Centre American Select Equity Fund

 

Investor Class (Ticker: DHAMX) Institutional Class (Ticker: DHANX)

 

Centre Global Infrastructure Fund

 

Investor Class (Ticker: DHIVX) Institutional Class (Ticker: DHINX)

 

Each a series of

 

CENTRE FUNDS

 

PROSPECTUS

 

January 30, 2023

 

This prospectus contains information about the Centre American Select Equity Fund and Centre Global Infrastructure Fund, (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”), each of which is a series of Centre Funds (the “Trust”), that you should know before investing. You should read this prospectus carefully before you invest or send money, and keep it for future reference. For questions or for Shareholder Services, please call 1-855-298-4236 or visit us online at www.centrefunds.com.

 

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has not approved or disapproved these securities or passed upon the adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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SUMMARY OF CENTRE AMERICAN SELECT EQUITY FUND 4
INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE 4
FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND 4
PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES 5
PRINCIPAL RISKS OF INVESTING IN THE FUND 6
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION 8
MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND’S PORTFOLIO 9
PURCHASE AND SALE OF FUND SHARES 10
TAX INFORMATION 10
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARY COMPENSATION 10
SUMMARY OF CENTRE GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUND 11
INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE 11
FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND 11
PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES 12
PRINCIPAL RISKS OF INVESTING IN THE FUND 13
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION 17
MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND’S PORTFOLIO 18
PURCHASE AND SALE OF FUND SHARES 18
TAX INFORMATION 19
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARY COMPENSATION 19
ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT POLICIES AND RISKS 19
MANAGEMENT OF THE FUNDS 22
THE INVESTMENT ADVISER 22
BOARD OF TRUSTEES 23
THE DISTRIBUTOR 23
INVESTING IN A FUND 24
PURCHASING SHARES OF THE FUNDS 24
REDEEMING SHARES OF THE FUNDS 28
BUYING OR SELLING SHARES THROUGH A FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARY 29
ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT INFORMATION 30
FREQUENT PURCHASES AND REDEMPTIONS 31
EXCHANGING SHARES 32
COMPENSATION FOR DISTRIBUTION AND SHAREHOLDER SERVICES 33
OTHER IMPORTANT INVESTMENT INFORMATION 33

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DIVIDENDS, DISTRIBUTIONS, AND TAXES 33
ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF DOCUMENTS 34
CODES OF ETHICS 35
IDENTITY THEFT PROCEDURES 35
PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES 35
DISCLOSURE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS 35
ANNUAL STATEMENTS 35
HOUSEHOLDING 35
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 35
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Back Cover

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SUMMARY OF CENTRE AMERICAN SELECT EQUITY FUND

 

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

 

The Centre American Select Equity Fund (the “Fund”) seeks long-term growth of capital.

 

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

 

The tables below describe the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table and example below.

 

Shareholder Fees

(fees paid directly from your investment)

 

Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) None
Redemption Fee (as a percentage of amount redeemed; charged upon any redemption of shares within 90 days of the purchase of such shares) 2.00%

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses 

(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

 

 

Investor

Class

Institutional
Class
Management Fees(1) 0.75% 0.75%
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% None
Other Expenses    
Shareholder Service Fees 0.11% 0.08%
Other Expenses   0.35% 0.22%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses  1.46% 1.05%
Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement(2) 0.00% (0.07%)

Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses (after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursements)

1.46% 0.98%

 

1 Under the investment advisory agreement, the Fund pays to the Adviser an investment advisory fee (accrued daily and payable monthly) at an annual rate of 0.75% of the Fund's average daily net assets for the first $1 billion and 0.70% of the Fund's average daily net assets thereafter.
2 The investment adviser to the Fund, Centre Asset Management, LLC (the “Adviser” or “Centre”), has contractually agreed to reduce its advisory fees and/or reimburse other expenses of the Fund for not less than one year and until the next following effective date of the post-effective amendment to the registration statement of Centre Funds relating to the Fund (on or about January 29, 2024) to the extent necessary to limit the total operating expenses of the Fund including (but not limited to) investment advisory fees of the Adviser, but excluding, as applicable, any front-end or contingent deferred sales loads, taxes, leverage interest, distribution/service (Rule 12b-1) fees, shareholder services fees, brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses, expenses incurred in connection with any merger or reorganization, and extraordinary expenses (such as litigation and other expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund’s business) to an annual rate of 1.10% of the average daily net assets of the Investor Class shares and 0.90% of the average daily net assets of the Institutional Class shares (the “Expense Limitation Agreement”). The Expense Limitation Agreement may be terminated at any time, and without payment of any penalty, by the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”), on behalf of the Fund, upon 60 days’ written notice to the Adviser, but may not be terminated by the Adviser without the consent of the Board. No recoupment will be made more than three years after the date that the applicable amount was initially waived or reimbursed by the Adviser, and the recoupment may not cause the Fund to exceed the then-existing expense limitation for that class at the time such waiver or reimbursement was made.

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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 and the expense reduction/reimbursement described above remains in place for the contractual period only. 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
Investor Class $149 $462 $797 $1,744
Institutional Class $100 $327 $572 $1,275

 

Portfolio Turnover. The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year ended September 30, 2022, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 138% of the average value of its portfolio.

 

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

 

The investment objective of the Fund is to seek long-term growth of capital. This investment objective may be changed without shareholder approval. The Fund is a diversified fund that normally invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in equity securities of large capitalization U.S. companies. U.S. companies, for this purpose, consist of those companies that: (i) are incorporated in the U.S.; and (ii) list their common stock on, and principally trade on, the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) (including NYSE Arca and NYSE American), the NASDAQ Global Select Market, the NASDAQ Select Market, or the NASDAQ Capital Market. The 80% portion of the Fund’s portfolio consists of investments in U.S. companies that are members of the S&P 500 Index or possess similar minimum market capitalization and trading volume attributes.1 The Fund’s common stock investments may include exchange-listed equities from companies across various sectors and industries. The remaining 20% of the Fund’s net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, may include small-cap and mid-cap companies, preferred stock, exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), and preferred stock.

 

1 Under current S&P Dow Jones Indices market capitalization guidelines, companies are required to have a market value of at least $14.6 billion for listing in the S&P 500 Index. S&P Dow Jones Indices typically makes adjustments to its benchmark indexes on an annual basis.

 

In selecting investments for the Fund, the Adviser utilizes a “bottom-up” fundamental stock selection process that the Adviser believes yields a more accurate picture of a company’s intrinsic value. The Adviser analyzes a variety of factors when selecting investments for the Fund, such as a company’s operations, risk profile, growth expectations and valuation of its securities. The Adviser utilizes a disciplined, Economic Value Added2 framework to select investments. The framework focuses on the fundamentals of shareholder wealth creation and wealth destruction similar to the way a traditional, long-term focused corporate investor looking at all aspects of the business would assess a company’s value. In the shorter-term, markets often undervalue or overvalue a company’s ability to create or destroy shareholder wealth. The framework seeks to identify and exploit these investment opportunities. The approach is designed to capture excess returns when the market price of a stock converges toward the Adviser’s target price.

 

In determining whether a particular company or security may be a suitable investment for the Fund, the Adviser may focus on any number of different attributes that may include, without limitation: the company’s ability to generate favorable returns in light of current growth prospects, market position and expertise, brand value, pricing power, measures of financial strength (e.g., strong balance sheet), profit margin changes, return on capital improvement, sustainability of revenue growth, ability to generate cash flow, strong management, commitment to shareholders’ interests, dividends or current income, market share gains, innovation and reinvestment, corporate governance and other indications that a company or a security may be an attractive investment. Lastly, the Adviser integrates security selection with appropriate stock position sizing (determining the appropriate percentage of the Fund’s assets to commit to a particular investment) in order to maximize return relative to risk. The Adviser may sell or reduce the Fund’s position in a security when the facts or analysis surrounding the reasons for investing in the security have changed.

 

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The Fund may purchase or sell exchange-traded derivative products, such as exchange-traded futures and options, for capital preservation, enhancement of returns, temporary cash management, or investment transition purposes. For example, the Adviser may utilize exchange-traded futures and options to hedge the risks of existing stock positions in the Fund’s portfolio against significant equity market declines that may occur over short periods of time. Such capital protection strategies will be used tactically when the Adviser’s current assessment of market valuation indicates forward returns as low relative to downside risk and the cost to upside potential from utilizing portfolio preservation tools reasonable. A protective put option strategy, when tactically employed, is executed using exchange-traded put options on U.S. large capitalization Indices such as the S&P 500 Index to hedge the portfolio and to reduce volatility. Generally, S&P 500 Index put options and others have an inverse relationship to their underlying Index level, meaning that the value of an index put option generally increases as the underlying securities in the Fund decrease in price and decreases as those securities increase in price. The Adviser may also seek to enhance returns by writing (selling) out of the money call options tailored with exercise prices generally above the current market prices of stocks held in the Fund or on U.S. large capitalization Indices such as the S&P 500 Index at the time of the call sale. As the seller of the call option, the Fund receives cash (the premium) from the purchaser. Furthermore, the Fund may also invest in S&P 500 Index futures to increase the Fund’s overall market exposure following cash inflows from new investments in the Fund.

 

2 Economic Value Added (EVA) is an estimate of a company’s economic profit. Economic profit, which refers to the profit earned by a company, minus the cost of financing the company’s capital, is an amount that may be considered in the assessment of a company’s overall value.

 

The Fund generally maintains a fully-invested posture. As such, cash is typically held to a minimum. However, significant investor inflows may temporarily increase cash positions. The Fund may also, under unusual circumstances, take temporary defensive positions and hold up to 100% of its portfolio in cash or cash equivalent positions. The Fund may engage in frequent or active trading depending on market conditions, resulting in a high portfolio turnover rate. A high portfolio turnover rate may result in increased transaction costs, including brokerage commissions, which must be borne by the Fund and its shareholders, and is also likely to result in higher short-term capital gains for taxable shareholders. These costs are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the expense example above, but are reflected in the Fund’s performance.

 

PRINCIPAL RISKS OF INVESTING IN THE FUND

 

The loss of your money is a principal risk of investing in the Fund. Investments in the Fund are subject to investment risks, including the possible loss of some or the entire principal amount invested. The Fund’s shares, like other mutual fund shares, are not deposits or obligations of, or guaranteed or endorsed by, any bank, and are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board, or any other agency of the U.S. government. There can be no assurance that the Fund will be successful in meeting its investment objective. Generally, the Fund will be subject to the following principal risks:

 

Common Stock Risk. The value of common stocks held by the Fund might decrease in response to the activities of a single company or in response to general market or economic conditions. If this occurs, the value of the Fund may also decrease.

 

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Market Risk. Market risk refers to the possibility that the value of securities held by the Fund may decline due to daily fluctuations in the securities markets. Asset prices change daily as a result of many factors, including developments affecting the condition of individual companies, the sector or industries in which they operate, and the market in general. The price of a security or other instrument may even be affected by factors unrelated to the value or condition of its issuer, such as changes in interest rates, national and international economic and/or political conditions and general market conditions. In a declining stock market, security prices for all companies (including those in the Fund’s portfolio) may decline regardless of any company’s long-term prospects. The Fund’s performance per share will change daily in response to such factors. Securities in the Fund’s portfolio may underperform due to inflation (or expectations for inflation), interest rates, global demand for particular products or resources, natural disasters, pandemics, epidemics, terrorism, regulatory events and governmental or quasi-governmental actions. The occurrence of global events similar to those in recent years, such as terrorist attacks around the world, natural disasters, social and political discord or debt crises and downgrades, among others, may result in market volatility and may have long term effects on both the U.S. and global financial markets. There is a risk that you may lose money by investing in the Fund.

 

Risks of Investing in Undervalued Securities. Undervalued securities are, by definition, out of favor with investors, and there is no way to predict when, if ever, the securities may return to favor or achieve the Adviser’s expectations with respect to the price of the security.

 

Sector Risk.  To the extent that the Fund focuses its investments in the securities issued by companies in a particular market sector, such as materials, energy, and information technology, the Fund will be subject to the market or economic factors affecting such sector, including adverse economic, business, political, regulatory or environmental developments, to a greater extent than if the Fund’s investments were more diversified among various different sectors.

 

Derivative Risk. Loss may result from the Fund’s use of derivatives. The value of derivatives in which the Fund may invest may rise or fall more rapidly than other investments. Other risks of investments in derivatives include imperfect correlation between the value of these instruments and the underlying assets; risks of default by the other party to a non-exchange traded derivative transaction; risk that the transactions may result in losses that offset gains in portfolio positions; and risks that the derivative transactions may not be liquid. Derivatives may contain “inherent” leverage because derivative contracts may give rise to an obligation on the part of the Fund for future payment or liabilities that are larger than the initial margin or premiums required to establish such positions. Combined with the volatility of derivatives prices, the leveraged nature of derivatives trading could cause the Fund to sustain large and sudden losses.

 

Investment Adviser Risk. The Adviser’s implementation of the Fund’s strategy may fail to produce the intended results. The Adviser’s ability to choose suitable investments has a significant impact on the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment objective.

 

Political/Economic Risk. Changes in economic and tax policies, interest rates, high inflation rates, government instability, war or other political or economic actions or factors may have an adverse effect on the Fund’s investments.

 

Portfolio Turnover Risk. A higher portfolio turnover will result in higher transactional and brokerage costs.

 

Regulatory Risk. Governmental and regulatory actions, including tax law changes, may have unexpected or adverse consequences on particular markets, strategies, or investments, including the liquidity of investments. These actions and other developments may impact the Fund’s ability to invest or remain invested in certain securities and other assets. Legislation or regulation may also change the way in which the Fund itself is regulated. The Adviser cannot predict the effects of any new governmental regulation that may be implemented on the ability of the Fund to invest in certain assets, and there can be no assurance that any new governmental regulation will not adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

 

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PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

 

The performance information below provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing how the Fund’s performance has varied over time. The bar chart and performance table assume reinvestment of dividends and distributions. The Fund’s past performance (both before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indicator of how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.centrefunds.com or by calling 1-855-298-4236.

 

The following bar chart depicts changes in the Fund’s performance from year to year during the periods indicated for Investor Class shares only, since the Investor Class has the longest period of annual returns. The performance of the Institutional Class shares will differ from the performance shown because the Institutional Class shares have different expenses than the Investor Class shares.

 

Annual Total Returns for the Last 10 Calendar Years – Investor Class Shares

 

 

 

Annual Total Returns (Years Ended December 31) - Investor Class Shares

 

Best Quarter: 2nd  Quarter, 2020 +21.72%
Worst Quarter: 2nd Quarter, 2022 -16.04%

 

The following performance table compares the Fund’s average annual total returns for the periods indicated to those of a broad-based securities market index. The index is not actively managed and not available for direct investment.

 

Average Annual Total Returns 

(for the periods ended December 31, 2022)

  1 Year 5 Years 10 Years Since
Inception*
Investor Class Shares**        
Return Before Taxes -3.31% 12.56% 12.58% 11.48%
Return After Taxes on Distributions -3.63% 9.85% 10.48% 10.06%
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares -1.74% 9.32% 9.84% 9.57%

S&P 500 Index***

(reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

-18.11% 9.42% 12.56% 12.96%
Institutional Class Shares        
Return Before Taxes -2.83% 13.11%   11.48%
Return After Taxes on Distributions -3.17% 10.39%   9.17%
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares -1.44% 9.76%   8.70%

S&P 500 Index*** 

(reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

18.11% 9.42%   10.64%

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* The inception date of the Investor Class shares is December 21, 2011 and the inception date of the Institutional Class shares is January 21, 2014.
** After tax returns are shown for Investor Class shares only and will vary for Institutional Class shares, which have different expenses.
*** The S&P 500 Index is an index of 500 stocks chosen for market size, liquidity and industry grouping, among other factors. The S&P 500 Index is designed to be a leading indicator of U.S. equities and is meant to reflect the risk/return characteristics of the large cap universe. The “Since Inception” dates for the Index are in alignment with the respective inception dates of the Investor Class shares and the Institutional Class shares.

 

After tax returns are calculated using the historically highest individual U.S. federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown in the table. After tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or an individual retirement account (“IRA”). If the Fund incurs a loss, which generates a tax benefit, the Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares may exceed the Fund’s other return figures.

 

MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND’S PORTFOLIO

 

Centre Asset Management, LLC, the Adviser, serves as the investment adviser to the Fund.

 

James A. Abate, Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer of the Adviser, has served as the portfolio manager of the Fund since its inception in December 2011.

 

PURCHASE AND SALE OF FUND SHARES

 

Shareholders may purchase or redeem shares directly from the Fund on any business day by contacting 1-855-298-4236, online at www.centrefunds.com or by writing to:

 

Centre Funds 

Centre American Select Equity Fund 

P.O. Box 295
Denver, CO 80201

 

The minimum initial investment is $5,000 for Investor Class Shares and $250,000 for Institutional Class shares, and the minimum subsequent investment is $1,000 for Investor Class Shares and $10,000 for Institutional Class shares. Exceptions to these minimum amounts may apply for certain investors, and the minimum amounts may otherwise be waived or reduced by the Adviser. The Fund has also authorized certain broker-dealers and other financial intermediaries to accept purchase and redemption orders on the Fund’s behalf. Investors who wish to purchase or redeem Fund shares through a financial intermediary should contact the intermediary directly.

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TAX INFORMATION

 

The Fund’s distributions will generally be taxed to you as ordinary income or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan, 403(b) plan or an IRA. Distributions on investments made through tax deferred vehicles, such as 401(k) plans, 403(b) plans or IRAs, may be taxed later upon withdrawal of assets from those accounts.

 

FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARY COMPENSATION

 

If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies, including the Fund's distributor or the Adviser, 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 individual financial advisor or salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. You should ask your financial advisor, broker or intermediary for information about any payments it may receive in connection with the Fund, any services it provides to the Fund and any fees and/or commissions it charges.

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SUMMARY OF CENTRE GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUND

 

Investment Objective

 

The Centre Global Infrastructure Fund (the “Fund”) seeks long-term growth of capital and current income.

 

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

 

The tables below describe the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table and example below.

 

Shareholder Fees 

(fees paid directly from your investment)

 

Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) None
Redemption Fee (as a percentage of amount redeemed; charged upon any redemption of shares within 90 days of the purchase of such shares) 2.00%

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses 

(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

 

  Investor Class Institutional Class
Management Fees 0.85% 0.85%
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% None
Other Expenses    
Shareholder Service Fees 0.07% 0.08%
Remaining Other Expenses 0.58% 0.58%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.75% 1.51%
Fee Waiver and/or Reimbursement (1) (0.18)% (0.33)%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement) 1.57% 1.18%

 

1 The Adviser has contractually agreed to reduce its advisory fees and/or reimburse other expenses of the Fund for an initial period of not less than one year and until the next following effective date of the post-effective amendment to the registration statement of Centre Funds relating to the Fund (on or about January 29, 2024) incorporating the Fund’s financial statements for that fiscal year to the extent necessary to limit the total operating expenses of the Fund, including (but not limited to) investment advisory fees of the Adviser, but excluding, as applicable, any front-end or contingent deferred sales loads, taxes, leverage interest, distribution/service (Rule 12b-1) fees, shareholder services fees, brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses, expenses incurred in connection with any merger or reorganization, and extraordinary expenses (such as litigation and other expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund’s business) to an annual rate of 1.25% of the average daily net assets of the Investor Class shares and 1.10% of the average daily net assets of the Institutional Class shares. The Expense Limitation Agreement may be terminated at any time, and without payment of any penalty, by the Board, on behalf of the Fund, upon 60 days’ written notice to the Adviser, but may not be terminated by the Adviser without the consent of the Board. No recoupment will be made more than three years after the date that the applicable amount was initially waived or reimbursed by the Adviser, and the recoupment may not cause the Fund to exceed the then-existing expense limitation for that class at the time such waiver or reimbursement was made.

 

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 that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same and the expense reduction/reimbursement described above remains in place for the contractual period only. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

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  1 Year 3 Years 5 Years 10 Years
Investor Class $160 $533 $932 $2,045
Institutional Class $120 $445 $792 $1,771

 

Portfolio Turnover. The Fund may pay transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells certain 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, if any, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year ended September 30, 2022, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 39%.

 

Principal Investment Strategies

 

The investment objective of the Fund is to seek long-term growth of capital and current income. This investment objective may be changed without shareholder approval. The Fund is a diversified fund that will normally invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in equity securities issued by U.S. and foreign (non-U.S.) infrastructure-related companies. For this purpose, an “infrastructure-related” company has (i) at least 50% of its assets (excluding cash) consisting of infrastructure assets, or (ii) 50% of its gross income or net profits attributable to, or derived (directly or indirectly) from the ownership, management, construction, development, operation, use, creation or financing of infrastructure assets. “Infrastructure assets” are the physical structures and networks that provide necessary services for society, including, but not limited to, transportation assets (e.g., railroads, toll roads, bridges, tunnels, airports, parking facilities and seaports); utility assets (e.g., electric transmission and distribution lines, power generation facilities, oil, gas and water distribution facilities and related midstream assets, communications networks and satellites, sewage treatment plants and critical internet networks) and social assets (e.g., hospitals, courts, schools, correctional facilities and subsidized housing). The Fund’s 80% investment policy (the “80% Policy”) is a non-fundamental investment policy that may be changed by the Fund upon 60 days’ prior written notice to shareholders. The Fund must comply with the 80% Policy at the time the Fund invests its assets. Accordingly, when the Fund no longer meets the 80% requirement as a result of circumstances beyond its control, such as changes in the value of portfolio holdings, it would not have to sell its holdings, but any new investments it makes would need to be consistent with the 80% Policy.

 

The remaining 20% of the Fund’s net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, may include infrastructure-related debt securities of U.S. and non-U.S. issuers (including municipal, corporate debt obligations and asset-backed securities), energy-related infrastructure companies organized as master limited partnerships (“MLPs”), common stock and convertible securities. The Fund’s common stock investments may consist of exchange-listed equities from companies across various industries, sectors and market capitalizations. The Fund may invest in convertible securities when the attributes of a particular company’s convertible security is superior, in terms of total return (interest or dividends plus capital appreciation), to the common shares of the same company.

 

Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest at least 40% of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in securities of companies organized or located in at least three non-U.S. countries. Although the Fund may invest in emerging market securities without limit, under normal market conditions, the non-U.S. companies in which the Fund currently intends to invest will be organized or located primarily in developed market countries, such as Japan, Spain, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The Fund may also engage in transactions in foreign currencies. The Fund’s investments in securities of foreign issuers may include sponsored or unsponsored depositary receipts for such securities, such as American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) (which are typically issued by a U.S. financial institution (a depositary) and evidence ownership interests in a security or a pool of securities issued by a foreign company and deposited with the depositary) and Global Depositary Receipts (“GDRs”) (which are receipts issued outside the U.S., typically by non-U.S. banks and trust companies, and evidence ownership of either foreign or domestic securities).

 

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The Fund intends to generally maintain a fully-invested posture. As such, cash will typically be held to a minimum. However, significant client inflows may temporarily increase cash positions. The Fund may engage in frequent or active trading depending on market conditions, resulting in a high portfolio turnover rate.

 

In selecting investments for the Fund, the Adviser utilizes a “bottom-up” fundamental stock selection process that the Adviser believes yields a more accurate picture of a company’s intrinsic value. The Adviser analyzes a variety of factors when selecting investments for the Fund, such as a company’s operations, risk profile, growth expectations and valuation of its securities. The Adviser utilizes a disciplined, Economic Value Added1 framework to select investments. The framework focuses on the fundamentals of wealth creation and wealth destruction similar to the way a traditional, long-term focused corporate investor looking at all aspects of the business would assess a company’s value. In the shorter-term, markets often undervalue or overvalue a company’s ability to create or destroy wealth. The framework seeks to identify and exploit these investment opportunities. The approach is designed to capture excess returns when the market price of a stock converges toward the Adviser’s target price.

 

In determining whether a particular company or security may be a suitable investment for the Fund, the Adviser may focus on any number of different attributes that may include, without limitation: the company’s ability to generate favorable returns in light of current growth prospects, market position and expertise, brand value, pricing power, measures of financial strength (e.g., strong balance sheet), profit margin changes, return on capital improvement, sustainability of revenue growth, ability to generate cash flow, strong management, commitment to shareholders interests, dividends or current income, market share gains, innovation and reinvestment, corporate governance and other indications that a company or a security may be an attractive investment. Lastly, the Adviser integrates security selection with appropriate stock position sizing (determining the appropriate percentage of the Fund’s assets to commit to a particular investment) in order to maximize return relative to risk. The Adviser may sell or reduce the Fund’s position in a security when the facts or analysis surrounding the reason to originally invest in the security have changed, such as a change in general market conditions, or in response to redemptions of Fund shares.

 

1 Economic Value Added (EVA) is an estimate of a company’s economic profit. Economic profit, which refers to the profit earned by a company, minus the cost of financing the company’s capital, is an amount that may be considered in the assessment of a company’s overall value.

 

Principal Risks OF INVESTING IN THE FUND

 

The loss of your money is a principal risk of investing in the Fund. Investments in the Fund are subject to investment risks, including the possible loss of some or the entire principal amount invested. The Fund’s shares, like other mutual fund shares, are not deposits or obligations of, or guaranteed or endorsed by, any bank, and are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board, or any other agency of the U.S. Government. There can be no assurance that the Fund will be successful in meeting its investment objective. Generally, the Fund will be subject to the following principal risks:

 

Common Stock Risk. The value of common stocks held by the Fund might decrease in response to the activities of a single company or in response to general market or economic conditions. If this occurs, the value of the Fund may also decrease.

 

Market Risk. Market risk refers to the possibility that the value of securities held by the Fund may decline due to daily fluctuations in the securities markets. Asset prices change daily as a result of many factors, including developments affecting the condition of individual companies, the sector or industries in which they operate, and the market in general. The price of a security or other instrument may even be affected by factors unrelated to the value or condition of its issuer, such as changes in interest rates, national and international economic and/or political conditions and general market conditions. In a declining stock market, security prices for all companies (including those in the Fund’s portfolio) may decline regardless of any company’s long-term prospects. The Fund’s performance per share will change daily in response to such factors. Securities in the Fund’s portfolio may underperform due to inflation (or expectations for inflation), interest rates, global demand for particular products or resources, natural disasters, pandemics, epidemics, terrorism, regulatory events and governmental or quasi-governmental actions. The occurrence of global events similar to those in recent years, such as terrorist attacks around the world, natural disasters, social and political discord or debt crises and downgrades, among others, may result in market volatility and may have long term effects on both the U.S. and global financial markets. There is a risk that you may lose money by investing in the Fund.

 

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Infrastructure-Related Company Investment Risk. The Fund’s investments in infrastructure-related companies will expose the Fund, and make it more susceptible, to adverse economic or regulatory occurrences affecting those companies. Infrastructure-related companies may be subject to a variety of factors that, individually or collectively, may adversely affect their business or operations, including general or local economic conditions and political developments, changes in government spending on infrastructure projects, general changes in market sentiment towards infrastructure assets, high interest costs in connection with capital construction and improvement programs, high degrees of leverage, difficulty in raising capital, costs associated with compliance with changes in environmental and other regulations, the deregulation of a particular industry or sector, environmental problems, technological changes, surplus capacity, casualty losses, threat of terrorist attacks, increased competition from other providers of services, uncertainties concerning the availability of fuel at reasonable prices, and the effects of energy conservation policies. In addition, infrastructure-related companies may also be affected by governmental regulation of rates charged to customers, service interruption due to environmental, operational or other challenges and the imposition of special tariffs and changes in tax laws and accounting standards. A downturn in these companies would have a larger impact on the Fund than on a mutual fund that does not focus its investments in such companies.

 

Sector Risk. The Fund’s investments in securities issued by infrastructure-related companies may expose the Fund to the risks affecting a particular market sector, such as utilities, telecommunication services, energy or industrials. To the extent that the Fund’s investments are focused in such a sector, the Fund will be subject to the market or economic factors affecting such sector, including adverse economic, business, political, regulatory or environmental developments, to a greater extent than if the Fund’s investments were more diversified among various different sectors.

 

Fixed Income Securities Risk. Fixed income securities are obligations of the issuer of the securities to make payments of principal and/or interest on future dates. Fixed income securities include, but are not limited to, securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies or government-sponsored enterprises, corporate debt securities issued by U.S. and non-U.S. entities, mortgage-backed and other asset-backed securities, structured notes and inflation-indexed bonds issued both by governments and corporations. Fixed income securities are generally subject to the risk that the issuer will be unable to meet principal and interest payments, and the risk of price volatility due to a variety of factors, including interest rate sensitivity, market perception of the issuer’s creditworthiness and general market conditions. A period of economic conditions or monetary policy volatility leading to rising interest rates could adversely affect the market for these securities and reduce the Fund's ability to sell them. As interest rates rise, the value of fixed income securities typically declines.

 

Foreign and Emerging Market Securities Risk. The Fund will invest in foreign securities, which involve investment risks different from those associated with domestic securities. Foreign markets, particularly emerging markets, may be less liquid, more volatile, and subject to less government supervision than domestic markets. There may be difficulties enforcing contractual obligations, and it may take more time for trades to clear and settle. The value of the Fund’s investments may decline because of factors affecting a particular issuer, and/or factors affecting foreign markets and issuers generally, such as unfavorable or unsuccessful government actions, reduction of government or central bank support and political or financial instability. Lack of information may also affect the value of these securities. To the extent the Fund focuses its investments in a single country or only a few countries in a particular geographic region, economic, political, regulatory or other conditions affecting such country or region may have a greater impact on Fund performance relative to a more geographically diversified fund. The Fund’s investments in ADRs and GDRs entail similar investment risks to direct ownership of foreign securities traded outside the U.S.

 

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Currency Risk. Currency risk is the chance that changes in currency exchange rates will negatively affect securities denominated in, and/or companies receiving revenues in, foreign currencies. Adverse changes in currency exchange rates (relative to the U.S. dollar) may erode or reverse any potential gains from a portfolio’s investment in securities denominated in a foreign currency or may widen existing losses. Currency gains and losses could occur regardless of the performance of the underlying investment.

 

Credit Risk. Credit risk is the risk that the issuer of a debt security will fail to repay principal and interest on the security when due, and that there could be a decline or perception of a decline in the credit quality of a security. The degree of risk for a particular security may be reflected in its credit rating. There is the possibility that the credit rating of a fixed income security may be downgraded after purchase, which may adversely affect the value of the security. Investments in fixed income securities with lower ratings tend to have a higher probability that an issuer will default or fail to meet its payment obligations. The default of a single holding could have the potential to adversely affect the Fund's net asset value. It is possible that a security held by the Fund could have its credit rating downgraded or could default.

 

Interest Rate Risk. Changes in interest rates will affect the value of the Fund’s investments in fixed income securities. When interest rates rise, the value of investments in fixed income securities tends to fall, and this decrease in value may not be offset by higher income from new investments. Interest rate risk is generally greater for fixed income securities with longer maturities or durations.

 

Maturity Risk. Longer-term securities generally have greater price fluctuations and are more sensitive to interest rate changes than shorter-term securities. Therefore, the Fund may experience greater price fluctuations when it holds securities with longer maturities.

 

Income Risk. Income risk is the risk that the income received by the Fund may decrease as a result of falling interest rates or dividend yields.

 

Municipal Obligations. The Fund may invest in municipal obligations, including securities of states, territories and possessions, of the U.S. and the District of Columbia, and their political subdivisions, agencies and instrumentalities (collectively, “Municipal Obligations”), the interest on which is exempt from federal income tax. Municipal Obligations include general obligation bonds (which are secured by the issuer’s pledge of its faith, credit and taxing power for the payment of principal and interest), revenue bonds (which are payable from the revenues derived from a particular facility or class of facilities or, in some cases, from the proceeds of a special excise or other specific revenue source, but not from the general taxing power of the issuer) and notes (which are short-term instruments issued by municipalities or agencies and are sold in anticipation of a bond sale, collection of taxes or receipt of other revenues). To the extent that the Fund invests more of its assets in a particular issuer’s municipal securities, the Fund is vulnerable to events adversely affecting that issuer, including economic, political and regulatory occurrences, court decisions, terrorism and catastrophic natural disasters. The Fund's investments in certain municipal securities with principal and interest payments that are made from the revenues of a specific project or facility, and not general tax revenues, may have increased risks. For example, factors affecting the project or facility, such as local business or economic conditions, could have a significant effect on the project's ability to make payments of principal and interest on these securities. From time to time Congress has enacted legislation for the purpose of restricting or eliminating the federal income tax exemption for interest on Municipal Obligations.

 

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Liquidity Risk. Liquidity risk occurs when an investment becomes difficult to purchase or sell. Some assets held by the Fund may be impossible or difficult to sell, particularly during times of market turmoil. The Fund may also face liquidity risk as a result of, among other factors, low trading volumes, legal or contractual restrictions on resale, and substantial redemptions of the Fund’s shares.

 

Convertible Securities Risk. The market value of a convertible security performs like that of a regular debt security; that is, if market interest rates rise, the value of a convertible security usually falls. In addition, convertible securities are subject to the risk that the issuer will not be able to pay interest or dividends when due, and their market value may change based on changes in the issuer’s credit rating or the market’s perception of the issuer’s creditworthiness. Since it derives a portion of its value from the common stock into which it may be converted, a convertible security is also subject to the same types of market and issuer risks that apply to the underlying common stock.

 

MLP Investment Risk. An MLP that invests in a particular industry (e.g. oil, gas and consumable fuels) may be adversely affected by detrimental economic events within that industry. As a partnership, an MLP may be subject to less regulation (and less protection for investors) under state laws than corporations. In addition, MLPs may be subject to state taxation in certain jurisdictions, which may reduce the amount of income an MLP pays to its investors, such as the Fund.

 

Investment Adviser Risk. The Adviser’s implementation of the Fund’s strategy may fail to produce the intended results. The Adviser’s ability to choose suitable investments has a significant impact on the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment objectives.

 

Political/Economic Risk. Changes in economic and tax policies, interest rates, high inflation rates, government instability, war or other political or economic actions or factors may have an adverse effect on the Fund’s investments.

 

Regulatory Risk. Governmental and regulatory actions, including tax law changes, may have unexpected or adverse consequences on particular markets, strategies, or investments, including the liquidity of investments. These actions and other developments may impact the Fund’s ability to invest or remain invested in certain securities and other assets. Legislation or regulation may also change the way in which the Fund itself is regulated. The Adviser cannot predict the effects of any new governmental regulation that may be implemented on the ability of the Fund to invest in certain assets, and there can be no assurance that any new governmental regulation will not adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

 

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION 

 

The performance information below provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing how the Fund’s performance has varied over time. The bar chart and performance table assume reinvestment of dividends and distributions. The Fund’s past performance (both before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indicator of how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.centrefunds.com or by calling 1-855-298-4236.

 

The following bar chart depicts the change in the Fund’s performance for the period indicated for Investor Class shares.

 

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Annual Total Returns – Investor Class Shares

 

 

 

Annual Total Returns (Years Ended December 31) – Investor Class Shares

 

Best Quarter: 1st Quarter, 2019 +12.82%
Worst Quarter: 1st Quarter, 2020 -24.34%

 

The following performance table compares the Fund’s average annual total returns for the period indicated to those of a broad-based securities market index and a supplemental index. These indices are not actively managed and not available for direct investment.

 

Average Annual Total Returns (for the period ended December 31, 2022)

 

  1 Year Since Inception*
Investor Class Shares**    
Return Before Taxes -3.24% 1.90%
Return After Taxes on Distributions -3.66% 1.29%
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares -1.31% 1.69%
Institutional Class Shares    
Return Before Taxes -2.86% 2.23%
Return After Taxes on Distributions -3.36% 1.55%
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares -1.31% 1.69%
S&P Global Infrastructure Index*** -0.99% 2.84%

 

* The inception date of the Investor Class and Institutional Class shares is January 29, 2018.
** After tax returns are shown for Investor Class shares only and will vary for Institutional Class shares, which have different expenses.
*** The S&P Global Infrastructure Net Total Return Index is designed to track performance of the stocks of large infrastructure companies in developed or emerging markets that must be domiciled in developed markets, or whose stocks are listed on developed market exchanges around the world. The Index includes companies involved in utilities, energy and transportation infrastructure, such as the management or ownership of oil and gas storage and transportation; airport services; highways and rail tracks; marine ports and services; and electric, gas and water utilities.

 

After tax returns are calculated using the historically highest individual U.S. federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown in the table above. After tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or an individual retirement account (“IRA”). If the Fund incurs a loss, which generates a tax benefit, the Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares may exceed the Fund’s other return figures.

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MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND’S PORTFOLIO

 

The Adviser, Centre Asset Management, LLC, serves as the Fund’s investment adviser.

 

James A. Abate, Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer of the Adviser, has served as the portfolio manager of the Fund since its inception in January 2018.

 

Purchase And Sale Of Fund Shares

 

Shareholders may purchase or redeem shares directly from the Fund on any business day by contacting the Fund by telephone at 1-855-298-4236, online at www.centrefunds.com or in writing at:

 

 

Centre Funds 

Centre Global Infrastructure Fund
P.O. Box 295
Denver, CO 80201

 

The minimum initial investment is $5,000 for Investor Class shares and $250,000 for Institutional Class shares and the minimum subsequent investment is $1,000 for Investor Class shares and $10,000 for Institutional Class shares. Exceptions to these minimum amounts may apply for certain investors, and the minimum amounts may otherwise be waived or reduced by the Adviser.

 

The Fund has authorized certain broker-dealers and other financial intermediaries to accept purchase and redemption orders on the Fund’s behalf. Investors who wish to purchase or redeem Fund shares through a financial intermediary should contact the intermediary directly.

 

Tax Information

 

The Fund’s distributions will generally be taxed to you as ordinary income or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan, 403(b) plan or an IRA. Distributions on investments made through tax deferred vehicles, such as 401(k) plans, 403(b) plans or IRAs, may be taxed later upon withdrawal of assets from those accounts.

 

financial intermediarY COMPENSATION

 

If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and the Fund's distributor or the Adviser may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services, such as certain shareholder-related services and, if applicable, distribution-related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your individual financial advisor to recommend the Fund over another investment. You should ask your financial advisor for information about any payments it may receive in connection with the Fund, any services it provides to the Fund and any fees and/or commissions it charges. 

 

ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT POLICIES AND RISKS

 

An investment in the Centre American Select Equity Fund (the “American Equity Fund”) and the Centre Global Infrastructure Fund (the “Infrastructure Fund”) (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”) should not be considered a complete investment program. Whether a Fund is an appropriate investment for an investor will depend largely on his or her financial resources and individual investment goals and objectives. Investors who engage in short-term trading or other speculative strategies and styles will not find the Funds to be appropriate investment vehicles if they want to invest in the Funds for a short period of time.

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General. A Fund’s portfolio may be exposed to a variety of securities, including, as applicable, common stocks, preferred stocks, fixed income securities, securities in other investment companies and/or cash. To the extent that a Fund invests in common stock, such investments may include investments in exchange-listed equities issued by companies across various industries, sectors and market capitalizations. To the extent that a Fund is exposed to preferred stock, such investments may be represented by investments made when the attributes of a particular company’s preferred stock is superior, in terms of total return (dividends plus capital appreciation), to the common shares of the same company.

 

A Fund may also invest in derivatives, cash management instruments and other instruments to help manage interest rate exposure or sensitivity compared to the stock market, hedge or protect a Fund’s underlying assets, or enhance returns. A Fund may be exposed to exchange-traded derivative products, such as exchange-traded futures and options that are fully collateralized by cash or securities, for temporary cash management or investment transition purposes, or to hedge the risks of existing positions or overall capital protection.

 

Management. Each Fund is actively managed and could experience losses if the judgment of the Adviser about markets, interest rates or particular investments proves to be incorrect. There can be no guarantee that the investment decisions of the Adviser will produce the desired results. Additionally, the Adviser may be limited by legislative, regulatory, or tax developments in connection with its management of a Fund.

 

Temporary Defensive Positions and Cash Management. A Fund may, under unusual circumstances, deviate from its investment objective and principal investment strategies and take temporary defensive positions in an attempt to respond to adverse market, economic, political, or other conditions. During such circumstances, a Fund may hold up to 100% of its portfolio in cash or cash equivalent positions. In the event that a Fund, or any investment company in which a Fund invests, takes a temporary defensive position, the Fund may not be able to achieve its investment objective. A Fund may also use cash management instruments and other instruments to help manage interest rate duration or to protect the Fund’s assets or enhance returns.

 

Derivative Risk. A Fund may use derivatives, such as exchange-traded options and futures, that are related to stock market or bond indexes, foreign exchange, fixed income or other securities or be exposed to exchange-traded derivative products. Loss may result from a Fund’s investments in exchange-traded futures and options. The value of derivatives in which a Fund may invest may rise or fall more rapidly than other investments.

 

The use of derivatives, such as futures and options, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Correlation risk is the risk that changes in the value of the derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying asset, rate or index. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the Adviser believes it would be appropriate to do so.

 

Losses in a Fund’s derivative investments could result in a Fund being called upon to meet obligations in an amount more than the principal amount invested in a derivative instrument or in excess to that Fund’s net asset value, which could leave the Fund with no assets or insufficient assets to carry on operations, and could, as a result, cause the Fund to wind down its operations. A Fund’s use of derivatives may also increase the amount of taxes payable by shareholders.

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Risks Related to Investing in Other Investment Companies

 

A Fund may invest in other investment companies, as permitted by the 1940 Act or the rules and regulations or exemptive orders thereunder. Each Fund may also invest up to 10% of the Fund’s net assets in other investment companies, such as ETFs and closed-end funds. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Funds may invest their cash holdings in affiliated or non-affiliated money market funds as part of a cash sweep program, and may purchase unlimited shares of affiliated or non-affiliated money market funds and of other funds managed by the Adviser, whether registered or unregistered entities, as permitted by the 1940 Act and rules promulgated thereunder and/or an SEC exemptive order.

 

To the extent that a Fund invests in other investment companies, your cost of investing in that Fund will generally be higher than the cost of investing directly in such other investment company shares. You may indirectly bear fees and expenses charged by the underlying investment companies in which the Fund invests in addition to the Fund’s direct fees and expenses. Furthermore, these types of investments by a Fund could affect the timing, amount and character of distributions to you and therefore may increase the amount of taxes payable by you.

 

Growth Style. A Fund may seek to invest in companies that, in the view of the Adviser, have potential for growth. Securities of companies perceived to be “growth” companies may be more volatile than other stocks and may involve special risks. If the perceived growth potential of a company is not realized, then the securities purchased by a Fund may not perform as expected and that Fund’s return will be reduced. A Fund’s performance may be adversely affected by its investment in growth stocks.

 

Value Style. A Fund may, at times, have an investment style that emphasizes “value stocks,” which means that the stocks trade at less than the prices at which the Adviser believes they would trade if the market reflected all factors relating to the issuers’ worth. A value investment style involves the risk that a stock’s price may not increase as expected, and may even decline in value. Undervalued securities are, by definition, out of favor with investors, and there is no way to predict when, if ever, the securities may return to favor or achieve the Adviser’s expectations with respect to the price of the security. To the extent that the performance of a Fund is adversely affected by its investment in value stocks, Fund performance may be negatively affected as a result.

 

Risks of Investing in Real Estate Investment Trusts. A Fund may, at times, invest in real estate investment trust (“REIT”) securities of a diversified nature (both commercial and residential) if the issuers are members of the S&P 500 Index or MSCI World Index or possess similar market capitalization characteristics and trading volume attributes. REITs are collective investment vehicles which are designed to invest in real estate. A Fund may also invest in exchange-traded notes (“ETNs”) and ETFs that have returns linked to REIT indices. An investment in REITs is subject to the risks associated with owning real estate and with the real estate industry generally, including difficulties in valuing and disposing of real estate; the risk of declines in real estate values and economic conditions; possible adverse changes in the climate for real estate; environmental liability risks; the risk that property taxes and operating expenses will increase; possible adverse changes in zoning laws; the risks of casualty or condemnation losses, rent limitations and adverse changes in interest rates and the credit markets; and the risk of pre-payment by borrowers. In addition, a REIT may default on its obligations or go bankrupt. To the extent that the Fund invests in REITs, the Fund will indirectly bear its proportionate share of expenses, including management fees, paid by each REIT in which it invests, in addition to the expenses of the Fund.

 

Natural Resources Investment Risk. A Fund may, at times, invest in securities of companies in natural resources industries that can be significantly affected by changes in supply of, or demand for, various natural resources. They may also be affected by changes in commodity prices, international political and economic developments, environmental incidents, resources conservation, the success of exploration projects, and tax and other government regulations.

 

Small-Cap and Mid-Cap Securities Risk. A Fund may, at times, invest in securities of small-capitalization (“small-cap”) and mid-capitalization (“mid-cap”) companies. Investing in such companies involves greater volatility than investing in larger and more established companies. Small-cap and mid-cap companies can be subject to more abrupt or erratic share price changes than larger, more established companies. Securities of small-cap and mid-cap companies have limited market liquidity, and their prices may be more volatile.

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Preferred Stock. A Fund may, at times, invest in preferred stocks when the attributes of a particular company’s preferred stock is superior, in terms of total return (dividends plus capital appreciation), to the common shares of the same company. Preferred stock is subject to many of the risks associated with debt securities, including interest rate risk. In addition, preferred stock may not pay a dividend, an issuer may suspend payment of dividends on preferred stock at any time, and in certain situations an issuer may call or redeem its preferred stock or convert it to common stock. To the extent a Fund invests a substantial portion of its assets in convertible preferred stocks, declining common stock values may also cause the value of the Fund’s investments to decline.

 

Liquidity Risk. Liquidity risk occurs when an investment becomes difficult to purchase or sell. A Fund may face liquidity risk as a result of, among other factors, low trading volumes, legal or contractual restrictions on resale, substantial redemptions of the Fund’s shares and, with respect to fixed income securities, rising interest rates and lower a decreasing capacity of dealers in the secondary market to make markets in such securities. Liquidity risk generally increases (meaning that securities become more illiquid) as the number, or relative need, of investors seeking to liquidate in a given market increases.

 

Political/Economic Risk. Changes in economic and tax policies, high inflation rates, government instability, war or other political or economic actions or factors may have an adverse effect on the investments of the Funds.

 

Change of Investment Strategy. Each Fund has a policy to invest, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the value of its “assets” in certain types of investments suggested by its name (the “80% Policy”). The 80% Policy is a non-fundamental investment policy that can be changed by a Fund upon 60 days’ prior written notice to shareholders. Each Fund must comply with its 80% Policy at the time the Fund invests its assets. Accordingly, when the Fund no longer meets the 80% requirement as a result of circumstances beyond its control, such as changes in the value of portfolio holdings, it would not have to sell its holdings, but any new investments it makes would need to be consistent with its 80% Policy.

 

Tax Treatment. For an investment in a Fund to qualify for favorable tax treatment as a regulated investment company, certain requirements under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”), including asset diversification and income requirements, must be met. If a Fund were to fail to qualify as a regulated investment company under the Code, the Fund would be liable for federal, and possibly state, corporate taxes on its taxable income and gains.

 

MANAGEMENT OF THE FUNDS

 

THE INVESTMENT ADVISER 

 

Adviser. Centre Asset Management, LLC (“Centre”, or the “Adviser”) is a New York limited liability company, with principal offices at 48 Wall Street, Suite 1100, New York, New York 10005. Centre is an investment adviser registered with the SEC under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. Centre is a fundamentally-driven specialist active asset manager and offers investment advisory services to U.S. and foreign investment companies and manages differentiated products in fund advisory and sub-advisory mandates in institutional and investor share classes accessible in multiple jurisdictions and currencies. James A. Abate serves as the Managing Director of the Adviser and is primarily responsible for its day-to-day management. As of December 31, 2022, Centre had approximately $482 million in assets under management.

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The Adviser serves as the investment adviser to each Fund pursuant to an investment advisory agreement with the Trust. Subject to the general oversight of the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board” or the “Trustees”), the Adviser is responsible for, among other things, developing a continuing investment program for the Funds in accordance with their respective investment objectives and reviewing the investment strategies and policies of each Fund.

 

Portfolio Management

 

James A. Abate, MBA, CPA, CFA, is the Chief Investment Officer of Centre Asset Management, LLC, and the portfolio manager of the firm’s American Select Equity and Global Listed Infrastructure Strategies. He also serves as the firm’s Managing Director and as the President and Trustee of the Centre Funds. Prior to founding Centre Asset Management, LLC, Mr. Abate was U.S. Investment Director, North America, for GAM Investments. Prior to GAM, Mr. Abate served as Managing Director & Fund Manager/Head of U.S. Active Equity at Credit Suisse Asset Management responsible for its U.S. Select Equity Strategy and stable of Global Sector Funds. While at GAM and Credit Suisse, Mr. Abate achieved Standard & Poor’s Funds Research AAA rating, and has received numerous “Category King” mentions in The Wall Street Journal, as well as multiyear Investment Week award nominations. Prior to transitioning to asset management, he was a Manager in Price Waterhouse’s Valuation/Corporate Finance Group and served as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army and Reserves, achieving the rank of Captain. Mr. Abate holds a B.S. in accounting from Fairleigh Dickinson University and an MBA in finance from St. John’s University, and is a visiting Adjunct Professor in the graduate and honors academic programs at the Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College. Mr. Abate is a contributing author to several John Wiley published books: Applied Equity Valuation, Focus on Value, Short Selling and The Theory and Practice of Investment Management; his article writings have appeared in The Journal of Portfolio Management, Investment Week, FT Investment Adviser, The Wall Street Journal, Mergers & Acquisitions and other various publications; and other writings — with Professor J. Grant, Ph.D. — on EVA, or economic value added approach to security analysis have been adopted by the CFA Institute candidate study programs. Mr. Abate is a former member of the editorial advisory board of The Journal of Portfolio Management.

 

The Funds’ Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”) provides information about the portfolio manager’s compensation, other accounts managed by the portfolio manager, and the portfolio manager’s ownership of Fund shares.

 

Adviser Compensation

 

As compensation for the investment advisory services provided to the Funds, the Adviser is entitled to receive compensation. For the most recent fiscal year, advisory compensation as a percentage of daily net assets was as follows:

 

Fund Management Fee Rate  Aggregate Annual Advisory Fee Paid
American Equity Fund 0.75%* 0.73%
Infrastructure Fund 0.85% 0.65%

 

* Under the investment advisory agreement, the Fund pays to the Adviser an investment advisory fee (accrued daily and payable monthly) at an annual rate of 0.75% of the Fund's average daily net assets for the first $1 billion and 0.70% of the Fund's average daily net assets thereafter.

 

Disclosure Regarding Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts

 

A discussion regarding the Trustees’ basis for approving the investment advisory agreement relating to each Fund may be found in the annual report to shareholders of the Fund for the period ended September 30, 2022. You may obtain a copy of the annual report, free of charge, by contacting the Funds by telephone at 1-855-298-4236 or in writing at: Centre Funds, P.O. Box 295, Denver, CO 80201.

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

 

Each Fund is a series of the Trust, an open-end management investment company that was organized as a Delaware statutory trust on March 17, 2011. Each series of the Trust is authorized to offer multiple classes of shares. The Trustees oversee the operations of the Funds and are responsible for the overall management of the Funds’ business affairs.

 

THE DISTRIBUTOR

 

ALPS Distributors, Inc. (the “Distributor”) distributes the shares of each Fund pursuant to a Distribution Agreement with the Trust. The Distributor offers each Fund’s shares on a continuous, best-efforts basis.

 

INVESTING IN A FUND

 

Determining a Fund’s Net Asset Value

 

The price at which you purchase or redeem shares is based on the next calculation of net asset value (“NAV”) per share after an order is received, subject to the order being received by the Fund in Good Form (as defined below). A Fund’s NAV per share is calculated by dividing the value of the Fund’s total assets, less liabilities (including Fund expenses, which are accrued daily), by the total number of outstanding shares of the Fund. The NAV per share of a Fund is calculated at the close of regular trading on the NYSE (ordinarily, 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time), only on business days that the NYSE is open for business. The pricing and valuation of portfolio securities is determined in good faith in accordance with procedures established by, and under the direction of, the Trustees.

 

Securities held by the Funds are generally calculated at market value by quotations from the primary market in which they are traded. The Funds normally use third-party pricing services to obtain market quotations. Securities and assets for which representative market quotations are not readily available or which cannot be accurately valued using the Trust’s normal pricing procedures are valued at fair value as determined in good faith under policies approved by the Trustees. Fair value pricing may be used, for example, in situations where (i) an exchange-traded portfolio security is so thinly traded that there have been no transactions for that security over an extended period of time or the validity of a market quotation received is questionable; (ii) the exchange on which the portfolio security is principally traded closes early; or (iii) trading of the portfolio security is halted during the day and does not resume prior to the NAV calculation. To the extent that a Fund invests in registered open-end investment companies, the Fund’s NAV calculations with respect to such investments will be based upon the net asset values reported by such other investment companies, and the prospectuses for such investment companies explain the circumstances under which those companies will use fair value pricing and the effects of using fair value pricing. To the extent that a Fund holds securities traded in foreign markets that close prior to U.S. markets, significant events, including company-specific developments or broad market moves, may affect the value of foreign securities held by the Fund. Consequently, a Fund’s NAV may be affected during a period when shareholders are unable to purchase or redeem their shares in the Fund.

 

PURCHASING SHARES OF THE FUNDS 

 

Opening an Account

 

To purchase shares directly from a Fund, an application (“Account Application”) must be completed, signed and delivered to the Fund. If you have any questions about a Fund or need assistance with your Account Application, please call Shareholder Services at 1-855-298-4236. Certain types of investors, such as trusts, corporations, associations or partnerships, may be required to furnish additional documents when they open an account. These documents may include corporate resolutions, trusts and partnership documents, trading authorizations, powers of attorney, or other documents.

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Unless specified differently, accounts with two or more owners will be registered as joint tenants with rights of survivorship. To make any ownership change to a joint account, all owners must agree in writing, regardless of the law in your state.

 

You may purchase shares of the Funds by mailing a completed Account Application with a check payable to the applicable Fund’s transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”) at the following address:

 

Centre Funds 

P.O. Box 295 

Denver, CO 80201

 

To obtain an Account Application, you can call 1-855-298-4236 or download an Account Application at www.centrefunds.com. Please indicate the class of shares in which you want to invest.

 

To open an account and make an initial investment by wire, please first complete an Account Application. After the Fund has received your completed Account Application, you will receive an account number for all subsequent wire transfers. Please ensure that your bank receives this account number as part of your wiring instructions. For more details on wiring instructions, please visit www.centrefunds.com or call 1-855-298-4236.

 

Please note that most banks charge fees when sending wires.

 

Initial investment purchases to open an account or subsequent investment purchases adding to your account made by ACH transfer may only be made in amounts up to $25,000. Purchases in amounts greater than $25,000 must be made by wire or check.

 

Note: There are specific Account Applications required for new IRA accounts, Roth IRA accounts, and transfers of IRA accounts from other custodians. Please call Shareholder Services at 1-855-298-4236 to obtain the correct Account Application. There is an annual IRA account maintenance fee of $10.00 that is charged by the IRA custodian on a per-account basis.

 

Important Information About Procedures For Opening A New Account 

 

The Trust has established an Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Program (“AML Program”) as required by the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act ("USA PATRIOT Act"). To ensure compliance with this law, the AML Program provides for, among other things, the development of internal practices, procedures and controls and designation of an anti-money laundering compliance officer. The Trust's chief compliance officer serves as its Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer. In compliance with the USA PATRIOT Act, please note that the Transfer Agent will verify certain information on your Account Application as part of the AML Program. As requested on the Account Application, you must supply your full name, date of birth, social security number and permanent street address. Mailing addresses containing only a P.O. Box will not be accepted. Please contact Shareholder Services at 1-855-298-4236 if you need additional assistance when completing your Account Application. 

 

To open an account, the Fund or your financial intermediary is required to obtain certain information from you for identification purposes. Ownership/control information for a legal entity may include the name, date of birth, physical address, and identification number (generally a social security or taxpayer identification number) of the entity’s owners/controlling persons. If a Fund or any of its agents does not have a reasonable belief of the identity of an investor, the account will be rejected or the investor will not be allowed to perform a transaction on the account until such information is received. Each Fund reserves the right to reject any Account Application for any reason and to close an account within five (5) business days of a request for more information about an investor if clarifying information/documentation is not received.

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Purchase Procedures

 

Share Class Minimum Initial Investment
Amount
Minimum Subsequent
Investment Amount
Investor Class Shares $5,000 $1,000
Institutional Class Shares $250,000 $10,000

 

Exceptions to these minimum amounts may apply for certain investors, and the minimum amounts may otherwise be waived or reduced by the Adviser. The Funds will accept purchases only in U.S. dollars drawn from U.S. financial institutions. Cashier’s checks, third party checks, money orders, credit card convenience checks, cash or equivalents or payments in foreign currencies are not acceptable forms of payment.

 

Your purchase order will be effected at the NAV per share of the Fund next determined after receipt of your purchase request in Good Form. Purchase requests received by the Transfer Agent or an authorized financial intermediary (i) before the close of the NYSE on any business day will be effected at the NAV per share of the Fund determined on that day or (ii) after the close of the NYSE on any business day, will be effected at the NAV per share of the Fund determined on the next business day. Purchase requests must be received in Good Form by the Transfer Agent or an authorized financial intermediary.

 

A purchase order is considered to be in “Good Form” if the request includes: (i) the name and class of the fund in which an investor wishes to invest; (ii) the amount the investor wishes to invest; (iii) the name in which the investor’s account is to be registered (or, in the case of subsequent investments, the investor’s account number); (iv) the signature of each person in whose name such account is (or is to be) registered; and (v) payment in full of the purchase amount.

 

Each Fund reserves the right to reject, in its sole discretion, any purchase order for any reason. In addition, each Fund reserves the right to cease offering its shares or a class thereof at any time and for any reason.

 

Purchases of Fund shares may be made through certain financial intermediaries authorized to receive your purchase request in accordance with the standards described above. If you purchase shares through a financial intermediary, you may be charged a fee by the financial intermediary and you may be subject to higher investment minimums.

 

Institutional Class shares may also be available on certain brokerage platforms. An investor transacting in Institutional Class shares through a broker acting as an agent for the investor may be required to pay a commission and/or other forms of compensation to the broker.

 

Adding to Your Account: You may add to your account with a Fund by sending a check for your additional investment payable to the Fund to the Transfer Agent at:

 

Centre Funds 

P.O. Box 295 

Denver, CO 80201

 

Please include a brief letter with your check that gives the name on your account and your account number. Please write your account number on your check.

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To make an initial investment by wire, please call 1-855-298-4236 to inform us you will be wiring funds. Please ensure that your bank receives your Fund account number as part of your wiring instructions. For more details on wiring instructions, please visit www.centrefunds.com or call 1-855-298-4236.

 

Please note that most banks charge fees when sending wires.

 

Subsequent purchases may be made online. Before you can make a subsequent investment online, you must first establish online account access. In order to establish access, you will need to obtain your Fund account number and your Social Security Number, and then visit www.centrefunds.com. After selecting “Account Login,” you will be able to create a new login ID and password.

 

You may establish an automatic investment plan when you open your account. To do so, please complete the automatic investment plan section of the Account Application. You may also establish an automatic investment plan by completing an Account Options Form or by visiting www.centrefunds.com

 

Additional Purchase Information for Investing in a Fund

 

Choosing a Share Class

 

Each Fund offers two classes of shares: Investor Class shares and Institutional Class shares. Each share class represents an ownership interest in the same investment portfolio as the other class of shares of the Fund. Each class has its own expense structure.

 

Investor Class shares are subject to a distribution plan (the “12b-1 Plan”) that, pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, permits each Fund to pay distribution and/or shareholder servicing fees of up to 0.25% per year to those intermediaries offering Investor Class shares and providing other services to Investor Class shareholders. Institutional Class shares are available without a Rule 12b-1 fee to those investors eligible to purchase such shares.

 

The Trust has also adopted a shareholder services plan for certain non-distribution shareholder services provided by financial intermediaries. With respect to each Fund, the shareholder services plan authorizes annual payment of up to 0.15% of the average daily net assets attributable to Investor Class shares of the Fund, and up to 0.10% of the average daily net assets attributable to Institutional Class shares of the Fund.

 

Neither class of shares is subject to a sales charge.

 

When you choose your class of shares of a Fund, you should consider the size of your investment and how long you plan to hold your shares. Your financial consultant or other financial intermediary can help you determine which share class is best suited to your personal financial goals. If you qualify to purchase Institutional Class shares, you should purchase them rather than the Investor Class shares because the Investor Class shares have higher expenses than the Institutional Class shares. Although each class invests in the same portfolio of securities, the returns for each class will differ because each class is subject to different expenses.

 

Conversion Features

 

If the current market value of a shareholder’s Investor Class shares is at least $250,000, the shareholder may elect to convert such Investor Class shares to Institutional Class shares on the basis of relative NAVs. Upon such a conversion, the shareholder will be subject to the policies and procedures for Institutional Class shares. Converting from Investor Class shares to Institutional Class shares may not be available at certain financial intermediaries, or your financial intermediary may charge additional fees for this conversion. Because the NAV of the Institutional Class shares may be higher or lower than that of the Investor Class shares at the time of conversion, a shareholder may receive more or fewer Institutional Class shares than the number of Investor Class shares converted, even though the total dollar value will be the same.

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Holders of Investor Class shares may convert their Investor Class shares to Institutional Class shares of the Fund provided that they: (i) hold their shares through an institution that has a valid Institutional Class sales agreement with the Trust or the Distributor or any of their respective affiliates authorizing such a conversion; and (ii) are eligible to invest in Institutional Class shares in accordance with the criteria set forth in this prospectus. A Fund may accept or reject any conversion in its discretion. For federal income tax purposes, a same-fund conversion generally will not result in the recognition by the investor of a capital gain or loss. However, investors should consult their own tax or legal advisor to discuss their particular circumstances. Investor Class shareholders should contact their financial institution for information on the availability of Institutional Class shares, and should read and consider the Institutional Class shares information in the prospectus before requesting any such conversion.

 

If an Institutional Class share account falls below the stated investment minimum of $250,000 as a result of selling shares, each Fund reserves the right to give the shareholder 30 days’ written notice to make additional investments so that the account balance is at least $250,000. If additional investments are not made, then the Fund may convert the shareholder’s Institutional Class shares to Investor Class shares, at which time the account will be subject to the expenses, policies and procedures of Investor Class shares. Any such conversion will occur at the relative NAVs of the two share classes. Because the NAV of the Institutional Class shares may be higher or lower than that of the Investor Class shares at the time of conversion, the shareholder may receive more or fewer Investor Class shares than the number of Institutional Class shares that were converted, even though the total dollar value will be the same.

 

REDEEMING SHARES OF THE FUNDS

 

You may redeem full and fractional shares of each Fund for cash at the next determined NAV after receipt of a completed redemption request in Good Form. A redemption order is considered to be in “Good Form” if the request includes: (i) the name and class of the fund from which an investor wishes to redeem; (ii) the dollar amount or number of shares the investor wishes to redeem; (iii) the investor’s account number; (iv) the investor’s address; and (v) the signature of an authorized signer (and signature guarantee if applicable). The Transfer Agent may require that you provide additional documentation or information. If you are redeeming from a retirement account, you must complete the appropriate distribution form and may be required to provide employer authorization. Redemption requests received by the Transfer Agent or appropriate financial intermediary of the Fund (i) before the close of the NYSE on any business day will be effected at the NAV per share of the Fund determined on that day or (ii) after the close of the NYSE on any business day will be effected at the NAV per share of the Fund determined on the next business day.

 

By Mail. To redeem shares, you should give instructions that specify the name of the Fund and number of shares or the dollar amount to be redeemed to:

 

Centre Funds

P.O. Box 295 

Denver, CO 80201

 

Your instructions must be signed by all registered owners exactly as the account is registered.

 

By Telephone. If the value of the shares for which you submit a redemption request is under $50,000, you may call the Transfer Agent to redeem your shares over the telephone or to acquire instructions on how to redeem your shares via facsimile. No Fund will be liable for following telephone instructions reasonably believed to be genuine. (Note that during drastic economic and market changes, telephone redemption privileges may be difficult to implement.)

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Online. Before you can sell shares or redeem your investment online, you must first establish online account access. In order to establish access, you will need to obtain your Fund account number and your Social Security Number, and then visit www.centrefunds.com. Select “Account Login,” and there you will be able to create a new login ID and password. Other restrictions may apply as described below under “Additional Information”.

 

Through Financial Intermediaries. Redemptions may also be made through certain financial intermediaries that are authorized by the Funds to receive redemption requests in accordance with the standards described above.

 

Signature Guarantee. Signature guarantees may be required to help protect against fraud for certain types of transfer requests or account registration changes. In addition, signature guarantees are required for redemptions of shares valued, in the aggregate, at $25,000 or more and for any redemption request in which redemption proceeds are to be mailed to a new address updated within the prior thirty days, an address other than the address of record or a redemption check is made payable to anyone other than the shareholder of record. The Funds reserve the right to require a signature guarantee under other circumstances or to reject or delay a redemption as permitted by applicable law.

 

Acceptable signature guarantors include banks, broker-dealers, credit unions, national securities exchanges, savings associations and any other organization or institution that qualifies as an “eligible guarantor institution” (as defined by the SEC). Notary public signatures are not an acceptable replacement for a signature guarantee. In addition, signatures may be guaranteed by a medallion stamp of the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program (STAMP), the Stock Exchanges Medallion Program (SEMP) or the NYSE Medallion Signature Program. Please contact Shareholder Services at 1-855-298-4236 with any questions about obtaining a signature guarantee.

 

Additional Information. In all cases, the redemption price is the NAV per share next determined after your request is received in Good Form less any applicable redemption fees. Redemption proceeds normally will be sent within seven (7) days. However, if you recently purchased your shares by check, your redemption proceeds will not be sent to you until your original check clears, which may take up to seven (7) days. Your redemption proceeds can be sent by check to your address of record or by wire transfer to a bank account designated on your Account Application. Your bank may charge you a fee for wire transfers. Any request that your redemption proceeds be sent to a destination other than your bank account or address of record must be in writing and must include a signature guarantee. However, within 90 days of an initial purchase of shares made via ACH, redemption proceeds will only be sent to the originating bank account. Each Fund reserves the right to satisfy any redemption request by making payment in securities held in the Fund’s portfolio. The Funds typically expect to use holdings of cash or cash equivalents, proceeds from the sale of Fund shares, any lines of credit, and then from the sale of portfolio securities to meet redemption requests. At times, such as in stressed market conditions, a Fund may meet redemption requests by selling portfolio assets.

 

The Fund is not responsible for losses or fees resulting from posting delays or non-receipt of redemption payments at your bank when shareholder payment instructions are followed.

 

Authorized financial intermediaries are responsible for the timely transmittal of redemption requests by their customers to the Transfer Agent. In order to facilitate the timely transmittal of redemption requests, these authorized financial intermediaries may set times by which they must receive redemption requests. These authorized financial intermediaries may also require additional documentation from you. If you redeem shares through a financial intermediary, you may be charged a fee by the financial intermediary.

 

Although redemption proceeds will normally be paid as described above, under unusual circumstances, redemption requests or payments may be postponed or suspended as permitted under Section 22(e) of the 1940 Act. Generally, under that section, redemption requests or payments may be postponed or suspended if (i) the NYSE is closed for trading or trading is restricted; (ii) an emergency exists which makes the disposal of securities owned by the Fund or the fair determination of the value of the Fund’s net assets not reasonably practicable; or (iii) the SEC, by order, permits the suspension of the right of redemption.

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BUYING OR SELLING SHARES THROUGH A FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARY

 

Shares of the Funds may be purchased through an authorized financial intermediary (such as a financial planner, adviser or a broker-dealer). To buy or sell shares at the NAV of any given day, the financial intermediary must receive the purchase or sell order before the close of trading on the NYSE that day. The Funds will be deemed to have received an order that is in Good Form when the order is received by an authorized financial intermediary on a business day, and the order will be priced at the Fund’s NAV per share next determined after such receipt.

 

The financial intermediary is responsible for transmitting all purchase and redemption requests, investment information, documentation, and money to the Fund on time. The financial intermediary may charge additional transaction fees for its services.

 

Certain financial intermediaries have agreements with the Funds that allow them to enter confirmed purchase or redemption orders on behalf of clients and customers. Under this arrangement, the financial intermediary must send your payment to the Fund by the time the Fund prices its shares on the following business day. The Funds are not responsible for ensuring that a financial intermediary carries out its obligations. You should look to the financial intermediary through whom you wish to invest for specific instructions on how to purchase or redeem shares of any of the Funds.

 

Customer Identification Program

 

To help the government fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering activities, federal law requires each Fund or its agents to obtain certain personal information from you (or persons acting on your behalf) in order to verify your (or such person’s) identity when you open an account, including name, address, date of birth and other information (which may include certain documents) that will allow the Transfer Agent to verify your identity.  If this information is not provided, the Transfer Agent may not be able to open your account.  If the Transfer Agent is unable to verify your identity (or that of another person authorized to act on your behalf) shortly after your account is opened, or believes it has identified potential criminal activity, the Funds, the Distributor and the Transfer Agent each reserve the right to reject further purchase orders from you or to take such other action as they deem reasonable or as required or permitted by law, including closing your account and redeeming your shares at the next determined net asset value.

 

If you are opening an account in the name of a legal entity (e.g., a partnership, business trust, limited liability company, corporation, etc.), you may be required to supply the identity of the beneficial owner or controlling person(s) of the legal entity prior to the opening of your account. The Funds may request additional information about you (which may include certain documents, such as articles of incorporation for companies) to help the Transfer Agent verify your identity.

 

ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT INFORMATION

 

Same Day Transactions

 

Purchases and redemptions of shares by the same shareholder on the same day will be netted for the Funds.

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Verification of Shareholder Transaction Statements

 

You must contact a Fund in writing regarding any errors or discrepancies within 60 days after the date of the statement confirming a transaction. The Fund may deny your ability to refute a transaction if it does not hear from you within 60 days after the confirmation statement date.

 

Non-receipt of Purchase Wire/Insufficient Funds Policy

 

Each Fund reserves the right to cancel a purchase request if payment of the check or electronic funds transfer does not clear your bank, or if a wire is not received by settlement date. A Fund may charge a fee for insufficient funds and you may be responsible for any fees imposed by your bank and any losses that the Fund may incur as a result of the canceled purchase.

 

Small Accounts

 

Each Fund reserves the right to redeem shares in any shareholder account with a fund share balance of less than $5,000 (due to redemptions, exchanges, or transfers, and not due to market action) upon 30 days' prior written notice. If the fund share balance is increased by the shareholder to at least $5,000 during the notice period, shares in the account will not be redeemed. Redemptions from retirement accounts may be subject to federal income tax. Shareholders may also be charged a fee by their broker or agent if shares are redeemed or transferred through their broker or agent.

 

Redemptions in Kind

 

Each Fund reserves the right to satisfy any redemption request by making payment in securities held in the Fund’s portfolio. Securities delivered in payment of redemptions would be valued at the same value assigned to them in computing the Fund’s NAV per share. Shareholders receiving portfolio securities may incur brokerage costs when the securities are sold and their value may have increased or decreased prior to completion of the transaction.

 

Subscriptions in Kind

 

Each Fund may, from time to time, accept subscriptions for shares against contribution in-kind of securities or other assets that are eligible to be held by the Fund pursuant to its investment policy and restrictions.

 

Anti-Money Laundering Program

 

As noted above, the Trust has adopted the AML Program which was designed to prevent the Funds from being used for money laundering or the financing of terrorist activities. The Trust’s Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer is responsible for implementing and monitoring the operations and internal controls of the AML Program. Compliance officers at certain Trust service providers are also responsible for monitoring the AML Program. The AML Program is subject to the continuing oversight of the Trustees.

 

FREQUENT PURCHASES AND REDEMPTIONS

 

Frequent purchases and redemptions (“Frequent Trading”) of a Fund’s shares may present a number of risks to other shareholders of that Fund. These risks may include, among other things, dilution in the value of shares of the Fund held by long-term shareholders, interference with the efficient management by the Adviser of a Fund’s portfolio holdings, and increased brokerage and administration costs. Due to the potential of a thin market for a Fund’s portfolio securities, as well as overall adverse market, economic, political, or other conditions that may affect the sale price of portfolio securities, a Fund could face losses as a result of having to sell portfolio securities prematurely to meet redemptions. Frequent Trading may also increase portfolio turnover which may result in increased capital gains taxes for shareholders of a Fund.

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The Trustees have adopted a policy with respect to Frequent Trading that is intended to discourage such activity by shareholders of the Funds. The Trust, through the Transfer Agent, monitors shareholder trading activity to help ensure compliance with the Trust’s policies. Each Fund reserves the right to refuse any purchase order, and/or restrict or terminate purchase privileges if the Fund determines that a shareholder has engaged in more than one round-trip transaction in any of the Funds within a 30-day rolling period.

 

The Adviser intends to apply this policy uniformly. However, a Fund may be unable to identify or determine that a specific purchase and/or redemption is part of a pattern of Frequent Trading, or that a specific investor is engaged in Frequent Trading, particularly with respect to transactions made through omnibus accounts or accounts opened through third-party financial intermediaries, such as broker-dealers and banks (“Intermediary Accounts”). Therefore, this policy is not applied to omnibus accounts or Intermediary Accounts. Omnibus account arrangements permit multiple investors to aggregate their respective share ownership positions and to purchase, redeem, and exchange Fund shares without the identity of the particular shareholders being known to the Trust. Like omnibus accounts, Intermediary Accounts normally permit investors to purchase, redeem, and exchange Fund shares without the identity of the underlying shareholder being known to the Trust. Accordingly, the ability of a Fund to monitor and detect Frequent Trading through omnibus accounts and Intermediary Accounts would be very limited, and there would be no guarantee that a Fund could identify shareholders who might be engaging in Frequent Trading through such accounts or curtail such trading. In addition, the policy will not apply if it is determined that a purchase and redemption pattern does not constitute Frequent Trading activity, such as inadvertent errors that result in frequent purchases and redemptions. Inadvertent errors shall include purchases and/or redemptions made unintentionally or by mistake (e.g., where an investor unintentionally or mistakenly invests in a Fund and redeems immediately after recognizing the error). The investor shall have the burden of proving to the sole satisfaction of the Trust that a frequent purchase and redemption pattern was a result of an inadvertent error. In such a case, the Trust may choose to accept further purchase and/or exchange orders from such investor account.

 

If you sell or exchange your shares of the American Equity Fund or Infrastructure Fund after holding such shares for 90 days or less, a redemption fee of 2.00% may be deducted from the redemption amount. For this purpose, shares held longest will be treated as being redeemed first and shares held shortest as being redeemed last. The fees are paid to the Fund and are designed to help offset the brokerage commissions, market impact and other costs associated with short-term shareholder trading.

 

EXCHANGING SHARES

 

If you have held all or part of your shares in a Fund for at least seven days, you may exchange those shares for shares of another Fund of the same class.

 

If you are an existing shareholder of a Fund, you may exchange into a new account copying your existing account registration and options. Exchanges between accounts will be accepted only if registrations are identical. Any new account established through an exchange will be subject to all minimum requirements applicable to the shares acquired described in “Investment Minimums” above.

 

You may only transfer between classes of Funds if you meet the minimum investment requirements for the class into which you would like to transfer.

 

Before effecting an exchange, you should read the prospectus for the Fund into which you are exchanging.

 

Any exchange of shares will be made on the basis of their respective NAVs at the time of the exchange. Before making any exchange, be sure to review this prospectus closely and consider the differences between the Funds. Please note that since an exchange is the redemption of shares from one Fund followed by the purchase of shares in another fund, any gain or loss realized on the exchange is recognizable for federal income tax purposes (unless your account is tax deferred).

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Your exchange will be effected at the NAV per share of the Fund and of the other Fund next determined after receipt of your request in Good Form. Exchange requests received by the Transfer Agent or appropriate financial intermediary (i) before the close of the NYSE on any business day will be effected at the NAV per share of the Fund and of the other Fund determined on that day or (ii) after the close of the NYSE on any business day will be effected at the NAV per share of the Fund and of the other Fund determined on the next business day.

 

The Trust reserves the right to reject any exchange request or to modify or terminate exchange privileges. Notice of all such modifications or termination will be given at least 60 days prior to the effective date of such change in the exchange privilege, except for unusual instances (such as when redemptions of the exchange are suspended under Section 22(e) of the 1940 Act, when sales are temporarily stopped, or in accordance with the Trust’s policy on excessive trading with respect to Fund shares). The exchange privilege may not be used for short-term or excessive trading or trading strategies harmful to the Funds. For more information about the Trust’s policy on excessive trading, see “Frequent Purchases and Redemptions.”

 

COMPENSATION FOR DISTRIBUTION AND SHAREHOLDER SERVICES

 

Pursuant to the 12b-1 Plan, Investor Class shares of each Fund may pay a fee to one or more persons or entities, including affiliates of the Fund, the Adviser and/or the Distributor, for rendering shareholder or distribution services, and for bearing any related expenses, with respect to those shares of the Fund. The aggregate fee amount will not exceed 0.25% of a Fund's average daily net assets attributable to its Investor Class shares. Because these fees are paid out of a Fund's assets on an on-going basis, over time these fees will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more than paying other types of sales charges.

 

The Trust has also adopted a shareholder services plan, pursuant to which each Fund is authorized to pay third party service providers for rendering non-distribution shareholder services. These payments may not exceed the annual rate of 0.15% with respect to Investor Class shares of a Fund, and 0.10% with respect to Institutional Class shares of a Fund.

 

Additional information about distribution and shareholder service payments is in the SAI.

 

You should ask your financial advisor, broker or intermediary for information about any payments it may receive in connection with shares of a Fund, any services it provides to the Funds and any fees and/or commissions it charges.

 

OTHER IMPORTANT INVESTMENT INFORMATION

 

DIVIDENDS, DISTRIBUTIONS, AND TAXES

 

The following information is meant as a general summary for U.S. taxpayers. Additional tax information appears in the SAI. Shareholders should rely on their own tax advisers for advice about the particular federal, state, and local tax consequences of investing in the Fund.

 

The American Equity Fund typically distributes its net income and capital gains one time during each calendar year, usually in December. The Infrastructure Fund generally expects to pay distributions from net income, if any, on a monthly basis, and distribute capital gains one time during each calendar year, usually in December. Certain of the Funds may have tax losses available for offsetting ordinary income and capital gains. These losses, based on existing tax law, may limit the ability of the Infrastructure Fund to make monthly distributions to shareholders out of current ordinary income.  

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For the convenience of investors, a Fund will reinvest all income and capital gains distributions in full and fractional shares of that Fund, unless the shareholder elected to receive the distribution payments in cash.

 

Although the Funds will not be taxed on amounts they distribute, shareholders will generally be taxed on distributions paid by these Funds, regardless of whether distributions are paid by the Funds in cash or are reinvested in additional Fund shares.

 

A Fund will distribute substantially all of its net investment income and net realized capital gains. Dividends and distributions may be subject to federal, state, local and foreign taxation, depending upon your tax situation, whether you receive them in cash, reinvest them in additional shares of the Fund, or invest them in shares of another Fund. Short-term capital gains distributions are generally taxed at ordinary income tax rates. Long-term capital gains distributions are generally taxed at the rates applicable to long-term capital gains regardless of how long you have owned your shares. Each sale, exchange or redemption of Fund shares is generally a taxable event. For tax purposes, an exchange of shares of a Fund for shares of a different Fund is generally a taxable event, but generally no gain or loss is recognized on an exchange of shares of one class of a Fund for shares of another class of a Fund.

 

In general, a shareholder who sells or redeems shares will realize a capital gain or loss, which will be long-term or short-term, depending upon the shareholder’s holding period for the Fund shares. An exchange of shares may be treated as a sale and any gain may be subject to tax.

 

As with all mutual funds, a Fund may be required to withhold U.S. federal income tax for all taxable distributions payable to shareholders who fail to provide the Fund with their correct taxpayer identification numbers or to make required certifications, or who have been notified by the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) that they are subject to backup withholding. Backup withholding, currently set at 24%, is not an additional tax; rather, it is a way in which the IRS ensures it will collect taxes otherwise due. Any amounts withheld may be credited against a shareholder’s U.S. federal income tax liability.

 

Shareholders should consult with their own tax advisers to ensure distributions and sale of Fund shares are treated appropriately on their income tax returns.

 

Federal law requires that mutual fund companies report their shareholders’ cost basis, gain/loss, and holding period to the IRS on the shareholders’ Consolidated Form 1099s when “covered” shares of the mutual funds are sold. Covered shares are any fund and/or dividend reinvestment plan shares acquired on or after January 1, 2012.

 

The Funds have chosen average cost basis as its standing (default) tax lot identification method for all shareholders, which means this is the method each Fund will use to determine which specific shares are deemed to be sold when there are multiple purchases on different dates at differing net asset values, and the entire position is not sold at one time. You may choose a method other than the Funds’ standing method at the time of your purchase or upon the sale of covered shares. The cost basis method a shareholder elects may not be changed with respect to a redemption of shares after the settlement date of the redemption. Fund shareholders should consult with their tax advisors to determine the best IRS-accepted cost basis method for their tax situation and to obtain more information about how the new cost basis reporting rules apply to them.

 

This summary is not intended to be and should not be construed to be legal or tax advice to any current holder of the shares of a Fund. Shareholders should consult their own tax advisors to determine the tax consequences of owning Fund shares.

 

Distribution checks will only be issued for payments greater than $25.00. Distributions will automatically be reinvested in shares of the fund(s) generating the distribution if under $25.00. Un-cashed distribution checks will be canceled and proceeds reinvested at the then current net asset value, for any shareholder who chooses to receive distributions in cash, if distribution checks: (1) are returned and marked as “undeliverable” or (2) remain un-cashed for six months after the date of issuance. If distribution checks are canceled and reinvested, your account election may also be changed so that all future distributions are reinvested rather than paid in cash. Interest will not accrue on uncashed distribution checks.

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ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF DOCUMENTS

 

Electronic copies of account statements and confirmations, prospectuses, privacy notices, and annual and semi-annual reports will be available through the Funds’ website at www.centrefunds.com. Shareholders can sign up for electronic delivery of such documents by enrolling in the Funds’ electronic delivery program. To enroll, please contact the Funds at 1-855-298-4236.

 

CODES OF ETHICS

 

The Board has approved the Codes of Ethics (each, a “Code” and together the “Codes”) of the Trust, the Adviser, and the Distributor concerning the trading activities of certain personnel. The Board is responsible for overseeing the implementation of the Trust’s Code. The Codes govern investment personnel who may have knowledge of the investment activities of the Funds. The Codes require these investment personnel to file regular reports concerning their personal securities transactions and prohibit certain activities that might result in harm to a Fund or the Trust.

 

IDENTITY THEFT PROCEDURES

 

The Board has approved procedures designed to prevent and detect identity theft. The day-to-day responsibility for monitoring and reporting any such activities has been delegated to the Transfer Agent, subject to the oversight and supervision of the Board.

 

PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

 

The Trust has adopted proxy voting policies and procedures under which the Trust votes proxies relating to securities held by each Fund (“Proxy Voting Policy”). The Proxy Voting Policy is included as an exhibit to the SAI, which is available upon request and without charge by calling 1-855-298-4236. Information regarding how proxies related to the Funds’ portfolio holdings were voted during the 12-month period ending June 30th will be available, without charge, upon request by calling 1-855-298-4236, and on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

 

DISCLOSURE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS

 

The Trust has established a policy with respect to the disclosure of each Fund’s portfolio holdings. A description of this policy is provided in the SAI.

 

ANNUAL STATEMENTS

 

The Trust will send an annual account statement to each shareholder or the shareholder’s appointed investment advisor or brokerage representative showing the distributions paid during the year and a summary of any other transactions.

 

The Trust will also provide year-end tax information mailed to the shareholder by the applicable IRS deadline, a copy of which will also be filed with the IRS.

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HOUSEHOLDING

 

To control costs associated with mailings on behalf of the Funds, the Funds may send only one copy of a prospectus, shareholder report or other shareholder communication to each household address that it has on record for shareholders living in the same home. This process, known as “householding,” does not apply to account statements, confirmations or personal tax information. If you do not wish to participate in householding, or wish to discontinue householding at any time, call 1-855-298-4236. The Funds will resume separate mailings to you within 30 days of your request.

 

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

 

CENTRE AMERICAN SELECT EQUITY FUND

 

The financial highlights are intended to help you understand the financial performance of the American Equity Fund for the period of the Fund’s operations. Certain information reflects financial results for a single Fund share. The total returns in the table represent the rate that an investor would have earned on an investment in the American Equity Fund (assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions). The report of the Fund’s independent registered public accounting firm, Cohen & Company, Ltd., for the Fund’s fiscal year ended September 30, 2022, along with the Fund’s financial statements, are included in the Fund’s annual report, which is available upon request and free of charge by calling the Fund at 1-855-298-4236 or available online at www.centrefunds.com.

 

INVESTOR CLASS For a share outstanding throughout the periods presented.

 

    For the
Year Ended
September 30, 2022
    For the
Year Ended
September 30, 2021
    For the
Year Ended
September 30, 2020
    For the
Year Ended
September 30, 2019
    For the
Year Ended
September 30, 2018
 
NET ASSET VALUE, BEGINNING OF PERIOD   $ 14.73     $ 11.88     $ 10.55     $ 13.63     $ 13.05  
INCOME/(LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:                                        
Net investment income/(loss)(a)     0.11       0.02       0.10       0.04       (0.01 )
Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss) on investments(f)     0.27       3.40       2.25       (0.96 )     2.20  
Total income/(loss) from investment operations     0.38       3.42       2.35       (0.92 )     2.19  
                                         
DISTRIBUTIONS:
Net investment income     (0.14 )     (0.11 )     (0.02 )     (0.03 )     (0.00 )(b)
Net realized gains on investments     (2.15 )     (0.46 )     (1.00 )     (2.13 )     (1.61 )
Total distributions     (2.29 )     (0.57 )     (1.02 )     (2.16 )     (1.61 )
REDEMPTION FEES ADDED TO PAID-IN CAPITAL (NOTE 4)     0.02       0.00 (c)     0.00 (c)     0.00 (c)     0.00 (c)
NET INCREASE/(DECREASE) IN NET ASSET VALUE     (1.89 )     2.85       1.33       (3.08 )     0.58  
NET ASSET VALUE, END OF PERIOD   $ 12.84     $ 14.73     $ 11.88     $ 10.55     $ 13.63  
                                         
Total Return(d)     1.23 %     29.60 %     23.82 %     (5.12 %)     18.10 %
                                         
SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:
Net assets, end of period (000)   $ 243,353     $ 138,985     $ 151,342     $ 104,838     $ 129,231  
                                         
RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:                                        
Net investment income/(loss) including reimbursement/waiver     0.78 %     0.17 %     0.93 %     0.32 %     (0.06 %)
Operating expenses excluding reimbursement/waiver     1.46 %     1.44 %     1.56 %     1.58 %     1.60 %
Operating expenses including reimbursement/waiver     1.46 %     1.46 %     1.47 %     1.45 %     1.32 %(e)
                                         
PORTFOLIO TURNOVER RATE     138 %     86 %     94 %     114 %     87 %

 

(a) Calculated using the average shares method.
(b) Less than $(0.005) per share.
(c) Less than $0.005 per share.
(d) Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been waived during the period.  Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.
(e) Effective January 29, 2018, the net expense limitation changed from 1.05% to 1.10%, excluding, among other fees and expenses, 12b-1 fees and shareholder service fees.
(f) Realized and unrealized gains and losses per share in this caption are balancing amounts necessary to reconcile the change in net asset value per share for the period, and may not reconcile with the aggregate gains and losses in the Statement of Operations due to share transactions for the period.

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INSTITUTIONAL CLASS For a share outstanding throughout the periods presented.

   

    For the
Year Ended
September 30, 2022
    For the
Year Ended
September 30, 2021
    For the
Year Ended
September 30, 2020
    For the
Year Ended
September 30, 2019
    For the
Year Ended
September 30, 2018
 
NET ASSET VALUE, BEGINNING OF PERIOD   $ 15.01     $ 12.06     $ 10.66     $ 13.68     $ 13.05  
INCOME/(LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:                                        
Net investment income(a)     0.18       0.09       0.20       0.09       0.04 (b)
Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss) on investments(f)     0.30       3.45       2.23       (0.95 )     2.21  
Total income/(loss) from investment operations     0.48       3.54       2.43       (0.86 )     2.25  
                                         
DISTRIBUTIONS:
Net investment income     (0.16 )     (0.13 )     (0.03 )     (0.03 )     (0.01 )
Net realized gains on investments     (2.15 )     (0.46 )     (1.00 )     (2.13 )     (1.61 )
Total distributions     (2.31 )     (0.59 )     (1.03 )     (2.16 )     (1.62 )
REDEMPTION FEES ADDED TO PAID-IN CAPITAL (NOTE 4)     0.00 (c)     0.00 (c)     0.00 (c)     0.00 (c)      
NET INCREASE/(DECREASE) IN NET ASSET VALUE     (1.83 )     2.95       1.40       (3.02 )     0.63  
NET ASSET VALUE, END OF PERIOD   $ 13.18     $ 15.01     $ 12.06     $ 10.66     $ 13.68  
                                         
Total Return(d)     1.78 %     30.18 %     24.42 %     (4.61 %)     18.55 %
                                         
SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:
Net assets, end of period (000)   $ 99,153     $ 15,861     $ 11,682     $ 2,932     $ 2,554  
                                         
RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:                                        
Net investment income including reimbursement/waiver     1.24 %     0.65 %     1.73 %     0.84 %     0.32 %
Operating expenses excluding reimbursement/waiver     1.05 %     1.16 %     1.26 %     1.29 %     1.27 %
Operating expenses including reimbursement/waiver     0.98 %     0.98 %     0.99 %     0.95 %     0.93 %(e)
                                         
PORTFOLIO TURNOVER RATE     138 %     86 %     94 %     114 %     87 %

 

(a) Calculated using the average shares method.
(b) The per share amount does not correspond to activity reflected in the Statement of Operations due to class specific expenses during the period.
(c) Less than $0.005 per share.
(d) Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been waived during the period.  Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.
(e) Effective January 29, 2018, the net expense limitation changed from 0.95% to 0.90%, excluding, among other fees and expenses, shareholder service fees.
(f) Realized and unrealized gains and losses per share in this caption are balancing amounts necessary to reconcile the change in net asset value per share for the period, and may not reconcile with the aggregate gains and losses in the Statement of Operations due to share transactions for the period.

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CENTRE GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUND

 

The financial highlights are intended to help you understand the financial performance of the Infrastructure Fund for the period of the Fund’s operations. Certain information reflects financial results for a single Fund share. The total returns in the table represent the rate that an investor would have earned on an investment in the Infrastructure Fund (assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions). The report of the Fund’s independent registered public accounting firm, Cohen & Company, Ltd., for the Fund’s fiscal year ended September 30, 2022, along with the Fund’s financial statements, are included in the Fund’s annual report, which is available upon request and free of charge by calling the Fund at 1-855-298-4236 or available online at www.centrefunds.com.

 

INVESTOR CLASS For a share outstanding throughout the period presented.

 

    For the
Year Ended
September 30, 2022
    For the
Year Ended
September 30, 2021
    For the
Year Ended
September 30, 2020
    For the
Year Ended
September 30, 2019
    For the Period
January 29, 2018
(Inception) to
September 30, 2018
 
NET ASSET VALUE, BEGINNING OF PERIOD   $ 10.14     $ 8.76     $ 10.18     $ 9.64     $ 10.00  
INCOME/(LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:                                        
Net investment income(a)     0.19       0.18       0.25       0.22       0.12  
Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss) on investments     (1.25 )     1.39       (1.41 )     0.57       (0.29 )
Total income/(loss) from investment operations     (1.06 )     1.57       (1.16 )     0.79       (0.17 )
                                         
DISTRIBUTIONS:
Net investment income     (0.24 )     (0.19 )     (0.26 )     (0.25 )     (0.15 )
Net realized gains on investments                             (0.10 )
Tax return of capital     (0.00 )(b)                        
Total distributions     (0.24 )     (0.19 )     (0.26 )     (0.25 )     (0.25 )
REDEMPTION FEES ADDED TO PAID-IN CAPITAL (NOTE 4)     0.00 (c)     0.00 (c)     0.00 (c)     0.00 (c)     0.06  
NET INCREASE/(DECREASE) IN NET ASSET VALUE     (1.30 )     1.38       (1.42 )     0.54       (0.36 )
NET ASSET VALUE, END OF PERIOD   $ 8.84     $ 10.14     $ 8.76     $ 10.18     $ 9.64  
                                         
Total Return(d)     (10.77 %)     18.00 %     (11.49 %)     8.41 %     (1.18 %)
                                         
SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:
Net assets, end of period (000)   $ 27,275     $ 34,594     $ 35,527     $ 28,879     $ 14,843  
                                         
RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:                                        
Net investment income including reimbursement/waiver     1.89 %     1.79 %     2.62 %     2.28 %     1.87 %(e)
Operating expenses excluding reimbursement/waiver     1.75 %     1.74 %     1.89 %     2.29 %     2.34 %(e)
Operating expenses including reimbursement/waiver     1.57 %     1.50 %(f)     1.28 %(g)     1.30 %(h)     1.33 %(e)
                                         
PORTFOLIO TURNOVER RATE     39 %     25 %     75 %     233 %     49 %(i)

 

(a) Calculated using the average shares method.
(b) Less than $(0.005) per share.
(c) Less than $0.005 per share.
(d) Total returns are for the period indicated and have not been annualized.  Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been waived during the period.  Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.
(e) Annualized.
(f) Effective January 28, 2021, the net expense limitation changed from 1.05% to 1.25%, excluding, among other fees and expenses, 12B-1 fees and shareholder service fees.
(g) Effective July 21, 2020, the net expense limitation changed from 1.25% to 1.05%, excluding, among other fees and expenses, 12b-1 fees and shareholder service fees.
(h) Effective July 22, 2019, the net expense limitation changed from 1.05% to 1.25%, including, among other fees and expenses, 12b-1 fees and shareholder service fees.
(i) Portfolio turnover rate for periods less than one full year have not been annualized.

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INSTITUTIONAL CLASS For a share outstanding throughout the period presented.

 

    For the
Year Ended
September 30, 2022
    For the
Year Ended
September 30, 2021
    For the
Year Ended
September 30, 2020
    For the
Year Ended
September 30, 2019
    For the Period
January 29, 2018
(Inception) to
September 30, 2018
 
NET ASSET VALUE, BEGINNING OF PERIOD   $ 10.15     $ 8.77     $ 10.20     $ 9.67     $ 10.00  
INCOME/(LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:                                        
Net investment income(a)     0.23       0.21       0.26       0.24       0.15  
Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss) on investments     (1.26 )     1.40       (1.40 )     0.57       (0.23 )
Total income/(loss) from investment operations     (1.03 )     1.61       (1.14 )     0.81       (0.08 )
                                         
DISTRIBUTIONS:
Net investment income     (0.28 )     (0.23 )     (0.29 )     (0.28 )     (0.15 )
Net realized gains on investments                             (0.10 )
Tax return of capital     (0.00 )(b)                        
Total distributions     (0.28 )     (0.23 )     (0.29 )     (0.28 )     (0.25 )
REDEMPTION FEES ADDED TO PAID-IN CAPITAL (NOTE 4)     0.00 (c)     0.00 (c)     0.00 (c)            
NET INCREASE/(DECREASE) IN NET ASSET VALUE     (1.31 )     1.38       (1.43 )     0.53       (0.33 )
NET ASSET VALUE, END OF PERIOD   $ 8.84     $ 10.15     $ 8.77     $ 10.20     $ 9.67  
                                         
Total Return(d)     (10.51 %)     18.35 %     (11.30 %)     8.59 %     (0.78 %)
                                         
SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:
Net assets, end of period (000)   $ 4,484     $ 5,932     $ 6,243     $ 23,663     $ 1,424  
                                         
RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:                                        
Net investment income including reimbursement/waiver     2.28 %     2.10 %     2.60 %     2.48 %     2.28 %(e)
Operating expenses excluding reimbursement/waiver     1.51 %     1.51 %     1.63 %     1.61 %     7.96 %(e)
Operating expenses including reimbursement/waiver     1.18 %     1.20 %     1.02 %(f)     1.01 %(g)     1.16 %(e)
                                         
PORTFOLIO TURNOVER RATE     39 %     25 %     75 %     233 %     49 %(h)

 

(a) Calculated using the average shares method.
(b) Less than $(0.005) per share.
(c) Less than $0.005 per share.
(d) Total returns are for the period indicated and have not been annualized.  Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been waived during the period.  Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.
 (e) Annualized.
(f) Effective July 21, 2020, the net expense limitation changed from 1.00% to 1.10%, excluding, among other fees and expenses, 12b-1 fees and shareholder service fees.
(g) Effective July 22, 2019, the net expense limitation changed from 1.10% to 1.00%, including, among other fees and expenses, 12b-1 fees and shareholder service fees.
(h) Portfolio turnover rate for periods less than one full year have not been annualized.

 

Additional information about each Fund, each a series of Centre Funds is available in the SAI, which is incorporated by reference into this Prospectus. Additional information about each Fund’s investments is in the Fund’s most recent annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders (if available). The annual reports (if available) include a discussion of market conditions and investment strategies that significantly affected the Fund’s performance during its last fiscal year.

 

The SAI and the annual and semi-annual reports are available, free of charge, on the website listed below and upon request by contacting the Trust (you may also request other information about a Fund or make shareholder inquiries) as follows:

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By telephone:

1-855-298-4236

 

By mail:

Centre Funds

P.O. Box 295

Denver, CO 80201

 

By e-mail:

[email protected]

 

On the Internet:

www.centrefunds.com

 

Reports and other information about Centre Funds are available on the EDGAR Database on the SEC’s website (http://www.sec.gov). Copies of this information may be obtained, after paying a duplicating fee, by electronic request ([email protected]).

 

Investment Company Act file number: 811-22545