united states
securities and exchange commission
washington, d.c. 20549
form n-csr
certified shareholder report of registered management
investment companies
Investment Company Act file number 811-07254
Johnson Mutual Funds Trust
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
3777 West Fork Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45247
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Marc E. Figgins, CFO, 3777 West Fork Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45247
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:(513) 661-3100
Date of fiscal year end:12/31
Date of reporting period:12/31/23
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Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.
JOHNSON MUTUAL FUNDS | DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
Table of Contents
Letter from the Fund President | 1 |
Performance Review and Management Discussion | |
Equity Income Fund | 3 |
Opportunity Fund | 5 |
International Fund | 7 |
Municipal Income Fund | 8 |
Portfolio of Investments | |
Equity Income Fund | 10 |
Opportunity Fund | 11 |
International Fund | 13 |
Municipal Income Fund | 15 |
Statements of Assets and Liabilities | 20 |
Statements of Operations | 22 |
Statements of Changes in Net Assets | 24 |
Financial Highlights | |
Equity Income Fund | 27 |
Opportunity Fund | 29 |
International Fund | 31 |
Municipal Income Fund | 32 |
Notes to the Financial Statements | 33 |
Disclosure of Expenses | 41 |
Operation and Effectiveness of the Funds’ Liquidity Risk management Program | 42 |
Additional Information | 43 |
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | 44 |
Trustees and Officers | 45 |
Trustees and Officers, Transfer Agent and Fund Accountant, Custodian, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, Legal Counsel | Back Page |
LETTER FROM THE FUND PRESIDENT | DECEMBER 2023 |
We are pleased to present you with the Johnson Mutual Funds’ 2023 Annual Report to Shareholders. On the following pages, we have provided commentary on the performance of each of the Funds for 2023 as well as their relative performance compared to an appropriate benchmark.
The remainder of the report provides the holdings of each Johnson Mutual Fund as well as other financial data and notes.
2023 was the year of the market mood swing. The year began plagued by fear and uncertainty as the Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) aggressively tightened policy, and economists were all but certain this would be the year the economy would buckle under the Fed’s pressure. By early spring, Leading Economic Indicators were at levels only previously seen in a recession or on the verge of entering a recession. To make matters worse, the abrupt failure of Silicon Valley Bank rattled investors and sent markets tumbling.
By summer, optimism emerged as investors grew confident that the banking crisis was contained, and overall market sentiment began to improve. Throughout the second half of the year the combination of steady economic data and convincing progress on inflation propelled risk assets higher.
One notable exception, however, was the bond market. The combination of stronger than expected economic data and inflation still running hotter than desired propelled interest rates to new highs as the market embraced the Fed’s promise to keep rates “higher for longer”. For a moment, the Bloomberg Aggregate Index (“AGG”) seemed destined to post its third straight year of negative returns.
However, that changed abruptly, after a slowing pace of hiring was revealed in the October payrolls report. The Federal Reserve further added fuel to the fourth-quarter bond market rally at its December meeting, when it disclosed plans to cut rates a few times in the coming year. From its October lows, the AGG climbed nearly 10% and erased its entire YTD deficit, closing the year up 5.53%.
The sudden dovish shift from the Federal Reserve sent equities even higher with the S&P 500 returning 11.69% in the fourth quarter alone. The swift decline in rates and increasing hopes of an economic soft landing were celebrated by the market, leading to significant gains in interest rate-sensitive sectors, such as Real Estate (18.83%), Technology (17.17%), and Financials (14.03%).
All told the S&P 500 climbed 26.29% during 2023 to finish the year just below its all-time record high set in January 2022. On the surface the stock market appears to be signaling that the Fed has engineered a soft landing for the economy. However, the story of equity markets in 2023 remained the market concentration of the largest mega-cap, growth-oriented stocks. While the market-cap weighted S&P 500 is close to reaching a new all-time high, the equal weighted S&P 500 lagged materially, finishing the year up only 13.88%, the largest spread between the two indices since 1998.
Diversification was not only detrimental within the large cap equity space, but across market capitalization and geographic regions as well. The US mid and small cap stocks underperformed their large cap peers by a wide margin. Globally both developed and emerging market equities failed to keep pace with domestic indices.
LOOKING AHEAD
Diversification in portfolios will matter again as it always has. This narrow equity market leadership is unlikely to last forever. If history teaches us anything, it is that we would be wise to avoid that level of concentration in portfolios. From energy producers in 1980, to Japanese conglomerates in the 1990s, to tech stocks in the 2000s, to emerging markets commodity producers in the 2010s, every decade provides a new example of why it is unwise to concentrate on themes that drove the market in the recent past.
The Johnson forward looking outlook on the market remains mixed. While the Fed’s perceived more dovish commentary in December marked a notable potential shift in policy, a full cyclical upswing in the economy seems distant. The continuation of slowing economic trends and a potential recession could result in increased stock market volatility.
It is also important to highlight that the valuation on the market is not cheap, and that is based on earnings that may come under further pressure. Utilizing current consensus earnings estimates, the S&P 500 is trading at 19.5x forward earnings. While valuation is a poor predictor of return in the short term, it can provide a good indication toward longer term, 10-year return expectations. With the starting Price-to-Earnings ratio of 19.5x the regression would indicate equity returns over the next 10 years to average in the 3-6% range.
LETTER FROM THE FUND PRESIDENT | DECEMBER 2023 |
Bonds, for their part, look to be particularly attractive. The yield on an intermediate duration bond portfolio is near 4.5%. While yields have come down slightly from their highs earlier in the year, fixed income securities once again provide for the diversification benefit that did not exist in the lower rate environments of the past several years. In periods of risk aversion, fixed income will again be able to provide a benefit to portfolios as a hedge against increasing risks. And with bond portfolios yielding near 4.5% or better, the outlook for bond returns going forward has not been this high in many years (The best indication of long-term returns for fixed income is the starting yield).
Either way, the playbook here at Johnson will remain the same: a diversified portfolio of high-quality securities is the most resilient and reliable path to long-term success.
Disclaimer: Any expectations presented should not be taken as a guarantee or other assurance as to future results. Our opinions are a reflection of our best judgment at the time this presentation was created, and we disclaim any obligation to update or alter forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. The material contained herein is based upon proprietary information and is provided purely for reference and as such is confidential and intended solely for those to whom it was provided by Johnson Investment Counsel. This material has been prepared for informational purposes only, and is not intended to provide, and should not be relied on for, tax, legal or accounting advice. You should consult your own tax, legal and accounting advisors before engaging in any transaction.
JOHNSON EQUITY INCOME FUND | PERFORMANCE REVIEW – DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
The Johnson Equity Income Fund achieved a total return of 13.42% in 2023, underperforming the S&P 500 Index’s (the “Index”) 26.29% return. While the Fund’s absolute return for the year was positive, the significant outperformance of a few mega-cap stocks in the Index, dubbed the ‘Magnificent 7’, was the defining feature of 2023. These seven stocks hailed from three sectors – Information Technology (+58%), Communication Services (+55%), and Consumer Discretionary (+42%). These sectors provided outsized returns during the year and were the only three sectors that outperformed the Index. The other seven sectors severely underperformed the Index with four of these sectors – Health Care (+2%), Consumer Staples (+0.5%), Energy (-1%), and Utilities (-7%) – not participating at all.
Both sector allocation and stock selection contributed to the Fund’s underperformance in 2023. The Fund was meaningfully underweighted each of the three outperforming sectors and modestly overweight each of the four sectors mentioned above that did not participate in the year’s strong appreciation. As for stock selection, overconcentration of the Index in the ‘Magnificent 7’ mega cap companies, which now comprise ~29% of the overall Index, was a significant contributor to the Fund’s underperformance.
The Fund benefited from a few standout performers. Adobe and Intuit collectively provided over 120 bps of positive relative performance within Technology. The Fund’s position in Cencora (formerly AmerisourceBergen) and not owning pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson resulted in a positive Health Care sector contribution. Infrastructure spending beneficiary, nVent Electric, has increased 40.2% over the Fund’s holding period during the year, which resulted in a positive contribution from the Industrials sector.
In summary, 2023 was a difficult environment for dividend-focused strategies like this Fund, given the factors mentioned above. With the Federal Reserve’s perceived policy shift in December, the market has begun to anticipate that interest rate cuts may come quicker than anticipated. Against a backdrop of weakening economic indicators, the perceived shift raises questions about whether the economy is headed for a soft landing or a recession. A near term headwind to the Fund’s relative performance could be an environment led by lower quality, cyclical stocks. However, if we do see stock market volatility increase due to the return of recession fears, the Fund has a strong history of relative outperformance during significant market declines. We will continue to maintain our bottom-up quality discipline to provide positive shareholder value over the full market cycle.
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS | AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
| EQUITY INCOME FUND | |
| — CLASS I SHARES | S&P 500 INDEX |
ONE YEAR | 13.42% | 26.29% |
THREE YEARS | 8.84% | 10.00% |
FIVE YEARS | 14.18% | 15.69% |
TEN YEARS | 10.30% | 12.03% |
HOLDINGS BY INDUSTRY SECTOR |
SECTOR ALLOCATION | | % OF NET ASSETS |
TECHNOLOGY | | | 24.6 | % |
HEALTH CARE | | | 15.2 | % |
FINANCIALS | | | 13.6 | % |
INDUSTRIALS | | | 12.1 | % |
CONSUMER STAPLES | | | 7.7 | % |
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY | | | 6.7 | % |
ENERGY | | | 5.9 | % |
UTILITIES | | | 5.9 | % |
COMMUNICATIONS | | | 5.2 | % |
REAL ESTATE | | | 2.1 | % |
MONEY MARKET FUNDS | | | 0.9 | % |
OTHER: | | | | |
NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) | | | 0.1 | % |
| | | 100.0 | % |
Above average dividend income and long-term capital growth is the objective of the Johnson Equity Income Fund, and the primary assets are stocks of large-sized U.S. companies. The data on this page is unaudited. The data on this page represents past performance and is not a guarantee of future results. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Six-month returns are not annualized. The average annual total return numbers include changes in the Fund’s or Index’s share price, plus reinvestment of any dividends and capital gains. The Fund’s performance is after all fees and expenses, whereas the Index does not incur fees or expenses. A shareholder cannot invest directly in the S&P 500 Index. The returns shown do not reflect deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. The S&P 500 Index is the established benchmark. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. To obtain performance data current to the most recent month end, please call 1-800-541-0170.
JOHNSON EQUITY INCOME FUND | PERFORMANCE REVIEW – DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS | AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
| EQUITY INCOME FUND | |
| — CLASS S SHARES | S&P 500 INDEX |
SINCE INCEPTION* | 5.46% | 7.66% |
* | Inception date was September 15, 2023 |
Above average dividend income and long-term capital growth is the objective of the Johnson Equity Income Fund, and the primary assets are stocks of large-sized U.S. companies. The data on this page is unaudited. The data on this page represents past performance and is not a guarantee of future results. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Six-month returns are not annualized. The average annual total return numbers include changes in the Fund’s or Index’s share price, plus reinvestment of any dividends and capital gains. The Fund’s performance is after all fees and expenses, whereas the Index does not incur fees or expenses. A shareholder cannot invest directly in the S&P 500 Index. The returns shown do not reflect deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. The S&P 500 Index is the established benchmark. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. To obtain performance data current to the most recent month end, please call 1-800-541-0170.
JOHNSON OPPORTUNITY FUND | PERFORMANCE REVIEW – DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
The Johnson Opportunity Fund delivered a net total return of +17.12% in 2023, slightly trailing the Russell 2500 Index’s +17.42% return. It was a year of ebb and flow for SMID (small to mid) Cap stocks, with four major market corrections occurring within the year, notably a more than 20% decline following a banking industry crisis in March that led to a few large bank failures. Markets also grappled with interest rate volatility, assessing when Federal Reserve policy would transition from tightening to easing. As the Fed communicated a more dovish message late in the year, stocks finished the final two months of 2023 with a robust market rally.
The Fund’s performance in 2023 benefited from its strategic preference for high quality stocks. The team’s quantitative factor inputs emphasizing quality, valuation, and momentum were also a favorable influence. Sector positioning and security selection had positive attribution effects, and the slight Fund underperformance on a net basis can be attributed to fees and the drag of a small cash position.
The top contributing stock was Hawkins, a specialty chemicals manufacturer benefiting from robust pricing trends that drove record cash flows and balance sheet strengthening. Other top performers included Coca-Cola Consolidated, a distributor of Coca-Cola brands, and Fair Isaac Corp., best known for its FICO score credit assessment product. Both stocks were driven higher by robust earnings growth that exceeded market expectations. An overweight position in Industrials proved valuable with nVent Electric and Watsco among the biggest winners. A strategic underweight position in the Energy sector also proved advantageous as oil prices slid 11% over the course of the year.
On the downside, the worst performing stock was Signature Bank, which was taken over by regulators after an unexpected bank run on deposits, rendering its shares nearly worthless. The Health Care sector was a material underperformer for the year and included many of the Fund’s bottom performers, including AMN Healthcare Services, Jazz Pharmaceuticals, and Global Medical. This sector has faced challenges in the post-pandemic recovery and many companies continued to have disappointing earnings as they struggled to resume normal growth trends.
Market valuation appears contingent on companies achieving the mid-teens earnings growth rate indicated by the 2024 consensus. While annual forecasts often begin with such growth expectations, they rarely finish there as the year progresses. It is troubling to see that revision trends have not yet turned positive, and growth rates would likely still turn negative in a recession, which remains a threat. Amid a year marked by transitioning monetary policy, significant U.S. elections, and ongoing international conflicts, the team maintains a bottom-up focus in the face of macroeconomic uncertainty. Quality investing minimizes the reliance on timing the market cycle and aligns with companies well-equipped to navigate hard-to-predict market environments.
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS | AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
| OPPORTUNITY | |
| FUND | |
| — CLASS I SHARES | RUSSELL 2500 INDEX |
ONE YEAR | 17.12% | 17.42% |
THREE YEARS | 10.22% | 4.24% |
FIVE YEARS | 13.18% | 11.67% |
TEN YEARS | 8.39% | 8.36% |
HOLDINGS BY INDUSTRY SECTOR |
| | % OF |
SECTOR ALLOCATION | | NET ASSETS |
TECHNOLOGY | | | 21.1 | % |
INDUSTRIALS | | | 17.1 | % |
FINANCIALS | | | 12.8 | % |
HEALTH CARE | | | 12.2 | % |
MATERIALS | | | 9.5 | % |
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY | | | 9.1 | % |
REAL ESTATE | | | 6.0 | % |
UTILITIES | | | 4.0 | % |
CONSUMER STAPLES | | | 3.2 | % |
ENERGY | | | 2.4 | % |
MONEY MARKET FUNDS | | | 1.4 | % |
COMMUNICATIONS | | | 1.3 | % |
OTHER: | | | | |
NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) | | | -0.1 | % |
| | | 100.0 | % |
Long-term capital growth is the objective of the Johnson Opportunity Fund, and the primary assets are equity securities of medium sized companies. The data on this page is unaudited. The data on this page represents past performance and is not a guarantee of future results. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The average annual total return numbers include changes in the Fund’s or Index’s share price, plus reinvestment of any dividends and capital gains. Six-month returns are not annualized. The Fund’s performance is after all fees and expenses, whereas the Index does not incur fees or expenses. A shareholder cannot invest directly in the Russell 2500 Index. The returns shown do not reflect deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. The Russell 2500 Index is the established benchmark. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. To obtain performance data current to the most recent month end, please call 1-800-541-0170.
JOHNSON OPPORTUNITY FUND | PERFORMANCE REVIEW – DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS | AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
| OPPORTUNITY FUND | |
| — CLASS S SHARES | RUSSELL 2500 INDEX |
SINCE INCEPTION* | 10.35% | 9.95% |
* | Inception date was September 15, 2023 |
Long-term capital growth is the objective of the Johnson Opportunity Fund, and the primary assets are equity securities of medium sized companies. The data on this page is unaudited. The data on this page represents past performance and is not a guarantee of future results. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The average annual total return numbers include changes in the Fund’s or Index’s share price, plus reinvestment of any dividends and capital gains. Six-month returns are not annualized. The Fund’s performance is after all fees and expenses, whereas the Index does not incur fees or expenses. A shareholder cannot invest directly in the Russell 2500 Index. The returns shown do not reflect deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. The Russell 2500 Index is the established benchmark. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. To obtain performance data current to the most recent month end, please call 1-800-541-0170.
JOHNSON INTERNATIONAL FUND | PERFORMANCE REVIEW – DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
The Johnson International Fund had a total net return of +20.07% in 2023, outperforming the MSCI ACWI ex-US Index’s +15.62% return. This result placed the Fund in the top 20% of funds within its Morningstar Foreign Large Value peer group for the calendar year.
Without its own group of mega-cap technology stocks driving index returns higher, the less concentrated MSCI ACWI ex-US Index lagged the more technology-weighted US stock market. The positive absolute international returns were despite foreign company earnings slipping into negative growth and were further explained by rising valuation. Stocks corrected in August through October as interest rates rose but recaptured those losses in the final months of the year as the economy continued to avoid a decline, and investors looked ahead to the end of tight central bank monetary policies.
The Fund’s outperformance can mostly be attributed to positive security selection, which was shown in eight of the eleven sectors. An overweight tilt in developed markets (+18.2%) versus emerging markets (+9.8%) was also additive. The top performing Technology sector was a favorable overweight position, reflecting high demand for capacity-constrained products and capturing optimism for secular growth related to artificial intelligence. Five of the top ten stocks were from the Technology space, including Lenovo Group, Open Text, United Microelectronics, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, and SAP. Another significant contributor was Novo Nordisk, whose earnings boomed in large part due to its first mover advantage in the marketing of GLP-1 weight loss drugs.
Chinese stocks broadly declined for the second straight year, and this included many of the Fund’s weakest performers, including Daqo New Energy, JD.com, Alibaba Group, and Tencent Holdings. The Fund was underweight Chinese stocks, though, which added value. The most negative stock contributor was Kering, a luxury apparel and accessories company known for its Gucci brand that struggled to grow as expected due to a weak Chinese consumer and poor brand momentum.
Earnings revision trends have not yet turned positive, and a global recession remains a threat. The direction of the global economy and stock markets is likely to be shaped by the success of central bank monetary policy transitions and the course of events in ongoing international conflicts (both military and political). In the face of macroeconomic uncertainty, valuation can help buffer a riskier path. If the economy sees a soft-landing recovery, international stocks, after lagging U.S. stocks for multiple years, may see a relative growth rate advantage as well, as companies return to positive earnings growth after a down year for profits.
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS | AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
| INTERNATIONAL | MSCI ACWI EX US |
| FUND | INDEX |
ONE YEAR | 20.03% | 15.62% |
THREE YEARS | 4.61% | 1.55% |
FIVE YEARS | 7.87% | 7.08% |
TEN YEARS | 4.21% | 3.83% |
HOLDINGS BY COUNTRY |
% OF TOTAL INVESTMENTS | | AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
JAPAN | 16.66% | | AUSTRALIA | 2.17% |
UNITED KINGDOM | 10.45% | | MEXICO | 2.80% |
FRANCE | 9.18% | | UNITED STATES | 1.00% |
CANADA | 8.38% | | INDIA | 2.47% |
SWITZERLAND | 7.39% | | SOUTH KOREA | 2.45% |
GERMANY | 6.97% | | SPAIN | 1.99% |
TAIWAN | 3.76% | | BRAZIL | 2.75% |
HONGKONG | 3.91% | | DENMARK | 2.29% |
CHINA | 3.10% | | NETHERLANDS | 2.05% |
CAYMAN ISLANDS | 2.38% | | OTHER* | 7.85% |
* | Countries in “Other” category include: Israel, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Phillipines, Russia, Singapore, South Africa and Sweden |
Long-term capital growth is the objective of the Johnson International Fund, and the primary assets are equity securities of foreign companies traded on U.S. exchanges and ADRs (American Depository Receipts). The data on this page is unaudited. The data on this page represents past performance and is not a guarantee of future results. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Six-month returns are not annualized. The average annual total return numbers include changes in the Fund’s or Index’s share price, plus reinvestment of any dividends and capital gains. The Fund’s performance is after all fees and expenses, whereas neither Index incurs fees nor expenses. A shareholder cannot invest directly in the MSCI ACWI ex US Index. The returns shown do not reflect deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. The MSCI ACWI ex US Index is the primary benchmark. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. To obtain performance data current to the most recent month end, please call 1-800-541-0170.
JOHNSON MUNICIPAL INCOME FUND | PERFORMANCE REVIEW – DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
The Johnson Municipal Income fund provided a total return of 5.76% during 2023 compared to 6.40% for the Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index.
After rising sharply throughout 2022, municipal bond yields fell across every tenor of the curve in 2023 with majority of the downward move occurring toward the end of the year. Dovish communications from the Federal Reserve indicated the end of their rate hiking cycle following their acknowledgment of the progress made on inflation throughout the year. Tax-exempt municipal bonds outperformed most other fixed-income products as municipal bond yields rallied to a greater degree relative to U.S. treasury yields. Despite the strong performance, municipal bond mutual funds continued to experience outflows over the year as investors remained fearful of rising interest rates, and tax-loss harvesting activity continued. New municipal bond issuance in 2023 remained below that of 2022 and the trailing five-year average as issuers were reluctant to issue debt amidst the volatile interest rate environment and lackluster investor demand. Longer maturity bonds and lower quality issuers outperformed the general market as municipal bond rates fell and lower quality spreads tightened, as the low level of supply underwhelmed the market. As a result, the Fund’s longer duration positioning relative to its benchmark was a deterrent to performance while its focus on higher-quality securities acted as a headwind. We maintain a high-quality focus as lower quality securities remain expensive relative to prior periods and offer minimal compensation in terms of additional yield.
Investor sentiment regarding municipal credit health remained optimistic thanks to the tailwinds of strong tax revenue collection growth from pre-pandemic levels and a strong labor market. However, a degree of uncertainty remains for lower quality and economically sensitive-revenue dependent municipal issuers. Weakening economic conditions and the digestion of higher interest rates could result in a slowing of revenue collections, stretching the credit health of economically sensitive sectors. Still, higher-quality issuers’ balance sheets remain robust as reserve balances are near all-time highs, supporting a more advantageous foundation for a potential economic slowdown relative to lower quality. The Fund avoids economically sensitive securities by maintaining a strict focus on high quality municipal issuers, as over 71% of the Fund is rated AA or higher.
Looking forward to next year, municipal bond yields remain well-above decade-long averages across the curve, positioning municipal bonds to provide investors with meaningful current income and act as a reliable hedge against risk asset volatility. Despite proactive measures from the Fed to ease policy restrictions, a full cyclical upswing in the economy seems distant, leading the Fund to maintain a defensive posture in the portfolio driven by valuation paired with a modestly longer duration than the benchmark.
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS | AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
| | | BLOOMBERG |
| MUNICIPAL | BLOOMBERG | MUNICIPAL |
| INCOME | MUNICIPAL | BOND 5 YEAR |
| FUND | BOND INDEX | GO INDEX |
ONE YEAR | 5.76% | 6.40% | 4.05% |
THREE YEARS | -0.85% | -0.40% | -0.30% |
FIVE YEARS | 1.60% | 2.25% | 1.71% |
TEN YEARS | 1.99% | 3.03% | 1.80% |
A high level of federally tax-free income over the long term consistent with preservation of capital is the objective of the Johnson Municipal Income Fund, and the primary assets are intermediate term Ohio municipal bonds. The data on this page is unaudited and represents past performance and is not a guarantee of future results. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Six-month returns are not annualized. The average annual total return numbers include changes in the Fund’s or Index’s share price, plus reinvestment of any income and capital gains. The Fund’s performance is after all fees and expenses, whereas the Index does not incur fees or expenses. A shareholder cannot invest directly in the Bloomberg Capital Municipal Bond Index nor in the Bloomberg Capital Five Year General Obligation Municipal Bond Index. The returns shown do not reflect deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. The Bloomberg Capital Municipal Bond Index is the primary benchmark, and the Bloomberg Capital Five Year General Obligation Municipal Bond Index is a supplementary index. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. To obtain performance data current to the most recent month end, please call 1-800-541-0170.
JOHNSON MUNICIPAL INCOME FUND | PERFORMANCE REVIEW – DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
* | As rated by either Standard & Poor’s or Moody’s Rating Agencies. |
(If rated by both, the lower rating is represented.)
HOLDINGS BY STATE OF ISSUANCE % OF TOTAL INVESTMENTS |
OHIO | 77.03% | | INDIANA | 1.26 |
KENTUCKY | 6.47% | | SOUTH CAROLINA | 0.65% |
N/A | 3.34% | | ALABAMA | 0.57% |
MISSOURI | 2.89% | | VIRGINIA | 0.57% |
PENNSYLVANIA | 2.70% | | GEORGIA | 0.54% |
COLORADO | 1.80% | | MICHIGAN | 0.40% |
TEXAS | 1.45% | | NORTH DAKOTA | 0.33% |
EQUITY INCOME FUND | PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
COMMON STOCKS — 99.0% | | Shares | | | Value | |
Communications — 5.2% | | | | | | | | |
Alphabet, Inc. - Class A (a) | | | 175,812 | | | $ | 24,559,178 | |
Comcast Corp. - Class A | | | 177,800 | | | | 7,796,530 | |
| | | | | | | 32,355,708 | |
Consumer Discretionary — 6.7% | | | | | | | | |
Genuine Parts Co. | | | 72,000 | | | | 9,972,000 | |
Lowe’s Cos., Inc. | | | 57,000 | | | | 12,685,350 | |
McDonald’s Corp. | | | 42,500 | | | | 12,601,675 | |
TJX Cos., Inc. (The) | | | 65,485 | | | | 6,143,148 | |
| | | | | | | 41,402,173 | |
Consumer Staples — 7.7% | | | | | | | | |
Coca-Cola Co. (The) | | | 215,320 | | | | 12,688,807 | |
Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The) - Class A | | | 80,000 | | | | 11,700,000 | |
PepsiCo, Inc. | | | 35,900 | | | | 6,097,256 | |
Procter & Gamble Co. (The) | | | 36,690 | | | | 5,376,553 | |
Walmart, Inc. | | | 75,555 | | | | 11,911,246 | |
| | | | | | | 47,773,862 | |
Energy — 5.9% | | | | | | | | |
Chevron Corp. | | | 125,760 | | | | 18,758,362 | |
Williams Cos., Inc. (The) | | | 514,300 | | | | 17,913,069 | |
| | | | | | | 36,671,431 | |
Financials — 13.6% | | | | | | | | |
American Financial Group, Inc. | | | 158,900 | | | | 18,891,621 | |
Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. | | | 215,050 | | | | 11,907,319 | |
Everest Group Ltd. | | | 30,200 | | | | 10,678,116 | |
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc. | | | 61,600 | | | | 11,671,352 | |
Nasdaq, Inc. | | | 349,300 | | | | 20,308,302 | |
Willis Towers Watson plc | | | 44,870 | | | | 10,822,644 | |
| | | | | | | 84,279,354 | |
Health Care — 15.2% | | | | | | | | |
Abbott Laboratories | | | 100,518 | | | | 11,064,016 | |
Cencora, Inc. | | | 94,000 | | | | 19,305,719 | |
Danaher Corp. | | | 75,343 | | | | 17,429,849 | |
Medtronic plc | | | 108,836 | | | | 8,965,910 | |
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | | | 35,250 | | | | 18,558,068 | |
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | | | 103,900 | | | | 12,644,630 | |
Zoetis, Inc. | | | 32,892 | | | | 6,491,894 | |
| | | | | | | 94,460,086 | |
Industrials — 12.1% | | | | | | | | |
Amphenol Corp. - Class A | | | 132,300 | | | | 13,114,899 | |
Honeywell International, Inc. | | | 53,350 | | | | 11,188,029 | |
Illinois Tool Works, Inc. | | | 52,000 | | | | 13,620,880 | |
Nordson Corp. | | | 46,300 | | | | 12,230,608 | |
Northrop Grumman Corp. | | | 27,000 | | | | 12,639,780 | |
Waste Management, Inc. | | | 68,600 | | | | 12,286,260 | |
| | | | | | | 75,080,456 | |
Real Estate — 2.1% | | | | | | | | |
American Tower Corp. | | | 61,187 | | | | 13,209,050 | |
COMMON STOCKS — 99.0% | | Shares | | | Value | |
Technology — 24.6% | | | | | | | | |
Accenture plc - Class A | | | 41,790 | | | $ | 14,664,528 | |
Adobe, Inc. (a) | | | 20,060 | | | | 11,967,796 | |
Analog Devices, Inc. | | | 59,200 | | | | 11,754,752 | |
Apple,Inc. | | | 61,760 | | | | 11,890,653 | |
ASML Holding N.V. | | | 9,100 | | | | 6,887,972 | |
Intuit, Inc. | | | 21,250 | | | | 13,281,888 | |
Mastercard, Inc. - Class A | | | 29,750 | | | | 12,688,673 | |
Microsoft Corp. | | | 60,260 | | | | 22,660,169 | |
Roper Technologies, Inc. | | | 26,000 | | | | 14,174,420 | |
S&P Global,Inc. | | | 28,657 | | | | 12,623,982 | |
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. - ADR | | | 63,000 | | | | 6,552,000 | |
Visa, Inc. - Class A | | | 50,600 | | | | 13,173,710 | |
| | | | | | | 152,320,543 | |
Utilities — 5.9% | | | | | | | | |
Alliant Energy Corp. | | | 352,910 | | | | 18,104,283 | |
American Electric Power Co., Inc. | | | 227,600 | | | | 18,485,672 | |
| | | | | | | 36,589,955 | |
Total Common Stocks | | | | | | | | |
(Cost $436,991,063) | | | | | | $ | 614,142,618 | |
| | | | | | | | |
MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 0.9% | | | | | | | | |
First American Government Obligations Fund - Class Z, 5.25% (b) (Cost $5,511,764) | | | 5,511,764 | | | | 5,511,764 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Investments at Value — 99.9% | | | | | | | | |
(Cost $442,502,827) | | | | | | $ | 619,654,382 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 0.1% | | | | | | | 502,027 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Net Assets — 100.0% | | | | | | $ | 620,156,409 | |
(a) | Non-income producing security. |
(b) | The rate shown is the 7-day effective yield as of December 31, 2023. |
ADR - American Depositary Receipt
N.V. - Naamloze Vennootschap
plc - Public Limited Company
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
OPPORTUNITY FUND | PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
COMMON STOCKS — 98.7% | | Shares | | | Value | |
Communications — 1.3% | | | | | | | | |
New York Times Co. (The) - Class A | | | 34,300 | | | $ | 1,680,357 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Consumer Discretionary — 9.1% | | | | | | | | |
Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc. - Class A (a) | | | 9,900 | | | | 1,104,444 | |
LKQ Corp. | | | 40,100 | | | | 1,916,379 | |
NVR, Inc. (a) | | | 250 | | | | 1,750,113 | |
Rush Enterprises, Inc. - Class A | | | 38,100 | | | | 1,916,430 | |
Steven Madden Ltd. | | | 42,300 | | | | 1,776,600 | |
Texas Roadhouse, Inc. | | | 11,900 | | | | 1,454,537 | |
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. | | | 10,900 | | | | 2,199,402 | |
| | | | | | | 12,117,905 | |
Consumer Staples — 3.2% | | | | | | | | |
BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 28,700 | | | | 1,913,142 | |
Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. | | | 2,500 | | | | 2,321,000 | |
| | | | | | | 4,234,142 | |
Energy — 2.4% | | | | | | | | |
DT Midstream, Inc. | | | 25,000 | | | | 1,370,000 | |
World Kinect Corp. | | | 81,300 | | | | 1,852,014 | |
| | | | | | | 3,222,014 | |
Financials — 12.8% | | | | | | | | |
American Financial Group, Inc. | | | 18,000 | | | | 2,140,020 | |
Arrow Financial Corp. | | | 55,597 | | | | 1,553,380 | |
Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. | | | 36,700 | | | | 2,032,079 | |
Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc. | | | 4,900 | | | | 811,391 | |
East West Bancorp, Inc. | | | 28,700 | | | | 2,064,965 | |
Everest Group Ltd. | | | 5,400 | | | | 1,909,332 | |
Farmers National Banc Corp. | | | 100,400 | | | | 1,450,780 | |
SEI Investments Co. | | | 35,100 | | | | 2,230,605 | |
Wintrust Financial Corp. | | | 30,300 | | | | 2,810,325 | |
| | | | | | | 17,002,877 | |
Health Care — 12.2% | | | | | | | | |
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (a) | | | 12,000 | | | | 2,836,800 | |
Chemed Corp. | | | 3,500 | | | | 2,046,625 | |
Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc (a) | | | 11,600 | | | | 1,426,800 | |
LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. | | | 35,400 | | | | 2,009,304 | |
Option Care Health, Inc. (a) | | | 55,500 | | | | 1,869,795 | |
Quest Diagnostics, Inc. | | | 7,100 | | | | 978,948 | |
Repligen Corp. (a) | | | 9,900 | | | | 1,780,020 | |
U.S. Physical Therapy, Inc. | | | 19,400 | | | | 1,806,916 | |
Universal Health Services, Inc. - Class B | | | 10,200 | | | | 1,554,888 | |
| | | | | | | 16,310,096 | |
Industrials — 17.1% | | | | | | | | |
A.O. Smith Corp. | | | 30,900 | | | | 2,547,396 | |
AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (a) | | | 19,700 | | | | 1,475,136 | |
COMMON STOCKS — 98.7% | | Shares | | | Value | |
Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. | | | 14,700 | | | $ | 2,538,543 | |
Comfort Systems USA, Inc. | | | 6,200 | | | | 1,275,154 | |
Core & Main, Inc. - Class A (a) | | | 31,900 | | | | 1,289,079 | |
Donaldson Co., Inc. | | | 29,100 | | | | 1,901,685 | |
Gorman-Rupp Co. (The) | | | 50,500 | | | | 1,794,265 | |
Hubbell, Inc. | | | 5,200 | | | | 1,710,436 | |
IDEX Corp. | | | 6,900 | | | | 1,498,059 | |
Littelfuse, Inc. | | | 4,600 | | | | 1,230,776 | |
Nordson Corp. | | | 9,300 | | | | 2,456,688 | |
SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc. (a) | | | 8,200 | | | | 1,332,500 | |
Watts Water Technologies, Inc. - Class A | | | 8,400 | | | | 1,750,056 | |
| | | | | | | 22,799,773 | |
Materials — 9.5% | | | | | | | | |
Avery Dennison Corp. | | | 11,600 | | | | 2,345,056 | |
H.B. Fuller Co. | | | 27,600 | | | | 2,246,916 | |
Hawkins, Inc. | | | 34,000 | | | | 2,394,280 | |
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. | | | 3,400 | | | | 950,912 | |
RPM International, Inc. | | | 15,600 | | | | 1,741,428 | |
Sonoco Products Co. | | | 26,700 | | | | 1,491,729 | |
UFP Industries, Inc. | | | 11,700 | | | | 1,468,935 | |
| | | | | | | 12,639,256 | |
Real Estate — 6.0% | | | | | | | | |
Camden Property Trust | | | 6,400 | | | | 635,456 | |
Community Healthcare Trust, Inc. | | | 49,300 | | | | 1,313,352 | |
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. | | | 13,000 | | | | 917,020 | |
Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. (a) | | | 8,800 | | | | 1,662,056 | |
NNN REIT, Inc. | | | 46,900 | | | | 2,021,390 | |
STAG Industrial, Inc. | | | 37,400 | | | | 1,468,324 | |
| | | | | | | 8,017,598 | |
Technology — 21.1% | | | | | | | | |
Amdocs Ltd. | | | 18,600 | | | | 1,634,754 | |
Bentley Systems, Inc. - Class B | | | 25,200 | | | | 1,314,936 | |
Blackbaud, Inc. (a) | | | 23,800 | | | | 2,063,460 | |
CACI International, Inc. - Class A (a) | | | 5,300 | | | | 1,716,458 | |
Dynatrace, Inc. (a) | | | 36,600 | | | | 2,001,654 | |
Fair Isaac Corp. (a) | | | 1,200 | | | | 1,396,812 | |
Genpact Ltd. | | | 42,200 | | | | 1,464,762 | |
Globant S.A. (a) | | | 5,700 | | | | 1,356,486 | |
ICF International, Inc. | | | 8,700 | | | | 1,166,583 | |
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. | | | 8,400 | | | | 1,372,644 | |
Leidos Holdings, Inc. | | | 19,700 | | | | 2,132,328 | |
MAXIMUS, Inc. | | | 22,800 | | | | 1,912,008 | |
Paylocity Holding Corp. (a) | | | 6,900 | | | | 1,137,465 | |
PTC, Inc. (a) | | | 9,200 | | | | 1,609,632 | |
Sapiens International Corp. N.V. | | | 57,300 | | | | 1,658,262 | |
Tyler Technologies, Inc. (a) | | | 4,350 | | | | 1,818,822 | |
WEX, Inc. (a) | | | 4,900 | | | | 953,295 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
OPPORTUNITY FUND | PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
COMMON STOCKS — 98.7% | | Shares | | | Value | |
Zebra Technologies Corp. - Class A (a) | | | 5,000 | | | $ | 1,366,650 | |
| | | | | | | 28,077,011 | |
Utilities — 4.0% | | | | | | | | |
Atmos Energy Corp. | | | 14,500 | | | | 1,680,550 | |
Portland General Electric Co. | | | 32,200 | | | | 1,395,548 | |
Unitil Corp. | | | 42,200 | | | | 2,218,454 | |
| | | | | | | 5,294,552 | |
Total Common Stocks | | | | | | | | |
(Cost $103,192,570) | | | | | | $ | 131,395,581 | |
| | | | | | | | |
MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 1.4% | | | | | | | | |
First American Government Obligations Fund - Class Z, 5.25% (b) (Cost $1,865,482) | | | 1,865,482 | | | | 1,865,482 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Investments at Value — 100.1% | | | | | | | | |
(Cost $105,058,052) | | | | | | $ | 133,261,063 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.1%) | | | | | | | (135,531 | ) |
| | | | | | | | |
Net Assets — 100.0% | | | | | | $ | 133,125,532 | |
(a) | Non-income producing security. |
(b) | The rate shown is the 7-day effective yield as of December 31, 2023. |
N.V. - Naamloze Vennootschap
plc - Public Limited Company
S.A. - Societe Anonyme
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
INTERNATIONAL FUND | PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
COMMON STOCKS — 98.7% | | Shares | | | Value | |
Communications — 8.8% | | | | | | | | |
Baidu, Inc. - ADR (a) | | | 1,800 | | | $ | 214,362 | |
Deutsche Telekom AG - ADR | | | 7,100 | | | | 171,323 | |
KDDI Corp. - ADR | | | 22,600 | | | | 355,950 | |
Orange S.A. - ADR | | | 7,500 | | | | 85,725 | |
PDLT, Inc. - ADR | | | 11,000 | | | | 257,730 | |
Publicis Groupe S.A. - ADR | | | 22,100 | | | | 512,366 | |
RTL Group S.A. - ADR | | | 15,000 | | | | 57,929 | |
SK Telecom Co. Ltd. - ADR | | | 4,600 | | | | 98,440 | |
Tencent Holdings Ltd. - ADR | | | 8,400 | | | | 317,436 | |
WPP plc - ADR | | | 1,800 | | | | 85,626 | |
| | | | | | | 2,156,887 | |
Consumer Discretionary — 8.2% | | | | | | | | |
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. - ADR | | | 2,000 | | | | 155,020 | |
Bridgestone Corp. - ADR | | | 8,200 | | | | 168,510 | |
Bunzl plc - ADR | | | 7,700 | | | | 315,238 | |
CIE Financiere Richemont S.A. - ADR | | | 22,000 | | | | 303,050 | |
Daimler Truck Holding AG - ADR | | | 2,200 | | | | 41,140 | |
Honda Motor Co. Ltd. - ADR | | | 5,500 | | | | 170,005 | |
JD.com, Inc. - ADR | | | 1,700 | | | | 49,113 | |
Magna International, Inc. | | | 6,000 | | | | 354,480 | |
Mercedes-Benz Group AG | | | 3,600 | | | | 248,760 | |
Toyota Motor Corp. - ADR | | | 1,100 | | | | 201,718 | |
| | | | | | | 2,007,034 | |
Consumer Staples — 8.2% | | | | | | | | |
ITOCHU Corp. - ADR | | | 3,700 | | | | 301,328 | |
L’Oreal S.A. - ADR | | | 2,800 | | | | 278,348 | |
Nestlé S.A. - ADR | | | 2,800 | | | | 323,764 | |
Reckitt Benckiser Group plc - ADR | | | 5,900 | | | | 81,066 | |
Shoprite Holdings Ltd. - ADR | | | 32,100 | | | | 474,599 | |
Unilever plc - ADR | | | 2,200 | | | | 106,656 | |
Wal-Mart de Mexico S.A.B. de C.V.-ADR | | | 10,600 | | | | 447,532 | |
| | | | | | | 2,013,293 | |
Energy — 3.1% | | | | | | | | |
BP plc - ADR | | | 4,000 | | | | 141,600 | |
Gazprom PJSC - ADR (a)(b) | | | 14,000 | | | | 140 | |
Shell plc - ADR | | | 4,600 | | | | 302,680 | |
TotalEnergies SE - ADR | | | 2,352 | | | | 158,478 | |
Woodside Energy Group Ltd. - ADR | | | 7,599 | | | | 160,263 | |
| | | | | | | 763,161 | |
Financials — 19.0% | | | | | | | | |
Admiral Group plc - ADR | | | 8,200 | | | | 278,718 | |
Allianz SE - ADR | | | 10,700 | | | | 285,583 | |
Banco Santander S.A. - ADR | | | 37,155 | | | | 153,822 | |
Bank of Montreal | | | 1,240 | | | | 122,686 | |
Barclays plc - ADR | | | 15,000 | | | | 118,200 | |
BNP Paribas S.A. - ADR | | | 6,100 | | | | 211,914 | |
COMMON STOCKS — 98.7% | | Shares | | | Value | |
China Construction Bank Corp. - ADR | | | 23,000 | | | $ | 273,010 | |
Deutsche Boerse AG - ADR | | | 7,000 | | | | 143,815 | |
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. - ADR | | | 33,800 | | | | 328,536 | |
KB Financial Group, Inc. - ADR | | | 2,400 | | | | 99,288 | |
Legal & General Group plc - ADR | | | 9,900 | | | | 161,964 | |
Manulife Financial Corp. | | | 7,720 | | | | 170,612 | |
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. - ADR | | | 40,000 | | | | 344,400 | |
ORIX Corp. - ADR | | | 2,450 | | | | 228,806 | |
Royal Bank of Canada | | | 1,900 | | | | 192,147 | |
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. - ADR | | | 56,100 | | | | 543,047 | |
Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. - ADR | | | 18,900 | | | | 470,988 | |
Toronto-Dominion Bank (The) | | | 2,700 | | | | 174,474 | |
United Overseas Bank Ltd. - ADR | | | 4,100 | | | | 177,448 | |
Zurich Insurance Group AG - ADR | | | 3,240 | | | | 169,403 | |
| | | | | | | 4,648,861 | |
Health Care — 9.5% | | | | | | | | |
Alcon, Inc. | | | 2,900 | | | | 226,548 | |
Astellas Pharma, Inc. - ADR | | | 17,600 | | | | 209,440 | |
Bayer AG - ADR | | | 10,700 | | | | 98,761 | |
Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. - ADR | | | 3,340 | | | | 232,397 | |
Novartis AG - ADR | | | 2,480 | | | | 250,406 | |
Novo Nordisk A/S - ADR | | | 5,400 | | | | 558,630 | |
Roche Holding AG - ADR | | | 10,500 | | | | 380,415 | |
Sandoz Group A.G. - ADR (a) | | | 496 | | | | 15,877 | |
Sanofi - ADR | | | 2,000 | | | | 99,460 | |
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. - ADR | | | 9,340 | | | | 133,282 | |
Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (a) | | | 3,000 | | | | 125,340 | |
| | | | | | | 2,330,556 | |
Industrials — 7.8% | | | | | | | | |
ABB Ltd. - ADR | | | 2,900 | | | | 128,470 | |
Accelleron Industries AG | | | 145 | | | | 4,520 | |
Atlas Copco AB - ADR | | | 28,400 | | | | 488,764 | |
BAE Systems plc - ADR | | | 3,800 | | | | 219,708 | |
Compass Group plc - ADR | | | 6,500 | | | | 180,765 | |
Schneider Electric SE - ADR | | | 13,200 | | | | 531,037 | |
Sensata Technologies Holding plc | | | 2,200 | | | | 82,654 | |
Siemens AG - ADR | | | 2,900 | | | | 271,266 | |
| | | | | | | 1,907,184 | |
Materials — 9.9% | | | | | | | | |
Air Liquide S.A. - ADR | | | 5,025 | | | | 195,724 | |
BASF SE - ADR | | | 7,400 | | | | 99,308 | |
BHP Group Ltd. - ADR | | | 5,400 | | | | 368,874 | |
Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. - ADR (a) | | | 30,300 | | | | 234,825 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
INTERNATIONAL FUND | PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
COMMON STOCKS — 98.7% | | Shares | | | Value | |
Companhia Siderurgica Nacional S.A.-ADR | | | 57,100 | | | $ | 224,403 | |
Newmont Corp. - ADR | | | 4,360 | | | | 180,460 | |
Nitto Denko Corp. - ADR | | | 9,000 | | | | 335,160 | |
POSCO Holdings, Inc. - ADR | | | 4,200 | | | | 399,462 | |
Rio Tinto plc - ADR | | | 1,570 | | | | 116,902 | |
Vale S.A. - ADR | | | 17,300 | | | | 274,378 | |
| | | | | | | 2,429,496 | |
Real Estate — 1.6% | | | | | | | | |
Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd. - ADR | | | 34,700 | | | | 374,760 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Technology — 19.1% | | | | | | | | |
ASML Holding N.V. | | | 660 | | | | 499,567 | |
Capgemini SE - ADR | | | 4,000 | | | | 167,400 | |
CGI, Inc. (a) | | | 5,100 | | | | 546,771 | |
Infosys Ltd. - ADR | | | 20,100 | | | | 369,438 | |
Lenovo Group Ltd. - ADR | | | 20,700 | | | | 578,979 | |
Open Text Corp. | | | 11,500 | | | | 483,230 | |
PDD Holdings, Inc. - ADR (a) | | | 1,200 | | | | 175,572 | |
RELX plc - ADR | | | 4,200 | | | | 166,572 | |
SAPSE-ADR | | | 2,200 | | | | 340,098 | |
Sony Group Corp. - ADR | | | 4,500 | | | | 426,105 | |
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. - ADR | | | 4,300 | | | | 447,200 | |
United Microelectronics Corp. - ADR | | | 55,700 | | | | 471,222 | |
| | | | | | | 4,672,154 | |
Utilities — 3.5% | | | | | | | | |
Enel S.p.A. - ADR | | | 33,700 | | | | 249,212 | |
Iberdrola S.A. - ADR | | | 6,300 | | | | 330,749 | |
National Grid plc - ADR | | | 1,629 | | | | 110,756 | |
SSE plc - ADR | | | 6,900 | | | | 165,738 | |
| | | | | | | 856,455 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total Common Stocks | | | | | | | | |
(Cost $16,916,192) | | | | | | $ | 24,159,841 | |
PREFERRED STOCKS — 0.7% | | Shares | | | Value | |
Financials — 0.7% | | | | | | | | |
Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. - ADR (Cost $129,573) | | | 24,800 | | | $ | 172,360 | |
| | | | | | | | |
MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 0.3% | | | | | | | | |
First American Government Obligations Fund - Class Z, 5.25% (c) (Cost $63,663) | | | 63,663 | | | | 63,663 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Investments at Value — 99.7% | | | | | | | | |
(Cost $17,109,428) | | | | | | $ | 24,395,864 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 0.3% | | | | | | | 55,055 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Net Assets — 100.0% | | | | | | $ | 24,450,869 | |
(a) | Non-income producing security. |
(b) | This security is currently restricted from trading and is valued using Level 3 inputs as of December 31, 2023. The total fair value of Level 3 securities as of December 31, 2023 is $140. |
(c) | The rate shown is the 7-day effective yield as of December 31, 2023. |
A/S - Aktieselskab
AB - Aktiebolag
ADR - American Depositary Receipt
AG - Aktiengesellschaft
N.V. - Naamloze Vennootschap
plc - Public Limited Company
PJSC - Public Joint Stock Company
S.A. - Societe Anonyme
S.A.B. de C.V. - Societe Anonima Bursatil de Capital Variable
S.p.A. - Societa per azioni
SE - Societe Europaea
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
MUNICIPAL INCOME FUND | PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
MUNICIPAL BONDS — 99.0% | | Coupon | | Maturity | | Par Value | | | Value | |
General Obligation - City — 6.9% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Cincinnati Ohio GO Unlimited, Series 2017-A | | 4.000% | | 12/01/32 | | $ | 1,000,000 | | | $ | 1,057,826 | |
Columbus Ohio GO Unlimited, Series 2015-A | | 3.000% | | 07/01/27 | | | 2,565,000 | | | | 2,560,468 | |
Columbus Ohio GO Unlimited, Series 2022-A | | 5.000% | | 04/01/38 | | | 750,000 | | | | 866,900 | |
Columbus Ohio GO Unlimited, Series 2022-A | | 5.000% | | 04/01/41 | | | 3,120,000 | | | | 3,557,033 | |
Copley Township Ohio Safety Facilities Improvement, Series 2023 | | 4.000% | | 12/01/36 | | | 775,000 | | | | 807,070 | |
Copley Township Ohio Safety Facilities Improvement, Series 2023 | | 4.000% | | 12/01/37 | | | 810,000 | | | | 839,243 | |
Lakewood Ohio GO Limited, Series A | | 4.000% | | 12/01/28 | | | 840,000 | | | | 877,861 | |
Reynoldsburg Ohio GO Limited, Series 2018 | | 4.000% | | 12/01/30 | | | 1,000,000 | | | | 1,064,930 | |
Strongsville Ohio GO Limited, Series 2016 | | 4.000% | | 12/01/30 | | | 350,000 | | | | 354,470 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 11,985,801 | |
General Obligation - County — 1.5% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Lorain County Ohio GO Unlimited, Series 2017 | | 4.000% | | 12/01/30 | | | 450,000 | | | | 455,617 | |
Lucas County Ohio GO Limited, Series 2017 | | 4.000% | | 10/01/28 | | | 1,000,000 | | | | 1,027,901 | |
Lucas County Ohio GO Limited, Series 2018 | | 4.000% | | 10/01/29 | | | 605,000 | | | | 622,502 | |
Summit County Ohio GO Limited, Series 2016 | | 4.000% | | 12/01/31 | | | 500,000 | | | | 505,976 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 2,611,996 | |
General Obligation - State — 1.9% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Pennsylvania GO Unlimited, Series 2018 | | 4.000% | | 03/01/37 | | | 1,000,000 | | | | 1,032,933 | |
Washington GO Unlimited, Series 2022-A | | 5.000% | | 08/01/44 | | | 2,000,000 | | | | 2,217,914 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 3,250,847 | |
Higher Education — 27.9% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Bowling Green State University Ohio Revenue, Series 2017-B | | 5.000% | | 06/01/30 | | | 750,000 | | | | 808,108 | |
Bowling Green State University Ohio Revenue, Series 2020-A | | 5.000% | | 06/01/37 | | | 1,000,000 | | | | 1,108,086 | |
Bowling Green State University Ohio Revenue, Series 2020-A | | 4.000% | | 06/01/45 | | | 2,830,000 | | | | 2,851,368 | |
Cuyahoga County Ohio Community College GO Unlimited, Series 2018 | | 4.000% | | 12/01/33 | | | 1,275,000 | | | | 1,323,650 | |
Indiana Financial Authorities Educational Facilities Revenue, Series 2021 | | 4.000% | | 02/01/29 | | | 940,000 | | | | 986,721 | |
Indiana Financial Authorities Educational Facilities Revenue, Series 2021 | | 5.000% | | 02/01/32 | | | 1,065,000 | | | | 1,199,642 | |
Kent State University Ohio Revenue, Series 2019 | | 5.000% | | 05/01/31 | | | 1,000,000 | | | | 1,174,360 | |
Kent State University Ohio Revenue, Series 2022 | | 5.000% | | 05/01/35 | | | 2,000,000 | | | | 2,354,758 | |
Kent State University Ohio Revenue, Series 2020-A | | 5.000% | | 05/01/45 | | | 950,000 | | | | 1,029,526 | |
Miami University Ohio General Receipts Revenue, Series 2017 | | 5.000% | | 09/01/31 | | | 735,000 | | | | 779,400 | |
Miami University Ohio General Receipts Revenue, Series 2020-A | | 4.000% | | 09/01/36 | | | 1,000,000 | | | | 1,054,463 | |
Miami University Ohio General Receipts Revenue, Series 2020-A | | 4.000% | | 09/01/45 | | | 3,110,000 | | | | 3,148,201 | |
Ohio Higher Education Facilities Revenue - Case Western Reserve University, Series 2021-A | | 4.000% | | 12/01/44 | | | 1,250,000 | | | | 1,269,280 | |
Ohio Higher Education Facilities Revenue - Denison University, Series 2017-A | | 5.000% | | 11/01/42 | | | 1,700,000 | | | | 1,785,734 | |
Ohio Higher Education Facilities Revenue - Denison University | | 5.000% | | 11/01/53 | | | 5,000,000 | | | | 5,498,948 | |
Ohio Higher Education Facilities Revenue - Oberlin College, Series A | | 5.250% | | 10/01/53 | | | 1,000,000 | | | | 1,123,356 | |
Ohio Higher Education Facilities Revenue - University of Dayton, Series 2018-B | | 4.000% | | 12/01/33 | | | 620,000 | | | | 641,073 | |
Ohio Higher Education Facilities Revenue - University of Dayton, Series 2018-A | | 5.000% | | 02/01/35 | | | 1,350,000 | | | | 1,497,971 | |
Ohio Higher Education Facilities Revenue - University of Dayton | | 4.000% | | 02/01/36 | | | 1,050,000 | | | | 1,092,603 | |
Ohio Higher Education Facilities Revenue - University of Dayton, Series 2018-A | | 5.000% | | 12/01/36 | | | 2,010,000 | | | | 2,150,187 | |
Ohio Higher Education Facilities Revenue - University of Dayton, Series 2018-B | | 5.000% | | 12/01/36 | | | 470,000 | | | | 502,780 | |
Ohio Higher Education Facilities Revenue - Xavier University, Series 2020 | | 5.000% | | 05/01/29 | | | 540,000 | | | | 602,051 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
MUNICIPAL INCOME FUND | PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
MUNICIPAL BONDS — 99.0% | | Coupon | | Maturity | | Par Value | | | Value | |
Ohio Higher Education Facilities Revenue - Xavier University, Series 2020 | | 5.000% | | 05/01/30 | | $ | 570,000 | | | $ | 645,305 | |
Ohio Higher Education Facilities Revenue - Xavier University, Series 2020 | | 5.000% | | 05/01/32 | | | 630,000 | | | | 709,357 | |
Ohio Higher Education Facilities Revenue - Xavier University, Series 2015-C | | 5.000% | | 05/01/32 | | | 1,000,000 | | | | 1,028,771 | |
Ohio Higher Education Facilities Revenue - Xavier University | | 4.500% | | 05/01/36 | | | 1,000,000 | | | | 1,024,494 | |
Ohio Higher Education Facilities Revenue - Xavier University, Series 2020 | | 4.000% | | 05/01/38 | | | 600,000 | | | | 611,241 | |
University of Akron Ohio General Receipts Revenue, Series 2016-A | | 5.000% | | 01/01/27 | | | 350,000 | | | | 368,235 | |
University of Akron Ohio General Receipts Revenue, Series 2015-A | | 5.000% | | 01/01/28 | | | 410,000 | | | | 418,066 | |
University of Akron Ohio General Receipts Revenue, Series 2016-A | | 5.000% | | 01/01/29 | | | 435,000 | | | | 458,175 | |
University of Akron Ohio General Receipts Revenue, Series 2014-A | | 5.000% | | 01/01/29 | | | 650,000 | | | | 650,945 | |
University of Akron Ohio General Receipts Revenue, Series 2015-A | | 5.000% | | 01/01/30 | | | 720,000 | | | | 734,340 | |
University of Akron Ohio General Receipts Revenue, Series 2016-A | | 5.000% | | 01/01/33 | | | 1,000,000 | | | | 1,053,403 | |
University of Akron Ohio General Receipts Revenue, Series 2018-A | | 5.000% | | 01/01/34 | | | 400,000 | | | | 434,123 | |
University of Cincinnati General Receipts Revenue, Series 2019-A | | 5.000% | | 06/01/36 | | | 1,250,000 | | | | 1,400,243 | |
University of Cincinnati General Receipts Revenue, Series C | | 5.000% | | 06/01/39 | | | 1,250,000 | | | | 1,276,494 | |
University of North Dakota Certificate of Participation, Series 2021-A | | 4.000% | | 06/01/37 | | | 555,000 | | | | 573,688 | |
University of Toledo Revenue, Series B | | 5.000% | | 06/01/27 | | | 1,590,000 | | | | 1,704,198 | |
University of Toledo Revenue, Series B | | 5.000% | | 06/01/31 | | | 500,000 | | | | 572,655 | |
University of Toledo Revenue, Series 2017-A | | 5.000% | | 06/01/34 | | | 1,000,000 | | | | 1,068,445 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 48,714,444 | |
Hospital/Health Bonds — 8.6% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Franklin County Ohio Hospital Revenue Nationwide Childrens, Series 2016-C | | 5.000% | | 11/01/32 | | | 500,000 | | | | 545,822 | |
Franklin County Ohio Hospital Revenue Nationwide Childrens, Series 2016-C | | 4.000% | | 11/01/36 | | | 800,000 | | | | 818,852 | |
Franklin County Ohio Hospital Revenue Nationwide Childrens, Series 2016-C | | 4.000% | | 11/01/40 | | | 1,340,000 | | | | 1,347,062 | |
Franklin County Ohio Hospital Revenue Nationwide Childrens, Series 2019-A | | 5.000% | | 11/01/48 | | | 3,100,000 | | | | 3,468,020 | |
Hamilton County Ohio Hospital Facilities Revenue Cincinnati Children’s, Series 2019-CC | | 5.000% | | 11/15/41 | | | 2,410,000 | | | | 2,797,501 | |
Hamilton County Ohio Hospital Facilities Revenue Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Series 2019-CC | | 5.000% | | 11/15/49 | | | 1,300,000 | | | | 1,486,012 | |
Ohio Hospital Facility Revenue Refunding Cleveland Clinic Health, Series 2017-A | | 4.000% | | 01/01/36 | | | 3,100,000 | | | | 3,204,069 | |
Ohio Hospital Facility Revenue Refunding Cleveland Clinic Health, Series 2019-B | | 4.000% | | 01/01/42 | | | 1,320,000 | | | | 1,332,502 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 14,999,840 | |
Housing — 9.2% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Colorado State Certificate of Participation, Series 2020-A | | 4.000% | | 12/15/34 | | | 1,000,000 | | | | 1,071,994 | |
Colorado State Certificate of Participation, Series 2020-A | | 4.000% | | 12/15/39 | | | 2,000,000 | | | | 2,062,374 | |
FHLMC, Series M-053 | | 2.550% | | 06/15/35 | | | 3,785,000 | | | | 3,141,529 | |
FHLMC Multifamily ML Certificates (Freddie Mac Guaranty Agreement), Series A-US | | 3.400% | | 01/25/36 | | | 1,853,241 | | | | 1,696,035 | |
Kentucky Certificates of Participation, Series 2018-A | | 4.000% | | 04/15/28 | | | 695,000 | | | | 732,821 | |
Kentucky Certificates of Participation, Series A | | 4.000% | | 04/15/31 | | | 500,000 | | | | 520,943 | |
Kentucky Property and Buildings Commission Revenue, Series A | | 5.000% | | 05/01/34 | | | 2,340,000 | | | | 2,739,694 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
MUNICIPAL INCOME FUND | PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
MUNICIPAL BONDS — 99.0% | | Coupon | | Maturity | | Par Value | | | Value | |
Missouri State Housing Development Commission Single Family Mortgage Revenue, Series 2019 SER C | | 3.875% | | 05/01/50 | | $ | 1,125,000 | | | $ | 1,126,286 | |
Missouri State Housing Development Commission Single Family Mortgage Revenue, Series 2020-C | | 3.500% | | 11/01/50 | | | 1,935,000 | | | | 1,917,324 | |
Missouri State Housing Development Commission Single Family Mortgage Revenue, Series 2020-A | | 3.500% | | 11/01/50 | | | 605,000 | | | | 599,588 | |
Ohio Housing Finance Agency Residential Mortgage Revenue, Series 2017-A | | 3.700% | | 03/01/32 | | | 520,000 | | | | 519,867 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 16,128,455 | |
Other Revenue — 6.7% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Akron Ohio Income Tax Revenue, Series 2019 | | 4.000% | | 12/01/31 | | | 870,000 | | | | 921,767 | |
Cincinnati Ohio Economic Development Revenue (Baldwin 300 Project), Series D | | 4.750% | | 11/01/30 | | | 500,000 | | | | 524,969 | |
Cincinnati Ohio Economic Development Revenue (Baldwin 300 Project), Series D | | 5.000% | | 11/01/32 | | | 525,000 | | | | 554,990 | |
Hamilton County Ohio Economic Development King Highland Community Urban Redevelopment Corp. Revenue, Series 2015 | | 5.000% | | 06/01/30 | | | 655,000 | | | | 673,417 | |
Mobile Alabama Industrial Development Board Pollution Control Revenue, Series 2008-B | | 2.900% | | 07/15/34 | | | 1,000,000 | | | | 999,242 | |
Monroe County Georgia Development Authority Pollution Control Revenue, Series 2009 | | 1.000% | | 07/01/49 | | | 1,000,000 | | | | 940,396 | |
Ohio Special Obligation Revenue, Series 2016-C | | 5.000% | | 12/01/29 | | | 510,000 | | | | 547,719 | |
Ohio Special Obligation Revenue, Series 2020-B | | 5.000% | | 04/01/39 | | | 1,000,000 | | | | 1,108,760 | |
Ohio Turnpike Revenue, Series 2021-A | | 5.000% | | 02/15/46 | | | 1,990,000 | | | | 2,175,381 | |
Riversouth Ohio Authority Revenue, Series 2016 | | 4.000% | | 12/01/31 | | | 700,000 | | | | 720,258 | |
St. Xavier High School, Inc. Ohio Revenue, Series 2020-A | | 4.000% | | 04/01/36 | | | 400,000 | | | | 411,604 | |
St. Xavier High School, Inc. Ohio Revenue, Series 2020-A | | 4.000% | | 04/01/37 | | | 575,000 | | | | 586,523 | |
St. Xavier High School, Inc. Ohio Revenue, Series 2020-A | | 4.000% | | 04/01/38 | | | 400,000 | | | | 405,115 | |
St. Xavier High School, Inc. Ohio Revenue, Series 2020-A | | 4.000% | | 04/01/39 | | | 400,000 | | | | 403,132 | |
Summit County Ohio Development Finance Authority, Series 2018 | | 4.000% | | 12/01/27 | | | 220,000 | | | | 225,403 | |
Summit County Ohio Development Finance Authority, Series 2018 | | 4.000% | | 12/01/28 | | | 435,000 | | | | 446,208 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 11,644,884 | |
Revenue Bonds - Facility — 0.7% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Franklin County Convention Facilities Authority, Series 2019 | | 5.000% | | 12/01/30 | | | 600,000 | | | | 694,571 | |
Franklin County Convention Facilities Authority, Series 2019 | | 5.000% | | 12/01/32 | | | 505,000 | | | | 584,081 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 1,278,652 | |
Revenue Bonds - Water & Sewer — 7.2% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Ohio State Water Development Authority Revenue, Series 2020-A | | 5.000% | | 12/01/39 | | | 1,165,000 | | | | 1,306,584 | |
Ohio State Water Development Authority Revenue, Series 2021 | | 5.000% | | 06/01/46 | | | 4,215,000 | | | | 4,695,209 | |
Ohio State Water Development Authority Revenue, Series 2021-A | | 4.000% | | 12/01/46 | | | 3,880,000 | | | | 3,973,289 | |
Ohio Water Development Authority Revenue Pollution Control, Series 2021-A | | 5.000% | | 12/01/40 | | | 1,000,000 | | | | 1,143,459 | |
St. Charles County Missouri Public Water Supply Dist. 2 Certificates of Participation, Series 2016-C | | 4.000% | | 12/01/31 | | | 400,000 | | | | 412,417 | |
Wise County Virginia Soil & Wastewater, Series 2010-A | | 1.200% | | 11/01/40 | | | 1,000,000 | | | | 986,387 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 12,517,345 | |
School District — 22.2% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Arcanum-Butler Ohio LSD GO, Series 2016 | | 4.000% | | 12/01/29 | | | 675,000 | | | | 683,268 | |
Arcanum-Butler Ohio LSD GO, Series 2016 | | 4.000% | | 12/01/30 | | | 650,000 | | | | 657,969 | |
Athens City School District, Series 2019-A | | 4.000% | | 12/01/33 | | | 750,000 | | | | 802,604 | |
Baytown Texas Certificates Obligation, Series 2022 | | 4.250% | | 02/01/40 | | | 1,045,000 | | | | 1,101,921 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
MUNICIPAL INCOME FUND | PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
MUNICIPAL BONDS — 99.0% | | Coupon | | Maturity | | Par Value | | | Value | |
Bellbrook-Sugarcreek Ohio LSD GO Unlimited, Series 2016 | | 4.000% | | 12/01/31 | | $ | 325,000 | | | $ | 335,478 | |
Bellefontaine Ohio SCD GO Unlimited (National RE Insured), Series 2005 | | 5.500% | | 12/01/26 | | | 615,000 | | | | 638,920 | |
Berea Ohio CSD GO Unlimited, Series 2017 | | 4.000% | | 12/01/31 | | | 500,000 | | | | 515,154 | |
Bexar Texas Refunding Limited, Series 2019 | | 4.000% | | 06/15/37 | | | 1,360,000 | | | | 1,415,598 | |
Big Walnut Ohio LSD GO Unlimited, Series 2019 | | 4.000% | | 12/01/33 | | | 500,000 | | | | 531,689 | |
Brecksville Ohio GO Limited, Series 2022 | | 4.000% | | 12/01/51 | | | 1,885,000 | | | | 1,898,510 | |
Bullit Kentucky School District Finance Corp., Series 2023-A | | 4.000% | | 03/01/37 | | | 1,255,000 | | | | 1,301,731 | |
Chillicothe Ohio SD GO Unlimited (AGM Insured), Series 2016 | | 4.000% | | 12/01/29 | | | 400,000 | | | | 403,991 | |
Cleveland Heights and University Heights Ohio CSD GO Unlimited, Series 2017 | | 4.000% | | 12/01/32 | | | 1,000,000 | | | | 1,041,214 | |
Columbus Ohio CSD GO Unlimited, Series 2016-B | | 4.000% | | 12/01/29 | | | 400,000 | | | | 416,191 | |
Dexter Michigan CSD GO Unlimited, Series 2017 | | 4.000% | | 05/01/31 | | | 670,000 | | | | 701,693 | |
Dublin Ohio CSD Facilities Construction and Improvement, Series 2019-A | | 4.000% | | 12/01/34 | | | 500,000 | | | | 531,016 | |
Elyria Ohio SCD GO Unlimited (SDCP), Series A | | 4.000% | | 12/01/30 | | | 1,000,000 | | | | 1,045,529 | |
Grandview Heights Ohio Municipal Facilities Construction and Improvement, Series 2023 | | 4.000% | | 12/01/46 | | | 3,000,000 | | | | 3,081,324 | |
Green County Ohio Vocational SD GO Unlimited, Series 2019 | | 4.000% | | 12/01/35 | | | 1,000,000 | | | | 1,055,728 | |
Hudson Ohio CSD GO Unlimited, Series 2018 | | 4.000% | | 12/01/33 | | | 800,000 | | | | 830,525 | |
Johnstown-Monroe Ohio LSD GO Unlimited, Series 2016 | | 4.000% | | 12/01/29 | | | 800,000 | | | | 836,777 | |
Kettering Ohio CSD GO Unlimited, Series 2016 | | 4.000% | | 12/01/30 | | | 400,000 | | | | 412,139 | |
Kettering Ohio CSD GO Unlimited, Series 2007 | | 5.250% | | 12/01/31 | | | 500,000 | | | | 555,987 | |
Lakewood Ohio GO Limited, Series A | | 5.000% | | 12/01/36 | | | 500,000 | | | | 537,644 | |
Logan Hocking Ohio LSD Certificates of Participation, Series 2018 | | 4.000% | | 12/01/32 | | | 420,000 | | | | 427,902 | |
McCracken County Kentucky SD Finance Corp., Series 2022 | | 5.000% | | 08/01/32 | | | 580,000 | | | | 686,342 | |
McCreary County Kentucky SD Finance Corp., Series 2022 | | 4.000% | | 12/01/35 | | | 560,000 | | | | 582,455 | |
Menifee County Kentucky SD Financial Corp. Revenue, Series 2019 | | 3.000% | | 08/01/27 | | | 615,000 | | | | 612,428 | |
Milford Ohio Exempt Village SD Go Unlimited (AGM Insured), Series 2007 | | 5.500% | | 12/01/30 | | | 1,260,000 | | | | 1,418,932 | |
Olentangy LSD Ohio Go Unlimited, Series 2016 | | 4.000% | | 12/01/31 | | | 1,000,000 | | | | 1,039,339 | |
Owen County Kentucky SD Revenue, Series 2017 | | 4.000% | | 04/01/27 | | | 1,320,000 | | | | 1,376,291 | |
Palm Beach Florida SD Certificate of Participation, Series 2021-A | | 5.000% | | 08/01/39 | | | 1,000,000 | | | | 1,118,242 | |
Pickerington Ohio LSD Capital Appreciation Refunding, Series 2023 | | 4.375% | | 12/01/49 | | | 1,000,000 | | | | 1,043,409 | |
Popular Bluff Missouri R-I School District Lease Certificates of Participation, Series 2023 | | 5.000% | | 03/01/30 | | | 500,000 | | | | 555,082 | |
Princeton Ohio CSD GO Unlimited (National RE Insured), Series 2006 | | 5.250% | | 12/01/30 | | | 1,735,000 | | | | 2,001,894 | |
Pulaski County Kentucky SD Finance Corp. School Building Revenue, Series 2023 | | 4.250% | | 06/01/40 | | | 1,000,000 | | | | 1,036,059 | |
Teays Valley Ohio LSD Refunding, Series 2016 | | 4.000% | | 12/01/32 | | | 580,000 | | | | 591,997 | |
Toledo Ohio CSD GO Unlimited, Series 2015 | | 5.000% | | 12/01/29 | | | 660,000 | | | | 690,961 | |
Trotwood-Madison Ohio CSD GO Unlimited (SDCP), Series 2016 | | 4.000% | | 12/01/28 | | | 410,000 | | | | 427,778 | |
Trotwood-Madison Ohio CSD GO Unlimited (SDCP), Series 2016 | | 4.000% | | 12/01/29 | | | 500,000 | | | | 522,459 | |
Trotwood-Madison Ohio CSD GO Unlimited (SDCP), Series 2016 | | 4.000% | | 12/01/30 | | | 350,000 | | | | 365,735 | |
Upper Arlington Ohio Special Obligation Income Tax Revenue Community Center, Series 2023 | | 4.000% | | 12/01/35 | | | 500,000 | | | | 537,911 | |
Upper Arlington Ohio Special Obligation Income Tax Revenue Community Center, Series 2023 | | 4.000% | | 12/01/37 | | | 500,000 | | | | 527,633 | |
Wentzville R-IV SD Of Saint Charles County Missouri Certificates of Participation, Series 2016 | | 4.000% | | 04/01/30 | | | 395,000 | | | | 401,018 | |
Westerville Ohio SCD Certificate of Participation, Series 2018 | | 5.000% | | 12/01/32 | | | 555,000 | | | | 607,314 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
MUNICIPAL INCOME FUND | PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
MUNICIPAL BONDS — 99.0% | | Coupon | | Maturity | | Par Value | | | Value | |
Willoughby-Eastlake Ohio CSD Certificates of Participation (BAM Insured), Series 2017 | | 4.000% | | 03/01/30 | | $ | 810,000 | | | $ | 816,284 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 38,720,065 | |
State Agency — 6.2% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Kentucky Association of Counties Finance Corp. Revenue, Series 2018-E | | 4.000% | | 02/01/29 | | | 575,000 | | | | 595,261 | |
Kentucky Property and Buildings Commission Revenue, Series A | | 5.000% | | 08/01/29 | | | 600,000 | | | | 619,170 | |
Kentucky Property and Buildings Commission Revenue | | 5.000% | | 08/01/30 | | | 600,000 | | | | 621,300 | |
Ohio Common Schools, Series 2019-A | | 5.000% | | 06/15/39 | | | 2,000,000 | | | | 2,202,725 | |
Ohio Higher Education, Series 2017-A | | 5.000% | | 05/01/31 | | | 850,000 | | | | 877,491 | |
Ohio Housing Finance Agency Residential Mortgage Revenue, Series 2021-A | | 3.000% | | 03/01/52 | | | 1,700,000 | | | | 1,647,597 | |
Ohio Infrastructure Improvement, Series 2021-A | | 5.000% | | 03/01/41 | | | 1,500,000 | | | | 1,708,364 | |
Pennsylvania State Refunding, Series 2017 | | 4.000% | | 01/01/30 | | | 645,000 | | | | 672,958 | |
South Carolina Jobs Economic Development Authority Hospital Facilities Revenue, Series 2022-A | | 5.000% | | 10/01/35 | | | 1,000,000 | | | | 1,124,954 | |
Washington Certificates of Participation, Series 2022-A | | 5.000% | | 01/01/41 | | | 675,000 | | | | 761,795 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 10,831,615 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total Municipal Bonds (Cost $180,680,087) | | | | | | | | | | $ | 172,683,944 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 0.5% | | Shares | | | Value | |
Dreyfus AMT-Free Tax Cash Management Fund - Institutional Class, 3.90% (a) (Cost $950,706) | | 951,302 | | | $ | 951,207 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investments at Value — 99.5% (Cost $181,630,793) | | | | | | | | | | $ | 173,635,151 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 0.5% | | | | | | | | | | | 908,597 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Assets — 100.0% | | | | | | | | | | $ | 174,543,748 | |
(a) | The rate shown is the 7-day effective yield as of December 31, 2023. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
JOHNSON MUTUAL FUNDS | DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
Statements of Assets and Liabilities | |
| | Equity | | | Opportunity | |
| | Income Fund | | | Fund | |
Assets: | | | | | | | | |
Investment Securities at Value* | | $ | 619,654,382 | | | $ | 133,261,063 | |
Dividends Receivable | | | 691,691 | | | | 119,820 | |
Fund Shares Sold Receivable | | | 249,545 | | | | 4,840 | |
Total Assets | | $ | 620,595,618 | | | $ | 133,385,723 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Liabilities: | | | | | | | | |
Accrued Management Fees | | $ | 390,560 | | | $ | 99,330 | |
Accrued Shareholder Servicing Fees — Class S | | | 28,345 | | | | 4,183 | |
Fund Shares Redeemed Payable | | | 20,304 | | | | 156,678 | |
Total Liabilities | | $ | 439,209 | | | $ | 260,191 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Net Assets | | $ | 620,156,409 | | | $ | 133,125,532 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Net Assets Consist of: | | | | | | | | |
Paid-In Capital | | $ | 436,450,598 | | | $ | 104,922,485 | |
Distrbutable Earnings | | | 183,705,811 | | | | 28,203,047 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Net Assets | | $ | 620,156,409 | | | $ | 133,125,532 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Pricing of Class I Shares | | | | | | | | |
Net Assets applicable to Class I Shares | | $ | 484,818,921 | | | $ | 112,884,318 | |
Shares Outstanding (Unlimited Amount Authorized) | | | 14,198,458 | | | | 2,262,848 | |
Offering, Redemption and Net Asset Value Per Share | | $ | 34.15 | | | $ | 49.89 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Pricing of Class S Shares | | | | | | | | |
Net Assets applicable to Class S Shares | | $ | 135,337,488 | | | $ | 20,241,214 | |
Shares Outstanding (Unlimited Amount Authorized) | | | 3,964,066 | | | | 405,757 | |
Offering, Redemption and Net Asset Value Per Share | | $ | 34.14 | | | $ | 49.89 | |
| | | | | | | | |
* Identified Cost of Investment Securities | | $ | 442,502,827 | | | $ | 105,058,052 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
JOHNSON MUTUAL FUNDS | DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
Statements of Assets and Liabilities – Continued | |
| | International | | | Municipal | |
| | Fund | | | Income Fund | |
Assets: | | | | | | | | |
Investment Securities at Value* | | $ | 24,395,864 | | | $ | 173,635,151 | |
Dividends and Interest Receivable | | | 19,498 | | | | 1,356,344 | |
Reclaims Receivable | | | 54,428 | | | | — | |
Fund Shares Sold Receivable | | | 4,502 | | | | 415,071 | |
Total Assets | | $ | 24,474,292 | | | $ | 175,406,566 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Liabilities: | | | | | | | | |
Accrued Management Fees | | $ | 20,269 | | | $ | 44,858 | |
Fund Shares Redeemed Payable | | | 3,154 | | | | 817,960 | |
Total Liabilities | | $ | 23,423 | | | $ | 862,818 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Net Assets | | $ | 24,450,869 | | | $ | 174,543,748 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Net Assets Consist of: | | | | | | | | |
Paid-In Capital | | $ | 17,627,860 | | | $ | 189,103,467 | |
Distrbutable Earnings (Accumulated Deficit) | | | 6,823,009 | | | | (14,559,719 | ) |
| | | | | | | | |
Net Assets | | $ | 24,450,869 | | | $ | 174,543,748 | |
Shares Outstanding (Unlimited Amount Authorized) | | | 792,892 | | | | 10,514,181 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Offering, Redemption and Net Asset Value Per Share | | $ | 30.84 | ** | | $ | 16.60 | |
| | | | | | | | |
* Identified Cost of Investment Securities | | $ | 17,109,428 | | | $ | 181,630,793 | |
** | Includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States and, consequently, the net asset values for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset values and returns for shareholder transactions. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
JOHNSON MUTUAL FUNDS | DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
Statements of Operations | |
| | Equity | | | Opportunity | |
| | Income Fund | | | Fund | |
| | Year Ended | | | Year Ended | |
| | 12/31/2023 | | | 12/31/2023 | |
Investment Income: | | | | | | | | |
Dividends | | $ | 11,327,238 | | | $ | 1,970,938 | |
Less: Foreign withholding taxes on dividends | | | (9,486 | ) | | | (8,162 | ) |
Total Investment Income | | | 11,317,752 | | | | 1,962,776 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Expenses: | | | | | | | | |
Management Fee | | $ | 5,387,027 | | | $ | 1,168,007 | |
Shareholder Servicing Fees - Class S | | | 92,847 | | | | 13,352 | |
Net Expenses | | $ | 5,479,874 | | | $ | 1,181,359 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Net Investment Income | | $ | 5,837,878 | | | $ | 781,417 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Realized and Unrealized Gains: | | | | | | | | |
Net Realized Gains from Security Transactions and Foreign Currency Transactions | | $ | 11,095,008 | | | $ | 3,951,347 | |
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Investments and Foreign Currency Translations | | | 56,843,463 | | | | 14,933,265 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Net Gains on Investments | | $ | 67,938,471 | | | $ | 18,864,612 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Net Change in Net Assets from Operations | | $ | 73,776,349 | | | $ | 19,666,029 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
JOHNSON MUTUAL FUNDS | DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
Statements of Operations – Continued | |
| | International | | | Municipal | |
| | Fund | | | Income Fund | |
| | Year Ended | | | Year Ended | |
| | 12/31/2023 | | | 12/31/2023 | |
Investment Income: | | | | | | | | |
Dividends | | $ | 853,941 | | | $ | 89,864 | |
Less: Foreign withholding taxes on dividends | | | (113,033 | ) | | | — | |
Interest | | | — | | | | 6,551,717 | |
Total Investment Income | | | 740,938 | | | | 6,641,581 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Expenses: | | | | | | | | |
Management Fee | | $ | 233,349 | | | $ | 1,117,303 | |
Interest Expense | | | — | | | | 14 | |
Net Expenses | | $ | 233,349 | | | $ | 1,117,317 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Net Investment Income | | $ | 507,559 | | | $ | 5,524,264 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses): | | | | | | | | |
Net Realized Gains (Losses) from Security Transactions and Foreign Currency Transactions | | $ | 247,799 | | | $ | (3,138,283 | ) |
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Investments and Foreign Currency Translations | | | 3,470,002 | | | | 6,601,639 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Net Gains on Investments | | $ | 3,717,801 | | | $ | 3,463,356 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Net Change in Net Assets from Operations | | $ | 4,225,360 | | | $ | 8,987,620 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
JOHNSON MUTUAL FUNDS |
Statements of Changes in Net Assets |
| | Equity Income Fund | | | Opportunity Fund | |
| | Year/Period | | | | | | Year/Period | | | | |
| | Ended | | | Year Ended | | | Ended | | | Year Ended | |
| | 12/31/2023* | | | 12/31/2022 | | | 12/31/2023* | | | 12/31/2022 | |
Operations: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Investment Income | | $ | 5,837,878 | | | $ | 4,742,153 | | | $ | 781,417 | | | $ | 689,723 | |
Net Realized Gains from Security Transactions | | | 11,095,008 | | | | 22,613,287 | | | | 3,951,347 | | | | 4,000,716 | |
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Investments | | | 56,843,463 | | | | (87,056,215 | ) | | | 14,933,265 | | | | (20,425,797 | ) |
Net Change in Net Assets from Operations | | $ | 73,776,349 | | | $ | (59,700,775 | ) | | $ | 19,666,029 | | | $ | (15,735,358 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Distributions to Shareholders (see Note 2) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
From Class I | | $ | (12,642,180 | ) | | $ | (33,573,348 | ) | | $ | (4,032,219 | ) | | $ | (4,854,826 | ) |
From Class S | | | (3,415,845 | ) | | | — | | | | (704,024 | ) | | | — | |
Total Distributions to Shareholders | | $ | (16,058,025 | ) | | $ | (33,573,348 | ) | | $ | (4,736,243 | ) | | $ | (4,854,826 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Capital Share Transactions: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
From Class I | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Proceeds from Sale of Shares | | $ | 73,001,239 | | | $ | 63,916,017 | | | $ | 13,471,424 | | | $ | 15,283,773 | |
Shares Issued on Reinvestment of Distributions | | | 12,608,501 | | | | 33,429,609 | | | | 4,023,813 | | | | 4,843,718 | |
Cost of Shares Redeemed | | | (72,780,277 | ) | | | (62,514,498 | ) | | | (14,417,459 | ) | | | (10,533,218 | ) |
Net Assets in Conjunction with Transfer to Class S | | | (133,449,635 | ) | | | — | | | | (19,032,778 | ) | | | — | |
Net Change in Net Assets from Class I Capital Share Transactions | | $ | (120,620,172 | ) | | $ | 34,831,128 | | | $ | (15,955,000 | ) | | $ | 9,594,273 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
From Class S | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Proceeds from Sale of Shares | | $ | 1,462,885 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 222,296 | | | $ | — | |
Shares Issued on Reinvestment of Distributions | | | 3,405,891 | | | | — | | | | 703,374 | | | | — | |
Cost of Shares Redeemed | | | (6,530,448 | ) | | | — | | | | (899,418 | ) | | | — | |
Net Assets in Conjunction with Transfer from Class I | | | 133,449,635 | | | | — | | | | 19,032,778 | | | | — | |
Net Change in Net Assets from Class S Capital Share Transactions | | $ | 131,787,963 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 19,059,030 | | | $ | — | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Change in Net Assets | | $ | 68,886,115 | | | $ | (58,442,995 | ) | | $ | 18,033,816 | | | $ | (10,995,911 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Assets at Beginning of Year/Period | | $ | 551,270,294 | | | $ | 609,713,289 | | | $ | 115,091,716 | | | $ | 126,087,627 | |
Net Assets at End of Year/Period | | $ | 620,156,409 | | | $ | 551,270,294 | | | $ | 133,125,532 | | | $ | 115,091,716 | |
* | Equity Income Fund Class S and Opportunity Fund Class S began operations on September 15, 2023. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
JOHNSON MUTUAL FUNDS |
Statements of Changes in Net Assets – Continued |
| | Equity Income Fund | | | Opportunity Fund | |
| | Year/Period | | | | | | Year/Period | | | | |
| | Ended | | | Year Ended | | | Ended | | | Year Ended | |
| | 12/31/2023* | | | 12/31/2022 | | | 12/31/2023* | | | 12/31/2022 | |
Capital Share Activity(a) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class I | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shares Sold | | | 2,248,347 | | | | 1,921,920 | | | | 288,812 | | | | 328,998 | |
Share Reinvested | | | 368,993 | | | | 1,076,638 | | | | 80,188 | | | | 109,044 | |
Shares Redeemed | | | (2,233,847 | ) | | | (1,898,568 | ) | | | (306,555 | ) | | | (227,509 | ) |
Shares in Conjunction with Transfer to Class S | | | (4,018,357 | ) | | | — | | | | (406,423 | ) | | | — | |
Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding | | | (3,634,864 | ) | | | 1,099,990 | | | | (343,978 | ) | | | 210,533 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shares Outstanding, beginning of Year | | | 17,833,322 | | | | 16,733,332 | | | | 2,606,826 | | | | 2,396,293 | |
Shares Outstanding, end of Year | | | 14,198,458 | | | | 17,833,322 | | | | 2,262,848 | | | | 2,606,826 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class S | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shares Sold | | | 43,665 | | | | — | | | | 4,648 | | | | — | |
Share Reinvested | | | 99,675 | | | | — | | | | 14,017 | | | | — | |
Shares Redeemed | | | (197,631 | ) | | | — | | | | (19,331 | ) | | | — | |
Shares in Conjunction with Transfer from Class I | | | 4,018,357 | | | | — | | | | 406,423 | | | | — | |
Net Increase in Shares Outstanding | | | 3,964,066 | | | | — | | | | 405,757 | | | | — | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shares Outstanding, beginning of Period | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | |
Shares Outstanding, end of Period | | | 3,964,066 | | | | — | | | | 405,757 | | | | — | |
* | Equity Income Fund Class S and Opportunity Fund Class S began operations on September 15, 2023. |
(a) | There were an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest authorized for each Fund. Each Fund records purchases of its capital shares at the daily net asset value determined after receipt of a shareholder’s order in proper form. Redemptions are recorded at the net asset value determined following receipt of a shareholder’s written or telephone request in proper form. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
JOHNSON MUTUAL FUNDS |
Statements of Changes in Net Assets – Continued |
| | International Fund | | | Municipal Income Fund | |
| | Year Ended | | | Year Ended | | | Year Ended | | | Year Ended | |
| | 12/31/2023 | | | 12/31/2022 | | | 12/31/2023 | | | 12/31/2022 | |
Operations: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Investment Income | | $ | 507,559 | | | $ | 432,254 | | | $ | 5,524,264 | | | $ | 4,933,576 | |
Net Realized Gains (Losses) from Security Transactions and Foreign Currencies | | | 247,799 | | | | (505,496 | ) | | | (3,138,283 | ) | | | (3,424,940 | ) |
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Investments and Foreign Currencies | | | 3,470,002 | | | | (3,140,573 | ) | | | 6,601,639 | | | | (25,029,424 | ) |
Net Change in Net Assets from Operations | | $ | 4,225,360 | | | $ | (3,213,815 | ) | | $ | 8,987,620 | | | $ | (23,520,788 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Distributions to Shareholders (see Note 2) | | $ | (501,175 | ) | | $ | (259,658 | ) | | $ | (5,541,344 | ) | | $ | (4,943,306 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Capital Share Transactions: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Proceeds from Sale of Shares | | $ | 1,707,346 | | | $ | 2,727,725 | | | $ | 73,610,081 | | | $ | 123,997,751 | |
Shares Issued on Reinvestment of Distributions | | | 500,514 | | | | 259,556 | | | | 5,449,190 | | | | 4,869,439 | |
Cost of Shares Redeemed | | | (2,955,541 | ) | | | (2,946,103 | ) | | | (98,462,347 | ) | | | (184,886,138 | ) |
Net Change in Net Assets from Capital Share Transactions | | $ | (747,681 | ) | | $ | 41,178 | | | $ | (19,403,076 | ) | | $ | (56,018,948 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Change in Net Assets | | $ | 2,976,504 | | | $ | (3,432,295 | ) | | $ | (15,956,800 | ) | | $ | (84,483,042 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Assets at Beginning of Year | | $ | 21,474,365 | | | $ | 24,906,660 | | | $ | 190,500,548 | | | $ | 274,983,590 | |
Net Assets at End of Year | | $ | 24,450,869 | | | $ | 21,474,365 | | | $ | 174,543,748 | | | $ | 190,500,548 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Capital Share Activity(a) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shares Sold | | | 59,753 | | | | 101,529 | | | | 4,534,312 | | | | 7,566,583 | |
Share Reinvested | | | 16,229 | | | | 9,809 | | | | 336,777 | | | | 300,932 | |
Shares Redeemed | | | (101,896 | ) | | | (106,074 | ) | | | (6,155,140 | ) | | | (11,362,467 | ) |
Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding | | | (25,914 | ) | | | 5,264 | | | | (1,284,051 | ) | | | (3,494,952 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shares Outstanding, beginning of Year | | | 818,806 | | | | 813,542 | | | | 11,798,232 | | | | 15,293,184 | |
Shares Outstanding, end of Year | | | 792,892 | | | | 818,806 | | | | 10,514,181 | | | | 11,798,232 | |
(a) | There were an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest authorized for each Fund. Each Fund records purchases of its capital shares at the daily net asset value determined after receipt of a shareholder’s order in proper form. Redemptions are recorded at the net asset value determined following receipt of a shareholder’s written or telephone request in proper form. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS | EQUITY INCOME FUND - CLASS I SHARES |
Selected Data for a Share Outstanding Throughout each Year:
| | Year Ended December 31, | |
| | 2023 | | | 2022 | | | 2021 | | | 2020 | | | 2019 | |
Net Asset Value, beginning of year | | $ | 30.91 | | | $ | 36.44 | | | $ | 31.35 | | | $ | 28.50 | | | $ | 22.48 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Operations: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Investment Income | | | 0.33 | (a) | | | 0.28 | | | | 0.21 | | | | 0.25 | | | | 0.29 | |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Securities | | | 3.81 | | | | (3.82 | ) | | | 7.92 | | | | 3.24 | | | | 7.37 | |
Total Operations | | $ | 4.14 | | | $ | (3.54 | ) | | $ | 8.13 | | | $ | 3.49 | | | $ | 7.66 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Distributions: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Investment Income | | | (0.30 | ) | | | (0.30 | ) | | | (0.21 | ) | | | (0.25 | ) | | | (0.29 | ) |
Net Realized Capital Gains | | | (0.60 | ) | | | (1.69 | ) | | | (2.83 | ) | | | (0.39 | ) | | | (1.35 | ) |
Total Distributions | | $ | (0.90 | ) | | $ | (1.99 | ) | | $ | (3.04 | ) | | $ | (0.64 | ) | | $ | (1.64 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Asset Value, end of year | | $ | 34.15 | | | $ | 30.91 | | | $ | 36.44 | | | $ | 31.35 | | | $ | 28.50 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total Return(b) | | | 13.42 | % | | | (9.74 | %) | | | 25.96 | % | | | 12.24 | % | | | 34.07 | % |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Assets, end of year (millions) | | $ | 484.82 | | | $ | 551.27 | | | $ | 609.71 | | | $ | 464.81 | | | $ | 400.82 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Ratios/supplemental data | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets | | | 0.94 | % (c) | | | 1.00 | % | | | 1.00 | % | | | 1.00 | % | | | 1.00 | % |
Ratio of Net Investment Income to average net assets | | | 1.00 | % | | | 0.84 | % | | | 0.62 | % | | | 0.91 | % | | | 1.11 | % |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Portfolio turnover rate (d) | | | 32.38 | % | | | 22.66 | % | | | 29.91 | % | | | 27.55 | % | | | 31.91 | % |
(a) | Per share net investment income has been determined on the basis of average number of shares outstanding during the year. |
(b) | Total return is a measure of the change in value of an investment in the Fund over the periods covered. The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions, if any, or the redemption of Fund shares. The total return would have been lower if the Adviser had not reduced fees. |
(c) | Effective September 15, 2023, the Management Fee reduced from 1.00% to 0.75%. (Note 5) |
(d) | Portfolio turnover is calculated on the basis on the Fund as a whole without distinguishing among the classes of shares. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS | EQUITY INCOME FUND - CLASS S SHARES |
Selected Data for a Share Outstanding Throughout the Period:
| | Period | |
| | Ended | |
| | December 31, | |
| | 2023* | |
Net Asset Value, beginning of period | | $ | 33.21 | |
| | | | |
Operations: | | | | |
Net Investment Income(a) | | | 0.10 | |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains on Securities | | | 1.71 | |
Total Operations | | $ | 1.81 | |
| | | | |
Distributions: | | | | |
Net Investment Income | | | (0.28 | ) |
Net Realized Capital Gains | | | (0.60 | ) |
Total Distributions | | $ | (0.88 | ) |
| | | | |
Net Asset Value, end of period | | $ | 34.14 | |
| | | | |
Total Return(b) | | | 5.46 | % (c) |
| | | | |
Net Assets, end of period (millions) | | $ | 135.34 | |
| | | | |
Ratios/supplemental data | | | | |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets | | | 1.00 | % (d) |
Ratio of Net Investment Income to average net assets | | | 1.00 | % (d) |
| | | | |
Portfolio turnover rate (e) | | | 32.38 | % (c) |
* | Class S began operations on September 15, 2023. |
(a) | Per share net investment income has been determined on the basis of average number of shares outstanding during the period. |
(b) | Total return is a measure of the change in value of an investment in the Fund over the periods covered. The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions, if any, or the redemption of Fund shares. The total return would have been lower if the Adviser had not reduced fees. |
(e) | Portfolio turnover is calculated on the basis on the Fund as a whole without distinguishing among the classes of shares. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS | OPPORTUNITY FUND - CLASS I SHARES |
Selected Data for a Share Outstanding Throughout each Year:
| | Year Ended December 31, | |
| | 2023 | | | 2022 | | | 2021 | | | 2020 | | | 2019 | |
Net Asset Value, beginning of year | | $ | 44.15 | | | $ | 52.62 | | | $ | 45.55 | | | $ | 42.48 | | | $ | 34.47 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Operations: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Investment Income | | | 0.31 | (a) | | | 0.29 | | | | 0.38 | | | | 0.25 | | | | 0.28 | |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Securities | | | 7.26 | | | | (6.83 | ) | | | 13.55 | | | | 3.08 | | | | 9.58 | |
Total Operations | | $ | 7.57 | | | $ | (6.54 | ) | | $ | 13.93 | | | $ | 3.33 | | | $ | 9.86 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Distributions: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Investment Income | | | (0.31 | ) | | | (0.29 | ) | | | (0.39 | ) | | | (0.26 | ) | | | (0.30 | ) |
Net Realized Capital Gains | | | (1.52 | ) | | | (1.64 | ) | | | (6.47 | ) | | | — | | | | (1.39 | ) |
Return of Capital | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | (0.16 | ) |
Total Distributions | | $ | (1.83 | ) | | $ | (1.93 | ) | | $ | (6.86 | ) | | $ | (0.26 | ) | | $ | (1.85 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Asset Value, end of year | | $ | 49.89 | | | $ | 44.15 | | | $ | 52.62 | | | $ | 45.55 | | | $ | 42.48 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total Return(b) | | | 17.12 | % | | | (12.46 | %) | | | 30.59 | % | | | 7.84 | % | | | 28.63 | % |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Assets, end of year (millions) | | $ | 112.88 | | | $ | 115.09 | | | $ | 126.09 | | | $ | 93.29 | | | $ | 76.50 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Ratios/supplemental data | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets | | | 0.97 | % (c) | | | 1.00 | % | | | 1.00 | % | | | 1.00 | % | | | 1.00 | % |
Ratio of Net Investment Income to average net assets | | | 0.66 | % | | | 0.63 | % | | | 0.84 | % | | | 0.67 | % | | | 0.67 | % |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Portfolio turnover rate (d) | | | 22.66 | % | | | 26.51 | % | | | 38.97 | % | | | 32.89 | % | | | 36.19 | % |
(a) | Per share net investment income has been determined on the basis of average number of shares outstanding during the year. |
(b) | Total return is a measure of the change in value of an investment in the Fund over the periods covered. The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions, if any, or the redemption of Fund shares. The total return would have been lower if the Adviser had not reduced fees. |
(c) | Effective September 15, 2023, the Management Fee reduced from 1.00% to 0.90%. (Note 5) |
(d) | Portfolio turnover is calculated on the basis on the Fund as a whole without distinguishing among the classes of shares. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS | OPPORTUNITY FUND - CLASS S SHARES |
Selected Data for a Share Outstanding Throughout the Period:
| | Period | |
| | Ended | |
| | December 31, | |
| | 2023* | |
Net Asset Value, beginning of period | | $ | 46.83 | |
| | | | |
Operations: | | | | |
Net Investment Income(a) | | | 0.06 | |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains on Securities | | | 4.79 | |
Total Operations | | $ | 4.85 | |
| | | | |
Distributions: | | | | |
Net Investment Income | | | (0.27 | ) |
Net Realized Capital Gains | | | (1.52 | ) |
Total Distributions | | $ | (1.79 | ) |
| | | | |
Net Asset Value, end of period | | $ | 49.89 | |
| | | | |
Total Return(b) | | | 10.35 | % (c) |
| | | | |
Net Assets, end of period (millions) | | $ | 20.24 | |
| | | | |
Ratios/supplemental data | | | | |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets | | | 1.15 | % (d) |
Ratio of Net Investment Income to average net assets | | | 0.44 | % (d) |
| | | | |
Portfolio turnover rate (e) | | | 22.66 | % |
* | Class S began operations on September 15, 2023. |
(a) | Per share net investment income has been determined on the basis of average number of shares outstanding during the period. |
(b) | Total return is a measure of the change in value of an investment in the Fund over the periods covered. The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions, if any, or the redemption of Fund shares. The total return would have been lower if the Adviser had not reduced fees. |
(e) | Portfolio turnover is calculated on the basis on the Fund as a whole without distinguishing among the classes of shares. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS | INTERNATIONAL FUND |
Selected Data for a Share Outstanding Throughout each Year:
| | Year Ended December 31, | |
| | 2023* | | | 2022 | | | 2021 | | | 2020 | | | 2019 | |
Net Asset Value, beginning of year | | $ | 26.23 | | | $ | 30.62 | | | $ | 28.60 | | | $ | 27.13 | | | $ | 23.17 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Operations: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Investment Income | | | 0.65 | | | | 0.53 | | | | 0.64 | | | | 0.43 | | | | 0.53 | |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Securities and Foreign Currencies | | | 4.60 | | | | (4.60 | ) | | | 2.22 | | | | 1.36 | | | | 4.03 | |
Total Operations | | $ | 5.25 | | | $ | (4.07 | ) | | $ | 2.86 | | | $ | 1.79 | | | $ | 4.56 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Distributions: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Investment Income | | | (0.64 | ) | | | (0.32 | ) | | | (0.77 | ) | | | (0.32 | ) | | | (0.60 | ) |
Return of Capital | | | — | | | | — | | | | (0.07 | ) | | | — | | | | — | |
Total Distributions | | $ | (0.64 | ) | | $ | (0.32 | ) | | $ | (0.84 | ) | | $ | (0.32 | ) | | $ | (0.60 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Asset Value, end of year | | $ | 30.84 | | | $ | 26.23 | | | $ | 30.62 | | | $ | 28.60 | | | $ | 27.13 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total Return(a) | | | 20.03 | % | | | (13.30 | %) | | | 10.00 | % | | | 6.59 | % | | | 19.69 | % |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Assets, end of year (millions) | | $ | 24.45 | | | $ | 21.47 | | | $ | 24.91 | | | $ | 21.10 | | | $ | 21.08 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Ratios/supplemental data | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets | | | 1.00 | % | | | 1.00 | % | | | 1.00 | % | | | 1.00 | % | | | 1.00 | % |
Ratio of Net Investment Income to average net assets | | | 2.17 | % | | | 2.02 | % | | | 2.09 | % | | | 1.77 | % | | | 2.02 | % |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Portfolio turnover rate | | | 8.31 | % | | | 6.63 | % | | | 6.62 | % | | | 7.85 | % | | | 4.33 | % |
(a) | Total return is a measure of the change in value of an investment in the Fund over the periods covered. The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions, if any, or the redemption of Fund shares. The total return would have been lower if the Adviser had not reduced fees. |
* | Includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States and, consequently, the net asset values for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset values and returns for shareholder transactions. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS | MUNICIPAL INCOME FUND |
Selected Data for a Share Outstanding Throughout each Year:
| | Year Ended December 31, | |
| | 2023 | | | 2022 | | | 2021 | | | 2020 | | | 2019 | |
Net Asset Value, beginning of year | | $ | 16.15 | | | $ | 17.98 | | | $ | 18.28 | | | $ | 17.73 | | | $ | 17.12 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Operations: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Investment Income | | | 0.46 | | | | 0.37 | | | | 0.32 | | | | 0.33 | | | | 0.32 | |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Securities | | | 0.45 | | | | (1.83 | ) | | | (0.27 | ) | | | 0.57 | | | | 0.64 | |
Total Operations | | $ | 0.91 | | | $ | (1.46 | ) | | $ | 0.05 | | | $ | 0.90 | | | $ | 0.96 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Distributions: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Investment Income | | | (0.46 | ) | | | (0.37 | ) | | | (0.32 | ) | | | (0.33 | ) | | | (0.32 | ) |
Net Realized Capital Gains | | | — | | | | — | | | | (0.03 | ) | | | (0.02 | ) | | | (0.03 | ) |
Return of Capital | | | — | | | | — | | | | (0.00 | ) (a) | | | — | | | | — | |
Total Distributions | | $ | (0.46 | ) | | $ | (0.37 | ) | | $ | (0.35 | ) | | $ | (0.35 | ) | | $ | (0.35 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Asset Value, end of year | | $ | 16.60 | | | $ | 16.15 | | | $ | 17.98 | | | $ | 18.28 | | | $ | 17.73 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total Return(b) | | | 5.76 | % | | | (8.10 | %) | | | 0.30 | % | | | 5.12 | % | | | 5.66 | % |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Assets, end of year (millions) | | $ | 174.54 | | | $ | 190.50 | | | $ | 274.98 | | | $ | 259.73 | | | $ | 225.13 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Ratios/supplemental data | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets | | | 0.56 | % (c) | | | 0.65 | % | | | 0.65 | % | | | 0.65 | % | | | 0.65 | % |
Ratio of Net Investment Income to average net assets | | | 2.78 | % | | | 2.14 | % | | | 1.78 | % | | | 1.86 | % | | | 1.90 | % |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Portfolio turnover rate | | | 17.28 | % | | | 21.30 | % | | | 9.11 | % | | | 5.98 | % | | | 10.54 | % |
(a) | Amount rounds to less than $0.005 per share. |
(b) | Total return is a measure of the change in value of an investment in the Fund over the periods covered. The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions, if any, or the redemption of Fund shares. The total return would have been lower if the Adviser had not reduced fees. |
(c) | Effective September 15, 2023, the Management Fee was reduced from 0.65% to 0.30%. (Note 5) |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
JOHNSON MUTUAL FUNDS | |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
The Johnson Equity Income Fund, Johnson Opportunity Fund, Johnson International Fund, and Johnson Municipal Income Fund (each individually a “Fund” and collectively the “Funds”) are each a series of the Johnson Mutual Funds Trust (the “Trust”), and are registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as no-load, open-end investment companies. The Johnson Mutual Funds Trust was established as an Ohio business trust under an Agreement and Declaration of Trust dated September 30, 1992. The Opportunity Fund and Municipal Income Fund began offering their shares publicly on May 16, 1994. The Equity Income Fund began offering its shares publicly on December 30, 2005. The International Fund began offering its shares publicly on December 8, 2008. All the Funds are managed by Johnson Investment Counsel, Inc. (the “Adviser”).
The Equity Income Fund and Opportunity Fund both have an additional share class, Class S shares. Each class of shares for each Fund has identical rights and privileges except with respect to shareholder servicing fees fees and voting rights on matters affecting a single class of shares. Class S shares have a maximum shareholder servicing fee of 0.25%.
The investment objectives of the Funds are as follows:
Equity Income Fund | Above average dividend income and long-term capital growth |
Opportunity Fund | Long-term capital growth |
International Fund | Long-term capital growth |
Municipal Income Fund | A high level of federally tax-free income over the long-term consistent with preservation of capital |
The Funds are each diversified. The Municipal Income Fund invests primarily in debt instruments of municipal issuers whose ability to meet their obligations may be affected by economic and political developments in the state of Ohio.
2) | Significant Accounting Policies: |
BASIS OF ACCOUNTING:
The financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP). The Funds are investment companies and accordingly follow the investment company guidance of Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, “Financial Services — Investment Companies.” Regulatory update:
Tailored Shareholder Reports for Mutual Funds and Exchange-Traded Funds (“ETFs”) – Effective January 24, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted rule and form amendments to require mutual funds and ETFs to transmit concise and visually engaging streamlined annual and semiannual reports to shareholders that highlight key information. Other information, including financial statements, will no longer appear in a streamlined shareholder report but must be available online, delivered free of charge upon request, and filed on a semiannual basis on Form N-CSR. The rule and form amendments have a compliance date of July 24, 2024. At this time, management is evaluating the impact of these amendments on the shareholder reports for the Funds.
INVESTMENT INCOME AND REALIZED CAPITAL GAINS AND LOSSES ON INVESTMENT SECURITIES:
Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date and interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Dividend and interest income are recorded net of foreign taxes. Withholding taxes and reclaims on foreign dividends have been recorded in accordance with the Funds’ understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and rates. Gains and losses on sales of investments are calculated using the specific identification method, mainly using high-cost lots. Discounts and premiums on securities purchased are amortized over the lives or to the earliest call date of the respective securities in accordance with GAAP. Distributions received from investments in securities that represent a return of capital or capital gains are recorded as a reduction of the cost of investment or as a realized gain, respectively. The calendar year-end amounts of ordinary income, capital gains, and return of capital included in distributions received from the Funds’ investments in real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) are reported to the Funds after the end of the calendar year;
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
2) | Significant Accounting Policies, continued |
accordingly, the Funds estimate these amounts for accounting purposes until the characterization of REIT distributions is reported. Estimates are based on the most recent REIT distributions information available. Gains and losses on paydowns of mortgage-backed securities are reflected in interest income on the Statements of Operations. The ability of issuers of debt securities held by the Funds to meet their obligations may be affected by economic and political developments in a specific country or region.
FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSLATION:
Securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in or expected to settle in foreign currencies, if any, are translated into U.S. dollars based on exchange rates on the following basis:
| A. | The fair values of investment securities and other assets and liabilities are translated as of the close of the NYSE each day. |
| B. | Purchases and sales of investment securities and income and expenses are translated at the rate of exchange prevailing as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the respective date of such transactions. |
| C. | The Fund does not isolate that portion of the results of operations caused by changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from those caused by changes in market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gains or losses on investments. |
Reported net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from 1) purchases and sales of foreign currencies, 2) currency gains or losses realized between trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, and 3) the difference between the amounts of dividends and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Fund’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Reported net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes in the value of assets and liabilities, other than investments in securities, that result from changes in exchange rates.
FEDERAL INCOME TAX:
Each Fund has qualified and intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). Qualification generally will relieve the Fund of liability for federal income taxes to the extent is net investment income and net realized capital gains are distributed in accordance with the Code.
In order to avoid imposition of a federal excise tax applicable to regulated investment companies, it is also the Funds’ intention to declare and pay as dividends in each calendar year at least 98% of its net investment income (earned during the calendar year) and 98.2% of its net realized capital gains (earned during the 12 months ended December 31, 2023 for the Opportunity, and Municipal Income Funds, and October 31, 2023 for the Equity Income and International Funds) plus undistributed amounts from prior years.
The following information is computed for each item as of December 31, 2023:
| | Equity Income | | | Opportunity | | | International | | | Municipal Income | |
Cost of Portfolio Investments | | $ | 442,517,389 | | | $ | 105,058,052 | | | $ | 17,281,741 | | | $ | 181,631,626 | |
Gross unrealized appreciation | | | 182,206,343 | | | | 31,911,002 | | | | 8,844,676 | | | | 1,543,316 | |
Gross unrealized depreciation | | | (5,069,350 | ) | | | (3,707,991 | ) | | | (1,730,553 | ) | | | (9,539,791 | ) |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | | 177,136,993 | | | | 28,203,011 | | | | 7,114,123 | | | | (7,996,475 | ) |
Net unrealized depreciation on foreign currency | | | — | | | | — | | | | (12 | ) | | | — | |
Undistributed ordinary income | | | 535,930 | | | | — | | | | 134,858 | | | | — | |
Undistributed long-term gains | | | 6,032,888 | | | | 36 | | | | — | | | | — | |
Accumulated capital and other losses | | | — | | | | — | | | | (425,960 | ) | | | (6,563,244 | ) |
Distributable earnings (accumulated deficit) | | $ | 183,705,811 | | | $ | 28,203,047 | | | $ | 6,823,009 | | | $ | (14,559,719 | ) |
The difference between the federal income tax cost and the financial statement cost of Funds’ portfolio investments is due to wash sales and Passive Foreign Investment Companies adjustments.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
2) | Significant Accounting Policies, continued |
As of December 31, 2023, the following Funds had capital loss carryovers which will reduce each Fund’s taxable income arising from future net realized gain on investments, if any, to the extent permitted by the Code and thus will reduce the amount of distributions to shareholders which would otherwise be necessary to relieve the Fund of any liability for federal income tax. The capital loss carryovers, which may be carried forward on indefinite period of time, are as follows:
| | Long-term | | | Short-term | | | Total | |
Johnson International Fund | | $ | 147,347 | | | $ | 278,613 | | | $ | 425,960 | |
Johnson Municipal Income Fund | | | 6,300,775 | | | | 262,469 | | | | 6,563,244 | |
During the year ended December 31, 2023, the International Fund utilized $413,464 long-term capital loss carryovers.
The Funds recognize the tax benefits or expenses of uncertain tax positions only where the position is “more likely than not” to be sustained assuming examination by tax authorities. Management has reviewed the tax positions taken on Federal income tax returns for all open tax years (generally three years) and has concluded that no provision for unrecognized tax benefits or expenses is required in these financial statements. The Funds identify its major tax jurisdictions as U.S. Federal and certain State tax authorities. The Funds are not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably likely that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits or expenses will change materially in the next twelve months. The Funds recognize interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax expenses as income tax expense in the Statements of Operations. During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Funds did not incur any interest or penalties.
ALLOCATIONS BETWEEN CLASSES:
Investment income earned, realized capital gains and losses, and unrealized appreciation and depreciation are allocated daily to each class of shares based upon its proportionate share of total net assets of the Fund. Class specific expenses are charged directly to the class incurring the expense. Common expenses which are not attributable to a specific class are allocated daily to each class of shares based upon its proportionate share of total net assets of the Fund.
DISTRIBUTIONS:
Distributions to shareholders, which are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Fixed Income Fund and Municipal Income Fund intend to distribute net investment income on a calendar quarter basis. The Equity Income, Opportunity and International Funds intend to distribute net investment income, if any, at least once a year. The Funds intend to distribute their net realized long-term capital gains and their net realized short-term capital gains, if any, at least once a year. The treatment for financial reporting purposes of distributions made to shareholders during the year from net investment income or net realized capital gains may differ from their ultimate treatment for federal income tax purposes. These differences are caused primarily by differences in the timing of the recognition of certain components of income, expense or realized capital gain for federal income tax purposes. Where such differences are permanent in nature, they are reclassified in the components of net assets based on their ultimate characterization for federal income tax purposes. Any such reclassifications will have no effect on net assets, results of operations, or net asset values (“NAV”) per share of the Funds.
For the year ended December 31, 2023, the Funds made the following reclassifications to increase (decrease) the components of the net assets:
| | Paid in | | | Accumulated | |
| | Capital | | | Earnings | |
Equity Income Fund | | | (1 | ) | | | 1 | |
Municipal Income Fund | | | (16,654 | ) | | | 16,654 | |
Reasons for the reclassification of components of net assets are attributable to return of capital distributions.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
2) | Significant Accounting Policies, continued |
The tax character of the distributions paid, for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2023, is as follows:
| | | | | | | | | | Net Realized | | | Total Taxable | | | | | | Total | |
| | | | Ordinary | | | Tax Exempt | | | Long-Term | | | Distributions | | | Return of | | | Distributions | |
| | | | Income | | | Income | | | Capital Gain | | | Paid | | | Capital | | | Paid | |
Johnson Equity Income Fund | | 12/31/2022 | | $ | 13,206,417 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 20,366,931 | | | $ | 33,573,348 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 33,573,348 | |
| | 12/31/2023 | | | 6,120,765 | | | | — | | | | 9,937,260 | | | | 16,058,025 | | | | — | | | | 16,058,025 | |
Johnson Opportunity Fund | | 12/31/2022 | | | 907,777 | | | | — | | | | 3,947,049 | | | | 4,854,826 | | | | — | | | | 4,854,826 | |
| | 12/31/2023 | | | 781,417 | | | | — | | | | 3,954,826 | | | | 4,736,243 | | | | — | | | | 4,736,243 | |
Johnson International Fund | | 12/31/2022 | | | 259,658 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 259,658 | | | | — | | | | 259,658 | |
| | 12/31/2023 | | | 501,175 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 501,175 | | | | — | | | | 501,175 | |
Johnson Municipal Income Fund | | 12/31/2022 | | | — | | | | 4,934,004 | | | | — | | | | 4,934,004 | | | | 9,302 | | | | 4,943,306 | |
| | 12/31/2023 | | | 161,996 | | | | 5,379,348 | | | | — | | | | 5,541,344 | | | | — | | | | 5,541,344 | |
3) | Security Valuation and Transactions |
The Funds utilize various methods to measure the fair value of their investments on a recurring basis. The Board has assigned the Adviser as their Valuation Designee to consider all appropriate factors relevant to the value of securities, in accordance with the Trust’s valuation policies and fair value determinations. The Funds’ portfolio securities are valued as of the close of business of the regular session of the New York Stock Exchange (normally 4:00 p.m., Eastern time).
Securities for which representative market quotations are not readily available or are considered unreliable by the Investment Adviser are valued as determined in good faith by, or under the direction of, the Board of Trustees. Various inputs may be reviewed in order to make a good faith determination of a security’s fair value. These inputs include, but are not limited to, the type and cost of the security; contractual or legal restrictions on resale of the security; relevant financial or business developments of the issuer; actively traded similar or related securities; conversion or exchange rights on the security; related corporate actions; significant events occurring after the close of trading in the security; and changes in overall market conditions. Fair valuations and valuations of investments that are not actively trading involve judgment and may differ materially from valuations of investments that would have been used had greater market activity occurred.
GAAP established a hierarchy that prioritizes inputs to valuation methods. The three levels of inputs are:
| ● | Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Funds have the ability to access. |
| ● | Level 2 — Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. These inputs may include quoted prices for the identical instrument on an inactive market, prices for similar instruments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, default rates and similar data. |
| ● | Level 3 — Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, to the extent relevant observable inputs are not available, representing the Fund’s own assumptions about the assumptions a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability, and would be based on the best information available. |
The availability of observable inputs can vary from security to security and is affected by a wide variety of factors, including, for example, the type of security, whether the security is new and not yet established in the marketplace, the liquidity of markets, and other characteristics particular to the security. To the extent that valuation is based on models or inputs that are less observable or unobservable in the market, the determination of fair value requires more judgment. Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3.
The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement falls in its entirety, is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
3) | Security Valuation and Transactions, continued |
FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS:
A description of the valuation techniques applied to the Funds’ major categories of assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis follows:
Equity Securities (Common Stock, Real Estate Investment Trusts). Securities traded on a national securities exchange (or reported on the NASDAQ national market) are stated at the last reported sales price on the day of valuation. To the extent these securities are actively traded and valuation adjustments are not applied, they are categorized in Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy. When adjustments to observable prices are applied or when the market is considered inactive, securities will be categorized in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.
Corporate Bonds. The fair value of Corporate Bonds is estimated using quotations from pricing vendors, which may consider recently executed transactions in securities of the issuer or comparable issuers, market price quotations for similar securities (where observable), bond spreads, fundamental data relating to the issuer, and credit default swap spreads adjusted for any basis difference between cash and derivative instruments. While most corporate bonds are categorized in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, in instances where lower relative weight is placed on transaction prices, quotations, or similar observable inputs, they would be categorized in Level 3.
Certificates of Deposit. Certificates of Deposit are generally valued at prices obtained from pricing vendors. Certificates of Deposit which are traded on the open market are normally valued using a market approach valuation technique that incorporates observable market data such as reported sales of similar securities, broker quotes, yields, bids, offers, and reference data. Certain securities are valued principally using dealer quotations. Certificates of Deposit are categorized in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.
Municipal Bonds. Municipal Bonds are normally valued using quotations from pricing vendors that incorporate observable market data such as reported sales of similar securities, broker quotes, yields, bids, offers, and reference data. Certain securities are valued principally using dealer quotations. Municipal Bonds are categorized in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.
U.S. Government Securities. U.S. government securities, including U.S. Treasury Obligations, are normally valued using market approach valuation techniques that incorporate observable market data such as reported sales of similar securities, broker quotes, yields, bids, offers, and reference data. Certain securities are valued principally using dealer quotations. U.S. government securities are categorized in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.
U.S. Agency Securities. U.S. agency securities are comprised of two main categories consisting of agency issued debt and mortgage-backed securities. Agency issued debt securities are generally valued in a manner similar to U.S. government securities. Mortgage-backed securities are generally valued based on models that consider the estimated cash flows of each tranche of the entity, establishes a benchmark yield, and develops an estimated tranche-specific spread to the benchmark yield based on the unique attributes of the tranche. Depending on market activity levels and whether quotations or other data are used, these securities are typically categorized in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.
Preferred Stocks. Securities traded on a national securities exchange (or reported on the NASDAQ national market) are stated at the last reported sales price on the day of valuation. To the extent these securities are actively traded and valuation adjustments are not applied, they are categorized in Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.
Money Market. Investments in mutual funds, including money market mutual funds (notated throughout these financial statements as cash equivalents), are generally priced at the ending NAV provided by the service agent of the funds. These securities will be categorized as Level 1 securities.
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
3) | Security Valuation and Transactions, continued |
The following is a summary of the inputs used to value each Fund’s investment securities as of December 31, 2023:
Equity Fund | | Level 1 | | | Level 2 | | | Level 3 | | | Totals | |
Common Stocks* | | $ | 614,142,618 | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | 614,142,618 | |
Money Market Funds | | | 5,511,764 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 5,511,764 | |
Total | | $ | 619,654,382 | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | 619,654,382 | |
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Opportunity Fund | | Level 1 | | | Level 2 | | | Level 3 | | | Totals | |
Common Stocks* | | $ | 131,395,581 | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | 131,395,581 | |
Money Market Funds | | | 1,865,482 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 1,865,482 | |
Total | | $ | 133,261,063 | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | 133,261,063 | |
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International Fund | | Level 1 | | | Level 2 | | | Level 3 | | | Totals | |
Common Stocks* | | $ | 24,106,772 | | | $ | 52,929 | | | $ | 140 | ** | | $ | 24,159,841 | |
Preferred Stocks | | | 172,360 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 172,360 | |
Money Market Funds | | | 63,663 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 63,663 | |
Total | | $ | 24,342,795 | | | $ | 52,929 | | | $ | 140 | | | $ | 24,395,864 | |
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Municipal Income Fund | | Level 1 | | | Level 2 | | | Level 3 | | | Totals | |
Municipal Bonds* | | $ | — | | | $ | 172,683,944 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 172,683,944 | |
Money Market Funds | | | 951,207 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 951,207 | |
Total | | $ | 951,207 | | | $ | 172,683,944 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 173,635,151 | |
* | See Portfolio of Investments for industry classifications |
** | Includes a Russian ADR valued at $0.01 per share by management, given the halting of foreign investors’ ability to sell Russian securities and ADRs. The change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of this security that is reflected in the Statement of Operations is $0. Given the insignificance of Level 3 securities, a rollforward of Level 3 activity is not presented. |
Other than Johnson International Fund, no other Fund held Level 3 securities during the year.
In accordance with GAAP, the Funds are required to enhance the disclosures relating to transactions in derivatives and hedging activities, including how such activities are accounted for and their effect on the Funds’ financial position, performance, and cash flows. The Funds did not engage in any derivative transactions as of or during the year ended December 31, 2023.
Pandemics and other wide-spread public health events can result in significant disruptions to economies and markets, adversely impacting individual companies, sectors, industries, currencies, interest and inflation rates, credit ratings, and investor sentiment. The duration and extent of such events cannot be reasonably estimated. Governmental responses to these events may negatively impact the capabilities of the Funds’ service providers and disrupt the Funds’ operations. These events may result in substantial market volatility and may adversely impact the prices and liquidity of a Fund’s investments.
5) | Investment Advisory Agreements and Shareholder Servicing Fees: |
The investment advisory agreements provide that the Adviser will pay all of the Funds’ operating expenses, excluding brokerage fees and commissions, borrowing costs (such as interest), and extraordinary expenses. The investment advisory agreements provide for fees to be paid monthly at an annual rate listed below, of each Fund’s average daily net assets.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
5) | Investment Advisory Agreements and Shareholder Servicing Fees, continued |
The Funds incurred management fees for the year ended December 31, 2023, as indicated below.
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| | | | Management | | | December 31, | |
Fund | | Fee | | Fee | | | 2023 | |
Equity Income Fund | | 0.75%* | | $ | 5,387,027 | | | $ | 390,560 | |
Opportunity Fund | | 0.90%* | | | 1,168,007 | | | | 99,330 | |
International Fund | | 1.00% | | | 233,349 | | | | 20,269 | |
Municipal Income Fund | | 0.30%* | | | 1,117,303 | | | | 44,858 | |
Effective September 15, 2023, Management Fees were reduced from 1.00% to 0.75%, 1.00% to 0.90%, and 0.65% to 0.30% for the Equity Income Fund, Opportunity Fund, and Municipal Income Fund, respectively.
Equity Income Fund and Opportunity Fund Class S Shares also incur Shareholder Servicing Fees at the annual rate of 0.25% of each Fund’s average daily net assets, attributable to the Class, which is accrued daily.
6) | Related Party Transactions: |
All officers and one trustee of the Trust are employees of the Adviser. Total compensation for the independent Trustees as a group was $150,000 for the year ended December 31, 2023, and as a group they received no additional compensation from the Trust. Compensation of the Trustees was paid by the Adviser. The Trust consists of nine Funds: Johnson Equity Income Fund, Johnson Opportunity Fund, Johnson International Fund, Johnson Municipal Income Fund, Johnson Institutional Short Duration Bond Fund, Johnson Institutional Intermediate Bond Fund, Johnson Institutional Core Bond Fund, Johnson Core Plus Bond Fund and Johnson Enhanced Return Fund. The Adviser is not a registered broker-dealer of securities and thus does not receive commissions on trades made on behalf of the Funds.
The beneficial ownership, either directly or indirectly, of more than 25% of the voting securities of a Fund creates a presumption of control of the Fund, under Section 2(a)(9) of the Investment Company Act of 1940. At December 31, 2023, client accounts managed by the Adviser and held by Charles Schwab & Co, with full advisory discretion, held in aggregate the following:
Equity Income Fund | | | 77.41 | % |
Opportunity Fund | | | 84.31 | % |
International Fund | | | 35.77 | % |
Municipal Income Fund | | | 97.98 | % |
Johnson Financial, Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Adviser. Johnson Financial, Inc. provided transfer agency and administration services to the Funds until March 31, 2023. These services were paid for by the Adviser.
Ultimus Fund Solutions, LLC (“Ultimus”) provides fund accounting to the Funds. Effective March 31, 2023, Ultimus started providing administration services to the Funds and transfer agency services effective April 24, 2023. All services are paid for by the Adviser.
7) | Purchases and Sales of Securities: |
From January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023, purchases and sales of investment securities aggregated:
Fund | | Purchases | | | Sales | |
Johnson Equity Income Fund | | $ | 186,259,146 | | | $ | 185,876,589 | |
Johnson Opportunity Fund | | | 26,983,798 | | | | 29,265,956 | |
Johnson International Fund | | | 1,898,442 | | | | 2,200,122 | |
Johnson Municipal Income Fund | | | 32,930,687 | | | | 48,410,589 | |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
8) Borrowings:
The Equity Income Fund, Opportunity Fund, International Fund, and Municipal Income Fund each has an unsecured line of credit through April 29, 2024 with U.S. Bank National Association, up to 33.3% of its net assets, with a total maximum borrowing limit of $60,000,000 for the Trust.
Borrowings under the agreement bear interest at the Prime lending rate which was 8.5% as of December 31, 2023. During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Municipal Income Fund borrowed from the line for one (1) calendar day in the amount of $59,000. During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Municipal Income Fund incurred $14 of interest expense and fees related to the borrowings. The average debt outstanding and average interest rate for the days with borrowing during the year ended December 31, 2023 were $162 and 8.62%. As of December 31, 2023, there were no outstanding borrowings for the Funds. There were no borrowings for any of the other Funds at any time during the year ended December 31, 2023.
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
In the normal course of business, the Trust, on behalf of the Funds, enters into contracts that provide general indemnifications.
The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on claims that may be made against the Funds in the future and, therefore, cannot be estimated; however, based on experience, the risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.
Subsequent events after the date of the Statements of Assets and Liabilities have been evaluated through the date the financial statements were issued. Management has concluded that there is no impact requiring adjustment to or disclosure in the financial statements.
DISCLOSURE OF EXPENSES (UNAUDITED) | DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
Shareholders of the Johnson Equity Income, Opportunity, International, and Municipal Income Funds (the “Funds”) incur ongoing operating expenses consisting solely of management fees. The following example is intended to help you understand your ongoing expenses of investing in the Funds and to compare these expenses with similar costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested in the Funds on July 1, 2023 and held through December 31, 2023.
The first line of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. In order to estimate the expenses a shareholder paid during the period covered by this report, shareholders can divide their account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6) and then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period.”
The second line of the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Funds’ actual expense ratios and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Funds’ actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses paid by a shareholder for the period. Shareholders may use this information to compare the ongoing expenses of investing in the Funds and other funds. To do so, compare these 5% hypothetical examples with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in other funds’ shareholder reports.
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| | Beginning Account Value | | Ending Account Value | | | | July 1, 2023 - |
| | July 1, 2023^ | | December 31, 2023 | | Net Expense Ratio* | | December 31, 2023** |
Johnson Equity Income Fund | | | | | | | | |
Class I - Actual Fund Return | | $1,000 | | $ 1,047.70 | | 0.83% | | $4.28 |
Class I - Hypothetical 5% Return | | $1,000 | | $ 1,021.02 | | 0.83% | | $4.23 |
Class S - Actual Fund Return | | $1,000 | | $ 1,054.60 | | 1.00% | | $3.01 |
Class S - Hypothetical 5% Return | | $1,000 | | $ 1,011.73 | | 1.00% | | $2.95 |
Johnson Opportunity Fund | | | | | | | | |
Class I - Actual Fund Return | | $1,000 | | $ 1,090.70 | | 0.92% | | $4.85 |
Class I - Hypothetical 5% Return | | $1,000 | | $ 1,020.57 | | 0.92% | | $4.69 |
Class S - Actual Fund Return | | $1,000 | | $ 1,103.50 | | 1.15% | | $3.55 |
Class S - Hypothetical 5% Return | | $1,000 | | $ 1,011.29 | | 1.15% | | $3.39 |
Johnson International Fund | | | | | | | | |
Actual Fund Return | | $1,000 | | $ 1,066.20 | | 1.00% | | $5.21 |
Hypothetical 5% Return | | $1,000 | | $ 1,020.16 | | 1.00% | | $5.09 |
Johnson Municipal Fund | | | | | | | | |
Actual Fund Return | | $1,000 | | $ 1,037.50 | | 0.46% | | $2.36 |
Hypothetical 5% Return | | $1,000 | | $ 1,022.89 | | 0.46% | | $2.35 |
^ | For Johnson Equity Income Fund Class S and Johnson Opportunity Fund Class S, this relects the classes’ commencement of operations, September 15, 2023. |
* | Annualized, based on the most recent one-half year expenses, except for Class S Shares which is annualized, based on the expense during the period since the commencement of operations. |
** | Expenses are equal to each Fund’s annualized net expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period) except for Class S shares, which are equal to the annualized net expense ratio multiplied oby the average account value over the period, multiplied by 107/365 (to reflect the period since the commencement of operations, September 15, 2023, to December 31, 2023) and 184/365 (to reflect the one-half period), for Actual Fund Return and Hypothetical 5% Return information, respectively. |
OPERATION AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE FUNDS’ LIQUIDITY RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM (UNAUDITED) |
The Johnson Mutual Funds Trust (“Trust”) has established a liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) to manage the portfolio liquidity risk for each fund in the Trust (each a “Fund”) in accordance with Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“the Rule”). The Program is overseen by the Liquidity Committee (the “Committee”), a committee comprised of compliance personnel and portfolio managers of the Adviser. The Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) has approved the designation of the Committee to oversee the Program.
The Program is designed to enable the Funds to assess and manage their liquidity risk in compliance with the requirements of the Rule. Liquidity risk means the risk that a Fund could not meet requests to redeem shares issued by the Fund without significant dilution of remaining investors’ interests in the Fund. The Program also includes a number of elements that support the management and assessment of liquidity risk, including an annual assessment of factors that influence a Fund’s liquidity and the periodic classification and re-classification of the Fund’s investments into groupings that reflect the Committee’s assessment of their relative liquidity under current market conditions.
The Board met on November 29, 2023 to review the liquidity risk management program applicable to each Fund. The Committee determined, and reported to the Board, that the Program is reasonably designed to assess and manage each Fund’s liquidity risk and has operated adequately and effectively to manage each Fund’s liquidity risk since implementation. The Committee reported during the meeting that during the period covered by the report, there were no liquidity events that impacted the Funds or their ability to timely meet redemptions without dilution to existing shareholders. There were no material changes to the Program during the reporting period. The report provided to the Board stated that the Committee concluded that based on the operation of the functions of the Program is operating as intended and is effective in implementing the requirements of the Rule.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION | DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
PROXY DISCLOSURE
A description of the policies and procedures that the Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities and information regarding how the Funds voted those proxies during the most recent 12-month period ended December 31 are available without charge: (1) upon request by calling the Funds at 513-661-3100 or toll free at 1-800-541-0170; or (2) from the Fund’s documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
AVAILABILITY OF SCHEDULES OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS:
The Funds file their complete schedules of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year at www.johnsonmutualfunds.com or on Form N-PORT. The Funds’ holdings are available, without charge, (1) upon request by calling the Funds at 513-661-3100 or toll free at 1-800-541-0170; (2) by visiting www.johnsonmutualfunds.com; or (3) from the Fund’s documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
CODE OF ETHICS
The Trust’s Code of Ethics is available on request without charge; please call for your copy at 513-661-3100 or 1-800-541-0170 or write us at:
Johnson Mutual Funds
3777 West Fork Road
Cincinnati OH 45247
FEDERAL TAX INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)
Qualified Dividend Income - The Equity Income Fund, Opportunity Fund, and International Fund designates 88.65%,100.00%, and 98.92%, respectively, of their ordinary income dividends, or up to the maximum amount of such dividends allowable pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code, as qualified dividend income eligible for the reduced tax rate.
Dividends Received Deduction - Corporate shareholders are generally entitled to take the dividends received deduction on the portion of the Fund’s dividend distribution that qualifies under tax law. For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, the percentage of ordinary income dividends qualified for the corporate dividends receivable deduction for the Equity Income Fund, Opportunity Fund, and International Fund were 86.62%, 100.00%, and 1.21%,respectively.
Long-Term Capital Gains - The Equity Income Fund and Opportunity Fund paid long-term capital gains in the amounts of $9,937,260 and $3,954,826, respectively.
Foreign Source Income and Expense – International Fund intends to elect to pass through to shareholders the income tax credit for taxes paid to foreign countries. The Fund’s foreign source income per share was $1.0761 and the foreign tax expense per share was $0.1170. The pass-through of the foreign tax credit will only affect those persons who are shareholders on the dividend record date. These shareholders will receive more detailed information with their 2023 Form 1099-DIV.
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM |
To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees of
Johnson Mutual Funds Trust
OPINION ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the portfolios of investments, of Johnson Equity Income Fund, Johnson Opportunity Fund, Johnson International Fund and Johnson Municipal Income Fund, each a series of Johnson Mutual Funds Trust ( the “Funds”), as of December 31, 2023, the related statements of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the each of the Funds as of December 31, 2023, the results of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
BASIS FOR OPINION
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds’ financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Funds in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement whether due to error or fraud.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2023, by correspondence with the custodian. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
We have served as the Funds’ auditor since 2004.
COHEN & COMPANY, LTD.
Cleveland, Ohio
February 29, 2024
TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS (UNAUDITED) |
Information pertaining to the Trustees and Officers of the Trust is provided below. Trustees who are not deemed to be interested persons of the Trust, as defined in the 1940 Act, are referred to as Independent Trustees. Trustees who are deemed to be “interested persons” of the Trust are referred to as Interested Trustees. Each Trustee serves as a Trustee until the termination of the Trust unless the Trustee dies, resigns, or is removed.
NAME, ADDRESS, (YEAR OF BIRTH) | | CURRENT POSITION HELD WITH TRUST | | LENGTH OF TIME SERVED | | PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION DURING PAST FIVE YEARS | | NUMBER OF PORTFOLIOS OVERSEEN | | OTHER DIRECTORSHIPS HELD DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS |
Interested Trustee | | | | | | | | | | |
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Timothy E. Johnson (1942)* 3777 West Fork Road Cincinnati, Ohio 45247 | | Trustee | | Since 1992 | | Chairman of Johnson Investment Counsel, Inc., the Trust’s Adviser, and Professor of Finance at the University of Cincinnati | | 9 | | None |
Independent Trustees | | | | | | | | | | |
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James J. Berrens (1965) 3777 West Fork Rd Cincinnati, OH 45247 | | Trustee | | Since 2006 | | Christian Community Health Services: Chief Executive Officer since May 2015 | | 9 | | None |
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John R. Green (1942) 3777 West Fork Rd. Cincinnati, OH 45247 | | Trustee | | Since 2006 | | Retired from The Procter & Gamble Company, Purchases Director, Global Baby Care | | 9 | | None |
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Dr. Jeri B. Ricketts (1957) 3777 West Fork Rd. Cincinnati, OH 45247 | | Trustee | | Since 2013 | | Retired Director of Carl H. Lindner Honors-PLUS Program, University of Cincinnati (2002-2018); Associate Professor Emeritus of Accounting, University of Cincinnati since 1986. | | 9 | | None |
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Mr. Dale Coates (1958) 3777 West Fork Rd. Cincinnati, OH 45247 | | Trustee | | Since 2023 | | Mr. Coates is currently retired. He previously was Vice President and a Portfolio Manager for the Adviser, Johnson Investment Counsel, Inc. During his time with the Adviser, Mr. Coates served as Vice President to the Johnson Mutual Funds Trust from 1993 through his retirement in 2021. | | 9 | | None |
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Ms. Julie Murphy (1963) 3777 West Fork Rd. Cincinnati, OH 45247 | | Trustee | | Since 2023 | | Ms. Murphy is vice president of Territorium, Inc., an educational technology company (2022 to present), and a consultant and owner of The Marketing Alliance, a consulting company (2005 to present). She was also the General Manager of Act, Inc., a testing company from 2019 through 2022. | | 9 | | None |
TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS (UNAUDITED) |
NAME, ADDRESS, (YEAR OF BIRTH) | | CURRENT POSITION HELD WITH TRUST | | LENGTH OF TIME SERVED | | PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION DURING PAST FIVE YEARS | | NUMBER OF PORTFOLIOS OVERSEEN | | OTHER DIRECTORSHIPS HELD DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS |
Independent Trustees (continued) |
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Mr. Jonathan Adams (1977) 3777 West Fork Rd. Cincinnati, OH 45247 | | Trustee | | Since 2023 | | Mr. Adams is currently President of the SALIX Data company, a data analytics company (1999 to present). He is also a board member of the following entities: City Gospel Mission (homeless shelter, 2016 to present), Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy (private school, 2016 to 2022), Risksource (insurance agency, 2018 to present) and the Goering Center (center for business, 2019 to present). | | 9 | | None |
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Mr. Gregory Simpson (1962) 3777 West Fork Rd. Cincinnati, OH 45247 | | Trustee | | Since 2023 | | Mr. Simpson is currently retired but provides technical consulting as an independent consultant. Previously, he served as Chief Technology Officer and AI Leader of Synchrony Financial Services (2014-2021). | | 9 | | None |
Officers | | | | | | | | | | |
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Jason O. Jackman (1971) 3777 West Fork Road Cincinnati, Ohio 45247 | | President | | Since 2013 | | President of the Adviser | | N/A | | N/A |
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Marc E. Figgins (1964) 3777 West Fork Road Cincinnati, Ohio 45247 | | Vice President | | Since 2002 | | Director of Fund Services for the Trust’s Adviser | | N/A | | N/A |
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Scott J. Bischoff (1966) 3777 West Fork Road Cincinnati, Ohio 45247 | | Chief Compliance Officer | | Since 2005 | | Chief Compliance Officer of the Trust’s Adviser | | N/A | | N/A |
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Jennifer J. Kelhoffer (1971) 3777 West Fork Road Cincinnati, Ohio 45247 | | Secretary/ Treasurer | | Since 2007 | | Fund Administration and Compliance Associate for the Trust’s Adviser | | N/A | | N/A |
* | Mr. Johnson is an interested person of the Trust because he is a director, officer and employee of the Trust’s Adviser and an officer of the Trust. |
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Trustees and Officers |
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Dale Coates | | Independent Trustee, Chairman |
Timothy E. Johnson | | Interested Trustee |
Jonathan Adams | | Independent Trustee |
James J. Berrens | | Independent Trustee |
John R. Green | | Independent Trustee |
Julie Murphy | | Independent Trustee |
Jeri B. Ricketts | | Independent Trustee |
Gregory Simpson | | Independent Trustee |
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Jason Jackman | | President |
Marc E. Figgins | | Vice President |
Scott J. Bischoff | | Chief Compliance Officer |
Jennifer J. Kelhoffer | | Secretary/Treasurer |
Transfer Agent and Fund Accountant |
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Ultimus Fund Solutions, LLC |
225 Pictoria Drive, Suite 450 |
Cincinnati, Ohio 45246 |
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Custodian |
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US Bank |
425 Walnut Street |
Cincinnati, OH 45202 |
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Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm |
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Cohen & Company, Ltd. |
1350 Euclid Avenue, Suite 800 |
Cleveland, Ohio 44115 |
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Legal Counsel |
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Thompson Hine LLP |
312 Walnut Street, 14th Floor |
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 |
This report is authorized for distribution to prospective investors only when accompanied or preceded by the Funds’ prospectus, which illustrates each Fund’s objectives, policies, management fees, and other information that may be helpful in making an investment decision.
Investment Company Act #811-7254
JOHNSON MUTUAL FUNDS | DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
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Table of Contents
Our Message to You | 1 |
Performance Review and Management Discussion | |
Institutional Short Duration Bond Fund | 3 |
Institutional Intermediate Bond Fund | 5 |
Institutional Core Bond Fund | 7 |
Enhanced Return Fund | 9 |
Core Plus Bond Fund | 10 |
Portfolio of Investments | |
Institutional Short Duration Bond Fund | 11 |
Institutional Intermediate Bond Fund | 15 |
Institutional Core Bond Fund | 18 |
Enhanced Return Fund | 23 |
Core Plus Bond Fund | 27 |
Statements of Assets and Liabilities | 30 |
Statements of Operations | 32 |
Statements of Changes in Net Assets | 34 |
Financial Highlights | |
Institutional Short Duration Bond Fund | 37 |
Institutional Intermediate Bond Fund | 39 |
Institutional Core Bond Fund | 41 |
Enhanced Return Fund | 44 |
Core Plus Bond Fund | 45 |
Notes to the Financial Statements | 46 |
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | 60 |
Liquidity Risk Management Program | 61 |
Disclosure of Expenses | 62 |
Additional Information | 63 |
Trustees and Officers | 64 |
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LETTER FROM THE FUND PRESIDENT | DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
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We are pleased to present you with the Johnson Mutual Funds’ 2023 Annual Report to Shareholders. On the following pages, we have provided commentary on the performance of each of the Funds for 2023 as well as their relative performance compared to an appropriate benchmark.
The remainder of the report provides the holdings of each Johnson Mutual Fund as well as other financial data and notes.
2023 was the year of the market mood swing. The year began plagued by fear and uncertainty as the Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) aggressively tightened policy, and economists were all but certain this would be the year the economy would buckle under the Fed’s pressure. By early spring, Leading Economic Indicators were at levels only previously seen in a recession or on the verge of entering a recession. To make matters worse, the abrupt failure of Silicon Valley Bank rattled investors and sent markets tumbling.
By summer, optimism emerged as investors grew confident that the banking crisis was contained, and overall market sentiment began to improve. Throughout the second half of the year the combination of steady economic data and convincing progress on inflation propelled risk assets higher.
One notable exception, however, was the bond market. The combination of stronger than expected economic data and inflation still running hotter than desired propelled interest rates to new highs as the market embraced the Fed’s promise to keep rates “higher for longer”. For a moment, the Bloomberg Aggregate Index (“AGG”) seemed destined to post its third straight year of negative returns.
However, that changed abruptly, after a slowing pace of hiring was revealed in the October payrolls report. The Federal Reserve further added fuel to the fourth-quarter bond market rally at its December meeting, when it disclosed plans to cut rates a few times in the coming year. From its October lows, the AGG climbed nearly 10% and erased its entire YTD deficit, closing the year up 5.53%.
The sudden dovish shift from the Federal Reserve sent equities even higher with the S&P 500 returning 11.69% in the fourth quarter alone. The swift decline in rates and increasing hopes of an economic soft landing were celebrated by the market, leading to significant gains in interest rate-sensitive sectors, such as Real Estate (18.83%), Technology (17.17%), and Financials (14.03%).
All told the S&P 500 climbed 26.29% during 2023 to finish the year just below its all-time record high set in January 2022. On the surface the stock market appears to be signaling that the Fed has engineered a soft landing for the economy. However, the story of equity markets in 2023 remained the market concentration of the largest mega-cap, growth-oriented stocks. While the market-cap weighted S&P 500 is close to reaching a new all-time high, the equal weighted S&P 500 lagged materially, finishing the year up only 13.88%, the largest spread between the two indices since 1998.
Diversification was not only detrimental within the large cap equity space, but across market capitalization and geographic regions as well. The US mid and small cap stocks underperformed their large cap peers by a wide margin. Globally both developed and emerging market equities failed to keep pace with domestic indices.
LOOKING AHEAD
Diversification in portfolios will matter again as it always has. This narrow equity market leadership is unlikely to last forever. If history teaches us anything, it is that we would be wise to avoid that level of concentration in portfolios. From energy producers in 1980, to Japanese conglomerates in the 1990s, to tech stocks in the 2000s, to emerging markets commodity producers in the 2010s, every decade provides a new example of why it is unwise to concentrate on themes that drove the market in the recent past.
The Johnson forward looking outlook on the market remains mixed. While the Fed’s perceived more dovish commentary in December marked a notable potential shift in policy, a full cyclical upswing in the economy seems distant. The continuation of slowing economic trends and a potential recession could result in increased stock market volatility.
It is also important to highlight that the valuation on the market is not cheap, and that is based on earnings that may come under further pressure. Utilizing current consensus earnings estimates, the S&P 500 is trading at 19.5x forward earnings. While valuation is a poor predictor of return in the short term, it can provide a good indication toward longer term, 10-year return expectations. With the starting Price-to-Earnings ratio of 19.5x the regression would indicate equity returns over the next 10 years to average in the 3-6% range.
LETTER FROM THE FUND PRESIDENT | DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
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Bonds, for their part, look to be particularly attractive. The yield on an intermediate duration bond portfolio is near 4.5%. While yields have come down slightly from their highs earlier in the year, fixed income securities once again provide for the diversification benefit that did not exist in the lower rate environments of the past several years. In periods of risk aversion, fixed income will again be able to provide a benefit to portfolios as a hedge against increasing risks. And with bond portfolios yielding near 4.5% or better, the outlook for bond returns going forward has not been this high in many years (The best indication of long-term returns for fixed income is the starting yield).
Either way, the playbook here at Johnson will remain the same: a diversified portfolio of high-quality securities is the most resilient and reliable path to long-term success.
Disclaimer: Any expectations presented should not be taken as a guarantee or other assurance as to future results. Our opinions are a reflection of our best judgment at the time this presentation was created, and we disclaim any obligation to update or alter forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. The material contained herein is based upon proprietary information and is provided purely for reference and as such is confidential and intended solely for those to whom it was provided by Johnson Investment Counsel. This material has been prepared for informational purposes only, and is not intended to provide, and should not be relied on for, tax, legal or accounting advice. You should consult your own tax, legal and accounting advisors before engaging in any transaction.
JOHNSON INSTITUTIONAL SHORT DURATION BOND FUND | PERFORMANCE REVIEW – DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
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The Johnson Institutional Short Duration Bond Fund provided a total return of 4.78% during 2023, compared to a 4.66% return for the ICE BofA U.S. Corporate & Government 1-3 Year Index (“Index”).
The year 2023 began plagued by fear and uncertainty as the Federal Reserve (“Fed”) aggressively tightened policy, and economists were all but certain this would be the year the economy would buckle under the Fed’s pressure. To make matters worse, the abrupt failure of Silicon Valley Bank in the spring rattled investors and sent credit spreads back to near market cycle highs. After sharply rising during the spring, credit spreads gradually began to decline during the summer as optimism emerged. For the year, index level credit spreads tightened 30 basis points (0.30%). As a result, the primary driver of the Fund’s relative performance during the year was its overweight position in corporate bonds relative to the Index, which benefited as spreads tightened. This was partially offset by the Fund’s corporate security selection.
Short duration bonds delivered modestly positive returns throughout the initial three quarters of the year, benefiting from elevated portfolio income levels that helped offset the price impact of increasing expectations of Fed rate hikes. By mid-October, the two-year Treasury yield had climbed over 140 basis points from its March low as the market embraced the Fed’s commitment to keeping rates “higher for longer.” This trend shifted abruptly after the October payrolls report revealed a slower pace of job gains.
The Fed added fuel to the fourth-quarter bond market rally at its December meeting, when it disclosed plans to cut rates a few times in the coming year. From its October peak, the 2-year treasury fell 97 basis points to finish the year at 4.25%. For the year, the 2-year Treasury fell 12 basis points, despite the intra-year volatility. The Fund maintained a modestly longer duration relative to its benchmark throughout the year, resulting in a modest drag to performance. Throughout the year, the team gradually increased exposure to its out of index allocation to agency mortgage-backed securities (“MBS”) as valuations became more attractive. This was beneficial to the Fund’s performance as MBS spread tightening during the final two months nearly kept pace with investment grade corporate bonds.
Despite the Fed’s proactive measures to ease policy restrictions, a full market cyclical upswing in the economy seems distant. Credit spreads are at the tighter end of recent ranges, indicating expectations of a more tranquil 2024 than we believe is likely. Consequently, we are maintaining a somewhat defensive posture in the portfolio, paired with a modestly longer duration than the benchmark.
Performance Information
Class I Shares
| | AS OF |
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS | DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
| JOHNSON | |
| INSTITUTIONAL | ICE BOFA |
| SHORT DURATION | GOVERNMENT & |
| BOND FUND - | CORPORATE 1-3 YEAR |
| CLASS I SHARES | INDEX |
ONE YEAR | 4.78% | 4.66% |
FIVE YEARS | 1.56% | 1.53% |
TEN YEARS | 1.43% | 1.29% |
JOHNSON INSTITUTIONAL SHORT DURATION BOND FUND | PERFORMANCE REVIEW – DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
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Performance Information
Class F Shares
| | AS OF |
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS | DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
| JOHNSON | |
| INSTITUTIONAL | ICE BOFA |
| SHORT DURATION | GOVERNMENT & |
| BOND FUND - | CORPORATE 1-3 YEAR |
| CLASS F SHARES | INDEX |
ONE YEAR | 4.68% | 4.66% |
FIVE YEARS | 1.39% | 1.53% |
SINCE INCEPTION* | 1.47% | 1.69% |
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| * | Inception date was May 1, 2018 |
HOLDINGS BY INDUSTRY AND SECTOR |
| | % OF |
SECTOR ALLOCATION | | NET ASSETS |
FINANCE | | | 30.5 | % |
U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS | | | 16.6 | % |
INDUSTRIALS | | | 14.4 | % |
UTILITIES | | | 13.4 | % |
COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS | | | 12.7 | % |
U.S. GOVERNMENT & AGENCIES | | | 6.0 | % |
MUNICIPAL BONDS | | | 5.3 | % |
MONEY MARKET FUNDS | | | 0.4 | % |
OTHER: | | | | |
NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) | | | 0.7 | % |
| | | 100.0 | % |
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A high level of income over the long term consistent with capital preservation is the objective of the Johnson Institutional Short Duration Bond Fund. The data on this page is unaudited. The data on this page represents past performance and is not a guarantee of future results. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The average annual total return numbers include changes in the Fund’s or Index’s share price, plus reinvestment of any income and capital gains. The Fund’s performance is after all fees, whereas the Index does not incur fees. The returns shown do not reflect deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. ICE BofA Corporate & Government 1-3 year Index is the established benchmark. A shareholder cannot invest directly in the ICE BofA Corporate & Government 1-3 year Index. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. To obtain performance data current to the most recent month end, please call 1-800-541-0170.
JOHNSON INSTITUTIONAL INTERMEDIATE BOND FUND | PERFORMANCE REVIEW – DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
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The Johnson Institutional Intermediate Bond Fund provided a total return of 5.38% during 2023, compared to a 5.24% return for the Bloomberg Intermediate Government/Credit Index (the “Index”).
The year 2023 began plagued by fear and uncertainty as the Federal Reserve (“Fed”) aggressively tightened policy, and economists were all but certain this would be the year the economy would buckle under the Fed’s pressure. To make matters worse, the abrupt failure of Silicon Valley Bank rattled investors and sent credit spreads back to near-term highs. After sharply rising during the spring, credit spreads gradually began to decline during the summer as optimism emerged. For the year, index level credit spreads tightened 30 basis points (0.30%). As a result, the primary driver of the Fund’s relative performance during the year was its overweight to corporate bonds relative to the Index, which benefited as spreads tightened. This was partially offset by the Fund’s corporate security selection, specifically the Fund’s underweight to longer duration corporate bonds.
Intermediate duration bonds experienced mostly positive performance throughout the year, only turning negative in October as the market embraced the Fed’s commitment to keeping rates “higher for longer”. That changed abruptly after a slowing pace of hiring was revealed in the October payrolls report. The Fed added fuel to the fourth-quarter bond market rally at its December meeting, when it disclosed plans to cut rates a few times in the coming year. From its October peak, the 10-year treasury fell 111 basis points to finish the year at 3.88%. On the year, the 10-year treasury rose just 14 basis points, despite the intra year volatility. The Fund maintained a modestly longer duration relative to its benchmark throughout the year, resulting in a modest drag to performance. Throughout the year, the team gradually increased exposure to its out of index allocation to agency mortgage-backed securities (“MBS) as valuations became more attractive. This was beneficial to the Fund’s performance as MBS spread tightening during the final two months nearly kept pace with investment grade corporate bonds.
Despite the Fed’s proactive measures to ease policy restrictions, a full market cyclical upswing in the economy seems distant. Credit spreads are at the tighter end of recent ranges, indicating expectations of a more tranquil 2024 than we believe is likely. Consequently, we are maintaining a somewhat defensive posture in the portfolio, paired with a modestly longer duration than the benchmark.
Performance Information
Class I Shares
| | AS OF |
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS | DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
| JOHNSON | |
| INSTITUTIONAL | BLOOMBERG |
| INTERMEDIATE BOND | BARCLAYS CAPITAL |
| FUND - CLASS I | INTERMEDIATE GOVT/ |
| SHARES | CREDIT INDEX |
ONE YEAR | 5.38% | 5.24% |
FIVE YEARS | 1.65% | 1.59% |
TEN YEARS | 2.02% | 1.72% |
JOHNSON INSTITUTIONAL INTERMEDIATE BOND FUND | PERFORMANCE REVIEW – DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
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Performance Information
Class F Shares
| | AS OF |
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS | DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
| JOHNSON | |
| INSTITUTIONAL | BLOOMBERG |
| INTERMEDIATE BOND | BARCLAYS CAPITAL |
| FUND - CLASS F | INTERMEDIATE GOVT/ |
| SHARES | CREDIT INDEX |
ONE YEAR | 5.20% | 5.24% |
FIVE YEARS | 1.47% | 1.59% |
SINCE INCEPTION* | 1.60% | 1.85% |
| * | Inception date was May 1, 2018 |
HOLDINGS BY INDUSTRY AND SECTOR |
| | % OF |
SECTOR ALLOCATION | | NET ASSETS |
U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS | | | 33.3 | % |
FINANCE | | | 23.7 | % |
UTILITIES | | | 12.4 | % |
INDUSTRIALS | | | 11.3 | % |
COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS | | | 7.6 | % |
U.S. GOVERNMENT & AGENCIES | | | 7.3 | % |
MUNICIPAL BONDS | | | 2.0 | % |
MONEY MARKET FUNDS | | | 0.7 | % |
PREFERRED STOCKS | | | 0.6 | % |
OTHER: | | | | |
NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) | | | 1.1 | % |
| | | 100.0 | % |
A high level of income over the long term consistent with capital preservation is the objective of the Johnson Institutional Intermediate Bond Fund. The data on this page is unaudited. The data on this page represents past performance and is not a guarantee of future results. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The average annual total return numbers include changes in the Fund’s or Index’s share price, plus reinvestment of any income and capital gains. The Fund’s performance is after all fees, whereas the Index does not incur fees. The returns shown do not reflect deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. The Bloomberg Intermediate Government/Credit Index is the established benchmark. A shareholder cannot invest directly in the Index. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. To obtain performance data current to the most recent month end, please call 1-800-541-0170.
JOHNSON INSTITUTIONAL CORE BOND FUND | PERFORMANCE REVIEW – DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
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The Johnson Institutional Core Bond Fund provided a total return of 5.43% in 2023, compared to a 5.53% return for the Bloomberg US Aggregate Index (“AGG”).
The year 2023 began plagued by economic uncertainty as the Federal Reserve (“Fed”) aggressively tightened monetary policy, and economists were all but certain this would be the year the economy would buckle under the Fed’s pressure. To compound matters, the abrupt failure of Silicon Valley Bank rattled investors and sent credit spreads back to near cycle highs. After a sharp rise during the spring, credit spreads gradually began to decline during the summer as optimism emerged. For the year, index level credit spreads tightened 31 basis points (0.31%). Consequently, the primary driver of the Fund’s relative performance during the year was its overweight position in corporate bonds relative to the AGG, benefiting as spreads tightened. This was partially offset by the Fund’s corporate security selection, specifically the Fund’s underweight position in longer duration corporate bonds.
For a period of time, AGG seemed destined to post its third straight year of negative returns as the 10-year treasury rose 113 basis points to peak just under 5.00% in mid-October. This changed abruptly after a slowing pace of hiring was revealed in the October payrolls report. The Fed added fuel to the fourth-quarter bond market rally at its December meeting, when it forecast plans to lower the Fed Funds rate in the upcoming year. From its October peak, the 10-year treasury fell 111 basis points to finish the year at 3.88%. On the year, the 10-year treasury rose just 1 basis point, despite the intra year volatility. The Fund maintained a modestly longer duration relative to its benchmark throughout the year, resulting in a slight drag to performance. Throughout the year, the team gradually increased exposure to agency mortgage-backed securities (“MBS”) as valuations became more attractive. This was also beneficial, as MBS spread tightening during the final two months nearly kept pace with investment grade corporate bonds.
Despite the Fed’s proactive measures to ease policy restrictions, a full market cyclical upswing in the economy seems distant. Credit spreads are at the tighter end of recent ranges, indicating expectations of a more tranquil 2024 than we believe is likely. Consequently, we are maintaining a somewhat defensive posture in the portfolio, paired with a modestly longer duration than the benchmark.
Performance Information
Class I Shares
| | AS OF |
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS | DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
| JOHNSON | |
| INSTITUTIONAL CORE | BLOOMBERG U.S. |
| BOND FUND - CLASS I | AGGREGATE BOND |
| SHARES | INDEX |
ONE YEAR | 5.43% | 5.53% |
FIVE YEARS | 1.27% | 1.10% |
TEN YEARS | 2.17% | 1.81% |
JOHNSON INSTITUTIONAL CORE BOND FUND | PERFORMANCE REVIEW – DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
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Performance Information
Class F Shares
| | AS OF |
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS | DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
| JOHNSON | |
| INSTITUTIONAL CORE | BLOOMBERG U.S. |
| BOND FUND - CLASS | AGGREGATE BOND |
| F SHARES | INDEX |
ONE YEAR | 5.29% | 5.53% |
FIVE YEARS | 1.10% | 1.10% |
SINCE INCEPTION* | 1.35% | 1.41% |
| * | Inception date was May 1, 2018 |
Performance Information
Class S Shares
| AS OF |
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS | DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
| JOHNSON | |
| INSTITUTIONAL CORE | BLOOMBERG U.S. |
| BOND FUND - CLASS | AGGREGATE BOND |
| S SHARES | INDEX |
SINCE INCEPTION* | 5.35% | 5.25% |
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| * | Inception date was September 15, 2023 |
HOLDINGS BY INDUSTRY AND SECTOR |
| | % OF |
SECTOR ALLOCATION | | NET ASSETS |
U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS | | | 33.1 | % |
COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS | | | 20.9 | % |
FINANCE | | | 17.2 | % |
UTILITIES | | | 11.5 | % |
INDUSTRIALS | | | 10.2 | % |
U.S. GOVERNMENT & AGENCIES | | | 2.8 | % |
MUNICIPAL BONDS | | | 2.4 | % |
MONEY MARKET FUNDS | | | 0.6 | % |
PREFERRED STOCKS | | | 0.5 | % |
OTHER: | | | | |
NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) | | | 0.8 | % |
| | | 100.0 | % |
A high level of income over the long term consistent with capital preservation is the objective of the Johnson Institutional Core Bond Fund and the primary assets are investment-grade government and corporate bonds. The data on this page is unaudited. The data on this page represents past performance and is not a guarantee of future results. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The average annual total return numbers include changes in the Fund’s or Index’s share price, plus reinvestment of any income and capital gains. The Fund’s performance is after all fees, whereas the Index does not incur fees. The returns shown do not reflect deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. The Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is the established benchmark. A shareholder cannot invest directly in the Index. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. To obtain performance data current to the most recent month end, please call 1-800-541-0170.
JOHNSON ENHANCED RETURN FUND | PERFORMANCE REVIEW – DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
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The total return for the Johnson Enhanced Return Fund in 2023 was 24.91% compared to 26.29% for the S&P 500 Index. The Fund’s underperformance was driven by elevated cost-of-carry within its equity futures positions that exceeded the return of the Fund’s bond portfolio. Reminder that the Fund uses futures contracts in seeking to replicate the S&P 500 Index and a bond portfolio to enhance the Fund’s returns.
2023 marked a sharp reversal for equity investors with the S&P 500 returning over 26%, more than recouping 2022’s -18.11% decline. This occurred despite a generally bearish economic outlook to begin the year, with many market strategists predicting a recession that ultimately failed to materialize. The biggest story of the year was the relative outperformance of the so-called “Magnificent 7” stocks that returned 107% during the year, biasing the Index’s return much higher than the returns generated by most other large-cap stocks. The best performing sectors were Technology, Communication Services, and Consumer Discretionary and most returns by sector were positive, with only Energy and Utilities posting negative returns.
The bond portion of the Fund delivered modestly positive returns throughout the initial three quarters of the year, benefiting from elevated portfolio income levels that helped offset the price impact of increasing expectations of Federal Reserve (“Fed”) rate hikes. By mid-October, the two-year Treasury yield had climbed over 140 basis points (1.40%) from its March low as the market embraced the Fed’s commitment to keeping rates “higher for longer.” This trend shifted abruptly after the October payrolls report revealed a slower pace of job gains. The Fed added fuel to the fourth-quarter bond market rally at its December meeting, when it disclosed plans to cut rates a few times in the coming year, boosting the rally in fixed income and contributing positively to the Fund’s total return. In addition, after a sharp rise in credit spreads earlier in the year driven by the abrupt failure of Silicon Valley Bank during the spring, credit spreads gradually began to decline during the summer as optimism emerged. This tightening in credit spreads was another positive contributor to the Fund’s relative performance during the year as it resulted in price appreciation in the Fund’s corporate bond allocation. In the end, however, the positive returns experienced in the bond portfolio were not enough to overcome the Fund’s futures positions’ cost-of-carry, which remained elevated throughout the year due to the Fed’s restrictive policy stance.
Despite the potential of proactive measures from the Fed to ease the amount of policy restrictions, a full market cyclical upswing in the economy seems distant. Credit spreads are at the tighter end of recent ranges, indicating expectations of a more tranquil 2024 than we believe is likely. Consequently, we are maintaining a somewhat defensive posture in the portfolio, paired with a modestly longer duration than in recent quarters to benefit from the transition to an easing cycle.
| AS OF |
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS | DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
| ENHANCED | |
| RETURN FUND | S&P 500 INDEX |
ONE YEAR | 24.91% | 26.29% |
FIVE YEARS | 14.05% | 15.69% |
TEN YEARS | 11.16% | 12.03% |
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HOLDINGS BY INDUSTRY AND SECTOR |
| | % OF |
SECTOR ALLOCATION | | NET ASSETS |
FINANCE | | | 27.1 | % |
U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS | | | 20.6 | % |
INDUSTRIALS | | | 18.2 | % |
UTILITIES | | | 13.5 | % |
COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS | | | 11.6 | % |
U.S. GOVERNMENT & AGENCIES | | | 4.5 | % |
MONEY MARKET FUNDS | | | 2.2 | % |
MUNICIPAL BONDS | | | 1.8 | % |
OTHER: | | | | |
NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) | | | 0.5 | % |
| | | 100.0 | % |
Outperforming the Fund’s benchmark, the S&P 500 Index, over a full market cycle is the objective of the Johnson Enhanced Return Fund and the primary assets are stock index futures contracts and short-term investment-grade fixed income securities. The data on this page is unaudited. The data on this page represents past performance and is not a guarantee of future results. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The average annual total return numbers include changes in the Fund’s or Index’s share price, plus reinvestment of any income and capital gains. The Fund’s performance is after all fees, whereas the Index does not incur fees. The returns shown do not reflect deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. A shareholder cannot invest directly in the S&P 500 Index. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. To obtain performance data current to the most recent month end, please call 1-800-541-0170.
JOHNSON CORE PLUS BOND FUND | PERFORMANCE REVIEW – DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
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The Johnson Core Plus Bond Fund provided a total return of 5.81% during 2023, outperforming the 5.53% return for the Bloomberg US Aggregate Index (“AGG”).
The year 2023 began plagued by economic uncertainty as the Federal Reserve (“Fed”) aggressively tightened monetary policy, with economists expecting the economy to strain under the Fed’s pressure. To compound matters, the abrupt failure of Silicon Valley Bank in March rattled investors and sent credit spreads near cycle highs. As the year progressed though, credit spreads gradually declined starting in the summer, reflecting growing optimism. Index level credit spreads tightened 31 basis points (0.31%) for the year. The Fund’s relative performance was primarily driven by its overweight to corporate bonds relative to AGG, benefiting from the tightening spreads. The Fund’s flexibility to own securities rated below Investment Grade also contributed to maximizing return. High yield bond spreads followed a similar path as investment grade spreads but with a greater magnitude of tightening during the year. However, the Fund’s underweight position in longer duration corporate bonds partially offset these gains.
For a period of time, AGG seemed headed for its third straight year of negative returns, with the 10-year treasury peaking just under 5.00% in mid-October, following a 113-basis point increase in yield. This changed abruptly after a slowing pace of hiring was revealed in the October payrolls report. The Fed added fuel to the fourth-quarter bond market rally at its December meeting, when it forecast plans to lower the Fed Funds rate in the coming year. From its October peak, the 10-year treasury fell 111 basis points to finish the year at 3.88%. On the year, the 10-year treasury rose just 1 basis point, despite the intra year volatility. The Fund maintained a modestly longer duration relative to its benchmark (AGG) throughout the year, resulting in a slight drag to performance. The use of Treasury Futures to adjust duration and yield curve exposure added to the negative impact of duration on the portfolio. Throughout the year, the team gradually increased exposure to agency mortgage-backed securities (“MBS”) as valuations became more attractive. This was also beneficial for the Fund, as MBS spread tightening during the final two months nearly kept pace with investment grade corporate bonds.
Despite the potential of proactive measures from the Fed to ease the amount of policy restraint in the new year, a full market cyclical upswing in the economy seems distant. Credit spreads are at the tighter end of recent ranges, indicating expectations of a more tranquil 2024 than we believe is likely. Consequently, we are maintaining a somewhat defensive posture in the portfolio, paired with a modestly longer duration than the benchmark to benefit from the transition to an easing cycle.
| AS OF |
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS | DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
| | BLOOMBERG U.S. |
| CORE PLUS BOND | AGGREGATE BOND |
| FUND | INDEX |
ONE YEAR | 5.81% | 5.53% |
SINCE INCEPTION* | -4.00% | -3.80% |
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HOLDINGS BY INDUSTRY AND SECTOR |
| | % OF |
SECTOR ALLOCATION | | NET ASSETS |
COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS | | | 26.8 | % |
INDUSTRIALS | | | 24.6 | % |
U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS | | | 18.6 | % |
FINANCE | | | 18.2 | % |
UTILITIES | | | 8.1 | % |
U.S. GOVERNMENT & AGENCIES | | | 1.6 | % |
MONEY MARKET FUNDS | | | 0.7 | % |
PREFERRED STOCKS | | | 0.7 | % |
OTHER: | | | | |
NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) | | | 0.7 | % |
| | | 100.0 | % |
| * | Fund Inception was November 17, 2021 |
The investment objective of the Johnson Core Plus Bond Fund is to maximize total return over the long term consistent with the preservation of capital, and the primary assets are government and corporate bonds and other fixed income securities. The data on this page is unaudited. The data on this page represents past performance and is not a guarantee of future results. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The average annual total return numbers include changes in the Fund’s or Index’s share price, plus reinvestment of any income and capital gains. The Fund’s performance is after all fees, whereas the Index does not incur fees. The returns shown do not reflect deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. The Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is the established benchmark. A shareholder cannot invest directly in the Index. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. To obtain performance data current to the most recent month end, please call 1-800-541-0170.
JOHNSON INSTITUTIONAL SHORT DURATION BOND FUND | PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
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CORPORATE BONDS — 58.3% | | Coupon | | Maturity | | Par Value | | | Value | |
Finance — 30.5% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
American Express Co. | | 2.500% | | 07/30/24 | | $ | 2,900,000 | | | $ | 2,850,535 | |
AON plc | | 3.500% | | 06/14/24 | | | 635,000 | | | | 628,716 | |
AON plc | | 3.875% | | 12/15/25 | | | 2,700,000 | | | | 2,643,786 | |
Bank of America Corp., Series L | | 3.875% | | 08/01/25 | | | 2,765,000 | | | | 2,726,221 | |
Branch Banking & Trust Co. | | 3.625% | | 09/16/25 | | | 1,500,000 | | | | 1,452,097 | |
Chubb INA Holdings, Inc. | | 3.350% | | 05/15/24 | | | 2,697,000 | | | | 2,672,975 | |
Essex Portfolio, L.P. | | 3.875% | | 05/01/24 | | | 1,950,000 | | | | 1,937,550 | |
Essex Portfolio, L.P. | | 3.375% | | 04/15/26 | | | 1,654,000 | | | | 1,595,507 | |
Fifth Third Bancorp | | 4.300% | | 01/16/24 | | | 1,685,000 | | | | 1,682,572 | |
Fifth Third Bancorp | | 2.375% | | 01/28/25 | | | 1,770,000 | | | | 1,712,472 | |
Fifth Third Bancorp | | 6.339% | | 07/27/29 | | | 1,500,000 | | | | 1,560,559 | |
Huntington Bancshares, Inc. | | 2.625% | | 08/06/24 | | | 4,500,000 | | | | 4,412,856 | |
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | | 3.875% | | 09/10/24 | | | 1,745,000 | | | | 1,724,430 | |
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | | 3.540% | | 05/01/28 | | | 1,000,000 | | | | 954,973 | |
KeyCorp, Series O | | 4.150% | | 10/29/25 | | | 4,200,000 | | | | 4,097,894 | |
Marsh & McLennan Co., Inc. | | 3.500% | | 06/03/24 | | | 1,365,000 | | | | 1,352,862 | |
Marsh & McLennan Co., Inc. | | 3.500% | | 03/10/25 | | | 1,000,000 | | | | 982,204 | |
Microsoft Corp. | | 3.125% | | 11/03/25 | | | 2,500,000 | | | | 2,442,174 | |
Morgan Stanley, Series F | | 3.700% | | 10/23/24 | | | 1,675,000 | | | | 1,652,798 | |
Morgan Stanley, Series F | | 4.000% | | 07/23/25 | | | 2,750,000 | | | | 2,710,981 | |
National Retail Properties, Inc. | | 3.900% | | 06/15/24 | | | 1,197,000 | | | | 1,186,735 | |
National Retail Properties, Inc. | | 4.000% | | 11/15/25 | | | 2,965,000 | | | | 2,904,205 | |
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The) | | 3.900% | | 04/29/24 | | | 3,440,000 | | | | 3,417,884 | |
Private Export Funding Corp., 144A | | 5.500% | | 03/14/25 | | | 2,000,000 | | | | 2,009,793 | |
Suntrust Bank, Inc. | | 4.000% | | 05/01/25 | | | 3,002,000 | | | | 2,950,536 | |
U.S. Bancorp, Series W | | 3.600% | | 09/11/24 | | | 1,594,000 | | | | 1,571,952 | |
U.S. Bancorp, Series MTN | | 3.100% | | 04/27/26 | | | 2,655,000 | | | | 2,545,473 | |
Wells Fargo & Co., Series N | | 3.550% | | 09/29/25 | | | 600,000 | | | | 586,656 | |
Wells Fargo & Co., Series M | | 4.100% | | 06/03/26 | | | 2,550,000 | | | | 2,493,462 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 61,460,858 | |
Industrials — 14.4% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Becton Dickinson and Co. | | 3.363% | | 06/06/24 | | | 2,235,000 | | | | 2,212,599 | |
Burlington Northern Santa Fe | | 3.750% | | 04/01/24 | | | 1,460,000 | | | | 1,452,844 | |
CVS Health Corp. | | 3.875% | | 07/20/25 | | | 3,295,000 | | | | 3,236,233 | |
Dover Corp. | | 3.150% | | 11/15/25 | | | 4,548,000 | | | | 4,400,846 | |
Enterprise Products Operating, LLC | | 3.750% | | 02/15/25 | | | 1,500,000 | | | | 1,480,240 | |
Johnson Controls International plc | | 3.625% | | 07/02/24 | | | 2,936,000 | | | | 2,901,659 | |
Johnson Controls International plc | | 3.900% | | 02/14/26 | | | 555,000 | | | | 542,336 | |
MPLX, L.P. | | 4.875% | | 12/01/24 | | | 2,800,000 | | | | 2,782,529 | |
Norfolk Southern Corp. | | 5.590% | | 05/17/25 | | | 1,000,000 | | | | 1,006,262 | |
Roper Technologies, Inc. | | 1.000% | | 09/15/25 | | | 3,510,000 | | | | 3,281,573 | |
Shell International | | 3.250% | | 05/11/25 | | | 3,115,000 | | | | 3,055,815 | |
Union Pacific Corp. | | 3.150% | | 03/01/24 | | | 1,700,000 | | | | 1,692,932 | |
Verizon Communications, Inc. | | 2.100% | | 03/22/28 | | | 1,000,000 | | | | 904,039 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 28,949,907 | |
Utilities — 13.4% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Duke Energy Corp. | | 0.900% | | 09/15/25 | | | 3,507,000 | | | | 3,270,408 | |
Eversource Energy, Series H | | 3.150% | | 01/15/25 | | | 1,900,000 | | | | 1,853,201 | |
Eversource Energy, Series U | | 1.400% | | 08/15/26 | | | 1,240,000 | | | | 1,131,082 | |
Florida Power & Light Co. | | 4.400% | | 05/15/28 | | | 4,390,000 | | | | 4,398,632 | |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
JOHNSON INSTITUTIONAL SHORT DURATION BOND FUND | PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
| |
CORPORATE BONDS — 58.3% | | Coupon | | Maturity | | Par Value | | | Value | |
Georgia Power Co., Series 2019-A | | 2.200% | | 09/15/24 | | $ | 3,043,000 | | | $ | 2,967,909 | |
Interstate Power & Light Co. | | 3.400% | | 08/15/25 | | | 4,472,000 | | | | 4,344,711 | |
National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp. (The) | | 2.950% | | 02/07/24 | | | 1,830,000 | | | | 1,824,168 | |
National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp. (The) | | 2.850% | | 01/27/25 | | | 1,705,000 | | | | 1,660,937 | |
National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp. (The) | | 3.250% | | 11/01/25 | | | 900,000 | | | | 874,395 | |
Virginia Electric & Power Co., Series A | | 3.500% | | 03/15/27 | | | 1,000,000 | | | | 966,443 | |
Xcel Energy, Inc. | | 3.300% | | 06/01/25 | | | 3,720,000 | | | | 3,631,503 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 26,923,389 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $120,854,048) | | | | | | | | | | $ | 117,334,154 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS — 12.7% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation — 4.5% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
FHLMC, Series 2989, Class TG | | 5.000% | | 06/01/25 | | $ | 25,233 | | | $ | 25,109 | |
FHLMC, Pool #SB-0037 | | 2.500% | | 12/01/27 | | | 374,466 | | | | 362,403 | |
FHLMC, Pool #G1-5973 | | 3.000% | | 07/01/31 | | | 740,001 | | | | 708,898 | |
FHLMC, Pool #V6-1479, Series V6-1479 | | 2.500% | | 01/01/32 | | | 2,634,573 | | | | 2,486,535 | |
FHLMC, Pool #G1-8642 | | 3.500% | | 04/01/32 | | | 867,988 | | | | 839,225 | |
FHLMC, Pool #ZT-1964 | | 3.500% | | 06/01/32 | | | 734,250 | | | | 710,453 | |
FHLMC, Pool #G1-6330 | | 3.500% | | 08/01/32 | | | 731,772 | | | | 710,282 | |
FHLMC, Series 4980, Class DB | | 1.250% | | 10/25/34 | | | 2,212,686 | | | | 1,956,137 | |
FHLMC, Pool #ZS-9286 | | 4.500% | | 04/01/35 | | | 697,426 | | | | 694,720 | |
FHLMC, Series 4198, Class BE | | 2.000% | | 10/15/40 | | | 53,675 | | | | 52,798 | |
FHLMC, Series 4125, Class KP | | 2.500% | | 05/15/41 | | | 410,048 | | | | 389,018 | |
FHLMC, Series 4009, Class PA | | 2.000% | | 06/15/41 | | | 60,905 | | | | 57,734 | |
FHLMC, Pool #2B-0350 (RFUCCT1Y + 186) (a) | | 4.610% | | 04/01/42 | | | 11,183 | | | | 11,115 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 9,004,427 | |
Federal National Mortgage Association — 8.2% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
FNMA, Series 2013-1, Class LA | | 1.250% | | 02/25/28 | | | 575,095 | | | | 542,672 | |
FNMA, Pool #AL9230 | | 3.500% | | 12/01/29 | | | 364,034 | | | | 354,703 | |
FNMA, Pool #MA0384 | | 5.000% | | 04/01/30 | | | 156,809 | | | | 157,062 | |
FNMA, Pool #MA4424 | | 1.500% | | 09/01/31 | | | 5,343,307 | | | | 4,894,667 | |
FNMA, Pool #FM1926 | | 3.000% | | 09/01/32 | | | 768,662 | | | | 738,043 | |
FNMA, Series 2013-3, Class DK | | 1.750% | | 02/25/33 | | | 486,410 | | | | 447,312 | |
FNMA, Pool #FM2287 | | 4.500% | | 03/01/34 | | | 797,665 | | | | 793,417 | |
FNMA, Series 2020 B | | 4.500% | | 07/01/34 | | | 1,019,491 | | | | 1,010,079 | |
FNMA, Pool #FM2989 | | 3.000% | | 09/01/34 | | | 751,027 | | | | 717,578 | |
FNMA, Pool #AL7077 | | 4.000% | | 07/01/35 | | | 466,643 | | | | 455,203 | |
FNMA, Pool #CA7891 | | 1.500% | | 11/01/35 | | | 1,133,641 | | | | 1,013,188 | |
FNMA, Series 2020-044, Class TE | | 2.000% | | 12/25/35 | | | 1,586,091 | | | | 1,465,225 | |
FNMA, Series 2013-6, Class BC | | 1.500% | | 12/25/42 | | | 97,277 | | | | 93,435 | |
FNMA, Pool #AY0089 (RFUCCT1Y + 160) (a) | | 5.572% | | 12/01/44 | | | 109,711 | | | | 109,794 | |
FNMA, Pool #AL8183 (RFUCCT1Y + 160) (a) | | 7.108% | | 02/01/46 | | | 79,533 | | | | 79,798 | |
FNMA, Series 2020-95, Class GA | | 1.000% | | 01/25/51 | | | 4,841,406 | | | | 3,726,242 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 16,598,418 | |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
JOHNSON INSTITUTIONAL SHORT DURATION BOND FUND | PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
| |
COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS — 12.7% | | Coupon | | Maturity | | Par Value | | | Value | |
Government National Mortgage Association — 0.0% (b) | | | | | | | | | | | | |
GNMA, Pool #726475X | | 4.000% | | 11/15/24 | | $ | 7,549 | | | $ | 7,471 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (Cost $28,245,514) | | | | | | | | | | $ | 25,610,316 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
MUNICIPAL BONDS — 5.3% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Allegheny County Pennsylvania, Series C-79 | | 0.843% | | 11/01/24 | | $ | 600,000 | | | $ | 579,946 | |
Allegheny County Pennsylvania, Series C-79 | | 0.973% | | 11/01/25 | | | 1,835,000 | | | | 1,719,723 | |
Commonwealth Financing Authority Pennsylvania Revenue, Series 2006-C | | 5.197% | | 06/01/26 | | | 1,035,000 | | | | 1,040,004 | |
Franklin County Ohio Convention Facilities Authority, Series 2020-B | | 1.255% | | 12/01/25 | | | 500,000 | | | | 468,187 | |
Kentucky State Property and Buildings Commission Revenue, Series 2009C | | 6.155% | | 11/01/29 | | | 1,830,000 | | | | 1,891,777 | |
Pennsylvania State University, Series D | | 1.545% | | 09/01/24 | | | 1,145,000 | | | | 1,117,371 | |
Pennsylvania State University, Series D | | 1.645% | | 09/01/25 | | | 2,000,000 | | | | 1,901,972 | |
Wisconsin State GO Revenue, Series A | | 4.330% | | 05/01/27 | | | 2,000,000 | | | | 1,999,848 | |
Total Municipal Bonds (Cost $11,009,211) | | | | | | | | | | $ | 10,718,828 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
U.S. GOVERNMENT & AGENCIES — 6.0% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Federal National Mortgage Association — 1.3% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
FNMA | | 0.500% | | 06/17/25 | | $ | 1,195,000 | | | $ | 1,127,622 | |
FNMA | | 0.375% | | 08/25/25 | | | 1,630,000 | | | | 1,525,150 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 2,652,772 | |
Federal Home Loan Bank — 2.8% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
FHLB | | 4.625% | | 03/14/25 | | | 670,000 | | | | 668,778 | |
FHLB | | 1.375% | | 08/26/26 | | | 3,700,000 | | | | 3,439,004 | |
FHLB | | 1.375% | | 09/29/26 | | | 1,585,000 | | | | 1,470,099 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 5,577,881 | |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation — 1.9% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
FHLMC | | 0.450% | | 07/22/24 | | | 4,000,000 | | | | 3,894,298 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total U.S. Government & Agencies (Cost $12,776,911) | | | | | | | | | | $ | 12,124,951 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS — 16.6% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
U.S. Treasury Notes — 16.6% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
U.S. Treasury Notes | | 0.375% | | 04/30/25 | | $ | 1,300,000 | | | $ | 1,230,227 | |
U.S. Treasury Notes | | 2.000% | | 11/15/26 | | | 2,300,000 | | | | 2,174,758 | |
U.S. Treasury Notes | | 2.750% | | 07/31/27 | | | 10,310,000 | | | | 9,897,600 | |
U.S. Treasury Notes | | 2.750% | | 02/15/28 | | | 10,700,000 | | | | 10,226,859 | |
U.S. Treasury Notes | | 2.875% | | 05/15/28 | | | 10,420,000 | | | | 9,992,617 | |
Total U.S. Treasury Obligations (Cost $33,235,046) | | | | | | | | | | $ | 33,522,061 | |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
JOHNSON INSTITUTIONAL SHORT DURATION BOND FUND | PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
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MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 0.4% | | Shares | | | Value | |
First American Government Obligations Fund - Class Z, 5.25% (c) (Cost $724,356) | | | 724,356 | | | $ | 724,356 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Investments at Value — 99.3% (Cost $206,845,086) | | | | | | $ | 200,034,666 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 0.7% | | | | | | | 1,417,857 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Net Assets — 100.0% | | | | | | $ | 201,452,523 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| (a) | Variable rate security. Interest rate resets periodically. The rate shown is the effective interest rate as of December 31, 2023. For securities based on a published reference rate and spread, the reference rate and spread (in basis points) are indicated parenthetically. |
| (b) | Percentage rounds to less than 0.1%. |
| (c) | The rate shown is the 7-day effective yield as of December 31, 2023. |
144A - Security was purchased in a transaction exempt from registration in compliance with Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. This security may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. The total value of such securities is $2,009,793 as of December 31, 2023, representing 1.0% of net assets.
plc - Public Limited Company
RFUCCT - Refinitiv USD IBOR Cash Fallbacks.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
JOHNSON INSTITUTIONAL INTERMEDIATE BOND FUND | PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
| |
CORPORATE BONDS — 47.4% | | Coupon | | Maturity | | Par Value | | | Value | |
Finance — 23.7% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Allstate Corp. (The) | | 5.250% | | 03/30/33 | | $ | 1,000,000 | | | $ | 1,021,548 | |
American Express Co. | | 3.950% | | 08/01/25 | | | 4,250,000 | | | | 4,182,152 | |
Bank of America Corp. | | 5.202% | | 04/25/29 | | | 5,370,000 | | | | 5,402,775 | |
Branch Banking & Trust Co. | | 3.625% | | 09/16/25 | | | 1,145,000 | | | | 1,108,434 | |
Essex Portfolio, L.P. | | 4.000% | | 03/01/29 | | | 1,216,000 | | | | 1,159,915 | |
Essex Portfolio, L.P. | | 3.000% | | 01/15/30 | | | 3,120,000 | | | | 2,780,285 | |
Fifth Third Bancorp | | 4.300% | | 01/16/24 | | | 1,210,000 | | | | 1,208,256 | |
Fifth Third Bancorp | | 6.339% | | 07/27/29 | | | 3,604,000 | | | | 3,749,502 | |
Huntington Bancshares, Inc. | | 4.000% | | 05/15/25 | | | 1,225,000 | | | | 1,200,325 | |
Huntington Bancshares, Inc. | | 4.443% | | 08/04/28 | | | 2,775,000 | | | | 2,690,298 | |
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | | 3.875% | | 09/10/24 | | | 3,065,000 | | | | 3,028,871 | |
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (SOFR + 379) (a) | | 4.493% | | 03/24/31 | | | 2,500,000 | | | | 2,438,335 | |
KeyCorp, Series O | | 4.150% | | 10/29/25 | | | 2,000,000 | | | | 1,951,378 | |
Marsh & McLennan Co., Inc. | | 3.500% | | 06/03/24 | | | 1,500,000 | | | | 1,486,662 | |
Morgan Stanley, Series F | | 3.700% | | 10/23/24 | | | 4,135,000 | | | | 4,080,191 | |
Morgan Stanley, Series I (SOFR + 166.9) (a) | | 4.679% | | 07/17/26 | | | 1,674,000 | | | | 1,658,524 | |
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The) | | 3.500% | | 01/23/24 | | | 2,000,000 | | | | 1,997,188 | |
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The) | | 3.450% | | 04/23/29 | | | 1,000,000 | | | | 947,581 | |
Prologis, Inc. | | 5.125% | | 01/15/34 | | | 3,100,000 | | | | 3,198,818 | |
Truist Financial Corp., Series H | | 3.875% | | 03/19/29 | | | 1,000,000 | | | | 936,240 | |
Truist Financial Corp. | | 2.250% | | 03/11/30 | | | 2,200,000 | | | | 1,825,121 | |
U.S. Bancorp, Series BB | | 4.967% | | 07/22/33 | | | 5,625,000 | | | | 5,338,344 | |
Wells Fargo & Co., Series M | | 4.100% | | 06/03/26 | | | 2,050,000 | | | | 2,004,548 | |
Wells Fargo & Co., Series Q | | 3.196% | | 06/17/27 | | | 1,000,000 | | | | 956,118 | |
Wells Fargo & Co., Series O | | 4.300% | | 07/22/27 | | | 2,600,000 | | | | 2,545,934 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 58,897,343 | |
Industrials — 11.3% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Becton Dickinson & Co. | | 3.700% | | 06/06/27 | | | 4,000,000 | | | | 3,876,541 | |
Burlington Northern Santa Fe | | 3.650% | | 09/01/25 | | | 485,000 | | | | 476,540 | |
CVS Health Corp. | | 4.300% | | 03/25/28 | | | 3,200,000 | | | | 3,145,460 | |
Dover Corp. | | 3.150% | | 11/15/25 | | | 2,650,000 | | | | 2,564,258 | |
Dover Corp. | | 2.950% | | 11/04/29 | | | 1,495,000 | | | | 1,353,195 | |
Johnson Controls International plc | | 3.900% | | 02/14/26 | | | 2,282,000 | | | | 2,229,931 | |
Kroger Co. (The) | | 3.500% | | 02/01/26 | | | 2,100,000 | | | | 2,045,309 | |
Norfolk Southern Corp. | | 2.900% | | 06/15/26 | | | 3,790,000 | | | | 3,636,213 | |
Union Pacific Corp. | | 3.750% | | 07/15/25 | | | 535,000 | | | | 526,551 | |
Verizon Communications, Inc. | | 4.016% | | 12/03/29 | | | 3,935,000 | | | | 3,807,186 | |
Xylem, Inc. | | 3.250% | | 11/01/26 | | | 4,000,000 | | | | 3,854,609 | |
Xylem, Inc. | | 1.950% | | 01/30/28 | | | 500,000 | | | | 452,453 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 27,968,246 | |
Utilities — 12.4% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. | | 3.250% | | 04/15/28 | | | 3,500,000 | | | | 3,325,071 | |
Duke Energy Corp. | | 2.650% | | 09/01/26 | | | 2,750,000 | | | | 2,609,562 | |
Eversource Energy, Series AA | | 4.750% | | 05/15/26 | | | 3,028,000 | | | | 3,012,648 | |
Eversource Energy, Series M | | 3.300% | | 01/15/28 | | | 1,200,000 | | | | 1,136,078 | |
Florida Power & Light Co. | | 4.400% | | 05/15/28 | | | 5,315,000 | | | | 5,325,449 | |
Georgia Power Co., Series 2019-A | | 2.200% | | 09/15/24 | | | 975,000 | | | | 950,940 | |
Interstate Power & Light Co. | | 3.400% | | 08/15/25 | | | 1,035,000 | | | | 1,005,540 | |
Interstate Power & Light Co. | | 4.100% | | 09/26/28 | | | 2,367,000 | | | | 2,300,055 | |
Interstate Power & Light Co. | | 2.300% | | 06/01/30 | | | 1,067,000 | | | | 914,044 | |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
JOHNSON INSTITUTIONAL INTERMEDIATE BOND FUND | PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
| |
CORPORATE BONDS — 47.4% | | Coupon | | Maturity | | Par Value | | | Value | |
National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp. (The) | | 3.400% | | 02/07/28 | | $ | 3,090,000 | | | $ | 2,961,306 | |
Virginia Electric & Power Co., Series 2014A | | 3.450% | | 02/15/24 | | | 565,000 | | | | 562,711 | |
Virginia Electric & Power Co., Series 2015A | | 3.100% | | 05/15/25 | | | 394,000 | | | | 384,348 | |
Virginia Electric & Power Co., Series A | | 3.800% | | 04/01/28 | | | 2,250,000 | | | | 2,182,329 | |
Xcel Energy, Inc. | | 3.300% | | 06/01/25 | | | 4,050,000 | | | | 3,953,653 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 30,623,734 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $121,412,679) | | | | | | | | | | $ | 117,489,323 | |
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COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS — 7.6% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation — 3.4% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
FHLMC, Series 2985, Class GE | | 5.500% | | 06/15/25 | | $ | 9,676 | | | $ | 9,645 | |
FHLMC, Pool #J1-2635 | | 4.000% | | 07/01/25 | | | 32,969 | | | | 32,527 | |
FHLMC, Pool #G1-8642 | | 3.500% | | 04/01/32 | | | 462,598 | | | | 447,269 | |
FHLMC, Series 4151, Class PA | | 2.000% | | 01/15/33 | | | 845,143 | | | | 789,128 | |
FHLMC, Pool #SB-0297 | | 3.000% | | 03/01/35 | | | 1,802,603 | | | | 1,709,212 | |
FHLMC, Pool #G0-8068 | | 5.500% | | 07/01/35 | | | 70,459 | | | | 72,637 | |
FHLMC, Pool #SC-0047 | | 3.000% | | 01/01/40 | | | 2,892,712 | | | | 2,683,736 | |
FHLMC, Series 3946, Class LN | | 3.500% | | 04/15/41 | | | 188,813 | | | | 182,824 | |
FHLMC, Pool #2B-0350 (RFUCCT1Y + 186) (a) | | 4.610% | | 04/01/42 | | | 11,981 | | | | 11,908 | |
FHLMC, Series 5189, Class PG | | 2.500% | | 09/25/51 | | | 2,829,541 | | | | 2,563,253 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 8,502,139 | |
Federal National Mortgage Association — 3.2% | | | �� | | | | | | | | | |
FNMA, Pool #MA0384 | | 5.000% | | 04/01/30 | | | 62,724 | | | | 62,825 | |
FNMA, Pool #MA1237 | | 3.000% | | 11/01/32 | | | 740,887 | | | | 701,888 | |
FNMA, Pool #FM5050 | | 2.500% | | 02/01/35 | | | 1,983,962 | | | | 1,893,803 | |
FNMA, Series 2016-99, Class TA | | 3.500% | | 03/25/36 | | | 174,241 | | | | 170,224 | |
FNMA, Pool #FS0140 | | 4.000% | | 11/01/37 | | | 3,272,731 | | | | 3,198,253 | |
FNMA, Pool #AA4392 | | 4.000% | | 04/01/39 | | | 78,275 | | | | 76,109 | |
FNMA, Series 2011-52, Class PC | | 3.000% | | 03/25/41 | | | 241,393 | | | | 234,385 | |
FNMA, Pool #AJ7509 (RFUCCT1Y + 178) (a) | | 4.915% | | 12/01/41 | | | 35,853 | | | | 35,548 | |
FNMA, Series 2012-128, Class TP | | 2.000% | | 11/25/42 | | | 423,114 | | | | 389,946 | |
FNMA, Series 2015-37, Class BA | | 3.000% | | 08/25/44 | | | 606,343 | | | | 564,766 | |
FNMA, Pool #AY0089 (RFUCCT1Y + 160) (a) | | 5.572% | | 12/01/44 | | | 112,687 | | | | 112,773 | |
FNMA, Series 2016-39, Class LA | | 2.500% | | 03/25/45 | | | 464,635 | | | | 426,442 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 7,866,962 | |
Government National Mortgage Association — 1.0% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
GNMA | | 2.000% | | 02/20/37 | | | 2,874,642 | | | | 2,557,580 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (Cost $20,484,889) | | | | | | | | | | $ | 18,926,681 | |
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MUNICIPAL BONDS — 2.0% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Kansas Development Finance Authority, Series 2015 H | | 4.091% | | 04/15/27 | | $ | 3,000,000 | | | $ | 2,960,666 | |
Pennsylvania State University, Series 2020 D | | 1.893% | | 09/01/26 | | | 2,000,000 | | | | 1,868,897 | |
Total Municipal Bonds (Cost $5,083,670) | | | | | | | | | | $ | 4,829,563 | |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
JOHNSON INSTITUTIONAL INTERMEDIATE BOND FUND | PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
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U.S. GOVERNMENT & AGENCIES — 7.3% | | Coupon | | Maturity | | Par Value | | | Value | |
Federal National Mortgage Association — 0.9% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
FNMA | | 3.320% | | 04/01/28 | | $ | 2,500,000 | | | $ | 2,365,618 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Federal Home Loan Bank — 6.4% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
FHLB | | 2.875% | | 09/13/24 | | | 1,000,000 | | | | 984,753 | |
FHLB | | 1.950% | | 09/10/25 | | | 4,000,000 | | | | 3,831,046 | |
FHLB | | 3.250% | | 11/16/28 | | | 1,800,000 | | | | 1,748,401 | |
FHLB | | 4.750% | | 12/10/32 | | | 9,000,000 | | | | 9,221,893 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 15,786,093 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total U.S. Government & Agencies (Cost $18,811,506) | | | | | | | | | | $ | 18,151,711 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS — 33.3% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
U.S. Treasury Notes — 33.3% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
U.S. Treasury Notes | | 1.375% | | 10/31/28 | | $ | 14,550,000 | | | $ | 12,951,773 | |
U.S. Treasury Notes | | 3.125% | | 11/15/28 | | | 13,000,000 | | | | 12,560,234 | |
U.S. Treasury Notes | | 2.625% | | 02/15/29 | | | 14,000,000 | | | | 13,187,344 | |
U.S. Treasury Notes | | 3.500% | | 01/31/30 | | | 12,550,000 | | | | 12,280,371 | |
U.S. Treasury Notes | | 1.500% | | 02/15/30 | | | 6,350,000 | | | | 5,533,926 | |
U.S. Treasury Notes | | 0.875% | | 11/15/30 | | | 3,250,000 | | | | 2,671,094 | |
U.S. Treasury Notes | | 1.375% | | 11/15/31 | | | 14,000,000 | | | | 11,630,938 | |
U.S. Treasury Notes | | 2.875% | | 05/15/32 | | | 12,650,000 | | | | 11,728,922 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total U.S. Treasury Obligations (Cost $82,954,900) | | | | | | | | | | $ | 82,544,602 | |
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PREFERRED STOCKS — 0.6% | | Shares | | | Value | |
Financials — 0.6% | | | | | | | | |
Allstate Corp. (The), 5.100%, 01/15/53 (Cost $1,446,031) | | | 59,890 | | | $ | 1,505,635 | |
| | | | | | | | |
MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 0.7% | | | | | | | | |
First American Government Obligations Fund - Class Z, 5.25% (b) (Cost $1,851,138) | | | 1,851,138 | | | | 1,851,138 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Investments at Value — 98.9% (Cost $252,044,813) | | | | | | $ | 245,298,653 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 1.1% | | | | | | | 2,829,509 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Net Assets — 100.0% | | | | | | $ | 248,128,162 | |
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| (a) | Variable rate security. Interest rate resets periodically. The rate shown is the effective interest rate as of December 31, 2023. For securities based on a published reference rate and spread, the reference rate and spread (in basis points) are indicated parenthetically. |
| (b) | The rate shown is the 7-day effective yield as of December 31, 2023. |
plc - Public Limited Company
RFUCCT - Refinitiv USD IBOR Cash Fallbacks.
SOFR - Secured Overnight Financing Rate.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
JOHNSON INSTITUTIONAL CORE BOND FUND | PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
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CORPORATE BONDS — 38.9% | | Coupon | | Maturity | | Par Value | | | Value | |
Finance — 17.2% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Allstate Corp. (The) | | 5.250% | | 03/30/33 | | $ | 27,775,000 | | | $ | 28,373,503 | |
American Express Co. | | 1.650% | | 11/04/26 | | | 2,870,000 | | | | 2,649,011 | |
American Express Co. | | 2.550% | | 03/04/27 | | | 6,011,000 | | | | 5,631,412 | |
AON Corp. | | 3.750% | | 05/02/29 | | | 10,646,000 | | | | 10,186,939 | |
AON plc | | 3.875% | | 12/15/25 | | | 850,000 | | | | 832,303 | |
Bank of America Corp. | | 5.202% | | 04/25/29 | | | 29,610,000 | | | | 29,790,724 | |
Essex Portfolio, L.P. | | 3.000% | | 01/15/30 | | | 9,426,000 | | | | 8,399,669 | |
Essex Property Trust, Inc. | | 3.625% | | 05/01/27 | | | 2,298,000 | | | | 2,192,351 | |
Fifth Third Bancorp | | 4.300% | | 01/16/24 | | | 11,815,000 | | | | 11,797,972 | |
Fifth Third Bancorp | | 2.375% | | 01/28/25 | | | 2,763,000 | | | | 2,673,198 | |
Huntington Bancshares, Inc. | | 2.625% | | 08/06/24 | | | 2,275,000 | | | | 2,230,943 | |
Huntington Bancshares, Inc. | | 4.443% | | 08/04/28 | | | 8,500,000 | | | | 8,240,552 | |
Huntington Bancshares, Inc. | | 2.550% | | 02/04/30 | | | 10,628,000 | | | | 9,095,853 | |
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (SOFR + 379) (a) | | 4.493% | | 03/24/31 | | | 6,360,000 | | | | 6,203,124 | |
KeyCorp, Series O | | 4.100% | | 04/30/28 | | | 3,640,000 | | | | 3,424,868 | |
KeyCorp | | 2.550% | | 10/01/29 | | | 9,755,000 | | | | 8,282,001 | |
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc. | | 4.375% | | 03/15/29 | | | 14,892,000 | | | | 14,830,760 | |
Morgan Stanley, Series F | | 4.000% | | 07/23/25 | | | 2,050,000 | | | | 2,020,913 | |
PNC Financial Services | | 5.939% | | 08/18/34 | | | 7,400,000 | | | | 7,712,657 | |
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The) | | 3.450% | | 04/23/29 | | | 11,850,000 | | | | 11,228,836 | |
Prologis, Inc. | | 3.875% | | 09/15/28 | | | 3,470,000 | | | | 3,354,375 | |
Prologis, Inc. | | 5.125% | | 01/15/34 | | | 6,085,000 | | | | 6,278,971 | |
Truist Financial Corp., Series H | | 3.875% | | 03/19/29 | | | 14,735,000 | | | | 13,795,503 | |
Truist Financial Corp. | | 2.250% | | 03/11/30 | | | 22,716,000 | | | | 18,845,206 | |
U.S. Bancorp, Series Y | | 3.000% | | 07/30/29 | | | 22,455,000 | | | | 20,322,629 | |
U.S. Bancorp, Series BB | | 4.967% | | 07/22/33 | | | 10,985,000 | | | | 10,425,194 | |
Wells Fargo & Co., Series M | | 4.100% | | 06/03/26 | | | 17,030,000 | | | | 16,652,414 | |
Wells Fargo & Co., Series O | | 4.300% | | 07/22/27 | | | 14,199,000 | | | | 13,903,737 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 279,375,618 | |
Industrials — 10.2% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Becton Dickinson & Co. | | 3.700% | | 06/06/27 | | | 9,500,000 | | | | 9,206,786 | |
Becton Dickinson & Co. | | 2.823% | | 05/20/30 | | | 11,000,000 | | | | 9,833,129 | |
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Series 2016Y | | 2.853% | | 11/15/26 | | | 1,835,000 | | | | 1,726,761 | |
CVS Health Corp. | | 4.300% | | 03/25/28 | | | 19,898,000 | | | | 19,558,862 | |
CVS Health Corp. | | 3.750% | | 04/01/30 | | | 5,000,000 | | | | 4,713,808 | |
Dover Corp. | | 3.150% | | 11/15/25 | | | 4,302,000 | | | | 4,162,806 | |
Dover Corp. | | 2.950% | | 11/04/29 | | | 16,705,000 | | | | 15,120,480 | |
Duke Energy Corp. | | 2.450% | | 06/01/30 | | | 16,000,000 | | | | 13,980,126 | |
Enterprise Products Operating, LLC | | 4.150% | | 10/16/28 | | | 16,617,000 | | | | 16,432,517 | |
Johnson Controls International plc | | 3.900% | | 02/14/26 | | | 6,430,000 | | | | 6,283,286 | |
Kroger Co. (The) | | 3.500% | | 02/01/26 | | | 4,350,000 | | | | 4,236,711 | |
Lowes Cos., Inc. | | 4.500% | | 04/15/30 | | | 22,502,000 | | | | 22,392,217 | |
Parker-Hannifin Corp. | | 4.250% | | 09/15/27 | | | 1,033,000 | | | | 1,024,035 | |
Roper Technologies, Inc. | | 2.950% | | 09/15/29 | | | 1,000,000 | | | | 916,050 | |
Starbucks Corp. | | 2.250% | | 03/12/30 | | | 2,185,000 | | | | 1,919,010 | |
Verizon Communications, Inc. | | 4.329% | | 09/21/28 | | | 1,675,000 | | | | 1,657,817 | |
Verizon Communications, Inc. | | 4.016% | | 12/03/29 | | | 28,211,000 | | | | 27,294,672 | |
Xylem, Inc. | | 1.950% | | 01/30/28 | | | 5,000,000 | | | | 4,524,526 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 164,983,599 | |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
|
JOHNSON INSTITUTIONAL CORE BOND FUND | PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
| |
CORPORATE BONDS — 38.9% | | Coupon | | Maturity | | Par Value | | | Value | |
Utilities — 11.5% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. | | 3.700% | | 07/15/30 | | $ | 2,900,000 | | | $ | 2,746,989 | |
Duke Energy Corp. | | 2.650% | | 09/01/26 | | | 12,350,000 | | | | 11,719,305 | |
Eversource Energy, Series M | | 3.300% | | 01/15/28 | | | 8,940,000 | | | | 8,463,782 | |
Eversource Energy, Series O | | 4.250% | | 04/01/29 | | | 17,808,000 | | | | 17,303,393 | |
Eversource Energy, Series R | | 1.650% | | 08/15/30 | | | 232,000 | | | | 188,880 | |
Florida Power & Light Co. | | 5.050% | | 04/01/28 | | | 4,730,000 | | | | 4,836,905 | |
Florida Power & Light Co. | | 5.100% | | 04/01/33 | | | 27,180,000 | | | | 28,082,308 | |
Georgia Power Co., Series 2019B | | 2.650% | | 09/15/29 | | | 28,141,000 | | | | 25,513,860 | |
Interstate Power & Light Co. | | 3.400% | | 08/15/25 | | | 2,525,000 | | | | 2,453,129 | |
Interstate Power & Light Co. | | 4.100% | | 09/26/28 | | | 20,685,000 | | | | 20,099,973 | |
Interstate Power & Light Co. | | 2.300% | | 06/01/30 | | | 6,410,000 | | | | 5,491,115 | |
National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp. (The) | | 3.400% | | 02/07/28 | | | 2,335,000 | | | | 2,237,751 | |
National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp. (The) | | 3.700% | | 03/15/29 | | | 4,323,000 | | | | 4,107,900 | |
National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp. (The) | | 2.400% | | 03/15/30 | | | 15,950,000 | | | | 13,828,598 | |
Virginia Electric & Power Co., Series B | | 2.950% | | 11/15/26 | | | 4,625,000 | | | | 4,419,248 | |
Virginia Electric & Power Co., Series A | | 3.500% | | 03/15/27 | | | 4,777,000 | | | | 4,616,699 | |
Xcel Energy, Inc. | | 4.000% | | 06/15/28 | | | 19,682,000 | | | | 19,206,921 | |
Xcel Energy, Inc. | | 3.400% | | 06/01/30 | | | 11,250,000 | | | | 10,373,685 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 185,690,441 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $685,602,728) | | | | | | | | | | $ | 630,049,658 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS — 20.9% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation — 7.4% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
FHLMC, Pool #J0-9921 | | 4.000% | | 07/01/24 | | $ | 3,774 | | | $ | 3,749 | |
FHLMC, Series 2877, Class AL | | 5.000% | | 10/15/24 | | | 1,434 | | | | 1,429 | |
FHLMC, Series 2985, Class GE | | 5.500% | | 06/15/25 | | | 20,562 | | | | 20,495 | |
FHLMC, Series 4287, Class AB | | 2.000% | | 12/15/26 | | | 314,389 | | | | 297,612 | |
FHLMC, Pool #ZA-3721 | | 3.000% | | 06/01/29 | | | 3,781,478 | | | | 3,646,629 | |
FHLMC, Pool #ZK-6713 | | 3.000% | | 06/01/29 | | | 2,390,616 | | | | 2,305,570 | |
FHLMC, Pool #C0-1005 | | 8.000% | | 06/01/30 | | | 492 | | | | 530 | |
FHLMC, Pool #V6-1479, Series V6-1479 | | 2.500% | | 01/01/32 | | | 2,358,358 | | | | 2,225,840 | |
FHLMC, Pool #G1-8642 | | 3.500% | | 04/01/32 | | | 2,049,446 | | | | 1,981,534 | |
FHLMC, Pool #ZT-1964 | | 3.500% | | 06/01/32 | | | 2,969,597 | | | | 2,873,353 | |
FHLMC, Pool #G1-8667 | | 3.500% | | 11/01/32 | | | 1,283,338 | | | | 1,239,914 | |
FHLMC, Series 4151, Class PA | | 2.000% | | 01/15/33 | | | 1,479,596 | | | | 1,381,530 | |
FHLMC, Pool #78-0439 (H15T1Y + 222.3) (a) | | 5.223% | | 04/01/33 | | | 8,161 | | | | 8,158 | |
FHLMC, Pool #G0-8068 | | 5.500% | | 07/01/35 | | | 548,560 | | | | 565,522 | |
FHLMC, Pool #G0-1880 | | 5.000% | | 08/01/35 | | | 27,284 | | | | 27,603 | |
FHLMC, Pool #G0-6616 | | 4.500% | | 12/01/35 | | | 245,476 | | | | 244,093 | |
FHLMC, Pool #G3-0933 | | 4.000% | | 01/01/36 | | | 9,829,271 | | | | 9,595,657 | |
FHLMC, Series 3109, Class ZN | | 5.500% | | 02/15/36 | | | 575,072 | | | | 587,769 | |
FHLMC, Pool #G3-1087 | | 4.000% | | 07/01/38 | | | 1,668,539 | | | | 1,639,458 | |
FHLMC, Series 4887, Class A | | 3.250% | | 09/15/38 | | | 528,576 | | | | 503,461 | |
FHLMC, Pool #A8-9335 | | 5.000% | | 10/01/39 | | | 57,242 | | | | 58,287 | |
FHLMC, Series 3592, Class BZ | | 5.000% | | 10/15/39 | | | 375,276 | | | | 378,509 | |
FHLMC, Pool #SC-0047 | | 3.000% | | 01/01/40 | | | 21,777,376 | | | | 20,204,126 | |
FHLMC, Series 3946, Class LN | | 3.500% | | 04/15/41 | | | 293,590 | | | | 284,277 | |
FHLMC, Series 4105, Class PJ | | 3.500% | | 06/15/41 | | | 323,427 | | | | 313,090 | |
FHLMC, Pool #2B-0350 (RFUCCT1Y + 186) (a) | | 4.610% | | 04/01/42 | | | 62,819 | | | | 62,437 | |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
JOHNSON INSTITUTIONAL CORE BOND FUND | PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
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COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS — 20.9% | | Coupon | | Maturity | | Par Value | | | Value | |
FHLMC, Series 4087, Class PT | | 3.000% | | 07/15/42 | | $ | 353,984 | | | $ | 332,161 | |
FHLMC, Series 4180, Class ME | | 2.500% | | 10/15/42 | | | 806,178 | | | | 749,279 | |
FHLMC, Series 4161, Class QA | | 3.000% | | 02/15/43 | | | 91,005 | | | | 85,536 | |
FHLMC, Series 4517, Class PC | | 2.500% | | 05/15/44 | | | 571,635 | | | | 537,650 | |
FHLMC, Series 4689, Class DA | | 3.000% | | 07/15/44 | | | 539,034 | | | | 520,946 | |
FHLMC, Series 4831, Class BA | | 3.500% | | 10/15/44 | | | 260,692 | | | | 256,173 | |
FHLMC, Series 4567, Class LA | | 3.000% | | 08/15/45 | | | 113,540 | | | | 105,525 | |
FHLMC, Series 4582, Class PA | | 3.000% | | 11/15/45 | | | 1,531,175 | | | | 1,414,425 | |
FHLMC, Series 4709, Class EA | | 3.000% | | 01/15/46 | | | 821,431 | | | | 769,041 | |
FHLMC, Series 4906, Class DE | | 2.500% | | 09/25/49 | | | 3,487,204 | | | | 3,079,238 | |
FHLMC, Pool #SD-2170 | | 3.000% | | 07/01/51 | | | 23,412,818 | | | | 20,882,961 | |
FHLMC, Pool #SD-7556 | | 3.000% | | 08/01/52 | | | 44,142,776 | | | | 39,391,232 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 118,574,799 | |
Federal National Mortgage Association — 12.3% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
FNMA, Pool #MA0384 | | 5.000% | | 04/01/30 | | | 297,153 | | | | 297,633 | |
FNMA, Pool #AL6923 | | 3.000% | | 05/01/30 | | | 4,262,312 | | | | 4,105,626 | |
FNMA, Pool #AS5794 | | 3.000% | | 09/01/30 | | | 812,750 | | | | 779,719 | |
FNMA, Pool #AS6548 | | 2.500% | | 01/01/31 | | | 1,905,368 | | | | 1,804,444 | |
FNMA, Pool #MA4424 | | 1.500% | | 09/01/31 | | | 32,107,400 | | | | 29,411,561 | |
FNMA, Pool #AL9309 | | 3.500% | | 10/01/31 | | | 669,104 | | | | 647,848 | |
FNMA, Pool #MA1107 | | 3.500% | | 07/01/32 | | | 269,550 | | | | 259,338 | |
FNMA, Pool #725027 | | 5.000% | | 11/01/33 | | | 126,102 | | | | 127,096 | |
FNMA, Pool #FM5394 | | 3.000% | | 03/01/34 | | | 4,794,843 | | | | 4,547,862 | |
FNMA, Pool #FM3388 | | 4.000% | | 03/01/34 | | | 589,337 | | | | 580,042 | |
FNMA, Pool #725704 | | 6.000% | | 08/01/34 | | | 50,096 | | | | 52,197 | |
FNMA, Pool #FM5050 | | 2.500% | | 02/01/35 | | | 1,055,468 | | | | 1,007,503 | |
FNMA, Pool #AL7077 | | 4.000% | | 07/01/35 | | | 1,865,639 | | | | 1,819,903 | |
FNMA, Series 2005-64, Class PL | | 5.500% | | 07/25/35 | | | 22,505 | | | | 22,987 | |
FNMA, Pool #BM1971 | | 3.500% | | 12/01/35 | | | 1,173,296 | | | | 1,130,803 | |
FNMA, Pool #888223 | | 5.500% | | 01/01/36 | | | 175,979 | | | | 181,215 | |
FNMA, Series 2016-99, Class TA | | 3.500% | | 03/25/36 | | | 147,434 | | | | 144,036 | |
FNMA, Pool #995112 | | 5.500% | | 07/01/36 | | | 185,926 | | | | 190,530 | |
FNMA, Series 2014-20, Class AC | | 3.000% | | 08/25/36 | | | 77,155 | | | | 75,289 | |
FNMA, Pool #MA2773 | | 3.000% | | 10/01/36 | | | 4,134,159 | | | | 3,875,134 | |
FNMA, Pool #AL9623 | | 4.000% | | 12/01/36 | | | 1,488,869 | | | | 1,451,752 | |
FNMA, Pool #889050 | | 6.000% | | 05/01/37 | | | 106,734 | | | | 111,684 | |
FNMA, Pool #MA3186 | | 4.000% | | 11/01/37 | | | 5,073,618 | | | | 4,957,566 | |
FNMA, Pool #MA3337 | | 4.000% | | 04/01/38 | | | 1,912,473 | | | | 1,868,617 | |
FNMA, Pool #AA4392 | | 4.000% | | 04/01/39 | | | 393,334 | | | | 382,450 | |
FNMA, Pool #FM9469 | | 4.000% | | 08/01/39 | | | 5,906,571 | | | | 5,801,674 | |
FNMA, Pool #CB0114 | | 2.500% | | 04/01/41 | | | 15,732,513 | | | | 14,020,105 | |
FNMA, Series 2011-53, Class DT | | 4.500% | | 06/25/41 | | | 96,683 | | | | 96,003 | |
FNMA, Pool #AJ7509 (RFUCCT1Y + 178) (a) | | 4.915% | | 12/01/41 | | | 35,853 | | | | 35,548 | |
FNMA, Series 2012-128, Class TP | | 2.000% | | 11/25/42 | | | 529,781 | | | | 488,250 | |
FNMA, Series 2013-6, Class BC | | 1.500% | | 12/25/42 | | | 145,915 | | | | 140,153 | |
FNMA, Series 2015-72, Class GB | | 2.500% | | 12/25/42 | | | 1,309,724 | | | | 1,243,300 | |
FNMA, Series 2013-75, Class EG | | 3.000% | | 02/25/43 | | | 234,180 | | | | 218,130 | |
FNMA, Series 2014-28, Class PA | | 3.500% | | 02/25/43 | | | 189,919 | | | | 184,316 | |
FNMA, Series 2013-83, Class MH | | 4.000% | | 08/25/43 | | | 126,344 | | | | 122,032 | |
FNMA, Pool #AU7025 | | 3.000% | | 11/01/43 | | | 9,570,796 | | | | 8,729,821 | |
FNMA, Series 2014-4, Class PC | | 3.000% | | 02/25/44 | | | 861,857 | | | | 822,049 | |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
JOHNSON INSTITUTIONAL CORE BOND FUND | PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
| |
COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS — 20.9% | | Coupon | | Maturity | | Par Value | | | Value | |
FNMA, Series 2016-79, Class L | | 2.500% | | 10/25/44 | | $ | 1,026,796 | | | $ | 949,394 | |
FNMA, Series 2016-39, Class LA | | 2.500% | | 03/25/45 | | | 1,641,712 | | | | 1,506,761 | |
FNMA, Series 2016-64, Class PG | | 3.000% | | 05/25/45 | | | 1,920,989 | | | | 1,791,197 | |
FNMA, Series 2016-40, Class PA | | 3.000% | | 07/25/45 | | | 100,113 | | | | 93,009 | |
FNMA, Series 4768, Class GA | | 3.500% | | 09/15/45 | | | 1,993,101 | | | | 1,929,292 | |
FNMA, Series 2016-49, Class PA | | 3.000% | | 09/25/45 | | | 777,603 | | | | 720,599 | |
FNMA, Series 2016-99, Class PH | | 3.000% | | 01/25/46 | | | 1,421,682 | | | | 1,322,265 | |
FNMA, Series 2016-02, Class PB | | 2.000% | | 02/25/46 | | | 199,124 | | | | 183,319 | |
FNMA, Series 2018-67, Class BA | | 4.500% | | 03/25/46 | | | 1,586,809 | | | | 1,585,909 | |
FNMA, Series 2018-25, Class P | | 3.500% | | 03/25/46 | | | 2,166,758 | | | | 2,064,388 | |
FNMA, Pool #BM5003 | | 4.000% | | 03/01/47 | | | 1,167,518 | | | | 1,132,289 | |
FNMA, Series 2022-25, Class KA | | 4.000% | | 09/25/48 | | | 8,761,067 | | | | 8,429,212 | |
FNMA, Series 2019-60, Class DA | | 2.500% | | 03/25/49 | | | 1,695,812 | | | | 1,478,219 | |
FNMA, Series 2020-95, Class GA | | 1.000% | | 01/25/51 | | | 7,039,799 | | | | 5,418,261 | |
FNMA, Pool #FM9631 | | 3.000% | | 11/01/51 | | | 7,924,986 | | | | 7,081,752 | |
FNMA, Pool #FS3678 | | 3.000% | | 12/01/51 | | | 13,196,697 | | | | 11,831,070 | |
FNMA, Pool #CB3051 | | 3.000% | | 03/01/52 | | | 7,301,231 | | | | 6,548,949 | |
FNMA, Pool #FS4520 | | 3.000% | | 04/01/52 | | | 34,951,358 | | | | 31,292,758 | |
FNMA, Pool #FS4608 | | 3.000% | | 05/01/52 | | | 9,832,542 | | | | 8,825,540 | |
FNMA, Pool #FS2724 | | 3.000% | | 07/01/52 | | | 15,170,069 | | | | 13,527,270 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 199,445,669 | |
Government National Mortgage Association — 1.2% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
GNMA, Pool #004847M | | 4.000% | | 11/01/25 | | | 28,386 | | | | 27,947 | |
GNMA, Pool #780400X | | 7.000% | | 12/01/25 | | | 287 | | | | 289 | |
GNMA, Pool #780420X | | 7.500% | | 08/01/26 | | | 213 | | | | 215 | |
GNMA, Pool #002658M | | 6.500% | | 10/01/28 | | | 4,591 | | | | 4,814 | |
GNMA, Pool #002945M | | 7.500% | | 07/01/30 | | | 388 | | | | 399 | |
GNMA, Pool #004187M | | 5.500% | | 07/01/38 | | | 7,136 | | | | 7,367 | |
GNMA, Series 2021-175, Class DG | | 2.000% | | 10/20/51 | | | 22,972,821 | | | | 19,600,925 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 19,641,956 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (Cost $355,107,962) | | | | | | | | | | $ | 337,662,424 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
MUNICIPAL BONDS — 2.4% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Hamilton County Ohio Health Care FACS Revenue, Series 2019 | | 3.374% | | 06/01/34 | | $ | 5,000,000 | | | $ | 4,413,279 | |
Kansas Development Finance Authority, Series 2015 H | | 3.741% | | 04/15/25 | | | 3,705,000 | | | | 3,651,206 | |
Kansas Development Finance Authority, Series 2015 H | | 4.091% | | 04/15/27 | | | 125,000 | | | | 123,361 | |
Kansas Development Finance Authority Revenue, Series 2015 H | | 3.941% | | 04/15/26 | | | 8,000,000 | | | | 7,885,339 | |
Kentucky Property and Buildings Commission Revenue, Series 2010C | | 5.373% | | 11/01/25 | | | 305,000 | | | | 304,511 | |
Ohio University General Receipts, Series 2020 | | 1.766% | | 12/01/26 | | | 2,000,000 | | | | 1,842,018 | |
Pennsylvania State University, Series 2020 D | | 1.893% | | 09/01/26 | | | 4,635,000 | | | | 4,331,170 | |
Texas Natural Gas Securitization Finance Corp. Revenue, Series 2023 A-1 | | 5.102% | | 04/01/35 | | | 10,000,000 | | | | 10,198,829 | |
University of Cincinnati Ohio General Receipts Revenue, Series 2019 B | | 2.162% | | 06/01/25 | | | 2,185,000 | | | | 2,109,283 | |
University of Washington Revenue, Series 2009B | | 5.400% | | 06/01/36 | | | 3,000,000 | | | | 3,189,353 | |
Total Municipal Bonds (Cost $39,055,321) | | | | | | | | | | $ | 38,048,349 | |
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U.S. GOVERNMENT & AGENCIES — 2.8% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Federal National Mortgage Association — 1.8% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
FNMA | | 3.320% | | 04/01/28 | | $ | 9,000,000 | | | $ | 8,516,226 | |
FNMA | | 3.740% | | 07/01/28 | | | 8,938,000 | | | | 8,523,934 | |
FNMA | | 3.650% | | 01/01/29 | | | 5,000,000 | | | | 4,835,475 | |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
JOHNSON INSTITUTIONAL CORE BOND FUND | PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
| |
U.S. GOVERNMENT & AGENCIES — 2.8% | | Coupon | | Maturity | | Par Value | | | Value | |
FNMA | | 3.150% | | 06/01/29 | | $ | 8,000,000 | | | $ | 7,523,352 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 29,398,987 | |
Federal Home Loan Bank — 1.0% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
FHLB | | 4.750% | | 12/10/32 | | | 16,325,000 | | | | 16,727,488 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total U.S. Government & Agencies (Cost $48,218,928) | | | | | | | | | | $ | 46,126,475 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS — 33.1% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
U.S. Treasury Bonds — 13.6% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
U.S. Treasury Bonds | | 2.375% | | 02/15/42 | | $ | 100,000,000 | | | $ | 76,875,000 | |
U.S. Treasury Bonds | | 2.500% | | 02/15/45 | | | 100,000,000 | | | | 75,812,500 | |
U.S. Treasury Bonds | | 2.500% | | 05/15/46 | | | 44,300,000 | | | | 33,218,078 | |
U.S. Treasury Bonds | | 2.750% | | 08/15/47 | | | 44,290,000 | | | | 34,566,961 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 220,472,539 | |
U.S. Treasury Notes — 19.5% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
U.S. Treasury Notes | | 2.875% | | 05/15/32 | | | 31,500,000 | | | | 29,206,406 | |
U.S. Treasury Notes | | 4.125% | | 11/15/32 | | | 81,500,000 | | | | 82,888,047 | |
U.S. Treasury Notes | | 3.500% | | 02/15/33 | | | 87,100,000 | | | | 84,500,609 | |
U.S. Treasury Notes | | 3.375% | | 05/15/33 | | | 91,830,000 | | | | 88,185,497 | |
U.S. Treasury Notes | | 3.875% | | 08/15/33 | | | 30,000,000 | | | | 29,981,250 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 314,761,809 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total U.S. Treasury Obligations (Cost $558,250,676) | | | | | | | | | | $ | 535,234,348 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
PREFERRED STOCKS — 0.5% | | Shares | | | Value | |
Financials — 0.5% | | | | | | | | |
Allstate Corp. (The), 5.100%, 01/15/53 (Cost $8,526,035) | | | 347,996 | | | $ | 8,748,619 | |
| | | | | | | | |
MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 0.6% | | | | | | | | |
First American Government Obligations Fund - Class Z, 5.25% (b) (Cost $9,532,334) | | | 9,532,334 | | | | 9,532,334 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Investments at Value — 99.2% (Cost $1,704,293,984) | | | | | | $ | 1,605,402,207 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 0.8% | | | | | | | 12,620,634 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Net Assets — 100.0% | | | | | | $ | 1,618,022,841 | |
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| (a) | Variable rate security. Interest rate resets periodically. The rate shown is the effective interest rate as of December 31, 2023. For securities based on a published reference rate and spread, the reference rate and spread (in basis points) are indicated parenthetically. |
| (b) | The rate shown is the 7-day effective yield as of December 31, 2023. |
H15T1Y - U.S. Treasury yield curve rate for U.S. Treasury note with a constant maturity of 1 year.
plc - Public Limited Company
RFUCCT - Refinitiv USD IBOR Cash Fallbacks.
SOFR - Secured Overnight Financing Rate.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
JOHNSON ENHANCED RETURN FUND | PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
| |
CORPORATE BONDS — 58.8% | | Coupon | | Maturity | | Par Value | | | Value | |
Finance — 27.1% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Allstate Corp. | | 0.750% | | 12/15/25 | | $ | 3,875,000 | | | $ | 3,573,827 | |
American Express Co. | | 2.500% | | 07/30/24 | | | 3,647,000 | | | | 3,584,794 | |
AON plc | | 3.875% | | 12/15/25 | | | 3,999,000 | | | | 3,915,741 | |
Bank of America Corp., Series L | | 3.875% | | 08/01/25 | | | 4,599,000 | | | | 4,534,499 | |
Branch Banking & Trust Co. | | 3.625% | | 09/16/25 | | | 4,540,000 | | | | 4,395,015 | |
Chubb INA Holdings, Inc. | | 3.350% | | 05/15/24 | | | 3,164,000 | | | | 3,135,814 | |
Essex Portfolio, L.P. | | 3.875% | | 05/01/24 | | | 2,177,000 | | | | 2,163,101 | |
Essex Portfolio, L.P. | | 3.500% | | 04/01/25 | | | 1,720,000 | | | | 1,683,720 | |
Essex Portfolio, L.P. | | 3.375% | | 04/15/26 | | | 565,000 | | | | 545,019 | |
Fifth Third Bancorp | | 4.300% | | 01/16/24 | | | 3,964,000 | | | | 3,958,287 | |
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) | | 3.625% | | 02/20/24 | | | 1,000,000 | | | | 997,001 | |
Huntington Bancshares, Inc. | | 2.625% | | 08/06/24 | | | 3,840,000 | | | | 3,765,636 | |
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | | 3.875% | | 09/10/24 | | | 4,704,000 | | | | 4,648,551 | |
KeyCorp, Series O | | 4.150% | | 10/29/25 | | | 4,562,000 | | | | 4,451,093 | |
Marsh & McLennan Co., Inc. | | 3.500% | | 06/03/24 | | | 3,010,000 | | | | 2,983,234 | |
Marsh & McLennan Co., Inc. | | 3.500% | | 03/10/25 | | | 765,000 | | | | 751,386 | |
Morgan Stanley, Series F | | 3.700% | | 10/23/24 | | | 200,000 | | | | 197,349 | |
Morgan Stanley, Series F | | 4.000% | | 07/23/25 | | | 4,200,000 | | | | 4,140,408 | |
National Retail Properties, Inc. | | 4.000% | | 11/15/25 | | | 3,450,000 | | | | 3,379,260 | |
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The) | | 3.900% | | 04/29/24 | | | 1,345,000 | | | | 1,336,353 | |
Private Export Funding Corp., 144A | | 5.500% | | 03/14/25 | | | 2,000,000 | | | | 2,009,793 | |
U.S. Bancorp, Series MTN | | 3.100% | | 04/27/26 | | | 4,790,000 | | | | 4,592,398 | |
Wells Fargo & Co., Series N | | 3.550% | | 09/29/25 | | | 830,000 | | | | 811,541 | |
Wells Fargo & Co., Series M | | 4.100% | | 06/03/26 | | | 2,770,000 | | | | 2,708,584 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 68,262,404 | |
Industrials — 18.2% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Becton Dickinson and Co. | | 3.363% | | 06/06/24 | | | 750,000 | | | | 742,483 | |
Becton Dickinson and Co. | | 3.734% | | 12/15/24 | | | 2,269,000 | | | | 2,232,712 | |
Burlington Northern Santa Fe | | 3.750% | | 04/01/24 | | | 500,000 | | | | 497,549 | |
Burlington Northern Santa Fe | | 3.650% | | 09/01/25 | | | 3,970,000 | | | | 3,900,752 | |
CVS Health Corp. | | 3.875% | | 07/20/25 | | | 4,100,000 | | | | 4,026,875 | |
Dover Corp. | | 3.150% | | 11/15/25 | | | 4,515,000 | | | | 4,368,914 | |
Enterprise Products Operating, LLC | | 3.750% | | 02/15/25 | | | 500,000 | | | | 493,413 | |
Johnson Controls International plc | | 3.625% | | 07/02/24 | | | 4,252,000 | | | | 4,202,266 | |
Kroger Co. (The) | | 4.000% | | 02/01/24 | | | 3,795,000 | | | | 3,788,724 | |
MPLX, L.P. | | 4.875% | | 12/01/24 | | | 3,505,000 | | | | 3,483,130 | |
Norfolk Southern Corp. | | 5.590% | | 05/17/25 | | | 1,280,000 | | | | 1,288,016 | |
Norfolk Southern Corp. | | 3.650% | | 08/01/25 | | | 3,300,000 | | | | 3,232,263 | |
Parker-Hannifin Corp. | | 4.250% | | 09/15/27 | | | 3,665,000 | | | | 3,633,192 | |
Roper Technologies, Inc. | | 1.000% | | 09/15/25 | | | 1,555,000 | | | | 1,453,802 | |
Union Pacific Corp. | | 3.150% | | 03/01/24 | | | 2,800,000 | | | | 2,788,359 | |
Union Pacific Corp. | | 3.750% | | 03/15/24 | | | 450,000 | | | | 448,330 | |
Verizon Communications, Inc. | | 2.100% | | 03/22/28 | | | 1,000,000 | | | | 904,039 | |
Walt Disney Co. (The) | | 1.750% | | 01/13/26 | | | 3,429,000 | | | | 3,244,979 | |
Xylem, Inc. | | 1.950% | | 01/30/28 | | | 1,200,000 | | | | 1,085,886 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 45,815,684 | |
Utilities — 13.5% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. | | 3.500% | | 02/01/25 | | | 1,300,000 | | | | 1,279,775 | |
Duke Energy Corp. | | 2.650% | | 09/01/26 | | | 4,610,000 | | | | 4,374,575 | |
Eversource Energy, Series H | | 3.150% | | 01/15/25 | | | 1,495,000 | | | | 1,458,177 | |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
JOHNSON ENHANCED RETURN FUND | PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
| |
CORPORATE BONDS — 58.8% | | Coupon | | Maturity | | Par Value | | | Value | |
Eversource Energy, Series AA | | 4.750% | | 05/15/26 | | $ | 795,000 | | | $ | 790,969 | |
Eversource Energy, Series U | | 1.400% | | 08/15/26 | | | 1,260,000 | | | | 1,149,326 | |
Florida Power & Light Co. | | 4.400% | | 05/15/28 | | | 4,370,000 | | | | 4,378,592 | |
Georgia Power Co., Series 2019-A | | 2.200% | | 09/15/24 | | | 3,450,000 | | | | 3,364,865 | |
Interstate Power & Light Co. | | 3.250% | | 12/01/24 | | | 1,910,000 | | | | 1,870,234 | |
Interstate Power & Light Co. | | 3.400% | | 08/15/25 | | | 2,895,000 | | | | 2,812,598 | |
National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp. (The) | | 2.950% | | 02/07/24 | | | 2,625,000 | | | | 2,616,634 | |
National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp. (The) | | 2.850% | | 01/27/25 | | | 1,875,000 | | | | 1,826,544 | |
Virginia Electric & Power Co., Series A | | 3.800% | | 04/01/28 | | | 3,585,000 | | | | 3,477,177 | |
Xcel Energy, Inc. | | 3.300% | | 06/01/25 | | | 4,610,000 | | | | 4,500,330 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 33,899,796 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $151,670,762) | | | | | | | | | | $ | 147,977,884 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS — 11.6% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation — 3.3% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
FHLMC, Pool #J1-2635 | | 4.000% | | 07/01/25 | | $ | 10,362 | | | $ | 10,223 | |
FHLMC, Series 4287, Class AB | | 2.000% | | 12/15/26 | | | 167,674 | | | | 158,726 | |
FHLMC, Pool #J3-2364 | | 2.500% | | 11/01/28 | | | 704,889 | | | | 676,933 | |
FHLMC, Pool #ZS-7207 | | 3.500% | | 07/01/30 | | | 680,196 | | | | 661,185 | |
FHLMC, Pool #G1-8642 | | 3.500% | | 04/01/32 | | | 647,637 | | | | 626,176 | |
FHLMC, Pool #ZT-1964 | | 3.500% | | 06/01/32 | | | 1,427,691 | | | | 1,381,419 | |
FHLMC, Pool #G1-6330 | | 3.500% | | 08/01/32 | | | 692,217 | | | | 671,889 | |
FHLMC, Pool #SB-0380 | | 3.500% | | 02/01/34 | | | 737,384 | | | | 720,265 | |
FHLMC, Series 4198, Class BE | | 2.000% | | 10/15/40 | | | 148,109 | | | | 145,690 | |
FHLMC, Series 5050, Class BG | | 1.000% | | 01/15/41 | | | 767,520 | | | | 684,971 | |
FHLMC, Series 5902, Class XC | | 1.500% | | 01/15/41 | | | 1,763,862 | | | | 1,529,138 | |
FHLMC, Series 4009, Class PA | | 2.000% | | 06/15/41 | | | 210,824 | | | | 199,849 | |
FHLMC, Series 4709, Class EA | | 3.000% | | 01/15/46 | | | 696,128 | | | | 651,730 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 8,118,194 | |
Federal National Mortgage Association — 8.3% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
FNMA, Pool #AN2351 | | 2.150% | | 09/01/26 | | | 2,000,000 | | | | 1,880,295 | |
FNMA, Pool #AT2060 | | 2.500% | | 04/01/28 | | | 677,705 | | | | 651,219 | |
FNMA, Pool #AL9230 | | 3.500% | | 12/01/29 | | | 606,724 | | | | 591,172 | |
FNMA, Pool #FM1536 | | 2.500% | | 11/01/30 | | | 265,467 | | | | 256,195 | |
FNMA, Pool #MA4424 | | 1.500% | | 09/01/31 | | | 1,056,433 | | | | 967,731 | |
FNMA, Pool #MA1106 | | 3.000% | | 07/01/32 | | | 1,774,807 | | | | 1,684,567 | |
FNMA, Series 2013-3, Class DK | | 1.750% | | 02/25/33 | | | 486,410 | | | | 447,312 | |
FNMA, Pool #FM2287 | | 4.500% | | 03/01/34 | | | 600,530 | | | | 597,332 | |
FNMA, Pool #FM2989 | | 3.000% | | 09/01/34 | | | 863,681 | | | | 825,215 | |
FNMA, Pool #AL7077 | | 4.000% | | 07/01/35 | | | 938,119 | | | | 915,122 | |
FNMA, Pool #833200 | | 5.500% | | 09/01/35 | | | 213,364 | | | | 219,682 | |
FNMA, Pool #CA7891 | | 1.500% | | 11/01/35 | | | 4,903,550 | | | | 4,382,528 | |
FNMA, Series 2020-044, Class TE | | 2.000% | | 12/25/35 | | | 1,941,828 | | | | 1,793,854 | |
FNMA, Pool #FM2293 | | 4.000% | | 09/01/36 | | | 1,661,421 | | | | 1,619,964 | |
FNMA, Pool #FM7224 | | 4.500% | | 11/01/38 | | | 841,447 | | | | 833,302 | |
FNMA, Pool #AJ7509 (RFUCCT1Y + 178) (a) | | 4.915% | | 12/01/41 | | | 35,853 | | | | 35,548 | |
FNMA, Series 2013-6, Class BC | | 1.500% | | 12/25/42 | | | 65,727 | | | | 63,132 | |
FNMA, Series 2015-28, Class P | | 2.500% | | 05/25/45 | | | 2,119,016 | | | | 1,938,289 | |
FNMA, Series 2020-95, Class GA | | 1.000% | | 01/25/51 | | | 1,580,867 | | | | 1,216,732 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 20,919,191 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
JOHNSON ENHANCED RETURN FUND | PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
| |
COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS — 11.6% | | Coupon | | Maturity | | Par Value | | | Value | |
Government National Mortgage Association — 0.0% (b) | | | | | | | | | | | | |
GNMA, Pool #726475X | | 4.000% | | 11/15/24 | | $ | 7,549 | | | $ | 7,471 | |
GNMA, Pool #728920 | | 4.000% | | 12/15/24 | | | 9,337 | | | | 9,236 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 16,707 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (Cost $31,585,446) | | | | | | | | | | $ | 29,054,092 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
MUNICIPAL BONDS — 1.8% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Franklin County Ohio Convention Facilities, Series 2020 B | | 1.155% | | 12/01/24 | | $ | 550,000 | | | $ | 530,284 | |
Kentucky State Property and Buildings Commission Revenue, Series 2009C | | 6.155% | | 11/01/29 | | | 3,970,000 | | | | 4,104,020 | |
Total Municipal Bonds (Cost $4,646,962) | | | | | | | | | | $ | 4,634,304 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
U.S. GOVERNMENT & AGENCIES — 4.5% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Federal Farm Credit Bank — 0.8% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
FFCB | | 4.750% | | 10/13/27 | | $ | 2,000,000 | | | $ | 2,047,407 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Federal Home Loan Bank — 2.1% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
FHLB | | 1.375% | | 08/26/26 | | | 4,100,000 | | | | 3,810,787 | |
FHLB | | 1.375% | | 09/29/26 | | | 1,600,000 | | | | 1,484,012 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 5,294,799 | |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation — 1.6% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
FHLMC | | 0.450% | | 07/22/24 | | | 4,000,000 | | | | 3,894,298 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total U.S. Government & Agencies (Cost $11,691,304) | | | | | | | | | | $ | 11,236,504 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS — 20.6% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
U.S. Treasury Notes — 20.6% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
U.S. Treasury Notes | | 2.250% | | 04/30/24 | | $ | 1,100,000 | | | $ | 1,088,914 | |
U.S. Treasury Notes (13WK T-BILL + 750) (a) | | 5.256% | | 04/30/24 | | | 3,000,000 | | | | 2,998,032 | |
U.S. Treasury Notes | | 1.500% | | 02/15/25 | | | 4,000,000 | | | | 3,860,781 | |
U.S. Treasury Notes (d) | | 2.000% | | 08/15/25 | | | 5,800,000 | | | | 5,581,367 | |
U.S. Treasury Notes | | 2.750% | | 07/31/27 | | | 9,485,000 | | | | 9,105,600 | |
U.S. Treasury Notes (d) | | 2.750% | | 02/15/28 | | | 12,210,000 | | | | 11,670,090 | |
U.S. Treasury Notes | | 2.875% | | 05/15/28 | | | 10,535,000 | | | | 10,102,900 | |
U.S. Treasury Notes | | 3.125% | | 11/15/28 | | | 7,640,000 | | | | 7,381,553 | |
Total U.S. Treasury Obligations (Cost $51,596,378) | | | | | | | | | | $ | 51,789,237 | |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
JOHNSON ENHANCED RETURN FUND | PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
| |
MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 2.2% | | Shares | | | Value | |
First American Government Obligations Fund - Class Z, 5.25% (c) (Cost $5,528,308) | | | 5,528,308 | | | $ | 5,528,308 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Investments at Value — 99.5% (Cost $256,719,160) | | | | | | $ | 250,220,329 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 0.5% | | | | | | | 1,297,740 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Net Assets — 100.0% | | | | | | $ | 251,518,069 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| (a) | Variable rate security. Interest rate resets periodically. The rate shown is the effective interest rate as of December 31, 2023. For securities based on a published reference rate and spread, the reference rate and spread (in basis points) are indicated parenthetically. |
| (b) | Percentage rounds to less than 0.1%. |
| (c) | The rate shown is the 7-day effective yield as of December 31, 2023. |
| (d) | All or a portion of the security is segregated as collateral on futures contracts. Total fair value of collateral as of December 31,2023 is $13,992,242. |
144A - Security was purchased in a transaction exempt from registration in compliance with Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. This security may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. The total value of such securities is $2,009,793 as of December 31, 2023, representing 0.8% of net assets.
plc - Public Limited Company
RFUCCT - Refinitiv USD IBOR Cash Fallbacks.
JOHNSON ENHANCED RETURN FUND | SCHEDULE OF FUTURES CONTRACTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
| |
| | | | | | Notional | | | Notional | | | Value/ | |
| | | | Expiration | | Value | | | Value | | | Unrealized | |
FUTURES CONTRACTS | | Contracts | | Date | | at Purchase | | | 12/31/2023 | | | Appreciation | |
Index Futures | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
E-MINI S&P 500 Future | | 1,029 | | 3/22/2024 | | $ | 230,638 | | | $ | 247,989,000 | | | $ | 5,752,727 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
The average monthly notional value of futures contracts during the year ended December 31, 2023 was $221,908,851.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
JOHNSON CORE PLUS BOND FUND | PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
| |
CORPORATE BONDS — 50.9% | | Coupon | | Maturity | | Par Value | | | Value | |
Finance — 18.2% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Allstate Corp. (The) | | 5.250% | | 03/30/33 | | $ | 300,000 | | | $ | 306,464 | |
American Express Co. | | 1.650% | | 11/04/26 | | | 250,000 | | | | 230,750 | |
AON plc | | 3.875% | | 12/15/25 | | | 220,000 | | | | 215,420 | |
Bank of America Corp. | | 5.202% | | 04/25/29 | | | 325,000 | | | | 326,984 | |
Essex Portfolio, L.P. | | 3.000% | | 01/15/30 | | | 225,000 | | | | 200,501 | |
Huntington Bancshares, Inc. | | 2.625% | | 08/06/24 | | | 230,000 | | | | 225,546 | |
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (SOFR + 379) (a) | | 4.493% | | 03/24/31 | | | 295,000 | | | | 287,724 | |
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc. | | 4.375% | | 03/15/29 | | | 205,000 | | | | 204,157 | |
MSCI, Inc., 144A | | 4.000% | | 11/15/29 | | | 240,000 | | | | 225,624 | |
National Retail Properties, Inc. | | 4.300% | | 10/15/28 | | | 220,000 | | | | 213,081 | |
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The) | | 3.450% | | 04/23/29 | | | 335,000 | | | | 317,440 | |
Prologis, Inc. | | 5.125% | | 01/15/34 | | | 300,000 | | | | 309,563 | |
Truist Financial Corp. | | 2.250% | | 03/11/30 | | | 315,000 | | | | 261,324 | |
U.S. Bancorp, Series Y | | 3.000% | | 07/30/29 | | | 450,000 | | | | 407,267 | |
Wells Fargo & Co., Series O | | 4.300% | | 07/22/27 | | | 395,000 | | | | 386,786 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 4,118,631 | |
Industrials — 24.6% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Becton Dickinson & Co. | | 3.700% | | 06/06/27 | | | 110,000 | | | | 106,605 | |
Becton Dickinson & Co. | | 2.823% | | 05/20/30 | | | 230,000 | | | | 205,602 | |
CCO Holdings, LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 144A | | 5.375% | | 06/01/29 | | | 220,000 | | | | 208,176 | |
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc., 144A | | 4.250% | | 05/01/28 | | | 230,000 | | | | 219,565 | |
CVS Health Corp. | | 4.300% | | 03/25/28 | | | 295,000 | | | | 289,972 | |
Dover Corp. | | 3.150% | | 11/15/25 | | | 100,000 | | | | 96,764 | |
Dover Corp. | | 2.950% | | 11/04/29 | | | 250,000 | | | | 226,287 | |
Duke Energy Corp. | | 2.450% | | 06/01/30 | | | 235,000 | | | | 205,333 | |
Enterprise Products Operating, LLC | | 3.750% | | 02/15/25 | | | 290,000 | | | | 286,180 | |
HCA, Inc. | | 5.000% | | 03/15/24 | | | 325,000 | | | | 324,336 | |
Hologic, Inc., 144A | | 3.250% | | 02/15/29 | | | 290,000 | | | | 262,748 | |
Lowes Cos., Inc. | | 4.500% | | 04/15/30 | | | 290,000 | | | | 288,585 | |
Mattel, Inc., 144A | | 3.750% | | 04/01/29 | | | 365,000 | | | | 333,676 | |
MPLX, L.P. | | 4.875% | | 12/01/24 | | | 310,000 | | | | 308,066 | |
Parker-Hannifin Corp. | | 3.300% | | 11/21/24 | | | 330,000 | | | | 324,028 | |
Roper Technologies, Inc. | | 1.000% | | 09/15/25 | | | 205,000 | | | | 191,659 | |
SS&C Technologies, Inc., 144A | | 5.500% | | 09/30/27 | | | 265,000 | | | | 261,590 | |
Starbucks Corp. | | 3.800% | | 08/15/25 | | | 175,000 | | | | 171,874 | |
T-Mobile U.S., Inc. | | 2.625% | | 04/15/26 | | | 350,000 | | | | 333,026 | |
United Rentals North America Inc | | 4.875% | | 01/15/28 | | | 225,000 | | | | 219,762 | |
Verizon Communications, Inc. | | 4.016% | | 12/03/29 | | | 280,000 | | | | 270,905 | |
Walt Disney Co. (The) | | 3.350% | | 03/24/25 | | | 200,000 | | | | 196,345 | |
Yum Brands, Inc., 144A | | 4.750% | | 01/15/30 | | | 230,000 | | | | 222,694 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 5,553,778 | |
Utilities — 8.1% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. | | 3.250% | | 04/15/28 | | | 220,000 | | | | 209,004 | |
Eversource Energy, Series R | | 1.650% | | 08/15/30 | | | 250,000 | | | | 203,534 | |
Florida Power & Light Co. | | 5.100% | | 04/01/33 | | | 300,000 | | | | 309,960 | |
Georgia Power Co., Series 2019B | | 2.650% | | 09/15/29 | | | 230,000 | | | | 208,528 | |
Interstate Power & Light Co. | | 4.100% | | 09/26/28 | | | 210,000 | | | | 204,061 | |
National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp. (The) | | 3.400% | | 02/07/28 | | | 290,000 | | | | 277,922 | |
Virginia Electric & Power Co., Series A | | 3.500% | | 03/15/27 | | | 215,000 | | | | 207,785 | |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
JOHNSON CORE PLUS BOND FUND | PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
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CORPORATE BONDS — 50.9% | | Coupon | | Maturity | | Par Value | | | Value | |
Xcel Energy, Inc. | | 3.400% | | 06/01/30 | | $ | 220,000 | | | $ | 202,863 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 1,823,657 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $11,905,932) | | | | | | | | | | $ | 11,496,066 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS — 26.8% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation — 8.9% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
FHLMC, Pool #ZS-9278 | | 4.000% | | 05/01/37 | | $ | 327,745 | | | $ | 321,789 | |
FHLMC, Series 4709, Class EA | | 3.000% | | 01/15/46 | | | 706,838 | | | | 661,756 | |
FHLMC, Series 5220, Class KC | | 3.500% | | 01/25/46 | | | 352,887 | | | | 338,828 | |
FHLMC, Series 5189, Class PG | | 2.500% | | 09/25/51 | | | 312,635 | | | | 283,213 | |
FHLMC, Pool #SD-0767 | | 3.000% | | 11/01/51 | | | 442,680 | | | | 396,205 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 2,001,791 | |
Federal National Mortgage Association — 15.3% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
FNMA, Pool #MA4424 | | 1.500% | | 09/01/31 | | | 380,452 | | | | 348,508 | |
FNMA, Pool #MA1222 | | 4.000% | | 10/01/32 | | | 329,864 | | | | 322,060 | |
FNMA, Pool #AL5491 | | 4.000% | | 06/01/34 | | | 283,308 | | | | 277,264 | |
FNMA, Pool #MA3071 | | 4.000% | | 07/01/37 | | | 355,176 | | | | 347,052 | |
FNMA, Pool #FM9469 | | 4.000% | | 08/01/39 | | | 213,448 | | | | 209,658 | |
FNMA, Pool #AU7025 | | 3.000% | | 11/01/43 | | | 345,051 | | | | 314,731 | |
FNMA, Pool #MA2895 | | 3.000% | | 02/01/47 | | | 421,624 | | | | 380,603 | |
FNMA, Pool #CB0734 | | 3.000% | | 06/01/51 | | | 590,947 | | | | 528,801 | |
FNMA, Pool #FS4520 | | 3.000% | | 04/01/52 | | | 438,661 | | | | 392,743 | |
FNMA, Pool #FS4608 | | 3.000% | | 05/01/52 | | | 371,219 | | | | 333,201 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 3,454,621 | |
Government National Mortgage Association — 2.6% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
GNMA | | 2.000% | | 02/20/37 | | | 667,328 | | | | 593,724 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (Cost $6,179,513) | | | | | | | | | | $ | 6,050,136 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
U.S. GOVERNMENT & AGENCIES — 1.6% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Federal Home Loan Bank — 1.6% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
FHLB (Cost $365,732) | | 4.750% | | 12/10/32 | | $ | 350,000 | | | $ | 358,629 | |
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U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS — 18.6% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
U.S. Treasury Bonds — 12.1% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
U.S. Treasury Bonds | | 2.250% | | 05/15/41 | | $ | 920,000 | | | $ | 702,075 | |
U.S. Treasury Bonds | | 2.375% | | 02/15/42 | | | 1,060,000 | | | | 814,876 | |
U.S. Treasury Bonds | | 2.500% | | 02/15/45 | | | 810,000 | | | | 614,081 | |
U.S. Treasury Bonds | | 2.000% | | 02/15/50 | | | 260,000 | | | | 171,478 | |
U.S. Treasury Bonds | | 2.000% | | 08/15/51 | | | 645,000 | | | | 422,374 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 2,724,884 | |
U.S. Treasury Notes — 6.5% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
U.S. Treasury Notes (c) | | 1.500% | | 11/30/24 | | | 365,000 | | | | 354,050 | |
U.S. Treasury Notes | | 3.125% | | 11/15/28 | | | 500,000 | | | | 483,086 | |
U.S. Treasury Notes | | 3.500% | | 02/15/33 | | | 660,000 | | | | 640,303 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 1,477,439 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total U.S. Treasury Obligations (Cost $4,441,857) | | | | | | | | | | $ | 4,202,323 | |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
JOHNSON CORE PLUS BOND FUND | PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
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PREFERRED STOCKS — 0.7% | | Shares | | | Value | |
Financials — 0.7% | | | | | | | | |
Allstate Corp. (The), 5.100%, 01/15/53 (Cost $170,386) | | | 6,500 | | | $ | 163,410 | |
| | | | | | | | |
MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 0.7% | | | | | | | | |
First American Government Obligations Fund - Class Z, 5.25% (b) (Cost $163,983) | | | 163,983 | | | | 163,983 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Investments at Value — 99.3% (Cost $23,227,403) | | | | | | $ | 22,434,547 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 0.7% | | | | | | | 168,264 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Net Assets — 100.0% | | | | | | $ | 22,602,811 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| (a) | Variable rate security. Interest rate resets periodically. The rate shown is the effective interest rate as of December 31, 2023. For securities based on a published reference rate and spread, the reference rate and spread (in basis points) are indicated parenthetically. |
| (b) | The rate shown is the 7-day effective yield as of December 31, 2023. |
| (c) | All or a portion of the security is segregated as collateral on futures contracts. Total fair value of collateral as of December 31, 2023 is $58,200. |
144A - Security was purchased in a transaction exempt from registration in compliance with Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. This security may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. The total value of such securities is $1,734,073 as of December 31, 2023, representing 7.7% of net assets.
plc - Public Limited Company
SOFR - Secured Overnight Financing Rate.
JOHNSON CORE PLUS BOND FUND | SCHEDULE OF FUTURES CONTRACTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
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| | | | | | Notional | | | Notional | | | Value/ | |
| | | | Expiration | | Value | | | Value | | | Unrealized | |
FUTURES CONTRACTS | | Contracts | | Date | | at Purchase | | | 12/31/2023 | | | Appreciation | |
Treasury Futures | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Ultra 10-Year U.S. Treasury Note Future | | 9 | | 3/29/2024 | | $ | 908,750 | | | $ | 1,062,141 | | | $ | 40,258 | |
Ultra U.S. Treasury Bond Future | | 4 | | 3/19/2024 | | | 248,563 | | | | 534,375 | | | | 29,920 | |
Total Futures Contracts | | | | | | $ | 1,157,313 | | | $ | 1,596,516 | | | $ | 70,178 | |
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The average monthly notional value of futures contracts during the year ended December 31, 2023 was $872,672.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
JOHNSON MUTUAL FUNDS | DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
Statements of Assets and Liabilities | |
| |
| | Johnson | | | Johnson | | | Johnson | |
| | Institutional | | | Institutional | | | Institutional | |
| | Short Duration | | | Intermediate | | | Core | |
| | Bond Fund | | | Bond Fund | | | Bond Fund | |
Assets: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investment Securities at Value* | | $ | 200,034,666 | | | $ | 245,298,653 | | | $ | 1,605,402,207 | |
Dividends and Interest Receivable | | | 1,444,263 | | | | 2,011,567 | | | | 12,893,851 | |
Fund Shares Sold Receivable | | | 31,033 | | | | 928,625 | | | | 718,786 | |
Paydowns Receivable | | | 31 | | | | 33 | | �� | | 229 | |
Total Assets | | $ | 201,509,993 | | | $ | 248,238,878 | | | $ | 1,619,015,073 | |
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Liabilities: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Accrued Management Fee | | $ | 42,432 | | | $ | 51,933 | | | $ | 340,085 | |
Accrued Distribution Fee - Class F | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | 769 | |
Accrued Shareholder Servicing Fee - Class S | | | — | | | | — | | | | 8,324 | |
Fund Shares Redeemed Payable | | | 15,037 | | | | 58,782 | | | | 643,054 | |
Total Liabilities | | $ | 57,470 | | | $ | 110,716 | | | $ | 992,232 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Assets | | $ | 201,452,523 | | | $ | 248,128,162 | | | $ | 1,618,022,841 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Assets Consist of: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Paid-in Capital | | $ | 214,711,358 | | | $ | 272,545,855 | | | $ | 1,822,650,830 | |
Accumulated Deficit | | | (13,258,835 | ) | | | (24,417,693 | ) | | | (204,627,989 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Assets | | $ | 201,452,523 | | | $ | 248,128,162 | | | $ | 1,618,022,841 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Pricing of Class I Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets applicable to Class I Shares | | $ | 201,445,271 | | | $ | 248,121,115 | | | $ | 1,572,037,750 | |
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding (unlimited number of shares authorized, no par value) | | | 13,711,021 | | | | 17,009,980 | | | | 108,407,290 | |
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price | | $ | 14.69 | | | $ | 14.59 | | | $ | 14.50 | |
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Pricing of Class F Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets applicable to Class F Shares | | $ | 7,252 | | | $ | 7,047 | | | $ | 6,286,958 | |
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding (unlimited number of shares authorized, no par value) | | | 488 | | | | 473 | | | | 426,924 | |
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price | | | $14.87 | ^ | | | $14.89 | ^ | | $ | 14.73 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Pricing of Class S Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets applicable to Class S Shares | | | N/A | | | | N/A | | | $ | 39,698,133 | |
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding (unlimited number of shares authorized, no par value) | | | N/A | | | | N/A | | | | 2,737,904 | |
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price | | | N/A | | | | N/A | | | $ | 14.50 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
* Identified Cost of Investment Securities | | $ | 206,845,086 | | | $ | 252,044,813 | | | $ | 1,704,293,984 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ^ | Net Assets divided by Shares do not calculate to the stated Net Asset Value because Net Assets and Shares shown are rounded. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
JOHNSON MUTUAL FUNDS | DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
Statements of Assets and Liabilities – Continued | |
| |
| | Johnson | | | Johnson | |
| | Enhanced | | | Core Plus | |
| | Return Fund | | | Bond Fund | |
Assets: | | | | | | | | |
Investment Securities at Value* | | $ | 250,220,329 | | | $ | 22,434,547 | |
Margin deposits for futures contracts | | | — | | | | 541 | |
Dividend and Interest Receivable | | | 2,002,636 | | | | 179,116 | |
Fund Shares Sold Receivable | | | 48 | | | | — | |
Total Assets | | $ | 252,223,013 | | | $ | 22,614,204 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Liabilities: | | | | | | | | |
Accrued Management Fee | | $ | 72,797 | | | $ | 8,424 | |
Fund Shares Redeemed Payable | | | 1,885 | | | | — | |
Variation Margin Payable | | | 630,262 | | | | 2,969 | |
Total Liabilities | | $ | 704,944 | | | $ | 11,393 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Net Assets | | $ | 251,518,069 | | | $ | 22,602,811 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Net Assets Consist of: | | | | | | | | |
Paid-in Capital | | $ | 283,465,416 | | | $ | 24,672,868 | |
Accumulated Deficit | | | (31,947,347 | ) | | | (2,070,057 | ) |
| | | | | | | | |
Net Assets | | $ | 251,518,069 | | | $ | 22,602,811 | |
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding (unlimited number of shares authorized, no par value) | | | 16,682,996 | | | | 1,744,348 | |
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price | | $ | 15.08 | | | $ | 12.96 | |
| | | | | | | | |
* Identified Cost of Investment Securities | | $ | 256,719,160 | | | $ | 23,227,403 | |
| | | | | | | | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
JOHNSON MUTUAL FUNDS | DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
Statements of Operations | |
| |
| | Johnson | | | Johnson | | | Johnson | |
| | Institutional | | | Institutional | | | Institutional | |
| | Short Duration | | | Intermediate | | | Core | |
| | Bond Fund | | | Bond Fund | | | Bond Fund | |
| | Year Ended | | | Year Ended | | | Year Ended | |
| | 12/31/2023 | | | 12/31/2023 | | | 12/31/2023 | |
Investment Income: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Interest | | $ | 4,670,068 | | | $ | 7,493,829 | | | $ | 28,267,569 | |
Dividends | | | 85,671 | | | | 196,329 | | | | 653,372 | |
Total Investment Income | | $ | 4,755,739 | | | $ | 7,690,158 | | | $ | 28,920,941 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Expenses: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Gross Management Fee | | | 637,395 | | | | 732,325 | | | | 2,557,806 | |
Shareholder Servicing Fees - Class S | | | — | | | | — | | | | 27,467 | |
Distribution Fee - Class F | | | 14 | | | | 14 | | | | 7,714 | |
Interest Expense | | | — | | | | — | | | | 1,318 | |
Total Expenses | | $ | 637,409 | | | $ | 732,339 | | | $ | 2,594,305 | |
Management Fee Waiver (Note 5) | | | (106,235 | ) | | | (122,057 | ) | | | (426,312 | ) |
Distribution Fee Waiver (Note 5) | | | (4 | ) | | | (4 | ) | | | (2,103 | ) |
Net Expenses | | $ | 531,170 | | | $ | 610,278 | | | $ | 2,165,890 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Investment Income | | $ | 4,224,569 | | | $ | 7,079,880 | | | $ | 26,755,051 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses): | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Realized Losses from Security Transactions | | $ | (2,008,772 | ) | | $ | (7,577,720 | ) | | $ | (32,829,121 | ) |
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Investments | | | 7,529,742 | | | | 13,066,509 | | | | 89,663,016 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Gains on Investments | | $ | 5,520,970 | | | $ | 5,488,789 | | | $ | 56,833,895 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Change in Net Assets from Operations | | $ | 9,745,539 | | | $ | 12,568,669 | | | $ | 83,588,946 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
JOHNSON MUTUAL FUNDS | DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
Statements of Operations – Continued | |
| |
| | Johnson | | | Johnson | |
| | Enhanced | | | Core Plus | |
| | Return Fund | | | Bond Fund | |
| | Year Ended | | | Year Ended | |
| | 12/31/23 | | | 12/31/23 | |
Investment Income: | | | | | | | | |
Interest | | $ | 5,419,453 | | | $ | 623,171 | |
Dividends | | | 271,631 | | | | 32,671 | |
Total Investment Income | | $ | 5,691,084 | | | $ | 655,842 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Expenses: | | | | | | | | |
Management Fee | | $ | 786,032 | | | $ | 78,596 | |
Fund Administration | | | — | | | | 85,822 | |
Shareholder Servicing Fees | | | — | | | | 22,124 | |
Trustee Fees | | | — | | | | 16,000 | |
Audit & Tax Fees | | | — | | | | 12,250 | |
Registration | | | — | | | | 6,371 | |
Pricing | | | — | | | | 5,557 | |
Filing | | | — | | | | 4,887 | |
Other | | | — | | | | 2,000 | |
Total Expenses | | $ | 786,032 | | | $ | 233,607 | |
Fee Waiver (Note 5) | | | — | | | | (155,011 | ) |
Net Expenses | | $ | 786,032 | | | $ | 78,596 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Net Investment Income | | $ | 4,905,052 | | | $ | 577,246 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses): | | | | | | | | |
Net Realized Losses from Security Transactions | | $ | (958,032 | ) | | $ | (664,005 | ) |
Net Realized Gains (Losses) from Futures Contracts | | | 26,171,644 | | | | (42,001 | ) |
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Investments | | | 6,025,642 | | | | 1,180,535 | |
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Futures Contracts | | | 14,522,830 | | | | 73,392 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Net Gains on Investments | | $ | 45,762,084 | | | $ | 547,921 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Net Change in Net Assets from Operations | | $ | 50,667,136 | | | $ | 1,125,167 | |
| | | | | | | | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
JOHNSON MUTUAL FUNDS |
Statements of Changes in Net Assets |
|
| | Johnson Institutional Short | | | Johnson Institutional | | | Johnson Institutional | |
| | Duration Bond Fund | | | Intermediate Bond Fund | | | Core Bond Fund | |
| | Year Ended | | | Year Ended | | | Year Ended | | | Year Ended | | | Year Ended | | | Year Ended | |
| | 12/31/2023 | | | 12/31/2022 | | | 12/31/2023 | | | 12/31/2022 | | | 12/31/2023* | | | 12/31/2022 | |
Operations: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Investment Income | | $ | 4,224,569 | | | $ | 2,800,438 | | | $ | 7,079,880 | | | $ | 5,338,963 | | | $ | 26,755,051 | | | $ | 11,954,537 | |
Net Realized Losses from Security Transactions | | | (2,008,772 | ) | | | (3,627,011 | ) | | | (7,577,720 | ) | | | (9,646,154 | ) | | | (32,829,121 | ) | | | (19,214,620 | ) |
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Investments | | | 7,529,742 | | | | (12,626,694 | ) | | | 13,066,509 | | | | (21,903,838 | ) | | | 89,663,016 | | | | (81,050,130 | ) |
Net Change in Net Assets from Operations | | $ | 9,745,539 | | | $ | (13,453,267 | ) | | $ | 12,568,669 | | | $ | (26,211,029 | ) | | $ | 83,588,946 | | | $ | (88,310,213 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Distributions to Shareholders (see Note 2): | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
From Class I | | | (4,447,438 | ) | | | (3,205,467 | ) | | | (7,258,613 | ) | | | (5,586,931 | ) | | | (26,833,431 | ) | | | (12,972,468 | ) |
From Class F | | | (140 | ) | | | (74 | ) | | | (188 | ) | | | (132 | ) | | | (114,381 | ) | | | (87,351 | ) |
From Class S | | | N/A | | | | N/A | | | | N/A | | | | N/A | | | | (383,192 | ) | | | — | |
Total Distributions to Shareholders | | $ | (4,447,578 | ) | | $ | (3,205,541 | ) | | $ | (7,258,801 | ) | | $ | (5,587,063 | ) | | $ | (27,331,004 | ) | | $ | (13,059,819 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Capital Share Transactions: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
From Class I | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Proceeds from Shares Sold | | $ | 28,856,430 | | | $ | 33,124,435 | | | $ | 67,404,621 | | | $ | 100,013,627 | | | $ | 207,049,177 | | | $ | 156,618,484 | |
Net Asset Value of Shares Issued on Reinvestment of Dividends | | | 1,383,952 | | | | 1,170,546 | | | | 3,216,130 | | | | 2,466,260 | | | | 23,303,871 | | | | 9,837,264 | |
Payments for Shares Redeemed | | | (63,563,323 | ) | | | (135,485,750 | ) | | | (61,466,557 | ) | | | (91,743,251 | ) | | | (253,627,523 | ) | | | (136,712,628 | ) |
Net Assets Received in Conjunction with Fund Merger (Note 1) | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 971,030,502 | | | | — | |
Net Increase (Decrease) from Class I share capital transactions | | $ | (33,322,941 | ) | | $ | (101,190,769 | ) | | $ | 9,154,194 | | | $ | 10,736,636 | | | $ | 947,756,027 | | | $ | 29,743,120 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
From Class F | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Proceeds from Shares Sold | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | | — | | | $ | 3,490,784 | | | $ | 2,845,544 | |
Net Asset Value of Shares Issued on Reinvestment of Dividends | | | 140 | | | | 74 | | | | 188 | | | | 132 | | | | 114,381 | | | | 80,952 | |
Payments for Shares Redeemed | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | (549,255 | ) | | | (3,319,363 | ) |
Net Increase (Decrease) from Class F share capital transactions | | $ | 140 | | | $ | 74 | | | $ | 188 | | | $ | 132 | | | $ | 3,055,910 | | | $ | (392,867 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| * | Johnson Institutional Core Bond Fund Class S began operations on September 15, 2023. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
JOHNSON MUTUAL FUNDS |
Statements of Changes in Net Assets – Continued |
|
| | Johnson Institutional Short | | | Johnson Institutional | | | Johnson Institutional | |
| | Duration Bond Fund | | | Intermediate Bond Fund | | | Core Bond Fund | |
| | Year Ended | | | Year Ended | | | Year Ended | | | Year Ended | | | Period Ended | | | Year Ended | |
| | 12/31/2023 | | | 12/31/2022 | | | 12/31/2023 | | | 12/31/2022 | | | 12/31/2023* | | | 12/31/2022 | |
From Class S | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Proceeds from Shares Sold | | | N/A | | | | N/A | | | | N/A | | | | N/A | | | $ | 943,495 | | | | N/A | |
Net Asset Value of Shares Issued on Reinvestment of Dividends | | | N/A | | | | N/A | | | | N/A | | | | N/A | | | | 380,070 | | | | N/A | |
Payments for Shares Redeemed | | | N/A | | | | N/A | | | | N/A | | | | N/A | | | | (2,783,995 | ) | | | N/A | |
Net Assets Received in Conjunction with Fund Merger (Note 1) | | | N/A | | | | N/A | | | | N/A | | | | N/A | | | | 39,530,597 | | | | N/A | |
Net Increase from Class S share capital transactions | | $ | N/A | | | $ | N/A | | | $ | N/A | | | $ | N/A | | | $ | 38,070,167 | | | $ | N/A | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Change in Net Assets | | $ | (28,024,840 | ) | | $ | (117,849,503 | ) | | $ | 14,464,250 | | | $ | (21,061,324 | ) | | $ | 1,045,140,046 | | | $ | (72,019,779 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Assets at Beginning of Year | | $ | 229,477,363 | | | $ | 347,326,866 | | | $ | 233,663,912 | | | $ | 254,725,236 | | | $ | 572,882,795 | | | $ | 644,902,574 | |
Net Assets at End of Year | | $ | 201,452,523 | | | $ | 229,477,363 | | | $ | 248,128,162 | | | $ | 233,663,912 | | | $ | 1,618,022,841 | | | $ | 572,882,795 | |
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| * | Johnson Institutional Core Bond Fund Class S began operations on September 15, 2023. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
JOHNSON MUTUAL FUNDS |
Statements of Changes in Net Assets – Continued |
|
| | Johnson Enhanced Return Fund | | | Johnson Core Plus Bond Fund | |
| | Year Ended | | | Year Ended | | | Year Ended | | | Year Ended | |
| | 12/31/2023 | | | 12/31/2022 | | | 12/31/2023 | | | 12/31/2022 | |
Operations: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Investment Income | | $ | 4,905,052 | | | $ | 2,350,473 | | | $ | 577,246 | | | $ | 318,723 | |
Net Realized Losses from Security Transactions | | | (958,032 | ) | | | (5,197,795 | ) | | | (664,005 | ) | | | (388,563 | ) |
Net Realized Gains (Losses) from Futures Contracts | | | 26,171,644 | | | | (45,276,080 | ) | | | (42,001 | ) | | | (220,931 | ) |
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Investments | | | 6,025,642 | | | | (10,460,513 | ) | | | 1,180,535 | | | | (1,987,737 | ) |
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Futures Contracts | | | 14,522,830 | | | | (13,965,599 | ) | | | 73,392 | | | | 5,553 | |
Net Change in Net Assets from Operations | | $ | 50,667,136 | | | $ | (72,549,514 | ) | | $ | 1,125,167 | | | $ | (2,272,955 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Distributions to Shareholders (see Note 2) | | $ | (5,197,873 | ) | | $ | (15,063,308 | ) | | $ | (592,529 | ) | | $ | (367,362 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Capital Share Transactions: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Proceeds from Shares Sold | | $ | 15,630,493 | | | $ | 20,528,636 | | | $ | 12,528,321 | | | $ | 1,126,671 | |
Net Asset Value of Shares Issued on Reinvestment of Dividends | | | 5,193,594 | | | | 14,970,444 | | | | 488,450 | | | | 367,362 | |
Payments for Shares Redeemed | | | (21,257,319 | ) | | | (64,297,348 | ) | | | (5,305,005 | ) | | | (916,246 | ) |
Net Increase (Decrease) from capital transactions | | $ | (433,232 | ) | | $ | (28,798,268 | ) | | $ | 7,711,766 | | | $ | 577,787 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Change in Net Assets | | $ | 45,036,031 | | | $ | (116,411,090 | ) | | $ | 8,244,404 | | | $ | (2,062,530 | ) |
Net Assets at Beginning of Year | | $ | 206,482,038 | | | $ | 322,893,128 | | | $ | 14,358,407 | | | $ | 16,420,937 | |
Net Assets at End of Year | | $ | 251,518,069 | | | $ | 206,482,038 | | | $ | 22,602,811 | | | $ | 14,358,407 | |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS | JOHNSON INSTITUTIONAL SHORT DURATION BOND FUND |
Class I | |
| |
Selected Data for a Share Outstanding Throughout each Year: |
| |
| | Year Ended December 31, | |
| | 2023 | | | 2022 | | | 2021 | | | 2020 | | | 2019 | |
Net Asset Value, beginning of year | | $ | 14.32 | | | $ | 15.15 | | | $ | 15.44 | | | $ | 15.12 | | | $ | 14.80 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Operations: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Investment Income | | | 0.29 | (a) | | | 0.14 | | | | 0.13 | | | | 0.26 | | | | 0.35 | |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Securities | | | 0.39 | | | | (0.79 | ) | | | (0.27 | ) | | | 0.33 | | | | 0.33 | |
Total Operations | | $ | 0.68 | | | $ | (0.65 | ) | | $ | (0.14 | ) | | $ | 0.59 | | | $ | 0.68 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Distributions: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Investment Income | | | (0.31 | ) | | | (0.18 | ) | | | (0.15 | ) | | | (0.27 | ) | | | (0.36 | ) |
Return of Capital | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | (0.00 | ) (b) |
Total Distributions | | $ | (0.31 | ) | | $ | (0.18 | ) | | $ | (0.15 | ) | | $ | (0.27 | ) | | $ | (0.36 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Asset Value, end of year | | $ | 14.69 | | | $ | 14.32 | | | $ | 15.15 | | | $ | 15.44 | | | $ | 15.12 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total Return(c) | | | 4.78 | % | | | (4.29 | %) | | | (0.91 | %) | | | 3.91 | % | | | 4.65 | % |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Assets, end of year (millions) | | $ | 201.45 | | | $ | 229.47 | | | $ | 347.32 | | | $ | 327.10 | | | $ | 164.80 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Ratios/supplemental data(d) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets before Waiver | | | 0.30 | % | | | 0.30 | % | | | 0.30 | % | | | 0.30 | % | | | 0.30 | % |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets after Waiver | | | 0.25 | % | | | 0.25 | % | | | 0.25 | % | | | 0.25 | % | | | 0.25 | % |
Ratio of Net Investment Income to average net assets before Waiver | | | 1.94 | % | | | 1.00 | % | | | 0.76 | % | | | 1.54 | % | | | 2.30 | % |
Ratio of Net Investment Income to average net assets after Waiver | | | 1.99 | % | | | 1.05 | % | | | 0.81 | % | | | 1.59 | % | | | 2.35 | % |
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Portfolio Turnover Rate(e) | | | 36.84 | % | | | 21.53 | % | | | 58.31 | % | | | 37.11 | % | | | 48.01 | % |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (a) | Per share net investment income has been determined on the basis of average number of shares outstanding during the period. |
| (b) | Return of Capital is less than $0.005 per share. |
| (c) | Total return is a measure of the change in value of an investment in the Fund over the periods covered. The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions, if any, or the redemption of Fund shares. The total return would have been lower if the Adviser had not reduced fees. |
| (d) | The Adviser waived a portion of the 0.30% management fee to sustain a net fee of 0.25%. The Adviser intends this fee waiver to be permanent, although the Adviser retains the right to remove the waiver after April 30, 2024. (Note #4) |
| (e) | Portfolio turnover is calculated on the basis on the Fund as a whole without distinguishing among the classes of shares. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS | JOHNSON INSTITUTIONAL SHORT DURATION BOND FUND |
Class F | |
| |
Selected Data for a Share Outstanding Throughout each Year: |
| |
| | Year Ended December 31, | |
| | 2023 | | | 2022 | | | 2021 | | | 2020 | | | 2019 | |
Net Asset Value, beginning of year | | $ | 14.49 | | | $ | 15.33 | | | $ | 15.63 | | | $ | 15.20 | | | $ | 14.91 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Operations: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Investment Income | | | 0.27 | (a) | | | 0.14 | | | | 0.10 | | | | 0.16 | | | | 0.32 | |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Securities | | | 0.40 | | | | (0.82 | ) | | | (0.27 | ) | | | 0.42 | | | | 0.33 | |
Total Operations | | $ | 0.67 | | | $ | (0.68 | ) | | $ | (0.17 | ) | | $ | 0.58 | | | $ | 0.65 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Distributions: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Investment Income | | | (0.29 | ) | | | (0.16 | ) | | | (0.13 | ) | | | (0.15 | ) | | | (0.36 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Asset Value, end of year | | $ | 14.87 | | | $ | 14.49 | | | $ | 15.33 | | | $ | 15.63 | | | $ | 15.20 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total Return(b) | | | 4.68 | % | | | (4.47 | %) | | | (1.09 | %) | | | 3.82 | % | | | 4.36 | % |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Assets, end of year (millions) | | $ | 0.007 | | | $ | 0.007 | | | $ | 0.007 | | | $ | 0.007 | | | $ | 0.003 | |
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Ratios/supplemental data(c) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets before Waiver | | | 0.55 | % | | | 0.55 | % | | | 0.55 | % | | | 0.55 | % | | | 0.55 | % |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets after Waiver | | | 0.40 | % | | | 0.40 | % | | | 0.40 | % | | | 0.40 | % | | | 0.40 | % |
Ratio of Net Investment Income to average net assets before Waiver | | | 1.70 | % | | | 0.75 | % | | | 0.51 | % | | | 1.33 | % | | | 1.98 | % |
Ratio of Net Investment Income to average net assets after Waiver | | | 1.85 | % | | | 0.90 | % | | | 0.66 | % | | | 1.48 | % | | | 2.13 | % |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Portfolio Turnover Rate(d) | | | 36.84 | % | | | 21.53 | % | | | 58.31 | % | | | 37.11 | % | | | 48.01 | % |
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| (a) | Per share net investment income has been determined on the basis of average number of shares outstanding during the period. |
| (b) | Total return is a measure of the change in value of an investment in the Fund over the periods covered. The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions, if any, or the redemption of Fund shares. The total return would have been lower if the Adviser had not reduced fees. |
| (c) | The Adviser waived a portion of the 0.30% management fee to sustain a net fee of 0.25%, and a portion of the 0.25% 12b-1 fee to sustain a new distribution fee of 0.15%. The Adviser intends this fee waiver to be permanent, although the Adviser retains the rights to remove the waiver after April 30, 2024. (Note #4) |
| (d) | Portfolio turnover is calculated on the basis on the Fund as a whole without distinguishing among the classes of shares. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS | JOHNSON INSTITUTIONAL INTERMEDIATE BOND FUND |
Class I | |
| |
Selected Data for a Share Outstanding Throughout each Year: |
| |
| | Year Ended December 31, | |
| | 2023 | | | 2022 | | | 2021 | | | 2020 | | | 2019 | |
Net Asset Value, beginning of year | | $ | 14.26 | | | $ | 16.03 | | | $ | 16.60 | | | $ | 15.98 | | | $ | 15.27 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Operations: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Investment Income | | | 0.41 | (a) | | | 0.30 | | | | 0.25 | | | | 0.34 | | | | 0.41 | |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Securities | | | 0.34 | | | | (1.77 | ) | | | (0.52 | ) | | | 0.80 | | | | 0.73 | |
Total Operations | | $ | 0.75 | | | $ | (1.47 | ) | | $ | (0.27 | ) | | $ | 1.14 | | | $ | 1.14 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Distributions: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Investment Income | | | (0.42 | ) | | | (0.30 | ) | | | (0.26 | ) | | | (0.35 | ) | | | (0.42 | ) |
Net Realized Capital Gains | | | — | | | | — | | | | (0.04 | ) | | | (0.17 | ) | | | (0.01 | ) |
Total Distributions | | $ | (0.42 | ) | | $ | (0.30 | ) | | $ | (0.30 | ) | | $ | (0.52 | ) | | $ | (0.43 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Asset Value, end of year | | $ | 14.59 | | | $ | 14.26 | | | $ | 16.03 | | | $ | 16.60 | | | $ | 15.98 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total Return(b) | | | 5.38 | % | | | (9.18 | %) | | | (1.66 | %) | | | 7.20 | % | | | 7.53 | % |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Assets, end of year (millions) | | $ | 248.12 | | | $ | 233.65 | | | $ | 254.72 | | | $ | 219.62 | | | $ | 153.73 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Ratios/supplemental data(c)(d) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets before Waiver | | | 0.30 | % | | | 0.30 | % | | | 0.30 | % | | | 0.30 | % | | | 0.30 | % |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets after Waiver | | | 0.25 | % | | | 0.25 | % | | | 0.25 | % | | | 0.25 | % | | | 0.25 | % |
Ratio of Net Investment Income to average net assets before Waiver | | | 2.85 | % | | | 1.93 | % | | | 1.45 | % | | | 1.99 | % | | | 2.57 | % |
Ratio of Net Investment Income to average net assets after Waiver | | | 2.90 | % | | | 1.98 | % | | | 1.50 | % | | | 2.04 | % | | | 2.62 | % |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Portfolio Turnover Rate(e) | | | 46.33 | % | | | 46.94 | % | | | 32.34 | % | | | 41.17 | % | | | 32.83 | % |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (a) | Per share net investment income has been determined on the basis of average number of shares outstanding during the period. |
| (b) | Total return is a measure of the change in value of an investment in the Fund over the periods covered. The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions, if any, or the redemption of Fund shares. The total return would have been lower if the Adviser had not reduced fees. |
| (c) | The Adviser waived a portion of the 0.30% management fee to sustain a net fee of 0.25%. The Adviser intends this fee waiver to be permanent, although the Adviser retains the right to remove the waiver after April 30, 2024. (Note #4) |
| (d) | Interest Expense had less than a 0.01% impact on the ratios of net investment income and expenses to average net assets. |
| (e) | Portfolio turnover is calculated on the basis on the Fund as a whole without distinguishing among the classes of shares. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS | JOHNSON INSTITUTIONAL INTERMEDIATE BOND FUND |
Class F | |
| |
Selected Data for a Share Outstanding Throughout each Year: |
| |
| | Year Ended December 31, | |
| | 2023 | | | 2022 | | | 2021 | | | 2020 | | | 2019 | |
Net Asset Value, beginning of year | | $ | 14.55 | | | $ | 16.37 | | | $ | 16.84 | | | $ | 16.09 | | | $ | 15.39 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Operations: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Investment Income | | | 0.40 | (a) | | | 0.27 | | | | 0.22 | | | | 0.26 | | | | 0.37 | |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Securities | | | 0.34 | | | | (1.80 | ) | | | (0.53 | ) | | | 0.87 | | | | 0.75 | |
Total Operations | | $ | 0.74 | | | $ | (1.53 | ) | | $ | (0.31 | ) | | $ | 1.13 | | | $ | 1.12 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Distributions: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Investment Income | | | (0.40 | ) | | | (0.29 | ) | | | (0.12 | ) | | | (0.21 | ) | | | (0.41 | ) |
Net Realized Capital Gains | | | — | | | | — | | | | (0.04 | ) | | | (0.17 | ) | | | (0.01 | ) |
Total Distributions | | $ | (0.40 | ) | | $ | (0.29 | ) | | $ | (0.16 | ) | | $ | (0.38 | ) | | $ | (0.42 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Asset Value, end of year | | $ | 14.89 | | | $ | 14.55 | | | $ | 16.37 | | | $ | 16.84 | | | $ | 16.09 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total Return(b) | | | 5.20 | % | | | (9.32 | %) | | | (1.83 | %) | | | 7.07 | % | | | 7.35 | % |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Assets, end of year (millions) | | $ | 0.007 | | | $ | 0.007 | | | $ | 0.007 | | | $ | 0.008 | | | $ | 0.003 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Ratios/supplemental data(c)(d) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets before Waiver | | | 0.55 | % | | | 0.55 | % | | | 0.55 | % | | | 0.55 | % | | | 0.55 | % |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets after Waiver | | | 0.40 | % | | | 0.40 | % | | | 0.40 | % | | | 0.40 | % | | | 0.40 | % |
Ratio of Net Investment Income to average net assets before Waiver | | | 2.59 | % | | | 1.66 | % | | | 1.20 | % | | | 1.75 | % | | | 2.26 | % |
Ratio of Net Investment Income to average net assets after Waiver | | | 2.74 | % | | | 1.81 | % | | | 1.35 | % | | | 1.90 | % | | | 2.41 | % |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Portfolio Turnover Rate(e) | | | 46.33 | % | | | 46.94 | % | | | 32.34 | % | | | 41.17 | % | | | 32.83 | % |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (a) | Per share net investment income has been determined on the basis of average number of shares outstanding during the period. |
| (b) | Total return is a measure of the change in value of an investment in the Fund over the periods covered. The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions, if any, or the redemption of Fund shares. The total return would have been lower if the Adviser had not reduced fees. |
| (c) | The Adviser waived a portion of the 0.30% management fee to sustain a net fee of 0.25%, and a portion of the 0.25% 12b-1 fee to sustain a new distribution fee of 0.15%. The Adviser intends this fee waiver to be permanent, although the Adviser retains the rights to remove the waiver after April 30, 2024 (Note 4) |
| (d) | Interest Expense had less than a 0.01% impact on the ratios of net investment income and expenses to average net assets. |
| (e) | Portfolio turnover is calculated on the basis on the Fund as a whole without distinguishing among the classes of shares. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS | JOHNSON INSTITUTIONAL CORE BOND FUND |
Class I | |
| |
Selected Data for a Share Outstanding Throughout each Year: |
| |
| | Year Ended December 31, | |
| | 2023 | | | 2022 | | | 2021 | | | 2020 | | | 2019 | |
Net Asset Value, beginning of year | | $ | 14.17 | | | $ | 16.80 | | | $ | 17.45 | | | $ | 16.41 | | | $ | 15.49 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Operations: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Investment Income | | | 0.44 | (a) | | | 0.32 | | | | 0.26 | | | | 0.34 | | | | 0.43 | |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Securities | | | 0.31 | | | | (2.61 | ) | | | (0.62 | ) | | | 1.24 | | | | 0.94 | |
Total Operations | | $ | 0.75 | | | $ | (2.29 | ) | | $ | (0.36 | ) | | $ | 1.58 | | | $ | 1.37 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Distributions: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Investment Income | | | (0.42 | ) | | | (0.34 | ) | | | (0.29 | ) | | | (0.36 | ) | | | (0.44 | ) |
Net Realized Capital Gains | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | (0.18 | ) | | | (0.01 | ) |
Total Distributions | | $ | (0.42 | ) | | $ | (0.34 | ) | | $ | (0.29 | ) | | $ | (0.54 | ) | | $ | (0.45 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Asset Value, end of year | | $ | 14.50 | | | $ | 14.17 | | | $ | 16.80 | | | $ | 17.45 | | | $ | 16.41 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total Return(b) | | | 5.43 | % | | | (13.70 | %) | | | (2.04 | %) | | | 9.71 | % | | | 8.94 | % |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Assets, end of year (millions) | | $ | 1,572.04 | | | $ | 569.86 | | | $ | 640.68 | | | $ | 559.67 | | | $ | 261.28 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Ratios/supplemental data(c)(d) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets before Waiver | | | 0.30 | % | | | 0.30 | % | | | 0.30 | % | | | 0.30 | % | | | 0.30 | % |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets after Waiver | | | 0.25 | % | | | 0.25 | % | | | 0.25 | % | | | 0.25 | % | | | 0.25 | % |
Ratio of Net Investment Income to average net assets before Waiver | | | 3.08 | % | | | 2.04 | % | | | 1.46 | % | | | 1.83 | % | | | 2.59 | % |
Ratio of Net Investment Income to average net assets after Waiver | | | 3.13 | % | | | 2.09 | % | | | 1.51 | % | | | 1.88 | % | | | 2.64 | % |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Portfolio Turnover Rate(e) | | | 31.63 | % | | | 33.21 | % | | | 42.67 | % | | | 30.08 | % | | | 28.83 | % |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (a) | Per share net investment income has been determined on the basis of average number of shares outstanding during the period. |
| (b) | Total return is a measure of the change in value of an investment in the Fund over the periods covered. The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions, if any, or the redemption of Fund shares. The total return would have been lower if the Adviser had not reduced fees. |
| (c) | The Adviser waived a portion of the 0.30% management fee to sustain a net fee of 0.25%. The Adviser intends this fee waiver to be permanent, although the Adviser retains the right to remove the waiver after April 30, 2024. (Note #4) |
| (d) | Interest Expense had less than a 0.01% impact on the ratios of net investment income and expenses to average net assets. |
| (e) | Portfolio turnover is calculated on the basis on the Fund as a whole without distinguishing among the classes of shares. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS | JOHNSON INSTITUTIONAL CORE BOND FUND |
Class F | |
| |
Selected Data for a Share Outstanding Throughout each Year: |
| |
| | Year Ended December 31, | |
| | 2023 | | | 2022 | | | 2021 | | | 2020 | | | 2019 | |
Net Asset Value, beginning of year | | $ | 14.39 | | | $ | 17.06 | | | $ | 17.61 | | | $ | 16.49 | | | $ | 15.61 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Operations: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Investment Income | | | 0.42 | (a) | | | 0.32 | | | | 0.33 | | | | 0.26 | | | | 0.40 | |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Securities | | | 0.33 | | | | (2.66 | ) | | | (0.71 | ) | | | 1.31 | | | | 0.92 | |
Total Operations | | $ | 0.75 | | | $ | (2.34 | ) | | $ | (0.38 | ) | | $ | 1.57 | | | $ | 1.32 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Distributions: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Investment Income | | | (0.41 | ) | | | (0.33 | ) | | | (0.17 | ) | | | (0.27 | ) | | | (0.43 | ) |
Net Realized Capital Gains | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | (0.18 | ) | | | (0.01 | ) |
Total Distributions | | $ | (0.41 | ) | | $ | (0.33 | ) | | $ | (0.17 | ) | | $ | (0.45 | ) | | $ | (0.44 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Asset Value, end of year | | $ | 14.73 | | | $ | 14.39 | | | $ | 17.06 | | | $ | 17.61 | | | $ | 16.49 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total Return(b) | | | 5.29 | % | | | (13.81 | %) | | | (2.15 | %) | | | 9.57 | % | | | 8.56 | % |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Assets, end of year (millions) | | $ | 6.29 | | | $ | 3.02 | | | $ | 4.22 | | | $ | 6.87 | | | $ | 0.15 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Ratios/supplemental data(c)(d) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets before Waiver | | | 0.55 | % | | | 0.55 | % | | | 0.55 | % | | | 0.55 | % | | | 0.55 | % |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets after Waiver | | | 0.40 | % | | | 0.40 | % | | | 0.40 | % | | | 0.40 | % | | | 0.40 | % |
Ratio of Net Investment Income to average net assets before Waiver | | | 2.79 | % | | | 1.76 | % | | | 1.19 | % | | | 1.33 | % | | | 2.18 | % |
Ratio of Net Investment Income to average net assets after Waiver | | | 2.89 | % | | | 1.91 | % | | | 1.34 | % | | | 1.48 | % | | | 2.33 | % |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Portfolio Turnover Rate(e) | | | 31.63 | % | | | 33.21 | % | | | 42.67 | % | | | 30.08 | % | | | 28.83 | % |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (a) | Per share net investment income has been determined on the basis of average number of shares outstanding during the period. |
| (b) | Total return is a measure of the change in value of an investment in the Fund over the periods covered. The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions, if any, or the redemption of Fund shares. The total return would have been lower if the Adviser had not reduced fees. |
| (c) | The Adviser waived a portion of the 0.30% management fee to sustain a net fee of 0.25%. The Adviser intends this fee waiver to be permanent, although the Adviser retains the right to remove the waiver after April 30, 2024. (Note #4) |
| (d) | Interest Expense had less than a 0.01% impact on the ratios of net investment income and expenses to average net assets. |
| (e) | Portfolio turnover is calculated on the basis on the Fund as a whole without distinguishing among the classes of shares. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS | JOHNSON INSTITUTIONAL CORE BOND FUND |
Class S | |
| |
Selected Data for a Share Outstanding Throughout the Period: | |
| |
| | Period | |
| | Ended | |
| | December 31, | |
| | 2023* | |
Net Asset Value, beginning of period | | $ | 13.90 | |
| | | | |
Operations: | | | | |
Net Investment Income(a) | | | 0.13 | |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains on Securities | | | 0.61 | |
Total Operations | | $ | 0.74 | |
| | | | |
Distributions: | | | | |
Net Investment Income | | | (0.14 | ) |
| | | | |
Net Asset Value, end of period | | $ | 14.50 | |
| | | | |
Total Return(b) | | | 5.35 | % (c) |
| | | | |
Net Assets, end of period (millions) | | $ | 39.70 | |
| | | | |
Ratios/supplemental data(d)(e) | | | | |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets before Waiver | | | 0.55 | % (f) |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets after Waiver | | | 0.50 | % (f) |
Ratio of Net Investment Income to average net assets before Waiver | | | 3.10 | % (f) |
Ratio of Net Investment Income to average net assets after Waiver | | | 3.15 | % (f) |
| | | | |
Portfolio Turnover Rate(g) | | | 31.63 | % |
| | | | |
| * | Fund began operations on September 15 , 2023. |
| (a) | Per share net investment income has been determined on the basis of average number of shares outstanding during the period. |
| (b) | Total return is a measure of the change in value of an investment in the Fund over the periods covered. The return shown does not reflect the deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions, if any, or the redemption of Fund shares. The total return would have been lower if the Adviser had not reduced fees. |
| (d) | The Adviser waived a portion of the 0.30% management fee to sustain a net fee of 0.25%. The Adviser intends this fee waiver to be permanent, although the Adviser retains the right to remove the waiver after April 30, 2024. (Note #4) |
| (e) | Interest Expense had less than a 0.01% impact on the ratios of net investment income and expenses to average net assets. |
| (g) | Portfolio turnover is calculated on the basis on the Fund as a whole without distinguishing among the classes of shares. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS | JOHNSON ENHANCED RETURN FUND |
Selected Data for a Share Outstanding Throughout each Year: | |
| |
| | Year Ended December 31, | |
| | 2023 | | | 2022 | | | 2021 | | | 2020 | | | 2019 | |
Net Asset Value, beginning of year | | $ | 12.35 | | | $ | 17.41 | | | $ | 19.12 | | | $ | 16.97 | | | $ | 14.21 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Operations: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Investment Income | | | 0.30 | | | | 0.14 | | | | 0.16 | | | | 0.21 | | | | 0.37 | |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Securities and Futures | | | 2.75 | | | | (4.25 | ) | | | 4.92 | | | | 3.00 | | | | 4.40 | |
Total Operations | | $ | 3.05 | | | $ | (4.11 | ) | | $ | 5.08 | | | $ | 3.21 | | | $ | 4.77 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Distributions: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Investment income | | | (0.32 | ) | | | (0.17 | ) | | | (0.18 | ) | | | (0.23 | ) | | | (0.38 | ) |
Net Realized Capital Gains | | | — | | | | (0.78 | ) | | | (6.61 | ) | | | (0.83 | ) | | | (1.63 | ) |
Total Distributions | | $ | (0.32 | ) | | $ | (0.95 | ) | | $ | (6.79 | ) | | $ | (1.06 | ) | | $ | (2.01 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Asset Value, end of year | | $ | 15.08 | | | $ | 12.35 | | | $ | 17.41 | | | $ | 19.12 | | | $ | 16.97 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total Return(a) | | | 24.91 | % | | | (23.56 | %) | | | 26.51 | % | | | 19.38 | % | | | 33.80 | % |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Assets, end of year (millions) | | $ | 251.52 | | | $ | 206.48 | | | $ | 322.89 | | | $ | 261.29 | | | $ | 183.93 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Ratios/supplemental data | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets | | | 0.35 | % | | | 0.35 | % | | | 0.35 | % | | | 0.35 | % | | | 0.35 | % |
Ratio of Net Investment Income to average net assets | | | 2.18 | % | | | 0.96 | % | | | 0.65 | % | | | 1.27 | % | | | 2.21 | % |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Portfolio Turnover Rate | | | 36.66 | % | | | 42.99 | % | | | 40.89 | % | | | 96.76 | % | | | 46.04 | % |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (a) | Total return is a measure of the change in value of an investment in the Fund over the periods covered. The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions, if any, or the redemption of Fund shares. The total return would have been lower if the Adviser had not reduced fees. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS | JOHNSON CORE PLUS BOND FUND |
Selected Data for a Share Outstanding Throughout each Period: | |
| |
| | | | | | | | Period | |
| | Year Ended | | | Year Ended | | | Ended | |
| | 12/31/2023 | | | 12/31/2022 | | | 12/31/2021^ | |
Net Asset Value, beginning of period | | $ | 12.66 | | | $ | 15.04 | | | $ | 15.00 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Operations: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Investment Income | | | 0.41 | | | | 0.29 | | | | 0.03 | |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Securities and Futures | | | 0.31 | | | | (2.34 | ) | | | 0.04 | |
Total Operations | | $ | 0.72 | | | $ | (2.05 | ) | | $ | 0.07 | |
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Distributions: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Investment Income | | | (0.42 | ) | | | (0.33 | ) | | | (0.03 | ) |
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Net Asset Value, end of period | | $ | 12.96 | | | $ | 12.66 | | | $ | 15.04 | |
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Total Return(a) | | | 5.81 | % | | | (13.71 | %) | | | 0.44 | % (b) |
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Net Assets, end of period (millions) | | $ | 22.60 | | | $ | 14.36 | | | $ | 16.42 | |
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Ratios/supplemental data(c) | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets before Waiver | | | 1.34 | % | | | 1.14 | % | | | 0.55 | % (d) |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets after Waiver | | | 0.45 | % | | | 0.45 | % | | | 0.45 | % (d) |
Ratio of Net Investment Income to average net assets before Waiver | | | 2.41 | % | | | 1.43 | % | | | 1.55 | % (d) |
Ratio of Net Investment Income to average net assets after Waiver | | | 3.30 | % | | | 2.12 | % | | | 1.65 | % (d) |
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Portfolio Turnover Rate | | | 45.24 | % | | | 42.09 | % | | | 69.02 | % (b) |
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| ^ | Fund began operations on November 17,2021. |
| (a) | Total return is a measure of the change in value of an investment in the Fund over the periods covered. The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions, if any, or the redemption of Fund shares. The total return would have been lower if the Adviser had not reduced fees. |
| (c) | The Adviser waived a portion of the 0.30% management fee to sustain a net fee of 0.25%. The Adviser intends this fee waiver to be permanent, although the Adviser retains the right to remove the waiver after April 30, 2024. (Note #4) |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
JOHNSON MUTUAL FUNDS | |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
The Johnson Institutional Short Duration Bond Fund, Johnson Institutional Intermediate Bond Fund, Johnson Institutional Core Bond Fund (the “Bond Funds,”), Johnson Enhanced Return Fund and the Johnson Core Plus Bond Fund (each individually a “Fund” and collectively the “Funds”) are each a diversified series of the Johnson Mutual Funds Trust (the “Trust”), and are registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as no-load, open-end investment companies. The Johnson Mutual Funds Trust was established as an Ohio business trust under an Agreement and Declaration of Trust dated September 30, 1992. The Bond Funds began offering their shares publicly on August 31, 2000. The Johnson Enhanced Return Fund began offering shares publicly on December 30, 2005. The Johnson Core Plus Bond Fund began offering shares publicly on November 17, 2021. All Funds are managed by Johnson Investment Counsel, Inc. (the “Adviser”).
The Bond Funds also have an additional share class, Class F shares. Each class of shares for each Fund has identical rights and privileges except with respect to distribution (12b-1) fees, shareholder servicing fees, and voting rights on matters affecting a single class of shares. Class F shares have a maximum distribution (12b-1) fee of 0.25%, currently waived by the Adviser to 0.15% (see Note 5). The Institutional Core Bond Fund also has an additional share class, Class S shares. Class S shares have a maximum shareholder servicing fee of 0.25%.
The investment objective of the Bond Funds is a high level of income over the long term consistent with preservation of capital. The investment objective of the Johnson Enhanced Return Fund is to outperform the Fund’s benchmark, the S&P 500 Index, over a full market cycle. The investment objective of the Johnson Core Plus Bond Fund is to maximize total return over the long term consistent with the preservation of capital.
The shareholders of the Johnson Fixed Income Fund (Target Fund) approved an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization providing for the transfer of all assets and liabilities of the Target Fund to the Core Bond Fund (Survivor Fund). The tax-free reorganization took place on September 15, 2023.
The following is a summary of shares outstanding, net assets, NAV per share, and unrealized depreciation immediately before and after the reorganization:
| | | | | | | | Net Asset Value | |
| | Total Net Assets | | | Shares | | | Per Share | |
Before Reorganization | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Target Fund | | $ | 1,010,561,099 | | | | 70,231,503 | | | $ | 14.39 | |
Survivor Fund Class I | | $ | 566,121,196 | | | | 40,733,372 | | | $ | 13.90 | |
Survivor Fund Class F | | $ | 3,609,156 | | | | 255,739 | | | $ | 14.11 | |
Survivor Fund Class S | | | — | | | | — | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Pro Forma Adjustment* | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class I | | $ | 971,030,502 | | | | 69,867,357 | | | $ | 13.90 | |
Class F | | | — | | | | — | | | | | |
Class S | | $ | 39,530,597 | | | | 2,844,269 | | | $ | 13.90 | |
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After Reorganization | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Pro Forma - Survivor Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Survivor Fund Class I | | $ | 1,537,151,698 | | | | 110,600,729 | | | $ | 13.90 | |
Survivor Fund Class F | | $ | 3,609,156 | | | | 255,739 | | | $ | 14.11 | |
Survivor Fund Class S ** | | $ | 39,530,597 | | | | 2,844,269 | | | $ | 13.90 | |
* | Shareholders of the Target Fund who had a minimum account balance of $1,000,000 will receive Class I shares of the Survivor Fund. All other shareholders of the Target Fund will receive Class S shares of the Survivor Fund. For every 1 share of the Target Fund, shareholders received 1.0353 shares of the Survivor Fund. |
** | Class S is a newly-created share class of the Survivor Fund. The initial NAV per share of the Class S shares will be set at the NAV per share of the Class I shares of the Survivor Fund. |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
1) | Organization, continued |
| | | | | | | | After | |
| | Before Reorganization | | | Reorganization | |
| | Target Fund | | | Survivor Fund | | | Survivor Fund | |
Unrealized Depreciation | | $ | (111,762,383 | ) | | $ | (66,380,154 | ) | | $ | (178,142,537 | ) |
Assuming the reorganization had been completed on January 1, 2023, the beginning of the annual reporting period of the Core Bond Fund, the Core Bond Fund’s pro forma results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2023 would have been as follows:
| | Net Realized Gains and Net | | |
| | Change in Unrealized Appreciation | | |
Net Investment Income | | (Depreciation) on Investments | | Change in Net Assets from Operations |
$43,684,246 | | $(78,670,410) | | $(34,986,164) |
2) | Summary of Significant Accounting Policies: |
BASIS OF ACCOUNTING:
The financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United State of Americas (GAAP). The Funds are investment companies and accordingly follow the investment company guidance of Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, “Financial Services — Investment Companies”.
Regulatory update:
Tailored Shareholder Reports for Mutual Funds and Exchange-Traded Funds (“ETFs”) – Effective January 24, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted rule and form amendments to require mutual funds and ETFs to transmit concise and visually engaging streamlined annual and semiannual reports to shareholders that highlight key information. Other information, including financial statements, will no longer appear in a streamlined shareholder report but must be available online, delivered free of charge upon request, and filed on a semiannual basis on Form N-CSR. The rule and form amendments have a compliance date of July 24, 2024. At this time, management is evaluating the impact of these amendments on the shareholder reports for the Funds.
FINANCIAL FUTURES CONTRACTS:
The Enhanced Return Fund invests in stock index futures (equity risk) in an attempt to replicate the returns of the leading large capitalization companies in the leading industries in the U.S. economy. The Fund enters into S&P 500 E-Mini contracts four times a year generally near the time the contracts would expire (contracts expire the third Friday of March, June, September and December). The contracts are generally held until it is time to roll into the next contracts. Upon entering into a financial futures contract, the Fund is required to pledge to the broker an amount of cash, U.S. government securities, or other assets, equal to a certain percentage of the contract amount (initial margin deposit). Subsequent payments, known as “variation margin,” are made or received by the Fund each day, depending on the daily fluctuations in the fair value of the futures contract. The Fund recognizes an unrealized gain or loss equal to the daily variation margin. The amount of the daily variation margin is reflected as an asset or liability within the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, while the cumulative change in unrealized gains (losses) on futures contracts is reported separately within the Statements of Operations. The Net Unrealized Gains on futures contracts, as of December 31, 2023, was $5,752,727. Should market conditions move unexpectedly, the Fund may not achieve the anticipated benefits of the financial futures contracts and may realize a loss at the contract settlement date. A realized gain or loss is recognized when a contract is sold and is the difference between the fair value of the contract at purchase and the fair value of the contract when sold. Realized gains (losses) on futures contracts are reported separately within the Statements of Operations. The use of futures transactions involves the risk of imperfect correlation in movements in the price of futures contracts, interest rates, and the underlying hedged asset, as well as the risk that the counterparty will fail to perform its obligations. The net variation margin payable on futures contracts as of December 31, 2023 was $630,262.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
2) | Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, continued |
The Core Plus Bond Fund may enter into various exchange-traded and over-the-counter derivative transactions for both hedging and non-hedging purposes, including for purposes of enhancing returns. These derivative transactions may include futures, options, swaps, foreign currency futures and forwards. In particular, the Fund may use interest rate swaps, credit default swaps (including buying and selling credit default swaps on individual securities and/or baskets of securities), options (including options on credit default swaps and options on futures) and futures contracts to a significant extent, although the amounts invested in these instruments may change from time to time. Upon entering into a financial futures contract, the Fund is required to pledge to the broker an amount of cash, U.S. government securities, or other assets, equal to a certain percentage of the contract amount (initial margin deposit). Subsequent payments, known as “variation margin,” are made or received by the Fund each day, depending on the daily fluctuations in the fair value of the futures contract. The Fund recognizes an unrealized gain or loss equal to the daily variation margin. The amount of the daily variation margin is reflected as an asset or liability within the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, while the cumulative change in unrealized gain/loss on futures contracts is reported separately within the Statements of Operations. The Net Unrealized Gains on futures contracts, as of December 31, 2023, was $70,178. As of December 31, 2023, Wells Fargo Services holds U.S. Treasury Notes with the custodian, which serves as collateral for future contracts, with a value of $58,200. The net variation margin payable on these futures contracts as of December 31, 2023 was $2,969.
OFFSETTING ASSETS AND LIABILITIES:
The Enhanced Return Fund and the Core Plus Bond Fund have adopted financial reporting rules regarding offsetting assets and liabilities and related arrangements to enable users of its financial statements to understand the effect of those arrangements on its financial position. The Fund’s policy is to recognize a net asset/liability equal to the net variation margin for the futures contracts. As of December 31, 2023, the Funds each have only one position and the variation margin applicable to each of those positions is presented in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
The following table presents the Enhanced Return Fund and Core Plus Bond Fund’s liability derivatives available for offset under a master netting agreement, net of collateral pledged as of December 31, 2023.
Enhanced Return Fund
Liabilities
| | | | | | | | | | | Gross Amounts Not | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | Offset in the Statement | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | of Assets and Liabilities | | | | |
| | | | | Gross | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Amounts | | | Net Amounts | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Gross | | | Offset in the | | | Presented in | | | | | | Cash | | | | |
| | Amounts of | | | Statement of | | | the Statement | | | | | | Collateral | | | | |
| | Recognized | | | Assets and | | | of Assets and | | | Financial | | | Pledged/ | | | | |
Description | | Liabilities | | | Liabilities | | | Liabilities | | | Instruments* | | | Received | | | Net Amount | |
Futures Contracts | | $ | (630,262 | ) | | $ | — | | | $ | (630,262 | ) | | $ | 630,262 | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | |
* | The Amount is limited to the derivative balance, and accordingly, does not include excess collateral pledged. |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
2) | Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, continued |
Core Plus Bond Fund
Liabilities
| | | | | | | | | | | Gross Amounts Not | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | Offset in the Statement | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | of Assets and Liabilities | | | | |
| | | | | Gross | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Amounts | | | Net Amounts | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Gross | | | Offset in the | | | Presented in | | | | | | Cash | | | | |
| | Amounts of | | | Statement of | | | the Statement | | | | | | Collateral | | | | |
| | Recognized | | | Assets and | | | of Assets and | | | Financial | | | Pledged/ | | | | |
Description | | Liabilities | | | Liabilities | | | Liabilities | | | Instruments* | | | Received | | | Net Amount | |
Futures Contracts | | $ | (2,969 | ) | | $ | — | | | $ | (2,969 | ) | | $ | 2,969 | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | |
* | The Amount is limited to the derivative balance, and accordingly, does not include excess collateral pledged. |
INVESTMENT INCOME AND REALIZED CAPITAL GAINS AND LOSSES ON INVESTMENT SECURITIES:
Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date and interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Dividend and interest income are recorded net of foreign taxes. Withholding taxes and reclaims on foreign dividends have been recorded in accordance with the Funds’ understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and rates. Gains and losses on sales of investments are calculated using the specific identification method, mainly using high-cost lots. Discounts and premiums on securities purchased are amortized over the lives or to the earliest call date of the respective securities in accordance with GAAP. Distributions received from investments in securities that represent a return of capital or capital gains are recorded as a reduction of the cost of investment or as a realized gain, respectively. The calendar year-end amounts of ordinary income, capital gains, and return of capital included in distributions received from the Funds’ investments in real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) are reported to the Funds after the end of the calendar year; accordingly, the Funds estimate these amounts for accounting purposes until the characterization of REIT distributions is reported. Estimates are based on the most recent REIT distributions information available. Gains and losses on paydowns of mortgage-backed securities are reflected in interest income on the Statements of Operations. The ability of issuers of debt securities held by the Funds to meet their obligations may be affected by economic and political developments in a specific country or region.
FEDERAL INCOME TAX:
The Funds have qualified and intend to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). Qualification generally will relieve the Fund of liability for federal income taxes to the extent is net investment income and net realized capital gains are distributed in accordance with the Code.
In order to avoid imposition of a federal excise tax applicable to regulated investment companies, it is also the Funds’ intention to declare and pay as dividends in each calendar year at least 98% of its net investment income (earned during the calendar year) and 98.2% of its net realized capital gains (earned during the 12 months ended December 31 for the Bond Funds, and October 31 for the Enhanced Return and Core Plus Bond Fund) plus undistributed amounts from prior years.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
2) | Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, continued |
The following information is computed for each item as of December 31, 2023:
| | | | | | | | | | | Enhanced | | | | |
| | Short Duration | | | Intermediate | | | Core | | | Return | | | Core Plus | |
Cost of Portfolio Investments | | $ | 206,973,291 | | | $ | 252,149,663 | | | $ | 1,704,486,993 | | | $ | 257,213,489 | | | $ | 23,227,403 | |
Gross unrealized appreciation | | | 574,715 | | | | 2,483,379 | | | | 10,935,416 | | | | 816,592 | | | | 303,075 | |
Gross unrealized depreciation | | | (7,513,340 | ) | | | (9,334,389 | ) | | | (110,020,202 | ) | | | (7,809,752 | ) | | | (1,095,931 | ) |
Net unrealized depreciation | | | (6,938,625 | ) | | | (6,851,010 | ) | | | (99,084,786 | ) | | | (6,993,160 | ) | | | (792,856 | ) |
Undistributed ordinary income | | | 77,460 | | | | 76,069 | | | | 181,013 | | | | 108,424 | | | | 4,038 | |
Accumulated capital and other losses | | | (6,397,670 | ) | | | (17,642,752 | ) | | | (105,724,216 | ) | | | (25,062,611 | ) | | | (1,281,239 | ) |
Accumulated Deficit | | $ | (13,258,835 | ) | | $ | (24,417,693 | ) | | $ | (204,627,989 | ) | | $ | (31,947,347 | ) | | $ | (2,070,057 | ) |
The difference between the federal income tax cost and the financial statement cost of Funds’ investments is due to certain timing differences in the recognition of capital gains and losses under income tax regulations and GAAP. The timing differences are temporary in nature and are due to the tax deferral of losses on amortization of bonds, mark to market on futures contracts and wash sales.
As of December 31, 2023, the following Funds had capital loss carryovers which will reduce each Fund’s taxable income arising from future net realized gains on investments, if any, to the extent permitted by the Code and thus will reduce the amount of distributions to shareholders which would otherwise be necessary to relieve the Fund of any liability for federal income tax. The capital loss carryovers which may be carried forward for an indefinite period are as follows:
| | Long-term | | | Short-term | | | Total | |
Short Duration | | | 4,209,631 | | | | 2,188,039 | | | $ | 6,397,670 | |
Intermediate | | | 12,622,755 | | | | 5,019,997 | | | | 17,642,752 | |
Core | | | 69,071,385 | | | | 36,652,831 | | | | 105,724,216 | |
Enhanced Return | | | 14,966,185 | | | | 10,096,426 | | | | 25,062,611 | |
Core Plus | | | 774,721 | | | | 506,517 | | | | 1,281,239 | |
During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Enhanced Return Fund utilized $23,755,031 long-term and $15,951,216 short-term capital loss carryovers.
As a result of the reorganization of the Fixed Income Fund into the Core Fund, the Core Fund acquired $39,996,550 of long-term capital loss carryover and $10,326,215 of short-term capital loss carryover, which are available to offset future capital gains. In addition, as a result of a change in control due to the merger, $21,904,287 of the Core Fund’s capital loss carryovers are subject to an annual limitation of $18,057,023 (prorated in the initial year) under IRC Section 382.
The Funds recognize the tax benefits or expenses of uncertain tax positions only where the position is “more likely than not” to be sustained assuming examination by tax authorities. Management has reviewed the tax positions taken on Federal income tax returns for all open tax years (generally three years) and has concluded that no provision for unrecognized tax benefits or expenses is required in these financial statements. The Funds identify its major tax jurisdictions as U.S. Federal and certain State tax authorities. The Funds are not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably likely that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits or expenses will change materially in the next twelve months. The Funds recognize interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax expenses as income tax expense in the Statements of Operations. During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Funds did not incur any interest or penalties.
ALLOCATIONS BETWEEN CLASSES:
Investment income earned, realized capital gains and losses, and unrealized appreciation and depreciation are allocated daily to each class of shares based upon its proportionate share of total net assets of the Fund. Class specific expenses are charged directly to the class incurring the expense. Common expenses which are not attributable to a specific class are allocated daily to each class of shares based upon its proportionate share of total net assets of the Fund.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
2) | Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, continued |
DISTRIBUTIONS:
Distributions to shareholders, which are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Funds intend to distribute net investment income on a monthly basis for the Bond Funds and Core Plus Fund, and on a calendar quarter basis for the Enhanced Return Fund. The Funds intend to distribute their net realized long-term capital gains and their net realized short-term capital gains, if any, at least once a year. The treatment for financial reporting purposes of distributions made to shareholders during the year from net investment income or net realized capital gains may differ from their ultimate treatment for federal income tax purposes. These differences are caused primarily by differences in the timing of the recognition of certain components of income, expense or realized capital gain for federal income tax purposes. Where such differences are permanent in nature, they are reclassified in the components of net assets based on their ultimate characterization for federal income tax purposes. Any such reclassifications will have no effect on net assets, results of operations, or net asset values per share of the Funds.
For the year ended December 31, 2023, Core Fund reclassified $50,322,765 of accumulated deficit against paid-in capital on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities due to losses incurred from the reorganization with the Fixed Income Fund. Such reclassification, the result of permanent differences between the financial statement and income tax reporting requirements, had no effect on the Fund’s net assets or NAV per share. Reclassifications are made to a Fund’s capital accounts to reflect income and gains available for distribution (or available capital loss carryovers) under current income tax regulations.
The tax character of the distributions paid for the years ended December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2023 are as follows:
| | | | | | | Net Realized | | | Total Taxable | | | Total | |
| | | | Ordinary | | | Long-Term | | | Distributions | | | Distributions | |
| | | | Income | | | Capital Gain | | | Paid | | | Paid | |
Short Duration Bond Fund | | 12/31/2022 | | $ | 3,205,541 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 3,205,541 | | | $ | 3,205,541 | |
| | 12/31/2023 | | | 4,447,578 | | | | — | | | | 4,447,578 | | | | 4,447,578 | |
Intermediate Bond Fund | | 12/31/2022 | | | 5,587,063 | | | | — | | | | 5,587,063 | | | | 5,587,063 | |
| | 12/31/2023 | | | 7,258,801 | | | | — | | | | 7,258,801 | | | | 7,258,801 | |
Core Bond Fund | | 12/31/2022 | | | 13,059,819 | | | | — | | | | 13,059,819 | | | | 13,059,819 | |
| | 12/31/2023 | | | 27,331,004 | | | | — | | | | 27,331,004 | | | | 27,331,004 | |
Enhanced Return Fund | | 12/31/2022 | | | 7,515,155 | | | | 7,548,153 | | | | 15,063,308 | | | | 15,063,308 | |
| | 12/31/2023 | | | 5,197,873 | | | | — | | | | 5,197,873 | | | | 5,197,873 | |
Core Plus Fund | | 12/31/2022 | | | 367,362 | | | | — | | | | 367,362 | | | | 367,362 | |
| | 12/31/2023 | | | 592,529 | | | | — | | | | 592,529 | | | | 592,529 | |
* | Short-Term Capital Gains were combined with Ordinary Income, as they are taxed at the Ordinary Income tax rate. |
3) | Security Valuation and Transactions: |
The Funds’ portfolio securities are valued as of the close of business of the regular session of the New York Stock Exchange (normally 4:00 p.m., Eastern time). The Board has assigned the Adviser as their Valuation Designee to consider all appropriate factors relevant to the value of securities, in accordance with the Trust’s valuation policies and fair value determinations. Fixed income securities typically are valued on the basis of prices furnished by a pricing service when the Adviser believes such prices accurately reflect the market value of such securities. A pricing service utilizes electronic data processing techniques based on yield spreads relating to securities with similar characteristics to determine prices for normal institutional-size trading units of debt securities without regard to sale or bid prices. When the Adviser decides that a price provided by the pricing service does not accurately reflect the market value of the securities, when prices are not readily available from the pricing service, or when restricted or illiquid securities are being valued, securities are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the Adviser, in conformity with guidelines adopted by and subject to review of the Board of Trustees. Various inputs may be reviewed in order to make a good faith determination of a security’s fair value. These inputs include, but are not limited to, the type and cost of the security; contractual or legal restrictions on resale of the security; relevant financial or business developments of the issuer; actively traded similar or related securities; conversion or exchange
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
3) | Security Valuation and Transactions, continued |
rights on the security; related corporate actions; significant events occurring after the close of trading in the security; and changes in overall market conditions. Fair valuations and valuations of investments that are not actively trading involve judgment and may differ materially from valuations of investments that would have been used had greater market activity occurred.
The Funds utilizes various methods to measure the fair value of its investments on a recurring basis. GAAP establishes a single authoritative definition of fair value, sets out a framework for measuring fair value and requires additional disclosures about fair value measurements.
GAAP established a hierarchy that prioritizes inputs to valuation methods. The three levels of inputs are:
| ● | Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Funds have the ability to access. |
| ● | Level 2 — Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. These inputs may include quoted prices for the identical instrument on an inactive market, prices for similar instruments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, default rates and similar data. |
| ● | Level 3 — Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, to the extent relevant observable inputs are not available, representing the Fund’s own assumptions about the assumptions a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability, and would be based on the best information available. |
The availability of observable inputs can vary from security to security and is affected by a wide variety of factors, including, for example, the type of security, whether the security is new and not yet established in the marketplace, the liquidity of markets, and other characteristics particular to the security. To the extent that valuation is based on models or inputs that are less observable or unobservable in the market, the determination of fair value requires more judgment. Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3.
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the level of the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement falls in its entirety, is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.
FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS:
A description of the valuation techniques applied to the Funds’ major categories of assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis follows.
Corporate Bonds. Corporate bonds are generally valued at prices obtained from pricing vendors. The fair value of corporate bonds is estimated using market approach valuation techniques, which may consider recently executed transactions in securities of the issuer or comparable issuers, market price quotations for similar securities (where observable), bond spreads, fundamental data relating to the issuer, and credit default swap spreads adjusted for any basis difference between cash and derivative instruments. While most corporate bonds are categorized in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, in instances where lower relative weight is placed on transaction prices, quotations, or similar observable inputs, they will be categorized in Level 3.
Certificates of Deposit. Certificates of Deposit are generally valued at prices obtained from pricing vendors. Certificates of Deposit which are traded on the open market are normally valued using a market approach valuation technique that incorporates observable market data such as reported sales of similar securities, broker quotes, yields, bids, offers, and reference data. Certain securities are valued principally using dealer quotations. Certificates of Deposit are categorized in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.
U.S. Government Securities. U.S. government securities are generally valued at prices obtained from pricing vendors. U.S. government securities, including U.S. Treasury Obligations, are normally valued using market approach valuation techniques that incorporate observable market data such as reported sales of similar securities, broker quotes, yields, bids, offers, and reference data. Certain securities are valued principally using dealer quotations. U.S. government securities are categorized in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
3) | Security Valuation and Transactions, continued |
U.S. Agency Securities. U.S. agency securities are generally valued at prices obtained from pricing vendors. U.S. agency securities are comprised of two main categories consisting of agency issued debt and mortgage-backed securities. Agency issued debt securities are generally valued in a manner similar to U.S. government securities. Mortgage-backed securities are generally valued based on models that consider the estimated cash flows of each tranche of the entity, establish a benchmark yield, and develop an estimated tranche-specific spread to the benchmark yield based on the unique attributes of the tranche. Depending on market activity levels and whether quotations or other data are used, these securities are typically categorized in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.
Municipal Bonds. Municipal bonds are generally valued at prices obtained from pricing vendors. Municipal Bonds are normally valued using a market approach valuation technique that incorporates observable market data such as reported sales of similar securities, broker quotes, yields, bids, offers, and reference data. Certain securities are valued principally using dealer quotations. Municipal Bonds are categorized in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.
Preferred Stocks. Securities traded on a national securities exchange (or reported on the NASDAQ national market) are stated at the last reported sales price on the day of valuation. To the extent these securities are actively traded and valuation adjustments are not applied, they are categorized in Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.
Money Market. Investments in mutual funds, including money market mutual funds (notated throughout these financial statements as cash equivalents), are generally priced at the ending net asset value (“NAV”) provided by the service agent of the funds. These securities will be categorized as Level 1 securities.
Derivative Instruments. Listed derivatives, including futures contracts that are actively traded, are valued based on quoted prices from the exchange and are categorized in Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.
The following is a summary of the inputs used to value each Fund’s investments as of December 31, 2023:
Short Duration Bond Fund | | Level 1 | | | Level 2 | | | Level 3 | | | Totals | |
Corporate Bonds* | | $ | — | | | $ | 117,334,154 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 117,334,154 | |
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations | | | — | | | | 25,610,316 | | | | — | | | | 25,610,316 | |
Municipal Bonds | | | — | | | | 10,718,828 | | | | — | | | | 10,718,828 | |
U.S. Government & Agencies | | | — | | | | 12,124,951 | | | | — | | | | 12,124,951 | �� |
U.S. Treasury Obligations | | | — | | | | 33,522,061 | | | | — | | | | 33,522,061 | |
Cash Equivalents | | | 724,356 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 724,356 | |
Total | | $ | 724,356 | | | $ | 199,310,310 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 200,034,666 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Intermediate Bond Fund | | Level 1 | | | Level 2 | | | Level 3 | | | Totals | |
Corporate Bonds* | | $ | — | | | $ | 117,489,323 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 117,489,323 | |
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations | | | — | | | | 18,926,681 | | | | — | | | | 18,926,681 | |
Municipal Bonds | | | — | | | | 4,829,563 | | | | — | | | | 4,829,563 | |
U.S. Government & Agencies | | | — | | | | 18,151,711 | | | | — | | | | 18,151,711 | |
U.S. Treasury Obligations | | | — | | | | 82,544,602 | | | | — | | | | 82,544,602 | |
Preferred Stocks | | | 1,505,635 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 1,505,635 | |
Cash Equivalents | | | 1,851,138 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 1,851,138 | |
Total | | $ | 3,356,773 | | | $ | 241,941,880 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 245,298,653 | |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
3) | Security Valuation and Transactions, continued |
Core Bond Fund | | Level 1 | | | Level 2 | | | Level 3 | | | Totals | |
Corporate Bonds* | | $ | — | | | $ | 630,049,658 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 630,049,658 | |
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations | | | — | | | | 337,662,424 | | | | — | | | | 337,662,424 | |
Municipal Bonds | | | — | | | | 38,048,349 | | | | — | | | | 38,048,349 | |
U.S. Government & Agencies | | | — | | | | 46,126,475 | | | | — | | | | 46,126,475 | |
U.S. Treasury Obligations | | | — | | | | 535,234,348 | | | | — | | | | 535,234,348 | |
Preferred Stocks | | | 8,748,619 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 8,748,619 | |
Cash Equivalents | | | 9,532,334 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 9,532,334 | |
Total | | $ | 18,280,953 | | | $ | 1,587,121,254 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 1,605,402,207 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Enhanced Return Fund | | Level 1 | | | Level 2 | | | Level 3 | | | Totals | |
Corporate Bonds* | | $ | — | | | $ | 147,977,884 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 147,977,884 | |
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations | | | — | | | | 29,054,092 | | | | — | | | | 29,054,092 | |
Municipal Bonds | | | — | | | | 4,634,304 | | | | — | | | | 4,634,304 | |
U.S. Government & Agencies | | | — | | | | 11,236,504 | | | | — | | | | 11,236,504 | |
U.S. Treasury Obligations | | | — | | | | 51,789,237 | | | | — | | | | 51,789,237 | |
Cash Equivalents | | | 5,528,308 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 5,528,308 | |
Sub-total | | $ | 5,528,308 | | | $ | 244,692,021 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 250,220,329 | |
Other Financial Instruments** | | | 5,752,727 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 5,752,727 | |
Total | | $ | 11,281,035 | | | $ | 244,692,021 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 255,973,056 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Core Plus Bond Fund | | Level 1 | | | Level 2 | | | Level 3 | | | Totals | |
Corporate Bonds* | | $ | — | | | $ | 11,496,066 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 11,496,066 | |
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations | | | — | | | | 6,050,136 | | | | — | | | | 6,050,136 | |
U.S. Government & Agencies | | | — | | | | 358,629 | | | | — | | | | 358,629 | |
U.S. Treasury Obligations | | | — | | | | 4,202,323 | | | | — | | | | 4,202,323 | |
Preferred Stocks | | | 163,410 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 163,410 | |
Cash Equivalents | | | 163,983 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 163,983 | |
Sub-total | | $ | 327,393 | | | $ | 22,107,154 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 22,434,547 | |
Other Financial Instruments** | | | 70,178 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 70,178 | |
Total | | $ | 397,571 | | | $ | 22,107,154 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 22,504,725 | |
* | See Portfolio of Investments for sector classifications. |
** | Other financial instruments are futures contracts reflected separately in the Portfolio of Investments, and are reflected at the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts. |
The Funds did not hold any investments at any time during the reporting period in which unobservable inputs were used in determining fair value. Therefore, no reconciliation of Level 3 securities is included for this reporting period.
Pandemics and other wide-spread public health events can result in significant disruptions to economies and markets, adversely impacting individual companies, sectors, industries, currencies, interest and inflation rates, credit ratings, and investor sentiment. The duration and extent of such events cannot be reasonably estimated. Governmental responses to these events may negatively impact the capabilities of the Funds’ service providers and disrupt the Funds’ operations. These events may result in substantial market volatility and may adversely impact the prices and liquidity of a Fund’s investments.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
5) | Investment Advisory Agreement, 12b-1 Fees and Shareholder Servicing Fees: |
The Funds incurred management fees for the year ended December 31, 2023, as indicated below:
| | | | | | | | Payable as of | |
| | | | | Management | | | December 31, | |
Fund | | Fee | | | Fee | | | 2023 | |
Short Duration Bond Fund | | | 0.30 | % | | $ | 637,395 | | | $ | 42,432 | |
Intermediate Bond Fund | | | 0.30 | % | | | 732,325 | | | | 51,933 | |
Core Bond Fund | | | 0.30 | % | | | 2,557,806 | | | | 340,085 | |
Enhanced Return Fund | | | 0.35 | % | | | 786,032 | | | | 72,797 | |
Core Plus Bond Fund | | | 0.45 | % | | | 78,596 | | | | 8,424 | |
The Short Duration, Intermediate and Core Bond Funds F share classes also incur 12b-1 fee at the annual rate of 0.25% (before the contractual waiver described below) of the Fund’s average daily net assets, which is accrued daily and paid monthly.
Effective May 1, 2022, the Adviser has agreed to waive a part of the management fee for the Short Duration, Intermediate and Core Bond Funds from a maximum of 0.30% to an effective fee ratio of 0.25%, unchanged from the prior period. In addition, the Adviser has agreed to waive a part of the 12b-1 fee from a maximum of 0.25% to an effective annual rate of 0.15%. The Adviser has the right to remove this fee waiver any time after April 30, 2024. These waivers are not subject to recoupment.
For the Core Plus Bond Fund, the Adviser has contractually agreed to waive management fees and/or to reimburse expenses to limit Fund expenses, at least until April 30, 2024, so that the total annual operating expenses (exclusive of any front-end or contingent deferred loads; brokerage fees and commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses; fees and expenses associated with investments in other collective investment vehicles or derivative instruments (including for example option and swap fees and expenses); borrowing costs (such as interest and dividend expense on securities sold short); taxes; and extraordinary expenses, such as litigation expenses (which may include indemnification of Fund officers and Trustees, contractual indemnification of Fund service providers (other than the adviser)) of the Fund will not exceed 0.45% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. Fee waivers and expense reimbursements are subject to possible recoupment from the Fund in future years on a rolling three-year basis (within the three years from the date in which the fees were waived or reimbursed) if such recoupment can be achieved within the foregoing expense limit and any expense limitation in place at the time of recoupment. The Adviser does not intend to recoup these waived amounts. This agreement may be terminated only by the Board of Trustees on 60 days written notice to the adviser.
The Core Bond Fund S Shares class also incur shareholder servicing fees at the annual rate of 0.25% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, which is accrued daily.
As of December 31, 2023, the remaining cumulative unreimbursed amount paid and/or waived by the Adviser on behalf of the Core Plus Fund was $271,583. The Adviser may recapture a portion of the above amount no later than the dates as stated below:
| | Expires | | | Expires | | | Expires | | | | |
Fund | | 12/31/24 | | | 12/31/25 | | | 12/31/26 | | | Total | |
Core Plus Bond Fund | | $ | 12,347 | | | $ | 104,225 | | | $ | 155,011 | | | $ | 271,583 | |
6) | Related Party Transactions: |
All officers and one Trustee of the Trust are employees of the Adviser. Total compensation for the Independent Trustees as a group was $150,000 for the year ended December 31, 2023, which was paid by the Adviser, and as a group they received no additional compensation from the Trust. The Trust consists of nine Funds: Johnson Equity Income Fund, Johnson Opportunity Fund, Johnson International Fund, Johnson Municipal Income Fund, Johnson Institutional Short Duration Bond Fund, Johnson Institutional Intermediate Bond Fund, Johnson Institutional Core Bond Fund, Johnson Enhanced Return Fund and Johnson Core Plus Bond Fund. The Adviser is not a registered broker-dealer of securities and thus does not receive commissions on trades made on behalf of the Funds. The beneficial
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
6) | Related Party Transactions, continued |
ownership, either directly or indirectly, of more than 25% of the voting securities of a fund creates a presumption of control of the Fund, under Section 2(a)(9) of the Investment Company Act of 1940. As of December 31, 2023, the following are identified as having an ownership of more than 25%:
Short Duration Bond Fund: | | | | |
Covenant Trust Company | | | 47.89 | % |
Client accounts managed by the Advisor and held by Charles Schwab & Co. | | | 25.68 | % |
| | | | |
Intermediate Bond Fund: | | | | |
Covenant Trust Company | | | 33.92 | % |
Client accounts managed by the Advisor and held by Charles Schwab & Co. | | | 32.94 | % |
National Financal Services, LLC | | | 30.58 | % |
| | | | |
Core Bond Fund: | | | | |
Client accounts managed by the Advisor and held by Charles Schwab & Co. | | | 73.58 | % |
| | | | |
Enhanced Return Fund: | | | | |
Client accounts managed by the Advisor and held by Charles Schwab & Co. | | | 97.99 | % |
| | | | |
Core Plus Bond Fund: | | | | |
Client accounts managed by the Advisor and held by Charles Schwab & Co. | | | 77.85 | % |
Johnson Financial, Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Johnson Investment Counsel, Inc., the Adviser. Johnson Financial, Inc. provided transfer agency and administration services to the Funds until March 31, 2023. These services were paid for by the Adviser.
Ultimus Fund Solutions, LLC (“Ultimus”) provides fund accounting services to the Funds. Effective March 31, 2023, Ultimus started providing administration services to the Funds and transfer agency services effective April 24, 2023. All services are paid for by the Adviser, except as relates to the Core Plue Bond Fund.
7) | Purchases and Sales of Securities: |
For the year ended December 31, 2023, purchases and sales of investment securities aggregated:
| | Investment Securities Other Than | | | | |
| | Short-Term Investments and | | | | |
| | U.S. Government Obligations | | | U.S. Government Obligations | |
Fund | | Purchases | | | Sales | | | Purchases | | | Sales | |
Short Duration Bond Fund | | $ | 31,819,024 | | | $ | 68,378,113 | | | $ | 44,659,001 | | | $ | 41,087,888 | |
Intermediate Bond Fund | | | 36,510,587 | | | | 43,035,581 | | | | 83,674,770 | | | | 68,637,298 | |
Core Bond Fund | | | 56,178,729 | | | | 126,397,498 | | | | 215,487,420 | | | | 158,536,695 | |
Enhanced Return Fund | | | 46,569,748 | | | | 34,838,196 | | | | 71,183,524 | | | | 43,777,768 | |
Core Plus Bond Fund | | | 7,284,584 | | | | 5,207,903 | | | | 7,317,959 | | | | 2,299,034 | |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
8) | Capital Share Transactions: |
As of December 31, 2023, there were an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest authorized for each Fund. Each Fund records purchases of its shares at the daily net asset value determined after receipt of a shareholder’s order in proper form. Redemptions are recorded at the net asset value determined following receipt of a shareholder’s written or telephone request in proper form.
| | Short Duration Bond Fund | |
| | Class I Shares | | | Class F Shares | |
| | Year Ended | | | Year Ended | | | Year Ended | | | Year Ended | |
| | 12/31/2023 | | | 12/31/2022 | | | 12/31/2023 | | | 12/31/2022 | |
Issued | | | 1,997,902 | | | | 2,260,082 | | | | — | | | | — | |
Reinvested | | | 95,943 | | | | 80,605 | | | | 10 | | | | 5 | |
Redeemed | | | (4,410,956 | ) | | | (9,243,938 | ) | | | — | | | | — | |
Change in Shares outstanding | | | (2,317,111 | ) | | | (6,903,251 | ) | | | 10 | | | | 5 | |
Shares outstanding, beginning of year | | | 16,028,132 | | | | 22,931,383 | | | | 478 | | | | 473 | |
Shares outstanding, end of year | | | 13,711,021 | | | | 16,028,132 | | | | 488 | | | | 478 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Intermediate Bond Fund | |
| | Class I Shares | | | Class F Shares | |
| | Year Ended | | | Year Ended | | | Year Ended | | | Year Ended | |
| | 12/31/2023 | | | 12/31/2022 | | | 12/31/2023 | | | 12/31/2022 | |
Issued | | | 4,703,902 | | | | 6,600,967 | | | | — | | | | — | |
Reinvested | | | 225,129 | | | | 168,372 | | | | 13 | | | | 9 | |
Redeemed | | | (4,309,323 | ) | | | (6,271,324 | ) | | | — | | | | — | |
Change in Shares outstanding | | | 619,708 | | | | 498,015 | | | | 13 | | | | 9 | |
Shares outstanding, beginning of year | | | 16,390,272 | | | | 15,892,257 | | | | 460 | | | | 451 | |
Shares outstanding, end of year | | | 17,009,980 | | | | 16,390,272 | | | | 473 | | | | 460 | |
| | Core Bond Fund | |
| | Class I Shares | | | Class F Shares | | | Class S Shares | |
| | Year Ended | | | Year Ended | | | Year Ended | | | Year Ended | | | Period Ended | |
| | 12/31/2023 | | | 12/31/2022 | | | 12/31/2023 | | | 12/31/2022 | | | 12/31/2023* | |
Issued | | | 14,700,775 | | | | 10,511,107 | | | | 247,178 | | | | 175,932 | | | | 68,245 | |
Reinvested | | | 1,657,989 | | | | 663,377 | | | | 7,949 | | | | 5,355 | | | | 27,316 | |
Redeemed | | | (18,030,739 | ) | | | (9,097,881 | ) | | | (38,375 | ) | | | (218,589 | ) | | | (201,953 | ) |
Received in conjunction with fund merger | | | 69,867,357 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 2,844,296 | |
Change in Shares outstanding | | | 68,195,382 | | | | 2,076,603 | | | | 216,752 | | | | (37,302 | ) | | | 2,737,904 | |
Shares outstanding, beginning of year/ period | | | 40,211,908 | | | | 38,135,305 | | | | 210,172 | | | | 247,474 | | | | — | |
Shares outstanding, end of year/period | | | 108,407,290 | | | | 40,211,908 | | | | 426,924 | | | | 210,172 | | | | 2,737,904 | |
* | Core Bond Fund Class S began operations on September 15, 2023 |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
8) | Capital Share Transactions, continued |
| | Enhanced Return Fund | |
| | Year Ended | | | Year Ended | |
| | 12/31/2023 | | | 12/31/2022 | |
Issued | | | 1,134,130 | | | | 1,416,102 | |
Reinvested | | | 374,315 | | | | 1,210,951 | |
Redeemed | | | (1,550,460 | ) | | | (4,451,944 | ) |
Change in Shares outstanding | | | (42,015 | ) | | | (1,824,891 | ) |
Shares outstanding, beginning of year | | | 16,725,011 | | | | 18,549,902 | |
Shares outstanding, end of year | | | 16,682,996 | | | | 16,725,011 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | Core Plus Bond Fund | |
| | Year Ended | | | Year Ended | |
| | 12/31/2023 | | | 12/31/2022 | |
Issued | | | 986,949 | | | | 82,986 | |
Reinvested | | | 38,606 | | | | 27,848 | |
Redeemed | | | (415,472 | ) | | | (68,506 | ) |
Change in Shares outstanding | | | 610,083 | | | | 42,328 | |
Shares outstanding, beginning of year | | | 1,134,265 | | | | 1,091,937 | |
Shares outstanding, end of year | | | 1,744,348 | | | | 1,134,265 | |
The Short Duration Bond Fund, Intermediate Bond Fund, Core Bond Fund, Enhanced Return Fund, and Core Plus Bond Fund each has an unsecured line of credit through April 27, 2024 with U.S. Bank National Association, up to 33.3% of its net assets, with a total maximum borrowing limit of $60,000,000 for the Trust.
Borrowings under the agreement bear interest at the Prime lending rate which was 8.5% as of December 31, 2023. During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Core Bond Fund borrowed from the line for two (2) calendar days in the amount of $5,750,000. During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Core Bond Fund incurred $1,318 of interest expense and fees related to the borrowings. The average debt outstanding and average interest rate for the days with borrowings during the year ended December 31, 2023 were $31,507 and 4.18%. As of December 31, 2023, there were not outstanding borrowings for the Funds. There were no borrowings for any of the other Funds at any time during the year.
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
In the normal course of business, the Trust, on behalf of the Funds, enters into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on claims that may be made against the Funds in the future and, therefore, cannot be estimated; however, based on experience, the risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
Subsequent events after the date of the Statements of Assets and Liabilities have been evaluated through the date the financial statements were issued. Management has concluded that there is no impact requiring adjustment to or disclosure in the financial statements except for the following:
The Funds paid the following distributions to shareholders subsequent to December 31, 2023:
| | | | | | Per Share | |
| | Record Date | | Ex-Date | | Ordinary Income | |
Short Duration Bond Fund | | | | | | | | |
Class I | | 1/26/2024 | | 1/29/2024 | | $ | 0.0380 | |
Class F | | 1/26/2024 | | 1/29/2024 | | $ | 0.0370 | |
Intermediate Bond Fund | | | | | | | | |
Class I | | 1/26/2024 | | 1/29/2024 | | $ | 0.0430 | |
Class F | | 1/26/2024 | | 1/29/2024 | | $ | 0.0420 | |
Core Bond Fund | | | | | | | | |
Class I | | 1/26/2024 | | 1/29/2024 | | $ | 0.0420 | |
Class F | | 1/26/2024 | | 1/29/2024 | | $ | 0.0410 | |
Class S | | 1/26/2024 | | 1/29/2024 | | $ | 0.0400 | |
Core Plus Bond Fund | | 1/26/2024 | | 1/29/2024 | | $ | 0.0440 | |
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM |
To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees of
Johnson Mutual Funds Trust
OPINION ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the portfolios of investments and schedules of futures contracts, of the Funds listed below, each a series of Johnson Mutual Funds Trust (the “Funds”), as of December 31, 2023, and the related statements of operations, changes in net assets, the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated below (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Funds as of December 31, 2023, the results of their operations, the changes in net assets, and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated below, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
| | Statements of | | Statements of | | |
Fund Name | | Operations | | Changes in Net Assets | | Financial Highlights |
Johnson Institutional Short Duration Bond Fund, Johnson Institutional Intermediate Bond Fund, Johnson Institutional Core Bond Fund, and Johnson Enhanced Return Fund | | For the year ended December 31, 2023 | | For the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 | | For the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, and 2019 |
Johnson Core Plus Bond Fund | | For the year ended December 31, 2023 | | For the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 | | For the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and for the period from November 17, 2021 (commencement of operations) through December 31, 2021 |
BASIS FOR OPINION
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds’ financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Funds in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement whether due to error or fraud.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2023, by correspondence with the custodians and brokers. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
We have served as the Funds’ auditor since 2004.
COHEN & COMPANY, LTD.
Cleveland, Ohio
February 29, 2024
LIQUIDITY RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM |
The Johnson Mutual Funds Trust (“Trust”) has established a liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) to manage the portfolio liquidity risk for each fund in the Trust (each a “Fund”) in accordance with Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“the Rule”). The Program is overseen by the Liquidity Committee (the “Committee”), a committee comprised of compliance personnel and portfolio managers of the Adviser. The Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) has approved the designation of the Committee to oversee the Program.
The Program is designed to enable the Funds to assess and manage their liquidity risk in compliance with the requirements of the Rule. Liquidity risk means the risk that a Fund could not meet requests to redeem shares issued by the Fund without significant dilution of remaining investors’ interests in the Fund. The Program also includes a number of elements that support the management and assessment of liquidity risk, including an annual assessment of factors that influence a Fund’s liquidity and the periodic classification and re-classification of the Fund’s investments into groupings that reflect the Committee’s assessment of their relative liquidity under current market conditions.
The Board met on November 29, 2023 to review the liquidity risk management program applicable to each Fund. The Committee determined, and reported to the Board, that the Program is reasonably designed to assess and manage each Fund’s liquidity risk and has operated adequately and effectively to manage each Fund’s liquidity risk since implementation. The Committee reported during the meeting that during the period covered by the report, there were no liquidity events that impacted the Funds or their ability to timely meet redemptions without dilution to existing shareholders. There were no material changes to the Program during the reporting period. The report provided to the Board stated that the Committee concluded that based on the operation of the functions of the Program is operating as intended and is effective in implementing the requirements of the Rule.
DISCLOSURE OF EXPENSES (UNAUDITED) | DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
Shareholders of the Short Duration Bond, Intermediate Bond, Core Bond, Enhanced Return, and Core Plus Bond Funds (the “Funds”) incur ongoing operating expenses consisting of management fees, and for the Core Plus Bond Fund, additional operational and administrative fees. The following example is intended to help you understand your ongoing expenses of investing in the Funds and to compare these expenses with similar costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested in the Funds on July 1, 2023 and held through December 31, 2023.
The first line of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. In order to estimate the expenses a shareholder paid during the period covered by this report, shareholders can divide their account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6) and then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period.”
The second line of the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Funds’ actual expense ratios and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Funds’ actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses paid by a shareholder for the period. Shareholders may use this information to compare the ongoing expenses of investing in the Funds and other funds 5% hypothetical examples with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in other funds’ shareholder reports.
| | | | | | | | Expenses Paid |
| | Beginning Account | | Ending Account | | | | During Period |
| | Value | | Value | | Net | | July 1, 2023 - |
| | July 1, 2023^ | | December 30, 2023 | | Expense Ratio* | | December 31, 2023** |
Short Duration Bond Fund | | | | | | | | |
Class I - Actual Fund Return | | $1,000.00 | | $1,035.00 | | 0.25% | | $1.28 |
Class I - Hypothetical 5% Return | | $1,000.00 | | $1,023.95 | | 0.25% | | $1.28 |
Class F - Actual Fund Return | | $1,000.00 | | $1,034.80 | | 0.40% | | $2.05 |
Class F - Hypothetical 5% Return | | $1,000.00 | | $1,023.19 | | 0.40% | | $2.04 |
Intermediate Bond Fund | | | | | | | | |
Class I - Actual Fund Return | | $1,000.00 | | $1,038.90 | | 0.25% | | $1.28 |
Class I - Hypothetical 5% Return | | $1,000.00 | | $1,023.95 | | 0.25% | | $1.28 |
Class F - Actual Fund Return | | $1,000.00 | | $1,037.40 | | 0.40% | | $2.05 |
Class F - Hypothetical 5% Return | | $1,000.00 | | $1,023.19 | | 0.40% | | $2.04 |
Core Bond Fund | | | | | | | | |
Class I - Actual Fund Return | | $1,000.00 | | $1,033.00 | | 0.25% | | $1.28 |
Class I - Hypothetical 5% Return | | $1,000.00 | | $1,023.95 | | 0.25% | | $1.28 |
Class F - Actual Fund Return | | $1,000.00 | | $1,032.00 | | 0.40% | | $2.05 |
Class F - Hypothetical 5% Return | | $1,000.00 | | $1,023.19 | | 0.40% | | $2.04 |
Class S - Actual Fund Return | | $1,000.00 | | $1,053.30 | | 0.50% | | $1.50 |
Class S - Hypothetical 5% Return | | $1,000.00 | | $1,013.19 | | 0.50% | | $1.48 |
Enhanced Return Fund | | | | | | | | |
Actual Fund Return | | $1,000.00 | | $1,085.20 | | 0.35% | | $1.84 |
Hypoethetical 5% Return | | $1,000.00 | | $1,023.44 | | 0.35% | | $1.79 |
Core Plus Bond Fund | | | | | | | | |
Actual Fund Return | | $1,000.00 | | $1,035.50 | | 0.45% | | $2.31 |
Hypoethetical 5% Return | | $1,000.00 | | $1,022.94 | | 0.45% | | $2.29 |
^ | For Core Bond Fund Class S, this reflects the class’s commencement of operations, September 15, 2023. |
* | Annualized, based on the most recent one-half year expenses, except for Class S shares which is annualized, based on the expense during the period since the commencement of operations. |
** | Expenses are equal to each Fund’s annualized net expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period) except for Class S shares, which are equal to the annualized net expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 107/365 (to reflect the period since the commencement of operations, September 15,2023, to December 31, 2023) and 184/365 (to reflect the one-half period), for Actual Return and Hypothetical 5% Return information, respectively. |
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (UNAUDITED) | DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
PROXY DISCLOSURE
A description of the policies and procedures that the Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities and information regarding how the Funds voted those proxies during the most recent 12-month period ended December 31 are available without charge: (1) upon request by calling the Funds at 513-661-3100 or toll free at 1-800-541-0170; or (2) from the Fund’s documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
AVAILABILITY OF SCHEDULES OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS:
The Funds file their complete schedules of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year at www.johnsonmutualfunds.com or on Form N-PORT. The Funds’ holdings are available, without charge, (1) upon request by calling the Funds at 513-661-3100 or toll free at 1-800-541-0170; (2) by visiting www.johnsonmutualfunds.com; or (3) from the Fund’s documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
CODE OF ETHICS
The Trust’s Code of Ethics is available on request without charge; please call for your copy at 513-661-3100 or 1-800-541-0170 or write us at:
Johnson Mutual Funds
3777 West Fork Road
Cincinnati OH 45247
TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS (UNAUDITED) | DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
Information pertaining to the Trustees and Officers of the Trust is provided below. Trustees who are not deemed to be interested persons of the Trust, as defined in the 1940 Act, are referred to as Independent Trustees. Trustees who are deemed to be “interested persons” of the Trust are referred to as Interested Trustees. Each Trustee serves as a Trustee until the termination of the Trust unless the Trustee dies, resigns, or is removed.
NAME, ADDRESS, (YEAR OF BIRTH) | | CURRENT POSITION HELD WITH TRUST | | LENGTH OF TIME SERVED | | PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION DURING PAST FIVE YEARS | | NUMBER OF PORTFOLIOS OVERSEEN | | OTHER DIRECTORSHIPS HELD DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS |
Interested Trustee | | | | | | | | | | |
Timothy E. Johnson (1942)* 3777 West Fork Road Cincinnati, Ohio 45247 | | Trustee | | Since 1992 | | Chairman of Johnson Investment Counsel, Inc., the Trust’s Adviser, and Professor of Finance at the University of Cincinnati | | 9 | | None |
Independent Trustees | | | | | | | | | | |
James J. Berrens (1965) 3777 West Fork Rd Cincinnati, OH 45247 | | Trustee | | Since 2006 | | Christian Community Health Services: Chief Executive Officer since May 2015 | | 9 | | None |
John R. Green (1942) 3777 West Fork Rd. Cincinnati, OH 45247 | | Trustee | | Since 2006 | | Retired from The Procter & Gamble Company, Purchases Director, Global Baby Care | | 9 | | None |
Dr. Jeri B. Ricketts (1957) 3777 West Fork Rd. Cincinnati, OH 45247 | | Trustee | | Since 2013 | | Retired Director of Carl H. Lindner Honors-PLUS Program, University of Cincinnati (2002-2018); Associate Professor Emeritus of Accounting, University of Cincinnati since 1986. | | 9 | | None |
Mr. Dale Coates (1958) 3777 West Fork Rd. Cincinnati, OH 45247 | | Trustee | | Since 2023 | | Mr. Coates is currently retired. He previously was Vice President and a Portfolio Manager for the Adviser, Johnson Investment Counsel, Inc. During his time with the Adviser, Mr. Coates served as Vice President to the Johnson Mutual Funds Trust from 1993 through his retirement in 2021. | | 9 | | None |
Ms. Julie Murphy (1963) 3777 West Fork Rd. Cincinnati, OH 45247 | | Trustee | | Since 2023 | | Ms. Murphy is vice president of Territorium, Inc., an educational technology company (2022 to present), and a consultant and owner of The Marketing Alliance, a consulting company (2005 to present). She was also the General Manager of Act, Inc., a testing company from 2019 through 2022. | | 9 | | None |
TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS (UNAUDITED) | DECEMBER 31, 2023 |
NAME, ADDRESS, (YEAR OF BIRTH) | | CURRENT POSITION HELD WITH TRUST | | LENGTH OF TIME SERVED | | PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION DURING PAST FIVE YEARS | | NUMBER OF PORTFOLIOS OVERSEEN | | OTHER DIRECTORSHIPS HELD DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS |
Independent Trustees (Continued) |
Mr. Jonathan Adams (1977) 3777 West Fork Rd. Cincinnati, OH 45247 | | Trustee | | Since 2023 | | Mr. Adams is currently President of the SALIX Data company, a data analytics company (1999 to present). He is also a board member of the following entities: City Gospel Mission (homeless shelter, 2016 to present), Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy (private school, 2016 to 2022), Risksource (insurance agency, 2018 to present) and the Goering Center (center for business, 2019 to present). | | 9 | | None |
Mr. Gregory Simpson (1962) 3777 West Fork Rd. Cincinnati, OH 45247 | | Trustee | | Since 2023 | | Mr. Simpson is currently retired but provides technical consulting as an independent consultant. Previously, he served as Chief Technology Officer and AI Leader of Synchrony Financial Services (2014-2021). | | 9 | | None |
Officers | | | | | | | | | | |
Jason O. Jackman (1971) 3777 West Fork Road Cincinnati, Ohio 45247 | | President | | Since 2013 | | President of the Adviser | | N/A | | N/A |
Marc E. Figgins (1964) 3777 West Fork Road Cincinnati, Ohio 45247 | | Vice President | | Since 2002 | | Director of Fund Services for the Trust’s Adviser | | N/A | | N/A |
Scott J. Bischoff (1966) 3777 West Fork Road Cincinnati, Ohio 45247 | | Chief Compliance Officer | | Since 2005 | | Chief Compliance Officer of the Trust’s Adviser | | N/A | | N/A |
Jennifer J. Kelhoffer (1971) 3777 West Fork Road Cincinnati, Ohio 45247 | | Secretary/ Treasurer | | Since 2007 | | Fund Administration and Compliance Associate for the Trust’s Adviser | | N/A | | N/A |
* | Mr. Johnson is an interested person of the Trust because he is a director, officer and employee of the Trust’s Adviser and an officer of the Trust. |
Trustees and Officers |
| | |
Dale Coates | | Independent Trustee, Chairman |
Timothy E. Johnson | | Interested Trustee |
Jonathan Adams | | Independent Trustee |
James J. Berrens | | Independent Trustee |
John R. Green | | Independent Trustee |
Julie Murphy | | Independent Trustee |
Jeri B. Ricketts | | Independent Trustee |
Gregory Simpson | | Independent Trustee |
| | |
Jason Jackman | | President |
Marc E. Figgins | | Vice President |
Scott J. Bischoff | | Chief Compliance Officer |
Jennifer J. Kelhoffer | | Secretary/Treasurer |
Transfer Agent and Fund Accountant |
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Ultimus Fund Solutions, LLC |
225 Pictoria Drive, Suite 450 |
Cincinnati, Ohio 45246 |
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Custodian |
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US Bank |
425 Walnut Street |
Cincinnati, OH 45202 |
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Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm |
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Cohen & Company, Ltd. |
1350 Euclid Avenue, Suite 800 |
Cleveland, Ohio 44115 |
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Legal Counsel |
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Thompson Hine LLP |
312 Walnut Street, 14th Floor |
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 |
This report is authorized for distribution to prospective investors only when accompanied or preceded by the Funds’ prospectus, which illustrates each Fund’s objectives, policies, management fees, and other information that may be helpful in making an investment decision.
Investment Company Act #811-7254
Item 2. Code of Ethics.
(a) As of the end of the period covered by this report, the registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the registrant's principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions, regardless of whether these individuals are employed by the registrant or a third party.
(b) For purposes of this item, “code of ethics” means written standards that are reasonably designed to deter wrongdoing and to promote:
| (1) | Honest and ethical conduct, including the ethical handling of actual or apparent conflicts of interest between personal and professional relationships; |
| (2) | Full, fair, accurate, timely, and understandable disclosure in reports and documents that a registrant files with, or submits to, the Commission and in other public communications made by the registrant; |
(3) Compliance with applicable governmental laws, rules, and regulations;
| (4) | The prompt internal reporting of violations of the code to an appropriate person or persons identified in the code; and |
(5) Accountability for adherence to the code.
(c) Amendments: During the period covered by the report, the code of ethics was not amended.
(d) Waivers: During the period covered by the report, the registrant has not granted any express or implicit waivers from the provisions of the code of ethics.
(e) Not applicable.
(f) The Trust's Code of Ethics is available on request without charge; please call for your copy at
513-661-3100 or 1-800-541-0170 or write us at:
Johnson Mutual Funds
3777 West Fork Road
Cincinnati OH 45247
Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.
The registrant’s board of trustees has determined that that the registrant does not have an audit committee financial expert serving on its Audit Committee as defined by the SEC. The board determined that, although none of the Audit Committee members meet the technical definition of an audit committee financial expert as defined by the SEC, the members have sufficient financial expertise to address any issues that are likely to come before the committee. It was the consensus of the Trustees that it is not necessary at the present time for the committee to have an audit committee financial expert and that, if an issue ever arises, the committee will consider hiring an expert to assist as needed.
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
| |
FY 2022 | $ 72,000.00 |
FY 2023 | $ 92,500.00 |
| | Registrant | | Adviser |
FY 2022 | | $ 0.00 | $ 0.00 |
FY 2023 | | $ 0.00 | $ 0.00 |
| | Registrant | | Adviser |
FY 2022 | | $ 27,000.00 | $ 0.00 |
FY 2023 | | $ 30,000.00 | $ 0.00 |
Nature of the services: The auditor completed the annual tax returns.
| | Registrant | | Adviser |
FY 2022 | | $ 0.00 | $ 0.00 |
FY 2023 | | $ 0.00 | $ 0.00 |
| (e) | (1) Audit Committee’s Pre-Approval Policies |
The audit committee has not adopted pre-approval policies and procedures described in paragraph (c)(7) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X. All non-audit services provided to the Trust or the Adviser by the Trust’s principal accountant are specifically approved in advance on a case-by-case basis by the Board’s audit committee.
| (2) | Percentages of Services Approved by the Audit Committee |
None of the services described in paragraph (b) through (d) of this Item were approved by the audit committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X. All non-audit services were pre-approved by the audit committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(A) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.
(f) During audit of registrant's financial statements for the most recent fiscal year, less than 50 percent of the hours expended on the principal accountant's engagement were attributed to work performed by persons other than the principal accountant's full-time, permanent employees.
(g) The aggregate non-audit fees billed by the registrant's accountant for services rendered to the registrant, and rendered to the registrant's investment adviser (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant:
| | Registrant | | Adviser |
FY 2022 | | $ 27,000.00 | $ 0.00 |
FY 2023 | | $ 30,000.00 | $ 0.00 |
(h) Not applicable.
(i) Not applicable.
(j) Not applicable.
Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Companies.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Schedule of Investments.
Not applicable – schedule filed with Item 1.
Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Funds.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
Not applicable.
Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Funds.
Not applicable.
Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The registrant has not adopted procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant's board of trustees.
Item 11. Controls and Procedures.
(a) Based on an evaluation of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures as of December 14, 2023, the disclosure controls and procedures are reasonably designed to ensure that the information required in filings on Forms N-CSR is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported on a timely basis.
(b) There were no significant changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
Item 12. Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies
Not applicable.
Item 13. Exhibits.
(a)(1) Revised code of ethics is filed herewith.
(a)(1) Certifications required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) are filed herewith.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Johnson Mutual Funds Trust
By: /s/Jason O. Jackman
Jason O. Jackman, President
Date March 6, 2024
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By: /s/Jason O. Jackman
Jason O. Jackman, President
Date March 6, 2024
By: /s/ Marc E. Figgins
Marc E. Figgins, Treasurer
Date March 6, 2024