# EDGAR Filing Document

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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001213900-26-050851.hdr.sgml**: 20260501

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001213900-26-050851

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**COMPANY DATA:**
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- **FILM NUMBER:** 26931219

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## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### Kennedy Capital ESG SMID Cap Fund (Series ID: S000063803)

| Class ID   | Class Name                 | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000206710 | Institutional Class Shares | KESGX           |
| C000213112 | Investor Class Shares      | ESGSX           |

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|  ![](tkennedy_logo.jpg) | **Kennedy Capital ESG SMID Cap Fund**<br> **Investor Class (Ticker Symbol: ESGSX)**<br> **Institutional Class (Ticker Symbol: KESGX)** |
|  **Summary Prospectus** | **April 30, 2026** |

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*Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund's prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. You can find the Fund's Statutory Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information and other information about the Fund online at https://www.kennedycapital.com/esg*-mutual-fund*/. You may also obtain this information at no cost by calling 1*-877-882-8825 *or by sending an e*-mail *request to funds@kennedycapital.com. The Fund's Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, both dated April 30, 2026, as each may be amended or supplemented, are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus.*

#### Investment Objective
The investment objective of the Kennedy Capital ESG SMID Cap Fund (the "Fund") is capital appreciation.

#### Fees and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table and example below.

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|:---|:---|:---|
|  | **Investor <br>Class Shares** | **Institutional <br>Class Shares** |
|  **Shareholder Fees**<br> *(fees paid directly from your investment)* |  |  |
|  Wire fee | $20 | $20 |
|  Overnight check delivery fee | $25 | $25 |
|  Retirement account fees (annual maintenance fee) | $15 | $15 |

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|  **Annual Fund Operating Expenses**<br> *(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)* |  |  |
|  Management fees | 0.75% | 0.75% |
|  Distribution (Rule 12b-1) fees | 0.25% |  |
|  Other expenses | 0.33% | 0.33% |
|  **Total annual fund operating expenses** | 1.33% | 1.08% |
|  Fees waived and/or expenses reimbursed<sup>1</sup> | (0.26)% | (0.26)% |
|  **Total annual fund operating expenses after waiving fees <br>and/or reimbursing expenses**<sup>1</sup> | 1.07% | 0.82% |

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1 The Fund's advisor has contractually agreed to waive its fees and/or pay for operating expenses of the Fund to ensure that total annual fund operating expenses (excluding any taxes, leverage interest, brokerage commissions, dividend and interest expenses on short sales, acquired fund fees and expenses (as determined in accordance with SEC Form N-1A), expenses incurred in connection with any merger or reorganization, and extraordinary expenses such as litigation expenses) do not exceed 1.07% and 0.82% of the average daily net assets of the Investor Class shares and Institutional Class shares of the Fund, respectively. This agreement is in effect through April 30, 2027, and it may be terminated before that date only by the Trust's Board of Trustees. The Fund's advisor is permitted to seek reimbursement from the Fund, subject to certain limitations, of fees waived or payments made to the Fund for a period ending three years after the date of the waiver or payment. This reimbursement may be requested from the Fund if the reimbursement will not cause the Fund's annual expense ratio to exceed the lesser of (a) the expense limitation in effect at the time such fees were waived or payments made, or (b) the expense limitation in effect at the time of the reimbursement.

#### 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. The example reflects the Fund's contractual fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement only for the term of the contractual fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement.

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

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
|  | **One Year** | **Three Years** | **Five Years** | **Ten Years** |
|  Investor Class shares | $109 | $396 | $704 | $1579 |
|  Institutional Class shares | $84 | $318 | $570 | $1294 |

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#### 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 may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 57% of the average value of its portfolio.

#### Principal Investment Strategies
Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in securities of small- and mid- capitalization companies. In particular, the Fund primarily invests in a diversified portfolio of common stock of domestic companies. The Fund may also invest in real estate investment trusts ("REITs"). The Fund's advisor, Kennedy Capital Management LLC (the "Advisor"), defines small- and mid- capitalization companies as those with market capitalizations within the range of companies included in the Russell 2500<sup>TM</sup> Index (the "Index") at the time of purchase. The capitalization range of companies in the Index may change with market conditions or due to changes in the composition of the Index. As of March 31, 2026, the market capitalization range of companies comprising the Index was between $3.8 million and $84.5 billion. Investments in companies that move above or below the capitalization range of the companies comprising Index may continue to be held by the Fund in the Advisor's sole discretion, and the Fund's investments are not limited to the stocks of the issuers included in the Index.

The Advisor's investment decisions for the Fund are made primarily on the basis of bottom-up, fundamental research, integrated with an analysis of a company's environmental, social and governance ("ESG") characteristics. ESG factors are considered on both an inclusionary and exclusionary basis. The Advisor's investment process involves examining four key components: (i) the company's corporate performance (including traditional fundamentals and ESG variables); (ii) the systematic effects on the company's business; (iii) the company's competitive position; and (iv) the company's intrinsic value. The Advisor's environmental assessment process includes identifying companies that provide products or services that are tied to an environmental competitive advantage as compared to their peers. For example, the Fund may invest in companies offering products or services with superior energy efficiency, solutions to emissions regulations, or services related to recycling and product reuse. Social assessment includes identifying companies that promote societal benefits or address societal challenges. For example, the Fund may invest in companies that focus on lowering the cost of healthcare, combatting the opioid epidemic, or offering ethically sourced products. Governance assessment includes a focus on shareholder rights, senior management compensation, board structure and audit/accounting risk.

The Advisor may complement its internal ESG assessment of a company with relevant primary data from third parties regarding ESG considerations such as carbon emissions (reported or estimated) and carbon reserves, business involvement data for key social issues, and corporate governance. The Advisor does not rely on third party ESG rankings or a scoring mechanism in the Fund's portfolio construction process; however, specific governance scores are a component of company assessments and stock selection. The Advisor engages in active dialogues with company management teams to further inform its investment decision-making and to foster discussion with management regarding ESG issues and opportunities.

The Fund is fossil fuel free, which means it excludes companies that hold fossil fuel reserves on their balance sheets. The Fund prioritizes reduced greenhouse gas emissions (reported and estimated) in the portfolio construction process. In addition, the Fund's ESG criteria is designed to exclude companies that are involved in, and/or derive significant revenue from, certain industries or product lines, including tobacco, civil firearms (defined as those firearms typically available for consumer use in the United States) and controversial weapons (defined as cluster munitions and land mines). The Fund's ESG criteria does not exclude traditional defense contractors with no exposure to controversial weapons or civil firearms.

The Fund invests in growth-oriented companies as well as those companies that the Advisor considers to be undervalued. The Advisor utilizes a company's return on invested capital as a central component of its analysis to determine the intrinsic value of companies included in the Fund's portfolio.

The Advisor may sell all or a portion of a position of the Fund's portfolio holding when, in its opinion, one or more of the following occurs, among other reasons: (i) the issuer's fundamentals deteriorate; (ii) there is a significant change in the company's performance relative to ESG criteria or the Advisor's assessment thereof; (iii) the Advisor's valuation analysis determines a security has realized it full valuation; (iv) the Advisor identifies more attractive investment opportunities for the Fund; or (v) the Fund requires cash to meet redemption requests.

#### Principal Risks of Investing
Risk is inherent in all investing and you could lose money by investing in the Fund. A summary description of certain principal risks of investing in the Fund is set forth below. Before you decide whether to invest in the Fund, carefully consider these risk factors associated with investing in the Fund, which may cause investors to lose money. There can be no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.

**Market risk.** The market price of a security or instrument may decline, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, due to general market conditions that are not specifically related to a particular company, such as real or perceived adverse economic, political, or geopolitical conditions throughout the world, changes in the general outlook for corporate earnings, changes in interest or currency rates, or adverse investor sentiment generally. The market value of a security or instrument also may decline because of factors that affect a particular industry or industries, such as tariffs, labor shortages or increased production costs and competitive conditions within an industry. In addition, local, regional or global events such as war, acts of terrorism, international conflicts, trade disputes, supply chain disruptions, cybersecurity events, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues, natural disasters or climate events, or other events could have a significant impact on a security or instrument. The increasing interconnectivity between global economies and financial markets increases the likelihood that events or conditions in one region or financial market may adversely impact issuers in a different country, region or financial market.

**Equity risk.** The value of the equity securities held by the Fund may fall due to general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding the industries in which the issuers of securities held by the Fund participate, or factors relating to specific companies in which the Fund invests.

**Small**-cap **and mid**-cap **company risk.** The securities of small-capitalization and mid-capitalization companies may be subject to more abrupt or erratic market movements and may have lower trading volumes or more erratic trading than securities of larger, more established companies or market averages in general. In addition, such companies typically are more likely to be adversely affected than large capitalization companies by changes in earning results, business prospects, investor expectations or poor economic or market conditions.

**Growth**-oriented **investment strategies risk.** Growth funds generally focus on stocks of companies believed to have above-average potential for growth in revenue and earnings. Growth securities typically are very sensitive to market movements because their market prices frequently reflect projections of future earnings or revenues, and when it appears that those expectations will not be met, the prices of growth securities typically fall.

**Value**-oriented **investment strategies risk.** Value stocks are those that are believed to be undervalued in comparison to their peers due to adverse business developments or other factors. Value investing is subject to the risk that the market will not recognize a security's inherent value for a long time or at all, or that a stock judged to be undervalued may actually be appropriately priced or overvalued. In addition, during some periods (which may be extensive) value stocks generally may be out of favor in the markets.

**Management and strategy risk.** The value of your investment depends on the judgment of the Advisor about the quality, relative yield, value or market trends affecting a particular security, industry, sector or region, which may prove to be incorrect.

**ESG criteria risk.** While the Advisor believes that the integration of ESG analysis as part of the investment process contributes to its risk management approach, the Fund's consideration of ESG criteria in making its investment decisions may affect the Fund's exposure to risks associated with certain issuers, industries and sectors, which may impact the Fund's investment performance. In addition, because the Fund's ESG criteria exclude securities of certain issuers, the Fund may forgo some market opportunities available to funds that do not use these criteria. There are significant differences in interpretations of what it means for a company to have positive ESG characteristics. Furthermore, ESG information from third-party data providers may be incomplete, inaccurate, or unavailable, which could cause the Advisor to incorrectly assess a company's ESG characteristics.

**Sector focus risk.** The Fund may invest a larger portion of its assets in one or more sectors than many other mutual funds, and thus will be more susceptible to negative events affecting those sectors. For example, as of December 31, 2025, 29.00% of the Fund's assets were invested in the industrial sector. Performance of companies in the industrials sector may be affected by, among other things, supply and demand for their specific product or service and for industrials sector products in general. Moreover, government regulation, world events, exchange rates and economic conditions, technological developments, fuel prices, labor agreements, insurance costs, and liabilities for environmental damage and general civil liabilities will likewise affect the performance of these companies.

**REIT risk.** The Fund's investment in REITs will subject the Fund to risks similar to those associated with direct ownership of real estate, including losses from casualty or condemnation, and changes in local and general economic, supply and demand, interest rates, zoning laws, regulatory limitations on rents, property taxes and operating expenses.

**Liquidity risk.** The Fund may not be able to sell some or all of the investments that it holds due to a lack of demand in the marketplace or other factors such as market turmoil, or if the Fund is forced to sell an illiquid asset to meet redemption requests or other cash needs it may only be able to sell those investments at a loss. Illiquid assets may also be difficult to value.

**Recent market events.** Periods of market volatility may occur in response to market events, public health emergencies, natural disasters or climate events, and other economic, political, and global macro factors. U.S. and international markets have recently experienced, and may continue to experience, periods of significant volatility due to various factors, including uncertainty regarding inflation and central banks' interest rate changes, the possibility of a national or global recession, trade tensions and tariffs, and political and geopolitical events. In addition, wars or threats of war and aggression, such as Russia's invasion of Ukraine and conflicts among nations and militant groups in the Middle East, have led, and in the future may lead, to increased short-term market volatility and may have adverse long-term effects on the U.S. and world economies and markets generally, each of which may negatively impact the Fund's investments. Additionally, since the change in the U.S. presidential administration in 2025, the administration has pursued an aggressive foreign policy agenda, including through suggestions that the United States should control certain sovereign foreign territories, attempts to restructure federal government agencies with international influence, and the imposition of tariffs and trade barriers on certain foreign countries, including China and long-time U.S. allies. These and other similar events could be prolonged and could adversely affect the value and liquidity of the Fund's investments, impair the Fund's ability to satisfy redemption requests, and negatively impact the Fund's performance.

**Cybersecurity risk.** Cybersecurity incidents may allow an unauthorized party to gain access to Fund assets, customer data (including private shareholder information), or proprietary information, or cause the Fund, the Advisor, and/or other service providers (including custodians, sub-custodians, transfer agents and financial intermediaries) to suffer data breaches, data corruption or loss of operational functionality. In an extreme case, a shareholders' ability to exchange or redeem Fund shares may be affected. The use of artificial intelligence and machine learning could exacerbate these risks. Issuers or securities in which the Fund invests are also subject to cybersecurity risks, and the value of those securities could decline if the issuers experience cybersecurity incidents.

#### Performance
The bar chart and table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year for Institutional Class shares and by showing how the average annual total returns of each class of the Fund compare with the average annual total returns of the Russell 3000 Index, the Fund's primary broad-based securities market index, and the Russell 2500 Index, which the Advisor believes is a better performance benchmark for comparison to the Fund's performance in light of the Fund's investment strategies. Performance for classes other than those shown may vary from the performance shown to the extent the expenses for those classes differ. Updated performance information is available at the Fund's website, www.kennedycapital.com, or by calling the Fund at 1-877-882-8825. The Fund's past performance, before and after taxes, is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future.

***Calendar-Year Total Return (before taxes) Institutional Class Shares***

For each calendar year at NAV

![](tbarchart_001.jpg)

The year-to-date return as of March 31, 2026 was 1.68%.

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|:---|:---|:---|
|  **Institutional Shares** |  |  |
|  Highest Calendar Quarter Return at NAV | 27.93% | Quarter Ended 12/31/2020 |
|  Lowest Calendar Quarter Return at NAV | (27.72)% | Quarter Ended 03/31/2020 |

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|  **Average Annual Total Returns<br>*(for periods ended December 31, 2025)*** | **<br>1 Year** | **<br>5 Years** | **Since Inception<br>(June 28, <br>2019)** |
|  **Institutional Shares** – Return Before Taxes | 9.53% | &nbsp;&nbsp; 7.56% | 10.32% |
|  **Institutional Shares** – Return After Taxes on Distributions\* | 8.27% | &nbsp;&nbsp; 6.89% | &nbsp;&nbsp; 9.78% |
|  **Institutional Shares** – Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares\* | 6.59% | &nbsp;&nbsp; 5.86% | &nbsp;&nbsp; 8.24% |
|  **Russell 2500 Index** (reflects no deductions for fees, expenses or taxes) | 11.91% | &nbsp;&nbsp; 7.26% | &nbsp;&nbsp; 9.69% |
|  **Russell 3000 Index** (reflects no deductions for fees, expenses or taxes) | 17.15% | 13.15% | 14.93% |

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\* After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on 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.

#### Investment Advisor
Kennedy Capital Management LLC

#### Portfolio Manager
Christian McDonald, CFA, Portfolio Manager of the Advisor, has been primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund's portfolio since its inception on June 28, 2019. Sam Peterman, CFA<sup>®</sup>, Assistant Portfolio Manager and Research Analyst of the Advisor, has been a member of the Fund's portfolio management team since September 2025.

#### Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
To purchase shares of the Fund, generally you must invest at least the minimum amount. Currently, Investor Class shares are not available for purchase.

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|  **Minimum Investments** | **To Open <br>Your Account** | **To Add to <br>Your Account** |
|  Investor Class |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Direct Regular Accounts | $2500 | $100 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Direct Retirement Accounts | $2500 | $100 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Automatic Investment Plan | $2500 | $100 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Gift Account For Minors | $2500 | $100 |
|  Institutional Class |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Direct Regular Accounts | $5000 | $100 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Direct Retirement Accounts | $5000 | $100 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Automatic Investment Plan | $5000 | $100 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Gift Account For Minors | $5000 | $100 |

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Fund shares are redeemable on any business day the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE") is open for business, by written request or by telephone.

#### Tax Information
The Fund's distributions are generally taxable, and will ordinarily be taxed as ordinary income, qualified dividend income or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account. Shareholders investing through such tax-advantaged arrangements may be taxed later upon withdrawal of monies from those arrangements.

#### Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund 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 website for more information.