The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund II

Prospectus dated March 1, 2023

 

KOPERNIK GLOBAL ALL-CAP FUND

Class A Shares: KGGAX
Class I Shares: KGGIX

 

KOPERNIK INTERNATIONAL FUND

Investor Class Shares: KGIRX
Class I Shares: KGIIX

 

Advised By

 

 

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

 

 

 

About This Prospectus

 

 

This prospectus has been arranged into different sections so that you can easily review this important information. For detailed information about the Funds, please see:

 

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Kopernik Global All-Cap Fund

 

Investment Objective

1

Fund Fees and Expenses

1

Principal Investment Strategies

3

Principal Risks

4

Performance Information

7

Investment Adviser

8

Portfolio Managers

8

Purchasing and Selling Shares

9

Kopernik International Fund

 

Investment Objective

10

Fund Fees and Expenses

10

Principal Investment Strategies

11

Principal Risks

12

Performance Information

16

Investment Adviser

17

Portfolio Managers

17

Purchasing and Selling Shares

18

Summary Information about Taxes and Financial Intermediary Compensation

19

More Information about Risk

19

More Information about Fund Investments

23

Information about Portfolio Holdings

24

Investment Adviser

24

Portfolio Managers

25

Prior Performance of a Portfolio Manager

27

Pricing of Fund Shares

30

Purchasing, Selling and Exchanging Fund Shares

31

Payments to Financial Intermediaries

47

Other Policies

49

Dividends and Distributions

53

Taxes

54

Additional Information

56

Financial Highlights

57

How To Obtain More Information About the Kopernik Funds

Back Cover

Intermediary-Specific Sales Charge Discounts and Waivers

Appendix A

 

 

KGGIX CLASS I SHARES

KGGAX CLASS A SHARES

MSCI All Country World Index (Net) (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes (except foreign withholding taxes))

Kopernik Global All-Cap Fund

 

Investment Objective

 

The Kopernik Global All-Cap Fund (the “Fund” or the “Global All-Cap Fund”) seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation.

 

Fund Fees and Expenses

 

These tables describe the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold Class A Shares or Class I Shares of the Fund. You may be required to pay commissions and/or other forms of compensation to a broker for transactions in Class I Shares, which are not reflected in the table or the example below. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in Class A Shares of the Fund. More information about these and other discounts is available (i) from your financial professional and (ii) in the “Purchasing, Selling and Exchanging Fund Shares – Sales Charges” section on page 33 of this prospectus. Investors investing in the Fund through an intermediary should consult Appendix A – Intermediary-Specific Sales Charge Discounts and Waivers, which includes information regarding broker-defined sales charges and related discount and/or waiver policies that apply to purchases through certain intermediaries.

 

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

 

 

Class A Shares

Class I Shares

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

5.75%

Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of the lower of the original purchase price or the net asset value at redemption)

0.75%1

 

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You may be assessed a contingent deferred sales charge of 0.75% for purchases of Class A Shares over $1 million but less than $4 million, plus 0.50% of the amount over $4 million but less than $50 million, plus 0.25% of the amount over $50 million, if you redeem any of your Class A Shares within 18 months of purchase.

 

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

 

 

Class A Shares

Class I Shares

Management Fees

0.90%

0.90%

Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees

0.25%

None

Other Expenses

0.11%

0.11%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses1

1.26%

1.01%

 

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Kopernik Global Investors, LLC (the “Adviser”) has contractually agreed to reduce its fees and/or reimburse expenses in order to keep Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions and other costs and expenses relating to the securities that are purchased and sold by the Fund, acquired fund fees and expenses, other expenditures which are capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and non-routine expenses (collectively, “Excluded Expenses”)) from exceeding 1.35% of the Fund’s Class A Shares’ average daily net assets and 1.10% of the Fund’s Class I Shares’ average daily net assets until February 28, 2024 (the “Contractual Expense Limit”). In addition, the Adviser may receive from the Fund the difference between the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (not including Excluded Expenses) and the Contractual Expense Limit to recoup all or a portion of its prior fee waivers or expense reimbursements made during the rolling three-year period preceding the date of the recoupment if at any point Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (not including Excluded Expenses) are below the Contractual Expense Limit (i) at the time of the fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement and (ii) at the time of the recoupment. This agreement may be terminated: (i) by the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund II (the “Trust”), for any reason at any time, or (ii) by the Adviser, upon ninety (90) days’ prior written notice to the Trust, effective as of the close of business on February 28, 2024.

 

Example

 

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

 

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

 

1 Year

3 Years

5 Years

10 Years

Class A Shares

$696

$952

$1,227

$2,010

Class I Shares

$103

$322

$558

$1,236

 

Portfolio Turnover

 

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These

 

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costs, which are not reflected in total annual Fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. During its most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 58% of the average value of its portfolio.

 

Principal Investment Strategies

 

The Fund plans to invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in equity securities of U.S. and non-U.S. companies of any size. For purposes of the Fund’s 80% policy, equity securities include common and preferred stock, convertible securities, depositary receipts, and private placements. The Fund will invest at least 40% of its net assets in securities of issuers located outside the U.S. and may invest significantly in securities of issuers located in emerging or frontier markets, which the Adviser defines as countries other than those classified as developed by MSCI.

 

No more than 35% of the Fund’s net assets may be invested in securities of companies located in a single country, and the Fund’s net assets will be invested in securities of companies located in at least three different countries. As a result of the Adviser’s investment strategy, a large portion of the portfolio may be invested in a particular country or region.

 

In pursuing the Fund’s investment objective, the Adviser seeks to achieve its investment objective through an active, research-driven, fundamentals-based, value-oriented investment process. The Adviser adheres to disciplined, value-driven investment strategies that emphasize securities chosen through in-depth research and follows those securities over time to assess whether they continue to meet the purchase rationale.

 

The Adviser selects equity securities through bottom-up fundamental research. The Adviser’s research analysts continually evaluate companies within their defined investable universe based upon a variety of both qualitative and quantitative criteria. Quantitative measures include price-to-earnings, price-to-book value, price-to-sales, price-to-net present value, price-to-free cash flow, sustainable dividend yield and price-to-liquidation/replacement value. The qualitative analysis assists the research team in producing an understanding of franchise quality, management strength, corporate strategy, barriers-to-entry, shareholder value orientation, operating and industry fundamentals and competitive advantage. The research-driven investment process seeks to add value through active management and by selecting securities of companies that, in the Adviser’s opinion, are misperceived

 

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and undervalued by the market. The Adviser makes use of convertible securities on an opportunistic basis as an alternative to the underlying equity in addition to also considering securities across a company’s capital structure, including debt.

 

The Adviser may sell a security when the Adviser believes that it has found a better alternative, the security’s fundamentals have deteriorated, or the security’s value has appreciated and approached the Adviser’s estimated intrinsic value.

 

Principal Risks

 

As with all mutual funds, there is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its investment objective. You could lose money by investing in the Fund. A Fund share is not a bank deposit and it is not insured or guaranteed by the FDIC or any government agency. The principal risk factors affecting shareholders’ investments in the Fund are set forth below.

 

Equity Risk Since it purchases equity securities, the Fund is subject to the risk that stock prices will fall over short or extended periods of time. Historically, the equity markets have moved in cycles, and the value of the Fund’s equity securities may fluctuate drastically from day to day. Individual companies may report poor results or be negatively affected by industry and/or economic trends and developments. The prices of securities issued by such companies may suffer a decline in response. In addition, the impact of any epidemic, pandemic or natural disaster, or widespread fear that such events may occur, could negatively affect the global economy, as well as the economies of individual countries, the financial performance of individual companies and sectors, and the markets in general in significant and unforeseen ways. Any such impact could adversely affect the prices and liquidity of the securities and other instruments in which the Fund invests, which in turn could negatively impact the Fund’s performance and cause losses on your investment in the Fund. These factors contribute to price volatility, which is the principal risk of investing in the Fund.

 

Small and Medium Capitalization Companies Risk — The risk that small and medium capitalization companies in which the Fund invests may be more vulnerable to adverse business or economic events than larger, more established companies. In particular, small and medium capitalization companies may have limited product lines, markets and financial resources, and may depend upon a relatively small management group. Therefore, small capitalization and medium capitalization stocks may be more volatile than those of larger

 

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companies. Small capitalization and medium capitalization stocks may be traded over-the-counter or listed on an exchange. The market for small and medium capitalization companies may be less liquid than the market for larger capitalization companies.

 

Foreign/Emerging and Frontier Market Security Risk Non-U.S. securities may be subject to additional risks due to, among other things, political, social and economic developments abroad, currency movements and different legal, regulatory and tax environments. Non-U.S. securities are also subject to risks associated with the potential imposition of economic and other sanctions against a particular foreign country, its nationals or industries or businesses within the country. In addition, periodic U.S. Government restrictions on investments in issuers from certain foreign countries may require the Fund to sell such investments at inopportune times, which could result in losses to the Fund. These additional risks may be heightened with respect to emerging and frontier market countries since political turmoil and rapid changes in economic conditions are more likely to occur in these countries.

 

Geographic Focus Risk — To the extent that a large portion of its portfolio is invested in a particular country or region, the Fund may be more susceptible to economic, political, regulatory or other events or conditions affecting issuers within that country or region. As a result, the Fund may be subject to greater price volatility and risk of loss than a fund holding more geographically diverse investments.

 

Sector Focus Risk — Because the Fund may, from time to time, be more heavily invested in particular sectors, the value of its shares may be especially sensitive to factors and economic risks that specifically affect those sectors. As a result, the Fund’s share price may fluctuate more widely than the value of shares of a mutual fund that invests in a broader range of sectors.

 

Liquidity Risk — Certain securities, including privately placed securities and securities of emerging or frontier market issuers, may be difficult or impossible to sell at the time and the price that the Fund would like. The Fund may have to accept a lower price to sell a security, sell other securities to raise cash, or give up an investment opportunity, any of which could have a negative effect on Fund management or performance.

 

Foreign Currency Risk — As a result of the Fund’s investments in securities denominated in, and/or receiving revenues in, foreign currencies, the Fund will be subject to foreign currency risk. Foreign

 

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currency risk is the risk that foreign currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar, in which case, the dollar value of an investment in the Fund would be adversely affected.

 

Sanctions Risk — On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a large-scale invasion of Ukraine, significantly amplifying already existing geopolitical tensions. Russia’s actions and the resulting responses by the United States and other countries could increase volatility and uncertainty in the financial markets and adversely affect regional and global economies. The United States and other countries have imposed broad-ranging economic sanctions on Russia, certain Russian individuals, banking entities and corporations, and Belarus as a response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and may impose sanctions on other countries. The extent and duration of the war in Ukraine and the longevity and severity of sanctions remain unknown, but they could have a significant adverse impact on the European economy as well as the price and availability of certain commodities, including oil and natural gas, throughout the world. These sanctions, and the resulting disruption of the Russian economy, may cause volatility in other regional and global markets and may negatively impact the performance of various sectors and industries, as well as companies in other countries, which could have a negative effect on the performance of the Fund. The sanctions and/or any retaliatory action by Russia could also require the Fund to freeze any existing investments in Russian companies or prohibit the Fund from selling or transacting in these investments and could potentially impact the Fund’s liquidity. In general terms, the overall negative impact to the Fund will depend on the extent to which the Fund is prohibited from selling or otherwise transacting in its investments at any given time and whether a fair market valuation can be readily obtained, particularly for any Russia currency-denominated investments and investments in U.S. dollar-denominated depositary receipts representing securities of Russian issuers.

 

Depositary Receipts Risk Depositary receipts are certificates evidencing ownership of shares of a foreign issuer that are issued by depositary banks and generally trade on an established market. Depositary receipts are subject to many of the risks associated with investing directly in foreign securities, including, among other things, political, social and economic developments abroad, currency movements, and different legal, regulatory and tax environments.

 

Convertible and Preferred Securities Risk — Convertible and preferred securities have many of the same characteristics as stocks, including many of the same risks. In addition, convertible securities

 

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may be more sensitive to changes in interest rates than stocks. Convertible securities may also have credit ratings below investment grade, meaning that they carry a higher risk of failure by the issuer to pay principal and/or interest when due.

 

Private Placements Risk Investment in privately placed securities may be less liquid than in publicly traded securities. Although these securities may be resold in privately negotiated transactions, the prices realized from these sales could be less than those originally paid by the Fund or less than what may be considered the fair value of such securities. Further, companies whose securities are not publicly traded may not be subject to the disclosure and other investor protection requirements that might be applicable if their securities were publicly traded.

 

Performance Information

 

The bar chart and the performance table below illustrate the risks and volatility of an investment in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund’s Class I Shares’ performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund’s Class I Shares’ and Class A Shares’ average annual total returns for 1 and 5 years and since inception compare with those of a broad measure of market performance. Of course, the Fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information is available by calling 855-887-4KGI or by visiting the Fund’s website at www.kopernikglobal.com.

 

 

 

BEST QUARTER

WORST QUARTER

37.76%

(18.46)%

(06/30/2020)

(03/31/2020)

 

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Average Annual Total Returns for Periods Ended December 31, 2022

 

This table compares the Fund’s average annual total returns (after applicable sales charges) for the periods ended December 31, 2022 to those of an appropriate broad based index.

 

After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns will depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts (“IRAs”). After-tax returns are shown for Class I Shares only. After-tax returns for Class A Shares will vary.

 

Returns after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares may be higher than before-tax returns when a net capital loss occurs upon the redemption of Fund shares.

 

Kopernik Global All-Cap Fund

1 Year

5 Years

Since Inception
(11/01/13)

Fund Returns Before Taxes

     

Class I Shares

(9.03)%

7.37%

5.63%

Class A Shares

(14.47)%

5.84%

4.70%

Fund Returns After Taxes on Distributions

     

Class I Shares

(11.51)%

5.64%

4.40%

Fund Returns After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares

     

Class I Shares

(3.36)%

5.49%

4.21%

MSCI All Country World Index (Net) (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes (except foreign withholding taxes))

(18.36)%

5.23%

6.72%

 

 

Investment Adviser

 

Kopernik Global Investors, LLC

 

Portfolio Managers

 

David B. Iben, Chief Investment Officer and Lead Portfolio Manager, has managed the Fund since its inception in 2013.

 

Alissa Corcoran, Deputy Chief Investment Officer, Director of Research and Co-Portfolio Manager, has managed the Fund since July 2022.

 

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Purchasing and Selling Shares

 

 

Class A Shares

Class I Shares

Minimum Initial Investment

$3,000, except:

 

● The Funds reserve the right to change or waive the minimum initial investment amount for Class A Shares in their sole discretion, including for Shares purchased through fee-based investment advisory or wrap fee programs.

$1,000,000, except:

 

● $250 for clients of financial intermediaries and family offices that have accounts holding Class I Shares with an aggregate value of at least $1,000,000 (or that are expected to reach this level).

 

● No minimum initial investment for certain employer-sponsored retirement plans and bank or broker-affiliated trust departments.

 

● The Funds reserve the right to change or waive the minimum initial investment amount for Class I Shares in their sole discretion, including for Shares purchased through fee-based investment advisory or wrap fee programs.

Minimum Subsequent Investment

$250

None

 

If you own your shares directly, you may redeem your shares on any day that the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) is open for business (a “Business Day”) by contacting the Funds directly by mail at: Kopernik Funds, P.O. Box 219009, Kansas City, MO 64121-9009 (Express Mail Address: Kopernik Funds, c/o SS&C Global Investor & Distribution Solutions, Inc., 430 West 7th Street, Kansas City, MO 64105) or telephone at: 855-887-4KGI.

 

If you own your shares through an account with a broker or other institution, contact that broker or institution to redeem your shares. Your broker or institution may charge a fee for its services in addition to the fees charged by a Fund.

 

For more information about taxes and financial intermediary compensation, please turn to “Summary Information about Taxes and Financial Intermediary Compensation” on page 19 of the prospectus.

 

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KGIIX CLASS I SHARES

KGIRX INVESTOR CLASS SHARES

MSCI All Country World Index ex-US (Net) (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes (except foreign withholding taxes))

Kopernik International Fund

 

Investment Objective

 

The Kopernik International Fund (the “Fund” or the “International Fund”) seeks long-term growth of capital.

 

Fund Fees and Expenses

 

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold Investor Class Shares or Class I Shares of the Fund. You may be required to pay commissions and/or other forms of compensation to a broker for transactions in Class I Shares, which are not reflected in the table or the example below.

 

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

 

 

Investor
Class Shares

Class I Shares

Management Fees

0.90%

0.90%

Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees

0.25%

None

Other Expenses

0.14%

0.14%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses1

1.29%

1.04%

 

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Kopernik Global Investors, LLC (the “Adviser”) has contractually agreed to reduce its fees and/or reimburse expenses in order to keep Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions and other costs and expenses relating to the securities that are purchased and sold by the Fund, acquired fund fees and expenses, other expenditures which are capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and non-routine expenses (collectively, “Excluded Expenses”)) from exceeding 1.35% of the Fund’s Investor Class Shares’ average daily net assets and 1.10% of the Fund’s Class I Shares’ average daily net assets until February 28, 2024 (the “Contractual Expense Limit”). In addition, the Adviser may receive from the Fund the difference between the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (not including Excluded Expenses) and the Contractual Expense Limit to recoup all or a portion of its prior fee waivers or expense reimbursements made during the rolling three-year period preceding the date of the recoupment if at any point Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (not including Excluded Expenses) are below the Contractual Expense Limit (i) at the time of the fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement and (ii) at the time of the recoupment. This agreement may be terminated: (i) by the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund II (the “Trust”), for any reason at any time, or (ii) by the Adviser, upon ninety (90) days’ prior written notice to the Trust, effective as of the close of business on February 28, 2024.

 

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Example

 

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

 

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

 

1 Year

3 Years

5 Years

10 Years

Investor Class Shares

$131

$409

$708

$1,556

Class I Shares

$106

$331

$574

$1,271

 

Portfolio Turnover

 

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in total annual Fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. During its most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 62% of the average value of its portfolio.

 

Principal Investment Strategies

 

The Fund, under normal market conditions, will invest primarily in equity securities of companies located throughout the world. The equity securities in which the Fund plans to invest include common and preferred stock, convertible securities, depositary receipts, and private placements. The Fund generally follows a multi-capitalization approach that focuses on mid- to large-capitalization companies, but the Fund may also invest in small capitalization companies. The Fund may invest significantly in securities of issuers located in emerging or frontier markets, which the Adviser defines as countries other than those classified as developed by MSCI. No more than 35% of the Fund’s net assets may be invested in securities of companies located in a single country. As a result of the Adviser’s investment strategy, a large portion of the portfolio may be invested in a particular country or region. The Fund may invest up to 15% of its net assets in U.S. domiciled businesses that have significant business activities outside the United States, as determined by the Adviser.

 

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In pursuing the Fund’s investment objective, the Adviser seeks to achieve its investment objective through an active, research-driven, fundamentals-based, value-oriented investment process. The Adviser adheres to disciplined, value-driven investment strategies that emphasize securities chosen through in-depth research and follows those securities over time to assess whether they continue to meet the purchase rationale.

 

The Adviser selects equity securities through bottom-up fundamental research. The Adviser’s research analysts continually evaluate companies within their defined investable universe based upon a variety of both qualitative and quantitative criteria. Quantitative measures include price-to-earnings, price-to-book value, price-to-sales, price-to-net present value, price-to-free cash flow, sustainable dividend yield and price-to-liquidation/replacement value. The qualitative analysis assists the research team in producing an understanding of franchise quality, management strength, corporate strategy, barriers-to-entry, shareholder value orientation, operating and industry fundamentals and competitive advantage. The research-driven investment process seeks to add value through active management and by selecting securities of companies that, in the Adviser’s opinion, are misperceived and undervalued by the market. The Adviser makes use of convertible securities on an opportunistic basis as an alternative to the underlying equity in addition to also considering securities across a company’s capital structure, including debt.

 

The Adviser may sell a security when the Adviser believes that it has found a better alternative, the security’s fundamentals have deteriorated, or the security’s value has appreciated and approached the Adviser’s estimated intrinsic value. When the Adviser believes that market conditions are unfavorable to its style of investing, or is otherwise unable to locate attractive investment opportunities, the Fund may hold a higher level of cash or money market instruments. Due to a larger percentage of such holdings, the Fund may not participate in market advances or declines to the same extent that it would if the Fund remained more fully invested in equity securities.

 

Principal Risks

 

As with all mutual funds, there is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its investment objective. You could lose money by investing in the Fund. A Fund share is not a bank deposit and it is not insured or guaranteed by the FDIC or any government agency.

 

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The principal risk factors affecting shareholders’ investments in the Fund are set forth below.

 

Equity Risk Since it purchases equity securities, the Fund is subject to the risk that stock prices will fall over short or extended periods of time. Historically, the equity markets have moved in cycles, and the value of the Fund’s equity securities may fluctuate drastically from day to day. Individual companies may report poor results or be negatively affected by industry and/or economic trends and developments. The prices of securities issued by such companies may suffer a decline in response. In addition, the impact of any epidemic, pandemic or natural disaster, or widespread fear that such events may occur, could negatively affect the global economy, as well as the economies of individual countries, the financial performance of individual companies and sectors, and the markets in general in significant and unforeseen ways. Any such impact could adversely affect the prices and liquidity of the securities and other instruments in which the Fund invests, which in turn could negatively impact the Fund’s performance and cause losses on your investment in the Fund. These factors contribute to price volatility, which is the principal risk of investing in the Fund.

 

Foreign/Emerging and Frontier Market Security Risk Non-U.S. securities may be subject to additional risks due to, among other things, political, social and economic developments abroad, currency movements and different legal, regulatory and tax environments. Non-U.S. securities are also subject to risks associated with the potential imposition of economic and other sanctions against a particular foreign country, its nationals or industries or businesses within the country. In addition, periodic U.S. Government restrictions on investments in issuers from certain foreign countries may require the Fund to sell such investments at inopportune times, which could result in losses to the Fund. These additional risks may be heightened with respect to emerging and frontier market countries since political turmoil and rapid changes in economic conditions are more likely to occur in these countries.

 

Geographic Focus Risk To the extent that a large portion of its portfolio is invested in a particular country or region, the Fund may be more susceptible to economic, political, regulatory or other events or conditions affecting issuers within that country or region. As a result, the Fund may be subject to greater price volatility and risk of loss than a fund holding more geographically diverse investments.

 

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Sector Focus Risk — Because the Fund may, from time to time, be more heavily invested in particular sectors, the value of its shares may be especially sensitive to factors and economic risks that specifically affect those sectors. As a result, the Fund’s share price may fluctuate more widely than the value of shares of a mutual fund that invests in a broader range of sectors.

 

Small and Medium Capitalization Companies Risk — The risk that small and medium capitalization companies in which the Fund invests may be more vulnerable to adverse business or economic events than larger, more established companies. In particular, small and medium capitalization companies may have limited product lines, markets and financial resources, and may depend upon a relatively small management group. Therefore, small capitalization and medium capitalization stocks may be more volatile than those of larger companies. Small capitalization and medium capitalization stocks may be traded over-the-counter or listed on an exchange. The market for small and medium capitalization companies may be less liquid than the market for larger capitalization companies.

 

Foreign Currency Risk — As a result of the Fund’s investments in securities denominated in, and/or receiving revenues in, foreign currencies, the Fund will be subject to foreign currency risk. Foreign currency risk is the risk that foreign currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar, in which case, the dollar value of an investment in the Fund would be adversely affected.

 

Sanctions Risk — On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a large-scale invasion of Ukraine, significantly amplifying already existing geopolitical tensions. Russia’s actions and the resulting responses by the United States and other countries could increase volatility and uncertainty in the financial markets and adversely affect regional and global economies. The United States and other countries have imposed broad-ranging economic sanctions on Russia, certain Russian individuals, banking entities and corporations, and Belarus as a response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and may impose sanctions on other countries. The extent and duration of the war in Ukraine and the longevity and severity of sanctions remain unknown, but they could have a significant adverse impact on the European economy as well as the price and availability of certain commodities, including oil and natural gas, throughout the world. These sanctions, and the resulting disruption of the Russian economy, may cause volatility in other regional and global markets and may negatively impact the performance of various sectors and industries, as well as companies in other countries, which could have a negative effect on the performance

 

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of the Fund. The sanctions and/or any retaliatory action by Russia could also require the Fund to freeze any existing investments in Russian companies or prohibit the Fund from selling or transacting in these investments and could potentially impact the Fund’s liquidity. In general terms, the overall negative impact to the Fund will depend on the extent to which the Fund is prohibited from selling or otherwise transacting in its investments at any given time and whether a fair market valuation can be readily obtained, particularly for any Russia currency-denominated investments and investments in U.S. dollar-denominated depositary receipts representing securities of Russian issuers.

 

Depositary Receipts Risk Depositary receipts are certificates evidencing ownership of shares of a foreign issuer that are issued by depositary banks and generally trade on an established market. Depositary receipts are subject to many of the risks associated with investing directly in foreign securities, including, among other things, political, social and economic developments abroad, currency movements, and different legal, regulatory and tax environments.

 

Convertible and Preferred Securities Risk Convertible and preferred securities have many of the same characteristics as stocks, including many of the same risks. In addition, convertible securities may be more sensitive to changes in interest rates than stocks. Convertible securities may also have credit ratings below investment grade, meaning that they carry a higher risk of failure by the issuer to pay principal and/or interest when due.

 

Liquidity Risk Certain securities, including privately placed securities and securities of emerging or frontier market issuers, may be difficult or impossible to sell at the time and the price that the Fund would like. The Fund may have to accept a lower price to sell a security, sell other securities to raise cash, or give up an investment opportunity, any of which could have a negative effect on Fund management or performance.

 

Private Placements Risk Investment in privately placed securities may be less liquid than in publicly traded securities. Although these securities may be resold in privately negotiated transactions, the prices realized from these sales could be less than those originally paid by the Fund or less than what may be considered the fair value of such securities. Further, companies whose securities are not publicly traded may not be subject to the disclosure and other investor protection requirements that might be applicable if their securities were publicly traded.

 

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Performance Information

 

The bar chart and the performance table below illustrate the risks and volatility of an investment in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund’s Class I Shares’ performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund’s Class I Shares’ and Investor Class Shares’ average annual total returns for 1 and 5 years and since inception compare with those of a broad measure of market performance. Of course, the Fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

 

Updated performance information is available by calling 855-887-4KGI or by visiting the Fund’s website at www.kopernikglobal.com.

 

 

 

BEST QUARTER

WORST QUARTER

29.07%

(20.69)%

(06/30/2020)

(03/31/2020)

 

Average Annual Total Returns for Periods Ended December 31, 2022

 

This table compares the Fund’s average annual total returns for the periods ended December 31, 2022 to those of an appropriate broad based index.

 

After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns will depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts (“IRAs”). After-tax returns are shown for Class I Shares only. After-tax returns for Investor Class Shares will vary.

 

Returns after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares may be higher than before-tax returns when a net capital loss occurs upon the redemption of Fund shares.

 

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Kopernik International Fund

1 Year

5 Years

Since Inception1

Fund Returns Before Taxes

     

Class I Shares

(14.05)%

5.39%

6.59%

Investor Class Shares

(14.30)%

7.94%

Fund Returns After Taxes on Distributions

     

Class I Shares

(14.45)%

4.58%

5.94%

Fund Returns After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares

     

Class I Shares

(7.87)%

4.12%

5.16%

MSCI All Country World Index ex-US (Net) (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes (except foreign withholding taxes))

16.00%

0.88%

3.12%

 

1

Class I Shares of the Fund were offered beginning June 30, 2015. Investor Class Shares of the Fund were offered beginning December 10, 2018. Index comparison begins June 30, 2015.

 

 

Investment Adviser

 

Kopernik Global Investors, LLC

 

Portfolio Managers

 

David B. Iben, Chief Investment Officer and Co-Portfolio Manager, has managed the Fund since its inception in 2015.

 

Mark McKinney, Co-Portfolio Manager, has managed the Fund since its inception in 2015.

 

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Purchasing and Selling Shares

 

 

Investor Class Shares

Class I Shares

Minimum Initial Investment

$3,000, except:

 

● The Funds reserve the right to change or waive the minimum initial investment amount for Investor Class Shares in their sole discretion, including for Shares purchased through fee-based investment advisory or wrap fee programs.

$1,000,000, except:

 

● $250 for clients of financial intermediaries and family offices that have accounts holding Class I Shares with an aggregate value of at least $1,000,000 (or that are expected to reach this level).

 

● No minimum initial investment for certain employer-sponsored retirement plans and bank or broker-affiliated trust departments.

 

● The Funds reserve the right to change or waive the minimum initial investment amount for Class I Shares in their sole discretion, including for Shares purchased through fee-based investment advisory or wrap fee programs.

Minimum Subsequent Investment

$250

None

 

If you own your shares directly, you may redeem your shares on any day that the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) is open for business (a “Business Day”) by contacting the Funds directly by mail at: Kopernik Funds, P.O. Box 219009, Kansas City, MO 64121-9009 (Express Mail Address: Kopernik Funds, c/o SS&C Global Investor & Distribution Solutions, Inc., 430 West 7th Street, Kansas City, MO 64105) or telephone at: 855-887-4KGI.

 

If you own your shares through an account with a broker or other institution, contact that broker or institution to redeem your shares. Your broker or institution may charge a fee for its services in addition to the fees charged by a Fund.

 

For more information about taxes and financial intermediary compensation, please turn to “Summary Information about Taxes and Financial Intermediary Compensation” on page 19 of the prospectus.

 

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Summary Information about Taxes and Financial Intermediary Compensation

 

Tax Information

 

The distributions made by the Funds generally are taxable, and will be taxed as qualified dividend income, ordinary income or capital gains. If you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or IRA, you will generally not be subject to federal income taxation on Fund distributions until you begin receiving distributions from your tax-deferred arrangement. You should consult your tax advisor regarding the rules governing your tax-deferred arrangement.

 

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

 

If you purchase shares of a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s web site for more information.

 

More Information about Risk

 

Investing in the Funds involves risk and there is no guarantee that a Fund will achieve its goals. The Adviser’s judgments about the markets, the economy, or companies may not anticipate actual market movements, economic conditions or company performance, and these judgments may affect the return on your investment. In fact, no matter how good of a job the Adviser does, you could lose money on your investment in a Fund, just as you could with other investments.

 

The value of your investment in a Fund is based on the value of the securities the Fund holds. These prices change daily due to economic and other events that affect particular companies and other issuers. These price movements, sometimes called volatility, may be greater or lesser depending on the types of securities a Fund owns and the markets in which they trade. The effect on a Fund of a change in the value of a single security will depend on how widely the Fund diversifies its holdings.

 

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Depositary Receipts Risk American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) are dollar-denominated depositary receipts typically issued by a U.S. financial institution that evidence an ownership interest in a security or pool of securities issued by a foreign issuer. ADRs are listed and traded in the U.S. Global Depositary Receipts (“GDRs”) are similar to ADRs but represent shares of foreign-based corporations generally issued by international banks in one or more markets around the world. ADRs and GDRs are subject to the risks associated with investing directly in foreign securities, which are described below. In addition, investments in ADRs and GDRs may be less liquid than the underlying shares in their primary trading markets and GDRs, many of which represent shares issued by companies in emerging or frontier markets, may be more volatile. Depositary receipts may be sponsored or unsponsored. Holders of unsponsored depositary receipts generally bear all the costs associated with establishing unsponsored depositary receipts. In addition, the issuers of the securities underlying unsponsored depositary receipts are not obligated to disclose material information in the U.S., and, therefore, there may be less information available regarding such issuers, and there may not be a correlation between such information and the market value of the depositary receipts.

 

Equity Risk Equity securities include public and privately issued equity securities, common and preferred stocks, convertible securities and depositary receipts. Common stock represents an equity or ownership interest in an issuer. Preferred stock (also called “saver shares”) provides a fixed dividend that is paid before any dividends are paid to common stock holders, and which takes precedence over common stock in the event of a liquidation. Like common stock, preferred stocks represent partial ownership in a company, although preferred stock shareholders do not enjoy any of the voting rights of common stockholders. Also, unlike common stock, a preferred stock pays a fixed dividend that does not fluctuate, although the company does not have to pay this dividend if it lacks the financial ability to do so. The value of securities convertible into equity securities, such as convertible debt, is also affected by prevailing interest rates, the credit quality of the issuer and any call provision. Depositary receipts risk is discussed above. Investments in equity securities in general are subject to market risks that may cause their prices to fluctuate over time. In addition, the impact of any epidemic, pandemic or natural disaster, or widespread fear that such events may occur, could negatively affect the global economy, as well as the economies of individual countries, the financial performance of individual companies and sectors, and the markets in general in significant and unforeseen ways. Any such impact could adversely affect the prices and liquidity of the securities

 

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and other instruments in which a Fund invests, which in turn could negatively impact the Fund’s performance and cause losses on your investment in the Fund. Recent examples include pandemic risks related to COVID-19 and aggressive measures taken worldwide in response by governments, including closing borders, restricting international and domestic travel, and the imposition of prolonged quarantines of large populations, and by businesses, including changes to operations and reducing staff. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic may be short term or may last for an extended period of time, and in either case could result in a substantial economic downturn or recession. Fluctuations in the value of equity securities in which a mutual fund invests will cause the fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) to fluctuate. An investment in a portfolio of equity securities may be more suitable for long-term investors who can bear the risk of these share price fluctuations.

 

Foreign Currency Risk Because non-U.S. securities are usually denominated in currencies other than the dollar, the value of a Fund’s portfolio may be influenced by currency exchange rates and exchange control regulations. The currencies of emerging or frontier market countries may experience significant declines against the U.S. dollar, and devaluation may occur subsequent to investments in these currencies by the Funds. Inflation and rapid fluctuations in inflation rates have had, and may continue to have, negative effects on the economies and securities markets of certain emerging and frontier market countries.

 

Foreign/Emerging and Frontier Market Security Risk Investments in securities of foreign companies (including direct investments as well as investments through depositary receipts) can be more volatile than investments in U.S. companies. Diplomatic, political, or economic developments, including nationalization or appropriation, could affect investments in foreign companies. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets. In addition, the value of securities denominated in foreign currencies, and of dividends from such securities, can change significantly when foreign currencies strengthen or weaken relative to the U.S. dollar. Financial statements of foreign issuers are governed by different accounting, auditing, and financial reporting standards than the financial statements of U.S. issuers and may be less transparent and uniform than in the United States. Thus, there may be less information publicly available about foreign issuers than about most U.S. issuers. Transaction costs are generally higher than those in the United States and expenses for custodial arrangements of foreign securities may be somewhat greater than typical expenses for custodial arrangements

 

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of similar U.S. securities. Some foreign governments levy withholding taxes against dividend and interest income. Although in some countries a portion of these taxes are recoverable, the non-recovered portion will reduce the income received from the securities comprising a Fund’s portfolio. Additionally, periodic U.S. Government restrictions on investments in issuers from certain foreign countries may result in a Fund having to sell such prohibited securities at inopportune times. Such prohibited securities may have less liquidity as a result of such U.S. Government designation and the market price of such prohibited securities may decline, which may cause the Fund to incur losses. These risks may be heightened with respect to emerging and frontier market countries since political turmoil and rapid changes in economic conditions are more likely to occur in these countries.

 

Liquidity Risk Certain securities, including privately placed securities and securities of emerging or frontier market issuers, may be difficult or impossible to sell at the time and the price that a Fund would like. A Fund may have to accept a lower price to sell a security, sell other securities to raise cash, or give up an investment opportunity, any of which could have a negative effect on Fund management or performance. If a Fund’s holdings in illiquid investments exceed 15% of its net assets, the Adviser will use its best efforts to remedy the situation as promptly as practicable under the circumstances.

 

Sanctions Risk On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a large-scale invasion of Ukraine, significantly amplifying already existing geopolitical tensions. Russia’s actions and the resulting responses by the United States and other countries could increase volatility and uncertainty in the financial markets and adversely affect regional and global economies. The United States and other countries have imposed broad-ranging economic sanctions on Russia, certain Russian individuals, banking entities and corporations, and Belarus as a response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and may impose sanctions on other countries. The extent and duration of the war in Ukraine and the longevity and severity of sanctions remain unknown, but they could have a significant adverse impact on the European economy as well as the price and availability of certain commodities, including oil and natural gas, throughout the world. These sanctions, and the resulting disruption of the Russian economy, may cause volatility in other regional and global markets and may negatively impact the performance of various sectors and industries, as well as companies in other countries, which could have a negative effect on the performance of a Fund. The sanctions and/or any retaliatory action by Russia could also require a Fund to freeze any existing investments in Russian

 

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companies or prohibit a Fund from selling or transacting in these investments and could potentially impact a Fund’s liquidity. In general terms, the overall negative impact to a Fund will depend on the extent to which a Fund is prohibited from selling or otherwise transacting in its investments at any given time and whether a fair market valuation can be readily obtained, particularly for any Russia currency-denominated investments and investments in U.S. dollar-denominated depositary receipts representing securities of Russian issuers.

 

Small and Medium Capitalization Companies Risk Investing in equity securities of small and medium capitalization companies often involves greater risk than is customarily associated with investments in larger capitalization companies. This increased risk may be due to the greater business risks of smaller size companies, limited markets and financial resources, narrow product lines and the frequent lack of depth of management. Stock prices of smaller companies may be based in substantial part on future expectations rather than current achievements. The securities of smaller companies are often traded over-the-counter and, even if listed on a national securities exchange, may not be traded in volumes typical for that exchange. Consequently, the securities of smaller companies may be less liquid, may have limited market stability and may be subject to more severe, abrupt or erratic market movements than securities of larger, more established companies or the market averages in general. Further, smaller companies may have less publicly available information and, when available, it may be inaccurate or incomplete.

 

More Information about Fund Investments

 

The investment objective of the Global All-Cap Fund is to seek long-term capital appreciation. The investment objective of the International Fund is to seek long-term growth of capital. The investment objectives of the Funds are fundamental and may not be changed without shareholder approval.

 

The investments and strategies described in this prospectus are those that the Funds will use under normal conditions. During unusual economic or market conditions, or for temporary defensive or liquidity purposes, each Fund may invest up to 100% of its assets in money market instruments or other cash equivalents that would not ordinarily be consistent with its investment objective, including instruments denominated in other currencies. If a Fund invests in this manner, it

 

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may not achieve its investment objective. A Fund will do so only if the Adviser believes that the risk of loss outweighs the opportunity for the Fund to achieve its investment objective.

 

This prospectus describes the Funds’ principal investment strategies, and the Funds will normally invest in the types of investments described in this prospectus. In addition to the securities and other investments and strategies described in this prospectus, each Fund also may invest, to a lesser extent, in other securities, use other strategies and engage in other investment practices that are not part of its principal investment strategies. These investments and strategies, as well as those described in the prospectus, are described in detail in the Funds’ Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”) (for information on how to obtain a copy of the SAI, see the back cover of this prospectus). Of course, there is no guarantee that a Fund will achieve its investment goal.

 

Information about Portfolio Holdings

 

A description of the Funds’ policies and procedures with respect to the circumstances under which the Funds disclose their portfolio holdings is available in the SAI.

 

Investment Adviser

 

Kopernik Global Investors, LLC, an employee-owned investment manager located at Two Harbour Place, 302 Knights Run Avenue, Suite 1225, Tampa, Florida 33602, serves as the investment adviser to the Funds. As of December 31, 2022, the Adviser had approximately $5.2 billion in assets under management and $500 million in advisory-only assets (assets for which the Adviser provides investment recommendations, but does not control the implementation of investment decisions).

 

The Adviser makes investment decisions for the Funds and continuously reviews, supervises and administers each Fund’s investment program. The Board supervises the Adviser and establishes policies that the Adviser must follow in its management activities.

 

For its services to the Funds, the Adviser is entitled to a fee, which is calculated daily and paid monthly, at an annual rate of 0.90% based on the average daily net assets of each Fund. The Adviser has contractually agreed to reduce its fees and/or reimburse expenses in order to keep total annual Fund operating expenses (excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions and other costs and expenses relating to the securities that are purchased and sold by the Fund, acquired fund fees and expenses,

 

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other expenditures which are capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and non-routine expenses (collectively, “Excluded Expenses”)) from exceeding the contractual expense limits as set forth below until February 28, 2024.

 

Contractual Expense Limitation

 

Fund

Class A Shares

Investor
Class Shares

Class I Shares

Global All-Cap Fund

1.35%

N/A

1.10%

International Fund

N/A

1.35%

1.10%

 

The Adviser may receive from a Fund the difference between the total annual Fund operating expenses (not including Excluded Expenses) and the contractual expense limit to recoup all or a portion of its prior fee waivers or expense reimbursements made during the rolling three-year period preceding the date of the recoupment if at any point total annual Fund operating expenses (not including Excluded Expenses) are below the contractual expense limit (i) at the time of the fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement and (ii) at the time of the recoupment. This agreement may be terminated: (i) by the Board, for any reason at any time, or (ii) by the Adviser, upon ninety (90) days’ prior written notice to the Trust, effective as of the close of business on February 28, 2024.

 

For the fiscal year ended October 31, 2022, the Adviser received advisory fees, stated as a percentage of the average daily net assets of each Fund, as follows:

 

Global All-Cap Fund

0.90%

International Fund

0.90%

 

A discussion regarding the basis for the Board’s approval of the Funds’ investment advisory agreement is available in the Funds’ Annual Report to Shareholders dated October 31, 2022, which covers the period from November 1, 2021 to October 31, 2022.

 

Portfolio Managers

 

The Global All-Cap Fund is managed by a portfolio management team that is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund. As the Global All-Cap Fund’s Lead Portfolio Manager, David B. Iben is solely responsible for the security selection decisions of the Fund, including decisions regarding the securities to buy and sell, and position sizes. The International Fund is managed by a portfolio management team that is jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund.

 

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David B. Iben serves as the Lead Portfolio Manager of the Global All-Cap Fund and Co-Portfolio Manager of the International Fund. He is the managing member and principal owner of the Adviser and serves as Chief Investment Officer and Chair of the Adviser’s Board of Directors.

 

From July 2012 through March 2013, Mr. Iben managed the Global Value Long-Short equity portfolio at Vinik Asset Management, L.P., where he was a Partner and Head of the Global Value team. Mr. Iben was Co-Founder, Chief Investment Officer, Co-President and Lead Portfolio Manager of Tradewinds Global Investors, LLC. He was the portfolio manager for the firm’s Global All-Cap strategy, North American All-Cap strategy, and Global Long-Short strategy, among others. He directly managed more than $20 billion in assets at the time of his departure. The Tradewinds global investment platform evolved from Mr. Iben’s prior work for six years at Nuveen affiliate NWQ Investment Management Company, LLC. Mr. Iben was previously Chief Executive Officer, Lead Portfolio Manager and Founding Member of Palladian Capital Management and, prior to that, Senior Portfolio Manager at Cramblit & Carney. He began his career with Farmers Group Inc., where over the course of 14 years he served as lead portfolio manager and director of both equity and fixed income strategies. At the time of his departure in 1996, Mr. Iben was Farmers’ acting Chief Investment Officer responsible for $16 billion of investable assets. Mr. Iben received an M.B.A. from USC Marshall School of Business, and a bachelor’s degree from University of California, Davis. He has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation, and is a member of CFA Institute and CFA Society of Tampa.

 

Alissa Corcoran serves as Co-Portfolio Manager of the Global All-Cap Fund. She is the Deputy Chief Investment Officer and Director of Research of the Adviser.

 

Ms. Corcoran has been working in the investment industry for over a decade, including previously as an analyst at Vinik Asset Management. She has a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from Bates College and received her M.B.A. from the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business. Ms. Corcoran has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation, and is a member of CFA Institute.

 

Mark McKinney serves as Co-Portfolio Manager of the International Fund and is an analyst covering the information technology and communication services sectors. Mr. McKinney is a principal of the Adviser.

 

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Prior to joining the Adviser in March, 2013, Mr. McKinney was a portfolio manager and analyst at Vinik Asset Management since May, 2012. Previously, he was an owner and manager of a transportation and warehousing company (2004-2012). Prior to that, Mr. McKinney founded and had senior managerial roles in two private equity/venture capital-backed businesses. Mr. McKinney also spent four years managing the Berger Growth and Income Fund at the Berger Funds in Denver, Colorado, and four years as a portfolio manager and equity analyst at Farmers Insurance Group. Mr. McKinney earned his Bachelor of Science from the University of California at Los Angeles in Economics. He received his Masters of Business Administration from the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business. Mr. McKinney has received the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

 

The SAI provides additional information about the portfolio managers’ compensation, other accounts managed and ownership of Fund shares.

 

Prior Performance of a Portfolio Manager

 

David B. Iben (the “Portfolio Manager”) serves as the lead portfolio manager of the Global All-Cap Fund and is primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Global All-Cap Fund. The Portfolio Manager previously served as the sole portfolio manager of and was primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of another mutual fund (the “Comparable Fund”) from March 28, 2006 until March 31, 2012 (the “Relevant Period”). During the Relevant Period, the Portfolio Manager exercised final decision-making authority over all material aspects concerning the investment objective, policies, strategies, and security selection decisions of the Comparable Fund, and the Portfolio Manager exercises the same level of authority and discretion in managing the Global All-Cap Fund. The investment objective, policies and strategies of the Comparable Fund are substantially similar in all material respects to those of the Global All-Cap Fund.

 

The following table sets forth performance data relating to the historical performance of the Class A (retail) and Class I (institutional) shares of the Comparable Fund. The data provided, which is net of all actual fees and expenses (including account fees but, with respect to Annual Total Returns data, not including sales loads) of the Comparable Fund, illustrates the past performance of the Portfolio Manager in managing a substantially similar mutual fund as the Global All-Cap Fund, as measured against the MSCI All Country World Index, the benchmark for the Comparable Fund. The MSCI All Country World Index, a

 

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broad-based securities market index, captures over 2,400 primarily large and mid cap companies across 23 developed and 24 emerging markets countries. The performance presented was achieved by a prior firm unaffiliated with the Adviser. The performance should not be viewed as that of the Adviser or an indication of how the Adviser would have performed in the past or will perform in the future. If sales loads were reflected in the Annual Total Returns performance data, the returns would be less than those shown. The Comparable Fund is a separate fund and its historical performance is not indicative of the potential future performance of the Global All-Cap Fund.

 

The performance information of the Comparable Fund has not been adjusted to reflect the expenses of the Global All-Cap Fund. The expenses of the Global All-Cap Fund are estimated to be higher than the expenses of the Comparable Fund. If the Global All-Cap Fund’s fees and expenses had been imposed on the Comparable Fund, the performance shown below would have been lower. During the Relevant Period, the Portfolio Manager also managed other accounts with investment objectives, policies and strategies substantially similar to those of the Global All-Cap Fund. Performance results for these other accounts have not been provided due to lack of supporting records. However, composite performance of these other accounts is not materially different than the Comparable Fund’s performance.

 

 

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Comparable Fund Performance
(March 28, 2006 through March 31, 2012)

 

The following data illustrates the past performance of the Portfolio Manager in managing the Comparable Fund and does not represent the performance of the Global All-Cap Fund.

 

Annual Total Returns

 

 

Inception
through
2006*

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

1Q
2012

Class A

17.33%

13.56%

(26.51)%

48.79%

23.38%

(9.61)%

1.96%

Class I

17.58%

13.88%

(26.42)%

49.10%

23.72%

(9.40)%

2.05%

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

13.49%**

12.18%

(41.85)%

35.41%

13.21%

(6.86)%

12.01%

 

Average Annual Total Returns
(for periods ending March 31, 2012)

 

 

1 Year

5 Years

Since
Inception*

Class A

(15.08)%

5.28%

7.70%

Class I

(9.68)%

6.78%

9.02%

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

(0.20)%

0.34%

2.85%***

 

All returns for the Comparable Fund are total rates of return assuming reinvestment of income and distributions and are calculated net of investment management fees and trading expenses.

 

*

The Comparable Fund’s inception date was March 28, 2006.

 

**

The benchmark data is from March 31, 2006 through December 31, 2006.

 

***

The benchmark data is from March 31, 2006 through March 31, 2012 and annualized over a 6 year period (as opposed to 6 years and 3 days for the Comparable Fund).

 

The performance presented reflects the fees and expenses of Class A and Class I shares of the Comparable Fund. Other share classes of the Comparable Fund may have been charged higher or lower distribution/ servicing fees or higher expenses which, if reflected, would result in lower or higher performance. All classes of shares of the Comparable Fund were charged a uniform investment advisory fee.

 

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Pricing of Fund Shares

 

The NAV of a class of each Fund’s shares is determined by dividing the total value of the Fund’s portfolio investments and other assets attributable to the class, less any liabilities attributable to the class, by the total number of shares outstanding of the class. In calculating its NAV, a Fund generally uses market quotations and valuations provided by independent pricing services. If market prices are not readily available or they are unreliable, such as in the case of a security value that has been materially affected by events occurring after the relevant market closes, securities are valued at fair value. The Board has designated the Adviser as the Funds’ valuation designee to make all fair value determinations with respect to the Funds’ portfolio investments, subject to the Board’s oversight. The Adviser has adopted and implemented policies and procedures to be followed when making fair value determinations, and it has established a Valuation Committee through which the Adviser makes fair value determinations. The Adviser’s determination of a security’s fair value price often involves the consideration of a number of subjective factors, and is therefore subject to the unavoidable risk that the value that is assigned to a security may be higher or lower than the security’s value would be if a reliable market quotation for the security was readily available. The respective prospectuses for the acquired funds in which a Fund invests explain the circumstances in which the advisers to those acquired funds will use fair value pricing and the effect of fair value pricing.

 

There may be limited circumstances in which the Adviser would price securities at fair value for stocks of U.S. companies that are traded on U.S. exchanges – for example, if the exchange on which a portfolio security is principally traded closed early or if trading in a particular security was halted during the day and did not resume prior to the time a Fund calculated its NAV.

 

With respect to any non-U.S. securities held by a Fund, the Adviser may take factors influencing specific markets or issuers into consideration in determining the fair value of a non-U.S. security. International securities markets may be open on days when the U.S. markets are closed, or closed on days when U.S. markets are open. In such cases, the value of any international securities owned by a Fund may be significantly affected on days when investors cannot buy or sell shares. In addition, due to the difference in times between the close of the international markets and the time a Fund prices its shares, the value the Adviser assigns to securities generally will not be the same as the quoted or published prices of those securities on their

 

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primary markets or exchanges. In determining fair value prices, the Adviser may consider the performance of securities on their primary exchanges, foreign currency appreciation/depreciation, or securities market movements in the United States, or other relevant information as related to the securities.

 

When valuing fixed income securities with remaining maturities of more than 60 days, the Adviser may use the value of the security provided by pricing services. The values provided by a pricing service may be based upon market quotations for the same security if a quotation is readily available, or may be based upon the values of securities expected to trade in a similar manner or a pricing matrix. When valuing fixed income securities with remaining maturities of 60 days or less, the Adviser may use the security’s amortized cost. Amortized cost and the use of a pricing matrix in valuing fixed income securities are forms of fair value pricing.

 

Redeemable securities issued by open-end investment companies are valued at the investment company’s applicable NAV.

 

Other assets for which market quotations are not readily available or reasonably believed to be unreliable will be valued at their fair value as determined in good faith by the Adviser, subject to Board oversight.

 

Purchasing, Selling and Exchanging Fund Shares

 

This section tells you how to purchase, sell (sometimes called “redeem”) and exchange Class A Shares, Investor Class Shares and Class I Shares of the Funds.

 

For information regarding the federal income tax consequences of transactions in shares of the Funds, including information about cost basis reporting, see “Taxes.”

 

How to Choose a Share Class

 

Each Fund offers two classes of shares to investors. The Global All-Cap Fund offers Class A Shares and Class I Shares, and the International Fund offers Investor Class Shares and Class I Shares. Each share class has its own shareholder eligibility criteria, investment minimums, cost structure and other features. The following summarizes the primary

 

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features of each share class. Contact your financial intermediary or the Funds for more information about the Funds’ share classes and how to choose between them.

 

Class Name

Investment Minimums

Fees and Sales Charges

Class A

Initial: $3,000

 

Subsequent: $250

Front End Sales Charge: Subject to sales charges. See “Sales Charges” section of this prospectus

 

12b-1 Fee: 0.25%

 

Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (“CDSC”): 0.75% CDSC may apply if redeemed within 18 months

Investor Class

Initial: $3,000

 

Subsequent: $250

Front End Sales Charge: None

 

12b-1 Fee: 0.25%

 

CDSC: None

Class I

Initial: $1,000,000 ($250 for clients of certain financial intermediaries and certain family offices and none for certain employer-sponsored retirement plans and bank or broker-affiliated trust departments)

 

Subsequent: None

 

Each Fund reserves the right to change or waive the minimum initial investment amount for Class I Shares in its sole discretion, including for Shares purchased through fee-based investment advisory or wrap fee programs.

Front End Sales Charge: None

 

12b-1 Fee: None

 

CDSC: None

 

Each Fund reserves the right to change the criteria for eligible investors and waive or accept initial investments of smaller amounts in its sole discretion.

 

Class A Shares, Investor Class Shares and Class I Shares are offered to investors who purchase shares directly from the Funds or through certain financial intermediaries such as financial planners, investment advisors, broker-dealers or other financial institutions. An investor may be eligible to purchase more than one share class. However, if you purchase shares through a financial intermediary, you may only purchase that class of shares which your financial intermediary sells or services. Your financial intermediary can tell you which class of shares is available through the intermediary.

 

As discussed below, Class A Shares are not subject to front-end sales charges with a minimum initial investment of $1,000,000. If you are eligible to purchase either Class I Shares or Class A Shares without a

 

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sales charge, you should be aware of the differences between these two Classes of Shares. Class A Shares are subject to a 12b-1 distribution and service fee to compensate financial advisors and intermediaries for their efforts in connection with the sale and distribution of Fund shares and for ongoing account services provided to you. Class I Shares are not subject to a Rule 12b-1 distribution and service fee and, consequently, holders of Class I Shares may not receive the same types or levels of service from financial advisors and intermediaries as the holders of Class A Shares. In choosing between Class A Shares and Class I Shares, you should consult your financial intermediary with respect to the services to be provided to you as an investor in Class A Shares and weigh the benefits of such services against the 12b-1 distribution and service fee imposed upon Class A Shares. Although Class I Shares may not be offered by your financial intermediary, you can purchase Class I Shares directly from the Fund.

 

Sales Charges

 

This section provides you with information about the sales charges to which Class A Shares are subject.

 

Front-End Sales Charges

 

The offering price of Class A Shares is the NAV next calculated after a Fund receives your request, plus the front-end sales charge. Selling dealers are normally reallowed 100% of the sales charge by SEI Investments Distribution Co. (the “Distributor”). A dealer who receives all or substantially all of the sales charge may be considered an “underwriter” under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The amount of any front-end sales charge included in your offering price varies, depending on the amount of your investment:

 

If your investment is:

Your Sales Charge
as a Percentage
of Offering Price

Your Sales Charge
as a Percentage of Your Net Investment

Less than $50,000

5.75%

6.10%

$50,000 but less than $100,000

4.50%

4.71%

$100,000 but less than $250,000

3.75%

3.90%

$250,000 but less than $500,000

2.75%

2.83%

$500,000 but less than $1,000,000

2.00%

2.04%

$1,000,000 and over(1)

N/A

N/A

 

(1)

You can purchase $1 million or more of Class A Shares at NAV without an up-front sales charge. The Distributor pays financial intermediaries of record a commission equal to 0.75% for purchases of Class A Shares over $1 million but less than $4 million, plus 0.50% of the amount over $4 million but less than $50 million, plus 0.25% of the amount over $50 million in connection with

 

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such purchases. Unless you are eligible for a waiver, you may be assessed a CDSC of 0.75% for purchases of Class A Shares over $1 million but less than $4 million, plus 0.50% of the amount over $4 million but less than $50 million, plus 0.25% of the amount over $50 million if you redeem any of your Shares within 18 months of purchase. See “Contingent Deferred Sales Charge” below for more information.

 

You may qualify for a reduced sales charge or a sales charge waiver. If you believe that you may qualify for a reduction or waiver of the sales charge, you should discuss this matter with your financial adviser or other financial intermediary. To qualify for these reductions or waivers, you or your financial intermediary must provide sufficient information at the time of purchase to verify that your purchase qualifies for such treatment. This information could be used to aggregate, for example, holdings in personal or retirement accounts, Fund shares owned by your immediate family members, and holdings in accounts at other brokers or financial intermediaries. The Funds or your financial intermediary may request documentation from you in order to verify your eligibility for a breakpoint discount. This information may include account statements and records regarding Fund shares held at all financial intermediaries by you and members of your immediate family. In addition to breakpoint discounts, the following sections describe other circumstances in which sales charges are waived or otherwise may be reduced. Your financial intermediary may not offer any or all of the waivers or discounts discussed below, in which case you would be required to purchase Class A Shares directly from a Fund or through another intermediary in order to receive a desired waiver or discount. Investors investing in the Fund through an intermediary should consult “Sales Charge Waivers and Reductions Available Through Certain Financial Intermediaries” below, and Appendix A -- Intermediary-Specific Sales Charge Discounts and Waivers, which includes information regarding broker-defined sales charges and related discount and/or waiver policies that apply to purchases through certain intermediaries.

 

Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (“CDSC”)

 

If you redeem Class A Shares that are subject to a CDSC, you may be assessed a CDSC upon redemption. When you redeem Class A Shares subject to a CDSC, a Fund will first redeem any Shares that are not subject to a CDSC, and then redeem the Shares you have owned for the longest period of time, unless you ask the Fund to redeem your Shares in a different order. No CDSC is imposed on Shares you buy through the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. When you redeem Shares subject to a CDSC, the CDSC is calculated on the lower

 

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of your purchase price or redemption proceeds, deducted from your redemption proceeds, and paid to the Distributor. The CDSC may be waived under the following certain special circumstances:

 

 

in the event of total disability (as evidenced by a determination by the federal Social Security Administration) of the shareholder (including a registered joint owner) occurring after the purchase of the Class A Shares being redeemed;

 

 

in the event of the death of the shareholder (including a registered joint owner);

 

 

redemptions in connection with a payment of account or plan fees;

 

 

redemptions in connection with the exercise of a Fund’s right to redeem all Shares in an account that does not maintain a certain minimum balance (see “Involuntary Redemptions of Your Shares”); and

 

 

redemptions of Class A Shares where the Distributor did not pay a sales commission when such shares were purchased.

 

You should inquire with your financial intermediary regarding whether the CDSC is applicable to you.

 

Waiver of Front-End Sales Charge

 

The front-end sales charge will be waived on Class A Shares purchased:

 

 

through reinvestment of dividends and distributions;

 

 

by persons repurchasing shares they redeemed within the last 90 days (see “Repurchase of Class A Shares”);

 

 

by employees, and members of their immediate family, of the Adviser and its affiliates;

 

 

by retirees of the Adviser and its affiliates;

 

 

by employees and retirees of the SEI Investments Global Funds Services (the “Administrator”) or the Distributor;

 

 

by Trustees and officers of the Trust;

 

 

by persons participating in a fee-based program (such as a wrap account) under which they (i) pay advisory fees to a broker-dealer or other financial institution or (ii) pay fees to a broker-dealer or other financial institution for providing transaction processing and other administrative services, but not investment advisory services; and

 

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through dealers, retirement plans, asset allocation programs and financial institutions that, under their dealer agreements with the Distributor or otherwise, do not receive any portion of the front-end sales charge.

 

You should inquire with your financial intermediary regarding whether a waiver of front-end sales charge is applicable to you.

 

Repurchase of Class A Shares

 

You may repurchase any amount of Class A Shares of a Fund at NAV (without the normal front-end sales charge), up to the limit of the value of any amount of Class A Shares (other than those which were purchased with reinvested dividends and distributions) that you redeemed within the past 90 days. In effect, this allows you to reacquire shares that you may have had to redeem, without repaying the front-end sales charge. To exercise this privilege, the Fund must receive your purchase order within 90 days of your redemption. In addition, you must notify the Fund when you send in your purchase order that you are repurchasing shares. Certain tax rules may limit your ability to recognize a loss on the redemption of your Class A Shares, and you should consult your tax advisor if recognizing such a loss is important to you.

 

Reduced Sales Charges

 

In addition to the above described reductions in front-end sales charges for purchases over a certain dollar size, you may also be eligible to participate in one or more of the programs described below to lower your initial sales charge. To be eligible to participate in these programs, you must inform your broker-dealer or financial advisor at the time you purchase shares that you would like to participate in one or more of the programs and provide information necessary to determine your eligibility to participate, including the account number(s) and names in which your accounts are registered at the time of purchase. In addition, the Funds or their agent may request account statements if they are unable to verify your account information.

 

Right of Accumulation. In calculating the appropriate sales charge rate, this right allows you to add the value of the Class A Shares of the Funds you already own to the amount that you are currently purchasing. The value of your current purchases will be combined with the current value of Class A Shares of the Funds you purchased previously that are currently held for: (i) your account; (ii) your spouse’s account; (iii) a joint account with your spouse; or (iv) your minor children’s trust or custodial accounts. A trust purchasing shares

 

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for the same trust account, trust or estate also may use this right of accumulation. A Fund will only consider the value of Class A Shares purchased previously that were sold subject to a sales charge. To be entitled to a reduced sales charge based on shares already owned, you must ask for the reduction at the time of purchase. You must provide the Funds with your account number(s) and, if applicable, the account numbers for your spouse and/or children (and provide the children’s ages). The Funds may amend or terminate this right of accumulation at any time.

 

Letter of Intent. You may purchase Class A Shares of a Fund at the sales charge rate applicable to the total amount of the purchases you intend to make over a 13-month period. In other words, a Letter of Intent allows you to purchase Class A Shares of the Funds over a 13-month period and receive the same sales charge as if you had purchased all the shares at the same time. A Fund will only consider the value of Class A Shares sold subject to a sales charge. As a result, Class A Shares purchased with dividends or distributions will not be included in the calculation. To be entitled to a reduced sales charge based on shares you intend to purchase over the 13-month period, you must send a Fund a Letter of Intent. In calculating the total amount of purchases, you may include in your letter purchases made up to 90 days before the date of the Letter. The 13-month period begins on the date of the first purchase, including those purchases made in the 90-day period before the date of the Letter. Please note that the purchase price of these prior purchases will not be adjusted.

 

You are not legally bound by the terms of your Letter of Intent to purchase the amount of your shares stated in the Letter. The Letter does, however, authorize a Fund to hold in escrow 5% of the total amount you intend to purchase. If you do not complete the total intended purchase at the end of the 13-month period, the Funds’ transfer agent will redeem the necessary portion of the escrowed shares to make up the difference between the reduced rate sales charge (based on the amount you intended to purchase) and the sales charge that would normally apply (based on the actual amount you purchased).

 

Combined Purchase/Quantity Discount Privilege. When calculating the appropriate sales charge rate, the Funds will combine purchases of Class A Shares (that are subject to a sales charge) of the Funds made on the same day by you, your spouse and your minor children (under age 21). This combination also applies to Class A Shares you purchase with a Letter of Intent.

 

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Purchasers Qualifying for Reductions in Front-End Sales Charges

 

Only certain persons or groups are eligible for the reductions in initial sales charges described in the preceding section. These qualified purchasers include the following:

 

Individuals

 

 

an individual, his or her spouse, or children residing in the same household;

 

 

any trust established exclusively for the benefit of an individual; and

 

Trustees and Fiduciaries

 

 

a trustee or fiduciary purchasing for a single trust, estate or fiduciary account.

 

Investors or dealers seeking to qualify orders for a reduced front-end sales charge must identify such orders at the time of purchase and, if necessary, support their qualification for the reduced charge with appropriate documentation. Appropriate documentation includes, without limitation, account statements regarding shares of a Fund held in all accounts (e.g., retirement accounts) by the investor, and, if applicable, his or her spouse and children residing in the same household, including accounts at broker-dealers or other financial intermediaries different than the broker-dealer of record for the current purchase of Fund shares. The Distributor reserves the right to determine whether any purchaser is entitled, by virtue of the foregoing, to the reduced initial sales charge. No person or entity may distribute shares of the Funds without payment of the applicable sales charge other than to persons or entities who qualify for a reduction in the sales charge as provided herein.

 

Sales Charge Waivers and Reductions Available Through Certain Financial Intermediaries

 

The availability of certain sales charge waivers and discounts may depend on whether you purchase your shares directly from a Fund or through a financial intermediary. Different intermediaries may impose different sales charges (including potential reductions in or waivers of sales charges). Such intermediary-specific sales charge variations are described in Appendix A to this prospectus, entitled “Intermediary-Specific Sales Charge Discounts and Waivers.” Appendix A is incorporated herein by reference and, therefore, is legally a part of this prospectus.

 

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In all instances, it is the purchaser’s responsibility to notify a Fund or the purchaser’s financial intermediary at the time of purchase of any relationship or other facts qualifying the purchaser for sales charge waivers or discounts. For waivers and discounts not available through a particular intermediary, shareholders will have to purchase Fund shares directly from a Fund or through another intermediary to receive such waivers or discounts.

 

General Information about Sales Charges

 

Your securities dealer is paid a commission when you buy your shares and is paid a servicing fee as long as you hold your shares. From time to time, some financial institutions, including brokerage firms affiliated with the Adviser or the Distributor, may be reallowed up to the entire sales charge. Firms that receive a reallowance of the entire sales charge may be considered underwriters for the purpose of federal securities law.

 

The Distributor may, from time to time in its sole discretion, institute one or more promotional incentive programs for dealers, which will be paid for by the Distributor from any sales charge it receives or from any other source available to it. Under any such program, the Distributor may provide cash or non-cash compensation as recognition for past sales or encouragement for future sales that may include the following: merchandise, travel expenses, prizes, meals and lodgings, and gifts that do not exceed $100 per year, per individual.

 

Information regarding the Funds’ sales charges may be obtained free of charge by calling toll-free 855-887-4KGI.

 

How to Purchase Fund Shares

 

All investments must be made by check, wire or Automated Clearing House (“ACH”). All checks must be made payable in U.S. dollars and drawn on U.S. financial institutions. The Funds do not accept purchases made by third-party checks, credit cards, credit card checks, cash, traveler’s checks, money orders or cashier’s checks.

 

The Funds reserve the right to reject any specific purchase order for any reason. The Funds are not intended for excessive trading by shareholders in response to short-term market fluctuations. For more information about the Funds’ policy on excessive trading, see “Excessive Trading Policies and Procedures.”

 

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The Funds do not generally accept investments by non-U.S. persons. Non-U.S. persons may be permitted to invest in the Funds subject to the satisfaction of enhanced due diligence. Please contact the Funds for more information.

 

By Mail

 

You can open an account with the Funds by sending a check and your account application to the address below. You can add to an existing account by sending the Funds a check and, if possible, the “Invest by Mail” stub that accompanies your confirmation statement. Be sure your check identifies clearly your name, your account number, the Fund name and the share class.

 

Regular Mail Address
Kopernik Funds
P.O. Box 219009
Kansas City, MO 64121-9009

 

Express Mail Address
Kopernik Funds
c/o SS&C Global Investor & Distribution Solutions, Inc.
430 West 7th Street
Kansas City, MO 64105

 

The Funds do not consider the U.S. Postal Service or other independent delivery services to be their agents. Therefore, deposit in the mail or with such services of purchase orders does not constitute receipt by the Funds’ transfer agent. The share price used to fill the purchase order is the next price calculated by a Fund after the Funds’ transfer agent receives and accepts the order in good order at the P.O. Box provided for regular mail delivery or the office address provided for express mail delivery.

 

By Wire

 

To open an account by wire, call 855-887-4KGI for details. To add to an existing account by wire, wire your money using the wiring instructions set forth below (be sure to include the Fund name, share class and your account number). The share price used to fill the purchase order is the next price calculated by a Fund after the Fund’s transfer agent receives and accepts the wire in good order.

 

 

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Wiring Instructions
UMB Bank, N.A.
ABA # 1010-0069-5
Kopernik Funds
DDA Acct. # 9871063178
Ref: Fund name/share class/account number/account name

 

By Systematic Investment Plan (via ACH)

 

Subject to the approval of the Adviser, if you have a checking or savings account with a bank, once you have opened an account satisfying the applicable investment minimum, you may purchase Class A Shares, Investor Class Shares, or Class I Shares automatically through regular deductions from your account.

 

You may not open an account via ACH. However, once you have established an account, you can set up a systematic investment plan by mailing a completed application to the Funds. These purchases can be made monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or annually in amounts of at least $100. To cancel or change a plan, write to the Kopernik Funds, P.O. Box 219009, Kansas City, MO 64121-9009 (Express Mail Address: Kopernik Funds, c/o SS&C Global Investor & Distribution Solutions, Inc., 430 West 7th Street, Kansas City, MO 64105). Allow up to 15 days to create the plan and 3 days to cancel or change it.

 

Purchases In-Kind

 

Subject to the approval of the Adviser, an investor may purchase shares of each Fund with liquid securities and other assets that are eligible for purchase by that Fund (consistent with the Fund’s investment policies and restrictions) and that have a value that is readily ascertainable in accordance with the Adviser’s valuation policies. These transactions will be effected only if the Adviser deems the security to be an appropriate investment for a Fund. Assets purchased by a Fund in such a transaction will be valued in good faith by the Adviser, subject to Board oversight. The Funds reserve the right to amend or terminate this practice at any time.

 

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Fund Codes

 

The reference information listed below will be helpful to you when you contact a Fund to purchase or exchange Class A Shares, Investor Class Shares, or Class I Shares of the Fund, check daily NAV or obtain additional information.

 

Fund Name

Ticker Symbol

CUSIP

Fund Code

Kopernik Global All-Cap Fund

     

Class A Shares

KGGAX

00766Y315

8200

Class I Shares

KGGIX

00766Y299

8201

Kopernik International Fund

     

Investor Class Shares

KGIRX

00766Y257

8202

Class I Shares

KGIIX

00766Y240

8203

 

General Information

 

You may purchase shares on any Business Day (i.e., any day that the NYSE is open for business). Shares cannot be purchased by Federal Reserve wire on days when either the NYSE or the Federal Reserve is closed. A Fund’s price per share (the offering price) will be the NAV next determined after the Fund or an authorized institution (as defined below) receives and accepts your purchase order in good order. “Good order” means that the Funds were provided a complete and signed account application, including the investor’s social security number, tax identification number, and other identification required by law or regulation. Purchase orders that are not in good order cannot be accepted and processed even if money to purchase shares has been submitted by wire, check or ACH.

 

Each Fund calculates its NAV once each Business Day as of the close of normal trading on the NYSE (normally, 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time). To receive the current Business Day’s NAV, a Fund or an authorized institution must receive and accept your purchase order in good order before the close of normal trading on the NYSE. If your purchase order is not received and accepted in good order before the close of normal trading on the NYSE, you will receive the NAV calculated on the subsequent Business Day on which your order is received and accepted in good order. If the NYSE closes early, as in the case of scheduled half-day trading or unscheduled suspensions of trading, the Funds reserve the right to calculate NAV as of the earlier closing time. The Funds will not accept orders that request a particular day or price for the transaction or any other special conditions. Shares will only be priced on Business Days. Since securities that are traded on foreign

 

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exchanges may trade on days that are not Business Days, the value of a Fund’s assets may change on days when you are unable to purchase or redeem shares.

 

How to Redeem Fund Shares

 

By Mail

 

To redeem shares by mail, you may contact the Funds directly at: Kopernik Funds, P.O. Box 219009, Kansas City, MO 64121-9009 (Express Mail Address: Kopernik Funds c/o SS&C Global Investor & Distribution Solutions, Inc., 430 West 7th Street, Kansas City, MO 64105). Please send a letter to the Funds signed by all registered parties on the account specifying:

 

●    The Fund name;

 

●    The share class;

 

●    The account number;

 

●    The dollar amount or number of shares you wish to redeem;

 

●    The account name(s); and

 

●    The address to which redemption (sale) proceeds should be sent.

 

The Funds do not consider the U.S. Postal Service or other independent delivery services to be their agents. Therefore, deposit in the mail or with such services of sell orders does not constitute receipt by the Funds’ transfer agent. The share price used to fill the sell order is the next price calculated by a Fund after the Funds’ transfer agent receives and accepts the order in good order at the P.O. Box provided for regular mail delivery or the office address provided for express mail delivery.

 

All registered shareholders must sign the letter in the exact name(s) in which their account is registered and must designate any special capacity in which they are registered.

 

Certain redemption requests will require a signature guarantee by an eligible guarantor institution. Eligible guarantors include commercial banks, savings and loans, savings banks, trust companies, credit unions, member firms of a national stock exchange, or any other member or participant of an approved signature guarantor program. For example, signature guarantees may be required if your address of record has changed in the last 30 days, if you want the proceeds sent to a bank other than the bank of record on your account, or if you ask that the proceeds be sent to a different person or address. Please note that a

 

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notary public is not an acceptable provider of a signature guarantee and that we must be provided with the original guarantee. Signature guarantees are for the protection of shareholders. Before they grant a redemption request, the Funds may require a shareholder to furnish additional legal documents to ensure proper authorization.

 

Accounts held by a corporation, trust, fiduciary or partnership, may require additional documentation along with a signature guaranteed letter of instruction. Please contact Shareholder Services at 855-887-4KGI for more information. The Funds participate in the Paperless Legal Program. Requests received with a Medallion Signature Guarantee will be reviewed for the proper criteria to meet the guidelines of the Program and may not require additional documentation.

 

By Telephone

 

You must first establish the telephone redemption privilege (and, if desired, the ACH or wire redemption privilege) by completing the appropriate sections of the account application. Call 855-887-4KGI to redeem your shares. Based on your instructions, the Funds will mail your proceeds to you or send them to your bank via wire or ACH.

 

How to Exchange Fund Shares

 

At no charge, you may exchange between like share classes or different share classes of any Kopernik Fund, where offered, by writing to or calling the Funds. Exchanges are subject to the eligibility requirements and the fees and expenses of the share class you exchange into, as set forth in the applicable prospectus. You may only exchange shares between accounts with identical registrations (i.e., the same names and addresses), and you may not exchange shares of any Kopernik Fund for shares of a different Kopernik Fund until you have held such shares for at least 30 calendar days. An exchange between share classes of the same Fund is not a taxable event.

 

The exchange privilege is not intended as a vehicle for short-term or excessive trading. The Funds may suspend or terminate your exchange privilege if you engage in a pattern of exchanges that is excessive, as determined in the sole discretion of the Funds. For more information about the Funds’ policy on excessive trading, see “Excessive Trading Policies and Procedures.”

 

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Transaction Policies

 

Buying or Selling Shares through a Financial Intermediary

 

In addition to being able to buy and sell Fund shares directly from the Funds through their transfer agent, you may also buy or sell shares of the Funds through accounts with financial intermediaries such as brokers and other institutions that are authorized to place trades in Fund shares for their customers. When you purchase or sell Fund shares through a financial intermediary (rather than directly from the Funds), you may have to transmit your purchase and sale requests to the financial intermediary at an earlier time for your transaction to become effective that day. This allows the financial intermediary time to process your requests and transmit them to the Funds prior to the time each Fund calculates its NAV that day. Your financial intermediary is responsible for transmitting all purchase and redemption requests, investment information, documentation and money to a Fund on time. If your financial intermediary fails to do so, it may be responsible for any resulting fees or losses. Unless your financial intermediary is an authorized institution, orders transmitted by the financial intermediary and received by a Fund after the time NAV is calculated for a particular day will receive the following day’s NAV.

 

Certain financial intermediaries, including certain broker-dealers and shareholder organizations, are authorized to act as agent on behalf of the Funds with respect to the receipt of purchase and redemption orders for Fund shares (“authorized institutions”). Authorized institutions are also authorized to designate other intermediaries to receive purchase and redemption orders on a Fund’s behalf. A Fund will be deemed to have received a purchase or redemption order when an authorized institution or, if applicable, an authorized institution’s designee, receives the order. Orders will be priced at a Fund’s next computed NAV after they are received by an authorized institution or an authorized institution’s designee. To determine whether your financial intermediary is an authorized institution or an authorized institution’s designee such that it may act as agent on behalf of a Fund with respect to purchase and redemption orders for Fund shares, you should contact your financial intermediary directly.

 

If you deal directly with a financial intermediary, you will have to follow its procedures for transacting with a Fund. Your financial intermediary may charge a fee for your purchase and/or redemption transactions. For more information about how to purchase or sell Fund shares through a financial intermediary, you should contact your financial intermediary directly.

 

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Payment of Redemption Proceeds

 

Normally, a Fund will send your sale proceeds within one Business Day after it receives your redemption request in good order, meaning that it is complete, contains all necessary information, and has all supporting documentation (such as proper Medallion signature guarantees, IRA rollover forms, etc.). A Fund, however, may take up to seven days to pay redemption proceeds. Redemption proceeds can be mailed to your account address, sent to your bank by ACH transfer or wired to your bank account (may be subject to a $15 fee). A Fund may require that signatures be guaranteed by a bank or member firm of a national securities exchange. Medallion signature guarantees are for the protection of shareholders. Before it grants a redemption request, a Fund may require a shareholder to furnish additional legal documents to ensure proper authorization. If you redeem shares that were recently purchased by check or through ACH, you will not receive your redemption proceeds until the check has cleared or the ACH transaction has been completed, which may take up to 15 days from the purchase date.

 

A Fund typically expects to sell portfolio assets and/or hold cash or cash equivalents to meet redemption requests. On a less regular basis, a Fund may also meet redemption requests by using short-term borrowings from its custodian and/or redeeming shares in-kind (as described below). These methods may be used during both normal and stressed market conditions.

 

Redemptions In-Kind

 

The Funds generally pay sale (redemption) proceeds in cash. However, under unusual conditions that make the payment of cash unwise and for the protection of the Funds’ remaining shareholders, the Funds might pay all or part of your redemption proceeds in liquid securities with a market value equal to the redemption price (redemption in-kind). It is highly unlikely that your shares would ever be redeemed in-kind, but if they were you would have to pay transaction costs to sell the securities distributed to you, as well as taxes on any capital gains from the sale as with any redemption. In addition, you would continue to be subject to the risks of any market fluctuation in the value of the securities you receive in-kind until they are sold.

 

Involuntary Redemptions of Your Shares

 

Unless otherwise agreed between the Funds and your broker or other financial intermediary, if you hold Class A Shares, Investor Class Shares or Class I Shares and your account balance drops below $1,500,

 

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$1,500 or $250,000, respectively, because of redemptions, you may be required to sell your shares. The Funds will provide you at least 60 days’ written notice to give you time to add to your account and avoid the need to sell your shares. The minimum required account balance for an investment of Class A Shares, Investor Class Shares or Class I Shares may be waived in the Funds’ sole discretion.

 

Suspension of Your Right to Sell Your Shares

 

The Funds may suspend your right to sell your shares or delay payment of redemption proceeds for more than seven days during times when the NYSE is closed, other than during customary weekends or holidays, or as otherwise permitted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). More information about this is in the SAI.

 

Telephone Transactions

 

Purchasing, selling and exchanging Fund shares over the telephone is extremely convenient, but not without risk. Although the Funds have certain safeguards and procedures to confirm the identity of callers and the authenticity of instructions, the Funds are not responsible for any losses or costs incurred by following telephone instructions they reasonably believe to be genuine. If you or your financial intermediary transact with the Funds over the telephone, you will generally bear the risk of any loss.

 

Payments to Financial Intermediaries

 

The Funds and/or the Adviser may compensate financial intermediaries for providing a variety of services to the Funds and/or their shareholders. Financial intermediaries include affiliated or unaffiliated brokers, dealers, banks (including bank trust departments), trust companies, registered investment advisers, financial planners, retirement plan administrators, insurance companies, and any other institution having a service, administration, or any similar arrangement with the Funds, their service providers or their respective affiliates. This section briefly describes how financial intermediaries may be paid for providing these services. For more information, please see “Payments to Financial Intermediaries” in the SAI.

 

Distribution Plan

 

The Funds have adopted a distribution plan under Rule 12b-1 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, for Class A Shares and Investor Class Shares that allows the Funds to pay distribution and/or service fees for the sale and distribution of Fund shares, and for

 

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services provided to shareholders. Because these fees are paid out of a Fund’s assets on an on-going basis, over time these fees will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more than paying other types of sales charges. The maximum annual Rule 12b-1 fee for Class A Shares or Investor Class Shares of a Fund is 0.25%.

 

Payments by the Adviser

 

From time to time, the Adviser and/or its affiliates, in their discretion, may make payments to certain affiliated or unaffiliated financial intermediaries to compensate them for the costs associated with distribution, marketing, administration and shareholder servicing support for the Funds. These payments are sometimes characterized as “revenue sharing” payments and are made out of the Adviser’s and/or its affiliates’ own legitimate profits or other resources, and may be in addition to any payments made to financial intermediaries by the Funds. A financial intermediary may provide these services with respect to Fund shares sold or held through programs such as retirement plans, qualified tuition programs, fund supermarkets, fee-based advisory or wrap fee programs, bank trust programs, and insurance (e.g., individual or group annuity) programs. In addition, financial intermediaries may receive payments for making shares of the Funds available to their customers or registered representatives, including providing the Funds with “shelf space,” placing them on a preferred or recommended fund list, or promoting the Funds in certain sales programs that are sponsored by financial intermediaries. To the extent permitted by SEC and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) rules and other applicable laws and regulations, the Adviser and/or its affiliates may pay or allow other promotional incentives or payments to financial intermediaries.

 

The level of payments made by the Adviser and/or its affiliates to individual financial intermediaries varies in any given year and may be negotiated on the basis of sales of Fund shares, the amount of Fund assets serviced by the financial intermediary or the quality of the financial intermediary’s relationship with the Adviser and/or its affiliates. These payments may be more or less than the payments received by the financial intermediaries from other mutual funds and may influence a financial intermediary to favor the sales of certain funds or share classes over others. In certain instances, the payments could be significant and may cause a conflict of interest for your financial intermediary. Any such payments will not change the NAV or

 

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price of a Fund’s shares. Please contact your financial intermediary for information about any payments it may receive in connection with the sale of Fund shares or the provision of services to Fund shareholders.

 

In addition to these payments, your financial intermediary may charge you account fees, commissions or transaction fees for buying or redeeming shares of the Funds, or other fees for servicing your account. Your financial intermediary should provide a schedule of its fees and services to you upon request.

 

Other Policies

 

Excessive Trading Policies and Procedures

 

The Funds are intended for long-term investment purposes only and discourage shareholders from engaging in “market timing” or other types of excessive short-term trading. This frequent trading into and out of a Fund may present risks to the Fund’s long-term shareholders, all of which could adversely affect shareholder returns. The risks posed by frequent trading include interfering with the efficient implementation of a Fund’s investment strategies, triggering the recognition of taxable gains and losses on the sale of Fund investments, requiring the Fund to maintain higher cash balances to meet redemption requests, and experiencing increased transaction costs.

 

In addition, because the Funds invest in foreign securities traded primarily on markets that close prior to the time each Fund determines its NAV, the risks posed by frequent trading may have a greater potential to dilute the value of Fund shares held by long-term shareholders than funds investing exclusively in U.S. securities.

 

In instances where a significant event that affects the value of one or more foreign securities held by a Fund takes place after the close of the primary foreign market, but before the time that the Fund determines its NAV, certain investors may seek to take advantage of the fact that there will be a delay in the adjustment of the market price for a security caused by this event until the foreign market reopens (sometimes referred to as “price” or “time zone” arbitrage). Shareholders who attempt this type of arbitrage may dilute the value of a Fund’s shares if the prices of the Fund’s foreign securities do not reflect their fair value. Although the Adviser has procedures designed to determine the fair value of foreign securities for purposes of calculating each Fund’s NAV when such an event has occurred, fair value pricing, because it

 

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involves judgments which are inherently subjective, may not always eliminate the risk of price arbitrage. For more information on how the Adviser uses fair value pricing, see “Pricing of Fund Shares.”

 

Moreover, small- and mid-cap securities, which often trade in lower volumes and may be less liquid, may make the Funds more susceptible to the risks posed by frequent trading because frequent transactions in the Funds’ shares may have a greater impact on the market prices of these types of securities.

 

The Funds’ service providers will take steps reasonably designed to detect and deter frequent trading by shareholders pursuant to the Funds’ policies and procedures described in this prospectus and approved by the Board. For purposes of applying these policies, the Funds’ service providers may consider the trading history of accounts under common ownership or control. The Funds’ policies and procedures include the following:

 

 

Shareholders are restricted from making more than two (2) “round trips” into or out of a Fund within any 60 day period. If a shareholder exceeds this amount, the Funds and/or their service providers may, at their discretion, reject any additional purchase orders. The Funds define a round trip as a purchase into a Fund by a shareholder, followed by a subsequent redemption out of the Fund, of an amount the Adviser reasonably believes would be harmful or disruptive to the Fund.

 

 

The Funds reserve the right to reject any purchase or exchange request by any investor or group of investors for any reason without prior notice, including, in particular, if the Funds or the Adviser reasonably believes that the trading activity would be harmful or disruptive to the Funds.

 

The Funds and/or their service providers seek to apply these policies to the best of their abilities uniformly and in a manner they believe is consistent with the interests of the Funds’ long-term shareholders. The Funds do not knowingly accommodate frequent purchases and redemptions by Fund shareholders. Although these policies are designed to deter frequent trading, none of these measures alone nor all of them taken together eliminate the possibility that frequent trading in the Funds will occur. Systematic purchases are exempt from these policies.

 

Financial intermediaries (such as investment advisers and broker-dealers) often establish omnibus accounts in the Funds for their customers through which transactions are placed. The Funds have

 

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entered into “information sharing agreements” with these financial intermediaries, which permit the Funds to obtain, upon request, information about the trading activity of the intermediary’s customers that invest in the Funds. If the Funds or their service providers identify omnibus account level trading patterns that have the potential to be detrimental to the Funds, the Funds or their service providers may, in their sole discretion, request from the financial intermediary information concerning the trading activity of its customers. Based upon a review of that information, if the Funds or their service providers determine that the trading activity of any customer may be detrimental to the Funds, they may, in their sole discretion, request the financial intermediary to restrict or limit further trading in the Funds by that customer. If the Funds are not satisfied that the intermediary has taken appropriate action, the Funds may terminate the intermediary’s ability to transact in Fund shares. When information regarding transactions in the Funds’ shares is requested by the Funds and such information is in the possession of a person that is itself a financial intermediary to a financial intermediary (an “indirect intermediary”), any financial intermediary with whom the Funds have an information sharing agreement is obligated to obtain transaction information from the indirect intermediary or, if directed by the Funds, to restrict or prohibit the indirect intermediary from purchasing shares of the Funds on behalf of other persons.

 

The Funds and their service providers will use reasonable efforts to work with financial intermediaries to identify excessive short-term trading in omnibus accounts that may be detrimental to the Funds. However, there can be no assurance that the monitoring of omnibus account level trading will enable the Funds to identify or prevent all such trading by a financial intermediary’s customers. Please contact your financial intermediary for more information.

 

Customer Identification and Verification

 

To help the government fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering activities, federal law requires all financial institutions to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person who opens an account.

 

What this means to you: When you open an account, the Funds will ask your name, address, date of birth, and other information that will allow the Funds to identify you. This information is subject to verification to ensure the identity of all persons opening a mutual fund account.

 

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The Funds are required by law to reject your new account application if the required identifying information is not provided.

 

In certain instances, the Funds are required to collect documents to fulfill their legal obligation. Documents provided in connection with your application will be used solely to establish and verify your identity.

 

Attempts to collect the missing information required on the application will be performed by either contacting you or, if applicable, your broker or other financial intermediary. If this information is unable to be obtained within a reasonable timeframe established in the sole discretion of the Funds, your application will be rejected.

 

Upon receipt of your application in good order (or upon receipt of all identifying information required on the application), your investment will be accepted and your order will be processed at the next-determined NAV per share.

 

However, the Funds reserve the right to close or liquidate your account at the next-determined NAV and remit proceeds to you via check if they are unable to verify your identity. Attempts to verify your identity will be performed within a reasonable timeframe established in the sole discretion of the Funds. Further, the Funds reserve the right to hold your proceeds until your original check clears the bank, which may take up to 15 days from the date of purchase. In such an instance, you may be subject to a gain or loss on Fund shares and will be subject to corresponding tax implications. You will not be entitled to recover any sales charges paid in connection with your purchase of Fund shares.

 

Anti-Money Laundering Program

 

Customer identification and verification is part of the Funds’ overall obligation to deter money laundering under federal law. The Funds have adopted an anti-money laundering compliance program designed to prevent the Funds from being used for money laundering or the financing of illegal activities. In this regard, the Funds reserve the right to: (i) refuse, cancel or rescind any purchase or exchange order; (ii) freeze any account and/or suspend account services; or (iii) involuntarily close your account in cases of threatening conduct or suspected fraudulent or illegal activity. These actions will be taken when, in the sole discretion of Fund management, they are deemed to be in the best interest of the Funds or in cases when the Funds are requested or compelled to do so by governmental or law enforcement authority. If your account is closed at the request of governmental or law enforcement authority, you may not receive proceeds of the redemption if the Funds are required to withhold such proceeds.

 

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Unclaimed Property

 

Each state has unclaimed property rules that generally provide for escheatment (or transfer) to the state of unclaimed property under various circumstances. Such circumstances include inactivity (e.g., no owner-initiated contact for a certain period), returned mail (e.g., when mail sent to a shareholder is returned by the post office, or “RPO,” as undeliverable), or a combination of both inactivity and returned mail. Once it flags property as unclaimed, the applicable Fund will attempt to contact the shareholder, but if that attempt is unsuccessful, the account may be considered abandoned and escheated to the state.

 

Shareholders that reside in the state of Texas may designate a representative to receive escheatment notifications by completing and submitting a designation form that can be found on the website of the Texas Comptroller. While the designated representative does not have any rights to claim or access the shareholder’s account or assets, the escheatment period will cease if the representative communicates knowledge of the shareholder’s location and confirms that the shareholder has not abandoned his or her property. A completed designation form may be mailed to the Funds (if shares are held directly with the Funds) or to the shareholder’s financial intermediary (if shares are not held directly with the Funds).

 

More information on unclaimed property and how to maintain an active account is available through your state or by calling 855-887-4KGI.

 

Dividends and Distributions

 

Normally, each Fund distributes its net investment income and makes distributions of its net realized capital gains, if any, at least annually. If you own Fund shares on a Fund’s record date, you will be entitled to receive the distribution.

 

A Fund will automatically reinvest dividends and distributions in additional shares of the Fund, unless you elect on your account application to receive them in cash. To elect cash payment, you must notify the Funds in writing prior to the date of the distribution. Your election will be effective for dividends and distributions paid after the Funds receive your written notice. To cancel your election, simply send the Funds written notice.

 

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Taxes

 

You should always consult your tax advisor for specific guidance regarding the federal, state and local tax effects of your investment in the Funds. The following is a summary of the U.S. federal income tax consequences of investing in the Funds. This summary does not apply to shares held in an IRA or other tax-qualified plans, which are generally not subject to current tax. Transactions relating to shares held in such accounts may, however, be taxable at some time in the future. This summary is based on current tax law, which may change.

 

Each Fund has elected and intends to qualify each year for treatment as a regulated investment company (“RIC”) within the meaning of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. If it meets certain minimum distribution requirements, a RIC is not subject to tax at the fund level on income and gains from investments that are timely distributed to shareholders. However, a Fund’s failure to qualify as a RIC or to meet minimum distribution requirements would result (if certain relief provisions were not available) in fund-level taxation and, consequently, a reduction in income available for distribution to shareholders.

 

Each Fund intends to distribute substantially all of its net investment income and net realized capital gains, if any. The dividends and distributions you receive may be subject to federal, state, and local taxation, depending upon your tax situation. Distributions you receive from each Fund may be taxable whether you receive them in cash or you reinvest them in additional shares of the applicable Fund. Income distributions, including distributions of net short-term capital gains but excluding distributions of qualified dividend income, are generally taxable at ordinary income tax rates. Distributions reported by the Funds as long-term capital gains and as qualified dividend income are generally taxable at the rates applicable to long-term capital gains and currently set at a maximum tax rate for individuals at 20% (lower rates apply to individuals in lower tax brackets). Certain of the Funds’ investment strategies may limit their ability to distribute dividends eligible to be treated as qualified dividend income. Once a year the Funds (or their administrative agent) will send you a statement showing the types and total amount of distributions you received during the previous year.

 

You should note that if you purchase shares just before a distribution, the purchase price would reflect the amount of the upcoming distribution. In this case, you would be taxed on the entire amount of the distribution received, even though, as an economic matter,

 

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the distribution simply constitutes a return of your investment. This is known as “buying a dividend” and should be avoided by taxable investors.

 

Each sale of Fund shares may be a taxable event. For tax purposes, an exchange of your Fund shares for shares of a different fund is the same as a sale. Assuming a shareholder holds Fund shares as a capital asset, any gain or loss on the sale of Fund shares generally will be treated as short-term capital gain or loss if you held the shares 12 months or less or as long-term capital gain or loss if you held the shares for longer. Any loss realized upon a taxable disposition of Fund shares held for six months or less will be treated as long-term, rather than short-term, to the extent of any long-term capital gain distributions received (or deemed received) by you with respect to Fund shares. All or a portion of any loss realized upon a taxable disposition of Fund shares will be disallowed if you purchase other substantially identical shares within 30 days before or after the disposition. In such a case, the basis of the newly purchased shares will be adjusted to reflect the disallowed loss.

 

U.S. individuals with income exceeding $200,000 ($250,000 if married and filing jointly) are subject to a 3.8% tax on their “net investment income,” including interest, dividends, and capital gains (including capital gains realized on the sale or exchange of shares of a Fund).

 

The Funds (or their administrative agent) must report to the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) and furnish to Fund shareholders cost basis information for Fund shares. In addition to reporting the gross proceeds from the sale of Fund shares, the Funds (or their administrative agent) are also required to report the cost basis information for such shares and indicate whether these shares had a short-term or long-term holding period. For each sale of Fund shares, the Funds will permit shareholders to elect from among several IRS-accepted cost basis methods, including the average cost basis method. In the absence of an election, the Funds will use the average cost basis method as the default cost basis method. The cost basis method elected by a Fund shareholder (or the cost basis method applied by default) for each sale of Fund shares may not be changed after the settlement date of each such sale of Fund shares. Fund shareholders should consult their tax advisors to determine the best IRS-accepted cost basis method for their tax situation and to obtain more information about cost basis reporting. Shareholders also should carefully review any cost basis information provided to them and make any additional basis, holding period or other adjustments that are required when reporting these amounts on their federal income tax returns.

 

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To the extent a Fund invests in foreign securities, it may be subject to foreign withholding taxes with respect to dividends or interest the Fund receives from sources in foreign countries. If more than 50% of the total assets of a Fund consists of foreign securities, such Fund will be eligible to elect to treat some of those taxes as a distribution to shareholders, which would allow shareholders to offset some of their U.S. federal income tax. The Funds (or their administrative agent) will notify you if they make such an election and provide you with the information necessary to reflect foreign taxes paid on your income tax return.

 

Because each shareholder’s tax situation is different, you should consult your tax advisor about the tax implications of an investment in the Funds.

 

More information about taxes is included in the SAI.

 

Additional Information

 

The Trust enters into contractual arrangements with various parties, including, among others, the Funds’ investment adviser, custodian, transfer agent, accountants, administrator and distributor, who provide services to the Funds. Shareholders are not parties to, or intended (or “third-party”) beneficiaries of, any of those contractual arrangements, and those contractual arrangements are not intended to create in any individual shareholder or group of shareholders any right to enforce the terms of the contractual arrangements against the service providers or to seek any remedy under the contractual arrangements against the service providers, either directly or on behalf of the Trust.

 

This prospectus and the SAI provide information concerning the Trust and the Funds that you should consider in determining whether to purchase shares of the Funds. The Funds may make changes to this information from time to time. Neither this prospectus, the SAI or any document filed as an exhibit to the Trust’s registration statement, is intended to, nor does it, give rise to an agreement or contract between the Trust or the Funds and any shareholder, or give rise to any contract or other rights in any individual shareholder, group of shareholders or other person other than any rights conferred explicitly by federal or state securities laws that may not be waived.

 

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Financial Highlights

 

The tables that follow present performance information about the Funds. The information is intended to help you understand the Funds’ financial performance for the past five fiscal years. Some of this information reflects financial information for a single Fund share. The total returns in the tables represent the rate that an investor would have earned (or lost) on an investment in a Fund, assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions. The information provided below has been audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting firm of the Funds. Financial statements and the unqualified opinion of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP are included in the 2022 Annual Report of the Funds, which is available upon request by calling the Funds at 855-887-4KGI.

 

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Kopernik Global All-Cap Fund — Class A Shares

 

Selected Per Share Data & Ratios
For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Year

 

 

Year Ended
October 31,
2022

   

Year Ended
October 31,
2021

   

Year Ended
October 31,
2020

   

Year Ended
October 31,
2019

   

Year Ended
October 31,
2018

 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year

  $ 15.91     $ 11.45     $ 9.75     $ 9.55     $ 10.78  

Income (Loss) from Investment Operations:

                                       

Net Investment Income*

    0.12       0.12       0.11       0.09       0.06  

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

    (3.21 )     4.94       1.86       0.11       (0.85 )

Total from Investment Operations

    (3.09 )     5.06       1.97       0.20       (0.79 )

Dividends and Distributions:

                                       

Net Investment Income

    (0.73 )     (0.35 )     (0.27 )           (0.44 )

Capital Gains

    (0.53 )     (0.25 )                  

Total Dividends and Distributions

    (1.26 )     (0.60 )     (0.27 )           (0.44 )

Net Asset Value, End of Year

  $ 11.56     $ 15.91     $ 11.45     $ 9.75     $ 9.55  

Total Return

    (20.79 )%     45.38 %     20.64 %     2.09 %     (7.76 )%

Ratios and Supplemental Data

                                       

Net Assets, End of Period (Thousands)

  $ 70,443     $ 105,632     $ 59,266     $ 56,434     $ 57,586  

Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets(1)

    1.26 %     1.28 %     1.30 %     1.30 %     1.29 %

Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (Excluding Waivers, Recaptured Fees and Fees Paid Indirectly)

    1.26 %     1.28 %     1.30 %     1.30 %     1.29 %

Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets

    0.87 %     0.81 %     1.01 %     0.93 %     0.54 %

Portfolio Turnover Rate

    58 %     45 %     50 %     31 %     44 %

 

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Per share calculations were performed using average shares for the period.

Total return is for the period indicated and has not been annualized. Returns shown do not reflect the deductions of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

(1) 

The ratio of expenses to average net assets excludes the effects of fees paid indirectly. If these expense offsets were included, the ratio would be equal to the ratio presented.

Amounts designated as “—” are either not applicable, $0 or have been rounded to $0.

 

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Kopernik Global All-Cap Fund — Class I Shares

 

Selected Per Share Data & Ratios
For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Year

 

 

Year Ended
October 31,
2022

   

Year Ended
October 31,
2021

   

Year Ended
October 31,
2020

   

Year Ended
October 31,
2019

   

Year Ended
October 31,
2018

 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year

  $ 15.87     $ 11.41     $ 9.73     $ 9.53     $ 10.75  

Income (Loss) from Investment Operations:

                                       

Net Investment Income*

    0.15       0.15       0.13       0.12       0.08  

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

    (3.20 )     4.93       1.85       0.10       (0.84 )

Total from Investment Operations

    (3.05 )     5.08       1.98       0.22       (0.76 )

Dividends and Distributions:

                                       

Net Investment Income

    (0.77 )     (0.37 )     (0.30 )     (0.02 )     (0.46 )

Capital Gains

    (0.53 )     (0.25 )                  

Total Dividends and Distributions

    (1.30 )     (0.62 )     (0.30 )     (0.02 )     (0.46 )

Net Asset Value, End of Year

  $ 11.52     $ 15.87     $ 11.41     $ 9.73     $ 9.53  

Total Return

    (20.64 )%     45.83 %     20.81 %     2.36 %     (7.45 )%

Ratios and Supplemental Data

                                       

Net Assets, End of Period (Thousands)

  $ 1,741,051     $ 2,262,284     $ 1,092,683     $ 930,874     $ 988,391  

Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets(1)

    1.01 %     1.03 %     1.05 %     1.05 %     1.04 %

Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (Excluding Waivers, Recaptured Fees and Fees Paid Indirectly)

    1.01 %     1.03 %     1.05 %     1.05 %     1.04 %

Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets

    1.13 %     1.06 %     1.25 %     1.18 %     0.83 %

Portfolio Turnover Rate

    58 %     45 %     50 %     31 %     44 %

 

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Per share calculations were performed using average shares for the period.

Total return is for the period indicated and has not been annualized. Returns shown do not reflect the deductions of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

(1) 

The ratio of expenses to average net assets excludes the effects of fees paid indirectly. If these expense offsets were included, the ratio would be equal to the ratio presented.

Amounts designated as “—” are either not applicable, $0 or have been rounded to $0.

 

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Kopernik International Fund — Class I Shares

 

Selected Per Share Data & Ratios
For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Year

 

 

Year Ended
October 31,
2022

   

Year Ended
October 31,
2021

   

Year Ended
October 31,
2020

   

Year Ended
October 31,
2019

   

Year Ended
October 31,
2018

 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year

  $ 17.42     $ 13.21     $ 12.38     $ 11.31     $ 11.92  

Income (Loss) from Investment Operations:

                                       

Net Investment Income*

    0.15       0.14       0.14       0.16       0.13  

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

    (4.13 )     4.50       1.01       1.04       (0.58 )

Total from Investment Operations

    (3.98 )     4.64       1.15       1.20       (0.45 )

Dividends and Distributions:

                                       

Net Investment Income

    (0.34 )     (0.26 )     (0.16 )     (0.13 )     (0.11 )

Capital Gains

    (0.59 )     (0.17 )     (0.16 )           (0.05 )

Total Dividends and Distributions

    (0.93 )     (0.43 )     (0.32 )     (0.13 )     (0.16 )

Net Asset Value, End of Year

  $ 12.51     $ 17.42     $ 13.21     $ 12.38     $ 11.31  

Total Return

    (24.02 )%     35.71 %     9.41 %     10.78 %     (3.83 )%

Ratios and Supplemental Data

                                       

Net Assets, End of Period (Thousands)

  $ 502,671     $ 565,278     $ 215,822     $ 168,011     $ 128,401  

Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets(1)

    1.04     1.09 %(2)     1.10 %     1.10 %     0.93 %

Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (Excluding Waivers, Recaptured Fees and Fees Paid Indirectly)

    1.04 %     1.06 %     1.11 %     1.12 %     1.13 %

Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets

    1.06 %     0.83 %     1.11 %     1.32 %     1.06 %

Portfolio Turnover Rate

    62 %     56 %     61 %     45 %     34 %

 

*

Per share calculations were performed using average shares for the period.

Total return is for the period indicated and has not been annualized. Total return would have been lower had the Adviser not waived a portion of its fee during the period. Returns shown do not reflect the deductions of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

(1) 

The ratio of expenses to average net assets excludes the effects of fees paid indirectly. If these expense offsets were included, the ratio would be equal to the ratio presented.

(2) 

Ratio includes previously waived advisory fees recaptured. The net expense ratio would have been lower absent the impact of the recaptured fees.

Amounts designated as “—” are either not applicable, $0 or have been rounded to $0.

 

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Kopernik International Fund — Investor Class Shares

 

Selected Per Share Data & Ratios
For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Year or Period

 

 

Year Ended
October 31,
2022

   

Year Ended
October 31,
2021

   

Year Ended
October 31,
2020

   

Period Ended
October 31,
2019
(1)

 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year/Period

  $ 17.36     $ 13.18     $ 12.36     $ 11.41  

Income (Loss) from Investment Operations:

                               

Net Investment Income*

    0.13       0.11       0.13       0.14  

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain

    (4.14 )     4.48       0.98       0.94  

Total from Investment Operations

    (4.01 )     4.59       1.11       1.08  

Dividends and Distributions:

                               

Net Investment Income

    (0.32 )     (0.24 )     (0.13 )     (0.13 )

Capital Gains

    (0.59 )     (0.17 )     (0.16 )      

Total Dividends and Distributions

    (0.91 )     (0.41 )     (0.29 )     (0.13 )

Net Asset Value, End of Year/Period

  $ 12.44     $ 17.36     $ 13.18     $ 12.36  

Total Return

    (24.26 )%     35.39 %     9.12 %     9.61 %

Ratios and Supplemental Data

                               

Net Assets, End of Year/Period (Thousands)

  $ 11,521     $ 7,336     $ 1,383     $ 250  

Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets(2)

    1.29 %     1.34 %(3)     1.35 %     1.35 %††

Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (Excluding Waivers, Recaptured Fees and Fees Paid Indirectly)

    1.29 %     1.31 %     1.36 %     1.37 %††

Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets

    0.87 %     0.68 %     1.02 %     1.32 %††

Portfolio Turnover Rate

    62 %     56 %     61 %     45 %

 

*

Per share calculations were performed using average shares for the period.

Total return is for the period indicated and has not been annualized. Returns shown do not reflect the deductions of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

††

Annualized.

(1) 

Investor Class Shares commenced operations December 10, 2018.

(2) 

The ratio of expenses to average net assets excludes the effects of fees paid indirectly. If these expense offsets were included, the ratio would be equal to the ratio presented.

(3) 

Ratio includes previously waived advisory fees recaptured. The net expense ratio would have been lower absent the impact of the recaptured fees.

Amounts designated as “—” are either not applicable, $0 or have been rounded to $0.

 

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THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND II

 

KOPERNIK FUNDS

 

Investment Adviser

Kopernik Global Investors, LLC
Two Harbour Place

302 Knights Run Avenue, Suite 1225

Tampa, Florida 33602

 

Distributor Legal Counsel
SEI Investments Distribution Co. Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
One Freedom Valley Drive 1701 Market Street
Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103

 

More information about the Funds is available, without charge, through the following:

 

Appendix A to the Prospectus – Intermediary-Specific Sales Charge Discounts and Waivers

 

Appendix A contains more information about specific sales charge discounts and waivers available for shareholders who purchase Fund shares through a specific financial intermediary. Appendix A is incorporated by reference into this prospectus. This means that Appendix A, for legal purposes, is a part of this prospectus.

 

Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”)

The SAI, dated March 1, 2023, as it may be amended from time to time, includes detailed information about the Funds and The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund II. The SAI is on file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and is incorporated by reference into this prospectus. This means that the SAI, for legal purposes, is a part of this prospectus.

 

Annual and Semi-Annual Reports

 

These reports contain information from the Adviser about investment strategies, recent market conditions and trends and their impact on Fund performance. The reports also contain more information about the Funds’ holdings and detailed financial information about the Funds.

 

To obtain more information about the Funds or to request a copy of the documents listed above:

 

By Telephone: 855-887-4KGI
   
By Mail: Write to us at:
  Kopernik Funds
  P.O. Box 219009
  Kansas City, MO 64121-9009
   
By Internet: www.kopernikglobal.com

 

From the SEC: You can also obtain the SAI or the Annual and Semi-Annual Reports for the Funds, as well as other information about The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund II, from the EDGAR Database on the SEC’s website (http://www.sec.gov). You may also obtain this information, upon payment of a duplicating fee, by e-mailing the SEC at the following address: [email protected].

 

The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund II’s Investment Company Act registration number is 811-07102.

 

KGI-PS-003-1000

 

 

 

Appendix A

 

Intermediary-Specific Sales Charge Discounts and Waivers

 

Specific intermediaries may have different policies and procedures regarding the availability of front-end sales load waivers or contingent deferred (back-end) sales load (“CDSC”) waivers, which are discussed below. In all instances, it is the purchaser’s responsibility to notify a Fund or the purchaser’s financial intermediary at the time of purchase of any relationship or other facts qualifying the purchaser for sales charge waivers or discounts. For waivers and discounts not available through a particular intermediary, shareholders will have to purchase Fund shares directly from a Fund or through another intermediary to receive such waivers or discounts. Please see the “Purchasing, Selling and Exchanging Fund Shares – Sales Charges” section of the prospectus for more information on sales charge discounts and waivers.

 

The following descriptions of financial intermediary sales charge waivers, discounts, policies or procedures, as the case may be, are reproduced based on information provided by the intermediary. The financial intermediary sales charge waivers, discounts, policies or procedures disclosed in this Appendix may vary from those disclosed in the prospectus or SAI and are subject to change. This Appendix will be updated based on information provided by the financial intermediaries. Neither the Funds, nor the Adviser, nor the Distributor supervises the implementation of financial intermediary sales charge waivers, discounts, policies or procedures nor do they verify the intermediaries’ administration of such waivers, discounts, policies or procedures.

 

The information in this Appendix is part of, and incorporated into, the prospectus.

 

Merrill Lynch

 

Effective April 10, 2017, shareholders purchasing Fund shares through a Merrill Lynch platform or account will be eligible only for the following load waivers (front-end sales charge waivers and contingent deferred, or back-end, sales charge waivers) and discounts, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in the prospectus or SAI.

 

Front-End Sales Load Waivers on Class A Shares Available at Merrill Lynch

Employer-sponsored retirement, deferred compensation and employee benefit plans (including health savings accounts) and trusts used to fund those plans, provided that the shares are not held in a commission-based brokerage account and shares are held for the benefit of the plan

Shares purchased by a 529 Plan (does not include 529 Plan units or 529-specific share classes or equivalents)

Shares purchased through a Merrill Lynch affiliated investment advisory program

 

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Front-End Sales Load Waivers on Class A Shares Available at Merrill Lynch

Shares exchanged due to the holdings moving from a Merrill Lynch affiliated investment advisory program to a Merrill Lynch brokerage (non-advisory) account pursuant to Merrill Lynch’s policies relating to sales load discounts and waivers

Shares purchased by third party investment advisors on behalf of their advisory clients through Merrill Lynch’s platform

Shares purchased through the Merrill Edge Self-Directed platform

Shares purchased through reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment when purchasing shares of the same Fund (but not any other Fund within the Kopernik Fund family)

Employees and registered representatives of Merrill Lynch or its affiliates and their family members

Trustees of the Trust, and employees of the Funds’ investment adviser or any of its affiliates, as described in the prospectus

Eligible shares purchased from the proceeds of redemptions within the Kopernik Fund family, provided (1) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred sales load (known as Rights of Reinstatement). Automated transactions (i.e. systematic purchases and withdrawals) and purchases made after shares are automatically sold to pay Merrill Lynch’s account maintenance fees are not eligible for reinstatement

 

CDSC Waivers on Class A Shares Available at Merrill Lynch

Death or disability of the shareholder

Return of excess contributions from an IRA Account

Shares sold as part of a required minimum distribution for IRA and retirement accounts pursuant to the Code

Shares sold to pay Merrill Lynch fees but only if the transaction is initiated by Merrill Lynch

Shares acquired through a right of reinstatement

Shares held in retirement brokerage accounts, that are exchanged for a lower cost share class due to transfer to certain fee based accounts or platforms

Shares received through an exchange due to the holdings moving from a Merrill Lynch affiliated investment advisory program to a Merrill Lynch brokerage (non-advisory) account pursuant to Merrill Lynch’s policies relating to sales load discounts and waivers

 

 

 

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Front-End Sales Load Discounts Available at Merrill Lynch: Breakpoints, Rights of Accumulation & Letters of Intent

Breakpoints as described in the prospectus

Rights of Accumulation (ROA) which entitle shareholders to breakpoint discounts as described in the prospectus will be automatically calculated based on the aggregated holding of Kopernik Fund family assets held by accounts (including 529 program holdings, where applicable) within the purchaser’s household at Merrill Lynch. Eligible Kopernik Fund family assets not held at Merrill Lynch may be included in the ROA calculation only if the shareholder notifies his or her financial advisor about such assets

Letters of Intent (LOI) which allow for breakpoint discounts based on anticipated purchases within the Kopernik Fund family, through Merrill Lynch, over a 13-month period of time

 

Raymond James & Associates, Inc., Raymond James Financial Services, Inc., & Raymond James affiliates (“Raymond James”)

 

Effective March 1, 2019, shareholders purchasing Fund shares through a Raymond James platform or account, or through an introducing broker-dealer or independent registered investment adviser for which Raymond James provides trade execution, clearance, and/or custody services, will be eligible only for the following load waivers (front-end sales charge waivers and contingent deferred, or back-end, sales charge waivers) and discounts, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in the prospectus or SAI.

 

Front-End Sales Load Waivers on Class A Shares Available at Raymond James

Shares purchased in an investment advisory program

Shares purchased within the Kopernik Fund family through a systematic reinvestment of capital gains and dividend distributions

Employees and registered representatives of Raymond James or its affiliates and their family members as designated by Raymond James

Shares purchased from the proceeds of redemptions within the Kopernik Fund family, provided (1) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred sales load (known as Rights of Reinstatement)

 

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CDSC Waivers on Class A Shares Available at Raymond James

Death or disability of the shareholder

Shares sold as part of a systematic withdrawal plan as described in the prospectus

Return of excess contributions from an IRA Account

Shares sold as part of a required minimum distribution for IRA and retirement accounts due to the shareholder reaching the qualified age based on applicable IRS regulations as described in the prospectus

Shares sold to pay Raymond James fees but only if the transaction is initiated by Raymond James

Shares acquired through a right of reinstatement

 

Front-End Load Discounts Available at Raymond James: Breakpoints, and/or Rights of Accumulation

Breakpoints as described in the prospectus

Rights of accumulation which entitle shareholders to breakpoint discounts will be automatically calculated based on the aggregated holding of Kopernik Fund family assets held by accounts within the purchaser’s household at Raymond James. Eligible Kopernik Fund family assets not held at Raymond James may be included in the calculation of rights of accumulation only if the shareholder notifies his or her financial advisor about such assets

Letters of intent which allow for breakpoint discounts based on anticipated purchases within the Kopernik Fund family, over a 13-month time period. Eligible Kopernik Fund family assets not held at Raymond James may be included in the calculation of letters of intent only if the shareholder notifies his or her financial advisor about such assets

 

 

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