As Filed With the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 19, 2000
Securities Act File No. 33-12213
Investment Company Act File No. 811-5037
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
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FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Pre-Effective Amendment No.
Post Effective Amendment No.96 [X]
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
Amendment No. 98 [X]
(Check appropriate box or boxes)
PROFESSIONALLY MANAGED PORTFOLIOS
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
915 Broadway
New York, NY 10010
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)
(212) 633-9700
(Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code)
Steven J. Paggioli
Professionally Managed Portfolios
915 Broadway
New York, NY 10010
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Copy to:
Julie Allecta, Esq.
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP
345 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94104
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)
[ ] Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
[X] On July 28, 2000 pursuant to paragraph (b)
[ ] 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
[ ] On pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
[ ] 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
[ ] On pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485
If appropriate, check the following box:
[ ] this post-effective amendment designates a new effective
date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.
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HODGES FUND,
A SERIES OF PROFESSIONALLY MANAGED PORTFOLIOS
The Hodges Fund is a stock mutual fund. The Fund seeks long-term capital
appreciation.
THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR HAS THE COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY
OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
THE DATE OF THIS PROSPECTUS IS JULY 28, 2000
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
An Overview of the Fund
Performance
Fees and Expenses
Investment Objective and Principal Investment Strategies
Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund
Investment Advisor
Shareholder Information
Pricing of Fund Shares
Dividends and Distributions
Tax Consequences
Rule 12b-1 Fees
Financial Highlights
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AN OVERVIEW OF THE FUND
THE FUND'S INVESTMENT GOAL
The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.
THE FUND'S PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES
The Fund primarily invests in common stocks of domestic companies of any market
capitalization, from larger well-established companies to smaller, emerging
growth companies. In selecting investments, the Advisor will invest in companies
with prospects for above-average growth over an extended period of time. The
Fund may also invest in value or contrarian situations. The Fund is
non-diversified. This means that with respect to 50% of its assets, it may make
larger investments in individual companies than a fund that is diversified.
However, with respect to the other 50% of its assets, the Fund may only invest
5% of its assets in any individual security.
PRINCIPAL RISKS OF INVESTING IN THE FUND
There is the risk that you could lose money on your investment in the Fund. The
following risks could affect the value of your investment:
* The stock market goes down
* Interest rates go up which can result in a decline in the equity market
* Stocks in the Fund's portfolio may not increase their earnings at the rate
anticipated
* Securities of smaller capitalization companies involve greater volatility
than investing in larger more established companies
* An anticipated development may not occur in a value stock or turnaround
situation
* Because the Fund has the ability to take larger positions in a smaller
number of issuers, the Fund's share price may be more volatile than the
share price of a diversified fund.
WHO MAY WANT TO INVEST
IN THE FUND
The Fund may be appropriate for investors who:
* Are pursuing a long-term goal such as retirement
* Want to add an investment with growth potential to diversify their
investment portfolio
* Are willing to accept higher short-term volatility along with higher
potential for long-term growth of capital
The Fund may not be appropriate for investors who:
* Need regular income
* Are pursuing a short-term goal
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PERFORMANCE
The following performance information indicates some of the risks of
investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows how the Fund's total return has
varied from year to year. The table shows the Fund's average return over time
compared with broad-based market indices that include stocks of companies
similar to those considered for purchase by the Fund. This past performance will
not necessarily continue in the future.
CALENDAR YEAR TOTAL RETURNS*
[The following is the bar chart]
1993: 6.20%
1994: 0.98%
1995: 25.49%
1996: 27.48%
1997: 31.72%
1998: 22.53%
1999: 7.56%
[End of bar chart]
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* The Fund's year-to-date return as of 6/30/00 was -7.60%.
During the period shown in the bar chart, the Fund's highest quarterly return
was 34.49% for the quarter ended December 31, 1998 and the lowest quarterly
return was -17.19% for the quarter ended September 30, 1998.
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1999
Since Inception
1 Year 5 Years (10/9/92)
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Hodges Fund 7.56% 22.65% 17.77%
Russell 2000 Index* 21.26% 16.69% 16.27%
Wilshire 4500 Index** 35.49% 23.67% 19.34%
S&P 400 MidCap Index*** 14.72% 23.05% 18.75%
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* The Russell 2000 Index is composed of the 2,000 smallest stocks in the
Russell 3000 Index, and is widely regarded in the industry as the premier
measure of small cap stocks. The Russell 3000 Index is an index composed of
the 3,000 largest U.S. companies.
** The Wilshire 4500 Index measures the performance of all U.S. headquartered
equity securities with readily available price data, with the exception of
the S&P 500 Index securities..
*** The S&P 400 MidCap Index is an index of 400 domestic mid-cap stocks chosen
for market size, liquidity and industry group representation.
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FEES AND EXPENSES
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and
hold shares of the Fund.
SHAREHOLDER FEES
(fees paid directly from your investment)
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases None
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) None
ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES
(expenses that are deducted from Fund assets)
Management Fees 0.85%
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25%
Other Expenses 0.65%
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Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.75%
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EXAMPLE
This Example is intended to help you compare the costs 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, that
dividends and distributions are reinvested and that the Fund's operating
expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower,
under the assumptions, your costs would be:
One Year ............................ $ 178
Three Years ......................... $ 551
Five Years .......................... $ 949
Ten Years ........................... $ 2,062
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INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE AND PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES
The goal of the Hodges Fund is to seek capital appreciation.
The Fund emphasizes the purchase of common stocks of domestic companies of
any size:
* with rapidly growing earnings per share, or
* with slower earnings growth which appear to have a predictable track
record, or
* whose shares are out of favor, but appear to have good prospects for a
turnaround.
The Advisor seeks to buy securities of companies that, in its opinion, are
undervalued, reasonably priced and have prospects for continued consistent
growth. The Advisor uses fundamental analysis of financial statements to select
stocks of issuers that have strong balance sheets, experienced management,
above-average earnings growth potential and stocks that are attractively priced
relative to their fundamental economic values.
The Advisor also may purchase securities of companies in particular market
segments that are currently out-of-favor if, in the Advisor's opinion, such
securities have potential for r This is often referred to as a "contrarian"
approach to investing.
Although not a primary investment strategy, the Fund also may invest in
some moderate growth stocks whose shares offer a high dividend yield and in the
stocks of foreign companies which are U.S. dollar denominated and traded on a
domestic national securities exchange, including American Depositary Receipts
(ADRs).
While economic forecasting and industry sector analysis play a part in the
research effort, the Advisor's stock selection process begins with an individual
company. This is often referred to as a bottom-up approach to investing. From a
group of companies that meet the Advisor's standards, the Advisor selects the
securities of those companies that it believes have the potential for growth of
earnings over an extended period of time that is above average. Under normal
market conditions, at least 55% of the value of the Fund's total assets will be
invested in common stocks selected for their growth potential.
The Advisor will consider selling a security in the Fund's portfolio if
that security has become overvalued or has reached its growth potential. In
addition, in an attempt to increase the Fund's tax efficiency, the Advisor may
take tax considerations into account in deciding whether or when to sell a
particular stock.
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Although the Fund will be managed with consideration given to tax
efficiency, the F portfolio turnover rate has and could exceed 100%. A high
portfolio turnover rate (100% or more) has the potential to result in the
realization and distribution to shareholders of higher capital gains. This may
mean that you would be likely to have a higher tax liability. A high portfolio
turnover rate also leads to higher transactions costs, which could negatively
affect the Fund's performance.
Under normal market conditions, the Fund will stay fully invested in
stocks. However, the Fund may temporarily depart from its principal investment
strategies by making short-term investments in cash equivalents in response to
adverse market, economic or political conditions. This may result in the Fund
not achieving its investment objective.
PRINCIPAL RISKS OF INVESTING IN THE FUND
The principal risks of investing in the Fund that may adversely affect the
Fund's net asset value or total return are summarized above under "An Overview
of the Fund." These risks are discussed in more detail below.
MARKET RISK. The risk that the market value of a security may move up and
down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. These fluctuations may cause a
security to be worth less than the price originally paid for it, or less than it
was worth at an earlier time. Market risk may affect a single issuer, industry,
sector of the economy or the market as a whole.
MANAGEMENT RISK. Management risk means that your investment in the Fund
varies with the success and failure of the investment strategy and the research,
analysis and security s of the Advisor.
SMALL AND MEDIUM COMPANIES RISK. Investing in securities of small and
medium sized companies may involve greater volatility than investing in larger
and more established companies because they can be subject to more abrupt or
erratic share price changes than larger, more established companies. Small
companies may have limited product lines, markets or financial resources and
their management may be dependent on a limited number of key individuals.
Securities of these companies may have limited market liquidity and their prices
may be more volatile.
INVESTMENT ADVISOR
Hodges Capital Management, Inc. is the investment advisor to the Fund. The
Advisor's address is 2905 Maple Avenue, Dallas, TX 75201. The Advisor has been
providing investment advisory services since 1989. The Advisor provides advice
on buying and selling securities. The Advisor also furnishes the Fund with
office space and certain administrative services and provides most of the
personnel needed by the Fund. For its services, the Fund pays the Advisor a
monthly management fee based upon its average daily net assets. For the fiscal
year ended March 31, 2000, the Advisor received advisory fees of 0.85% of the
Fund's average net assets.
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PORTFOLIO MANAGERS
Don W. Hodges and Craig D. Hodges are co-managers of the Fund's investment
portfolio. Don W. Hodges has over 40 years of experience in the securities
brokerage industry and previously served as President of a large regional
brokerage firm. Craig D. Hodges, Senior Vice President of the Advisor, was a
founder and has been a senior officer of the Fund's Distributor, First Dallas
Securities, an affiliate of the Advisor, where he has managed individual and
institutional investment portfolios.
FUND EXPENSES
The Fund is responsible for its own operating expenses. At times, the
Advisor may reduce its fees and/or pay expenses of the Fund in order to reduce
the Fund's aggregate annual operating expenses. Any reduction in advisory fees
or payment of expenses made by the Advisor are subject to reimbursement by the
Fund if requested by the Advisor in subsequent fiscal years. The Advisor is
permitted to be reimbursed for fee reductions and/or expense payments made in
the prior three fiscal years. Any such reimbursement will be reviewed by the
Trustees. The Fund must pay its current ordinary operating expenses before the
Advisor is entitled to any reimbursement of fees and/or expenses.
SHAREHOLDER INFORMATION
HOW TO BUY SHARES
You may open a Fund account with $250 and add to your account at any time
with $50 or more. You also may open a Fund account with $250 and make subsequent
monthly investments with $50 or more through the Automatic Investment Plan. The
minimum investment requirements may be waived from time to time.
PURCHASES PLACED WITH INVESTMENT DEALERS OR INVESTMENT ADVISORS
Broker-dealers and investment advisers may place orders for the purchase of
Fund shares on behalf of clients by contacting the Distributor at 800-388-8512.
If such orders are placed by the client with the broker-dealer or advisor by
4:00 p.m., Eastern time, on any day that the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") is
open for trading, it will be confirmed at the applicable net asset value on that
day. Broker-dealers and advisors are responsible for placing orders promptly
with the Transfer Agent and for forwarding payment promptly.
You may be charged a transaction fee (not a commission) if you purchase
shares through a broker or agent. The Fund has authorized certain brokers to
accept purchase and redemption orders on its behalf. Such brokers are authorized
to designate intermediaries to accept orders on the Fund's behalf. The Fund will
be deemed to have received an order when an authorized broker or the broker's
authorized designee receives the order with complete information. Such customer
orders will be priced at the Fund's net asset value next computed after they are
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received with complete information by an authorized broker or the broker's
authorized designee.
PURCHASES SENT TO THE TRANSFER AGENT
You may purchase shares of the Fund through the Transfer Agent by check or
wire. All purchases by check must be in U.S. dollars. Third party checks and
cash will not be accepted. A charge may be imposed if your check does not clear.
The Fund is not required to issue share certificates. Shares are held in street
name for the owners. The Fund reserves the right to reject any purchase in whole
or in part.
BY CHECK
If you are making a direct initial investment in the Fund, simply complete
the Account Application included with this Prospectus and mail it with a check
(made payable to "Hodges Fund") to:
Hodges Fund
P.O. Box 640856
Cincinnati, OH 45264-0856
If you wish to send your Account Application and check via an overnight
delivery service (such as FedEx), you should call the Transfer Agent at (800)
282-2340 for instructions.
If you are making a subsequent purchase, a stub is attached to the account
statement you will receive after each transaction. Detach the stub from the
statement and mail it together with a check made payable to "Hodges Fund" to the
Fund in the envelope provided with your statement or to the address noted above.
Your account number should be written on the check.
BY WIRE
If you are making an initial investment in the Fund, before you wire funds
you should call the Transfer Agent at (800) 282-2340 between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00
p.m., Eastern time, on a day when the NYSE is open to advise them that you are
making an investment by wire. The Transfer Agent will ask for your name and the
dollar amount you are investing. You will then receive your account number and
an order confirmation number. You should then complete the Account Application
included with this Prospectus. Include the date and the order confirmation
number on the Account Application and mail the completed Account Application to
the address at the top of the Account Application. Your bank should transmit
immediately available funds by wire in your name to:
Firstar Bank, N.A. Cinti/Trust
ABA Routing #0420-0001-3
Hodges Fund
DDA #483897948
Account name (shareholder name)
Shareholder account number
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If you are making a subsequent purchase, your bank should wire funds as
indicated above. Before each wire purchase, you should be sure to notify the
Transfer Agent. IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT YOUR BANK INCLUDE COMPLETE INFORMATION
ABOUT YOUR ACCOUNT IN ALL WIRE INSTRUCTIONS. If you have questions about how to
invest by wire, you may call the Transfer Agent. Your bank may charge you a fee
for sending a wire to the Fund.
AUTOMATIC INVESTMENT PLAN
For your convenience, the Fund offers an Automatic Investment Plan. Under
this Plan, after your initial investment, you authorize the Fund to withdraw
from your personal checking account each month an amount that you wish to
invest, which must be at least $50. If you wish to enroll in this Plan, complete
the appropriate section in the Account Application. The Fund may terminate or
modify this privilege at any time. You may terminate your participation in the
Plan at any time by notifying the Transfer Agent in writing.
RETIREMENT PLANS
The Fund offers an Individual Retirement Account ("IRA") plans. Your
investment representative may charge you a fee. You may obtain information about
opening an IRA account by calling the Distributor at (800) 388-8512. If you wish
to open a Keogh, Section 403(b) or other retirement plan, please contact your
investment representative.
HOW TO SELL SHARES
You may sell (redeem) your Fund shares on any day the Fund and the NYSE are
open for business either directly to the Fund or through your investment
representative.
BY WRITING
You may redeem your shares by simply sending a written request to the
Transfer Agent. You should give your account number and state whether you want
all or some of your shares redeemed. The letter should be signed by all of the
shareholders whose names appear on the account registration. You should send
your redemption request to:
Hodges Fund
American Data Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 5536
Hauppauge, NY 11788-0132
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To protect the Fund and its shareholders, a signature guarantee is required
for all written redemption requests. Signature(s) on the redemption request must
be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution." These include banks,
broker-dealers, credit unions and savings institutions. A broker-dealer
guaranteeing signatures must be a member of a clearing corporation or maintain
net capital of at least $100,000. Credit unions must be authorized to issue
signature guarantees. Signature guarantees will be accepted from any eligible
guarantor institution which participates in a signature guarantee program. A
notary public is not an acceptable guarantor.
BY TELEPHONE
If you complete the Redemption by Telephone portion of the Account
Application, you may redeem all or some of your shares by calling the Transfer
Agent at (800) 282-2340 before the close of trading on the NYSE. This is
normally 4:00 p.m., Eastern time. Redemption proceeds will be mailed on the next
business day to the address that appears on the Transfer Agent's records. If you
request, redemption proceeds will be wired on the next business day to the bank
account you designated on the Account Application. The minimum amount that may
be wired is $1,000. Wire charges, if any, will be deducted from your redemption
proceeds. Telephone redemptions cannot be made if you notify the Transfer Agent
of a change of address within 30 days before the redemption request. If you have
a retirement account, you may not redeem shares by telephone.
When you establish telephone privileges, you are authorizing the Fund and
its Transfer Agent to act upon the telephone instructions of the person or
persons you have designated on your Account Application. Redemption proceeds
will be transferred to the bank account you have designated on your Account
Application.
Before executing an instruction received by telephone, the Fund and the
Transfer Agent will use reasonable procedures to confirm that the telephone
instructions are genuine. These procedures may include recording the telephone
call and asking the caller for a form of personal identification. If the Fund
and the Transfer Agent follow these reasonable procedures, they will not be
liable for any loss, expense, or cost arising out of any telephone redemption
request that is reasonably believed to be genuine. This includes any fraudulent
or unauthorized request. The Fund may change, modify or terminate these
privileges at any time upon at least 60 days' notice to shareholders.
You may request telephone redemption privileges after your account is
opened by calling the Transfer Agent at (800) 282-2340 for instructions.
You may have difficulties in making a telephone redemption during periods
of abnormal market activity. If this occurs, you may make your redemption
request in writing.
Payment of your redemption proceeds will be made promptly, but not later
than seven days after the receipt of your written request in proper form. If you
made your initial investment by wire, payment of your redemption proceeds for
those shares will not be made until one business day after your completed
Account Application is received by the Fund. If you did not purchase your shares
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with a certified check or wire, the Fund may delay payment of your redemption
proceeds for up to 15 days from date of purchase or until your check has
cleared, whichever occurs first.
The Fund may redeem the shares in your account if the value of your account
is less than $250 as a result of redemptions you have made. This does not apply
to retirement plan or Uniform Gifts or Transfers to Minors Act accounts. You
will be notified that the value of your account is less than $250 before the
Fund makes an involuntary redemption. You will then have 30 days in which to
make an additional investment to bring the value of your account to at least
$250 before the Fund takes any action.
The Fund has the right to pay redemption proceeds to you in whole or in
part by a distribution of securities from the Fund's portfolio. It is not
expected that the Fund would do so except in unusual circumstances. If the Fund
pays your redemption proceeds by a distribution of securities, you could incur
brokerage or other charges in converting securities to cash.
SYSTEMATIC WITHDRAWAL PROGRAM
As another convenience, you may redeem your Fund shares through the
Systematic Withdrawal Program. If you elect this method of redemption, the Fund
will send you a check in a minimum amount of $100. You may choose to receive a
check each month or calendar quarter. Your Fund account must have a value of at
least $10,000 in order to participate in this Program. This Program may be
terminated at any time by the Fund. You may also elect to terminate your
participation in this Program at any time by writing to the Transfer Agent.
A withdrawal under the Program involves a redemption of shares and may
result in a gain or loss for federal income tax purposes. In addition, if the
amount withdrawn exceeds the dividends credited to your account, the account
ultimately may be depleted.
PRICING OF FUND SHARES
The price of the Fund's shares is based on the Fund's net asset value. This
is calculated by dividing the Fund's assets, minus its liabilities, by the
number of shares outstanding. The Fund's assets are the market value of
securities held in its portfolio, plus any cash and other assets. The Fund's
liabilities are fees and expenses owed by the Fund. The number of Fund shares
outstanding is the amount of shares which have been issued to shareholders. The
price you will pay to buy Fund shares or the amount you will receive when you
sell your Fund shares is based on the net asset value next calculated after your
order is received by the Transfer Agent with complete information and meeting
all the requirements discussed in this Prospectus.
The net asset value of the Fund's shares is determined as of the close of
regular trading on the NYSE. This is normally 4:00 p.m., Eastern time. Fund
shares will not be priced on days that the NYSE is closed for trading (including
certain U.S. holidays).
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DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS
The Fund will make distributions of dividends and capital gains, if any, at
least annually. The Fund will make another distribution of any additional
undistributed capital gains earned during the 12-month period ended October 31
or as may be determined by the Board of Trustees.
All distributions will be reinvested in Fund shares unless you choose one
of the following options: (1) receive dividends in cash, while reinvesting
capital gain distributions in additional Fund shares; or (2) receive all
distributions in cash. If you wish to change your distribution option, write to
the Transfer Agent in advance of the payment date for the distribution.
TAX CONSEQUENCES
The Fund intends to make distributions of dividends and capital gains.
Dividends are taxable to you as ordinary income. The rate you pay on capital
gain distributions will depend on how long the Fund held the securities that
generated the gains, not on how long you owned your Fund shares. You will be
taxed in the same manner whether you receive your dividends and capital gain
distributions in cash or reinvest them in additional Fund shares.
If you sell your Fund shares, it is considered a taxable event for you.
Depending on the purchase price and the sale price of the shares you sell, you
may have a gain or a loss on the transaction. You are responsible for any tax
liabilities generated by your transaction.
RULE 12b-1 FEES
The Fund has adopted a Distribution and Shareholder Servicing Plan pursuant
to Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Under that Plan, the
Fund is authorized to pay the Distributor a fee for the sale and distribution of
the Fund's shares and services it provides to shareholders. The maximum amount
of the fee authorized is 0.25% of the Fund's average daily net assets annually.
Because these fees are paid out of the Fund's assets on an on-going basis, over
time these fees will increase the cost of your investment in Fund shares and may
cost you more than paying other types of sales charges.
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
This table shows the Fund's financial performance for the past five years.
Certain information reflects financial results for a single Fund share. "Total
return" shows how much your investment in the Fund would have increased or
decreased during each period, assuming you had reinvested all dividends and
distributions. This information has been audited by Tait, Weller & Baker,
Independent Certified Public Accountants. Their report and the Fund's financial
statements are included in the Annual Report, which is available upon request.
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FOR A CAPITAL SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT EACH YEAR
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YEAR ENDED MARCH 31,
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2000 1999 1998 1997 1996
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Net asset value, beginning of year ........... $ 16.79 $ 14.44 $ 13.20 $ 12.87 $ 11.55
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INCOME FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:
Net investment loss ......................... (0.13) (0.15) (0.09) (0.11) (0.07)
Net realized and unrealized gain on
investments ............................... 2.36 3.05 4.79 1.85 3.42
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Total from investment operations ............. 2.23 2.90 4.70 1.74 3.35
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LESS DISTRIBUTIONS:
From net realized gain ...................... (0.84) (0.55) (3.46) (1.41) (2.03)
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Net asset value, end of year ................. $ 18.18 $ 16.79 $ 14.44 $ 13.20 $ 12.87
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Total return ................................. 14.13% 21.11%* 41.26%* 14.18%* 32.33%*
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:
Net assets, end of year (millions) .......... $ 38.8 $ 35.5 $ 32.4 $ 19.4 $ 13.3
Ratio of expenses to average net assets...... 1.75% 1.92% 1.96% 2.14% 2.08%
Ratio of net investment loss to average
net assets ................................ (0.77)% (0.99)% (0.76)% (0.95)% (0.61)%
Portfolio turnover rate ...................... 126.05% 129.86% 94.05% 115.77% 124.89%
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* Sales load is not reflected in the total return numbers. Effective April
20, 1999 the Fund no longer imposed a sales load.
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ADVISOR
Hodges Capital Management, Incorporated
2905 Maple Avenue
Dallas, Texas 75201
(877) 232-1222
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DISTRIBUTOR
First Dallas Securities, Inc.
2905 Maple Avenue
Dallas, Texas 75201
(800) 388-8512
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CUSTODIAN
Firstar Institutional Custody Services
425 Walnut Street
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
*
TRANSFER AGENT
American Data Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 5536
Hauppauge, New York 11788-0132
(800) 282-2340
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AUDITORS
Tait, Weller & Baker
8 Penn Center Plaza, Suite 800
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
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LEGAL COUNSEL
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP
345 California Street, 29th Floor
San Francisco, California 94104
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HODGES FUND,
A SERIES OF PROFESSIONALLY MANAGED PORTFOLIOS
(THE "TRUST")
For investors who want more information about the Fund, the following documents
are available free upon request:
ANNUAL/SEMI-ANNUAL REPORTS: Additional information about the Fund's investments
is available in the Fund's annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders. In
the Fund's annual report, you will find a discussion of market conditions and
investment strategies that significantly affected the Fund's performance during
its last fiscal year.
STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (SAI): The SAI provides more detailed
information about the Fund and is incorporated by reference into this
Prospectus.
You can get free copies of reports and the SAI, request other information and
discuss your questions about the Fund by contacting the Fund at:
American Data Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 5536
Hauppauge, NY 11788-0132
Telephone: 1-800-282-2340
You can review and copy information including the Fund's reports and SAI at the
Public Reference Room of the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington,
D.C. You can obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by
calling 1-202-942-8090. Reports and other information about the Fund are also
available:
* Free of charge from the Commission's EDGAR database on the Commission's
Internet website at http://www.sec.gov., or
* For a fee, by writing to the Public Reference Room of the Commission,
Washington, DC 20549-0102, or
* For a fee, by electronic request at the following e-mail address:
[email protected].
(The Trust's SEC Investment Company Act
file number is 811-05037)
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STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
JULY 28, 2000
HODGES FUND,
A SERIES OF
PROFESSIONALLY MANAGED PORTFOLIOS
2905 MAPLE AVENUE
DALLAS, TEXAS 75201
(800) 388-8512
(800) 282-2340
This Statement of Additional Information ("SAI") is not a prospectus and it
should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus dated July 28, 2000, as may be
revised, of the Hodges Fund (the "Fund"), a series of Professionally Managed
Portfolios (the "Trust"). Hodges Capital Management, Inc. (the "Advisor") is the
advisor to the Fund. A copy of the Fund's Prospectus is available by calling
either of the numbers listed above.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
The Trust................................................................ B-2
Investment Objective and Policies........................................ B-2
Investment Restrictions.................................................. B-10
Distributions and Tax Information........................................ B-12
Trustees and Executive Officers.......................................... B-14
The Fund's Investment Advisor............................................ B-15
The Fund's Administrator................................................. B-16
The Fund's Distributor................................................... B-17
Execution of Portfolio Transactions...................................... B-18
Portfolio Turnover....................................................... B-20
Additional Purchase and Redemption Information........................... B-20
Determination of Share Price............................................. B-23
Performance Information.................................................. B-23
General Information...................................................... B-24
Financial Statements..................................................... B-25
Appendix................................................................. B-26
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THE TRUST
Professionally Managed Portfolios (the "Trust") is an open-end management
investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The Trust may
consist of various series which represent separate investment portfolios. This
SAI relates only to the Fund.
The Trust is registered with the SEC as a management investment company.
Such a registration does not involve supervision of the management or policies
of the Fund. The Prospectus of the Fund and this SAI omit certain of the
information contained in the Registration Statement filed with the SEC. Copies
of such information may be obtained from the SEC upon payment of the prescribed
fee.
INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE AND POLICIES
The Hodges Fund is a mutual fund with the investment objective of seeking
long-term capital appreciation. The Fund is nondiversified, which under the
Investment Company Act of 1940 ("1940 Act") means that there is no restriction
under the 1940 Act on how much the Fund may invest in the securities of any one
issuer. In addition, the Fund may invest more than 25% of its assets in what may
be considered a single industry sector. The following discussion supplements the
discussion of the Fund's investment objective and policies as set forth in the
Prospectus. There can be no assurance the objective of the Fund will be
attained.
CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES
The Fund may invest in convertible securities, which are securities
generally offering fixed interest or dividend yields which may be converted
either at a stated price or stated rate for common or preferred stock. Although
to a less extent than with fixed-income securities generally, the market value
for convertible securities tends to decline as interest rates increase, and
increase as interest rates decline. Because of the conversion feature, the
market value of convertible securities also tends to vary with fluctuations in
the market value of the underlying common or preferred stock.
PREFERRED STOCK
A preferred stock is a blend of the characteristics of a bond and common
stock. It can offer the higher yield of a bond and has priority over common
stock in equity ownership, but does not have the seniority of a bond and, unlike
common stock, its participation in the issuer's growth may be limited. Preferred
stock has preference over common stock in the receipt of dividends and in any
residual assets after payment to creditors should the issuer be dissolved.
Although the dividend is set at a fixed annual rate, in some circumstances it
can be changed or omitted by the issuer.
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REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS
The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements. Under such agreements, the
seller of the security agrees to repurchase it at a mutually agreed upon time
and price. The repurchase price may be higher than the purchase price, the
difference being income to the Fund, or the purchase and repurchase prices may
be the same, with interest at a stated rate due to the Fund together with the
repurchase price on repurchase. In either case, the income to the Fund is
unrelated to the interest rate on the U.S. Government security itself. Such
repurchase agreements will be made only with banks with assets of $500 million
or more that are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or with
Government securities dealers recognized by the Federal Reserve Board and
registered as broker-dealers with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC")
or exempt from such registration. The Fund will generally enter into repurchase
agreements of short durations, from overnight to one week, although the
underlying securities generally have longer maturities. The Fund may not enter
into a repurchase agreement with more than seven days to maturity if, as a
result, more than 15% of the value of its net assets would be invested in
illiquid securities including such repurchase agreements.
For purposes of the 1940 Act, a repurchase agreement is deemed to be a loan
from the Fund to the seller of the U.S. Government security subject to the
repurchase agreement. It is not clear whether a court would consider the U.S.
Government security acquired by the Fund subject to a repurchase agreement as
being owned by the Fund or as being collateral for a loan by the Fund to the
seller. In the event of the commencement of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings
with respect to the seller of the U.S. Government security before its repurchase
under a repurchase agreement, the Fund may encounter delays and incur costs
before being able to sell the security. Delays may involve loss of interest or a
decline in price of the U.S. Government security. If a court characterizes the
transaction as a loan and the Fund has not perfected a security interest in the
U.S. Government security, the Fund may be required to return the security to the
seller's estate and be treated as an unsecured creditor of the seller. As an
unsecured creditor, the Fund would be at the risk of losing some or all of the
principal and income involved in the transaction. As with any unsecured debt
instrument purchased for the Fund, the Advisor seeks to minimize the risk of
loss through repurchase agreements by analyzing the creditworthiness of the
other party, in this case the seller of the U.S. Government security.
Apart from the risk of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings, there is also
the risk that the seller may fail to repurchase the security. However, the Fund
will always receive as collateral for any repurchase agreement to which it is a
party securities acceptable to it, the market value of which is equal to at
least 100% of the amount invested by the Fund plus accrued interest, and the
Fund will make payment against such securities only upon physical delivery or
evidence of book entry transfer to the account of its Custodian. If the market
value of the U.S. Government security subject to the repurchase agreement
becomes less than the repurchase price (including interest), the Fund will
direct the seller of the U.S. Government security to deliver additional
securities so that the market value of all securities subject to the repurchase
agreement will equal or exceed the repurchase price. It is possible that the
Fund will be unsuccessful in seeking to impose on the seller a contractual
obligation to deliver additional securities.
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WHEN-ISSUED SECURITIES
The Fund may from time to time purchase securities on a "when-issued"
basis. The price of such securities, which may be expressed in yield terms, is
fixed at the time the commitment to purchase is made, but delivery and payment
for them take place at a later date. Normally, the settlement date occurs within
one month of the purchase; during the period between purchase and settlement, no
payment is made by the Fund to the issuer and no interest accrues to the Fund.
To the extent that assets of the Fund are held in cash pending the settlement of
a purchase of securities, the Fund would earn no income; however, it is the
Fund's intention to be fully invested to the extent practicable and subject to
the policies stated above. While when-issued securities may be sold prior to the
settlement date, the Fund intends to purchase them with the purpose of actually
acquiring them unless a sale appears desirable for investment reasons. At the
time the Fund makes the commitment to purchase a security on a when-issued
basis, it will record the transaction and reflect the value of the security in
determining its net asset value. The market value of the when-issued securities
may be more or less than the purchase price. The Fund does not believe that its
net asset value or income will be adversely affected by its purchase of
securities on a when-issued basis. The Fund's Custodian will segregate liquid
assets equal in value to commitments for when-issued securities. Such segregated
assets either will mature or, if necessary, be sold on or before the settlement
date.
ILLIQUID SECURITIES
The Fund may not invest more than 15% of the value of its net assets in
securities that at the time of purchase have legal or contractual restrictions
on resale or are otherwise illiquid. The Advisor will monitor the amount of
illiquid securities in the Fund's portfolio, under the supervision of the
Trust's Board of Trustees, to ensure compliance with the Fund's investment
restrictions.
Historically, illiquid securities have included securities subject to
contractual or legal restrictions on resale because they have not been
registered under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"), securities
which are otherwise not readily marketable and repurchase agreements having a
maturity of longer than seven days. Securities which have not been registered
under the Securities Act are referred to as private placement or restricted
securities and are purchased directly from the issuer or in the secondary
market. Mutual funds do not typically hold a significant amount of these
restricted or other illiquid securities because of the potential for delays on
resale and uncertainty in valuation. Limitations on resale may have an adverse
effect on the marketability of portfolio securities and the Fund might be unable
to sell restricted or other illiquid securities promptly or at reasonable prices
and might thereby experience difficulty satisfying redemption requests within
seven days. The Fund might also have to register such restricted securities in
order to sell them, resulting in additional expense and delay. Adverse market
conditions could impede such a public offering of securities.
In recent years, however, a large institutional market has developed for
certain securities that are not registered under the Securities Act, including
repurchase agreements, commercial paper, foreign securities, municipal
securities and corporate bonds and notes. Institutional investors depend on an
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efficient institutional market in which the unregistered security can be readily
resold or on an issuer's ability to honor a demand for repayment. The fact that
there are contractual or legal restrictions on resale to the general public or
to certain institutions may not reflect the actual liquidity of such
investments. These securities might be adversely affected if qualified
institutional buyers were unwilling to purchase such securities. If such
securities are subject to purchase by institutional buyers in accordance with
Rule 144A promulgated by the SEC under the Securities Act, the Trust's Board of
Trustees may determine that such securities are not illiquid securities despite
their legal or contractual restrictions on resale. In all other cases, however,
securities subject to restrictions on resale will be deemed illiquid.
SHORT SALES
The Fund may engage in short sales of securities, provided the securities
are fully listed on a national securities exchange. In a short sale, the Fund
sells stock which it does not own, making delivery with securities "borrowed"
from a broker. The Fund is then obligated to replace the security borrowed by
purchasing it at the market price at the time of replacement. This price may or
may not be less than the price at which the security was sold by the Fund. Until
the security is replaced, the Fund is required to pay to the lender any
dividends or interest which accrue during the period of the loan. In order to
borrow the security, the Fund may also have to pay a premium which would
increase the cost of the security sold. The proceeds of the short sale will be
retained by the broker, to the extent necessary to meet margin requirements,
until the short position is closed out.
The Fund also must segregate liquid assets equal to the difference between
(a) the market value of the securities sold short at the time they were sold
short and (b) the value of the collateral deposited with the broker in
connection with the short sale (not including the proceeds from the short sale).
While the short position is open, the Fund must maintain segregated assets at
such a level that the amount segregated plus the amount deposited with the
broker as collateral equal the current market value of the securities sold
short.
The Fund will incur a loss as a result of the short sale if the price of
the security increases between the date of the short sale and the date on which
the Fund replaces the borrowed s The Fund will realize a gain if the security
declines in price between those dates. The amount of any gain will be decreased
and the amount of any loss will be increased by any interest the Fund may be
required to pay in connection with a short sale. The dollar amount of short
sales at any one time (not including short sales against the box) may not exceed
25% of the net assets of the Fund, and it is expected that normally the dollar
amount of such sales will not exceed 10% of the net assets of the Fund.
U. S. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
U.S. Government securities in which the Fund may invest include direct
obligations issued by the U.S. Treasury, such as Treasury bills, certificates of
indebtedness, notes and bonds. U.S. Government agencies and instrumentalities
that issue or guarantee securities include, but are not limited to, the Federal
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Housing Administration, Federal National Mortgage Association, Federal Home Loan
Banks, Government National Mortgage Association, International Bank for
Reconstruction and Development and Student Loan Marketing Association.
All Treasury securities are backed by the full faith and credit of the
United States. Obligations of U.S. Government agencies and instrumentalities may
or may not be supported by the full faith and credit of the United States. Some,
such as the Federal Home Loan Banks, are backed by the right of the agency or
instrumentality to borrow from the Treasury. Others, such as securities issued
by the Federal National Mortgage Association, are supported only by the credit
of the instrumentality and not by the Treasury. If the securities are not backed
by the full faith and credit of the United States, the owner of the securities
must look principally to the agency issuing the obligation for repayment and may
not be able to assert a claim against United States in the event that the agency
or instrumentality does not meet its commitment.
Among the U.S. Government securities that may be purchased by the Fund are
" backed securities" of the Government National Mortgage Association ("Ginnie
Mae"), the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Association ("Freddie Mac") and the
Federal National Mortgage Association ("Fannie Mae"). These mortgage-backed
securities include "pass-through" securities and "participation certificates,"
both of which represent pools of mortgages that are assembled, with interests
sold in the pool. Payments of principal (including prepayments) and interest by
individual mortgagors are "passed through" to the holders of interests in the
pool; thus each payment to holders may contain varying amounts of principal and
interest. Prepayments of the mortgages underlying these securities may result in
the Fund's inability to reinvest the principal at comparable yields.
Mortgage-backed securities also include "collateralized mortgage obligations,"
which are similar to conventional bonds in that they have fixed maturities and
interest rates and are secured by groups of individual mortgages. Timely payment
of principal and interest on Ginnie Mae pass-throughs is guaranteed by the full
faith and credit of the United States. Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae are both
instrumentalities of the U.S. Government, but their obligations are not backed
by the full faith and credit of the United States.
SECURITIES LENDING
Although the Fund's objective is capital appreciation, the Fund reserves
the right to lend its portfolio securities in order to generate additional
income. Securities may be loaned to broker- dealers, major banks or other
recognized domestic institutional borrowers of securities who are not affiliated
with the Advisor or Distributor and whose creditworthiness is acceptable to the
Advisor. The borrower must deliver to 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 loaned securities at all times during
the loan. During the time the portfolio securities are on loan, the borrower
pays the Fund any interest paid on such securities. The Fund may invest the cash
collateral and earn additional income, or it may receive an agreed-upon amount
of interest income if the borrower has delivered equivalent collateral or a
letter of credit. 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. Loans are subject to termination
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at the option of the Fund or the borrower at any time. It is not anticipated
that more than 5% of the value of the Fund's portfolio securities will be
subject to lending.
FOREIGN SECURITIES
The Fund may invest up to 10% of its assets in U.S. dollar denominated
foreign securities. There may be less publicly available information about these
issuers than is available about companies in the U.S. and foreign auditing
requirements may not be comparable to those in the U.S. In addition, the value
of the foreign securities may be adversely affected by movements in the exchange
rates between foreign currencies and the U.S. dollars, as well a other political
and economic developments, including the possibility of expropriation,
confiscatory taxation, exchange controls or other foreign governmental
restrictions.
AMERICAN DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS. The Fund may invest in securities of foreign
issuers in the form of American Depositary Receipts ("ADRs"). These securities
may not necessarily be denominated in the same currency as the securities for
which they may be exchanged. These are certificates evidencing ownership of
shares of a foreign-based issuer held in trust by a bank or similar financial
institution. Designed for use in U.S. securities markets, ADRs are alternatives
to the purchase of the underlying securities in their national market and
currencies. ADRs may be purchased through "sponsored" or "unsponsored"
facilities. A sponsored facility is established jointly by the issuer of the
underlying security and a depositary, whereas a depositary may establish an
unsponsored facility without participation by the issuer of the depositary
security. Holders of unsponsored depositary receipts generally bear all the
costs of such facilities and the depositary of an unsponsored facility
frequently is under no obligation to distribute shareholder communications
received from the issuer of the deposited security or to pass through voting
rights to the holders of such receipts of the deposited securities.
OPTIONS ON SECURITIES
The Fund may write (sell) covered call options to a limited extent on its
portfolio securities ("covered options") in an attempt to enhance gain.
When the Fund writes a covered call option, it gives the purchaser of the
option the right, upon exercise of the option, to buy the underlying security at
the price specified in the option (the "exercise price") at any time during the
option period, generally ranging up to nine months. If the option expires
unexercised, the Fund will realize income to the extent of the amount received
for the option (the "premium"). If the call option is exercised, a decision over
which the Fund has no control, the Fund must sell the underlying security to the
option holder at the exercise price. By writing a covered option, the Fund
forgoes, in exchange for the premium less the commission ("net premium") the
opportunity to profit during the option period from an increase in the market
value of the underlying security above the exercise price.
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The Fund may terminate its obligation as writer of a call option by
purchasing an option with the same exercise price and expiration date as the
option previously written. This transaction is called a "closing purchase
transaction."
Closing sale transactions enable the Fund immediately to realize gains or
minimize losses on its options positions. There is no assurance that a liquid
secondary market on an options exchange will exist for any particular option, or
at any particular time, and for some options no secondary market may exist. If
the Fund is unable to effect a closing purchase transaction with respect to
options it has written, it will not be able to terminate its obligations or
minimize its losses under such options prior to their expiration. If the Fund is
unable to effect a closing sale transaction with respect to options that it has
purchased, it would have to exercise the option in order to realize any profit.
The hours of trading for options may not conform to the hours during which
the underlying securities are traded. To the extent that the options markets
close before the markets for the underlying securities, significant price and
rate movements may take place in the underlying markets that cannot be reflected
in the options markets. The purchase of options is a highly specialized activity
which involves investment techniques and risks different from those associated
with ordinary portfolio securities transactions.
OPTIONS ON SECURITIES INDICES
The Fund may write (sell) covered call options on securities indices in an
attempt to increase gain. A securities index option written by the Fund would
obligate it, upon exercise of the options, to pay a cash settlement, rather than
to deliver actual securities, to the option holder. Although the Fund will not
ordinarily own all of the securities comprising the stock indices on which it
writes call options, such options will usually be written on those indices which
correspond most closely to the composition of the Fund's portfolio. As with the
writing of covered call options on securities, the Fund will realize a gain in
the amount of the premium received upon writing an option if the value of the
underlying index increases above the exercise price and the option is exercised,
the Fund will be required to pay a cash settlement that may exceed the amount of
the premium received by the Fund. The Fund may purchase call options in order to
terminate its obligations under call options it has written.
The Fund may purchase call and put options on securities indices for the
purpose of hedging against the risk of unfavorable price movements adversely
affecting the value of the Fund's securities or securities the Fund intends to
buy. Securities index options will not be purchased for speculative purposes.
Unlike an option on securities, which gives the holder the right to purchase or
sell specified securities at a specified price, an option on a securities index
gives the holder the right, upon the exercise of the option, to receive a cash
"exercise settlement amount" equal to (i) the difference between the exercise
price of the option and the value of the underlying securities index on the
exercise date multiplied by (ii) a fixed "index multiplier."
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A securities index fluctuates with changes in the market value of the
securities included in the index. For example, some securities index options are
based on a broad market index such as the Standard & Poor's 500 or the Value
Line Composite Index, or a narrower market index such as the Standard & Poor's
100. Indices may also be based on industry or market segments.
The Fund may purchase put options in order to hedge against an anticipated
decline in stock market prices that might adversely affect the value of the
Fund's portfolio securities. If the Fund purchases a put option on a stock
index, the amount of payment it receives on exercising the option depends on the
extent of any decline in the level of the stock index below the exercise price.
Such payments would tend to offset a decline in the value of the Fund's
portfolio securities. If, however, the level of the stock index increases and
remains above the exercise price while the put option is outstanding, the Fund
will not be able to profitably exercise the option and will lose the amount of
the premium and any transaction costs. Such loss may be partially offset by an
increase in the value of the Fund's portfolio securities. The Fund may write put
options on stock indices in order to close out positions in stock index put
options which it has purchased.
The Fund may purchase call options on stock indices in order to participate
in an anticipated increase in stock market prices or to lock in a favorable
price on securities that it intends to buy in the future. If the Fund purchases
a call option on a stock index, the amount of the payment it receives upon
exercising the option depends on the extent of any increase in the level of the
stock index above the exercise price. Such payments would in effect allow the
Fund to benefit from stock market appreciation even though it may not have had
sufficient cash to purchase the underlying stocks. Such payments may also offset
increases in the price of stocks that the Fund intends to purchase. If, however,
the level of the stock index declines and remains below the exercise price while
the call option is outstanding, the Fund will not be able to exercise the option
profitably and will lose the amount of the premium and transaction costs. Such
loss may be partially offset by a reduction in the price the Fund pays to buy
additional securities for its portfolio. The Fund may write call options on
stock indices in order to close out positions in stock index call options which
it has purchased.
The effectiveness of hedging through the purchase of options on securities
indices will depend upon the extent to which price movements in the portion of
the securities portfolio being hedged correlate with price movements in the
selected stock index. Perfect correlation is not possible because the securities
held or to be acquired by the Fund will not exactly match the composition of the
stock indices on which the options are available. In addition, the purchase of
stock index options involves the risk that the premium and transaction costs
paid by the Fund in purchasing an option will be lost as a result of
unanticipated movements in prices of the securities comprising the stock index
on which the option is based.
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SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
The Fund may invest in any of the following securities and instruments:
CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT, BANKERS' ACCEPTANCES AND TIME DEPOSITS. The Fund
may hold certificates of deposit, bankers' acceptances and time deposits.
Certificates of deposit are negotiable certificates issued against funds
deposited in a commercial bank for a definite period of time and earning a
specified return. Bankers' acceptances are negotiable drafts or bills of
exchange, normally drawn by an importer or exporter to pay for specific
merchandise, which are "accepted" by a bank, meaning in effect that the bank
unconditionally agrees to pay the face value of the instrument on maturity.
Certificates of deposit and bankers' acceptances acquired by the Fund will be
dollar- denominated obligations of domestic banks, savings and loan associations
or financial institutions which, at the time of purchase, have capital, surplus
and undivided profits in excess of $100 million (including assets of both
domestic and foreign branches), based on latest published reports, or less than
$100 million if the principal amount of such bank obligations are fully insured
by the U.S. Government.
In addition to buying certificates of deposit and bankers' acceptances, the
Fund also may make interest-bearing time or other interest-bearing deposits in
commercial or savings banks. Time deposits are non-negotiable deposits
maintained at a banking institution for a specified period of time at a
specified interest rate.
COMMERCIAL PAPER AND SHORT-TERM NOTES. The Fund may invest a portion of its
assets in commercial paper and short-term notes. Commercial paper consists of
unsecured promissory notes issued by corporations. Commercial paper and
short-term notes will normally have maturities of less than nine months and
fixed rates of return, although such instruments may have maturities of up to
one year.
Commercial paper and short-term notes will consist of issues rated at the
time of purchase "A-2" or higher by Standard & Poor's Ratings Group, "Prime-1"
or "Prime-2" by Moody's Investors Service, Inc., or similarly rated by another
nationally recognized statistical rating organization or, if unrated, will be
determined by the Advisor to be of comparable quality. These rating symbols are
described in the Appendix.
INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS
The following policies and investment restrictions have been adopted by the
Fund and (unless otherwise noted) are fundamental and cannot be changed without
the affirmative vote of a majority of the Fund's outstanding voting securities
as defined in the 1940 Act. The Fund may not:
1. Make loans to others, except (a) through the purchase of debt securities
in accordance with its investment objectives and policies, (b) through the
lending of its portfolio securities as described above and in its Prospectus, or
(c) to the extent the entry into a repurchase agreement is deemed to be a loan.
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2. (a) Borrow money, except temporarily for extraordinary or emergency
purposes from a bank and then not in excess of 10% of its total assets (at the
lower of cost or fair market value). Any such borrowing will be made only if
immediately thereafter there is an asset coverage of at least 300% of all
borrowings, and no additional investments may be made while any such borrowings
are in excess of 5% of total assets.
(b) Mortgage, pledge or hypothecate any of its assets except in
connection with any such borrowings.
3. Purchase securities on margin, participate on a joint or joint and
several basis in any securities trading account, or underwrite securities. (Does
not preclude the Fund from obtaining such short-term credit as may be necessary
for the clearance of purchases and sales of its portfolio securities.)
4. Buy or sell interests in oil, gas or mineral exploration or development
programs or related leases, or real estate. (Does not preclude investments in
marketable securities of issuers engaged in such activities.)
5. Purchase or sell real estate, commodities or commodity contracts. (As a
matter of operating policy, the Board of Trustees may authorize the Fund to
engage in certain activities regarding futures contracts for bona fide hedging
purposes; any such authorization will be accompanied by appropriate notification
to shareholders.)
6. Invest 25% or more of the market value of its assets in the securities
of companies engaged in any one industry. (Does not apply to investment in the
securities of the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities.)
7. Issue senior securities, as defined in the 1940 Act, except that this
restriction shall not be deemed to prohibit the Fund from (a) making any
permitted borrowings, mortgages or pledges, or (b) entering into options,
futures or repurchase transactions.
8. Invest in any issuer for purposes of exercising control or management.
The Fund observes the following policies, which are not deemed fundamental
and which may be changed without shareholder vote. The Fund may not:
9. Invest in securities of other investment companies which would result in
the Fund owning more than 3% of the outstanding voting securities of any one
such investment company, the Fund owning securities of another investment
company having an aggregate value in excess of 5% of the value of the Fund's
total assets, or the Fund owning securities of investment companies which in the
aggregate would exceed 10% of the value of the Fund's total assets.
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10. Invest, in the aggregate, more than 15% of its net assets in securities
with legal or contractual restrictions on resale, securities which are not
readily marketable and repurchase agreements with more than seven days to
maturity.
If a percentage restriction described in the Prospectus or in this SAI is
adhered to at the time of investment, a subsequent increase or decrease in a
percentage resulting from a change in the values of assets will not constitute a
violation of that restriction, except with respect to borrowing or the purchase
of restricted or illiquid securities.
DISTRIBUTIONS AND TAX INFORMATION
DISTRIBUTIONS
Dividends from net investment income and distributions from net profits
from the sale of securities are generally made annually. Also, the Fund expects
to distribute any undistributed net investment income on or about November 15 of
each year. The Fund will make another distribution of any additional
undistributed capital gains earned during the 12-month period ended October 31
as may be determined by the Board of Trustees.
Each distribution by the Fund is accompanied by a brief explanation of the
form and character of the distribution. In January of each year the Fund will
issue to each shareholder a statement of the federal income tax status of all
distributions.
TAX INFORMATION
Each series of the Trust is treated as a separate entity for federal income
tax purposes. The Fund intends to continue to qualify and elect to be treated as
a "regulated investment company" under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 (the "Code"), provided it complies with all applicable requirements
regarding the source of its income, diversification of its assets and timing of
distributions. The Fund's policy is to distribute to its shareholders all of its
investment company taxable income and any net realized capital gains for each
fiscal year in a manner that complies with the distribution requirements of the
Code, so that the Fund will not be subject to any federal income or excise
taxes. To comply with the requirements, the Fund must also distribute (or be
deemed to have distributed) by December 31 of each calendar year (i) at least
98% of its ordinary income for such year, (ii) at least 98% of the excess of its
realized capital gains over its realized capital losses for the 12-month period
ending on October 31 during such year and (iii) any amounts from the prior
calendar year that were not distributed and on which the Fund paid no federal
income tax.
The Fund's ordinary income generally consists of interest and dividend
income, less expenses. Net realized capital gains for a fiscal period are
computed by taking into account any capital loss carryforward of the Fund.
Distributions of net investment income and net short-term capital gains are
taxable to shareholders as ordinary income. In the case of corporate
shareholders, a portion of the distributions may qualify for the intercorporate
dividends-received deduction to the extent the Fund designate the amount
distributed as a qualifying dividend. This designated amount cannot, however,
exceed the aggregate amount of qualifying dividends received by the Fund for
their taxable year. In view of the Fund's investment policy, it is expected that
dividends from domestic corporations will be part of the Fund's gross income and
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that, accordingly, part of the distributions by the Fund may be eligible for the
dividends-received deduction for corporate shareholders. However, the portion of
the Fund's gross income attributable to qualifying dividends is largely
dependent on the Fund's investment activities for a particular year and
therefore cannot be predicted with any certainty. The deduction may be reduced
or eliminated if the Fund shares held by a corporate investor are treated as
debt-financed or are held for less than 46 days.
Any long-term capital gain distributions are taxable to shareholders as
long-term capital gains regardless of the length of time shares have been held.
Capital gains distributions are not eligible for the dividends-received
deduction referred to in the previous paragraph. Distributions of any ordinary
income and net realized capital gains will be taxable as described above,
whether received in shares or in cash. Shareholders who choose to receive
distributions in the form of additional shares will have a cost basis for
federal income tax purposes in each share so received equal to the net asset
value of a share on the reinvestment date. Distributions are generally taxable
when received. However, distributions declared in October, November or December
to shareholders of record on a date in such a month and paid the following
January are taxable as if received on December 31. Distributions are includable
in alternative minimum taxable income in computing a shareholder's liability for
the alternative minimum tax.
A redemption or exchange of Fund shares may result in recognition of a
taxable gain or loss. Any loss realized upon a redemption or exchange of shares
within six months from the date of their purchase will be treated as a long-term
capital loss to the extent of any amounts treated as distributions of long-term
capital gains during such six-month period. In determining gain or loss from an
exchange of Fund shares for shares of another mutual fund, the sales charge
incurred in purchasing the shares that are surrendered will be excluded from
their tax basis to the extent that a sales charge that would otherwise be
imposed in the purchase of the shares received in the exchange is reduced. Any
portion of a sales charge excluded from the basis of the shares surrendered will
be added to the basis of the shares received. Any loss realized upon a
redemption or exchange may be disallowed under certain wash sale rules to the
extent shares of the same Fund are purchased (through reinvestment of
distributions or otherwise) within 30 days before or after the redemption or
exchange.
Under the Code, the Fund will be required to report to the Internal Revenue
Service ("IRS") all distributions of ordinary income and capital gains as well
as gross proceeds from the redemption or exchange of Fund shares, except in the
case of exempt shareholders, which includes most corporations. Pursuant to the
backup withholding provisions of the Code, distributions of any taxable income
and capital gains and proceeds from the redemption of Fund shares may be subject
to withholding of federal income tax at the rate of 31 percent in the case of
non-exempt shareholders who fail to furnish the Fund with their taxpayer
identification numbers and with required certifications regarding their status
under the federal income tax law. If the withholding provisions are applicable,
any such distributions and proceeds, whether taken in cash or reinvested in
additional shares, will be reduced by the amounts required to be withheld.
Corporate and other exempt shareholders should provide the Fund with their
taxpayer identification numbers or certify their exempt status in order to avoid
possible erroneous application of backup withholding. The Fund reserve the right
to refuse to open an account for any person failing to provide a certified
taxpayer identification number.
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The Fund will not be subject to corporate income tax in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts as long as its qualifies as regulated investment companies for
federal income tax purposes. Distributions and the transactions referred to in
the preceding paragraphs may be subject to state and local income taxes, and the
tax treatment thereof may differ from the federal income tax treatment.
The foregoing discussion of U.S. federal income tax law relates solely to
the application of that law to U.S. citizens or residents and U.S. domestic
corporations, partnerships, trusts and estates. Each shareholder who is not a
U.S. person should consider the U.S. and foreign tax consequences of ownership
of shares of the Fund, including the possibility that such a shareholder may be
subject to a U.S. withholding tax at a rate of 30 percent (or at a lower rate
under an applicable income tax treaty) on amounts constituting ordinary income.
In addition, the foregoing discussion of tax law is based on existing
provisions of the Code, existing and proposed regulations thereunder, and
current administrative rulings and court decisions, all of which are subject to
change. Any such charges could affect the validity of this discussion. The
discussion also represents only a general summary of tax law and practice
currently applicable to the Fund and certain shareholders therein, and, as such,
is subject to change. In particular, the consequences of an investment in shares
of the Fund under the laws of any state, local or foreign taxing jurisdictions
are not discussed herein. Each prospective investor should consult his or her
own tax advisor to determine the application of the tax law and practice in his
or her own particular circumstances.
TRUSTEES AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
The Trustees of the Trust, who were elected for an indefinite term by the
initial shareholders of the Trust, are responsible for the overall management of
the Trust, including general supervision and review of the investment activities
of the Fund. The Trustees, in turn, elect the officers of the Trust, who are
responsible for administering the day-to-day operations of the Trust and its
separate series. The current Trustees and officers, their affiliations, dates of
birth and principal occupations for the past five years are set forth below.
Unless noted otherwise, each person has held the position listed for a minimum
of five years.
Steven J. Paggioli,* 04/03/50 President and Trustee
915 Broadway, New York, New York 10010. Executive Vice President, The Wadsworth
Group (consultants) and Investment Company Administration, LLC ("ICA") (mutual
fund administrator and the Trust's administrator),and Vice President and
Secretary of First Fund Distributors, Inc. ("FFD") (a registered broker-dealer).
Dorothy A. Berry, 08/12/43 Chairman and Trustee
14 Five Roses East, Ancram, NY 12502. President, Talon Industries (venture
capital and business consulting); formerly Chief Operating Officer, Integrated
Asset Management (investment advisor and manager) and formerly President, Value
Line, Inc., (investment advisory and financial publishing firm).
Wallace L. Cook 09/10/39 Trustee
One Peabody Lane, Darien, CT 06820. Retired. Formerly Senior Vice President,
Rockefeller Trust Co. Financial Counselor, Rockefeller & Co.
Carl A. Froebel 05/23/38 Trustee
2 Crown Cove Lane, Savannah, GA 31411. Private Investor. Formerly Managing
Director, Premier Solutions, Ltd. (computer software); formerly President and
Founder, National Investor Data Services, Inc. (investment related computer
software).
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Rowley W.P. Redington 06/01/44 Trustee
1191 Valley Road, Clifton, New Jersey 07103. President; Intertech (consumer
electronics and computer service and marketing); formerly Vice President, PRS of
New Jersey, Inc. (management consulting), and Chief Executive Officer, Rowley
Associates (consultants).
Robert M. Slotky* 6/17/47 Treasurer
2020 E. Financial Way, Suite 100, Glendora, California 91741. Senior Vice
President, ICA since May 1997; former instructor of accounting at California
State University-Northridge (1997); Chief Financial Officer, Wanger Asset
Management L.P. and Treasurer of Acorn Investment Trust (1992- 1996).
Robin Berger* 11/17/56 Secretary
915 Broadway, New York, New York 10010. Vice President, The Wadsworth Group.
Robert H. Wadsworth* 01/25/40 Vice President
4455 E. Camelback Road, Suite 261E, Phoenix, Arizona 85018. President of The
Wadsworth Group, ICA and FFD.
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* Indicates an "interested person" of the Trust as defined in the 1940 Act.
Set forth below is the rate of compensation received by the following
Trustees from all portfolios of the Trust. This total amount is allocated among
the portfolios. Disinterested Trustees receive an annual retainer of $10,000 and
a fee of $2,500 for each regularly scheduled meeting. These Trustees also
receive a fee of $1,000 for any special meeting attended. The Chairman of the
Board of Trustees receives an additional annual retainer of $5,000.
Disinterested trustees are also reimbursed for expenses in connection with each
Board meeting attended. No other compensation or retirement benefits were
received by any Trustee from the portfolios of the Trust.
Name of Trustee Total Annual Compensation
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Dorothy A. Berry $25,000
Wallace L. Cook $20,000
Carl A. Froebel $20,000
Rowley W.P. Redington $20,000
During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2000, trustees' fees and expenses in
the amount of $5,895 were allocated to the Fund. As of the date of this SAI, the
Trustees and Officers of the Trust as a group did not own more than 1% of the
outstanding shares of the Fund.
THE FUND'S INVESTMENT ADVISOR
As stated in the Prospectus, investment advisory services are provided to
the Fund by Hodges Capital Management, Inc., the Advisor, pursuant to an
Investment Advisory Agreement. (the "Advisory Agreement"). As compensation, the
Fund pays the Advisor a monthly management fee (accrued daily) based upon the
average daily net assets of the Fund at the annual rate of 0.85%.
The use of the name "Hodges" by the Fund is pursuant to a license granted
by the Advisor, and in the event the Advisory Agreement with the Fund is
terminated, the Advisor has reserved the right to require the Fund to remove any
references to the name "Hodges."
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The Advisory Agreement continues in effect for successive annual periods so
long as such continuation is approved at least annually by the vote of (1) the
Board of Trustees of the Trust (or a majority of the outstanding shares of the
Fund, and (2) a majority of the Trustees who are not interested persons of any
party to the Advisory Agreement, in each case cast in person at a meeting called
for the purpose of voting on such approval. The Advisory Agreement may be
terminated at any time, without penalty, by either party to the Advisory
Agreement upon sixty days' written notice and is automatically terminated in the
event of its "assignment," as defined in the 1940 Act.
For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998, the Advisor
received advisory fees totaling $296,411, $271,022 and $225,283, respectively.
THE FUND'S ADMINISTRATOR
The Fund has an Administration Agreement with Investment Company
Administration, LLC (the "Administrator"), a corporation partly owned and
controlled by Messrs. Paggioli and Wadsworth with offices at 4455 E. Camelback
Rd., Ste. 261-E, Phoenix, AZ 85018. The Administration Agreement provides that
the Administrator will prepare and coordinate reports and other materials
supplied to the Trustees; prepare and/or supervise the preparation and filing of
all securities filings, periodic financial reports, prospectuses, statements of
additional information, marketing materials, tax returns, shareholder reports
and other regulatory reports or filings required of the Fund; prepare all
required notice filings necessary to maintain the Fund's ability to sell shares
in all states where the Fund currently does, or intends to do business;
coordinate the preparation, printing and mailing of all materials (e.g., annual
reports) required to be sent to shareholders; coordinate the preparation and
payment of Fund related expenses; monitor and oversee the activities of the
Fund's servicing agents (i.e., transfer agent, custodian, fund accountants,
etc.); review and adjust as necessary the Fund's daily expense accruals; and
perform such additional services as may be agreed upon by the Fund and the
Administrator. For its services, the Administrator receives a monthly fee based
on the Fund's average daily net assets at the following annual rate:
Average Net Assets Fee or Fee Rate
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Under $15 million $30,000
$15 to $50 million 0.20%
$50 to $100 million 0.15%
$100 to $150 million 0.10%
Over $150 million 0.05%
During the fiscal years ended March 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998, the
Administrator received fees of $69,744, $63,770 and $53,008, respectively.
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THE FUND'S DISTRIBUTOR
First Dallas Securities, (the "Distributor"), an affiliate of the Advisor,
acts as the Fund's principal underwriter in a continuous public offering of the
Fund's shares. The Distribution Agreement between the Fund and the Distributor
continues in effect from year to year if approved at least annually by (i) the
Board of Trustees or the vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of the
Fund (as defined in the 1940 Act) and (ii) a majority of the Trustees who are
not interested persons of any such party, in each case cast in person at a
meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval. The Distribution
Agreement may be terminated without penalty by the parties thereto upon sixty
days' written notice, and is automatically terminated in the event of its
assignment as defined in the 1940 Act.
For the fiscal years ended March 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998, the Distributor
received commissions of $202, $40,458 and $95,040, respectively, in connection
with its distribution of the Fund's shares.
The Fund has adopted a Distribution and Shareholder Servicing Plan pursuant
to Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Plan") under which
the Fund pays the Distributor an amount which is accrued daily and paid monthly,
at an annual rate of up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Fund.
Amounts paid under the Plan by the Fund are paid to the Distributor to reimburse
it for costs of the services is provides and the expenses it bears in the
distribution of the Fund's shares, including overhead and telephone expenses;
printing and distribution of prospectuses and reports used in connection with
the offering of the Fund's shares to prospective investors; and preparation,
printing and distribution of sales literature and advertising materials. Such
fee is paid to the Distributor each year only to the extent of such costs and
expenses of the Distributor under the Plan actually incurred in that year. In
addition, payments to the Distributor under the Plan reimburse the Distributor
for payments it makes to selected dealers and administrators which have entered
into Service Agreements with the Distributor of periodic fees for services
provided to shareholders of the Fund. The services provided by selected dealers
pursuant to the Plan are primarily designed to promote the sale of shares of the
Fund and include the furnishing of office space and equipment, telephone
facilities, personnel and assistance to the Fund in servicing such shareholders.
The services provided by the administrators pursuant to the Plan are designed to
provide support services to the Fund and include establishing and maintaining
shareholders' accounts and records, processing purchase and redemption
transactions, answering routine client inquiries regarding the Fund, and
providing other services to the Fund as may be required.
During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2000, the Fund paid fees of $91,911
to the Distributor, of which $24,739 was for compensation to sales personnel,
$24,432 was for compensation to broker-dealers, $39,360 was for expenses related
to advertising and marketing material and $3,380 was for printing, postage and
office expenses.
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EXECUTION OF PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS
Pursuant to the Advisory Agreement, the Advisor determines which securities
are to be purchased and sold by the Fund and which broker-dealers are eligible
to execute the Fund's portfolio transactions. Purchases and sales of securities
in the over-the-counter market will generally be executed directly with a
"market-maker" unless, in the opinion of the Advisor, a better price and
execution can otherwise be obtained by using a broker for the transaction.
Purchases of portfolio securities for the Fund also may be made directly
from issuers or from underwriters. Where possible, purchase and sale
transactions will be effected through dealers (including banks) which specialize
in the types of securities which the Fund will be holding, unless better
executions are available elsewhere. Dealers and underwriters usually act as
principal for their own accounts. Purchases from underwriters will include a
concession paid by the issuer to the underwriter and purchases from dealers will
include the spread between the bid and the asked price. If the execution and
price offered by more than one dealer or underwriter are comparable, the order
may be allocated to a dealer or underwriter that has provided research or other
services as discussed below.
In placing portfolio transactions, the Advisor will use its reasonable
efforts to choose broker- dealers capable of providing the services necessary to
obtain the most favorable price and execution available. The full range and
quality of services available will be considered in making these determinations,
such as the size of the order, the difficulty of execution, the operational
facilities of the firm involved, the firm's risk in positioning a block of
securities, and other factors. In those instances where it is reasonably
determined that more than one broker-dealer can offer the services needed to
obtain the most favorable price and execution available, consideration may be
given to those broker-dealers which furnish or supply research and statistical
information to the Advisor that it may lawfully and appropriately use in its
investment advisory capacities, as well as provide other services in addition to
execution services. The Advisor considers such information, which is in addition
to and not in lieu of the services required to be performed by it under its
Agreement with the Fund, to be useful in varying degrees, but of indeterminable
value. Portfolio transactions may be placed with broker-dealers who sell shares
of the Fund subject to rules adopted by the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc.
While it is the Fund's general policy to seek first to obtain the most
favorable price and execution available in selecting a broker-dealer to execute
portfolio transactions for the Fund, weight is also given to the ability of a
broker-dealer to furnish brokerage and research services to the Fund or to the
Advisor, even if the specific services are not directly useful to the Fund and
may be useful to the Advisor in advising other clients. In negotiating
commissions with a broker or evaluating the spread to be paid to a dealer, the
Fund may therefore pay a higher commission or spread than would be the case if
no weight were given to the furnishing of these supplemental services, provided
that the amount of such commission or spread has been determined in good faith
by the Advisor to be reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and/or
research services provided by such broker-dealer. The standard of reasonableness
is to be measured in light of the Advisor's overall responsibilities to the
Fund.
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Investment decisions for the Fund are made independently from those of
other client accounts or mutual funds ("Funds") managed or advised by the
Advisor. Nevertheless, it is possible that at times identical securities will be
acceptable for both the Fund and one or more of such client accounts or Funds.
In such event, the position of the Fund and such client account(s) or Funds in
the same issuer may vary and the length of time that each may choose to hold its
investment in the same issuer may likewise vary. However, to the extent any of
these client accounts or Funds seeks to acquire the same security as the Fund at
the same time, the Fund may not be able to acquire as large a portion of such
security as it desires, or it may have to pay a higher price or obtain a lower
yield for such security. Similarly, the Fund may not be able to obtain as high a
price for, or as large an execution of, an order to sell any particular security
at the same time. If one or more of such client accounts or Funds simultaneously
purchases or sells the same security that the Fund is purchasing or selling,
each day's transactions in such security will be allocated between the F and all
such client accounts or Funds in a manner deemed equitable by the Advisor,
taking into account the respective sizes of the accounts and the amount being
purchased or sold. It is recognized that in some cases this system could have a
detrimental effect on the price or value of the security insofar as the Fund is
concerned. In other cases, however, it is believed that the ability of the Fund
to participate in volume transactions may produce better executions for the
Fund.
The Fund does not effect securities transactions through brokers in
accordance with any formula, nor does it effect securities transactions through
brokers solely for selling shares of the Fund, although the Fund may consider
the sale of shares as a factor in allocating brokerage. However, as stated
above, broker-dealers who execute brokerage transactions may effect purchase of
shares of the Fund for their customers.
For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2000, the Fund paid $109,400 in
brokerage commissions, of which $33,769 was paid to firms for research,
statistical or other services provided to the Advisor and $49,440 (45.19% of the
Fund's total brokerage commissions) was paid to the Distributor. The Fund
generally pays the Distributor a lower brokerage commission than it would to an
unaffiliated dealer.
For the fiscal year ended March 31, 1999, the Fund paid $168,530 in
brokerage commissions, or which $35,350 was paid to firms for research,
statistical or other services provided to the Advisor and $8,359 (4.72% of the
Fund's total brokerage commissions) was paid to the Distributor. The Fund
generally pays the Distributor a lower brokerage commission than it would to an
unaffiliated dealer.
For the fiscal year ended March 31, 1998, the Distributor received $13,251
in brokerage commissions with respect to Fund portfolio transactions.
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PORTFOLIO TURNOVER
Although the Fund generally will not invest for short-term trading
purposes, portfolio securities may be sold without regard to the length of time
they have been held when, in the opinion of the Advisor, investment
considerations warrant such action. Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by
dividing (1) the lesser of purchases or sales of portfolio securities for the
fiscal year by (2) the monthly average of the value of portfolio securities
owned during the fiscal year. A 100% turnover rate would occur if all the
securities in the Fund's portfolio, with the exception of securities whose
maturities at the time of acquisition were one year or less, were sold and
either repurchased or replaced within one year. A high rate of portfolio
turnover (100% or more) generally leads to higher transaction costs and may
result in a greater number of taxable transactions. See "Execution of Portfolio
Transactions." The Fund's portfolio turnover rate for the fiscal years ended
March 31, 2000 and 1999 was 126.05% and 129.86% , respectively.
ADDITIONAL PURCHASE AND REDEMPTION INFORMATION
The information provided below supplements the information contained in the
Fund's Prospectus regarding the purchase and redemption of Fund shares.
HOW TO BUY SHARES
The public offering price of Fund shares is the net asset value. The Fund
receives the net asset value. Shares are purchased at the public offering price
next determined after the Transfer Agent receives your order in proper form as
discussed in the Fund's Prospectus. In most cases, in order to receive that
day's public offering price, the Transfer Agent must receive your order in
proper form before the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange
("NYSE"), normally 4:00 p.m., Eastern time. If you buy shares through your
investment representative, the representative must receive your order before the
close of regular trading on the NYSE to receive that day's public offering
price.
The NYSE annually announces the days on which it will not be open for
trading. The most recent announcement indicates that it will not be open on the
following days: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents' Day,
Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and
Christmas Day. However, the NYSE may close on days not included in that
announcement.
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If you are considering redeeming or transferring shares to another person
shortly after purchase, you should pay for those shares with a certified check
to avoid any delay in R or transfer. Otherwise the Fund may delay payment until
the purchase price of those shares has been collected or, if you redeem by
telephone, until 15 calendar days after the purchase date. To eliminate the need
for safekeeping, the Fund will not issue certificates for your shares unless you
request them.
The Trust reserves the right in its sole discretion (i) to suspend the
continued offering of the Fund's shares, (ii) to reject purchase orders in whole
or in part when in the judgment of the Advisor or the Distributor such rejection
is in the best interest of the Fund, and (iii) to reduce or waive the minimum
for initial and subsequent investments for certain fiduciary accounts or under
circumstances where certain economies can be achieved in sales of the Fund's
shares.
HOW TO SELL SHARES
You can sell your Fund shares any day the NYSE is open for regular trading,
either directly to the Fund or through your investment representative.
SELLING SHARES THROUGH YOUR INVESTMENT REPRESENTATIVE
Your investment representative must receive your request before the close
of regular trading on the NYSE to receive that day's net asset value. Your
investment representative will be responsible for furnishing all necessary
documentation to the Transfer Agent, and may charge you for its services.
DELIVERY OF REDEMPTION PROCEEDS
Payments to shareholders for shares of the Fund redeemed directly from the
Fund will be made as promptly as possible but no later than seven days after
receipt by the Fund's Transfer Agent of the written request in proper form, with
the appropriate documentation as stated in the Prospectus, except that the Fund
may suspend the right of redemption or postpone the date of payment during any
period when (a) trading on the NYSE is restricted as determined by the SEC or
the NYSE is closed for other than weekends and holidays; (b) an emergency exists
as determined by the SEC making disposal of portfolio securities or valuation of
net assets of the Fund not reasonably practicable; or (c) for such other period
as the SEC may permit for the protection of the Fund's shareholders. Under
unusual circumstances, the Fund may suspend redemptions, or postpone payment for
more than seven days, but only as authorized by SEC rules.
The value of shares on redemption or repurchase may be more or less than
the investor's cost, depending upon the market value of the Fund's portfolio
securities at the time of redemption or repurchase.
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TELEPHONE REDEMPTIONS
Shareholders must have selected telephone transactions privileges on the
Account Application when opening a Fund account. Upon receipt of any
instructions or inquiries by telephone from a shareholder or, if held in a joint
account, from either party, or from any person claiming to be the shareholder,
the Fund or its agent is authorized, without notifying the shareholder or joint
account parties, to carry out the instructions or to respond to the inquiries,
consistent with the service options chosen by the shareholder or joint
shareholders in his or their latest Account Application or other written request
for services, including purchasing or redeeming shares of the Fund and
depositing and withdrawing monies from the bank account specified in the Bank
Account Registration section of the shareholder's latest Account Application or
as otherwise properly specified to the Fund in writing.
The Transfer Agent will employ these and other reasonable procedures to
confirm that instructions communicated by telephone are genuine; if it fails to
employ reasonable procedures, the Fund and the Transfer Agent may be liable for
any losses due to unauthorized or fraudulent instructions. If these procedures
are followed, an investor agrees, however, that to the extent permitted by
applicable law, neither the Fund nor its agents will be liable for any loss,
liability, cost or expense arising out of any redemption request, including any
fraudulent or unauthorized request. For information, consult the Transfer Agent.
During periods of unusual market changes and shareholder activity, you may
experience delays in contacting the Transfer Agent by telephone. In this event,
you may wish to submit a written redemption request, as described in the
Prospectus, or contact your investment representative. The Telephone Redemption
Privilege may be modified or terminated without notice.
REDEMPTIONS-IN-KIND
The Trust has filed an election under SEC Rule 18f-1 committing to pay in
cash all redemptions by a shareholder of record up to amounts specified by the
rule (in excess of the lesser of (i) $250,000 or (ii) 1% of the Fund's assets).
The Fund has reserved the right to pay the redemption price of its shares in
excess of the amounts specified by the rule, either totally or partially, by a
distribution in kind of portfolio securities (instead of cash). The securities
so distributed would be valued at the same amount as that assigned to them in
calculating the net asset value for the shares being sold. If a shareholder
receives a distribution in kind, the shareholder could incur brokerage or other
charges in converting the securities to cash.
AUTOMATIC INVESTMENT PLAN
As discussed in the Prospectus, the Fund provides an Automatic Investment
Plan for the convenience of investors who wish to purchase shares of the Fund on
a regular basis. All record keeping and custodial costs of the Automatic
Investment Plan are paid by the Fund. The market value of the Fund's shares is
subject to fluctuation, so before undertaking any plan for systematic
investment, the investor should keep in mind that this plan does not assure a
profit nor protect against depreciation in declining markets.
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DETERMINATION OF SHARE PRICE
As noted in the Prospectus, the net asset value the Fund's shares will be
determined once daily as of the close of public trading on the NYSE (normally
4:00 p.m., Eastern time) on each day that the NYSE is open for trading. The Fund
does not expect to determine the net asset value of its shares on any day when
the NYSE is not open for trading even if there is sufficient trading in its
portfolio securities on such days to materially affect the net asset value per
share. However, the net asset value of the Fund's shares may be determined on
days the NYSE is closed or at times other than 4:00 p.m. if the Board of
Trustees decides it is necessary.
In valuing the Fund's assets for calculating net asset value, readily
marketable portfolio securities listed on a national securities exchange or on
NASDAQ are valued at the last sale price on the business day as of which such
value is being determined. If there has been no sale on such exchange or on
NASDAQ on such day, the security is valued at the closing bid price on such day.
Readily marketable securities traded only in the over-the-counter market and not
on NASDAQ are valued at the current or last bid price. If no bid is quoted on
such day, the security is valued by such method as the Board of Trustees of the
Trust shall determine in good faith to reflect the security's fair value. All
other assets of the Fund are valued in such manner as the Board of Trustees in
good faith deems appropriate to reflect their fair value.
The net asset value per share of the Fund is calculated as follows: all
liabilities incurred or accrued are deducted from the valuation of total assets
which includes accrued but undistributed income; the resulting net assets are
divided by the number of shares of the Fund outstanding at the time of the
valuation and the result (adjusted to the nearest cent) is the net asset value
per share.
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
From time to time, the Fund may state its total return in advertisements
and investor communications. Total return may be stated for any relevant period
as specified in the advertisement or communication. Any statements of total
return will be accompanied by information on the Fund's average annual
compounded rate of return for the most recent one, five and ten year periods, or
shorter periods from inception, through the most recent calendar quarter. The
Fund may also advertise aggregate and average total return information over
different periods of time.
The Fund's total return may be compared to relevant indices, including
Standard & Poor's 500 Composite Stock Index, S&P MidCap 400 Index and indices
published by Lipper Analytical Services, Inc. and Morningstar, Inc. From time to
time, evaluations of the Fund's performance by independent sources may also be
used in advertisements and in information furnished to present or prospective
investors in the Fund.
Investors should note that the investment results of the Fund will
fluctuate over time, and any presentation of the Fund's total return for any
period should not be considered as a representation of what an investment may
earn or what an investor's total return may be in any future period.
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The Fund's average total rate of return is determined by reference to a
hypothetical $1,000 investment that includes capital appreciation and
depreciation for the stated period, according to the following formula:
n
P(1+T) = ERV
Where: P = a hypothetical initial purchase order of $1,000
T = average annual total return
n = number of years
ERV = ending redeemable value of the hypothetical $1,000 purchase at the
end of the period
Aggregate total return is calculated in a similar manner, except that the
results are not annualized. Each calculation assumes that all dividends and
distributions are reinvested at net asset value on the reinvestment dates during
the period.
Average annual total return for the Fund for the periods ending March 31,
2000 are as follows*:
One Year 14.13%
Five Years 24.20%
Life of Fund** 19.28%
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* All return figures have been calculated at net asset value, without any
sales charge. Prior to April 20, 1999, the Fund charged a maximum sales
charge of 2.50%. Accordingly, return figures are higher than they would
have been had the maximum sales charge been included in the calculation.
** The Fund commenced operations on October 9, 1992.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Investors in the Fund will be informed of the Fund's progress through
periodic reports. Financial statements certified by independent public
accountants will be submitted to shareholders at least annually.
Firstar Institutional Custody Services, located at 425 Walnut St.,
Cincinnati, Ohio 45201 acts as Custodian of the securities and other assets of
the Fund. American Data Services, Inc., P.O. Box 5536, Hauppauge, NY 11788-0132
acts as the Fund's transfer and shareholder service agent. The Custodian and
Transfer Agent do not participate in decisions relating to the purchase and sale
of securities by the Fund.
Tait, Weller & Baker, 8 Penn Center Plaza, Philadelphia, PA 19103, are the
independent auditors for the Fund.
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, 345 California Street, 29th Floor,
San Francisco, California 94104, are legal counsel to the Fund.
On June 30, 2000, Wheat First Clearing Corp., Dallas TX 75244 owned of
record 15.35% of the Fund's outstanding voting securities.
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The Trust was organized as a Massachusetts business trust on February 17,
1987. The Agreement and Declaration of Trust permits the Board of Trustees to
issue an unlimited number of full and fractional shares of beneficial interest,
without par value, which may be issued in any number of series. The Board of
Trustees may from time to time issue other series, the assets and liabilities of
which will be separate and distinct from any other series.
Shares issued by the Fund have no preemptive, conversion, or subscription
rights. Shareholders have equal and exclusive rights as to dividends and
distributions as declared by the Fund and to the net assets of the Fund upon
liquidation or dissolution. The Fund, as a separate series of the Trust, votes
separately on matters affecting only the Fund (e.g., approval of the Advisory
Agreement); all series of the Trust vote as a single class on matters affecting
all series jointly or the Trust as a whole (e.g., election or removal of
Trustees). Voting rights are not cumulative, so that the holders of more than
50% of the shares voting in any election of Trustees can, if they so choose,
elect all of the Trustees. While the Trust is not required and does not intend
to hold annual meetings of shareholders, such meetings may be called by the
Trustees in their discretion, or upon demand by the holders of 10% or more of
the outstanding shares of the Trust, for the purpose of electing or removing
Trustees.
The shareholders of a Massachusetts business trust could, under certain
circumstances, be held personally liable as partners for its obligations.
However, the Trust's Agreement and Declaration of Trust contains an express
disclaimer of shareholder liability for acts or obligations of the Trust. The
Agreement and Declaration of Trust also provides for indemnification and
reimbursement of expenses out of the Fund's assets for any shareholder held
personally liable for obligations of the Fund or Trust. The Agreement and
Declaration of Trust provides that the Trust shall, upon request, assume the
defense of any claim made against any shareholder for any act or obligation of
the Fund or Trust and satisfy any judgment thereon. All such rights are limited
to the assets of the Fund. The Agreement and Declaration of Trust further
provides that the Trust may maintain appropriate insurance (for example,
fidelity bonding and errors and omissions insurance) for the protection of the
Trust, its shareholders, trustees, officers, employees and agents to cover
possible tort and other liabilities. Furthermore, the activities of the Trust as
an investment company would not likely give rise to liabilities in excess of the
Trust's total assets. Thus, the risk of a shareholder incurring financial loss
on account of shareholder liability is limited to circumstances in which both
inadequate insurance exists and the Fund itself is unable to meet its
obligations.
The Boards of the Trust, the Advisor and the Distributor have adopted Codes
of Ethics under Rule 17j-1 of the 1940 Act. These Codes permit, subject to
certain conditions, personnel of the Advisor and Distributor to invest in
securities that may be purchased or held by the Fund.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The annual report to shareholder for the Fund for the fiscal year ended
March 31, 2000 is a separate document supplied with this SAI and the financial
statements, accompanying notes and report of independent accountants appearing
therein are incorporated by reference in this SAI.
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APPENDIX
COMMERCIAL PAPER RATINGS
MOODY'S INVESTORS SERVICE, INC.
Prime-1--Issuers (or related supporting institutions) rated "Prime-1" have
a superior ability for repayment of senior short-term debt obligations.
"Prime-1" repayment ability will often be evidenced by many of the following
characteristics: leading market positions in w industries, high rates of return
on funds employed, conservative capitalization structures with moderate reliance
on debt and ample asset protection, broad margins in earnings coverage of fixed
financial charges and high internal cash generation, and well-established access
to a range of financial markets and assured sources of alternate liquidity.
Prime-2--Issuers (or related supporting institutions) rated "Prime-2" have
a strong ability for repayment of senior short-term debt obligations. This will
normally be evidenced by many of the characteristics cited above but to a lesser
degree. Earnings trends and coverage ratios, while sound, will be more subject
to variation. Capitalization characteristics, while still appropriate, may be
more affected by external conditions. Ample alternative liquidity is maintained.
STANDARD & POOR'S RATINGS GROUP
A-1--This highest category indicates that the degree of safety regarding
timely payment is strong. Those issues determined to possess extremely strong
safety characteristics are denoted with a plus (+) sign designation.
A-2--Capacity for timely payment on issues with this designation is
satisfactory. However, the relative degree of safety is not as high as for
issues designated "A-1".
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PROFESSIONALLY MANAGED PORTFOLIOS
PART C
ITEM 23. EXHIBITS.
(1) Agreement and Declaration of Trust (1)
(2) By-Laws (1)
(3) Specimen stock certificate (6)
(4) Form of Investment Advisory Agreement (2)
(5) Form of Distribution Agreement (2)
(6) Not applicable
(7) Form of Custodian Agreement with Star Bank, NA (5)
(8) (1) Form of Administration Agreement with Investment Company
Administration, LLC (3)
(2)(a) Fund Accounting Service Agreement with American Data Services
(5)
(2)(b) Transfer Agency and Service Agreement with American Data
Services (5)
(3) Transfer Agency and Fund Accounting Agreement with Countrywide
Fund Services (4)
(4) Transfer Agency Agreement with Provident Financial Processing
Corporation (8)
(9) Opinion of counsel(7)
(10) Consent of Auditors
(11) Not applicable
(12) No undertaking in effect
(13) Rule 12b-1 Plan (2)
(14) Not applicable
(15) Not applicable
(16) (a) Code of Ethics-Hodges Capital Management
(b) Code of Ethics-First Dallas Securities
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(1) Incorporated by reference from Post-Effective Amendment No. 23 to the
Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on December 29, 1995.
(2) Incorporated by reference from Post-Effective Amendment No. 24 to the
Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on January 16, 1996.
(3) Incorporated by reference from Post-Effective Amendment No. 35 to the
Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on April 24, 1997.
(4) Incorporated by reference from Post-Effective Amendment No. 43 to the
Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on February 5, 1998.
(5) Incorporated by reference from Post-Effective Amendment No. 48 to the
Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on June 15, 1998.
(6) Incorporated by reference from Post-Effective Amendment No. 52 to the
Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on October 29, 1998.
(7) Incorporated by reference from Post-Effective Amendment No. 75 to the
Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on July 26, 1999.
(8) To be filed by amendment.
ITEM 24. PERSONS CONTROLLED BY OR UNDER COMMON CONTROL WITH REGISTRANT.
As of the date of this Amendment to the Registration Statement, there are
no persons controlled or under common control with the Registrant.
ITEM 25. INDEMNIFICATION
The information on insurance and indemnification is incorporated by
reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 and Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to
the Registrant's Registration Statement.
In addition, insurance coverage for the officers and trustees of the
Registrant also is provided under a Directors and Officers/Errors and Omissions
Liability insurance policy issued by ICI Mutual Insurance Company with a
$1,000,000 limit of liability.
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Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
of 1933 ("Securities Act") may be permitted to directors, officers and
controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions or
otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities
and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable. In the event
that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than payment by
the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Registrant in connection with the successful defense
of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted against the Registrant by such
director, officer or controlling person 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 Securities Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
ITEM 26. BUSINESS AND OTHER CONNECTIONS OF INVESTMENT ADVISER.
With respect to investment advisors, the response to this item is
incorporated by reference to their Form ADVs, as amended:
Herbert R. Smith & Co, Inc. File No. 801-7098
Hodges Capital Management, Inc. File No. 801-35811
Perkins Capital Management, Inc. File No. 801-22888
Osterweis Capital Management File No. 801-18395
Pro-Conscience Funds, Inc. File No. 801-43868
Trent Capital Management, Inc. File No. 801-34570
Academy Capital Management File No. 801-27836
Sena, Weller, Rohs, Williams File No. 801-5326
Leonetti & Associates, Inc. File No. 801-36381
Lighthouse Capital Management File No. 801-32168
Yeager, Wood & Marshall, Inc. File No. 801-4995
Harris Bretall Sullivan & Smith File No. 801-7369
Pzena Investment Management LLC File No. 801-50838
Titan Investment Advisers, LLC File No. 801-51306
Pacific Gemini Partners LLC File No. 801-50007
James C. Edwards & Co., Inc. File No. 801-13986
Duncan-Hurst Capital Management, Inc. File No. 801-36309
Progressive Investment Management Corporation File No. 801-32066
With respect to United States Trust Company of Boston, the response to this
item is incorporated by reference to the responses to Item 5 of Part A and Item
16 of Part B ("Management") of Post-Effective Amendment No. 20 to the
Registration Statement.
ITEM 27. PRINCIPAL UNDERWRITERS.
(a) First Fund Distributors, Inc. (the "Distributor") is the principal
underwriter all series of the Registrant except for the Hodges Fund, the Matrix
Growth Fund and the Matrix Emerging Growth Fund. The Distributor acts as
principal underwriter for the following other investment companies:
Advisors Series Trust
Brandes Investment Trust
Fleming Mutual Fund Group
Fremont Mutual Funds
Guinness Flight Investment Funds
Jurika & Voyles Fund Group
Kayne Anderson Mutual Funds
Masters' Select Investment Trust
O'Shaughnessy Funds, Inc.
PIC Investment Trust
Purisima Funds
Rainier Investment Management Mutual Funds
RNC Mutual Fund Group
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First Dallas Securities, Inc., 2311 Cedar Springs Rd., Ste. 100, Dallas, TX
75201, an affiliate of Hodges Capital Management, acts as Distributor of the
Hodges Fund. The President and Chief Financial Officer of First Dallas
Securities, Inc. is Don W. Hodges. First Dallas does not act as principal
underwriter for any other investment companies. Reynolds, DeWitt Securities Co.,
an affiliate of Sena Weller Rohs Williams, 300 Main St., Cincinnati, OH 45202,
acts as Distributor for the Matrix Growth Fund and Matrix Emerging Growth Fund.
(b) The officers of First Fund Distributors, Inc. are:
Robert H. Wadsworth President & Treasurer
Eric Banhazl Vice President
Steven J. Paggioli Secretary
Each officer's business address is 4455 E. Camelback Rd., Ste. 261-E,
Phoenix, AZ 85018. Mr. Paggioli serves as President and a Trustee of the
Registrant. Mr. Wadsworth serves as Vice President of the Registrant. Mr. Robert
M. Slotky serves as Treasurer of the Registrant.
c. Incorporated by reference from the Statement of Additional Information
filed herewith as Part B.
ITEM 28. LOCATION OF ACCOUNTS AND RECORDS.
The accounts, books and other documents required to be maintained by
Registrant pursuant to Section 31(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and
the rules promulgated thereunder are in the possession the Registrant's
custodian and transfer agent, except those records relating to portfolio
transactions and the basic organizational and Trust documents of the Registrant
(see Subsections (2) (iii). (4), (5), (6), (7), (9), (10) and (11) of Rule
31a-1(b)), which, with respect to portfolio transactions are kept by each Fund's
Advisor at its address set forth in the prospectus and statement of additional
information and with respect to trust documents by its administrator at 479 West
22nd Street, New York, NY 10011 and 2020 E. Financial Way, Ste. 100, Glendora,
CA 91741.
ITEM 29. MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
There are no management-related service contracts not discussed in Parts A
and B.
ITEM 30. UNDERTAKINGS
The registrant undertakes:
(a) To furnish each person to whom a Prospectus is delivered a copy of
Registrant's latest annual report to shareholders, upon request and
without charge.
(b) If requested to do so by the holders of at least 10% of the Trust's
outstanding shares, to call a meeting of shareholders for the purposes
of voting upon the question of removal of a director and assist in
communications with other shareholders.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the
Investment Company Act of 1940 the Registrant represents that this amendment
meets the requirements for effectiveness pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the
Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this amendment to this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly
authorized, in the City of New York in the State of New York on July 18, 2000.
PROFESSIONALLY MANAGED PORTFOLIOS
By /s/ Steven J. Paggioli
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Steven J. Paggioli
President
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this amendment
to this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
/s/ Steven J. Paggioli Trustee July 18, 2000
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Steven J. Paggioli
/s/ Robert M. Slotky Principal July 18, 2000
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Robert M. Slotky Officer
Dorothy A. Berry Trustee July 18, 2000
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*Dorothy A. Berry
Wallace L. Cook Trustee July 18, 2000
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*Wallace L. Cook
Carl A. Froebel Trustee July 18, 2000
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*Carl A. Froebel
Rowley W. P. Redington Trustee July 18, 2000
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*Rowley W. P. Redington
* By /s/ Steven J. Paggioli
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Steven J. Paggioli, Attorney-in-Fact under powers of
attorney as filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 20 to the
Registration Statement filed on May 17, 1995
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EXHIBITS
Number Description
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99.B10 Consent of Auditors
99.B16(a) Code of Ethics-Hodges Capital Management
99.B16(b) Code of Ethics-First Dallas Securities
