LOGAN CAPITAL FUNDS


Logan Capital Broad Innovative Growth ETF
(LCLG)



Annual Report
April 30, 2023












Logan Capital Broad Innovative Growth ETF

Table of Contents

Letter to Shareholders
 
3
Investment Highlights
 
7
Sector Allocation of Portfolio Assets
 
8
Schedule of Investments
 
9
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
 
12
Statement of Operations
 
13
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
 
14
Financial Highlights
 
16
Notes to the Financial Statements
 
17
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
29
Expense Example
 
30
Notice to Shareholders
 
32
Information about Trustees and Officers
 
33
Approval of Investment Advisory Agreement
 
37
Privacy Notice
 
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Dear Shareholder,
We are pleased to provide the following comments about Fund performance, the economy and the market for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2023.
What a year!
The past year was, as we expected, a volatile one in which investors faced geopolitical uncertainties, a return to a more typical world as the response to COVID tapered off, and central banks and governments needed to transition away from stimulus mode. In the end, the consumer in the Western economies proved to be more resilient than many expected based on solid employment, strong balance sheets, and significant pent-up demand.
As investors, we continue to focus on companies with pricing power and the ability to adapt to a changing world. The global response to COVID accelerated changes in customer behavior as the adoption of technology occurred much faster. One only needs to reflect on the current state of the movement to return to a five-day in-office workweek in many cities to see how much the world has changed. It remains to be seen if the current conditions persist or if the business world will eventually return to more typical pre-COVID returns.
Regardless of the outcome, flexibility, the ability to innovate, and financial security have been the key characteristics of those companies which have performed well over the past year. Companies that chose to not adapt, or could not, saw their business erode and the business environment is changed as a result going forward, the U.S. economy is slowing as the pent-up demand from the lockdowns is exhausted. Consumers are once again spending on services, to the benefit of travel and other related industries.
The large technology stocks have had an impressive recovery, providing significant market leadership recently. Given that the global economy has been performing better than many expected, we think leadership will broaden over the coming months and that investors will reward those companies which have been able to adapt and gain market share despite the challenges in the economy. Our team remains constructive on the opportunities in the coming year and believes we are in a time, like other challenging markets, where new leadership emerges across the economy. Our methodology is designed to find new leaders.
For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2023, the Logan Capital Broad Innovative Growth ETF (the “Fund”) return was +4.78% compared to the benchmark, the Russell 1000 ® Growth Total Return Index, which returned +2.34%. The Russell 1000 ® Growth Total Return Index (the “Index”) measures the performance of the large-cap growth segment of the U.S. equity universe. The Index includes Russell 1000 companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values. It has been constructed to provide a comprehensive and unbiased barometer for the large-cap growth segment.
Contributing Sectors
Industrials (overweight and outperformed, +186 bps) – The portfolio holdings in the industrial sector benefited from a resumption in investment in manufacturing, infrastructure, and a general recovery in the economy as well as improvement in supply chain issues.

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Communication Services (overweight and outperformed, +170 bps) – On-Line advertising delivered better results than expected. The sector also benefited from investor interest in AI based opportunities.
Information Technology (underweight and underperformed, +143 bps) – Several of our holdings delivered better than expected earnings and sales results, notably Apple and Arista Networks. Our overall allocation to the sector did underperform as the mega cap companies in the sector benefitted from investor interest in AI. We like pricing power and believe in a more digital future. The portfolio’s performance during the year was driven by our exposure to non-commoditized chips and production, digital networking, and digital business transformation. Our team expected the current holdings to be able to maintain their lead and relative earnings growth regardless of the trajectory of the overall economy.
Consumer Discretionary (overweight and outperformed, +46 bps) – Our allocation to the Consumer Discretionary sector performed very well as our focus on owning those companies that have pricing power, know their customer, and are aggressive users of technology allowed them to benefit from a solid consumer that is benefiting from historically low unemployment and solid wage growth. Many of our branded companies did very well during the year. Our holdings in home related retailers and autos lagged as investors focused on the possible impact of higher interest rates. We remain more constructive on housing related stocks than some due to the favorable demographics in the U.S. and the fact that the U.S. housing market is significantly underbuilt.
Healthcare (underweight and underperformed, +25 bps) – Several of our health care names benefit from capital investment in the sector. Many health care companies are facing some spending challenges post-COVID and the expense of pent-up demand for health care services that were deferred during the response to COVID.
Financials (overweight and underperformed, +6 bps) – Our allocation to the sector outperformed due to not having exposure to the traditional banks during the year. Concerns about bank solvency dominated the sector's performance during the period.
Consumer Staples (underweight and underperformed, +5 bps) – Our largest holding in the sector, Estee Lauder, is seeing slower growth in China which is having a significant impact on earnings.
Detracting Sectors
Materials (overweight and underperformed, -26 bps) – We have one holding in the sector, Sherwin Williams, which has been a solid performer for the portfolio over time. Concerns over the housing market, higher interest rates, and a slowdown in the economy weighed on the stock during the year.
Best Performing Stocks
Netflix (NFLX, 73.3% return) – Netflix’s shares suffered earlier in the year as the company delivered its first loss in subscribers. Much of the loss in subscribers was attributable to the company’s decision to exit the Russian market but even after adjusting for the loss of Russian subscribers’ growth in new customers did slow more than expected. The company announced efforts to capture more revenue from customers who

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are sharing accounts and a new advertising funded model. Netflix remains a highly popular, and global, service and the performance reflects investors’ confidence that the company will be able to increase the income they bring in from their subscriber base.
Starbucks (SBUX, 56.7% return) – The consumer has proven to be more resilient than many expected they would be a year ago. Starbucks's investments in technology, product innovation and the ability to continue to expand despite a challenging several years of COVID related issues delivered better than expected results during the second half of the year.
Dick’s Sporting Goods (DKS, 53.6% return) – Dicks Sporting Goods delivered better than expected results during the year. Sporting good sales held up early in the year though current trends have been more muted. One of the reasons we hold the company’s shares is the management team has been able to expand and enhance market share in more challenging times. The company has curated its product mix to have less exposure to promotional activity and sporting goods tend to have stable demand, particularly with items related to team sports.
Worst Performing Stocks
Coinbase Global (COIN, -42.3% return) – Many of the crypto assets have had a challenging year. Coinbase is a leading provider of trading, custody, and reporting services to holders of digital assets. Our team believes that digital assets and clearing will have an expanding role in the years to come. We did take advantage of market weakness to add to positions in advance of the recent upgrades to the blockchain network which improved the efficiency of digital assets and the revenue opportunity COIN. The company continues to invest in gaining market share and announced several new partnerships during the year.
TTEC Holdings (TTEC, -39.4% return) – TTEC is a provider of outsourced customer support. After several years of significant growth, investors were concerned about declining investment going forward. Our expectation is that a fairly tight job market, a competitive business environment, and elevated customer expectations will provide opportunities for TTEC moving forward.
YETI Holdings (YETI, -38.7% return) – Yeti benefitted from many consumers investing in items related to outdoor activities over the past few years. To some extent, the response to COVID pulled some demand forward and we expect the quality of the company’s products, management’s proven ability to expand the company’s products line, and the brand loyalty of their customers, to support future growth. In a more inflationary environment, premium brands with loyal customers should have an easier time maintaining profit margins than those companies that compete on price.
Outlook
The leadership of growth names is consistent with history – defensive value names tend to outperform into the first Fed rate hike, and leadership then often switches to more growth-oriented holdings. In another year of unusual events, is it nice to see some familiar rhymes repeat. We remain prepared for a higher cost of doing business, heightened uncertainty, and a focus on profitability and the portfolio is invested in those companies that can do well in the current challenging environment.

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Disclosures
Must be preceded or accompanied by a prospectus.
Performance data quoted represents past performance; past performance does not guarantee future results.
Fund holdings and sector allocations are subject to change at any time and should not be considered recommendations to buy or sell any security. Please see the Schedule of Investments in this report for a complete list of Fund holdings.
Mutual Fund investing involves risk. Principal loss is possible. The Fund may invest in foreign securities which involve political, economic and currency risks, greater volatility and differences in accounting methods. These risks are greater for emerging markets. The Fund may make short sales of securities, which involves the risk that losses may exceed the original amount invested in the securities. The Fund may purchase and sell options on securities which may be subject to greater fluctuations in value than an investment in the underlying securities. Purchasing and writing put, and call options are highly specialized activities and entail greater-than-ordinary investment risks. The Fund may purchase securities of companies that are offered pursuant to an IPO which may fluctuate considerably, may be subject to liquidity risk and could have a magnified impact on Fund performance. By investing in other mutual funds and ETFs, the Fund will bear any share of any fees and expenses charged by the underlying funds, in addition to indirectly bearing the principal risks of those funds including brokerage costs.
The opinions expressed above are those of the author, are subject to change and are not guaranteed and should not be considered investment advice.
It is not possible to invest directly in an index.
Earnings growth is not a measure of the Fund’s future performance.
The price-to-book ratio compares a company's market value to its book value. The market value of a company is its share price multiplied by the number of outstanding shares. The book value is the net assets of a company.
BPS or Basis Points are a unit of measure to describe the percentage change. One basis point is equivalent to 0.01%.
The Russell 1000 ® Growth Index measures the performance of the large-cap growth segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 1000 ® companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values. It has been constructed to provide a comprehensive and unbiased barometer for the large-cap growth segment.
The Logan Capital Broad Innovative Growth ETF is distributed by Quasar Distributors, LLC.

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Comparison of the change in value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the
Logan Capital Broad Innovative Growth ETF and the
Russell 1000 ® Growth Index


 
One
Five
Ten
Since Inception
Average Annual Total Return:
Year
Years
Years
(6/28/12)
Logan Capital Broad Innovative
       
  Growth ETF – NAV
4.78%
11.95%
13.36%
13.62%
Logan Capital Broad Innovative
       
  Growth ETF – Market
4.72%
11.93%
13.36%
13.61%
Russell 1000 ® Growth Index
2.34%
13.80%
14.46%
15.22%

Performance data quoted represents past performance; past performance does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance of the Fund may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. Performance data current to the most recent month end may be obtained by calling 1-855-215-1200.
This chart illustrates the performance of a hypothetical $10,000 investment made in the Fund ten years ago. Returns reflect the reinvestment of dividends and capital gain distributions. Fee waivers were in effect prior to April 30, 2020. In the absence of fee waivers, returns would be reduced. For the years ended April 30, 2021 and April 30, 2022, the adviser recouped previously waived fees. In the absence of the recoupment, returns would be higher. The performance data and graph do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder may pay on dividends, capital gain distributions, or redemption of Fund shares. The annual gross operating expense ratio is 1.03% This chart does not imply any future performance.
The Russell 1000 ® Growth Index measures the performance of the large-cap growth segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 1000 ® Index companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values. The Russell 1000 ® Growth Index is constructed to provide a comprehensive and unbiased barometer for the large-cap growth segment. The index is completely reconstituted annually to ensure new and growing equities are included and that the represented companies continue to reflect growth characteristics.

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Logan Capital Broad Innovative Growth ETF
SECTOR ALLOCATION OF PORTFOLIO ASSETS
at April 30, 2023 (Unaudited)





Percentages represent market value as a percentage of total investments.
Note: For presentation purposes, the Fund has grouped some of the industry categories. For purposes of categorizing securities for compliance with Section 8(b)(1) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Fund uses more specific industry classifications.
The Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS ® ) was developed by and/or is the exclusive property of MSCI, Inc. and Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC (“S&P”). GICS is a service mark of MSCI and S&P and has been licensed for use by Logan Capital Management, Inc.


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Logan Capital Broad Innovative Growth ETF
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
at April 30, 2023

COMMON STOCKS – 99.08%
 
Shares
   
Value
 
Capital Goods – 8.06%
           
Fastenal Co.
   
21,433
   
$
1,153,953
 
Hubbell, Inc.
   
1,372
     
369,507
 
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.
   
5,328
     
894,038
 
Nordson Corp.
   
2,884
     
623,838
 
United Rentals, Inc.
   
2,368
     
855,109
 
             
3,896,445
 
Commercial & Professional Services – 5.24%
               
Cintas Corp.
   
2,529
     
1,152,642
 
Copart, Inc. (a)
   
10,997
     
869,313
 
Insperity, Inc.
   
4,193
     
513,475
 
             
2,535,430
 
Consumer Durables & Apparel – 2.68%
               
Lululemon Athletica, Inc. (a)
   
1,557
     
591,551
 
Nike, Inc. – Class B
   
5,558
     
704,310
 
             
1,295,861
 
Consumer Services – 4.27%
               
Marriott International, Inc. – Class A
   
1,602
     
271,283
 
Starbucks Corp.
   
10,009
     
1,143,929
 
Texas Roadhouse, Inc.
   
5,881
     
650,556
 
             
2,065,768
 
Diversified Financials – 0.90%
               
LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.
   
2,093
     
437,102
 
                 
Financial Services – 1.20%
               
Coinbase Global, Inc. – Class A (a)
   
4,403
     
236,838
 
OneMain Holdings, Inc.
   
8,909
     
341,838
 
             
578,676
 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco – 1.47%
               
Monster Beverage Corp. (a)
   
12,652
     
708,512
 
                 
Household & Personal Products – 2.86%
               
Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. – Class A
   
5,608
     
1,383,606
 
                 
Materials – 2.82%
               
Graphic Packaging Holding Co.
   
24,550
     
605,403
 
Sherwin-Williams Co.
   
3,199
     
759,890
 
             
1,365,293
 


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)
at April 30, 2023

COMMON STOCKS – 99.08% (Continued)
 
Shares
   
Value
 
Media & Entertainment – 13.20%
           
Alphabet, Inc. – Class A (a)
   
11,199
   
$
1,202,101
 
Alphabet, Inc. – Class C (a)(b)
   
7,819
     
846,172
 
Electronic Arts, Inc.
   
6,187
     
787,481
 
Meta Platforms, Inc. – Class A (a)
   
5,258
     
1,263,603
 
Netflix, Inc. (a)
   
4,709
     
1,553,640
 
Trade Desk, Inc. – Class A (a)
   
11,383
     
732,382
 
             
6,385,379
 
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences – 8.82%
               
Agilent Technologies, Inc.
   
4,895
     
662,930
 
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (a)
   
1,635
     
310,846
 
IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (a)
   
2,688
     
505,962
 
Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. (a)
   
1,010
     
1,506,415
 
Waters Corp. (a)
   
2,765
     
830,496
 
Zoetis, Inc.
   
2,560
     
449,997
 
             
4,266,646
 
Retailing – 13.25%
               
Amazon.com, Inc. (a)
   
16,318
     
1,720,733
 
Burlington Stores, Inc. (a)
   
2,691
     
518,852
 
Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.
   
11,679
     
1,693,572
 
Home Depot, Inc.
   
1,755
     
527,448
 
Lithia Motors, Inc.
   
3,577
     
790,123
 
Pool Corp.
   
973
     
341,834
 
RH (a)
   
902
     
230,127
 
Williams-Sonoma, Inc.
   
4,850
     
587,044
 
             
6,409,733
 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – 9.52%
               
Broadcom, Inc.
   
4,051
     
2,537,951
 
KLA Corp.
   
5,340
     
2,064,124
 
             
4,602,075
 
Software & Services – 9.67%
               
Accenture PLC Ireland – Class A (c)
   
854
     
239,368
 
Adobe Systems, Inc. (a)
   
1,677
     
633,168
 
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. – Class A
   
7,205
     
430,210
 
MasterCard, Inc. – Class A
   
6,676
     
2,537,080
 
Paycom Software, Inc. (a)
   
2,875
     
834,814
 
             
4,674,640
 


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)
at April 30, 2023

COMMON STOCKS – 99.08% (Continued)
 
Shares
   
Value
 
Technology Hardware & Equipment – 12.56%
           
Amphenol Corp. – Class A
   
23,203
   
$
1,751,130
 
Apple, Inc.
   
15,823
     
2,684,847
 
Arista Networks, Inc. (a)
   
2,031
     
325,285
 
CDW Corp. of Delaware
   
2,652
     
449,753
 
IPG Photonics Corp. (a)
   
2,782
     
319,874
 
Trimble, Inc. (a)
   
6,153
     
289,806
 
Zebra Technologies Corp. – Class A (a)
   
888
     
255,771
 
             
6,076,466
 
Transportation – 2.56%
               
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.
   
3,857
     
1,235,743
 
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
               
  (Cost $20,564,334)
           
47,917,375
 
                 
MONEY MARKET FUND – 1.03%
               
Fidelity Government Portfolio – Class I, 4.73% (d)
   
496,223
     
496,223
 
TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUND
               
  (Cost $496,223)
           
496,223
 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS
               
  (Cost $21,060,557) – 100.11%
           
48,413,598
 
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets – (0.11)%
           
(52,634
)
TOTAL NET ASSETS – 100.00%
         
$
48,360,964
 

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

(a)
Non-income producing security.
(b)
Non-voting shares.
(c)
U.S. traded security of a foreign issuer.
(d)
Rate shown is the 7-day annualized yield as of April 30, 2023.

The Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS ® ) was developed by and/or is the exclusive property of MSCI, Inc. and Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC (“S&P”). GICS is a service mark of MSCI and S&P and has been licensed for use by Logan Capital Management, Inc.



The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Logan Capital Broad Innovative Growth ETF
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
at April 30, 2023

Assets:
     
Investments, at value (cost $21,060,557)
 
$
48,413,598
 
Receivables
       
Dividends and interest
   
19,532
 
Prepaid expenses
   
1,586
 
Total assets
   
48,434,716
 
         
Liabilities:
       
Payables
       
Advisory fee (Note 4)
   
31,011
 
Audit fees
   
21,000
 
Administration and accounting fees
   
11,006
 
Transfer agent fees and expenses
   
202
 
Shareholder reporting
   
7,849
 
Chief Compliance Officer fee
   
2,031
 
Accrued expenses and other payables
   
653
 
Total liabilities
   
73,752
 
Net assets
 
$
48,360,964
 
         
Net assets consist of:
       
Paid-in capital
 
$
21,267,415
 
Total distributable earnings
   
27,093,549
 
Net assets
 
$
48,360,964
 
         
Calculation of net assets:
       
Net assets applicable to outstanding Institutional Class shares
 
$
48,360,964
 
Shares issued (unlimited number of beneficial
       
  interest authorized, $0.01 par value)
   
1,464,096
 
Net asset value per share
 
$
33.03
 



The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Logan Capital Broad Innovative Growth ETF
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
For the Year Ended April 30, 2023 (1)

Investment income:
     
Dividends
 
$
436,965
 
Interest
   
14,617
 
Total investment income
   
451,582
 
         
Expenses:
       
Investment advisory fees (Note 4)
   
301,546
 
Administration and accounting fees (Note 4)
   
73,784
 
Audit fees
   
22,501
 
Trustee fees and expenses
   
14,700
 
Chief Compliance Officer fees (Note 4)
   
14,531
 
Transfer agent fees and expenses (Note 4)
   
10,116
 
Reports to shareholders
   
9,660
 
Legal fees
   
5,629
 
Other expenses
   
5,169
 
Custody fees (Note 4)
   
4,291
 
Federal and state registration fees
   
2,977
 
Insurance expense
   
2,463
 
Total expenses
   
467,367
 
Net investment loss
   
(15,785
)
         
Realized and unrealized gain/(loss) on investments:
       
Net realized loss on transactions on investments
   
(192,871
)
Net realized gain from redemption in-kind
   
861,861
 
Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments
   
1,498,885
 
Net realized and unrealized gain on investments
   
2,167,875
 
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations
 
$
2,152,090
 

(1)
The Fund converted from a mutual fund to an ETF pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization on August 5, 2022. See Note 1 in the Notes to Financial Statements for additional information about the Reorganization.



The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
 

   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
 
   
April 30, 2023 (1)
   
April 30, 2022
 
Operations:
           
Net investment loss
 
$
(15,785
)
 
$
(160,796
)
Net realized gain/(loss) on investments
   
(192,871
)
   
4,614,341
 
Net realized gain from redemption in-kind (Note 6)
   
861,861
     
 
Net change in unrealized
               
  appreciation/(depreciation) on investments
   
1,498,885
     
(12,339,988
)
Net increase/(decrease) in net assets
               
  resulting from operations
   
2,152,090
     
(7,886,443
)
                 
Distributions to Shareholders:
               
Institutional Class
   
(876,553
)
   
(4,407,926
)
Total distributions to shareholders
   
(876,553
)
   
(4,407,926
)
                 
Capital Share Transactions:
               
Proceeds from shares sold
               
Investor Class shares*
   
     
538,464
 
Institutional Class shares
   
28,797,622
     
2,824,181
 
Proceeds from converted shares*
   
     
19,573,089
 
Proceeds from shares issued to holders
               
  in reinvestment of dividends
               
Institutional Class shares
   
     
4,407,926
 
Cost of shares redeemed
               
Investor Class shares*
   
     
(19,801,043
)
Institutional Class shares
   
(32,336,649
)
   
(2,272,672
)
Redemption fees retained
               
Institutional Class shares
   
2
     
256
 
Net increase/(decrease) in net assets
               
  from capital share transactions
   
(3,539,025
)
   
5,270,201
 
Total decrease in net assets
   
(2,263,488
)
   
(7,024,168
)
                 
Net Assets:
               
Beginning of year
   
50,624,452
     
57,648,620
 
End of year
 
$
48,360,964
   
$
50,624,452
 

*
Investor Class Shares converted to Institutional Class Shares on November 12, 2021.
(1)
The Fund converted from a mutual fund to an ETF pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization on August 5, 2022. See Note 1 in the Notes to Financial Statements for additional information about the Reorganization.


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS (Continued)
 

   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
 
   
April 30, 2023 (1)
   
April 30, 2022
 
Changes in Shares Outstanding:
           
Shares sold
           
Investor Class shares*
   
     
13,643
 
Institutional Class shares
   
901,381
     
65,493
 
Converted shares*
   
     
427,245
 
Shares issued to holders in reinvestment of dividends
               
Institutional Class shares
   
     
104,354
 
Shares redeemed
               
Investor Class shares*
   
     
(443,174
)
Institutional Class shares
   
(1,011,309
)
   
(53,994
)
Net increase/(decrease) in shares outstanding
   
(109,928
)
   
113,567
 

*
Investor Class Shares converted to Institutional Class Shares on November 12, 2021.
(1)
The Fund converted from a mutual fund to an ETF pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization on August 5, 2022. See Note 1 in the Notes to Financial Statements for additional information about the Reorganization.


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
 

For a share outstanding throughout each year
Institutional Class

   
Year Ended April 30,
 
   
2023 (1)
   
2022
   
2021
   
2020
   
2019
 
Net Asset Value –
                             
  Beginning of Year
 
$
32.16
   
$
39.73
   
$
26.31
   
$
25.61
   
$
22.29
 
                                         
Income from
                                       
  Investment Operations:
                                       
Net investment loss^
   
(0.01
)
   
(0.10
)
   
(0.15
)
   
(0.10
)
   
(0.10
)
Net realized and unrealized
                                       
  gain/(loss) on investments
   
1.49
     
(4.46
)
   
15.45
     
0.91
     
3.97
 
Total from
                                       
  investment operations
   
1.48
     
(4.56
)
   
15.30
     
0.81
     
3.87
 
                                         
Less Distributions:
                                       
Distributions from net realized gains
   
(0.61
)
   
(3.01
)
   
(1.88
)
   
(0.11
)
   
(0.55
)
Total distributions
   
(0.61
)
   
(3.01
)
   
(1.88
)
   
(0.11
)
   
(0.55
)
Redemption fees
 
0.00
^~  
0.00
^~  
0.00
^~    
     
 
Net Asset Value – End of Year
 
$
33.03
   
$
32.16
   
$
39.73
   
$
26.31
   
$
25.61
 
                                         
Total return, at NAV
   
4.78
%
   
-13.28
%
   
59.01
%
   
3.15
%
   
17.95
%
Total return, at Market
   
4.72
%
   
%
   
%
   
%
   
%
                                         
Ratios and Supplemental Data:
                                       
Net assets, end of year (thousands)
 
$
48,361
   
$
50,624
   
$
40,964
   
$
27,850
   
$
24,936
 
Ratio of expenses to
                                       
  average net assets:
                                       
Before fee waivers
                                       
  and recoupment
   
1.01
%
   
1.03
%
   
1.13
%
   
1.29
%
   
1.33
%
After fee waivers
                                       
  and recoupment
   
1.01
%
   
1.10
%
   
1.17
%
   
1.24
%
   
1.24
%
Ratio of net investment loss to
                                       
  average net assets:
                                       
Before fee waivers
                                       
  and recoupment
   
(0.03
)%
   
(0.18
)%
   
(0.39
)%
   
(0.46
)%
   
(0.51
)%
After fee waivers
                                       
  and recoupment
   
(0.03
)%
   
(0.25
)%
   
(0.43
)%
   
(0.41
)%
   
(0.42
)%
Portfolio turnover rate (2)
   
10
%
   
13
%
   
11
%
   
12
%
   
8
%

^
Based on average shares outstanding.
~
Amount is less than $0.01.
(1)
The Fund converted from a mutual fund to an ETF pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization on August 5, 2022. See Note 1 in the Notes to Financial Statements for additional information about the Reorganization.
(2)
Excludes impact of in-kind transactions.


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
April 30, 2023

NOTE 1 – ORGANIZATION
The Logan Capital Broad Innovative Growth ETF (the “Fund”) is a diversified series of Advisors Series Trust (the “Trust”), which is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“1940 Act”), as amended, as an open-end management investment company. The Fund follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standard Codification Topic 946 “Financial Services – Investment Companies.” The investment objective of the Fund is long-term capital appreciation. The Fund became effective on the close of business on August 5, 2022 and commenced operations on August 8, 2022. Costs incurred by the Fund in connection with the organization, registration and the initial public offering of shares were paid by Logan Capital Management, Inc. (the “Advisor”), the Fund’s investment advisor.
The Fund is the accounting and performance survivor of the Logan Capital Large Cap Growth Fund (the “Target Fund”). The Fund became a series of the Trust on August 5, 2022, following a reorganization (“Reorganization”), pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, which resulted in the conversion of the Target Fund organized as a mutual fund to an ETF. The Fund was established as a “shell” fund organized solely in connection with the Reorganization for the purpose of acquiring the assets and liabilities of the Target Fund and continuing the operations of the Target Fund as an ETF. The Fund had no performance history prior to the Reorganization.
The Reorganization was accomplished by a tax-free exchange of 2,878,192 shares (with an exception for fractional mutual fund shares) of the Acquiring Fund for shares of the Target Fund of equivalent aggregate net asset value. At the close of business on August 5, 2022, the net assets of the Target Fund were $48,177,524. The total net assets of the Target Fund included $764,863 of accumulated realized gains and $27,049,044 of unrealized appreciation. Fees and expenses incurred to affect the Reorganization were borne by the Advisor. The Reorganization did not result in a material change to the Target Fund’s investment portfolio as compared to the Fund. There are no material differences in accounting policies of the Target Fund as compared to the Fund. The Fund did not purchase or sell securities following the Reorganization for purposes of realigning its investment portfolio. Accordingly, the acquisition of the Target Fund did not affect the Fund’s portfolio turnover ratios for the year ended April 30, 2023.
Shares of the Fund are listed and traded on the NYSE Arca, Inc. (the “Exchange”). Market prices for the shares may be different from their net asset value (“NAV”). The Fund issues and redeems shares on a continuous basis at NAV only in large blocks of shares, called “Creation Units,” which generally consist of 25,000 shares. Creation Units are issued and redeemed principally in-kind for securities included in a specified universe. Once created, shares generally trade in the secondary market at market prices that change throughout the day in amounts less than a Creation Unit. Except when aggregated in


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Logan Capital Broad Innovative Growth ETF
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
April 30, 2023

Creation Units, shares are not redeemable securities of the Fund. Shares of the Fund may only be purchased directly from or redeemed directly to the Fund by certain financial institutions (“Authorized Participants”). An Authorized Participant is either (i) a broker- dealer or other participant in the clearing process through the Continuous Net Settlement System of the National Securities Clearing Corporation or (ii) a DTC participant and, in each case, must have executed a Participant Agreement with Quasar Distributors, LLC (the “Distributor”). Most retail investors do not qualify as Authorized Participants or have the resources to buy and sell whole Creation Units. Therefore, most retail investors may purchase shares in the secondary market with the assistance of a broker and are subject to customary brokerage commissions or fees.
The Fund currently offers one class of shares, which has no front-end sales load, no deferred sales charge, and no redemption fee. A purchase (i.e., creation) transaction fee is imposed for the transfer and other transaction costs associated with the purchase of Creation Units. The Fund charges $300 for the standard fixed creation fee, payable to the Custodian. In addition, a variable fee may be charged on cash purchases, non-standard orders, or partial cash purchases of Creation Units of up to a maximum of 2% as a percentage of the total value of the Creation Units subject to the transaction. Variable fees received by the Fund are displayed in the Capital Share Transactions section of the Statement of Changes in Net Assets. The Fund may issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest, with $0.01 par value per share.
NOTE 2 – SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund. These policies are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
 
A.
Security Valuation: All investments in securities are recorded at their estimated fair value, as described in Note 3.
     
 
B.
Federal Income Taxes: It is the Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of its taxable income to its shareholders. Therefore, no federal income or excise tax provisions are required.
     
   
The Fund recognizes the tax benefits of uncertain tax positions only where the position is “more likely than not” to be sustained assuming examination by tax authorities. The tax returns of the Fund’s prior three fiscal years are open for examination. Management has reviewed all open tax years in major jurisdictions and concluded that there is no impact on the Fund’s net assets and no tax liability resulting from unrecognized tax events relating to uncertain income tax positions taken or expected to be taken on a tax return. The Fund identifies its major tax jurisdictions as U.S. Federal and the state of Wisconsin. The Fund is not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will change materially in the next twelve months.


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Logan Capital Broad Innovative Growth ETF
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
April 30, 2023

 
C.
Securities Transactions, Income and Distributions: Securities transactions are accounted for on the trade date. Realized gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost. Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Dividend income and distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends have been provided for in accordance with the Fund’s understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and rates.
     
   
The Fund distributes substantially all of its net investment income, if any, and net realized capital gains, if any, annually. Distributions from net realized gains for book purposes may include short-term capital gains. All short-term capital gains are included in ordinary income for tax purposes. The amount of dividends and distributions to shareholders from net investment income and net realized capital gains is determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which differ from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. To the extent these book/tax differences are permanent, such amounts are reclassified within the capital accounts based on their federal tax treatment.
     
   
Investment income, expenses (other than those specific to the class of shares), and realized and unrealized gains and losses on investments are allocated to the separate classes of the Fund’s shares based upon their relative net assets on the date income is earned or expensed and realized and unrealized gains and losses are incurred.
     
   
The Fund is charged for those expenses that are directly attributable to it, such as investment advisory, custody and transfer agent fees. Expenses that are not attributable to a fund are typically allocated among the funds in the Trust proportionately based on allocation methods approved by the Board of Trustees (the “Board”). Common expenses of the Trust are typically allocated among the funds in the Trust based on a fund’s respective net assets, or by other equitable means.
     
 
D.
REITs: The Fund is able to make certain investments in real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) which pay dividends to their shareholders based upon available funds from operations. It is quite common for these dividends to exceed the REITs’ taxable earnings and profits resulting in the excess portion being designated as a return of capital. The Fund intends to include the gross dividends from such REITs in its annual distributions to its shareholders and, accordingly, a portion of the Fund’s distributions may also be designated as a return of capital.
     
 
E.
Use of Estimates: The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.


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Logan Capital Broad Innovative Growth ETF
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
April 30, 2023

 
F.
Reclassification of Capital Accounts: Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America require that certain components of net assets relating to permanent differences be reclassified between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset value per share.
     
   
For the year ended April 30, 2023, the Fund made the following permanent tax adjustments on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities:

 
Distributable Earnings
Paid-in Capital
 
 
$(793,946)
$793,946
 

 
G.
Events Subsequent to the Fiscal Year End: In preparing the financial statements as of April 30, 2023, management considered the impact of subsequent events for the potential recognition or disclosure in the financial statements. Management has determined there were no subsequent events that would need to be disclosed in the Fund’s financial statements.
NOTE 3 – SECURITIES VALUATION
The Fund has adopted authoritative fair value accounting standards which establish an authoritative definition of fair value and set out a hierarchy for measuring fair value. These standards require additional disclosures about the various inputs and valuation techniques used to develop the measurements of fair value, a discussion of changes in valuation techniques and related inputs during the period, and expanded disclosure of valuation levels for major security types. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:
 
Level 1 –
Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Fund has the ability to access.
     
 
Level 2 –
Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. These inputs may include quoted prices for the identical instrument on an inactive market, prices for similar instruments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, default rates and similar data.
     
 
Level 3 –
Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, to the extent relevant observable inputs are not available, representing the Fund’s own assumptions about the assumptions a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability, and would be based on the best information available.

Following is a description of the valuation techniques applied to the Fund’s major categories of assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis.
The Fund determines the fair value of its investments and computes its net asset value per share as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (4:00 pm EST).
Equity Securities: Equity securities, including common stocks, preferred stocks, foreign-issued common stocks, exchange-traded funds, closed-end funds and real estate


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Logan Capital Broad Innovative Growth ETF
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
April 30, 2023

investment trusts (REITs), that are primarily traded on a national securities exchange shall be valued at the last sale price on the exchange on which they are primarily traded on the day of valuation or, if there has been no sale on such day, at the mean between the bid and asked prices. Securities primarily traded in the NASDAQ Global Market System for which market quotations are readily available shall be valued using the NASDAQ Official Closing Price (“NOCP”). If the NOCP is not available, such securities shall be valued at the last sale price on the day of valuation, or if there has been no sale on such day, at the mean between the bid and asked prices. Over-the-counter securities which are not traded in the NASDAQ Global Market System shall be valued at the most recent sales price. To the extent these securities are actively traded and valuation adjustments are not applied, they are categorized in level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.
Investment Companies: Investments in open-end mutual funds, including money market funds, are generally priced at their net asset value per share provided by the service agent of the funds and will be classified in level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.
The Board of Trustees (the “Board”) has adopted a valuation policy for use by the Fund and its Valuation Designee (as defined below) in calculating the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”). Pursuant to Rule 2a-5 under the 1940 Act, the Board has designated the Fund’s investment adviser, Logan Capital Management, Inc. (“Advisor”), as the “Valuation Designee” to perform all of the fair value determinations as well as to perform all of the responsibilities that may be performed by the Valuation Designee in accordance with Rule 2a-5, subject to the Board’s oversight. The Advisor, as Valuation Designee is, authorized to make all necessary determinations of the fair values of portfolio securities and other assets for which market quotations are not readily available or if it is deemed that the prices obtained from brokers and dealers or independent pricing services are unreliable.
Depending on the relative significance of the valuation inputs, fair valued securities may be classified in either level 2 or level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.
Foreign exchanges typically close before the time at which Fund share prices are calculated and may be closed altogether on some days when shares of the Fund are traded. Significant events affecting a foreign security may include, but are not limited to: corporate actions, earnings announcements, litigation or other events impacting a single issuer; governmental action that affects securities in one sector or country; natural disasters or armed conflicts affecting a country or region; or significant domestic or foreign market fluctuations. Fair valuations and valuations of investments that are not actively trading involve judgment and may differ materially from valuations that would have been used had greater market activity occurred.
Short-Term Debt Securities: Short-term debt securities, including those securities having a maturity of 60 days or less, are valued at the evaluated mean between the bid and asked prices. To the extent the inputs are observable and timely, these securities would be classified in level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.


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Logan Capital Broad Innovative Growth ETF
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
April 30, 2023

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. The following is a summary of the fair valuation hierarchy of the Fund’s securities as of April 30, 2023:
   
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Common Stocks
                       
Communication Services
 
$
6,385,379
   
$
   
$
   
$
6,385,379
 
Consumer Discretionary
   
9,771,362
     
     
     
9,771,362
 
Consumer Staples
   
2,092,118
     
     
     
2,092,118
 
Financials
   
3,552,858
     
     
     
3,552,858
 
Health Care
   
4,266,646
     
     
     
4,266,646
 
Industrials
   
7,667,618
     
     
     
7,667,618
 
Information Technology
   
12,816,101
     
     
     
12,816,101
 
Materials
   
1,365,293
     
     
     
1,365,293
 
Total Common Stocks
   
47,917,375
     
     
     
47,917,375
 
Money Market Fund
   
496,223
     
     
     
496,223
 
Total Investments
 
$
48,413,598
   
$
   
$
   
$
48,413,598
 

Refer to the Fund’s schedule of investments for a detailed break-out of securities by industry classification.
In June 2022, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2022-03, which amends Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Fair Value Measurement of Equity Securities Subject to Contractual Sale Restrictions (“ASU 2022-03”). ASU 2022-03 clarifies guidance for fair value measurement of an equity security subject to a contractual sale restriction and establishes new disclosure requirements for such equity securities. ASU 2022-03 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023 and for interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted. Management is currently evaluating the impact of these amendments on the Fund’s financial statements.
NOTE 4 – INVESTMENT ADVISORY FEE AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES
The Advisor provides the Fund with investment management services under an investment advisory agreement. The Advisor furnishes all investment advice, office space, and facilities, and provides most of the personnel needed by the Fund. As compensation for its services, the Advisor is entitled to a monthly fee at an annual rate of 0.65% based upon the average daily net assets of the Fund. For the year ended April 30, 2023, the Fund incurred $301,546 in advisory fees. Advisory fees payable at April 30, 2023 for the Fund were $31,011.
The Fund is responsible for its own operating expenses. The Advisor has contractually agreed to waive its fees and/or absorb expenses of the Fund to ensure that the net annual


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Logan Capital Broad Innovative Growth ETF
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
April 30, 2023

operating expenses (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, taxes, interest expense and dividends on securities sold short, extraordinary expenses) do not exceed 0.99% of the average daily net assets. Prior to August 8, 2022, the net expenses were contractually limited to 1.14%. Any such reduction made by the Advisor in its fees or payment of expenses which are the Fund’s obligation are subject to reimbursement by the Fund to the Advisor, if so requested by the Advisor, in any subsequent month in the 36-month period from the date of the management fee reduction and expense payment if the aggregate amount actually paid by the Fund toward the operating expenses for such fiscal year (taking into account the reimbursement) will not cause the Fund to exceed the lesser of: (1) the expense limitation in place at the time of the management fee reduction and expense payment; or (2) the expense limitation in place at the time of the reimbursement. Any such reimbursement is also contingent upon Board of Trustees review and approval. Such reimbursement may not be paid prior to a Fund’s payment of current ordinary operating expenses. For the year ended April 30, 2023, there were no expenses waived or recouped by the Advisor. At April 30, 2023, there were no cumulative expenses subject to recapture.
U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC, doing business as U.S.Bank Global Fund Services (“Fund Services”) serves as the Fund’s administrator, fund accountant and transfer agent. U.S. Bank N.A. serves as the custodian (the “Custodian”) to the Fund. The Custodian is an affiliate of Fund Services. Fund Services maintains the Fund’s books and records, calculates the Fund’s NAV, prepares various federal and state regulatory filings, coordinates the payment of fund expenses, reviews expense accruals and prepares materials supplied to the Board. The officers of the Trust and the Chief Compliance Officer are also employees of Fund Services. Fees paid by the Fund to Fund Services for administration and accounting, transfer agency, custody and compliance services for the year ended April 30, 2023 are disclosed in the statement of operations.
Quasar Distributors, LLC (“Quasar”) acts as the Fund’s principal underwriter in a continuous public offering of the Fund’s shares. Quasar is a wholly-owned broker-dealer subsidiary of Foreside Financial Group, LLC, doing business as ACA Foreside, a division of ACA Group.
NOTE 5 – DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT AND PLAN
The Fund has adopted a Distribution Plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 (the “Plan”). The Plan allows the payment of a monthly fee to the Distributor at an annual rate of up to 0.25% of the average net assets each year. The expenses covered by the Plan may include the cost in connection with the promotion and distribution of shares and the provision of personal services to shareholders, including, but not necessarily limited to, advertising, compensation to underwriters, dealers and selling personnel, the printing and mailing of prospectuses to other than current Fund shareholders, and the printing and mailing of sales literature. Payments made pursuant to the Plan will represent compensation for distribution and service activities, not reimbursements for specific expenses incurred. For the year ended April 30, 2023, the Fund did not accrue 12b-1 distribution fees.


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Logan Capital Broad Innovative Growth ETF
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
April 30, 2023

NOTE 6 – SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS
For the year ended April 30, 2023, the cost of purchases and the proceeds from sales of securities, excluding short-term securities, and in-kind transactions, were as follows:
 
Purchases
Sales
 
 
$4,393,283
$10,093,125
 

There were no purchases or sales of long-term U.S. Government securities. For the year ended April 30, 2023, in-kind transactions associated with creations and redemptions were $2,366,176 and $1,366,135, respectively.
During the year ended April 30, 2023, the Fund realized net capital gains of $861,861 resulting from in-kind redemptions in which shareholders exchanged Fund shares for securities held by the Fund rather than for cash. Because such gains are not taxable or deductible to the Fund, and are not distributed to shareholders, they have been reclassified from distributable earnings to paid-in capital.
NOTE 7 – LINE OF CREDIT
Prior to August 5, 2022, the Fund had a secured line of credit in the amount of $4,200,000. The line of credit was terminated effective August 5, 2022, following the conversion from a mutual fund to an ETF. This line of credit was intended to provide short-term financing, if necessary, subject to certain restrictions, in connection with shareholder redemptions. The credit facility was with the Fund’s custodian, U.S. Bank N.A. During the period May 1, 2022 through August 5, 2022, the Fund did not draw upon its line of credit.
NOTE 8 – INCOME TAXES AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS
The tax character of distributions paid during the years ended April 30, 2023 and April 30, 2022 was as follows:

   
Year Ended
Year Ended
   
April 30, 2023
April 30, 2022
 
Long-Term Capital Gains
$876,553
$4,407,926

As of April 30, 2023, the components of accumulated earnings/(losses) on a tax basis were as follows:
 
Cost of investments (a)
 
$
21,281,887
 
 
Gross unrealized appreciation
   
28,306,927
 
 
Gross unrealized depreciation
   
(1,175,216
)
 
Net unrealized appreciation (a)
   
27,131,711
 
 
Undistributed long-term capital gains
   
 
 
Total distributable earnings
   
 
 
Other accumulated gains/(losses)
   
(38,162
)
 
Total accumulated earnings/(losses)
 
$
27,093,549
 

 
(a)
The difference between the book-basis and tax-basis net unrealized appreciation and cost is attributable primarily to wash sales.


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Logan Capital Broad Innovative Growth ETF
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
April 30, 2023

At April 30, 2023, the Fund deferred, on a tax basis, ordinary late year losses of $6,441.
At April 30, 2023, the Fund had short-term capital loss carryforwards of $31,721. These capital losses may be carried forward indefinitely to offset future gains.
NOTE 9 – PRINCIPAL RISKS
Below are summaries of some, but not all, of the principal risks of investing in the Fund, each of which could adversely affect the Fund’s net asset value and total return. The Fund’s most recent prospectus provides additional information regarding these and other risks of investing in the Fund.
General Market Risk. Events in the financial markets and economy may cause volatility and uncertainty and adversely impact the Fund’s performance. Market events may affect a single issuer, industry, sector, or the market as a whole. Traditionally liquid investments may experience periods of diminished liquidity. Governmental and regulatory actions, including tax law changes, may also impair portfolio management and have unexpected or adverse consequences on particular markets, strategies, or investments. The Fund’s investments may decline in value due to factors affecting individual issuers (such as the results of supply and demand), or sectors within the securities markets. The value of a security or other investment also may go up or down due to general market conditions that are not specifically related to a particular issuer, such as real or perceived adverse economic conditions, changes in interest rates or exchange rates, or adverse investor sentiment generally. In addition, unexpected events and their aftermaths, such as the spread of deadly diseases; natural, environmental or man-made disasters; financial, political or social disruptions; terrorism and war; and other tragedies or catastrophes, can cause investor fear and panic, which can adversely affect the economies of many companies, sectors, nations, regions and the market in general, in ways that cannot necessarily be foreseen.
Equity Securities Risk. The price of equity securities may rise or fall because of economic or political changes or changes in a company’s financial condition, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably. These price movements may result from factors affecting individual companies, sectors or industries selected for the Fund’s portfolio or the securities market as a whole, such as changes in economic or political conditions.
Sector Emphasis Risk. The securities of companies in the same or related businesses, if comprising a significant portion of the Fund’s portfolio, could react in some circumstances negatively to market conditions, interest rates and economic, regulatory or financial developments and adversely affect the value of the portfolio to a greater extent than if securities of companies in such a sector comprised a lesser portion of the Fund’s portfolio.
ETF Risks. The Fund is an ETF, and, as a result of an ETF’s structure, it is exposed to the following risks:
Authorized Participants, Market Makers, and Liquidity Providers Concentration Risk. The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may act as Authorized


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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
April 30, 2023

Participants (“APs”). In addition, there may be a limited number of market makers and/or liquidity providers in the marketplace. To the extent either of the following events occur, Shares may trade at a material discount to NAV and possibly face delisting: (i) APs exit the business or otherwise become unable to process creation and/or redemption orders and no other APs step forward to perform these services, or (ii) market makers and/or liquidity providers exit the business or significantly reduce their business activities and no other entities step forward to perform their functions.
Costs of Buying or Selling Shares. Due to the costs of buying or selling Shares, including brokerage commissions imposed by brokers and bid-ask spreads, frequent trading of Shares may significantly reduce investment results and an investment in Shares may not be advisable for investors who anticipate regularly making small investments.
Shares May Trade at Prices Other Than NAV. As with all ETFs, Shares may be bought and sold in the secondary market at market prices. Although it is expected that the market price of Shares will approximate the Fund’s NAV, there may be times when the market price of Shares is more than the NAV intra-day (premium) or less than the NAV intra-day (discount) due to supply and demand of Shares or during periods of market volatility. This risk is heightened in times of market volatility, periods of steep market declines, and periods when there is limited trading activity for Shares in the secondary market, in which case such premiums or discounts may be significant.
Trading. Although Shares are listed for trading on NYSE Arca, Inc. (the “Exchange”) and may be traded on U.S. exchanges other than the Exchange, there can be no assurance that Shares will trade with any volume, or at all, on any stock exchange. In stressed market conditions, the liquidity of Shares may begin to mirror the liquidity of the Fund’s underlying portfolio holdings, which can be significantly less liquid than Shares.
Management Risk. The Fund is an actively managed portfolio. The Advisor’s management practices and investment strategies might not produce the desired results. The Advisor may be incorrect in its assessment of a stock’s appreciation potential.
Large-Cap Companies Risk. Larger, more established companies may be unable to respond quickly to new competitive challenges like changes in consumer tastes or innovative smaller competitors. In addition, large-cap companies are sometimes unable to attain the high growth rates of successful, smaller companies, especially during extended periods of economic expansion.
Growth Style Investment Risk. Growth stocks can perform differently from the market as a whole and from other types of stocks. While growth stocks may react differently to issuer, political, market and economic developments than the market as a whole and other types of stocks by rising or falling in price in certain environments, growth stocks also tend to be sensitive to changes in the earnings of their underlying companies and more volatile than other types of stocks, particularly over the short term.


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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
April 30, 2023

Foreign Securities Risk. Investing in foreign securities typically involves more risks than investing in U.S. securities, and includes risks associated with: (1) internal and external political and economic developments – e.g., the political, economic and social policies and structures of some foreign countries may be less stable and more volatile than those in the U.S. or some foreign countries may be subject to trading restrictions or economic sanctions; (2) trading practices – e.g., government supervision and regulation of foreign securities and currency markets, trading systems and brokers may be less than in the U.S.; (3) availability of information – e.g., foreign issuers may not be subject to the same disclosure, accounting and financial reporting standards and practices as U.S. issuers; (4) limited markets – e.g., the securities of certain foreign issuers may be less liquid (harder to sell) and more volatile; and (5) currency exchange rate fluctuations and policies.
Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging markets are markets of countries in the initial stages of industrialization and generally have low per capita income. In addition to the risks of foreign securities in general, emerging markets are generally more volatile, have relatively unstable governments, social and legal systems that do not protect shareholders, economies based on only a few industries and securities markets that are substantially smaller, less liquid and more volatile with less government oversight than those of more developed countries.
Depositary Receipt Risk. The Fund’s equity investments may take the form of sponsored or unsponsored depositary receipts. Holders of unsponsored depositary receipts generally bear all the costs of such facilities and the depositary of an unsponsored facility frequently is under no obligation to distribute shareholder communications received from the issuer of the deposited security or to pass through voting rights to the holders of such receipts of the deposited securities.
Investment Company Risk. When the Fund invests in an ETF or mutual fund, it will bear additional expenses based on its pro rata share of the ETF’s or mutual fund’s operating expenses, including the potential duplication of management fees. The risk of owning an ETF or mutual fund generally reflects the risks of owning the underlying securities the ETF or mutual fund holds.
Initial Public Offering Risk. The market value of IPO shares may fluctuate considerably due to factors such as the absence of a prior public market, unseasoned trading, the small number of shares available for trading and limited information about the issuer. The purchase of IPO shares may involve high transaction costs. IPO shares are subject to market risk and liquidity risk.
NOTE 10 – TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS
At a meeting held December 7 - 8, 2022, by vote of the majority of the Board of Trustees (not including Mr. Joe Redwine), Mr. Redwine’s term as Trustee was extended for three additional years.


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Logan Capital Broad Innovative Growth ETF
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
 

To the Board of Trustees Advisors Series Trust and
Shareholders of Logan Capital Broad Innovative Growth ETF
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of the Logan Capital Broad Innovative Growth ETF (the “Fund”), a series of Advisors Series Trust, including the schedule of investments, as of April 30, 2023, the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of April 30, 2023, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB. We have served as the auditor of one or more of the funds in the Trust since 2003.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Fund is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of April 30, 2023 by correspondence with the custodian. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
TAIT, WELLER & BAKER LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
June 29, 2023

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Logan Capital Broad Innovative Growth ETF
EXPENSE EXAMPLE
April 30, 2023 (Unaudited)

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs including sales charges (loads) and redemption fees, if applicable; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1 fees); and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period indicated and held for the entire period from November 1, 2022 to April 30, 2023.
Actual Expenses
The information in the table under the heading “Actual” provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in these columns together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the row entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period. There are some account fees that are charged to certain types of accounts, such as Individual Retirement Accounts (generally, a $15 fee is charged to the account annually) that would increase the amount of expenses paid on your account. The example below does not include portfolio trading commissions and related expenses and other extraordinary expenses as determined under generally accepted accounting principles.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The information in the table under the heading “Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)” provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds. As noted above, there are some account fees that are charged to certain types of accounts that would increase the amount of expense paid on your account.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs, such as brokerage commissions paid on purchases and sales of Fund shares. Therefore, the information under the heading “Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)” is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.


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Logan Capital Broad Innovative Growth ETF
EXPENSE EXAMPLE (Continued)
April 30, 2023 (Unaudited)

 
Beginning
Ending
Expenses Paid
 
Account Value
Account Value
During Period (1)
 
11/1/2022
4/30/2023
11/1/2022 – 4/30/2023
Actual
$1,000.00
$1,123.00
$5.21
Hypothetical (5% return
     
  before expenses)
$1,000.00
$1,019.89
$4.96

(1)
Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio of 0.99% multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181 (days in most recent fiscal half-year) / 365 days to reflect the one-half year expense.










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Logan Capital Broad Innovative Growth ETF
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS
at April 30, 2023 (Unaudited)

For the year ended April 30, 2023, the Fund designated $876,553 as long-term capital gains for purposes of the dividends paid deduction.
How to Obtain a Copy of the Fund’s Proxy Voting Policies
A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available without charge, upon request, by calling 1-855-215-1200 or on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) website at http://www.sec.gov.
How to Obtain a Copy of the Fund’s Proxy Voting Records for the 12-Month Period Ended June 30
Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available without charge, upon request, by calling 1-855-215-1200. Furthermore, you can obtain the Fund’s proxy voting records on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
Quarterly Filings on Form N-PORT
The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Part F of Form N-PORT. The Fund’s Form N-PORT is available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. Information included in the Fund’s Form N-PORT is also available, upon request, by calling 1-855-215-1200.
Frequency Distribution of Premiums and Discounts
Information regarding how often shares of the Fund traded on the exchange at a price above (i.e., at a premium) or below (i.e., at a discount) the NAV of the Fund is available on the Fund’s website at www.logancapitalfunds.com/regulatory-info.
Householding
In an effort to decrease costs, the Fund will reduce the number of duplicate prospectuses, supplements, and certain other shareholder documents that you receive by sending only one copy of each to those addresses shown by two or more accounts. Please call the Fund’s transfer agent toll free at 855-215-1200 to request individual copies of these documents. The Fund will begin sending individual copies 30 days after receiving your request. This policy does not apply to account statements.



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Logan Capital Broad Innovative Growth ETF
INFORMATION ABOUT TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS
(Unaudited)

This chart provides information about the Trustees and Officers who oversee the Fund. Officers elected by the Trustees manage the day-to-day operations of the Fund and execute policies formulated by the Trustees.
Independent Trustees (1)
       
Number of
 
       
Portfolios
Other
   
Term of
Principal
in Fund
Directorships
 
Position
Office and
Occupation
Complex
Held During
Name, Address
Held with
Length of
During Past
Overseen by
Past
and Age
the Trust
Time Served*
Five Years
Trustee (2)
Five Years (3)
           
David G. Mertens
Trustee
Indefinite
Partner and Head of
1
Trustee, Advisors
(age 62)
 
term; since
Business Development
 
Series Trust
615 E. Michigan Street
 
March 2017.
QSV Equity
 
(for series not
Milwaukee, WI 53202
   
Investors, LLC
 
affiliated with
     
(formerly known as
 
the Fund).
     
Ballast Equity
   
     
Management, LLC)
   
     
(a privately-held
   
     
investment advisory
   
     
firm) (February 2019
   
     
to present); Managing
   
     
Director and Vice
   
     
President, Jensen
   
     
Investment Management,
   
     
Inc. (a privately-held
   
     
investment advisory
   
     
firm) (2002 to 2017).
   
           
Joe D. Redwine
Trustee
Indefinite
Retired; formerly
1
Trustee, Advisors
(age 75)
 
term; since
Manager, President,
 
Series Trust
615 E. Michigan Street
 
September
CEO, U.S. Bancorp
 
(for series not
Milwaukee, WI 53202
 
2008.
Fund Services, LLC
 
affiliated with
     
and its predecessors
 
the Fund).
     
(May 1991 to
   
     
July 2017).
   




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Logan Capital Broad Innovative Growth ETF
INFORMATION ABOUT TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS (Continued)
(Unaudited)

Independent Trustees (1)
       
Number of
 
       
Portfolios
Other
   
Term of
Principal
in Fund
Directorships
 
Position
Office and
Occupation
Complex
Held During
Name, Address
Held with
Length of
During Past
Overseen by
Past
and Age
the Trust
Time Served*
Five Years
Trustee (2)
Five Years (3)
           
Raymond B. Woolson
Chairman
Indefinite
President, Apogee
1
Trustee, Advisors
(age 64)
of the
term; since
Group, Inc.
 
Series Trust (for
615 E. Michigan Street
Board
January
(financial consulting
 
series not affiliated
Milwaukee, WI 53202
 
2020.
firm) (1998 to present).
 
with the Fund);
 
Trustee
Indefinite
   
Independent
   
term; since
   
Trustee,
   
January
   
DoubleLine Funds
   
2016.
   
Trust (an open-end
         
investment
         
company with
         
19 portfolios),
         
DoubleLine
         
Opportunistic
         
Credit Fund,
         
DoubleLine
         
Income Solutions
         
Fund, and
         
DoubleLine Yield
         
Opportunities
         
Fund from 2010
         
to present;
         
Independent
         
Trustee,
         
DoubleLine ETF
         
Trust (an open-
         
end investment
         
company with
         
2 portfolios) from
         
March 2022
         
to present.
           
Michele Rackey
Trustee
Indefinite
Chief Executive
1
Trustee, Advisors
(age 64)
 
term; since
Officer, Government
 
Series Trust
615 E. Michigan Street
 
January
Employees Benefit
 
(for series not
Milwaukee, WI 53202
 
2023.
Association (GEBA)
 
affiliated with
     
(benefits and
 
the Fund).
     
wealth management
   
     
organization) (2004
   
     
to 2020); Board Member,
   
     
Association Business
   
     
Services Inc. (ABSI)
   
     
(for-profit subsidiary of
   
     
the American Society
   
     
of Association Executives)
   
     
(2019 to present).
   



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Logan Capital Broad Innovative Growth ETF
INFORMATION ABOUT TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS (Continued)
(Unaudited)

Officers
   
Term of
 
 
Position
Office and
 
Name, Address
Held with
Length of
 
and Age
the Trust
Time Served
Principal Occupation During Past Five Years
       
Jeffrey T. Rauman
President,
Indefinite
Senior Vice President, Compliance and
(age 54)
Chief
term; since
Administration, U.S. Bank Global Fund Services
615 E. Michigan Street
Executive
December
(February 1996 to present).
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Officer and
2018.
 
 
Principal
   
 
Executive
   
 
Officer
   
       
Kevin J. Hayden
Vice
Indefinite
Vice President, Compliance and Administration,
(age 51)
President,
term; since
U.S. Bank Global Fund Services
615 E. Michigan Street
Treasurer,
January
(June 2005 to present).
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Principal
2023.
 
 
Financial
   
 
Officer
   
       
Cheryl L. King
Assistant
Indefinite
Vice President, Compliance and Administration,
(age 61)
Treasurer
term; since
U.S. Bank Global Fund Services
615 E. Michigan Street
 
January
(October 1998 to present).
Milwaukee, WI 53202
 
2023.
 
       
Richard R. Conner
Assistant
Indefinite
Assistant Vice President, Compliance and
(age 40)
Treasurer
term; since
Administration, U.S. Bank Global Fund Services
615 E. Michigan Street
 
December
(July 2010 to present).
Milwaukee, WI 53202
 
2018.
 
       
Michael L. Ceccato
Vice
Indefinite
Senior Vice President, U.S. Bank Global Fund
(age 65)
President,
term; since
Services and Senior Vice President, U.S. Bank N.A.
615 E. Michigan Street
Chief
September
(February 2008 to present).
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Compliance
2009.
 
 
Officer and
   
 
AML Officer
   



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Logan Capital Broad Innovative Growth ETF
INFORMATION ABOUT TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS (Continued)
(Unaudited)

Officers
   
Term of
 
 
Position
Office and
 
Name, Address
Held with
Length of
 
and Age
the Trust
Time Served
Principal Occupation During Past Five Years
       
Elaine E. Richards
Vice
Indefinite
Senior Vice President, U.S. Bank Global Fund
(age 55)
President
term; since
Services (July 2007 to present).
2020 E. Financial Way,
and
September
 
  Suite 100
Secretary
2019.
 
Glendora, CA 91741
     

*
The Trustees have designated a mandatory retirement age of 75, such that each Trustee, serving as such on the date he or she reaches the age of 75, shall submit his or her resignation not later than the last day of the calendar year in which his or her 75th birthday occurs (“Retiring Trustee”). Upon request, the Board may, by vote of a majority of Trustees eligible to vote on such matter, determine whether or not to extend such Retiring Trustee’s term and on the length of a one-time extension of up to three additional years. Joe Redwine’s term as Independent Trustee has been extended for an additional three years to expire December 31, 2025.
(1)
The Trustees of the Trust who are not “interested persons” of the Trust as defined under the 1940 Act (“Independent Trustees”).
(2)
As of April 30, 2023, the Trust was comprised of 35 active portfolios managed by unaffiliated investment advisers. The term “Fund Complex” applies only to the Fund. The Fund does not hold itself out as related to any other series within the Trust for investment purposes, nor does it share the same investment adviser with any other series.
(3)
“Other Directorships Held” includes only directorships of companies required to register or file reports with the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (that is, “public companies”) or other investment companies registered under the 1940 Act.

The Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about the Fund’s Trustees and Officers and is available, without charge, upon request by calling 1-855-215-1200.




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Logan Capital Broad Innovative Growth ETF
APPROVAL OF INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT
(Unaudited)

At meetings held on October 18, 2022 and December 7 - 8, 2022, the Board (which is comprised of three persons, all of whom are Independent Trustees as defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended), considered and approved, for another annual term, the continuance of the investment advisory agreement (the “Advisory Agreement”) between Advisors Series Trust (the “Trust”) and Logan Capital Management, Inc. (the “Advisor”) on behalf of the Logan Capital Broad Innovative Growth ETF (the “Fund”). At both meetings, the Board received and reviewed substantial information regarding the Fund, the Advisor and the services provided by the Advisor to the Fund under the Advisory Agreement. This information, together with the information provided to the Board throughout the course of the year, formed the primary (but not exclusive) basis for the Board’s determination. In considering the renewal of the Advisory Agreement, the Board took into account the Fund’s prior time as a mutual fund. Below is a summary of the factors considered by the Board and the conclusions that formed the basis for the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement:
 
1.
THE NATURE, EXTENT AND QUALITY OF THE SERVICES PROVIDED AND TO BE PROVIDED BY THE ADVISOR UNDER THE ADVISORY AGREEMENT. The Board considered the nature, extent and quality of the Advisor’s overall services provided to the Fund, as well as its specific responsibilities in all aspects of day-to-day investment management of the Fund. The Board considered the qualifications, experience and responsibilities of the portfolio manager, as well as the responsibilities of other key personnel of the Advisor involved in the day-to-day activities of the Fund. The Board also considered the resources and compliance structure of the Advisor, including information regarding its compliance program, its chief compliance officer and the Advisor’s compliance record, as well as the Advisor’s cybersecurity program, liquidity risk management program, business continuity plan, and risk management process. The Board further considered the prior relationship between the Advisor and the Trust, as well as the Board’s knowledge of the Advisor’s operations, and noted that during the course of the prior year they had met with certain personnel of the Advisor to discuss the Fund’s performance and investment outlook as well as various marketing and compliance topics. The Board concluded that the Advisor had the quality and depth of personnel, resources, investment processes and compliance policies and procedures essential to performing its duties under the Advisory Agreement and that they were satisfied with the nature, overall quality and extent of such management services.
     
 
2.
THE FUND’S HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE AND THE OVERALL PERFORMANCE OF THE ADVISOR. In assessing the quality of the portfolio management delivered by the Advisor, the Board reviewed the short-term and long-term performance of the Fund as of June 30, 2022, on both an absolute basis and a relative basis in comparison to its peer funds utilizing Morningstar classifications, appropriate securities market benchmarks, a cohort that is


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Logan Capital Broad Innovative Growth ETF
APPROVAL OF INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT (Continued)
(Unaudited)

   
comprised of similarly managed funds selected by an independent third-party consulting firm engaged by the Board to assist it in its 15(c) review (the “Cohort”), and the Advisor’s similarly managed accounts. While the Board considered both short-term and long-term performance, it placed greater emphasis on longer term performance. When reviewing performance against the comparative Morningstar peer group universe, the Board took into account that the investment objectives and strategies of the Fund, its focus on tax efficiency as well as its level of risk tolerance, may differ significantly from funds in the peer universe. When reviewing the Fund’s performance against broad market benchmarks, the Board took into account the differences in portfolio construction between the Fund and such benchmarks as well as other differences between actively managed funds and passive benchmarks, such as objectives and risks. In assessing periods of relative underperformance or outperformance, the Board took into account that relative performance can be significantly impacted by performance measurement periods and that some periods of underperformance may be transitory in nature while others may reflect more significant underlying issues.
     
   
The Board noted that the Fund had underperformed its Cohort average for the one- and three-year periods and had outperformed for the five- and ten-year periods ended June 30, 2022. The Board also noted that the Fund had outperformed the Morningstar peer group average for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended June 30, 2022. In reviewing performance, the Board considered that the Fund had converted from a mutual fund to an exchange-traded fund but that its Morningstar peer group did not yet reflect this change.
     
   
The Board noted that the Fund underperformed its primary benchmark for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended June 30, 2022. The Board also considered performance of the Fund compared to the Advisor’s similarly managed composite, noting it had underperformed for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended June 30, 2022.
     
 
3.
THE COSTS OF THE SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED BY THE ADVISOR AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE ADVISOR’S FEE UNDER THE ADVISORY AGREEMENT. In considering the advisory fee and total expenses of the Fund, the Board reviewed comparisons to the applicable Morningstar peer funds, the Cohort, and the Advisor’s similarly managed accounts for other types of clients, as well as all expense waivers and reimbursements, if any, for the Fund. When reviewing fees charged to other similarly managed accounts, the Board took into account the type of account and the differences in the management of that account that might be germane to the difference, if any, in the fees charged to such accounts.
     
   
The Board noted that the Advisor had contractually agreed to maintain an annual expense ratio for the Fund of 0.99% for the Fund, excluding certain operating expenses (the “Expense Cap”). The Board noted that the Fund’s advisory fee and

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Logan Capital Broad Innovative Growth ETF
APPROVAL OF INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT (Continued)
(Unaudited)

   
net expense ratio were above the median and average of its Cohort and that its net expense ratio was above the average of its Morningstar peer group. In reviewing fees, the Board considered that the Fund had converted from a mutual fund to an exchange-traded fund but that its Morningstar peer group did not yet reflect this change. In reviewing the Fund’s fees as compared to a new ETF peer group, the Board considered that the Fund’s advisory fee was above the median of the ETF peer group but that the net expense ratio was in line with the median of the ETF peer group. The Board considered that the fees charged by the Advisor to its similarly managed separate account clients were the same or lower depending on the asset level.
     
 
4.
ECONOMIES OF SCALE. The Board also considered whether economies of scale were being realized by the Advisor that should be shared with shareholders. The Board noted that the Advisor has contractually agreed to reduce its advisory fees or reimburse Fund expenses so that the Fund does not exceed the specified Expense Cap. The Board noted that it did not appear that there were additional significant economies of scale being realized by the Advisor that should be shared with shareholders. As a result, the Board concluded that it would continue to monitor economies of scale in the future as circumstances changed and assuming asset levels increase.
     
 
5.
THE PROFITS TO BE REALIZED BY THE ADVISOR AND ITS AFFILIATES FROM THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FUND. The Board reviewed the Advisor’s financial information and took into account both the direct benefits and the indirect benefits to the Advisor from advising the Fund. The Board considered the profitability to the Advisor from its relationship with the Fund and considered any additional material benefits, including benefits received in the form of Rule 12b-1 fees received by the Advisor, “soft dollars” benefits that may be received by the Advisor in exchange for Fund brokerage, and shareholder servicing plan fees received by the Advisor. After such review, the Board determined that the profitability to the Advisor with respect to the Advisory Agreement for the Fund was not excessive, and that the Advisor had maintained sufficient resources and profit levels to support the services it provides to the Fund.

No single factor was determinative of the Board’s decision to approve the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the Fund, but rather the Trustees based their determination on the total mix of information available to them. Based on a consideration of all the factors in their totality, the Trustees determined that the advisory arrangements with the Advisor, including the advisory fees, were fair and reasonable to the Fund. The Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, therefore determined that the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the Fund would be in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders.



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PRIVACY NOTICE
 

The Fund collects non-public information about you from the following sources:
  Information we receive about you on applications or other forms;
  Information you give us orally; and/or
  Information about your transactions with us or others.
We do not disclose any non-public personal information about our customers or former customers without the customer’s authorization, except as permitted by law or in response to inquiries from governmental authorities. We may share information with affiliated and unaffiliated third parties with whom we have contracts for servicing the Fund. We will provide unaffiliated third parties with only the information necessary to carry out their assigned responsibilities. We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to guard your non-public personal information and require third parties to treat your personal information with the same high degree of confidentiality.
In the event that you hold shares of the Fund through a financial intermediary, including, but not limited to, a broker-dealer, bank, or trust company, the privacy policy of your financial intermediary would govern how your non-public personal information would be shared by those entities with unaffiliated third parties.








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Investment Advisor
Logan Capital Management, Inc.
3843 West Chester Pike, Suite 150
Newtown Square, PA 19073

Distributor
Quasar Distributors, LLC
111 East Kilbourn Avenue, Suite 2200
Milwaukee, WI 53202

Transfer Agent
U.S. Bank Global Fund Services
615 East Michigan Street
Milwaukee, WI 53202
(855) 215-1200

Custodian
U.S. Bank N.A.
Custody Operations
1555 North RiverCenter Drive, Suite 302
Milwaukee, WI 53212

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Tait, Weller & Baker, LLP
Two Liberty Place
50 South 16th Street, Suite 2900
Philadelphia, PA 19102

Legal Counsel
Sullivan & Worcester LLP
1633 Broadway, 32nd Floor
New York, NY 10019



This report is intended for shareholders of the Fund and may not be used as sales literature unless preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus.
Past performance results shown in this report should not be considered a representation of future performance. Share price and returns will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Statements and other information herein are dated and are subject to change.