# EDGAR Filing Document

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**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001580642-26-001274

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**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** CENTAUR MUTUAL FUNDS TRUST
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- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
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- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20040630
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**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** CENTAUR MUTUAL FUNDS TRUST
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## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### Copley Fund (Series ID: S000075609)

| Class ID   | Class Name   | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000234830 | Copley Fund  |  |

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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 27, 2026

1933 Act Registration No. 333-117597

1940 Act File No. 811-21606

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D. C. 20549

**FORM N-1A**

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ☒

Pre-Effective Amendment No. <u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u> <br>Post-Effective Amendment No. <u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;54&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

and/or

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 ☒

Amendment No. <u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;56&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

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**CENTAUR MUTUAL FUNDS TRUST**

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

33 Whitehall Street, 11<sup>th</sup> Floor

New York NY 10004

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code: (513) 587-3400

Carol J. Highsmith

Ultimus Fund Solutions, LLC

225 Pictoria Drive, Suite 450

Cincinnati, Ohio 45246

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

With copy to:

Thomas W. Steed III, Esq.

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

4208 Six Forks Road, Suite 1400

Raleigh, NC 27609

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If appropriate, check the following box:

☐ This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

**Copley Fund**

***Ticker Symbol:* COPLX**

**A SERIES OF CENTAUR MUTUAL FUNDS TRUST**

**PROSPECTUS**

**February 27, 2026**

**<u>Investment Advisor</u>**

**DCM Advisors, LLC** 33 Whitehall Street, 11<sup>th</sup> Floor

New York NY 10004

**This Prospectus has information about the Fund that you should know before you invest. You should read it carefully and keep it with your investment records. The Securities and Exchange Commission has not approved or disapproved these securities or determined if this Prospectus is accurate or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.**

**TABLE OF CONTENTS**

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|:---|:---|
| SUMMARY | 1 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;COPLEY FUND | 1 |
| ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUND | 7 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;PRINCIPAL RISKS OF INVESTING IN THE COPLEY FUND | 8 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUND'S INVESTMENT POLICIES AND RISKS | 10 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;DISCLOSURE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS | 10 |
| MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND | 11 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;INVESTMENT ADVISOR | 11 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT | 11 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;BOARD OF TRUSTEES | 11 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ADMINISTRATOR AND TRANSFER AGENT | 12 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;DISTRIBUTOR | 12 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON EXPENSES | 12 |
| INVESTING IN THE FUND | 13 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;MINIMUM INVESTMENT | 13 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;PURCHASE AND REDEMPTION PRICE | 13 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;BUYING OR SELLING SHARES THROUGH A FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARY | 14 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;PURCHASING SHARES | 14 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;REDEEMING YOUR SHARES | 18 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;FREQUENT PURCHASES AND REDEMPTIONS | 23 |
| OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION | 24 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;DIVIDENDS, DISTRIBUTIONS, AND TAXES | 24 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;BENCHMARK DESCRIPTIONS | 26 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS | 26 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ADDITIONAL INFORMATION | 28 |

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**SUMMARY**

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**COPLEY FUND**

**Investment Objective.** The investment objective of the Copley Fund (the "Fund") is to seek growth of capital.

**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 tables and example below**.

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|:---|
| **Shareholder Fees**<br> (fees paid directly from your investment) |
| Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases |
| Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) |
| Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Reinvested Dividends and Other Distributions |
| Redemption Fee (as a % of amount redeemed) on Shares Held Less Than 10 Days |

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|:---|:---|
| **Annual Fund Operating Expenses<sup>1</sup>**<br> (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) | |
| Management Fees | 0.65% |
| Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees | 0.00% |
| Other Expenses | 0.50% |
| Deferred Income Tax Expense<sup>1</sup> | 0.00% |
| Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses | 1.15% |

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<sup>1</sup> The Fund is classified for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a taxable regular corporation or so-called Subchapter "C" corporation (a "C Corporation"). As a C Corporation, the Fund accrues deferred tax liability for its future tax liability associated with the capital appreciation of its investments. The Fund's accrued deferred tax liability, if any, is reflected each day in the Fund's net asset value per share. The deferred income tax expense/(benefit) represents an estimate of the Fund's potential tax expense/(benefit) if it were to recognize the unrealized gains/(losses) in the portfolio. An estimate of deferred income tax expense/(benefit) is dependent upon the Fund's net investment income/(loss) and realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments and such expenses may vary greatly from year to year and from day to day depending on the nature of the Fund's investments, the performance of those investments and general market conditions. Therefore, any estimate of deferred income tax expense/(benefit) cannot be reliably predicted from year to year. The total net tax expense for the year ended October 31, 2025 was $4,599,174.

**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 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:

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| **1 Year** | **3 Years** | **5 Years** | **10 Years** |
| **$117** | **$365** | **$633** | **$1398** |

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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 rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes to the Fund. 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 3% of the average value of its portfolio.

**Principal Investment Strategies.** Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of the value of its net assets in equity securities (principally common stock) of domestic companies with medium to large market capitalizations ("80% Policy"). Large-cap corporations are those with market capitalizations of $10 billion or greater. Mid-cap companies are those with capitalizations between $2 and $10 billion. The market capitalization of a portfolio company will be measured at the time of its purchase and as of each purchase made by the Fund thereafter. The Fund must provide shareholders with 60 days' prior written notice if it determines to change the foregoing 80% Policy.

The equity securities in which the Fund invests are primarily common stocks. The Fund may also invest in American Depository Receipts ("ADRs"), preferred stocks, convertible securities, convertible bonds, and warrants. The Fund seeks to identify and invest in equity securities of (1) companies with strong balance sheets and (2) companies whose earnings growth potential enhances prospects for future increases in share price and dividend rates. Emphasis is placed on companies that DCM Advisors, LLC, the Fund's investment advisor (the "Advisor"), believes are financially strong, have a demonstrable record of growth, and are led by capable, proven, shareholder-sensitive management. The Advisor reviews several factors that are based on the data from companies' balance sheet and income statements and evaluates the companies' balance sheet strength and earnings growth capabilities. Additionally, the Advisor reviews management behavior in areas such as research and development and capital expenditures.

The Fund will generally consider selling a security when, in the portfolio manager's opinion, there is a risk of significant deterioration in the company's fundamentals, or there is a change in business strategy or issuer-specific business outlook that affects the original investment case. The Fund will also consider selling a security if, in the portfolio manager's opinion, a superior investment opportunity arises. The Fund may engage in active and frequent trading to achieve its investment objectives. The Fund's portfolio turnover rate may at times be over 100%.

**Tax Attributes.** Most mutual funds are organized as regulated investment companies ("RICs") under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"). RICs are domestic corporations that act as investment agents for their shareholders, typically investing in corporate and government securities and distributing income earned from those investments as dividends. RICs may not be subject to U.S. federal corporate taxation because, unlike C Corporations, they are entitled to claim such a deduction for dividends paid to shareholders against their ordinary income and net capital gains. Such funds, structured as RICs, may or may not distribute net capital gains to their shareholders, but they are required to distribute at least 90% of their annual investment company taxable income and net tax-exempt interest income. The individual shareholder is the person responsible for U.S. federal, and where applicable, state and city, income taxes on the pro rata share of earnings of the mutual fund.

The Fund is not a RIC. It is organized as a C Corporation under Subchapter C of the Code. Like RICs that seek capital appreciation, the Fund's investments are intended to create capital appreciation and may also generate dividend and interest income. Unlike a RIC, however, the Fund is entitled to use the dividends received deduction whereby up to 50% of the dividend income received, or 50% of the taxable income of the Fund, whichever is less, is exempt from U.S. federal income taxation. The remaining taxable income is taxed to the Fund at a maximum U.S. federal income tax rate of 21%. See "Accumulated Earnings Tax" on page 8. Accordingly, dividends and capital gains received by the Fund are not distributed, but rather are accumulated within the Fund and dividends, capital gains and any unrealized appreciation in the value of the Fund's investments (net of any taxes paid and any deferred income tax liability) are added to the value of each share on a daily basis. Any increase in per share value directly raises the value of each shareholder's account.

Shareholders will have to recognize taxable income if they redeem shares at a gain. The difference in the amount received and the cost basis of the securities redeemed will be either a capital gain or a capital loss. Long-term capital gains (for securities that are held for more than one year) are currently taxable at a U.S. federal maximum rate of 20%. In addition, the 3.8% tax on their "net investment income" ("3.8% Medicare Tax") may apply for certain taxpayers. Capital losses may be taken against other capital gains or be deductible in any given year up to a maximum of $3,000. Unused capital losses may be carried over to future years until the loss is used.

The Fund is liable for U.S. federal income taxes on any net realized capital gain at the statutory rate, presently 21%. In addition, the Fund will accrue deferred income taxes on the total net unrealized capital gains in accordance with current accounting pronouncements that require the recognition of a full accrual on the deferred income tax that would be payable if the Fund liquidated all of its gain securities at the end of the fiscal year. It is important to note however, that the deferred income tax is actually payable only in the event the Fund would actually sell appreciated securities. The Fund may carry forward for 5 years any net capital losses as an offset against any net capital gains realized by the Fund during each taxable year.

**Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund.** An investment in the Fund is subject to investment risks, including the possible loss of some or all of the money invested. There can be no assurance that the Fund will be successful in meeting its investment objective. Generally, the Fund will be subject to the following additional principal risks:

● **Market Risk.** The prices of the Fund's securities may decline in response to, among other things, investor sentiment, general economic and market conditions, regional or global instability, and currency and interest rate fluctuations. Certain market events could cause turbulence in financial markets, and reduced liquidity in equity, credit and fixed income markets, such as changes in government economic policies, political turmoil, military actions, environmental events, trade disputes and associated tariffs or the threat of such tariffs, and epidemics or other public health issues, which may negatively affect many issuers domestically and around the world. During periods of market volatility, security prices (including securities held by the Fund) could change drastically and rapidly and, therefore, adversely affect the Fund.

● **Accumulated Earnings Tax Risk.** Since the Fund accumulates its net investment income rather than distributing it, the Fund may be subject to the imposition of the U.S. federal accumulated earnings tax. The accumulated earnings tax is imposed on a corporation's accumulated taxable income at a rate of 20%.

● **Tax on Unrealized Appreciation Risk.** U.S. federal income taxes are payable by the Fund when portfolio securities are sold that have appreciated (gone up) in value. The Fund provides for this eventuality in an account entitled Deferred Federal Income Tax. The Fund currently is required to accrue a liability, on a day-to-day basis, for all unrealized appreciation at the estimated statutory U.S. federal tax rate. When portfolio securities decrease in value (depreciate), the estimated tax accruals associated with the depreciation are removed from the Deferred Federal Income Tax account.

● **Management Style Risk.** The ability of the Fund to meet its investment objective is directly related to the Advisor's allocation of the Fund's assets and selection of securities. The Advisor's judgements about the attractiveness, value and potential appreciation of securities in which the Fund invests may prove to be incorrect.

● **Large-Capitalization Company Risk.** Large-capitalization companies are generally more mature and may be unable to respond as quickly as smaller companies to new competitive challenges, such as changes in technology and consumer tastes, and also may not be able to attain the high growth rate of successful smaller companies, especially during extended periods of economic expansion. There may be times when the returns for large capitalization companies generally trail returns of smaller companies or the overall stock market.

● **Mid-Capitalization Company Risk.** Mid-cap companies generally involve greater risk of loss and price fluctuation than larger companies. Many of these companies are younger and have a more limited track record than larger companies. Their securities may trade less frequently and in more limited volume than those of more mature companies, making them more volatile and more difficult to buy or sell at an acceptable price. These companies may also lack the managerial, financial or other resources necessary to implement their business plans or succeed in the face of competition.

● **Risks Related to Other Equity Securities.** In addition to common stocks, the equity securities in the Fund's portfolio may include ADRs, preferred stocks, convertible preferred stocks, convertible bonds, and warrants. Like common stocks, the value of these equity securities may fluctuate in response to many factors, including the activities of the issuer, general market and economic conditions, interest rates, and specific industry changes. Also, regardless of any one company's particular prospects, a declining stock market may produce a decline in prices for all equity securities, including securities held by the Fund, which could also result in losses for the Fund. Convertible securities entitle the holder to receive interest payments or a dividend preference until the security matures, is redeemed, or the conversion feature is exercised. As a result of the conversion feature, the interest rate or dividend preference is generally less than if the securities were non- convertible. Warrants entitle the holder to purchase equity securities at specific prices for a certain period of time. The prices do not necessarily move parallel to the prices of the underlying securities and the warrants have no voting rights, receive no dividends, and have no rights with respect to the assets of the issuer.

● **ADR Risks.** Because ADRs are securities that evidence ownership interests in securities issued by non-US companies, they entail special risks inherent to all foreign investments, including: Exchange Rate risk—the risk that the currency in the issuing company's country will drop relative to the US dollar, Political Risk—the risk that politics or regime changes in the issuing company's country will undermine exchange rates or destabilize the company and its earnings, and Inflation Risk—the risk that inflation in the issuing company's country will erode the value of that currency.

● **Former Operating Business Tax Risk.** The Fund's predecessor fund, the Copley Fund, Inc. (the "Predecessor Fund"), which was reorganized into the Fund on December 1, 2022, filed combined Massachusetts corporate excise tax returns with Stuffco International, Inc. ("Stuffco"), a company wholly owned by the Estate of the former Chairman of the Predecessor Fund. For the year ended February 29, 2020, the reported Massachusetts corporate excise tax of the since discontinued Operating Division was $1,600. This combined return included all income and expenses of the since discontinued Operating Division and excluded the Predecessor Fund's investment income and expense. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts may not agree with this exclusion. Management of the Predecessor Fund believed that the exclusion in the combined corporate excise returns was proper and further believed that, if contested, any likely resolution would not have a material adverse effect on the Predecessor Fund's (and therefore the Fund's, as successor to the Predecessor Fund) assets and liabilities or statement of operations.

● **Sector Risk.** While the Fund does not focus its investments on a particular sector, the Fund may, at times, be more heavily invested in certain sectors, which may cause the value of its shares to be especially sensitive to factors and economic risks that specifically affect those sectors and may cause the Fund's share price to fluctuate more widely than the shares of a mutual fund that invests in a broader range of industries.

● **Risks Related to Portfolio Turnover.** Portfolio turnover is a ratio that indicates how often the securities in a mutual fund's portfolio change during a year's time. Higher numbers indicate a greater number of changes, and lower numbers indicate a smaller number of changes. High rates of portfolio turnover could lower the performance of the Fund due to increased costs and may also result in the realization of capital gains. At times the portfolio turnover rate for the Fund may be more than 100%.

**Performance Information.** The bar chart and table that follow provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund's average annual total returns for 1-year, 5-years and 10-years compare with those of a broad-based securities market index. The performance shown in the bar chart and table for periods prior to December 1, 2022 represents the performance of the Predecessor Fund. The Fund is the successor to the Predecessor Fund through a reorganization with the Fund on December 1, 2022 (the "Reorganization"). How the Fund and the Predecessor Fund have performed in the past (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated information on the Fund's results can be obtained by calling 1-877-881-2751 or by visiting https://www.dcmadvisors.com/fund-reports-holdings.

**Calendar Year Total Returns**

**The Fund's year to date** **return for the twelve months ended December 31, 2025 was 16.24%.**

During the periods shown in the bar chart, the highest return of the Fund for a quarter was 11.85% (for the quarter ended March 31, 2018) and the lowest quarterly return of the Fund was -17.96% (for the quarter ended March 31, 2020).

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| **Average Annual Total Returns for the Periods Ended December 31, 2025** | **1 Year** | **5 Years** | **10 Years** |
| Return before taxes | 16.24% | 10.10% | 11.65% |
| Return after taxes on distributions<sup>\*</sup> | 16.24% | 10.10% | 11.65% |
| Return after taxes on distributions and sale of shares<sup>\*</sup> | 9.61% | 8.02% | 9.74% |
| S&P 500 (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) | 17.88% | 14.42% | 14.82% |

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After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual U.S. federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown and are not applicable to investors who hold Fund shares through tax- deferred arrangements such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account ("IRA").

\* The Fund generally does not make distributions.

**Management.** DCM Advisors, LLC is the investment advisor for the Fund and James K. Mulvey (a fundamental equity Portfolio Manager of US equities at the Advisor) is the portfolio manager for the Fund and as such is primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund's portfolio. Mr. Mulvey has served in his capacity as a portfolio manager for the Fund since December 16, 2022.

**Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares.** The Fund's minimum initial investment for all shareholders is $1,000. There is a $100 minimum for subsequent investments.

Generally, you may purchase or redeem shares of the Fund on any business day the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") is open ("Business Day"):

● by mail addressed to the Fund:

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| **U.S. Mail:** | **Overnight** |
| Copley Fund<br> c/o Ultimus Fund Solutions, LLC<br> P.O. Box 46707<br> Cincinnati, OH 45246 | Copley Fund<br> c/o Ultimus Fund Solutions, LLC<br> 225 Pictoria Dr., Suite 450<br>Cincinnati, OH 45246 |

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● by facsimile at 402-963-9094;

● by telephone at 877-881-2751; and

● through authorized Broker-Dealers and Financial Intermediaries (collectively "Financial Intermediaries").

**Tax Information.** The Fund does not normally make current distributions of realized income or capital gains. It is taxed as a C Corporation under the Code. Accordingly, the Fund retains all net realized net capital gains, if any, and investment income to increase the Fund's net assets. Consequently, shareholders are not individually liable for income taxes associated with the operations of the Fund. Shareholders will recognize taxable income or losses if they redeem shares at a gain or loss.

**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.

An investment in the Fund is not a deposit of a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.

**ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUND**

The Fund's investment objective is to seek growth of capital. Under normal market conditions, the Advisor seeks to achieve the Fund's investment objective by investing primarily in common stocks. The Board has reserved the right to change the investment objective of the Fund without shareholder approval upon at least 60 days' prior written notice to shareholders.

The Fund considers an issuer to be a large-cap issuer if it has a market capitalization, at the time of purchase, of $10 billion or larger. The Fund considers an issuer to be a mid-capitalization company if it has a market capitalization between $2 billion and $10 billion at the time of purchase.

The Fund may invest in ADRs. An ADR is a negotiable certificate issued by a U.S. depositary bank representing a specified number of shares of a foreign company's stock. ADRs trade on U.S. stock exchanges as domestic shares do. ADRs offer the Fund a way to gain exposure to a stock traded on a foreign securities exchange by purchasing the ADR on a U.S. stock exchange, without having to purchase that security on the foreign stock exchange, which may entail additional risk and expense. The U.S. depositor bank may charge the Fund a periodic fee in connection with the Fund's investments in ADRs.

In identifying investments for the Fund, the Advisor starts by using in-house research and other sources to identify a universe of attractive companies across a range of industries. Attractive companies are businesses that the Advisor believes have one or more of the following characteristics:

● Significant market opportunities (both in terms of magnitude and duration) where the companies are leaders or potential leaders in their respective markets;

● Proprietary products and services, new product development and product cycle leadership that sustains a strong brand franchise; and

● A strong management team that is proactive, consistently executes effectively and anticipates and adapts to change.

The Advisor then focuses on those companies that it believes have the ability to grow revenue and/or earnings at above average rates over several years, given the Advisor's belief that superior investment returns are better achieved by buying and holding the stocks of companies that are able to grow at above-average sustainable rates over long periods of time. Factors considered may include:

● Product cycles, pricing flexibility and product or geographic mix;

● Cash flow and financial resources to fund growth; and

● Catalysts for growth such as changes in regulation, management, business cycle, business mix and industry consolidation.

The Advisor then uses a variety of valuation techniques including analyses of price/earnings ratios, price/sales ratios, and price/cash flow ratios, among other factors, to identify those companies whose stocks are attractively valued relative to the market, their peer groups and their own price history. The Advisor focuses on investment valuation based on estimates of certain factors such as price to earnings, price to earnings growth and price to book values. The risk that an investment or potential investment may lose value may be reduced by focusing on the Advisor's estimated value of a company's stock relative to its current stock market value. The Advisor may purchase a stock when the Advisor's estimate of a stock's value is lower than the stock's current market value. The Advisor may sell a stock when the Advisor's estimate of a stock's value is higher than the stock's current market value. Such valuation analysis cannot eliminate the risk that any particular investment will decrease in value, and the Advisor's estimate of a particular investment's value may not be accurate or consistent with other investor's estimates of value. The Advisor monitors the companies in the Fund's portfolio to determine if there have been any fundamental changes in the companies. The Advisor adheres to a sell discipline and may sell a stock or reduce its position in a stock if:

● The stock subsequently fails to meet the Advisor's initial investment criteria; or

● A more attractively priced stock is found or if funds are needed for other purposes.

In anticipation of or in response to market, economic, political, or other conditions, the Advisor may take temporary defensive positions in attempting to respond to adverse market, economic, political or other conditions, and in doing so, may invest up to 100% of its assets in cash or cash equivalent securities, including short-term debt securities, repurchase agreements and money market mutual fund shares. Anytime the Fund takes a temporary defensive position, it may not achieve its investment objective.

The Fund's investments in the types of securities and other investments described in this prospectus vary from time to time, and, at any time, the Fund may not be invested in all of the types of securities and other investments described in this prospectus. The Fund may also invest in securities and other investments not described in this prospectus.

For more information, see "Additional Information on Investments, Strategies and Risks" at page 1 of the Fund's Statement of Additional Information (the "SAI").

**PRINCIPAL RISKS OF INVESTING IN THE FUND**

Investments in the Fund are subject to investment risks, including the possible loss of some or all of the money invested. There can be no assurance that the Fund will be successful in meeting its investment objective. Generally, the Fund will be subject to the following additional principal risks:

**Accumulated Earnings Tax.** Since the Fund accumulates its net investment income rather than distributing it, the Fund may be subject to the imposition of the U.S. federal accumulated earnings tax. The accumulated earnings tax is imposed on a corporation's accumulated taxable income at a rate of 20%.

Accumulated taxable income is defined as adjusted taxable income minus the sum of the dividends paid deduction and the accumulated earnings credit. The dividends paid deduction and accumulated earnings credit are available in calculating excess earnings subject to this tax. The accumulated earnings tax would be payable in addition to the regular corporate income tax. If the Fund were to distribute its accumulated taxable income to avoid the accumulated earnings tax (a) the Fund's net asset value ("NAV") would drop by the amount of that distribution and (b) shareholders would receive taxable dividend income of that amount, pro rata. Under current law, that dividend income should be treated as a qualified dividend, subject to a maximum U.S. federal tax of 20% plus (depending on the shareholder's adjusted gross income), an additional 3.8% federal investment income tax plus (depending on the shareholder's tax residence) state and city income tax.

In the event an accumulated earnings tax is assessed against the Fund, such assessment would decrease the net assets of the Fund and have a proportionate negative effect on each shareholder's account.

All Dollar and tax references herein are estimates based on current tax rates, which are subject to change. The Fund will monitor changes in the tax laws and will consider suggesting changes to its policy regarding the accumulated earnings tax, as and where appropriate.

**Tax on Unrealized Appreciation. U.S.** federal income taxes are payable by the Fund when portfolio securities are sold that have appreciated (gone up) in value. The Fund provides for this eventuality in an account entitled Deferred Federal Income Tax. The Fund currently is required to accrue a liability, on a day-to-day basis, for all unrealized appreciation at the estimated statutory U.S. federal income tax rate. When portfolio securities decrease in value (depreciate) the estimated tax accruals associated with the depreciation are removed from the Deferred Federal Income Tax account.

The deferred income tax liability may become quite substantial when the Fund has highly appreciated securities. It is important to understand that this deferred liability will only be paid when securities that have appreciated in value are sold by the Fund.

**Market Risk.** Market risk refers to the possibility that the value of equity securities held by the Fund may decline due to daily fluctuations in the securities markets. Stock prices change daily as a result of many factors, including developments affecting the condition of both individual companies and the market in general. The price of a stock may even be affected by factors unrelated to the value or condition of its issuer, such as changes in interest rates, national and international economic and/or political conditions and general equity market conditions. Certain market events could increase volatility and exacerbate market risk, such as changes in governments' economic policies, political turmoil, military action, environmental events, trade disputes, and epidemics, pandemics or other public health issues. Turbulence in financial markets, and reduced liquidity in equity, credit and fixed income markets for whatever reason may negatively affect many issuers domestically and around the world, and can result in trading halts, any of which could have an adverse impact on the Fund. During periods of market volatility or in a declining stock market, security prices (including securities held by the Fund) could fall drastically and rapidly regardless of their long-term prospects and therefore adversely affect the Fund, and you could lose money over short- or long-term periods. The Fund's performance per share will change daily in response to such factors.

**Management Style Risk.** The ability of the Fund to meet its investment objective is directly related to the Advisor's allocation of the Fund's assets and selection of securities. The Advisor's judgements about the attractiveness, value and potential appreciation of securities in which the Fund invests may prove to be incorrect and there is no assurance that the Advisor's judgement will be correct or produce the desired results. In addition, the Advisor may allocate the Fund's investments to under-emphasize or over-emphasize investments at the wrong times or under the wrong market conditions, in which case the value of the Fund's portfolio may be adversely affected.

**ADR Risks.** Because ADRs are securities that evidence ownership interests in securities issued by non-US companies, they entail special risks inherent to all foreign investments. These include:

● Exchange Rate risk—the risk that the currency in the issuing company's country will drop relative to the US dollar,

● Political Risk—the risk that politics or regime changes in the issuing company's country will undermine exchange rates or destabilize the company and its earnings; and

● Inflation Risk—the risk that inflation in the issuing company's country will erode the value of that currency.

**Large-Capitalization Company Risk.** Large-cap companies are generally more mature and may be unable to respond as quickly as smaller companies to new competitive challenges, such as changes in technology and consumer tastes, and also may not be able to attain the high growth rate of successful smaller companies, especially during extended periods of economic expansion. There may be times when the returns for large cap companies generally trail returns of smaller companies or the overall stock market.

**Mid-Cap Company Risk.** Investing in mid-cap companies involves greater risk than is customarily associated with larger, more established companies. Mid-cap companies frequently have less management depth and experience, narrower market penetrations, less diverse product lines, less competitive strengths and fewer resources. Due to these and other factors, stocks of mid-cap companies may be more susceptible to market downturns and other events, less liquid, and their prices may be more volatile.

**Risks Related to Other Equity Securities.** In addition to common stocks, the equity securities in the Fund's portfolio may include preferred stocks, convertible preferred stocks, convertible bonds, and warrants. Like common stocks, the value of these equity securities may fluctuate in response to many factors, including the activities of the issuer, general market and economic conditions, interest rates, and specific industry changes. Such price fluctuations subject the Fund to potential losses. In addition, regardless of any one company's particular prospects, a declining stock market may produce a decline in prices for all equity securities, which could also result in losses for the Fund. Convertible securities entitle the holder to receive interest payments or a dividend preference until the security matures or is redeemed, or the conversion privilege is exercised. As a result of the conversion feature, the interest rate or dividend preference on a convertible security is generally less than would be the case if the securities were issued in non-convertible form. Warrants entitle the holder to purchase equity securities at specific prices for a certain period of time. The prices do not necessarily move parallel to the prices of the underlying securities and the warrants have no voting rights, receive no dividends, and have no rights with respect to the assets of the issuer.

**Former Operating Business Tax Risk.** The Predecessor Fund filed combined Massachusetts corporate excise tax returns with Stuffco, a company wholly owned by the Estate of the former Chairman of the Predecessor Fund. For the year ended February 29, 2020, the reported Massachusetts corporate excise tax of the since discontinued Operating Division was $1,600. This combined return included all income and expenses of the since discontinued Operating Division and excluded the Predecessor Fund's investment income and expense. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts may not agree with this exclusion. Since the tax statute of limitations may not yet have expired, there is the risk that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts may disagree with the tax position of the Predecessor Fund, which could affect the Fund's assets and liabilities or statement of operations.

**Sector Risk.** While the Fund does not focus its investments on a particular sector, it may from time to time be heavily invested in a particular sector. Sector risk is the possibility that securities within the same group of industries will decline in price due to sector-specific market or economic developments. If the Fund invests more heavily in a particular sector, the value of its shares may be especially sensitive to factors and economic risks that specifically affect that sector. As a result, the Fund's share prices may fluctuate more widely than the value of shares of a mutual fund that invests in a broader range of industries. Additionally, some sectors could be subject to greater government regulation than other sectors. Therefore, changes in regulatory policies for those sectors may have a material effect on the value of securities issued by companies in those sectors. The sectors in which the Fund may invest in more heavily will vary.

**Risks Related to Portfolio Turnover.** Portfolio turnover is a ratio that indicates how often the securities in a mutual fund's portfolio change during a year's time. Higher numbers indicate a greater number of changes, and lower numbers indicate a smaller number of changes. High rates of portfolio turnover could lower the performance of the Fund due to increased costs and may also result in the realization of capital gains. If the Fund realizes capital gains when it sells its portfolio investments, it can increase taxable income for the Fund.

**ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUND'S INVESTMENT POLICIES AND RISKS**

**Related Risks**

An investment in the Fund should not be considered a complete investment program. Whether the Fund is an appropriate investment for an investor will depend largely on his/her financial resources and individual investment goals and objectives. Investors who engage in short-term trading and/or other speculative strategies and styles will not find the Fund to be an appropriate investment vehicle if they want to invest in the Fund for a short period of time.

**Temporary Defensive Positions.** The Fund may from time to time take temporary defensive positions that are inconsistent with its principal investment strategies. If the Advisor believes a temporary defensive position is warranted in view of market conditions, the Fund may hold cash or invest up to 100% of its assets in high-quality short-term government or corporate obligations, money market instruments or shares of money market mutual funds. Taking a temporary defensive position may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

**DISCLOSURE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS**

A description of the Fund's policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the Fund's portfolio securities is available in the SAI.

**MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND**

**INVESTMENT ADVISOR**

DCM Advisors, LLC, 33 Whitehall Street, 11<sup>th</sup> Floor, New York, NY 10004, is the investment advisor for the Fund. The Advisor serves in the capacity of investment advisor to the Fund pursuant to an investment advisory agreement with the Trust on behalf of the Fund. Subject to the authority of the Board, the Advisor provides guidance and policy direction in connection with its daily management of the Fund's assets. The Advisor is also responsible for the selection of broker-dealers for executing portfolio transactions, subject to the brokerage policies established by the Trustees. Prior to the Reorganization, Copley Financial Services Corp, ("CFS") served as the Predecessor Fund's investment advisor and the Advisor served as the investment sub-advisor for the Predecessor Fund.

The Advisor, organized as a Delaware limited liability company, is controlled by Dinosaur Group Holdings, LLC. The Advisor and its affiliates have experience in managing investments for clients, including individuals, corporations, non-taxable entities, and other business and private accounts, since October 2002. The Advisor also serves as the investment advisor to certain other registered investment companies.

**Advisor Compensation.** As full compensation for the investment advisory services provided to the Fund, the Advisor receives monthly compensation based on the Fund's average daily net assets at the annual rate of 0.65% of the first $500 million of net assets, and 0.62% of any nets assets exceeding $500 million. The advisory fees paid by the Fund to the Advisor during Fund's most recent fiscal year ended October 31, 2025, as a percentage of the average daily net assets of the Fund was 0.65%.

**Disclosure Regarding Advisory Agreement Approval.** A discussion regarding the Board's basis for the approval of the investment advisory agreement for the Fund is available in the Fund's Annual Financial Statements on Form N-CSR for the year ended October 31, 2025.

You may obtain a copy of the Annual Financial Statements, free of charge, upon request to the Fund.

**PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT**

James K. Mulvey is the portfolio manager of the Fund. He has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since December 16, 2022. Mr. Mulvey is a fundamental equity Portfolio Manager at the Advisor. Mr. Mulvey has been associated with the Advisor since 2021. His prior work experience includes investment management positions with Dominick & Dominick and Shelby Cullom Davis & Company. Mr. Mulvey founded Endurance Capital in 1996 and managed a mutual fund with over $2.5 billion in assets. He joined Markston International, LLC ("Markston") in 2012. Mr. Mulvey joined the Advisor in 2021 together with other investment professionals with whom he worked at Markston. Mr. Mulvey has over 32 years of experience in the investment management industry and holds a B.S. in Economics from New York University (1993).

The Fund's SAI provides additional information about Mr. Mulvey's compensation, other accounts managed, and ownership of securities in the Fund.

**BOARD OF TRUSTEES**

The Fund is a series of the Centaur Mutual Funds Trust, an open-end management investment company which was organized as a Delaware statutory trust on April 23, 2004. The Board supervises the operations of the Fund according to applicable state and federal law, and is responsible for the overall management of the Fund's business affairs.

**ADMINISTRATOR AND TRANSFER AGENT**

Ultimus Fund Solutions, LLC (the "Administrator" or the "Transfer Agent," as appropriate), 225 Pictoria Drive, Suite 450, Cincinnati, Ohio 45246, serves as the Fund's administrator, transfer agent and fund accounting agent. Management and administrative services of the Administrator include (i) providing office space, equipment and officers and clerical personnel to the Fund, (ii) obtaining valuations, calculating NAVs and performing other accounting, tax and financial services, (iii) recordkeeping, (iv) regulatory, compliance and reporting services, and (v) processing shareholder account transactions.

**DISTRIBUTOR**

Ultimus Fund Distributors, LLC ("Distributor"), 225 Pictoria Drive, Suite 450, Cincinnati, Ohio 45246, serves as the principal underwriter of the Fund's shares and serves as the exclusive agent for the distribution of the Fund's shares. The Distributor may sell the Fund's shares to or through qualified securities dealers or other approved entities, including, without limitation, sub-distribution, fund supermarkets, wholesalers and other marketing and distribution outlets.

**ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON EXPENSES**

The Fund pays all of its expenses not assumed by the Advisor, including, without limitation: the fees and expenses of its independent registered public accounting firm and of its legal counsel; the costs of its administrator and transfer agent, the costs of printing and mailing to shareholders Annual and Semi-Annual Reports, proxy statements, prospectuses, statements of additional information and supplements thereto; the costs of printing registration statements; bank transaction charges and custodian's fees; any proxy solicitors' fees and expenses; registration and filing fees; any U.S. federal, state or local income or other taxes; any interest; fidelity bond and Trustees' liability insurance premiums; and any extraordinary expenses, such as indemnification payments or damages awarded in litigation or settlements made. All general Trust expenses are allocated among and charged to the assets of each separate series of the Trust on a basis that the Trustees deem fair and equitable, which may be on the basis of relative net assets of each series or the nature of the services performed and relative applicability to each series. The Fund is currently the only series of the Trust.

**INVESTING IN THE FUND**

**MINIMUM INVESTMENT**

The Fund's shares are sold and redeemed at NAV. Shares may be purchased directly through the Fund or by any account managed by the Advisor, by any institutional investor or by any broker-dealer or other financial intermediary authorized to sell shares in the Fund. The minimum initial investment is $1,000 and the minimum additional investment is $100. The Fund may, at the Advisor's sole discretion, accept certain accounts with less than the minimum investment.

**PURCHASE AND REDEMPTION PRICE**

**Determining the Fund's Net Asset Value.** The price at which you purchase or redeem shares is based on the next calculation of the Fund's NAV after an order is received in good form. An order is considered to be in "good form" if it includes all necessary information and documentation related to a purchase or redemption request and, if applicable, payment in full of the purchase amount. The NAV of the Fund is calculated by dividing the value of the Fund's total assets, less liabilities (including Fund expenses, which are accrued daily), by the total number of outstanding shares. The NAV per share is normally determined at the time regular trading closes on the NYSE, currently 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except when the NYSE closes earlier. The Fund does not calculate NAV on business holidays when the NYSE is closed. Currently, the NYSE is closed on weekends and in recognition of the following holidays: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Washington's Birthday (Presidents' Day), Good Friday, Memorial Day, Juneteenth National Independence Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas. To the extent that the Fund holds portfolio securities that are primarily listed on foreign exchanges that trade on weekends or other days when the Fund does not price its shares, the NAV of the Fund's shares may change on days when shareholders are not able to purchase or redeem the Fund's shares.

The pricing and valuation of portfolio securities is determined in good faith in accordance with procedures established by the Board. In determining the value of the Fund's total assets, portfolio securities are generally calculated at market value by quotations from the primary market in which they are traded. The Fund normally uses third party pricing services to obtain market quotations. Securities and assets for which representative market quotations are not readily available or which cannot be accurately valued using the Fund's normal pricing procedures are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the Advisor, as the Fund's valuation designee, under policies approved by the Board. Fair value pricing may be used, for example, in situations where (i) a portfolio security, such as a small-cap or foreign stock or a bond, is so thinly traded that there have been no transactions for that security over an extended period of time or the validity of a market quotation received is questionable; (ii) the exchange on which the portfolio security is principally traded closes early; (iii) trading of the particular portfolio security is halted during the day and does not resume prior to the Fund's NAV calculation; or (iv) an event occurs after the close of the exchange on which the security is principally traded that is likely to have changed the value of the security before the NAV is calculated (generally applicable to foreign securities). The Fund's policies regarding fair value pricing are intended to result in a calculation of the Fund's NAV that fairly reflects portfolio security values as of the time of pricing. A portfolio security's "fair value" price may differ from the price next available for that portfolio security using the Fund's normal pricing procedures and the fair value price may differ from the price at which the security may ultimately be traded or sold. If such fair value price differs from the price that would have been determined using the Fund's normal pricing procedures, a shareholder may receive more or less proceeds or shares from redemptions or purchases of Fund shares, respectively, than a shareholder would have otherwise received if the security were priced using the Fund's normal pricing procedures. The performance of the Fund may also be affected if a portfolio security's fair value price were to differ from the security's price using the Fund's normal pricing procedures. To the extent the Fund invests in other open-end investment companies that are registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act") and are not listed on an exchange, the Fund's NAV calculations are based upon the NAV reported by such registered investment companies, and the prospectuses for these companies explain the circumstances under which they will use fair value pricing and the effects of using fair value pricing.

**BUYING OR SELLING SHARES THROUGH A FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARY**

You may buy or sell shares of the Fund through a financial intermediary (such as a financial planner or advisor). To buy or sell shares at the NAV of any given day, your financial intermediary must receive your order before the close of trading on the NYSE that day. Your financial intermediary is responsible for transmitting all purchase and redemption requests, investment information, documentation, and money to the Fund on time. Shareholders investing through a financial intermediary should look to the organization through which they invest for specific instructions on how to purchase and redeem shares. Such investors should consult with their financial intermediary regarding any commissions and other fees and expenses of the shares being purchased and whether other classes of shares of the Fund may be available on the financial intermediary's platform. Your financial intermediary may charge additional transaction fees for its services and may impose other charges or restrictions or account options that differ from those applicable to shareholders who purchase shares directly through the Fund.

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

**PURCHASING SHARES**

You can make purchases directly from the Fund by mail or bank wire. The Fund has also authorized one or more brokers to accept purchase and redemption orders on its behalf and such brokers are authorized to designate intermediaries to accept orders on behalf of the Fund. Orders will be deemed to have been received by the Fund when an authorized broker, or broker authorized designee, receives the order, subject to the order being accepted by the Fund in good form. The orders will be priced at the Fund's NAV next computed after the orders are received by the authorized broker, or broker authorized designee. Investors may also be charged a fee by a broker or agent if shares are purchased through a broker or agent.

Shares of the Fund are available for purchase from the Fund every day the NYSE is open for business, at the applicable NAV next calculated after receipt of a purchase order in proper form. In addition, orders will be deemed to have been received by the Fund when such authorized broker, or broker-authorized designee, accepts the purchase order. The Fund reserves the right to (i) refuse to accept any request to purchase shares of the Fund for any reason, or (ii) suspend its offering of shares at any time. Investors who purchase and redeem shares through a broker or other financial intermediary may be charged a fee by such broker or intermediary. The Fund mails you confirmations of all purchases or redemptions of Fund shares if shares are purchased directly through the Fund. Certificates representing Fund shares are not issued.

**Purchase Requests in Good Order.** A purchase request will be considered to be in "good order" only if it includes all of the following:

● A completed and signed account application (for new accounts).

● The exact dollar amount of the investment.

● For existing accounts, the account number and the name(s) exactly as registered on the account.

● Payment in U.S. dollars, payable to the Fund.

● Any documentation reasonably required by the Fund or its transfer agent to verify the identity or authority of the purchaser, if applicable.

Requests that are incomplete, unclear, or submitted without the required documentation may be delayed or rejected. The Fund and its transfer agent are not responsible for delays or losses due to requests that are not received in good order.

**Regular Mail Orders.** To open a new account by mail:

● Complete and sign the account application.

● Enclose a check payable to the Copley Fund.

● Mail the application and the check to the Transfer Agent at the following address:

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| Copley Fund <br> c/o Ultimus Fund Solutions, LLC <br> P.O. Box 46707 <br> Cincinnati, OH 45246 | Copley Fund<br> c/o Ultimus Fund Solutions, LLC<br> 225 Pictoria Drive, Suite 450<br> Cincinnati, OH 45246 |

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Payment for shares must be made by check from a U.S. financial institution and payable in U.S. dollars. When shares are purchased by check, the proceeds from the redemption of those shares may not be paid until the purchase check has been converted to federal funds, which could take up to 15 calendar days from the date of purchase. If an order to purchase shares is canceled because your check does not clear, you will be responsible for any resulting losses or other fees incurred by the Fund or the Transfer Agent in the transaction.

**Unacceptable Forms of Payment,** Cash equivalents, including, but not limited to, cash, cashier's checks, bank official checks, certified checks, bank money orders, third party checks (except for properly endorsed IRA transfer and rollover checks), as well as counter checks, starter checks, traveler's checks, money orders, credit card checks, and payments drawn on non-U.S. financial institutions, will generally not be accepted for the purchase of fund shares.

By sending your check to the Fund, please be aware that you are authorizing the Fund to make a one-time electronic debit from your account at the financial institution indicated on your check. Your bank account will be debited as early as the same day the Fund receives your payment in the amount of your check; no additional amount will be added to the total. The transaction will appear on your bank statement. Your original check will be destroyed once processed, and you will not receive your canceled check back. If the Fund cannot post the transaction electronically, you authorize the Fund to present an image copy of your check for payment.

The application must contain your Social Security Number ("SSN") or Taxpayer Identification Number ("TIN"). Taxes are not withheld from distributions to U.S. investors if certain Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") requirements regarding the SSN and TIN are met.

**Returned Check/NSF Fee.** If your check or electronic payment does not clear, you will be responsible for any loss or expense incurred by the Fund. A $25.00 fee will be charged to defray bank charges and processing costs associated with the returned payment. The Fund reserves the right to redeem shares from your account to cover any unpaid amounts.

**Bank Wire Purchases.** Purchases may also be made through bank wire orders. To establish a new account or add to an existing account by wire, please call the Fund at 1-877-881-2751 for wire instructions and to advise the Fund of the investment, dollar amount, and the account identification number.

**Wire Fee.** A fee of $15 will be charged for each wire transfer of redemption proceeds. This fee will be deducted directly from your account and is subject to change without notice. Your bank or any intermediary institution may also charge a separate fee for receiving the wire. The Fund and its transfer agent are not responsible for any delays or additional fees imposed by the receiving bank or any intermediary institution.

**Automated Clearing House (ACH) Purchases.** Shareholders may purchase shares of the Fund through the Automated Clearing House ("ACH") network from a U.S. domestic bank or other U.S. domestic financial institution. All payments must be made in U.S. dollars.

**Initial and Subsequent Purchases by ACH.** ACH may be used for both initial and subsequent investments. To establish ACH instructions, shareholders must provide the required banking information on the Account Application (or other documentation acceptable to the Fund or its transfer agent).

**Bank Account Requirements.** The designated bank account must be maintained at a U.S. domestic financial institution. The name(s) and registration on the bank account must exactly match the name(s) and registration on the Fund account. The bank account must be owned and controlled by the shareholder(s). ACH transfers initiated from a third-party bank account will not be accepted.

**Redemption Proceeds and Security Procedures.** For shareholder protection, the Fund generally will not transmit redemption proceeds electronically to a bank account of record that has been added or changed within the last 30 calendar days. In such cases, redemption proceeds may be paid only if the shareholder either (i) submits a written request with a Medallion Signature Guarantee ("MSG") (as described in the "Medallion Signature Guarantee" section) or (ii) requests payment by check mailed to the address of record. The Fund or its transfer agent may impose additional verification or security procedures from time to time.

**Right to Reject/Good Order.** The Fund and its transfer agent reserve the right to reject any ACH purchase request that is not received in "good order." A request is in "good order" when all required information, authorizations, and documentation have been received in proper form and are acceptable to the Fund or its transfer agent.

The Fund requires advance notification of all wire purchases in order to ensure that the wire is received in proper form and that your account is subsequently credited in a timely fashion for a given trade date. Failure to notify the Transfer Agent prior to the transmittal of the bank wire may result in a delay in purchasing Fund shares. An order is considered received when the Fund receives payment by wire in proper form as discussed above. Your financial institution may charge a fee for wiring funds.

**Additional Investments.** Once an account is open, additional purchases of Fund shares may be made at any time in minimum amounts of $100. Additional purchases may be made:

● By sending a check, made payable to the Copley Fund, c/o Ultimus Fund Solutions, LLC:

Regular/Express Mail<br> P.O. Box 46707<br> Cincinnati, OH 45246<br>- or-<br>Overnight Mail<br> 225 Pictoria Drive, Suite 450<br> Cincinnati, OH 45246<br>

Be sure to note your account number on the memo line of your check. The shareholder will be responsible for any fees incurred or losses suffered by the Fund as a result of any check returned for insufficient funds;

● By wire transfer of federal funds, as described above under "Opening an Account – By Wire Transfer." Shareholders should call the Transfer Agent at 1-877-881-2751 before wiring funds. Once your account is established, you may make additional investments by calling the Transfer Agent and initiating a purchase of additional shares via ACH.; or

● Through your brokerage firm or other financial institution.

**Purchases In Kind.** The Advisor generally will not allow purchases in kind, but under exceptional circumstances the Advisor may allow the purchase of shares of the Fund with securities that are eligible for purchase by the Fund (consistent with the Fund's investment restrictions, policies, and goals) and that have a value that is readily ascertainable in accordance with the Fund's valuation policies. To ascertain whether your securities will qualify to be accepted as a purchase in kind for the Fund, please contact the Advisor at 1-877-881-2751. If accepted, the securities will be valued using the same criteria and methods for valuing securities to compute the Fund's NAV.

**Automatic Investment Plan ("AIP").** Shareholders may purchase shares through an Automatic Investment Plan ("AIP"), which provides for regular, periodic purchases in accordance with the shareholder's instructions and the transfer agent's procedures. With the shareholder's authorization, the transfer agent will process AIP purchases in the amount and frequency selected by the shareholder. There is a $50 minimum investment amount required to participate in the AIP. Shareholders may change or terminate AIP instructions at any time by contacting the transfer agent. Only bank accounts maintained at U.S. financial institutions may be used. The Fund and/or the transfer agent may modify, suspend, or terminate the AIP at any time.

**Stock Certificates.** The Fund does not issue stock certificates. Evidence of ownership of shares is provided through entry in the Fund's share registry. Investors will receive periodic account statements (and, where applicable, purchase confirmation) that will show the number of shares owned.

**Important Information about Procedures for Opening a New Account.** To help the government fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering activities, federal law requires all financial institutions to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each person that opens a new account, and to determine whether such person's name appears on government lists of known or suspected terrorists and terrorist organizations. As a result, the Fund must obtain the following information for each person that opens a new account:

● Name;

● Date of birth (for individuals);

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

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

You may also be asked for a copy of your driver's license, passport, or other identifying document in order to verify your identity. In addition, it may be necessary to verify your identity by cross-referencing your identification information with a consumer report or other electronic database. Additional information may be required to open accounts for corporations and other entities. Federal law prohibits the Fund and other financial institutions from opening a new account unless they receive the minimum identifying information listed above.

After an account is opened, the Fund may restrict your ability to purchase additional shares until your identity is verified. The Fund also may close your account or take other appropriate action if they are unable to verify your identity within a reasonable time. If your account is closed for this reason, your shares will be redeemed at the NAV next calculated after the account is closed. In that case, your redemption proceeds may be worth more or less than your original investment. The Fund will not be responsible for any loss incurred due to the Fund's inability to verify your identity.

**Retirement Plans:** You may purchase shares of the Fund for your individual retirement plans or IRAs. Please call the Fund at 1-877-881-2751 for the most current listing and appropriate disclosure documentation on how to open a retirement account. The Fund offers a variety of retirement accounts for eligible individuals and small businesses. If you invest through a plan or IRA, unless you elect in your redemption request that you do not want to have U.S. federal tax withheld, the redemption will be subject to U.S. federal tax withholding. You may be charged a $25 annual account maintenance fee for each retirement account.

**Shareholder Statements:** The Fund's transfer agent maintains an account for each shareholder and records all account transactions. You will be sent confirmation statements showing the details of your transactions as they occur. Account statements may be obtained by calling the Fund at 1-877-881-2751 on days the Fund is open for business. Other account statement requests may be subject to a $25 retrieval fee.

**REDEEMING YOUR SHARES**

Shares of the Fund may be redeemed on any day on which the Fund computes its NAV. Shares are redeemed at the NAV next determined after the Transfer Agent receives your redemption request in proper form as described below.

**Regular Mail Redemptions.** Regular mail redemption requests should be addressed to the Copley Fund:

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| **U.S. Mail:** | **Overnight:** |
| Copley Fund <br> c/o Ultimus Fund Solutions, LLC <br> P.O. Box 46707 <br>Cincinnati, Ohio 45246 | Copley Fund <br> c/o Ultimus Fund Solutions, LLC <br> 225 Pictoria Drive, Suite 450 <br> Cincinnati, Ohio 45246 |

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Regular mail redemption requests should include the following:

**Redemption Requests in Good Order.** A redemption request will be considered to be in "good order" only if it includes all of the following:

● The name of the Fund and the account number

● The exact dollar amount or number of shares to be redeemed

● The name(s) of the registered account owner(s), exactly as they appear on the account

● Signature(s) of all registered owner(s)

● Any required signature guarantee or medallion signature guarantee, if applicable

● Any documentation reasonably required by the Fund or its transfer agent to verify the identity or authority of the person(s) requesting the redemption.

Redemption requests that are incomplete, unclear, unsigned, or submitted without the required documentation or signature guarantees may be delayed or rejected. The Fund and its transfer agent are not responsible for processing delays or losses resulting from requests not received in good order.

**Telephone Transactions.** You may purchase, exchange, or redeem Fund shares by calling **1-877-881-2751**. Telephone transaction privileges are automatically available for new accounts unless you decline them on your account application or later revoke them by written instructions to the Fund or its Transfer Agent.

Telephone instructions, if received in good order before the applicable cut-off time, will be processed at the Fund's next determined net asset value ("NAV"). Redemption proceeds will be sent promptly to your address of record by check or to your bank account of record by ACH or wire transfer. Telephone redemptions are generally limited to $50,000 per account. Requests for amounts above this limit must be submitted in writing and must include a Medallion Signature Guarantee.

During periods of heavy market activity or other unusual conditions, you may experience difficulty reaching the Fund or its Transfer Agent. Please allow additional time to place your transaction. The Fund or its Transfer Agent will not be held liable for any loss if you are unable to reach them to confirm a telephone transaction.

The Fund and its Transfer Agent use reasonable procedures to verify the authenticity of telephone instructions. These may include requiring an account number, a personal identification number (PIN) if applicable, recording of calls, and/or written confirmations. If these procedures are followed, neither the Fund nor its Transfer Agent will be responsible for any loss, liability, cost, or expense arising from unauthorized of fraudulent telephone instructions.

If you own an IRA, you will be asked to make an election regarding federal income tax withholding at the time of a redemption.

For your protection, telephone redemptions may be restricted for 30 days following a change of address or banking information. The Fund may also require a signature guarantee or other documentation for certain transactions.

The Fund reserves the right to modify, suspend, or terminate the telephone transaction privilege at any time, with or without notice.

The Fund may rely upon confirmation of redemption requests transmitted via facsimile (FAX# 1-877-513-0756). The confirmation instructions must include the following:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1. Name of Fund;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2. Shareholder name and account number;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3. Number of shares or dollar amount to be redeemed;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4. Instructions for transmittal of redemption proceeds to the shareholder; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5. Shareholder signature as it appears on application then on file with the Fund.

Redemption proceeds will not be distributed until written confirmation of the redemption request is received, per the instructions above. You can choose to have redemption proceeds mailed to you at your address of record, your financial institution, or to any other authorized person, or you can have the proceeds sent by wire transfer to your financial institution ($5,000 minimum). Redemption proceeds cannot be wired on days on which your financial institution is not open for business. You can change your redemption instructions anytime you wish by filing a letter including your new redemption instructions with the Fund. See "Signature Guarantees" below.

The Fund, in its discretion, may choose to pass through to redeeming shareholders any charges imposed by the Fund's custodian for wire redemptions. If this cost is passed through to redeeming shareholders by the Fund, the charge will be deducted automatically from your account by redemption of shares in your account. Your bank or brokerage firm may also impose a charge for processing the wire. If wire transfer of funds is impossible or impractical, the redemption proceeds will be sent by regular mail to the designated account.

You may redeem shares, subject to the procedures outlined above, by calling the Fund at 1-877-881-2751. Redemption proceeds will only be sent to the financial institution account or person named in your Fund Shares Application currently on file with the Fund. Telephone redemption privileges authorize the Fund to act on telephone instructions from any person representing himself or herself to be the investor and reasonably believed by the Fund to be genuine. The Fund will employ reasonable procedures, such as requiring a form of personal identification, to confirm that instructions are genuine. The Fund will not be liable for any losses due to fraudulent or unauthorized instructions. The Fund will also not be liable for following telephone instructions reasonably believed to be genuine.

**Federal and State Income Tax Withholding (IRAs and Other Retirement Accounts).** Distributions from IRAs and other retirement accounts may be subject to federal income tax withholding and, where applicable, state income tax withholding. Federal income tax generally will be withheld from IRA distributions unless you elect otherwise on the applicable request form. If you do not make a withholding election, withholding will be applied in accordance with applicable law and IRS rules. State income tax withholding may also apply depending on your state of residence and applicable state law. Withholding is not a determination of your actual tax liability. Certain transactions within a Retirement account, including shares redeemed to return an excess contribution, retirement plan or IRA transfers or hardship withdrawals, IRA re- characterizations and conversions, and account closures, may be subject to a $25 fee.

**Receiving Payment.** The length of time the Fund typically expects to pay redemption proceeds is the same regardless of whether the payment is made by check, wire or Automated Clearing House ("ACH"). The Fund typically expects to pay redemption proceeds for shares redeemed within the following days after receipt by the Transfer Agent of a redemption request in proper form:

● For payment by check, the Fund typically expects to mail the check within one (1) to three (3) Business Days; and

● For payment by wire or ACH, the Fund typically expects to process the payment within one (1) to three (3) Business Days.

Payment of redemption proceeds may take longer than the time the Fund typically expects and may take up to 7 days as permitted under the 1940 Act. Under unusual circumstances as permitted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), the Fund may suspend the right of redemption or delay payment of redemption proceeds for more than 7 days. When shares are purchased by check or through ACH, the proceeds from the redemption of those shares will not be paid until the purchase check or ACH transfer has been converted to federal funds, which could take up to 15 calendar days. Such delay may be reduced or avoided if the purchase is made by certified check or wire transfer. Your redemption will receive the next calculated NAV even if the payment is delayed due to a recent purchase. You may request overnight delivery of redemption proceeds. Checks requested to be sent via overnight delivery are subject to a $35 charge.

**Systematic Withdrawal Plan ("SWP").** Shareholders may redeem shares through a Systematic Withdrawal Plan ("SWP"), which provides for regular, periodic redemptions in accordance with the shareholder's instructions and the transfer agent's procedures. With the shareholder's authorization, the transfer agent will process SWP redemptions in the amount and frequency selected by the shareholder. Shareholders may change or terminate SWP instructions at any time by contacting the transfer agent. The Fund and/or the transfer agent may modify, suspend, or terminate the SWP at any time.

**Involuntary Redemptions.** To minimize Fund operating expenses, the Fund reserves the right to redeem your shares and close your account if your balance falls below $1,000 for any reason other than a decline in the Fund's net asset value (NAV). If your account balance falls below this minimum, the Fund will provide you with 60 days' written notice to increase your account balance to the required minimum. If the balance is not brought up to the required minimum within this notice period, the Fund may redeem all shares and mail a check to your address of record**.**

**Lost Shareholders, Inactive Accounts and Unclaimed Property.** Unclaimed property laws may require the Fund or its transfer agent to transfer the assets of accounts that are considered abandoned, inactive, or lost (due to returned mail) to the appropriate state authority. An account may be deemed unclaimed if the shareholder has not initiated any contact or transaction within a time period specified by applicable state law.

Before any transfer to the state is made, the Fund or its transfer agent will send a due diligence notice to the shareholder, if legislatively required.

In some cases, this process is referred to as escheatment, and shareholders may be required to reclaim the assets from the applicable state's unclaimed property office. Some states may also require the liquidation of shares prior to escheatment, and shareholders may only be entitled to receive the cash value at the time of sale.

For retirement accounts, such escheatment may be treated as a taxable distribution, and federal and/or state income tax withholding may apply.

To help avoid escheatment, shareholders should maintain current contact information and periodically initiate contact with the Fund or its transfer agent. Examples of shareholder-initiated contact include written correspondence, telephone inquiries, or initiating a transaction in the account.

In accordance with Texas law, residents of the state of Texas may designate a representative to receive legislatively required unclaimed property due diligence notifications. A Texas Designation of Representative Form is available for making such an election.

**Other Redemption Information.** Generally, all redemptions will be paid in cash. The Fund typically expects to satisfy redemption requests by using holdings of cash or cash equivalents or selling portfolio assets. On a less regular basis and if the Advisor believes it is in the best interest of the Fund and its shareholders not to sell portfolio assets, the Fund may satisfy redemption requests by using short-term borrowing from the Fund's custodian. These methods normally will be used during both regular and stressed market conditions. In addition to paying redemption proceeds in cash, the Fund reserves the right to make payment for a redemption in securities rather than cash, which is known as a "redemption in kind." Redemptions in kind will be made only under extraordinary circumstances and if the Fund deems it advisable for the benefit of all shareholders, such as a very large redemption that could affect the Fund's operations (for example, more than 1% of the Fund's net assets). A redemption in kind will consist of securities equal in market value to the Fund shares being redeemed, using the same valuation procedures that the Fund uses to compute its NAV. Redemption in kind proceeds will typically be made by delivering a pro-rata amount of the Fund's holdings to the redeeming shareholder within 7 days after the Fund's receipt of the redemption order in proper form. If the Fund redeems your shares in kind, you will bear the market risks associated with maintaining or selling the securities that are transferred as redemption proceeds. In addition, when you sell these securities, you may pay any applicable taxes and brokerage charges associated with selling the securities.

**Medallion Signature Guarantee Requirements.** To protect shareholders and the Fund from potential fraud, the Fund and/or its transfer agent (the "Transfer Agent") may require a signature guarantee, including a Medallion Signature Guarantee ("MSG"), in certain circumstances. An MSG is a stamped certification from an eligible guarantor institution that verifies the authenticity of a signature and the authority and capacity of the person signing.

The Fund and/or the Transfer Agent may require an MSG in situations including, but not limited to, the following:

● The redemption amount exceeds $50,000 (or such other threshold as may be established by the Fund and/or the Transfer Agent);

● Proceeds are requested to be mailed to an address or sent to a bank account that was changed or added within the past 30 calendar days;

● Proceeds are requested to be made payable to a person or entity other than the registered account owner;

● Proceeds are requested to be sent to a financial institution account that is not in the shareholder's name;

● The account registration or ownership is being changed;

● Instructions are submitted by mail with alternate delivery instructions, special handling, or other non-standard processing; or

● Any other circumstance in which the Fund or the Transfer Agent reasonably determines that additional documentation or verification is appropriate.

An MSG must be obtained from an eligible guarantor institution that participates in a recognized Medallion Signature Guarantee program (STAMP, SEMP, or MSP). These institutions typically include banks, savings associations, credit unions, and broker-dealers. A notary seal is not an acceptable substitute for an MSG.

Shareholders should contact the Transfer Agent in advance if they are unsure whether an MSG will be required. The Fund and/or the Transfer Agent reserves the right, in its discretion, to waive or require an MSG and to reject any signature guarantee that it deems unacceptable.

Redemption requests by corporate and fiduciary shareholders must be accompanied by appropriate documentation establishing the authority of the person seeking to act on behalf of the account. Forms of resolutions and other documentation to assist in compliance with the Transfer Agent's procedures may be obtained by calling the Transfer Agent at 1-877-881-2751.

**Account Maintenance and Service Fees.** If applicable, the following fees will be assessed against your account.

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| | |
|:---|:---|
| **Service** | **Fee** |
| Annual IRA Custodial Fee | $25.00 |
| IRA Withdrawal Fee (Transfer or Redemption) | $25.00 |
| Removal of Excess Contribution | $25.00 |
| Roth Conversion/Recharacterization | $25.00 |
| Outbound Wire | $15.00 |
| Returned ACH/Bounced Check | $25.00 |
| Overnight Delivery | $35.00 |
| Statement Retrieval Fee | $25.00 |

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**Miscellaneous.** The Fund reserves the right to suspend any redemption request involving recently purchased shares until the check for the recently purchased shares has cleared. The Fund may suspend redemption, if permitted by the 1940 Act, for any period during which the NYSE is closed or during which trading is restricted by the SEC or if the SEC declares that an emergency exists. Redemptions may also be suspended during other periods permitted by the SEC for the protection of the Fund's shareholders. During drastic economic and market changes, telephone redemption privileges may be difficult to implement.

The Fund does not consider the U.S. Postal Service or other independent delivery services to be its agents. Therefore, deposit in the mail or with such services, or receipt at the Fund's post office box, of purchase orders or redemption requests does not constitute receipt by the Fund.

**Account Statements and Transaction Confirmations.** You will receive periodic account statements summarizing all account activity, including purchases, redemptions, exchanges, and any reinvested dividends or capital gains. Additionally, a transaction confirmation will be sent for each financial transaction that occurs in your account, except for those taking place on a recurring basis, such as through an automatic investment plan or for dividend and capital gain distributions. For recurring transactions, the details will appear on your periodic account statement, serving as confirmation for such activity.

It is your responsibility to carefully review all transaction confirmations and account statements for accuracy immediately upon receipt. You must contact the Fund or its Transfer Agent in writing or by telephone promptly within 60 days of the date of the statement or confirmation that first reflects the disputed item. If you fail to provide timely notification within this 60-day period, you will be deemed to have ratified all account activity set forth therein, and the Fund and its agents will not be liable for any losses that may result from your failure to report the issue.

Non-receipt of Purchase Wire/ Insufficient Funds Policy

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

Note: Ultimus Fund Solutions, LLC, the Fund's transfer agent, will charge a $25 fee against a shareholder's account, in addition to any loss sustained by the Fund, for any check or electronic payment returned to the transfer agent for insufficient funds.

**Uncashed checks/Automatic Div Cap Gain Reinvestment.** If you elect to receive your dividend and capital gain distributions via check, ACH or wire, and the distribution amount is $50 or less, then the amount will be automatically reinvested as additional shares into your account.

For non-retirement and non-educational accounts, any dividend and capital gain distributions sent by check which are not cashed within 180 days will be reinvested into your account at the current day's NAV. When reinvested, those amounts are subject to market risk like any other investment. Your distribution option will automatically be converted to having all dividends and capital gain distributions reinvested into your account as additional shares if any of the following occur:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1. Postal
or other delivery service is unable to deliver mail or checks to the address of record thereby designating your account as "lost";

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2. Dividends
and capital gain distributions checks are not cashed within 180 days; or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3. Bank
account of record is no longer valid.

For non-retirement and non-educational accounts, redemption proceeds sent by check which are not cashed within 180 days will be reinvested into your account at the current day's NAV. When reinvested, redemption proceeds are subject to market risk like any other investment.

**FREQUENT PURCHASES AND REDEMPTIONS**

Frequent purchases and redemptions ("Frequent Trading") of shares of the Fund may present a number of risks to other shareholders of the Fund. These risks may include, among other things, dilution in the value of shares of the Fund held by long-term shareholders, interference with the efficient management by the Advisor of the Fund's portfolio holdings, and increased brokerage and administration costs. Frequent Trading may also increase portfolio turnover, which may result in increased capital gains taxes for shareholders of the Fund.

The Board has adopted a policy with respect to Frequent Trading that is intended to discourage such activity by shareholders of the Fund. The Fund does not accommodate Frequent Trading. The Fund, through its service providers, monitors shareholder trading activity to ensure compliance with the Fund's policies. The Fund prepares reports illustrating purchase and redemption activity to detect market timing activity. When monitoring shareholder purchases and redemptions, the Fund does not apply a quantitative definition to frequent trading. Instead, the Fund uses a subjective approach that permits it to reject any purchase orders that it believes may be indicative of market timing or disruptive trading. The right to reject a purchase order applies to any purchase order, including a purchase order placed by financial intermediaries. The Fund may also modify any terms or conditions of purchase of Fund shares or withdraw all or any part of the offering made by this Prospectus. The Fund's policies and procedures to prevent market timing are applied uniformly to all shareholders. These actions, in the Board's opinion, should help reduce the risk of abusive trading in the Fund.

When financial intermediaries establish omnibus accounts in the Fund for its clients, the Fund may not be able to monitor the individual clients' trading activity. The Fund reviews trading activity at the omnibus account level, and looks for activity that may indicate potential Frequent Trading or market timing. If the Fund detects suspicious trading activity, the Fund will seek the assistance of the intermediary to investigate that trading activity and take appropriate action, including prohibiting additional purchases of Fund shares by the intermediary and/or its client. Intermediaries may apply frequent trading policies that differ from those described in this Prospectus. If you invest with the Fund through an intermediary, please read that firm's program materials carefully to learn of any rules or fees that may apply.

Although the Fund has taken steps to discourage Frequent Trading of the Fund's shares, there is no guarantee that such trading will not occur.

**OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION**

**DIVIDENDS, DISTRIBUTIONS, AND TAXES**

The following is a general summary of certain material U.S. federal income tax considerations applicable to the Fund and an investment in the Fund. The discussion below provides general tax information related to an investment in the Fund but does not purport to be a complete description of the U.S. federal income tax consequences of an investment in the Fund and does not address any state, local, or other tax consequences. It is based on the Code and U.S. Treasury Regulations thereunder and administrative pronouncements, all as of the date hereof, any of which is subject to change, possibly with retroactive effect. In addition, it does not describe all of the tax consequences that may be relevant in light of shareholder's particular circumstances. Unless otherwise noted, the following discussion applies only to a shareholder that holds shares as a capital asset and is a U.S. shareholder.

A U.S. shareholder, generally is a beneficial owner of shares who is for U.S. federal income tax purposes: an individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States; a corporation, or other entity taxable as a corporation, created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia; an estate, the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source; or a trust if it (a) is subject to the primary supervision of a court within the United States and one or more U.S. persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust or (b) has a valid election in effect under applicable U.S. Treasury regulations to be treated as a U.S. person.

If a partnership (including an entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes) holds shares, the tax treatment of a partner in the partnership will generally depend upon the status of the partner and the activities of the partnership. A prospective shareholder that is a partner in a partnership holding shares should consult his, her or its tax advisors with respect to the potential tax consequences arising from purchase, ownership, and disposition of shares.

This discussion, as well as the discussion about Taxes in the Fund's SAI, does not constitute tax advice. Tax laws are complex and often change, and prospective shareholders should consult their tax advisors about the U.S. federal, state, and local tax consequences of an investment in the Fund.

<u>**U.S. Federal Income Taxation of the Fund**</u>

The Fund has elected to be treated as a C Corporation. The Fund **does not** intend to qualify as a RIC. This is unlike most mutual funds who, instead, seek to qualify as RICs as RICs are generally not subject to U.S. federal tax at the entity level on income and capital gains from investments that are distributed to shareholders. The Fund's decision to elect to be treated as a C Corporation will result in corporate-level taxation to the extent that the Fund receives income on its investments or realizes gains upon selling its investments, in addition to any income taxes that may be payable by a shareholder as a result of any distributions from the Fund to shareholders.

However, the Fund **will not** distribute its income and realized gains to its shareholders every year, as is the case with the vast majority of mutual funds that seek to qualify as RICs. The Fund's investments are intended to create capital appreciation as well as dividend and interest income. But unlike a RIC, the Fund is entitled to use the dividends-received deduction whereby up to 50% of the dividend income received, or 50% of the taxable income of the fund, whichever is less, is exempt from U.S. federal taxation. The remaining taxable income is taxed to the Fund at a maximum U.S. federal tax rate of 21% and potentially an accumulated earnings tax of 20%. See "Accumulated Earnings Tax" on page 8. The taxation of current earnings and profits is at the Fund level, rather than at the shareholder level. Accordingly, dividends and capital gains received by the Fund are not distributed, but rather are accumulated within the Fund and dividends and capital gains are added to the value of each share on a daily basis. Any increase in per share value directly raises the value of each shareholder's account. Prospective investors should consult with their individual tax advisor before investing in the Fund to ensure such prospective investor understands the U.S. federal income tax consequences of investing in the Fund, as opposed to investing into a RIC.

Section 4501 of the Code imposes an excise tax on certain repurchases (including redemptions) of stock by certain publicly traded U.S. corporations occurring after December 31, 2022. The amount of the excise tax generally is 1% of the fair market value of the shares repurchased by the corporation during a taxable year. For purposes of calculating the excise tax, the repurchasing corporation is permitted to net the fair market value of certain new share issuances against the fair market value of the share repurchased during the same taxable year. In addition, certain other exceptions apply to the imposition of the excise tax. Although the excise tax would be payable by the Fund and not the redeeming shareholder, any excise tax payable by the Fund due to redemptions could reduce the Fund's NAV.

**Taxation of U.S. Shareholders**

***Sale or Exchange of Shares*** Shareholders will recognize taxable income if they redeem shares at a gain. The difference in the amount received and the cost basis of the securities redeemed will be either a capital gain or a capital loss. Long-term capital gains (for securities held for more than one year) are currently taxable at a U.S. federal maximum rate of 20%. U.S. individuals with income exceeding $200,000 ($250,000 if married and filing jointly or $125,000 if married filing separately) are subject to a 3.8% Medicare 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). Capital losses may be taken against other capital gains or be deductible in any given year up to a maximum of $3,000. Unused capital losses may be carried over to future years until the loss is used.

The Fund is liable for U.S. federal income taxes on any net realized capital gain at the statutory rate, presently 21%. In addition, the Fund will accrue deferred income taxes on the total net unrealized capital gains in accordance with current accounting pronouncements that require the recognition of a full accrual on the deferred income tax that would be payable if the Fund liquidated all of its gain securities at the end of the fiscal year. It is important to note, however, that the deferred income tax is payable only in the event the Fund would actually sell appreciated securities. The Fund may carry forward for 5 years any net capital losses as an offset against any net capital gains realized by the Fund during each taxable year. Investors should consult their advisers about state and local tax consequences of the investment in the Fund.

Under U.S. Treasury regulations, if a shareholder recognizes losses with respect to shares of: (a) $2 million or more for an individual shareholder in any single tax year or $4 million or more in any combination of tax years; (b) $2 million or more for a shareholder that is a partnership or S Corporation in any single tax year (whether or not any losses flow through to one or more partners or shareholders), or $4 million or more in any combination of tax years (whether or not any losses flow through to one or more partners or shareholders); or (c) $10 million or more for a corporate shareholder in any single tax year or $20 million or more in any combination of tax years, the shareholder must file with the IRS a disclosure statement on IRS Form 8886. The fact that a loss is reportable under these regulations does not affect the legal determination of whether the taxpayer's treatment of the loss is proper. Shareholders should consult their tax advisors to determine the applicability of these regulations in light of their individual circumstances.

***Backup Withholding and Information Reporting***

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

Mutual fund companies are required to report cost basis information to the IRS on Form 1099-B, Proceeds from Broker and Barter Exchange Transactions, for any sale of mutual fund shares acquired after January 1, 2012 ("Covered Shares"). Mutual funds must select a default cost basis calculation method and apply that method to the sale of Covered Shares unless an alternate IRS approved method is specifically elected in writing by the shareholder. Average Cost, which is the mutual fund industry standard, has been selected as the Fund's default cost basis calculation method. If a shareholder determines that an IRS approved cost basis calculation method other than the Fund's default method of Average Cost is more appropriate, the shareholder must contact the Fund at the time of or in advance of the sale of Covered Shares that are to be subject to that alternate election. The Treasury Regulations do not permit the change of a cost basis election on previously executed trades. All Covered Shares purchased in non-retirement accounts are subject to cost basis reporting legislation.

**Other Taxes**

Shareholders may be subject to state, local, and other taxes applicable to their investment in the Fund. Shareholders are advised to consulted with their tax advisors with respect to the particular tax consequences to them of an investment in the Fund.

**BENCHMARK DESCRIPTIONS**

The Fund compares its performance to standardized indices or other measures of investment performance. In particular, the Fund compares its performance to the S&P 500 Index, which is generally considered to be representative of the performance of common stocks in the United States securities markets.

**FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS**

The financial highlights table below is intended to help you understand the Fund's financial performance for the past 5 years. The financial highlights information presented for the Fund includes the financial information of the Predecessor Fund, which was reorganized into the Fund on December 1, 2022. The financial highlights show the Predecessor Fund's financial information for the fiscal years ended February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021. The financial highlights for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2023 includes financial information from both the Fund and the Predecessor Fund. Certain information reflects financial results for a single Fund share. The total returns in the table represent the rate that an investor would have earned or lost on an investment in the Fund. This information has been audited by the Fund's independent registered public accounting firm, EisnerAmper LLP, whose report, along with the Fund's and the Predecessor Fund's financial statements, are included in the Fund's Annual Financial Statements, which may be obtained at no charge by calling the Fund at 1-877-881-2751 or visiting the Fund's website.

**Copley Fund Financial Highlights**

*(For a share outstanding during each period/year)*

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| | | | | | | |
|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
|  | **For the<br> Year Ended<br> October 31,<br> 2025** | **For the<br> Year Ended<br> October 31,<br> 2024** | **For the<br> Eight Months Ended October 31,<br> 2023\*** | **For the<br> Year Ended<br> February 28,<br> 2023** | **For the<br> Year Ended<br> February 28,<br> 2022** | **For the<br> Year Ended<br> February 28,<br> 2021** |
| **Selected Per Share Data:** |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Net asset value, beginning of year | $175.43 | $137.98 | $135.38 | $141.96 | $134.92 | $117.91 |
| Investment operations: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Net investment income<sup>(a)</sup> | 1.40 | 1.10 | 0.82 | 1.35 | 0.55 | 3.16 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments | 31.77 | 36.35 | 1.78 | (7.93) | 6.49 | 13.85 |
| Total from investment operations | 33.17 | 37.45 | 2.60 | (6.58) | 7.04 | 17.01 |
| Net asset value, end of year | $208.60 | $175.43 | $137.98 | $135.38 | $141.96 | $134.92 |
| **Total Return<sup>(b)</sup>** | 18.91% | 27.14% | 1.92 %<sup>(c)</sup> | (4.64)% | 5.22% | 14.43% |
| **Ratios and Supplemental Data:** |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Net assets, end of year (000 omitted) | $111379 | $97381 | $92586 | $82284 | $91613 | $95042 |
| Ratios before fee waiver: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Ratio of total expenses, including net regular and deferred taxes, to average net assets | 5.61% | 7.60% | 1.69 %<sup>(d)</sup> | (0.65)% | 2.43% | 3.50% |
| Ratio of net investment and operating income (loss), including regular and deferred taxes, to average net assets | 5.21% | (5.51)% | 0.35 %<sup>(d)</sup> | 2.57% | (0.98)% | 5.36% |
| Ratios after fee waiver: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Ratio of total expenses, including net regular and deferred taxes, to average net assets | 5.61% | 7.60% | 1.69 %<sup>(d)</sup> | (0.71)% | 2.36% | 3.48% |
| Ratio of net investment and operating income (loss) to average net assets | 5.21% | (5.51)% | 0.35 %<sup>(d)</sup> | 2.63% | (0.92)% | 5.38% |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Portfolio turnover rate | 2.96% | 5.54% | 3.54 %<sup>(c)</sup> | 156.15% | 111.25% | 119.33% |

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\* The Fund changed its fiscal year to October 31.

(a) Calculation based on the average number of shares outstanding during the period.

(b) Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of shares at net asset value on the first day and a sale at net asset value on the last day of the period.

(c) Not annualized.

(d) Annualized.

**ADDITIONAL INFORMATION**

Additional information about the Fund is available in the Fund's SAI, which is incorporated by reference into this Prospectus. Additional information about the Fund's investments is available in the Fund's Annual and Semi-Annual Reports to Shareholders and in Form N-CSR. In the Fund's Annual Report, you will find a discussion of the market conditions and investment strategies that significantly affected the Fund's performance during its last fiscal year. In the Fund's Form N-CSR, you will find the Fund's Annual and Semi-Annual Financial Statements.

This Prospectus and the SAI provide information concerning the Fund that you should consider in determining whether to purchase shares of the Fund. The Fund may make changes to this information from time to time. Neither this Prospectus nor the SAI is intended to give rise to any contract rights or other rights in any shareholder, other than any rights conferred explicitly by federal or state securities laws that may not be waived. The Fund enters into contractual arrangements with various parties, including, among others, the Advisor, who provides services to the Fund. Shareholders are not parties to, or third-party beneficiaries of those contractual arrangements, and those contractual arrangements cannot be enforced by shareholders.

The Fund's SAI, the Annual and Semi-Annual Reports to Shareholders and other information such as the Fund's financial statements are available, free of charge, on the Fund's website listed below and upon request by contacting the Fund as follows:

**By telephone: 1-877-881-2751**

**By mail Copley Fund**

c/o Transfer Agency

Regular/Express Mail

P.O. Box 46707

Cincinnati, OH 45246

-or-

Overnight Mail

225 Pictoria Drive, Suite 450

Cincinnati, OH 45246

**By e-mail:** <u>centaur@ultimusfundsolutions.com</u>

**On the Internet:** <u>https://www.dcmadvisors.com/fund-reports-holdings</u>

To request other information about the Fund or to make shareholder inquiries, please call the Fund free of charge at the telephone number listed above.

Only one copy of a Prospectus or an Annual or Semi-Annual Report will be sent to each household address. This process, known as "Householding," is used for most required shareholder mailings. (It does not apply to confirmations of transactions and account statements, however.) You may, of course, request an additional copy of a Prospectus or an Annual or Semi-Annual Report at any time by calling the Fund or by downloading it at <u>https://www.dcmadvisors.com</u>. You may also request that Householding be eliminated from all your required mailings.

Reports and other information about the Fund are available on the EDGAR Database on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov, and copies of this information may be obtained, upon payment of a duplicating fee, by electronic request at the following e-mail address: publicinfo@sec.gov.

Investment Company Act file number 811-21606

Revised March 2026

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| **FACTS** | **WHAT DOES THE CENTAUR MUTUAL FUNDS TRUST DO WITH YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?** | **WHAT DOES THE CENTAUR MUTUAL FUNDS TRUST DO WITH YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?** |
| **Why?** | Financial companies choose how they share your personal information. Federal law gives consumers the right to limit some but not all sharing. Federal law also requires us to tell you how we collect, share, and protect your personal information. Please read this notice carefully to understand what we do. | Financial companies choose how they share your personal information. Federal law gives consumers the right to limit some but not all sharing. Federal law also requires us to tell you how we collect, share, and protect your personal information. Please read this notice carefully to understand what we do. |
| **What?** | The types of personal information we collect and share depend on the product or service you have with us. This information can include: | The types of personal information we collect and share depend on the product or service you have with us. This information can include: |
| **What?** | ● | Social Security number and assets |
| **What?** | ● | Account balances and transaction history |
| **What?** | ● | Checking account information and wire transfer instructions |
| **What?** | When you are *no longer* our customer, we continue to share your information as described in this notice. | When you are *no longer* our customer, we continue to share your information as described in this notice. |
| **How?** | All financial companies need to share customers' personal information to run their everyday business. In the section below, we list the reasons financial companies can share their customers' personal information; the reasons the Centaur Mutual Funds Trust chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing. | All financial companies need to share customers' personal information to run their everyday business. In the section below, we list the reasons financial companies can share their customers' personal information; the reasons the Centaur Mutual Funds Trust chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing. |

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| **REASONS WE CAN SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION** | **Does the Centaur Mutual<br> Funds Trust share?** | **Can you limit<br> this sharing?** |
| **For our everyday business purposes** —<br> such as to process your transactions, maintain your account(s), respond to court orders and legal investigations, or report to credit bureaus | Yes | No |
| **For our marketing purposes** —<br> to offer our products and services to you | No | We do not share. |
| **For joint marketing with other financial companies** | No | We do not share. |
| **For our affiliates' everyday business purposes** —<br> information about your transactions and experiences | No | We do not share. |
| **For our affiliates' everyday business purposes** —<br> information about your creditworthiness | No | We do not share. |
| **For nonaffiliates to market to you** | No | We do not share. |

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| **Questions?** | **Call 1-877-881-2751** |

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● open an account or give us your account information

● make deposits or withdrawals from our account

● pay us by check or make a wire transfer

 We also collect your personal information from other companies.

● sharing for affiliates' everyday business purposes – information about your creditworthiness

● affiliates from using your information to market to you

 State laws and individual companies may give you additional rights to limit sharing.

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| **DEFINITIONS** | | |
| **Affiliates** | Companies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies. | Companies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies. |
|  | *●* | *DCM Advisors, LLC, an affiliate of Dinosaur Group Holdings, LLC, is the investment advisor to the Funds and is an affiliate of the Centaur Mutual Funds Trust.* |
| **Nonaffiliates** | Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies. | Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies. |
|  | *●* | *The Centaur Mutual Funds Trust does not share information with nonaffiliates so they can market to you.* |
| **Joint marketing** | A formal agreement between nonaffiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you. | A formal agreement between nonaffiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you. |
|  | *●* | *The Centaur Mutual Funds Trust does not jointly market.* |

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**STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION**

Copley Fund

(Ticker Symbol: COPLX)

A series of the

**CENTAUR MUTUAL FUNDS TRUST**

33 Whitehall Street, 11th Floor

New York NY 10004

Telephone **1-877-881-2751**

February 27, 2026

This Statement of Additional Information ("SAI") is meant to be read in conjunction with the prospectus (the "Prospectus"), dated the same date as this SAI (and as may be supplemented from time to time), for the Copley Fund (the "Fund") and is incorporated by reference in its entirety into the Prospectus. Because this SAI is not itself a prospectus, no investment in shares of the Fund should be made solely upon the information contained herein. Copies of the Prospectus, annual shareholder report (the "Annual Report") and annual financial statements may be obtained, when available, at no charge by writing or calling the Fund at the address or phone number shown above or by visiting the Fund's website at www.dcmadvisors.com/fund-reports-holdings. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the same meanings as in the Prospectus.

**<u>**Table of Contents**</u>**

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| OTHER INVESTMENT POLICIES | 1 |
| INVESTMENT LIMITATIONS | 17 |
| PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS | 18 |
| NET ASSET VALUE | 21 |
| ADDITIONAL PURCHASE AND REDEMPTION INFORMATION | 22 |
| DESCRIPTION OF THE TRUST | 23 |
| ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING TAXES | 24 |
| MANAGEMENT AND OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS | 27 |
| GENERAL INFORMATION | 36 |
| SPECIAL SHAREHOLDER SERVICES | 37 |
| DISCLOSURE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS | 38 |
| FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | 40 |
| APPENDIX A PROXY VOTING POLICIES | 41 |

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**OTHER INVESTMENT POLICIES**

The Centaur Mutual Funds Trust (the "Trust") is an open-end management investment company registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and was organized on April 23, 2004, as a Delaware statutory trust. The Fund is a separate, diversified, series of the Trust. The Fund is the successor to Copley Fund, Inc. (the "Predecessor Fund"). The Fund assumed the assets and liabilities of the Predecessor Fund in a reorganization of the Predecessor Fund into the Fund (the "Reorganization"). The Reorganization occurred on December 1, 2022. All historical audited financial information and other information contained in this SAI relating to the Fund for periods ending on or prior to February 28, 2022 is that of the Predecessor Fund.

**ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON INVESTMENTS, STRATEGIES AND RISKS**

Information contained in this SAI expands upon information contained in the Prospectus. All investments in securities and other financial instruments involve a risk of financial loss. No assurance can be given that the Fund's investment program will be successful. Investors should carefully review the descriptions of the Fund's investments and associated risks described in the Prospectus and this SAI. No investment in shares of the Fund should be made without first reading the Prospectus.

**General Investment Risks.** Prices of securities in which the Fund invests may fluctuate in response to many factors, including, but not limited to, the activities of the individual companies whose securities the Fund owns, general market and economic conditions, interest rates, and specific industry changes. Such price fluctuations subject the Fund to potential losses. In addition, regardless of any one company's particular prospects, a declining stock market may produce a decline in prices for all securities, which could also result in losses to the Fund. Market declines may continue for an indefinite period of time, and investors should understand that during temporary or extended bear markets, the value of all types of securities, including securities held by the Fund, can decline.

**Tax Risk.** Because the Fund accumulates rather than distributes its income, the Fund may be subject to the imposition of the U.S. federal accumulated earnings tax (the "AET") (See "U.S. Federal Income Taxation of the Fund" below). The AET is imposed on a corporation's accumulated taxable income (the "ATI") for each taxable year at the rate of 20%. ATI is defined as the adjusted taxable income of the Fund minus the sum of the dividends paid deduction and the accumulated earnings credit (as discussed below). The dividends paid deduction and the accumulated earnings credit is available only if the Fund is not held to be a "mere holding or investment company." In the event an AET would be assessed against the Fund, such assessment would decrease the net assets of the Fund and have a proportionate negative effect on each shareholder's account.

**Market Events and Geopolitical Risks**. Market risk is the risk that the value of the securities in the Fund's portfolio may decline due to daily fluctuations in the securities markets that are generally beyond the Advisor's control, including fluctuation in interest rates, the quality of the Fund's investments, economic conditions and general market conditions. Certain market events could increase volatility and exacerbate market risk, and could result in trading halts, such as changes in governments' economic policies, political turmoil, environmental events, trade disputes and associated tariffs or the threat of such tariffs, terrorism, military action and epidemics, pandemics or other public health issues. Any of the foregoing market events can adversely affect the economies of one or more countries or the entire global economy, certain industries or individual issuers, and capital and security markets in ways that cannot necessarily be foreseen or quickly addressed.

As shown with the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), market events (including public health crises and concerns) can have a profound economic and business effect that results in cancellations and disruptions to supply chains and customer activity, disruption and displacement of one or more sectors or industries, closing of borders and imposition of travel restrictions and quarantines, general public concern and uncertainty and, in extreme cases, exchange trading halts due to rapidly falling prices. Further, the impact of such events can cause significant volatility and declines in global financial markets, including the U.S. financial markets. Likewise, the ongoing armed conflicts between Russian and Ukraine that began in early 2022 (the "War in Ukraine") and Hamas and Israel that began in October 2023 have caused and continue to cause significant market disruptions and increased volatility in various financial markets. The War in Ukraine conflict has resulted in economic sanctions against Russia from both government entities and corporations and banking entities. The extent, duration and impact of these conflicts, related sanctions and retaliatory actions are difficult to ascertain, but could be significant and have severe adverse effects on the region, including significant adverse effects on the regional and global economies and the markets for certain securities and commodities.

Market events such as these and other types of market events may cause significant declines in the values and liquidity of many securities and other instruments, and significant disruptions to global business activity and financial markets. Turbulence in financial markets, and reduced liquidity in equity, credit and fixed income markets may negatively affect many issuers both domestically and around the world, and can result in trading halts, any of which could have an adverse impact on the Fund. During periods of market volatility, security prices (including securities held by the Fund) could change drastically and rapidly and therefore adversely affect the Fund.

**Repurchase Agreements.** The Fund may acquire U.S. government securities or corporate debt securities subject to repurchase agreements. A repurchase transaction occurs when, at the time the Fund purchases a security (normally a U.S. Treasury obligation), it also resells it to the vendor (normally a member bank of the Federal Reserve or a registered government securities dealer) and must deliver the security (and/or securities substituted for them under the repurchase agreement) to the vendor on an agreed upon date in the future. The repurchase price exceeds the purchase price by an amount which reflects an agreed upon market interest rate effective for the period of time during which the repurchase agreement is in effect. Delivery pursuant to the resale generally will normally occur within one to seven days of the purchase.

Repurchase agreements are considered "loans" under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended ("1940 Act"), collateralized by the underlying security. The Trust's Board of Trustees (each a "Trustee" and collectively, "Trustees" or "Board") has implemented procedures to monitor on a continuous basis the value of the collateral serving as security for any repurchase obligations. Additionally, DCM Advisors, LLC, the Fund's investment advisor ("Advisor" or "DCM"), will consider the creditworthiness of the vendor. If the vendor fails to pay the agreed upon resale price on the delivery date, the Fund will retain or attempt to dispose of the collateral. The Fund's risk is that such default may include any decline in value of the collateral to an amount which is less than 100% of the repurchase price, any costs of disposing of such collateral, and any loss resulting from any delay in foreclosing on the collateral. The Fund will not enter into any repurchase agreement that would cause more than 10% of its net assets to be invested in repurchase agreements which extend beyond seven days.

**Money Market Instruments.** The Fund may invest in money market instruments which may include U.S. government securities or certain types of corporate debt securities (including those subject to repurchase agreements), provided that they mature in thirteen months or less from the date of acquisition and are otherwise eligible for purchase by the Fund. Money market instruments also may include Banker's Acceptances and Certificates of Deposit of domestic branches of U.S. banks, Commercial Paper and Variable Amount Demand Master Notes ("Master Notes"). <u>Banker's Acceptances</u> are time drafts drawn on and "accepted" by a bank. When a bank "accepts" such a time draft, it assumes liability for its payment. When the Fund acquires a Banker's Acceptance, the bank which "accepted" the time draft is liable for payment of interest and principal when due. The Banker's Acceptance carries the full faith and credit of such bank. A <u>Certificate of Deposit</u> is an unsecured, interest-bearing debt obligation of a bank. <u>Commercial Paper</u> is an unsecured, short-term debt obligation of a bank, corporation or other borrower. Commercial Paper is usually sold on a discounted basis rather than as an interest-bearing instrument and its maturities generally range from 2 to 270 days. The Fund will invest in Commercial Paper only if it is rated one of the top two rating categories by Moody's Investors Service, Inc. ("Moody's"), S&P Global Ratings ("S&P"), or Fitch Ratings, Inc. ("Fitch") or, if not rated, is of equivalent quality in opinion of the Advisor. Commercial Paper may include Master Notes of the same quality. <u>Master Notes</u> are unsecured obligations which are redeemable upon demand of the holder and which permit the investment of fluctuating amounts at varying rates of interest. Master Notes will be acquired by the Fund only through the Master Note program of the Fund's custodian bank, acting as administrator thereof. The Advisor will monitor, on an ongoing basis, the earnings power, cash flow, and other liquidity ratios of the issuer of a Master Note held by the Fund.

**Funding Agreements.** The Fund may invest in various types of funding agreements. A funding agreement is, in substance, an obligation of indebtedness negotiated privately between an investor and an insurance company. Funding agreements often have maturity-shortening features, such as an unconditional put, that permit the investor to require the insurance company to return the principal amount of the funding agreement, together with accrued interest, within one year or less. Most funding agreements are not transferable by the investor and, therefore, are illiquid, except to the extent the funding agreement is subject to a demand feature of seven days or less. An insurance company may be subject to special protection under state insurance laws, which protections may impair the ability of the investor to require prompt performance by the insurance company of its payment obligations under the funding agreement.

**Investment Companies.** The Fund may, from time to time, invest in securities of other investment companies, including, without limitation, money market funds and exchange traded funds ("ETFs" or individually an "ETF"). Investments in other investment companies subject the Fund to additional operating and management fees and expenses. For example, the Fund's investors will indirectly bear fees and expenses charged by underlying investment companies in which the Fund invests, in addition to the Fund's direct fees and expenses. Generally, under Section 12(d)(1) of the 1940 Act, a fund may not acquire shares of another investment company if, immediately after such acquisition, (i) a fund would hold more than 3% of the other investment company's total outstanding shares, (ii) a fund's investment in securities of the other investment company would be more than 5% of the value of the total assets of the fund, or (iii) more than 10% of a fund's total assets would be invested in investment companies. The Fund, however, may rely upon any applicable statutory or regulatory exemption from the foregoing limitations in investing in other investment companies. Under certain conditions, a fund may invest in registered and unregistered money market funds in excess of these limitations. The Fund expects to rely on Rule 12d1-1 under the 1940 Act when purchasing shares of a money market fund. Under Rule 12d1-1, the Fund may generally invest without limitation in money market funds as long as the Fund pays no sales charge ("sales charge"), as defined in Rule 2830(b)(8) of the Conduct Rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA"), or service fee, as defined in Rule 2830(b)(9) of the Conduct Rules of FINRA, charged in connection with the purchase, sale, or redemption of securities issued by the money market fund ("service fee"); or the investment adviser waives its management fee in an amount necessary to offset any sales charge or service fee. The Fund generally expects to rely on Section 12(d)(1)(F) of the 1940 Act when purchasing shares of other investment companies that are not money market funds. Under Section 12(d)(1)(F), the Fund may generally acquire shares of another investment company unless, immediately after such acquisition, the Fund and its affiliated persons would hold more than 3% of the investment company's total outstanding stock (the "3% Limitation"). To the extent the 3% Limitation applies to an investment the Fund wishes to make, the Fund may be prevented from allocating its investments in the manner that the Advisor considers optimal. Also, under the 1940 Act, to the extent that the Fund relies upon Section 12(d)(1)(F) in purchasing securities issued by another investment company, the Fund must either seek instructions from its shareholders with regard to the voting of all proxies with respect to its investment in such securities and vote such proxies only in accordance with the instructions, or vote the shares held by them in the same proportion as the vote of all other holders of the securities. In the event that there is a vote of investment company shares held by the Fund in reliance on Section 12(d)(1)(F), the Fund intends to vote such shares in the same proportion as the vote of all other holders of such securities. In addition, the Fund may also invest in excess of the Section 12(d)(1) limits in accordance with Rule 12d1-4 under the 1940 Act ("Rule 12d1-4"), subject to the limitations and conditions set forth therein, including that an acquiring fund relying on Rule 12d1-4 must enter into a fund of funds investment agreement with the acquired fund and may be subject to certain voting requirements depending on the acquiring fund's ownership in the acquired fund. All these restrictions and conditions may limit the Fund's ability to invest in other investment companies to the extent desired.

**Exchange Traded Funds.** The Fund may invest in one or more ETFs, which are typically investment companies registered under the 1940 Act that hold a portfolio of securities designed to track the performance of a particular index or market sector. Alternatively, ETFs may be actively managed pursuant to a particular investment strategy, similar to other non-index-based investment companies. ETFs sell and redeem their shares at net asset value ("NAV") in large blocks (typically 25,000 of its shares) called "creation units." Shares representing fractional interests in these creation units are listed for trading on national securities exchanges and can be purchased and sold in the secondary market like ordinary stocks in lots of any size at any time during the trading day.

An investment in an ETF generally presents the same primary risks as an investment in a conventional registered investment company (i.e., one that is not exchange traded), including the risk that the general level of stock prices, or that the prices of stocks within a particular sector, may increase or decrease, thereby affecting the value of the shares of an ETF. In addition, ETFs are subject to the following risks that often do not apply to conventional investment companies: (i) the market price of the ETF's shares may trade at a discount or premium to the ETF's NAV and as a result, ETFs may experience more price volatility than other types of portfolio investments and such volatility could negatively impact the NAV of the Fund; (ii) an active trading market for an ETF's shares may not develop or be maintained; (iii) trading of an ETF's shares may be halted if the listing exchange deems such action appropriate; (iv) ETF shares may be delisted from the exchange on which they trade; or (v) activation of "circuit breakers" by the exchange (which are tied to large decreases in stock prices) may halt trading of the ETF's shares temporarily. ETFs are also subject to the risks of the underlying securities or sectors that the ETF is designed to track. In addition, if an ETF purchases and redeems creation units primarily with cash rather than through in-kind delivery of portfolio securities such actions may cause the ETF to incur certain costs, including brokerage costs, and taxable gain or losses, that it might not have incurred if it made a redemption in-kind.

Because ETFs bear various fees and expenses, the Fund will pay a proportionate share of these expenses, as well as transaction costs, such as brokerage commissions. As with traditional investment companies, ETFs charge asset-based fees, although these fees tend to be relatively low as compared to other types of mutual funds. ETFs do not charge initial sales loads or redemption fees and investors pay only customary brokerage fees to buy and sell ETF shares.

As noted above, the Fund expects to rely upon applicable statutory or regulatory exemptions in investing in ETFs and may invest in ETFs in compliance with Rule 12d1-4 to the extent the Advisor deems such reliance necessary or appropriate.

While the creation and redemption of creation units helps an ETF maintain a market value close to NAV, market value of an ETF's shares may differ from its NAV. This difference in price may be due to the fact that the supply and demand in the market for ETF shares at any point in time is not always identical to the supply and demand in the market for the ETF's underlying basket of securities. Accordingly, there may be times when an ETF trades at a premium (creating the risk that the Fund pay more than NAV for an ETF when making a purchase) or discount (creating the risks that the Fund's NAV is reduced for undervalued ETFs it holds, and that the Fund receives less than NAV when selling an ETF).

***Leveraged and Inverse ETF Risk.*** The Fund may invest in leveraged and inverse ETFs. Leveraged and inverse ETFs involve additional risks and considerations not present in traditional ETFs. Typically, shares of an index-based ETF are expected to increase in value as the value of the underlying benchmark increases. However, in the case of inverse ETFs (also called "short ETFs" or "bear ETFs"), shares are expected to increase in value as the value of the underlying benchmark decreases, similar to holding short positions in the underlying benchmark. Leveraged ETFs seek to deliver multiples (e.g., 2X or 3X) of the performance of the underlying benchmark, typically by using derivatives in an effort to amplify returns (or decline, in the case of inverse ETFs) of the underlying benchmark. While leveraged ETFs may offer the potential for greater return, the potential for loss and the speed at which losses can be realized also are greater.

Leveraged and inverse ETFs "reset" over short periods of time, meaning they are designed to deliver their stated returns only for the length of their reset periods (typically daily or monthly), and are not designed to deliver their returns intraday or over periods longer than the stated reset period. Because of the structure of these products, their rebalancing methodologies and the math of compounding, extended holdings beyond the reset period can lead to results very different from a simple doubling, tripling, or inverse of the benchmark's average return over the same period of time. This difference in results can be magnified in volatile markets. Further, leveraged and inverse ETFs may have lower trading volumes or may be less tax efficient than traditional ETFs and may be subject to additional regulation. To the extent that leveraged or inverse ETFs invest in derivatives, investments in such ETFs will be subject to the risks of investments in derivatives. For these reasons, leveraged and inverse ETFs are typically considered to be riskier investments than traditional ETFs.

**Equity Securities.** The Fund's portfolio will generally be comprised of common stocks traded on domestic securities exchanges or on the over-the-counter market. In addition to common stocks, the equity portion of the Fund's portfolio may also include preferred stocks, convertible preferred stocks, and convertible bonds. Prices of equity securities in which the Fund invests may fluctuate in response to many factors, including, but not limited to, the activities of the individual companies whose securities the Fund owns, general market and economic conditions, interest rates, and specific industry changes. Such price fluctuations subject the Fund to potential losses. In addition, regardless of any one company's particular prospects, a declining stock market may produce a decline in prices for all equity securities, which could also result in losses for the Fund. Market declines may continue for an indefinite period of time, and investors should understand that during temporary or extended bear markets, the value of equity securities, including securities held by the Fund, will decline.

**Convertible Securities.** The Fund may buy securities convertible into common stock if, for example, the Advisor believes that a company's convertible securities are undervalued in the market. Convertible securities eligible for purchase by the Fund include convertible bonds, convertible preferred stock, and warrants. Convertible securities are series that may be converted at a state price within a specified period of time into a certain quantity of common stock. A warrant is an instrument issued by a corporation which gives the holder the right to subscribe to a specific amount of the corporation's capital stock at a set price for a specified period of time. Warrants do not represent ownership of the securities, but only the right to buy the securities. The prices of warrants do not necessarily move parallel to the prices of underlying securities. Warrants may be considered speculative in that they have no voting rights, pay no dividends, and have no rights with respect to the assets of a corporation issuing them. Warrant positions will not be used to increase the leverage of the Fund; consequently, warrant positions are generally accompanied by cash positions equivalent to the required exercise amount. The Fund's ability to invest in warrants may be limited by the Fund's investment restrictions.

**Companies with Unusual Valuations Based Upon Many Traditional Methods.** The Fund may invest in securities of companies whose market prices grow and very quickly reflect unreasonable valuations by traditional valuation techniques. Many of these types of companies have a low level of revenue relative to their market capitalization, and many are not yet profitable.

Since the prices of the securities of these companies do not reflect the usual relationships between price and corporate revenues, income, or profits, investments in these securities are accompanied by a substantial risk of loss because of their volatility and speculative nature. Numerous factors may cause the prices of these securities to fall precipitously, which may cause the Fund to sustain substantial losses on any investments in such companies. These factors include, but are not limited to, market participants evaluating these securities using more traditional valuation techniques, investors taking less interest in these securities, a general downturn in the market for these securities, or adverse changes in market participants' expectations regarding the potential markets, revenues, income, or profitability for these types of companies.

**Foreign Securities.** The Fund may invest directly or indirectly in foreign securities, such as foreign securities traded on U.S. national exchanges or over-the-counter domestic exchanges; foreign securities represented by American Depository Receipts ("ADRs"), as described below; and foreign securities traded on foreign exchanges. The Fund may also invest in foreign currency-denominated fixed-income securities. Investing in securities issued by companies whose principal business activities are outside the United States may involve significant risks not present in domestic investments. For example, there is generally less publicly available information about foreign companies, particularly those not subject to the disclosure and reporting requirements of the U.S. securities laws. Foreign issuers are generally not bound by uniform accounting, auditing, and financial reporting requirements and standards of practice comparable to those applicable to domestic issuers. Investments in foreign securities also involve the risk of possible adverse changes in investment or exchange control regulations, expropriation or confiscatory taxation, nationalization, limitation on the removal of cash or other assets of the Fund, political or financial instability, or diplomatic and other developments which could affect such investments. Foreign securities also involve currency risk, which is the risk that the value of a foreign security will decrease due to changes in the relative value of the U.S. dollar and the security's underlying foreign currency. Further, economies of particular countries or areas of the world may differ favorably or unfavorably from the economy of the United States. Foreign securities often trade with less frequency and volume than domestic securities and therefore may exhibit greater price volatility. Additional costs associated with an investment in foreign securities may include higher custodial fees than would apply to domestic custodial arrangements, and transaction costs of foreign currency conversions. There may be less governmental supervision of foreign securities markets, brokers, and issues of foreign securities than in the United States. Certain foreign governments levy withholding taxes on dividend and interest income. Although in some countries it is possible for the Fund to recover a portion of these taxes, the portion that cannot be recovered will reduce the income that the Fund receives from its investments.

ADRs provide a method whereby the Fund may invest in securities issued by companies whose principal business activities are outside the United States. ADRs are receipts typically issued by a U.S. bank or trust company evidencing ownership of the underlying securities, and may be issued as sponsored or unsponsored programs. In sponsored programs, an issuer has made arrangements to have its securities trade in the form of ADRs. In unsponsored programs, the issuer may not be directly involved in the creation of the program. Although regulatory requirements with respect to sponsored and unsponsored programs are generally similar, in some cases it may be easier to obtain financial information from an issuer that has participated in the creation of a sponsored program.

**Corporate and Municipal Debt Securities.** The Fund may invest in fixed-income investments, including corporate, municipal, or other government debt securities. Corporate and municipal debt obligations purchased by the Fund may be any credit quality, maturity, or yield. Accordingly, the Fund's debt securities may include "investment grade" securities (those rated at least Baa by Moody's, BBB by S&P or Fitch, or if not rated, of equivalent quality in the Advisor's opinion). In addition, the Fund's debt securities may include lower-rated debt securities including, without limitation, junk bonds. Debt obligations rated Baa by Moody's or BBB by S&P or Fitch may be considered speculative and are subject to risks of non-payment of interest and principal. Debt obligations rated lower than Baa by Moody's or lower than BBB by S&P or Fitch are generally considered speculative and subject to significant risks of non-payment of interest and principal. While the Advisor utilizes the ratings of various credit rating services as one factor in establishing creditworthiness, they rely primarily upon their own analysis of factors establishing creditworthiness. The retail secondary market for these "junk bonds" may be less liquid than that of higher- rated securities and adverse conditions could make it difficult at times to sell certain securities or could result in lower prices than those used in calculating the Fund's net asset value. These risks can reduce the Fund's share price and the income it earns.

**U.S. Government Securities.** The Fund may invest in U.S. Government securities, defined to be U.S. Government obligations such as U.S. Treasury notes, U.S. Treasury bonds, and U.S. Treasury bills, obligations guaranteed by the U.S. Government such as Government National Mortgage Association ("GNMA"), as well as obligations of U.S. Government authorities, agencies, and instrumentalities such as Federal National Mortgage Association ("FNMA"),

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation ("FHLMC"), Federal Housing Administration ("FHA"), Federal Farm Credit Bank ("FFCB"), Federal Home Loan Bank ("FHLB"), Student Loan Marketing Association ("SLMA"), and The Tennessee Valley Authority. U.S. Government securities may also be acquired subject to repurchase agreements. While obligations of some U.S. Government sponsored entities are supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government (e.g., GNMA), several are supported by the right of the issuer to borrow from the U.S. Government (e.g., FNMA, FHLMC), and still others are supported only by the credit of the issuer itself (e.g., SLMA, FFCB). No assurance can be given that the U.S. Government will provide financial support to U.S. Government agencies or instrumentalities in the future, other than as set forth above, since it is not obligated to do so by law. The guarantee of the U.S. Government does not extend to the yield or value of the Fund's shares.

**Real Estate Securities.** Although the Fund will not invest directly in real estate, the Fund may invest in securities of issuers primarily engaged in or related to the real estate industry. The Fund may invest in real estate investment trusts ("REITs") and real estate operating companies, as well as other types of real estate securities such as publicly traded common stock, preferred stock, limited partnerships (including real estate master limited partnerships), rights or warrants to purchase common stock or convertible securities of corporations engaged in real estate development or companies whose financial prospects are deemed by the Advisor to be real estate oriented and consistent with the Fund's investment objectives. A REIT is a pooled investment vehicle that is organized as a corporation or business trust which invests primarily in income producing real estate or real estate loans or interests. Therefore, an investment in REITs or other real estate securities is subject to certain risks associated with the direct ownership of real estate and with the real estate industry in general. These risks include, among others: possible declines in the value of real estate; risks related to general and local economic conditions; possible lack of availability of mortgage funds; overbuilding; extended vacancies of properties; increases in competition, property taxes, and operating expenses; changes in zoning laws; costs resulting from the clean-up of, and liability to third parties for damages resulting from, environmental problems; casualty or condemnation losses; uninsured damages from floods, earthquakes, or other natural disasters; limitations on and variations in rents; and changes in interest rates. To the extent that assets underlying the REIT's investments are concentrated geographically, by property type or in certain other respects, the REIT may be subject to certain of the foregoing risks to a greater extent. Equity REITs invest the majority of their assets directly in real property and derive income primarily from the collection of rents. Equity REITs may be affected by changes in the value of the underlying property owned by the REITs. Mortgage REITs invest the majority of their assets in real estate mortgages and derive income from the collection of interest payments. Mortgage REITs may be affected by the quality of any credit extended. REITs are dependent upon management skills, are not diversified, and are subject to heavy cash flow dependency, default by borrowers, and self-liquidation. REITs are also subject to the possibilities of failing to qualify for tax-free pass-through of income under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code and failing to maintain their exemptions from registration under the 1940 Act.

REITs (especially mortgage REITs) are also subject to interest rate risks. When interest rates decline, the value of a REIT's investment in fixed rate obligations can be expected to rise. Conversely, when interest rates rise, the value of a REIT's investment in fixed rate obligations can be expected to decline. In contrast, as interest rates on adjustable-rate mortgage loans are reset periodically, yields on a REIT's investment in such loans will gradually align themselves to reflect changes in market interest rates, causing the value of such investments to fluctuate less dramatically in response to interest rate fluctuations than would investments in fixed rate obligations. Investing in REITs involves risks similar to those associated with investing in small capitalization companies. REITs may have limited financial resources, may trade less frequently and in a limited volume, and may be subject to more abrupt or erratic price movements than larger company securities.

**Options.** The Fund may purchase and write put and call options on securities. A call option is a contract which gives the purchaser of the option (in return for a premium paid) the right to buy, and the writer of the option (in return for a premium received) the obligation to sell, the underlying security at the exercise price at any time prior to the expiration of the option, regardless of the market price of the security during the option period. A put option is a contract which gives the purchaser of the option (in return for a premium paid) the right to sell, and the writer of the option (in return for a premium received) the obligation to buy, the underlying security at the exercise price at any time prior to the expiration of the option, regardless of the market price of the security during the option period. A call option on a security is covered, for example, when the writer of the call option owns the security on which the option is written (or on a security convertible into such a security without additional consideration) throughout the option period. In contrast, a call option is uncovered (or naked) when the writer of the call option does not simultaneously own the underlying security on which the call option is written (or does not own a security convertible into such security

without additional consideration) during the entire option period. The risks associated with covered option transactions include the following: (i) the success of a hedging strategy may depend on the ability of the Advisor to predict movements in the prices of the individual securities, fluctuations in markets, and movements in interest rates; (ii) there may be an imperfect or no correlation between the changes in the market value of the securities held by the Fund and the prices of options; (iii) there may not be a liquid secondary market for options; and (iv) while the Fund will receive a premium when it writes covered call options, it may not participate fully in a rise in the market value of the underlying security. This is because if the Fund's underlying stock runs up past the option strike price the option holder may exercise the option to purchase the shares at the agreed upon price. The Fund's profits in this scenario will be limited to the difference between the purchase price and the strike price, plus the option premium received.

**Writing Covered Call Options.** The Fund may write covered call options both to reduce the risks associated with certain of its investments and to increase total investment return through the receipt of premiums. In return for the premium income, the Fund will give up the opportunity to profit from an increase in the market price of the underlying security above the exercise price so long as its obligations under the contract continue, except insofar as the premium represents a profit. Moreover, in writing the call option, the Fund will retain the risk of loss should the price of the security decline. The premium is intended to offset that loss in whole or in part. Unlike the situation in which the Fund owns securities not subject to a call option, the Fund, in writing covered call options, must assume that the call may be exercised at any time prior to the expiration of its obligation as a writer, and that, in such circumstances, the net proceeds realized from the sale of the underlying securities pursuant to the call may be substantially below the prevailing market price.

The Fund may terminate its obligation under an option it has written by buying an identical option. Such a transaction is called a "closing purchase transaction." The Fund will realize a gain or loss from a closing purchase transaction if the amount paid to purchase a call option is less or more than the amount received from the sale of the corresponding call option. Also, because increases in the market price of a call option will generally reflect increases in the market price of the underlying security, any loss resulting from the exercise or closing out of a call option is likely to be offset in whole or part by unrealized appreciation of the underlying security owned by the Fund. When an underlying security is sold from the Fund's securities portfolio, the Fund will effect a closing purchase transaction so as to close out any existing covered call option on that underlying security.

**Writing Put Options**. The writer of a put option becomes obligated to purchase the underlying security at a specified price during the option period if the buyer elects to exercise the option before its expiration date. If the Fund writes a put option, the Fund will be required to "cover" it, for example, by depositing and maintaining in a segregated account with its custodian cash, U.S. government securities, or other liquid securities having a value equal to or greater than the exercise price of the option.

The Fund may write put options either to earn additional income in the form of option premiums (anticipating that the price of the underlying security will remain stable or rise during the option period and the option will therefore not be exercised) or to acquire the underlying security at a net cost below the current value (e.g., the option is exercised because of a decline in the price of the underlying security, but the amount paid by the Fund, offset by the option premium, is less than the current price). The risk of either strategy is that the price of the underlying security may decline by an amount greater than the premium received. The premium which the Fund receives from writing a put option will reflect, among other things, the current market price of the underlying security, the relationship of the exercise price to that market price, the historical price volatility of the underlying security, the option period, supply and demand, and interest rates. The Fund may effect a closing purchase transaction to realize a profit on an outstanding put option or to prevent an outstanding put option from being exercised.

**Purchasing Put and Call Options.** The Fund may purchase call options to benefit from expected increases in the price of the underlying security, to close out a written call position or to protect against an increase in the price of a security it anticipates purchasing. The Fund may purchase put options on securities to benefit from an anticipated decline in the price of the underlying security which it does not hold, to either partially or fully offset losses resulting from a possible decline in the value of a security which it does hold or to close out a written put position. The purchase of put options on securities the Fund owns will enable the Fund to preserve, at least partially, unrealized gains in an appreciated security in its portfolio without actually selling the security. In addition, the Fund will continue to receive interest or dividend income on the security. The Fund may sell put or call options it has previously purchased, which could result in a net gain or loss depending on whether the amount received on the sale is more or less than the

premium and other transaction costs paid on the put or call option which was bought. If a put or call option purchased by the Fund is not sold when it has remaining value, and if the market price of the underlying security, in the case of a put, remains equal to or greater than the exercise price or, in the case of a call, remains less than or equal to the exercise price, the Fund will lose its entire investment in the option. There can be no assurance that a liquid market will exist when the Fund seeks to close out an option position. Furthermore, if trading restrictions or suspensions are imposed on the options market, the Fund may be unable to close out a position.

**Securities Index Options.** The Fund may write puts, write (or sell) covered call options, and purchase put and call options on securities indexes for the purpose of hedging against the risk of unfavorable price movements adversely affecting the value of the Fund's securities or securities it intends to purchase or to benefit from the anticipated increase (e.g., in the case of a purchased call) or decline (e.g., in the case of a purchased put) of the securities index. The Fund will only write call options that are "covered". A call option on a securities index is considered covered, for example, if, so long as the Fund is obligated as the writer of the call, it holds securities the price changes of which are, in the opinion of the Advisor, expected to replicate substantially the movement of the index or indexes upon which the options written by the Fund are based. If the Fund writes a put on a securities index, the Fund will be considered to "cover" it, for example, by segregating with its custodian cash, U.S. government securities, or other liquid high-grade debt obligations having a value equal to or greater than the exercise price of the option. Unlike a stock option, which gives the holder the right to purchase or sell a specified stock at a specified price, an option on a securities index gives the holder the right to receive a cash "exercise settlement amount" equal to the difference between the exercise price of the option and the value of the underlying stock index on the exercise date, multiplied by a fixed "index multiplier."

A securities index fluctuates with changes in the market value of the securities so included. For example, some securities index options are based on a broad market index such as the S&P 500 Total Return Index or the NYSE Composite Index, or a narrower market index such as the S&P 100 Index. Indexes may also be based on an industry or market segment such as the NYSE Arca Oil Index or the NYSE Arca Computer Hardware Index.

The Fund's use of securities index options is subject to certain risks. The Fund's ability to effectively hedge all or a portion of the securities in its portfolio, in anticipation of or during a market decline through transactions in put options on securities indexes, depends on the degree to which price movements in the underlying index correlate with the price movements in the Fund's portfolio securities. Consequently, the Fund will bear the risk that the prices of its portfolio securities being hedged will not move in the same amount as the prices of the Fund's put options on the securities indexes. It is also possible that there may be a negative correlation between the index and the Fund's portfolio securities that would result in a loss on both such portfolio securities and the options on securities indexes acquired by the Fund.

While transactions in derivatives may reduce certain risks, these transactions themselves entail certain other risks. For example, unanticipated changes in interest rates, securities prices, or currency exchange rates may result in a poorer overall performance of the Fund than if it had not entered into any derivatives transactions. Derivatives may magnify the Fund's gains or losses, causing it to make or lose substantially more than it invested.

When used for hedging purposes, increases in the value of the securities the Fund holds or intends to acquire should offset any losses incurred with a derivative. Purchasing derivatives for purposes other than hedging could expose the Fund to greater risks.

The Fund's ability to hedge its securities through derivatives depends on the degree to which price movements in the underlying index or instrument correlate with price movements in the relevant securities. In the case of poor correlation, the price of the securities the Fund is hedging may not move in the same amount, or even in the same direction as the hedging instrument. The Advisor will try to minimize this risk by investing only in those contracts whose behavior it expects to resemble with the portfolio securities it is trying to hedge. However, if the Fund's prediction of interest and currency rates, market value, volatility, or other economic factors is incorrect, the Fund may lose money, or may not make as much money as it expected.

Derivative prices can diverge from the prices of their underlying instruments, even if the characteristics of the underlying instruments are very similar to the derivative. Listed below are some of the factors that may cause such a divergence:

● current and anticipated short-term interest rates, changes in volatility of the underlying instrument, and the time remaining until expiration of the contract;

● a difference between the derivatives and securities markets, including different levels of demand, how the instruments are traded, the imposition of daily price fluctuation limits or trading of an instrument stops; and

● differences between the derivatives, such as different margin requirements, different liquidity of such markets, and the participation of speculators in such markets.

Derivatives based upon a narrower index of securities, such as those of a particular industry group, may present greater risk than derivatives based on a broad market index. Since narrower indices are made up of a smaller number of securities, they are more susceptible to rapid and extreme price fluctuations because of changes in the value of those securities.

While currency futures and options values are expected to correlate with exchange rates, they may not reflect other factors that affect the value of the investments of the Fund. A currency hedge, for example, should protect a yen-denominated security from a decline in the yen, but will not protect the Fund against a price decline resulting from deterioration in the issuer's creditworthiness. Because the value of the Fund's foreign-denominated investments changes in response to many factors other than exchange rates, it may not be possible to match the amount of currency options and futures to the value of the Fund's investments precisely over time.

Before a futures contract or option is exercised or expires, the Fund can terminate it only by entering into a closing purchase or sale transaction. Moreover, the Fund may close out a futures contract only on the exchange the contract was initially traded. Although the Fund intends to purchase options and futures only where there appears to be an active market, there is no guarantee that such a liquid market will exist. If there is no secondary market for the contract, or the market is illiquid, the Fund may not be able to close out its position. In an illiquid market, the Fund may:

● have to sell securities to meet its daily margin requirements at a time when it is disadvantageous to do so;

● have to purchase or sell the instrument underlying the contract;

● not be able to hedge its investments; and

● not be able to realize profits or limit its losses.

Derivatives may become illiquid (i.e., difficult to sell at a desired time and price) under a variety of market conditions. For example:

● an exchange may suspend or limit trading in a particular derivative instrument, an entire category of derivatives, or all derivatives, which sometimes occurs because of increased market volatility;

● unusual or unforeseen circumstances may interrupt normal operations of an exchange;

● the facilities of the exchange may not be adequate to handle current trading volume;

● equipment failures, government intervention, insolvency of a brokerage firm or clearing house, or other occurrences may disrupt normal trading activity; or

● investors may lose interest in a particular derivative or category of derivatives.

If the Advisor incorrectly predicts stock market and interest rate trends, the Fund may lose money by investing in derivatives. For example, if the Fund were to write a call option based on the Advisor's expectation that the price of the underlying security would fall, but the price were to rise instead, the Fund could be required to sell the security upon exercise at a price below the current market price. Similarly, if the Fund were to write a put option based on the Advisor's expectation that the price of the underlying security would rise, but the price were to fall instead, the Fund could be required to purchase the security upon exercise at a price higher than the current market price.

Because of the low margin deposits required upon the opening of a derivative position, such transactions involve an extremely high degree of leverage. Consequently, a relatively small price movement in a derivative may result in an immediate and substantial loss (as well as gain) to the Fund and it may lose more than it originally invested in the derivative.

If the price of a futures contract changes adversely, the Fund may have to sell securities at a time when it is disadvantageous to do so to meet its minimum daily margin requirement. The Fund may lose its margin deposits if a broker with whom it has an open futures contract or related option becomes insolvent or declares bankruptcy.

The prices of derivatives are volatile (i.e., they may change rapidly, substantially, and unpredictably) and are influenced by a variety of factors, including:

● actual and anticipated changes in interest rates;

● fiscal and monetary policies; and

● national and international political events.

Most exchanges limit the amount by which the price of a derivative can change during a single trading day. Daily trading limits establish the maximum amount that the price of a derivative may vary from the settlement price of that derivative at the end of trading on the previous day. Once the price of a derivative reaches this value, the Fund may not trade that derivative at a price beyond that limit. The daily limit governs only price movements during a given day and does not limit potential gains or losses. Derivative prices have occasionally moved to the daily limit for several consecutive trading days, preventing prompt liquidation of the derivative.

**Rule 18f-4.** The Fund's use of derivatives will be subject to Rule 18f-4 under the 1940 Act (the "Derivatives Rule"). Under the Derivatives Rule, funds using a significant amount of derivatives are required to adopt and/or implement: (i) value at risk limitations in lieu of previous asset segregation requirements; (ii) a written derivatives risk management program; (iii) Board oversight responsibilities; and (iv) reporting and recordkeeping requirements. The Derivatives Rule provides an exception for funds with derivative exposure not exceeding 10% of its net assets, excluding certain currency and interest rate hedging transactions. In addition, the Derivatives Rule provides special treatment for reverse repurchase agreements and similar financing transactions and unfunded commitment agreements. The requirements of the Derivatives Rule may limit the Fund's ability to engage in derivatives transactions as part of its investment strategy. In addition, the requirements of the Derivatives Rule may increase the costs of the Fund's investments and cost of doing business, which could adversely affect the value of the Fund's investments and/or the Fund's performance.

**Futures Contracts.** The Fund may invest in futures contracts. A futures contract is a bilateral agreement to buy or sell a security (or deliver a cash settlement price, in the case of a contract relating to an index or otherwise not calling for physical delivery at the end of trading in the contracts) for a set price in the future. Futures contracts are designated by boards of trade which have been designated "contracts markets" by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC"). No purchase price is paid or received when the contract is entered into. Instead, the Fund, upon entering into a futures contract (and to maintain the Fund's open positions in futures contracts), would be required to deposit with its custodian in a segregated account in the name of the futures broker an amount of cash, U.S. government securities, suitable money market instruments, or liquid, high-grade debt securities, known as "initial margin." The margin required for a particular futures contract is set by the exchange on which the contract is traded, and may be significantly modified from time to time by the exchange during the term of the contract. Futures contracts are customarily purchased and sold on margin that may range upward from less than 5% of the value of the contract being traded. By using futures contracts as a risk management technique, given the greater liquidity in the futures market than in the cash market, it may be possible to accomplish certain results more quickly and with lower transaction costs. To the extent the Fund makes investments regulated by the CFTC, it currently intends to do so in accordance with Rule 4.5 under the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended. In addition, the Fund will need to comply with the Derivatives Rule concerning the use of derivatives.

If the price of an open futures contract changes (by increase in the case of a sale or by decrease in the case of a purchase) so that the loss on the futures contract reaches a point at which the margin on deposit does not satisfy margin requirements, the broker will require an increase in the margin. However, if the value of a position increases because of favorable price changes in the futures contract so that the margin deposit exceeds the required margin, the broker will pay the excess to the Fund. These subsequent payments, called "variation margin," to and from the futures broker, are made on a daily basis as the price of the underlying assets fluctuates, making the long and short positions in the futures contract more or less valuable, a process known as "marking to the market." The Fund expects to earn interest income on its initial and variation margin deposits.

The Fund will incur brokerage fees when it purchases and sells futures contracts. Positions taken in the futures markets are not normally held until delivery or cash settlement is required, but are instead liquidated through offsetting transactions that may result in a gain or a loss. While futures positions taken by the Fund will usually be liquidated in this manner, the Fund may instead make or take delivery of underlying securities whenever it appears economically advantageous for the Fund to do so. A clearing organization associated with the exchange on which futures are traded assumes responsibility for closing out transactions and guarantees that as between the clearing members of an exchange, the sale and purchase obligations will be performed with regard to all positions that remain open at the termination of the contract.

**Securities Index Futures Contracts.** Purchases or sales of securities index futures contracts may be used in an attempt to protect the Fund's current or intended investments from broad fluctuations in securities prices. A securities index futures contract does not require the physical delivery of securities, but merely provides for profits and losses resulting from changes in the market value of the contract to be credited or debited at the close of each trading day to the respective accounts of the parties to the contract. On the contract's expiration date a final cash settlement occurs and the futures positions are simply closed out. Changes in the market value of a particular index futures contract reflect changes in the specified index of securities on which the future is based.

By establishing an appropriate "short" position in index futures, the Fund may also seek to protect the value of its portfolio against an overall decline in the market for such securities. Alternatively, in anticipation of a generally rising market, the Fund can seek to avoid losing the benefit of apparently low current prices by establishing a "long" position in securities index futures and later liquidating that position as particular securities are in fact acquired. To the extent that these hedging strategies are successful, the Fund will be affected to a lesser degree by adverse overall market price movements than would otherwise be the case.

**Options on Futures Contracts.** The Fund may purchase exchange-traded and non-exchange traded call and put options on futures contracts and write exchange- traded and non-exchange traded call options on futures contracts. Certain of these put and call options are traded on exchanges that are licensed and regulated by the CFTC for the purpose of options trading. Other such put and call options are not traded on exchanges but are traded in secondary markets. A call option on a futures contract gives the purchaser the right, in return for the premium paid, to purchase a futures contract (assume a "long" position) at a specified exercise price at any time before the option expires. A put option gives the purchaser the right, in return for the premium paid, to sell a futures contract (assume a "short" position), for a specified exercise price at any time before the option expires.

The Fund will write only options on futures contracts that are "covered." The Fund will be considered "covered" with respect to a put option it has written if, so long as it is obligated as a writer of the put, the Fund segregates with its custodian cash, U.S. government securities or liquid securities at all times equal to or greater than the aggregate exercise price of the puts it has written (less any related margin deposited with the futures broker). The Fund will be considered "covered" with respect to a call option it has written on a debt security future if, so long as it is obligated as a writer of the call, the Fund owns a security deliverable under the futures contract. The Fund will be considered "covered" with respect to a call option it has written on a securities index future if the Fund owns, so long as the Fund is obligated as the writer of the call, securities the price changes of which are, in the opinion of the Advisor, expected to replicate substantially the movement of the index upon which the futures contract is based.

Upon the exercise of a call option, the writer of the option is obligated to sell the futures contract (to deliver a "long" position to the option holder) at the option exercise price, which will presumably be lower than the current market price of the contract in the futures market. Upon exercise of a put, the writer of the option is obligated to purchase the futures contract (deliver a "short" position to the option holder) at the option exercise price, which will presumably

be higher than the current market price of the contract in the futures market. When the holder of an option exercises it and assumes a long futures position, in the case of a call, or a short futures position, in the case of a put, its gain will be credited to its futures margin account, while the loss suffered by the writer of the option will be debited to its account and must be immediately paid by the writer. However, as with the trading of futures, most participants in the options markets do not seek to realize their gains or losses by exercise of their option rights. Instead, the holder of an option will usually realize a gain or loss by buying or selling an offsetting option at a market price that will reflect an increase or a decrease from the premium originally paid.

If the Fund writes options on futures contracts, the Fund will receive a premium but will assume a risk of adverse movement in the price of the underlying futures contract comparable to that involved in holding a futures position. If the option is not exercised, the particular Fund will realize a gain in the amount of the premium, which may partially offset unfavorable changes in the value of securities held in or to be acquired for the Fund. If the option is exercised, the Fund will incur a loss in the option transaction, which will be reduced by the amount of the premium it has received, but which will offset any favorable changes in the value of its portfolio securities or, in the case of a put, lower prices of securities it intends to acquire.

Options on futures contracts can be used by the Fund to hedge substantially the same risks as might be addressed by the direct purchase or sale of the underlying futures contracts. If the Fund purchases an option on a futures contract, it may obtain benefits similar to those that would result if it held the futures position itself. Purchases of options on futures contracts may present less risk in hedging than the purchase and sale of the underlying futures contracts since the potential loss is limited to the amount of the premium plus related transaction costs.

The purchase of put options on futures contracts is a means of hedging against a general decline in market prices. The purchase of a call option on a futures contract represents a means of hedging against a market advance when the Fund is not fully invested.

The writing of a call option on a futures contract constitutes a partial hedge against declining prices of the underlying securities. If the futures price at expiration is below the exercise price, the Fund will retain the full amount of the option premium, which provides a partial hedge against any decline that may have occurred in the value of the Fund's securities. The writing of a put option on a futures contract is analogous to the purchase of a futures contract in that it hedges against an increase in the price of securities the Fund intends to acquire. However, the hedge is limited to the amount of premium received for writing the put.

**Limitations on Purchase and Sale of Futures Contracts and Options on Futures Contracts.** Futures contracts and options on futures contracts can be volatile instruments and involve certain risks. If the Advisor applies a hedge at an inappropriate time or judge market movements incorrectly, options and futures strategies may lower the Fund's return. The Fund could also experience losses if the prices of its options and futures positions were poorly correlated with its other investments, or if it could not close out its position because of an illiquid market. The Fund will not engage in transactions in futures contracts and related options for speculation. In instances involving the purchase of futures contracts or the writing of covered put options thereon by the Fund, an amount of cash and cash equivalents, equal to the cost of such futures contracts or options written (less any related margin deposits), will be deposited in a segregated account with the Fund's custodian, thereby ensuring that the use of such futures contracts and options is unleveraged. In instances involving the sale of futures contracts or the writing of covered call options thereon by the Fund, the securities underlying such futures contracts or covered options will at all times be maintained by the Fund or, in the case of index futures and related options, the Fund will own securities the price changes of which are, in the opinion of the Advisor, expected to replicate substantially the movement of the index upon which the futures contract or covered option is based.

**Bank Obligations.** The Fund may invest in bank obligations. Bank obligations are obligations issued or guaranteed by U.S. or foreign banks. Bank obligations, including without limitation, time deposits, bankers' acceptances and certificates of deposit, may be general obligations of the parent bank or may be limited to the issuing branch by the terms of the specific obligations or by government regulations. Banks are subject to extensive but different governmental regulations which may limit both the amount and types of loans which may be made and interest rates which may be charged. General economic conditions as well as exposure to credit losses arising from possible financial difficulties of borrowers play an important part in the operation of the banking industry.

Certificates of deposit are receipts issued by a depository institution in exchange for the deposit of funds. The issuer agrees to pay the amount deposited plus interest to the bearer of the receipt on the date specified on the certificate. The certificate usually can be traded in the secondary market prior to maturity. Bankers' acceptances typically arise from short-term credit arrangements designed to enable businesses to obtain funds to finance commercial transactions. Generally, an acceptance is a time draft drawn on a bank by an exporter or an importer to obtain a stated amount of funds to pay for specific merchandise. The draft is then "accepted" by a bank that, in effect, unconditionally guarantees to pay the face value of the instrument on its maturity date. The acceptance may then be held by the accepting bank as an earning asset or it may be sold in the secondary market at the going rate of discount for a specific maturity. Although maturities for acceptances can be as long as 270 days, most acceptances have maturities of six months or less. Bankers' acceptances are credit instruments evidencing the obligations of a bank to pay a draft drawn on it by a customer. These instruments reflect the obligation both of the bank and of the drawer to pay the face amount of the instrument upon maturity.

Time deposits are non-negotiable deposits maintained in a banking institution for a specified period of time at a stated interest rate. Time deposits which may be held by the Fund will not benefit from insurance from the Bank Insurance Fund or the Savings Association Insurance Fund administered by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Fixed time deposits may be withdrawn on demand by the investor, but may be subject to early withdrawal penalties that vary with market conditions and the remaining maturity of the obligation.

**Forward Commitment & When-Issued Securities.** The Fund may purchase securities on a when-issued basis or for settlement at a future date if the Fund holds sufficient assets to meet the purchase price. In such purchase transactions, the Fund will not accrue interest on the purchased security until the actual settlement. Similarly, if a security is sold for a forward date, the Fund will accrue the interest until the settlement of the sale. When-issued security purchases and forward commitments have a higher degree of risk of price movement before settlement due to the extended time period between the execution and settlement of the purchase or sale. As a result, the exposure to the counterparty of the purchase or sale is increased. Although the Fund would generally purchase securities on a forward commitment or when-issued basis with the intention of taking delivery, the Fund may sell such a security prior to the settlement date if the Advisor feels such action is appropriate. In such a case, the Fund could incur a short-term gain or loss.

**Illiquid Investments.** The Fund may not purchase or otherwise acquire any illiquid investment if, immediately after the acquisition, the value of illiquid investments held by the Fund would exceed 15% of its net assets. An illiquid investment is any investment that the Fund reasonably expects cannot be sold or disposed of in current market conditions in seven calendar days or less without significantly changing the market value of the investment. Illiquid investments pose risks of potential delays in resale and uncertainly in valuation. Limitations on resale may have an adverse effect on the marketability of portfolio investments and the Fund may be unable to dispose of illiquid investments promptly or at reasonable prices. Under the supervision of the Board, the Advisor determines the liquidity of the Fund's investments and, through reports from the Advisor, the Board monitors investments in illiquid instruments. If through a change in values, net assets, or other circumstances, the Fund was in a position where more than 15% of its net assets were invested in illiquid investments, it would seek to take appropriate steps to bring the Fund's illiquid investments to or below 15% of its net assets per the requirements of Rule 22e-4 under the 1940 Act. Investment in illiquid investments poses risks of potential delays in resale and uncertainty in valuation. Limitations on resale may have an adverse effect on the marketability of portfolio securities and the Fund may be unable to dispose of illiquid securities promptly or at reasonable prices.

**Restricted Securities.** Within its limitation on investment in illiquid investments, the Fund may purchase restricted securities that generally can be sold in privately negotiated transactions, pursuant to an exemption from registration under the federal securities laws, or in a registered public offering. Where registration is required, the Fund may be obligated to pay all or part of the registration expense and a considerable period may elapse between the time it decides to seek registration and the time the Fund may be permitted to sell a security under an effective registration statement. If during such a period adverse market conditions were to develop, the Fund might obtain a less favorable price than prevailed when it decided to seek registration of the security.

Investing in "4(a)(2) commercial paper" or securities otherwise eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("144A Securities") may decrease the liquidity of the Fund's portfolio to the extent that qualified institutional buyers become for a time uninterested in purchasing these restricted securities. The purchase price and subsequent valuation of restricted and illiquid securities normally reflect a discount, which may be significant, from the market price of comparable securities for which a liquid market exists.

**Lending of Portfolio Securities.** In order to generate additional income, the Fund may lend portfolio securities in an amount up to 33% of total Fund assets to broker-dealers, major banks, or other recognized domestic institutional borrowers of securities which the Advisor has determined are creditworthy under guidelines established by the Board of Trustees. In determining whether the Fund will lend securities, the Advisor will consider all relevant facts and circumstances. The Fund may not lend securities to any company affiliated with the Advisor. Each loan of securities will be collateralized by cash, securities, or letters of credit. The Fund might experience a loss if the borrower defaults on the loan.

The borrower at all times during the loan must maintain with the Fund cash or cash equivalent collateral, or provide to the Fund an irrevocable letter of credit equal in value to at least 100% of the value of the securities loaned. While the loan is outstanding, the borrower will pay the Fund any interest paid on the loaned securities, and the Fund may invest the cash collateral to earn additional income. Alternatively, the Fund may receive an agreed-upon amount of interest income from the borrower who has delivered equivalent collateral or a letter of credit. It is anticipated that the Fund may share with the borrower some of the income received on the collateral for the loan or the Fund will be paid a premium for the loan. Loans are subject to termination at the option of the Fund or the borrower at any time. The Fund may pay reasonable administrative and custodial fees in connection with a loan, and may pay a negotiated portion of the income earned on the cash to the borrower or placing broker. As with other extensions of credit, there are risks of delay in recovery or even loss of rights in the collateral should the borrower fail financially. If the Fund invests cash collateral from the borrower, there is the risk that such investment may result in a financial loss. In such an event, the Fund would be required to repay the borrower out of the Fund's assets.

Where voting rights with respect to the loaned securities pass with the lending of the securities, the Advisor normally intends to call the loaned securities to vote proxies, or to use other practicable and legally enforceable means to obtain voting rights, when the Advisor believes a material event affecting the loaned securities will occur or the Advisor otherwise believes it necessary to vote.

The Fund did not have any income from securities lending activity during the most recent fiscal year.

**Sector Risk.** The Fund may, at times, be more heavily invested in certain industries or sectors. Sector risk is the possibility that securities within the same group of industries or sectors will decline in price due to sector-specific market or economic developments. If the Fund invests more heavily in a particular sector, the value of its shares may be sensitive to factors and economic risks that specifically affect that sector. 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 industries or in different sectors. Additionally, some sectors could be subject to greater government regulation than other sectors, which may impact the share price of companies in these sectors.

**Changing Fixed Income Market Conditions.** The Fund may face a heightened level of risk due to certain changes in monetary policy, such as interest rate changes by the Federal Reserve (the "Fed"). The risks associated with fluctuating interest rates may have unpredictable effects on the markets and the Fund's investments. The Fed's policy in response to the economy and/or market conditions, including with respect to certain interest rates, may adversely affect the value, volatility and liquidity of dividend and interest paying securities and securities and other types of investments generally. Monetary policies, and market interest rates, are subject to change at any time and potentially based on a variety of economic and market conditions.

**LIBOR Transition Risk.** Historically, certain financial instruments, financings or other transactions used a floating rate based on the London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR"). In July 2017, the Financial Conduct Authority, the United Kingdom's financial regulatory body, announced that after 2021 it would cease its active encouragement of banks to provide the quotations needed to sustain LIBOR. In March 2021, the administrator of LIBOR announced a delay in the phase out of the majority of U.S. dollar LIBOR publications until June 30, 2023, although the remainder of LIBOR publications ended on December 31, 2021. The Secured Overnight Financing Rate ("SOFR") was selected to replace LIBOR by the Alternative Reference Rate Committee assembled by the Federal Reserve in 2017. As a result of these benchmark reforms, publication of most LIBOR settings has permanently ceased. The unavailability and/or discontinuation of LIBOR could have adverse impacts on newly issued financial instruments and existing financial

instruments that reference LIBOR. While most instruments have transitioned to an alternative rate setting methodology, including SOFR, not all instruments may have such provisions and there is uncertainty regarding the effectiveness of any alternative methodology. In addition, the unavailability or replacement of LIBOR may affect the value, liquidity or return on certain Fund investments and may result in costs incurred in connection with closing out positions and entering into new trades.

**SOFR Risk.** SOFR is intended to be a broad measure of the cost of borrowing funds overnight in transactions that are collateralized by U.S. Treasury securities. SOFR is calculated based on transaction-level repo data collected from various sources. For each trading day, SOFR is calculated as a volume-weighted median rate derived from such data. SOFR is calculated and published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York ("FRBNY"). If data from a given source required by the FRBNY to calculate SOFR is unavailable for any day, then the most recently available data for that segment will be used, with certain adjustments. If errors are discovered in the transaction data or the calculations underlying SOFR after its initial publication on a given day, SOFR may be republished at a later time that day. Rate revisions will be effected only on the day of initial publication and will be republished only if the change in the rate exceeds one basis point.

Because SOFR is a financing rate based on overnight secured funding transactions, it differs fundamentally from LIBOR. LIBOR was intended to be an unsecured rate that represents interbank funding costs for different short-term maturities or tenors. It was a forward-looking rate reflecting expectations regarding interest rates for the applicable tenor. Thus, LIBOR was intended to be sensitive, in certain respects, to bank credit risk and to term interest rate risk. In contrast, SOFR is a secured overnight rate reflecting the credit of U.S. Treasury securities as collateral. Thus, it is largely insensitive to credit-risk considerations and to short-term interest rate risks. SOFR is a transaction-based rate, and it has been more volatile than other benchmark or market rates, such as three-month LIBOR, during certain periods. For these reasons, among others, there is no assurance that SOFR, or rates derived from SOFR, will perform in the same or similar way as LIBOR would have performed at any time, and there is no assurance that SOFR-based rates will be a suitable substitute for LIBOR. SOFR has a limited history, having been first published in April 2018. The future performance of SOFR, and SOFR-based reference rates, cannot be predicted based on SOFR's history or otherwise. Levels of SOFR in the future, including following the discontinuation of LIBOR, may bear little or no relation to historical levels of SOFR, LIBOR or other rates.

**Economic and Regulatory Risks.** Domestic and foreign governments and agencies thereof often adopt an active approach to managing economic conditions within a nation, which may have material effects on the securities markets within the nation. A government may pursue supportive policies that include, but are not limited to, lowering corporate and personal tax rates and launching stimulative government spending programs designed to improve the national economy or sectors thereof. Agencies of a government, including central banks, may pursue supporting policies that include, but are not limited to, setting lower interest rate targets and buying and selling securities in the public markets. Governments and agencies thereof may also attempt to slow economic growth if the pace of economic growth is perceived to be too great and pose a long-term risk to the economy or a sector thereof. In each instance, the actions taken may be less successful than anticipated or may have unintended adverse consequences. Such a failure or investor perception that such efforts or support are failing could negatively affect securities markets generally, as well as result in higher interest rates, increase market volatility and reduce the value and liquidity of certain securities, including securities held by the Fund.

In addition, governments and agencies thereof may enact additional regulation or engage in deregulation that negatively impacts the general securities markets or a sector thereof. Given the potential broad scope and sweeping nature of some regulatory actions, the potential impact a regulatory action may have on securities held by the Fund may be difficult to determine and may not be fully known for an extended period of time. Accordingly, regulatory actions changes could adversely affect the Fund.

**Tariffs and Overall Trade Relations Risk**. Recently, the United States has taken actions to implement a 10% baseline tariff on nearly all imports into the United States, as well as higher country-specific tariff rates on imports on certain products and services from certain specific national trading partners. In some cases, these tariffs have been subsequently followed by announcements of limited exemptions, temporary pauses and/or implementation of significant increases in these tariff rates. Conversely, certain countries targeted by these tariff measures have implemented, or announced that they are considering implementing, reciprocal or other tariffs against the United States. The resulting trade disputes between the United States and other countries are evolving and uncertain, as is

their ultimate impact on overall international economic, trade, financial, political affairs. Moreover, there is uncertainty as to the overall legality of the United States even imposing any of these tariffs. Any or all of these developments could create significant legal, operational and business risks for companies, including companies of securities in which the Fund may invest. Further, these developments could cause material adverse effects on the broader global economy or specific countries and/or regions, all of which in turn could materially and adversely security prices, including securities held by the Fund.

**Operational Risk.** An investment in the Fund involves operational risk arising from factors such as processing errors, human errors, inadequate or failed internal or external processes, failures in systems and technology, changes in personnel and errors caused by third-party service providers. Any of these failures or errors could result in a loss or compromise of information, regulatory scrutiny, reputational damage or other events, any of which could have a material adverse effect on the Fund. While the Fund seek to minimize such events through controls and oversight, there is no guarantee that the Fund will not suffer losses due to operational risk.

**Cybersecurity Risk.** The Fund and its service providers may be subject to operational and information security risks resulting from breaches in cybersecurity. A breach in cybersecurity refers to both intentional and unintentional events that may cause the Fund to lose or compromise confidential, proprietary or private personal information, suffer data corruption or lose operational capacity. Breaches in cybersecurity include, among other things, stealing or corrupting data maintained online or digitally, denial of service attacks on websites, the unauthorized release of confidential, proprietary or private personal information or various other operational disruptions. Successful cybersecurity breaches of the Fund and/or the Fund's investment advisor, distributor, custodian, transfer agent, or other third-party service providers may adversely impact the Fund and its shareholders. For instance, a successful cybersecurity breach may interfere with the processing of shareholder transactions, impact the Fund's ability to calculate its NAV, cause the release of proprietary or private personal shareholder information, impede trading, subject the Fund to regulatory fines or financial losses, and/or cause reputational damage. The Fund relies on third party service providers for many of its day-to-day operations, and is therefore subject to the risk that the protections and protocols implemented by those service providers will be ineffective in protecting the Fund from cybersecurity breaches. Similar types of cybersecurity risks are also present for issuers of securities in which the Fund may invest, which could result in material adverse consequences for such issuers and may cause the Fund's investments in such companies to lose value. There is no guarantee the Fund will be successful in protecting against or responding to cybersecurity breaches.

**Borrowing.** To the extent permitted under the 1940 Act and other applicable law, the Fund may borrow money from banks in order to meet redemption requests or for extraordinary or emergency purposes. In the event that the Fund should ever borrow money under these conditions, such borrowing could increase the Fund's costs and thus reduce the value of the Fund's assets and returns to shareholders.

**Temporary Defensive Positions.** The Fund may, from time to time, take temporary defensive positions that are inconsistent with the Fund's principal investment strategies in an attempt to respond to adverse market, economic, political, or other conditions. During such an unusual set of circumstances, the Fund may hold up to 100% of its portfolio in cash or cash equivalent positions (e.g., money market securities, U.S. Government securities, and/or similar securities). When the Fund takes a temporary defensive position, the Fund may not be able to achieve its investment objective.

**Deferred Income Tax Effect on Share Price**. In calculating the Fund's daily NAV, the Fund will, among other things, account for its deferred tax liability and/or asset balances. As a result, any deferred tax liability and/or asset is reflected in the Fund's daily NAV.

The Fund will accrue a deferred income tax liability balance if applicable, at the currently effective statutory U.S. federal income tax rate (currently 21%) for its future tax liability associated with the capital appreciation of its investments. The Fund's current and deferred tax liability, if any, will depend upon the Fund's net investment gains and realized and unrealized gains on investments and therefore may vary greatly from year-to-year depending on the nature of the Fund's investments, the performance of those investments and general market conditions. Any deferred tax liability balance will reduce the Fund's NAV. Upon the Fund's sale of the Fund's investments, the Fund may be liable for previously deferred taxes.

The Fund will accrue if applicable, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"), a deferred tax asset balance, which reflects an estimate of the Fund's future tax benefit associated with any net investment loss, any realized losses on investments and any unrealized depreciation on investments. Any deferred tax asset balance will increase the Fund's NAV. To the extent the Fund has a deferred tax asset balance, the Fund will assess, in accordance with GAAP, whether a valuation allowance, which would offset the value of some or all of the Fund's deferred tax asset balance, is required. Pursuant to Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 740 ("FASB ASC 740"), the Fund will assess a valuation allowance to reduce some or all of the deferred tax asset balance if, based on the weight of all available evidence, both negative and positive, it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax asset will not be realized. The Fund will use judgment in considering the relative impact of negative and positive evidence. The weight given to the potential effect of negative and positive evidence will be commensurate with the extent to which such evidence can be objectively verified. The Fund will assess whether a valuation allowance is required to offset some or all of any deferred tax asset in connection with the calculation of the Fund's NAV each day; however, to the extent the final valuation allowance differs from the estimates the Fund used in calculating the Fund's daily NAV, the application of such final valuation allowance could have a material impact on the Fund's NAV.

The Fund's deferred tax asset and/or liability balances are estimated using the effective tax rates currently in effect. Actual tax rates applicable to the future years in which such balances are realized may be materially higher or lower than such estimates. The Fund's estimates regarding its deferred tax liability and/or asset balances are made in good faith; however, the daily estimate of the Fund's deferred tax liability and/or asset balances used to calculate the Fund's NAV could vary dramatically from the Fund's actual tax liability. Actual income tax expense, if any, will be incurred over many years, depending on if and when investment gains and losses are realized, the then-current basis of the Fund's assets and other factors. As a result, the determination of the Fund's actual tax liability may have a material impact on the Fund's NAV. The Fund's daily NAV calculation will be based on then current estimates and assumptions regarding the Fund's deferred tax liability and/or asset balances and any applicable valuation allowance, based on all information available to the Fund at such time. From time to time, the Fund may modify its estimates or assumptions regarding its deferred tax liability and/or asset balances and any applicable valuation allowance as new information becomes available. Modifications of the Fund's estimates or assumptions regarding its deferred tax liability and/or asset balances and any applicable valuation allowance, changes in GAAP or related guidance or interpretations thereof, limitations imposed on net operating losses (if any) and changes in applicable tax law could result in increases or decreases in the Fund's NAV, which could be material. Furthermore, such changes would impact the Fund's shareholders in the period such changes are recorded, even though the shareholders at such time might not have held shares in the Fund at the time the deferred tax liability, asset or valuation allowance had been established.

To the extent the Fund has a deferred tax asset or if a portion of the deferred tax liability is offset by a tax asset resulting from net operating losses, consideration is given to whether or not a valuation allowance is required against the deferred tax asset amount. A valuation allowance is required if, based on the evaluation criterion provided by FASB ASC 740, it is more-likely-than-not that some portion or all of the deferred tax asset will not be realized.

**INVESTMENT LIMITATIONS**

The Fund has adopted the following fundamental investment limitations, which cannot be changed without approval by holders of a majority of the outstanding voting shares of the Fund. A "majority" for this purpose, means, with respect to the Fund, the lesser of (i) 67% of the Fund's outstanding shares represented in person or by proxy at a meeting at which more than 50% of its outstanding shares are represented or (ii) more than 50% of its outstanding shares. Unless otherwise indicated, percentage limitations apply at the time of purchase.

**Fundamental Limitations**. As a matter of fundamental policy, the Fund may not:

(1) Issue
senior securities, except as permitted by the 1940 Act;

(2) Borrow
money, except to the extent permitted under the 1940 Act and other applicable law (including, without limitation, borrowing to meet redemptions).
For purposes of this investment limitation, the entry into options, forward contracts, futures contracts, including those relating to
indices, and options on futures contracts or indices shall not constitute borrowing;

(3) Act
as underwriter except to the extent that, in connection with the disposition of portfolio securities, the Fund may be deemed to be an
underwriter under certain federal securities laws;

(4) Make
loans, provided that the Fund may lend its portfolio securities in an amount up to 33% of total Fund assets, and provided further that,
for purposes of this limitation, investment in U.S. Government obligations, short-term commercial paper, certificates of deposit, bankers'
acceptances, and repurchase agreements shall not be deemed to be the making of a loan;

(5) Purchase
or sell real estate or interests in real estate; provided, however, that the Fund may purchase and sell securities which are secured
by real estate and securities of companies which invest or deal in real estate (including, without limitation, investments in REITs and
mortgage-backed securities);

(6) Purchase
or sell commodities, except to the extent permitted under the 1940 Act, as such may be interpreted or modified by regulatory authorities
having jurisdiction, from time to time; and

(7) Invest
directly 25% or more of total assets in securities of issuers in any particular industry or group of industries. For purposes of this
limitation, securities of the U.S. government (including its agencies and instrumentalities), securities of state and municipal governments
and investment in other investment companies are not considered to be issued by members of any industry. If, however, the Fund invests
in an investment company that concentrates its investment in a particular industry, the Fund will consider such investment to be issued
by a member of the industry in which such investment company invests. In addition, if the Fund invests in a revenue bond tied to a particular
industry, the Fund will consider such investment to be issued by a member of the industry to which the revenue bond is tied.

With respect to the "fundamental" investment limitations above, if a percentage limitation is adhered to at the time of investment, a later increase or decrease in percentage resulting from any change in value or net assets will not result in a violation of such restriction (i.e., percentage limitations are determined at the time of purchase); provided, however, that the limitation on borrowing under the Fund's third fundamental investment restriction applies at all times. If through a change in values, net assets, or other circumstances, the Fund were in a position where more than 15% of its net assets were invested in illiquid securities, it would seek to take appropriate steps to protect liquidity.

Senior securities may include any obligation or instrument issued by the Fund evidencing indebtedness. The 1940 Act generally prohibits funds from issuing senior securities, although it does not treat certain transactions as senior securities, such as certain borrowings, short sales, reverse repurchase agreements, firm commitment agreements and standby commitments, with appropriate earmarking or segregation of assets to cover such obligation.

The 1940 Act presently allows the Fund to borrow from any bank (including pledging, mortgaging or hypothecating assets) in an amount up to 33 1/3% of its total assets (not including temporary borrowings not in excess of 5% of its total assets).

**PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS**

Subject to the general supervision of the Trustees, the Advisor is responsible for, makes decisions with respect to, and place orders for all purchases and sales of portfolio securities for the Fund.

The annualized portfolio turnover rate for the Fund is calculated by dividing the lesser of purchases or sales of portfolio securities for the reporting period by the monthly average value of the portfolio securities owned during the reporting period. The calculation excludes all securities whose maturities or expiration dates at the time of acquisition are one year or less. Portfolio turnover of the Fund may vary greatly from year to year as well as within a particular year, and may be affected by cash requirements for redemption of shares and by requirements that enable the Fund to receive favorable tax treatment. Portfolio turnover will not be a limiting factor in making investment decisions, and the Fund may engage in short-term trading to achieve their investment objectives. High rates of portfolio turnover could lower performance of the Fund due to increased transaction costs and may also result in realization of short-term capital gains taxed at ordinary income tax rates.

The Fund's portfolio turnover rate for the year ended October 31, 2025 was 2.96%, and for the year ended October 31, 2024 it was 5.54%.

Purchases of money market instruments by the Fund are made from dealers, underwriters, and issuers. The Fund currently does not expect to incur any brokerage commission expense on such transactions because money market instruments are generally traded on a "net" basis by a dealer acting as principal for its own account without a stated commission. The price of the security, however, usually includes a profit to the dealer. Securities purchased in underwritten offerings include a fixed amount of compensation to the underwriter, generally referred to as the underwriter's concession or discount. When securities are purchased directly from or sold directly to an issuer, no commissions or discounts are paid.

Transactions on U.S. stock exchanges involve the payment of negotiated brokerage commissions. On exchanges on which commissions are negotiated, the cost of transactions may vary among different brokers. Transactions in the over-the-counter market are generally on a net basis (i.e., without commission) through dealers, which may include a dealer mark-up, or otherwise involve transactions directly with the issuer of an instrument.

Normally, most of the Fund's fixed-income portfolio transactions, if any, will be principal transactions executed in over-the-counter markets and will be executed on a "net" basis, which may include a dealer mark-up. With respect to securities traded only in the over-the-counter market, orders will be executed on a principal basis with primary market makers in such securities except where better prices or executions may be obtained on an agency basis or by dealing with other than a primary market maker.

The Fund may participate, if and when practicable, in bidding for the purchase of the Fund's securities directly from an issuer in order to take advantage of the lower purchase price available to members of a bidding group. The Fund will engage in this practice, however, only when the Advisor, in its sole discretion, believe such practice to be otherwise in the Fund's interest.

The Fund has adopted, and the Board has approved, policies and procedures relating to the direction of mutual fund portfolio securities transactions to broker-dealers. In accordance with these policies and procedures, in executing Fund transactions and selecting brokers or dealers, the Advisor will seek to obtain the best overall terms available for the Fund. In assessing the best overall terms available for any transaction, the Advisor shall consider factors they deem relevant, including the breadth of the market in the security, the price of the security, the financial condition and execution capability of the broker or dealer, and the reasonableness of the commission, if any, both for the specific transaction and on a continuing basis. The sale of Fund shares may not be considered when determining the firms that are to execute brokerage transactions for the Fund.

Under Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and the Fund's investment advisory agreement with the Advisor (the "Advisory Agreement"), the Advisor is authorized to pay a brokerage commission in excess of that which another broker might have charged for effecting the same transaction, in recognition of the value of brokerage and/or research services provided by the broker. The research received by the Advisor may include, without limitation: information on the United States and other world economies; information on specific industries, groups of securities, individual companies, political and other relevant news developments affecting markets and specific securities; technical and quantitative information about markets; analysis of proxy proposals affecting specific companies; accounting and performance systems that allow the Advisor to determine and track investment results; and trading systems that allow the Advisor to interface electronically with brokerage firms, custodians and other providers. Research may be received in the form of written reports, telephone contacts, personal meetings, research seminars, software programs and access to computer databases. In some instances, research products or services received by the Advisor may also be used by the Advisor for functions that are not research related (i.e., not related to the making of investment decisions). Where a research product or service has a mixed use, the Advisor will make a reasonable allocation according to its use and will pay for the non-research function in cash using its own funds. The research and investment information services described above make available to the Advisor for its analysis and consideration the views and information of individuals and research staffs of other securities firms. These services may be useful to the Advisor in connection with advisory clients other than the Fund and not all such services may be useful to the Advisor in connection with the Fund. Although such information may be a useful supplement to the Advisor's own investment information in rendering services to the Fund, the value of such research and services is not expected to materially reduce the expenses of the Advisor in the performance of its services under the Advisory

Agreement and will not reduce the management fees payable to the Advisor by the Fund. During the fiscal year ended October 31, 2025, the amounts of brokerage transactions and related commissions directed to brokers because of research services provided were $9,506,758 and $1,129, respectively.

The Advisor may utilize a brokerage firm affiliated with the Trust or the Advisor if they believe they can obtain the best execution of transactions from such broker. The Fund will not execute portfolio transactions through, acquire securities issued by, make savings deposits in, or enter into repurchase agreements with the Advisor or an affiliated person of the Advisor (as such term is defined in the 1940 Act) acting as principal, except to the extent permitted by the SEC. In addition, the Fund will not purchase securities during the existence of any underwriting or selling group relating thereto of which the Advisor, or an affiliated person of the Advisor, are members, except to the extent permitted by the SEC. Under certain circumstances, the Fund may be at a disadvantage because of these limitations in comparison with other investment companies that have similar investment objectives but are not subject to such limitations.

Investment decisions for the Fund will be made independently from those for any other investment companies and accounts advised or managed by the Advisor. Such other investment companies and accounts may also invest in the same securities as the Fund. To the extent permitted by law, the Advisor may aggregate the securities to be sold or purchased for the Fund with those to be sold or purchased for another fund or other investment companies or accounts in executing transactions. When a purchase or sale of the same security is made at substantially the same time on behalf of the Fund and another investment company or account, the transaction will be averaged as to price and available investments allocated as to amount, in a manner which the Advisor believes to be equitable to the Fund and such other investment company or account. In some instances, this investment procedure may adversely affect the price paid or received by the Fund or the size of the position obtained or sold by the Fund.

The following table sets forth the brokerage commissions paid by the Fund on its portfolio brokerage transactions during the periods shown.

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|:---|:---|
| **Fiscal Year End** | **Brokerage<br> Commissions** |
| October 31, 2025 | $1129 |
| October 31, 2024 | $9280 |
| October 31, 2023\* | $2664 |
| February 28, 2023 | $48814 |

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\* For the period March 1, 2023 to October 31, 2023. Not annualized.

The Fund's fiscal year end was changed to October 31.

For the period March 1, 2023 to October 31, 2023, the brokerage commissions were reduced relative to the prior fiscal year because the Advisor had completed rebalancing the portfolio as a result of substantial volatility and changing market conditions, which resulted in less transactions and reduced commission expenses. Nonetheless, the portfolio turnover rate could return to higher levels if the Advisor were to determine that a higher rate of purchases and sales are required to implement its investment strategy. This would result in correspondingly higher commission expenses as a result of higher portfolio turnover.

The Fund is required to identify any securities of its "regular broker or dealers" (as such term is defined in the 1940 Act) which the Fund acquired during the Fund's most recent fiscal year. As of October 31, 2025, the Fund owned no securities of its regular brokers or dealers.

**NET ASSET VALUE**

The net asset value per share of the Fund is normally determined at the time regular trading closes on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE"), currently 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except when the NYSE closes earlier. The Fund's net asset value is not calculated on business holidays when the NYSE is closed. The NYSE generally recognizes the following holidays: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Washington's Birthday (Presidents' Day), Good Friday, Memorial Day, Juneteenth National Independence Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. Any other holiday recognized by the NYSE will be deemed a business holiday on which the net asset value of each class of the Fund's shares will not be calculated.

The net asset value per share of the Fund is calculated by adding the value of the Fund's securities and other assets belonging to the Fund, subtracting the liabilities charged to the Fund (including any accrued deferred tax liabilities, discussed at "Deferred Income Tax Effect on Share Price," above), and dividing the result by the number of outstanding shares. "Assets belonging to" the Fund consist of the consideration received upon the issuance of shares of the Fund together with all net investment income, realized gains/losses and proceeds derived from the investment thereof, including any proceeds from the sale of such investments, any funds or payments derived from any reinvestment of such proceeds, and a portion of any general assets of the Trust not belonging to a particular fund. Assets belonging to the Fund are charged with the direct liabilities of the Fund and with a share of the general liabilities of the Trust, which are normally allocated in proportion to the number or the relative net asset values of all of the Trust's series at the time of allocation or in accordance with other allocation methods approved by the Trustees. Subject to the provisions of the Trust's Agreement and Declaration of Trust ("Trust Instrument"), determinations by the Trustees as to the direct and allocable liabilities and the allocable portion of any general assets with respect to the Fund are conclusive.

The pricing and valuation of portfolio securities are determined in good faith by the Advisor, as the Fund's valuation designee, in accordance with procedures established by the Trustees. Values are determined according to accepted accounting practices and all applicable laws and regulations. Using methods approved by the Trustees, the assets of the Fund are generally valued as follows:

● Securities that are listed on a securities exchange are valued at the last quoted sales price at the time the valuation is made. Price information on listed securities is taken from the exchange where the security is primarily traded by the Fund.

● Securities that are listed on an exchange and which are not traded on the valuation date are valued at the closing bid price.

● Securities which are quoted by the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated quotations (NASDAQ) are valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price.

● Unlisted securities for which market quotations are readily available are valued at the latest quoted sales price, if available, at the time of valuation, otherwise, at the latest quoted bid price.

● Futures contracts are generally valued at the last quoted sales price on the applicable valuation date.

● Fixed income and debt securities are normally valued on the basis of prices obtained from independent third-party pricing services approved by the Board, which prices are generally determined with consideration given to institutional bid and last sales prices and take into account securities prices, yield, maturity, call features, ratings, institutional sized trading groups of securities and development related to specific securities

● Options are valued as follows: (1) Exchange-listed options are valued at the last quoted sales price at the time of valuation. For purposes of determining the primary exchange the following applies: (i) if the option is traded on the Chicago Board Options Exchange ("CBOE"), the CBOE shall be considered the primary exchange for each portfolio option, unless the Advisor identifies a different primary exchange for the option; and (ii) if the option does not trade on the CBOE, the Advisor identifies the primary exchange for the option. (2) Unlisted options for which market quotations are readily available are valued at the last quoted sales price at the time of valuation. (3) If an option is not traded on the valuation date, the option is priced at the mean of the last quoted bid and ask prices as of the time of valuation. (4) If an option is not traded on the valuation date and there is an ask price but no bid price, the option is priced at the mean of the last ask prices and $0.00 as of the time of valuation. (5) An option may be valued at fair value when (i) the option does not trade on the valuation date; and (ii) a reliable last quoted bid and ask prices are not available.

● Securities for which no current quotations are readily available or which cannot be accurately valued using the Trust's normal pricing procedures, are valued at fair value as determined in good faith using methods adopted by the Trustees.

● Open-end investment companies not listed on an exchange, including mutual funds and money market funds, are valued at the net asset value reported by such registered open-end investment companies.

One or more pricing services may be utilized to determine the value of securities held by the Fund.

If securities in which the Fund invests are listed primarily on foreign exchanges that trade on weekends or other days when the Fund does not price its shares, the NAV of the Fund's shares may change on days when shares of the Fund may not be purchased or sold.

**ADDITIONAL PURCHASE AND REDEMPTION INFORMATION**

Reference is made to "Investing in the Fund" in the Prospectus for more information concerning how to purchase and redeem shares. The following information supplements the information regarding share repurchases and share redemptions in the Prospectus.

*Pricing of Orders.* Shares of the Fund are offered and sold on a continuous basis. The purchase price of shares of the Fund is the net asset value next determined after the order is received, subject to the order being accepted by the Fund in good form. Net asset value is normally determined at the time regular trading closes on the NYSE on days that the NYSE is open for regular trading (currently 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except when the NYSE closes earlier), as described under "Net Asset Value" below. The net asset value per share of the Fund is not calculated on holidays or weekends when the NYSE is closed. An order received prior to the time regular trading closes on the NYSE will be executed at the price computed on the date of receipt and an order received after the time regular trading closes on the NYSE will be executed at the price computed on the next business day.

The Fund reserves the right in its sole discretion to: (i) suspend the offering of its shares; (ii) reject purchase orders when in the judgment of management such rejection is in the best interest of the Fund and its shareholders; and (iii) reduce or waive the minimum for initial and subsequent investments under circumstances where certain economies can be achieved in sales of Fund shares.

The Fund may suspend the right of redemption or postpone the date of payment for shares for more than seven days: (a) for any period during which the NYSE is closed for other than customary weekend and holiday closings or trading on the NYSE is restricted, as determined by rules of the SEC; (b) for any period during which an emergency exists (as determined by rules of the SEC) as a result of which (i) disposal by the Fund of securities owned by it is not reasonably practicable or (ii) it is not reasonably practicable for the Fund to determine the value of its assets and (c) for such other periods as may be permitted by an order of the SEC.

*Share Certificates.* The Fund does not issue share certificates. Evidence of ownership of shares is provided through entry in the Fund's share registry. Investors will receive periodic account statements (and, where applicable, purchase confirmations) that will show the number of shares owned.

*Other Information.* If an investor realizes a gain on a redemption of the Fund's shares, the reinvestment of the proceeds in the Fund will not affect the amount of any U.S. federal capital gains tax payable on the gain. If an investor realizes a loss on the redemption, the reinvestment of the proceeds in that Fund may cause some or all of the loss to be disallowed as a U.S. federal income tax deduction, depending on the number of shares purchased by reinvestment and the period of time that has elapsed after the redemption, although for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the amount disallowed is added to the cost of the shares acquired upon the reinvestment.

**DESCRIPTION OF THE TRUST**

The Trust, which is an unincorporated statutory trust organized under Delaware law on April 23, 2004, is an open-end investment management company. On October 30, 2013, the Trust's name was changed from "Tilson Investment Trust" to "Centaur Mutual Funds Trust". The Trust Instrument authorizes the Trustees to divide shares into series, each series relating to a separate portfolio of investments, and to classify and reclassify any unissued shares into one or more classes of shares of each such series. The Trust Instrument currently provides for the shares of one series: the Fund, which is managed by DCM Advisors, LLC of New York, New York. The Fund currently has only one class of shares.

In the event of a liquidation or dissolution of the Trust or an individual series, shareholders of a particular series would be entitled to receive the assets available for distribution belonging to such series. Shareholders of a series are entitled to participate equally in the net distributable assets of the particular series involved on liquidation, based on the number of shares of the series that are held by each shareholder. If there are any assets, income, earnings, proceeds, funds, or payments that are not readily identifiable as belonging to any particular series, the Trustees shall allocate them among any one or more of the series as they, in their sole discretion, deem fair and equitable. Subject to the Trust Instrument, determinations by the Trustees as to allocation of liabilities, and the allocable portion of any general assets, with respect the Fund and the Fund's class of shares, are conclusive.

Shareholders of all of the series of the Trust, including the Fund, will vote together and not separately on a series-by-series basis except as otherwise required by law or when the Trustees determine that the matter to be voted upon affects only the interests of the shareholders of a particular series or class. The Trust has adopted a Rule 18f-3 Multi-Class Plan that contains the general characteristics of, and conditions under which the Trust may offer multiple classes of shares of each series. Rule 18f-2 under the 1940 Act provides that any matter required to be submitted to the holders of the outstanding voting securities of an investment company such as the Trust shall not be deemed to have been effectively acted upon unless approved by the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of each series or class affected by the matter. A series or class is affected by a matter unless it is clear that the interests of each series or class in the matter are substantially identical or that the matter does not affect any interest of the series or class. Under Rule 18f-2, the approval of an investment advisory agreement or any change in a fundamental investment policy would be effectively acted upon with respect to a series only if approved by a majority of the outstanding shares of such series. However, Rule 18f-2 also provides that the ratification of the appointment of an independent registered public accounting firm for the Trust, the approval of principal underwriting contracts, and the election of Trustees may be effectively acted upon by shareholders of the Trust voting together, without regard to a particular series or class. Rights of holders can only be modified by a majority vote.

When used in the Prospectus or this SAI, a "majority" of shareholders means the vote of the lesser of (1) 67% of the shares of the Trust or the applicable series or class present at a meeting if the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding shares are present in person or by proxy, or (2) more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the Trust or the applicable series or class.

When issued for payment as described in the Prospectus and this SAI, shares of the Fund will be fully paid and non-assessable and have no preemptive or conversion rights.

The Trust Instrument provides that the Trustees will not be liable in any event in connection with the affairs of the Trust, except as such liability may arise from a Trustee's bad faith, willful misfeasance, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of duties. It also provides that all third parties shall look solely to the Trust property for satisfaction of claims arising in connection with the affairs of the Trust. Subject to the exceptions stated, the Trust Instrument provides that a Trustee or officer is entitled to be indemnified against all liability in connection with the affairs of the Trust.

**ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAXES**

The following summarizes certain additional tax considerations generally affecting the Fund and its shareholders that are not described in the Prospectus. No attempt is made to present a detailed explanation of the tax treatment of the Fund or its shareholders. The discussions here and in the Prospectus are not intended as a substitute for careful tax planning and are based on tax laws and regulations that are in effect on the date hereof; such laws and regulations may be changed by legislative, judicial, or administrative action, potentially with retroactive effect. Investors are advised to consult their tax advisors with specific reference to their own tax situations. The Fund will be treated as a separate corporate entity under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code").

**U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAXATION OF THE FUND**

Unlike most other mutual funds that are taxed as regulated investment companies under Subchapter M of the Code, the Fund is taxed as a C Corporation under Subchapter C of the Code. Except as otherwise stated, the Fund retains all net investment income and realized capital gains, if any, to increase the Fund's assets. Consequently, shareholders are not individually liable for income taxes associated with the operations of the Fund except upon sale of shares or the receipt of distributions.

The Fund is taxed, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, at a rate of 21%. Subject to specific limitations, the Fund is entitled to a deduction in computing its U.S. federal taxable income equal to 50% of the amount of dividends received by the Fund from domestic corporations. This dividends-received deduction may not exceed 50% of the Fund's taxable income unless the Fund has a net operating loss for a taxable year, as computed after deducting the dividend received deduction. It is anticipated, although there can be no assurance, that the Fund's management fees and other expenses may offset a substantial portion of the remaining 50% of the dividend income and investment income from other sources during each taxable year.

The Fund pays U.S. federal income taxes on any net realized capital gain at the statutory rate noted above. In addition, the Fund will accrue deferred income taxes on the total net unrealized capital gains in accordance with current accounting literature that has been interpreted to require all entities to recognize a full accrual on the deferred income tax that may be payable at the end of each fiscal year. It is important to note that the deferred income tax is actually payable only in the event the Fund should sell appreciated securities and payable in full only in the event the Fund should liquidate the entire portfolio. The Fund may carry net capital losses forward for five years as an offset against any net capital gains realized by the Fund during each taxable year.

Legislative or regulatory changes in, or interpretations of, applicable U.S. federal income tax laws, regulations or rulings may make it impossible for the Fund to utilize certain of the tax management techniques and strategies described in the prospectus. The Fund intends to evaluate continuously the operations of the Fund under current U.S. federal income tax laws as well as various alternatives available.

**Accumulated Earnings Tax**

Since the Fund accumulates its net investment income rather than distributing it, the Fund may be subject to the imposition of the AET. The AET is imposed on a corporation's ATI at a rate of 20%. ATI is defined as adjusted taxable income minus the sum of the dividends paid deduction and the accumulated earnings credit. The dividends paid deduction and accumulated earnings credit are available in calculating excess earnings subject to this tax. The AET would be payable in addition to the regular corporate income tax. If the Fund were to distribute its ATI to avoid the AET (a) the Fund's NAV would drop by the amount of that distribution and (b) shareholders would receive taxable dividend income of that amount, pro rata. Under current law, that dividend income should be treated as a qualified dividend, subject to a maximum U.S. federal tax of 20% plus (depending on the shareholder's adjusted gross income), an additional 3.8% U.S. federal investment income tax, plus (depending on the shareholder's tax residence) state and city income tax.

All Dollar and tax references herein are estimates based on current tax rates. The Fund will monitor changes in the tax laws and will consider suggesting changes to its policy regarding the AET, as and where appropriate.

**Additional Information**

**Distributions.** The Fund does not intend to make any distributions of income or capital gains. However, distribution if any, by the Fund of cash or property in respect of the shares (other than certain distributions in redemption of shares) will be treated as dividends for U.S. federal income tax purposes to the extent paid from the Fund's current or accumulated earnings and profits (as determined under U.S. federal income tax principles). Any such dividend will be eligible for the dividends received deduction if received by an otherwise qualifying corporate U.S. Shareholder that meets the holding period and other requirements for the dividends received deduction. Dividends paid by the Fund to certain non-corporate U.S. Shareholders (including individuals) may be treated as "qualified dividend income." Qualified dividend income received by individuals and other non-corporate U.S. Shareholders is taxed at long-term capital gain rates. For dividends to constitute qualified dividend income, a U.S. Shareholder generally must hold the shares paying the dividend for at least 61 days during the 121-day period beginning 60 days before the ex-dividend date, although a longer period may apply if the U.S. Shareholder engages in certain risk reduction transactions with respect to the common stock.

If the amount of a distribution exceeds the Fund's current and accumulated earnings and profits, such excess will be treated first as a non-taxable return of capital to the extent of, and in reduction of, the U.S. Shareholder's tax basis in the shares, and thereafter as capital gain if the U.S. Shareholder held the shares as a capital asset. Any such capital gain will be long-term capital gain if such U.S. Shareholder has held the applicable shares for more than one year. The portion of the distribution received by the U.S. Shareholder from the Fund that is treated as a return of capital will decrease the U.S. Shareholder's tax basis in his or her Fund shares (but not below zero), which will result in an increase in the amount of gain (or decrease in the amount of loss) that will be recognized by the U.S. Shareholder for tax purposes on the later sale of such Fund shares.

If you are investing through a tax deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account, you may be taxed later upon withdrawal of monies from those arrangements.

U.S. Shareholders that receive distributions in shares rather than in cash will be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as having: (i) received a cash distribution equal to the fair market value of the shares received; and (ii) reinvested such amount in shares.

**Redemptions.** The Fund expects that redemptions of shares will generally be treated as taxable sales or exchanges, not as dividends. A redemption of shares will generally be treated as a taxable sale or exchange of such shares for tax purposes, provided: (a) the redemption is not essentially equivalent to a dividend; (b) the redemption is a substantially disproportionate redemption; (c) the redemption is a complete redemption of a shareholder's entire interest in the Fund; or (d) the redeeming shareholder is not a corporation and the redemption is in partial liquidation of the Fund.

Upon a redemption treated as a sale or exchange, a U.S. Shareholder generally will recognize capital gain or loss equal to the difference between the amount received in the redemption and the U.S. Shareholder's adjusted tax basis in the shares. A U.S. Shareholder's adjusted tax basis in its shares may be less than the price paid for the shares as a result of distributions by the Fund, if any, in excess of the Fund's current and accumulated earnings and profits (i.e., returns of capital). Any such capital gain or loss will be a long-term capital gain or loss if the U.S. Shareholder has held the shares for more than one year at the time of disposition. Long-term capital gains of certain non-corporate U.S. Shareholders (including individuals) are subject to U.S. federal income taxation at reduced rates. The deductibility of capital losses is subject to limitations under the Code. Redemptions that do not qualify for sale or exchange treatment will be treated as described under "Distributions" above.

If the Fund is required to sell portfolio securities to meet redemption requests, the Fund may recognize income and gains for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Any such income or gain may result in the imposition of corporate income taxes on the Fund and may increase the Fund's current and accumulated earnings and profits, which will result in a greater portion of distributions to Fund shareholders, if any, being treated as dividends.

Section 4501 of the Code imposes an excise tax on certain repurchases (including redemptions) of stock by certain publicly traded U.S. corporations occurring after December 31, 2022. The amount of the excise tax generally is 1% of the fair market value of the shares repurchased by the corporation during a taxable year. For purposes of calculating the excise tax, the repurchasing corporation is permitted to net the fair market value of certain new share issuances against the fair market value of the share repurchased during the same taxable year. In addition, certain other exceptions apply to the imposition of the excise tax. Although the excise tax would be payable by the Fund and not the redeeming shareholder, any excise tax payable by the Fund due to redemptions could reduce the Fund's NAV.

**Net Investment Income.** Taxable distributions and redemptions paid to noncorporate taxpayers are subject to a 3.8% U.S. federal tax on all or a portion of "net investment income" for individuals with modified adjusted gross income exceeding specified thresholds ($250,000 if married and filing jointly or if considered a "surviving spouse" for U.S. federal income tax purposes, $125,000 if married filing separately, and $200,000 in other cases). This 3.8% tax also applies to all or a portion of the undistributed net investment income of certain U.S. Shareholders that are estates and trusts. For these purposes, dividend and capital gain income will generally be taken into account in computing net investment income.

**Tax-Exempt Shareholders.** Under current law, an investment in shares will not generate unrelated business taxable income ("UBTI") for a tax-exempt U.S. Shareholder, provided that the tax-exempt U.S. Shareholder does not incur "acquisition indebtedness" (as defined for U.S. federal income tax purposes) with respect to the shares. A tax-exempt U.S. Shareholder will recognize UBTI by reason of its investment in the Fund if the shares are debt-financed.

**Backup Withholding.** The Fund will be required in certain cases to withhold and remit to the U.S. Treasury a percentage equal to the fourth lowest tax rate for unmarried individuals (presently 24%) of taxable dividends or of gross proceeds realized upon sale paid to shareholders who have failed to provide a correct taxpayer identification number in the manner required, who are subject to withholding by the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") for failure to include properly on their return payments of taxable interest or dividends, or who have failed to certify to the Fund that they are not subject to backup withholding when required to do so, or that they are "exempt recipients."

**Foreign Shareholders.** Dividends, if any, paid by the Fund to non-U.S. shareholders may be subject to U.S. withholding tax at the rate of 30% unless reduced by treaty (and the shareholder files a valid IRS Form W-8BEN, Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Withholding and Reporting (Individuals), or other applicable form, with the Fund's certifying foreign status and treaty eligibility) or the non-U.S. shareholder files an IRS Form W-8ECI, Certificate of Foreign Person's Claim That Income is Effectively Connected with the Conduct of a Trade or Business in the United States, or other applicable form, with the Fund's certifying that the investment to which the distribution relates is effectively connected to a United States trade or business of such non-U.S. shareholder (and, if certain tax treaties apply, is attributable to a United States permanent establishment maintained by such non-U.S. shareholder). Special rules may apply to non-U.S. shareholders with respect to the information reporting requirements and withholding taxes and non-U.S. shareholders should consult their tax advisors with respect to the application of such reporting requirements and withholding taxes.

Under sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, known as "FATCA", the Fund is required to withhold U.S. tax at a rate of 30% on payments of taxable dividends made to certain non-U.S. entities that fail to comply (or be deemed compliant) with the extensive reporting and withholding requirements under FATCA designed to inform the U.S. Treasury of certain U.S. owned foreign assets and accounts. Shareholders may be requested to provide additional information to the Fund to enable it to determine whether FATCA withholding is required. The Fund will disclose the information that it receives from (or concerning) its shareholders to the IRS, non-U.S. taxing authorities or other parties as necessary to comply with FATCA, related intergovernmental agreements or other applicable law or regulation. Each prospective investor is urged to consult its tax adviser regarding the applicability of FATCA and any other reporting requirements with respect to the prospective investor's own situation, including investments through an intermediary.

**Cost Basis Reporting.** Mutual funds are generally required to report to the IRS and furnish to fund shareholders the cost basis information for fund shares purchased and/or sold on or after January 1, 2012. In addition to the requirement to report the gross proceeds from the sale of Fund shares, the Fund is 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. In the absence of an election by a shareholder to elect from available IRS accepted cost-basis methods, the Fund will use a default cost-basis method. The cost-basis method elected or applied may not be changed after the settlement date of a sale of Fund shares. Fund shareholders should consult with their tax advisers concerning the most desirable IRS accepted cost-basis method for their tax situation and to obtain more information about how the new cost-basis reporting law applies to them.

**MANAGEMENT AND OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS**

This section of the SAI provides information about the persons who serve as Trustees and officers to the Trust and the Fund as well as the entities that provide services to the Fund.

**Trustees and Officers**

The Trustees are responsible for the management and supervision of the Fund. The Trustees set broad policies for the Fund and choose the Fund's officers. The Trustees also approve all significant agreements between the Trust, on behalf of the Fund, and those companies that furnish services to the Fund; review performance of the Advisor and the Fund; and oversee activities of the Fund. Generally, each Trustee and officer serves an indefinite term or until certain circumstances occur, such as their resignation, death, or otherwise as specified in the Trust's organizational documents. Any Trustee may be removed at a meeting of shareholders by a vote meeting the requirements of the Trust's organizational documents. The following chart shows information for the Trustees who are not "interested persons" as defined in the 1940 Act ("Independent Trustees") and each officer of the Trust. The address of each Trustee and officer, unless otherwise indicated, is 225 Pictoria Drive, Suite 450, Cincinnati, Ohio 45246.

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| **Name,<br> Address, and<br> Year of Birth\*** | **Position(s)<br> held with<br> Fund/Trust** | **Length of<br> Time Served** | **Principal Occupation(s)<br> During Past 5 Years** | **Number of<br> Portfolios in<br> Fund Complex<br> Overseen by<br> Trustee** | **Other Directorships<br> Held by Trustee** |
| **INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES** | **INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES** | **INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES** | **INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES** | **INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES** | **INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES** |
| James H. Speed, Jr.<br> (Born 1953) | Trustee and Chairman | Since September 2009 (Chairman since September 2012) | Retired, Private Investor | 1 | Brown Capital Management Funds for its four series, Starboard Investment Trust for eight series, WST Investment Trust for its one series, and Chesapeake Investment Trust for its one series (all registered investment companies); Member of Board of Directors of Investors Title Company. |
| Thomas G. Douglass,<br> (Born 1956) | Trustee | Since September 2013 | Principal, Douglass and Douglass, Attorneys | 1 | Independent Trustee of WST Investment Trust for its one series (a registered investment company) |
| **OFFICERS** | **OFFICERS** | **OFFICERS** | **OFFICERS** | **OFFICERS** | **OFFICERS** |
| Glenn Grossman<br> (Born 1949) | President (Principal Executive Officer) | Since December 2023 | Chief Executive Officer of DCM Advisors, LLC and Managing Member of Dinosaur Group Holdings, LLC | n/a | n/a |
| Matthew J. Miller<br> (Born 1976) | Vice President | Since March 2023 | Assistant Vice President, Relationship Management, Ultimus Fund Solutions, LLC (since December 2015). | n/a | n/a |
| Andrew M. Greenstein<br> (Born 1967) | Vice President | Since December 2023 | Senior Vice President of Dinosaur Group Holdings, LLC | n/a | n/a |

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| **Name,<br> Address, and<br> Year of Birth\*** | **Position(s)<br> held with<br> Fund/Trust** | **Length of<br> Time Served** | **Principal Occupation(s)<br> During Past 5 Years** | **Number of<br> Portfolios in<br> Fund Complex<br> Overseen by<br> Trustee** | **Other Directorships<br> Held by Trustee** |
| Zachary P. Richmond<br> (Born 1980) | Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer) | Since<br> May 2019 | Vice President – Director of Financial Administration, Ultimus Fund Solutions, LLC (since February 2019). | n/a | n/a |
| Carol J. Highsmith<br> (Born 1964) | Secretary | Since March 2024 | VP, Senior Legal Counsel; Ultimus Fund Solutions (since January 2016). | n/a | n/a |
| Kevin J. Patton<br> (Born 1970) | Chief Compliance Officer | Since July 2023 | Vice President – Compliance Officer, Ultimus Fund Solutions (since June 2023); Outsourced Chief Compliance Officer, Dinsmore Compliance Services (January 2023 – June 2023); Senior Principal Consultant, ACA Group (April 2022 – June 2023); AVP, Compliance Officer, Ultimus Fund Solutions LLC (January 2020 – April 2022). | n/a | n/a |

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**Board Leadership Structure.** The Board is composed of two Independent Trustees. The Chairman of the Board, Mr. James H. Speed, Jr., is an Independent Trustee. The Chairman facilitates communication and coordination between the Board and Trust management and works closely with Trust counsel. The Board has established a Committee of Independent Trustees, the principal functions of which are: (i) to appoint, retain and oversee the Trust's independent registered public accounting firm; (ii) to meet separately with the independent registered public accounting firm and receive and consider a report concerning its conduct of the audit, including any comments or recommendations it deems appropriate; (iii) to select and nominate all persons to serve as Independent Trustees; (iv) to act as the Trust's proxy voting committee under the Trust's Proxy Voting and Disclosure Policy; and (v) to act as the Trust's qualified legal compliance committee ("QLCC"), as defined in the regulations under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. In selecting and nominating persons to serve as Independent Trustees, the Committee will not consider nominees recommended by shareholders of the Trust. Messrs. Speed and Douglass are the members of the Committee of Independent Trustees. The Committee of Independent Trustees met one time during the Trust's last fiscal year.

With respect to risk oversight, the Board considers risk management issues as part of its general oversight responsibilities throughout the year. The Board holds at least four regular board meetings each year during which the Board receives risk management reports and/or assessments from Trust management, the Fund's advisor, administrator, transfer agent and distributor, and the Trust's Chief Compliance Officer ("CCO"). When appropriate, the Board may hold special meetings or communicate directly with Trust management, the CCO, the Trust's third-party service providers, legal counsel or independent registered public accounting firm to address matters arising between regular board meetings or needing special attention. In addition, the Board has adopted policies and procedures for the Trust to help detect and prevent and, if necessary, correct violations of federal securities laws.

**Risk Oversight.** The operation of a mutual fund, including its investment activities, generally involves a variety of risks. As part of its oversight of the Fund, the Board oversees risk through various regular board and committee activities. The Board, directly or through its Committee of Independent Trustees, reviews reports from, among others, the Advisor, the Trust's CCO, the Trust's independent registered public accounting firm, and outside legal counsel, regarding risks faced by the Fund and the risk management programs of the Advisor, with respect to the Fund's investment and trading activities, and certain service providers. The actual day-to-day risk management with respect to the Fund resides with the Advisor, for the Fund's investment and trading activities, and other service providers to the Fund. Although the risk management policies of the Advisor and the service providers are designed to be effective, there is no guarantee that they will anticipate or mitigate all risks. Not all risks that may affect the Fund can be identified, eliminated or mitigated and some risks simply may not be anticipated or may be beyond the control of the Board or the Advisor or other service providers. The Independent Trustees meet separately with the Trust's CCO at least annually, outside the presence of management, to discuss issues related to compliance. Furthermore, the Board receives an annual written report from the Trust's CCO regarding the operation of the compliance policies and procedures of the Trust and its primary service providers. As part of its oversight function, the Board also may hold special meetings or communicate directly with Trust management or the Trust's CCO to address matters arising between regular meetings.

The Board also receives quarterly reports from the Advisor on the investments and securities trading of the Fund, including its investment performance, as well as reports regarding the valuation of the Fund's securities. The Board also receives quarterly reports from the Fund's administrator, transfer agent and distributor on regular quarterly items and, where appropriate and as needed, on specific issues. In addition, in its annual review of the Fund's investment advisory agreements, the Board will review information provided by the Advisor relating to its operational capabilities, financial condition and resources. The Board also conducts an annual self- evaluation that includes a review of its effectiveness in overseeing, among other things, the number of funds in the Trust and the effectiveness of the Board's committee structure.

**Trustee Qualifications.** The Trust believes that each of the Trustees has the appropriate experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills (collectively "Trustee Attributes") to continue to serve as a trustee to the Trust in light of the Trust's business and structure. Among the Trustee Attributes common to each of the Trustees are their ability to evaluate, question and discuss information about the Fund, to interact with the other Trustees, Trust management, the Trust's third-party services providers, legal counsel, and independent registered public accounting firm, and exercise business judgment in the performance of their duties as Trustees.

In addition to the Trustee Attributes discussed above, each of the Trustees has additional Trustee Attributes including, among other things, the Trust Attributes indicated in the "Trustee and Executive Officers" table, above, and as follows:

*James H. Speed, Jr.* Mr. Speed has experience in and knowledge of the financial industry as an individual investor and in his role as a trustee on several other mutual fund boards. He also has business experience as a former President and CEO of an insurance company and as a former President of a company in the business of consulting and private investing. Further, Mr. Speed has served on the Board and the board of other mutual funds for a number of years and thus has gained substantial mutual fund board experience and insight as to the business and operations of a mutual fund, including the Trust.

*Thomas G. Douglass.* Mr. Douglass has experience in and knowledge of the financial industry as an individual investor. He is also an attorney with experience in dealing with trusts and has knowledge of securities laws from previously serving as an arbitrator for the National Association of Securities Dealers, which is now part of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. Further, Mr. Douglas has served on the Board and the board of another mutual fund for several years and thus has gained mutual fund board experience and insight as to the business and operations of a mutual fund.

The Board has determined that each of the Trustees' careers and background, combined with their interpersonal skills and general understanding of financial, business, and other matters, enable the Trustees to effectively participate in and contribute to the Board's functions and oversight of the Trust. References to the specific qualifications, attributes and skills of the Trustees being disclosed pursuant to requirements of the SEC do not constitute holding out the Board or any Trustee as having any special expertise or experience, and shall not impose any greater responsibility on any such person or on the Board by reason thereof.

The Board had four regular meetings and one special meeting during the twelve month period ended October 31, 2025. Messrs. Douglass and Speed attended all of those meetings.

**Beneficial Equity Ownership Information.** The following table shows the amount of the Fund's equity securities beneficially owned by the Trustees and the aggregate value of all of the Trustee's investments in equity securities of the Trust complex as of a valuation date of December 31, 2025. The values are stated using the following ranges:

A = none; B = $1-$10,000; C = $10,001-$50,000; D = $50,001-$100,000; and E = over $100,000.

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| **Name of Trustee** | **Dollar Range of Equity<br> Securities in the Fund** | **Aggregate Dollar Range of Equity<br> Securities in All Funds Overseen or<br> to be Overseen by Trustee in<br> Family of Investment Companies** |
| **Independent Trustees** | **Independent Trustees** | **Independent Trustees** |
| James H. Speed, Jr. | A | A |
| Thomas G. Douglass | A | A |

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**Ownership of Securities of Advisor, Distributor, or Related Entities.** As of December 31, 2025, the Independent Trustees and/or their immediate family members owned no securities of the Advisor, Ultimus Fund Distributors, LLC (the "Distributor"), or any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Advisor or Distributor.

**Compensation.** The officers of the Trust will not receive compensation from the Trust for performing the duties of their offices. Each Trustee who is not an "interested person" of the Trust receives a fee of $20,000 each year plus $500 per series of the Trust per meeting per series of the Trust. All Trustees and officers are reimbursed for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with attendance at meetings. The following table presents the compensation for each Trustee for the 12 months ended October 31, 2025.

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| **Name of Trustee** | **Aggregate<br> Compensation From<br> the Fund** | **Pension or Retirement<br> Benefits Accrued As<br> Part of Fund Expenses** | **Estimated Annual<br> Benefits Upon<br> Retirement** | **Total Compensation<br> From Fund and Fund<br> Complex Paid to<br> Trustees** |
| Thomas G. Douglass | $22500 |  |  | $22500 |
| James H. Speed, Jr. | $22500 |  |  | $22500 |

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**Code of Ethics.** The Trust, Advisor, and Distributor each has adopted a code of ethics, as required by applicable law, which is designed to prevent affiliated persons of the Trust, Advisor, and Distributor from engaging in deceptive, manipulative, or fraudulent activities in connection with securities held or to be acquired by the Fund (which securities may also be held by persons subject to a code). There can be no assurance that the codes will be effective in preventing such activities.

**Proxy Voting Policies.** The Trust has adopted a proxy voting and disclosure policy that delegates to the Advisor the authority to vote proxies for the Fund, subject to oversight of the Trustees. A copy of the Trust's Proxy Voting and Disclosure Policy and the Advisor's Proxy Voting Policy and Procedures are included as Appendix A to this SAI.

No later than August 31 of each year, the Trust files Form N-PX with the SEC. Form NP-X states how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30. The Fund's proxy voting records, as set forth in the most recent Form N-PX filing, are available upon request, without charge, by calling the

Fund at 1-877-881-2751; (ii) on the Fund's website at www.dcmadvisors.com; and (iii) on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov.

**Principal Holders of Voting Securities.** As of February 5, 2026, the Trustees and officers of the Trust and the Advisor, as a group, owned less than 1% of the outstanding shares of the Fund. On the same date, the following shareholders owned of record 5% or more of the outstanding shares of beneficial ownership of shares of the Fund.

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| **Name and Address of<br> Beneficial Owner** | **Amount and Nature of**<br> **Beneficial Ownership** | **Percent** |
| NATIONAL FINANCIAL<br> SERVICES LLC/FOR THE<br> EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF OUR<br> CUSTOMERS<br> 499 WASHINGTON BLVD<br> JERSEY CITY, NJ 07310 | 32611.305 | 6.17% |
| MARLEEN NADU<br> TOD/PA/SUBJECT TO STA TOD<br> RULES<br> 5877 RIDGE AVE<br> PHILADELPHIA, PA 19128 | 72985.735 | 13.80% |
| SCHWAB<br> 3000 SCHWAB WAY WESTLAKE<br> TX 76262-8104 | 27859.292 | 5.27% |

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<u>**Investment Advisor**</u>**.** DCM Advisors, LLC is the investment advisor for the Fund. Information about the Advisor, located at 33 Whitehall Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10004, and its duties and compensation as Advisor, is contained in the Prospectus. The Advisor has served as investment advisor to the Fund since 2022. The Advisor previously served as the sub-advisor to the Predecessor Fund beginning in 2018. The Advisor supervises the Fund pursuant to the Advisory Agreement dated December 1, 2022.

The Advisor is controlled by Dinosaur Group Holdings, LLC. The Advisory Agreement is effective for a one-year period and will remain in effect on a year to year basis thereafter only so long as such renewal and continuance is specifically approved at least annually by the Trustees, provided the continuance is also approved by a majority of the Trustees who are neither parties to the respective nor interested persons of any such party, or by vote of a majority of the respective Fund's outstanding voting securities. The Advisory Agreement is terminable without penalty on 60 days' notice by the Trustees or by vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund or by the Advisor. The Advisory Agreement provides that it will terminate automatically in the event of its "assignment," as such term is defined in the 1940 Act.

The Advisor manages the Fund's investments in accordance with the stated policies of the Fund, subject to the approval of the Trustees. The Advisor is responsible for investment decisions and provides the Fund with the portfolio manager who is authorized by the Trustees to execute purchases and sales of securities. Mr. James K. Mulvey serves as portfolio manager of the Fund and is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund's portfolio.

Under the Advisory Agreement, the Advisor is not liable for any error of judgment or mistake of law or for any loss suffered by the Fund in connection with the performance of the Advisory Agreement, except: a loss resulting from a breach of fiduciary duty with respect to the receipt of compensation for services; a loss resulting from willful misfeasance, bad faith, or gross negligence on the part of the Advisor in the performance of its duties.

Prior to the Reorganization, the Predecessor Fund paid an investment advisory fee to Copley Financial Services Corp. "CFS"), the Predecessor Fund's investment adviser, and CFS (not the Predecessor Fund) paid a portion of that fee to the Advisor as sub-advisor. Under the investment advisory agreement with the Predecessor Fund (Predecessor Fund Advisory Agreement"), the Predecessor Fund paid CFS an annual investment advisory fee based upon a percentage of the Predecessor Fund's daily net assets calculated daily and paid monthly as follows**:** (i) 1.00% of the first

$25,000,000 of average daily net securities assets; (ii) 0.75% of the next $15,000,000 of average daily net securities assets; and (iii) 0.50% of the average daily net securities assets in excess of $40,000,000. In addition, CFS and the Predecessor Fund entered into an agreement whereby CFS agreed to annually waive $60,000 of its investment advisory fees through February 28, 2023. Under the sub-advisory agreement between CFS, the Advisor and the Predecessor Fund (the "Predecessor Fund Sub-Advisory Agreement"), the Advisor, as sub-advisor to the Predecessor Fund, received a fee from the CFS (not the Predecessor Fund) equal to 75% of the advisory fee received by CFS under the Predecessor Fund Advisory Agreement, provided, however, that in calculating the fee to be paid under the Predecessor Fund Sub-Advisory Agreement, CFS was entitled to deduct from the fees it received from the Predecessor Fund certain expenses paid by CFS that include the following: administration, director's fees, legal and accounting fees and similar fees and expenses, subject to an annual cap of $30,000.

The Advisor became the investment advisor to the Fund effective December 1, 2022. The Advisor serves in the capacity of investment advisor to the Fund pursuant to an investment advisory agreement with the Trust on behalf of the Fund. The Advisor receives monthly compensation based on the Fund's average daily net assets at an annual rate of 0.65% of the first $500 million of net assets, and 0.62% of any net assets exceeding $500 million.

Prior to the Reorganization, CFS served as the investment advisor and the Advisor served as the investment sub-advisor to the Predecessor Fund. Under the terms of the agreement between CFS and the Predecessor Fund, CFS was entitled to an annual fee, payable monthly at the rate of 1.00% of the first $25 million of the average daily net assets, 0.75% of the next $15 million; and 0.50% of the average daily net assets over $40 million. The Predecessor Fund did not pay the Advisor for its services as sub-advisor, but CFS paid the Advisor. During the fiscal year ended February 28, 2022, CFS earned advisory fees from the Predecessor Fund in the amount of $640,999, before advisory fee waivers of $60,000, and CFS paid the Advisor $431,500 as compensation for its services as sub-advisor to the Predecessor Fund. During the period prior to the reorganization, from March 1, 2022 to November 30, 2022, CFS paid the Advisor $377,185 in sub-advisor fees. For the fiscal year ended February 28, 2023, the fee for investment advisory services totaled $573,834; $45,205 of the fee was voluntarily waived by CFS.

A law firm where one of the Predecessor Fund's Trustees is a partner provided legal services to the Predecessor Fund. The Predecessor Fund paid this firm $103,601 for the period prior to the Reorganization.

The following table sets forth the advisory fees paid by the Fund to the Advisor for the periods shown.

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| **Fiscal Year Ended** | **Advisory Fees Paid** |
| October 31, 2025 | $669223 |
| October 31, 2024 | $653014 |
| October 31, 2023\* | $366045 |

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\* For the period March 1, 2023 to October 31, 2023.

The Fund's fiscal year end was changed to October 31.

**<u>Portfolio Managers</u>**

<u>**Compensation**</u>**.** Mr. James K. Mulvey is a fundamental equity Portfolio Manager of US equities at the Advisor. Mr. Mulvey is paid a percentage of the advisory fee related to the various strategies that Mr. Mulvey manages.

<u>**Ownership of Fund Shares**</u>**.** The table below shows the amount of the Fund's equity securities beneficially owned by Mr. Mulvey as of October 31, 2025 stated as one of the following ranges: A = None; B = $1-$10,000; C = $10,001-$50,000; D = $50,001-$100,000; E = $100,001-$500,000; F = $500,001-$1,000,000; and G = over $1,000,000.

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|:---|:---|
| **Name of Portfolio Manager** | **Dollar Range of Equity<br> Securities in the Fund** |
| Mr. James K. Mulvey | A |

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**Other Accounts.** In addition to the Fund portfolio Mr. Mulvey is responsible for the day-to-day management of certain other accounts. The table below shows the number of accounts, and total assets in, such other accounts as of October 31, 2025:

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| **Type of Accounts** | **Total # of<br> Accounts Managed** | **Total Assets** | **# of Accounts<br> Managed that<br> Advisory Fee Based<br> on Performance** | **Total<br> Assets that<br> Advisory Fee Based<br> on Performance** |
| **Other Registered Investment Companies:** | 1 | $121.90M | 0 | $0 |
| **Other Pooled Investment Vehicles:** | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| **Other Accounts:** | 7 | $118.46M | 0 | $0 |

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**Conflicts of Interests.** The portfolio manager's management of "other accounts" may give rise to potential conflicts of interest in connection with the management of the Fund's investments, on the one hand, and the investments of the other accounts, on the other. The other accounts include other investment companies and separately managed accounts (the "Other Accounts"). The Other Accounts might have similar investment objectives as the Fund, track the same index the Fund tracks, or otherwise hold, purchase, or sell securities that are eligible to be held, purchased, or sold by the Fund. While the portfolio manager's management of Other Accounts may give rise to the following potential conflicts of interest, the Advisor does not believe that the conflicts, if any, are material or, to the extent any such conflicts are material, the Advisor believes that it has implemented policies and procedures that are designed to manage those conflicts in an appropriate way.

**Knowledge of the Timing and Size of Fund Trades.** A potential conflict of interest may arise as a result of the portfolio manager's day-to-day management of the Fund. Because of positions with the Fund, the portfolio manager knows the size, timing, and possible market impact of Fund trades. It is theoretically possible that the portfolio manager could use this information to the advantage of other accounts managed and to the possible detriment of the Fund. However, because the Fund seeks to follow its own unique investment strategies and limitations, this particular conflict of interest may be limited. Moreover, the Advisor has adopted policies and procedures reasonably designed to allocate investment opportunities on a fair and equitable basis over time.

**Investment Opportunities.** The Advisor provides investment supervisory services for other investment products that have varying investment guidelines. For some of these investment strategies, the Advisor may be compensated based on the profitability of the account. These incentive compensation structures may create a conflict of interest for the Advisor with regard to other client accounts where the Advisor is paid based on a percentage of assets in that the Advisor may have an incentive to allocate the investment opportunities that it believes might be the most profitable to the client accounts where they might share in investment gains. The Advisor has implemented policies and procedures in an attempt to ensure that investment opportunities are allocated in a manner that is fair and appropriate to the various investment strategies based on the firm's investment strategy guidelines and individual client investment guidelines. When an investment opportunity is deemed appropriate for more than one strategy, allocations are generally made on a pro-rata basis.

**Administrator, Fund Accountant and Transfer Agent.** Ultimus Fund Solutions, LLC ("Ultimus"), 225 Pictoria Drive, Suite 450, Cincinnati, Ohio 45246, serves as the Administrator, Fund Accountant and Transfer Agent to the Fund pursuant to a Master Services Agreement (the "Fund Services Agreement").

As Administrator, Ultimus assists in supervising all operations of the Fund (other than those performed by the Advisor under the Advisory Agreements). Ultimus has agreed to perform or arrange for the performance of the following services (under the Fund Services Agreement, Ultimus may delegate all or any part of its responsibilities thereunder):

– prepares and assembles reports required to be sent to the Fund's shareholders and arranges for the printing and dissemination of such reports;

– assembles reports required to be filed with the SEC and files such completed reports with the SEC;

– arranges for the dissemination to shareholders of the Fund's proxy materials and oversees the tabulation of proxies;

– files the Fund's U.S. federal income and excise tax returns;

– assists and advises the Fund regarding compliance with the 1940 Act and with its investment policies and limitations; and

– makes such reports and recommendations to the Board as the Board reasonably requests or deems appropriate.

As Fund Accountant, Ultimus maintains the accounting books and records for the Fund, including journals containing an itemized daily record of all purchases and sales of portfolio securities, all receipts and disbursements of cash and all other debits and credits, general and auxiliary ledgers reflecting all asset, liability, reserve, capital, income and expense accounts, including interest accrued and interest received, and other required separate ledger accounts. Ultimus also maintains a monthly trial balance of all ledger accounts; performs certain accounting services for the Fund, including calculation of the NAV per share, reconciles cash movements with the Fund's custodian, verifies and reconciles with the Fund's custodian all daily trade activities; provides certain reports; obtains dealer quotations or prices from pricing services used in determining NAV; and prepares an interim balance sheet, statement of income and expense, and statement of changes in net assets for the Fund.

As Transfer Agent, Ultimus performs the following services in connection with the Fund's shareholders: maintains records for each of the Fund's shareholders of record; processes shareholder purchase and redemption orders; processes transfers and exchanges of shares of the Fund on the shareholder files and records; processes dividend payments and reinvestments; and assists in the mailing of shareholder reports and proxy solicitation materials.

Ultimus receives fees from the Fund for its services as Administrator, Fund Accountant and Transfer Agent, and is reimbursed for certain expenses assumed pursuant to the Fund Services Agreement. The fee payable to Ultimus is calculated daily and paid monthly based on the average daily net assets of the Fund, subject to a minimum fee per month. In addition, the Fund pays out-of-pocket expenses, including, but not limited to, postage and supplies. Unless sooner terminated as provided therein, the Fund Services Agreement between the Trust and Ultimus will continue in effect until November 30, 2027. The Fund Services Agreement thereafter, unless otherwise terminated as provided in the Fund Service Agreement, is renewed automatically for successive one-year periods.

The following table sets forth the fees received by Ultimus for Administrative, Fund Accounting, and Transfer Agent services for the periods shown.

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| **Fiscal Year Ended** | **Fees Paid** |
| October 31, 2025 | $151916 |
| October 31, 2024 | $146753 |
| October 31, 2023\* | $84280 |
| February 28, 2023 | $126036 |

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\* For the period March 1, 2023 to October 31, 2023.

The Fund's fiscal year end was changed to October 31.

**Distributor.** Ultimus Fund Distributors, LLC, 225 Pictoria Drive, Suite 450, Cincinnati, Ohio 45246, is the exclusive agent for distribution of shares of the Fund, pursuant to a Distribution Agreement with the Trust on behalf of the Fund. The Distributor may sell shares of the Fund directly or to or through qualified securities dealers or other approved entities, including, without limitation, sub-distributors, fund supermarkets, wholesalers and other marketing and distribution outlets. The Distributor is obligated to sell shares of the Fund on a best efforts basis only against purchase orders for the shares. Shares of the Fund are offered to the public on a continuous basis. The Distributor is an affiliate of Ultimus. The Distributor is a broker-dealer registered with the SEC and a member in good standing of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA") and maintains, at its own expense, its qualification as a broker-dealer under all applicable federal or state laws in those states that the Fund shall from time to time offer its shares for sale, in order that state registrations may be maintained for the Fund. The Distribution Agreement may be terminated by either party upon 60 days' prior written notice to the other party. The Distributor is paid by the investment adviser for its services under the Distribution Agreement.

**Custodian.** U.S. Bank National Association, U.S. Bank Tower, 425 Walnut Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202 serves as custodian for the Fund's assets. The Custodian acts as the depository for the Fund, safekeeps its portfolio securities, collects all income and other payments with respect to portfolio securities, disburses monies at the Fund's request, and maintains records in connection with its duties as Custodian.

**Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.** EisnerAmper LLP ("EisnerAmper"), 733 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017, serves as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Fund, audits the annual financial statements of the Fund. Such firm will audit the financial statements of the Fund at least once each year. Eisner Advisory Group LLC prepares the Fund's U.S. federal tax returns. EisnerAmper previously served as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Predecessor Fund.

**Legal Counsel.** Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, 4208 Six Forks Road, Suite 1400, Raleigh, North Carolina 27609 serves as legal counsel to the Trust and the Fund.

**Compliance Consulting Agreement.** Under the terms of a Compliance Services Consulting Agreement with the Trust effective September 26, 2022, Northern Lights Compliance Services ("NLCS"), a company under common control with Ultimus, provides an individual with the requisite background and familiarity with the federal securities laws to serve as the Trust's CCO and to administer the Trust's compliance policies and procedures. For these services, the Trust pays Ultimus a base fee per annum, plus an asset-based fee computed at an annual rate. NLCS also provides anti-money laundering services pursuant to the Compliance Services Consulting Agreement and receives an annual fee for these services. In addition, NLCS is reimbursed for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses relating to these compliance and anti-money laundering services.

**GENERAL INFORMATION**

The Fund may enter into agreements with financial intermediaries pursuant to which the Fund may pay financial intermediaries for non-distribution-related sub- transfer agency, administrative, sub-accounting, and other shareholder services. Payments made pursuant to such agreements are generally based on either (1) a percentage of the average daily net assets of Fund shareholders serviced by a financial intermediary, or (2) the number of Fund shareholders serviced by a financial intermediary. Any payments made pursuant to such agreements may be in addition to, rather than in lieu of, distribution fees the Fund may pay to financial intermediaries pursuant to the Fund's distribution plan, if any.

**Other Payments by the Advisor**

The Advisor and/or its affiliates, in their discretion, may make payments from their own resources and not from Fund assets to 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 Fund, its service providers or its respective affiliates, as incentives to help market and promote the Fund and/or in recognition of their distribution, marketing, administrative services, and/or processing support.

These additional payments may be made to financial intermediaries that sell Fund shares or provide services to the Fund, the Distributor or shareholders of the Fund through the financial intermediary's retail distribution channel and/or fund supermarkets. Payments may also be made through the financial intermediary's retirement, qualified tuition, fee-based advisory, wrap fee bank trust, or insurance (e.g., individual or group annuity) programs. These payments may include, but are not limited to, placing the Fund in a financial intermediary's retail distribution channel or on a preferred or recommended fund list; providing business or shareholder financial planning assistance; educating financial intermediary personnel about the Fund; providing access to sales and management representatives of the financial intermediary; promoting sales of Fund shares; providing marketing and educational support; maintaining share balances and/or for sub-accounting, administrative or shareholder transaction processing services. A financial intermediary may perform the services itself or may arrange with a third party to perform the services.

The Advisor and/or its affiliates may also make payments from their own resources to financial intermediaries for costs associated with the purchase of products or services used in connection with sales and marketing, participation in and/or presentation at conferences or seminars, sales or training programs, client and investor entertainment and other sponsored events. The costs and expenses associated with these efforts may include travel, lodging, sponsorship at educational seminars and conferences, entertainment and meals to the extent permitted by law.

Revenue sharing payments may be negotiated based on a variety of factors, including the level of sales, the amount of Fund assets attributable to investments in the Fund by financial intermediaries' customers, a flat fee or other measures as determined from time to time by the Advisor and/or its affiliates. A significant purpose of these payments is to increase the sales of Fund shares, which in turn may benefit the Advisor through increased fees as Fund assets grow.

Investors should understand that some financial intermediaries may also charge their clients fees in connection with purchases of shares or the provision of shareholder services.

**SPECIAL SHAREHOLDER SERVICES**

The Fund offers the following shareholder services:

**Regular Account.** The regular account allows for voluntary investments to be made at any time. Available to individuals, custodians, corporations, trusts, estates, corporate retirement plans and others, investors are free to make additions and withdrawals to or from their accounts. When an investor makes an initial investment in the Fund, a shareholder account is opened in accordance with the investor's registration instructions. Each time there is a transaction in a shareholder account, such as an additional investment or the reinvestment of a dividend or distribution, the shareholder will receive a confirmation statement showing the current transaction and all prior transactions in the shareholder account during the calendar year-to-date, along with a summary of the status of the account as of the transaction date. As stated in the Prospectus, share certificates are normally not issued.

**Automatic Investment Plan.** Shareholders may purchase shares through an Automatic Investment Plan ("AIP"), which provides for regular, periodic purchases in accordance with the shareholder's instructions and the transfer agent's procedures. With the shareholder's authorization, the transfer agent will process AIP purchases in the amount and frequency selected by the shareholder. There is a $50 minimum investment amount required to participate in the AIP. Shareholders may change or terminate AIP instructions at any time by contacting the transfer agent. Only bank accounts maintained at U.S. financial institutions may be used. The Fund and/or the transfer agent may modify, suspend, or terminate the AIP at any time.

**Systematic Withdrawal Plan.** Shareholders may establish a systematic withdrawal plan. A shareholder may receive payments in the amount and frequency selected by the shareholder, by authorizing the Fund to redeem the necessary number of shares periodically in order to make the payments requested. The Fund has the capacity to electronically deposit the proceeds of the systematic withdrawal directly to the shareholder's personal bank account. Instructions for establishing this service are included in the Fund Shares Application, enclosed in the Prospectus, or available by calling the Fund. If the shareholder prefers to receive his/her systematic withdrawal proceeds in cash, checks will be made payable to the designated recipient and mailed within seven days of the valuation date. If the designated recipient is other than the registered shareholder, the signature of each shareholder must be guaranteed on the application (see "Investing in the Fund – Redeeming Your Shares – Medallion Signature Guarantee Requirements" in the Prospectus). A corporation (or partnership) must also submit a "Corporate Resolution" (or "Certification of Partnership") indicating the names, titles, and required number of signatures authorized to act on its behalf. The application must be signed by a duly authorized officer(s) and the corporate seal affixed. Costs in conjunction with the administration of the plan are borne by the Fund. Shareholders should be aware that such systematic withdrawals may deplete or use up entirely their initial investment and may result in realized long-term or short-term capital gains or losses. The systematic withdrawal plan may be terminated

at any time by the Fund upon 60 days' written notice or by a shareholder upon written notice to the Copley Fund. Applications and further details may be obtained by calling the Fund at **1-877-881-2751**, or by writing to:

**Copley Fund**

c/o Transfer Agency

Regular/Express Mail

P.O. Box 46707

Cincinnati, OH 45246

-or-

Overnight Mail

225 Pictoria Drive, Suite 450

Cincinnati, OH 45246

**Purchases in Kind.** The Fund may accept securities in lieu of cash in payment for the purchase of shares in the Fund. The acceptance of such securities is at the sole discretion of the Advisor, based upon the suitability of the securities accepted for inclusion as a long term investment of the respective Fund, the marketability of such securities, and other factors which the Advisor may deem appropriate. If accepted, the securities will be valued using the same criteria and methods as described in "Investing in the Fund – Purchase and Redemption Price" in the Prospectus.

**Redemptions in Kind.** The Fund does not intend, under normal circumstances, to redeem its securities by payment in kind. It is possible, however, that conditions may arise in the future, which would, in the opinion of the Trustees, make it undesirable for the Fund to pay for all redemptions in cash. In such case, the Trustees may authorize payment to be made in readily marketable portfolio securities of the Fund. Securities delivered in payment of redemptions would be valued at the same value assigned to them in computing the net asset value per share. An irrevocable election has been filed under Rule 18f-1 of the 1940 Act, wherein the Fund committed itself to pay redemptions in cash, rather than in kind, to any shareholder of record of the Fund who redeems during any ninety-day period, the lesser of (a) $250,000 or (b) one percent (1%) of the Fund's net asset value at the beginning of such period. If the Fund redeems your shares in kind, you will bear the market risks associated with maintaining or selling the securities paid as redemption proceeds. In addition, when you sell the securities, you will pay any applicable taxes and brokerage charges associated with selling the securities.

**Transfer of Registration.** To transfer shares to another owner, send a written request to the Fund at the address shown herein. Your request should include the following: (1) the Fund's name and existing account registration; (2) signature(s) of the registered owner(s) exactly as the signature(s) appear(s) on the account registration; (3) the new account registration, address, social security or taxpayer identification number; (4) signature guarantees (See the Prospectus under the heading "Signature Guarantees"); and (5) any additional documents which are required for transfer by corporations, administrators, executors, trustees, guardians, etc. If you have any questions about transferring shares, call or write the Fund.

**Employees and Affiliates of the Fund**. The Fund has adopted initial investment minimums for the purpose of reducing the cost to the Fund (and consequently to the shareholders) of communicating with and servicing their shareholders. In keeping with this purpose, the Fund may accept accounts with less than the minimum investment from Trustees, officers and employees of the Fund and the Advisor and certain parties related thereto, including clients of the Advisor or any sponsor, officer, committee member thereof, or members of their immediate family. In addition, accounts having the same mailing address may be aggregated for purposes of the minimum investment requirements if such shareholders consent in writing to sharing a single mailing of shareholder reports, proxy statements (but each such shareholder would receive his/her own proxy), and other Fund literature.

**DISCLOSURE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS**

The Trustees have adopted a policy that governs the disclosure of portfolio holdings. This policy is intended to ensure that such disclosure is in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders and to address possible conflicts of interest. Under the Trust's policy, the Trust and the Advisor generally will not disclose the Fund's portfolio holdings to any third party unless such information has been made generally available to the public. The policy provides that the Trust and Advisor may disclose non-public portfolio holdings information as required by law and under other limited circumstances that are set forth in more detail below.

Portfolio Holdings Information does not include information which has been: (1) disclosed to the public in either a prospectus or in a shareholder report filed with the SEC and delivered to shareholders pursuant to Section 30(e) of the 1940 Act, or one day after it is posted on a Fund's internet website in accordance with the requirement of Instruction 3 to Item 11(f)(2) of Form N-lA; (2) filed with the SEC on (a) Form N-CSR or (b) in a filing as a schedule to Form N-PORT made in accordance with the requirements of Rule 30b1-9 under the 1940 Act; or (3) one day after it is posted on a Fund's website or (4) included in disclosures in any other publicly available that includes the information.

The Fund will generally make available to the public a complete schedule of the Fund's portfolio holdings, as reported on a fiscal quarter basis. This information is generally available within 60 days of the Fund's fiscal quarter end and will remain available until the posting of the next fiscal quarter's portfolio holdings report becomes available. You may obtain a copy of these quarterly portfolio holdings reports by calling the Fund at 1-888-881-2751. The Fund will also file these quarterly portfolio holdings reports with the SEC on Form N-CSR, or Form N-PORT, as applicable. The Fund's Form N-CSR, and Form N-PORT are available on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov and may be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC.

The Fund and/or the Advisor may, from time to time, provide additional portfolio holdings information in the form of quarterly management letters ("Quarterly Letters") which will typically include additional portfolio holdings information, including disclosure of certain of the Fund's portfolio holdings as of the end of the calendar quarter. The Fund will generally make the Quarterly Letters available to the public on the Fund's website at <u>http://www.dcmadvisors.com</u> within thirty (30) days after the close of any calendar quarter for which a Quarterly Letter is prepared and such information will remain available until the earlier of the date the next Quarterly Letter is posted or the end of the next calendar quarter. To reach the Quarterly Letters, when available, use the link "Fact Sheet" on the Fund's page at www.dcmadvisors.com/funds/coplx. The Fund and/or the Advisor may also send the Quarterly Letters to shareholders of the Fund and to mutual fund analysts; provided that a Quarterly Letter will not be sent to the Fund's shareholders or analysts until one day after such letter has been publicly disclosed on the Fund's website.

The Fund and/or the Advisor may also, from time to time, hold conference calls for shareholders, potential investors, and other interested parties where the Advisor expresses views and statements on the Fund's portfolio securities, such as portfolio commentary or statistical information that may include the disclosure of additional portfolio holdings information. Information regarding the date and time of any conference call will be provided at least one week in advance by notice in a Quarterly Letter and/or by posting the information separately on the Fund's website at http://www.dcmadvisors.com. Following any conference call that includes the disclosure of additional portfolio holdings information, a list of the holdings discussed will be made available on the Fund's website at http://www.dcmadvisors.com. This information will remain available until new information for a subsequent conference call is posted.

The officers of the Fund and/or the Advisor may share non-public portfolio holdings information with the Fund's and Advisor's service providers, such as the Fund's fund accountant and administrator, transfer agent, distributor, custodian, independent registered public accounting firm, Glass Lewis (proxy voting services, and legal counsel as identified in the Fund's Prospectus and SAI; and Blu Giant, LLC, N-PORT and N-CEN vendors, pricing and liquidity vendors and consultants, mailing service providers, compliance consultants, broker-dealers in connection with the purchase and sale of portfolio securities, financial typesetters and printers the Fund may engage for, among other things, the EDGARizing, typesetting, printing and/or distribution of regulatory and compliance documents, the Trust's Board and officers, pursuant to a regulatory request, court order or other legal proceedings. The Fund and/or Advisor may also provide non-public portfolio holdings information to appropriate regulatory agencies as required by applicable laws and regulations. The Fund's service providers receiving such non- public information are subject to confidentiality obligations. Disclosure of a Fund's Portfolio Holdings Information may also be made to the following additional entities ("Potential Recipients"). (i) mutual fund rating or, statistical agency, consultants or person performing similar functions;(ii) a broker dealer, investment adviser or other financial intermediary performing due diligence on a Fund (and not for dissemination to clients); and (iii) others pursuant to the prior written approval of the Trust's CCO.

The Fund currently does not provide non-public portfolio holdings information to any other third parties. In the future, the Fund may elect to disclose such information to other third parties if the officers of the Fund and/or Advisor determine that the Fund has a legitimate business purpose for doing so and the recipient is subject to a duty of confidentiality. The Trust's CCO is responsible for determining which other third parties have a legitimate business purpose for receiving the Fund's portfolio holdings information.

The Fund's policy regarding disclosure of portfolio holdings is subject to the continuing oversight and direction of the Trustees. The Advisor and Administrator are required to report to the Trustees any known disclosure of the Fund's portfolio holdings to unauthorized third parties. The Fund has not (and does not intend to) enter into any arrangement providing for the receipt of compensation or other consideration in exchange for the disclosure of non-public portfolio holdings information, other than the benefits that result to the Fund and their respective shareholders from providing such information, which include the publication of Fund ratings and rankings.

**FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**

The Fund's audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2025 on Form N-CSR, including the Financial Highlights appearing in the Prospectus, are incorporated by reference and made a part hereof. You may request a copy of the Fund's Annual or Semi Annual Report to shareholders, or the Fund's financial statements, when available, at no charge by calling the Fund at 1-877-881-2751.

**APPENDIX A – PROXY VOTING POLICIES**

The following proxy voting policies are provided:

(1) the Trust's Proxy Voting and Disclosure Policy; and

(2) the Advisor's Proxy Voting and Disclosure Policy, including a detailed description of the Advisor's specific proxy voting guidelines.

**CENTAUR MUTUAL FUNDS TRUST**

**PROXY VOTING AND DISCLOSURE POLICY**

**I.** **Introduction** 

Effective April 14, 2003, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") adopted rule and form amendments under the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("Investment Company Act") to require registered management investment companies to provide disclosure about how they vote proxies for their portfolio securities (collectively, the rule and form amendments are referred to herein as the "IC Amendments").

The IC Amendments require that each series of shares of the Centaur Mutual Funds Trust ("Trust") listed on Exhibit A, attached hereto, (individually a "Fund" and collectively "Funds"), disclose the policies and procedures used to determine how to vote proxies for portfolio securities. The IC Amendments also require the Funds to file with the SEC and to make available to their shareholders the specific proxy votes cast for portfolio securities.

This Proxy Voting and Disclosure Policy ("Policy") is designed to ensure that the Funds comply with the requirements of the IC Amendments, and otherwise fulfills their obligations with respect to proxy voting, disclosure, and recordkeeping. The overall goal is to ensure that each Fund's proxy voting is managed in an effort to act in the best interests of its shareholders. While decisions about how to vote must be determined on a case-by-case basis, proxy voting decisions will be made considering these guidelines and following the procedures recited herein.

**II.** **Specific Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures** 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**A.** **General** 

The Trust's Board of Trustees ("Board") believes that the voting of proxies is an important part of portfolio management as it represents an opportunity for shareholders to make their voices heard and to influence the direction of a company. The Trust and the Funds are committed to voting corporate proxies in the manner that best serves the interests of the Funds' shareholders.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**B.** **Delegation to Fund's Advisor** 

The Board believes that DCM Advisors, LLC ("Advisor"), as the Fund's investment advisor, is in the best position to make individual voting decisions for each Fund consistent with this Policy. Therefore, subject to the oversight of the Board, the Advisor is hereby delegated the following duties:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) to
 make the proxy voting decisions for each Fund; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) to
 assist each Fund in disclosing the Fund's proxy voting record as required by Rule 30b1-4 under the Investment Company Act,
 including providing the following information for each matter with respect to which the Fund was entitled to vote: (a) information
 identifying the matter voted on; (b) whether the matter was proposed by the issuer or by a security holder; (c) whether and how the
 Fund cast its vote; and (d) whether the Fund cast its vote for or against management.

The Board, including a majority of the independent trustees of the Board, shall approve the Advisor's Proxy Voting and Disclosure Policy ("Advisor's Voting Policy") as it relates to each Fund. The Board shall also approve any material changes to the Advisor's Voting Policy no later than four (4) months after adoption by the Advisor. The delegation by the Board of the authority to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities held by the Funds may be revoked by the Board, in whole or in part, at any time.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**C.** **Conflicts** 

In cases where a matter with respect to which a Fund is entitled to vote presents a conflict between the interest of the Fund's shareholders, on the one hand, and those of the Fund's investment advisor, principal underwriter, or an affiliated person of the Fund, its investment advisor or principal underwriter, on the other hand, the Fund shall always vote in the best interest of the Fund's shareholders. For purposes of this Policy, a vote shall be considered in the best interest of the Fund's shareholders (i) when a vote is cast consistent with a specific voting policy as set forth in the Advisor's Voting Policy, provided such specific voting policy was approved by the Board or (ii) when a vote is cast consistent with the decision of the Trust's Proxy Voting Committee (as defined below). In addition, provided the Advisor is not affiliated with a Fund's principal underwriter or an affiliated person of the principal underwriter and neither the Fund's principal underwriter nor an affiliated person of the principal underwriter has influenced the Advisor with respect to a matter to which the Fund is entitled to vote, a vote by the Advisor shall not be considered a conflict between the Fund's shareholders and the Fund's principal underwriter or affiliated person of the principal underwriter.

**III.** **Fund Disclosure** 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**A.** **Disclosure of Fund Policies and Procedures With Respect to Voting Proxies Relating to Portfolio Securities** 

The Fund shall disclose this Policy, or a description of the policies and procedures of this Policy, to its shareholders by including it as an appendix to its Statement of Additional Information ("SAI") on Form N-1A. Each Fund will also notify its shareholders in the Fund's shareholder reports that a description of this Policy is available upon request, without charge, by calling a specified toll-free telephone number. The Fund will send this description of the Fund's Policy within three business days of receipt of any shareholder request, by first-class mail or other means designed to ensure equally prompt delivery.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**B.** **Disclosure of the Fund's Complete Proxy Voting Record** 

In accordance with Rule 30b1-4 of the Investment Company Act, each Fund will file Form N-PX with the SEC no later than August 31 of each year. Each Fund shall disclose to its shareholders on Form N-PX the Fund's complete proxy voting record for the twelve-month period ended June 30.

The following information must be collected for the Trust separately for each Fund in order to complete and file Form N-PX:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The
 name of the issuer of the security;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The
 Council on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures ("CUSIP") number for the security;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The
 International Securities Identification Number ("ISIN") for the security;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The
 global share class Financial Instrument Global Identifier ("FIGI") for the security (optional);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) The
 shareholder meeting date;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) An
 identification of the matter voted on;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g) All
 categories applicable to the matter voted on from the following list of categories:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(A) Director
 elections;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(B) Section
 14A say-on-pay votes (examples: section 14A executive compensation, section 14A executive compensation vote frequency, section 14A
 extraordinary transaction executive compensation);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(C) Audit-related
 (examples: auditor ratification, auditor rotation);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(D) Investment
 company matters (examples: new or changed investment management agreement, assignment of investment management agreement, business
 development company approval of restricted securities or asset coverage ratio change, closed-end investment company issuance of shares
 below net asset value);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(E) Shareholder
 rights and defenses (examples: adoption or modification of a shareholder rights plan, control share acquisition provisions, fair
 price provisions, board classification, cumulative voting);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(F) Extraordinary
 transactions (examples: merger, asset sale, liquidation, buyout, joint venture, going private, spinoff, delisting);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(G) Capital
 structure (examples: security issuance, stock split, reverse stock split, dividend, buyback, tracking stock, adjustment to par value,
 authorization of additional stock);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(H) Compensation
 (examples: board compensation, executive compensation (other than Section 14A say-on-pay), board or executive anti-hedging, board
 or executive anti-pledging, compensation clawback, 10b5-1 plans);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(I) Corporate
 governance (examples: term limits, board committee issues, size of board, articles of incorporation or bylaws, codes of ethics, approval
 to adjourn, acceptance of minutes, proxy access);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(J) Environment
 or climate (examples: greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, transition planning or reporting, biodiversity or ecosystem risk, chemical
 footprint, renewable energy or energy efficiency, water issues, waste or pollution, deforestation or land use, say-on-climate, environmental
 justice);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(K) Human
 rights or human capital/workforce (examples: workforce-related mandatory arbitration, supply chain exposure to human rights risks,
 outsourcing or offshoring, workplace sexual harassment);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(L) Diversity,
 equity, and inclusion (examples: board diversity, pay gap);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(M) Other
 social issues (examples: lobbying, political or charitable activities, data privacy, responsible tax policies, consumer protection);
 or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(N) Other
 (along with a brief description).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h) For
 reports filed by Funds, disclose whether the matter was proposed by the issuer or by a security holder;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) The
 number of shares that were voted, with the number zero ("0") entered if no shares were voted;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(j) The
 number of shares that the reporting person loaned and did not recall;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(k) How
 the shares in paragraph (i) were voted (e.g., for or against proposal, or abstain; for or withhold regarding election of directors)
 and, if the votes were cast in multiple manners (e.g., for and against), the number of shares voted in each manner;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(l) Whether
 the votes disclosed in paragraph (k) represented votes for or against management's recommendation;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(m) If
 applicable, identify each Institutional Manager on whose behalf this Form N-PX report is being filed (other than the reporting person
 filing the report) that exercised voting power over the security by entering the number assigned to the Institutional Manager on
 the Summary Page;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(n) If
 applicable, identify the Series that was eligible to vote the security by providing the Series identification number listed on the
 Summary Page; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(o) Any
 other information the reporting person would like to provide about the matter or how it voted.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**C.** **Compliance Process:** 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a. At
 the time the Fund's manager votes proxies on behalf of a Fund, they shall complete
 a Form N-PX Report. The Fund manager shall keep one copy of each completed of the Form N-PX
 Report and deliver a copy to the Advisor's Chief Compliance Officer.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;b. At
 least 30 days prior to August 31, the Advisor's Chief Compliance Officer shall review
 the Advisor's corporate action records to determine whether any proxy votes were cast
 on behalf of the Fund for which reports were not filed. If unreported votes are discovered,
 the Advisor's Chief Compliance Officer shall contact the Fund manager for an explanation
 and documentation.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;c. The
 Advisor's Chief Compliance Officer shall compile all Form N-PX reports submitted for
 the 12-month period ended June 30 and complete Form N-PX.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;d. Completed
 Form N-PX reports shall be sent to the Administrator, who shall file Form N-PX reports with
 the SEC by August 31.

**IV.** **Recordkeeping** 

The Trust shall keep the following records for a period of at least five years, the first two in an easily accessible place:

(i) A
 copy of this Policy;

(ii) Proxy
 statements received regarding each Fund's securities;

(iii) Records
 of votes cast on behalf of each Fund; and

(iv) A
 record of each shareholder request for proxy voting information and the Fund's response, including the date of the request,
 the name of the shareholder, and the date of the response.

The foregoing records may be kept as part of the Advisor's records.

A Fund may rely on proxy statements filed on the SEC EDGAR system instead of keeping its own copies, and may rely on proxy statements and records of proxy votes cast by the Advisor that are maintained with a third party such as a proxy voting service, provided that an undertaking is obtained from the third party to provide a copy of the documents promptly upon request.

**V.** **Proxy Voting Committee** 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**A.** **General** 

The proxy voting committee ("Proxy Voting Committee") of the Trust shall be composed entirely of independent trustees of the Board and may be comprised of one or more such independent trustees as the Board may, from time to time, decide. The purpose of the Proxy Voting Committee shall be to determine how a Fund should cast its vote, if called upon by the Board or the Advisor, when a matter with respect to which the Fund is entitled to vote presents a conflict between the interest of the Fund's shareholders, on the one hand, and those of the Fund's investment advisor, principal underwriter, or an affiliated person of the Fund, its investment advisor or principal underwriter, on the other hand.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**B.** **Powers and Methods of Operation** 

The Proxy Voting Committee shall have all the powers necessary to fulfill its purpose as set forth above and such other powers and perform such other duties as the Board may, from time to time, grant and/or assign the Proxy Voting Committee. The Proxy Voting Committee shall meet at such times and places as the Proxy Voting Committee or the Board may, from time to time, determine. The act of a majority of the members of the Proxy Voting Committee in person, by telephone conference or by consent in writing without a meeting shall be the act of the Proxy Voting Committee. The Proxy Voting Committee shall have the authority to utilize Trust counsel at the expense of the Trust if necessary. The Proxy Voting Committee shall prepare minutes of each meeting and keep such minutes with the Trust's records. The Proxy Voting Committee shall review this Policy and recommend any changes to the Board as it deems necessary or advisable.

**VI.** **DISCLOSURES** 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**A.** **The Trust shall include in its registration statements (N-1A):** 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1. A
 description of these Policies and Procedures and of the Advisor's Policies and Procedures;
 and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2. A
 Fund may satisfy the requirement to provide a description of the policies and procedures
 that it uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities by including
 a copy of the policies and procedures themselves.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3. The
 registration statement should also state that information regarding how the Fund voted proxies
 relating to portfolio securities during the most recent twelve-month period ended June 30
 is available without charge, upon request, by calling a specified toll-free (or collect)
 telephone number or on or through the Fund's website at a specified Internet address;
 or both; and on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**B.** **Other Disclosures** 

If a Fund discloses that the Fund's proxy voting record is available by calling a toll-free (or collect) telephone number, and the Fund (or financial intermediary through which shares of the Fund may be purchased or sold) receives a request for this information, the Fund (or financial intermediary) must send the information disclosed in the Fund's most recently filed report on Form N-PX, within three business days of receipt of the request, by first-class mail or other means designed to ensure equally prompt delivery.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3. If
 a Fund discloses that the Fund's proxy voting record is available on or through its
 website, the Fund must make available free of charge the information disclosed in the Fund's
 most recently filed report on Form N-PX on or through its website as soon as reasonably practicable
 after filing the report with the SEC. The information disclosed in the Fund's most
 recently filed report on Form N-PX must remain available on or through the Fund's website
 for as long as the Fund remains subject to the requirements of Rule 30b1-4 (17 CFR 270.30b1-4)
 and discloses that the Fund's proxy voting record is available on or through its website.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**B.** **Annual/Semi Annual Report: The Trust shall include in its Annual and Semi-Annual Tailored Shareholder Report:** 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1. A
 statement that a description of these Policies and Procedures is available without charge,
 upon request, by calling the Fund's toll-free telephone number or through a specified
 Internet address or both and on the SEC website.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2. A
 statement that information regarding how the Fund(s) voted proxies relating to portfolio
 securities held by the Funds during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available
 without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund's toll-free telephone number or through
 a specified Internet address or both and on the SEC website.

**VI.** **Other** 

This Policy may be amended, from time to time, as determined by the Board.

Adopted this 17<sup>th</sup> day of December 2004.

Amended as of November 16, 2018.

Amended as of September 14, 2020

Amended as of June 15, 2021

Amended as of July 1, 2023

Amended as of March 26, 2025

Amended as of September 16, 2025

**EXHIBIT A**

Series of the Centaur Mutual Funds Trust

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1. Copley
 Fund

Amended as of December 18, 2024

**DCM ADVISORS PROXY VOTING POLICY**

DCM executes proxy voting for certain institutional clients and the DCM Managed Funds.

A. Proxy
 Voting

Proxy Voting Procedures

The Senior Operations Associate is responsible for managing the proxy voting processes, policies and procedures. The Senior Operations Associate ensures that DCM votes all proxies in accordance with these policies and procedures and retains all required documentation associated with proxy voting, unless the client has retained proxy voting responsibility. The Senior Operations Associate and CCO will ensure that DCM complies with all applicable recordkeeping requirements associated with proxy voting.

DCM has adopted the following proxy voting procedures to ensure that proxies are properly identified and voted, and that any conflicts of interest are addressed properly:

● DCM will maintain a list of all clients for which it votes proxies. The list is maintained through the Glass Lewis System.

● The Senior Operations Associate is responsible for overseeing the proxy voting process and ensuring that all proxies are voted in a timely manner.

● DCM has adopted the Glass Lewis Benchmark Policy. Portfolio Managers may determine to vote a proxy differently than the approved policy recommendation. In any instance where DCM votes a proxy differently from the approved policy recommendation the Portfolio Manager is required to finalize a written explanation of the reason for the deviation, as well as a representation that DCM is not conflicted in making the chosen voting decision.

● Prior to finalizing the submission of proxy votes the Senior Operations Associate will review any provided disclosures regarding conflicts of interest by Glass Lewis. The Senior Operations Associate, with assistance from the CCO, will review any received conflict of interest disclosure and determine whether any revision to the Glass Lewis recommended vote pursuant to the adopted policy is warranted. The Senior Operations Associate, with assistance from the CCO, will document any proxy vote recommended pursuant to the Glass Lewis Benchmark Policy that is subject to change.

● DCM will not neglect its proxy voting responsibilities, but DCM may abstain from voting if it deems that abstaining is in the best interests of clients. For example, DCM may be unable to vote securities that have been lent by the custodian, voting on international securities where personal appearance is required and not having sufficient information to vote the proxy. The Senior Operations Associate, with assistance from the CCO, will prepare and maintain documentation describing the rationale for any instance in which DCM does not vote a client's proxy utilizing the Glass Lewis System.

● Through the Glass Lewis System the following information will be maintained in connection with each proxy received for vote:

○ The issuer's name;

○ The security's ticker symbol or CUSIP, as applicable;

○ The shareholder meeting date;

○ The number of shares that DCM voted;

○ A brief identification of the matter voted on;

○ Whether DCM cast a vote; and

○ How DCM cast its vote (for the proposal, against the proposal, or abstain).

Any attempt to influence the proxy voting process by issuers or others not identified in these policies and procedures will be promptly reported to the CCO.

Proxy Voting Service Providers – Due Diligence

In addition to the due diligence relating to all third party service providers, as set forth in Section XXVI of this Manual, the COO and CCO will ensure that initial and ongoing due diligence of the Glass Lewis System is completed as necessary relating to the services provided by Glass Lewis.

The due diligence review may include such things as the following:

● Review of whether Glass Lewis has capacity and competency to adequately analyze the matters for which it is responsible for voting/providing voting recommendations;

● How the Glass Lewis System constructs peer groups, taking into account such things as the unique characteristics of the issuer to the extent available such as, the issuer's size, history and financial performance;

● Whether Glass Lewis adequately discloses its methodologies in formulating voting recommendations, so DCM can understand the factors underlying the proxy firm's recommendations; and

● How Glass Lewis handles conflicts of interest related to relationships with issuers, shareholder advocates, or other parties.

B. Class
 Actions/Legal Proceedings While DCM does not take responsibility for legal proceedings, class
 action suits or other events pertaining to account assets, DCM makes available to clients
 the services of Battea Class Action Services for the filing of class action proof of claims
 and the distribution of any received payments to participating clients.

The CCO has responsibility for this program made available to clients.

C. Disclosures
 to Clients DCM includes a description of its policies and procedures regarding proxy voting
 in Part 2A of Form ADV, along with a statement that clients can contact the CCO to obtain
 a copy of these policies and procedures and information about how DCM voted with respect
 to the client's securities. Any requests for information about proxy voting should
 be promptly forwarded to the CCO who will respond to any such requests. As a matter of policy,
 DCM does not disclose how it expects to vote on upcoming proxies.

Additionally, DCM does not disclose the way it voted proxies to unaffiliated third parties without a legitimate need to know such information.

**APPENDIX A**

**Glass Lewis Proxy Voting Guidelines Summary**

***Anti-Takeover Measures***

- Poison Pills (Shareholder Rights Plans). Typically Glass Lewis recommends that shareholders vote against these plans to protect their financial interests and ensure that they have an opportunity to consider any offer for their shares, especially those at a premium. In certain limited circumstances, Glass Lewis will support a limited poison pill to accomplish a particular objective, such as the closing of an important merger, or a pill that contains what Glass Lewis believes to be a reasonable 'qualifying offer' clause.

- *Right of Shareholders to Call a Special Meeting.* In order to prevent abuse and waste of corporate resources by a minority of shareholders, Glass Lewis believes this right should be exercisable by between 10% to 15% of the shareholders requesting such a meeting. However, when proposals are presented that would allow shareholders to call special meetings without a minimum threshold, Glass Lewis will support them because the benefit to shareholders outweighs the possible abuse of the right to call shareholder meetings.

- *Shareholder Action by Written Consent.* In order to prevent abuse and waste of corporate resources by a minority of shareholders, Glass Lewis believes that such rights should be limited to a minimum of 15% of the shareholders requesting action by written consent. However, when proposals are presented to allow shareholders the opportunity to act by written consent without specifying a minimum threshold, Glass Lewis will support them based on the belief that shareholders are better off with this right than without it, and because the benefit to shareholders outweighs the potential for abuse.

- *Advance Notice Requirements for Shareholder Ballot Proposals.* Glass Lewis typically recommends that shareholders vote against these proposals.

- *Cumulative Voting.* Glass Lewis reviews these proposals on a case-by-case basis, factoring in the independence of the board and the status of the company's governance structure. However, Glass Lewis typically finds that these proposals are on ballots at companies where independence is lacking and where the appropriate checks and balances that favor shareholders are not in place. In those instances, Glass Lewis typically recommends in favor of cumulative voting.

- *Supermajority Vote Requirements.* Glass Lewis believes that supermajority vote requirements impede shareholder action on ballot items critical to shareholder interests and that a simple majority is appropriate to approve all matters presented to shareholders.

***Election of Directors***

- *Voting Recommendation on the Basis of Independence:* Glass Lewis looks at each director nominee and examines the director's relationships with the company, the company's executives and other directors. Glass Lewis does this to find personal, familial, or financial relationships (not including director compensation) that may impact the director's decisions. Glass Lewis believes that such relationships make it difficult for a director to put shareholders' interests above the director's or the related party's interests. Glass Lewis also believes that a director who owns more than 20% of a company can exert disproportionate influence on the board and, in particular, the audit committee. In general, Glass Lewis believes a board will be most effective in protecting shareholders' interests if it is at least two-thirds' independent. In the event that more than one third of the members are affiliated or inside directors, Glass Lewis typically recommends withholding votes from some of the inside and/or affiliated directors in order to satisfy the two-thirds threshold. Glass Lewis believes that <u>on</u>ly independent directors should serve on a company's audit, compensation, nominating and governance committees. Glass Lewis typically recommends that shareholders withhold their votes for any affiliated or inside director seeking appointment to an audit, compensation, nominating or governance committee, or who has served in that capacity in the past year.

Appendix A-1

- *Voting Recommendation on the Basis of Performance*: Glass Lewis disfavors directors who have a record of not fulfilling their responsibilities to shareholders at any company where they have held a board or executive position. See full guidelines for criteria.

- *Voting Recommendation on the Basis of Experience:* Glass Lewis typically recommends that shareholders withhold votes from directors who have served on boards or as executives of companies with records of poor performance, overcompensation, audit- or accounting-related issues and/or other indicators of mismanagement or actions against the interests of shareholders.

- *Voting Recommendation on the Basis of Other Considerations:* Glass Lewis recommends shareholders withhold votes from certain types of affiliated or inside directors under nearly all circumstances.

***Appointment of Auditors***

Glass Lewis generally supports management's choice of auditor except when Glass Lewis believes the auditor's independence or audit integrity has been compromised. Where a board has not allowed shareholders to review and ratify an auditor, Glass Lewis typically recommends withholding votes from the audit committee chairman. When there have been material restatements of annual financial statements or material weakness in internal controls, Glass Lewis usually recommends withholding votes from the entire committee. Glass Lewis typically supports audit-related proposals regarding mandatory auditor rotation when the proposal uses a reasonable period of time (usually not less than 5-7 years).

***Changes to Capital Structure***

When analyzing a request for additional shares, Glass Lewis typically reviews four common reasons why a company might need additional capital stock beyond what is currently available:

- Stock Split — Glass Lewis typically considers three metrics when evaluating whether Glass Lewis thinks a stock split is likely or necessary: the historical stock pre-split price, if any; the current price relative to the company's most common trading price over the past 52 weeks; and some absolute limits on stock price that in Glass Lewis' view either always make a stock split appropriate if desired by management or would almost never be a reasonable price at which to split a stock.

- Shareholder Defenses — Additional authorized shares could be used to bolster takeover defenses such as a "poison pill." Proxy filings often discuss the usefulness of additional shares in defending against or discouraging a hostile takeover as a reason for a requested increase. Glass Lewis is typically against such defenses and will oppose actions intended to bolster such defenses.

- Financing for Acquisitions — Glass Lewis looks at whether the company has a history of using stock for acquisitions and attempts to determine what levels of stock have typically been required to accomplish such transactions. Likewise, Glass Lewis looks to see whether this is discussed as a reason for additional shares in the proxy.

- Financing for Operations — Glass Lewis reviews the company's cash position and its ability to secure financing through borrowing or other means. Glass Lewis looks at the company's history of capitalization and whether the company has had to use stock in the recent past as a means of raising capital.

Issuing additional shares can dilute existing holders in limited circumstances. Further, the availability of additional shares, where the board has discretion to implement a poison pill, can often serve as a deterrent to interested suitors. Accordingly, where Glass Lewis finds that the company has not detailed a plan for use of the proposed shares, or where the number of shares far exceeds those needed to accomplish a detailed plan, Glass Lewis typically recommends against the authorization of additional shares. While Glass Lewis thinks that having adequate shares to allow management to make quick decisions and effectively operate the business is critical, Glass Lewis prefers that, for significant transactions, management come to shareholders to justify their use of additional shares rather than providing a blank check in the form of a large pool of unallocated shares available for any purpose.

Appendix A-2

***Equity Based Compensation Plans***

Glass Lewis evaluates option- and other equity-based compensation plans using a detailed model and analyst review. Glass Lewis believes that equity compensation awards are useful, when not abused, for retaining employees and providing an incentive for them to act in a way that will improve company performance.

Glass Lewis' analysis is quantitative and focused on the plan's cost as compared with the business's operating metrics. Glass Lewis runs twenty different analyses, comparing the program with absolute limits Glass Lewis believes are key to equity value creation and with a carefully chosen peer group. In general, Glass Lewis' model seeks to determine whether the proposed plan is either absolutely excessive or is more than one standard deviation away from the average plan for the peer group on a range of criteria, including dilution to shareholders and the projected annual cost relative to the company's financial performance. Each of the twenty analyses (and their constituent parts) is weighted and the plan is scored in accordance with that weight.

*Option Exchanges.* Glass Lewis views option repricing plans and option exchange programs with great skepticism and firmly opposes them. Shareholders have substantial risk in owning stock and, as a general matter, Glass Lewis believes that the employees, officers and directors who receive stock options should be similarly situated to align their interests with shareholder interests.

*Performance Based Options.* Glass Lewis believes in performance-based equity compensation plans for senior executives. Glass Lewis feels that executives should be compensated with equity when their performance and the company's performance warrants such rewards. While Glass Lewis does not believe that equity-based compensation plans for all employees should be based on overall company performance, Glass Lewis does support such limitations for equity grants to senior executives (although some equity-based compensation of senior executives without performance criteria is acceptable, such as in the case of moderate incentive grants made in an initial offer of employment or in emerging industries). Glass Lewis generally recommends that shareholders vote in favor of performance-based option requirements.

*Linking Pay with Performance.* Glass Lewis strongly believes executive compensation should be linked directly with the performance of the business the executive is charged with managing. Glass Lewis has a proprietary pay-for-performance model that evaluates compensation of the top five executives at every company in the Russell 3000. Glass Lewis' model benchmarks these executives' pay against their performance using three peer groups for each company: an industry peer group, a smaller sector peer group and a geographic peer group. Using a forced curve and a school letter-grade system, Glass Lewis ranks companies according to their pay-for-performance. Glass Lewis uses this analysis to inform Glass Lewis' voting decisions on each of the compensation issues that arise on the ballot. Likewise, Glass Lewis uses this analysis in Glass Lewis' evaluation of the compensation committee's performance.

*162(m) Plans.* Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code allows companies to deduct compensation in excess of $1 million for the CEO and the next four most highly compensated executive officers upon shareholder approval of the excess compensation. Glass Lewis recognizes the value of executive incentive programs and the tax benefit of shareholder-approved incentive plans. Glass Lewis believes the best practice for companies is to provide reasonable disclosure to shareholders so that they can make sound judgments about the reasonableness of the proposed compensation plan. To allow for meaningful shareholder review, Glass Lewis prefers that these proposals include specific performance goals, a maximum award pool and a maximum award amount per employee. Glass Lewis also believes it is important to analyze the estimated grants to see if they are reasonable and in line with the company's peers. Glass Lewis typically recommends against a 162(m) plan where: a company fails to provide at least a list of performance targets; a company fails to provide one of either a total pool or an individual maximum; or the proposed plan is excessive when compared with the plans of the company's peers.

However, where a company has a record of reasonable pay relative to business performance, Glass Lewis is not typically inclined to recommend against a plan even if the plan caps seem large relative to peers because they recognize the value in special pay arrangements for continued exceptional performance.

*Director Compensation Plans.* Glass Lewis believes that non-employee directors should receive compensation for the time and effort they spend serving on the board and its committees. In particular, Glass Lewis supports compensation plans that include option grants or other equity-based awards, which help to align the interests of outside directors with those of shareholders. Director fees should be competitive in order to retain and attract qualified individuals.

Appendix A-3

However, excessive fees represent a financial cost to the company and threaten to compromise the objectivity and independence of non- employee directors. Therefore, a balance is required.

*Limits on Executive Compensation.* As a general rule, Glass Lewis believes shareholders should not be directly involved in setting executive compensation. Such matters should be left to the compensation committee. Glass Lewis views the election of compensation committee members as the appropriate mechanism for shareholders to express their disapproval or support of board policy on executive pay. Further, Glass Lewis believes that companies whose pay-for-performance is in line with its peers should be able to compensate their executives in a manner that drives growth and profit without destroying ethical values, giving consideration to their peers' comparable size and performance. However, Glass Lewis favors performance-based compensation as an effective means of motivating executives to act in the best interests of shareholders. Performance-based compensation may be limited if CEO pay is capped at a low level rather than flexibly tied to company performance.

*Limits on Executive Stock Options.* Glass Lewis typically recommends that Glass Lewis' clients oppose caps on executive stock options.

*Linking Pay to Social Criteria.* Glass Lewis believes that ethical behavior is an important part of executive performance and should be taken into account when evaluating performance and determining compensation. Glass Lewis also believes, however, that the compensation committee is in the best position to set policy on management compensation. Shareholders can hold the compensation committee accountable for pay awarded.

*Full Disclosure of Executive Compensation.* Glass Lewis believes that complete, timely and transparent disclosure of executive pay is critical to allowing shareholders to evaluate the extent to which the pay is keeping pace with company performance. However, Glass Lewis is concerned when a proposal goes too far in the level of detail that it requests for executives other than the most high-ranking leaders of the company. While Glass Lewis is in favor of full disclosure for senior executives and Glass Lewis views pay disclosure at the aggregate level (e.g., the number of employees being paid over a certain amount or in certain categories) as potentially very useful, Glass Lewis does not believe that shareholders need or will benefit from detailed reports about individual management employees other than the most senior executives.

***Social and Corporate Responsibility<sup>1</sup>***

Glass Lewis believes that disclosure regarding how a company uses its funds is an important component of corporate accountability to shareholders. Some campaign contributions are heavily regulated by federal, state and local laws. Most jurisdictions have detailed disclosure laws so that information on some contributions is publicly available. Other than where a company does not adequately disclose information about its contributions to shareholders or where a company has a history of abuse in the donation process, Glass Lewis believes that the mechanism for disclosure and the standards for giving are best left to the board. However, Glass Lewis will consider supporting shareholder proposals seeking greater disclosures of political giving in cases where additional company disclosure is nonexistent or limited and there is some evidence or credible allegation that the company is mismanaging corporate funds through political donations or has a record of doing so.

In general, Glass Lewis believes that labor and human resource policies are typically best left to management and the board, absent a showing of egregious or illegal conduct that might threaten shareholder value. It is Glass Lewis' opinion that management is in the best position to determine appropriate practices in the context of its business. Glass Lewis will hold directors accountable for company decisions related to labor and employment problems. However, in situations where there is clear evidence of practices resulting in significant economic exposure to the company, Glass Lewis will support shareholders proposals that seek to address labor policies.

<sup>1</sup> Glass Lewis has generally discontinued providing guidance with respect to particular social and corporate responsibility issues. DCM has elected to continue to adhere to Glass Lewis' previously issued guidelines on these issues, but may discontinue following the guidelines in the future.

Appendix A-4

*Non-Discrimination Policies.* Glass Lewis believes that human resource policies are best left to management and the board, absent a showing of egregious or illegal conduct that might threaten shareholder value. Management is in the best position to determine which policies will promote the interests of the firm across its various businesses.

*Military and US Government Business Policies.* Glass Lewis believes that disclosure to shareholders of information on key company endeavors is important. However, Glass Lewis generally does not support resolutions that call for shareholder approval of policy statements for or against government programs that are subject to thorough review by the Federal Government and elected officials at the national level.

*Foreign Government Business Policies.* Glass Lewis believes that business policies regarding foreign operations are best left to management and the board, absent a showing of egregious or illegal conduct that might threaten shareholder value. Glass Lewis believes that shareholders should hold board members accountable for these issues when they face re-election.

*Environmental Policies.* Glass Lewis believes that when management and the board have displayed disregard for environmental risks, have engaged in egregious or illegal conduct, or have failed to adequately respond to current or imminent environmental risks that threaten shareholder value, shareholders should hold directors accountable when they face reelection. Glass Lewis believes that part of the board's role is to ensure that management conducts a complete risk analysis of company operations, including those that have environmental implications, and that directors should monitor management's performance in mitigating the environmental risks attendant with relevant operations in order to eliminate or minimize the risks to the company and shareholders. Glass Lewis may recommend that votes be withheld from responsible members of the governance committee when a substantial environmental risk has been ignored or inadequately addressed, and may in some cases recommend that votes be withheld from all directors who were on the board when the substantial risk arose, was ignored or was not mitigated.

Appendix A-5

PART C. <u>OTHER INFORMATION</u>

**ITEM 28. Exhibits**

(a) [Declaration of Trust ("Trust Instrument")](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1295908/000129590804000002/dec.txt) – Incorporated by reference
 to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed July 23, 2004 (File No. 333-117597).

(b) [By-Laws](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1295908/000129590804000002/bylaws.txt) – Incorporated by reference to Registrant's Registration Statement
 on Form N-1A filed July 23, 2004 (File No. 333-117597).

(c) [Articles III, V, and VI of the Trust Instrument define the rights of holders of the securities being registered (Certificates for shares are not issued.)](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1295908/000129590804000002/dec.txt) – Incorporated by reference to Registrant's Registration
 Statement on Form N-1A filed July 23, 2004 (File No. 333-117597).

(d) [Investment Advisory Agreement between the Registrant and DCM Advisors, LLC](ex99d.htm) - Filed herewith.

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| (e)(1) | [Distribution Agreement between the Registrant and Ultimus Fund Distributors, LLC](ex99e1.htm) – Filed herewith |
| (f) | Not Applicable. |

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(g) [Amended and Restated Custody Agreement between the Registrant and U.S. Bank National Association](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1295908/000158064223001090/centaur_ex99g.htm) –
 Incorporated by reference to Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 45 filed February 28, 2023 (File No. 333-117597).

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| (h)(l)(a) | [Master Services Agreement between the Registrant and Ultimus Fund Solutions, LLC](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1295908/000158064225001233/ex99h1a.htm) – Incorporated by reference to Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 53 filed February 28, 2025 (File No. 333-117597). |

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| (h)(1)(b) | [Amendment to Master Services Agreement between the Registrant and Ultimus Fund Solutions, LLC](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1295908/000158064225001233/ex99h1b.htm) – Incorporated by reference to Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 53 filed February 28, 2025 (File No. 333-117597). |
| (h)(1)(c) | [Tailored Shareholder Report Services Addendum to the Master Services Agreement between the Registrant and Ultimus Fund Solutions, LLC](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1295908/000158064225001233/ex99h1c.htm) – Incorporated by reference to Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 53 filed February 28, 2025 (File No. 333-117597). |

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| (h)(4) | [Compliance Services Consulting Agreement between the Registrant and Northern Lights Fund Services, LLC<sup>13</sup>](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1295908/000139834422011482/fp0076376_ex9928h4.htm) – Incorporated by reference to Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 40 filed June 3, 2022 (File No. 333-117597). |

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| (i)(3) | [Opinion and Consent of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP regarding the legality of securities registered with respect to the Copley Fund](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1295908/000139834422018301/fp0079186_ex9928i3.htm) – Incorporated by reference to Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 44 filed September 8, 2022 (File No. 333-117597). |

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(j) [Consent of EisnerAmper LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm – Filed herewith](ex99j.htm) .

(k) Not Applicable.

(l) [Initial Subscription Agreement.](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1295908/000129590805000002/subscription.txt) – Incorporated by reference to Registrant's
 Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 filed March 11, 2005 (File No. 333-117597).

(m) Not Applicable.

(n) Not Applicable .

(o) Reserved.

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| (p)(l) | [Amended and Restated Code of Ethics of the Registrant](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1295908/000158064225001233/ex99p1.htm) – Incorporated by reference to Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 53 filed February 28, 2025 (File No. 333-117597). |

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(p)(2) [Code of Ethics for the Advisor](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1295908/000139834419003610/fp0040008_ex9928p.htm)– Incorporated by reference to Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 25 filed February 28, 2019 (File No. 333-117597).

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| (p)(3) | [Code of Ethics of Ultimus Fund Distributors, LLC.](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1295908/000158064225001233/ex99p3.htm) – Incorporated by reference to Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 53 filed February 28, 2025 (File No. 333-117597). |

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(q) [Powers of Attorney](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1295908/000158064225001233/ex99q.htm) – Incorporated by reference to Registrant's
 Post-Effective Amendment No. 53 filed February 28, 2025 (File No. 333-117597).

**ITEM 29. Persons Controlled by or Under Common Control with the Registrant**

No person is controlled by or under common control with the Registrant.

**ITEM 30. Indemnification**

Under Delaware law, Section 3817 of the Treatment of Delaware Statutory Trusts empowers Delaware business trusts to indemnify and hold harmless any trustee or beneficial owner or other person from and against any and all claims and demands whatsoever, subject to such standards and restrictions as may be set forth in the governing instrument of the business trust. The Registrant's Trust Instrument contains the following provisions:

**Section 2.** <u>Indemnification and Limitation of Liabili</u>ty. The Trustees shall not be responsible or liable in any event for any neglect or wrong-doing of any officer, agent, employee, Manager or Principal Underwriter of the Trust, nor shall any Trustee be responsible for the act or omission of any other Trustee, and, as provided in Section 3 of this Article VII, the Trust out of its assets shall indemnify and hold harmless each and every Trustee and officer of the Trust from and against any

and all claims, demands, costs, losses, expenses, and damages whatsoever arising out of or related to such Trustee's performance of his or her duties as a Trustee or officer of the Trust; provided that nothing herein contained shall indemnify, hold harmless or protect any Trustee or officer from or against any liability to the Trust or any Shareholder to which he or she would otherwise be subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of his or her office.

**Section** 3. <u>Indemnification.</u>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Subject to the exceptions and limitations contained in Subsection (b) below:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) every person who is, or has been, a Trustee or an
 officer, employee or agent of the Trust (including any individual who serves at its request as director, officer, partner, trustee or
 the like of another organization in which it has any interest as a shareholder, creditor or otherwise) ("Covered Person") shall
 be indemnified by the Trust or the appropriate Series to the fullest extent permitted by law against liability and against all expenses
 reasonably incurred or paid by him in connection with any claim, action, suit or proceeding in which he becomes involved as a party or
 otherwise by virtue of his being or having been a Covered Person and against amounts paid or incurred by him in the settlement thereof;
 and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) as used herein, the words "claim," "action,"
 "suit," or "proceeding" shall apply to all claims, actions, suits or proceedings (civil, criminal or other, including
 appeals), actual or threatened, and the words "liability'' and "expenses" shall include, without limitation, attorneys, fees,
 costs, judgments, amounts paid in settlement, fines, penalties and other liabilities.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) No indemnification shall be provided hereunder to a Covered Persons:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) who shall have been adjudicated by a court or body
 before which the proceeding was brought (A) to be liable to the Trust or its Shareholders by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith,
 gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of his office, or (B) not to have acted in good faith in
 the reasonable belief that his action was in the best interest of the Trust; or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) in the event the matter is not adjudicated by a court
 or other appropriate body, unless there has been a determination that such Covered Person did not engage in willful misfeasance, bad faith,
 gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of his office: by at least a majority of those Trustees who
 are neither Interested Persons of the Trust nor are parties to the matter based upon a review of readily available facts (as opposed to
 a full trial-type inquiry); or by written opinion of independent legal counsel based upon a review of readily available facts (as opposed
 to a full trial-type inquiry).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The rights of indemnification herein provided may
 be insured against by policies maintained by the Trust, shall be severable, shall not be exclusive of or affect any other rights to which
 any Covered Person may now or hereafter be entitled, and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of a Covered
 Person.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law,
 expenses incurred in defending any proceeding may be advanced by the Trust before the disposition of the proceeding upon receipt of an
 undertaking by or on behalf of such Covered Person that such amount will be paid over by him to the Trust or applicable Series if it is
 ultimately determined that he is not entitled to indemnification under this Section; provided, however, that either a majority of the
 Trustees who are neither Interested Persons of the Trust nor parties to the matter, or independent legal counsel in a written opinion,
 shall have determined, based upon a review of readily available facts (as opposed to a full trial-type inquiry) that there is reason to
 believe that such Covered Person will not be disqualified from indemnification under this Section.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) Any repeal or modification of this Article VII by
 the Shareholders, or adoption or modification of any other provision of the Declaration or By-laws inconsistent with this Article, shall
 be prospective only, to the extent that such repeal, or modification would, if applied retrospectively, adversely affect any limitation
 on the liability of any Covered Person or indemnification available to any Covered Person with respect to any act or omission which occurred
 prior to such repeal, modification or adoption.

In addition, the Registrant has entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement with its Advisor and a Distribution Agreement with its Distributor. These agreements provide indemnification for those entities and their affiliates. The Advisor' s and Distributor's personnel may serve as trustees and officers of the Trust.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Act"), may be permitted to trustees, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant by the Registrant pursuant to the Trust Instrument or otherwise, the Registrant is aware that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and, therefore, is unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by trustees, officers or controlling persons of the Registrant in connection with the successful defense of any act, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such trustees, officers or controlling persons in connection with the shares being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issues.

**ITEM 31. Business and Other Connections of the Investment Advisor**

The description of the Advisor is found under the caption of "Management of the Fund -Investment Advisor" in the Prospectus and under the caption "Management and Other Service Providers -Investment Advisor'' in the Statement of Additional Information constituting Parts A and B, respectively, of this Registration Statement, which are incorporated by reference herein. The Advisor provides investment advisory services to other persons or entities other than the Registrant.

**ITEM 32. Principal Underwriter**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The Distributor also acts as the principal underwriter
 for the following other investment companies: Hussman Investment Trust Schwartz Investment Trust Williamsburg Investment Trust The Investment House Funds Chesapeake Investment Trust The Cutler Trust CM Advisors Family of Funds Papp Investment Trust Eubel Brady & Suttman Mutual Fund Trust Conestoga Funds Caldwell & Orkin Funds, Inc. Ultimus Managers Trust Oak Associates Funds Segall Bryant & Hamill Trust Yorktown Funds Bruce Fund, Inc. Commonwealth International Series Trust Capitol Series Trust Unified Series Trust Valued Advisers Trust HC Capital Trust New Age Alpha Funds Trust New Age Alpha Variable Funds Trust OneFund Trust VELA Funds Waycross Independent Trust Volumetric Fund MSS Series Trust Connors Funds Cantor Select Portfolios Trust James Advantage Funds Johnson Mutual Funds XD Fund Trust Exchange Place Advisors Trust WesMark Funds Plumb Funds Peachtree Alternative Strategies Fund Lind Capital Partners Municipal Credit Income Fund Fairway Private Equity & Venture Capital Opportunities Fund Fairway Private Markets Fund Dynamic Alternatives Fund Cantor Fitzgerald Infrastructure Fund Flat Rock Enhanced Income Fund Beacon Pointe Multi-Alternative Fund Axxes Private Markets Fund Axxes Opportunistic Credit Fund MidBridge Private Markets Fund Flat Rock Core Income Fund Flat Rock Opportunity Fund Booster Income Opportunities Fund OneAscent Capital Opportunities Fund CAZ Strategic Opportunities Fund 83 Investment Group Income Fund Private Debt & Income Fund Prospect Enhanced Yield Fund Sardis Credit Opportunities Fund PennantPark Enhanced Income Fund

(b) Name Position with Distributor Position with Registrant <br> Kevin M. Guerette President None

Stephen L. Preston Senior Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer, Financial Operations Principal, and Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer AML Compliance Officer <br> Melvin Van Cleave Chief Information Securities Officer None <br> Douglas K. Jones Vice President None

The address of the Distributor and each of the above-named persons is 225 Pictoria Drive, Suite 450, Cincinnati, Ohio 45246.

(c) Not applicable.

**ITEM 33. Location of Accounts and Records**

Registrant maintains the records required to be maintained by it under Rules 3la-l(a), 3la-l(b) and 3la-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 at its principal executive offices at 33 Whitehall Street, 11<sup>th</sup> Floor, New York NY 10004 , except for those records that may be maintained pursuant to Rule 3la-3 at the offices of Registrant's Custodian (U.S. Bank, N.A., U.S. Bank Tower 425 Walnut Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202), Transfer Agent (Ultimus Fund Solutions, LLC, 225 Pictoria Drive, Suite 450, Cincinnati, Ohio 45246), or Administrator (Ultimus Fund Solutions, LLC, 225 Pictoria Drive, Suite 450, Cincinnati, Ohio 45246).

**ITEM 34. Management Services**

None.

**ITEM 35. Undertakings**

None.

**SIGNATURES**

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Securities Act"), and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this amendment to the registration statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act and has duly caused this Amendment to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized, in the City of Cincinnati, and State of Ohio on this 27<sup>th</sup> day of February, 2026.

**Centaur Mutual Funds Trust**

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| By: | /s/ Glenn Grossman\* |
|  | Glen Grossman, President, Principal Executive Officer |

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Amendment to Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

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| Signature | Signature | Title | Date |
| /s/ Zachary Richmond\* | /s/ Zachary Richmond\* | Treasurer, Principal Financial Officer | February 27, 2026 |
| Zak Richmond | Zak Richmond |  |  |
| /s/ James H. Speed, Jr.\* | /s/ James H. Speed, Jr.\* | Trustee | February 27, 2026 |
| James H. Speed, Jr. | James H. Speed, Jr. |  |  |
| /s/ Thomas G. Douglass \* | /s/ Thomas G. Douglass \* | Trustee | February 27, 2026 |
| Thomas G. Douglass | Thomas G. Douglass |  |  |
| \*By: | /s/ Carol J. Highsmith |  |  |
|  | Carol J. Highsmith, Attorney-in-Fact<br> February 27, 2026 |  |  |

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Exhibits

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| [(d)](ex99d.htm) | [Investment Advisory Agreement between the Registrant and DCM Advisors, LLC](ex99d.htm) |
| [(e)(1)](ex99e1.htm) | [Distribution Agreement between the Registrant and Ultimus Fund Distributors, LLC](ex99e1.htm) |
| [(j)](ex99j.htm) | [Consent of EisnerAmper LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm](ex99j.htm) |

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## Ex-99.D

**INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT**

This Investment Advisory Agreement ("***Agreement***") is made and entered into effective as of December 1, 2022, by and between the Centaur Mutual Funds Trust (formerly known as the Tilson Investment Trust), a Delaware statutory trust (the "***Trust***"), on behalf of the Copley Fund, a series of shares of the Trust (the "***Fund***")(formerly known as the Copley Fund, Inc.), and DCM Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (hereinafter referred to as "***Advisor***").

WHEREAS, the Trust is an open-end management investment company, registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "***Act***");

WHEREAS, the Trust has designated the Fund as series of interests in the Trust; and

WHEREAS, the Advisor is registered as an investment advisor under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the "***Advisers Act***"), and engages in the business of asset management; and

WHEREAS, the Trust desires to retain the Advisor to render certain investment management services to the Fund, and the Advisor is willing to render such services;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1. **Obligations of Investment Advisor** 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) <u>Services</u>. The Advisor agrees to perform the following services (the "***Services***") for the Trust:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of the Fund;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) continuously review, supervise, and administer the investment program of the Fund;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) determine, in its discretion, the securities to be purchased, retained, or sold (and implement those decisions) with respect to the Fund;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) provide the Trust and the Fund with records concerning the Advisor's activities under this Agreement which the Trust and the Fund are required to maintain; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) render regular reports to the Trust's trustees and officers concerning the Advisor's discharge of the foregoing responsibilities.

The Advisor shall discharge the foregoing responsibilities subject to the control of the trustees and officers of the Trust and in compliance with (i) such policies as the trustees may from time to time establish; (ii) the Fund's objectives, policies, and limitations as set forth in its prospectus ("***Prospectus***") and statement of additional information ("***Statement of Additional Information***"), as the same may be amended from time to time; and (iii) with all applicable laws and regulations. All Services to be furnished by the Advisor under this Agreement may be furnished through the medium of any directors, officers, or employees of the Advisor or through such other parties as the Advisor may determine from time to time.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) <u>Expenses and Personnel</u>. The Advisor agrees, at its own expense or at the expense of one or more of its affiliates, to render the Services and to provide the office space, furnishings, equipment, and personnel as may be reasonably required in the judgment of the trustees and officers of the Trust to perform the Services on the terms and for the compensation provided herein. The Advisor shall authorize and permit any of its officers, directors, and employees, who may be elected as trustees or officers of the Trust, to serve in the capacities in which they are elected. Except to the extent expressly assumed by the Advisor herein and except to the extent required by law to be paid by the Advisor, the Trust shall pay all costs and expenses in connection with its operation.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) <u>Books and Records</u>. All books and records prepared and maintained by the Advisor for the Trust and the Fund under this Agreement shall be the property of the Trust and the Fund and, upon request therefor, the Advisor shall surrender to the Trust and the Fund such of the books and records so requested.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2. **Fund Transactions**. The Advisor is authorized to select the brokers or dealers that will execute the purchases and sales of portfolio securities for the Fund. With respect to brokerage selection, the Advisor shall seek to obtain the best overall execution for fund transactions, which is a combination of price, quality of execution, and other factors. The Advisor may, in its discretion, purchase and sell portfolio securities from and to brokers and dealers who provide the Advisor with brokerage, research, analysis, advice, and similar services, and the Advisor may pay to these brokers and dealers, in return for such services, a higher commission or spread than may be charged by other brokers and dealers, provided that the Advisor determines in good faith that such commission is reasonable in terms either of that particular transaction or of the overall responsibility of the Advisor to the Fund and its other clients and that the total commission paid by the Fund will be reasonable in relation to the benefits to the Fund and its other clients over the long-term. The Advisor will promptly communicate to the officers and the trustees of the Trust such information relating to portfolio transactions as they may reasonably request.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3. **Compensation of the Advisor**. The Fund will pay to the Advisor an investment advisory fee (the "***Fee***") calculated as follows:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) 0.65% of the first $500 million of net assets, and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) 0.62% of any net assets exceeding $500 million.

The Advisory Fee will be paid monthly at the end of each calendar month. For purposes of this Agreement "average daily net assets" shall be determined by: (x) first taking the daily total value of the Fund's assets and deducting therefrom the daily total liabilities of the Fund (the difference being hereinafter referred to as the "daily net assets"); and (y) at the end of each calendar month dividing the aggregate daily net assets of the Fund for the month just concluded by the number of days in such month.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4. The Fee shall be calculated as of the last business day of each month based upon the average daily net assets of the Fund as described herein, and shall be paid to the Advisor by the Fund within fifteen (15) days thereafter.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5. **Status of Investment Advisor**. The services of the Advisor to the Trust and the Fund are not to be deemed exclusive, and the Advisor shall be free to render similar services to others so long as its

Services to the Trust and the Fund are not impaired thereby. The Advisor shall be deemed to be an independent contractor and shall, unless otherwise expressly provided or authorized, have no authority to act for or represent the Trust or the Fund in any way or otherwise be deemed an agent of the Trust or the Fund. Nothing in this Agreement shall limit or restrict the right of any director, officer, or employee of the Advisor, who may also be a trustee, officer, or employee of the Trust, to engage in any other business or to devote his or her time and attention in part to the management or other aspects of any other business, whether of a similar nature or a dissimilar nature.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6. **Permissible Interests**. Trustees, agents, and stockholders of the Trust are or may be interested in the Advisor (or any successor thereof) as directors, partners, officers, or stockholders, or otherwise; and directors, partners, officers, agents, and stockholders of the Advisor are or may be interested in the Trust as trustees, stockholders, or otherwise; and the Advisor (or any successor) is or may be interested in the Trust as a stockholder or otherwise.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7. **Limits of Liability; Indemnification.** The Advisor assumes no responsibility under this Agreement other than to render the Services called for hereunder. The Advisor shall not be liable for any error of judgment or for any loss suffered by the Trust or the Fund in connection with the matters to which this Agreement relates, except a loss resulting from a breach of fiduciary duty with respect to receipt of compensation for services (in which case any award of damages shall be limited to the period and the amount set forth in Section 36(b)(3) of the Act) or a loss resulting from willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, or reckless disregard on its part in the performance of, or from reckless disregard by it of its obligations and duties under, this Agreement. It is agreed that the Advisor shall have no responsibility or liability for the accuracy or completeness of the Trust's registration statement under the Act or the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("***1933 Act***"), except for information supplied by the Advisor for inclusion therein. The Trust agrees to indemnify the Advisor to the full extent permitted by the Trust's Declaration of Trust.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8. **Term**. This Agreement shall remain in effect for an initial term of two years from the date hereof, and from year to year thereafter provided such continuance is approved at least annually by the vote of a majority of the trustees of the Trust who are not "interested persons" (as defined in the Act) of the Trust, which vote must be cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval; provided, however, that:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) the Trust may, at any time and without the payment of any penalty, terminate this Agreement upon 60 days' written notice of a decision to terminate this Agreement by (i) a majority of the Trust's trustees; or (ii) the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) the Agreement shall immediately terminate in the event of its assignment (within the meaning of the Act and the Rules thereunder);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) the Advisor may, at any time and without the payment of any penalty, terminate this Agreement upon 60 days' written notice to the Trust and the Fund; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) the terms of paragraph 7 of this Agreement shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9. **Amendments**. Subject to the provisions of the Act, no provision of this Agreement may be changed, waived, discharged, or terminated orally, but only by an instrument in writing signed by the party against which enforcement of the change, waiver, discharge, or termination is sought.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10. **Applicable Law**. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with, and governed by, the substantive laws of the State of Delaware without regard to the principles of the conflict of laws or the choice of laws.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;11. **Representations and Warranties**.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) <u>Representations and Warranties of the Advisor</u>. The Advisor hereby represents and warrants to the Trust as follows: (i) the Advisor is a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and is fully authorized to enter into this Agreement and carry out its duties and obligations hereunder; and (ii) the Advisor is registered as an investment advisor with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("***SEC'***) under the Advisers Act, and shall maintain such registration in effect at all times during the term of this Agreement.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) <u>Representations and Warranties of the Trust</u>. The Trust hereby represents and warrants to the Advisor as follows: (i) the Trust has been duly organized as a statutory trust under the laws of the State of Delaware and is authorized to enter into this Agreement and carry out its terms; (ii) the Trust is registered as an investment company with the SEC under the Act; (iii) shares of the Fund are registered for offer and sale to the public under the 1933 Act; and (iv) such registrations will be kept in effect during the term of this Agreement.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;12. **Compliance Procedures**. The Advisor will, in accordance with Rule 206(4)-7 of the Advisers Act, adopt and implement written policies and procedures reasonably designed to prevent violations of the Advisers Act and will provide the Trust with copies of such written policies and procedures upon request.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;14. **Use of Names**. The Trust acknowledges that all rights to the name "DCM" belongs to the Advisor, and that the Trust, if at all, is being granted a limited license to use such words in its name, the name of its series and the name of its classes of shares.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;15. **Severability**. If any provision of this Agreement shall be held or made invalid by a court decision, statute, rule, or otherwise, the remainder of this Agreement shall not be affected thereby and, to this extent, the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to be severable.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;16. **Notice**. Notices of any kind to be given to the Trust hereunder by the Advisor shall be in writing and shall be duly given if mailed or delivered to: the Centaur Mutual Funds Trust c/o Ultimus Fund Solutions, LLC, 225 Pictoria Drive, Suite 450 Cincinnati, Ohio 45246, Attention James H. Speed,

Jr., with copies to Ultimus Fund Solutions, LLC at 225 Pictoria Drive, Suite 450 Cincinnati, Ohio 45246, Attention: Paul Leone, and Thomas W. Steed III, Esq., 4208 Six Forks Road, Suite 1400, Raleigh, North Carolina 27609, or to such other address or to such individual as shall be so specified by the Trust to the Advisor. Notices of any kind to be given to the Advisor hereunder by the Trust shall be in writing and shall be duly given if mailed or delivered to DCM Advisors, LLC, 475 Park Avenue South, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10016 Attention: Andrew Greenstein or at such other address or to such individual as shall be so specified by the Advisor to the Trust. Notices shall be effective upon delivery.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;17. **Notice of Change in Membership**. The Advisor is hereby obligated to notify the Trust if there is a change in the members of the Advisor within a reasonable time after such change takes place.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;18. **Counterparts**. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterpart signature pages (including facsimile counterparts), each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute one and the same instrument.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the day and the year first written above,

CENTAUR MUTUAL FUNDS TRUST

<u>/s/ David R. Carson</u> 

By: David R. Carson

Title: President

DCM ADVISORS, LLC

<u>/s/ Marc Rappaport</u> 

By: Marc Rappaport

Title: CEO

## Ex-99.E

**DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT**

This Agreement, dated July 1, 2025 is between **Centaur Mutual Funds Trust** (the "**Trust**"), a Delaware statutory trust, **DCM Advisors, LLC** (the "**Advisor**"), a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, and **Ultimus Fund Distributors, LLC** ("**Distributor**"), a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Ohio.

**<u>Background</u>**

The Trust is an open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "**1940 Act**"), and it desires that Distributor act as the Trust's principal underwriter and distribute shares of beneficial interest (the "**Shares**") of each of its series listed on Schedule A (individually referred to herein as a "**Fund**" and collectively as the "**Funds**"). Distributor is willing to perform such services on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and agreements of the parties contained herein, the parties agree as follows:

**<u>Terms and Conditions</u>**

1. Applicable Law

For the duties and responsibilities under this Agreement, each party is currently abiding and will continue to abide; by all applicable federal and state laws, including without limitation federal and state securities laws; regulations, rules, and interpretations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "**SEC**") and its authorized regulatory agencies and organizations, including the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. ("**FINRA**"); and all other self-regulatory organizations governing the transactions contemplated under this Agreement (collectively, "**Applicable Law**").

2. Appointment of Distributor

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***2.1.*** The Trust retains Distributor to act as the exclusive agent for the distribution of the Shares on behalf
of each Fund and to perform the distribution services as set forth below (collectively, the "**Services** "). Distributor
accepts such employment to perform the Services. While this Agreement is in force, the Trust shall not sell any Shares except on the terms
set forth in this Agreement. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, the Trust may terminate, suspend, or withdraw the offering of
Shares whenever, in its sole discretion, it deems such action to be desirable.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***2.2.*** Distributor does not agree to sell any specific number of Shares. Distributor, as agent for the Trust,
undertakes to sell Shares on a best efforts basis only against orders therefor.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***2.3.*** The Trust reserves the right to issue any Shares at any time directly to existing holders of Shares ()"**Shareholders** ")
or to other persons at not less than the public offering price (as defined below) and to issue Shares in exchange for substantially all
the assets of any corporation or trust or for the shares of any corporation or trust.

**3.** **Distribution Services** 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***3.1.*** Distributor will have the right, as agent for the Trust, to enter into dealer agreements with responsible
investment dealers, and to sell Shares to such investment dealers against orders therefor at the public offering price (as defined below)
stated in the Trust's effective Registration Statement on Form N-1A under the 1940 Act and the Securities Act of 1933, each as amended
(the "**Securities Act** "), including the then-current prospectus and statement of additional information (the "**Registration Statement** "). Upon receipt of an order to purchase Shares from a dealer with whom Distributor has a dealer agreement, Distributor
will promptly cause such order to be filled by the Trust.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***3.2.*** Distributor will also have the right, as agent for the Trust, to sell such Shares to the public against
orders therefor at the public offering price (as defined below).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***3.3.*** Distributor will also have the right to take, as agent for the Trust, all actions which, in Distributor's
reasonable judgment, are necessary to carry into effect the distribution of the Shares.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***3.4.*** The "**public offering price**" for the Shares of each Fund shall be the respective net
asset value ()"**NAV**") of the Shares of that Fund then in effect, plus any applicable sales charge determined in the manner
set forth in the Registration Statement or as permitted by the 1940 Act and the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC or other applicable regulatory agency or self-regulatory organization under the oversight of the SEC. In no event
shall any applicable sales charge exceed the maximum sales charge permitted by the Rules of FINRA .

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***3.5.*** The NAV of the Shares of each Fund shall be determined in the manner provided in the Registration Statement,
and when determined shall be applicable to transactions as provided for in the Registration Statement. The NAV of the Shares of each Fund
shall be calculated by the Trust or by another entity on behalf of the Trust. Distributor shall have no duty to inquire into or liability
for the accuracy of the NAV per Share as calculated.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***3.6.*** On every sale, the Trust shall receive the applicable NAV of the Shares promptly, but in no event later
than the third business day following the date on which Distributor shall have received an order for the purchase of the Shares.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***3.7.*** Upon receipt of purchase instructions, Distributor will transmit such instructions to the Trust or its
transfer agent for the issuance and registration of the Shares purchased.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***3.8.*** Distributor, as agent of and for the account of the Trust, may repurchase the Shares at such prices and
upon such terms and conditions as shall be specified in the Registration Statement.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***3.9.*** Distributor shall maintain membership with the National Securities Clearing Corporation ()"**NSCC** ")
and any other similar successor organization to sponsor a participant number for the Funds so as to enable the Shares to be traded through
FundSERV. The Distributor shall not be responsible for any operational matters associated with FundSERV or networking transactions.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***3.10.*** Distributor will review all proposed advertising materials and sales literature for compliance with Applicable
Law and shall file such materials with appropriate regulators as required by current laws and regulations. Distributor agrees to furnish
the Trust with any comments provided by regulators with respect to such materials.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***3.11.*** Distributor shall prepare or cause to be prepared reports for the Board of Trustees (the "**Board** ")
of the Trust regarding its activities under this Agreement as reasonably requested by the Trust's Board, including reports regarding
the use of assets accrued pursuant to a Rule 12b-1 plan adopted by the Trust, if any.

**4.** **Allocation of Charges and Expenses** 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***4.1.*** Distributor shall furnish at its own expense the executive, supervisory, and clerical personnel necessary
to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***4.2.*** In the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, Distributor will pay only the costs incurred
in qualifying as a broker or dealer under state and federal laws and in establishing and maintaining its relationships with the dealers
selling the Shares. All other costs in connection with the offering of the Shares will be paid by the Trust, a Fund, or the Advisor in
accordance with agreements between them as permitted by Applicable Law. These costs include, but are not limited to, distribution fees,
shareholder servicing fees, set-up costs, or other fees or compensation paid to the dealers or others selling or servicing the Shares,
licensing fees, filing fees (including to FINRA), travel expenses, and such other expenses as may be incurred by Distributor on behalf
of the Trust or a Fund.

**5.** **Compensation** 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***5.1.*** The Trust, a Fund, or its investment advisor(s) in accordance with agreements between them as permitted
by Applicable Law shall pay for the Services to be provided by Distributor under this Agreement in accordance with, and in the manner
set forth in, the fee letter attached to this Agreement ()"**Fee Letter** "), which may be amended from time to time. The
Fee Letter is incorporated by reference into this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary under this
Agreement, Distributor agrees that it shall not be entitled to receive any fee from the Trust or a Fund or be reimbursed from the Trust
or a Fund for any distribution or offering related costs if such payment or reimbursement is in violation of Rule 12b-1 under the 1940
Act.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***5.2.*** If this Agreement becomes effective subsequent to the first day of a month or terminates before the last
day of a month, Distributor's compensation for that part of the month in which the Agreement is in effect shall be prorated in a
manner consistent with the calculation of the fees as set forth in the Fee Letter.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***5.3.*** In the event that the SEC, FINRA, or any other regulator or self-regulatory authority adopts regulations
and requirements relating to the payment of fees to underwriters or which would result

in any material increases in costs to provide the Services under this Agreement, the parties agree to negotiate in good faith amendments to this Agreement in order to comply with such requirements and provide for additional compensation for Distributor as mutually agreed to by the parties.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***5.4.*** In the event that any fees are disputed, the Trust, a Fund, or the Advisor shall, on or before the due
date, pay all undisputed amounts due hereunder and notify Distributor in writing of any disputed fees which it is disputing in good faith.
Payment for such disputed fees shall be due on or before the tenth (10<sup>th</sup>) business day after the day on which both parties reasonably come to an agreement on the dispute and Distributor provides to the Trust documentation
which reasonably supports the disputed charges.

**6.** **Maintenance of Books and Records; Record Retention** 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***6.1.*** Distributor shall maintain and keep current the accounts, books, records and other documents relating
to the Services as may be required by Applicable Law.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***6.2.***  ***Ownership of Records*** 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*A.* Distributor agrees that all such books, records, and other data (except computer programs and procedures)
developed to perform the Services (collectively, "**Client Records**") shall be the property of the Trust or Fund.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*B.* Distributor agrees to provide the Client Records of the Trust or a Fund upon reasonable request, and to
make such books and records available for inspection by the Trust, a Fund, or its regulators at reasonable times.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*C.* Distributor agrees to furnish to the Trust or a Fund, at the expense of the Trust or Fund, all Client
Records in the electronic or other medium in which such material is then maintained by Distributor as soon as practicable after any termination
of this Agreement. Unless otherwise required by Applicable Law, Distributor shall promptly turn over to the Trust or Fund, or, upon the
written request of the Trust or Fund, destroy the Client Records maintained by Distributor pursuant to this Agreement. If Distributor
is required by Applicable Law to maintain any Client Records, it will provide the Trust or Fund with copies as soon as reasonably practical
after the termination.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***6.3.*** Distributor agrees to keep confidential all Client Records, except when requested to divulge such information
by duly constituted authorities or court process.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***6.4.*** If Distributor is requested or required to divulge such information by duly constituted authorities or
court process, Distributor shall, unless prohibited by law, promptly notify the Trust or Fund of such request(s) so that the Trust or
Fund may seek an appropriate protective order.

**7.** **Effective Date** 

This Agreement shall become effective as of the date first written above with respect to each Fund in existence on such date (or, if a particular Fund is not in existence on that date, on the date such Fund commences operation) (the "**Agreement Effective Date**").

**8.** **Subcontracting** 

Distributor may, at its expense and upon notice to the Trust, subcontract with any entity or person concerning the provision of the Services; provided, however, that Distributor shall not be relieved of any of its obligations under this Agreement by the appointment of such subcontractor, that Distributor shall be responsible, to the extent provided in Section 11, for all acts of a subcontractor.

**9.** **Term; Amendments; Successor Investment Company** 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***9.1.***  ***Initial Term.*** This Agreement shall continue in effect, unless earlier terminated by either
party as provided under this Section 9, for a period of 2 years from the date first written above (the "**Initial Term** ").

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***9.2.***  ***Renewal Terms.*** Immediately following the Initial Term this Agreement shall renew for successive
1-year periods (a "**Renewal Term**") subject to annual approval of such continuance by the Board of the Trust, including
the approval of a majority of the Trustees of the Trust who are not interested persons of the Trust or of Distributor by vote cast in
person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***9.3.***  ***Termination.*** A party may terminate this Agreement under the following circumstances.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*A.* *Assignment.* This Agreement shall automatically terminate, without the payment of any penalty, in
the event of its assignment, as that term is defined in the 1940 Act, by Distributor.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*B.* *Termination.* Either the Trust or Distributor may at any time terminate this Agreement with respect
to any Fund on sixty (60) days' advance written notice delivered or mailed by registered
mail, postage prepaid, to the other party.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*C.* *Final Payment **.*** Any unpaid compensation or reimbursement of expenses is due to Distributor
within 15 calendar days of the termination date provided in the notice of termination.

 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*D.* *Transition.* Upon termination of this Agreement, Distributor will cooperate with any reasonable
request of the Trust to effect a prompt transition to a new underwriter selected by the Trust. Distributor shall be entitled to collect
from the Trust, a Fund and/or the Advisor, in addition to the compensation described in the applicable Fee Letter, the amount of all of
Distributor's cash disbursements reasonably made for services in connection with Distributor's activities in effecting such
termination, including without limitation, the delivery to the Trust or its designees the Trust's property, records, instruments,
and documents.

 ****

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***9.4.***  ***Amendments.*** This Agreement may be amended only if such amendment is approved (i) by Distributor
and (ii) by the Board of the Trust, including the approval of a majority of the Trustees of the Trust who are not interested persons of
the Trust or of Distributor by vote cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval.

**10.** **Additional Funds or Classes of Shares** 

In the event that the Trust establishes one or more series or classes of shares after the Agreement Effective Date, each such series or class of shares shall become a Fund or class of shares of a Fund (if applicable), under this Agreement and shall be added to Schedule A, subject to approval by the Board of the Trust, including the approval of a majority of the Trustees of the Trust who are not interested persons, by vote cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval.

**11.** **Standard of Care; Limits of Liability; Indemnification** 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***11.1.***  ***Standard of Care.*** Each party's duties are limited to those expressly set forth in this Agreement
and the parties do not assume any implied duties. Each party shall use its best efforts in the performance of its duties and act in good
faith in performing the Services or its obligations under this Agreement. Each party shall be liable for any damages, losses or costs
arising directly or indirectly out of such party's failure to perform its duties under this Agreement to the extent such damages,
losses or costs arise directly or indirectly out of its willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence in the performance of its duties,
or reckless disregard of its obligations and duties hereunder.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***11.2.***  ***Limits of Liability*** 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*A.* Distributor shall not be liable for any Losses (as defined below) arising from the following:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) performing Services or duties pursuant to any instruction, notice, or other instrument that Distributor
reasonably believes to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by a duly authorized representative of the Trust or any Fund;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) operating under its own initiative, in good faith and in accordance with the standard of care set forth
herein, in performing its duties or the Services;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) any default, damages, costs, loss of data or documents, errors, delay, or other loss whatsoever caused
by events beyond Distributor's reasonable control; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) any error, action or omission by the Trust or other past underwriter.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*B.* Distributor may apply to the Trust at any time for instructions and may consult with counsel for the Trust
or a Fund, counsel for the Trust's independent Trustees, and with accountants and other experts with respect to any matter arising
in connection with Distributor's duties or the Services. Distributor shall not be liable or accountable for any action taken or
omitted by it in good faith in accordance with such instruction or with the reasonable opinion of such counsel, accountants, or other
experts qualified to render such opinion.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*C.* A copy of the Trust's Certificate of Trust is on file with the Secretary of the State of Delaware ,
and notice is hereby given that this instrument is executed on behalf of the Trust and not the Trustees individually and that the obligations
of this instrument are not binding upon any of the Trustees, officers, or Shareholders individually, and that such obligations are binding
only upon the assets and property of the Trust (or if the matter relates only to

a particular Fund, then that particular Fund), and Distributor shall look only to the assets of the Trust (or the particular Fund), for the satisfaction of such obligations.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*D.* Distributor shall not be held to have notice of any change of authority of any officer, agent, representative,
or employee of the Trust, the Advisor, or any of the Trust's other service providers, until receipt of written notice from the Trust.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*E.* The Board has and retains primary responsibility for oversight of all compliance matters relating to the
Funds, including but not limited to compliance with the 1940 Act and the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001. Distributor's monitoring and other
functions hereunder shall not relieve the Board of its primary day-to-day responsibility for overseeing such compliance.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*F.* In no event shall either party be liable to the other party for trading losses, lost revenues, special, incidental, punitive, indirect, consequential or
exemplary damages or lost profits, whether or not such damages were foreseeable or the party was advised of the possibility thereof. The parties acknowledge that the other parts of this Agreement are premised upon the limitation stated in this section.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***11.3.***  ***Indemnification*** 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*A.* Each party (the "**Indemnifying Party**") agrees to indemnify, defend, and protect the
other party, including its trustees or directors, officers, employees, and other agents (collectively, the "**Indemnitees** "),
and shall hold the Indemnitees harmless from and against any actions, suits, claims, losses, damages, liabilities, and reasonable costs,
charges, expenses (including attorney fees and investigation expenses) (collectively, "**Losses**") arising directly or
indirectly out of (1) the Indemnifying Party's failure to exercise the standard of care set forth above unless such Losses were
caused in part by the Indemnitees ' own willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence;
(2) any violation of Applicable Law by the Indemnifying Party or its affiliated persons or agents relating to this Agreement and the activities
thereunder; and (3) any material breach by the Indemnifying Party or its affiliated persons or agents of this Agreement.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*B.* Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, the Trust, a Fund, or the Advisor shall indemnify Distributor
for Distributor's Losses arising from circumstances under Section 11.2.A except for any portion of such Losses
caused by the Distributor's own willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence .

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*C.* Upon the assertion of a claim for which either party may be required to indemnify the other, the party
seeking indemnification shall promptly notify the other party of such assertion, and shall keep the other party advised with respect to
all developments concerning such claim. The party who may be required to indemnify shall have the option to participate with the party
seeking indemnification in the defense of such claim or to defend against said claim in its own name or in the name of the other party.
The party seeking indemnification shall in no case confess any claim or make any compromise in any case in

which the other party may be required to indemnify it except with the other party's prior written consent.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***11.4.***  ***Dealer Agreement Indemnification*** 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*A.* Distributor acknowledges and agrees that certain dealers require that Distributor enter into dealer agreements
(the "**Non-Standard Dealer Agreements**") that contain certain representations, undertakings, and indemnification that
are not included in the Distributor's standard dealer agreement (the "**Standard Dealer Agreement** ").

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*B.* To the extent that Distributor is requested or required by the Trust to enter into any Non-Standard Dealer
Agreement, the Trust shall indemnify, defend and hold the Distributor Indemnitees free and harmless from and against any and all Losses
that any Distributor Indemnitee may incur arising out of or relating to (a) the Distributor's actions or failures to act pursuant
to any Non-Standard Dealer Agreement; (b) any representations made by the Distributor in any Non-Standard Dealer Agreement to the extent
that the Distributor is not required to make such representations in the Standard Dealer Agreement; or (c) any indemnification provided
by the Distributor under a Non-Standard Dealer Agreement to the extent that such indemnification is beyond the indemnification the Distributor
provides to intermediaries in the Standard Dealer Agreement. In no event shall anything contained herein be so construed as to protect
the Distributor Indemnitees against any liability to the Trust or its shareholders to which the Distributor Indemnitees would otherwise
be subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, or gross negligence in the performance of Distributor's obligations or duties
under the Non-Standard Dealer Agreement or by reason of Distributor's reckless disregard of its obligations or duties under the
Non-Standard Dealer Agreement.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***11.5.*** The provisions of this Section 11 shall survive termination of this Agreement.

**12.** **Force Majeure** 

Neither party will be liable for Losses, loss of data, delay of Services, or any other issues caused by events beyond its reasonable control, including, without limitation, delays by third party vendors and/or communications carriers, acts of civil or military authority, national emergencies, labor difficulties, fire, flood, catastrophe, acts of God, insurrection, war, riots, or (unless such failures are within such party's reasonable control) failure of the mails, transportation, communication, or power supply; provided however, if a party is unable to perform its obligations under this Agreement due to such events, such party shall promptly notify the other party.

**13.** **Representations and Warranties** 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***13.1.***  ***Joint Representations.*** Each party represents and warrants, which representations and warranties
shall be deemed to be continuing throughout the term of this Agreement, that:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*A.* It is a corporation, partnership, trust, or other entity duly organized and validly existing in good standing
under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*B.* To the extent required by Applicable Law, it is duly registered with all appropriate regulatory agencies
or self-regulatory organizations and such registration will remain in full force and effect for the duration of this Agreement.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*C.* It has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance of the transactions,
duties, and responsibilities contemplated by the Agreement.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*D.* This Agreement constitutes a legal obligation of the party, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium, and other laws of general application affecting the rights and remedies of creditors and secured parties.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*E.* Whenever, in the course of performing its duties under this Agreement, it determines that a violation
of Applicable Law has occurred, or that, to its knowledge, a possible violation of Applicable Law may have occurred, or with the passage
of time could occur, it shall promptly notify the other party of such violation.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***13.2.***  ***Representations of the Trust.*** The Trust represents and warrants, which representations and
warranties shall be deemed to be continuing throughout the term of this Agreement, that:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*A.* (1) as of the close of business on the Agreement Effective Date, each Fund that is then in existence has
authorized unlimited shares, (2) no Shares of the Trust will be offered to the public until the Trust's Registration Statement under
the Securities Act and the 1940 Act has been declared or becomes effective, and (3) the Shares are validly authorized and, when issued
in accordance with the description in the Registration Statement, will be fully paid and nonassessable.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*B.* It shall cause the Advisor, prime broker, custodian, legal counsel, independent accountants, and other
service providers and agents, past or present, for each Fund to cooperate with Distributor and to provide it with such information, documents,
and advice relating to the Fund as appropriate or reasonably requested by Distributor,
in order to enable Distributor to perform its duties and obligations under this Agreement.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*C.* To the best knowledge of the Trust and the Fund, the Trust's
Agreement and Declaration of Trust (the "Declaration of Trust"), Bylaws, Registration Statement and any advertising materials
and sales literature prepared by the Trust , or its agent at the
Trust's request, are true and accurate and will remain true and accurate at all times during the term of
this Agreement in conformance with Applicable Law.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*D.* Any officer of the Trust shall be considered an individual who is authorized to provide Distributor with
instructions and requests on behalf of the Trust (an "**Authorized Person**") (unless such authority is limited in a writing
from the Trust and received by Distributor) and has the authority to appoint additional Authorized Persons, to limit or revoke the authority
of any previously designated Authorized Person, and to certify to Distributor the names of the Authorized Persons from time to time.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*E.* To the best knowledge of the Trust, the Trust owns, possesses, licenses or has
other rights to use all patents, patent applications, trademarks and service marks, trademark and service mark registrations, trade names,
copyrights, licenses, inventions, trade secrets, technology, know-how and other intellectual property (collectively, "**Intellectual Property**") used by the Trust in the conduct of the Trust's business and
for the offer, issuance, distributions and sale of the Shares in accordance with the terms of the Registration Statement and this Agreement,
and such Intellectual Property does not and will not breach or infringe the terms of any Intellectual Property owned, held or licensed
by any third party.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*F.* The Trust shall not file any amendment to the Registration Statement that amends any provision therein
which pertains to Distributor, the distribution of the Shares or the applicable sales loads or public offering price without giving Distributor
reasonable advance notice thereof; provided, however, that nothing contained in this Agreement shall in any way limit the Trust's
right to file at any time such amendments to the Registration Statement, of whatever character, as the Trust may deem advisable, such
right being in all respects absolute and unconditional.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***13.3.***  ***Representation of the Distributor.*** The Distributor represents and warrants, which representations
and warranties shall be deemed to be continuing throughout the term of this Agreement, that the various procedures and systems which Distributor
has implemented with regard to safeguarding from loss or damage attributable to fire, theft, or any other cause the records and other
data of the Trust and Distributor's records, data, equipment facilities, and other property used in the performance of its obligations
hereunder, are adequate and that Distributor will make such changes therein as are required for the secure performance of its obligations
hereunder.

**14.** **Insurance** 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***14.1.***  ***Maintenance of Insurance Coverage.*** Each party agrees to maintain throughout the term of
this Agreement professional liability insurance coverage of the type and amount reasonably customary in its industry. Upon request, a
party shall furnish the other party with pertinent information concerning the professional liability insurance coverage that it maintains.
Such information shall include the identity of the insurance carrier(s), coverage levels, and deductible amounts.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***14.2.***  ***Notice of Claims.*** As it relates to the Services provided under this Agreement, each party
shall notify the other party of any material claims against the notifying party under such insurance, whether or not the party is covered
by insurance, and, if requested by the non-notifying party, the notifying party shall aggregate and disclose all outstanding claims against
the notifying party.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***14.3.***  ***Notice of Termination.*** A party shall promptly notify the other party should any of the notifying
party's insurance coverage be canceled or reduced. Such notification shall include the date of change and the reasons therefore.

**15.** **Information Provided By The Trust** 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***15.1.***  ***Prior to the Agreement Effective Date.*** Prior to the Agreement Effective Date, the Trust
will furnish to Distributor the following:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*A.* copies of the Declaration of Trust and of any amendments thereto, certified by the proper official of
the state in which such document has been filed;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*B.* the Trust's Bylaws and any amendments thereto;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*C.* certified copies of resolutions of the Board covering the approval of this Agreement, authorization of
a specified officer of the Trust to execute and deliver this Agreement and authorization for specified officers of the Trust to instruct
Distributor thereunder;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*D.* a list of all the officers of the Trust, together with specimen signatures of those officers who are authorized
to instruct Distributor in all matters;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*E.* the Funds' most recent audited financial statements;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*F.* the Trust's Registration Statement on Form N-1A and all amendments thereto filed with the SEC pursuant
to the Securities Act and the 1940 Act;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*G.* copies of the current plan of distribution adopted by the Trust under Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act for
each Fund, if applicable;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*H.* contact information for each Fund's service providers, including but not limited to, the Fund's
administrator, custodian, transfer agent, independent accountants, legal counsel and chief compliance officer;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*I.* a copy of procedures adopted by the Trust in accordance with Rule 38a-1 under the 1940 Act; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*J.* unless prohibited by applicable law or regulation, any material correspondence
or other communication by the SEC, FINRA, any government or self-regulatory organization or its staff relating to the Funds, including
any related to examinations of the Trust or the Funds, requests by the SEC for amendments to the Registration Statement or any advertising
or sales literature.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***15.2.***  ***After the Agreement Effective Date.*** After the Agreement Effective Date, the Trust will furnish
to Distributor any amendments to the items listed in Section 15.1 and promptly provide notice of the following:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*A.* unless prohibited by applicable law or regulation, any material correspondence
or other communication by the SEC , FINRA, any government or self-regulatory organization
or its staff relating to the Funds, including any related to examinations of the Trust and any requests by the SEC for amendments to the
Registration Statement or any advertising or sales literature;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*B.* the happening of any event which makes untrue any statement of material fact made in the Registration
Statement or which requires the making of a change in such Registration Statement in order to make the statements therein not misleading;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*C.* if the Trust determines to suspend the sale of Shares at any time in response to conditions in the securities
markets or otherwise or to suspend the redemption of Shares of any Fund at any time as permitted by Applicable Law; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*D.* the commencement of any litigation or proceedings against the Trust or any of its officers or directors
in connections with the issue and sales of any of the Shares.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***15.3.*** Filings. The Trust or the Trust's administrator shall
forward a copy of any SEC filings, including Registration Statements, to Distributor within one business day of such filings or as soon as practicable thereafter .

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***15.4.***  ***Advertising.*** The Trust represents that it will not use or authorize the use of any advertising
or sales material unless and until such materials have been approved and authorized for use by the Distributor.

**16.** **Compliance with Law and Rules of FINRA** 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***16.1.*** The Trust assumes full responsibility for the preparation and contents of each prospectus of a Fund.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***16.2.*** Distributor will require each dealer with whom Distributor has a dealer agreement to conform to the applicable
provisions hereof and the Registration Statement with respect to the public offering price of the Shares, and neither Distributor nor
any such dealers shall withhold the placing of purchase orders so as to make a profit thereby.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***16.3.*** Distributor agrees to furnish to the Trust sufficient copies of any agreements, plans or other materials
it intends to use in connection with any sales of Shares in reasonably adequate time for the Trust to file and clear them with the proper
authorities before they are put in use, and not to use them until so filed and cleared. At the request of the Fund, Distributor will assume
responsibility for the review and clearance of all advertisements and sales literature.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***16.4.*** Distributor, at its own expense, will qualify as dealer or broker, or otherwise, under all Applicable
Law required in order that the Shares may be sold in such States as may be mutually agreed upon by the parties.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***16.5.*** Distributor shall not make or permit any representative, broker, or dealer to make, in connection with
any sale or solicitation of a sale of the Shares, any representations concerning the Shares except those contained in the then current
Registration Statement covering the Shares and in printed information approved by the Trust as information supplemental to such Registration
Statement. Copies of the then effective Registration Statement and any such printed supplemental information will be supplied by the Trust
to Distributor in reasonable quantities upon request.

**17.** **Privacy and Confidentiality** 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***17.1.***  ***Definition of Confidential Information.*** The term "**Confidential Information** "
shall mean all information that either party discloses (a "**Disclosing Party**") to the other party (a "**Receiving** 

**Party**"), whether in writing, electronically, or orally and in any form (tangible or intangible), that is confidential, proprietary, or relates to clients or Shareholders (each either existing or potential). Confidential Information includes, but is not limited to:

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*A.* any information concerning technology, such as systems, source code, databases, hardware, software, programs,
applications, engaging protocols, routines, models, displays, and manuals;

 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*B.* any unpublished information concerning research activities and plans, customers, clients, Shareholders,
strategies and plans, costs, operational techniques;

 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*C.* any unpublished financial information, including information concerning revenues, profits and profit margins,
and costs or expenses; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*D.* Customer Information (as defined below).

 

Confidential Information is deemed confidential and proprietary to the Disclosing Party regardless of whether such information was disclosed intentionally or unintentionally, or marked appropriately. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following information shall not be deemed to be Confidential Information: (a) information that was in the public domain at or subsequent to the time such Confidential Information was communicated to the Receiving Party by the Disclosing Party through no fault of the Receiving Party; (b) information that was rightfully in the Receiving Party's possession free of any obligation of confidence at or subsequent to the time such Confidential Information was communicated to the Receiving Party by the Disclosing Party; and (c) information that was developed by the Receiving Party or its employees, as the case may be, independently of and without reference to any Confidential Information communicated to the Receiving Party by the Disclosing Party.

 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***17.2.***  ***Definition of Customer Information.*** Any Customer Information will remain the sole and exclusive
property of the Trust. "**Customer Information**" shall mean all non-public, personally identifiable information as defined
by Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999, as amended, and its implementing regulations (*e.g.*, SEC Regulation S-P and Federal Reserve Board
Regulation P) (collectively, the "**GLB Act** ").

 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***17.3.***  ***Treatment of Confidential Information*** 

 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*A.* Each party agrees that at all times during and after the terms of this Agreement, it shall use, handle,
collect, maintain, and safeguard Confidential Information in accordance with (1) the confidentiality and non-disclosure requirements of
this Agreement; (2) the GLB Act, as applicable and as it may be amended; and (3) such other Applicable Law, whether in effect now or in
the future.

 

 

 

 

 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*B.* Each party agrees that:

 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) The Receiving Party will hold all the Disclosing Party's Confidential Information it obtains in strictest confidence and will use and permit use of such Confidential
Information solely for the purposes of this Agreement;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) Without limiting the foregoing, the Receiving Party shall apply at least the same degree of reasonable
care used for its own confidential and proprietary information to avoid disclosure or use of the Disclosing Party's Confidential Information under this Agreement;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) The Receiving Party may disclose or provide access to the Disclosing Party's
Confidential Information only to its responsible employees or agents who have a need to know and are under adequate
confidentiality agreements or arrangements or if required under the law , and the Receiving
Party or its employees may make copies of Confidential Information only to the extent reasonably necessary to carry out the obligations
under this Agreement; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) The Receiving Party will immediately notify the Disclosing Party of any unauthorized disclosure or use of the Disclosing Party's Confidential Information , and will reasonably cooperate
with the Disclosing Party to protect all proprietary rights in any such Confidential Information.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***17.4.***  ***Severability.*** This provision and the obligations under this Section 17 shall survive termination
of the Agreement.

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**18.** **Press Release** 

Within the first 60 days of the Agreement Effective Date, the Trust agrees to review in good faith a press release (in any format or medium) announcing the Agreement with Distributor; provided that Distributor must obtain the Trust's prior written consent prior to publication of such release, which consent may only be reasonably denied by the Trust.

**19.** **Non-Exclusivity** 

The services of Distributor rendered to the Trust are not deemed to be exclusive. Except to the extent necessary to perform Distributor's obligations under this Agreement, nothing herein shall be deemed to limit Distributor's right, or the right of any of Distributor's managers, officers, or employees (who also may be a trustee, officer or employee of the Trust), or persons who are otherwise affiliated persons of the Trust to engage in any other business or to devote time and attention to the management or other aspects of any other business, whether of a similar or dissimilar nature, or to render services of any kind to any other person. Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent Distributor or any affiliated person (as defined in the 1940 Act) of Distributor from acting as distributor for any other person, firm or corporation (including other investment companies) or in any way limit or restrict Distributor or any such affiliated person from buying, selling or trading any securities for its or their own account or for the accounts of others from whom it or they may be acting; provided, however, that Distributor expressly represents that it will undertake no activities which, in its reasonable judgment, will adversely affect the performance of its obligations to the Trust under this Agreement.

**20.** **Arbitration** 

In the event of a dispute between or among the parties relating to or arising out of this Agreement or the relationship of the parties, the parties will submit the matter to arbitration in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Code of Arbitration Procedure adopted by FINRA. The parties further agree that any contract, agreement or understanding between a party and its designees involving this Agreement shall contain a provision binding the designee to the terms of this Arbitration Provision.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***20.1.*** Arbitration will be held in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Code of Arbitration Procedure
adopted by FINRA, except (a) in the event that FINRA is unwilling to accept jurisdiction of the matter, such arbitration will be held
in accordance with the rules and regulations of the American Arbitration Association under the Commercial Arbitration Procedures then
in effect, and (b) in the event that a non-party to this Agreement brings an arbitration relating to or arising out of this Agreement,
then the entire dispute shall be arbitrated in whichever arbitration forum such arbitration is brought, and the parties and their designees
agree to submit to the jurisdiction of such arbitration forum. In the event that (x) a non-party initiates a judicial proceeding relating
to, or arising out of, this Agreement, and (y) such claim cannot be compelled to arbitration, and (z) a party or its designee asserts
a claim against another party or its designee in connection with such proceeding, then the entire dispute shall be litigated in that court,
and the parties and their designees agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the court in that judicial proceeding.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***20.2.*** If the arbitration is brought by a party, the number of arbitrators will be three (3), and they will be
selected in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Code of Arbitration Procedure adopted by FINRA, or American Arbitration Association
under the Commercial Arbitration Procedures then in effect, as appropriate. To the extent possible, the arbitrators shall be attorneys
specializing in securities law. The arbitration shall be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. §§ 1-16, to the exclusion
of state laws inconsistent therewith, and judgment upon the award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***20.3.*** The parties and their respective designees will each bear their own expenses, including legal and expert
fees, if any, with respect to the arbitration. The arbitrator will designate the party and/or designee to bear the costs of the arbitration
forum and arbitrator's fees or the respective amounts of such costs to be borne by each party and/or their designees. Any costs
or fees, including attorneys fees, involved in enforcing the award shall be fully assessed against and paid by the party and/or designee
resisting or preventing enforcement of the award.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***20.4.*** Nothing in this Section 20 will prevent the parties from resorting to judicial proceedings or otherwise
for injunctive relief to prevent or limit irreparable harm or injury to such a party.

**21.** **Notices** 

Any notice provided under this Agreement shall be sufficiently given when either delivered personally by hand or received by facsimile, electronic mail, or certified mail at the following address.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***21.1.***  ***If to the Trust:*** 

Centaur Mutual Funds Trust

33 Whitehall Street, 11th Floor

New York NY 10004

ATTN:

***If to the Advisor:***

DCM Advisors, LLC

33 WHITEHALL STREET, 11<sup>th</sup> Floor

New York, NY 10004

ATTN: Andrew Greenstein

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***21.2.***  ***If to Distributor:*** 

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Ultimus Fund Distributors, LLC

Attn: Director of Fund Administration

225 Pictoria Drive, Suite 450

Cincinnati, Ohio 45246

Facsimile: (513) 587-3437

E-mail: FundAdmin@ultimusfundsolutions.com

**22.** **General Provisions** 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***22.1.***  ***Incorporation by Reference.*** This Agreement and its schedules, exhibits, and other documents
incorporated by reference express the entire understanding of the parties and supersede any other agreement between them relating to the
Services.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***22.2.***  ***Conflicts.*** In the event of any conflict between this Agreement and any Appendices, this
Agreement shall control.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***22.3.***  ***Governing Law.*** This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State
of Ohio and the applicable provisions of the 1940 Act. To the extent that the applicable laws of the State of Ohio, or any of the provisions
herein, conflict with the applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the latter shall control.

 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***22.4.***  ***Questions of Interpretation.*** Any question of interpretation of any term or provision of
this Agreement having a counterpart in or otherwise derived from a term or provision of the 1940 Act shall be resolved by reference to
such term or provision of the 1940 Act and to interpretation thereof, if any, by the United States courts or in the absence of any controlling
decision of any such court, by rules, regulations or orders of the SEC issued pursuant to the 1940 Act. In addition, where the effect
of a requirement of the 1940 Act, reflected in any provision of this Agreement is revised by rule, regulation or order of the SEC, such
provision shall be deemed to incorporate the effect of such rule, regulation or order.

 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***22.5.***  ***Headings.*** Section and paragraph headings in this Agreement are included for convenience
only and are not to be used to construe or interpret this Agreement.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***22.6.***  ***Multiple Counterparts.*** This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each
of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***22.7.***  ***Severability.*** If any part, term or provision of this Agreement is held to be illegal, in
conflict with any law or otherwise invalid, the remaining portion or portions shall be considered severable and not be affected by such
determination, and the rights and obligations of the parties shall be construed and enforced as if the Agreement did not contain the particular
part, term or provisions held to be illegal or invalid.

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***22.8.***  ***Limitation of Liability.*** It is expressly agreed that the obligations of the Trust under
this Agreement shall not be binding upon any of the Trustees, shareholders, nominees, officers, agents or employees of the Trust, personally,
but bind only the trust property of the Trust. The execution and delivery of this Agreement have been authorized by the Trustees of the
Trust and signed by an officer of the Trust, acting as such, and neither such authorization by such Trustees nor such execution and delivery
by such officer shall be deemed to have been made by any of them individually or to impose any liability on any of them personally, but
shall bind only the trust property of the Trust. If a matter relates only to a particular Fund, that Fund shall be solely responsible
for all liabilities connection with such matter, and the Distributor agrees to look solely to the assets of such Fund for the payment
or performance thereof.

The parties duly executed this Agreement dated July 1, 2025.

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|
|  | **Centaur Mutual Funds Trust**<br> On behalf of all Funds listed on Schedule A to the Distribution Agreement<br>|  | **Ultimus Fund Distributors, LLC** |
| <br>By: | <br>/s/ Glenn Grossman | <br>By: | <br>/s/ Kevin Guerette |
| Name: | Glenn Grossman | Name: | Kevin Guerette |
| Title: | President | Title: | President |

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| | |
|:---|:---|
| <br>By: | **DCM Advisors, LLC**<br><u>/s/ Anthony Giorgio</u>__________ |
| Name: | Anthony Giorgio |
| Title: | CCO of the Advisor |

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**SCHEDULE A**

**to the**

**Distribution Agreement**

**between**

**Centaur Mutual Funds Trust, DCM Advisors, LLC**

**and**

**Ultimus Fund Distributors, LLC**

**dated July 1, 2025**

**<u>Fund Portfolio(s)</u>**

**Copley Fund**

## Ex-99.J

**CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM**

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (including the Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information) of Centaur Mutual Funds Trust on Form N-1A (No. 333-117597) (Post-Effective Amendment No. 54 under the Securities Act of 1933 and Amendment No. 56 under the Investment Company Act of 1940) to be filed on or about February 27, 2026 of our report dated December 26, 2025, on our audit of the financial statements of Copley Fund, a series of shares of beneficial interest in Centaur Mutual Funds Trust as of October 31, 2025 for such periods as referenced in our report which was included in the Annual Report of Copley Fund on Form N-CSR filed on January 7, 2026. We also consent to the reference to our Firm under the captions "Financial Highlights" and "Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm" in this Registration Statement.

/s/ EisnerAmper LLP

EISNERAMPER LLP

New York, New York February 20, 2026