As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 28, 2018
Securities Act File No. 333-[ ]
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-14
Pre-Effective Amendment No. [ ]
Post-Effective Amendment No. [ ]
MEEDER FUNDS
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
P.O. Box 7177, 6125 Memorial Drive
Dublin, Ohio 43017
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(614) 766-7000
(Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code)
Robert S. Meeder, Jr., President
Meeder Asset Management, Inc.
P.O. Box 7177, 6125 Memorial Drive,
Dublin, Ohio 43017
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Title of securities being registered: Shares of Meeder Dynamic Allocation Fund, a series of the Registrant
No filing fee is required because the Registrant is relying on Section 24(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, pursuant to which it has previously registered an indefinite number of shares.
Approximate date of proposed public offering: As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
It is proposed that this filing become effective on 30 days after filing date pursuant to Rule 488 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
MEEDER AGGRESSIVE ALLOCATION FUND
A SERIES OF THE MEEDER FUNDS
6125 Memorial Drive
Dublin, Ohio 43017
September 28, 2018
Dear Shareholder:
The following is important information concerning your investment in the Meeder Funds. You are receiving this Combined Prospectus/Information Statement because you own shares of the Meeder Aggressive Allocation Fund, a fund within the Meeder Funds family of mutual funds (the “Trust”).
The Board of Trustees of the Trust, after careful consideration, has unanimously approved the reorganization of the Aggressive Allocation Fund into the Meeder Dynamic Allocation Fund, which also is a series of the Trust (the “Reorganization”).
The Reorganization does not require your approval, and you are not being asked to vote. Shareholders will not incur a tax event as a result of the merger. The attached Combined Prospectus/Information Statement contains information about the Dynamic Allocation Fund and provides details about the terms and conditions of the Reorganization. You should review the Combined Prospectus/Information Statement carefully and retain it for future reference.
The Aggressive Allocation Fund and Dynamic Allocation Fund have the same investment objective and their principal investment strategies are substantially similar. While the Funds use slightly different investment techniques and allocations at times, both Funds primarily seek to provide long-term capital appreciation by investing in a combination of equity and fixed income securities. Currently, the Funds are managed by the same portfolio managers. We anticipate that the Reorganization will result in benefits to the shareholders of the Aggressive Allocation Fund as discussed more fully in the Combined Prospectus/Information Statement. As a general matter, we believe that after the Reorganization, the Dynamic Allocation Fund will provide you with the same investment objective, but with generally lower gross expenses and greater portfolio management efficiencies.
The Plan of Reorganization provides that the Aggressive Allocation Fund will transfer all of its assets and liabilities to the Dynamic Allocation Fund. In exchange for the transfer of these assets and liabilities, the Dynamic Allocation Fund will simultaneously issue shares to the Aggressive Allocation Fund in an amount equal in value to the net asset value of the Aggressive Allocation Fund’s shares as of the close of business on the business day preceding the foregoing transfers. These transfers are expected to occur on or about December 3, 2018 (the “Closing Date”). Immediately after the Reorganization, the Aggressive Allocation Fund will make a liquidating distribution to its shareholders of the Dynamic Allocation Fund shares received, so that a holder of shares in the Aggressive Allocation Fund at the Closing Date of the Reorganization will receive a number of shares of the Dynamic Allocation Fund with the same aggregate value as the shareholder had in the Target Fund immediately before the Reorganization.
Following the Reorganization, the Aggressive Allocation Fund will cease operations as a separate fund within the Trust. Shareholders of the Aggressive Allocation Fund will not be assessed any sales charges, redemption fees or any other shareholder fee in connection with the Reorganization.
NO ACTION ON YOUR PART IS REQUIRED TO EFFECT THE REORGANIZATION.
If you have questions, please contact the Client Services for the Meeder Funds at 1-800-325-3539 or email Meeder Funds at meederfunds@meederinvestment.com.
Sincerely,
Robert S. Meeder, President
Meeder Asset Management, Inc.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
We recommend that you read the complete Combined Prospectus/Information Statement. The following Questions and Answers provide an overview of the key features of the Reorganization of the Target Fund into the Survivor Fund and of the information contained in this Combined Prospectus/Information Statement.
| Q. | What is this document and why did we send it to you? |
| A. | This Combined Prospectus/Information Statement provides you with information about a planned reorganization (the “Reorganization”) of the Meeder Aggressive Allocation Fund (the “Target Fund”) into the Meeder Dynamic Allocation Fund (the “Survivor Fund”). Both the Target Fund and the Survivor Fund are series of the Trust. When the Reorganization is completed, your shares of the Target Fund will be exchanged for shares of the Survivor Fund, and the Target Fund will be terminated as a series of the Trust. Please refer to the Combined Prospectus/Information Statement for a detailed explanation of the Reorganization, and a more complete description of the Survivor Fund. |
You are receiving this Combined Prospectus/Information Statement because you own shares of the Target Fund as of [October __, 2018]. The Reorganization does not require approval by you or by shareholders of either the Target or Survivor Fund, and you are not being asked to vote.
| Q. | Has the Board of Trustees approved the Reorganization? |
| A. | Yes, the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”) has approved the Reorganization. After careful consideration, the Board, including all of the Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Funds (as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”)) (the “Independent Trustees”), determined that the Reorganization is in the best interests of the Target Fund’s and Survivor Fund’s shareholders and that neither Fund’s existing shareholders’ interests will be diluted as a result of the Reorganization. |
| Q. | Why is the Reorganization occurring? |
| A. | The Board has determined that Target Fund shareholders may benefit from an investment in the Survivor Fund in the following ways: |
| (i) | Shareholders of the Target Fund will be invested in an open-end fund with greater net assets, which is expected to result in future operating efficiencies (e.g., certain fixed costs, such as legal expenses, audit fees, compliance expenses, accounting fees and other expenses, will be spread across a larger asset base, thereby potentially lowering the total expenses borne by shareholders of the Combined Fund); |
| (ii) | The Survivor Fund’s total annual operating expenses are lower than the Target Fund’s; |
| (iii) | The Survivor Fund has better historical performance as compared to the Target Fund, which provides it with the potential to gather additional assets, thereby benefiting shareholders with increased economies of scale. |
| Q. | How will the Reorganization affect me as a shareholder? |
| A. | Upon the closing of the Reorganization, Target Fund shareholders will become shareholders of the Survivor Fund. With the Reorganization, all of the assets and the liabilities of the Target Fund will be combined with those of the Survivor Fund. You will receive shares of the Survivor Fund equal to the value of the shares you own of the Target Fund. An account will be created for each shareholder that will be credited with shares of the Survivor Fund with an aggregate net asset value equal to the aggregate net asset value of the shareholder’s Target Fund shares at the time of the Reorganization. |
The number of shares a shareholder receives (and thus the number of shares allocated to a shareholder) will depend on the relative net asset values per share of the two Funds immediately prior to the Reorganization. Thus, although the aggregate net asset value in a shareholder’s account will be the same, a shareholder may receive a greater or lesser number of shares than it currently holds in the Target Fund. No physical share certificates will be issued to shareholders.
| Q. | Why is no shareholder action necessary? |
| A. | Neither a vote of the shareholders of the Target Fund nor a vote of the shareholders of the Survivor Fund is required to approve the Reorganization under (a) Massachusetts state law, (b) the Trust’s Declaration of Trust, or (c) Rule 17a-8 of the 1940 Act. |
| Q. | When will the Reorganization occur? |
| A. | The Reorganization is expected to take effect on or about December 3, 2018, or as soon as possible thereafter (the “Closing Date”). |
| Q. | Who will pay for the Reorganization? |
| A. | The costs of the Reorganization will be borne by Meeder Asset Management, Inc., each Fund’s investment adviser. The costs associated with the Reorganization will not have an effect on the net asset value per share of either Fund. |
| Q. | Will the Reorganization result in any federal tax liability to me? |
| A. | The Reorganization is not expected to result in a tax consequence to Target Fund shareholders. |
| Q. | Can I redeem my shares of the Target Fund before the Reorganization takes place? |
| A. | Yes. You may redeem your shares, at any time before the Reorganization takes place, as set forth in the Target Fund’s prospectus. If you choose to do so, your request will be treated as a normal exchange or redemption of shares. You may incur tax if you redeem your shares. Shares that are held as of Closing Date will be exchanged for shares of the Survivor Fund. |
| Q. | Will shareholders have to pay any sales load, commission or other similar fee in connection with the Reorganization? |
| A. | No. Shareholders will not pay any sales load, commission or other similar fee in connection with the Reorganization. |
| Q. | Are there differences in front-end sales loads or contingent deferred sales charges? |
| A. | No. Neither the Target Fund nor the Survivor Fund has a front-end sales load or contingent deferred sales charge. |
| Q. | Whom do I contact for further information? |
| A. | You can contact your financial adviser for further information. You may also contact the Funds at 1-800-325-3539. You may also visit our website at www.meederinvestment.com. |
Important additional information about the Reorganization is set forth in the accompanying
Combined Prospectus/Information Statement. Please read it carefully.
INFORMATION STATEMENT FOR
MEEDER AGGRESSIVE ALLOCATION FUND, A SERIES OF MEEDER FUNDS
6125 MEMORIAL DRIVE
DUBLIN, OH 43017
PROSPECTUS FOR
MEEDER DYNAMIC ALLOCATION FUND, A SERIES OF MEEDER FUNDS
6125 MEMORIAL DRIVE
DUBLIN, OH 43017
DATED SEPTEMBER 28, 2018
RELATING TO THE REORGANIZATION OF
MEEDER AGGRESSIVE ALLOCATION FUND
WITH AND INTO
MEEDER DYNAMIC ALLOCATION FUND
EACH A SERIES OF MEEDER FUNDS
This Combined Prospectus/Information Statement is furnished to you as a shareholder of Meeder Aggressive Allocation Fund (the “Target Fund”), a series of Meeder Funds, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Trust”). As provided in the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (the “Plan of Reorganization”), the Target Fund will be reorganized into Meeder Dynamic Allocation Fund (the “Survivor Fund”), also a series of the Trust (the “Reorganization”). The Target Fund and the Survivor Fund are each referred to herein as a “Fund”, and together, the “Funds.” For purposes of this Combined Prospectus/Information Statement, the terms “shareholder,” “you” and “your” may refer to the shareholders of the Target Fund.
The Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”), on behalf of each Fund, has unanimously approved the Reorganization and has determined that the Reorganization is in the best interests of the Funds and their respective shareholders. The Survivor Fund pursues an investment objective identical to that of the Target Fund, and the investment strategies of the Funds are similar. Please see “Summary—Investment Objectives and Principal Investment Strategies” below.
At the closing of the Reorganization, the Survivor Fund will acquire all of the assets and the liabilities of the Target Fund in exchange for shares of the Survivor Fund. Immediately after receiving the Survivor Fund shares, the Target Fund will distribute these shares to its shareholders in the liquidation of the Target Fund. Target Fund shareholders will receive shares of the Survivor Fund with an aggregate net asset value equal to the aggregate net asset value of the Target Fund shares they held immediately prior to the Reorganization. After distributing these shares, the Target Fund will be terminated as a series of the Trust.
This Combined Prospectus/Information Statement sets forth concisely the information you should know about the Reorganization of the Target Fund and constitutes an offering of the shares of the Survivor Fund issued in the Reorganization. Please read it carefully and retain it for future reference.
In addition, the following documents each have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), and are incorporated herein by reference:
| ● | the Prospectus for the Target Fund and the Survivor Fund, dated April 30, 2018 (File No. 811-03462) which has previously been sent to shareholders of the Target Fund; |
| ● | the Statement of Additional Information related to the Target Fund and the Survivor Fund, dated April 30, 2018 (File No. 811-03462) which has previously been sent to shareholders of the Target Fund; |
| ● | the Annual Report to shareholders of the Target Fund and the Survivor Fund for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 (File No. 811-03462), which has previously been sent to shareholders of the Target Fund; |
| ● | the Amended Annual Report to shareholders of the Target Fund and the Survivor Fund for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 (File No. 811-03462), which has previously been sent to shareholders of the Target Fund; |
| ● | the Semi-Annual Report to shareholders of the Target Fund and the Survivor Fund for the fiscal period ended June 30, 2018 (File No. 811-03462), which has previously been sent to shareholders of the Target Fund. |
The Funds are subject to the informational requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), and in accordance therewith, file reports and other information, including proxy materials, with the SEC.
The Funds’ Prospectus, Statement of Additional Information and their annual and semi-annual reports, are available upon request and without charge by writing to the Funds at 6125 Memorial Drive, Dublin, Ohio 43201 or by calling toll-free at 1-800-325-3539. They are also available, free of charge, at the Funds’ website at www.meederinvestment.com. Information about the Funds can also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549-0102. Call 1-202-551-8090 for information on the operation of the public reference room. This information is also accessible via the Edgar database on the SEC’s internet site at www.sec.gov and copies may be obtained upon payment of a duplicating fee, by electronic request at the following E-mail address: publicinfo@sec.gov, or by writing the SEC’s Public Reference Section, Washington, D.C. 20549-1520.
THIS COMBINED PROSPECTUS/INFORMATION STATEMENT IS EXPECTED TO BE SENT TO SHAREHOLDERS ON OR ABOUT NOVEMBER 1, 2018.
NO PERSON HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO GIVE ANY INFORMATION OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATION NOT CONTAINED IN THIS COMBINED PROSPECTUS/INFORMATION STATEMENT AND, IF SO GIVEN OR MADE, SUCH INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATION MUST NOT BE RELIED UPON AS HAVING BEEN AUTHORIZED. THIS COMBINED PROSPECTUS/INFORMATION STATEMENT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY ANY SECURITIES IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH, OR TO ANY PERSON TO WHOM, IT IS UNLAWFUL TO MAKE SUCH OFFER OR SOLICITATION.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SUMMARY | 4 |
Investment Objectives and Principal Investment Strategies | 5 |
Principal Investment Risks | 7 |
Fees and Expenses | 9 |
Portfolio Turnover | 12 |
Federal Tax Consequences | 12 |
Purchase, Exchange, Redemption, Transfer and Valuation of Shares | 12 |
COMPARISON OF THE TARGET FUND AND SURVIVOR FUND | 12 |
Comparison of Investment Objectives and Principal Investment Strategies | 12 |
Fundamental Investment Policies | 14 |
Risks of the Funds | 14 |
Performance History | 17 |
Management of the Funds | 19 |
Portfolio Managers | 20 |
Other Service Providers | 21 |
Purchase, Redemption and Pricing Of Fund Shares | 22 |
Frequent Purchases And Redemption of Fund Shares | 24 |
Dividends, Distributions and Taxes | 25 |
INFORMATION RELATING TO THE REORGANIZATION | 25 |
Description of the Reorganization | 25 |
Reasons for the Reorganization | 26 |
Federal Income Taxes | 27 |
Expenses of the Reorganization | 27 |
Continuation of Shareholder Accounts and Plans; Share Certificates | 27 |
OTHER INFORMATION | 28 |
Capitalization | 28 |
Shareholder Information | 29 |
Shareholder Rights and Obligations | 30 |
Shareholder Proposals | 30 |
EXHIBIT A: AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION | A-1 |
EXHIBIT B: FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS | B-1 |
SUMMARY
The following is a summary of certain information contained elsewhere in this Combined Prospectus/Information Statement and is qualified in its entirety by references to the more complete information contained herein. Shareholders should read the entire Combined Prospectus/Information Statement carefully.
The Trust, organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is an open-end management investment company registered with the SEC. The Target Fund and the Survivor Fund are organized as separate series of the Trust. The investment objective of both Funds is to provide long-term capital appreciation.
Meeder Asset Management, Inc. (“Meeder” or “Adviser”) is the investment adviser for the Funds and will serve as the investment adviser for the Survivor Fund. Robert S. Meeder, Jr., Dale W. Smith, Clinton Brewer, David Turner, and Joseph Bell are the portfolio managers for both the Target Fund and the Survivor Fund, and are expected to continue the day-to-day management of the Survivor Fund following the Reorganization.
The Reorganization.
The Proposed Reorganization. The Board, including the Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust (as defined in the 1940 Act) (the “Independent Trustees”), on behalf of each of the Target Fund and the Survivor Fund, has approved the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (the “Plan of Reorganization”). The Plan of Reorganization provides for:
| ● | the transfer of all of the assets and the liabilities of the Target Fund to the Survivor Fund in exchange for shares of the Survivor Fund; |
| ● | the distribution of such shares to the Target Fund’s shareholders; and |
| ● | the termination of the Target Fund as a separate series of the Trust. |
If the proposed Reorganization is completed, the Survivor Fund will acquire all of the assets and liabilities of the Target Fund, and shareholders of the Target Fund will receive shares of the Survivor Fund with an aggregate net asset value equal to the aggregate net asset value of the Target Fund shares that the shareholders own immediately prior to the Reorganization.
Background and Reasons for the Proposed Reorganization. The Reorganization has been proposed because Meeder believes that it is in the best interests of each Fund’s shareholders to merge the Target Fund with the Survivor Fund because (1) the Survivor Fund has an identical investment objective and substantially similar investment strategy as the Target Fund; (2) the Survivor Fund has had better historical performance than the Target Fund; (3) the Survivor Fund has the same management fee as the Target Fund and lower total annual operating expenses; and (4) the Survivor Fund has better prospects for growth and for achieving economies of scale.
In approving the Plan of Reorganization at a meeting held on September 28, 2018, the Board, on behalf of the Target Fund, including the Independent Trustees, determined that (i) the Reorganization is in the best interests of the Target Fund, and (ii) the interests of the Target Fund shareholders will not be diluted as a result of the Reorganization. Before reaching this conclusion, the Board engaged in a thorough review of the proposed Reorganization.
The factors considered by the Board with regard to the Reorganization included, but were not limited to, the following:
| ● | After the Reorganization, shareholders will be invested in the Survivor Fund, which has an identical investment objective and substantially similar principal investment strategy as the Target Fund; |
| ● | The portfolio managers currently managing each Fund will manage the Survivor Fund following the Reorganization; |
| ● | The fact that the Survivor Fund has outperformed the Target Fund for the one-year, three-year, five-year and ten-year periods ended August 31, 2018; |
| ● | The management fee for both the Target Fund and the Survivor Fund is 0.75% of each Fund’s average daily net assets; |
| ● | The Survivor Fund may achieve certain operating efficiencies in the future from the increased net assets resulting from the Reorganization; |
| ● | The Survivor Fund, as a result of economies of scale, may have an even lower ratio of expenses to average net assets than prior to the Reorganization; |
| ● | The Reorganization is not expected to result in any tax consequence to shareholders; |
| ● | The Funds and their shareholders will not bear any of the costs of the Reorganization; |
| ● | The Target Fund shareholders will receive Survivor Fund shares with the same aggregate net asset value as their Target Fund shares; |
| ● | The same Board, including all of the Independent Trustees, will remain after the Reorganization; and |
| ● | There are not material differences in any fundamental policy of both the Target Fund and the Survivor Fund (i.e., no material differences in policies that cannot be changed without a vote of a majority of its outstanding voting securities of either Fund). |
The Board, including all of the Independent Trustees, concluded, based upon the factors and determinations summarized above, that completion of the Reorganization is advisable and in the best interests of the shareholders of each Fund, and that the interests of the shareholders of each Fund will not be diluted as a result of the Reorganization. The determinations on behalf of each Fund were made on the basis of each Board member’s business judgment after consideration of all of the factors taken as a whole, though individual Board members may have placed different weight on various factors and assigned different degrees of materiality to various conclusions.
Neither a vote of the shareholders of the Target Fund nor a vote of the shareholders of the Survivor Fund is required to approve the Reorganization under Massachusetts state law or under the Trust’s declaration of trust.
In addition, under Rule 17a-8 under the 1940 Act, a vote of the shareholders of the Target Fund is not required if, as a result of the Reorganization: (i) no policy of the Target Fund that under Section 13 of the 1940 Act could not be changed without a vote of a majority of its outstanding voting securities is materially different from a policy of the Survivor Fund; (ii) the Survivor Fund’s advisory contract is not materially different from that of the Target Fund; (iii) the Independent Trustees of the Target Fund who were elected by its shareholders will comprise a majority of the Independent Trustees of the Board overseeing the Survivor Fund; and (iv) after the Reorganization, the Survivor Fund will not be authorized to pay fees under a 12b-1 plan that are greater than fees authorized to be paid by the Target Fund under such a plan. The Reorganization meets all of these conditions, and, therefore, a vote of shareholders is not required under the 1940 Act.
Investment Objectives and Principal Investment Strategies
The Target and Survivor Funds have identical investment objectives and substantially similar investment strategies. See “Comparison of the Target Fund and the Survivor Fund — Investment Objectives and Principal Investment Strategies” below.
Investment Objectives
The investment objective of each Fund is to seek long-term capital appreciation.
Principal Investment Strategy – Target Fund
The Adviser seeks to achieve the Target Fund’s investment objective, under normal circumstances, by investing primarily in common stocks of small and mid-cap companies, which generally have market capitalizations within the range of companies comprising the Russell 2500 Index. The Fund also invests in equity investment companies (“underlying funds”), which include domestic and foreign mutual funds, as well as in exchange traded funds (“ETFs”), closed-end funds, and unit investment trusts. Guided by the Adviser’s quantitative models, the Adviser uses an aggressive growth strategy in choosing the Fund’s investments, which include smaller or newer companies that are more likely to grow, but also more likely to suffer more significant losses compared to larger or more established companies. The Target Fund also invests in fixed income securities. In addition, the Target Fund may invest directly in derivatives, such as options and futures contracts, or in underlying funds investing in futures contracts and options on futures contracts. These investments may be used, for example, in an effort to earn extra income, to provide adequate liquidity, to adjust exposure to individual securities or markets, to protect all or a portion of the Target Fund’s portfolio from a decline in value, or to maintain a fully-invested position in equity securities. The Target Fund may also invest in index funds and index-based investments.
Under normal circumstances, the Target Fund will have a minimum of 80% and a maximum of 95% of its net assets invested in equity securities or underlying funds investing in equity securities. For the equity portion of the portfolio, the Fund may select investments without limitation to market capitalization range or sectors. Under normal circumstances, the Target Fund will invest 10% to 40% of its net assets in international equity securities or underlying funds primarily investing in international equities, including companies that conduct their principal business activities in emerging markets.
When selecting investments for the Target Fund, the Adviser continually evaluates style, market capitalization, sector rotation, and international positions, by utilizing a series of quantitative models to perform fundamental and technical analysis, in order to identify opportunities that have the best attributes for outperformance. Fundamental analysis, as performed by the Adviser, primarily involves using quantitative models to assess a company and its business environment, management, balance sheet, income statement, anticipated earnings and dividends, and other related measures of value. Technical analysis, as performed by the Adviser, primarily involves using quantitative models to analyze the absolute and relative movement of a company’s stock in an effort to ascertain the probabilities for future price change, based on market factors.
Under normal circumstances, the Target Fund will also have a minimum of 5% and a maximum of 20% of its net assets in fixed income securities of any maturity and of any credit rating (including unrated and high yield fixed income securities) and cash equivalent securities. The Fund also may invest in underlying fixed income funds that invest in domestic and foreign fixed income securities, including emerging markets, ETFs, closed-end funds, and unit investment trusts.
The Target Fund addresses asset allocation decisions by adjusting the mix of stocks, bonds, and cash in the Target Fund within the parameters described above. When the Adviser’s quantitative models and evaluation indicate that the risks of the stock market may be greater than the potential rewards, the Fund may reduce its position in underlying equity securities and underlying equity funds in order to attempt to reduce the risk of loss of capital.
The following table shows the Fund’s asset allocation ranges:
EQUITY | Total | 80 - 95% |
U.S. | 55 - 85% |
International | 10 - 40% |
FIXED INCOME | Total | 5 - 20% |
Bond | 5 - 20% |
Cash and Cash Equivalents | 0 - 15% |
Principal Investment Strategy – Survivor Fund
The Adviser seeks to achieve the Survivor Fund’s investment objective by investing primarily in common and preferred stocks, as well as fixed income securities. The Survivor Fund also invests in equity investment companies (“underlying funds”), which include foreign and domestic mutual funds, which may invest in emerging markets, as well as in exchange traded funds (“ETFs”), closed-end funds, and unit investment trusts. The Survivor Fund may invest directly in derivatives, such as options and futures contracts, or in underlying funds investing in futures contracts and options on futures contracts. These investments may be used, for example, in an effort to earn extra income, to provide adequate liquidity, to adjust exposure to individual securities or markets, to protect all or a portion of the Survivor Fund’s portfolio from a decline in value, or to maintain a fully-invested position in equity securities. The Survivor Fund may also invest in index funds and index-based investments.
Under normal circumstances, the Fund will have a minimum of 80% and a maximum of 95% of its net assets invested in equity securities or underlying funds investing in equity securities. For the equity portion of the portfolio, the Survivor Fund may select investments without limitation to market capitalization range or sectors. Under normal circumstances, the Survivor Fund will invest 10% to 40% of its net assets in international equity securities or underlying funds primarily investing in international equities, including companies that conduct their principal business activities in emerging markets.
When selecting investments for the Survivor Fund, the Adviser continually evaluates style, market capitalization, sector rotation, and international positions, by utilizing a series of quantitative models to perform fundamental and technical analysis, in order to identify opportunities that have the best attributes for outperformance. Fundamental analysis, as performed by the Adviser, primarily involves using quantitative models to assess a company and its business environment, management, balance sheet, income statement, anticipated earnings and dividends, and other related measures of value. Technical analysis, as performed by the Adviser, primarily involves using quantitative models to analyze the absolute and relative movement of a company’s stock in an effort to ascertain the probabilities for future price change, based on market factors.
Under normal circumstances, the Survivor Fund will also have a minimum of 5% and a maximum of 20% of its net assets in fixed income securities of any maturity and of any credit rating (including unrated and high yield fixed income securities) and cash equivalent securities. The Fund also may invest in underlying fixed income funds that invest in domestic and foreign fixed income securities, including emerging markets, ETFs, closed-end funds, and unit investment trusts.
The Survivor Fund addresses asset allocation decisions by adjusting the mix of stocks, bonds and cash in the Fund within the parameters described above. When the Adviser’s quantitative models and evaluation indicate that the risks of the stock market may be greater than the potential rewards, the Survivor Fund may reduce its position in underlying equity securities and underlying equity funds in order to attempt to reduce the risk of loss of capital.
The following table shows the Survivor Fund’s asset allocation ranges:
EQUITY | Total | 80 - 95% |
U.S. | 55 - 85% |
International | 10 - 40% |
FIXED INCOME | Total | 5 - 20% |
Bond | 5 - 20% |
Cash and Cash Equivalents | 0 - 15% |
Both the Target Fund and the Survivor Fund are diversified, which means each Fund may not, with respect to at least 75% of its assets, invest more than 5% of its assets in the securities of a single issuer.
For information on risks, see “Comparison of the Target Fund and Survivor Fund — Risks of the Funds”, below. The fundamental investment policies applicable to each Fund are identical.
Principal Investment Risks
Because of their substantially similar investment strategies, the primary risks associated with an investment in the Survivor Fund are substantially similar to those associated with an investment in the Target Fund.
The following risks apply to each of the Fund’s direct investment in securities and derivatives.
Aggressive Growth Stock Risk. Investments in smaller or newer growth companies can be both more volatile and more speculative. The prices of growth stocks are based largely on projections of the issuer’s future earnings and revenues. If a company’s earnings or revenues fall short of expectations, its stock price may fall dramatically.
Closed-end Fund Risk. The value of the shares of a closed-end fund may be higher or lower than the value of the portfolio securities held by the closed-end fund. Closed-end investment funds may trade infrequently and with small volume, which may make it difficult for the Funds to buy and sell shares. Also, the market price of closed-end investment companies tends to rise more in response to buying demand and fall more in response to selling pressure than is the case with larger capitalization companies.
Credit Risk. All debt securities are subject to the risk that the issuer or guarantor of the debt security may not make principal or interest payments as they become due, or default entirely on its obligations. The value and liquidity of an issuer’s debt securities will typically decline if the market perceives a deterioration in the creditworthiness of that issuer. In addition, insured debt securities have the credit risk of the insurer in addition to the underlying credit risk of the debt security being insured.
Cybersecurity Risk. Cybersecurity breaches may allow an unauthorized party to gain access to Fund assets, customer data, or proprietary information, or cause each Fund and/or its service providers to suffer data corruption or lose operational functionality.
Derivatives Risk. Each Fund buys equity index futures in connection with its investment strategies to equitize cash positions in the portfolio. Although the futures transactions are intended to provide exposure to a broad based underlying index, there are additional risks associated with these contracts that may be greater than investments in the underlying assets, including liquidity risk, leverage risk, and counterparty risk. Changes in the value of a derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying index the Adviser seeks to track and there may be times when there is no liquid secondary market for these instruments. All transactions in futures involve the possible risk of loss and the fund could lose more than the initial amount invested.
Emerging Markets Risk. Investments in emerging markets may be subject to lower liquidity, greater volatility and the risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments in less developed countries as well as greater exposure to foreign currency fluctuations.
Exchange Traded Fund and Index Fund Risk. The ETFs and index funds will not be able to replicate exactly the performance of the indices they track because the total return generated by the securities will be reduced by transaction costs incurred in adjusting the actual balance of the securities. In addition, the ETFs and index funds will incur expenses not incurred by their applicable indices. Certain securities comprising the indices tracked by the ETFs may, from time to time, temporarily be unavailable, which may further impede the ability of the ETFs and index funds to track their applicable indices. Each Fund also will incur brokerage costs when it purchases ETFs. An ETF may trade at a discount to its net asset value.
Fixed Income Risk. Each Fund is subject to the general risks and considerations associated with investing in debt securities, including the risk that an issuer will fail to make timely payments of principal or interest, or default on its obligations. Lower-rated securities in which the Funds may invest may be more volatile and may decline more in price in response to negative issuer developments or macroeconomic news than higher rated securities. In addition, as interest rates rise, each Fund’s fixed income investments will typically lose value.
Foreign Investment Risk. Investments in foreign countries present additional components of risk; including economic, political, legal and regulatory differences compared to domestic investments. Additionally, foreign currency fluctuations may affect the value of foreign investments.
High Yield Risk. Each Fund may purchase fixed income securities rated below the investment grade category (non-investment grade bond, speculative grade, or junk bond). Securities in this rating category are considered speculative. Changes in economic conditions or other circumstances may have a greater effect on the ability of issuers of these securities to make principal and interest payments than they do on issuers of investment grade securities. Therefore, fixed income securities in this category may have greater price fluctuations and have a higher risk of default than investment grade securities.
Interest Rate Risk. Fixed income securities will increase or decrease in value based on changes in interest rates. If rates increase, the value of each Fund’s fixed income investments will generally decline. On the other hand, if rates fall, the value of the fixed income investments generally increases. Your investment will decline in value if the value of a Fund’s investments decreases. The market value of debt securities (including U.S. Government securities) with longer maturities is likely to respond to changes in interest rates to a greater degree than the market value of fixed income securities with shorter maturities.
Investment Company Risk. Because each Fund may invest in underlying funds, the value of your investment also will fluctuate in response to the performance of the underlying funds. In addition, you will indirectly bear fees and expenses charged by the underlying investment companies in which a Fund invests in addition to the Fund’s direct fees and
expenses. You also may receive taxable capital gains distributions to a greater extent than would be the case if you invested directly in the underlying funds.
Liquidity Risk. Reduced liquidity affecting an individual security or an entire market may have an adverse impact on market price and a Fund’s ability to sell particular securities when necessary to meet the Fund’s liquidity needs or in response to a specific economic event.
Market Capitalization Risk. Each Fund may hold mid- and small-capitalization investments, which presents additional risk. Investments in these capitalization ranges may be more sensitive to events and conditions that affect the stock market or that affect individual issuers.
Model and Data Risk. Given the complexity of the investments and strategies of each Fund, the Adviser relies on quantitative models and information and data supplied by third parties (“Models and Data”). These Models and Data are used to construct sets of transactions and investments, to provide risk management insights, and to assist in hedging each Fund’s investment risks.
When Models and Data prove to be incorrect or incomplete, any decisions made in reliance thereon expose a Fund to potential risks. Similarly, any hedging based on faulty Models and Data may prove to be unsuccessful. Many of the models used by the Adviser for the Funds are predictive in nature. The use of predictive models has inherent risks. Because predictive models are usually constructed based on historical data supplied by third parties, the success of relying on such models may depend heavily on the accuracy and reliability of the supplied historical data. Each Fund bears the risk that the quantitative models used by the Adviser will not be successful in selecting companies for investment or in determining the weighting of investment positions that will enable the Fund to achieve its investment objective.
Momentum Style Risk. Investing in or having exposure to securities with positive momentum entails investing in securities that have had positive recent relative performance. These securities may be more volatile than a broad cross-section of securities. In addition, there may be periods during which the investment performance of a Fund while using a momentum strategy may suffer.
Stock Market Risk. Because each Fund holds equity investments, it will fluctuate in value due to changes in general economic conditions and/or changes in the conditions of individual issuers.
Turnover Risk. Each Fund may actively trade portfolio securities to achieve its principal investment strategies, and can be driven by changes in the Adviser’s quantitative investment models. A high rate of portfolio turnover involves correspondingly high transaction costs, which may adversely affect a Fund’s performance over time and may generate more taxable short-term gains for shareholders.
Value Style Risk. Investing in or having exposure to “value” stocks presents the risk that the stocks may never reach what the Adviser believes are their full market values, either because the market fails to recognize what the Adviser considers to be the companies’ true business values or because the Adviser misjudged those values. In addition, there may be periods during which the investment performance of the Fund while using a value strategy may suffer.
Fees and Expenses
As an investor, shareholders pay fees and expenses to buy and hold shares of the Funds. Shareholders may pay shareholder fees directly when they buy or sell shares. Shareholders pay annual Fund operating expenses indirectly because they are deducted from Fund assets.
The following tables allow you to compare the shareholder fees and annual fund operating expenses as a percentage of the aggregate daily net assets of each Fund that you may pay when buying and holding shares of the Funds. The pro forma columns show expenses of the Survivor Fund as if the Reorganization had occurred on the last day of the Fund’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2017. Each Fund’s Retail Class Shares have the same Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fee. The Other Expenses for the Target Fund are higher than those of the Survivor Fund. Overall, the total gross operating expense ratios for each share class of the Target Fund are slightly higher than those of the corresponding share classes of the Survivor Fund.
The Annual Fund Operating Expenses table and Example tables shown below are based on actual expenses incurred during each Fund’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2017. Please keep in mind that, as a result of changing market conditions, total asset levels, and other factors, expenses at any time during the current fiscal year may be significantly different from those shown.
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment):
| Target Fund Institutional Class Shares | Survivor Fund Institutional Class Shares | Pro Forma Combined Fund Institutional Class Shares |
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a % of offering price) | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a % of the lower of original purchase price) | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Target Fund Adviser Class Shares | Survivor Fund Adviser Class Shares | Pro Forma Combined Fund Adviser Class Shares |
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a % of offering price) | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a % of the lower of original purchase price) | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Target Fund Retail Class Shares | Survivor Fund Retail Class Shares | Pro Forma Combined Fund Retail Class Shares |
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a % of offering price) | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a % of the lower of original purchase price) | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment):
| Target Fund Institutional Class Shares | Survivor Fund Institutional Class Shares | Pro Forma Combined Fund Institutional Class Shares |
Management Fees | 0.75% | 0.75% | 0.75% |
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees | None | None | None |
Other expenses(3) | 0.78% | 0.37% | 0.36% |
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses(1) | 0.05% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses | 1.58% | 1.18% | 1.17% |
Fee Waiver(2) | N/A | (0.10)% | (0.10)% |
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver | 1.58% | 1.08% | 1.07% |
| Target Fund Adviser Class Shares | Survivor Fund Adviser Class Shares | Pro Forma Combined Fund Adviser Class Shares |
Management Fees | 0.75% | 0.75% | 0.75% |
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees | None | None | None |
Other expenses(3) | 1.02% | 0.59% | 0.58% |
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses(1) | 0.05% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses | 1.82% | 1.40% | 1.39% |
Fee Waiver(2) | N/A | (0.10)% | (0.10)% |
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver | 1.82% | 1.30% | 1.29% |
| Target Fund Retail Class Shares | Survivor Fund Retail Class Shares | Pro Forma Combined Fund Retail Class Shares |
Management Fees | 0.75% | 0.75% | 0.75% |
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees | 0.25% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
Other expenses(3) | 0.97% | 0.58% | 0.57% |
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses(1) | 0.05% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses | 2.02% | 1.64% | 1.63% |
Fee Waiver(2) | N/A | (0.10)% | (0.10)% |
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver | 2.02% | 1.54% | 1.53% |
| (1) | Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses are the indirect costs of investing in other investment companies. The operating expenses in this fee table will not correlate to the expense ratio in the Fund’s financial highlights because the financial statements include only the direct operating expenses incurred by the Fund, not the indirect costs of investing in other investment companies. |
| (2) | The Survivor Fund’s Adviser has contractually agreed to waive its management fee in an amount equal to 0.10% of the first $200,000,000 of average daily net assets. The agreement is effective through April 30, 2019 and may not be terminated prior to that date without the consent of the Board of Trustees. |
| (3) | The Target Fund’s expenses were restated to reflect anticipated expenses for the fiscal year. |
EXAMPLES
This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in a Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in a Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that a Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. The Example further assumes that the expense limitation described in the footnotes to the fee table is in effect only until the end of the 1-year period. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
Institutional Class | 1 Year | 3 Years | 5 Years | 10 Years |
Target Fund | $161 | $499 | $860 | $1,878 |
Survivor Fund | $110 | $365 | $639 | $1,423 |
Pro Forma - Combined Fund | $109 | $362 | $634 | $1,411 |
Adviser Class | 1 Year | 3 Years | 5 Years | 10 Years |
Target Fund | $185 | $573 | $985 | $2,137 |
Survivor Fund | $132 | $433 | $756 | $1,671 |
Pro Forma - Combined Fund | $131 | $430 | $751 | $1,660 |
Retail Class | 1 Year | 3 Years | 5 Years | 10 Years |
Target Fund | $205 | $634 | $1,088 | $2,348 |
Survivor Fund | $157 | $508 | $882 | $1,935 |
Pro Forma - Combined Fund | $156 | $504 | $877 | $1,924 |
Portfolio Turnover
Each Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the examples, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Target Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 253% of the average value of its portfolio, and the Survivor Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 252% of the average value of its portfolio.
Federal Tax Consequences
It is expected that the Reorganization itself will be a tax-free reorganization under Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code. Accordingly, no gain or loss is expected to be recognized by the Funds as a direct result of the Reorganization.
Purchase, Exchange, Redemption, Transfer and Valuation of Shares
The policies of the Target Fund and the Survivor Fund regarding the purchase, redemption, exchange, transfer and valuation of shares are identical. Please see “Comparison of the Target Fund and Survivor Fund—Distribution and Shareholder Servicing Arrangements” and “Purchase, Redemption and Valuation of Shares” below for information regarding the purchase, redemption and valuation of shares.
COMPARISON OF THE TARGET FUND AND SURVIVOR FUND
Comparison of Investment Objectives and Principal Investment Strategies
The Funds’ investment objectives are identical and their principal investment strategies are substantially similar. The investment objective of both the Target Fund and the Survivor Fund is to provide long-term capital appreciation.
Both the Target Fund and the Survivor Fund invest in a combination of equity and fixed income securities to achieve their respective investment objectives. Under normal circumstances, the Target Fund pursues its investment objective by investing primarily in common stocks of small and mid-cap companies, which generally have market capitalizations within the range of companies comprising the Russell 2500 Index. The Adviser uses an aggressive growth strategy in choosing the Target Fund’s investments, which include smaller or newer companies that are more likely to grow, but also more likely to suffer more significant losses compared to larger or more established companies. The Target Fund also invests in fixed income securities. The Survivor Fund pursues its investment objective by investing primarily in common and preferred stocks, as well as fixed income securities. Under normal circumstances, both Funds will have a minimum of 80% and a maximum of 95% of its net assets invested in equity securities or underlying funds investing in equity securities. For the equity portion of the portfolios, the Funds may select investments without limitation to market capitalization range or sectors. Under normal circumstances, both Funds will invest 10% to 40% of their respective net assets in international equity securities or underlying funds primarily investing in international equities, including companies that conduct their principal business activities in emerging markets.
The table below compares the investment objectives and principal investment strategies of the two Funds:
Target Fund | | Survivor Fund |
Principal Investment Objective | | Principal Investment Objective |
The Fund’s investment objective to provide long-term capital appreciation. | | The Fund’s investment objective to provide long-term capital appreciation. |
Principal Investment Strategies | | Principal Investment Strategies |
General | | General |
Under normal circumstances, the Fund pursues its investment objective by investing primarily in common | | The Fund pursues its investment objective by investing primarily in common and preferred stocks, |
stocks of small and mid-cap companies, which generally have market capitalizations within the range of companies comprising the Russell 2500 Index. The Fund also invests in equity investment companies (“underlying funds”), which include domestic and foreign mutual funds, as well as in exchange traded funds (“ETFs”), closed-end funds, and unit investment trusts. Guided by the Adviser’s quantitative models, the Adviser uses an aggressive growth strategy in choosing the Fund’s investments, which include smaller or newer companies that are more likely to grow, but also more likely to suffer more significant losses compared to larger or more established companies. The Fund also invests in fixed income securities. In addition, the Fund may invest directly in derivatives, such as options and futures contracts, or in underlying funds investing in futures contracts and options on futures contracts. These investments may be used, for example, in an effort to earn extra income, to provide adequate liquidity, to adjust exposure to individual securities or markets, to protect all or a portion of the Fund’s portfolio from a decline in value, or to maintain a fully-invested position in equity securities. The Fund may also invest in index funds and index-based investments. | | as well as fixed income securities. The Fund also invests in equity investment companies (“underlying funds”), which include foreign and domestic mutual funds, which may invest in emerging markets, as well as in exchange traded funds (“ETFs”), closed-end funds, and unit investment trusts. The Fund may invest directly in derivatives, such as options and futures contracts, or in underlying funds investing in futures contracts and options on futures contracts. These investments may be used, for example, in an effort to earn extra income, to provide adequate liquidity, to adjust exposure to individual securities or markets, to protect all or a portion of the Fund’s portfolio from a decline in value, or to maintain a fully-invested position in equity securities. The Fund may also invest in index funds and index-based investments. |
Equity Securities | | Equity Securities |
Under normal circumstances, the Fund will have a minimum of 80% and a maximum of 95% of its net assets invested in equity securities or underlying funds investing in equity securities. For the equity portion of the portfolio, the Fund may select investments without limitation to market capitalization range or sectors. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest 10% to 40% of its net assets in international equity securities or underlying funds primarily investing in international equities, including companies that conduct their principal business activities in emerging markets. | | Under normal circumstances, the Fund will have a minimum of 80% and a maximum of 95% of its net assets invested in equity securities or underlying funds investing in equity securities. For the equity portion of the portfolio, the Fund may select investments without limitation to market capitalization range or sectors. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest 10% to 40% of its net assets in international equity securities or underlying funds primarily investing in international equities, including companies that conduct their principal business activities in emerging markets. |
Fundamental and Technical Analysis | | Fundamental and Technical Analysis |
When selecting investments for the Fund, the Adviser continually evaluates style, market capitalization, sector rotation, and international positions, by utilizing a series of quantitative models to perform fundamental and technical analysis, in order to identify opportunities that have the best attributes for outperformance. Fundamental analysis, as performed by the Adviser, primarily involves using quantitative models to assess a company and its business environment, management, balance sheet, income statement, anticipated earnings and dividends, and other related measures of value. Technical analysis, as performed by the Adviser, primarily involves using quantitative models to analyze the absolute and relative movement of a company’s stock in an effort to ascertain the probabilities for future price change, based on market factors. | | When selecting investments for the Fund, the Adviser continually evaluates style, market capitalization, sector rotation, and international positions, by utilizing a series of quantitative models to perform fundamental and technical analysis, in order to identify opportunities that have the best attributes for outperformance. Fundamental analysis, as performed by the Adviser, primarily involves using quantitative models to assess a company and its business environment, management, balance sheet, income statement, anticipated earnings and dividends, and other related measures of value. Technical analysis, as performed by the Adviser, primarily involves using quantitative models to analyze the absolute and relative movement of a company’s stock in an effort to ascertain the probabilities for future price change, based on market factors. |
Fixed Income Securities | | Fixed Income Securities |
Under normal circumstances, the Fund will also have a minimum of 5% and a maximum of 20% of its net assets in fixed income securities of any maturity and of any | | Under normal circumstances, the Fund will also have a minimum of 5% and a maximum of 20% of its net assets in fixed income securities of any maturity and |
credit rating (including unrated and high yield fixed income securities) and cash equivalent securities. The Fund may also invest in underlying fixed income funds that invest in domestic and foreign fixed income securities, including emerging markets, ETFs, closed-end funds, and unit investment trusts. | | of any credit rating (including unrated and high yield fixed income securities) and cash equivalent securities. The Fund may also invest in underlying fixed income funds that invest in domestic and foreign fixed income securities, including emerging markets, ETFs, closed-end funds, and unit investment trusts. |
Asset Allocation | | Asset Allocation |
The Fund addresses asset allocation decisions by adjusting the mix of stocks, bonds, and cash in the Fund within the parameters described above. When the Adviser’s quantitative models and evaluation indicate that the risks of the stock market may be greater than the potential rewards, the Fund may reduce its position in underlying equity securities and underlying equity funds in order to attempt to reduce the risk of loss of capital. | | The Fund addresses asset allocation decisions by adjusting the mix of stocks, bonds and cash in the Fund within the parameters described above. When the Adviser’s quantitative models and evaluation indicate that the risks of the stock market may be greater than the potential rewards, the Fund may reduce its position in underlying equity securities and underlying equity funds in order to attempt to reduce the risk of loss of capital. |
Fundamental Investment Policies
Each Fund has adopted the following investment restrictions that may not be changed without approval by a “majority of the outstanding shares” of the Funds which means the vote of the lesser of (a) 67% or more of the shares of the Fund represented at a meeting, if the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the Fund are present or represented by proxy, or (b) more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the Fund.
Each Fund:
1. May not concentrate investments in a particular industry or group of industries as concentration is defined under the 1940 Act, or the rules or regulations thereunder, as such statute, rules or regulations may be amended from time to time;
2. Will invest in the securities of any issuer only if, immediately after such investment, at least 75% of the value of the total assets of each Fund will be invested in cash and cash items (including receivables), Government securities, securities of other investment companies, and other securities for the purposes of this calculation limited in respect of any one issuer to an amount (determined immediately after the latest acquisition of securities of the issuer) not greater in value than 5% of the value of the total assets of each Fund and not more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of such issuer.
3. May issue senior securities to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act, or the rules or regulations thereunder, as such statute, rules or regulations may be amended from time to time;
4. May lend or borrow money to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act, or the rules or regulations thereunder, as such statute, rules or regulations may be amended from time to time;
5. May underwrite securities to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act, or the rules or regulations thereunder, as such statute, rules or regulations may be amended from time to time;
6. May underwrite securities to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act, or the rules or regulations thereunder, as such statute, rules or regulations may be amended from time to time;
7. May purchase securities of any issuer only when consistent with the maintenance of its status as a diversified company under the 1940 Act, or the rules or regulations thereunder, as such statute, rules or regulations may be amended from time to time.
Risks of the Funds
The following risks apply to each Fund’s direct investment in securities and derivatives.
Aggressive Growth Stock Risk. Investments in smaller or newer growth companies can be both more volatile and more speculative. The prices of growth stocks are based largely on projections of the issuer’s future earnings and revenues. If a company’s earnings or revenues fall short of expectations, its stock price may fall dramatically.
Closed-end Fund Risk. Shares of closed-end funds are typically offered to the public in a one-time initial public offering. Thereafter, the value of shares of a closed-end fund are set by the transactions on the secondary market and may be higher or lower than the value of the portfolio securities that make up the closed-end investment company. The Funds may invest in shares of closed-end funds that are trading at a discount to net asset value or at a premium to net asset value. There can be no assurance that the market discount on shares of any closed-end fund that a Fund purchases will ever decrease. Closed-end investment companies may trade infrequently, with small volume, which may make it difficult for the Funds to buy and sell shares. Also, the market price of closed-end investment companies tends to rise more in response to buying demand and fall more in response to selling pressure than is the case with larger capitalization companies
Closed-end investment companies may issue senior securities (including preferred stock and debt obligations) for the purpose of leveraging the closed-end fund’s common shares in an attempt to enhance the current return to such closed-end fund’s common shareholders. A Fund’s investment in the common shares of closed-end funds that are financially leveraged may create an opportunity for greater total return on its investment, but at the same time may be expected to exhibit more volatility in market price and net asset value than an investment in shares of investment companies without a leveraged capital structure.
Closed-end funds in which the Funds invest may issue auction preferred shares (“APS”). The dividend rate for the APS normally is set through an auction process. In the auction, holders of APS may indicate the dividend rate at which they would be willing to hold or sell their APS or purchase additional APS. The auction also provides liquidity for the sale of APS. A Fund may not be able to sell its APS at an auction if the auction fails. An auction fails if there are more APS offered for sale than there are buyers. A closed-end fund may not be obligated to purchase APS in an auction or otherwise, nor may the closed-end fund be required to redeem APS in the event of a failed auction. As a result, a Fund’s investment in APS may be illiquid. In addition, if a Fund buys APS or elects to retain APS without specifying a dividend rate below which it would not wish to buy or continue to hold those APS, the Fund could receive a lower rate of return on its APS than the market rate.
Credit Risk. Investments in bonds and other fixed income securities involve certain risks. An issuer of a fixed income security may not be able to make interest and principal payments when due. Such default could result in losses to the Fund. In addition, the credit quality of securities held by a Fund may be lowered if an issuer’s financial condition changes. Lower credit quality may lead to greater volatility in the price of a security and in shares of the Fund. Lower credit quality also may affect liquidity and make it difficult for a Fund to sell the security. A Fund may invest in an underlying fund that invests in securities that are rated in the lowest investment grade category. Issuers of these securities are more vulnerable to changes in economic conditions than issuers of higher grade securities. Below investment grade corporate debt obligations are considered speculative. There is a greater risk that issuers of lower rated securities will default than issuers of higher rated securities.
Cybersecurity Risk. Cybersecurity breaches may allow an unauthorized party to gain access to Fund assets, customer data, or proprietary information, or cause a Fund and/or its service providers to suffer data corruption or lose operational functionality.
Derivatives Risk. Derivatives may be riskier than other types of investments because they may be more sensitive to changes in economic or market conditions than other types of investment. Derivatives also are subject to the risk that changes in the value of a derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying asset, rate or index. The use of derivatives for hedging or risk management purposes may not be successful, resulting in losses to a Fund, and the cost of such strategies may reduce a Fund’s returns.
Emerging Markets Risk. Investments in emerging markets may be subject to lower liquidity, greater volatility and the risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments in less developed countries as well as greater exposure to foreign currency fluctuations.
Exchange Traded Fund and Index Fund Risk. Exchange traded funds and index funds will not be able to replicate exactly the performance of the indices they track because the total return generated by the securities will be reduced by transaction costs incurred in adjusting the actual balance of the securities. Certain securities comprising the indices
tracked by the ETFs may, from time to time, temporarily be unavailable, which may further impede the ability of the ETFs and index funds to track their applicable indices. The prices of ETFs and index funds are derived from and based upon the securities held by each fund. Accordingly, the level of risk involved in the purchase or sale of an ETF or index fund is similar to the risk involved in the purchase or sale of traditional common stock. Index funds are also subject to trading halts due to market conditions.
Fixed Income Risk. The Funds may invest in fixed income securities and underlying investments that hold fixed income securities. These securities will increase or decrease in value based on changes in interest rates. If rates increase, the value of a Fund’s fixed income investments generally declines. On the other hand, if rates fall, the value of the fixed income investments generally increases. Your investment will decline in value if the value of a Fund’s investments decreases. The market value of debt securities (including U.S. Government securities) with longer maturities are more volatile and are likely to respond to a greater degree to changes in interest rates than the market value of debt securities with shorter maturities.
Foreign Investment Risk. Investments in foreign countries present additional components of risk; including economic, political, legal and regulatory differences compared to domestic investments. Foreign currency fluctuations may also affect the value of foreign investments. In addition, foreign investing involves less publicly available information, and more volatile or less liquid securities markets. Foreign accounting may be less transparent than U.S. accounting practices and foreign regulation may be inadequate or irregular. Owning foreign securities could cause a Fund’s performance to fluctuate more than if it held only U.S. securities.
High Yield Risk. Each Fund may purchase fixed income securities rated below the investment grade category (non-investment grade bond, speculative grade, or junk bond). Securities in this rating category are considered speculative. Changes in economic conditions or other circumstances may have a greater effect on the ability of issuers of these securities to make principal and interest payments than they do on issuers of investment grade securities. Therefore, fixed income securities in this category may have greater price fluctuations and have a higher risk of default than investment grade securities.
Interest Rate Risk. Fixed income securities will increase or decrease in value based on changes in interest rates. If rates increase, the value of a Fund’s fixed income investments will generally decline. On the other hand, if rates fall, the value of the fixed income investments generally increases. Your investment will decline in value if the value of a Fund’s investments decreases. The market value of debt securities (including U.S. Government securities) with longer maturities is likely to respond to changes in interest rates to a greater degree than the market value of fixed income securities with shorter maturities.
Investment Company Risk. Because a Fund may invest in underlying funds, the value of your investment also will fluctuate in response to the performance of the underlying funds. In addition, you will indirectly bear fees and expenses charged by the underlying investment companies in which a Fund invests in addition to the Fund’s direct fees and expenses. You also may receive taxable capital gains distributions to a greater extent than would be the case if you invested directly in the underlying funds.
Liquidity Risk. Reduced liquidity affecting an individual security or an entire market may have an adverse impact on market price and a Fund’s ability to sell particular securities when necessary to meet the Fund’s liquidity needs or in response to a specific economic event.
Market Capitalization Risk. The Funds may hold mid- and small-capitalization investments, which presents additional risks. Historically, smaller company securities have been more volatile in price than larger company securities, especially over the short term. Investments in these capitalization ranges may be more sensitive to events and conditions that affect the stock market. Among the reasons for the greater price volatility are the less-than-certain growth prospects of small- and medium-capitalization companies, the lower degree of liquidity in the markets for such securities, and the greater sensitivity of smaller companies to changing economic conditions. Further, smaller companies may lack depth of management, may be unable to generate funds necessary for growth or development, or may be developing or marketing new products or services for which markets are not yet established and may never become established.
Model and Data Risk. Given the complexity of the investments and strategies of each Fund, the Adviser relies on quantitative models and information and data supplied by third parties (“Models and Data”). These Models and Data
are used to construct sets of transactions and investments, to provide risk management insights, and to assist in hedging a Fund’s investment risks.
When Models and Data prove to be incorrect or incomplete, any decisions made in reliance thereon expose a Fund to potential risks. Similarly, any hedging based on faulty Models and Data may prove to be unsuccessful. Many of the models used by the Adviser are predictive in nature. The use of predictive models has inherent risks. Because predictive models are usually constructed based on historical data supplied by third parties, the success of relying on such models may depend heavily on the accuracy and reliability of the supplied historical data. The Funds bears the risk that the quantitative models used by the Adviser will not be successful in selecting companies for investment or in determining the weighting of investment positions that will enable the Fund to achieve its investment objective.
Momentum Style Risk. Investing in or having exposure to securities with positive momentum entails investing in securities that have had positive recent relative performance. These securities may be more volatile than a broad cross-section of securities. In addition, there may be periods during which the investment performance of a Fund while using a momentum strategy may suffer.
Stock Market Risk. Investments in the stock market are a principal risk of the Funds. Funds that invest in equities will fluctuate in value due to changes in general economic and political conditions that may affect the stock market. Daily stock prices can move unpredictably up and down and may be subject to higher risk than other investments such as fixed income securities.
Turnover Risk. Each Fund may actively trade portfolio securities to achieve its principal investment strategies, and can be driven by changes in the Adviser’s quantitative investment models. A high rate of portfolio turnover involves correspondingly high transaction costs, which may adversely affect a Fund’s performance over time and may generate more taxable short-term gains for shareholders.
Value Stock Risk. The Funds may invest in value stocks, which attempt to buy stocks that are undervalued relative to their earnings compared to other stocks. Undervalued stocks have a risk of never attaining their potential value. This may cause the Funds’ relative performance to suffer.
Performance History
The accompanying bar chart and table provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Funds. They show changes in each Fund’s performance for each year since inception and each Fund’s average annual returns for the last one year and since inception compared to those of a broad-based securities market index.
The bar charts show performance of each Fund’s Retail Class shares for each full calendar year since inception. The performance tables compare the performance of each Fund’s Retail Class shares over time to the performance of a broad-based market index. You should be aware that each Fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) may not be an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future.
To obtain performance information up to the most recent month end, call toll free 1-800-325-3539.
Target Fund
Retail Class Annual Total Return
For Calendar Years Ended December 31
Best Quarter: | 2nd Quarter 2009 | 18.70% |
Worst Quarter: | 4th Quarter 2008 | -21.42% |
Performance Table
Average Annual Total Returns
For periods ended December 31, 2017
Inception Date – 2/29/2000 | One Year | Five Years | Ten Years |
Return Before Taxes – Retail Class | 12.91% | 11.59% | 5.55% |
Return After Taxes on Distributions – Retail Class | 8.74% | 9.29% | 4.42% |
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares – Retail Class | 8.28% | 8.60% | 4.11% |
Morningstar Aggressive Target Risk Index (Reflects No Deduction For Fees, Expenses or Taxes)(1) | 21.95% | 11.61% | 6.50% |
The S&P 500 Index (Reflects No Deduction For Fees, Expenses or Taxes) | 21.83% | 15.79% | 8.50% |
Russell 2500 Index (Reflects No Deduction For Fees, Expenses or Taxes) | 16.81% | 14.33% | 9.22% |
Blended Index (Reflects No Deduction for Fees, Expenses or Taxes)(2) | 18.69% | 11.91% | 7.27% |
(1) | Effective April 30, 2018, the Fund’s primary benchmark was changed to the Morningstar Aggressive Target Risk Index. The Adviser believes this index is a more appropriate benchmark for the Fund. |
(2) | The Blended Index is comprised of 70% Russell 2500 Index, 25% MSCI ACWI ex USA Index, and 5% Bloomberg Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index. |
After-tax returns were calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs).
Survivor Fund
Retail Class Annual Total Return
For Calendar Years Ended December 31
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Best Quarter: | 2nd Quarter 2009 | 17.80% |
Worst Quarter: | 4th Quarter 2008 | -22.27% |
Performance Table
Average Annual Total Returns
For periods ended December 31, 2017
Inception Date – 2/29/2000 | One Year | Five Years | Ten Years |
Return Before Taxes – Retail Class | 21.20% | 12.85% | 5.90% |
Return After Taxes on Distributions – Retail Class | 17.82% | 10.02% | 4.52% |
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares – Retail Class | 13.13% | 9.30% | 4.23% |
Morningstar Aggressive Target Risk Index (Reflects No Deduction For Fees, Expenses or Taxes)(1) | 21.95% | 11.61% | 6.50% |
The S&P 500 Index (Reflects No Deduction For Fees, Expenses or Taxes) | 21.83% | 15.79% | 8.50% |
Blended Index (Reflects No Deduction for Fees, Expenses or Taxes)(2) | 22.19% | 12.85% | 6.71% |
(1) | Effective April 30, 2018, the Fund’s primary benchmark was changed to the Morningstar Aggressive Target Risk Index. The Adviser believes this index is a more appropriate benchmark for the Fund. |
(2) | The Blended Index is comprised of 70% Russell 2500 Index, 25% MSCI ACWI ex USA Index, and 5% Bloomberg Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index. |
After-tax returns are calculated using the highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rate and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on a shareholder’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. The after-tax returns are not relevant if you hold your Fund shares in tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts (“IRA”).
The Survivor Fund had better performance than the Target Fund over the one-year and five-year periods ended December 31, 2017. Over a longer term, the Survivor Fund outperformed the Target Fund over the ten-year period ended December 31, 2017 and since the inception of the Survivor Fund on February 29, 2000. The accounting survivor of the Reorganization will be the Survivor Fund. As such, the performance history of the Survivor Fund will continue after the closing of the Reorganization.
Management of the Funds
Adviser
Meeder Asset Management, Inc. serves as investment adviser to the Funds. The Adviser has been an investment adviser to individuals, pension and profit sharing plans, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations,
financial intermediaries, and other institutions since 1974. As of September 1, 2018, the Adviser and its affiliates managed, advised, and administered approximately $18 billion in assets. The Adviser has its principal offices at 6125 Memorial Drive, Dublin, OH 43017.
Pursuant to an investment advisory contract between the Adviser and the Trust, the Adviser manages both the investment operations of the Funds and the composition of their portfolios, including the purchase, retention, disposition and loan of securities. This investment advisory contract is subject to the supervision of the Funds’ Board and is executed in conformity with the stated objective and policies of the Funds. Under the contract, the Adviser is obligated to keep certain books and records of the Funds. The Adviser also administers the corporate affairs of the Funds, furnishes office facilities and provides ordinary clerical and bookkeeping services that are not being furnished by Huntington National Bank, the Funds’ custodian, or Mutual Funds Service Co., the Funds’ transfer and disbursing agent, fund accounting agent, and administrator. Mutual Funds Service Co. is an affiliate of the Adviser.
Pursuant to an advisory agreement between the Funds and the Adviser, the Adviser is entitled to receive, on a monthly basis, an annual advisory fee equal to the following percentage of the respective Fund’s average daily net assets.
Fund | Management Fee |
Meeder Aggressive Allocation Fund (Target Fund) | 0.75% |
Meeder Dynamic Allocation Fund (Survivor Fund) | 0.75% |
The Adviser has agreed to contractually reduce its management fee in an amount equal to 0.10% of the first $200,000,000 of average daily net assets of the Survivor Fund. The agreement is effective through April 30, 2019 and may not be terminated prior to that date without the consent of the Board of Trustees. This agreement will continue after the Reorganization and remain in place for the Survivor Fund.
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, the Adviser received a net advisory fee equal to 0.73% of Target Fund’s average daily net assets and 0.68% of Survivor Fund’s average daily net assets. A discussion regarding the basis for the Board of Trustees’ approval of the advisory fee is available in the Funds’ annual shareholder report dated December 31, 2017.
Portfolio Managers
The following portfolio managers, provide day to day management of each Fund’s portfolio holdings, and will continue to manage the Survivor Fund after the Reorganization.
Robert S. Meeder, Jr. Mr. Meeder brings over 33 years of investment industry experience to the Adviser. Mr. Meeder has been President of Adviser since 1991 and has been a member of the team managing the Funds since August 1988. In addition to his executive duties, Mr. Meeder is involved in the development of investment policy and client relationships for the Adviser.
Dale W. Smith, CFA. Mr. Smith is the Co-Chief Investment Officer and has been associated with the Adviser since March 2005. Mr. Smith brings 35 years of financial services experience to the Adviser, with previous positions as Senior Vice President, Financial Services at BISYS Fund Services from 1999 to 2004 and Senior Vice President, Fund Accounting at BISYS Fund Services from 1996 to 1999. Mr. Smith has been a member of the team managing the Funds since August 2005.
Clinton Brewer, CFA, CMT. Mr. Brewer is the Co-Chief Investment Officer and has been associated with the Adviser since June 2008. Mr. Brewer brings over 13 years of investment industry experience to the Adviser, with previous positions as a market research analyst with FTN Midwest Research Securities Corp. from 2004 to 2006, a research associate at McDonald Investments from 2006 to 2007 and as a research associate with FTN Midwest Securities Corp. from 2007 to 2008. Mr. Brewer has been a member of the team managing the Funds since June 2008.
David Turner, CFA. Mr. Turner is an Assistant Portfolio Manager and has been associated with the Adviser since April 2016. Mr. Turner brings over five years of investment industry experience to the Adviser, with previous experience as a research analyst at Harbor Capital Advisors and a quality assurance coordinator at The University of Chicago Center for Research in Security Prices. Mr. Turner has been a member of the team managing the Funds since January 2017.
Joseph Bell, CFA. Mr. Bell is an Assistant Portfolio Manager and has been associated with the Adviser since March 2018. Mr. Bell brings 13 years of investment industry experience to the Adviser, with previous experience as a Senior Market Strategist and a Senior Equity Analyst at Schaeffer’s Investment Research. Mr. Bell has been a member of the team managing the Funds since March 2018.
Other Service Providers
The Funds use the same service providers. Adviser Dealer Services, Inc., located at 6125 Memorial Drive, Dublin, Ohio 43017, serves as the principal underwriter and national distributor for the shares of each Fund. The Huntington National Bank, located at 7 Easton Oval, Columbus, Ohio 43219 serves as each Fund’s custodian. Mutual Funds Services Co., located at 6125 Memorial Drive, Dublin, Ohio 43017, serves as each Fund’s administrator, fund accountant, and transfer agent. Information about the Funds’ distributor, administrator and accounting agent, and custodian can be found in the Funds’ Statement of Additional Information under “Other Services”.
Following the Reorganization, the Funds’ current service providers will serve the Survivor Fund.
Purchase, Redemption and Pricing of Fund Shares
The procedures for the purchase, redemption and pricing of each of the Retail Class, Adviser Class, and Institutional Class shares of the Target Fund and the Survivor Fund are identical. Additional information about the purchase, redemption and pricing of the Fund’s shares can be found in each Fund’s prospectus.
Each Fund offers Retail Class, Adviser Class, and Institutional Class.
Retail Class Shares. Retail Class shares of each Fund are available for purchase by the general public and through financial intermediaries, such as brokerage firms, financial advisers, investment advisers, financial planners, banks, insurance companies, and retirement or employee benefit plan administrators that have entered into agreements with the Funds or their agents.
Adviser Class Shares. Adviser Class Shares are offered exclusively through financial intermediaries, such as brokerage firms, financial advisers, investment advisers, financial planners, banks, insurance companies and retirement or employee benefit plan administrators that have entered into agreements with the Funds or their agents. Financial intermediaries may impose eligibility requirements for customers interested in investing in the Funds, including investment minimum requirements, and may charge their customers transaction, investment advisory, or other fees. Adviser Class Shares do not bear 12b-1 Shareholder Distribution Fees, but are subject to a Shareholder Services Fee.
Institutional Class Shares. Institutional Class Shares are available for purchase by institutional investors and individuals who meet the minimum initial investment amount. Institutional Class Shares do not bear 12b-1 Shareholder Distribution Fees, but may be subject to a Shareholder Services Fee. The minimum investment requirement may also be waived for the following shareholders:
| ● | Employee benefit plans, retirement plans and non-qualified deferred compensation plans that have entered into agreements with the Funds or their agents. |
| ● | Financial intermediaries that purchase shares through omnibus accounts and have entered into agreements with the Funds or their agents to undertake certain shareholder services within the terms of the applicable Shareholder Services Plan. |
| ● | Separately managed accounts and portfolios managed by the Funds’ investment adviser or its affiliates. |
| ● | Investment advisory clients of the Funds’ investment adviser or its affiliates. |
| ● | Individuals and their immediate family members who are employees, directors or officers of the Adviser or its affiliates, or who serve upon or are affiliated with the Board of Trustees. |
The trade date for any purchase request received in good order will depend on the day and time the Trust receives your request, the manner in which you are paying, and the type of fund you are purchasing. Your order to purchase shares is priced at the next NAV calculated after your order is received in good order by the Trust; the Trust’s transfer agent, Mutual Funds Service Co.; or a financial intermediary. Only purchase orders received by the Trust or a financial intermediary in good order before 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time will be effective at that day’s NAV.
For purchases by check, if the purchase request is received by the Trust on a business day before the close of regular trading on the NYSE (generally 4:00 p.m. Noon Eastern Time), the trade date for the purchase will be the next business day. If the purchase request is received on a business day after the close of regular trading on the NYSE, the trade date for the purchase will be the second business day after the Trust receives the purchase request.
On occasion, the NYSE will close before 4:00 p.m. ET. When that happens, purchase requests received by the Fund or an authorized agent of the Fund after the NYSE closes will be effective the following business day.
You may redeem all or part of your investment in a Fund on any day that the Funds are open for business, subject to certain restrictions described below. You may request a redemption by mail, telephone or fax. IRA accounts are not redeemable by telephone; an IRA distribution form must be completed and sent to the Meeder Funds. Contact your financial intermediary or call 1-800-325-3539, or (614) 760-2159 to request an IRA distribution form. You may also download a form on our website at www.meederinvestment.com.
By Mail: You may redeem any part of your account by sending a written request to your financial intermediary, if applicable, or to the Trust. The redemption requests sent to the Trust must be initiated by an authorized trader on the account and contain the following information:
| ● | the dollar amount or number of shares you wish to redeem; |
| ● | the signature(s) of all registered account owners (refer to account application for signature requirements); and |
| ● | the Federal tax withholding election (for retirement accounts). |
The redemption request should be sent to:
Meeder Funds
P.O. Box 7177
Dublin, Ohio 43017
By Telephone: You may redeem shares by telephone by calling 1-800-325-3539, or (614) 760-2159. If you wish to use the telephone redemption procedure, you must select this feature on the New Account Application. Proceeds from telephone transactions will be mailed only to the names(s) and address of record and will only be executed if telephone redemptions are authorized on the account. Shareholders requesting Priority Mail or overnight delivery will be charged for this service. For your protection, telephone requests may be recorded in order to verify their accuracy. In addition, the transfer agent will employ reasonable measures to verify the identity of the caller, such as asking for name, account number, Social Security or other taxpayer ID number and other relevant information. If appropriate security measures are taken, the transfer agent is not responsible for any loss, damage, cost or expenses in acting on such telephone instructions. The Fund may terminate the telephone procedures at any time. During periods of extreme market activity it is possible that you may encounter some difficulty in reaching us by telephone. If you are unable to reach us by telephone, you may request a redemption by mail or leave a message and a client services representative will return your call promptly. Please do not leave trade instructions on voicemail as these requests will not be honored.
Medallion Signature Guarantee. A signature guarantee may be required when a request is received in writing to redeem shares. A Medallion Signature Guarantee helps protect you against fraud. If your account is held directly with the Funds and you submit your request to the Funds by mail, the Trust may require that your request be made in writing and include a signature guarantee in the following circumstances:
| ● | You request redemption of shares exceeding $100,000 in value; |
| ● | Your account address was changed within the last 30 days; |
| ● | Your bank account or wire instructions were changed within the last 30 days; |
| ● | You request payment of funds to an address other than the address of record; |
| ● | You request payment of funds to someone other than an account owner; |
| ● | You request transfer of cash or securities to an account with a different registration. |
You can obtain a Medallion Signature Guarantee from most banks, broker-dealers, credit unions or savings associations. A notary public cannot provide a signature guarantee. The three recognized medallion programs are Securities Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP), Stock Exchanges Medallion Program (SEMP) and New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Medallion Signature Program (MSP).
When Redemptions Are Effective. Redemption requests received by the Trust or an authorized financial intermediary before 4:00 p.m. ET (or before the NYSE closes if it closes before 4:00 p.m. ET.) will be effective that day. Redemption requests received by the Trust or an authorized financial intermediary after the close of trading on the NYSE are processed at the NAV determined on the following business day. The price you will receive when you redeem your shares will be the NAV next determined after the Trust receives your properly completed redemption request.
The proceeds may be more or less than the purchase price of your shares, depending on the market value of the Fund’s securities at the time your redemption request is received. A financial intermediary or fund may charge a transaction fee to redeem shares.
When Redemptions Are Made. You may receive redemption proceeds by check, ACH, or federal wire transfer. In the event that ACH is impossible or impractical, the redemption proceeds will be sent by mail to the designated account. Amounts withdrawn by mail normally are sent by U.S. mail within one business day after the request is received, and are mailed no later than seven days after receipt of the redemption request. Amounts withdrawn by telephone normally are mailed or wired on the next bank business day following the date of the redemption request. You may change the bank account designated to receive redemptions. This may be done at any time upon written request to the Trust.
ACH Requests. You may request funds to be sent via ACH. The Trust does not charge for this service. The Trust may hold proceeds for shares purchased by ACH up to three days and for shares purchased by check may be as long as ten business days until the purchase amount has been collected. In addition, if shares are purchased by check and there has been a recent address change on the account, the Trust’s transfer agent will not pay a redemption until reasonably satisfied the check used to purchase shares has been collected, which may take up to ten business days. To eliminate this delay, you may purchase shares of a Fund by certified check or wire.
As a special service, you may arrange to have amounts in excess of $3,000 wired in federal funds to a designated commercial bank account. To use this procedure, please designate on the New Account Application a bank and bank account number to receive the wired proceeds. The Fund reserves the right to charge $15 a wire at any time. The shareholder may also be charged a similar fee from the receiving bank.
Additional documentation may be required for redemptions by corporations, executors, administrators, trustees, guardians, or other fiduciaries.
If you hold shares in a Trust mutual fund account and your redemption check remains uncashed for more than one year, the check may be invested in additional shares of the Fund at the NAV next calculated on the day of the investment.
The Trust expects that it generally will take up to seven days following the receipt of your redemption request to pay out redemption proceeds by check or electronic transfer, except as noted above. The Trust expects to pay redemptions from cash, cash equivalents, proceeds from the sale of fund shares, and then from the sale of portfolio securities. These redemption payment methods will be used in regular and stressed market conditions.
Frequent Purchases and Redemption of Fund Shares
The Trust discourages short-term or excessive trading and will seek to restrict or reject such trading or take other action as the Adviser or the transfer agent determines to be appropriate, in accordance with policies adopted by the Trust’s Board. Depending on various factors, including the size of a Fund, the amount of assets the portfolio managers typically maintain in cash equivalents, and the dollar amount and frequency of trades, short-term or excessive trading may interfere with the efficient management of a Fund’s portfolio, increase a Fund’s transaction costs, administrative costs and taxes, and/or impact Fund performance. Short-term traders seeking to take advantage of possible delays between the change in the value of a Fund’s portfolio holdings and the reflection of the change in the Fund’s NAV, sometimes referred to as “arbitrage market timing,” may, under certain circumstances, dilute the value of Fund shares if redeeming shareholders receive proceeds (and buying shareholders receive shares) based upon net asset values which do not reflect appropriate fair value prices.
The Trust will seek to reduce the risk of short-term trading by selectively reviewing on a continuous basis recent trading activity in order to identify trading activity that may be contrary to this short-term trading policy. If the Trust believes, in its sole discretion, that an investor is engaged in excessive short-term trading or is otherwise engaged in market timing activity, the Trust may, with or without prior notice to the investor, reject further purchase orders from that investor, and disclaim responsibility for any consequent losses that the investor may incur. Alternatively, the Trust may limit the amount, number or frequency of any future purchases and/or the method by which an investor may request future purchases and redemptions, including purchases and/or redemptions by an exchange or transfer between the Funds and any other mutual fund. The Trust’s response to any particular market timing activity will depend on the facts and circumstances of each case, such as the extent and duration of the market timing activity and the investor’s trading history in the Funds. Although this method of reducing the risk of short-term trading involves judgments that are
inherently subjective and involve some selectivity in their application, the Trust seeks to make judgments and applications that are consistent with the interests of the Funds’ shareholders. While the Trust cannot guarantee the prevention of all excessive trading and market timing, by making these judgments the Trust believes it is acting in a manner that is in the best interests of shareholders. The Trust’s excessive trading policies generally do not apply to systematic purchases and redemptions.
Dividends, Distributions and Taxes
Any sale or exchange of a Fund’s shares may generate tax liability (unless you are a tax-exempt investor or your investment is in a qualified retirement account). When you redeem your shares you may realize a taxable gain or loss. This is measured by the difference between the proceeds of the sale and the tax basis for the shares you sold. (To aid in computing your tax basis, you generally should retain your account statements for the period that you hold shares in a Fund.)
Each Fund intends to distribute substantially all of its net investment income annually and net capital gains annually in December. Both distributions will be reinvested in shares of the Fund unless you elect to receive cash. Dividends from net investment income (including any excess of net short-term capital gain over net long-term capital loss) are taxable to investors as ordinary income, while distributions of net capital gain (the excess of net long-term capital gain over net short-term capital loss) are generally taxable as long-term capital gain, regardless of your holding period for the shares. Any dividends or capital gain distributions you receive from a Fund will normally be taxable to you when made, regardless of whether you reinvest dividends or capital gain distributions or receive them in cash. Certain dividends or distributions declared in October, November or December will be taxed to shareholders as if received in December if they are paid during the following January. Each year the Funds will inform you of the amount and type of your distributions. IRAs and other qualified retirement plans are exempt from federal income taxation until retirement proceeds are paid out to the participant.
Your redemptions, including exchanges, may result in a capital gain or loss for federal tax purposes. A capital gain or loss on your investment is the difference between the cost of your shares, including any sales charges, and the amount you receive when you sell them.
This summary is not intended to be and should not be construed to be legal or tax advice. You should consult your own tax advisors to determine the tax consequences of owning a Fund’s shares. The Statement of Additional Information also has more information regarding the tax status of the Funds.
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
The fiscal year end of each Fund is December 31. The unaudited consolidated financial highlights of the Target Fund and the Survivor Fund are included with this Combined Prospectus/Information Statement as Exhibit B.
The consolidated financial highlights of the Target Fund and the Survivor Fund are also contained in the Annual Report to shareholders of the Target Fund and Survivor Fund for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, which have been audited by Cohen & Company, Ltd., the Funds’ registered independent public accounting firm. The unaudited consolidated financial highlights of the Target Fund and the Survivor Fund are also contained in the Semi-Annual Report to shareholders of the Target Fund and Survivor Fund for the fiscal period ended June 30, 2018. The Annual Report and Semi-Annual Report have been previously sent to shareholders, and are available on request and without charge by writing to the Trust at 6125 Memorial Drive, Dublin, Ohio 43017, and, with respect to the Target Fund and Survivor Fund, are incorporated by reference into this Combined Prospectus/Information Statement.
INFORMATION RELATING TO THE REORGANIZATION
Description of the Reorganization
The following summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Plan of Reorganization found in Exhibit A.
The Plan of Reorganization provides that all of the assets and liabilities of the Target Fund will be transferred to the Survivor Fund in exchange for shares of the Survivor Fund. The shares of the Survivor Fund issued to the Target Fund will have an aggregate net asset value equal to the aggregate net asset value of the Target
Fund’s shares outstanding as of the close of trading on the NYSE on the Closing Date (as defined in Exhibit A) of the Reorganization (the “Valuation Time”). Upon receipt by the Target Fund of the shares of the Survivor Fund, the Target Fund will distribute Survivor Fund shares to its shareholders and will be terminated as a series of the Trust.
The distribution of the Survivor Fund shares to the Target Fund shareholders will be accomplished by opening new accounts on the books of the Survivor Fund in the names of the Target Fund shareholders and transferring to those shareholder accounts the shares of the Survivor Fund. Such newly-opened accounts on the books of Survivor Fund will represent the respective pro rata number of shares of the Survivor Fund that the Target Fund is to receive under the terms of the Plan of Reorganization. See “Terms of the Reorganization” below.
Accordingly, as a result of the Reorganization, each Target Fund shareholder will own shares of the Survivor Fund with an aggregate net asset value equal to the aggregate net asset value of the shares of the Target Fund that the shareholders owned immediately prior to the Reorganization.
No sales charge or fee of any kind will be assessed to the Target Fund shareholders in connection with their receipt of shares of the Survivor Fund in the Reorganization.
The Plan of Reorganization contains customary representations, warranties, and conditions. The Plan of Reorganization may be terminated with respect to the Reorganization if, on the Closing Date, any of the required conditions have not been met or if the representations and warranties are not true or, if at any time before the Effective Time, the Board or an authorized officer of the Trust determines the Reorganization is inadvisable. The Plan of Reorganization may be terminated or amended by the mutual consent of the parties.
Reasons for the Reorganization
The Board considered a number of factors prior to approving the Reorganization on behalf of the Target Fund, including the following:
| ● | the recommendations of Meeder Asset Management, Inc. with respect to the Reorganization; |
| ● | the potential efficiencies and economies of scale that are expected to result from the Reorganization; |
| ● | the benefits to shareholders of the Target Fund expected to result from the Reorganization; |
| ● | the fact that Meeder Asset Management, Inc. is bearing all of the expenses in connection with the Reorganization; |
| ● | the annual fund operating expenses and shareholder fees and services that Target Fund shareholders are expected to pay as shareholders of the Survivor Fund after the Reorganization; |
| ● | the fact that the Reorganization would constitute a tax-free reorganization; and |
| ● | the similarities in the investment objectives and principal investment strategies, policies and risks of the Target Fund and the Survivor Fund. |
The Board considered that, based on expenses of the Funds as of August 31, 2018, following the Reorganization, Target Fund shareholders would be shareholders in the Survivor Fund that is expected to have higher net assets and a lower total annual fund operating expense ratio. The Board considered that the Survivor Fund has better performance than the Target Fund for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended August 31, 2018. In addition, the Board considered that the Target Fund has not maintained viable scale and management’s belief that the Target Fund does not have sufficient growth prospects independent of the Survivor Fund.
The Board also considered the expected benefits to Meeder Asset Management, Inc., the investment adviser to the Funds. Meeder Asset Management, Inc. is expected to slightly reduce the level of its operational expenses for administrative, compliance and portfolio management services as the number of separate funds declines. To the extent that the Reorganization helps to streamline the fund families, encourage a more focused marketing and distribution effort, reduce investor confusion, produce better performance and generally make the Funds more
attractive investment vehicles to the investing public, Meeder Asset Management, Inc. may benefit from increased revenues attributable to an increase in assets.
Federal Income Taxes
The combination of the Target Fund and the Survivor Fund in the Reorganization is intended to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a separate tax-free reorganization under Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). If so, neither the Target Fund nor its shareholders will recognize gain or loss as a result of the Reorganization. The tax basis of the Survivor Fund shares received will be the same as the basis of the Target Fund shares exchanged and the holding period of the Survivor Fund shares received will include the holding period of the Target Fund shares exchanged, provided that the shares exchanged were held as capital assets at the time of the Reorganization. No tax ruling from the Internal Revenue Service regarding the Reorganization has been requested. Nevertheless, the sale of securities by the Target Fund prior to the Reorganization, whether in the ordinary course of business or in anticipation of the Reorganization, could result in taxable capital gains distribution prior to the Reorganization. Prior to the closing of the Reorganization, the Target Fund will pay to its shareholders a cash distribution consisting of any undistributed investment company taxable income and/or any undistributed realized net capital gains, including any net gains realized from any sales of assets prior to the closings. This distribution would be taxable to shareholders that are subject to tax. Shareholders should consult their own tax advisers concerning the potential tax consequences of the Reorganization to them, including foreign, state and local tax consequences.
At December 31, 2017, neither the Target Fund nor the Survivor Fund had any capital loss carryforwards.
Expenses of the Reorganization
The costs of the Reorganization will be borne by the Adviser.
Continuation of Shareholder Accounts and Plans; Share Certificates
Upon consummation of the Reorganization, the Survivor Fund will establish a position for each Target Fund shareholder on the books of the Survivor Fund containing the appropriate number of shares in the appropriate share class of the Survivor Fund to be received in the Reorganization. No certificates for shares of the Survivor Fund will be issued in connection with the Reorganization.
OTHER INFORMATION
Capitalization
The following tables set forth, as of June 30, 2018: (a) the unaudited capitalization of each Fund and (b) the unaudited pro forma combined capitalization of the Survivor Fund assuming the Reorganization has taken place. The capitalizations are likely to be different on the Closing Date as a result of daily Fund share purchase, redemption and market activity. No assurance can be given as to how many shares of the Survivor Fund will be received by Target Fund shareholders at the Closing Date, and the information should not be relied upon to reflect the number of shares of the Survivor Fund that actually will be received by Target Fund shareholders.
| | Total Net Assets | | | Shares | | | Net Asset Value Per Share | |
Target Fund Institutional Class | | $ | 17,450,214 | | | | 1,634,479 | | | $ | 10.68 | |
Survivor Fund Institutional Class | | $ | 93,510,029 | | | | 8,548,157 | | | $ | 10.94 | |
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Pro Forma Share Adjustment | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Institutional Class | | | | | | | (39,279 | ) | | | | |
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Pro Forma - Institutional Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Survivor Fund Institutional Class | | $ | 110,960,243 | | | | 10,143,357 | | | $ | 10.94 | |
| | Total Net Assets | | | Shares | | | Net Asset Value Per Share | |
Target Fund Adviser Class | | $ | 1,184,423 | | | | 111,134 | | | $ | 10.66 | |
Survivor Fund Adviser Class | | $ | 10,397,293 | | | | 949,382 | | | $ | 10.95 | |
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Pro Forma Share Adjustment | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Adviser Class | | | | | | | (2,984 | ) | | | | |
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Pro Forma - Adviser Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Survivor Fund Adviser Class | | $ | 11,581,716 | | | | 1,057,532 | | | $ | 10.95 | |
| | Total Net Assets | | | Shares | | | Net Asset Value Per Share | |
Target Fund Retail Class | | $ | 7,585,758 | | | | 712,718 | | | $ | 10.64 | |
Survivor Fund Retail Class | | $ | 38,229,512 | | | | 3,501,189 | | | $ | 10.92 | |
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Pro Forma Share Adjustment | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Retail Class | | | | | | | (17,988 | ) | | | | |
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Pro Forma - Retail Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Survivor Fund Retail Class | | $ | 45,815,270 | | | | 4,195,919 | | | $ | 10.92 | |
Shareholder Information.
As of September 14, 2018, the following persons owned of record 5% or more of a class of the Target Fund’s outstanding shares. A person owning of record, for the benefit of others, more than 25% of a class of the Fund’s outstanding shares may be deemed to control the class or Fund. A controlling shareholder can control the outcomes of proposals submitted to shareholders for approval:
Target Fund - Retail Owner of Record | Number of Shares | Percent of Outstanding Shares Owned |
Nationwide Trust Company, FSB | 123,702 | 18% |
Great-West Trust Company LLC FBO Employee Benefits Clients 401K | 46,227 | 7% |
Target Fund - Adviser Owner of Record | Number of Shares | Percent of Outstanding Shares Owned |
TD Ameritrade Inc. for the Exclusive Benefit of our Clients | 104,544 | 91% |
TD Ameritrade Trust Company | 10,361 | 9% |
Target Fund - Institutional Owner of Record | Number of Shares | Percent of Outstanding Shares Owned |
Nationwide Trust Company, FSB | 581,544 | 50% |
Carey & Company | 296,029 | 26% |
National Financial Services Corporation | 130,667 | 11% |
As of September 14, 2018, the following persons owned of record 5% or more of a class of the Survivor Fund’s outstanding shares. A person owning of record, for the benefit of others, more than 25% of a class of the Fund’s outstanding shares may be deemed to control the class or Fund. A controlling shareholder can control the outcomes of proposals submitted to shareholders for approval:
Survivor Fund - Retail Owner of Record | Number of Shares | Percent of Outstanding Shares Owned |
Nationwide Trust Company, FSB | 434,244 | 13% |
Survivor Fund - Adviser Owner of Record | Number of Shares | Percent of Outstanding Shares Owned |
TD Ameritrade Inc. for the Exclusive Benefit of our Clients | 862,805 | 89% |
TD Ameritrade Trust Company | 107,424 | 11% |
Survivor Fund - Institutional Owner of Record | Number of Shares | Percent of Outstanding Shares Owned |
Nationwide Trust Company, FSB. | 2,629,565 | 24% |
TD Ameritrade Inc. for the Exclusive Benefit of our Clients | 1,599,427 | 15% |
National Financial Services Corporation For Exclusive Bene Customers | 762,934 | 7% |
Matrix Trust Company Customer FBO | 760,535 | 7% |
Carey & Company | 621,564 | 6% |
Fund Shares Owned by Trustees as of December 31, 2017
Fund | Stuart Allen | Anthony D’Angelo | Jeffrey Provence | Robert S. Meeder, Jr |
Target Fund | Over $100,000 | $50,001 - $100,000 | None | Over $100,000 |
Survivor Fund | $10,001 - $50,000 | Over $100,000 | None | Over $100,000 |
Shareholder Rights and Obligations
Both the Target Fund and the Survivor Fund are series of the Trust, a common law trust organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Under the Trust’s declaration of trust, the Trust is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest, without par value, from an unlimited number of series of shares. The shares of each series of the Trust have no preference as to conversion, exchange, dividends, retirement or other features, and have no preemptive rights.
With respect to each Fund, shares have equal dividend, distribution, liquidation, and voting rights, and fractional shares have those rights proportionately.
When issued in accordance with the provisions of their respective prospectuses (and, in the case of shares of Survivor Fund, issued in the connection with the Reorganization), all shares are fully paid and non-assessable.
Shareholder Proposals
The Funds do not hold regular annual meetings of shareholders. As a general matter, the Survivor Fund does not intend to hold future regular annual or special meetings of its shareholders unless the election of directors is required by the 1940 Act. Any shareholder who wishes to submit a proposal for consideration at a meeting of shareholders of either Fund should send such proposal to 6125 Memorial Drive, Dublin, Ohio 43017. To be considered for presentation at a shareholders’ meeting, rules promulgated by the SEC require that, among other things, a shareholder’s proposal must be received at the offices of the Trust a reasonable time before a solicitation is made. Timely submission of a proposal does not necessarily mean that such proposal will be included.
EXHIBIT A
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION (“Agreement”) is made as of September 28, 2018, between and among MEEDER FUNDS, a Massachusetts business trust, with its principal place of business at 6125 Memorial Drive, Dublin, Ohio 43017 (the “Trust” ), on behalf of the Meeder Aggressive Allocation Fund, a series of the Trust (the “Transferring Fund”) and on behalf of the Meeder Dynamic Allocation Fund, a series of the Trust (the “Acquiring Fund”), and Meeder Asset Management, Inc., adviser to the Transferring Fund and the Acquiring Fund (“Adviser” and, collectively with the Trust, the Transferring Fund and Acquiring Fund, the “Parties”).
WHEREAS, the Transferring Fund and the Acquiring Fund are separate investment series of the Trust;
WHEREAS, the Transferring Fund owns securities that generally are assets of the character in which the Acquiring Fund is permitted to invest; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees of the Transferring Fund, including a majority of the Trustees of the Trust who are not “interested persons” as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), has determined that the reorganization is in the best interest of the Transferring Fund and that the interests of the existing shareholders of the Transferring Fund will not be diluted as a result of the reorganization.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the representations, warranties and agreements hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
TRANSFER OF ASSETS OF THE TRANSFERRING FUND IN EXCHANGE FOR
ACQUIRING FUND SHARES AND LIQUIDATION OF THE TRANSFERRING FUND
1.1 THE EXCHANGE. Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth and on the basis of the representations and warranties contained herein, the Transferring Fund agrees to transfer to the Acquiring Fund all of the Transferring Fund’s assets as set forth in paragraph 1.2. The Acquiring Fund agrees in exchange for the Transferring Fund’s assets to: (i) deliver to the Transferring Fund the number of Acquiring Fund shares (“Acquiring Fund Shares”), including fractional Acquiring Fund Shares, computed in the manner and as of the time and date set forth in paragraphs 2.2 and 2.3. Such transactions shall take place on the Closing Date provided for in paragraph 3.1, and (ii) assume all remaining liabilities of Transferring Fund as described in paragraph 1.3.
1.2 ASSETS TO BE ACQUIRED. The assets of the Transferring Fund to be acquired shall consist of all property, including, without limitation, all cash, securities, commodities, interests in futures and dividends or interest receivables, owned by the Transferring Fund and any deferred or prepaid expenses shown as an asset on the books of the Transferring Fund on the Closing Date (the “Assets”).
The Transferring Fund has provided the Acquiring Fund with its most recent audited or unaudited financial statements, which contain a list of all of the Assets as of the date thereof. The Transferring Fund hereby represents that as of the date of the execution of this Agreement there have been no material changes in its financial position as reflected in said financial statements other than those occurring in the ordinary course of its business in connection with the purchase and sale of securities and the payment of its normal operating expenses and the payment of distributions and redemption proceeds to shareholders. The Transferring Fund
reserves the right to sell any of such securities, but will not, without the prior written approval of the Acquiring Fund, acquire any additional securities other than securities of the type in which the Acquiring Fund is permitted to invest.
The Transferring Fund will, prior to the Closing Date, furnish the Acquiring Fund with a list of its portfolio securities and other investments. In the event that the Transferring Fund holds any investments that the Acquiring Fund may not hold, the Transferring Fund, if requested by the Acquiring Fund, will dispose of such securities prior to the closing date.
1.3 LIABILITIES TO BE ASSUMED. The Transferring Fund will, to the extent practicable, discharge all of its known liabilities and obligations prior to the Closing Date. The Acquiring Fund will assume all remaining Transferring Fund liabilities, whether absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise in existence on the Closing Date.
1.4 LIQUIDATION AND DISTRIBUTION. On or as soon after the Closing Date as is conveniently practicable, (i) the Transferring Fund will liquidate and distribute pro rata to the Transferring Fund’s shareholders (the “Transferring Fund Shareholders”) of record, determined as of the close of business on the New York Stock Exchange on the business day next preceding the Closing Date (such time and date being hereinafter called the “Valuation Date”), the Acquiring Fund Shares received by the Transferring Fund pursuant to paragraph 1.1; and (ii) the Transferring Fund will thereupon proceed to termination as set forth in paragraph 1.8 below. Such liquidation and distribution will be accomplished by the transfer of the Acquiring Fund Shares then credited to the account of the Transferring Fund on the books of the Acquiring Fund to open accounts on the share records of the Acquiring Fund in the names of the Transferring Fund Shareholders and representing the respective pro rata number of the Acquiring Fund Shares due such Transferring Fund Shareholders. All issued and outstanding interests of the Transferring Fund will simultaneously be canceled on the books of the Transferring Fund. The Acquiring Fund shall not issue certificates representing the Acquiring Fund Shares in connection with such exchange.
1.5 OWNERSHIP OF SHARES. Ownership of Acquiring Fund Shares will be shown on the books of the Acquiring Fund’s transfer agent. Shares of the Acquiring Fund will be issued in the manner described in the Declaration of Trust and By-Laws of the Trust.
Acquiring Fund Shares may be redeemed by Transferring Fund Shareholders at any time in accordance with the Acquiring Fund’s then current prospectus.
1.6 TRANSFER TAXES. Any transfer taxes payable upon issuance of the Acquiring Fund shares in a name other than the registered holder of the Transferring Fund shares on the books of the Transferring Fund as of that time, shall as a condition of such issuance and transfer, be paid by the person to whom the Acquiring Fund shares are to be issued and transferred. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any other transfer taxes payable upon the issuance of the Acquiring Fund shares shall be paid by the Adviser.
1.7 REPORTING RESPONSIBILITY. Any regulatory reporting responsibility of the Transferring Fund is and shall remain the responsibility of the Transferring Fund up to and including the Closing Date.
1.8 TERMINATION. The Transferring Fund shall take all necessary and appropriate steps under applicable law to make all distributions pursuant to paragraph 1.4 and terminate the Transferring Fund promptly following the Closing Date.
1.9 STATE FILINGS. Promptly following the Closing Date, the Transferring Fund shall make any filings with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts that may be required under state law to effect the termination of the
Transferring Fund, and shall file final tax returns with the State of Ohio and elsewhere to the extent required under applicable law.
ARTICLE II
VALUATION
2.1 VALUATION OF ASSETS. The value of the Assets shall be the value of such assets computed as of the close of business on the Valuation Date, using the valuation procedures set forth in the Acquiring Fund’s then current prospectus.
2.2 VALUATION OF SHARES. For purposes of the reorganization, the net asset value per share of the Acquiring Fund shall be determined on the Valuation Date based on the value of the Transferring Fund computed as of the close of business on the New York Stock Exchange on the Valuation Date divided by the number of outstanding shares.
2.3 SHARES TO BE ISSUED. The number of full and fractional shares to be issued by the Acquiring Fund in exchange for the net assets of the Transferring Fund shall be equal to the number of full and fractional shares of the Transferring Fund issued and outstanding on the Valuation Date
At the Closing Date (or as soon thereafter as is reasonably practicable), the Transferring Fund shall distribute the Acquiring Fund Shares it receives to its shareholders of record determined at the Closing Date, in proportion to their Transferring Fund Shares then held of record and in constructive exchange therefor, and will completely liquidate. That distribution shall be accomplished by the Trust’s transfer agent opening accounts on Acquiring Fund’s shareholder records in the names of the shareholders (except shareholders in whose names accounts thereon already exist) and transferring those Acquiring Fund Shares to those newly opened and existing accounts. Each shareholder’s newly opened or existing account shall be credited with the respective pro rata number of full and fractional Acquiring Fund Shares due that shareholder, by class (i.e., the account for each shareholder that holds Transferring Fund Institutional Class shares shall be credited with the respective pro rata number of Acquiring Fund Institutional Class shares due that shareholder, the account for each shareholder that holds Transferring Fund Adviser Class shares shall be credited with the respective pro rata number of Acquiring Fund Adviser Class Fund shares due that shareholder and the account for each shareholder that holds Transferring Fund Retail Class shares shall be credited with the respective pro rata number of Acquiring Fund Retail Class shares due that shareholder). The aggregate net asset value (the “NAV”) of Acquiring Fund shares to be so credited to each shareholder’s account shall equal the aggregate NAV of the transferring fund shares that shareholder owned at the Closing Date.
2.4 DETERMINATION OF VALUE. All computations of value shall be made in accordance with the Trust’s valuation procedures.
ARTICLE III
CLOSING AND CLOSING DATE
3.1 CLOSING DATE. The Parties shall make respective best efforts to close the reorganization (the “Closing”) on or before December 3, 2018 (the “Closing Date”), unless the parties agree in writing otherwise. All acts taking place at the Closing shall be deemed to take place simultaneously immediately prior to the opening of business on the Closing Date unless otherwise provided. The Closing shall be held as of 9:00 a.m. Eastern time at the offices of the Trust, or at such other time and/or place as the Parties may agree.
3.2 EFFECT OF SUSPENSION IN TRADING. In the event that on the Valuation Date (i) the New York Stock Exchange or another primary trading market for portfolio securities of the Transferring Fund shall be
closed to trading or trading thereon shall be restricted; or (ii) trading or the reporting of trading on said exchange or elsewhere shall be disrupted so that accurate appraisal of the value of the assets of the Transferring Fund is impracticable as mutually determined by the parties, the Valuation Date (and the Closing Date) shall be postponed until the first business day after the day when trading shall have fully resumed and reporting shall have been restored.
3.3 TRANSFERRING FUND CERTIFICATE. The Trust shall direct its transfer agent to deliver at Closing a certificate verifying the Transferring Fund’s shareholders’ names and addresses and the number and percentage ownership of outstanding interests owned by each such shareholder immediately prior to the Closing Date. The Acquiring Fund shall issue and deliver, or cause its transfer agent, to issue and deliver, to the Trust a confirmation evidencing the Acquiring Fund Shares to be credited on the Closing Date or provide evidence satisfactory to the Trust that such Acquiring Fund Shares have been credited to the Transferring Fund’s account on the books of the Acquiring Fund. At the Closing, each Party shall deliver to the other such bills of sale, checks, assignments, share certificates, if any, receipts and other documents as such other party or its counsel may reasonably request.
3.4 CUSTODIAN’S CERTIFICATE. The Trust shall direct the custodian of the Transferring Fund’s assets to deliver at the Closing a certificate of an authorized officer stating and verifying that: (i) the Transferring Fund’s portfolio securities, cash, and any other assets have been delivered in proper form to the Acquiring Fund on the Closing Date; and (ii) all necessary taxes applicable to the Transferring Fund from its operations, including all applicable federal and state stock transfer stamps, if any, have been paid, or provision for payment shall have been made, in conjunction with the delivery of portfolio securities by the Transferring Fund.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
4.1 TRUST’S REPRESENTATIONS ON BEHALF OF THE TRANSFERRING FUND. The Trust represents and warrants as follows:
(a) The Trust is a business trust that is duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and its Declaration of Trust is on file with the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Trust is duly registered under 1940 Act as an open-end investment company, and has the power to own all its properties and assets and to carry on its business as described in its current registration statement.
(b) The Transferring Fund is a duly established and designated series of the Trust.
(c) The execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement have been duly authorized at the date hereof by all necessary action on the part of the Trust’s Board of Trustee’s (the “Board”). This Agreement constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of the Trust, with respect to the Transferring Fund, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, receivership, moratorium, and other law affecting the rights and remedies of creditors generally and general principles of equity.
(d) The current prospectus and statement of additional information of the Transferring Fund do not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Furthermore, the Transferring Fund’s current prospectus and statement of additional information conform in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “1933 Act”) and the 1940 Act.
(e) The Trust, with respect to the Transferring Fund is not, and the execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement will not result, in a conflict with or material violation of any provision of Massachusetts law, the Trust’s Declaration of Trust, or By-Laws, or any material agreement, indenture, instrument, contract, lease, or other undertaking to which the Transferring Fund is a party or by which it is bound. The reorganization is not the result of any solicitation by a promoter, broker, or investment firm.
(f) The Transferring Fund has no material contracts or other commitments (other than this Agreement) that will be terminated with liability to the Transferring Fund prior to the Closing Date, except for liabilities, if any, to be discharged as provided in paragraph 1.3 hereof.
(g) No litigation, administrative proceeding, or investigation of or before any court or governmental body is presently pending or to the Trust’s knowledge, threatened against the Trust, on behalf of the Transferring Fund or any of its properties or assets, which, if adversely determined, would materially and adversely affect its financial condition, the conduct of its business, or the ability of the Transferring Fund to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Trust, on the behalf of the Transferring Fund, knows of no facts that reasonably form the basis for the institution of such proceedings and is not a party to or subject to the provisions of any order, decree, or judgment of any court or governmental body that materially and adversely affects its business or its ability to consummate the transactions herein contemplated. The Transferring Fund is not under the jurisdiction of a court in a Title 11 of the United States Code or similar case.
(h) The Transferring Fund shall transfer all Assets (other than Assets sufficient to pay the Transferring Fund’s accrued expenses and Assets the Acquiring Fund may not acquire). Transferring Fund is not aware of any Transferring Fund liabilities other than those previously disclosed to Acquiring Fund in writing. Expenses incurred as a result of the reorganization by the Transferring Fund and/or Acquiring Fund will be paid by the Adviser.
(i) Prior to the Closing, the Trust will notify each shareholder of the Transferring Fund of the plan to reorganize the Transferring Fund into the Acquiring Fund.
(j) At the Closing Date, all federal and other tax returns and reports of the Transferring Fund required by law to have been filed by such date shall have been filed, and all federal and other taxes shown due on said returns and reports shall have been paid, or provision shall have been made for the payment thereof. To the best of the Transferring Fund’s knowledge, no such return is currently under audit, and no assessment has been asserted with respect to such returns.
(k) All of the issued and outstanding interests of the Transferring Fund will, at the time of the Closing Date, be held by the persons and in the amounts set forth in the records of the Transferring Fund’s transfer agent as provided in paragraph 3.3. The Transferring Fund does not have outstanding any options, warrants, or other rights to subscribe for or purchase any of the Transferring Fund interests, nor is there outstanding any security convertible into any of the Transferring Fund interests.
(l) At the Closing Date, the Transferring Fund or its nominee will have good title to the Assets and full right, power, and authority to sell, assign, transfer, and deliver such assets hereunder, and, upon delivery and payment for such assets, the Acquiring Fund will acquire good title thereto, subject to no restrictions on the full transfer thereof, including such restrictions as might arise under the 1933 Act, other than as disclosed to the Acquiring Fund and accepted by the Acquiring Fund. At the Closing Date, the adjusted basis and fair market value of the Assets will be equal to or exceed the sum of all liabilities to be assumed by the Acquiring Fund plus any liabilities to which the Assets are subject. The Transferring Fund liabilities to be assumed by Acquiring Fund were incurred in the ordinary course of business and are associated with the Assets.
(m) The information furnished by the Transferring Fund for use in the registration statement and other documents that were required to be furnished in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby is accurate and complete in all material respects in light of the circumstances under which it was made.
(n) The Assets transferred by the Transferring Fund to the Acquiring Fund constitute a diversified portfolio of assets within the meaning Treasury Regulation section 1.351-1(c)(6)(i).
(o) Since the Transferring Fund’s inception, substantially all of its assets have consisted of cash; corporate stock; exchange traded funds; notes, bonds, debentures and other evidences of indebtedness; interest rate, currency, or equity notional principal contracts; foreign currencies; and interests in or derivative financial instruments (including options, forward or futures contracts, short positions and similar financial instruments) in any of the foregoing types of assets or in any commodity traded on or subject to the rules of a board of trade or commodity exchange; or any combination of any of the foregoing.
4.2 REPRESENTATIONS OF THE TRUST ON BEHALF OF THE ACQUIRING FUND. The Trust represents and warrants as follows:
(a) The Trust is a business trust that is duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and its Declaration of Trust is on file with the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Trust is duly registered under the 1940 Act as an open-end investment company, and has the power to own all its properties and assets and to carry on its business as described in the current registration statement.
(b) The Acquiring Fund is a duly established and designated series of the Trust.
(c) The execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement have been duly authorized at the date hereof by all necessary action on the part of the Trust’s Board. This Agreement constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of the Trust, with respect to the Transferring Fund, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, receivership, moratorium, and other law affecting the rights and remedies of the creditors generally and general principles of equity.
(d) The prospectus and statement of additional information, as of the Closing Date, of the Acquiring Fund conform in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1940 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and do not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(e) The Trust, with respect to the Acquiring Fund is not, and the execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement will not result, in a conflict with or material violation of any provision of Massachusetts law. The Trust’s Declaration of Trust, or By-Laws, or any material agreement, indenture, instrument, contract, lease, or other undertaking to which the Transferring Fund is a party or by which it is bound. The reorganization is not the result of the solicitation by a promoter, broker, or investment firm.
(f) Except as otherwise disclosed in writing to the Transferring Fund and accepted by the Transferring Fund, no litigation, administrative proceeding or investigation of or before any court or governmental body is presently pending or to its knowledge threatened against the Acquiring Fund or any of its properties or assets, which, if adversely determined, would materially and adversely affect its financial condition and the conduct of its business or the ability of the Acquiring Fund to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Trust, on behalf of the Acquiring Fund, knows of no facts that reasonably form the basis for the institution of such proceedings and is not a party to or subject to the provisions
of any order, decree, or judgment of any court or governmental body that materially and adversely affects its business or its ability to consummate the transactions contemplated herein.
(g) The Acquiring Fund Shares to be issued and delivered to the Transferring Fund, for the account of the Transferring Fund shareholders, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement will, at the Closing Date, have been duly authorized and, when so issued and delivered, will be duly and validly issued Acquiring Fund Shares, and will be fully paid and non assessable.
(h) Immediately, after the Closing Date, the Acquiring Fund will not be under the jurisdiction of a court in a Title 11 of the United States Code or similar case.
(i) The Acquiring Fund has no plan or intention to dispose of the Assets other than in the ordinary course of business operations.
(j) There is no plan or intention on the part of the Acquiring Fund to redeem or otherwise reacquire any Acquiring Fund Shares to be issued in the reorganization, other than in the ordinary course of business operations as an open-end registered investment company under the 1940 Act.
4.3 REPRESENTATIONS OF THE ADVISER. The Adviser represents and warrants to the Trust as follows:
(a) The Adviser is the investment adviser to both the Transferring Fund and Acquiring Fund and has served as the investment adviser to each since its inception.
(b) The investment policies, objectives, guidelines and restrictions of the Transferring Fund are in all material respects equivalent to those of the Acquiring Fund, and the Adviser will manage the Acquiring Fund in a manner that is in all material respects identical to the manner in which the Transferring Fund has been managed.
ARTICLE V
COVENANTS OF THE ACQUIRING FUND AND THE TRANSFERRING FUND
5.1 OPERATION IN ORDINARY COURSE. The Transferring Fund will operate its business in the ordinary course between the date hereof and the Closing Date, it being understood that such ordinary course of business will include distribution of customary distributions, and redemptions.
5.2 ACTIONS BY THE TRUST. The Trust covenants to prepare and file form N-14 in compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws.
5.3 INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION. The Transferring Fund covenants that the Acquiring Fund Shares to be issued hereunder are not being acquired for the purpose of making any distribution thereof other than in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
5.4 FURTHER ACTION. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the Trust will take, or cause to be taken, all action, and do or cause to be done, all things reasonably necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including any actions required to be taken after the Closing Date.
ARTICLE VI
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
Both Fund’s obligations hereunder shall be subject to (i) performance by the other Fund of all its obligations to be performed hereunder at or before the Closing Date, (ii) all representations and warranties on behalf of the other Fund contained herein being true and correct in all material respects at the date hereof and, except as they may be affected by the transactions contemplated hereby, at the Closing Date, with the same force and effect as if made at that time, and (iii) the following further conditions that, at or before that time:
6.1 All representations and warranties of the Trust contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect as if made on and as of the Closing Date, and the Acquiring Fund shall have delivered to the Transferring Fund a certificate executed in its name by Trust’s President, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Transferring Fund and dated as of the Closing Date, to such effect and as to such other matters as the Transferring Fund shall reasonably request.
6.2 This Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been duly adopted and approved by the Trust’s Board, on behalf of each Fund.
6.3 All necessary filings shall have been made with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) and state securities authorities, and no order or directive shall have been received that any other or further action is required to permit Trust to carry out the transactions contemplated hereby. The N-14 shall have become effective under the 1933 Act, no stop orders suspending the effectiveness thereof shall have been issued, and, to Trust’s best knowledge, no investigation or proceeding for that purpose shall have been instituted or be pending, threatened, or contemplated under the 1933 Act or the 1940 Act. The Commission shall not have issued an unfavorable report with respect to the reorganization under section 25(b) of the 1940 Act nor instituted any proceedings seeking to enjoin consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby under section 25(c) of the 1940 Act. All consents, orders, and permits of federal, state, and local regulatory authorities (including the Commission and state securities authorities) that the Trust deems necessary to permit consummation, in all material respects, of the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been obtained, except where failure to obtain same would not involve a risk of a material adverse effect on either Fund’s assets or properties
6.4 At the Closing Date, no action, suit, or other proceeding shall be pending (or, to Trust’s best knowledge, threatened to be commenced) before any court, governmental agency, or arbitrator in which it is sought to enjoin the performance of, restrain, prohibit, affect the enforceability of, or obtain damages or other relief in connection with, the transactions contemplated hereby.
6.5 At any time before the Closing Date, Trust may waive any of the foregoing conditions if, in the judgment of the Board, that waiver will not have a material adverse effect on the applicable Fund’s shareholders’ interests
ARTICLE VII
EXPENSES
7.1 Adviser shall bear the entirety of the total reorganization expenses. The reorganization expenses include (i) costs associated with obtaining any necessary order of exemption from the 1940 Act, preparing and filing the Acquiring Fund’s prospectus supplements and the N-14, and printing and distributing the Transferring Fund’s prospectus and information statement, (ii) legal and accounting fees, (iii) transfer taxes for foreign securities and (iv) any and all incremental Blue Sky fees.
ARTICLE VIII
ENTIRE AGREEMENT; SURVIVAL OF WARRANTIES
8.1 The Trust, on behalf of the Transferring Fund and Acquiring Fund, has not made any representation, warranty, or covenant not set forth herein, and this Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the Trust.
8.2 The representations, warranties, and covenants contained in this Agreement or in any document delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall survive the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder.
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION
9.1 This Agreement may be terminated at any time at or before the Closing Date with respect to the applicable reorganization by resolution of the Board, on behalf either of the Transferring Fund or the Acquiring Fund, if circumstances develop that in the opinion of the Board make proceeding with the Agreement inadvisable with respect to the Transferring or Acquiring Fund. Any such termination resolution will be effective when made.
ARTICLE X
HEADINGS; COUNTERPARTS; GOVERNING LAW; ASSIGNMENT;
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
10.1 The Article and paragraph headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
10.2 This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original.
10.3 Except as it relates to Trust interpretation and governance matters, this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Ohio, without giving effect to the conflicts of laws provisions thereof.
10.4 This Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, but no assignment or transfer hereof or of any rights or obligations hereunder shall be made by any party without the written consent of the other party. Nothing herein expressed or implied is intended or shall be construed to confer upon or give any person, firm, or corporation, other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns, any rights or remedies under or by reason of this Agreement.
10.5 With respect to the Transferring Fund and the Trust, the names used herein refer respectively to the Transferring Fund and Trust created and, as the case may be, the President and Trustees, as President and Trustees but not individually or personally, to the extent permitted under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, acting from time to time under organizational documents of the Trust filed in Massachusetts respectively, which are hereby referred to and are also on file at the principal offices of the Transferring Fund and Trust. The obligations of each of the Trust, Transferring Fund and Acquiring Fund entered into in the name or on behalf thereof by any of its Trustees, representatives or agents, are made not individually, but in such
capacities, and are not binding upon any of the Trustees, shareholders or shareholders or representatives of that respective Transferring Fund, Acquiring Fund or Trust personally, but bind only the trust property, and all persons dealing with the Transferring Fund and the Acquiring Fund must look solely to property belonging to the Transferring Fund and the Acquiring Fund for the enforcement of any claims against the Transferring Fund and the Acquiring Fund, respectively, to the extent permitted under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Agreement, all as of the date first written above.
| MEEDER FUNDS | |
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| By: | /s/ Robert S. Meeder, Jr. | |
| Name: | Robert S. Meeder, Jr. | |
| Title: | President and Trustee | |
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| MEEDER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. | |
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| By: | /s/ Adam Ness | |
| Name: | Adam Ness | |
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |
Exhibit B
Meeder Aggressive Allocation Fund
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
The financial highlights table is intended to help you understand the Fund’s financial performance for the period of the Fund’s operations. Certain information reflects financial results for a single Fund share. The total returns in the table represent the rate that an investor would have earned (or lost) on an investment in the Fund (assuming reinvestment of all consolidated dividends and distributions). Except for the information for the six months ended June 30, 2018, which is unaudited, the information for the Fund has been derived from the financial statements audited by Cohen & Company, Ltd., whose report, along with the Fund’s financial statements, are included in the Fund’s December 31, 2017 annual report, which is available upon request.
Financial Highlights
For a Share Outstanding Through the Six Months Ended June 30, 2018 (unaudited) and
Each Fiscal Period Ended December 31,
| | | | | | Income from Investment Operations | | | Less Distributions | |
| | | Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | | | Net Investment Income (Loss) (5) | | | Net gains (losses) on securities and futures (both realized and unrealized) | | | Total from Investment Operations | | | From Net Investment Income | | | From Net Capital Gains | | | From Return of Capital | | | Total Distributions | |
Aggressive Allocation Fund - Institutional Class (1)(2)(3)(4) |
2018 | | | $ | 10.46 | | | | 0.03 | | | | 0.19 | | | | 0.22 | | | | 0.00 | | | | 0.00 | | | | 0.00 | | | | 0.00 | |
2017 | | | $ | 10.35 | | | | 0.10 | | | | 1.29 | | | | 1.39 | | | | (0.08 | ) | | | (1.20 | ) | | | 0.00 | | | | (1.28 | ) |
2016 (6) | | | $ | 9.53 | | | | 0.01 | | | | 0.82 | | | | 0.83 | | | | (0.01 | ) | | | 0.00 | | | | 0.00 | | | | (0.01 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | Ratios/Supplemental Data | |
| | | Net Asset Value, End of Period | | | Total Return (Assumes Reinvestment of Distributions) | | | Net Assets, End of Period ($000) | | | Ratio of Net Investment Income (Loss) to Average Net Assets | | | Ratio of Net Expenses to Average Net Assets | | | Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets after Reductions, Excluding | | | Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets Before Reductions or Recoupment | | | Portfolio Turnover Rate | |
Aggressive Allocation Fund - Institutional Class (1)(2)(3)(4) |
2018 | | | $ | 10.68 | | | | 2.10 | % | | $ | 17,450 | | | | 0.63 | % | | | 1.33 | % | | | 1.53 | % | | | 1.53 | % | | | 119 | % |
2017 | | | $ | 10.46 | | | | 13.52 | % | | $ | 21,139 | | | | 0.90 | % | | | 0.94 | % | | | 1.21 | % | | | 1.35 | % | | | 253 | % |
2016 (6) | | | $ | 10.35 | | | | 8.73 | % | | $ | 345 | | | | 0.83 | % | | | 0.93 | % | | | 1.25 | % | | | 1.25 | % | | | 361 | % |
| 1 | Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets, ratio of net expenses to average net assets, ratio of expenses to average net assets after reductions, excluding commissions recaptured and fees received from custodian, and ratio of expenses to average net assets before reductions or recoupment of fees do not include impact of expenses of the underlying security holdings as represented in the schedule of investments. |
| 2 | Recognition of net investment income by the Fund is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying investment companies in which the Fund invests. |
| 3 | Total return and portfolio turnover rate are not annualized for periods of less than one full year. |
| 4 | Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets, ratio of net expenses to average net assets, ratio of expenses to average net assets after reductions, excluding commissions recaptured and fees received from custodian, and ratio of expenses to average net assets before reductions or recoupment of fees are annualized for periods of less than one full year. Total return is not annualized. |
5 | Net investment income per share is based on average shares outstanding during the period. |
6 | Commenced operations on October 31, 2016. |
Meeder Aggressive Allocation Fund
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
The financial highlights table is intended to help you understand the Fund’s financial performance for the period of the Fund’s operations. Certain information reflects financial results for a single Fund share. The total returns in the table represent the rate that an investor would have earned (or lost) on an investment in the Fund (assuming reinvestment of all consolidated dividends and distributions). Except for the information for the six months ended June 30, 2018, which is unaudited, the information for the Fund has been derived from the financial statements audited by Cohen & Company, Ltd., whose report, along with the Fund’s financial statements, are included in the Fund’s December 31, 2017 annual report, which is available upon request.
Financial Highlights
For a Share Outstanding Through the Six Months Ended June 30, 2018 (unaudited) and
Each Fiscal Period Ended December 31,
| | | | | | Income from Investment Operations | | | Less Distributions | |
| | | Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | | | Net Investment Income (Loss) (5) | | | Net gains (losses) on securities and futures (both realized and unrealized) | | | Total from Investment Operations | | | From Net Investment Income | | | From Net Capital Gains | | | From Return of Capital | | | Total Distributions | |
Aggressive Allocation Fund - Adviser Class (1)(2)(3)(4) |
2018 | | | $ | 10.45 | | | | 0.02 | | | | 0.19 | | | | 0.21 | | | | 0.00 | | | | 0.00 | | | | 0.00 | | | | 0.00 | |
2017 | | | $ | 10.35 | | | | 0.07 | | | | 1.29 | | | | 1.36 | | | | (0.06 | ) | | | (1.20 | ) | | | 0.00 | | | | (1.26 | ) |
2016 (6) | | | $ | 9.53 | | | | 0.01 | | | | 0.82 | | | | 0.83 | | | | (0.01 | ) | | | 0.00 | | | | 0.00 | | | | (0.01 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | Ratios/Supplemental Data | |
| | | Net Asset Value, End of Period | | | Total Return (Assumes Reinvestment of Distributions) | | | Net Assets, End of Period ($000) | | | Ratio of Net Investment Income (Loss) to Average Net Assets | | | Ratio of Net Expenses to Average Net Assets | | | Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets after Reductions, Excluding | | | Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets Before Reductions or Recoupment | | | Portfolio Turnover Rate | |
Aggressive Allocation Fund - Adviser Class (1)(2)(3)(4) |
2018 | | | $ | 10.66 | | | | 2.01 | % | | $ | 1,184 | | | | 0.40 | % | | | 1.58 | % | | | 1.77 | % | | | 1.77 | % | | | 119 | % |
2017 | | | $ | 10.45 | | | | 13.22 | % | | $ | 1,431 | | | | 0.65 | % | | | 1.24 | % | | | 1.45 | % | | | 1.59 | % | | | 253 | % |
2016 (6) | | | $ | 10.35 | | | | 8.75 | % | | $ | 19 | | | | 0.85 | % | | | 0.91 | % | | | 1.24 | % | | | 1.24 | % | | | 361 | % |
| 1 | Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets, ratio of net expenses to average net assets, ratio of expenses to average net assets after reductions, excluding commissions recaptured and fees received from custodian, and ratio of expenses to average net assets before reductions or recoupment of fees do not include impact of expenses of the underlying security holdings as represented in the schedule of investments. |
| 2 | Recognition of net investment income by the Fund is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying investment companies in which the Fund invests. |
| 3 | Total return and portfolio turnover rate are not annualized for periods of less than one full year. |
| 4 | Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets, ratio of net expenses to average net assets, ratio of expenses to average net assets after reductions, excluding commissions recaptured and fees received from custodian, and ratio of expenses to average net assets before reductions or recoupment of fees are annualized for periods of less than one full year. Total return is not annualized. |
5 | Net investment income per share is based on average shares outstanding during the period. |
6 | Commenced operations on October 31, 2016. |
Meeder Aggressive Allocation Fund
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
The financial highlights table is intended to help you understand the Fund’s financial performance for the period of the Fund’s operations. Certain information reflects financial results for a single Fund share. The total returns in the table represent the rate that an investor would have earned (or lost) on an investment in the Fund (assuming reinvestment of all consolidated dividends and distributions). Except for the information for the six months ended June 30, 2018, which is unaudited, the information for the Fund has been derived from the financial statements audited by Cohen & Company, Ltd., whose report, along with the Fund’s financial statements, are included in the Fund’s December 31, 2017 annual report, which is available upon request.
Financial Highlights
For a Share Outstanding Through the Six Months Ended June 30, 2018 (unaudited) and
Each Fiscal Period Ended December 31,
| | | | | | Income from Investment Operations | | | Less Distributions | |
| | | Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | | | Net Investment Income (Loss) (5) | | | Net gains (losses) on securities and futures (both realized and unrealized) | | | Total from Investment Operations | | | From Net Investment Income | | | From Net Capital Gains | | | From Return of Capital | | | Total Distributions | |
Aggressive Allocation Fund - Retail Class (1)(2)(3)(4) |
2018 | | | $ | 10.45 | | | | 0.01 | | | | 0.18 | | | | 0.19 | | | | 0.00 | | | | 0.00 | | | | 0.00 | | | | 0.00 | |
2017 | | | $ | 10.34 | | | | 0.02 | | | | 1.31 | | | | 1.33 | | | | (0.02 | ) | | | (1.20 | ) | | | 0.00 | | | | (1.22 | ) |
2016 | | | $ | 9.64 | | | | 0.07 | | | | 0.72 | | | | 0.79 | | | | (0.09 | ) | | | 0.00 | | | | 0.00 | | | | (0.09 | ) |
2015 | | | $ | 10.47 | | | | 0.03 | | | | (0.48 | ) | | | (0.45 | ) | | | (0.03 | ) | | | (0.35 | ) | | | 0.00 | | | | (0.38 | ) |
2014 | | | $ | 10.91 | | | | 0.00 | | | | 1.43 | | | | 1.43 | | | | (0.08 | ) | | | (1.79 | ) | | | 0.00 | | | | (1.87 | ) |
2013 | | | $ | 8.44 | | | | (0.00 | )* | | 2.56 | | | | 2.56 | | | | 0.00 | | | | (0.09 | ) | | | 0.00 | | | | (0.09 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | Ratios/Supplemental Data | |
| | | Net Asset Value, End of Period | | | Total Return (Assumes Reinvestment of Distributions) | | | Net Assets, End of Period ($000) | | | Ratio of Net Investment Income (Loss) to Average Net Assets | | | Ratio of Net Expenses to Average Net Assets | | | Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets after Reductions, Excluding | | | Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets Before Reductions or Recoupment | | | Portfolio Turnover Rate | |
Aggressive Allocation Fund - Retail Class (1)(2)(3)(4) |
2018 | | | $ | 10.64 | | | | 1.82 | % | | $ | 7,586 | | | | 0.13 | % | | | 1.73 | % | | | 1.95 | % | | | 1.95 | % | | | 119 | % |
2017 | | | $ | 10.45 | | | | 12.91 | % | | $ | 18,732 | | | | 0.22 | % | | | 1.50 | % | | | 1.74 | % | | | 1.76 | % | | | 253 | % |
2016 | | | $ | 10.34 | | | | 8.26 | % | | $ | 45,718 | | | | 0.77 | % | | | 1.16 | % | | | 1.60 | % | | | 1.63 | % | | | 361 | % |
2015 | | | $ | 9.64 | | | | (4.35 | %) | | $ | 78,211 | | | | 0.24 | % | | | 1.18 | % | | | 1.56 | % | | | 1.58 | % | | | 283 | % |
2014 | | | $ | 10.47 | | | | 13.49 | % | | $ | 84,847 | | | | 0.00 | % | | | 1.33 | % | | | 1.59 | % | | | 1.60 | % | | | 239 | % |
2013 | | | $ | 10.91 | | | | 30.40 | % | | $ | 64,608 | | | | (0.03 | %) | | | 1.35 | % | | | 1.57 | % | | | 1.65 | % | | | 272 | % |
| 1 | Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets, ratio of net expenses to average net assets, ratio of expenses to average net assets after reductions, excluding commissions recaptured and fees received from custodian, and ratio of expenses to average net assets before reductions or recoupment of fees do not include impact of expenses of the underlying security holdings as represented in the schedule of investments. |
| 2 | Recognition of net investment income by the Fund is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying investment companies in which the Fund invests. |
| 3 | Total return and portfolio turnover rate are not annualized for periods of less than one full year. |
| 4 | Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets, ratio of net expenses to average net assets, ratio of expenses to average net assets after reductions, excluding commissions recaptured and fees received from custodian, and ratio of expenses to average net assets before reductions or recoupment of fees are annualized for periods of less than one full year. Total return is not annualized. |
5 | Net investment income per share is based on average shares outstanding during the period. |
* | Actual amounts were less than one-half of a cent per share. |
Meeder Dynamic Allocation Fund
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
The financial highlights table is intended to help you understand the Fund’s financial performance for the period of the Fund’s operations. Certain information reflects financial results for a single Fund share. The total returns in the table represent the rate that an investor would have earned (or lost) on an investment in the Fund (assuming reinvestment of all consolidated dividends and distributions). Except for the information for the six months ended June 30, 2018, which is unaudited, the information for the Fund has been derived from the financial statements audited by Cohen & Company, Ltd., whose report, along with the Fund’s financial statements, are included in the Fund’s December 31, 2017 annual report, which is available upon request.
Financial Highlights
For a Share Outstanding Through the Six Months Ended June 30, 2018 (unaudited) and
Each Fiscal Period Ended December 31,
| | | | | | Income from Investment Operations | | | Less Distributions | |
| | | Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | | | Net Investment Income (Loss) (5) | | | Net gains (losses) on securities and futures (both realized and unrealized) | | | Total from Investment Operations | | | From Net Investment Income | | | From Net Capital Gains | | | From Return of Capital | | | Total Distributions | |
Dynamic Allocation Fund - Institutional Class (1)(2)(3)(4) |
2018 | | | $ | 10.86 | | | | 0.06 | | | | 0.06 | | | | 0.12 | | | | (0.04 | ) | | | 0.00 | | | | 0.00 | | | | (0.04 | ) |
2017 | | | $ | 9.72 | | | | 0.12 | | | | 1.97 | | | | 2.09 | | | | (0.10 | ) | | | (0.85 | ) | | | 0.00 | | | | (0.95 | ) |
2016 (6) | | | $ | 9.34 | | | | 0.02 | | | | 0.43 | | | | 0.45 | | | | (0.02 | ) | | | (0.05 | ) | | | 0.00 | | | | (0.07 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | Ratios/Supplemental Data | |
| | | Net Asset Value, End of Period | | | Total Return (Assumes Reinvestment of Distributions) | | | Net Assets, End of Period ($000) | | | Ratio of Net Investment Income (Loss) to Average Net Assets | | | Ratio of Net Expenses to Average Net Assets | | | Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets after Reductions, Excluding | | | Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets Before Reductions or Recoupment | | | Portfolio Turnover Rate | |
Dynamic Allocation Fund - Institutional Class (1)(2)(3)(4) |
2018 | | | $ | 10.94 | | | | 1.11 | % | | $ | 93,510 | | | | 1.06 | % | | | 0.94 | % | | | 1.02 | % | | | 1.12 | % | | | 142 | % |
2017 | | | $ | 10.86 | | | | 21.61 | % | | $ | 70,187 | | | | 1.10 | % | | | 0.94 | % | | | 1.05 | % | | | 1.12 | % | | | 252 | % |
2016 (6) | | | $ | 9.72 | | | | 4.80 | % | | $ | 592 | | | | 1.33 | % | | | 0.80 | % | | | 1.11 | % | | | 1.11 | % | | | 369 | % |
| 1 | Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets, ratio of net expenses to average net assets, ratio of expenses to average net assets after reductions, excluding commissions recaptured and fees received from custodian, and ratio of expenses to average net assets before reductions or recoupment of fees do not include impact of expenses of the underlying security holdings as represented in the schedule of investments. |
| 2 | Recognition of net investment income by the Fund is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying investment companies in which the Fund invests. |
| 3 | Total return and portfolio turnover rate are not annualized for periods of less than one full year. |
| 4 | Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets, ratio of net expenses to average net assets, ratio of expenses to average net assets after reductions, excluding commissions recaptured and fees received from custodian, and ratio of expenses to average net assets before reductions or recoupment of fees are annualized for periods of less than one full year. Total return is not annualized. |
5 | Net investment income per share is based on average shares outstanding during the period. |
6 | Commenced operations on October 31, 2016. |
Meeder Dynamic Allocation Fund
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
The financial highlights table is intended to help you understand the Fund’s financial performance for the period of the Fund’s operations. Certain information reflects financial results for a single Fund share. The total returns in the table represent the rate that an investor would have earned (or lost) on an investment in the Fund (assuming reinvestment of all consolidated dividends and distributions). Except for the information for the six months ended June 30, 2018, which is unaudited, the information for the Fund has been derived from the financial statements audited by Cohen & Company, Ltd., whose report, along with the Fund’s financial statements, are included in the Fund’s December 31, 2017 annual report, which is available upon request.
Financial Highlights
For a Share Outstanding Through the Six Months Ended June 30, 2018 (unaudited) and
Each Fiscal Period Ended December 31,
| | | | | | Income from Investment Operations | | | Less Distributions | |
| | | Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | | | Net Investment Income (Loss) (5) | | | Net gains (losses) on securities and futures (both realized and unrealized) | | | Total from Investment Operations | | | From Net Investment Income | | | From Net Capital Gains | | | From Return of Capital | | | Total Distributions | |
Dynamic Allocation Fund - Adviser Class (1)(2)(3)(4) |
2018 | | | $ | 10.88 | | | | 0.05 | | | | 0.05 | | | | 0.10 | | | | (0.03 | ) | | | 0.00 | | | | 0.00 | | | | (0.03 | ) |
2017 | | | $ | 9.73 | | | | 0.10 | | | | 1.97 | | | | 2.07 | | | | (0.07 | ) | | | (0.85 | ) | | | 0.00 | | | | (0.92 | ) |
2016 (6) | | | $ | 9.34 | | | | 0.02 | | | | 0.44 | | | | 0.46 | | | | (0.02 | ) | | | (0.05 | ) | | | 0.00 | | | | (0.07 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | Ratios/Supplemental Data | |
| | | Net Asset Value, End of Period | | | Total Return (Assumes Reinvestment of Distributions) | | | Net Assets, End of Period ($000) | | | Ratio of Net Investment Income (Loss) to Average Net Assets | | | Ratio of Net Expenses to Average Net Assets | | | Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets after Reductions, Excluding | | | Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets Before Reductions or Recoupment | | | Portfolio Turnover Rate | |
Dynamic Allocation Fund - Adviser Class (1)(2)(3)(4) |
2018 | | | $ | 10.95 | | | | 0.92 | % | | $ | 10,397 | | | | 0.82 | % | | | 1.16 | % | | | 1.25 | % | | | 1.34 | % | | | 142 | % |
2017 | | | $ | 10.88 | | | | 21.42 | % | | $ | 10,140 | | | | 0.87 | % | | | 1.16 | % | | | 1.27 | % | | | 1.34 | % | | | 252 | % |
2016 (6) | | | $ | 9.73 | | | | 4.89 | % | | $ | 48 | | | | 1.33 | % | | | 0.81 | % | | | 1.12 | % | | | 1.12 | % | | | 369 | % |
| 1 | Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets, ratio of net expenses to average net assets, ratio of expenses to average net assets after reductions, excluding commissions recaptured and fees received from custodian, and ratio of expenses to average net assets before reductions or recoupment of fees do not include impact of expenses of the underlying security holdings as represented in the schedule of investments. |
| 2 | Recognition of net investment income by the Fund is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying investment companies in which the Fund invests. |
| 3 | Total return and portfolio turnover rate are not annualized for periods of less than one full year. |
| 4 | Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets, ratio of net expenses to average net assets, ratio of expenses to average net assets after reductions, excluding commissions recaptured and fees received from custodian, and ratio of expenses to average net assets before reductions or recoupment of fees are annualized for periods of less than one full year. Total return is not annualized. |
5 | Net investment income per share is based on average shares outstanding during the period. |
6 | Commenced operations on October 31, 2016. |
Meeder Dynamic Allocation Fund
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
The financial highlights table is intended to help you understand the Fund’s financial performance for the period of the Fund’s operations. Certain information reflects financial results for a single Fund share. The total returns in the table represent the rate that an investor would have earned (or lost) on an investment in the Fund (assuming reinvestment of all consolidated dividends and distributions). Except for the information for the six months ended June 30, 2018, which is unaudited, the information for the Fund has been derived from the financial statements audited by Cohen & Company, Ltd., whose report, along with the Fund’s financial statements, are included in the Fund’s December 31, 2017 annual report, which is available upon request.
Financial Highlights
For a Share Outstanding Through the Six Months Ended June 30, 2018 (unaudited) and
Each Fiscal Period Ended December 31,
| | | | | | Income from Investment Operations | | | Less Distributions | |
| | | Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | | | Net Investment Income (Loss) (5) | | | Net gains (losses) on securities and futures (both realized and unrealized) | | | Total from Investment Operations | | | From Net Investment Income | | | From Net Capital Gains | | | From Return of Capital | | | Total Distributions | |
Dynamic Allocation Fund - Retail Class (1)(2)(3)(4) |
2018 | | | $ | 10.85 | | | | 0.03 | | | | 0.06 | | | | 0.09 | | | | (0.02 | ) | | | 0.00 | | | | 0.00 | | | | (0.02 | ) |
2017 | | | $ | 9.72 | | | | 0.06 | | | | 1.99 | | | | 2.05 | | | | (0.07 | ) | | | (0.85 | ) | | | 0.00 | | | | (0.92 | ) |
2016 | | | $ | 9.36 | | | | 0.10 | | | | 0.40 | | | | 0.50 | | | | (0.09 | ) | | | (0.05 | ) | | | 0.00 | | | | (0.14 | ) |
2015 | | | $ | 10.02 | | | | 0.05 | | | | (0.40 | ) | | | (0.35 | ) | | | (0.05 | ) | | | (0.26 | ) | | | 0.00 | | | | (0.31 | ) |
2014 | | | $ | 10.35 | | | | 0.04 | | | | 1.25 | | | | 1.29 | | | | (0.30 | ) | | | (1.32 | ) | | | 0.00 | | | | (1.62 | ) |
2013 | | | $ | 8.80 | | | | 0.02 | | | | 2.74 | | | | 2.76 | | | | (0.02 | ) | | | (1.19 | ) | | | 0.00 | | | | (1.21 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | Ratios/Supplemental Data | |
| | | Net Asset Value, End of Period | | | Total Return (Assumes Reinvestment of Distributions) | | | Net Assets, End of Period ($000) | | | Ratio of Net Investment Income (Loss) to Average Net Assets | | | Ratio of Net Expenses to Average Net Assets | | | Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets after Reductions, Excluding | | | Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets Before Reductions or Recoupment | | | Portfolio Turnover Rate | |
Dynamic Allocation Fund - Retail Class (1)(2)(3)(4) |
2018 | | | $ | 10.92 | | | | 0.83 | % | | $ | 38,230 | | | | 0.58 | % | | | 1.36 | % | | | 1.45 | % | | | 1.55 | % | | | 142 | % |
2017 | | | $ | 10.85 | | | | 21.20 | % | | $ | 50,570 | | | | 0.59 | % | | | 1.39 | % | | | 1.51 | % | | | 1.58 | % | | | 252 | % |
2016 | | | $ | 9.72 | | | | 5.37 | % | | $ | 118,293 | | | | 1.04 | % | | | 1.05 | % | | | 1.42 | % | | | 1.56 | % | | | 369 | % |
2015 | | | $ | 9.36 | | | | (3.46 | %) | | $ | 116,559 | | | | 0.47 | % | | | 1.19 | % | | | 1.48 | % | | | 1.54 | % | | | 245 | % |
2014 | | | $ | 10.02 | | | | 12.80 | % | | $ | 141,638 | | | | 0.40 | % | | | 1.22 | % | | | 1.45 | % | | | 1.54 | % | | | 230 | % |
2013 | | | $ | 10.35 | | | | 31.61 | % | | $ | 102,926 | | | | 0.20 | % | | | 1.22 | % | | | 1.39 | % | | | 1.58 | % | | | 276 | % |
| 1 | Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets, ratio of net expenses to average net assets, ratio of expenses to average net assets after reductions, excluding commissions recaptured and fees received from custodian, and ratio of expenses to average net assets before reductions or recoupment of fees do not include impact of expenses of the underlying security holdings as represented in the schedule of investments. |
| 2 | Recognition of net investment income by the Fund is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying investment companies in which the Fund invests. |
| 3 | Total return and portfolio turnover rate are not annualized for periods of less than one full year. |
| 4 | Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets, ratio of net expenses to average net assets, ratio of expenses to average net assets after reductions, excluding commissions recaptured and fees received from custodian, and ratio of expenses to average net assets before reductions or recoupment of fees are annualized for periods of less than one full year. Total return is not annualized. |
5 | Net investment income per share is based on average shares outstanding during the period. |
STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
SEPTEMBER 28, 2018
RELATING TO THE REORGANIZATION OF
MEEDER AGGRESSIVE ALLOCATION FUND
WITH AND INTO
MEEDER DYNAMIC ALLOCATION FUND
each a series of Meeder Funds.
6125 Memorial Drive
Dublin, Ohio 43017
1-800-325-3539
This Statement of Additional Information is not a prospectus but should be read in conjunction with the Combined Prospectus/Information Statement dated September 28, 2018 (the “Combined Prospectus/Information Statement”) for the Survivor Fund and the Target Fund, each a class (herein referred to as “series”) of Meeder Funds (the “Trust”). Copies of the Combined Prospectus/Information Statement may be obtained at no charge by writing to the Trust, 6125 Memorial Drive, Dublin, Ohio 43017 or by calling 1-800-325-3539. Unless otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used in this Statement of Additional Information and not otherwise defined have the same meanings as are given to them in the Combined Prospectus/Information Statement.
This Statement of Additional Information contains information that may be of interest to shareholders of the Target Fund relating to the Reorganization, but that is not included in the Combined Prospectus/Information Statement. As described in the Combined Prospectus/Information Statement, the Reorganization would involve the transfer of all of the assets, and the assumption of the liabilities, of the Target Fund in exchange for shares of the Survivor Fund. The Target Fund would distribute the Survivor Fund shares it receives to its shareholders in complete liquidation of the Target Fund.
The Funds will furnish, without charge, a copy of their most recent Annual Report and/or Semi-Annual Report. Requests should be directed to the Meeder Funds Trust, 6125 Memorial Drive, Dublin, Ohio 43017 or by calling 1-800-325-3539.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUNDS | B-19 |
PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION (UNAUDITED) | B-20 |
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUNDS
Further information about each of the Survivor Fund and the Target Fund, each a series of the Trust, is contained in and incorporated by reference to the Statement of Additional Information dated April 30, 2018, as it may be amended and/or supplemented from time to time. Management’s discussion of Fund performance, audited financial statements and related report of the independent registered public accounting firm for the Funds are contained in the Funds’ Annual Report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, as amended on June 20, 2018, and the Funds’ unaudited financial statements contained in the Funds Semi-Annual Report for the fiscal period ended June 30, 2018 and are incorporated in this Statement of Additional Information by reference. No other parts of the Funds’ Annual Report are incorporated by reference in this Statement of Additional Information.
Pro Forma Financial Information
(Unaudited)
The unaudited pro forma financial information set forth below is for informational purposes only and does not purport to be indicative of the financial condition that actually would have resulted if the Reorganization had been consummated. These pro forma numbers have been estimated in good faith based on information regarding the Target Fund and Survivor Fund as of June 30, 2018 using the fees and expenses information as shown in the Combined Prospectus/Information Statement. The unaudited pro forma financial information should be read in conjunction with the historical financial statements of the Target Fund and Survivor Fund, which are available in their annual and semi-annual shareholder reports.
PRO-FORMA STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES (Unaudited)
June 30, 2018
| | Pro Forma | |
| | Combined | |
| | Fund | |
Assets | | | | |
Investments, at fair value (1)(2) | | $ | 133,211,893 | |
Investments in affiliates, at fair value (1) | | | 32,004,382 | |
Trustee deferred compensation investments, at fair value | | | 170,686 | |
Deposits at broker for futures contracts (3) | | | 1,985,560 | |
Receivable for securities sold | | | 2,018,917 | |
Receivable for capital stock issued | | | 1,442,631 | |
Interest and dividend receivable | | | 148,533 | |
Receivable from securities lending agent | | | 1 | |
Prepaid expenses/other assets | | | 51,704 | |
Total Assets | | | 171,034,307 | |
| | | | |
Liabilities | | | | |
Payable for securities purchased | | | 2,131,141 | |
Payable for collateral on securities loaned | | | 55,944 | |
Payable for Trustee Deferred Compensation Plan | | | 170,686 | |
Payable for capital stock redeemed | | | 54,792 | |
Payable to investment advisor | | | 92,094 | |
Accrued distribution plan (12b-1) and shareholder service plan fees | | | 100,717 | |
Accrued transfer agent, fund accounting, CCO, and administrative fees | | | 37,992 | |
Accrued trustee fees | | | 2,619 | |
Other accrued liabilities | | | 31,093 | |
Total Liabilities | | | 2,677,078 | |
| | | | |
Net Assets | | $ | 168,357,229 | |
| | | | |
Net Assets | | | | |
Capital | | $ | 152,845,787 | |
Accumulated undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income | | | (111,026 | ) |
Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) from investments and futures contracts | | | 3,614,501 | |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments and futures contracts | | | 12,007,967 | |
Total Net Assets | | $ | 168,357,229 | |
| | | | |
Net Asset Value Per Share | | | | |
Retail Class | | | | |
Net Assets | | $ | 45,815,270 | |
Shares Outstanding | | | 4,195,919 | |
Net Asset Value, Offering and Redemption Price Per Share | | $ | 10.92 | |
| | | | |
Adviser Class | | | | |
Net Assets | | $ | 11,581,716 | |
Shares Outstanding | | | 1,057,532 | |
Net Asset Value, Offering and Redemption Price Per Share | | $ | 10.95 | |
| | | | |
Institutional Class | | | | |
Net Assets | | $ | 110,960,243 | |
Shares Outstanding | | | 10,143,357 | |
Net Asset Value, Offering and Redemption Price Per Share | | $ | 10.94 | |
| | | | |
(1) Investments and affiliated investments at cost | | $ | 151,920,289 | |
(2) Fair value of securities loaned included in investments at fair value | | $ | 54,314 | |
(3) Required margin held as collateral for futures contracts | | $ | 1,584,900 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
PRO-FORMA CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (Unaudited)
For the Twelve Months Ended June 30, 2018
| | Pro Forma | |
| | Combined | |
| | Fund | |
Investment Income | | | |
Interest | | $ | 25,934 | |
Income from affiliates | | | 409,008 | |
Dividends | | | 2,685,576 | |
Total Investment Income | | | 3,120,518 | |
| | | | |
Fund Expenses | | | | |
Investment advisor | | | 1,253,055 | |
Transfer agent - Retail Class | | | 81,549 | |
Transfer agent - Adviser Class | | | 13,153 | |
Transfer agent - Institutional Class | | | 105,809 | |
Fund accounting | | | 53,751 | |
Administrative | | | 144,005 | |
Trustee | | | 8,639 | |
Audit | | | 18,603 | |
Legal | | | 4,364 | |
Custody | | | 14,635 | |
Printing | | | 5,842 | |
Distribution plan (12b-1) - Retail Class (1) | | | 169,894 | |
Shareholder service plan - Retail Class | | | 135,915 | |
Shareholder service plan - Adviser Class | | | 27,398 | |
Shareholder service plan - Institutional Class | | | 17,683 | |
Postage | | | 10,703 | |
Registration and filing | | | 56,356 | |
Insurance | | | 10,824 | |
Chief Compliance Officer | | | 6,818 | |
Other | | | 25,821 | |
Total Expenses Before Reductions | | | 2,164,816 | |
| | | | |
Expenses contractually reimbursed/waived by investment advisor | | | (167,506 | ) |
Commissions recaptured | | | (221,877 | ) |
Securities lending credit | | | (10,245 | ) |
Net Expenses | | | 1,765,188 | |
| | | | |
Net Investment Income (Loss) | | | 1,355,330 | |
| | | | |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) from Investments | | | | |
Net realized gains (losses) from unaffiliated investments | | | 9,997,887 | |
Net realized gains (losses) from affiliated investments | | | (5,454 | ) |
Net realized gains (losses) from futures contracts | | | 2,641,411 | |
Net Realized Gains (Losses) from Investment Transactions, Futures Contracts, and Distributions of Long-term Realized Gains by Other Investment Companies | | | 12,633,844 | |
| | | | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of unaffiliated investments | | | 6,804,391 | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of affiliated investments | | | 3,255 | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts | | | (1,116,837 | ) |
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investment Transactions and Futures Contracts | | | 5,690,809 | |
| | | | |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) from Investments | | | 18,324,653 | |
| | | | |
Net Change in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | | $ | 19,679,983 | |
(1) Only the Retail Class of shares has adopted a Rule 12b-1 Plan.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
PRO-FORMA CONSOLIDATED PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)
June 30, 2018
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2018 (unaudited)
Combined Fund
Security Description | | Shares or Principal Amount ($) | | | Fair Value ($)(1) | |
Common Stocks - 65.1% | | | | | | | | |
Consumer Discretionary - 8.5% | | | | | | | | |
Amazon.com, Inc. (2) | | | 1,489 | | | | 2,531,002 | |
AMC Networks, Inc. (2) | | | 1,467 | | | | 91,247 | |
American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. (2) | | | 1,065 | | | | 16,571 | |
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. | | | 1,508 | | | | 35,061 | |
Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. | | | 1,348 | | | | 26,859 | |
Best Buy Co., Inc. | | | 2,353 | | | | 175,487 | |
Big Lots, Inc. (3) | | | 1,373 | | | | 57,364 | |
Bloomin' Brands, Inc. | | | 3,369 | | | | 67,717 | |
Booking Holdings, Inc. (2) | | | 505 | | | | 1,023,680 | |
Brinker International, Inc. | | | 340 | | | | 16,184 | |
Brunswick Corp./DE | | | 1,666 | | | | 107,424 | |
Burlington Stores, Inc. (2) | | | 1,198 | | | | 180,335 | |
Carter's, Inc. | | | 656 | | | | 71,104 | |
Comcast Corp. | | | 27,200 | | | | 892,432 | |
Cooper-Standard Holdings, Inc. (2) | | | 80 | | | | 10,454 | |
Crocs, Inc. (2) | | | 947 | | | | 16,677 | |
Foot Locker, Inc. | | | 528 | | | | 27,799 | |
Ford Motor Co. | | | 73,765 | | | | 816,579 | |
Gannett Co., Inc. | | | 5,547 | | | | 59,353 | |
General Motors Co. | | | 17,314 | | | | 682,172 | |
Gentex Corp. | | | 3,360 | | | | 77,347 | |
Graham Holdings Co. | | | 51 | | | | 29,891 | |
Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (2) | | | 624 | | | | 69,645 | |
H&R Block, Inc. | | | 2,159 | | | | 49,182 | |
Home Depot, Inc./The | | | 2,071 | | | | 404,052 | |
Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc./The | | | 1,967 | | | | 46,106 | |
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. | | | 2,694 | | | | 168,106 | |
Kohl's Corp. | | | 2,051 | | | | 149,518 | |
Las Vegas Sands Corp. | | | 10,265 | | | | 783,835 | |
Lear Corp. | | | 3,681 | | | | 683,967 | |
Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc. (2) | | | 4,163 | | | | 182,922 | |
Liberty Media Corp-Liberty SiriusXM (2) | | | 6,000 | | | | 272,160 | |
Lululemon Athletica, Inc. (2) | | | 1,235 | | | | 154,190 | |
M/I Homes, Inc. (2) | | | 377 | | | | 9,983 | |
Macy's, Inc. | | | 2,365 | | | | 88,522 | |
MCBC Holdings, Inc. (2) | | | 2,156 | | | | 62,416 | |
Michael Kors Holdings, Ltd. (2) | | | 3,769 | | | | 251,016 | |
MSG Networks, Inc. (2) | | | 81 | | | | 1,940 | |
National CineMedia, Inc. | | | 1,097 | | | | 9,215 | |
Netflix, Inc. (2) | | | 1,183 | | | | 463,062 | |
New Media Investment Group, Inc. | | | 5,307 | | | | 98,073 | |
Nexstar Media Group, Inc. | | | 145 | | | | 10,643 | |
Nordstrom, Inc. | | | 458 | | | | 23,715 | |
NVR, Inc. (2) | | | 91 | | | | 270,302 | |
Office Depot, Inc. | | | 3,966 | | | | 10,113 | |
Penn National Gaming, Inc. (2) | | | 1,090 | | | | 36,613 | |
Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. (2) | | | 5,435 | | | | 183,323 | |
PulteGroup, Inc. | | | 8,074 | | | | 232,128 | |
PVH Corp. | | | 391 | | | | 58,541 | |
Qurate Retail, Inc. (2) | | | 693 | | | | 14,705 | |
Ross Stores, Inc. | | | 8,091 | | | | 685,712 | |
Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (2) | | | 66 | | | | 1,058 | |
Shutterfly, Inc. (2) | | | 289 | | | | 26,019 | |
Sleep Number Corp. (2) | | | 991 | | | | 28,759 | |
Stoneridge, Inc. (2) | | | 1,177 | | | | 41,360 | |
Taylor Morrison Home Corp. (2) | | | 1,397 | | | | 29,030 | |
Tenneco, Inc. | | | 1,203 | | | | 52,884 | |
Thor Industries, Inc. | | | 225 | | | | 21,913 | |
TJX Cos., Inc./The | | | 1,336 | | | | 127,160 | |
Toll Brothers, Inc. | | | 99 | | | | 3,662 | |
TopBuild Corp. (2) | | | 529 | | | | 41,442 | |
Tower International, Inc. | | | 973 | | | | 30,941 | |
tronc, Inc. (2) | | | 2,575 | | | | 44,496 | |
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2018 (unaudited)
Combined Fund
Security Description | | Shares or Principal Amount ($) | | | Fair Value ($)(1) | |
Common Stocks - continued | | | | | | | | |
Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. - Class B | | | 3,358 | | | | 165,449 | |
Urban Outfitters, Inc. (2) | | | 930 | | | | 41,432 | |
Viacom, Inc. | | | 5,020 | | | | 151,403 | |
Walt Disney Co./The | | | 8,590 | | | | 900,318 | |
Weight Watchers International, Inc. (2) | | | 6 | | | | 607 | |
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. | | | 221 | | | | 16,093 | |
Wyndham Destinations, Inc. | | | 3,269 | | | | 144,719 | |
ZAGG, Inc. (2) | | | 242 | | | | 4,187 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 14,359,376 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Consumer Staples - 1.5% | | | | | | | | |
Boston Beer Co., Inc./The (2) | | | 101 | | | | 30,270 | |
Flowers Foods, Inc. | | | 4,771 | | | | 99,380 | |
Herbalife Nutrition, Ltd. (2) | | | 2,559 | | | | 137,470 | |
Ingredion, Inc. | | | 133 | | | | 14,723 | |
Kroger Co./The | | | 2,813 | | | | 80,030 | |
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. | | | 3,421 | | | | 234,373 | |
Medifast, Inc. | | | 308 | | | | 49,329 | |
Performance Food Group Co. (2) | | | 4,847 | | | | 177,885 | |
Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (2) | | | 4,045 | | | | 89,273 | |
Tyson Foods, Inc. | | | 10,893 | | | | 749,983 | |
US Foods Holding Corp. (2) | | | 6,255 | | | | 236,564 | |
USANA Health Sciences, Inc. (2) | | | 683 | | | | 78,750 | |
Village Super Market, Inc. | | | 1,290 | | | | 38,003 | |
Walmart,, Inc.. | | | 6,928 | | | | 593,383 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 2,609,416 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Energy - 6.1% | | | | | | | | |
Abraxas Petroleum Corp. (2) | | | 91 | | | | 263 | |
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. | | | 6,038 | | | | 442,284 | |
Andeavor | | | 3,723 | | | | 488,383 | |
Apergy Corp. (2) | | | 41 | | | | 1,712 | |
Arch Coal, Inc. | | | 651 | | | | 51,058 | |
Cactus, Inc. (2) | | | 770 | | | | 26,018 | |
California Resources Corp. (2) | | | 288 | | | | 13,087 | |
Chesapeake Energy Corp. (2) | | | 684 | | | | 3,584 | |
Chevron Corp. | | | 8,393 | | | | 1,061,127 | |
ConocoPhillips | | | 14,098 | | | | 981,503 | |
CONSOL Energy, Inc. (2) | | | 405 | | | | 15,532 | |
Continental Resources, Inc./OK (2) | | | 5,894 | | | | 381,695 | |
CVR Energy, Inc. | | | 825 | | | | 30,517 | |
Delek US Holdings, Inc. | | | 1,060 | | | | 53,180 | |
Denbury Resources, Inc. (2) | | | 5,393 | | | | 25,940 | |
Diamondback Energy, Inc. | | | 294 | | | | 38,682 | |
Energen Corp. (2) | | | 2,263 | | | | 164,792 | |
Exxon Mobil Corp. | | | 14,665 | | | | 1,213,235 | |
FTS International, Inc. (2) | | | 1,604 | | | | 22,841 | |
Hallador Energy Co. | | | 303 | | | | 2,163 | |
Halliburton Co. | | | 8,143 | | | | 366,924 | |
HollyFrontier Corp. | | | 5,958 | | | | 407,706 | |
Liberty Oilfield Services, Inc. (2) | | | 468 | | | | 8,761 | |
Mammoth Energy Services, Inc. (2) | | | 396 | | | | 13,448 | |
Marathon Oil Corp. | | | 12,097 | | | | 252,343 | |
Marathon Petroleum Corp. | | | 11,498 | | | | 806,700 | |
Matador Resources Co. (2) | | | 267 | | | | 8,023 | |
Matrix Service Co. (2) | | | 526 | | | | 9,652 | |
Newfield Exploration Co. (2) | | | 738 | | | | 22,325 | |
Occidental Petroleum Corp. | | | 10,937 | | | | 915,208 | |
Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. (2) | | | 782 | | | | 3,034 | |
Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. (2) | | | 4,992 | | | | 86,761 | |
Parsley Energy, Inc. (2) | | | 688 | | | | 20,833 | |
PBF Energy, Inc. | | | 6,529 | | | | 273,761 | |
PDC Energy, Inc. (2) | | | 46 | | | | 2,781 | |
Peabody Energy Corp. | | | 2,331 | | | | 106,014 | |
Phillips 66 | | | 7,664 | | | | 860,744 | |
ProPetro Holding Corp. (2) | | | 229 | | | | 3,591 | |
RSP Permian, Inc. (2) | | | 1,026 | | | | 45,165 | |
Valero Energy Corp. | | | 7,835 | | | | 868,353 | |
W&T Offshore, Inc. (2) | | | 3,721 | | | | 26,605 | |
Whiting Petroleum Corp. (2) | | | 559 | | | | 29,470 | |
WildHorse Resource Development Corp. (2) | | | 1,316 | | | | 33,374 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 10,189,172 | |
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2018 (unaudited)
Combined Fund
Security Description | | Shares or Principal Amount ($) | | | Fair Value ($)(1) | |
Common Stocks - continued | | | | | | | | |
Financials - 9.4% | | | | | | | | |
Aflac,, Inc.. | | | 18,341 | | | | 789,030 | |
AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. | | | 285 | | | | 5,355 | |
Allstate Corp./The | | | 6,252 | | | | 570,620 | |
American Equity Investment Life Holding Co. | | | 539 | | | | 19,404 | |
Arthur J Gallagher & Co. | | | 397 | | | | 25,916 | |
BancFirst Corp. | | | 186 | | | | 11,011 | |
Bancorp, Inc./The (2) | | | 2,332 | | | | 24,393 | |
Bank of America Corp. | | | 57,768 | | | | 1,628,480 | |
Bank of NT Butterfield & Son, Ltd./The | | | 3,841 | | | | 175,611 | |
BankUnited, Inc. | | | 5,312 | | | | 216,995 | |
BB&T Corp. | | | 16,243 | | | | 819,297 | |
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (2) | | | 10,577 | | | | 1,974,197 | |
BOK Financial Corp. | | | 198 | | | | 18,614 | |
Brown & Brown, Inc. | | | 1,824 | | | | 50,580 | |
Cannae Holdings, Inc. (2) | | | 3,742 | | | | 69,414 | |
Charter Financial Corp./MD | | | 53 | | | | 1,280 | |
Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. | | | 1,800 | | | | 194,832 | |
Discover Financial Services | | | 10,294 | | | | 724,801 | |
Enova International, Inc. (2) | | | 382 | | | | 13,962 | |
Evercore, Inc. | | | 438 | | | | 46,187 | |
Fifth Third Bancorp | | | 23,896 | | | | 685,815 | |
First American Financial Corp. | | | 7,877 | | | | 407,399 | |
First BanCorp/Puerto Rico (2) | | | 5,371 | | | | 41,088 | |
First Citizens BancShares, Inc./NC | | | 80 | | | | 32,264 | |
FirstCash, Inc. | | | 1,696 | | | | 152,386 | |
Genworth Financial, Inc. (2) | | | 1,308 | | | | 5,886 | |
Hamilton Lane, Inc. | | | 243 | | | | 11,657 | |
Hanover Insurance Group, Inc./The | | | 1,201 | | | | 143,592 | |
Infinity Property & Casualty Corp. | | | 221 | | | | 31,459 | |
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | | | 9,686 | | | | 1,009,281 | |
Ladder Capital Corp. | | | 11,222 | | | | 175,288 | |
Lazard, Ltd. | | | 2,821 | | | | 137,975 | |
LPL Financial Holdings, Inc. | | | 1,266 | | | | 82,974 | |
MB Financial, Inc. | | | 1,194 | | | | 55,760 | |
Moelis & Co. | | | 1,535 | | | | 90,028 | |
Morningstar, Inc. | | | 887 | | | | 113,758 | |
National General Holdings Corp. | | | 256 | | | | 6,740 | |
New Residential Investment Corp. | | | 26,535 | | | | 464,097 | |
NewStar Financial Contingent Value Rights (2)(8) | | | 179 | | | | - | |
Northrim BanCorp, Inc. | | | 585 | | | | 23,137 | |
OFG Bancorp | | | 1,644 | | | | 23,098 | |
Oppenheimer Holdings, Inc. | | | 886 | | | | 24,808 | |
PacWest Bancorp | | | 3,478 | | | | 171,883 | |
PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. (2) | | | 602 | | | | 11,829 | |
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc./The | | | 5,021 | | | | 678,337 | |
Popular, Inc. | | | 1,716 | | | | 77,580 | |
Progressive Corp./The | | | 13,505 | | | | 798,821 | |
Prudential Financial, Inc. | | | 8,668 | | | | 810,545 | |
Pzena Investment Management, Inc. | | | 925 | | | | 8,519 | |
Regions Financial Corp. | | | 39,313 | | | | 698,985 | |
Reinsurance Group of America, Inc. | | | 1,015 | | | | 135,482 | |
Santander Consumer USA Holdings, Inc. | | | 5,621 | | | | 107,305 | |
State Bank Financial Corp. | | | 33 | | | | 1,102 | |
Stewart Information Services Corp. | | | 673 | | | | 28,986 | |
TCF Financial Corp. | | | 12,567 | | | | 309,400 | |
Triumph Bancorp, Inc. (2) | | | 2,263 | | | | 92,217 | |
Umpqua Holdings Corp. | | | 8,137 | | | | 183,815 | |
Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc. | | | 2,364 | | | | 82,976 | |
Walker & Dunlop, Inc. | | | 2,309 | | | | 128,496 | |
Wells Fargo & Co. | | | 6,069 | | | | 336,465 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 15,761,212 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Healthcare - 9.7% | | | | | | | | |
Abaxis, Inc. | | | 80 | | | | 6,641 | |
AbbVie, Inc. | | | 7,867 | | | | 728,878 | |
ABIOMED, Inc. (2) | | | 757 | | | | 309,651 | |
Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. (2) | | | 21 | | | | 603 | |
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (2) | | | 944 | | | | 117,198 | |
Align Technology, Inc. (2) | | | 134 | | | | 45,847 | |
Alkermes PLC (2) | | | 465 | | | | 19,139 | |
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (2) | | | 249 | | | | 24,524 | |
AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (2) | | | 867 | | | | 16,907 | |
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2018 (unaudited)
Combined Fund
Security Description | | Shares or Principal Amount ($) | | | Fair Value ($)(1) | |
Common Stocks - continued | | | | | | | | |
Amgen, Inc. | | | 5,196 | | | | 959,130 | |
Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (2) | | | 641 | | | | 10,519 | |
Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (2) | | | 1,599 | | | | 24,401 | |
AnaptysBio, Inc. (2) | | | 32 | | | | 2,273 | |
Anthem, Inc. | | | 3,747 | | | | 891,898 | |
Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (2) | | | 108 | | | | 2,376 | |
AquaBounty Technologies, Inc. (2) | | | 852 | | | | 2,837 | |
Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (2) | | | 395 | | | | 17,222 | |
Array BioPharma, Inc. (2) | | | 442 | | | | 7,417 | |
Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc. (2) | | | 113 | | | | 4,153 | |
athenahealth, Inc. (2) | | | 123 | | | | 19,574 | |
Baxter International, Inc. | | | 11,193 | | | | 826,491 | |
Biogen, Inc. (2) | | | 3,121 | | | | 905,839 | |
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (2) | | | 141 | | | | 40,684 | |
Bio-Techne Corp. | | | 137 | | | | 20,269 | |
Bluebird Bio, Inc. (2) | | | 165 | | | | 25,897 | |
Blueprint Medicines Corp. (2) | | | 61 | | | | 3,872 | |
Bruker Corp. | | | 77 | | | | 2,236 | |
Cambrex Corp. (2) | | | 266 | | | | 13,912 | |
Cantel Medical Corp. | | | 146 | | | | 14,361 | |
Cardinal Health, Inc. | | | 2,498 | | | | 121,977 | |
Catalent, Inc. (2) | | | 4,262 | | | | 178,535 | |
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (2) | | | 281 | | | | 877 | |
Centene Corp. (2) | | | 4,733 | | | | 583,153 | |
Cerner Corp. (2) | | | 7,675 | | | | 458,888 | |
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (2) | | | 134 | | | | 15,043 | |
Chemed Corp. | | | 357 | | | | 114,886 | |
ChemoCentryx, Inc. (2) | | | 227 | | | | 2,990 | |
Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. (2) | | | 590 | | | | 14,072 | |
Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (2) | | | 462 | | | | 7,775 | |
CONMED Corp. | | | 752 | | | | 55,046 | |
Corcept Therapeutics, Inc. (2) | | | 1,461 | | | | 22,967 | |
Cutera, Inc. (2) | | | 70 | | | | 2,821 | |
CytomX Therapeutics, Inc. (2) | | | 469 | | | | 10,721 | |
Dyax Corp. Contingent Value Rights (2)(8) | | | 7,373 | | | | - | |
Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc./DE (2) | | | 63 | | | | 4,767 | |
Editas Medicine, Inc. (2) | | | 188 | | | | 6,736 | |
Emergent BioSolutions, Inc. (2) | | | 1,662 | | | | 83,914 | |
Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (2) | | | 374 | | | | 43,347 | |
Encompass Health Corp. | | | 587 | | | | 39,752 | |
Exact Sciences Corp. (2) | | | 164 | | | | 9,806 | |
Exelixis, Inc. (2) | | | 5,020 | | | | 108,031 | |
Express Scripts Holding Co. (2) | | | 10,670 | | | | 823,831 | |
Fate Therapeutics, Inc. (2) | | | 176 | | | | 1,996 | |
FibroGen, Inc. (2) | | | 62 | | | | 3,881 | |
Foundation Medicine, Inc. (2) | | | 51 | | | | 6,972 | |
G1 Therapeutics, Inc. (2) | | | 96 | | | | 4,172 | |
Genomic Health, Inc. (2) | | | 1,153 | | | | 58,111 | |
Gilead Sciences, Inc. | | | 13,684 | | | | 969,375 | |
Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc. (2) | | | 23 | | | | 1,040 | |
Globus Medical, Inc. (2) | | | 2,863 | | | | 144,467 | |
Haemonetics Corp. (2) | | | 1,253 | | | | 112,369 | |
Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (2) | | | 768 | | | | 12,956 | |
HCA Healthcare, Inc. | | | 7,541 | | | | 773,707 | |
Heron Therapeutics, Inc. (2) | | | 59 | | | | 2,292 | |
Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. | | | 1,081 | | | | 94,414 | |
HMS Holdings Corp. (2) | | | 838 | | | | 18,118 | |
ICU Medical, Inc. (2) | | | 376 | | | | 110,412 | |
ImmunoGen, Inc. (2) | | | 1,681 | | | | 16,356 | |
Immunomedics, Inc. (2) | | | 632 | | | | 14,959 | |
Innoviva, Inc. (2) | | | 1,575 | | | | 21,735 | |
Inogen, Inc. (2) | | | 156 | | | | 29,067 | |
Integer Holdings Corp. (2) | | | 1,216 | | | | 78,614 | |
Intersect ENT, Inc. (2) | | | 906 | | | | 33,930 | |
Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc. (2) | | | 119 | | | | 1,523 | |
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (2) | | | 930 | | | | 17,782 | |
Johnson & Johnson | | | 3,956 | | | | 480,021 | |
LivaNova PLC (2) | | | 60 | | | | 5,989 | |
Loxo Oncology, Inc. (2) | | | 141 | | | | 24,461 | |
Luminex Corp. | | | 399 | | | | 11,782 | |
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (2) | | | 21 | | | | 5,873 | |
Mallinckrodt PLC (2) | | | 820 | | | | 15,301 | |
Masimo Corp. (2) | | | 364 | | | | 35,545 | |
Medtronic PLC | | | 10,691 | | | | 915,257 | |
Merck & Co., Inc. | | | 173 | | | | 10,501 | |
Schedule of Investments
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Combined Fund
Security Description | | Shares or Principal Amount ($) | | | Fair Value ($)(1) | |
Common Stocks - continued | | | | | | | | |
Molina Healthcare, Inc. (2) | | | 207 | | | | 20,274 | |
Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (2) | | | 267 | | | | 5,460 | |
MyoKardia, Inc. (2) | | | 180 | | | | 8,937 | |
Myriad Genetics, Inc. (2) | | | 1,436 | | | | 53,663 | |
Nektar Therapeutics (2) | | | 805 | | | | 39,308 | |
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (2) | | | 1,065 | | | | 104,625 | |
Orthofix International NV (2) | | | 1,238 | | | | 70,343 | |
Pfizer, Inc. | | | 30,924 | | | | 1,121,923 | |
Phibro Animal Health Corp. | | | 951 | | | | 43,794 | |
Premier, Inc. (2) | | | 9,504 | | | | 345,756 | |
Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc. (2) | | | 52 | | | | 1,996 | |
PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (2) | | | 325 | | | | 10,962 | |
Quality Systems, Inc. (2) | | | 706 | | | | 13,767 | |
Quidel Corp. (2) | | | 358 | | | | 23,807 | |
REGENXBIO, Inc. (2) | | | 234 | | | | 16,790 | |
ResMed, Inc. | | | 1,058 | | | | 109,588 | |
Retrophin, Inc. (2) | | | 328 | | | | 8,941 | |
Sage Therapeutics, Inc. (2) | | | 275 | | | | 43,046 | |
Sangamo Therapeutics, Inc. (2) | | | 181 | | | | 2,570 | |
Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (2) | | | 321 | | | | 42,430 | |
Seattle Genetics, Inc. (2) | | | 11 | | | | 730 | |
Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (2) | | | 1,235 | | | | 25,886 | |
STAAR Surgical Co. (2) | | | 340 | | | | 10,540 | |
STERIS PLC | | | 33 | | | | 3,465 | |
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (2) | | | 79 | | | | 4,728 | |
Tabula Rasa HealthCare, Inc. (2) | | | 187 | | | | 11,936 | |
Tenet Healthcare Corp. (2) | | | 61 | | | | 2,048 | |
Titan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (2) | | | 1,153 | | | | 1,257 | |
Triple-S Management Corp. (2) | | | 1,248 | | | | 48,747 | |
United Therapeutics Corp. (2) | | | 1,703 | | | | 192,694 | |
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | | | 5,504 | | | | 1,350,351 | |
Universal Health Services, Inc. | | | 496 | | | | 55,274 | |
Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (2) | | | 595 | | | | 11,335 | |
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (2) | | | 3,703 | | | | 629,362 | |
WellCare Health Plans, Inc. (2) | | | 1,220 | | | | 300,413 | |
Xencor, Inc. (2) | | | 231 | | | | 8,549 | |
Zoetis, Inc. | | | 78 | | | | 6,645 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 16,559,602 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Industrials - 4.5% | | | | | | | | |
Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc. | | | 8,852 | | | | 358,418 | |
ArcBest Corp. | | | 447 | | | | 20,428 | |
Atkore International Group, Inc. (2) | | | 1,671 | | | | 34,707 | |
Axon Enterprise, Inc. (2) | | | 109 | | | | 6,887 | |
Barrett Business Services, Inc. | | | 82 | | | | 7,919 | |
Blue Bird Corp. (2) | | | 541 | | | | 12,091 | |
Boeing Co./The | | | 3,791 | | | | 1,271,918 | |
Casella Waste Systems, Inc. (2) | | | 2,046 | | | | 52,398 | |
Copart, Inc. (2) | | | 8,249 | | | | 466,563 | |
CSX Corp. | | | 1,540 | | | | 98,221 | |
Curtiss-Wright Corp. | | | 723 | | | | 86,051 | |
Delta Air Lines, Inc. | | | 15,887 | | | | 787,042 | |
EMCOR Group, Inc. | | | 688 | | | | 52,412 | |
Encore Wire Corp. | | | 60 | | | | 2,847 | |
Forward Air Corp. | | | 2,929 | | | | 173,045 | |
FTI Consulting, Inc. (2) | | | 431 | | | | 26,067 | |
Genco Shipping & Trading, Ltd. (2) | | | 316 | | | | 4,898 | |
Global Brass & Copper Holdings, Inc. | | | 800 | | | | 25,080 | |
H&E Equipment Services, Inc. | | | 746 | | | | 28,057 | |
Herman Miller, Inc. (2) | | | 632 | | | | 21,425 | |
Hexcel Corp. | | | 164 | | | | 10,886 | |
Hillenbrand, Inc. | | | 1,084 | | | | 51,111 | |
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. | | | 777 | | | | 168,445 | |
Insperity, Inc. | | | 210 | | | | 20,003 | |
JetBlue Airways Corp. (2) | | | 9,780 | | | | 185,624 | |
KBR, Inc. | | | 671 | | | | 12,024 | |
Kelly Services, Inc. | | | 668 | | | | 14,997 | |
Kforce, Inc. | | | 530 | | | | 18,179 | |
KLX, Inc. (2) | | | 178 | | | | 12,798 | |
LB Foster Co. (2) | | | 484 | | | | 11,108 | |
McGrath RentCorp | | | 1,104 | | | | 69,850 | |
Miller Industries, Inc./TN | | | 15 | | | | 383 | |
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. | | | 79 | | | | 6,703 | |
Navigant Consulting, Inc. (2) | | | 734 | | | | 16,251 | |
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2018 (unaudited)
Combined Fund
Security Description | | Shares or Principal Amount ($) | | | Fair Value ($)(1) | |
Common Stocks - continued | | | | | | | | |
Norfolk Southern Corp. | | | 4,585 | | | | 691,739 | |
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. | | | 992 | | | | 147,768 | |
Oshkosh Corp. | | | 848 | | | | 59,631 | |
Park-Ohio Holdings Corp. | | | 22 | | | | 821 | |
Pitney Bowes, Inc. | | | 1,185 | | | | 10,155 | |
Proto Labs, Inc. (2) | | | 250 | | | | 29,738 | |
Quad/Graphics, Inc. | | | 1,487 | | | | 30,974 | |
Quanta Services, Inc. (2) | | | 6,489 | | | | 216,733 | |
Robert Half International, Inc. | | | 1,298 | | | | 84,500 | |
RR Donnelley & Sons Co. | | | 166 | | | | 956 | |
Ryder System, Inc. | | | 631 | | | | 45,344 | |
Saia, Inc. (2) | | | 190 | | | | 15,362 | |
Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. | | | 724 | | | | 62,199 | |
Systemax, Inc. | | | 485 | | | | 16,650 | |
Teledyne Technologies, Inc. (2) | | | 724 | | | | 144,120 | |
TPI Composites, Inc. (2) | | | 575 | | | | 16,813 | |
Triton International, Ltd./Bermuda | | | 63 | | | | 1,932 | |
Union Pacific Corp. | | | 7,617 | | | | 1,079,177 | |
United Continental Holdings, Inc. (2) | | | 3,995 | | | | 278,571 | |
United Rentals, Inc. (2) | | | 476 | | | | 70,267 | |
Vectrus, Inc. (2) | | | 1,244 | | | | 38,340 | |
Vicor Corp. (2) | | | 211 | | | | 9,189 | |
WESCO International, Inc. (2) | | | 205 | | | | 11,706 | |
WW Grainger, Inc. | | | 1,030 | | | | 317,652 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 7,515,173 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Information Technology - 16.6% | | | | | | | | |
Accenture PLC | | | 6,682 | | | | 1,093,108 | |
Adobe Systems, Inc. (2) | | | 4,621 | | | | 1,126,646 | |
Akamai Technologies, Inc. (2) | | | 3,980 | | | | 291,455 | |
Alphabet, Inc. - Class A (2) | | | 100 | | | | 112,919 | |
Alphabet, Inc. - Class C (2) | | | 1,658 | | | | 1,849,748 | |
Amkor Technology, Inc. (2) | | | 6,778 | | | | 58,223 | |
ANSYS, Inc. (2) | | | 402 | | | | 70,020 | |
Apple, Inc. | | | 17,576 | | | | 3,253,493 | |
Applied Materials, Inc. | | | 18,827 | | | | 869,619 | |
ARRIS International PLC (2) | | | 6,461 | | | | 157,939 | |
Aspen Technology, Inc. (2) | | | 1,955 | | | | 181,307 | |
Avnet, Inc. | | | 2,533 | | | | 108,640 | |
Blucora, Inc. (2) | | | 228 | | | | 8,436 | |
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. | | | 4,568 | | | | 199,759 | |
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. | | | 3,257 | | | | 374,881 | |
CA, Inc. | | | 10,512 | | | | 374,753 | |
CACI International, Inc. (2) | | | 239 | | | | 40,283 | |
CDW Corp./DE | | | 4,083 | | | | 329,865 | |
Ciena Corp. (2) | | | 3,573 | | | | 94,720 | |
Cisco Systems, Inc. | | | 17,651 | | | | 759,523 | |
Citrix Systems, Inc. (2) | | | 5,274 | | | | 552,926 | |
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. | | | 2,218 | | | | 70,710 | |
Conduent, Inc. (2) | | | 1,325 | | | | 24,075 | |
DXC Technology Co. | | | 8,133 | | | | 655,601 | |
Electro Scientific Industries, Inc. (2) | | | 904 | | | | 14,256 | |
Etsy, Inc. (2) | | | 1,339 | | | | 56,492 | |
F5 Networks, Inc. (2) | | | 453 | | | | 78,120 | |
Facebook, Inc. (2) | | | 8,318 | | | | 1,616,354 | |
Fair Isaac Corp. (2) | | | 475 | | | | 91,827 | |
First Solar, Inc. (2) | | | 740 | | | | 38,968 | |
Five9, Inc. (2) | | | 31 | | | | 1,072 | |
Fortinet, Inc. (2) | | | 5,857 | | | | 365,653 | |
GrubHub, Inc. (2) | | | 201 | | | | 21,087 | |
HP, Inc. | | | 33,961 | | | | 770,575 | |
Immersion Corp. (2) | | | 832 | | | | 12,846 | |
Intel Corp. | | | 22,778 | | | | 1,132,294 | |
InterDigital, Inc./PA | | | 605 | | | | 48,945 | |
International Business Machines Corp. | | | 5,233 | | | | 731,050 | |
Intuit, Inc. | | | 4,313 | | | | 881,167 | |
IPG Photonics Corp. (2) | | | 407 | | | | 89,796 | |
Jabil, Inc. | | | 7,422 | | | | 205,292 | |
Lam Research Corp. | | | 3,773 | | | | 652,163 | |
Marvell Technology Group, Ltd. | | | 4,021 | | | | 86,210 | |
Mastercard, Inc. | | | 6,800 | | | | 1,336,336 | |
Micron Technology, Inc. (2) | | | 15,178 | | | | 795,934 | |
Microsoft Corp. | | | 28,422 | | | | 2,802,693 | |
MKS Instruments, Inc. | | | 643 | | | | 61,535 | |
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2018 (unaudited)
Combined Fund
Security Description | | Shares or Principal Amount ($) | | | Fair Value ($)(1) | |
Common Stocks - continued | | | | | | | | |
Nanometrics, Inc. (2) | | | 425 | | | | 15,049 | |
NCR Corp. (2) | | | 583 | | | | 17,478 | |
NETGEAR, Inc. (2) | | | 81 | | | | 5,063 | |
Nutanix, Inc. (2) | | | 607 | | | | 31,303 | |
NVIDIA Corp. | | | 1,418 | | | | 335,924 | |
ON Semiconductor Corp. (2) | | | 21,828 | | | | 485,345 | |
Oracle Corp. | | | 11,158 | | | | 491,621 | |
Plantronics, Inc. | | | 25 | | | | 1,906 | |
Progress Software Corp. | | | 3,031 | | | | 117,663 | |
Pure Storage, Inc. (2) | | | 468 | | | | 11,176 | |
Qualys, Inc. (2) | | | 9 | | | | 759 | |
QuinStreet, Inc. (2) | | | 332 | | | | 4,216 | |
Red Hat, Inc. (2) | | | 5,592 | | | | 751,397 | |
RingCentral, Inc. (2) | | | 1,270 | | | | 89,345 | |
Rosetta Stone, Inc. (2) | | | 766 | | | | 12,279 | |
Science Applications International Corp. | | | 377 | | | | 30,511 | |
SMART Global Holdings, Inc. (2) | | | 13 | | | | 414 | |
Stamps.com, Inc. (2) | | | 78 | | | | 19,738 | |
Syntel, Inc. (2) | | | 3,506 | | | | 112,508 | |
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (2) | | | 114 | | | | 13,493 | |
Tech Data Corp. (2) | | | 1,216 | | | | 99,858 | |
TechTarget, Inc. (2) | | | 1,150 | | | | 32,660 | |
Texas Instruments, Inc. | | | 3,051 | | | | 336,373 | |
Travelport Worldwide, Ltd. | | | 407 | | | | 7,546 | |
Twilio, Inc. (2) | | | 502 | | | | 28,122 | |
Unisys Corp. (2) | | | 93 | | | | 1,200 | |
Web.com Group, Inc. (2) | | | 96 | | | | 2,482 | |
Xcerra Corp. (2) | | | 9,700 | | | | 135,509 | |
XO Group, Inc. (2) | | | 449 | | | | 14,368 | |
Zebra Technologies Corp. (2) | | | 1,072 | | | | 153,565 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 27,908,185 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Materials - 2.5% | | | | | | | | |
AdvanSix, Inc. (2) | | | 697 | | | | 25,531 | |
Alcoa Corp. (2) | | | 1,053 | | | | 49,365 | |
Avery Dennison Corp. | | | 839 | | | | 85,662 | |
Celanese Corp. | | | 995 | | | | 110,505 | |
Chemours Co./The | | | 3,846 | | | | 170,608 | |
Eagle Materials, Inc. | | | 1,896 | | | | 199,023 | |
Eastman Chemical Co. | | | 5,441 | | | | 543,882 | |
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. | | | 3,554 | | | | 61,342 | |
Gold Resource Corp. | | | 1,434 | | | | 9,450 | |
Huntsman Corp. | | | 5,107 | | | | 149,124 | |
Kraton Corp. (2) | | | 1,345 | | | | 62,058 | |
Kronos Worldwide, Inc. | | | 2,506 | | | | 56,460 | |
Louisiana-Pacific Corp. | | | 3,527 | | | | 96,005 | |
LyondellBasell Industries NV | | | 7,405 | | | | 813,439 | |
Olin Corp. | | | 1,441 | | | | 41,385 | |
Packaging Corp. of America | | | 1,641 | | | | 183,447 | |
Rayonier Advanced Materials, Inc. | | | 2,021 | | | | 34,539 | |
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. | | | 4,720 | | | | 413,188 | |
Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. | | | 124 | | | | 4,179 | |
Steel Dynamics, Inc. | | | 7,869 | | | | 361,581 | |
SunCoke Energy, Inc. (2) | | | 378 | | | | 5,065 | |
Tredegar Corp. | | | 322 | | | | 7,567 | |
Trinseo SA | | | 2,194 | | | | 155,664 | |
United States Steel Corp. | | | 1,328 | | | | 46,148 | |
Verso Corp. (2) | | | 796 | | | | 17,321 | |
Warrior Met Coal, Inc. | | | 1,377 | | | | 37,964 | |
Westlake Chemical Corp. | | | 3,153 | | | | 339,358 | |
WestRock Co. | | | 1,662 | | | | 94,767 | |
Worthington Industries, Inc. | | | 103 | | | | 4,323 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 4,178,950 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Real Estate Investment Trust - 2.9% | | | | | | | | |
American Tower Corp. | | | 305 | | | | 43,972 | |
Brixmor Property Group, Inc. | | | 410 | | | | 7,146 | |
CareTrust REIT, Inc. | | | 662 | | | | 11,049 | |
Chesapeake Lodging Trust | | | 2,647 | | | | 83,751 | |
CoreCivic, Inc. | | | 4,339 | | | | 103,659 | |
CubeSmart | | | 14,695 | | | | 473,473 | |
Essex Property Trust, Inc. | | | 3,010 | | | | 719,601 | |
GEO Group, Inc./The | | | 2,097 | | | | 57,751 | |
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2018 (unaudited)
Combined Fund
Security Description | | Shares or Principal Amount ($) | | | Fair Value ($)(1) | |
Common Stocks - continued | | | | | | | | |
Gladstone Commercial Corp. | | | 1,566 | | | | 30,099 | |
Hersha Hospitality Trust | | | 4,807 | | | | 103,110 | |
Hospitality Properties Trust | | | 2,184 | | | | 62,484 | |
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | | | 23,809 | | | | 501,656 | |
Lamar Advertising Co. | | | 2,939 | | | | 200,763 | |
LaSalle Hotel Properties | | | 405 | | | | 13,863 | |
Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. | | | 1,146 | | | | 35,526 | |
Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | | | 1,561 | | | | 47,813 | |
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust | | | 1,698 | | | | 65,882 | |
Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust | | | 1,114 | | | | 12,243 | |
Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. | | | 9,264 | | | | 184,631 | |
PotlatchDeltic Corp. | | | 921 | | | | 46,833 | |
PS Business Parks, Inc. | | | 251 | | | | 32,254 | |
Public Storage | | | 2,050 | | | | 465,063 | |
Rayonier, Inc. | | | 2,815 | | | | 108,912 | |
Retail Properties of America, Inc. | | | 15,232 | | | | 194,665 | |
Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. | | | 217 | | | | 18,044 | |
Simon Property Group, Inc. | | | 5,091 | | | | 866,437 | |
Spirit Realty Capital, Inc. | | | 305 | | | | 2,449 | |
Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. | | | 3,688 | | | | 86,632 | |
Tier REIT, Inc. | | | 3,737 | | | | 88,866 | |
Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc. | | | 3,420 | | | | 77,395 | |
Ventas, Inc. | | | 2,374 | | | | 135,199 | |
Washington Prime Group, Inc. | | | 767 | | | | 6,220 | |
Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | | | 559 | | | | 13,617 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 4,901,058 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Telecommunication Services - 1.2% | | | | | | | | |
AT&T, Inc. | | | 12,566 | | | | 403,494 | |
Frontier Communications Corp. | | | 524 | | | | 2,809 | |
Intelsat SA (2) | | | 458 | | | | 7,630 | |
Telephone & Data Systems, Inc. | | | 2,341 | | | | 64,190 | |
Verizon Communications, Inc. | | | 28,551 | | | | 1,436,401 | |
Vonage Holdings Corp. (2) | | | 2,721 | | | | 35,074 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 1,949,598 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Utilities - 2.2% | | | | | | | | |
Avangrid, Inc. | | | 806 | | | | 42,662 | |
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. | | | 13,053 | | | | 361,699 | |
Consolidated Water Co., Ltd. | | | 12 | | | | 155 | |
Evergy, Inc. | | | 2,707 | | | | 151,998 | |
Exelon Corp. | | | 19,886 | | | | 847,144 | |
MDU Resources Group, Inc. | | | 19,793 | | | | 567,663 | |
New Jersey Resources Corp. | | | 1,725 | | | | 77,194 | |
NextEra Energy, Inc. | | | 5,737 | | | | 958,251 | |
NRG Energy, Inc. | | | 902 | | | | 27,691 | |
OGE Energy Corp. | | | 560 | | | | 19,718 | |
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. | | | 4,614 | | | | 249,802 | |
UGI Corp. | | | 5,309 | | | | 276,433 | |
Vectren Corp. | | | 295 | | | | 21,078 | |
Vistra Energy Corp. (2) | | | 1,103 | | | | 26,095 | |
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| | | | | | | 3,627,583 | |
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Total Common Stocks (Cost $96,707,149) | | | | | | | 109,559,325 | |
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Registered Investment Companies - 12.8% | | | | | | | | |
iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (9) | | | 173,274 | | | | 10,980,373 | |
iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (9) | | | 29,296 | | | | 1,538,333 | |
iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF (9) | | | 85,441 | | | | 9,084,087 | |
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Total Registered Investment Companies (Cost $21,162,288) | | | | | | | 21,602,793 | |
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Money Market Registered Investment Companies - 19.0% | | | | | | | | |
Meeder Institutional Prime Money Market Fund, 1.96% (5) | | | 32,004,382 | | | | 32,004,382 | |
Morgan Stanley Government Institutional Fund, 1.81% (4) | | | 55,944 | | | | 55,944 | |
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Total Money Market Registered Investment Companies (Cost $32,057,021) | | | | | | | 32,060,326 | |
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2018 (unaudited)
Combined Fund
Security Description | | Shares or Principal Amount ($) | | | Fair Value ($)(1) | |
Bank Obligations - 1.2% | | | | | | | | |
First Merchants Bank Deposit Account, 1.85%, 7/2/2018 (6) | | | 498,438 | | | | 498,438 | |
Metro City Bank Deposit Account, 1.85%, 7/2/2018 (6) | | | 498,446 | | | | 498,446 | |
Pacific Mercantile Bank Deposit Account, 1.83%, 7/2/2018 (6) | | | 249,317 | | | | 249,317 | |
Pacific Premier Bank Deposit Account, 1.80%, 7/2/2018 (6) | | | 498,363 | | | | 498,363 | |
Seacoast Community Bank Deposit Account, 1.85%, 7/2/2018 (6) | | | 249,267 | | | | 249,267 | |
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Total Bank Obligations (Cost $1,993,831) | | | | | | | 1,993,831 | |
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Total Investments - 98.1% (Cost $151,920,289) | | | | | | | 165,216,275 | |
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Other Assets less Liabilities - 1.9% | | | | | | | 3,140,954 | |
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Total Net Assets - 100.0% | | | | | | | 168,357,229 | |
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Trustee Deferred Compensation (7) | | | | | | | | |
Meeder Balanced Fund | | | 3,146 | | | | 36,368 | |
Meeder Dynamic Allocation Fund | | | 8,279 | | | | 90,405 | |
Meeder Muirfield Fund | | | 3,190 | | | | 24,244 | |
Meeder Conservative Allocation Fund | | | 888 | | | | 19,669 | |
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Total Trustee Deferred Compensation (Cost $147,563) | | | | | | | 170,686 | |
| | Contracts | | | Expiration Date | | Notional Value of Contracts ($) | | | Value and Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)($) | |
Index Futures | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Mini MSCI EAFE Index Futures | | | 207 | | | 9/21/2018 | | | 20,238,390 | | | | (707,180 | ) |
Mini MSCI Emerging Markets Index Futures | | | 111 | | | 9/21/2018 | | | 5,901,315 | | | | (387,401 | ) |
Russell 2000 Mini Index Futures | | | 2 | | | 9/21/2018 | | | 164,750 | | | | (2,783 | ) |
E-mini Standard & Poors MidCap 400 Futures | | | 3 | | | 9/21/2018 | | | 586,830 | | | | (14,031 | ) |
Standard & Poors 500 Mini Futures | | | 60 | | | 9/21/2018 | | | 8,164,800 | | | | (176,624 | ) |
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Total Futures Contracts | | | 383 | | | | | | 35,056,085 | | | | (1,288,019 | ) |
| (1) | Statement on Financial Accounting Standard No. 157 "Fair Value Measurements" - Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund's investments. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below. |
| ● | Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical securities |
| ● | Level 2 - other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.) |
| ● | Level 3 - significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) |
The following is a summary of the inputs used as of June 30, 2018 in valuing the Fund's assets carried at fair value:
Valuation Inputs | | Investments in Securities | | | Other Financial Instruments (10) | |
Level 1 - Quoted Prices | | $ | 163,222,444 | | | $ | (1,288,019 | ) |
Level 2 - Other Significant Observable Inputs | | | 1,993,831 | | | | - | |
Level 3 - Significant Unobservable Inputs | | | - | | | | - | |
Total | | $ | 165,216,275 | | | $ | (1,288,019 | ) |
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For example, short-term debt instruments and repurchase agreements with a maturity of less than 60 days are valued using amortized cost, in accordance with rules under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Generally, amortized cost approximates the current fair value of a security, but since the value is not obtained from a quoted price in an active market, such securities are reflected as Level 2.
| (2) | Represents non-income producing securities. |
| (3) | All or a portion of this security is on loan. |
| (4) | Investment purchased with cash received as securities lending collateral. The yield shown represents the 7-day yield in effect at June 30, 2018. |
| (5) | Investment in affiliate. The yield shown represents the 7-day yield in effect at June 30, 2018. |
| (6) | Variable rate security. Securities payable at par including accrued interest (usually within seven days notice) and unconditionally secured as to principal and interest by letters of credit or other credit support agreements from major banks. The interest rates are adjustable and are not based on a published reference rate and spread but are determined by the issuer or agent and are based on current market conditions. These securities do not indicate a reference rate and spread in their description above. The rate shown represents the rate in effect at June 30, 2018. The maturity date shown, if applicable, reflects the earlier of the next demand date or stated maturity date. |
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2018 (unaudited)
Combined Fund
| (7) | Assets of affiliates to the Fund held for the benefit of the Fund's Trustees in connection with the Trustee Deferred Compensation Plan. |
| (8) | Fair valued security deemed as Level 3 security. |
| (10) | Other financial instruments are derivative instruments not reflected in the Schedule of Investments, such as futures contracts, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation of the instrument. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Notes to Pro Forma Financial Statements, June 30, 2018 (Unaudited)
Note 1 — Reorganization
The unaudited pro forma information has been prepared to give effect to the proposed reorganization of the Target Fund into the Survivor Fund pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (the “Reorganization”) as if the Reorganization occurred on June 30, 2018.
Note 2 — Basis of Pro Forma
The Reorganization is expected to be accounted for as a tax-free reorganization for federal income tax purposes; therefore, no gain or loss will be recognized by the Survivor Fund or its shareholders as a direct result of the Reorganization. The Target Fund and the Survivor Fund are both registered open-end management investment companies. The Reorganization would be accomplished by the acquisition of all of the assets and the assumption of all of the liabilities of the Target Fund by the Survivor Fund in exchange for shares of the Survivor Fund, followed by the distribution of such shares to Target Fund shareholders in complete liquidation and termination of the Target Fund. The pro forma financial information has been adjusted to reflect the assumption that the Target Fund distributes its undistributed net investment income to its shareholders prior to the Reorganization. The Target Fund shareholders would have received 2,398,080 shares of the Survivor Fund had the Reorganization occurred on June 30, 2018.
The Reorganization is expected to be accounted for as a tax-free reorganization for federal income tax purposes. In accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, for financial reporting purposes, the historical cost basis of the investments received from the Target Fund will be carried forward to align ongoing reporting of the realized and unrealized gains and losses of the Survivor Fund with amounts distributable to shareholders for tax purposes.
Fund | | Net Assets | As-of As of Date |
Meeder Aggressive Allocation Fund (Target Fund) | | $ | 142,136,834 | June 30, 2018 |
Meeder Dynamic Allocation Fund (Survivor Fund) | | $ | 26,220,395 | June 30, 2018 |
Meeder Dynamic Allocation Fund (Pro Forma Combined Fund) | | $ | 168,357,229 | June 30, 2018 |
Note 3 — Pro Forma Expense Adjustments
The table below reflects adjustments to annual expenses made to the Pro Forma Combined Fund financial information as if the Reorganization had taken place on June 30, 2018 using the fees and expenses information shown in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. The pro forma information has been derived from the books and records used in calculating daily net asset values of the Target Fund and Survivor Fund and has been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America which require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect this information. Percentages presented below are the increase (decrease) in expenses divided by the Pro Forma Combined Fund net assets presented in Note 2. Actual results could differ from those estimates. No other significant pro forma effects are expected to result from the Reorganization. No significant accounting policies will change as a result of the Reorganization, specifically policies regarding security valuation or compliance with Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. No significant changes to any existing contracts of the Survivor Fund are expected as a result of the Reorganization. All other pro forma adjustments reflect changes pursuant to economies of scale savings and/or the elimination of redundant fees or expenses.
| | Fee and Expense Increase (Decrease) | | | | |
Net Expense Category | | Dollar Amount | | | Percentage | |
Administration fees | | $ | (6,471 | ) | | | - | |
Fund Accounting fees | | | (30,771 | ) | | | (0.02 | %) |
Transfer Agent fees | | | - | | | | - | |
Professional fees | | | (19,378 | ) | | | (0.01 | %) |
Compliance expense | | | (4,770 | ) | | | - | |
Registration fees | | | (68,841 | ) | | | (0.04 | %) |
Custody fees | | | - | | | | - | |
Printing and filing fees | | | - | | | | - | |
Trustee fees | | | (598 | ) | | | - | |
Miscellaneous fees | | | (26,346 | ) | | | (0.02 | %) |
Total Pro Forma Net Expense Adjustment | | $ | (157,176 | ) | | | (0.09 | %) |
Note 4 — Accounting Survivor
The Survivor Fund will be the accounting survivor. The Survivor Fund will have the portfolio management team, portfolio composition, strategies, investment objective, expense structure and policies/restrictions of the Survivor Fund.
Note 5 — Capital Loss Carryforwards
At December 31, 2017, neither the Target Fund nor the Survivor Fund had any capital loss carryforwards.
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Part C
Other Information
ITEM 15. Indemnification
Reference is made to Section 5.3 of the Declaration of Trust filed as an original exhibit to Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 18 on January 16, 1992. As provided therein, the Trust is required to indemnify its officers and trustees against claims and liability arising in connection with the affairs of the Trust, except liability arising from breach of trust, bad faith, willful misfeasance, gross negligence or reckless disregard of duties. The Trust is obligated to undertake the defense of any action brought against any officer, trustee or shareholder, and to pay the expenses thereof if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interest of the Trust, and with respect to any criminal action had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. Other conditions are applicable to the right of indemnification as set forth in the Declaration of Trust. In applying these provisions, the Trust will comply with the provisions of the Investment Company Act.
ITEM 16. Exhibits
(1) (i) Declaration of Trust, effective December 30, 1991 -- filed as an exhibit to Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 18 on January 16, 1992, which exhibit is incorporated herein by reference.
(ii) Amended Section 9.6 of Article IX of the Declaration of Trust is filed herewith.
(2) By-Laws of the Trust -- filed as an exhibit to Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 18 on January 16, 1992, which exhibit is incorporated herein by reference.
(3) Not applicable.
(4) Plan of Reorganization, dated September 28, 2018, is included as Exhibit A.
(5) Instruments Defining Rights of Security Holders. None other than Articles V, VI and VII of the Registrant’s Declaration of Trust and Article II of the Registrant’s By-Laws, which exhibit is incorporated herein by reference.
(6) Amended and Restated Investment Advisory Agreement between Meeder Funds and Meeder Asset Management, Inc. effective April 30, 2018 -- filed as an exhibit to Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 91 on April 30, 2018, which exhibit is incorporated herein by reference.
(7) Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement between the Meeder Funds and Adviser Dealer Services, Inc. effective September 30, 2017 -- filed as an exhibit to Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 88 on September 21, 2017, which exhibit is incorporated herein by reference.
(8) Deferred Compensation Plan for Independent Trustees – filed as an exhibit to Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 41 on April 30, 1999, which exhibit is incorporated by reference.
(9) Custodian Agreement between the Registrant and The Huntington National Bank – filed as an Exhibit to Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 48 on April 30, 2004, which exhibit is incorporated by reference herein.
(10) (i) Amended and Restated Shareholder Distribution Plan dated September 15, 2016 -- filed as an exhibit to the Registrant's 86th Post-Effective Amendment to Form N-1A with the Commission on April 28, 2017, which exhibit is incorporated herein by reference;
(ii) Amended and Restated Meeder Funds Multiple Class Plan Pursuant to Rule 13f-3 dated August 5, 2016 -- filed as an exhibit to the Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 81 filed on August 15, 2016, which exhibit is incorporated herein by reference.
(11) Opinion and Consent of Counsel is filed herewith.
(12) None
(13) (i) Amended and Restated Administration Agreement between the Meeder Funds and Mutual Funds Service Co. dated September 21, 2017 -- filed as an exhibit to Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 88 on September 21, 2017, which exhibit is incorporated herein by reference.
(ii) Amended and Restated Transfer Agency and Service Agreement between the Meeder Funds and Mutual Funds Service Co. effective September 30, 2017 -- filed as an exhibit to Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 88 on September 21, 2017, which exhibit is incorporated herein by reference.
(iii) Amended and Restated Shareholder Services Plan adopted August 5, 2016 -- filed as an exhibit to Registration’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 81 on August 15, 2016, which exhibit is incorporated here by reference.
(iv) Compliance Support Services Agreement dated September 21, 2017 -- filed as an exhibit to Registration’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 91 on April 30, 2018, which exhibit is incorporated here by reference.
(v) Meeder Funds Fee Waiver Agreement dated April 30, 2018 -- filed as an exhibit to Registration’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 91 on April 30, 2018, which exhibit is incorporated here by reference.
(vi) Meeder Funds Expense Limitation Agreement dated April 30, 2018 -- filed as an exhibit to Registration’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 91 on April 30, 2018, which exhibit is incorporated here by reference.
(14) Independent Auditors Letter of Consent is filed herewith.
(15) None.
(16) Powers of Attorney are filed herewith.
(17) None.
ITEM 17. Undertakings
(1) The undersigned registrant agrees that prior to any public reoffering of the securities registered through the use of a prospectus which is part of this registration statement by any person or party who is deemed to be an underwriter within the meaning of Rule 145(c) of the Securities Act [17 CFR 230.145c], the reoffering prospectus will contain the information called for by the applicable registration form for the reofferings by persons who may be deemed underwriters, in addition to the information called for by the other items of the applicable form.
(2) The undersigned registrant agrees that every prospectus that is filed under paragraph (1) above will be filed as part of an amendment to the registration statement and will not be used until the amendment is effective, and that, in determining any liability under the 1933 act, each post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement for the securities offered therein, and the offering of the securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering of them.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form N-14 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dublin, State of Ohio, on the 28th day of September, 2018.
| Meeder Funds | |
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| By: | /s/ Robert S. Meeder, Jr. | |
| Robert S. Meeder, Jr. President | |
As required by the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement on Form N-14 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the 28th day of September, 2018.
Meeder Funds
/s/ Robert S. Meeder, Jr. | |
Robert S. Meeder, Jr., President, Principal Executive Officer, and Trustee | |
| |
/s/ Bruce E. McKibben | |
Bruce E. McKibben, Treasurer, Principal Financial Officer, and Principal Accounting Officer | |
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/s/ Stuart M. Allen* | |
Stuart M. Allen, Trustee | |
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/s/ Anthony V. D’Angelo* | |
Anthony V. D’Angelo, Trustee | |
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/s/ Jeffrey R. Provence* | |
Jeffrey R. Provence, Trustee | |
*By: | /s/ Dale W. Smith | |
| Dale W. Smith | |
| Executed by Dale W. Smith on behalf of those indicated pursuant to Powers of Attorney filed herewith. | |
Exhibits
(10) (ii) | Declaration of Trust Amendment |
(11) | Form of Opinion and Consent of Counsel |
(14) | Independent Auditors Letter of Consent |
(16) | Powers of Attorney |