# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001396092
**File Stem:** 0001387131-23-001414
**Filing Date:** 2023-2
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001387131-23-001414.hdr.sgml**: 20230203

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001387131-23-001414

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 497K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 2

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230203

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230203

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20230203

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** World Funds Trust
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001396092
- **IRS NUMBER:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0930

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 497K
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-148723
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23587226

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 8730 STONY POINT PARKWAY
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 205
- **CITY:** RICHMOND
- **STATE:** VA
- **ZIP:** 23235
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 804-267-7400

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 8730 STONY POINT PARKWAY
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 205
- **CITY:** RICHMOND
- **STATE:** VA
- **ZIP:** 23235

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** Abacus World Funds Trust
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20070410

## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### Clifford Capital International Value Fund (Series ID: S000075967)

| Class ID   | Class Name                | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000235351 | Super Institutional Class | CIVQX           |
| C000235352 | Institutional Class       | CCIVX           |
| C000235353 | Investor Class            | CIIRX           |

## SUMMARY

## PROSPECTUS
January 31, 2023

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**Clifford Capital <br>International Value Fund**

Investor Class (CIIRX)

Institutional Class (CCIVX)

Super Institutional Class (CIVQX)

*Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund's Prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. You can find the Fund's Prospectus, Statement of Additional Information and other information about the Fund online at https://cliffordcap.com/mutual-funds. You may also obtain this information at no cost by calling 800-673-0550. The Fund's Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, both dated January 31, 2023, are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus.*

*As with all mutual funds, the Securities and Exchange Commission has not approved or disapproved of these securities, nor has the Commission determined that this summary prospectus is complete or accurate. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.*

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SUMMARY Prospectus \| January 31, 2023

**clifford capital International Value Fund**

**Investment Objective**

The investment objective of the Clifford Capital International Value Fund (the "International Value Fund") is long-term capital appreciation.

**Fees and Expenses of the Fund**

The following table describes the expenses and fees that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund.

**Shareholder Fees**<br> (fees paid directly from your investment)

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| | | | |
|:---|:---|:---|:---|
|  | **Investor <br>Class**  | **Institutional Class**  | **Super Institutional Class** |
|  Redemption Fee (as a percentage of the amount redeemed on shares after holding them for 60 days or less)  | 2.00% |  |  |

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

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| | | | |
|:---|:---|:---|:---|
|  Management Fees  | 0.85% | 0.85% | 0.85% |
|  Distribution and Service 12b-1 Fees  | 0.25% |  |  |
|  Shareholder Servicing Plan  |  |  |  |
|  Other Expenses  | 27.87% | 27.87% | 27.48% |
|  Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses  | 28.97% | 28.72% | 28.33% |
|  Less Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements<sup>(1)</sup>  | (27.67%) | (27.67%) | (27.36%) |
|  Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements<sup>(1)</sup>  | 1.30% | 1.05% | 0.97% |

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(1)Clifford Capital Partners, LLC (the "Adviser") has contractually agreed to reduce fees and/or reimburse certain Fund expenses until January 31, 2024 to keep Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (exclusive of interest, distribution and service fees pursuant to Rule 12b-1 Plans, taxes, brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses, dividend expense on short sales, other expenditures capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of business) from exceeding 1.05% of the average daily net assets of the Fund's Investor Class and Institutional Class and 0.97% of the average daily net assets of the Fund's Super Institutional Class. Each waiver and/or reimbursement of an expense by the Adviser is subject to repayment by the Fund within three years following the date such waiver and/or reimbursement was made, provided that the Fund is able to make the repayment without exceeding the expense limitation in place at the time of the waiver or reimbursement and at the time the waiver or reimbursement is recouped. The Trust and the Adviser may terminate this expense limitation agreement prior to January 31, 2024, only by mutual written consent.

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SUMMARY Prospectus \| January 31, 2023

**clifford capital International Value Fund**

*Expense Example*

The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the International Value 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% annual return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same each year. The effect of the Adviser's agreement to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses is reflected in the example shown below for the first year. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

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| | | | | |
|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
|  | **One Year** | **Three Years** | **Five Years** | **Ten Years** |
|  Investor Class  | $132 | $4787 | $7477 | $10227 |
|  Institutional Class  | $107 | $4746 | $7445 | $10231 |
|  Super Institutional Class  | $99 | $4698 | $7402 | $10236 |

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**Portfolio Turnover**

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. For the period from the Fund's commencement of operations (May 6, 2022) through September 30, 2022, the International Value Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 11.14% of the average value of its portfolio.

**Principal Investment Strategies of the Fund**

To achieve its investment objective, the Fund invests primarily in equity securities of non-U.S. companies with a market capitalization of USD $10 billion or greater at time of original purchase that the Fund's investment adviser, Clifford Capital Partners, LLC (the "Adviser"), believes are trading at a discount to what they are worth at the time of purchase and have the potential for capital appreciation with acceptable downside risks.

The Adviser considers an issuer to be non-U.S. based if: (1) the issuer is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than those of the U.S.; (2) the securities of the issuer have a primary listing on a stock exchange outside the U.S. regardless of the country in which the issuer is organized; or (3) the issuer derives 50% or more of its total revenue from goods and/or services produced or sold outside of the U.S. The Fund may invest up to 20% of the portfolio in securities of issuers located in emerging market countries.

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SUMMARY Prospectus \| January 31, 2023

**clifford capital International Value Fund**

The Adviser uses a disciplined "bottom-up" selection process to identify equity securities of companies that appear to be selling at a discount to the Adviser's assessment of their intrinsic value. To estimate a company's intrinsic value, the Adviser may employ a variety of analysis techniques that it deems appropriate for each individual company. Examples of such techniques include estimating a company's future financial results such as revenues, earnings, cash flows, or earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization ("EBITDA") and then applying the Adviser's estimate of a relevant price multiple that it will assign to these values based on the Adviser's assessment of a "normalized" ratio (a ratio based on the company's and/or its industry's historical norms). Examples of these types of ratios are price to sales, price to earnings, price to cash flow, or enterprise value to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization or "EV/EBITDA". Other techniques that may be used to estimate intrinsic value include: the Adviser's estimate of a company's private market value; a fair value liquidation analysis; discounted cash flow analysis; or dividend discount models.

The Adviser strives to buy stocks at a discount to intrinsic value, taking advantage of price dislocations caused by short-term investor orientation, herd influences and other irrational investor behavior. The Adviser also buys stocks at a discount resulting from the increasing market clout of passive investors and investors who rely on non-company-specific analysis, such as investors who trade funds and exchange-traded funds ("ETFs") of entire sectors or industries rather than individual stocks. These investment opportunities arise when, in the opinion of the Adviser, the expectations implied in a company's stock price are too low relative to the firm's long-term earnings power or to its current assets.

The overall portfolio construction is guided by a dynamic mix of two types of stocks:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•Core Value stocks – investments in companies the Adviser believes are high-quality companies that earn high returns on capital. These stocks will represent 50-90% of the Fund's holdings.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•Deep Value stocks – opportunistic investments in companies the Adviser believes are deeply-undervalued. These stocks, plus the Fund's cash holdings, will represent the remaining 10-50% of the Fund.

The Fund will normally hold between 25 and 45 securities. The Adviser believes that maintaining a relatively small number of portfolio holdings allows each security to have a meaningful impact on the portfolio's results. The number of securities held by the Fund may occasionally differ from this range at times such as when the portfolio manager is accumulating new positions, phasing out and exiting positions, or responding to exceptional market conditions.

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SUMMARY Prospectus \| January 31, 2023

**clifford capital International Value Fund**

**The Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund**

*Active Management Risk*. The Fund is actively-managed and is thus subject to management risk. The Adviser will apply its investment techniques and strategies in making investment decisions for the Fund, but there is no guarantee that its techniques will produce the intended results.

*Risks of Investing in Equity Securities*. Overall equity market risks may affect the value of the Fund. Factors such as domestic economic growth and market conditions, interest rate levels, and political events affect the securities markets. When the value of the Fund's investments goes down, your investment in the Fund decreases in value and you could lose money.

*Market and Geopolitical Risk*. Market risk includes the possibility that the Fund's investments will decline in value because of a downturn in the stock market, reducing the value of individual companies' stocks regardless of the success or failure of an individual company's operations. The value of your investment in the Fund is based on the market prices of the securities the Fund holds. These prices change daily due to economic and other events that affect markets generally, as well as those that affect particular regions, countries, industries, companies or governments. The increasing interconnectivity between global economies and financial markets increases the likelihood that events or conditions in one region or financial market may adversely impact issuers in a different country, region or financial market. Securities in the Fund's portfolio may underperform due to inflation (or expectations for inflation), interest rates, global demand for particular products or resources, natural disasters, pandemics, epidemics, terrorism, regulatory events and governmental or quasi-governmental actions. The occurrence of global events similar to those in recent years, such as terrorist attacks around the world, natural disasters, social and political discord or debt crises and downgrades, among others, may result in market volatility and may have long term effects on both the U.S. and global financial markets. There is a risk that you may lose money by investing in the Fund.

*Health Crisis Risk*. A widespread health crisis, such as a global pandemic, could cause substantial market volatility, exchange trading suspensions or restrictions and closures of securities exchanges and businesses, impact the ability to complete redemptions, and adversely impact Fund performance. An outbreak of infectious respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus known as COVID-19 was first detected in China in December 2019 before spreading worldwide and being declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization in March 2020. During this time, financial markets have experienced extreme volatility and severe losses, and trading in many instruments has been disrupted or suspended. Liquidity for many instruments has been greatly reduced for periods

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**clifford capital International Value Fund**

of time. Some sectors of the economy and individual issuers have experienced particularly large losses. These types of market disruptions may adversely impact the Fund's investments.

*Risks of Mid-Cap Securities*. Investing in the securities of mid-cap companies generally involves substantially greater risk than investing in larger, more established companies.

*Risks of Large-Cap Securities*. Prices of securities of larger companies tend to be less volatile than companies with smaller market capitalizations. In exchange for this potentially lower risk, the Fund's value may not rise as much as the value of funds that emphasize companies with smaller capitalizations.

*Focused Investment Risk*. The Fund is a focused fund and generally holds stocks of between only 25 and 45 companies. Focused funds may invest a larger portion of their assets in the securities of a single issuer compared to other funds. Focusing investments in a small number of companies may subject the Fund to greater share price volatility and therefore a greater risk of loss because a single security's increase or decrease in value may have a greater impact on the Fund's value and total return. Economic, political or regulatory developments may have a greater impact on the value of the Fund's portfolio than would be the case if the portfolio held more positions, and events affecting a small number of companies may have a significant and potentially adverse impact on the performance of the Fund. In addition, investors may buy or sell substantial amounts of Fund shares in response to factors affecting or expected to affect a small number of companies, resulting in extreme inflows and outflows of cash into or out of the Fund. To the extent such inflows or outflows of cash cause the Fund's cash position or cash requirements to exceed normal levels, management of the Fund's portfolio may be negatively affected.

*Sector Risk*. The Fund may emphasize investment in one or more particular business sectors at times, which may cause the value of its share price to be more susceptible to the financial, market, or economic events affecting issuers and industries within those sectors than a fund that does not emphasize investment in particular sectors. Economic or market factors, regulation or deregulation, and technological or other developments may negatively impact all companies in a particular sector and may increase the risk of loss of an investment in the Fund. This may increase the risk of loss associated with an investment in the Fund and increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value ("NAV") per share.

*Management Style Risk*. Because the Fund invests primarily in value stocks (stocks that the Adviser believes are undervalued), the Fund's performance may at times be better or worse than the performance of stock funds that focus on other types of stock strategies (e.g., growth stocks), or that have a broader investment style.

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SUMMARY Prospectus \| January 31, 2023

**clifford capital International Value Fund**

*Economic and Political Risks*. These effects may be short-term by causing a change in the global markets that is corrected in a year or less, or they may have long-term impacts which may cause changes in the markets that may last for many years. In any given country, some factors may affect changes in one sector of the economy or one stock, but don't have an impact on the overall market. The particular sector of the economy or the individual stock may be affected for a short or long-term.

*Emerging Markets Risk*. Emerging market securities may present issuer, market, currency, liquidity, volatility, valuation, legal, political, and other risks different from, and potentially greater than, the risks of investing in securities of issuers in more developed markets. Emerging markets may have less established legal and accounting systems than those in more developed markets. Governments in emerging markets may be less stable and more likely to take extra-legal action with respect to companies, industries, assets, or foreign ownership than those in more developed markets. The economies of emerging markets may be dependent on relatively few industries and thus affected more severely by local or global changes. Emerging market securities may also be more volatile, more difficult to value, and have lower overall liquidity than securities economically tied to U.S. or developed non-U.S. issuer.

*Non-U*.*S. Investment Risk.* Securities of non-U.S. issuers (including American depository receipts ("ADRs") and other securities that represent interests in a non-U.S. issuer's securities) may be less liquid, more volatile, and harder to value than U.S. securities. Non-U.S. issuers may be subject to political, economic, or market instability, or unfavorable government action in their local jurisdictions or economic sanctions or other restrictions imposed by U.S. or foreign regulators. There may be less information publicly available about non-U.S. issuers and their securities and those issuers may be subject to lower levels of government regulation and oversight. These risks may be higher when investing in emerging market issuers. Certain of these elevated risks may also apply to securities of U.S. issuers with significant non-U.S. operations.

*Foreign Currency Risk*. Although the Fund will report its NAV and pay dividends in U.S. dollars, foreign securities often are purchased with and make any dividend and interest payments in foreign currencies. Therefore, the Fund's NAV could decline solely as a result of changes in the exchange rates between foreign currencies and the U.S. dollar, particularly if the Fund invests a significant percentage of its assets in foreign securities or other assets denominated in currencies not tightly pegged to the U.S.

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**clifford capital International Value Fund**

*Inflation Risk*. At any time, the Fund may have significant investments in cash or cash equivalents. When a substantial portion of a portfolio is held in cash or cash equivalents, there is the risk that the value of the cash account, including interest, will not keep pace with inflation, thus reducing purchasing power over time.

*Cybersecurity Risk*. The Fund and its shareholders could be negatively impacted as a result of a cybersecurity breach. Cybersecurity breaches can include unauthorized access to systems, networks, or devices; infection from computer viruses or other malicious software code; and attacks that shut down, disable, slow, or otherwise disrupt operations, business processes, or website access or functionality.

*New Fund Risk*. The Fund is new and has only recently commenced operations. As a new fund, there can be no assurance that the Fund will grow to or maintain an economically viable size, in which case it could ultimately liquidate.

**Performance History**

Because the Fund does not have a full calendar year of investment operations, no performance information is presented for the Fund at this time. In the future, performance information will be presented in this section of this Prospectus. Performance information will contain a bar chart and table that 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 returns for certain time periods compare with those of a broad measure of market performance. Investors should be aware that the Fund's past performance before and after taxes is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information is available at <u><u>https://cliffordcap.com/mutual-funds</u></u> or by calling toll-free 800-673-0550.

**Management**

*Investment Adviser.* 

Clifford Capital Partners, LLC.

*Portfolio Managers.* 

Allan C. Nichols, CFA, Principal and Portfolio Manager of the Adviser, has been a co-portfolio manager of the Fund since its inception.

Ryan P. Batchelor, CFA, CPA, Principal and Chief Investment Officer of the Adviser, has been a co-portfolio manager of the Fund since its inception.

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SUMMARY Prospectus \| January 31, 2023

**clifford capital International Value Fund**

**Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares**

The minimum initial and subsequent investment amounts for various types of accounts offered by the International Value Fund is shown below. The Fund may waive minimums for purchases or exchanges through employer-sponsored retirement plans.

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|:---|:---|:---|
|  | **Investor Class** | **Investor Class** |
|  | **Initial** | **Additional** |
|  Regular Account  | $2500 | $100 |
|  Automatic Investment Plan  | $2500 | $100 |
|  IRA Account  | $2500 | $100 |
|  | **Institutional Class** | **Institutional Class** |
|  | **Initial** | **Additional** |
|  Regular Account  | $100000 | $1000 |
|  Automatic Investment Plan  | $100000 | $100 |
|  IRA Account  | $100000 | $100 |
|  | **Super Institutional Class** | **Super Institutional Class** |
|  | **Initial** | **Additional** |
|  Regular Account  | $1000000 | $10000 |
|  Automatic Investment Plan  | $1000000 | $1000 |
|  IRA Account  | $1000000 | $1000 |

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Investors may purchase or redeem Fund shares on any business day through a financial intermediary, by mail (Clifford Capital Funds, c/o Commonwealth Fund Services, Inc., 8730 Stony Point Parkway, Suite 205, Richmond, Virginia 23235), by wire, or by telephone by calling toll free 800-673-0550. Purchases and redemptions by telephone are only permitted if you previously established this option on your account.

**Tax Information**

The Fund's distributions may be subject to federal income tax and may be taxed as ordinary income or capital gain, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred account, such as a 401(k) plan, individual retirement account (IRA) or 529 college savings plan. In such a tax-deferred account, your tax liability is generally not incurred until you withdraw assets from such an account.

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**clifford capital International Value Fund**

**Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries**

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