# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001537140
**File Stem:** 0001580642-25-006504
**Filing Date:** 2025-10
**Character Count:** 9550
**Document Hash:** 6e2f85448b2d050193aff88faaeed9ae
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001580642-25-006504.hdr.sgml**: 20251008

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001580642-25-006504

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: DEFA14A

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 5

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20251008

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20251008

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** NORTHERN LIGHTS FUND TRUST III
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001537140

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** DEFA14A
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 811-22655
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251383038

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 225 PICTORIA DRIVE
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 450
- **CITY:** CINCINNATI
- **STATE:** OH
- **ZIP:** 45246
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 631-470-2621

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 17605 WRIGHT STREET
- **CITY:** OMAHA
- **STATE:** NE
- **ZIP:** 68130

## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### Centerstone Investors Fund (Series ID: S000070944)

| Class ID   | Class Name                         | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000225290 | Centerstone Investors Fund Class I | CENTX           |
| C000225291 | Centerstone Investors Fund Class A | CETAX           |
| C000225292 | Centerstone Investors Fund Class C | CENNX           |

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 30, 2025

Securities Act File No. 333-178833

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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**NORTHERN LIGHTS FUND TRUST III**

(a Delaware statutory trust)

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| ![Noted Value Investor Abhay Deshpande ...](image_003.jpg) | Centerstone Investors<br> 228 Park Avenue S, Suite 75938<br> New York, NY 10003<br> **centerstoneinv.com** |

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NOTICE OF ADJOURNMENT

**WE NEED YOUR HELP**

Dear Valued Shareholder,

**We need your help.** The Special Meeting of Shareholders of your Fund, **Centerstone Investors Fund,** was adjourned to November 5, 2025, to provide shareholders who have not yet cast their proxy vote more time to do so. Our records indicate that you have not yet voted.

**The Board of Trustees recommends that shareholders vote FOR** 

**the approval of the reorganization. PLEASE take a moment to cast your vote TODAY.**

As discussed in more detail in the proxy statement sent to you via hard copy or e-delivery, shareholders are being asked to vote on an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization whereby the Fund would be reorganized into a corresponding newly created shell series of Investment Managers Series Trust III. The Board of Trustees of the Northern Lights Fund Trust III – the Fund's current Trust - has approved the proposal and recommends that shareholders vote **FOR** the approval of the Reorganization. **Following the Reorganization, the net annual operating expenses are expected to be lower, and the transaction is generally expected to be tax-free to the shareholders of the Centerstone Investors Fund for federal income tax purposes.**

For more information on the proposed Agreement and Plan of Reorganization of Centerstone Investors Fund into the FPA Crescent Fund, please refer to the proxy statement, which can be found at **vote.proxyonline.com/centerstone/docs/2025mtg.pdf**. If you have any proxy related questions or would like to cast your proxy vote by phone, please call 1-800-859-8508 for assistance. Representatives are available Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Eastern Time.

We very much appreciate your attention to this matter.

![A signature of a person Description automatically generated](image_004.jpg)

Sincerely,

Abhay Deshpande

Chief Investment Officer

**F** **our convenient voting methods…** 

**Vote by Phone with a Representative** **:** You may cast your vote by telephone with a proxy representative by calling **toll-free 1-800-859-8508**. Representatives are available Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Eastern Time.

**Vote by touch-tone phone:** You may cast your vote by telephone using an automated system by calling the **toll-free** number found on the proxy card(s).

**Vote online:** You may cast your vote by visiting the web address located on the proxy card(s) and following the instructions on the website.

**Vote by mail:** You may cast your vote by signing, dating, and mailing the proxy card(s) in the **postage-prepaid** return envelope provided.

NOBO-reg

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|:---|:---|
| ![Noted Value Investor Abhay Deshpande ...](image_001.jpg) | Centerstone Investors<br> 228 Park Avenue S, Suite 75938<br> New York, NY 10003<br> **centerstoneinv.com** |

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NOTICE OF ADJOURNMENT

**WE NEED YOUR HELP**

Dear Valued Shareholder,

**We need your help.** The Special Meeting of Shareholders of your Fund, **Centerstone Investors Fund,** was adjourned to November 5, 2025, to provide shareholders who have not yet cast their proxy vote more time to do so. Our records indicate that you have not yet voted.

**The Board of Trustees recommends that shareholders vote FOR** 

**the approval of the reorganization. PLEASE take a moment to cast your vote TODAY.**

As discussed in more detail in the proxy statement sent to you via hard copy or e-delivery, shareholders are being asked to vote on an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization whereby the Fund would be reorganized into a corresponding newly created shell series of Investment Managers Series Trust III. The Board of Trustees of the Northern Lights Fund Trust III – the Fund's current Trust - has approved the proposal and recommends that shareholders vote **FOR** the approval of the Reorganization. **Following the Reorganization, the net annual operating expenses are expected to be lower, and the transaction is generally expected to be tax-free to the shareholders of the Centerstone Investors Fund for federal income tax purposes.**

For more information on the proposed Agreement and Plan of Reorganization of Centerstone Investors Fund into the FPA Crescent Fund, please refer to the proxy statement, which can be found at **vote.proxyonline.com/centerstone/docs/2025mtg.pdf**. If you have any proxy related questions please call 1-800-859-8508 for assistance. Representatives are available Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Eastern Time.

We very much appreciate your attention to this matter.

![A signature of a person Description automatically generated](image_002.jpg)

Sincerely,

Abhay Deshpande

Chief Investment Officer

**Three** **convenient voting methods…** 

**Vote by touch-tone phone:** You may cast your vote by telephone using an automated system by calling the **toll-free** number found on the proxy card(s).

**Vote online:** You may cast your vote by visiting the web address located on the proxy card(s) and following the instructions on the website.

**Vote by mail:** You may cast your vote by signing, dating, and mailing the proxy card(s) in the **postage-prepaid** return envelope provided.

OBO