 

1.35%

 

1.03%

 

0.58%

Select Shares

 

1.41%

 

1.08%

 

0.56%

Yield

The 7-day yield for the period ended 12/31/22 was 3.68% for Administrative Shares; 4.12% for Institutional Shares; and 4.20% for Select Shares.

You may obtain the most current yield information for the Fund by calling (800) 762-7085.

Investment Adviser

Cavanal Hill® Investment Management, Inc. serves as the investment adviser for the Fund.

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

The following initial and additional purchase requirements apply:

 

Initial Purchase

 

Additional Purchases

Administrative Shares

 

$1,000

 

None

Institutional Shares

 

$1,000

 

None

Select Shares

 

$1,000,000

 

None

Shares may be sold (redeemed) on any business day. You may sell by:

 Sending a written request by mail to the Funds Custodian: BOKF, NA, Attention: Cavanal Hill Funds, P.O. Box 182730, Columbus, Ohio 43218-2730.

 Sending a written request by overnight mail to: Cavanal Hill Funds, c/o FIS Investor Services, LLC, 4249 Easton Way, Suite 400, Columbus, OH, 43219-6171.

 Calling us at 1-800-762-7085 with instructions as to how you wish to complete the transaction (mail, wire, electronic transfer).

Tax Information

The Fund’s distributions are generally taxable to you as ordinary income, capital gains, or a combination of the two, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account. Retirement accounts may be taxed at a later date.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund or its service providers may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information. In addition, if you purchase shares that do not have any front-end sales charge, contingent deferred sales charge, or other asset-based fee for sales or distribution from a broker or other financial intermediary on an acting agency basis, you may be required to pay a commission in an amount charged and separately disclosed to you by such party.

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GOVERNMENT SECURITIES MONEY MARKET FUND

SUMMARY

Investment Objective

To seek current income with liquidity and stability of principal.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Government Securities Money Market Fund. An investor transacting in Institutional Shares, which do not have any front-end sales charge, contingent deferred sales charge, or other asset-based fee for sales or distribution, may be required to pay a commission to a broker or other financial intermediary for effecting such transactions on an agency basis. Such commissions are not reflected in the tables or the example below. Shares of the Fund are available in other share classes that have different fees and expenses.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment): None.

Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment).

 

Administrative

 

Institutional

 

Select

 

Premier

Management Fees

 

0.05%

 

0.05%

 

0.05%

 

0.05%

Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees

 

0.25%

 

 

 

0.50%

Other Expenses

 

0.39%

 

0.39%

 

0.39%

 

0.39%

Shareholder Servicing Fees

 

0.25%

 

0.25%

 

0.25%

 

0.25%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

 

0.02%

 

0.02%

 

0.02%

 

0.02%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

 

0.71%

 

0.46%

 

0.46%

 

0.96%

Less Fee Waivers

 

 

-0.17%

 

-0.25%

 

-0.25%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waivers

 

0.71%

 

0.29%

 

0.21%

 

0.71%

†  Affiliates of the Adviser have contractually agreed to waive all Shareholder Servicing Fees to which they are entitled paid by Select and Premier Shares and 0.17% paid by Institutional Shares. The affiliate waivers result in a reduction of the Shareholder Servicing Fee paid by all purchasers of a Class to the extent shown in the table. Contractual waivers are in place for the period through December 31, 2024 and may only be terminated or modified with the approval of the Fund’s Board of Trustees.

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. 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

Administrative Shares

 

$73

 

$227

 

$395

 

$883

Institutional Shares

 

$30

 

$130

 

$241

 

$563

Select Shares

 

$22

 

$122

 

$233

 

$555

Premier Shares

 

$73

 

$281

 

$507

 

$1,155

Principal Investment Strategy

To pursue its objective, under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 99.5% of its total assets in cash, U.S. Government Securities, or repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. Government Securities and other U.S. Government Security investment companies. The Fund also invests at least 80% of its net assets in U.S. Government Securities or repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. Government Securities. These policies will not be changed without at least 60 days prior notice to shareholders.

The dollar-weighted average portfolio maturity of the Fund will not exceed 60 days and the dollar-weighted average portfolio life cannot exceed 120 days.

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Principal Investment Risks

You could lose money by investing in the Fund. Although the Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it cannot guarantee it will do so. An investment in the Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. The Fund’s sponsor has no legal obligation to provide financial support to the Funds, beyond what is disclosed in the footnote under the “Annual Fund Operating Expenses” table, and you should not expect that the sponsor will provide additional financial support to the Fund at any time. In addition, the principal risks of investing in the Fund, which could adversely affect the Fund’s net asset value, yield or total return are:

 Interest Rate Risk — The value of the Fund’s interest-bearing investments may decline due to an increase in interest rates. In general, the longer a security’s maturity, the greater the interest rate risk. For a portfolio with a duration of 3 years, each 1% rise in interest rates would reduce the value of the portfolio by an estimated 3%. The Fund’s yield may decrease due to a decline in interest rates. Very low or negative interest rates may magnify interest rate risk. Recent and any future declines in interest rate levels could cause the Fund’s earnings to fall below the Fund’s expense ratio, resulting in a negative yield and a decline in the Fund’s share price. Changing interest rates, including rates that fall below zero, may have unpredictable effects on markets, may result in heightened market volatility and may detract from Fund performance to the extent the Fund is exposed to such interest rates.

 Market Risk — The value of the Fund’s assets will fluctuate as the markets in which the Fund invests fluctuate. The value of the Fund’s investments may decline, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably, simply because of economic changes or other events, such as inflation (or expectations for inflation), deflation (or expectations for deflation), interest rates, global demand for particular products or resources, market instability, debt crises and downgrades, embargoes, tariffs, sanctions and other trade barriers, regulatory events, other governmental trade or market control programs and related geopolitical events. In addition, the value of the Fund’s investments may be negatively affected by the occurrence of global events such as war, military conflict, acts of terrorism, social unrest, environmental disasters, natural disasters or events, recessions, supply chain disruptions, political instability, and infectious disease epidemics or pandemics.

 Liquidity Risk — Certain securities may be difficult or impossible to sell at the time and the price that would normally prevail in the market. The portfolio manager may have to lower the price, sell other securities instead or forego an investment opportunity, any of which could have a negative effect on Fund management or performance. This includes the risk of missing out on an investment opportunity because the assets necessary to take advantage of it are tied up in less advantageous investments. If a Fund is required to sell securities quickly or at a particular time (including sales to meet redemption requests) the Fund could realize a loss.

 Redemption Risk — The risk that heavy redemptions could cause the Fund to liquidate its assets at inopportune times or at a loss or depressed value, particularly during periods of declining or illiquid markets, and that could affect the fund’s ability to maintain a $1.00 share price. Redemption risk is greater to the extent that the fund has investors with large shareholdings, short investment horizons or unpredictable cash flow needs. The redemption by one or more large shareholders of their holdings in the fund could cause the remaining shareholders in the fund to lose money.

 Floating Rate Notes Risk — Securities with floating or variable interest rates can be less sensitive to interest rate changes than securities with fixed interest rates, but may decline in value if their coupon rates do not reset as high, or as quickly, as comparable market interest rates, and generally carry lower yields than fixed notes of the same maturity.

 Management Risk — There is no guarantee that the investment techniques and risk analyses used by the Fund’s portfolio managers will produce the desired results.

 Regulatory Risk — The risk that a change in laws or regulations will materially affect a security, business, sector or market. A change in laws or regulations made by the government or a regulatory body can increase the costs of operating a business, reduce the attractiveness of investment and/or change the competitive landscape. Regulatory risk also includes the risk associated with federal and state laws which may restrict the remedies that a lender has when a borrower defaults on loans. These laws include restrictions on foreclosures, redemption rights after foreclosure, federal and state bankruptcy and debtor relief laws, restrictions on “due on sale” clauses, and state usury laws.

 Investment in Other Investment Companies Risk — Investments in other investment companies are subject to market and selection risk. In addition, if the Fund acquires shares of investments companies, shareholders bear both their proportionate share of expenses in the Fund (including management fees and other expenses) and, indirectly, the expenses of the investment companies.

To the extent that the Fund makes investments with additional risks, those risks could increase volatility or reduce performance. The Fund may trade securities actively, which could increase its transaction costs (thus lowering performance) and may increase the amount of taxes that you pay.

For more information about these risks, please refer to the section titled “Investment Practices and Risks” in the Fund’s prospectus.

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Performance Information

The bar chart and the performance table below illustrate some of the risks and return volatility of an investment in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund’s performance from year to year and by showing the Fund’s average annual returns for 1, 5 and 10 years. The Fund’s past performance does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Prior to April 2016, the Fund was named the Cash Management Fund. Updated performance information may be obtained on the Fund’s website www.cavanalhillfunds.com or by calling 1-800-762-7085.

This bar chart shows changes in the Fund’s performance from year to year1. The returns for Institutional, Select and Premier Shares will differ from the returns for Administrative Shares (which are shown in the bar chart) because of differences in the expenses of each Class.

Annual Total Returns for Administrative Shares and predecessor (Periods Ended 12/31)

1The performance information shown above is based on a calendar year. The Fund’s total return from 1/1/23 to 9/30/23 was 3.30%.

This table shows the Fund’s average annual total returns for periods ended December 31, 2022. The Premier Class Shares commenced operations on September 17, 2012. The performance shown for periods prior to commencement of operations of the Premier Shares is that of the Administrative Shares. The Select Shares commenced operations on September 15, 2016. The performance shown for periods prior to commencement of operations of the Select Shares is that of the Institutional Shares. The shares would have substantially similar performance because shares are invested in the same portfolio of securities. The performance shown is lower than actual returns would have been because the predecessor class had a higher expense ratio.

Average Annual Total Returns for Administrative, Institutional, Premier and Select Shares and predecessors.
(Periods Ended 12/31/2022)

Government Securities Money Market Fund

 

1 Year

 

5 Years

 

10 Years

Administrative Shares

 

1.21%

 

0.87%

 

0.47%

Institutional Shares

 

1.40%

 

1.04%

 

0.59%

Premier Shares

 

1.43%

 

1.06%

 

0.61%

Select Shares

 

1.47%

 

1.10%

 

0.62%

Yield

The 7-day yield for the period ended 12/31/22 was 3.89% for Administrative Shares; 4.19% for Institutional Shares; 4.22% for Premier Shares; and 4.27% for Select Shares.

You may obtain the most current yield information for the Fund by calling (800) 762-7085.

Investment Adviser

Cavanal Hill® Investment Management, Inc. serves as the investment adviser for the Fund.

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

The following initial and additional purchase requirements apply:

 

Initial Purchase

 

Additional Purchases

Administrative Shares

 

$1,000

 

None

Institutional Shares

 

$1,000

 

None

Select Shares

 

$1,000,000

 

None

Premier Shares

 

$1,000

 

None

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Shares may be purchased, sold (redeemed) or exchanged on any business day. You may sell by:

 Sending a written request by mail to the Funds Custodian: BOKF, NA, Attention: Cavanal Hill Funds, P.O. Box 182730, Columbus, Ohio 43218-2730.

 Sending a written request by overnight mail to: Cavanal Hill Funds, c/o FIS Investor Services, LLC, 4249 Easton Way, Suite 400, Columbus, OH, 43219-6171.

 Calling us at 1-800-762-7085 with instructions as to how you wish to complete the transaction (mail, wire, electronic transfer).

Tax Information

The Fund’s distributions are generally taxable to you as ordinary income, capital gains, or a combination of the two, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account. Retirement accounts may be taxed at a later date.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund or its service providers may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information. In addition, if you purchase shares that do not have any front-end sales charge, contingent deferred sales charge, or other asset-based fee for sales or distribution from a broker or other financial intermediary on an acting agency basis, you may be required to pay a commission in an amount charged and separately disclosed to you by such party.

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LIMITED DURATION FUND

SUMMARY

Investment Objective

Primarily to seek income and secondarily to seek capital appreciation.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Limited Duration Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest or agree to invest in the future, at least $200,000 in Cavanal Hill Funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in the section “Initial Sales Charge (Bond and Equity Funds, A Shares Only)” on page 46 of the prospectus and “Contingent Deferred Sales Charges (CDSC-Class A and C Only)” on page 47 in the prospectus and in the section “Additional Purchase and Redemption Information” on page 35 of the Statement of Additional Information. An investor transacting in Institutional Shares, which do not have any front-end sales charge, contingent deferred sales charge, or other asset-based fee for sales or distribution, may be required to pay a commission to a broker or other financial intermediary for effecting such transactions on an agency basis. Such commissions are not reflected in the tables or the example below. Shares of the Fund are available in other share classes that have different fees and expenses.

Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your investment)

 

A
Shares

 

Investor
Shares

 

Institutional
Shares

Maximum Sales Charge (Load) imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

 

2.00%

 

None

 

None

Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of the lesser of original purchase price or redemption proceeds)

 

1.00%*

 

None

 

None

Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment).

 

A
Shares

 

Investor
Shares

 

Institutional
Shares

Management Fees

 

0.15%

 

0.15%

 

0.15%

Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees

 

0.25%

 

0.25%

 

Other Expenses

 

0.65%

 

0.80%

 

0.80%

Shareholder Servicing Fees

 

0.10%

 

0.25%

 

0.25%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

 

0.01%

 

0.01%

 

0.01%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

 

1.06%

 

1.21%

 

0.96%

Less Fee Waivers

 

-0.10%

 

-0.25%

 

-0.25%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waivers

 

0.96%

 

0.96%

 

0.71%

*  Class A Shares are available with no front-end sales charge on investments of $200,000 or more. There is, however, a contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) of 1.00% on any Class A Shares upon which a dealer concession was paid that are sold within one year of purchase.

†  Affiliates of the Adviser have contractually agreed to waive all Shareholder Servicing Fees to which they are entitled. The affiliate waivers result in a reduction of the Shareholder Servicing Fee paid by all purchasers of a Class to the extent shown in the table. Contractual waivers are in place for the period through December 31, 2024 and may only be terminated or modified with the approval of the Fund’s Board of Trustees.

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. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

1 Year

 

3 Year

 

5 Year

 

10 Year

A Shares

 

$296

 

$521

 

$764

 

$1,459

Investor Shares

 

$98

 

$359

 

$641

 

$1,444

Institutional Shares

 

$73

 

$281

 

$507

 

$1,155

Portfolio Turnover

The Limited Duration 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 Strategy

To pursue its objective, under normal circumstances, the Fund invests primarily in debt obligations such as bonds, notes and debentures, and bills issued by U.S. corporations or by the U.S. government, its agencies or instrumentalities, municipal securities, mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities, and collateralized mortgage obligations and fixed income ETFs. Such debt obligations are “investment grade,” rated within the four highest ratings categories assigned by a nationally recognized statistical ratings organization or, if not rated, found by the Adviser under guidelines approved by the Trust’s Board of Trustees to be of comparable quality. The Fund also invests in money market instruments.

If the rating of a security is downgraded after purchase, the portfolio management team will determine whether it is in the best interest of the Fund’s shareholders to continue to hold the security. In making that determination, the factors considered at the time of purchase are reviewed. The Fund does not apply an automatic sale trigger.

In managing the portfolio, the portfolio management team searches for inefficiencies not only at the macro, or top down level, but also at the individual security level. Purchase and sale decisions are based on the Adviser’s judgment about issuers, risk, prices of securities, market conditions, potential returns, and other economic factors.

Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in bonds and maintains an average portfolio duration of less than three and one-half years. These policies will not be changed without at least 60 days prior notice to shareholders. In addition, the Fund normally invests at least 65% of its net assets in interest-bearing bonds.

Duration provides a measure of a fund’s sensitivity to changes in interest-rates. In general, the longer a fund’s duration, the more its price will fluctuate when interest rates change. A fund with a duration of 10 years is twice as sensitive to interest rate changes as a fund with a five-year duration. A fund with a five-year duration would generally be expected to lose 5% from its net asset value if interest rates rose by one percentage point or gain 5% if interest rates fell by one percentage point.

Principal Investment Risks

Loss of money is a risk of investing in the Fund. In addition, the principal risks of investing in the Fund, which could adversely affect the Fund’s net asset value, yield or total return are:

 Interest Rate Risk — The value of the Fund’s interest-bearing investments may decline due to an increase in interest rates. In general, the longer a security’s maturity, the greater the interest rate risk. For a portfolio with a duration of 3 years, each 1% rise in interest rates would reduce the value of the portfolio by an estimated 3%. The Fund’s yield may decrease due to a decline in interest rates. Very low or negative interest rates may magnify interest rate risk. Recent and any future declines in interest rate levels could cause the Fund’s earnings to fall below the Fund’s expense ratio, resulting in a negative yield and a decline in the Fund’s share price. Changing interest rates, including rates that fall below zero, may have unpredictable effects on markets, may result in heightened market volatility and may detract from Fund performance to the extent the Fund is exposed to such interest rates.

 Credit Risk — Credit risk is the possibility that the issuer of a debt instrument or a counterparty to an agreement fails to fulfill its obligations, reducing the Fund’s return. This includes failure by a bond issuer to repay interest and principal.

 Liquidity Risk — Certain securities may be difficult or impossible to sell at the time and the price that would normally prevail in the market. The portfolio manager may have to lower the price, sell other securities instead or forego an investment opportunity, any of which could have a negative effect on Fund management or performance. This includes the risk of missing out on an investment opportunity because the assets necessary to take advantage of it are tied up in less advantageous investments. If a Fund is required to sell securities quickly or at a particular time (including sales to meet redemption requests) the Fund could realize a loss.

 Prepayment/Call Risk — There is a chance that the repayment of an asset-backed or mortgage-backed obligation will occur sooner than expected. Call risk is the possibility that, during periods of falling interest rates, a bond issuer will “call” — or repay — its bond before the bond’s maturity date.

 Market Risk — The value of the Fund’s assets will fluctuate as the markets in which the Fund invests fluctuate. The value of the Fund’s investments may decline, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably, simply because of economic changes or other events, such as inflation (or expectations for inflation), deflation (or expectations for deflation), interest rates, global demand for particular products or resources, market instability, debt crises and downgrades, embargoes, tariffs, sanctions and other trade barriers, regulatory events, other governmental trade or market control programs and related geopolitical events. In addition, the value of the Fund’s investments may be negatively affected by the occurrence of global events such as war, military conflict, acts of terrorism, social unrest, environmental disasters, natural disasters or events, recessions, supply chain disruptions, political instability, and infectious disease epidemics or pandemics.

 Mortgage-Backed Securities Risk — The value of the Fund’s mortgage-backed securities can fall if the owners of the underlying mortgages pay off their mortgages sooner than expected, which could happen when interest rates fall, or later than expected, which could happen when interest rates rise. If the underlying mortgages are paid off sooner than expected, the Fund may have to reinvest this money in mortgage-backed or other securities that have lower yields.

 Collateralized Mortgage Obligations Risk — There are risks associated with collateralized mortgage obligations that relate to the risks of the underlying mortgage pass-through securities (i.e., an increase or decrease in prepayment rates, resulting from a decrease or increase in mortgage interest rates, will affect the yield, average life, and price of collateralized mortgage obligations).

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 Asset-Backed Securities Risk — Payment of interest and repayment of principal may be impacted by the cash flows generated by the assets backing asset-backed securities. The value of the Fund’s asset-backed securities may also be affected by changes in interest rates, the availability of information concerning the interests in and structure of the pools of purchase contracts, financing leases or sales agreements that are represented by these securities, the creditworthiness of the servicing agent for the pool, the originator of the loans or receivables, or the entities that provide any supporting letters of credit, surety bonds, or other credit enhancements.

 Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) Risk — The ETFs in which the Fund invests are subject to the risks applicable to the types of securities and investments used by the ETFs. Because an ETF charges its own fees and expenses, fund shareholders will indirectly bear these costs. The use of leverage in an ETF can magnify any price movements, resulting in high volatility. Due to daily rebalancing, leverage, and liquidity, inverse ETFs may perform worse than the inverse movement of the underlying referenced financial asset, index or commodity’s return.

 Valuation Risk — The risk associated with the assessment of appropriate pricing in a changing market where trading information may not be readily available.

 Portfolio Turnover Risk — A Fund may engage in active and frequent trading to achieve its principal investment objectives. This may result in the realization and distribution to shareholders of higher capital gains as compared to a fund with less active trading policies, which would increase an investor’s tax liability unless shares are held through a tax deferred or exempt vehicle. Frequent trading also increases transaction costs, which could detract from a Fund’s performance.

 Management Risk — There is no guarantee that the investment techniques and risk analyses used by the Fund’s portfolio managers will produce the desired results.

 Regulatory Risk — The risk that a change in laws or regulations will materially affect a security, business, sector or market. A change in laws or regulations made by the government or a regulatory body can increase the costs of operating a business, reduce the attractiveness of investment and/or change the competitive landscape. Regulatory risk also includes the risk associated with federal and state laws which may restrict the remedies that a lender has when a borrower defaults on loans. These laws include restrictions on foreclosures, redemption rights after foreclosure, federal and state bankruptcy and debtor relief laws, restrictions on “due on sale” clauses, and state usury laws.

To the extent that the Fund makes investments with additional risks, those risks could increase volatility or reduce performance. The Fund may trade securities actively, which could increase its transaction costs (thus lowering performance) and may increase the amount of taxes that you pay.

For more information about these risks, please refer to the section titled “Investment Practices and Risks” in the Fund’s prospectus. An investment in the Fund is not a deposit of any bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.

Performance Information

The bar chart and the performance table below illustrate some of the risks and return volatility of an investment in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund’s performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund’s average annual returns for 1, 5, and 10 years compare with those of a broad measure of market performance. The Fund’s past performance (before or after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Prior to December 30, 2016, the Fund was named the Short-Term Income Fund. Updated performance information may be obtained on the Fund’s website www.cavanalhillfunds.com or by calling 1-800-762-7085.

This bar chart shows changes in the Fund’s performance from year to year1. The returns for A Shares and Institutional Shares will differ from the returns for Investor Shares (which are shown in the bar chart) because of differences in the expenses of each class.

Annual Total Returns for Investor Shares (Periods Ended 12/31)

1The performance information shown above is based on a calendar year. The Fund’s total return from 1/1/23 to 9/30/23 was 2.06%.

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This table compares the Fund’s average annual total returns for periods ended December 31, 2022 to those of the ICE BofA Merrill Lynch 1-5 Year U.S. Corporate/Government Index. The A Shares commenced operations on May 1, 2011 with a sales charge of 2.50% which was reduced to 2.00% on December 31, 2014. The stated returns assume the highest historical federal marginal income and capital gains tax rates. These after-tax returns do not reflect the effect of any applicable state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors holding shares through tax-deferred programs, such as IRA or 401(k) plans. After-tax returns are shown only for the Investor Shares and after-tax returns for other shares will vary.

Average Annual Total Returns (Periods Ended 12/31/22)

 

1 Year

 

5 Years

 

10 Years

Investor Shares

           

Return Before Taxes

 

-5.78%

 

0.43%

 

0.72%

Return After Taxes on Distributions

 

-6.54%

 

-0.32%

 

0.07%

Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares

 

-3.42%

 

0.02%

 

0.27%

Institutional Shares

           

Return Before Taxes

 

-5.67%

 

0.68%

 

0.98%

A Shares

           

Return Before Taxes (With Load)

 

-7.84%

 

0.04%

 

0.53%

ICE BofA Merrill Lynch 1-5 Year U.S. Corporate/Government Index
(reflects no deduction for expenses, fees or taxes)

 

-5.55%

 

0.87%

 

1.01%

Investment Adviser

Cavanal Hill® Investment Management, Inc. serves as the investment adviser for the Fund.

Portfolio Managers

The following individuals are jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio:

Michael P. Maurer, CFA, is a Senior Vice President of Cavanal Hill Investment Management, Inc. and has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since 2003.

Russell Knox, CFA, is a Vice President of Cavanal Hill Investment Management, Inc. and has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since 2013.

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

The following initial and additional purchase requirements apply:

 

Initial Purchase

 

Additional Purchases

Bond and Equity Funds

       

A Shares

 

None

 

None

Investor Shares

 

$100

 

None

Institutional Shares

 

$1,000

 

None

Shares may be purchased, sold (redeemed) or exchanged on any business day by:

 Sending a written request by mail to the Funds Custodian: BOKF, NA, Attention: Cavanal Hill Funds, P.O. Box 182730, Columbus, Ohio 43218-2730.

 Sending a written request by overnight mail to: Cavanal Hill Funds, c/o FIS Investor Services, LLC, 4249 Easton Way, Suite 400, Columbus, OH, 43219-6171.

 Calling us at 1-800-762-7085 with instructions as to how you wish to complete the transaction (mail, wire, electronic transfer).

Tax Information

The Fund’s distributions are generally taxable to you as ordinary income, capital gains, or a combination of the two, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account. Retirement accounts may be taxed at a later date.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund or its service providers may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information. In addition, if you purchase shares that do not have any front-end sales charge, contingent deferred sales charge, or other asset-based fee for sales or distribution from a broker or other financial intermediary on an acting agency basis, you may be required to pay a commission in an amount charged and separately disclosed to you by such party.

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MODERATE DURATION FUND

SUMMARY

Investment Objective

To seek total return.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Moderate Duration Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest or agree to invest in the future, at least $200,000 in Cavanal Hill Funds. More information is available about these and other discounts from your financial professional and in the section “Initial Sales Charge (Bond and Equity Funds, A Shares Only)” on page 46 of the prospectus and “Contingent Deferred Sales Charges (CDSC-Class A and C Only)” on page 47 in the prospectus and in the section “Additional Purchase and Redemption Information” on page 35 of the Statement of Additional Information. An investor transacting in Institutional Shares, which do not have any front-end sales charge, contingent deferred sales charge, or other asset-based fee for sales or distribution, may be required to pay a commission to a broker or other financial intermediary for effecting such transactions on an agency basis. Such commissions are not reflected in the tables or the example below. Shares of the Fund are available in other share classes that have different fees and expenses.

Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your investment)

 

A
Shares

 

Investor
Shares

 

Institutional
Shares

Maximum Sales Charge (Load) imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

 

2.00%

 

None

 

None

Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of the lesser of original purchase price or redemption proceeds)

 

1.00%*

 

None

 

None

Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment).

 

A
Shares

 

Investor
Shares

 

Institutional
Shares

Management Fees

 

0.20%

 

0.20%

 

0.20%

Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees

 

0.25%

 

0.25%

 

Other Expenses

 

1.10%

 

1.25%

 

1.25%

Shareholder Servicing Fees

 

0.10%

 

0.25%

 

0.25%

Acquired Fund Fees

 

0.01%

 

0.01%

 

0.01%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

 

1.56%

 

1.71%

 

1.46%

Less Fee Waivers

 

-0.81%

 

-0.96%

 

-0.96%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waivers

 

0.75%

 

0.75%

 

0.50%

*  Class A Shares are available with no front-end sales charge on investments of $200,000 or more. There is, however, a contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) of 1.00% on any Class A Shares upon which a dealer concession was paid that are sold within one year of purchase.

†  The Adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees payable to it or reimburse certain expenses so that expenses (other than extraordinary expenses and any Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses) for each Class do not exceed 0.49%, plus class-specific fees until December 31, 2024. Affiliates of the Adviser have contractually agreed to waive all Shareholder Servicing Fees to which they are entitled. The affiliate waivers result in a reduction of the Shareholder Servicing Fee paid by all purchasers of a Class to the extent shown in the table. Contractual waivers are in place for the period through December 31, 2024 and may only be terminated or modified with the approval of the Fund’s Board of Trustees.

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. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

1 Year

 

3 Year

 

5 Year

 

10 Year

A Shares

 

$275

 

$605

 

$958

 

$1,952

Investor Shares

 

$77

 

$445

 

$838

 

$1,939

Institutional Shares

 

$51

 

$367

 

$706

 

$1,664

Portfolio Turnover

The Moderate Duration 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 61% of the average value of its portfolio.

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Principal Investment Strategy

To pursue its objective, the Fund invests, under normal market conditions, primarily in debt obligations such as bonds, notes and debentures, and bills issued by U.S. corporations or the U.S. government, its agencies, or instrumentalities, municipal securities, mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities, collateralized mortgage obligations and fixed income ETFs. Such debt obligations are “investment grade,” rated within the four highest ratings categories assigned by a nationally recognized statistical ratings organization or, if not rated, found by the Adviser under guidelines approved by the Trust’s Board of Trustees to be of comparable quality. The Fund also invests in money market instruments.

Total return is defined as a percentage change, over a specified time period, in a mutual fund’s net asset value, with the ending net asset value adjusted to account for the reinvestment of all distributions of dividends and capital gains.

If the rating of a security is downgraded after purchase, the portfolio management team will determine whether it is in the best interest of the Fund’s shareholders to continue to hold the security. In making that determination, the factors considered at the time of purchase are reviewed. The Fund does not apply an automatic sale trigger.

In managing the portfolio, the portfolio management team searches for inefficiencies not only at the macro, or top down level, but also at the individual security level. Purchase and sale decisions are based on the Adviser’s judgment about issuers, risk, prices of securities, market conditions, potential returns, and other economic factors.

Under normal circumstances the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in bonds and maintains an average portfolio duration between three and five years. This policy will not be changed without at least 60 days prior notice to shareholders.

Duration provides a measure of a fund’s sensitivity to changes in interest-rates. In general, the longer a fund’s duration, the more its price will fluctuate when interest rates change. A fund with a duration of 10 years is twice as sensitive to interest rate changes as a fund with a five-year duration. A fund with a five-year duration would generally be expected to lose 5% from its net asset value if interest rates rose by one percentage point or gain 5% if interest rates fell by one percentage point.

Principal Investment Risks

Loss of money is a risk of investing in the Fund. In addition, the principal risks of investing in the Fund, which could adversely affect the Fund’s net asset value, yield or total return are:

 Interest Rate Risk — The value of the Fund’s interest-bearing investments may decline due to an increase in interest rates. In general, the longer a security’s maturity, the greater the interest rate risk. For a portfolio with a duration of 3 years, each 1% rise in interest rates would reduce the value of the portfolio by an estimated 3%. The Fund’s yield may decrease due to a decline in interest rates. Very low or negative interest rates may magnify interest rate risk. Recent and any future declines in interest rate levels could cause the Fund’s earnings to fall below the Fund’s expense ratio, resulting in a negative yield and a decline in the Fund’s share price. Changing interest rates, including rates that fall below zero, may have unpredictable effects on markets, may result in heightened market volatility and may detract from Fund performance to the extent the Fund is exposed to such interest rates.

 Credit Risk — Credit risk is the possibility that the issuer of a debt instrument or a counterparty to an agreement fails to fulfill its obligations, reducing the Fund’s return. This includes failure by a bond issuer to repay interest and principal.

 Liquidity Risk — Certain securities may be difficult or impossible to sell at the time and the price that would normally prevail in the market. The portfolio manager may have to lower the price, sell other securities instead or forego an investment opportunity, any of which could have a negative effect on Fund management or performance. This includes the risk of missing out on an investment opportunity because the assets necessary to take advantage of it are tied up in less advantageous investments. If a Fund is required to sell securities quickly or at a particular time (including sales to meet redemption requests) the Fund could realize a loss.

 Prepayment/Call Risk — There is a chance that the repayment of an asset-backed or mortgage-backed obligation will occur sooner than expected. Call risk is the possibility that, during periods of falling interest rates, a bond issuer will “call”— or repay — its bond before the bond’s maturity date.

 Market Risk — The value of the Fund’s assets will fluctuate as the markets in which the Fund invests fluctuate. The value of the Fund’s investments may decline, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably, simply because of economic changes or other events, such as inflation (or expectations for inflation), deflation (or expectations for deflation), interest rates, global demand for particular products or resources, market instability, debt crises and downgrades, embargoes, tariffs, sanctions and other trade barriers, regulatory events, other governmental trade or market control programs and related geopolitical events. In addition, the value of the Fund’s investments may be negatively affected by the occurrence of global events such as war, military conflict, acts of terrorism, social unrest, environmental disasters, natural disasters or events, recessions, supply chain disruptions, political instability, and infectious disease epidemics or pandemics.

 Mortgage-Backed Securities Risk — The value of the Fund’s mortgage-backed securities can fall if the owners of the underlying mortgages pay off their mortgages sooner than expected, which could happen when interest rates fall, or later than expected, which could happen when interest rates rise. If the underlying mortgages are paid off sooner than expected, the Fund may have to reinvest this money in mortgage-backed or other securities that have lower yields.

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 Collateralized Mortgage Obligations Risk — There are risks associated with collateralized mortgage obligations that relate to the risks of the underlying mortgage pass-through securities (i.e., an increase or decrease in prepayment rates, resulting from a decrease or increase in mortgage interest rates, will affect the yield, average life, and price of collateralized mortgage obligations).

 Asset-Backed Securities Risk — Payment of interest and repayment of principal may be impacted by the cash flows generated by the assets backing asset-backed securities. The value of the Fund’s asset-backed securities may also be affected by changes in interest rates, the availability of information concerning the interests in and structure of the pools of purchase contracts, financing leases or sales agreements that are represented by these securities, the creditworthiness of the servicing agent for the pool, the originator of the loans or receivables, or the entities that provide any supporting letters of credit, surety bonds, or other credit enhancements.

 Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) Risk — The ETFs in which the Fund invests are subject to the risks applicable to the types of securities and investments used by the ETFs. Because an ETF charges its own fees and expenses, fund shareholders will indirectly bear these costs. The use of leverage in an ETF can magnify any price movements, resulting in high volatility. Due to daily rebalancing, leverage, and liquidity, inverse ETFs may perform worse than the inverse movement of the underlying referenced financial asset, index or commodity’s return.

 Valuation Risk — The risk associated with the assessment of appropriate pricing in a changing market where trading information may not be readily available.

 Management Risk — There is no guarantee that the investment techniques and risk analyses used by the Fund’s portfolio managers will produce the desired results.

 Regulatory Risk — The risk that a change in laws or regulations will materially affect a security, business, sector or market. A change in laws or regulations made by the government or a regulatory body can increase the costs of operating a business, reduce the attractiveness of investment and/or change the competitive landscape. Regulatory risk also includes the risk associated with federal and state laws which may restrict the remedies that a lender has when a borrower defaults on loans. These laws include restrictions on foreclosures, redemption rights after foreclosure, federal and state bankruptcy and debtor relief laws, restrictions on “due on sale” clauses, and state usury laws.

To the extent that the Fund makes investments with additional risks, those risks could increase volatility or reduce performance. The Fund may trade securities actively, which could increase its transaction costs (thus lowering performance) and may increase the amount of taxes that you pay.

For more information about these risks, please refer to the section titled “Investment Practices and Risks” in the Fund’s prospectus. An investment in the Fund is not a deposit of any bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.

Performance Information

The bar chart and the performance table below illustrate some of the risks and return volatility of an investment in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund’s performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund’s average annual returns for 1, 5 and 10 years compare with those of a broad measure of market performance. The Fund’s past performance (before or after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Prior to December 30, 2016, the Fund was named the Intermediate Bond Fund. Updated performance information may be obtained on the Fund’s website www.cavanalhillfunds.com or by calling 1-800-762-7085.

This bar chart shows changes in the Fund’s performance from year to year1. The returns for A Shares and Institutional Shares will differ from the returns for Investor Shares (which are shown in the bar chart) because of differences in the expenses of each class.

Annual Total Returns for Investor Shares (Periods Ended 12/31)

1The performance information shown above is based on a calendar year. The Fund’s total return from 1/1/23 to 9/30/23 was 1.45%.

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This table compares the Fund’s average annual total returns for periods ended December 31, 2022 to those of the Bloomberg U.S. Intermediate Aggregate Bond Index. The A Shares commenced operations on May 1, 2011 with a sales charge of 3.75% which was reduced to 2.00% on December 31, 2014. The stated returns assume the highest historical federal marginal income and capital gains tax rates. These after-tax returns do not reflect the effect of any applicable state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors holding shares through tax-deferred programs, such as IRA or 401(k) plans. After-tax returns are shown only for the Investor Shares and after-tax returns for other shares will vary.

Average Annual Total Returns (Periods Ended 12/31/22)

 

1 Year

 

5 Years

 

10 Years

Investor Shares

           

Return Before Taxes

 

-9.12%

 

-0.10%

 

0.88%

Return After Taxes on Distributions

 

-9.83%

 

-0.83%

 

0.19%

Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares

 

-5.39%

 

-0.36%

 

0.38%

Institutional Shares

           

Return Before Taxes

 

-8.98%

 

0.16%

 

1.14%

A Shares

           

Return Before Taxes (With Load)

 

-10.96%

 

-0.47%

 

0.69%

Bloomberg U.S. Intermediate Aggregate Bond Index
(reflects no deduction for expenses, fees or taxes)

 

-9.51%

 

0.31%

 

1.00%

Investment Adviser

Cavanal Hill® Investment Management, Inc. serves as the investment adviser for the Fund.

Portfolio Managers

The following individuals are jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio:

Michael P. Maurer, CFA, is a Senior Vice President of Cavanal Hill Investment Management, Inc. and has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since 2003.

Russell Knox, CFA, is a Vice President of Cavanal Hill Investment Management, Inc. and has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since 2013.

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

The following initial and additional purchase requirements apply:

 

Initial Purchase

 

Additional Purchases

Bond and Equity Funds

       

A Shares

 

None

 

None

Investor Shares

 

$100

 

None

Institutional Shares

 

$1,000

 

None

Shares may be purchased, sold (redeemed) or exchanged on any business day by:

 Sending a written request by mail to the Funds Custodian: BOKF, NA, Attention: Cavanal Hill Funds, P.O. Box 182730, Columbus, Ohio 43218-2730.

 Sending a written request by overnight mail to: Cavanal Hill Funds, c/o FIS Investor Services, LLC, 4249 Easton Way, Suite 400, Columbus, OH, 43219-6171.

 Calling us at 1-800-762-7085 with instructions as to how you wish to complete the transaction (mail, wire, electronic transfer).

Tax Information

The Fund’s distributions are generally taxable to you as ordinary income, capital gains, or a combination of the two, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account. Retirement accounts may be taxed at a later date.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund or its service providers may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information. In addition, if you purchase shares that do not have any front-end sales charge, contingent deferred sales charge, or other asset-based fee for sales or distribution from a broker or other financial intermediary on an acting agency basis, you may be required to pay a commission in an amount charged and separately disclosed to you by such party.

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BOND FUND

SUMMARY

Investment Objective

To seek total return.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Bond Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest or agree to invest in the future, at least $200,000 in Cavanal Hill Funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in the section “Initial Sales Charge (Bond and Equity Funds, A Shares Only)” on page 46 of the prospectus and “Contingent Deferred Sales Charges (CDSC-Class A and C Only)” on page 47 in the prospectus and in the section “Additional Purchase and Redemption Information” on page 35 of the Statement of Additional Information. An investor transacting in Institutional Shares, which do not have any front-end sales charge, contingent deferred sales charge, or other asset-based fee for sales or distribution, may be required to pay a commission to a broker or other financial intermediary for effecting such transactions on an agency basis. Such commissions are not reflected in the tables or the example below. Shares of the Fund are available in other share classes that have different fees and expenses.

Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your investment)

 

A
Shares

 

Investor
Shares

 

Institutional
Shares

Maximum Sales Charge (Load) imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

 

2.00%

 

None

 

None

Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of the lesser of original purchase price or redemption proceeds)

 

1.00%*

 

None

 

None

Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment).

 

A
Shares

 

Investor
Shares

 

Institutional
Shares

Management Fees

 

0.20%

 

0.20%

 

0.20%

Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees

 

0.25%

 

0.25%

 

Other Expenses

 

0.37%

 

0.52%

 

0.52%

Shareholder Servicing Fees

 

0.10%

 

0.25%

 

0.25%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

 

0.82%

 

0.97%

 

0.72%

Less Fee Waivers

 

-0.10%

 

-0.25%

 

-0.25%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waivers

 

0.72%

 

0.72%

 

0.47%

*  Class A Shares are available with no front-end sales charge on investments of $200,000 or more. There is, however, a contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) of 1.00% on any Class A Shares upon which a dealer concession was paid that are sold within one year of purchase.

†  Affiliates of the Adviser have contractually agreed to waive all Shareholder Servicing Fees to which they are entitled. The affiliate waivers result in a reduction of the Shareholder Servicing Fee paid by all purchasers of a Class to the extent shown in the table. Contractual waivers are in place for the period through December 31, 2024 and may only be terminated or modified with the approval of the Fund’s Board of Trustees.

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 and each year that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

1 Year

 

3 Year

 

5 Year

 

10 Year

A Shares

 

$272

 

$447

 

$636

 

$1,184

Investor Shares

 

$74

 

$284

 

$512

 

$1,167

Institutional Shares

 

$48

 

$205

 

$376

 

$871

Portfolio Turnover

The Bond 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 59% of the average value of its portfolio.

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Principal Investment Strategy

To pursue its objective, the Fund invests, under normal market conditions, primarily in debt obligations such as bonds, notes and debentures, and bills issued by U.S. corporations or by the U.S. government, its agencies, or instrumentalities, municipal securities, mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities, collateralized mortgage obligations and fixed income ETFs. Such debt obligations are “investment grade,” rated within the four highest ratings categories assigned by a nationally recognized statistical ratings organization, or, if not rated, found by the Adviser under guidelines approved by the Trust’s Board of Trustees to be of comparable quality. The Fund also invests in money market instruments.

Total return is defined as a percentage change, over a specified time period, in a mutual fund’s net asset value, with the ending net asset value adjusted to account for the reinvestment of all distributions of dividends and capital gains.

If the rating of a security is downgraded after purchase, the portfolio management team will determine whether it is in the best interest of the Fund’s shareholders to continue to hold the security. In making that determination, the factors considered at the time of purchase are reviewed. The Fund does not apply an automatic sale trigger.

The Fund will generally maintain a dollar-weighted average portfolio maturity of three to ten years.

In managing the portfolio, the portfolio management team searches for inefficiencies not only at the macro, or top down level, but also at the individual security level. Purchase and sale decisions are based on the Adviser’s judgment about issuers, risk, prices of securities, market conditions, potential returns, and other economic factors.

Under normal circumstances the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in bonds. This policy will not be changed without at least 60 days prior notice to shareholders.

Principal Investment Risks

Loss of money is a risk of investing in the Fund. In addition, the principal risks of investing in the Fund, which could adversely affect the Fund’s net asset value, yield or total return are:

 Interest Rate Risk — The value of the Fund’s interest-bearing investments may decline due to an increase in interest rates. In general, the longer a security’s maturity, the greater the interest rate risk. For a portfolio with a duration of 3 years, each 1% rise in interest rates would reduce the value of the portfolio by an estimated 3%. The Fund’s yield may decrease due to a decline in interest rates. Very low or negative interest rates may magnify interest rate risk. Recent and any future declines in interest rate levels could cause the Fund’s earnings to fall below the Fund’s expense ratio, resulting in a negative yield and a decline in the Fund’s share price. Changing interest rates, including rates that fall below zero, may have unpredictable effects on markets, may result in heightened market volatility and may detract from Fund performance to the extent the Fund is exposed to such interest rates.

 Credit Risk — Credit risk is the possibility that the issuer of a debt instrument or a counterparty to an agreement fails to fulfill its obligations, reducing the Fund’s return. This includes failure by a bond issuer to repay interest and principal.

 Liquidity Risk — Certain securities may be difficult or impossible to sell at the time and the price that would normally prevail in the market. The portfolio manager may have to lower the price, sell other securities instead or forego an investment opportunity, any of which could have a negative effect on Fund management or performance. This includes the risk of missing out on an investment opportunity because the assets necessary to take advantage of it are tied up in less advantageous investments. If a Fund is required to sell securities quickly or at a particular time (including sales to meet redemption requests) the Fund could realize a loss.

 Prepayment/Call Risk — There is a chance that the repayment of an asset-backed or mortgage-backed obligation will occur sooner than expected. Call risk is the possibility that, during periods of falling interest rates, a bond issuer will “call”— or repay — its bond before the bond’s maturity date.

 Market Risk — The value of the Fund’s assets will fluctuate as the markets in which the Fund invests fluctuate. The value of the Fund’s investments may decline, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably, simply because of economic changes or other events, such as inflation (or expectations for inflation), deflation (or expectations for deflation), interest rates, global demand for particular products or resources, market instability, debt crises and downgrades, embargoes, tariffs, sanctions and other trade barriers, regulatory events, other governmental trade or market control programs and related geopolitical events. In addition, the value of the Fund’s investments may be negatively affected by the occurrence of global events such as war, military conflict, acts of terrorism, social unrest, environmental disasters, natural disasters or events, recessions, supply chain disruptions, political instability, and infectious disease epidemics or pandemics.

 Mortgage-Backed Securities Risk — The value of the Fund’s mortgage-backed securities can fall if the owners of the underlying mortgages pay off their mortgages sooner than expected, which could happen when interest rates fall, or later than expected, which could happen when interest rates rise. If the underlying mortgages are paid off sooner than expected, the Fund may have to reinvest this money in mortgage-backed or other securities that have lower yields.

 Collateralized Mortgage Obligations Risk — There are risks associated with collateralized mortgage obligations that relate to the risks of the underlying mortgage pass-through securities (i.e., an increase or decrease in prepayment rates, resulting from a decrease or increase in mortgage interest rates, will affect the yield, average life, and price of collateralized mortgage obligations).

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 Asset-Backed Securities Risk — Payment of interest and repayment of principal may be impacted by the cash flows generated by the assets backing asset-backed securities. The value of the Fund’s asset-backed securities may also be affected by changes in interest rates, the availability of information concerning the interests in and structure of the pools of purchase contracts, financing leases or sales agreements that are represented by these securities, the creditworthiness of the servicing agent for the pool, the originator of the loans or receivables, or the entities that provide any supporting letters of credit, surety bonds, or other credit enhancements.

 Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) Risk — The ETFs in which the Fund invests are subject to the risks applicable to the types of securities and investments used by the ETFs. Because an ETF charges its own fees and expenses, fund shareholders will indirectly bear these costs. The use of leverage in an ETF can magnify any price movements, resulting in high volatility. Due to daily rebalancing, leverage, and liquidity, inverse ETFs may perform worse than the inverse movement of the underlying referenced financial asset, index or commodity’s return.

 Valuation Risk — The risk associated with the assessment of appropriate pricing in a changing market where trading information may not be readily available.

 Management Risk — There is no guarantee that the investment techniques and risk analyses used by the Fund’s portfolio managers will produce the desired results.

 Regulatory Risk — The risk that a change in laws or regulations will materially affect a security, business, sector or market. A change in laws or regulations made by the government or a regulatory body can increase the costs of operating a business, reduce the attractiveness of investment and/or change the competitive landscape. Regulatory risk also includes the risk associated with federal and state laws which may restrict the remedies that a lender has when a borrower defaults on loans. These laws include restrictions on foreclosures, redemption rights after foreclosure, federal and state bankruptcy and debtor relief laws, restrictions on “due on sale” clauses, and state usury laws.

To the extent that the Fund makes investments with additional risks, those risks could increase volatility or reduce performance. The Fund may trade securities actively, which could increase its transaction costs (thus lowering performance) and may increase the amount of taxes that you pay.

For more information about these risks, please refer to the section titled “Investment Practices and Risks” in the Fund’s prospectus. An investment in the Fund is not a deposit of any bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.

Performance Information

The bar chart and the performance table below illustrate some of the risks and return volatility of an investment in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund’s performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund’s average annual returns for 1, 5 and 10 years compare with those of a broad measure of market performance. The Fund’s past performance (before or after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information may be obtained on the Fund’s website www.cavanalhillfunds.com or by calling 1-800-762-7085.

This bar chart shows changes in the Fund’s performance from year to year1. The returns for A Shares and Institutional Shares will differ from the returns for Investor Shares (which are shown in the bar chart) because of differences in the expenses of each Class.

Annual Total Returns for Investor Shares (Periods Ended 12/31)

1The performance information shown above is based on a calendar year. The Fund’s total return from 1/1/23 to 9/30/23 was 0.51%.

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This table compares the Fund’s average annual total returns for periods ended December 31, 2022 to those of the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The A Shares commenced operations on May 1, 2011 with a sales charge of 3.75% which was reduced to 2.00% on December 31, 2014. The stated returns assume the highest historical federal marginal income and capital gains tax rates. These after-tax returns do not reflect the effect of any applicable state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors holding shares through tax-deferred programs, such as IRA or 401(k) plans. After-tax returns are shown only for the Investor Class Shares and after-tax returns for other shares will vary.

Average Annual Total Returns (Periods Ended 12/31/22)

 

1 Year

 

5 Years

 

10 Years

Investor Shares

           

Return Before Taxes

 

-13.46%

 

-0.53%

 

0.51%

Return After Taxes on Distributions

 

-14.27%

 

-1.37%

 

-0.32%

Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares

 

-7.95%

 

0.72%

 

0.05%

Institutional Shares

           

Return Before Taxes

 

-13.28%

 

-0.26%

 

0.75%

A Shares

           

Return Before Taxes (With Load)

 

-15.19%

 

-0.90%

 

0.33%

Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index
(reflects no deduction for expenses, fees or taxes)

 

-13.01%

 

0.02%

 

1.06%

Investment Adviser

Cavanal Hill® Investment Management, Inc. serves as the investment adviser for the Fund.

Portfolio Managers

The following individuals are jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio:

Michael P. Maurer, CFA, is a Senior Vice President of Cavanal Hill Investment Management, Inc. and has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since 2003.

Russell Knox, CFA, is a Vice President of Cavanal Hill Investment Management, Inc. and has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since 2013.

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

The following initial and additional purchase requirements apply:

 

Initial Purchase

 

Additional Purchases

Bond and Equity Funds

       

A Shares

 

None

 

None

Investor Shares

 

$100

 

None

Institutional Shares

 

$1,000

 

None

Shares may be purchased, sold (redeemed) or exchanged on any business day by:

 Sending a written request by mail to the Funds Custodian: BOKF, NA, Attention: Cavanal Hill Funds, P.O. Box 182730, Columbus, Ohio 43218-2730.

 Sending a written request by overnight mail to: Cavanal Hill Funds, c/o FIS Investor Services, LLC, 4249 Easton Way, Suite 400, Columbus, OH, 43219-6171.

 Calling us at 1-800-762-7085 with instructions as to how you wish to complete the transaction (mail, wire, electronic transfer).

Tax Information

The Fund’s distributions are generally taxable to you as ordinary income, capital gains, or a combination of the two, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account. Retirement accounts may be taxed at a later date.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund or its service providers may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information. In addition, if you purchase shares that do not have any front-end sales charge, contingent deferred sales charge, or other asset-based fee for sales or distribution from a broker or other financial intermediary on an acting agency basis, you may be required to pay a commission in an amount charged and separately disclosed to you by such party.

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STRATEGIC ENHANCED YIELD FUND

SUMMARY

Investment Objective

To primarily seek current income and, secondarily, the opportunity for capital appreciation to produce total return.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Strategic Enhanced Yield Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest or agree to invest in the future, at least $200,000 in Cavanal Hill Funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in the section “Initial Sales Charge (Bond and Equity Funds, A Shares Only)” on page 46 of the prospectus and “Contingent Deferred Sales Charges (CDSC-Class A and C Only)” on page 47 in the prospectus and in the section “Additional Purchase and Redemption Information” on page 35 of the Statement of Additional Information. An investor transacting in Institutional Shares, which do not have any front-end sales charge, contingent deferred sales charge, or other asset-based fee for sales or distribution, may be required to pay a commission to a broker or other financial intermediary for effecting such transactions on an agency basis. Such commissions are not reflected in the tables or the example below. Shares of the Fund are available in other share classes that have different fees and expenses.

Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your investment)

 

A
Shares

 

Investor
Shares

 

Institutional
Shares

Maximum Sales Charge (Load) imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

 

2.00%

 

None

 

None

Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of the lesser of original purchase price or redemption proceeds)

 

1.00%*

 

None

 

None

Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment).

 

A
Shares

 

Investor
Shares

 

Institutional
Shares

Management Fees

 

0.50%

 

0.50%

 

0.50%

Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees

 

0.25%

 

0.25%

 

Other expenses

 

2.10%

 

2.25%

 

2.25%

Shareholder Servicing Fees

 

0.10%

 

0.25%

 

0.25%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

 

 

 

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

 

2.85%

 

3.00%

 

2.75%

Less Fee Waivers

 

-1.84%

 

-1.99%

 

-1.99%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waivers

 

1.01%

 

1.01%

 

0.76%

*  Class A Shares are available with no front-end sales charge on investments of $200,000 or more. There is, however, a contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) of 1.00% on any Class A Shares upon which a dealer concession was paid that are sold within one year of purchase.

†  The Adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees payable to it or reimburse certain expenses so that expenses (other than extraordinary expenses and any Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses) for each Class do not exceed 0.76%, plus class-specific fees, until December 31, 2024. Affiliates of the Adviser have contractually agreed to waive all Shareholder Servicing Fees to which they are entitled. The affiliate waivers result in a reduction of the Shareholder Servicing Fee paid by all purchasers of a Class to the extent shown in the table. Contractual waivers are in place for the period through December 31, 2024 and may only be terminated or modified with the approval of the Fund’s Board of Trustees.

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. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

1 Year

 

3 Year

 

5 Year

 

10 Year

A Shares

 

$301

 

$894

 

$1,514

 

$3,182

Investor Shares

 

$103

 

$739

 

$1,402

 

$3,177

Institutional Shares

 

$78

 

$664

 

$1,277

 

$2,934

Portfolio Turnover

The Strategic Enhanced Yield 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 159% of the average value of its portfolio.

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Principal Investment Strategy

The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in a diversified portfolio of fixed income instruments of varying maturities. In an effort to actively enhance total return and minimize risk, the Fund will engage in opportunistic trading among various sectors based on the perceived market anomalies and inefficiencies detected by the Fund’s portfolio managers, which may be found in illiquid or thinly traded securities and those that may not accurately reflect relevant market information. Total return is defined as a percentage change, over a specified time period, in a mutual fund’s net asset value, with the ending net asset value adjusted to account for the reinvestment of all distributions of dividends and capital gains.

Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in fixed income instruments, both domestic and foreign. This investment policy will not be changed by the Fund without at least 60 days’ prior notice to shareholders. The principal “Fixed income instruments” that the Fund invests in are securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government and its agencies and instrumentalities, U.S. corporate bonds, global corporate bonds and sovereign bonds denominated in U.S. and non-U.S. dollars, mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities, municipal securities, and privately-issued securities that may be resold only in accordance with Rule 144A or Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “1933 Act”). Privately issued securities are those securities that are exempt from registration under the 1933 Act and that may be resold only in accordance with Rule 144A, which allows for the private resale of securities to qualified institutional buyers, and Regulation S, which allows for the private sale of securities outside the U.S. The mortgage-backed securities in which the Fund invests are fixed rate mortgage-backed securities backed by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Ginnie Mae.

The Fund may also invest in securities listed, traded or dealt in foreign countries, including emerging markets countries. Such securities may be denominated in foreign currencies and include sovereign, supra-national and quasi-sovereign bonds and debt instruments. There is no limit on the foreign issuers in which the Fund can invest, provided that the Fund will not invest in any foreign issuer or country in which investment is prohibited by law. The Fund will consider an issuer to be doing a substantial amount of business outside the U.S. if it derives more than 50% of its assets, revenue or income outside of the U.S. The Fund may also invest in preferred stock. The Fund may invest in U.S. Treasury futures for hedging purposes. U.S. Treasury futures with economic characteristics similar to fixed income instruments will be included as investments that satisfy the Fund’s 80% policy discussed above.

“Investment-grade” securities are securities that are rated by at least one major rating agency in one of its top four rating categories, meaning those securities that have a rating of Baa3 by Moody’s, BBB- by S&P or BBB- by Fitch Ratings Ltd., or, if unrated, that are determined by the Adviser to be of similar quality, at the time of purchase. The Fund will seek to enhance yield by investing up to a combined 60% of its assets in fixed income securities rated below investment grade (also known as “high yield securities” or “junk bonds”), emerging market debt securities, including both sovereign and corporate issuers, and securities denominated in foreign currencies.

The Adviser expects that the Fund’s average duration will range between 20% shorter and 20% longer than that of the Bloomberg US Aggregate Index. For example, on November 30, 2023, the duration was 6.19 years, meaning the Fund’s average duration would range between 4.95 years (20% shorter than the Bloomberg US Aggregate Index) and 7.43 years (20% longer than the Bloomberg US Aggregate Index). Duration provides a measure of a fund’s sensitivity to changes in interest-rates. In general, the longer a fund’s duration, the more its price will fluctuate when interest rates change. A fund with a duration of 10 years is twice as sensitive to interest rate changes as a fund with a five-year duration. A fund with a five-year duration would generally be expected to lose 5% from its net asset value if interest rates rose by one percentage point or gain 5% if interest rates fell by one percentage point.

In selecting fixed income instruments for the Fund, the Adviser actively monitors potential investment opportunities throughout the world and bases its purchase and sale decisions on a fundamental analysis of global economic trends and underlying global economic fundamentals.

Principal Investment Risks

Loss of money is a risk of investing in the Fund. In addition, the principal risks of investing in the Fund, which could adversely affect the Fund’s net asset value, yield or total return are:

 Credit Risk — Credit risk is the possibility that the issuer of a debt instrument or a counterparty to an agreement fails to fulfil its obligations, reducing the Fund’s return. This includes failure by a bond issuer to repay interest and principal.

 Market Risk — The value of the Fund’s assets will fluctuate as the markets in which the Fund invests fluctuate. The value of the Fund’s investments may decline, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably, simply because of economic changes or other events, such as inflation (or expectations for inflation), deflation (or expectations for deflation), interest rates, global demand for particular products or resources, market instability, debt crises and downgrades, embargoes, tariffs, sanctions and other trade barriers, regulatory events, other governmental trade or market control programs and related geopolitical events. In addition, the value of the Fund’s investments may be negatively affected by the occurrence of global events such as war, military conflict, acts of terrorism, social unrest, environmental disasters, natural disasters or events, recessions, supply chain disruptions, political instability, and infectious disease epidemics or pandemics.

 Liquidity Risk — Certain securities may be difficult or impossible to sell at the time and the price that would normally prevail in the market. The portfolio manager may have to lower the price, sell other securities instead or forego an investment opportunity, any of which could have a negative effect on Fund management or performance. This includes the risk of missing out on an investment opportunity because the assets necessary to take advantage of it are tied up in less advantageous investments. If a Fund is required to sell securities quickly or at a particular time (including sales to meet redemption requests) the Fund could realize a loss.

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 Interest Rate Risk — The value of the Fund’s interest-bearing investments may decline due to an increase in interest rates. In general, the longer a security’s maturity, the greater the interest rate risk. For a portfolio with a duration of 3 years, each 1% rise in interest rates would reduce the value of the portfolio by an estimated 3%. The Fund’s yield may decrease due to a decline in interest rates. Very low or negative interest rates may magnify interest rate risk. Recent and any future declines in interest rate levels could cause the Fund’s earnings to fall below the Fund’s expense ratio, resulting in a negative yield and a decline in the Fund’s share price. Changing interest rates, including rates that fall below zero, may have unpredictable effects on markets, may result in heightened market volatility and may detract from Fund performance to the extent the Fund is exposed to such interest rates.

 Foreign Investment Risk — The risk associated with higher transaction costs, delayed settlements, currency controls or adverse economic and political developments. This also includes the risk that fluctuations in the exchange rates between the U.S. dollar and foreign currencies may negatively affect an investment. Exchange rate volatility may affect the ability of an issuer to repay U.S. dollar denominated debt, thereby increasing credit risk. Foreign securities may also be affected by incomplete or inaccurate financial information on companies. There is a risk of loss attributable to social upheavals, unfavorable governmental or political actions, seizure of foreign deposits, changes in tax or trade statutes, and governmental collapse and war. These risks are more significant in emerging markets.

 Valuation Risk — The risk associated with the assessment of appropriate pricing in a changing market where trading information may not be readily available.

 Non-U.S. Denominated Currency Risk — Sovereign debt instruments are subject to the risk that a governmental entity may delay or refuse to pay interest or repay principal on its sovereign debt, due, for example, to cash flow problems, insufficient foreign currency reserves, political considerations, the relative size of the governmental entity’s debt position in relation to the economy or the failure to put in place economic reforms required by the International Monetary Fund or other multilateral agencies.

 Emerging Market Risk — Risks associated with investing in emerging market securities include potentially restrictive political and economic structures and abrupt changes to those structures, changes in price visibility and liquidity in markets and securities, fluctuations in currency exchange rates, volatility in interest rates, and sudden changes in tax policy.

 Prepayment/Call Risk — There is a chance that the repayment of an asset-backed or mortgage-backed obligation will occur sooner than expected. Call risk is the possibility that, during periods of falling interest rates, a bond issuer will “call”— or repay — its bond before the bond’s maturity date.

 High Yield Securities Risk — Fixed income securities rated below investment grade and unrated securities of similar credit quality (commonly referred to as “junk bonds” or high yield securities) are regarded as being predominantly speculative as to the issuer’s ability to make payments of principal and interest. Investments in such securities involves substantial risk. Issuers of high yield securities may be highly leveraged and may not have available to them more traditional methods of financing. Therefore, the risks associated with acquiring the securities of such issuers generally are greater than is the case with investment grade securities. The value of high yield securities tends to be very volatile due to such factors as specific corporate developments, interest rate sensitivity, less secondary market activity, and negative perceptions of high yield securities and the junk bond markets generally, particularly in times of market stress.

 Mortgage-Backed Securities Risk — The value of the Fund’s mortgage-backed securities can fall if the owners of the underlying mortgages pay off their mortgages sooner than expected, which could happen when interest rates fall, or later than expected, which could happen when interest rates rise. If the underlying mortgages are paid off sooner than expected, the Fund may have to reinvest this money in mortgage-backed or other securities that have lower yields.

 Asset-Backed Securities Risk — Payment of interest and repayment of principal may be impacted by the cash flows generated by the assets backing asset-backed securities. The value of the Fund’s asset-backed securities may also be affected by changes in interest rates, the availability of information concerning the interests in and structure of the pools of purchase contracts, financing leases or sales agreements that are represented by these securities, the creditworthiness of the servicing agent for the pool, the originator of the loans or receivables, or the entities that provide any supporting letters of credit, surety bonds, or other credit enhancements.

 Derivative Risk — The risk of investing in derivative instruments, including liquidity, interest rate, market, credit and management risks, mispricing or improper valuation. Changes in the value of a derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying asset, rate or index, and the Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

 Leverage Risk — The risk associated with securities or practices that multiply small index or market movements into large changes in value. Leverage is often associated with investments in derivatives, but also may be embedded directly in the characteristics of other securities. Leverage risk is hedged when a derivative (a security whose value is based on another security or index) is used as a hedge against an opposite position that a Fund also holds, any loss generated by the derivative should be substantially offset by gains on the hedged investment, and vice versa. Hedges are sometimes subject to imperfect matching between the derivative and underlying security, and there can be no assurance that a Fund’s hedging transactions will be effective.

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 Private/Restricted Securities Risk — The Fund can invest in private placements and restricted securities. Such investments involve a high degree of business and financial risk and can result in substantial or complete losses. Competition among private funds can be intense and there is no assurance that the marketing efforts of any particular portfolio company will be successful or that its business will succeed. Additionally, privately held companies are not subject to Securities and Exchange Commission reporting requirements, are not required to maintain their accounting records in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and are not required to maintain effective internal controls over financial reporting. As a result, timely or accurate information may at times not be readily available about the business, financial condition and results of operations of the privately held companies in which the Fund invests.

 Redemption Risk — The risk that heavy redemptions could cause the Fund to liquidate its assets at inopportune times or at a loss or depressed value, particularly during periods of declining or illiquid markets, and that could affect the fund’s ability to maintain a $1.00 share price. Redemption risk is greater to the extent that the fund has investors with large shareholdings, short investment horizons or unpredictable cash flow needs. The redemption by one or more large shareholders of their holdings in the fund could cause the remaining shareholders in the fund to lose money.

 Floating Rate Notes Risk — Securities with floating or variable interest rates can be less sensitive to interest rate changes than securities with fixed interest rates, but may decline in value if their coupon rates do not reset as high, or as quickly, as comparable market interest rates, and generally carry lower yields than fixed notes of the same maturity.

 Hedging Risk — Hedging may not be effective based on timing, the underlying instrument hedged, or duration of the hedge.

 Management Risk — There is no guarantee that the investment techniques and risk analyses used by the Fund’s portfolio managers will produce the desired results.

 Regulatory Risk — The risk that a change in laws or regulations will materially affect a security, business, sector or market. A change in laws or regulations made by the government or a regulatory body can increase the costs of operating a business, reduce the attractiveness of investment and/or change the competitive landscape. Regulatory risk also includes the risk associated with federal and state laws which may restrict the remedies that a lender has when a borrower defaults on loans. These laws include restrictions on foreclosures, redemption rights after foreclosure, federal and state bankruptcy and debtor relief laws, restrictions on “due on sale” clauses, and state usury laws.

To the extent that the Fund makes investments with additional risks, those risks could increase volatility or reduce performance. The Fund may trade securities actively, which could increase its transaction costs (thus lowering performance) and may increase the amount of taxes that you pay. For more information about these risks, please refer to the section titled “Investment Practices and Risks” in the Fund’s prospectus. An investment in the Fund is not a deposit of any bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.

Performance Information

The bar chart and the performance table below illustrate some of the risks and return volatility of an investment in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund’s performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund’s average annual returns for 1 and 5 years and since inception compare with those of a broad measure of market performance. The Fund’s past performance (before or after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information may be obtained on the Fund’s website www.cavanalhillfunds.com or by calling 1-800-762-7085.

This bar chart shows changes in the Fund’s performance from year to year1. The returns for A Shares and Institutional Shares will differ from the returns for Investor Shares (which are shown in the bar chart) because of differences in the expenses of each Class.

Annual Total Returns for Investor Shares (Periods Ended 12/31)

1The performance information shown above is based on a calendar year. The Fund’s total return from 1/1/23 to 9/30/23 was 0.85%.

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This table compares the Fund’s average annual total returns for periods ended December 31, 2022 to those of the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The stated returns assume the highest historical federal marginal income and capital gains tax rates. These after-tax returns do not reflect the effect of any applicable state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors holding shares through tax-deferred programs, such as IRA or 401(k) plans. After-tax returns are shown only for the Investor Class Shares and after-tax returns for other shares will vary.

Average Annual Total Returns (Periods Ended 12/31/22)

 

1 Year

 

5 Years

 

Since
Inception
(12/26/2017)

Investor Shares

           

Return Before Taxes

 

-13.06%

 

0.19%

 

0.19%

Return After Taxes on Distributions

 

-14.23%

 

0.99%

 

-0.99%

Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares

 

-7.70%

 

0.30%

 

-0.30%

Institutional Shares

           

Return Before Taxes

 

-12.86%

 

0.34%

 

0.36%

A Shares

           

Return Before Taxes (With Load)

 

-14.73%

 

0.27%

 

-0.26%

Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index
(reflects no deduction for expenses, fees or taxes)

 

-13.01%

 

0.02%

 

0.10%

Investment Adviser

Cavanal Hill® Investment Management, Inc. serves as the investment adviser for the Fund. LM Capital Group, LLC serves as the investment sub-adviser for the Fund.

Portfolio Managers

The following individuals are jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio:

Luis Maizel is a Sr. Managing Director for LM Capital Group, LLC and has been a Portfolio Manager of the Fund since 2022.

Mario Modiano is a Sr. Portfolio Manager for LM Capital Group, LLC and has been a Portfolio Manager of the Fund since 2022.

Michael Chalker is a Portfolio Manager for LM Capital Group, LLC and has been a Portfolio Manager of the Fund since 2022.

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

The following initial and additional purchase requirements apply:

 

Initial Purchase

 

Additional Purchases

Bond and Equity Funds

       

A Shares

 

None

 

None

Investor Shares

 

$100

 

None

Institutional Shares

 

$1,000

 

None

Shares may be purchased, sold (redeemed) or exchanged on any business day by:

 Sending a written request by mail to the Funds Custodian: BOKF, NA, Attention: Cavanal Hill Funds, P.O. Box 182730, Columbus, Ohio 43218-2730.

 Sending a written request by overnight mail to: Cavanal Hill Funds, c/o FIS Investor Services, LLC, 4249 Easton Way, Suite 400, Columbus, OH, 43219-6171.

 Calling us at 1-800-762-7085 with instructions as to how you wish to complete the transaction (mail, wire, electronic transfer).

Tax Information

The Fund’s distributions are generally taxable to you as ordinary income, capital gains, or a combination of the two, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account. Retirement accounts may be taxed at a later date.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund or its service providers may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information. In addition, if you purchase shares that do not have any front-end sales charge, contingent deferred sales charge, or other asset-based fee for sales or distribution from a broker or other financial intermediary on an acting agency basis, you may be required to pay a commission in an amount charged and separately disclosed to you by such party.

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ULTRA SHORT TAX-FREE INCOME FUND

SUMMARY

Investment Objective

To generate current income exempt from federal income taxes consistent with the preservation of capital.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Ultra Short Tax-Free Income Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest or agree to invest in the future, at least $200,000 in Cavanal Hill Funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in the section “Initial Sales Charge (Bond and Equity Funds, A Shares Only)” on page 46 of the prospectus and “Contingent Deferred Sales Charges (CDSC-Class A and C Only)” on page 47 in the prospectus and in the section “Additional Purchase and Redemption Information” on page 35 of the Statement of Additional Information. An investor transacting in Institutional Shares, which do not have any front-end sales charge, contingent deferred sales charge, or other asset-based fee for sales or distribution, may be required to pay a commission to a broker or other financial intermediary for effecting such transactions on an agency basis. Such commissions are not reflected in the tables or the example below. Shares of the Fund are available in other share classes that have different fees and expenses.

Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your investment)

 

A
Shares

 

Investor
Shares

 

Institutional
Shares

Maximum Sales Charge (Load) imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

 

1.00%

 

None

 

None

Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of the lesser of original purchase price or redemption proceeds)

 

1.00%*

 

None

 

None

Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment).

 

A
Shares

 

Investor
Shares

 

Institutional
Shares

Management Fees

 

0.15%

 

0.15%

 

0.15%

Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees

 

0.25%

 

0.25%

 

Other Expenses

 

0.80%

 

0.95%

 

0.95%

Shareholder Servicing Fees

 

0.10%

 

0.25%

 

0.25%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

 

1.20%

 

1.35%

 

1.10%

Less Fee Waivers

 

-0.60%

 

-0.75%

 

-0.75%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waivers

 

0.60%

 

0.60%

 

0.35%

*  Class A Shares are available with no front-end sales charge on investments of $200,000 or more. There is, however, a contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) of 1.00% on any Class A Shares upon which a dealer concession was paid that are sold within one year of purchase.

†  The Adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees payable to it or reimburse certain expenses so that expenses (other than extraordinary expenses and any Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses) for each Class do not exceed 0.35%, plus class-specific fees, until December 31, 2024. Affiliates of the Adviser have contractually agreed to waive all Shareholder Servicing Fees to which they are entitled. The affiliate waivers result in a reduction of the Shareholder Servicing Fee paid by all purchasers of a Class to the extent shown in the table. Contractual waivers are in place for the period through December 31, 2024 and may only be terminated or modified with the approval of the Fund’s Board of Trustees.

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. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

1 Year

 

3 Year

 

5 Year

 

10 Year

A Shares

 

$161

 

$418

 

$696

 

$1,487

Investor Shares

 

$61

 

$354

 

$668

 

$1,558

Institutional Shares

 

$36

 

$275

 

$533

 

$1,273

Portfolio Turnover

The Ultra Short Tax-Free Income 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 96% of the average value of its portfolio.

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Principal Investment Strategy

To pursue its objective, under normal circumstances, the Fund invests in a diversified portfolio of municipal bonds and debentures. Such debt obligations are “investment grade” or better, rated within the four highest long-term or two highest short-term rating categories assigned by a nationally recognized statistical ratings organization (“NRSRO”), with at least 65% of the Fund’s net assets invested in securities that are rated within the three highest long-term or highest short-term rating categories or, if not rated, found by the Adviser under guidelines approved by the Trust’s Board of Trustees to be of comparable quality.

If the rating of a security is downgraded after purchase, the portfolio management team will determine whether it is in the best interest of the Fund’s shareholders to continue to hold the security. In making that determination, the factors considered at the time of purchase are reviewed. The Fund does not apply an automatic sale trigger.

As a matter of fundamental policy, the Fund invests, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets in municipal securities, the income from which is both exempt from federal income tax and not subject to federal alternative minimum tax for individuals.

The Fund will generally invest in two principal classifications of municipal securities: general obligation securities and revenue securities. The Fund may also utilize credit enhancers, such as insurance. The Fund may invest in money market instruments such as short term tax-exempt notes, commercial paper, variable-rate demand notes, and money market funds.

Purchase and sale decisions are based on the Adviser’s judgment about issuers, risk, prices of securities, market conditions, potential returns, and other economic factors.

The Fund, under normal circumstances, invests at least 80% of its net assets in tax-free bonds and maintains a dollar-weighted average maturity between 1 day to 1 year. These policies will not be changed without at least 60 days’ prior notice to shareholders.

Principal Investment Risks

Loss of money is a risk of investing in the Fund. In addition, the principal risks of investing in the Fund, which could adversely affect the Fund’s net asset value, yield or total return are:

 Municipal Bond Risk — Like other bonds, municipal bonds have credit risk. It is possible that the government that issued the bond will not have the funds to make timely payments of interest or principal. Municipal bonds often count on the projects they finance to bring in expected revenues and there is a risk that the projects will fail to produce the revenue needed to pay off the bonds.

 Interest Rate Risk — The value of the Fund’s interest-bearing investments may decline due to an increase in interest rates. In general, the longer a security’s maturity, the greater the interest rate risk. For a portfolio with a duration of 3 years, each 1% rise in interest rates would reduce the value of the portfolio by an estimated 3%. The Fund’s yield may decrease due to a decline in interest rates. Very low or negative interest rates may magnify interest rate risk. Recent and any future declines in interest rate levels could cause the Fund’s earnings to fall below the Fund’s expense ratio, resulting in a negative yield and a decline in the Fund’s share price. Changing interest rates, including rates that fall below zero, may have unpredictable effects on markets, may result in heightened market volatility and may detract from Fund performance to the extent the Fund is exposed to such interest rates.

 Credit Risk — Credit risk is the possibility that the issuer of a debt instrument or a counterparty to an agreement fails to fulfill its obligations, reducing the Fund’s return. This includes failure by a bond issuer to repay interest and principal.

 Credit Enhancement Risk — A “credit enhancer,” such as a letter of credit, may decline in quality and lead to a decrease in the value of the Fund’s investments.

 Liquidity Risk — Certain securities may be difficult or impossible to sell at the time and the price that would normally prevail in the market. The portfolio manager may have to lower the price, sell other securities instead or forego an investment opportunity, any of which could have a negative effect on Fund management or performance. This includes the risk of missing out on an investment opportunity because the assets necessary to take advantage of it are tied up in less advantageous investments. If a Fund is required to sell securities quickly or at a particular time (including sales to meet redemption requests) the Fund could realize a loss.

 Tax Risk — To qualify to pay exempt-interest dividends, which are treated as items of interest excludable from gross income for federal income tax purposes, at least 50% of the value of the total assets of the Fund must consist of obligations exempt from regular income tax as of the close of each quarter of the Fund’s taxable year. If the proportion of taxable investments held by the Fund exceeded 50% of the Fund’s total assets as of the close of any quarter of the Fund’s taxable year, the Fund would not, for that taxable year, satisfy the general eligibility test that would otherwise permit it to pay exempt-interest dividends for that taxable year. The issuer of securities may fail to comply with certain requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, which could cause adverse tax consequences. The Fund will invest in municipal securities in reliance at the time of purchase on an opinion of bond counsel to the issuer that the interest paid on those securities will be excludable from gross income for federal income tax purposes, and the Adviser will not independently verify that opinion. Subsequent to the Fund’s acquisition of such a municipal security, however, the security may be determined to pay, or to have paid, taxable income. As a result, the treatment of dividends previously paid or to be paid by the Fund as “exempt-interest dividends” could be adversely affected, subjecting the Fund’s shareholders to increased federal income tax liabilities. Distributions of ordinary taxable income (including any net short-term capital gain) will be taxable to shareholders as ordinary income (and not eligible for favorable taxation as “qualified dividend income”), and capital gain dividends will be

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taxable as long-term capital gains. The value of the Fund’s investments and its NAV may be adversely affected by changes in tax rates and policies. Because interest income from municipal securities is normally not subject to regular federal income taxation, the attractiveness of municipal securities in relation to other investment alternatives is affected by changes in federal income tax rates or changes in the tax-exempt status of interest income from municipal securities. Any proposed or actual changes in such rates or exempt status, therefore, can significantly affect the demand for and supply, liquidity and marketability of municipal securities. This could in turn affect the Fund’s NAV and ability to acquire and dispose of municipal securities at desirable yield and price levels. Additionally, the Fund is not a suitable investment for individual retirement accounts, for other tax-exempt or tax-deferred accounts or for investors who are not sensitive to the federal income tax consequences of their investments.

 Regulatory Risk — The risk that a change in laws or regulations will materially affect a security, business, sector or market. A change in laws or regulations made by the government or a regulatory body can increase the costs of operating a business, reduce the attractiveness of investment and/or change the competitive landscape. Regulatory risk also includes the risk associated with federal and state laws which may restrict the remedies that a lender has when a borrower defaults on loans. These laws include restrictions on foreclosures, redemption rights after foreclosure, federal and state bankruptcy and debtor relief laws, restrictions on “due on sale” clauses, and state usury laws.

 Market Risk — The value of the Fund’s assets will fluctuate as the markets in which the Fund invests fluctuate. The value of the Fund’s investments may decline, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably, simply because of economic changes or other events, such as inflation (or expectations for inflation), deflation (or expectations for deflation), interest rates, global demand for particular products or resources, market instability, debt crises and downgrades, embargoes, tariffs, sanctions and other trade barriers, regulatory events, other governmental trade or market control programs and related geopolitical events. In addition, the value of the Fund’s investments may be negatively affected by the occurrence of global events such as war, military conflict, acts of terrorism, social unrest, environmental disasters, natural disasters or events, recessions, supply chain disruptions, political instability, and infectious disease epidemics or pandemics.

 Prepayment/Call Risk — There is a chance that the repayment of an asset-backed or mortgage-backed obligation will occur sooner than expected. Call risk is the possibility that, during periods of falling interest rates, a bond issuer will “call”— or repay — its bond before the bond’s maturity date.

 Issuer Specific — The value of a security may decline for a number of reasons which directly relate to the issuer, such as management performance, earnings and sales trends, investor perceptions, financial leverage or reduced demand for the issuer’s goods or services.

 Portfolio Turnover Risk — A Fund may engage in active and frequent trading to achieve its principal investment objectives. This may result in the realization and distribution to shareholders of higher capital gains as compared to a fund with less active trading policies, which would increase an investor’s tax liability unless shares are held through a tax deferred or exempt vehicle. Frequent trading also increases transaction costs, which could detract from a Fund’s performance.

 Management Risk — There is no guarantee that the investment techniques and risk analyses used by the Fund’s portfolio managers will produce the desired results.

 Banking Risk — To the extent that a Fund invests in securities issued by U.S. Banks, foreign banks or U.S. branches of foreign banks, the Fund’s performance will be susceptible to the risks associated with the financial services sector. The financial services sector is highly dependent on the supply of short-term financing. The value of securities of issuers in the banking and financial services sector can be sensitive to changes in government regulation and interest rates and to economic downturns in the United States and abroad.

 High Yield Securities Risk — Fixed income securities rated below investment grade and unrated securities of similar credit quality (commonly referred to as “junk bonds” or high yield securities) are regarded as being predominantly speculative as to the issuer’s ability to make payments of principal and interest. Investments in such securities involve substantial risk. Issuers of high yield securities may be highly leveraged and may not have available to them more traditional methods of financing. Therefore, the risks associated with acquiring the securities of such issuers generally are greater than is the case with investment grade securities. The value of high yield securities tends to be very volatile due to such factors as specific corporate developments, interest rate sensitivity, less secondary market activity, and negative perceptions of high yield securities and the junk bond markets generally, particularly in times of market stress.

To the extent that the Fund makes investments with additional risks, those risks could increase volatility or reduce performance. The Fund may trade securities actively, which could increase its transaction costs (thus lowering performance) and may increase the amount of taxes that you pay.

For more information about these risks, please refer to the section titled “Investment Practices and Risks” in the Fund’s prospectus. An investment in the Fund is not a deposit of any bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.

Performance Information

The bar chart and the performance table below illustrate some of the risks and return volatility of an investment in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund’s performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund’s average annual returns for 1 and 5 years and since inception compare with those of a broad measure of market performance. The Fund’s past performance (before or after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information may be obtained on the Fund’s website www.cavanalhillfunds.com or by calling 1-800-762-7085.

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This bar chart shows changes in the Fund’s performance from year to year1. The returns for A Shares and Institutional Shares will differ from the returns for Investor Shares (which are shown in the bar chart) because of differences in the expenses of each Class.

Annual Total Returns for Investor Shares (Periods Ended 12/31)

1The performance information shown above is based on a calendar year. The Fund’s total return from 1/1/23 to 9/30/23 was 2.01%.

This table compares the Fund’s average annual total returns for periods ended December 31, 2022 to those of the Bloomberg 1-Year Municipal Bond Index. The stated returns assume the highest historical federal marginal income and capital gains tax rates. These after-tax returns do not reflect the effect of any applicable state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors holding shares through tax-deferred programs, such as IRA or 401(k) plans. After-tax returns are shown only for the Investor Class Shares and after-tax returns for other shares will vary.

Average Annual Total Returns (Periods Ended 12/31/21)

 

1 Year

 

5 Years

 

Since
Inception
(12/26/2017)

Investor Shares

           

Return Before Taxes

 

-0.19%

 

0.29%

 

0.29%

Return After Taxes on Distributions

 

-0.19%

 

0.28%

 

0.28%

Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares

 

0.02%

 

0.32%

 

0.32%

Institutional Shares

           

Return Before Taxes

 

 

0.58%

 

0.59%

A Shares

           

Return Before Taxes (With Load)

 

-1.18%

 

0.11%

 

-0.11%

Bloomberg 1-Year Municipal Bond Index
(reflects no deduction for expenses, fees or taxes)

 

-1.13%

 

1.02%

 

1.01%

Investment Adviser

Cavanal Hill® Investment Management, Inc. serves as the investment adviser for the Fund.

Portfolio Manager

The following individual is primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio:

Richard A. Williams is a Senior Vice President of Cavanal Hill Investment Management, Inc. and has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since 2017.

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

The following initial and additional purchase requirements apply:

 

Initial Purchase

 

Additional Purchases

Bond and Equity Funds

       

A Shares

 

None

 

None

Investor Shares

 

$100

 

None

Institutional Shares

 

$1,000

 

None

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Shares may be purchased, sold (redeemed) or exchanged on any business day by:

 Sending a written request by mail to the Funds Custodian: BOKF, NA, Attention: Cavanal Hill Funds, P.O. Box 182730, Columbus, Ohio 43218-2730.

 Sending a written request by overnight mail to: Cavanal Hill Funds, c/o FIS Investor Services, LLC, 4249 Easton Way, Suite 400, Columbus, OH, 43219-6171.

 Calling us at 1-800-762-7085 with instructions as to how you wish to complete the transaction (mail, wire, electronic transfer).

Tax Information

The Fund intends to qualify and to provide shareholders with income exempt from U.S. Federal income tax in the form of exempt-interest dividends. The Fund’s distributions other than exempt-interest dividends are generally taxable to you as ordinary income, capital gains, or a combination of the two.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund or its service providers may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information. In addition, if you purchase shares that do not have any front-end sales charge, contingent deferred sales charge, or other asset-based fee for sales or distribution from a broker or other financial intermediary on an acting agency basis, you may be required to pay a commission in an amount charged and separately disclosed to you by such party.

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WORLD ENERGY FUND

SUMMARY

Investment Objective

To seek growth and income.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the World Energy Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest or agree to invest in the future, at least $200,000 in Cavanal Hill Funds. More information on these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in the section “Initial Sales Charge (Bond and Equity Funds, A Shares Only)” on page 46 of the prospectus and “Contingent Deferred Sales Charges (CDSC-Class A and C Only)” on page 47 in the prospectus and in the section “Additional Purchase and Redemption Information” on page 35 of the Statement of Additional Information. An investor transacting in Institutional Shares, which do not have any front-end sales charge, contingent deferred sales charge, or other asset-based fee for sales or distribution, may be required to pay a commission to a broker or other financial intermediary for effecting such transactions on an agency basis. Such commissions are not reflected in the tables or the example below. Shares of the Fund are available in other share classes that have different fees and expenses.

Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your investment)

 

A
Shares

 

C
Shares

 

Investor
Shares

 

Institutional
Shares

Maximum Sales Charge (Load) imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

 

2.00%

 

None

 

None

 

None

Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of the lesser of original purchase price or redemption proceeds)

 

1.00%*

 

1.00%*

 

None

 

None

Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment).

 

A
Shares

 

C
Shares

 

Investor
Shares

 

Institutional
Shares

Management Fees

 

0.60%

 

0.60%

 

0.60%

 

0.60%

Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees

 

0.25%

 

1.00%

 

0.25%

 

Other Expenses

 

0.46%

 

0.61%

 

0.61%

 

0.61%

Shareholder Servicing Fees

 

0.10%

 

0.25%

 

0.25%

 

0.25%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

 

 

 

 

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

 

1.31%

 

2.21%

 

1.46%

 

1.21%

Less Fee Waivers

 

-0.16%

 

-0.31%

 

-0.31%

 

-0.31%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waivers

 

1.15%

 

1.90%

 

1.15%

 

0.90%

*  Class A Shares are available with no front-end sales charge on investments of $200,000 or more. There is, however, a contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) of 1.00% on any Class A Shares upon which a dealer concession was paid that are sold within one year of purchase. In addition, while C Shares are offered at NAV, without any initial sales charge, a 1.00% CDSC may be charged on any C Shares upon which a dealer concession has been paid that are sold within one year of purchase.

†  The Adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees payable to it or reimburse certain expenses so that expenses (other than extraordinary expenses and any Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses) for each Class do not exceed 0.90%, plus class-specific fees until December 31, 2024. Affiliates of the Adviser have contractually agreed to waive all Shareholder Servicing Fees to which they are entitled. The affiliate waivers result in a reduction of the Shareholder Servicing Fee paid by all purchasers of a Class to the extent shown in the table. Contractual waivers are in place for the period through December 31, 2024 and may only be terminated or modified with the approval of the Fund’s Board of Trustees.

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. 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

A Shares

 

$315

 

$591

 

$889

 

$1,734

C Shares

 

$193

 

$661

 

$1,156

 

$2,520

Investor Shares

 

$117

 

$431

 

$768

 

$1,720

Institutional Shares

 

$92

 

$353

 

$635

 

$1,438

Portfolio Turnover

The World Energy 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 166% of the average value of its portfolio.

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Principal Investment Strategy

To pursue its objective, under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in a wide range of energy-related financial instruments issued in the U.S. and markets around the world. This policy will not be changed without at least 60 days prior notice to shareholders. Energy-related financial instruments may include foreign and domestic securities of issuers that derive more than fifty percent of their assets, revenue or income from activities related to the exploration, extraction, mining, research, development, conservation, refinement, production, transfer, transmission, and transportation of conventional, alternative, renewable and sustainable energy sources, as well as utilities, petrochemicals, plastics, and suppliers and servicers to such industries. Investments typically include a combination of common stock, bonds, exchange traded funds (“ETFs”) and exchange traded notes (“ETNs”) but may also include other asset types that are related to energy industry activities. The Fund’s energy-related financial instruments may include sponsored and unsponsored ADRs and GDRs. The Fund may also seek to provide exposure to the investment returns of commodities through investment in commodity-linked derivative instruments, commodity futures, options on commodity future contracts, and investment vehicles that focus on commodities such as ETFs that invest in commodities, commodity options and futures.

The Fund may engage in active and frequent trading.

Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest at least 40%, but may invest up to 100%, of its net assets in the securities of issuers organized or having their principal place of business outside the U.S. or doing a substantial amount of business outside the U.S. The Fund will consider an issuer to be doing a substantial amount of business outside the U.S. if it derives more than 50% of its assets, revenue or income outside of the U.S. or is an international focused ETF or ETN. Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests in issuers from at least three different countries. The Adviser invests the Fund’s assets based on its judgment about issuers, risk, prices of securities, market conditions, potential returns, and other economic factors in the U.S. and around the world.

The Fund may invest in long and short positions in securities of issuers of any market capitalization, emerging market securities, American depositary receipts, European depositary receipts, global depositary receipts, and master limited partnerships (“MLPs”). The Fund may also invest in pooled investment vehicles, including other registered investment companies, ETNs and ETFs, including leveraged and inverse ETFs.

The Fund may invest in fixed income securities of any credit quality and maturity, including those of defaulted/distressed issuers. These securities can be rated below investment grade (“junk bonds” or high yield securities) and thus rated below Baa3 by Moody’s, BBB- by S&P or BBB- by Fitch Ratings Ltd. or unrated and securities in default. Fixed income investments may include foreign and domestic sovereign issued securities.

Principal Investment Risks

Loss of money is a risk of investing in the Fund. In addition, the principal risks of investing in the Fund, which could adversely affect the Fund’s net asset value, yield or total return are:

 Market Risk — The value of the Fund’s assets will fluctuate as the markets in which the Fund invests fluctuate. The value of the Fund’s investments may decline, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably, simply because of economic changes or other events, such as inflation (or expectations for inflation), deflation (or expectations for deflation), interest rates, global demand for particular products or resources, market instability, debt crises and downgrades, embargoes, tariffs, sanctions and other trade barriers, regulatory events, other governmental trade or market control programs and related geopolitical events. In addition, the value of the Fund’s investments may be negatively affected by the occurrence of global events such as war, military conflict, acts of terrorism, social unrest, environmental disasters, natural disasters or events, recessions, supply chain disruptions, political instability, and infectious disease epidemics or pandemics.

 Energy Industry Risk — Investment risks associated with investing in energy securities include price fluctuation caused by real and perceived inflationary trends and political developments, the cost assumed in complying with environmental regulation, changes in environmental regulation, energy conservation, demand for energy resources, fluctuations in energy prices, exploration and production spending, technological developments, depletion of resources, import controls, weather, world events and economic conditions.

 Issuer Specific Risk — The value of a security may decline for a number of reasons which directly relate to the issuer, such as management performance, earnings and sales trends, investor perceptions, financial leverage and reduced demand for the issuer’s goods or services.

 Concentration Risk — The Fund’s concentration in energy-related industry securities may present more risks than would be the case with funds that diversify investments in numerous industries and sectors of the economy. A downturn in the energy sectors would have a larger impact on the World Energy Fund than on a fund that does not concentrate in these industries. Energy sector securities can be significantly affected by events related to political developments, energy conservation, commodity prices, and tax and government regulations. The performance of securities in the Fund may, at times, lag the performance of companies in other sectors or the broader market as a whole.

 Commodity Risk — The Fund’s exposure to commodities may subject the Fund to greater volatility than investments in traditional securities. The commodities markets may fluctuate widely based on a variety of factors, including changes in overall market movements, domestic and foreign political and economic events and policies, war, acts of terrorism, changes in domestic or foreign interest rates and/or investor expectations concerning interest rates, domestic and foreign inflation rates and investment and trading activities of mutual funds, hedge funds and commodities funds. Prices of various commodities may also be affected by factors such as weather, embargoes, tariffs and other regulatory developments. The prices of commodities can also fluctuate widely due to supply and demand disruptions in major producing or consuming regions. Investments in commodity futures may be more volatile than the price of the underlying commodity.

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 Depositary Receipts Risk — Depositary receipts are generally subject to the same risks as the foreign securities that they evidence or into which they may be converted. In addition to investment risks associated with the underlying issuer, depositary receipts expose the Fund to additional risks associated with the non-uniform terms that apply to depositary receipt programs, credit exposure to the depository bank and to the sponsors and other parties with whom the depository bank establishes the programs, currency risk and the risk of an illiquid market for depositary receipts. The issuers of unsponsored depositary receipts are not obligated to disclose information that is, in the United States, considered material. Therefore, there may be less information available regarding these issuers and there may not be a correlation between such information and the market value of the depositary receipts.

 Currency Risk — The potential risk of loss from unfavorable changes in the exchange rates between the U.S. dollar and foreign currencies. Funds that invest directly in foreign currencies, or in securities that trade in, or receive revenues in, foreign currencies, or in derivatives that provide exposure to foreign currencies are subject to the risk that those 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 being hedged. Exchange rate volatility may affect the ability of an issuer to repay U.S. dollar denominated debt, thereby increasing credit risk.

 Mid Cap Risk — The risk that the stocks of mid-capitalization companies often have greater price volatility, lower trading volume, and less liquidity than the stocks of larger, more established companies.

 Small Cap Risk — Small cap companies may be more vulnerable to adverse business or economic developments. They may also be less liquid and/or more volatile than securities of larger companies or the market averages in general. Small cap companies may be adversely affected during periods when investors prefer to hold securities of large capitalization companies.

 Credit Risk — Credit risk is the possibility that the issuer of a debt instrument or a counterparty to an agreement fails to fulfill its obligations, reducing the Fund’s return. This includes failure by a bond issuer to repay interest and principal.

 Portfolio Turnover Risk — A Fund may engage in active and frequent trading to achieve its principal investment objectives. This may result in the realization and distribution to shareholders of higher capital gains as compared to a fund with less active trading policies, which would increase an investor’s tax liability unless shares are held through a tax deferred or exempt vehicle. Frequent trading also increases transaction costs, which could detract from a Fund’s performance.

 Emerging Markets Risk — Risks associated with investing in emerging market securities include potentially restrictive political and economic structures and abrupt changes to those structures, changes in price visibility and liquidity in markets and securities, fluctuations in currency exchange rates, volatility in interest rates, and sudden changes in tax policy.

 Foreign Investment Risk — The risk associated with higher transaction costs, delayed settlements, currency controls or adverse economic and political developments. This also includes the risk that fluctuations in the exchange rates between the U.S. dollar and foreign currencies may negatively affect an investment. Exchange rate volatility may affect the ability of an issuer to repay U.S. dollar denominated debt, thereby increasing credit risk. Foreign securities may also be affected by incomplete or inaccurate financial information on companies. There is a risk of loss attributable to social upheavals, unfavorable governmental or political actions, seizure of foreign deposits, changes in tax or trade statutes, and governmental collapse and war. These risks are more significant in emerging markets.

 High Yield Securities Risk — Fixed income securities rated below investment grade and unrated securities of similar credit quality (commonly referred to as “junk bonds” or high yield securities) are regarded as being predominantly speculative as to the issuer’s ability to make payments of principal and interest. Investments in such securities involve substantial risk. Issuers of high yield securities may be highly leveraged and may not have available to them more traditional methods of financing. Therefore, the risks associated with acquiring the securities of such issuers generally are greater than is the case with investment grade securities. The value of high yield securities tends to be very volatile due to such factors as specific corporate developments, interest rate sensitivity, less secondary market activity, and negative perceptions of high yield securities and the junk bond markets generally, particularly in times of market stress.

 Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) Risk — The ETFs in which the Fund invests are subject to the risks applicable to the types of securities and investments used by the ETFs. Because an ETF charges its own fees and expenses, fund shareholders will indirectly bear these costs. The use of leverage in an ETF can magnify any price movements, resulting in high volatility. Due to daily rebalancing, leverage, and liquidity, inverse ETFs may perform worse than the inverse movement of the underlying referenced financial asset, index or commodity’s return.

 Exchange Traded Note (ETN) Risk — Because ETNs are unsecured, unsubordinated debt securities; an investment in an ETN exposes the Fund to the risk that an ETN issuer’s credit rating may be downgraded. The value of an ETN may be influenced by time to maturity, level of supply and demand for the ETN, volatility and lack of liquidity in underlying securities’ markets, changes in the applicable interest rates and economic, legal, political, or geographic events that affect the referenced index. In addition, the Fund will bear its proportionate share of the fees and expenses of the ETN, which may cause the Fund’s operating expenses to be higher and its performance to be lower.

 Interest Rate Risk — The value of the Fund’s interest-bearing investments may decline due to an increase in interest rates. In general, the longer a security’s maturity, the greater the interest rate risk. For a portfolio with a duration of 3 years, each 1% rise in interest rates would reduce the value of the portfolio by an estimated 3%. The Fund’s yield may decrease due to a decline in interest rates. Very low or negative interest rates may magnify interest rate risk. Recent and any future declines in interest rate levels could cause the Fund’s earnings to fall below the Fund’s expense

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ratio, resulting in a negative yield and a decline in the Fund’s share price. Changing interest rates, including rates that fall below zero, may have unpredictable effects on markets, may result in heightened market volatility and may detract from Fund performance to the extent the Fund is exposed to such interest rates.

 Liquidity Risk — Certain securities may be difficult or impossible to sell at the time and the price that would normally prevail in the market. The portfolio manager may have to lower the price, sell other securities instead or forego an investment opportunity, any of which could have a negative effect on Fund management or performance. This includes the risk of missing out on an investment opportunity because the assets necessary to take advantage of it are tied up in less advantageous investments. If a Fund is required to sell securities quickly or at a particular time (including sales to meet redemption requests) the Fund could realize a loss.

 Management Risk — There is no guarantee that the investment techniques and risk analyses used by the Fund’s portfolio managers will produce the desired results.

 Valuation Risk — The risk associated with the assessment of appropriate pricing in a changing market where trading information may not be readily available.

 Master Limited Partnership Risk — The interests or “units” of an MLP are listed and traded on securities exchanges or in the over-the-counter market and their value fluctuates predominantly based on prevailing market conditions and the success of the MLP. MLPs carry many of the risks inherent in investing in a partnership. Unit holders of an MLP may not be afforded corporate protections to the same extent as shareholders of a corporation. In addition, unlike owners of common stock of a corporation, holders of common units of an MLP may have more limited control and limited rights to vote on matters affecting the MLP and have no ability to elect directors annually. In the event of liquidation, common units have preference over subordinated units, but not over debt or preferred units, to the remaining assets of the MLP.

 Regulatory Risk — The risk that a change in laws or regulations will materially affect a security, business, sector or market. A change in laws or regulations made by the government or a regulatory body can increase the costs of operating a business, reduce the attractiveness of investment and/or change the competitive landscape. Regulatory risk also includes the risk associated with federal and state laws which may restrict the remedies that a lender has when a borrower defaults on loans. These laws include restrictions on foreclosures, redemption rights after foreclosure, federal and state bankruptcy and debtor relief laws, restrictions on “due on sale” clauses, and state usury laws.

For more information about these risks, please refer to the section titled “Investment Practices and Risks” in the Fund’s prospectus. An investment in the Fund is not a deposit of any bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.

Performance Information

The bar chart and the performance table below illustrate some of the risks and return volatility of an investment in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund’s performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund’s average annual returns for 1 and 5 years and since inception compare with those of a broad measure of market performance. The Fund’s past performance (before or after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information may be obtained on the Fund’s website www.cavanalhillfunds.com or by calling 1-800-762-7085.

This bar chart shows changes in the Fund’s performance from year to year1. The returns for A Shares, C Shares and Institutional Shares will differ from the returns for Investor Shares (which are shown in the bar chart) because of differences in the expenses of each class.

Annual Total Returns for Investor Shares (Periods Ended 12/31)

1The performance information shown above is based on a calendar year. The Fund’s total return from 1/1/23 to 9/30/23 was 9.07%.

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This table compares the Fund’s average annual total returns for periods ended December 31, 2022 to those of the S&P 500 Index and the MSCI World Energy Index. The A Shares initially imposed a sales charge of 5.50% which was reduced to 3.50% on December 31, 2014 and then to 2.00% on December 26, 2017. The stated returns assume the highest historical federal marginal income and capital gains tax rates. These after-tax returns do not reflect the effect of any applicable state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors holding shares through tax-deferred programs, such as IRA or 401(k) plans. After-tax returns are shown only for the Investor Class Shares and after-tax returns for other shares will vary.

Average Annual Total Returns (Periods Ended 12/31/22)

 

1 Year

 

5 Years

 

Since
Inception
(2/3/2014)

Investor Shares

           

Return Before Taxes

 

32.45%

 

8.02%

 

4.07%

Return After Taxes on Distributions

 

31.80%

 

7.59%

 

3.73%

Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares

 

19.61%

 

6.20%

 

3.11%

Institutional Shares

           

Return Before Taxes

 

32.78%

 

8.29%

 

4.36%

A Shares

           

Return Before Taxes (With Load)

 

29.88%

 

7.59%

 

3.86%

C Shares

           

Return Before Taxes

 

31.41%

 

7.20%

 

3.31%

S&P 500 Index
(reflects no deduction for expenses, fees or taxes)

 

-18.11%

 

9.42%

 

11.39%

MSCI World Energy Index
(reflects no deduction for expenses, fees or taxes)

 

47.60%

 

6.76%

 

3.86%

Investment Adviser

Cavanal Hill® Investment Management, Inc. serves as the investment adviser for the Fund.

Portfolio Managers

The following individuals are jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio:

Matthew C. Stephani, CFA, is President of Cavanal Hill Investment Management, Inc. and has been a Portfolio Manager of the Fund since 2014.

Michael P. Maurer, CFA, is a Senior Vice President of Cavanal Hill Investment Management, Inc. and has been a Portfolio Manager of the Fund since 2014.

Thomas W. Verdel, CFA, is a Senior Vice President of Cavanal Hill Investment Management, Inc. and has been a Portfolio Manager of the Fund since 2014.

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

The following initial and additional purchase requirements apply:

 

Initial Purchase

 

Additional Purchases

A Shares

 

None

 

None

C Shares

 

None

 

None

Investor Shares

 

$100

 

None

Institutional Shares

 

$1,000

 

None

Shares may be purchased, sold (redeemed) or exchanged on any business day by:

 Sending a written request by mail to the Funds Custodian: BOKF, NA, Attention: Cavanal Hill Funds, P.O. Box 182730, Columbus, Ohio 43218-2730.

 Sending a written request by overnight mail to: Cavanal Hill Funds, c/o FIS Investor Services, LLC, 4249 Easton Way, Suite 400, Columbus, OH, 43219-6171.

 Calling us at 1-800-762-7085 with instructions as to how you wish to complete the transaction (mail, wire, electronic transfer).

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Tax Information

The Fund’s distributions are generally taxable to you as ordinary income, capital gains, or a combination of the two, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account. Retirement accounts may be taxed at a later date.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund or its service providers may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information. In addition, if you purchase shares that do not have any front-end sales charge, contingent deferred sales charge, or other asset-based fee for sales or distribution from a broker or other financial intermediary on an acting agency basis, you may be required to pay a commission in an amount charged and separately disclosed to you by such party.

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HEDGED INCOME FUND

SUMMARY

Investment Objective

To seek current income with the potential for long-term capital appreciation with less volatility than the broad equity market.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Hedged Income Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest or agree to invest in the future, at least $200,000 in Cavanal Hill Funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in the section “Initial Sales Charge (Bond and Equity Funds, A Shares Only)” on page 46 of the prospectus and “Contingent Deferred Sales Charges (CDSC-Class A Only)” on page 47 in the prospectus and in the section “Additional Purchase and Redemption Information” on page 35 of the Statement of Additional Information. An investor transacting in Institutional Shares, which do not have any front-end sales charge, contingent deferred sales charge, or other asset-based fee for sales or distribution, may be required to pay a commission to a broker or other financial intermediary for effecting such transactions on an agency basis. Such commissions are not reflected in the tables or the example below. Shares of the Fund are available in other share classes that have different fees and expenses.

Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your investment)

 

A
Shares

 

Investor
Shares

 

Institutional
Shares

Maximum Sales Charge (Load) imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

 

2.00%

 

None

 

None

Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of the lesser of original purchase price or redemption proceeds)

 

1.00%*

 

None

 

None

Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment).

 

A
Shares

 

Investor
Shares

 

Institutional
Shares

Management Fees

 

0.80%

 

0.80%

 

0.80%

Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees

 

0.25%

 

0.25%

 

Other Expenses

 

0.59%

 

0.74%

 

0.74%

Shareholder Servicing Fees

 

0.10%

 

0.25%

 

0.25%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

 

1.64%

 

1.79%

 

1.54%

Less Fee Waivers

 

-0.29%

 

-0.44%

 

-0.44%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waivers

 

1.35%

 

1.35%

 

1.10%

*  Class A Shares are available with no front-end sales charge on investments of $200,000 or more. There is, however, a contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) of 1.00% on any Class A Shares upon which a dealer concession was paid that are sold within one year of purchase.

†  The Adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees payable to it or reimburse certain expenses so that expenses (other than extraordinary expenses and any Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses) for each Class do not exceed 1.10%, plus class-specific fees until December 31, 2024. Affiliates of the Adviser have contractually agreed to waive all Shareholder Servicing Fees to which they are entitled. The affiliate waivers result in a reduction of the Shareholder Servicing Fee paid by all purchasers of a Class to the extent shown in the table. Contractual waivers are in place for the period through December 31, 2024 and may only be terminated or modified with the approval of the Fund’s Board of Trustees.

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. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

1 Year

 

3 Year

 

5 Year

 

10 Year

A Shares

 

$335

 

$679

 

$1,047

 

$2,081

Investor Shares

 

$137

 

$521

 

$929

 

$2,069

Institutional Shares

 

$112

 

$443

 

$798

 

$1,797

Portfolio Turnover

The Hedged Income 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 30% of the average value of its portfolio.

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Principal Investment Strategy

To pursue its objective, under normal circumstances, the Fund invests primarily in dividend paying equity securities, with at least 80% of its net assets in income generating equity securities and equity-related instruments traded on U.S. exchanges. For purposes of this policy, the Fund includes common stocks and securities convertible into common stocks of companies with any market capitalization and sponsored or unsponsored American Depositary Receipts (ADRs). Under normal circumstances, the fund will seek to generate current earnings from option premiums by writing (selling) call options on its portfolio securities, all of which will be covered calls. A covered call refers to a financial transaction in which the investor selling a call option owns an equivalent amount of the underlying security. The investor’s ownership of the long position in the asset is the “cover” because the seller can deliver the shares if the buyer of the call option chooses to exercise. The fund seeks to produce current income from dividends and, to a lesser extent, from option writing premiums. The Fund will buy index and ETF put options as well as put options on individual securities in order to seek to both reduce volatility and provide downside market protection for the portfolio.

The portfolio management team of the Fund selects equity securities that it believes will pay consistent and sustainable dividends, have a strong track record of and future ability to increase the dividend, proven history of predictable cash flows that increase over time, and with barriers to competition. At the time of initial investment selection, common stocks will have a minimum market cap of $1 billion. The portfolio will typically invest in 25 to 40 holdings across multiple economic sectors and will not invest more than 35% of the fund’s net assets in any one such sector to diversify risk.

The extent of option writing activity will depend on the portfolio management team’s judgment regarding perceived value associated with security prices, market conditions, the attractiveness of writing call options on the fund’s stock holdings, and timing issues related to monthly option expiration dates. Writing covered calls produces income from premiums, a portion of which will be used to purchase puts which helps to reduce the volatility (and risk profile) of the fund by providing downside protection.

The fund is required to pledge collateral for the covered call option trades and will hold the security as collateral for all such covered call option trades. Put options collateral is limited to the total cash paid for the option. The fund’s Custodian will segregate such collateral for the benefit of the counterparty. High levels of new investment inflow can lead to periods of higher cash levels, as investment opportunities are identified. Similarly, during periods in which stock markets advance, the exercise of options may result in higher cash levels.

The Fund is non-diversified, meaning it may invest in fewer individual holdings than a diversified fund. Therefore, the Fund is more exposed to individual security volatility than a diversified fund.

Purchase and sale decisions are based on the Adviser’s judgment about issuers, risk, prices of securities, market conditions, potential returns, and other economic factors.

Principal Investment Risks

Loss of money is a risk of investing in the Fund. In addition, the principal risks of investing in the Fund, which could adversely affect the Fund’s net asset value, yield or total return are:

 Market Risk — The value of the Fund’s assets will fluctuate as the markets in which the Fund invests fluctuate. The value of the Fund’s investments may decline, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably, simply because of economic changes or other events, such as inflation (or expectations for inflation), deflation (or expectations for deflation), interest rates, global demand for particular products or resources, market instability, debt crises and downgrades, embargoes, tariffs, sanctions and other trade barriers, regulatory events, other governmental trade or market control programs and related geopolitical events. In addition, the value of the Fund’s investments may be negatively affected by the occurrence of global events such as war, military conflict, acts of terrorism, social unrest, environmental disasters, natural disasters or events, recessions, supply chain disruptions, political instability, and infectious disease epidemics or pandemics.

 Issuer Specific — The value of a security may decline for a number of reasons which directly relate to the issuer, such as management performance, earnings and sales trends, investor perceptions, financial leverage or reduced demand for the issuer’s goods or services.

 Derivative Risk — The risk of investing in derivative instruments, including liquidity, interest rate, market, credit and management risks, mispricing or improper valuation. Changes in the value of a derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying asset, rate or index, and the Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

 Call Options Risk — Investments in call options involve risks different from, or possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities, including leverage risk, tracking risk and counterparty default risk. The risk of potential losses if equity markets or an individual equity security do not move as expected and the potential for greater losses than if these techniques had not been used. By writing covered call options, a fund will not benefit from any potential increases in the value of the underlying asset above the exercise price, but will bear the risk of declines in the value of the asset. As the seller (writer) of a call option, the Fund will tend to lose money if the value of the reference index or security rises above the strike price. As the buyer of a call option, the Fund risks losing the entire premium invested if the value of the reference index or security is below (above) the call strike at maturity. Writing of covered call options are also subject to the risk that the counterparty to the transaction will not fulfil its obligations.

 Put Option Risk — When the Fund purchases a put option on a security or index it may lose the entire premium paid if the underlying security or index does not decrease in value. The Fund is also exposed to default by the put writer who may be unwilling or unable to perform its contractual obligations to the Fund.

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 Hedging Risk — The risk that the stocks in the portfolio may decrease in value more than the increase in value of the put options. Puts that are purchased on ETFs or indexes do not hedge the company-specific risk of stocks owned in the portfolio. Hedging may not be effective based on timing, the underlying instrument hedged, or duration of the hedge.

 Limited Number of Holdings Risk — As a large percentage of a Fund’s assets may be invested in a limited number of securities, each investment has a greater effect on a Fund’s overall performance and any change in the value of those securities could significantly affect the value of your investment in the fund.

 Non-Diversification Risk — Investments of a “non-diversified” mutual fund are not required to meet certain diversification requirements under Federal law. Compared with “diversified” portfolios, a non-diversified fund may invest a greater percentage of its assets in the securities of an issuer. A decline in the value of those investments would cause the Fund’s overall value to decline to a greater degree than if the Fund held more diversified holdings.

 Management Risk — There is no guarantee that the investment techniques and risk analyses used by the Fund’s portfolio managers will produce the desired results.

 Dividend Paying Security Risk — The fund’s investment in dividend-paying stocks could cause the fund to underperform similar funds that invest without consideration of a company’s track record of paying dividends. Stock of companies with a history of paying dividends may not participate in a broad market advance to the same degree as most other stocks, and a sharp rise in interest rates or economic downturn could cause a company to unexpectedly reduce or eliminate its dividend.

 Depositary Receipts Risk — Depositary receipts are generally subject to the same risks as the foreign securities that they evidence or into which they may be converted. In addition to investment risks associated with the underlying issuer, depositary receipts expose the Fund to additional risks associated with the non-uniform terms that apply to depositary receipt programs, credit exposure to the depository bank and to the sponsors and other parties with whom the depository bank establishes the programs, currency risk and the risk of an illiquid market for depositary receipts. The issuers of unsponsored depositary receipts are not obligated to disclose information that is, in the United States, considered material. Therefore, there may be less information available regarding these issuers and there may not be a correlation between such information and the market value of the depositary receipts.

 Mid Cap Risk — The risk that the stocks of mid-capitalization companies often have greater price volatility, lower trading volume, and less liquidity than the stocks of larger, more established companies.

 Small Cap Risk — Small cap companies may be more vulnerable to adverse business or economic developments. They may also be less liquid and/or more volatile than securities of larger companies or the market averages in general. Small cap companies may be adversely affected during periods when investors prefer to hold securities of large capitalization companies.

 Tax Risk — If positions held by the Fund were treated as “straddles” for federal income tax purposes, or a Fund’s risk of loss with respect to a position was otherwise diminished as set forth in Treasury Regulations, dividends on stocks that are a part of such positions would not constitute qualified dividend income subject to such favorable income tax treatment or qualify for the dividends received deduction for corporate shareholders. In addition, generally, straddles are subject to certain rules that may affect the amount, character and timing of the Fund’s gains and losses with respect to straddle positions by requiring, among other things, that: (1) any loss realized on disposition of one position of a straddle may not be recognized to the extent that the Fund has unrealized gains with respect to the other position in such straddle; (2) the Fund’s holding period in straddle positions be suspended while the straddle exists (possibly resulting in a gain being treated as short-term capital gain rather than long-term capital gain); (3) the losses recognized with respect to certain straddle positions that are part of a mixed straddle and that are non-Section 1256 contracts be treated as 60% long-term and 40% short-term capital loss; (4) losses recognized with respect to certain straddle positions that would otherwise constitute short-term capital losses be treated as long-term capital losses; and (5) the deduction of interest and carrying charges attributable to certain straddle positions may be deferred.

To the extent that the Fund makes investments with additional risks, those risks could increase volatility or reduce performance. The Fund may trade securities actively, which could increase its transaction costs (thus lowering performance) and may increase the amount of taxes that you pay.

For more information about these risks, please refer to the section titled “Investment Practices and Risks” in the Fund’s prospectus. An investment in the Fund is not a deposit of any bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.

Performance Information

The bar chart and the performance table below illustrate some of the risks and return volatility of an investment in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund’s performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund’s average annual returns for 1 year and since inception compare with those of a broad measure of market performance. The Fund’s past performance (before or after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information may be obtained on the Fund’s website www.cavanalhillfunds.com or by calling 1-800-762-7085.

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This bar chart shows changes in the Fund’s performance from year to year1. The returns for A Shares and Institutional Shares will differ from the returns for Investor Shares (which are shown in the bar chart) because of differences in the expenses of each Class.

1The performance information shown above is based on a calendar year. The Fund’s total return from 1/1/23 to 9/30/23 was .94%.

This table compares the Fund’s average annual total returns for periods ended December 31, 2022 to those of the CBOE S&P 500 BuyWrite Monthly Index. The stated returns assume the highest historical federal marginal income and capital gains tax rates. These after-tax returns do not reflect the effect of any applicable state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors holding shares through tax-deferred programs, such as IRA or 401(k) plans. After-tax returns are shown only for the Investor Class Shares and after-tax returns for other shares will vary.

Average Annual Total Returns (Periods Ended 12/31/22)

 

1 Year

 

Since
Inception
(12/28/20)

Investor Shares

       

Return Before Taxes

 

-1.91%

 

2.62%

Return After Taxes on Distributions

 

-2.76%

 

2.00%

Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares

 

-1.15%

 

1.82%

Institutional Shares

       

Return Before Taxes

 

-1.75%

 

2.86%

A Shares

       

Return Before Taxes (With Load)

 

-3.95%

 

1.58%

CBOE S&P 500 BuyWrite Monthly Index
(reflects no deduction for expenses, fees or taxes)

 

-11.37%

 

3.49%

Investment Adviser

Cavanal Hill® Investment Management, Inc. serves as the investment adviser for the Fund. Lavaca Capital, LLC serves as the investment sub-adviser for the Fund.

Portfolio Managers

The following individuals are primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio:

Brandon R. Barnes, CFA, is a Senior Vice President of Cavanal Hill Investment Management, Inc. and has been a Portfolio Manager of the Fund since 2020.

Michael C. Schloss is a Vice President of Cavanal Hill Investment Management, Inc. and has been a Portfolio Manager of the Fund since 2020.

Scott Phillips is the Founder, and CEO & CIO of Lavaca Capital, LLC and has been a Portfolio Manager of the Fund since 2020.

Jacob Johnson is a Portfolio Manager at Lavaca Capital, LLC and has been a Portfolio Manager of the Fund since 2020.

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Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

The following initial and additional purchase requirements apply:

 

Initial Purchase

 

Additional Purchases

Bond and Equity Funds

       

A Shares

 

None

 

None

Investor Shares

 

$100

 

None

Institutional Shares

 

$1,000

 

None

Shares may be purchased, sold (redeemed) or exchanged on any business day by:

 Sending a written request by mail to the Funds Custodian: BOKF, NA, Attention: Cavanal Hill Funds, P.O. Box 182730, Columbus, Ohio 43218-2730.

 Sending a written request by overnight mail to: Cavanal Hill Funds, c/o FIS Investor Services, LLC, 4249 Easton Way, Suite 400, Columbus, OH, 43219-6171.

 Calling us at 1-800-762-7085 with instructions as to how you wish to complete the transaction (mail, wire, electronic transfer).

Tax Information

The Fund’s distributions are generally taxable to you as ordinary income, capital gains, or a combination of the two, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account. Retirement accounts may be taxed at a later date.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund or its service providers may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information. In addition, if you purchase shares that do not have any front-end sales charge, contingent deferred sales charge, or other asset-based fee for sales or distribution from a broker or other financial intermediary on an acting agency basis, you may be required to pay a commission in an amount charged and separately disclosed to you by such party.

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Your Account

Customer Identification Information

To help the government fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering activities, federal law requires all financial institutions to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each person that opens a new account, and to determine whether such person’s name appears on government lists of known or suspected terrorists and terrorist organizations.

As a result, the Funds must obtain the following information for each person that opens a new account:

 Name;

 Date of birth (for individuals);

 Residential or business street address (although post office boxes are permitted for mailing); and

 Social security number, taxpayer identification number, or other identifying number.

You may also be asked for a copy of your driver’s license, passport or other identifying document in order to verify your identity. In addition, it may be necessary to verify your identity by cross-referencing your identification information with a consumer report or other electronic database. Additional information may be required to open accounts for corporations and other entities. Federal law prohibits the Funds and other financial institutions from opening a new account unless they receive the minimum identifying information listed above. After an account is opened, the Funds may restrict your ability to purchase additional shares until your identity is verified. The Funds may close your account or take other appropriate action if they are unable to verify your identity within a reasonable time. If your account is closed for this reason, your shares will be redeemed at the net asset value (“NAV”) next calculated after the account is closed.

Each Fund will only accept new account applications and additional purchases of Fund shares from an established shareholder account that (1) reflects a residential address for an individual (or the principal place of business for an entity) located within the U.S. or its territories; or (2) reflects a U.S. military address; and (3) in every case, is associated with a valid U.S. taxpayer identification number.

Opening an Account and Buying Shares

1. Read this prospectus carefully.

2. Determine how much you want to invest.

3. Complete the appropriate parts of the Account Registration Form, carefully following the instructions. You must submit additional documentation when opening trust, corporate or power of attorney accounts. For more information, please contact your financial representative or call the Funds at (800) 762-7085.

4. You may purchase Administrative Shares and Premier Shares by following the procedures established by the Distributor in connection with requirements of qualified accounts maintained by BOKF, NA, BOK Financial Securities, Inc., or other financial institutions approved by the Distributor. These procedures may include sweep arrangements where an account is “swept” automatically no less frequently than weekly into a Cavanal Hill Money Market Fund.

The following initial and additional purchase requirements apply to the Funds*:

 

Initial Purchase

 

Additional Purchases

Bond and Equity Funds

       

A Shares**

 

None

 

None

C Shares

 

None

 

None

Investor Shares

 

 $100

 

None

Institutional Shares**

 

 $1,000

 

None

Money Market Funds

       

Administrative

 

 $1,000

 

None

Institutional**

 

 $1,000

 

None

Select

 

 $1,000,000

 

None

Premier

 

 $1,000

 

None

*  In certain circumstances approved by the Fund’s Board of Trustees, these minimums may be waived or lowered at the Fund’s discretion. Initial and additional purchase requirements are automatically waived for purchases in an account belonging to an employee of BOKF, NA, or its affiliates. With the exception of the Institutional Share Class, each Share Class offers an Auto Invest Plan, for which the minimum initial investment is $100 and the minimum for subsequent investments is $50. Please refer to the section titled “Additional Investor Services.”

**Institutional Class shares are offered to individual and institutional investors through brokers and other financial intermediaries having contractual arrangements with the Distributor. A request to purchase Class A Shares directly through the Distributor will automatically be treated as a request to purchase Institutional Shares.

•  Investors may purchase shares of the each of the Funds, other than the A Shares of the Bond and Equity Funds, at the net asset value without a sales charge.

•  Shares may be offered through certain financial intermediaries that charge their customers transaction or other fees with respect to their customers’ investments in the Funds.

•  Each Fund reserves the right to refuse a purchase order for any reason, including if it believes that doing so would be in the best interest of the Fund or its shareholders.

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Opening an Account and Buying Shares

 

OPENING AN ACCOUNT

 

ADDING TO AN ACCOUNT

By Mail

 

• Make out a personal check or bank draft for the investment amount, payable to the Cavanal Hill Funds.

• Deliver the check or bank draft and your completed Account Registration Form to the Funds’ Custodian at BOKF, NA, Attention: Cavanal Hill Funds, P.O. Box 182730, Columbus, Ohio 43218-2730.

 

• Make out a personal check or bank draft for the investment amount, payable to the Cavanal Hill Funds.

• Deliver the check or bank draft and investment slip attached to your account statement (or, if unavailable, provide the Fund name, amount invested, account name, and account number) to the Funds’ Custodian at BOKF, NA, Attention: Cavanal Hill Funds, P.O. Box 182730, Columbus, Ohio 43218-2730.

By Overnight Mail

 

• Make out a personal check or bank draft for the investment amount, payable to the Cavanal Hill Funds.

• Deliver the check or bank draft and your completed Account Registration Form to c/o FIS Investor Services, LLC, 4249 Easton Way, Suite 400, Columbus, OH, 43219-6171.

 

• Make out a personal check or bank draft for the investment amount, payable to the Cavanal Hill Funds.

• Deliver the check or bank draft and investment slip attached to your account statement (or, if unavailable, provide the Fund name, amount invested, account name, and account number) to c/o FIS Investor Services, LLC, 4249 Easton Way, Suite 400, Columbus, OH, 43219-6171.

By Telephone or Wire Transfer

 

• Call (800) 762-7085 for instructions on opening an account by wire transfer.

 

• Deliver your completed Account Registration Form to the Funds at: c/o FIS Investor Services, LLC, 4249 Easton Way, Suite 400, Columbus, OH, 43219-6171.

• To place an order by telephone, call the Funds at (800) 762-7085 for instructions on purchasing additional shares by wire transfer.

• Your bank may charge a fee to wire funds.

By Electronic Funds Transfer

 

• Your bank must participate in the Automated Clearing House and must be a U.S. bank.

 

• Establish the electronic purchase option on your Account Registration Form or call (800) 762-7085.

• Call (800) 762-7085 to arrange an electronic purchase.

• Your bank may charge a fee to electronically transfer funds.

All purchases made by check should be in U.S. dollars.
Third party checks, credit card checks, starter checks on initial purchases,
traveler’s checks, money orders or cash will not be accepted.

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Selling Shares

 

TO SELL SOME OR ALL OF YOUR SHARES

By Mail

 

• Write a letter of instruction indicating the Fund name, your account number, the name(s) in which the account is registered and the dollar value or number of shares you wish to sell.

• Include the account owner signature(s).

• Mail the materials to the Funds’ Custodian at BOKF, NA, Attention: Cavanal Hill Funds, P.O. Box 182730, Columbus, Ohio 43218-2730.

• A check will be mailed to the name(s) and address in which the account is registered, or otherwise according to your letter of instruction.

By Overnight Mail

 

• Write a letter of instruction indicating the Fund name, your account number, the name(s) in which the account is registered and the dollar value or number of shares you wish to sell.

• Include the account owner signature(s).

• Mail the materials to Cavanal Hill Funds, c/o FIS Investor Services, LLC, 4249 Easton Way, Suite 400, Columbus, OH, 43219-6171.

• A check will be mailed to the name(s) and address in which the account is registered, or otherwise according to your letter of instruction.

By Telephone

 

• Call (800) 762-7085 with instructions as to how you wish to receive your funds (mail, wire, electronic transfer).

By Wire

 

• Accounts of any type which have elected the wire option on the Account Registration Form may call (800) 762-7085 to request a wire transfer.

• If you call on any Business Day (as described in “Transaction Policies”), your payment will normally be wired to your bank on the next Business Day.

• The Fund reserves the right to charge a wire fee.

• Your bank may charge a fee to wire funds.

By Electronic Funds Transfer

 

• Shareholders with accounts at a U.S. bank which participates in the Automated Clearing House may call (800) 762-7085 to request an electronic funds transfer.

• If you call on any Business Day (as described in “Transaction Policies”), the NAV of your shares will be determined on the same day and you will receive your proceeds within a week after your request is received.

• Your bank may charge a fee to electronically transfer funds.

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Signature Authorization. For some transactions, the Cavanal Hill Funds require proof that your signature authorizing a transaction is authentic. This verification can be provided in all cases by either a Signature Validation Program (SVP) stamp or a Medallion signature guarantee (MSG). MSG and SVP stamps can be obtained from financial institutions, including banks, broker/dealers, credit unions and savings associations. Please verify with the institution that it is an eligible guarantor institution prior to signing. In some instances, a Notary Public stamp is an acceptable alternative.

 Add/change banking instructions (SVP or MSG);

 Add/change authorized account traders (SVP or MSG);

 Change of name (Notary Public, SVP or MSG);

 Add/change beneficiaries (Notary Public, SVP or MSG);

 Adding a Power of Attorney (Notary Public, SVP or MSG);

 Add/change Trustee (Notary Public, SVP or MSG): and

 UTMA/UGMA custodian change (Notary Public, SVP or MSG).

Selling Shares in Writing. You will need a Medallion Signature Guarantee unless:

 the redemption check is payable to the shareholder(s) of record, and the check is mailed to the shareholder(s) of record and mailed to the address of record, or

 the redemption proceeds are being wired according to bank instructions currently on your account.

Receiving Your Money. Properly documented redemption requests received by a Fund or an authorized agent of the Fund will be effective the day received. The Funds typically expect that it will take one to three days following the receipt of a redemption request to pay out redemption proceeds. At various times, however, a Fund may be requested to redeem shares for which it has not yet received good payment; collection of payment may take ten or more days. If you have made your initial investment by check, you cannot receive the proceeds of that check until it has cleared (which may require up to 10 business days). You can avoid this delay by purchasing shares with a certified check. You may receive proceeds of your sale in a check, wire or ACH. The Funds typically expect to hold cash or cash equivalents to meet redemption requests. The Funds may also use the proceeds from the sale of portfolio securities to meet redemption requests. As described under “Redemption In Kind” below, the Funds reserve the right to redeem in kind. Redemptions in kind are typically used to meet redemption requests that represent a large percentage of a Fund’s net assets in order to minimize the effect of large redemptions on the Fund and its remaining shareholders. These redemption methods will be used regularly in the circumstances described and may also be used in stressed market conditions.

Involuntary Sales of Your Shares. Due to the relatively high costs of handling small investments, each Fund reserves the right to redeem your shares at NAV if your account balance in any Fund, other than the A Shares of the Bond and Equity Funds, drops below $500. Each Fund also reserves the right to redeem your shares at NAV in order to comply with its responsibilities under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”). Before a Fund exercises its right to redeem your shares you will be given at least sixty days’ written notice.

Postponement of Redemption Request. The Funds may postpone payment for shares at times when the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) is closed or under any emergency circumstances as determined by the Securities and Exchange Commission. If you experience difficulty making a telephone redemption during periods of drastic economic or market change, you can send the Funds your request by regular or overnight mail. Follow the instructions above under “Selling Your Shares.”

Redemption In Kind. The Funds reserve the right to make payment in securities rather than cash, known as “redemption in kind.” This could occur under extraordinary circumstances, such as a very large redemption that could affect Fund operations (for example, more than 1% of a Fund’s net assets). If a Fund deems it advisable for the benefit of all shareholders, redemption in kind will consist (in whole or in part) of securities equal in market value to your shares. In kind payment may come in the form of a pro-rata-slice of the Fund’s portfolio (potentially with certain exclusions and modifications), individual securities on a representative basket of securities, in each case, subject to regulatory guidance. When you convert these securities to cash, you will pay transaction charges.

Undeliverable Redemption and Distribution Checks. If distribution or redemption checks (1) are returned and marked as “undeliverable” or (2) remain uncashed for six months, your account will be changed automatically so that all future distributions are reinvested in your account. Checks that remain uncashed for six months will be cancelled and the money reinvested in the appropriate Fund as of the cancellation date. No interest is paid during the time the check is outstanding.

Repurchases. If you redeem A Class Shares, and within 60 days buy new A Class Shares of the same or another Cavanal Hill Fund (equal to all or at least $200 of the redemption amount), you will not pay a sales charge on the new purchase amount. This right may be exercised once a year and within 60 days of the redemption, provided that the A Shares Class of the selected Fund is currently open to new investors or the shareholder has a current account in that fund. Shares will be purchased at the NAV calculated at the close of trading on the day the request is received. To exercise this privilege, the Fund must receive written notification from the shareholder of record or the financial intermediary of record, at the time of purchase. Investors should consult a tax adviser concerning the tax consequences of exercising this reinstatement privilege.

Payments to Financial Intermediaries

The Funds and their affiliated service providers may pay fees as described below to broker-dealers and other financial institutions whose customers are shareholders of the Funds, including affiliates of Cavanal Hill® Investment Management, Inc. (“Cavanal Hill Investment Management” or the “Adviser”), for sale of Fund shares and related services.

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Important Notice Regarding Delivery of Shareholder Documents

To reduce expenses, we may mail only one copy of each of the Fund’s prospectus, annual report or semi-annual report to those addresses shared by two or more accounts, unless we receive contrary instruction from you. If you are a direct shareholder and wish to receive individual copies of these documents, please call us at 1-800-762-7085. If you are not a direct shareholder, please contact your financial institution to opt out of householding. We will begin sending you individual copies thirty days after receiving your request.

Initial Sales Charge (Bond and Equity Funds, A Shares Only)

The A Shares of the Bond and Equity Funds are subject to an initial sales charge. The sales charge is used to compensate participating dealers for their expenses incurred in connection with the distribution of the A Shares. The amount of the initial sales charge is based upon the amount purchased:

Shareholder Fees for A Shares of the Bond and Equity Funds, except Ultra Short Tax-Free Income Fund (fees paid directly from your investment)

Purchase Amount

 

Sales Charge (Load) imposed
on Purchases (as a percentage
of offering price)

 

Sales Charge (Load)
imposed on purchases
(as a percentage of net
amount invested)

 

Reallowance

 

Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a
percentage of the lesser of the amount redeemed
or the total original cost, for shares held less
than 12 months)

Less than $200,000

 

2.00%

 

2.04%

 

2.00%

 

None

Over $200,000

 

None

 

0.00%

 

 

1.00%

Shareholder Fees for Ultra Short Tax-Free Income Fund A Shares (fees paid directly from your investment)

Purchase Amount

 

Sales Charge (Load) imposed
on Purchases (as a percentage
of offering price)

 

Sales Charge (Load)
imposed on purchases
(as a percentage of net
amount invested)

 

Reallowance

 

Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a
percentage of the lesser of the amount redeemed
or the total original cost, for shares held less
than 12 months)

Less than $200,000

 

1.00%

 

1.01%

 

1.00%

 

None

Over $200,000

 

None

 

0.00%

 

 

1.00%

You may qualify for reduced sales charges or sales charge exceptions. To qualify for these reductions or exceptions, you or your financial adviser must notify the transfer agent and provide the necessary documentation at the time of purchase that your purchase qualifies for such treatment.

•  Rights of Accumulation. You may combine your new purchases of A Shares of a Fund with other Bond or Equity Fund shares currently owned for the purpose of qualifying for the lower initial sales charge rates that apply to purchasers of more than $200,000. The applicable initial sales charge for the new purchase is based on the total of your current purchase and the value of other Bond or Equity Fund shares owned based on their current public offering price.

•  Letters of Intent. Under a Letter of Intent (LOI), you commit to purchase a specified dollar amount of A Shares of one or more Bond or Equity Funds during a 13-month period. If you agree to purchase over $200,000, you will not pay an initial sales charge. If the full amount committed in the LOI is not invested by the end of the 13-month period, your account will be assessed the higher initial sales charge that would normally be applicable to the amount actually invested.

•  Class A Series of the Funds may be purchased without an initial sales charge by the following persons (and their spouses and children under 21 years of age): (i) registered representatives and other employees of intermediaries that have selling agreements with the Distributor to sell Class A Shares; (ii) directors, officers, and employees of the Adviser and its affiliates; (iii) Trustees and officers of the Trust; (iv) Investors that purchase directly from the Fund. In addition, the initial sales charge may be waived on purchases of Class A Shares through financial intermediaries that have entered into an agreement with the Distributor that allows the waiver of the sales charge. The Funds do not currently have any such sales waiver agreements in place with financial intermediaries.

•  Shareholders purchasing Fund shares through a Morgan Stanley Wealth Management brokerage account will be eligible only for the following front-end sales charge exceptions and the initial sales charge exceptions available to other investors listed immediately above are not available to investors investing through a Morgan Stanley Wealth Management brokerage account.

•  Employer-sponsored retirement plans (e.g., 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans). For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP IRAs, Simple IRAs, SAR-SEPs or Keogh plans

•  Morgan Stanley employee and employee-related accounts according to MSSB’s account linking rules

•  Shares purchased through reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions when purchasing shares of the same fund

•  Shares purchased through a Morgan Stanley self-directed brokerage account

•  Class C (i.e., level-load) shares that are no longer subject to a contingent deferred sales charge and are converted to Class A shares of the same fund pursuant to Morgan Stanley Wealth Management’s share class conversion program

 Shares purchased from the proceeds of redemptions within the same fund family, provided (i) the repurchase occurs within 90 days’ following the redemption, (ii) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (iii) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred sales charge.

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For further information about the initial sales charge applicable to the A Shares of the Bond and Equity Funds, see the Statement of Additional Information section “Additional Purchase and Redemption Information.”

Contingent Deferred Sales Charges (CDSC-Class A and C Only)

Class A Shares. Investors who purchase or own $200,000 or more of A Shares do not pay an initial sales charge. However, if you redeem A Shares purchased without paying sales charge prior to 12 months after the date of purchase, you will be subject to a CDSC of 1%. The CDSC on redemptions of shares is computed based on the lower of their original purchase price or current net asset value, net of reinvested dividends and capital gains distributions. In determining whether to charge a CDSC, shares are accounted for on a first-in, first-out basis, which means that you will redeem shares on which there is no CDSC first and, then, shares in the order of their purchase.

The Distributor will pay dealer commissions on A Shares trades of $200,000 or more. The amount available for such payments is:

Up to 1% of the first $4 million
plus 0.50% on the next $6 million
plus 0.25% on purchases more than $10 million

Class C Shares. Class C Shares are not subject to an initial sales charge so you will invest the full amount of your purchase price. However, Class C Shares pay an annual 12b-1 Distribution/Service Fee of 1.00% (0.75% in asset-based sales charge and 0.25% in 12b-1 service fee) and an annual Shareholder Servicing Fee of 0.25% of average net assets. Because these fees are paid out of the Fund’s assets over time, they will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more than if you had purchased Class A Shares. Class C Shares of each Fund will automatically convert into Class A Shares of the same Fund after they have been held for ten years. This automatic conversion will be executed without any sales charge, fee or other charge. The Internal Revenue Service currently takes the position that such automatic conversions are not taxable. Should its position change, the automatic conversion feature may be replaced with a conversion option. If you sell your Class C Shares within 12 months after purchase, you may pay a 1.00% CDSC, which will be applied to the lesser of amount invested or redemption value of the shares redeemed.

Shareholders who are investing $200,000 through a sales charge reduction feature, including a shareholder eligible to purchase Class A Shares at no sales charge due to the breakpoints available on a purchase of $200,000 or more of Class A Shares, or through Rights of Accumulation, an LOI or grouping purchases by certain related persons may not purchase Class C Shares. In such case, requests to purchase Class C Shares will automatically be treated as a request to purchase Class A Shares. The Fund will not apply the limitation to Class C Share purchases made by shareholders whose shares are held in an omnibus account on any of the Cavanal Hill Fund records, and it will be the selling broker-dealer’s responsibility to apply the limitation for such purchases.

Distribution/Service (12b-1) Fees

The Funds have adopted a plan under Rule 12b-1 that allows for the payment of distribution and service fees to the Distributor for the sale and distribution of shares and for additional services provided to shareholders. The Distributor pays the fees it receives to financial intermediaries whose customers purchase shares of the Funds, including financial intermediaries that are affiliates of the Adviser and Distributor. Because these fees are paid out of a Fund’s assets continuously, over time these fees will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more than paying other types of sales charges. The distribution fee is 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the A, Administrative and Investor Shares of each Fund. The Premier Shares have a 0.50% distribution fee. The C Shares are subject to a 1.00% distribution fee, 0.75% of which is an asset-based sales charge and 0.25% of which is a 12b-1 service fee. The Institutional and Select Shares do not have a distribution fee. However, an investor purchasing Institutional Shares through a broker or other financial intermediary, may be required to pay a commission in an amount charged and separately disclosed to you by such party. Shares of the Funds are available in other share classes that have different fees and expenses.

 

Distribution Fee

 

Distribution Fee Waivers

Bond and Equity Funds

       

A Shares

 

0.25%

 

No Waiver

C Shares

 

1.00%

 

No Waiver

Investor Shares

 

0.25%

 

No Waiver

Institutional Shares

 

0.00%

 

N/A – No 12b-1 Fee

Money Market Funds

       

Administrative

 

0.25%

 

No Waiver

Institutional

 

0.00%

 

N/A – No 12b-1 Fee

Select

 

0.00%

 

N/A – No 12b-1 Fee

Premier

 

0.50%

 

No Waiver

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Shareholder Servicing Plan

The Funds have adopted a Shareholder Servicing Plan, under which the Funds may enter into agreements with certain financial intermediaries who will provide certain support services to the Funds’ shareholders. For performing these services, Shareholder Servicing Agents may receive an annual fee of up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the shares of each Fund, other than the A Shares of the Bond and Equity Funds, for which a fee of 0.10% of the daily net assets is available. “Shareholder Servicing Agents” may include investment advisers, brokers, financial planners, banks, insurance companies, retirement or 401(k) plan administrators and others, including affiliates of the Adviser. The Funds have entered into agreements under the Shareholder Servicing Plan with BOKF, NA, the owner of the Adviser, and BOK Financial Securities, Inc., to provide financial intermediary services to the Funds’ shareholders in exchange for payments by the Funds for such services under the Shareholder Servicing Plan. BOKF, NA and BOK Financial Securities, Inc. have agreed to the contractual fee waivers shown in the table below for the Shareholder Servicing Fees to which they are entitled. The affiliate waivers result in a reduction of the Shareholder Servicing Fee paid by all purchasers of a Class to the extent shown in the table. Contractual waivers are in place for the period through December 31, 2024 and may only be modified with the approval of the Funds’ Board of Trustees.

 

Shareholder Servicing Fee

 

Affiliate Shareholder Servicing Fee Waivers

Bond and Equity Funds

       

A Shares

 

0.10%

 

Waived in Full

C Shares

 

0.25%

 

Waived in Full

Investor Shares

 

0.25%

 

Waived in Full

Institutional Shares

 

0.25%

 

Waived in Full

Money Market Funds

       

Administrative

 

0.25%

 

No Waiver

Institutional

 

0.25%

 

0.17% Waived

Select

 

0.25%

 

Waived in Full

Premier

 

0.25%

 

Waived in Full

Distribution and Shareholder Servicing Arrangements — Revenue Sharing

The Adviser, and from time to time affiliates of the Adviser, at their own expense and out of their own legitimate profits, provide additional cash incentives to Shareholder Servicing Agents in connection with the sale, distribution, retention and servicing of the shares of the Funds. These additional cash incentives, sometimes referred to as “revenue sharing arrangements,” are payments over and above the sales charges (including 12b-1 fees) and service fees paid by the Funds. These additional cash payments are generally made to Shareholder Servicing Agents that provide shareholder servicing, marketing or access to sales meetings, sales representatives and Shareholder Servicing Agent management representatives. These payments are negotiated and may be based on such factors as: the number or value of shares that the Shareholder Servicing Agent sells or may sell; the value of client assets invested; or the type and nature of services or support furnished by the Shareholder Servicing Agent. Cash compensation may also be paid to Shareholder Servicing Agents for inclusion of the Funds on a sales list including a preferred or select sales list, in other sales programs or as an expense reimbursement in cases where the Shareholder Servicing Agent provides shareholder services to Fund shareholders. The Adviser may also pay cash compensation in the form of finder’s fees that vary depending on the Fund and the dollar amount of shares sold. These payments may be significant and may create an incentive for Shareholder Servicing Agents or their agents to recommend or sell shares of the Funds to you. If you have purchased shares of a Fund through a Shareholder Servicing Agent, please speak with that agent to learn more about any payments it receives from the Adviser or its affiliates, as well as fees or commissions the agent charges. You should also consult disclosures made by your Shareholder Servicing Agent at the time of purchase. These payments are not reflected in the fees and expenses listed in the fee table section of the Funds’ prospectus, and will not change the NAV or the price of a Fund’s shares, because they are not paid by the Funds.

Commissions. If you purchase shares that do not have any front-end sales charge, contingent deferred sales charge, or other asset-based fee for sales or distribution from a broker or other financial intermediary acting on an agency basis, you may be required to pay a commission in an amount charged and separately disclosed to you by such party.

Because the Funds do not charge the fees and are not parties to any such commission arrangement between you and your broker or other financial intermediary, any purchases and redemptions will be made at the applicable NAV (before imposition of the commission) and are not reflected in the “Fees and Expenses of the Fund” section of the Funds’ Prospectus.

Brokers, Dealers and Agents. Please note that (i) investors may be charged fees—in addition to those assessed by the Funds—if they effect transactions through a Shareholder Servicing Agent, (ii) the Funds have, and may from time to time authorize one or more Shareholder Servicing Agents to receive on their behalf, purchase and redemption orders, and Shareholder Servicing Agents so authorized may also be authorized to designate other agents to receive purchase and redemption orders on the Funds’ behalf, (iii) with respect to orders received by a Shareholder Servicing Agent authorized to receive purchase and redemption orders on the Funds’ behalf, the Fund will be deemed to have received an order when an authorized agent, or, if applicable, such agent’s authorized designee, receives the order, and (iv) unless restricted by the 1940 Act and the rules of the SEC under the 1940 Act, customer orders will be priced at a Fund’s NAV next computed after such orders are received by an authorized agent or such authorized agent’s authorized designee.

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Exchanging Shares

How to Exchange Your Shares. Shares of any Cavanal Hill Bond or Equity Fund, other than Class C Shares, may be exchanged without payment of a sales charge for the same class of shares of any Cavanal Hill Fund. Shares of any Cavanal Hill Money Market Fund may be exchanged without payment of a sales charge for shares of the same class of any other Money Market Fund. Exchanges of shares from any Money Market Fund to any Equity or Bond Fund generally will be subject to the sales charge applicable to the shares sought to be acquired through the exchange. Shares of one share class may be exchanged for shares of another share class with a higher initial purchase requirement without payment of a sales charge if you become eligible to purchase such share class. Any exchange will be made on the basis of the relative net asset values of the shares exchanged. The Funds reserve the right to redeem in the event that a shareholder no longer meets the minimum investment requirements. The Funds reserve the right to eliminate or to alter the terms of this exchange offer upon sixty days’ notice to shareholders.

A shareholder wishing to exchange his or her shares may do so by contacting the Funds at (800) 762-7085 or by providing written instructions to the Funds at FIS Investor Services, LLC, 4249 Easton Way - Suite 400, Columbus, OH 43219-3035. Any shareholder who wishes to make an exchange must have received a current Prospectus of the Fund in which he or she wishes to invest before the exchange will be effected.

Transaction Policies

Calculation of Net Asset Value. The NAV per share of a Fund is determined by dividing the total market value of the Fund’s investments and other assets, less any liabilities, by the total number of outstanding shares of the Fund.

Valuation of Shares – Bond and Equity Funds.

•  The NAV of each of the Bond and Equity Funds is determined as of the close of regular trading of the NYSE (generally 4 p.m. Eastern time) on each day in which the NYSE is open for regular trading (a “Business Day”). On any Business Day that the NYSE closes early, the Funds will close for trading at the time the NYSE closes. Purchase, redemption and exchange orders must be received by the NYSE close on those days to receive that day’s NAV. To the extent a Fund invests through a foreign exchange, value may change at times when a Fund shareholder is not able to trade.

•  The assets in each of the Bond and Equity Funds are valued at market value. If market quotations are not readily available, the securities will be valued at fair value by the Funds’ Pricing Committee. For further information about valuation of investments, see the Statement of Additional Information.

•  The Funds may invest in one or more open-end management investment companies that are registered under the 1940 Act. The Funds’ net asset value calculation includes the net asset values of the registered open-ended management investment companies in which the Funds invest. The prospectuses for these companies explain the circumstances under which those companies will use fair value pricing and the effects of using fair value pricing.

Valuation of Shares – Money Market Funds.

•  The NAV of each of the Money Market Funds is determined at 4 p.m. Eastern time on each day in which the NYSE and bond market are open for regular trading (a “Business Day”). On any Business Day that the NYSE closes early, the Money Market Funds will close for trading at the time the NYSE or bond market closes. On any day when SIFMA recommends that the securities markets close trading early, each Fund may close trading early. Purchase, redemption and exchange orders must be received by the close on those days to receive that day’s NAV.

•  The assets in each Money Market Fund are valued based upon the amortized cost method. For further information about valuation of investments, see the Statement of Additional Information.

•  The NAV of each of the Money Market Funds is expected to remain at a constant $1.00 per share, although there is no assurance that this will be maintained.

Liquidity Fees and Redemption Gates. Under Rule 2a-7, a government money market fund has the right to institute a discretionary liquidity fee (not to exceed two percent of the value of the shares redeemed) or to suspend the right of redemption (“redemption gate”) temporarily (for up to 10 business days in any 90-day period), if the Fund’s Weekly Liquid Assets fall below thirty percent of its total assets and the Fund’s Board of Trustees, including a majority of the trustees who are not interested persons of the Fund, determines that the liquidity fee or redemption gate is in the best interest of the Fund.

To the extent that the Board determines to institute a discretionary liquidity fee or a redemption gate policy on a government money market fund, it will provide not less than 60 days’ advance written notice of such policy to government money market fund shareholders and will supplement its registration statement with the appropriate disclosures.

Buy and Sell Prices. When you buy shares, you pay the NAV next determined after your order is received by the Fund or its designated agent, which could be the following Business Day. When you sell shares, you receive the NAV next determined after your order is received by the Fund or its designated agent, which could be the following Business Day.

Fair Value Pricing Policies. Each of the Bond and Equity Funds will fair value price its securities when market quotations are not readily available. Generally, this would include securities for which trading has been halted, securities whose value has been materially affected by the occurrence of a significant event (as defined below), securities whose price has become stale (i.e., the market price has remained unchanged for five business days), and other securities where a market price is not available from either a national pricing service or a broker. In addition, the Funds’ Pricing Committee will review exception priced securities (i.e., securities for which the market value is provided by a quote from a single broker rather than a national pricing service) on a quarterly basis. In these situations, the Funds’ Pricing Committee, under the general supervision of the Board of Trustees, will employ certain methodologies to determine a fair value for the securities. Fair value pricing should result in a more accurate determination of a Fund’s NAV price, which should eliminate the potential for arbitrage in a Fund.

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A “significant event” is one that occurred before the valuation time, is not reflected in the most recent market price of a security, and materially affects the value of a security. Generally, such “significant events” relate to developments in foreign securities that occur after the close of trading in their respective markets. With the exception of the World Energy Fund, the Funds’ foreign investments are generally limited to debt securities issued by foreign banks and foreign branches or subsidiaries of U.S. banks. Thus, the situations in which the Funds will be required to fair value price because of a significant event are limited.

Market Timing Trading Policy. The Bond and Equity Funds do not authorize, and use reasonable methods to discourage, short term or excessive trading, often referred to as “market timing.” Market timing is an investment strategy using frequent purchases, redemptions and/or exchanges in an attempt to profit from short-term market movements. Market timing or excessive trading may result in dilution of the value of fund shares held by long-term shareholders, disrupt portfolio management, and increase fund expenses for all shareholders. The Funds will take reasonable steps to discourage excessive short-term trading and the Funds’ Board of Trustees has adopted the following policies and procedures with respect to market timing. The Funds will monitor selected trades in an effort to detect excessive short-term trading. If a Fund has reason to believe that a shareholder has engaged in excessive short-term trading, the Fund may ask the shareholder to stop such activities or refuse to process purchases or exchanges in the shareholder’s accounts. In addition to rejecting purchase orders in connection with suspected market timing activities, the Funds can reject a purchase order for any reason. While the Funds cannot assure the prevention of all excessive trading and market timing, by making these judgments the Funds believe they are acting in a manner that is in the best interests of shareholders.

Market Timers may disrupt portfolio management and harm fund performance. To the extent that the Funds are unable to identify market timers effectively, long-term investors may be adversely affected. Although the Funds use a variety of methods to detect and deter market timing, due to the complexity involved in identifying excessive trading there is no assurance that the Funds efforts will identify and eliminate all trades or trading practices that may be considered abusive. In accordance with Rule 22c-2 under the 1940 Act, the Trust has entered into information sharing agreements with certain financial intermediaries. Under these agreements, a financial intermediary is obligated to: (1) adopt and enforce during the term of the agreement, a market timing policy, the terms of which are acceptable to the Trust; (2) furnish the Trust, upon its request, with information regarding customer trading activities in shares of the Trust; and (3) enforce its market-timing policy with respect to customers identified by the Trust as having engaged in market timing. When information regarding transactions in the Trust’s shares is requested by the Trust and such information is in the possession of a person that is itself a financial intermediary to a financial intermediary (an “indirect intermediary”), any financial intermediary with whom the Trust has an information sharing agreement is obligated to obtain transaction information from the indirect intermediary or, if directed by the Trust, to restrict or prohibit the indirect intermediary from purchasing shares of the Trust on behalf of other persons. The Funds apply these policies and procedures to all shareholders believed to be engaged in market timing or excessive trading. The Funds have no arrangements to permit any investor to trade frequently in shares of the funds, nor will it enter into any such arrangements in the future. Because the Money Market Funds are designed to offer investors a liquid cash option that they may sell as often as they wish, they are not subject to the same policies and procedures. We reserve the right to modify our policies and procedures related to market timing at any time without prior notice as we deem in our sole discretion to be in the best interests of Fund shareholders, or to comply with state or Federal legal requirements.

Additional Investor Services

Auto Invest Plan (AIP). AIP lets you set up periodic additional investments in the Funds through automatic deductions from your bank account. The plan is not available for Institutional Shares. To participate in the AIP, complete the appropriate section in the Account Registration Form. The minimum initial investment in the AIP is $100 and the minimum for subsequent investments is $50 per month or quarter per Fund. To participate in the AIP from your bank account, please attach a voided check to your Account Registration Form.

Directed Dividend Option. By selecting the appropriate box in the Account Registration Form, you can elect to receive your distributions via check or have distributions (capital gains and dividends) reinvested in another Cavanal Hill Fund without a sales charge. You must maintain the minimum balance in each Fund into which you plan to reinvest distributions or the reinvestment will be suspended and your distributions paid to you. The Fund may modify or terminate this directed dividend option without notice. You can change or terminate your participation in the directed dividend option at any time.

Systematic Withdrawal Plan (SWP). If you have at least $10,000 in your account, you may use SWP, which allows you to receive regular distributions from your account. The plan is not available for Institutional Shares of the Bond or Equity Funds. Under the plan you may elect to receive automatic payments via check of at least $100 per Fund or more on a monthly or quarterly basis. You may arrange to receive regular distributions from your account via check by completing the appropriate section in the Account Registration Form and attaching a voided check or by calling (800) 762-7085. The maximum withdrawal per year is 12% of the account value at the time of election.

Dividends and Capital Gains

As a mutual fund shareholder, you may receive capital gain, income from your investment, or both. The Bond Funds and the Money Market Funds declare dividends daily and pay dividends monthly. The Equity Funds declare and pay dividends quarterly. The Funds will distribute net investment income and net capital gain (that is, the excess of net long-term capital gain over net short-term capital loss), if any, at least once a year. It is unlikely that the Money Market Funds will realize any capital gain, however it is possible depending on market conditions.

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We will automatically reinvest any income and capital-gain distributions to which you are entitled in additional shares of the applicable Fund(s) unless you notify our Distributor that you want to receive your distributions in cash. To do so, send a written request, including your name and account number, to:

Cavanal Hill Funds
c/o Cavanal Hill Distributors, Inc.
One Williams Center, 15th Floor
Bank of Oklahoma Tower
Tulsa, OK 74172

Such a request will become effective for distributions having record dates after the date on which our Distributor receives your request. The taxation of dividends will not be affected by the form in which you receive them.

Taxes

Your mutual fund investments may have a material impact on your tax situation. We have summarized some of the main tax implications that you should know below. Note, however, that the following provides only a general description. The information contained herein will not apply to you if you are investing through a tax-deferred or tax-free account such as an IRA or a qualified employee benefit plan. In addition, if you are not a resident of the United States, you may have to pay taxes besides those described here, such as U.S. withholding and estate taxes. Please consult your tax adviser to see how investing in the Fund(s) will affect your own tax situation.

•  Important Note. If you have not done so already, be sure to provide us with your correct taxpayer identification number and certify that it is correct. Unless we have that information, the Funds may be required by law to withhold a portion of the taxable distribution that you would otherwise be entitled to receive from your Fund investments as well as a portion of any proceeds that you would normally receive from selling Fund shares.

Each Fund intends to distribute, at least annually, substantially all of its net investment income and net capital gain. We will send you a statement each year showing the tax status of all distributions that you receive from us. The laws governing taxes change frequently, however, so please consult your tax adviser for the most up-to-date information and specific guidance regarding your particular tax situation. You can find more information about the potential tax consequences of mutual fund investing in our Statement of Additional Information.

•  Taxes on Fund Distributions. You may owe taxes on Fund distributions even if they represent income or capital gain that the Fund earned before you invested in it (and thus were included in the price you paid for your shares).

Distributions, whether received in cash or reinvested in additional shares of a Fund, may be subject to federal income tax. For federal income tax purposes, distributions of net investment income (other than those distributions that are properly designated as exempt-interest dividends, which are discussed below) that you receive from a Fund generally are taxable as ordinary income. In general, distributions of net investment income designated by a Fund as derived from “qualified dividend income” (as further defined in the Statement of Additional Information) will be taxed at long-term capital gain tax rates provided the shareholder meets the holding-period and other requirements with respect to the Fund’s Shares. Dividends of net investment income that are not designated as derived from qualified dividend income will be taxable as ordinary income. The Funds do not expect a significant portion of Fund distributions to be derived from qualified dividend income.

If at the close of each quarter, at least 50% of the value of the Ultra Short Tax-Free Income Fund’s total assets consist of tax-exempt interest obligations, the Fund will be eligible to designate distributions of interest derived from such obligations as “exempt-interest dividends.”

These dividends generally are excludable from a shareholder’s gross income for federal income tax purposes, although they might result in liability for the federal alternative minimum tax for individual shareholders and for state and local tax purposes for individual and corporate shareholders. You should consult your tax adviser concerning your own tax situation. Additionally, the receipt of exempt-interest dividends might cause recipients of social security or railroad retirement benefits to be taxed on a portion of such benefits. If you receive social security or railroad retirement benefits, you should consult your tax adviser to determine what effect, if any, an investment might have on the federal taxation of your benefits.

Taxes on distributions from a Fund of capital gain are determined by how long the Fund owned the investments that generated them, rather than how long a shareholder has owned his or her shares in the Fund. Distributions of gain from the sale of investments that a Fund owned for one year or less will be taxable as ordinary income (regardless of how long you have owned shares in the Fund). Distributions of net capital gain from the sale of investments that a Fund owned for more than one year and that are properly reported by the Fund as capital-gain dividends will be taxable as long-term capital gain (regardless of how long you have owned shares in the Fund). Capital gain of a corporate shareholder is taxed at the same rate as ordinary income

•  Tax Consequences of Selling or Exchanging Shares. Any gain resulting from the sale or exchange of Fund shares generally will be taxable as long-term or short-term capital gain, depending upon how long you have held your shares and assuming the shares were held as capital assets.

•  State and Local Taxes. In addition to federal taxes, you may have to pay state and local taxes on the dividends or capital gain, if any, you receive from a Fund, as well as on any capital gain, if any, you realize from selling or exchanging Fund shares.

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•  Tax Consequences of Certain Fund Investments. A Fund’s investments in certain debt obligations, mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities, and derivative securities might require the Fund to accrue and distribute income not yet received. In order to generate sufficient cash to make the requisite distributions, the Fund might be required to liquidate other investments in its portfolio that it otherwise would have continued to hold, including at times when it is not advantageous to liquidate such investments.

•  Funds Investing in Foreign Securities. If a Fund invests in foreign securities, the income those securities generate may be subject to foreign withholding taxes, which might decrease their yield. Foreign governments may also impose taxes on other payments or gains that the Fund earns on these securities. In general, shareholders in such a Fund will not be entitled to claim a credit or deduction for these foreign taxes on their U.S. tax return. In addition, foreign investments may prompt a fund to distribute income more frequently or in greater amounts than do purely domestic funds, which might increase your tax liability.

The portfolio management teams of the Funds do not actively consider tax consequences when making investment decisions. From time to time, the Funds may realize capital gain as a by-product of ordinary investment activities. As a result, the amount and timing of Fund distributions, and the amount and type of taxable income allocated to Fund investors, may vary considerably from year to year.

The above is a general summary of the tax implications of investing in the Funds. Please consult your tax adviser to determine whether these considerations are relevant to your particular investments and tax situation as well as to obtain more information on your own tax situation, including possible foreign, state and local taxes. More information about taxes is contained in our Statement of Additional Information.

Additional Information about the Funds

Temporary Defensive Positions. The Funds may, from time to time, take temporary defensive positions that are inconsistent with the Funds’ principal investment strategies and investment restrictions in attempting to respond to adverse market, economic, political, or other conditions. In these and in other cases, a Fund may not achieve its investment objective. Without limiting the foregoing, during temporary defensive periods, as determined by the Adviser, each of the Limited Duration Fund, the Moderate Duration Fund, the Strategic Enhanced Yield Fund, the Bond Fund, the U.S. Treasury Fund, the Government Securities Money Market Fund and the Equity Funds may hold up to 100% of its respective total assets in cash or cash equivalents. The Ultra Short Tax-Free Income Fund may hold cash or invest in short-term Municipal Securities up to 100% of its assets during temporary defensive periods. Additional information regarding temporary defensive positions is available in our Statement of Additional Information.

Disclosure of Portfolio Holdings. Information regarding the Funds’ policies and procedures regarding the disclosure of portfolio holdings is contained in our Statement of Additional Information.

Investment in Exchange Traded Funds. The Bond and Equity Funds may each invest in index-based exchange traded funds, which are registered investment companies unaffiliated with the Funds, that seek to replicate the performance of a stock market index or a group of stock markets in a particular geographic area. Thus, investments in exchange traded funds offer, among other things, an efficient means to achieve diversification to a particular industry that would otherwise only be possible through a series of transactions and numerous holdings. Although similar diversification benefits may be achieved through an investment in another investment company, exchange traded funds generally offer greater liquidity and lower expenses. Because an exchange traded fund charges its own fees and expenses, fund shareholders will indirectly bear these costs. The Funds will also incur brokerage commissions and related charges when purchasing shares in an exchange traded fund in secondary market transactions. Unlike typical investment company shares, which are valued once daily, shares in an exchange traded fund may be purchased or sold on a listed securities exchange throughout the trading day at market prices that are generally close to net asset value. See “Investment Practices and Risks” for information regarding the risks associated with investment in an exchange traded fund.

Exchange traded funds are investment companies. Each of the Funds may invest in securities of any registered investment company to the extent permitted by the Fund’s investment strategy and the applicable provisions of Section 12(d) of the 1940 Act and regulations issued by the SEC thereunder. In addition, such Funds’ investment may exceed the statutory limits in reliance on an exemptive order issued by the SEC subject to such investments being consistent with the overall objective and policies of the Fund making such investment.

Investments in Investment Companies. For purposes of the Funds’ policies that specify 80% or 99.5%, the Funds will “look through” investments in investment companies and will include such investments, as appropriate, in their respective percentage totals.

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Investment Practices and Risks

The Funds invest in a variety of securities and employ a number of investment techniques. Each security and technique involves certain risks. The information presented below includes a description of each Fund’s principal investment strategy, followed by a list of the securities and techniques used by each Fund, designated as a principal or non-principal investment, as well as the risks inherent in their use. For a more complete discussion, see the Statement of Additional Information. Descriptions of the investment instruments and the associated risks follows.

U.S. TREASURY FUND

Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 99.5% of its total assets in cash, U.S. Government Securities, or repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. Government Securities and other U.S. Treasury investment companies. This policy will not be changed without at least 60 days prior notice to shareholders. The dollar-weighted average portfolio maturity of the Fund will not exceed 60 days and the dollar-weighted average portfolio life cannot exceed 120 days.

The particular types of securities in which the Fund invests, and associated risks, are provided below:

INVESTMENTS

RISKS

PRINCIPAL:

Repurchase Agreements, U.S. Treasury Obligations, U.S. Treasury Investment Companies, Variable and Floating Rate Instruments

Interest Rate, Market, Liquidity, Redemption, Floating Rate Notes, Management, Regulatory, Investment in Other Investment Companies

NON-PRINCIPAL:

Foreign Securities, Illiquid Securities, Money Market Instruments, Mortgage-Backed Securities, Reverse Repurchase Agreements, Securities Lending, Treasury Receipts, When-Issued Securities, Zero-Coupon Debt Obligations

Banking, Credit, Credit Enhancement, Foreign Investment, Interest Rate, Issuer Specific, Leverage, Liquidity, Market, Prepayment/Call, Redemption, Regulatory, Valuation, Zero-Coupon

GOVERNMENT SECURITIES MONEY MARKET FUND

Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 99.5% of its total assets in cash, U.S. Government Securities or repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. Government Securities and other U.S. Government Security investment companies. This policy will not be changed without at least 60 days prior written notice to shareholders. The dollar-weighted average portfolio maturity of the Fund will not exceed 60 days and the dollar-weighted average portfolio life cannot exceed 120 days.

The particular types of securities in which the Fund invests, and associated risks, are provided below:

INVESTMENTS

RISKS

PRINCIPAL:

Repurchase Agreements, U.S. Government Agency Securities, U.S. Treasury Obligations, U.S. Government Security Investment Companies, Variable and Floating Rate Instruments

Interest Rate, Market, Liquidity, Redemption, Floating Rate Notes, Management, Regulatory, Investment in Other Investment Companies

NON-PRINCIPAL:

Bonds, Foreign Securities, Illiquid Securities, Money Market Instruments, Mortgage-Backed Securities, Municipal Securities, Reverse Repurchase Agreements, Treasury Receipts, When-Issued Securities, Zero-Coupon Debt Obligations

Banking, Credit, Credit Enhancement, Interest Rate, Issuer Specific, Leverage, Liquidity, Market, Prepayment/Call, Regulatory, Tax, Valuation, Zero-Coupon

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LIMITED DURATION FUND

The Fund invests primarily in debt obligations such as bonds, notes and debentures, and bills issued by U.S. corporations or by the U.S. government, its agencies or instrumentalities, municipal securities, and derivatives including mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities and collateralized mortgage obligations. Such debt obligations are rated at the time of purchase within the four highest ratings categories assigned by an NRSRO, or, if not rated, found by the Adviser under guidelines approved by the Trust’s Board of Trustees to be of comparable quality. The Fund also invests in money market instruments. Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in bonds and maintains an average portfolio duration of less than three and one-half years. This policy will not be changed without at least 60 days prior notice to shareholders. In addition, the Fund normally invests at least 65% of its net assets in interest-bearing bonds.

The particular types of securities in which the Fund invests, and associated risks, are provided below:

INVESTMENTS

RISKS

PRINCIPAL:

Asset-Backed Securities, Bonds, Collateralized Mortgage Obligations, Money Market Instruments, Mortgage-Backed Securities, Municipal Securities, U.S. Government Agency Securities, U.S. Treasury Obligations, Variable and Floating Rate Instruments

Interest Rate, Credit, Liquidity, Prepayment/Call, Market, Mortgage-Backed, Collateralized Mortgage Obligations, Exchange Traded Fund, Asset-Backed Securities, Valuation, Turnover, Management, Regulatory

NON-PRINCIPAL:

Certificates of Deposit, Commercial Paper, Derivatives, Exchange Traded Funds, Foreign Securities, Futures and Related Options, Illiquid Securities, Investment Company Securities, Master Limited Partnerships, Repurchase Agreements, Reverse Repurchase Agreements, Restricted Securities, Securities Lending, Time Deposits, When-Issued Securities, Zero-Coupon Debt Obligations

Banking, Credit, Credit Enhancement, Foreign Investment, High Yield Securities, Interest Rate, Issuer Specific, Leverage, Liquidity, Market, Tax, Valuation, Zero-Coupon

MODERATE DURATION FUND

The Fund invests, under normal market conditions, primarily in debt obligations such as bonds, notes and debentures, and bills issued by U.S. corporations or the U.S. government, its agencies, or instrumentalities, municipal securities, mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities and collateralized mortgage obligations. Such debt obligations are rated at the time of purchase within the four highest ratings categories assigned by an NRSRO, or, if not rated, found by the Adviser under guidelines approved by the Trust’s Board of Trustees to be of comparable quality. The Fund also invests in money market instruments. Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in bonds and maintains an average portfolio duration of less than five years. This policy will not be changed without at least 60 days prior notice to shareholders.

The particular types of securities in which the Fund invests, and associated risks, are provided below:

INVESTMENTS

RISKS

PRINCIPAL:

Asset-Backed Securities, Bonds, Collateralized Mortgage Obligations, Money Market Instruments, Mortgage-Backed Securities, Municipal Securities, U.S. Government Agency Securities, U.S. Treasury Obligations, Variable and Floating Rate Instruments

Interest Rate, Credit, Liquidity, Prepayment/Call, Market, Mortgage-Backed Securities, Collateralized Mortgage Obligations, Exchange Traded Fund, Asset-Backed Securities, Valuation, Management, Regulatory

NON-PRINCIPAL:

Certificates of Deposit, Commercial Paper, Derivatives, Exchange Traded Funds, Foreign Securities, Futures and Related Options, Illiquid Securities, Investment Company Securities, Master Limited Partnerships, Repurchase Agreements, Reverse Repurchase Agreements, Restricted Securities, Securities Lending, Time Deposits, Variable and Floating Rate Instruments, When-Issued Securities, Zero-Coupon Debt Obligations

Banking, Credit, Credit Enhancement, Derivatives, Foreign Investment, High Yield Securities, Interest Rate, Issuer Specific, Leverage, Liquidity, Market, Tax, Valuation, Zero-Coupon

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BOND FUND

The Fund invests, under normal market conditions, primarily in debt obligations such as bonds, notes and debentures, and bills issued by U.S. corporations or by the U.S. government, its agencies, or instrumentalities, municipal securities, and derivatives including mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities and collateralized mortgage obligations. Such debt obligations are rated at the time of purchase within the four highest ratings categories assigned by an NRSRO, or, if not rated, found by the Adviser under guidelines approved by the Trust’s Board of Trustees to be of comparable quality. The Fund also invests in money market instruments. The Fund will generally maintain a dollar-weighted average portfolio maturity of three to ten years. Under normal circumstances the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in bonds. This policy will not be changed without at least 60 days prior notice to shareholders.

The particular types of securities in which the Fund invests, and associated risks, are provided below:

INVESTMENTS

RISKS

PRINCIPAL:

Asset-Backed Securities, Bonds, Collateralized Mortgage Obligations, Money Market Instruments, Mortgage-Backed Securities, Municipal Securities, U.S. Government Agency Securities, U.S. Treasury Obligations, Variable and Floating Rate Instruments

Interest Rate, Credit, Liquidity, Prepayment/Call, Market, Mortgage-Backed Securities, Collateralized Mortgage Obligations, Exchange Traded Fund, Asset-Backed Securities, Valuation, Management, Regulatory

NON-PRINCIPAL:

Certificates of Deposit, Commercial Paper, Derivatives, Exchange Traded Funds, Foreign Securities Futures and Related Options, Illiquid Securities, Investment Company Securities, Master Limited Partnerships, Repurchase Agreements, Reverse Repurchase Agreements, Restricted Securities, Securities Lending, Time Deposits, Variable and Floating Rate Instruments, When-Issued Securities, Zero-Coupon Debt Obligations

Banking, Credit, Credit Enhancement, Foreign Investment, High Yield Securities, Interest Rate, Issuer Specific, Leverage, Liquidity, Market, Regulatory, Tax, Valuation, Zero-Coupon

STRATEGIC ENHANCED YIELD FUND

The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in a diversified portfolio of fixed income instruments of varying maturities. In an effort to actively enhance total return and minimize risk, the Fund will engage in opportunistic trading among various sectors based on the perceived market anomalies and inefficiencies detected by the Fund’s portfolio managers, which may be found in illiquid or thinly traded securities and those that may not accurately reflect relevant market information. Total return is defined as a percentage change, over a specified time period, in a mutual fund’s net asset value, with the ending net asset value adjusted to account for the reinvestment of all distributions of dividends and capital gains. Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in fixed income instruments. This investment policy will not be changed by the Fund without at least 60 days’ prior notice to shareholders.

The particular types of securities in which the Fund invests, and associated risks, are provided below:

INVESTMENTS

RISKS

PRINCIPAL:

Asset-Backed Securities, Bonds, Collateralized Mortgage Obligations, Derivatives, Exchange Traded Funds, Foreign Securities, Money Market Instruments, Mortgage-Backed Securities, Municipal Securities, U.S. Government Agency Securities, U.S. Treasury Obligations

Credit, Market, Liquidity, Interest Rate, Foreign Investment, Valuation, Non-U.S. Denominated Currency, Emerging Market, Prepayment/Call, High Yield Securities, Mortgage-Backed Securities, Asset Backed Securities, Derivative, Leverage, Private/Restricted Securities, Redemption, Floating Rate Notes, Hedging, Management, Regulatory

NON-PRINCIPAL:

ADR/EDR/GDRs, Bankers’ Acceptances, Call and Put Options, Certificates of Deposit, Commercial Paper, Foreign Securities Futures and Related Options, Illiquid Securities, Investment Company Securities, Master Limited Partnerships, Repurchase Agreements, Reverse Repurchase Agreements, Securities Lending, Time Deposits, Variable and Floating Rate Instruments, When-Issued Securities, Zero-Coupon Debt Obligations

Banking, Credit, Credit Enhancement, Foreign Investment, Interest Rate, Issuer Specific, Leverage, Liquidity, Market, Regulatory, Tax, Valuation, Zero-Coupon

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ULTRA SHORT TAX-FREE INCOME FUND

To pursue its objective, under normal circumstances, the Fund invests in a diversified portfolio of municipal bonds and debentures. Such debt obligations are rated within the four highest long-term or two highest short-term rating categories assigned by a NRSRO, with at least 65% of the Fund’s net assets invested in securities that are rated within the three highest long-term or highest short-term rating categories or, if not rated, found by the Adviser under guidelines approved by the Trust’s Board of Trustees to be of comparable quality. If the rating of a security is downgraded after purchase, the portfolio management team will determine whether it is in the best interest of the Fund’s shareholders to continue to hold the security. As a matter of fundamental policy, the Fund invests, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its assets in municipal securities, the income from which is both exempt from federal income tax and not subject to federal alternative minimum tax for individuals. The Fund will generally invest in two principal classifications of municipal securities: general obligation securities and revenue securities. The Fund may also utilize credit enhancers, such as insurance. The Fund may invest in money market instruments such as short-term tax-exempt notes, commercial paper, variable-rate demand notes, and money market funds. The Fund, under normal circumstances, invests at least 80% of its net assets in tax-free bonds and maintains a dollar-weighted average maturity between 1 day to 1 year. These policies will not be changed without at least 60 days’ prior notice to shareholders.

The particular types of securities in which the Fund invests, and associated risks, are provided below:

INVESTMENTS

RISKS

PRINCIPAL:

Municipal Securities, Bonds, Variable and Floating Rate Instruments

Municipal Bond, Interest Rate, Credit, Credit Enhancement, Liquidity, Tax, Regulatory, Market, Prepayment/Call, Issuer Specific, Portfolio Turnover, Management, Banking, High Yield Securities

NON-PRINCIPAL:

Certificates of Deposit, Commercial Paper, Derivatives, Exchange Traded Funds, Foreign Securities, Futures and Related Options, Illiquid Securities, Investment Company Securities, Money Market Instruments, Mortgage-Backed Securities, Repurchase Agreements, Restricted Securities, Reverse Repurchase Agreements, Securities Lending, Time Deposits, U.S. Government Agency Securities, U.S. Treasury Obligations, When-Issued Securities, Zero-Coupon Debt Obligations

Credit, Credit Enhancement, Exchange Traded Fund, Foreign Investment, Interest Rate, Issuer Specific, Leverage, Liquidity, Market, Prepayment/Call, Valuation, Zero-Coupon

WORLD ENERGY FUND

Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in a wide range of energy-related financial instruments issued in the U.S. and markets around the world. This policy will not be changed without at least 60 days prior notice to shareholders. Investments generally include a combination of equities, derivatives, bonds, ETFs and ETNs.

The particular types of securities in which the Fund invests, and associated risks, are provided below:

INVESTMENTS

RISKS

PRINCIPAL:

ADR/EDR/GDRs, Bonds, Common Stock, Emerging Market Securities, Exchange Traded Funds, Exchange Traded Notes, Foreign Securities, Investment Company Securities, Master Limited Partnerships, Money Market Instruments, Variable and Floating Rate Instruments

Market, Energy Industry, Issuer Specific, Concentration, Commodity, Depositary Receipts, Currency, Mid Cap, Small Cap, Credit, Portfolio Turnover, Emerging Market, Foreign Investment, High Yield Securities, Exchange Traded Fund, Exchange Traded Note, Interest Rate, Liquidity, Management, Valuation, Master Limited Partnership, Regulatory

NON-PRINCIPAL:

Asset-Backed Securities, Commodity Exposure Instruments, Call and Put Options, Convertible Securities, Currencies, Derivatives, Futures and Related Options, Illiquid Securities, Inverse Exchange Traded Funds, Municipal Securities, Preferred Stock, Private Funds, Repurchase Agreements, Restricted Securities, Time Deposits, U.S. Treasury Obligations, When-Issued Securities, Zero-Coupon Debt Obligations

Banking, Credit, Derivative, Income, Interest Rate, Inverse ETF, Issuer Specific, Leverage, Liquidity, Market, Pre-payment/Call, Regulatory, Short Sale, Valuation, Tax, Zero-Coupon

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HEDGED INCOME FUND

Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests primarily in dividend paying equity securities, with at least 80% of its net assets in income generating equity securities and equity-related instruments traded on U.S. exchanges. For purposes of this policy, the Fund includes common stocks and securities convertible into common stocks of companies with any market capitalization and sponsored or unsponsored American Depositary Receipts (ADRs). Under normal circumstances, the fund will seek to generate current earnings from option premiums by writing (selling) call options on its portfolio securities, all of which will be covered calls. A covered call refers to a financial transaction in which the investor selling a call option owns an equivalent amount of the underlying security. The investor’s ownership of the long position in the asset is the “cover” because the seller can deliver the shares if the buyer of the call option chooses to exercise. The fund seeks to produce current income from dividends and, to a lesser extent, from option writing premiums. The Fund will buy index and ETF puts as well as puts on individual securities to provide downside market protection for the portfolio.

INVESTMENTS

RISKS

PRINCIPAL:

Common Stock, Call and Put Options, Derivatives, ADR/EDR/GDRs, Money Market Instruments

Market, Issuer Specific, Derivative, Call and Put Options, Hedging, Depository Risks, Tax Risks, Limited Number of Holdings, Non-Diversification, Management, Dividend Paying Security, Mid Cap, Small Cap

NON-PRINCIPAL:

Exchange Traded Funds, Exchange Traded Notes, Futures and Related Options, Investment Company Securities, Preferred Stock, When-Issued Securities

Banking, Credit, Exchange Traded Fund, Exchange Traded Note, Interest Rate, Issuer Specific, Leverage, Liquidity, Market, Preferred Stock, Regulatory, Valuation

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Investment Instruments

Below is a more complete description of the types of securities and investment techniques listed above and the risks inherent in their use.

INSTRUMENT

 

RISK TYPE

   

American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), European Depositary Receipts (EDRs) and Global Depositary Receipts (GDRs):

ADRs are foreign shares of a company held by a U.S. bank that issues a receipt evidencing ownership. EDRs are receipts issued in Europe, typically by foreign banks and trust companies, that evidence ownership of either foreign or domestic underlying securities. GDRs are depositary receipts structured as global debt issues to facilitate trading on an international basis.

 

   Depository Receipts

   Foreign Investment

   Issuer Specific

 

   Market

   Regulatory

Asset-Backed Securities:

Securities secured by company receivables, home equity loans, truck and auto loans, leases, credit card receivables and other securities backed by other types of receivables or other assets.

 

   Credit

   Interest Rate

   Issuer Specific

   Liquidity

   Market

 

   Pre-payment

   Regulatory

   Valuation

Bankers’ Acceptances:

Bills of exchange or time drafts drawn on and accepted by a commercial bank. Maturities are generally six months or less.

 

   Banking

   Credit

   Interest Rate

   Issuer Specific

 

   Liquidity

   Market

   Regulatory

Bonds:

Interest-bearing or discounted government, municipal, or corporate securities that obligate the issuer to pay the bondholder a specified sum of money, usually at specific intervals, and to repay the principal amount of the loan at maturity.

 

   Banking

   Credit

   High Yield Securities

   Interest Rate

   Issuer Specific

 

   Liquidity

   Market

   Prepayment/Call

   Regulatory

Call and Put Options:

A call option gives the buyer the right to buy, and obligates the seller of the option to sell, a security at a specified price. A put option gives the buyer the right to sell, and obligates the seller of the option to buy a security at a specified price. The Funds may buy options and, if they sell options, will sell only covered call and secured put options.

 

   Credit

   Derivative

   Issuer Specific

   Leverage

 

   Liquidity

   Market

   Regulatory

Certificates of Deposit:

Negotiable instruments with a stated maturity.

 

   Banking

   Credit

   Interest Rate

   Issuer Specific

 

   Liquidity

   Market

   Regulatory

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations:

A fixed income security that uses mortgage-backed securities as collateral.

 

   Credit

   Interest Rate

   Issuer Specific

   Liquidity

 

   Market

   Pre-payment

   Regulatory

   Valuation

Commercial Paper:

Secured and unsecured short-term promissory notes issued by corporations and other entities including foreign entities. Maturities generally vary from a few days to nine months.

 

   Banking

   Credit

   Issuer Specific

   Liquidity

 

   Interest Rate

   Foreign Investment

   Market

   Regulatory

Commodity Exposure Instruments:

Commodity-linked derivative instruments, commodity futures, options on commodity futures contracts and commodity-focused ETFs.

 

   Commodity

   Credit

   Derivative

   Interest Rate

   Issuer Specific

 

   Leverage

   Liquidity

   Market

   Regulatory

   Valuation

Common Stock:

Shares of ownership of a company.

 

   Banking

   Issuer Specific

   Liquidity

   Market

 

   Mid Cap

   Regulatory

   Small Cap

Convertible Securities:

Bonds or preferred stock that convert to common stock.

 

   Credit

   Interest Rate

   Issuer Specific

 

   Liquidity

   Market

   Regulatory

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INSTRUMENT

 

RISK TYPE

   

Currencies:

Obligations of foreign governments.

 

   Banking

   Credit

   Foreign Investment

 

   Interest Rate

   Market

   Regulatory

Derivatives:

Instruments whose value is derived from the value of an underlying asset, contract, reference rate, index or security, or any combination thereof.

 

   Credit

   Interest Rate

   Issuer Specific

   Liquidity

 

   Leverage

   Market

   Regulatory

   Valuation

Exchange Traded Funds:

Securities that are issued by investment companies and traded on securities exchanges. Each of the Funds, except the U.S. Treasury and the Government Securities Money Market Fund, may invest in securities of any registered investment company to the extent permitted by the Fund’s investment strategy and the applicable statutory limits under the 1940 Act, SEC regulations and exemptive orders.

 

   Interest Rate

   Issuer Specific

   Liquidity

 

   Market

   Regulatory

Exchange Traded Notes:

A senior, unsecured, unsubordinated debt security issued by an underwriting bank and traded on securities exchanges. Similar to other debt securities, ETNs have a maturity date and are backed only by the credit of the issuer. The returns of ETNs are usually linked to the performance of a market benchmark; as debt securities, ETNs don’t own securities in the index tracked.

 

   Credit

   Interest Rate

   Issuer Specific

   Leverage

 

   Liquidity

   Market

   Regulatory

Foreign Securities:

Stocks, bonds, and money market securities issued by foreign companies including obligations of foreign banks, overseas branches of U.S. banks and supranational entities.

 

   Banking

   Emerging Market

   Foreign Investment

   Interest Rate

 

   Issuer Specific

   Liquidity

   Market

   Regulatory

Futures and Related Options:

A contract providing for the future sale and purchase of a specified amount of a specified security, class of securities, or an index at a specified time in the future and at a specified price.

 

   Credit

   Derivative

   Interest Rate

   Issuer Specific

 

   Leverage

   Liquidity

   Market

   Regulatory

Illiquid Securities:

Illiquid securities are those securities which cannot be disposed of in the ordinary course of business, seven days or less, at approximately the value at which the Fund has valued the securities.

 

   Interest Rate

   Issuer Specific

   Liquidity

 

   Market

   Regulatory

   Valuation

Inverse Exchange Traded Funds:

An exchange traded fund that is constructed by using various derivatives for the purpose of profiting from a decline in the value of an underlying benchmark.

 

   Interest Rate

   Inverse ETF

   Issuer Specific

 

   Liquidity

   Market

Investment Company Securities:

Each of the Funds may invest in securities of any registered investment company to the extent permitted by the Fund’s investment strategy and the applicable statutory limits under the 1940 Act and rules, regulations and exemptive orders issued by the SEC thereunder.

 

   Issuer Specific

   Market

 

   Regulatory

Loan Participation Interests:

Loan participation interests are interests in bank loans made to corporations. In these arrangements the bank transfers the cash stream of the underlying bank loan to the participating investor.

 

   Credit

   Interest Rate

   Issuer Specific

 

   Liquidity

   Market

   Regulatory

Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs):

MLPs are partnerships that are publicly traded on a securities exchange. Typical limited partnerships are in real estate, oil and gas and equipment leasing, and they also finance movies, research and development, and other projects.

 

   Issuer Specific

   Market

   Master Limited Partnership

 

   Regulatory

Money Market Instruments:

U.S. dollar-denominated debt securities that have remaining maturities of 397 days or less. These securities may include U.S. government obligations, commercial paper and other short-term corporate obligations, repurchase agreements collateralized with U.S. government securities, certificates of deposit, bankers’ acceptances, and other financial institution obligations. These securities may carry fixed or variable interest rates.

 

   Banking

   Credit

   Interest Rate

   Issuer Specific

 

   Liquidity

   Market

   Regulatory

Mortgage-Backed Securities:

Debt obligations secured by real estate loans and pools of loans. These include collateralized mortgage obligations and real estate mortgage investment conduits.

 

   Banking

   Credit

   Interest Rate

   Issuer Specific

   Liquidity

 

   Market

   Regulatory

   Pre-payment

   Valuation

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INSTRUMENT

 

RISK TYPE

   

Municipal Securities:

Securities issued by a state or political subdivision to obtain funds for various public purposes.

 

   Banking

   Credit

   Interest Rate

   Issuer Specific

   Liquidity

 

   Market

   Municipal Bond

   Prepayment/Call

   Regulatory

   Tax

Preferred Stock:

Preferred stocks are equity securities that generally pay dividends at a specified rate and have preference over common stock in the payment of dividends and liquidation. Preferred stock generally does not carry voting rights.

 

   Issuer Specific

   Market

 

   Regulatory

Repurchase Agreements:

The purchase of a security and the simultaneous commitment to return the security to the seller at an agreed upon price on an agreed upon date. This is treated as a loan by a Fund.

 

   Banking

   Credit

   Interest Rate

   Issuer Specific

 

   Liquidity

   Market

   Regulatory

Reverse Repurchase Agreements:

The sale of a security and the simultaneous commitment to buy the security back at an agreed upon price on an agreed upon date. This is treated as a borrowing by a Fund.

 

   Banking

   Credit

   Interest Rate

   Issuer Specific

 

   Leverage

   Liquidity

   Market

   Regulatory

Restricted Securities:

Securities not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, such as privately placed commercial paper and Rule 144A securities.

 

   Interest Rate

   Issuer Specific

   Liquidity

 

   Market

   Regulatory

Securities Lending:

The lending of up to 33 1/3% of a Fund’s total assets. In return the Fund will receive cash, other securities, or letters of credit.

 

   Credit

   Issuer Specific

   Leverage

 

   Liquidity

   Market

   Regulatory

Time Deposits:

Non-negotiable receipts issued by a bank in exchange for the deposit of funds.

 

   Banking

   Credit

   Interest Rate

   Issuer Specific

 

   Liquidity

   Market

   Regulatory

Treasury Receipts:

Treasury receipts, Treasury investment growth receipts, and certificates of accrual of Treasury securities.

 

   Interest Rate

   Issuer Specific

 

   Market

   Regulatory

U.S. Government Agency Securities:

Securities issued by agencies and instrumentalities of the U.S. government, but not guaranteed or insured by the U.S. government. These include Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

 

   Credit

   Interest Rate

   Issuer Specific

   Liquidity

 

   Market

   Prepayment/Call

   Regulatory

U.S. Government Securities:

Include U.S. Treasury Obligations and U.S. Government Agency Securities.

 

   Credit

   Interest Rate

   Issuer Specific

   Liquidity

 

   Market

   Prepayment/Call

   Regulatory

U.S. Treasury Obligations:

Bills, notes and bonds that are direct obligations of the U.S. government.

 

   Interest Rate

   Issuer Specific

 

   Market

   Regulatory

Variable and Floating Rate Instruments:

Obligations with interest rates which are reset daily, weekly, quarterly or some other period and which may be payable to the Fund on demand.

 

   Banking

   Credit

   Interest Rate

   Issuer Specific

 

   Liquidity

   Market

   Regulatory

   Credit Enhancement

When-Issued Securities:

Contract to purchase securities at a fixed price for delivery at a future date.

 

   Credit

   Interest Rate

   Issuer Specific

 

   Liquidity

   Market

   Regulatory

Zero-Coupon Debt Obligations:

Bonds and other debt that pay no interest, but are issued at a discount from their value at maturity. When held to maturity, their entire return equals the difference between their issue price and their maturity value.

 

   Credit

   Interest Rate

   Issuer Specific

 

   Market

   Regulatory

   Zero-Coupon

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Investment Risks

Below is a more complete discussion of the types of risks inherent in the securities and investment techniques listed above as well as those risks discussed in “Principal Investment Risks.” Because of these risks, the value of the securities held by each Fund may fluctuate, as will the value of your investment in the Fund. Certain investments and Funds are more susceptible to these risks than others.

•  Asset-Backed Securities Risk — Payment of interest and repayment of principal may be impacted by the cash flows generated by the assets backing asset-backed securities. The value of the Fund’s asset-backed securities may also be affected by changes in interest rates, the availability of information concerning the interests in and structure of the pools of purchase contracts, financing leases or sales agreements that are represented by these securities, the creditworthiness of the servicing agent for the pool, the originator of the loans or receivables, or the entities that provide any supporting letters of credit, surety bonds, or other credit enhancements.

•  Banking Risk — To the extent that a Fund invests in securities issued by U.S. Banks, foreign banks or U.S. branches of foreign banks, the Fund’s performance will be susceptible to the risks associated with the financial services sector. The financial services sector is highly dependent on the supply of short-term financing. The value of securities of issuers in the banking and financial services sector can be sensitive to changes in government regulation and interest rates and to economic downturns in the United States and abroad.

•  Call Options Risk — Investments in call options involve risks different from, or possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities, including leverage risk, tracking risk and counterparty default risk. The risk of potential losses if equity markets or an individual equity security do not move as expected and the potential for greater losses than if these techniques had not been used. By writing covered call options, a fund will not benefit from any potential increases in the value of the underlying asset above the exercise price, but will bear the risk of declines in the value of the asset. As the seller (writer) of a call option, the Fund will tend to lose money if the value of the reference index or security rises above the strike price. As the buyer of a call option, the Fund risks losing the entire premium invested if the value of the reference index or security is below (above) the call strike at maturity. Writing of covered call options are also subject to the risk that the counterparty to the transaction will not fulfil its obligations.

•  Collateralized Mortgage Obligations Risk — There are risks associated with collateralized mortgage obligations that relate to the risks of the underlying mortgage pass-through securities (i.e., an increase or decrease in prepayment rates, resulting from a decrease or increase in mortgage interest rates, will affect the yield, average life, and price of collateralized mortgage obligations).

•  Commodity Risk — Investments in commodity futures may be more volatile than the price of the underlying commodity. The Fund’s exposure to commodities may subject the Fund to greater volatility than investments in traditional securities. The commodities markets may fluctuate widely based on a variety of factors, including changes in overall market movements, domestic and foreign political and economic events and policies, war, acts of terrorism, changes in domestic or foreign interest rates and/or investor expectations concerning interest rates, domestic and foreign inflation rates and investment and trading activities of mutual funds, hedge funds and commodities funds. Prices of various commodities may also be affected by factors such as weather, embargoes, tariffs and other regulatory developments. The prices of commodities can also fluctuate widely due to supply and demand disruptions in major producing or consuming regions. Investments in commodity futures may be more volatile than the price of the underlying commodity.

•  Concentration Risk — A concentrated portfolio may add a measure of volatility to performance, as major or in a particular sector of the economy will likely affect the fund more than a fund with greater diversification.

•  Credit Risk — The risk that the issuer of a security, or the counterparty to a contract, will default or otherwise become unable to honor a financial obligation. Credit risk is generally higher for non-investment grade securities. The price of a security can be adversely affected prior to actual default as its credit status deteriorates and the probability of default rises. Credit risk includes the risk that performance may be affected by political and economic factors at the state, regional or national level, including budgetary problems and declining tax bases. With respect to government sponsored entities such as FHLB, TVA, Fannie Mae, FFCB and Freddie Mac, though the issuer may be chartered or sponsored by Acts of Congress, their securities are neither insured nor guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury and therefore have more issuer default risk than any direct obligations of the U.S. Treasury or obligations guaranteed by the U.S. government. In the event that those government sponsored entities cannot meet their obligations, there can be no assurance that the U.S. government would provide support, and the Fund’s performance could be adversely affected. Direct obligations of the U.S. Treasury and obligations guaranteed by the U.S. government generally present minimal credit risks. However, repurchase agreements with respect to such obligations involve the risks of a default or insolvency of the other party to the agreement, including possible delays or restrictions on a Fund’s ability to dispose of the underlying securities.

•  Credit Enhancement Risk — Credit enhancement risk involves the possibility that a “credit enhancer,” such as a letter of credit, declines in quality and therefore leads to a decrease in the value of the Fund’s investments.

•  Currency Risk — The potential risk of loss from unfavorable changes in the exchange rates between the U.S. dollar and foreign currencies. Funds that invest directly in foreign currencies, or in securities that trade in, or receive revenues in, foreign currencies, or in derivatives that provide exposure to foreign currencies are subject to the risk that those 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 being hedged. Exchange rate volatility may affect the ability of an issuer to repay U.S. dollar denominated debt, thereby increasing credit risk.

•  Cyber Security Risk — As the use of the internet and other technologies has become more prevalent in the course of business, the Funds have become more susceptible to operational and financial risks associated with cyber security. Cyber security incidents can result from deliberate attacks such as gaining unauthorized access to digital systems (e.g., through “hacking” or malicious software coding) for purposes of misappropriating assets or sensitive information, corrupting data, or causing operational disruption, or from unintentional events, such as

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the inadvertent release of confidential information. Cyber security failures or breaches of the Funds or their service providers or the issuers of securities in which the Funds invest have the ability to cause disruptions and impact business operations, potentially resulting in financial losses, the inability of Fund shareholders to transact business, violations of applicable privacy and other laws, regulatory fines, penalties, reputational damage, reimbursement or other compensation costs, and/or additional compliance costs. While measures have been developed which are designed to reduce the risks associated with cyber security, there is no guarantee that those measures will be effective, particularly since the Funds do not directly control the cyber security defenses or plans of their service providers, financial intermediaries and companies in which they invest or with which they do business.

•  Depositary Receipts Risk — Depositary receipts are generally subject to the same risks as the foreign securities that they evidence or into which they may be converted. In addition to investment risks associated with the underlying issuer, depositary receipts expose the Fund to additional risks associated with the non-uniform terms that apply to depositary receipt programs, credit exposure to the depository bank and to the sponsors and other parties with whom the depository bank establishes the programs, currency risk and the risk of an illiquid market for depositary receipts. The issuers of unsponsored depositary receipts are not obligated to disclose information that is, in the United States, considered material. Therefore, there may be less information available regarding these issuers and there may not be a correlation between such information and the market value of the depositary receipts.

•  Derivative Risk — The risk of investing in derivative instruments, including liquidity, interest rate, market, credit and management risks, mispricing or improper valuation. Changes in the value of a derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying asset, rate or index, and the Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

•  Dividend Paying Security Risk — The fund’s investment in dividend-paying stocks could cause the fund to underperform similar funds that invest without consideration of a company’s track record of paying dividends. Stock of companies with a history of paying dividends may not participate in a broad market advance to the same degree as most other stocks, and a sharp rise in interest rates or economic downturn could cause a company to unexpectedly reduce or eliminate its dividend.

•  Emerging Market Risk — Risks associated with investing in emerging market securities include potentially restrictive political and economic structures and abrupt changes to those structures, changes in price visibility and liquidity in markets and securities, fluctuations in currency exchange rates, volatility in interest rates, and sudden changes in tax policy.

•  Energy Industry Risk — Investment risks associated with investing in energy securities include price fluctuation caused by real and perceived inflationary trends and political developments, the cost assumed in complying with environmental regulation, changes in environmental regulation, energy conservation, demand for energy resources, fluctuations in energy prices, exploration and production spending, technological developments, depletion of resources, import controls, weather, world events and economic conditions.

•  Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) Risk — The ETFs in which the Fund invests are subject to the risks applicable to the types of securities and investments used by the ETFs. Because an ETF charges its own fees and expenses, fund shareholders will indirectly bear these costs. The use of leverage in an ETF can magnify any price movements, resulting in high volatility. Due to daily rebalancing, leverage, and liquidity, inverse ETFs may perform worse than the inverse movement of the underlying referenced financial asset, index or commodity’s return.

•  Exchange Traded Note (ETN) Risk — Because ETNs are unsecured, unsubordinated debt securities; an investment in an ETN exposes the Fund to the risk that an ETN issuer’s credit rating may be downgraded. The value of an ETN may be influenced by time to maturity, level of supply and demand for the ETN, volatility and lack of liquidity in underlying securities’ markets, changes in the applicable interest rates and economic, legal, political, or geographic events that affect the referenced index. In addition, the Fund will bear its proportionate share of the fees and expenses of the ETN, which may cause the Fund’s operating expenses to be higher and its performance to be lower.

•  Floating Rate Notes Risk — Securities with floating or variable interest rates can be less sensitive to interest rate changes than securities with fixed interest rates, but may decline in value if their coupon rates do not reset as high, or as quickly, as comparable market interest rates, and generally carry lower yields than fixed notes of the same maturity.

•  Foreign Investment Risk — The risk associated with higher transaction costs, delayed settlements, currency controls or adverse economic and political developments. This also includes the risk that fluctuations in the exchange rates between the U.S. dollar and foreign currencies may negatively affect an investment. Exchange rate volatility may affect the ability of an issuer to repay U.S. dollar denominated debt, thereby increasing credit risk. Foreign securities may also be affected by incomplete or inaccurate financial information on companies. There is a risk of loss attributable to social upheavals, unfavorable governmental or political actions, seizure of foreign deposits, changes in tax or trade statutes, and governmental collapse and war. These risks are more significant in emerging markets.

•  Hedging Risk — The risk that the stocks in the portfolio may decrease in value more than the increase in value of the put options. Puts that are purchased on ETFs or indexes do not hedge the company-specific risk of stocks owned in the portfolio. Hedging may not be effective based on timing, the underlying instrument hedged, or duration of the hedge.

•  High Yield Securities Risk — Fixed income securities rated below investment grade and unrated securities of similar credit quality (commonly referred to as “junk bonds” or high yield securities) are regarded as being predominantly speculative as to the issuer’s ability to make payments of principal and interest. Investments in such securities involves substantial risk. Issuers of high yield securities may be highly leveraged and may not have available to them more traditional methods of financing. Therefore, the risks associated with acquiring the securities of such issuers

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generally are greater than is the case with investment grade securities. The value of high yield securities tends to be very volatile due to such factors as specific corporate developments, interest rate sensitivity, less secondary market activity, and negative perceptions of high yield securities and the junk bond markets generally, particularly in times of market stress.

•  Interest Rate Risk — The risk that debt prices overall will decline over short or even long periods due to rising interest rates. A rise in rates typically causes a fall in values of interest-bearing securities, while a fall in rates typically causes a rise in values of such securities. Interest rate risk should be modest for shorter term securities, moderate for intermediate-term securities, and high for longer-term securities. If a portfolio has a three-year average maturity, then a 1% increase in interest rates would cause an estimated 3% decline in asset value of the portfolio. In addition, certain securities such as mortgage-backed obligations are subject to optional and mandatory redemption and therefore subject to risk regarding the interest rates at which redemption proceeds may be reinvested. The Fund’s yield may decrease due to a decline in interest rates. Very low or negative interest rates may magnify interest rate risk. Recent and any future declines in interest rate levels could cause the Fund’s earnings to fall below the Fund’s expense ratio, resulting in a negative yield and a decline in the Fund’s share price. Changing interest rates, including rates that fall below zero, may have unpredictable effects on markets, may result in heightened market volatility and may detract from Fund performance to the extent the Fund is exposed to such interest rates.

•  Inverse ETF Risk — An inverse ETF seeks to provide returns that are the opposite of the underlying referenced financial asset, index, or commodity’s returns. Due to daily rebalancing, leverage, and liquidity, inverse ETFs may perform worse that the inverse movement of the underlying reference financial asset, index, or commodity’s returns.

•  Issuer Specific Risk — The value of a security may decline for a number of reasons which directly relate to the issuer, such as management performance, earnings and sales trends, investor perceptions, financial leverage or reduced demand for the issuer’s goods or services.

•  Leverage Risk — The risk associated with securities or practices that multiply small index or market movements into large changes in value. Leverage is often associated with investments in derivatives, but also may be embedded directly in the characteristics of other securities. Leverage risk is hedged when a derivative (a security whose value is based on another security or index) is used as a hedge against an opposite position that a Fund also holds, any loss generated by the derivative should be substantially offset by gains on the hedged investment, and vice versa. Hedges are sometimes subject to imperfect matching between the derivative and underlying security, and there can be no assurance that a Fund’s hedging transactions will be effective.

•  Limited Number of Holdings Risk — As a large percentage of a Fund’s assets may be invested in a limited number of securities, each investment has a greater effect on a Fund’s overall performance and any change in the value of those securities could significantly affect the value of your investment in the fund.

•  Liquidity Risk — The risk that certain securities may be difficult or impossible to sell at the time and the price that would normally prevail in the market. The portfolio manager may have to lower the price, sell other securities instead or forego an investment opportunity, any of which could have a negative effect on Fund management or performance. This includes the risk of missing out on an investment opportunity because the assets necessary to take advantage of it are tied up in less advantageous investments. If a Fund is required to sell securities quickly or at a particular time (including sales to meet redemption requests) the Fund could realize a loss.

•  Management Risk — There is no guarantee that the investment techniques and risk analyses used by a Fund’s portfolio managers will produce the desired results.

•  Market Risk — The value of the Fund’s assets will fluctuate as the markets in which the Fund invests fluctuate. The value of the Fund’s investments may decline, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably, simply because of economic changes or other events, such as inflation (or expectations for inflation), deflation (or expectations for deflation), interest rates, global demand for particular products or resources, market instability, debt crises and downgrades, embargoes, tariffs, sanctions and other trade barriers, regulatory events, other governmental trade or market control programs and related geopolitical events. In addition, the value of the Fund’s investments may be negatively affected by the occurrence of global events such as war, military conflict, acts of terrorism, social unrest, environmental disasters, natural disasters or events, recessions, supply chain disruptions, political instability, and infectious disease epidemics or pandemics.

•  Master Limited Partnership Risk — The interests or “units” of an MLP are listed and traded on securities exchanges or in the over-the-counter market and their value fluctuates predominantly based on prevailing market conditions and the success of the MLP. MLPs carry many of the risks inherent in investing in a partnership. Unit holders of an MLP may not be afforded corporate protections to the same extent as shareholders of a corporation. In addition, unlike owners of common stock of a corporation, holders of common units of an MLP may have more limited control and limited rights to vote on matters affecting the MLP and have no ability to elect directors annually. In the event of liquidation, common units have preference over subordinated units, but not over debt or preferred units, to the remaining assets of the MLP.

•  Mid Cap Risk — The risk that the stocks of mid-capitalization companies often have greater price volatility, lower trading volume, and less liquidity than the stocks of larger, more established companies.

•  Mortgage-Backed Securities Risk — The value of the Fund’s mortgage-backed securities can fall if the owners of the underlying mortgages pay off their mortgages sooner than expected, which could happen when interest rates fall, or later than expected, which could happen when interest rates rise. If the underlying mortgages are paid off sooner than expected, the Fund may have to reinvest this money in mortgage-backed or other securities that have lower yields.

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•  Municipal Bond Risk — Like other bonds, municipal bonds have credit risk. It is possible that the government that issued the bond will not have the funds to make timely payments of interest or principal. Municipal bonds often count on the projects they finance to bring in expected revenues and there is a risk that the projects will fail to produce the revenue needed to pay off the bonds.

•  Non-Diversification Risk — Investments of a “non-diversified” mutual fund are not required to meet certain diversification requirements under Federal law. Compared with “diversified” portfolios, a non-diversified fund may invest a greater percentage of its assets in the securities of an issuer. A decline in the value of those investments would cause the Fund’s overall value to decline to a greater degree than if the Fund held more diversified holdings.

•  Portfolio Turnover Risk — A Fund may engage in active and frequent trading to achieve its principal investment objectives. This may result in the realization and distribution to shareholders of higher capital gains as compared to a fund with less active trading policies, which would increase an investor’s tax liability unless shares are held through a tax deferred or exempt vehicle. Frequent trading also increases transaction costs, which could detract from a Fund’s performance.

•  Preferred Stock Risk — Preferred stock is subordinated to bonds and other debt instruments in a company’s capital structure and therefore will be subject to greater credit risk than those debt instruments. In addition, preferred stock is subject to other risks, such as having no or limited voting rights, being subject to special redemption rights, having distributions deferred or skipped, having limited liquidity, changing tax treatments and possibly being in heavily regulated industries.

•  Prepayment/Call Risk — The risk that the principal repayment of a security will occur at an unexpected time. Prepayment risk is the chance that the repayment of certain types of securities (e.g., asset-backed securities, mortgage-backed securities and collateralized mortgage obligations) will occur sooner than expected. Call risk is the possibility that during periods of falling interest rates, a bond issuer will “call”  or repay  its high-yielding bond before the bond’s maturity date. Changes in prepayment/call rates can result in greater price and yield volatility.

Prepayments/calls generally accelerate when interest rates decline. When mortgage and other obligations are pre-paid, a Fund may have to reinvest in securities with a lower yield. In this event, the Fund would experience a decline in income  and the potential for taxable capital gains. Further, with early prepayment, a Fund may fail to recover any premium paid, resulting in an unexpected capital loss. Prepayment/call risk is generally low for securities with a short-term maturity, moderate for securities with an intermediate-term maturity, and high for securities with a long-term maturity.

•  Private/Restricted Securities Risk — The Fund can invest in private placements and restricted securities. Such investments involve a high degree of business and financial risk and can result in substantial or complete losses. Competition among private funds can be intense and there is no assurance that the marketing efforts of any particular portfolio company will be successful or that its business will succeed. Additionally, privately held companies are not subject to Securities and Exchange Commission reporting requirements, are not required to maintain their accounting records in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and are not required to maintain effective internal controls over financial reporting. As a result, timely or accurate information may at times not be readily available about the business, financial condition and results of operations of the privately held companies in which the Fund invests.

•  Put Option Risk — When the Fund purchases a put option on a security or index it may lose the entire premium paid if the underlying security or index does not decrease in value. The Fund is also exposed to default by the put writer who may be unwilling or unable to perform its contractual obligations to the Fund.

•  Redemption Risk — The risk that heavy redemptions could cause the Fund to liquidate its assets at inopportune times or at a loss or depressed value, particularly during periods of declining or illiquid markets, and that could affect the fund’s ability to maintain a $1.00 share price. Redemption risk is greater to the extent that the fund has investors with large shareholdings, short investment horizons or unpredictable cash flow needs. The redemption by one or more large shareholders of their holdings in the fund could cause the remaining shareholders in the fund to lose money. The Fund may impose a liquidity fee or suspend redemptions as permitted by applicable regulations.

•  Regulatory Risk — The risk that a change in laws or regulations will materially affect a security, business, sector or market. A change in laws or regulations made by the government or a regulatory body can increase the costs of operating a business, reduce the attractiveness of investment and/or change the competitive landscape. Regulatory risk also includes the risk associated with federal and state laws which may restrict the remedies that a lender has when a borrower defaults on loans. These laws include restrictions on foreclosures, redemption rights after foreclosure, federal and state bankruptcy and debtor relief laws, restrictions on “due on sale” clauses, and state usury laws.

Changes in the laws and regulations applicable to and governing money market funds, such as Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, can impact the Funds. The Rule 2a-7 amendments will affect the manner in which the Funds and other money market funds are structured and operated, and may impact Fund expenses, returns and liquidity. The degree to which a money market fund will be impacted by the rule amendments will depend upon the type of fund and type of investors (e.g., retail or institutional).

•  Small Cap Risk — Small cap companies may be more vulnerable to adverse business or economic developments. They may also be less liquid and/or more volatile than securities of larger companies or the market averages in general. Small cap companies may be adversely affected during periods when investors prefer to hold securities of large capitalization companies.

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•  Tax Risk — The risk that the issuer of securities will fail to comply with certain requirements of the Code, which could cause adverse tax consequences. To qualify to pay exempt-interest dividends, which are treated as items of interest excludable from gross income for federal income tax purposes, at least 50% of the value of the total assets of the Bond Fund must consist of obligations exempt from regular income tax as of the close of each quarter of the Fund’s taxable year. If the proportion of taxable investments held by the Bond Fund exceeded 50% of the Fund’s total assets as of the close of any quarter of the Bond Fund’s taxable year, the Bond Fund would not, for that taxable year, satisfy the general eligibility test that would otherwise permit it to pay exempt-interest dividends for that taxable year. The Bond Fund will invest in municipal securities in reliance at the time of purchase on an opinion of bond counsel to the issuer that the interest paid on those securities will be excludable from gross income for federal income tax purposes, and the Adviser will not independently verify that opinion. Subsequent to the Bond Fund’s acquisition of such a municipal security, however, the security may be determined to pay, or to have paid, taxable income. As a result, the treatment of dividends previously paid or to be paid by the Bond Fund as “exempt-interest dividends” could be adversely affected, subjecting the Bond Fund’s shareholders to increased federal income tax liabilities. Distributions of ordinary taxable income (including any net short-term capital gain) will be taxable to shareholders as ordinary income (and not eligible for favorable taxation as “qualified dividend income”), and capital gain dividends will be taxable as long-term capital gains.

If positions held by the Hedged Income Fund were treated as “straddles” for federal income tax purposes, or the Hedged Income Fund’s risk of loss with respect to a position was otherwise diminished as set forth in Treasury Regulations, dividends on stocks that are a part of such positions would not constitute qualified dividend income subject to such favorable income tax treatment or qualify for the dividends received deduction for corporate shareholders. In addition, generally, straddles are subject to certain rules that may affect the amount, character and timing of the Hedged Income Fund’s gains and losses with respect to straddle positions by requiring, among other things, that: (1) any loss realized on disposition of one position of a straddle may not be recognized to the extent that the Hedged Income Fund has unrealized gains with respect to the other position in such straddle; (2) the Hedged Income Fund’s holding period in straddle positions be suspended while the straddle exists (possibly resulting in a gain being treated as short-term capital gain rather than long-term capital gain); (3) the losses recognized with respect to certain straddle positions that are part of a mixed straddle and that are non-Section 1256 contracts be treated as 60% long-term and 40% short-term capital loss; (4) losses recognized with respect to certain straddle positions that would otherwise constitute short-term capital losses be treated as long-term capital losses; and (5) the deduction of interest and carrying charges attributable to certain straddle positions may be deferred.

To the extent a Fund invests in commodities and certain commodity-linked derivative instruments directly, it will seek to restrict its income from such investments that do not generate qualifying income, such as certain commodity-linked derivative instruments, to a maximum of 10% of its gross income (when combined with its other investments that produce non-qualifying income) to comply with the qualifying income test necessary for a Fund to qualify as a RIC under Subchapter M of the Code. However, a Fund may generate more non-qualifying income than anticipated, may not be able to generate qualifying income in a particular taxable year at levels sufficient to meet the qualifying income test, or may not be able to accurately predict the non-qualifying income from these investments. Accordingly, the extent to which a Fund invests in commodities or commodity-linked derivative instruments directly may be limited by the qualifying income test, which a Fund must continue to satisfy to maintain its status as a RIC. Failure to comply with the qualifying income test would have significant negative tax consequences to Fund shareholders. Under certain circumstances, a Fund may be able to cure a failure to meet the qualifying income test, but in order to do so a Fund may incur significant Fund-level taxes, which would effectively reduce (and could eliminate) a Fund’s returns.

•  Valuation Risk — The risk associated with the assessment of appropriate pricing in a changing market where trading information may not be readily available.

•  Zero-Coupon Risk — The market prices of securities structured as zero coupon or pay-in-kind securities are generally affected to a greater extent by interest rate changes. These securities tend to be more volatile than securities that pay interest periodically.

See the Funds’ Statement of Additional Information for more information concerning Investment Practices and Risks.

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Investment Management

Investment Adviser

Investment management services are provided to each of the Funds by Cavanal Hill® Investment Management, Inc. (“Cavanal Hill Investment Management” or the “Adviser”), pursuant to an Investment Advisory Agreement. The Adviser is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BOK, NA (“BOK”). It began serving as investment adviser to the Funds on May 12, 2001. The Adviser, subject to the general supervision of the Board of Trustees of the Funds, is responsible for providing research, investment decision making, strategizing and risk management, and day-to-day portfolio management. Cavanal Hill Investment Management is located at One Williams Center, 15th Floor, Tulsa, OK 74172-0172. As of September 30, 2023, Cavanal Hill Investment Management had approximately $10.9 billion in assets under management.

BOK is a subsidiary of BOK Financial Corporation (“BOK Financial”). BOK Financial is controlled by its principal shareholder, George B. Kaiser. Subsidiaries of BOK Financial provide a full array of wealth management, trust, custody and administration, and commercial and retail banking services, as well as non-banking financial services. Non-banking subsidiaries provide various financial services, including mortgage banking, broker-dealer and investment advisory services, private equity and alternative investing, and credit life, accident, and health insurance on certain loans originated by its subsidiaries. As of September 30, 2023, BOK Financial and its subsidiaries had approximately $99.7 billion in assets under management or in custody.

Each Fund pays Cavanal Hill Investment Management fees in return for providing investment management services. The aggregate Management Fees paid to the Adviser, after contractual fee reductions, by the Funds for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2023, were as follows:

FUND

 

% OF AVERAGE
NET ASSETS

Bond Funds

   

 Limited Duration Income Fund

 

0.15%

 Moderate Duration Fund

 

0.00%*

 Bond Fund

 

0.20%

 Strategic Enhanced Yield Fund

 

0.00%*

 Ultra Short Tax-Free Income Fund

 

0.00%*

Equity Funds

   

 World Energy Fund

 

0.47%

 Hedged Income Fund

 

0.60%

Money Market Funds

   

 U.S. Treasury Fund

 

0.05%

 Government Securities Money Market Fund

 

0.05%

*  Advisor reimbursed the fund for fees and did not receive any Management Fees.

A discussion regarding the basis for the Board of Trustees approving the Investment Advisory Agreement with Cavanal Hill Investment Management is available in the Funds’ annual report to shareholders for the period ended August 31, 2023.

Investment Sub-Advisers

Investment Sub-Advisory Services are provided to the Hedged Income Fund by Lavaca Capital, LLC (“Lavaca”) pursuant to an Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement. It began serving as investment sub-adviser on December 28, 2021. Lavaca, subject to the general supervision of the Board of Trustees of the Funds, is responsible for providing hedging services to the Hedged Income Fund. Lavaca is located at 2700 Post Oak Blvd., Suite 1250, Houston, TX 77056. As of September 30, 2023, Lavaca had approximately $349 million in assets under management. Lavaca is paid half of the fees payable to Cavanal Hill Investment Management for the services provided to the Hedged Income Fund.

Investment Sub-Advisory Services are provided to the Strategic Enhanced Yield Fund by LM Capital Group, LLC (“LM Capital”) pursuant to an Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement. LM Capital began serving as investment sub-adviser on December 28, 2022. LM Capital, subject to the general supervision of the Board of Trustees of the Funds, is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Strategic Enhanced Yield Fund. LM Capital is located at 750 B Street, Suite 3010, San Diego, CA 92101. As of September 30, 2023, LM Capital had approximately $4.6 billion in assets under management. LM Capital is paid 20 basis points of the 50 basis points of the fee payable to Cavanal Hill Investment Management for the services provided to the Strategic Enhanced Yield Fund.

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The persons jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of each Bond and Equity Fund, as well as their previous business experience, are as follows:

Fund

Portfolio Manager(s)

Portfolio
Manager of this
Fund Since

Recent Professional Experience

Limited Duration Fund

Michael P. Maurer

2003

Mr. Maurer is a Senior Vice President and has been a fixed income fund manager at Cavanal Hill Investment Management since 2003. Before joining the Adviser, Mr. Maurer was a corporate bond/high yield trader at A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc., in St. Louis, MO from August 1993 to October 2002. He also performed as a market analyst/debt strategist for A.G. Edwards. Mr. Maurer holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

 

Russell Knox

2013

Mr. Knox is a Vice President and has been a fixed income fund manager at Cavanal Hill Investment Management since 2005. Before joining the Adviser, Mr. Knox was a graduate assistant in Oklahoma State University’s finance department. Mr. Knox holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

Moderate Duration Fund

Michael P. Maurer

2003

See above.

 

Russell Knox

2013

See above.

Bond Fund

Michael P. Maurer

2003

See above.

 

Russell Knox

2013

See above.

Strategic Enhanced Yield Fund

Luis Maizel

2022

Mr. Maizel is a co-founder and Senior Managing Director of LM Capital. His experience includes serving as Vice President of Finance for Grupoventas, S.A.; faculty member at the Harvard Business School; and President of Industrial Kuick, S.A. He currently serves as a Portfolio Manager for several LM Capital Emerging Market Debt and Enhanced Core Plus fixed income portfolios.

 

Mario Modiano

2022

Mr. Modiano is a Senior Portfolio Manager and joined LM Capital in 2004. Mr. Modiano’s prior experience includes an intern position at the World Bank Group; Head of Department of Operations Research at the Banco de Comercio in Mexico; and President/Chief Executive Officer of EPI S.A. Mr. Modiano manages or co-manages several of LM Capital’s Active Core Plus and Emerging Market Debt portfolios.

 

Michael Chalker

2022

Mr. Chalker joined LM Capital in 2014 and is a Vice President and Research/Portfolio Manager. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Chalker was an Analyst at Altegris Investments. At LM Capital, Mr. Chalker manages or co-manages several Intermediate, Strategic Core and Active Core Plus portfolios.

Ultra Short Tax-Free
Income Fund

Richard A. Williams

2017

Mr. Williams is a Senior Vice President and has been a tax-free fund manager for Cavanal Hill Investment Management since 2005. Before joining the Adviser, Mr. Williams was a senior portfolio manager for AMR Investments from August 2000 to March 2005. He began his career on the money market trading desk at Fidelity Investments in Dallas, Texas and has also worked for Koch Industries and Automatic Data Processing.

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Fund

Portfolio Manager(s)

Portfolio
Manager of this
Fund Since

Recent Professional Experience

World Energy Fund

Matthew C. Stephani

2014

Mr. Stephani serves as Cavanal Hill Investment Management President and has been a member of the Fundamental Equity Management team at Cavanal Hill Investment Management since 2006. Before joining the Adviser, Mr. Stephani was a Senior Vice President and a Portfolio Manager at Great Companies, LLC from June 2001 to June 2006. Mr. Stephani holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

Michael P. Maurer

2014

See above.

 

Thomas W. Verdel

2014

Mr. Verdel is a Senior Vice President and a Portfolio Manager at Cavanal Hill Investment Management which he joined in 2005. Mr. Verdel holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

Hedged Income Fund

Michael C. Schloss

2020

Mr. Schloss is a Vice President and has been an equity fund manager at Cavanal Hill Investment Management since 2000. Before joining the Advisor, Mr. Schloss was an investor relations analyst for the Williams Companies and an equity analyst for PRP Performa AG in Vaduz, Liechtenstein. Mr. Schloss began his career as a financial consultant for Merrill Lynch in 1992.

Scott Phillips

2020

Mr. Phillips founded Lavaca Capital in 2014 and oversees all the firm’s operations, with a special focus on Portfolio Management. Prior to founding Lavaca Capital, he oversaw the investments of a family office with a focus on derivative investments and has over 15 years of investment management experience. Scott began his career in the Houston Audit Practice of KPMG and is a licensed CPA. Scott is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin with undergraduate & graduate degrees in Accounting and Finance.

Jacob Johnson

2020

Mr. Johnson joined Lavaca in 2018 and is a Portfolio Manager with the firm. Prior to joining Lavaca, he served in financial commodity sales and trading roles with banks Societe Generale and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. Previously, he held similar positions with BP, Reliant Energy and Shell Trading. Jacob has over 20 years derivative investment experience in both exchange traded and complex OTC option structures. Jacob holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from Rice University.

Brandon R. Barnes

2020

Mr. Barnes is a Senior Vice President and a Senior Portfolio Manager and has been a member of the Fundamental Equity Team at Cavanal Hill Investment Management since 2011. Mr. Barnes holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

Each Bond and Equity Fund is managed by a portfolio management team. Each member of a particular portfolio management team has authority over all aspects of the relevant Fund’s investment portfolio, including but not limited to, purchases and sales of individual securities, developing the Fund’s investment strategy, portfolio construction techniques, portfolio risk assessment, and the management of daily cash flows in accordance with portfolio holdings. Additional information regarding each Portfolio Manager’s compensation, other accounts managed by the Portfolio Manager, and the Portfolio Manager’s ownership of shares in Funds for which they are Portfolio Managers is available in the Statement of Additional Information.

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Financial Highlights

The financial highlights table is intended to help you understand the Funds’ financial performance for the past five years or, if shorter, the period of each Fund’s operations. Certain information reflects financial results for a single Fund share. The total returns in the table represent the rate that an investor would have earned or lost on an investment in the Fund (assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions). The information for each of the periods in the five-year period ended August 31, 2023 has been derived from information audited by KPMG LLP, whose report, along with the Funds’ financial statements, are included in the annual report, which is available upon request.

How to Read the Financial Highlights Table

This explanation uses the Investor Share Class of the Limited Duration Fund as an example. The Investor Share Class began fiscal 2023 with a net asset value (price) of $9.00 per share. During the year, the Investor Share Class earned $0.12 per share from investment activities (net investment income and realized/unrealized gains/losses on investment transactions).

Shareholders received $0.25 per share in the form of dividend distributions. A portion of each year’s distributions may come from the prior year’s income or capital gains.

The earnings $0.12 per share minus the distributions $0.25 per share resulted in a share price of $8.87 at the end of the year. For a shareholder who reinvested the distributions in the purchase of more shares, the total return from the Investor Share Class was 1.33% for the year.

As of August 31, 2023, the Investor Share Class had $1.360 million in net assets. For the year, its expense ratio after fee waivers was 0.95% ($9.50 per $1,000 net assets); and its net investment income amounted to 2.67% of its average net assets.

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Financial Highlights

For a share of capital stock outstanding throughout the periods indicated.

     

Change in Net Assets
Resulting From Operations:

 

Less Dividends From:

   

Net Asset
Value,
Beginning of
Period

 

Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)

 

Total from
Investment
Activities

 

Dividends
from Net
Investment
Income

 

Distributions
from Net
Realized
Gains from
Investments

 

Total
Dividends
and
Distributions

U.S. Treasury Fund

                       

Administrative Shares

                       

Year Ended August 31, 2023

 

$1.000

 

$0.037(d)

 

$0.037

 

$(0.037)

 

$     — 

 

$(0.037)

Year Ended August 31, 2022

 

1.000

 

0.002    

 

0.002

 

(0.002)

 

 

(0.002)

Year Ended August 31, 2021

 

1.000

 

    

 

 

 

 

Year Ended August 31, 2020

 

1.000

 

0.010    

 

0.010

 

(0.010)

 

 

(0.010)

Year Ended August 31, 2019

 

1.000

 

0.020    

 

0.020

 

(0.020)

 

 

(0.020)

Institutional Shares

                       

Year Ended August 31, 2023

 

1.000

 

 0.041(d)

 

0.041

 

(0.041)

 

 

(0.041)

Year Ended August 31, 2022

 

1.000

 

0.003    

 

0.003

 

(0.003)

 

 

(0.003)

Year Ended August 31, 2021

 

1.000

 

    

 

 

 

 

Year Ended August 31, 2020

 

1.000

 

0.010    

 

0.010

 

(0.010)

 

 

(0.010)

Year Ended August 31, 2019

 

1.000

 

0.020    

 

0.020

 

(0.020)

 

 

(0.020)

Select Shares

                       

Year Ended August 31, 2023

 

1.000

 

  0.042(d)

 

0.042

 

(0.042)

 

 

(0.042)

Year Ended August 31, 2022

 

1.000

 

0.004    

 

0.004

 

(0.004)

 

 

(0.004)

Year Ended August 31, 2021

 

1.000

 

    

 

 

 

 

Year Ended August 31, 2020

 

1.000

 

0.010    

 

0.010

 

(0.010)

 

 

(0.010)

Year Ended August 31, 2019

 

1.000

 

0.020    

 

0.020

 

(0.020)

 

 

(0.020)

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(a)     Annualized for periods less than one year.

(b)     Not annualized for periods less than one year.

(c)     During the period, certain fees were waived. If such fee waivers had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated.

(d)    Calculated using average shares.

Amounts designated as “—” are 0 or have been rounded to 0.

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Net Asset
Value,
End of Period

 

Total
Return(b)

 

Net Assets
End of Period
(000s)

 

Ratio of Net
Expenses to
Average
Net Assets

 


Ratio of Net
Investment Income
(Loss) to Average
Net Assets

 

Ratio of Gross
Expenses to
Average
Net Assets(c)

 

                   

 

                   

$1.000

 

3.72%

 

$1,560,349

 

0.67%

 

3.79%

 

0.67%

1.000

 

0.20%

 

830,908

 

0.25%

 

0.21%

 

0.67%

1.000

 

—%

 

882,438

 

0.06%

 

—%

 

0.68%

1.000

 

0.55%

 

988,206

 

0.51%

 

0.57%

 

0.67%

1.000

 

1.63%

 

864,882

 

0.69%

 

1.62%

 

0.69%

                     

1.000

 

4.15%

 

176,656

 

0.25%

 

4.34%

 

0.42%

1.000

 

0.34%

 

49,457

 

0.14%

 

0.35%

 

0.42%

1.000

 

—%

 

60,980

 

0.07%

 

0.01%

 

0.43%

1.000

 

0.81%

 

82,420

 

0.24%

 

0.82%

 

0.42%

1.000

 

2.05%

 

94,055

 

0.27%

 

2.04%

 

0.44%

                     

1.000

 

4.23%

 

4,137

 

0.17%

 

4.08%

 

0.42%

1.000

 

0.37%

 

10,335

 

0.13%

 

0.61%

 

0.42%

1.000

 

0.01%

 

3,105

 

0.08%

 

0.01%

 

0.43%

1.000

 

0.88%

 

37,975

 

0.17%

 

0.94%

 

0.42%

1.000

 

2.14%

 

58,826

 

0.19%

 

2.13%

 

0.44%

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For a share of capital stock outstanding throughout the periods indicated.

     

Change in Net Assets
Resulting From Operations:

 

Less Dividends From:

   

Net Asset
Value,
Beginning of
Period

 

Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)

 

Total from
Investment
Activities

 

Dividends
from Net
Investment
Income

 

Distributions
from Net
Realized
Gains from
Investments

 

Total
Dividends
and
Distributions

Government Securities Money Market Fund

             

 

       

Administrative Shares

                       

Year Ended August 31, 2023

 

$1.000

 

$0.038(d)

 

$0.038

 

$(0.038)

 

$     — 

 

$(0.038)

Year Ended August 31, 2022

 

1.000

 

0.003

 

0.003

 

(0.003)

 

 

(0.003)

Year Ended August 31, 2021

 

1.000

 

 

 

 

 

  —

Year Ended August 31, 2020

 

1.000

 

0.010

 

0.010

 

(0.010)

 

 

(0.010)

Year Ended August 31, 2019

 

1.000

 

0.020

 

0.020

 

(0.020)

 

 

(0.020)

Institutional Shares

                       

Year Ended August 31, 2023

 

1.000

 

0.041(d)

 

0.041

 

(0.041)

 

 

(0.041)

Year Ended August 31, 2022

 

1.000

 

0.004

 

0.004

 

(0.004)

 

 

(0.004)

Year Ended August 31, 2021

 

1.000

 

 

 

 

 

  —

Year Ended August 31, 2020

 

1.000

 

0.010

 

0.010

 

(0.010)

 

 

(0.010)

Year Ended August 31, 2019

 

1.000

 

0.020

 

0.020

 

(0.020)

 

 

(0.020)

Select Shares

                       

Year Ended August 31, 2023

 

1.000

 

0.042(d)

 

0.042

 

(0.042)

 

 

(0.042)

Year Ended August 31, 2022

 

1.000

 

0.004

 

0.004

 

(0.004)

 

 

(0.004)

Year Ended August 31, 2021

 

1.000

 

 

 

 

 

  —

Year Ended August 31, 2020

 

1.000

 

0.010

 

0.010

 

(0.010)

 

 

(0.010)

Year Ended August 31, 2019

 

1.000

 

0.020

 

0.020

 

(0.020)

 

 

(0.020)

Premier Shares

                       

Year Ended August 31, 2023

 

1.000

 

0.041(d)

 

0.041

 

(0.041)

 

 

(0.041)

Year Ended August 31, 2022

 

1.000

 

0.004

 

0.004

 

(0.004)

 

 

(0.004)

Year Ended August 31, 2021

 

1.000

 

 

 

 

 

  —

Year Ended August 31, 2020

 

1.000

 

0.010

 

0.010

 

(0.010)

 

 

(0.010)

Year Ended August 31, 2019

 

1.000

 

0.020

 

0.020

 

(0.020)

 

 

(0.020)

____________

(a)     Annualized for periods less than one year.

(b)     Not annualized for periods less than one year.

(c)     During the period, certain fees were waived. If such fee waivers had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated.

(d)     Calculated using average shares.

Amounts designated as “—” are 0 or have been rounded to 0.

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Net Asset
Value,
End of Period

 

Total
Return(b)

 

Net Assets
End of Period
(000s)

 

Ratio of Net
Expenses to
Average
Net Assets

 


Ratio of Net
Investment Income
(Loss) to Average
Net Assets

 

Ratio of Gross
Expenses to
Average
Net Assets(c)

 

                   
                     

$1.000

 

3.87%

 

$  602,861

 

0.58%

 

3.79%

 

0.69%

1.000

 

0.28%

 

666,206

 

0.22%

 

0.25%

 

0.67%

1.000

 

0.01%

 

578,785

 

0.07%

 

0.01%

 

0.69%

1.000

 

0.62%

 

608,177

 

0.44%

 

0.58%

 

0.68%

1.000

 

1.77%

 

489,932

 

0.56%

 

1.77%

 

0.69%

 

                   

1.000

 

4.19%

 

238,179

 

0.27%

 

4.25%

 

0.44%

1.000

 

0.37%

 

122,080

 

0.12%

 

0.28%

 

0.43%

1.000

 

0.01%

 

124,349

 

0.08%

 

0.01%

 

0.44%

1.000

 

0.82%

 

165,610

 

0.25%

 

0.76%

 

0.43%

1.000

 

2.06%

 

94,595

 

0.27%

 

2.05%

 

0.44%

 

                   

1.000

 

4.27%

 

1,224,619

 

0.19%

 

4.19%

 

0.44%

1.000

 

0.41%

 

1,048,440

 

0.10%

 

0.44%

 

0.43%

1.000

 

0.01%

 

865,637

 

0.07%

 

0.01%

 

0.44%

1.000

 

0.89%

 

947,249

 

0.18%

 

0.84%

 

0.43%

1.000

 

2.14%

 

988,003

 

0.19%

 

2.13%

 

0.44%

 

                   

1.000

 

4.14%

 

488,779

 

0.33%

 

4.21%

 

0.94%

1.000

 

0.38%

 

334,389

 

0.12%

 

0.41%

 

0.93%

1.000

 

0.01%

 

285,447

 

0.07%

 

0.01%

 

0.94%

1.000

 

0.84%

 

321,321

 

0.23%

 

0.75%

 

0.93%

1.000

 

2.09%

 

233,659

 

0.24%

 

2.08%

 

0.94%

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For a share of capital stock outstanding throughout the periods indicated.

     

Change in Net Assets
Resulting From Operations:

 

Less Dividends From:

   

Net Asset
Value,
Beginning of
Period

 

Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)

 

Net Realized
and
Unrealized
Gains
(Losses) on
Investments

 

Total from
Investment
Activities

 

Dividends
from Net
Investment
Income

 

Distributions
from Net
Realized
Gains from
Investments

 

Total
Dividends
and
Distributions

Limited Duration Fund

                           

Investor Shares

                           

Year Ended August 31, 2023

 

$9.00

 

$0.24(e)

 

$(0.12)

 

$0.12

 

$(0.25)

 

$    

 

$(0.25)

Year Ended August 31, 2022

 

9.70

 

0.13

 

(0.68)

 

(0.55)

 

  (0.15)

 

 

(0.15)

Year Ended August 31, 2021

 

9.79

 

0.12

 

(0.07)

 

0.05

 

  (0.14)

 

 

(0.14)

Year Ended August 31, 2020

 

9.62

 

0.17

 

0.17

 

0.34

 

  (0.17)

 

 

(0.17)

Year Ended August 31, 2019

 

9.41

 

0.21

 

0.21

 

0.42

 

  (0.21)

 

 

(0.21)

Institutional Shares

                           

Year Ended August 31, 2023

 

8.99

 

0.26(e)

 

(0.12)

 

0.14

 

  (0.27)

 

 

(0.27)

Year Ended August 31, 2022

 

9.69

 

0.15

 

(0.68)

 

(0.53)

 

  (0.17)

 

 

(0.17)

Year Ended August 31, 2021

 

9.79

 

0.14

 

(0.08)

 

0.06

 

  (0.16)

 

 

(0.16)

Year Ended August 31, 2020

 

9.62

 

0.19

 

0.18

 

0.37

 

  (0.20)

 

 

(0.20)

Year Ended August 31, 2019

 

9.40

 

0.23

 

0.23

 

0.46

 

  (0.24)

 

 

(0.24)

A Shares

                           

Year Ended August 31, 2023

 

9.01

 

0.23(e)

 

(0.13)

 

0.10

 

  (0.24)

 

 

(0.24)

Year Ended August 31, 2022

 

9.70

 

0.12

 

(0.66)

 

(0.54)

 

  (0.15)

 

 

(0.15)

Year Ended August 31, 2021

 

9.80

 

0.12

 

(0.08)

 

0.04

 

  (0.14)

 

 

(0.14)

Year Ended August 31, 2020

 

9.62

 

0.17

 

0.18

 

0.35

 

  (0.17)

 

 

(0.17)

Year Ended August 31, 2019

 

9.41

 

0.21

 

0.21

 

0.42

 

  (0.21)

 

 

(0.21)

____________

(a)     Annualized for periods less than one year, except for Portfolio Turnover.

(b)     Not annualized for periods less than one year.

(c)     During the period, certain fees were waived. If such fee waivers had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated.

(d)     Portfolio turnover is calculated on the basis of the Fund, as a whole, without distinguishing between the classes of shares issued.

(e)     Calculated using average shares.

Amounts designated as “—” are 0 or have been rounded to 0.

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Ratios/Supplemental Data:(a)

Net Asset
Value, End of
Period

 

Total Return
(Excludes
Sales
Charge)(b)

 

Net Assets
End of Period
(000s)

 

Ratio of Net
Expenses to
Average Net
Assets

 


Ratio of Net
Investment
Income (Loss)
to Average
Net Assets

 

Ratio of
Gross
Expenses to
Average
Net Assets(c)

 

Portfolio
Turnover(d)

 

                       

 

                       

$8.87

 

1.33%

 

$   1,360

 

0.95%

 

2.67%

 

1.20%

 

21%

9.00

 

(5.72)%

 

2,336

 

0.82%

 

1.38%

 

1.08%

 

49%

9.70

 

0.52%

 

3,290

 

0.76%

 

1.24%

 

1.01%

 

74%

9.79

 

3.62%

 

3,941

 

0.69%

 

1.76%

 

0.94%

 

89%

9.62

 

4.56%

 

4,126

 

0.74%

 

2.19%

 

0.98%

 

34%

 

                       

8.86

 

1.56%

 

30,082

 

0.71%

 

2.92%

 

0.95%

 

21%

8.99

 

(5.51)%

 

39,818

 

0.59%

 

1.58%

 

0.83%

 

49%

9.69

 

0.65%

 

77,455

 

0.52%

 

1.47%

 

0.76%

 

74%

9.79

 

3.87%

 

92,362

 

0.44%

 

1.98%

 

0.69%

 

89%

9.62

 

4.94%

 

114,269

 

0.48%

 

2.45%

 

0.73%

 

34%

 

                       

8.87

 

1.13%

 

2,638

 

1.03%

 

2.61%

 

1.05%

 

21%

9.01

 

(5.63)%

 

2,643

 

0.84%

 

1.37%

 

0.93%

 

49%

9.70

 

0.42%

 

2,804

 

0.76%

 

1.22%

 

0.86%

 

74%

9.80

 

3.73%

 

952

 

0.68%

 

1.72%

 

0.79%

 

89%

9.62

 

4.57%

 

585

 

0.72%

 

2.20%

 

0.83%

 

34%

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For a share of capital stock outstanding throughout the periods indicated.

     

Change in Net Assets
Resulting From Operations:

 


Less Dividends From:

   

Net Asset
Value,
Beginning of
Period

 

Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)

 

Net Realized and
Unrealized
Gains
(Losses) on
Investments

 

Total from
Investment
Activities

 

Dividends
from Net
Investment
Income

 

Distributions
from Net
Realized
Gains from
Investments

 

Total
Dividends
and
Distributions

Moderate Duration Fund

                           

Investor Shares

                           

Year Ended August 31, 2023

 

$  9.69

 

$0.27

 

$(0.22)

 

$ 0.05

 

$(0.25)

 

$    

 

$(0.25)

Year Ended August 31, 2022

 

10.77

 

0.15

 

(1.07)

 

(0.92)

 

(0.16)

 

 

(0.16)

Year Ended August 31, 2021

 

10.81

 

0.16

 

(0.03)

 

0.13

 

(0.17)

 

 

(0.17)

Year Ended August 31, 2020

 

10.64

 

0.19

 

0.17

 

0.36

 

(0.19)

 

 

(0.19)

Year Ended August 31, 2019

 

10.31

 

0.24

 

0.32

 

0.56

 

(0.23)

 

 

(0.23)

Institutional Shares

                           

Year Ended August 31, 2023

 

9.70

 

0.29

 

(0.22)

 

0.07

 

(0.28)

 

 

(0.28)

Year Ended August 31, 2022

 

10.77

 

0.18

 

(1.07)

 

(0.89)

 

(0.18)

 

 

(0.18)

Year Ended August 31, 2021

 

10.82

 

0.19

 

(0.04)

 

0.15

 

(0.20)

 

 

(0.20)

Year Ended August 31, 2020

 

10.65

 

0.22

 

0.16

 

0.38

 

(0.21)

 

 

(0.21)

Year Ended August 31, 2019

 

10.31

 

0.26

 

0.34

 

0.60

 

(0.26)

 

 

(0.26)

A Shares

                           

Year Ended August 31, 2023

 

9.70

 

0.27

 

(0.22)

 

0.05

 

(0.25)

 

 

(0.25)

Year Ended August 31, 2022

 

10.77

 

0.15

 

(1.06)

 

(0.91)

 

(0.16)

 

 

(0.16)

Year Ended August 31, 2021

 

10.82

 

0.16

 

(0.04)

 

0.12

 

(0.17)

 

 

(0.17)

Year Ended August 31, 2020

 

10.65

 

0.19

 

0.17

 

0.36

 

(0.19)

 

 

(0.19)

Year Ended August 31, 2019

 

10.31

 

0.24

 

0.33

 

0.57

 

(0.23)

 

 

(0.23)

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(a)     Annualized for periods less than one year, except for Portfolio Turnover.

(b)     Not annualized for periods less than one year.

(c)     During the period, certain fees were waived. If such fee waivers had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated.

(d)     Portfolio turnover is calculated on the basis of the Fund, as a whole, without distinguishing between the classes of shares issued.

(e)     The net expense ratio shown for the period reflects the expense limitation agreement which became effective on December 26, 2018.

Amounts designated as “—” are 0 or have been rounded to 0.

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(a)

Net Asset
Value, End of
Period

 

Total Return
(Excludes
Sales
Charge)
(b)

 

Net Assets
End of Period
(000s)

 

Ratio of Net
Expenses to
Average Net
Assets

 


Ratio of Net
Investment
Income (Loss)
to Average
Net Assets

 

Ratio of
Gross
Expenses to
Average
Net Assets
(c)

 

Portfolio
Turnover
(d)

                         
                         

$  9.49

 

0.59%

 

$  2,849

 

0.74%  

 

2.68%

 

1.70%

 

61%

9.69

 

(8.63)%

 

2,888

 

0.74%  

 

1.46%

 

1.53%

 

29%

10.77

 

1.21%

 

3,828

 

0.74%  

 

1.49%

 

1.29%

 

64%

10.81

 

3.40%

 

3,835

 

0.74%  

 

1.79%

 

1.29%

 

83%

10.64

 

5.54%

 

4,271

 

0.83%(e)

 

2.26%

 

1.26%

 

25%

                         

9.49

 

0.74%

 

9,831

 

0.49%  

 

2.91%

 

1.45%

 

61%

9.70

 

(8.31)%

 

16,715

 

0.49%  

 

1.71%

 

1.29%

 

29%

10.77

 

1.37%

 

21,351

 

0.49%  

 

1.73%

 

1.04%

 

64%

10.82

 

3.66%

 

26,765

 

0.49%  

 

2.02%

 

1.04%

 

83%

10.65

 

5.90%

 

23,463

 

0.58%(e)

 

2.51%

 

1.01%

 

25%

                         

9.50

 

0.59%

 

170

 

0.74%  

 

2.68%

 

1.55%

 

61%

9.70

 

(8.54)%

 

183

 

0.74%  

 

1.44%

 

1.38%

 

29%

10.77

 

1.11%

 

382

 

0.74%  

 

1.49%

 

1.15%

 

64%

10.82

 

3.40%

 

314

 

0.74%  

 

1.79%

 

1.14%

 

83%

10.65

 

5.63%

 

381

 

0.85%(e)

 

2.24%

 

1.11%

 

25%

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For a share of capital stock outstanding throughout the periods indicated.

     

Change in Net Assets
Resulting From Operations:

 

Less Dividends From:

   

Net Asset
Value, Beginning of
Period

 

Net
Investment Income
(Loss)

 

Net Realized
and
Unrealized
Gains
(Losses) on
Investments

 

Total from
Investment
Activities

 

Dividends
from Net
Investment
Income

 

Distributions
from Net
Realized
Gains from
Investments

 

Total
Dividends
and
Distributions

Bond Fund

                           

Investor Shares

                           

Year Ended August 31, 2023

 

$  8.64

 

$0.23

 

$(0.35)

 

$(0.12)

 

$(0.24)

 

$    

 

$(0.24)

Year Ended August 31, 2022

 

9.98

 

0.18

 

(1.33)

 

(1.15)

 

(0.19)

 

 

(0.19)

Year Ended August 31, 2021

 

10.12

 

0.17

 

(0.13)

 

0.04

 

(0.18)

 

 

(0.18)

Year Ended August 31, 2020

 

9.82

 

0.19

 

0.30

 

0.49

 

(0.19)

 

 

(0.19)

Year Ended August 31, 2019

 

9.22

 

0.21

 

0.60

 

0.81

 

(0.21)

 

 

(0.21)

Institutional Shares

                           

Year Ended August 31, 2023

 

8.62

 

0.25

 

(0.35)

 

(0.10)

 

(0.26)

 

 

(0.26)

Year Ended August 31, 2022

 

9.95

 

0.20

 

(1.32)

 

(1.12)

 

(0.21)

 

 

(0.21)

Year Ended August 31, 2021

 

10.10

 

0.19

 

(0.14)

 

0.05

 

(0.20)

 

 

(0.20)

Year Ended August 31, 2020

 

9.80

 

0.21

 

0.31

 

0.52

 

(0.22)

 

 

(0.22)

Year Ended August 31, 2019

 

9.20

 

0.23

 

0.61

 

0.84

 

(0.24)

 

 

(0.24)

A Shares

                           

Year Ended August 31, 2023

 

8.64

 

0.23

 

(0.35)

 

(0.12)

 

(0.24)

 

 

(0.24)

Year Ended August 31, 2022

 

9.98

 

0.18

 

(1.33)

 

(1.15)

 

(0.19)

 

 

(0.19)

Year Ended August 31, 2021

 

10.12

 

0.17

 

(0.13)

 

0.04

 

(0.18)

 

 

(0.18)

Year Ended August 31, 2020

 

9.82

 

0.19

 

0.30

 

0.49

 

(0.19)

 

 

(0.19)

Year Ended August 31, 2019

 

9.21

 

0.21

 

0.62

 

0.83

 

(0.22)

 

 

(0.22)

____________

(a)     Annualized for periods less than one year, except for Portfolio Turnover.

(b)     Not annualized for periods less than one year.

(c)     During the period, certain fees were waived. If such fee waivers had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated.

(d)     Portfolio turnover is calculated on the basis of the Fund, as a whole, without distinguishing between the classes of shares issued.

Amounts designated as “—” are 0 or have been rounded to 0.

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Ratios/Supplemental Data:(a)

Net Asset
Value, End of
Period

 

Total Return
(Excludes
Sales
Charge)(b)

 

Net Assets
End of Period
(000s)

 

Ratio of Net
Expenses to
Average Net
Assets

 


Ratio of Net
Investment
Income (Loss)
to Average
Net Assets

 

Ratio of
Gross
Expenses to
Average
Net Assets(c)

 

Portfolio
Turnover(d)

 

                       

 

                       

$  8.28  

 

(1.42)%

 

$   1,009

 

0.72%

 

2.76%

 

0.97%

 

59%

8.64

 

(11.63)%

 

1,129

 

0.74%

 

1.93%

 

0.99%

 

38%

9.98

 

0.36%

 

1,435

 

0.72%

 

1.70%

 

0.97%

 

47%

10.12

 

5.07%

 

2,383

 

0.73%

 

1.86%

 

0.98%

 

65%

9.82

 

8.96%

 

1,862

 

0.77%

 

2.24%

 

0.99%

 

33%

 

                       

8.26

 

(1.19)%

 

120,355

 

0.47%

 

3.02%

 

0.72%

 

59%

8.62

 

(11.35)%

 

129,062

 

0.49%

 

2.19%

 

0.74%

 

38%

9.95

 

0.51%

 

108,453

 

0.47%

 

1.95%

 

0.72%

 

47%

10.10

 

5.34%

 

94,112

 

0.48%

 

2.14%

 

0.73%

 

65%

9.80

 

9.28%

 

101,925

 

0.49%

 

2.51%

 

0.74%

 

33%

 

                       

8.28

 

(1.42)%

 

55

 

0.72%

 

2.77%

 

0.82%

 

59%

8.64

 

(11.63)%

 

57

 

0.74%

 

1.93%

 

0.84%

 

38%

9.98

 

0.36%

 

67

 

0.72%

 

1.70%

 

0.82%

 

47%

10.12

 

5.07%

 

60

 

0.73%

 

1.91%

 

0.83%

 

65%

9.82

 

9.11%

 

136

 

0.74%

 

2.27%

 

0.84%

 

33%

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For a share of capital stock outstanding throughout the periods indicated.

     

Change in Net Assets
Resulting From Operations:

 


Less Dividends From:

   

Net Asset
Value,
Beginning of
Period

 

Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(b)

 

Net Realized
and
Unrealized
Gains
(Losses) on
Investments

 

Total from
Investment
Activities

 

Dividends
from Net
Investment
Income

 

Distributions
from Net
Realized
Gains from
Investments

 

Total
Dividends
and
Distributions

Strategic Enhanced Yield Fund

                           

Investor Shares

                           

Year Ended August 31, 2023

 

$  9.19

 

$0.36

 

$(0.61)

 

$(0.25)

 

$(0.36)

 

$    

 

$(0.36)

Year Ended August 31, 2022

 

10.49

 

0.25

 

(1.28)

 

(1.03)

 

(0.27)

 

 

(0.27)

Year Ended August 31, 2021

 

10.82

 

0.18

 

(0.16)

 

0.02

 

(0.17)

 

(0.18)

 

(0.35)

Year Ended August 31, 2020

 

10.70

 

0.19

 

0.28

 

0.47

 

(0.20)

 

(0.15)

 

(0.35)

Year Ended August 31, 2019

 

10.10

 

0.29

 

0.60

 

0.89

 

(0.29)

 

 

(0.29)

Institutional Shares

                           

Year Ended August 31, 2023

 

9.06

 

0.38

 

(0.59)

 

(0.21)

 

(0.38)

 

 

(0.38)

Year Ended August 31, 2022

 

10.35

 

0.27

 

(1.27)

 

(1.00)

 

(0.29)

 

 

(0.29)

Year Ended August 31, 2021

 

10.67

 

0.21

 

(0.15)

 

0.06

 

(0.20)

 

(0.18)

 

(0.38)

Year Ended August 31, 2020

 

10.56

 

0.21

 

0.27

 

0.48

 

(0.22)

 

(0.15)

 

(0.37)

Year Ended August 31, 2019

 

9.97

 

0.31

 

0.59

 

0.90

 

(0.31)

 

 

(0.31)

A Shares

                           

Year Ended August 31, 2023

 

9.07

 

0.36

 

(0.60)

 

(0.24)

 

(0.36)

 

 

(0.36)

Year Ended August 31, 2022

 

10.35

 

0.24

 

(1.25)

 

(1.01)

 

(0.27)

 

 

(0.27)

Year Ended August 31, 2021

 

10.67

 

0.18

 

(0.15)

 

0.03

 

(0.17)

 

(0.18)

 

(0.35)

Year Ended August 31, 2020

 

10.56

 

0.20

 

0.25

 

0.45

 

(0.19)

 

(0.15)

 

(0.34)

Year Ended August 31, 2019

 

9.96

 

0.28

 

0.60

 

0.88

 

(0.28)

 

 

(0.28)

____________

(a)     Annualized for periods less than one year, except for Portfolio Turnover.

(b)     Calculated using average shares.

(c)     Not annualized for periods less than one year.

(d)     During the period, certain fees were waived. If such fee waivers had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated.

(e)     Portfolio turnover is calculated on the basis of the Fund, as a whole, without distinguishing between the classes of shares issued.

Amounts designated as “—” are 0 or have been rounded to 0.

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Net Asset
Value, End of
Period

 

Total Return
(Excludes
Sales
Charge)(c)

 

Net Assets
End of Period
(000s)

 


Ratios/Supplemental Data:(a)

Ratio of Net
Expenses to
Average Net
Assets

 


Ratio of Net
Investment
Income (Loss)
to Average
Net Assets

 

Ratio of
Gross
Expenses to
Average
Net Assets(d)

 

Portfolio
Turnover(e)

                         
                         

$  8.58

 

(2.69)%

 

$     346  

 

1.01%

 

4.11%

 

2.99%

 

159%

9.19

 

(9.93)%

 

528

 

1.01%

 

2.51%

 

2.07%

 

18%

10.49

 

0.22%

 

1,132

 

1.01%

 

1.67%

 

1.66%

 

129%

10.82

 

4.47%

 

2,178

 

1.01%

 

1.82%

 

2.05%

 

96%

10.70

 

8.96%

 

1,546

 

1.01%

 

2.79%

 

3.16%

 

59%

                         

8.47

 

(2.31)%

 

4,514

 

0.76%

 

4.34%

 

2.74%

 

159%

9.06

 

(9.78)%

 

9,377

 

0.76%

 

2.77%

 

1.82%

 

18%

10.35

 

0.55%

 

19,579

 

0.76%

 

2.01%

 

1.42%

 

129%

10.67

 

4.66%

 

17,335

 

0.76%

 

2.00%

 

1.77%

 

96%

10.56

 

9.21%

 

6,370

 

0.76%

 

3.02%

 

3.23%

 

59%

                         

8.47

 

(2.66)%

 

131

 

1.01%

 

4.13%

 

2.84%

 

159%

9.07

 

(9.91)%

 

159

 

1.01%

 

2.43%

 

1.83%

 

18%

10.35

 

0.30%

 

917

 

1.01%

 

1.75%

 

1.52%

 

129%

10.67

 

4.41%

 

393

 

1.01%

 

1.94%

 

1.97%

 

96%

10.56

 

9.05%

 

468

 

1.01%

 

2.82%

 

4.02%

 

59%

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For a share of capital stock outstanding throughout the periods indicated.

     

Change in Net Assets
Resulting From Operations:

 


Less Dividends From:

   

Net Asset
Value, Beginning of
Period

 

Net
Investment Income
(Loss)

 

Net Realized
and
Unrealized
Gains
(Losses) on
Investments

 

Total from
Investment
Activities

 

Dividends
from Net
Investment
Income

 

Distributions
from Net
Realized
Gains from
Investments

 

Total
Dividends
and
Distributions

Ultra Short Tax-Free Income Fund

                           

Investor Shares

                           

Year Ended August 31, 2023

 

$   9.87

 

$ 0.11(e)

 

$ 0.12

 

$0.23

 

$ (0.13)

 

$    — 

 

$ (0.13)

Year Ended August 31, 2022

 

9.97

 

(0.01)(e)

 

(0.09)

 

(0.10)

 

  —

 

 

Year Ended August 31, 2021

 

10.00

 

(0.03)(e)

 

 

(0.03)

 

  —

 

 

Year Ended August 31, 2020

 

10.00

 

0.06

 

 

0.06

 

(0.06)

 

 

(0.06)

Year Ended August 31, 2019

 

9.98

 

0.11

 

0.02

 

0.13

 

(0.11)

 

 

(0.11)

Institutional Shares

                           

Year Ended August 31, 2023

 

9.92

 

0.15(e)

 

0.11

 

0.26

 

(0.16)

 

 

(0.16)

Year Ended August 31, 2022

 

10.01

 

0.01(e)

 

(0.08)

 

(0.07)

 

(0.02)

 

 

(0.02)

Year Ended August 31, 2021

 

10.01

 

(e)

 

 

 

  —

 

 

Year Ended August 31, 2020

 

10.01

 

0.09

 

 

0.09

 

(0.09)

 

 

(0.09)

Year Ended August 31, 2019

 

10.00

 

0.14

 

0.01

 

0.15

 

(0.14)

 

 

(0.14)

A Shares

                           

Year Ended August 31, 2023

 

9.89

 

0.12(e)

 

0.11

 

0.23

 

(0.13)

 

 

(0.13)

Year Ended August 31, 2022

 

9.98

 

(e)

 

(0.09)

 

(0.09)

 

  —

 

 

Year Ended August 31, 2021

 

10.01

 

(0.03)(e)

 

 

(0.03)

 

  —

 

 

Year Ended August 31, 2020

 

10.01

 

0.06

 

 

0.06

 

(0.06)

 

 

(0.06)

Year Ended August 31, 2019

 

10.01

 

0.03

 

0.01

 

0.04

 

(0.04)

 

 

(0.04)

____________

(a)     Annualized for periods less than one year, except for Portfolio Turnover.

(b)     Not annualized for periods less than one year.

(c)     During the period, certain fees were waived. If such fee waivers had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated.

(d)     Portfolio turnover is calculated on the basis of the Fund, as a whole, without distinguishing between the classes of shares issued.

(e)     Calculated using average shares.

(f)      The net expense ratio shown for the period reflects the expense limitation agreement in effect as of December 26, 2018 and the higher limit in effect prior to that date.

Amounts designated as “—” are 0 or have been rounded to 0.

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Net Asset
Value, End of
Period

 

Total Return
(Excludes
Sales
Charge)(b)

 

Net Assets
End of Period
(000s)

 

Ratio of Net
Expenses to
Average Net
Assets

 


Ratio of Net
Investment
Income (Loss)
to Average
Net Assets

 

Ratio of
Gross
Expenses to
Average
Net Assets(c)

 

Portfolio
Turnover(d)

 

                       

 

                       

$   9.97

 

2.37%

 

$         9

 

0.60%  

 

1.15%

 

1.35%

 

  96%

    9.87

 

(0.95)%

 

  103

 

0.60%  

 

(0.10)%

 

1.28%

 

  96%

    9.97

 

(0.30)%

 

  105

 

0.60%  

 

(0.28)%

 

1.07%

 

130%

10.00

 

0.64%

 

  539

 

0.60%  

 

0.53%

 

1.16%

 

129%

10.00

 

1.35%

 

  175

 

0.66%(f)

 

1.12%

 

1.59%

 

135%

                         

10.02

 

2.63%

 

16,354

 

0.35%  

 

1.51%

 

1.10%

 

  96%

    9.92

 

(0.74)%

 

26,566

 

0.35%  

 

0.14%

 

1.03%

 

  96%

10.01

 

0.01%

 

32,512

 

0.35%  

 

(0.04)%

 

0.82%

 

130%

10.01

 

0.89%

 

38,955

 

0.35%  

 

0.81%

 

0.92%

 

129%

10.01

 

1.50%

 

20,529

 

0.41%(f)

 

1.38%

 

1.34%

 

135%

                         

    9.99

 

2.37%

 

17

 

0.60%

 

1.17%

 

1.20%

 

  96%

    9.89

 

(0.85)%

 

44

 

0.60%  

 

(0.04)%

 

1.16%

 

  96%

    9.98

 

(0.30)%

 

17

 

0.60%  

 

(0.28)%

 

0.92%

 

130%

10.01

 

0.64%

 

17

 

0.60%  

 

0.65%

 

1.04%

 

129%

10.01

 

0.36%

 

21

 

0.66%(f)

 

1.07%

 

1.44%

 

135%

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For a share of capital stock outstanding throughout the periods indicated.

     

Change in Net Assets
Resulting From Operations:

 


Less Dividends From:

   

Net Asset
Value, Beginning of
Period

 

Net
Investment Income
(Loss)

 

Net Realized
and
Unrealized
Gains
(Losses) on
Investments

 

Total from
Investment
Activities

 

Dividends
from Net
Investment
Income

 

Distributions
from Net
Realized
Gains from
Investments

 

Total
Dividends
and
Distributions

World Energy Fund

                 

 

       

Investor Shares

                 

 

       

Year Ended August 31, 2023

 

$12.52

 

$0.28(e)

 

$  1.02  

 

$  1.30

 

$(0.27)  

 

$    —  

 

$(0.27)  

Year Ended August 31, 2022

 

8.89

 

0.20(e)

 

3.62

 

3.82

 

(0.19)

 

 

(0.19)

Year Ended August 31, 2021

 

6.16

 

0.13

 

2.71

 

2.84

 

(0.11)

 

 

(0.11)

Year Ended August 31, 2020

 

6.71

 

0.10

 

(0.51)

 

(0.41)

 

(0.14)

 

 

(0.14)

Year Ended August 31, 2019

 

9.49

 

0.15

 

(2.82)

 

(2.67)

 

(0.11)

 

 

(0.11)

Institutional Shares

                           

Year Ended August 31, 2023

 

12.53

 

0.31(e)

 

1.03

 

1.34

 

(0.31)

 

 

(0.31)

Year Ended August 31, 2022

 

8.89

 

0.23(e)

 

3.63

 

3.86

 

(0.22)

 

 

(0.22)

Year Ended August 31, 2021

 

6.16

 

0.14

 

2.72

 

2.86

 

(0.13)

 

 

(0.13)

Year Ended August 31, 2020

 

6.72

 

0.13

 

(0.53)

 

(0.40)

 

(0.16)

 

 

(0.16)

Year Ended August 31, 2019

 

9.51

 

0.17

 

(2.83)

 

(2.66)

 

(0.13)

 

 

(0.13)

A Shares

                           

Year Ended August 31, 2023

 

12.49

 

0.28(e)

 

1.03

 

1.31

 

(0.28)

 

 

(0.28)

Year Ended August 31, 2022

 

8.86

 

0.20(e)

 

3.62

 

3.82

 

(0.19)

 

 

(0.19)

Year Ended August 31, 2021

 

6.15

 

0.13

 

2.70

 

2.83

 

(0.12)

 

 

(0.12)

Year Ended August 31, 2020

 

6.70

 

0.11

 

(0.52)

 

(0.41)

 

(0.14)

 

 

(0.14)

Year Ended August 31, 2019

 

9.49

 

0.15

 

(2.83)

 

(2.68)

 

(0.11)

 

 

(0.11)

C Shares

                           

Year Ended August 31, 2023

 

12.37

 

0.19(e)

 

1.01

 

1.20

 

(0.18)

 

 

(0.18)

Year Ended August 31, 2022

 

8.78

 

0.13(e)

 

3.57

 

3.70

 

(0.11)

 

 

(0.11)

Year Ended August 31, 2021

 

6.10

 

0.08

 

2.67

 

2.75

 

(0.07)

 

 

(0.07)

Year Ended August 31, 2020

 

6.64

 

0.05

 

(0.51)

 

(0.46)

 

(0.08)

 

 

(0.08)

Year Ended August 31, 2019

 

9.39

 

0.09

 

(2.79)

 

(2.70)

 

(0.05)

 

 

(0.05)

____________

(a)     Annualized for periods less than one year, except for Portfolio Turnover.

(b)     Not annualized for periods less than one year.

(c)     During the period, certain fees were waived. If such fee waivers had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated.

(d)     Portfolio turnover is calculated on the basis of the Fund, as a whole, without distinguishing between the classes of shares issued.

(e)     Calculated using average shares.

(f)      The net expense ratio shown for the period reflects the expense limitation agreement which became effective on December 26, 2018.

Amounts designated as “—” are 0 or have been rounded to 0.

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Net Asset
Value, End of
Period

 

Total Return
(Excludes
Sales
Charge)(b)

 

Net Assets
End of Period
(000s)

 

Ratio of Net
Expenses to
Average Net
Assets

 


Ratio of Net
Investment
Income (Loss)
to Average
Net Assets

 

Ratio of
Gross
Expenses to
Average
Net Assets(c)

 

Portfolio
Turnover(d)

 

                       

 

                       

$13.55

 

10.72%

 

$19,478  

 

1.15%

 

2.31%

 

1.46%

 

166%

12.52

 

43.38%

 

25,003

 

1.15%

 

1.99%

 

1.57%

 

192%

8.89

 

46.49%

 

6,895

 

1.15%

 

1.69%

 

1.96%

 

174%

6.16

 

(6.19)%

 

2,984

 

1.15%

 

1.68%

 

2.18%

 

191%

6.71

 

(28.27)%

 

3,079

 

1.25%(f)

 

1.56%

 

1.68%

 

145%

                         

13.56

 

11.02%

 

56,537

 

0.90%

 

2.49%

 

1.21%

 

166%

12.53

 

43.81%

 

37,866

 

0.90%

 

2.16%

 

1.34%

 

192%

8.89

 

46.78%

 

15,641

 

0.90%

 

1.88%

 

1.69%

 

174%

6.16

 

(5.91)%

 

  6,254

 

0.90%

 

1.82%

 

1.89%

 

191%

6.72

 

(28.12)%

 

11,163

 

0.97%(f)

 

1.88%

 

1.43%

 

145%

                         

13.52

 

10.77%

 

2,826

 

1.15%

 

2.23%

 

1.31%

 

166%

12.49

 

43.54%

 

3,170

 

1.15%

 

1.88%

 

1.47%

 

192%

8.86

 

46.33%

 

2,216

 

1.15%

 

1.54%

 

1.83%

 

174%

6.15

 

(6.13)%

 

1,867

 

1.15%

 

1.66%

 

2.02%

 

191%

6.70

 

(28.35)%

 

2,485

 

  1.21%(f)

 

1.67%

 

1.53%

 

145%

                         

13.39

 

9.93%

 

6,110

 

1.90%

 

1.55%

 

2.21%

 

166%

12.37

 

42.42%

 

4,713

 

1.90%

 

1.13%

 

2.35%

 

192%

8.78

 

45.25%

 

3,101

 

1.90%

 

0.94%

 

2.74%

 

174%

6.10

 

(6.89)%

 

2,458

 

1.90%

 

0.87%

 

2.91%

 

191%

6.64

 

(28.82)%

 

3,688

 

  1.95%(f)

 

0.97%

 

2.43%

 

145%

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For a share of capital stock outstanding throughout the periods indicated.

     

Change in Net Assets
Resulting From Operations:

 


Less Dividends From:

   

Net Asset
Value,
Beginning of
Period

 

Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(b)

 

Net Realized
and
Unrealized
Gains
(Losses) on
Investments

 

Total from
Investment
Activities

 

Dividends
from Net
Investment
Income

 

Distributions
from Net
Realized
Gains from
Investments

 

Total
Dividends
and
Distributions

Hedged Income Fund

                           

Investor Shares

                           

Year Ended August 31, 2023

 

$  9.93

 

$  0.23(b)

 

$0.42

 

$0.65

 

$(0.23)  

 

$    —  

 

$(0.23)  

Year Ended August 31, 2022

 

10.81

 

0.19(b)

 

(0.88)

 

(0.69)

 

(0.19)

 

 

(0.19)

December 28, 2020(f) through August 31, 2021

 

10.00

 

0.14

 

0.74

 

0.88

 

(0.07)

 

 

(0.07)

Institutional Shares

                           

Year Ended August 31, 2023

 

9.93

 

0.25(b)

 

0.42

 

0.67

 

(0.25)

 

 

(0.25)

Year Ended August 31, 2022

 

10.82

 

0.23(b)

 

(0.91)

 

(0.68)

 

(0.21)

 

 

(0.21)

December 28, 2020(f) through August 31, 2021

 

10.00

 

0.15

 

0.75

 

0.90

 

(0.08)

 

 

(0.08)

A Shares

                           

Year Ended August 31, 2023

 

9.91

 

0.23(b)

 

0.43

 

0.66

 

(0.22)

 

 

(0.22)

Year Ended August 31, 2022

 

10.80

 

0.20(b)

 

(0.90)

 

(0.70)

 

(0.19)

 

 

(0.19)

December 28, 2020(f) through August 31, 2021

 

10.00

 

0.14

 

0.74

 

0.88

 

(0.08)

 

 

(0.08)

____________

(a)     Annualized for periods less than one year, except for Portfolio Turnover.

(b)     Calculated using average shares.

(c)     Not annualized for periods less than one year.

(d)     During the period, certain fees were waived. If such fee waivers had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated.

(e)     Portfolio turnover is calculated on the basis of the Fund, as a whole, without distinguishing between the classes of shares issued.

(f)     Commencement of operations.

Amounts designated as “—” are 0 or have been rounded to 0.

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Net Asset
Value, End of
Period

 

Total Return
(Excludes
Sales
Charge)(c)

 

Net Assets
End of Period
(000s)

 


Ratios/Supplemental Data:(a)

Ratio of Net
Expenses to
Average Net
Assets

 


Ratio of Net
Investment
Income (Loss)
to Average
Net Assets

 

Ratio of
Gross
Expenses to
Average
Net Assets(d)

 

Portfolio
Turnover(e)

 

                       

 

                       

$   10.35

 

6.61%

 

$    164

 

1.35%

 

2.24%

 

1.79%

 

30%

9.93

 

(6.47)%

 

      309

 

1.35%

 

1.86%

 

1.98%

 

18%

10.81

 

8.79%

 

  1,438

 

1.35%

 

1.90%

 

2.26%

 

23%

                         

10.35

 

6.92%

 

31,802

 

1.10%

 

2.47%

 

1.54%

 

30%

9.93

 

(6.31)%

 

33,178

 

1.10%

 

2.21%

 

1.69%

 

18%

10.82

 

9.04%

 

23,042

 

1.10%

 

2.14%

 

2.01%

 

23%

                         

10.35

 

6.71%

 

     916

 

1.35%

 

2.24%

 

1.64%

 

30%

9.91

 

(6.51)%

 

  1,785

 

1.35%

 

1.94%

 

1.75%

 

18%

10.80

 

8.77%

 

  1,709

 

1.35%

 

1.88%

 

2.11%

 

23%

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Glossary of Investment Terms

Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT)

A measure designed to assure that individuals pay at least a minimum amount of federal income taxes. Certain securities used to fund private, for-profit activities are subject to AMT.

Bond

A debt security issued by a corporation, government, or government agency in exchange for the money you lend it. In most instances, the issuer agrees to pay back the loan by a specific date and make regular interest payments until that date.

Capital Gains Distribution

Payment to mutual fund shareholders of gains realized on securities that the fund has sold at a profit, minus any realized losses.

Common Stock

A security representing ownership rights in a corporation. A stockholder is entitled to share in the company’s profits, some of which may be paid out as dividends.

Credit Quality

A measure of a bond issuer’s or contracting party’s ability to repay interest and principal in a timely manner.

Diversified

Holding a variety of securities so that a fund’s return is not badly hurt by the poor performance of a single security or industry.

Dividends

Payment to shareholders of income from interest or dividends generated by a fund’s investments.

Fixed Income Securities

Investments, such as bonds, that have a fixed payment schedule. While the level of income offered by these securities is predetermined, their prices may fluctuate.

Growth Stocks

Stocks of companies believed to have above-average prospects for growth. Reflecting market expectations for superior growth, the prices of growth stocks often are relatively high in comparison to revenue, earnings, book value, and dividends.

Index

An unmanaged group of securities whose overall performance is used as a standard to measure investment performance.

Investment Adviser

An organization that makes the day-to-day decisions regarding a fund’s investments.

Investment Grade

A debt obligation whose credit quality is considered by independent rating agencies to be sufficient to ensure timely payment of principal and interest under current economic circumstances and is rated in one of the four highest ratings categories assigned by a nationally recognized statistical ratings organization.

Liquidity

The degree of a security’s marketability (that is, how quickly the security can be sold at a fair price and converted to cash).

Maturity

The date when a bond issuer agrees to repay the bond’s principal, or face value, to the bond’s buyer.

Money Market Fund

A mutual fund that seeks to provide income, liquidity, and a stable share price by investing in very short-term, liquid investments.

Money Market Instruments

Short-term, liquid investments (usually with a maturity of 13 months or less) which include U.S. Treasury bills, bank certificates of deposit (CDs), repurchase agreements, commercial paper, and bankers’ acceptances.

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Municipal Security

Debt obligations issued by a state or local government. Interest income from municipal securities, and therefore dividend income from municipal bond funds, is generally free from federal income taxes, as well as taxes in the state in which the securities were issued.

Mutual Fund

An investment company that pools the money of many people and invests it in a variety of securities in an effort to achieve a specific objective over time.

Net Asset Value (NAV)

The market value of a mutual fund’s total assets, minus liabilities, divided by the number of shares outstanding. The value of a single share is called its share value or share price.

Operating Expenses

The percentage of a fund’s average net assets used to pay its expenses. Operating expenses include investment advisory fees, distribution/service (12b-1) fees, shareholder servicing fees, and administration fees.

Securities

Stocks, bonds, money market instruments, and other investment vehicles.

Total Return

A percentage change, over a specified time period, in a mutual fund’s net asset value, with the ending net asset value adjusted to account for the reinvestment of all distributions of dividends and capital gains.

Value Stocks

Stocks whose growth prospects are generally regarded as subpar by the market. Reflecting these market expectations, the prices of value stocks typically are below-average in comparison to such factors as revenue, earnings, book value, and dividends.

Volatility

The fluctuations in value of a mutual fund or other security. The greater a fund’s volatility, the wider the fluctuations between its high and low prices.

Yield

Income (interest or dividends) earned by an investment, expressed as a percentage of the investment’s price.

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More Information

More information may be obtained free of charge upon request.

The Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”), a current version of which is on file with the SEC, contains more details about the Funds and is incorporated by reference into the prospectus (is legally a part of this prospectus).

Annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders contain additional information about the Funds’ investments. The Funds’ annual report also discusses the market conditions and investment strategies that significantly affected the Funds’ performance during its last fiscal year.

The Funds also file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the 1st and 3rd quarters of each fiscal year. The Funds’ most recent portfolio holdings are also available at http://www.cavanalhillfunds.com.

If you have questions about the Funds or your account, or wish to obtain free copies of the Funds’ current prospectuses, SAI, annual or semi-annual reports, please contact us as follows:

By Telephone:

Call 1-800-762-7085

By Mail:

Cavanal Hill Funds

4249 Easton Way - Suite 400

Columbus, Ohio 43219-6171

By Internet:

http://www.cavanalhillfunds.com

From the SEC:

You can also obtain the SAI, the Annual and Semi-Annual Reports, Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures and other information about the Cavanal Hill Funds, from the SEC’s web site (http://www.sec.gov). You may request documents by mail from the SEC, upon payment of a duplicating fee, by writing to: Securities and Exchange Commission, Public Reference Section, Washington DC 20549-0102 or by sending an e-mail to: [email protected].

Investment Adviser & Administrator

Cavanal Hill Investment

Management, Inc.

One Williams Center, 15th Floor

Tulsa, Oklahoma 74172-0172

Distributor

Cavanal Hill Distributors, Inc.

One Williams Center, 15th Floor

Bank of Oklahoma Tower

Tulsa, Oklahoma 74172-0172

Cavanal Hill Funds’ Investment Company Act registration number is 811-06114.