AS FILED WITH THE U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JANUARY 14, 2012

File No. 033-50718
File No. 811-07102

U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 145 [X]
AND

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY
ACT OF 1940
AMENDMENT NO. 147 [X]

THE ADVISORS' INNER CIRCLE FUND II
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

101 Federal Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02110
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Zip Code)

Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code (800) 932-7781

Michael Beattie
c/o SEI Investments
One Freedom Valley Drive
Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

Copies to:

Timothy W. Levin, Esquire                          Dianne M. Sulzbach, Esquire
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP                        c/o SEI Investments
1701 Market Street                                 One Freedom Valley Drive
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103                   Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456

It is proposed that this filing become effective (check appropriate box):

[X] Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
[ ] On [date] pursuant to paragraph (b)
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[ ] On [date] pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
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[ ] On [date] pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 485


THE ADVISORS' INNER CIRCLE FUND II

PROSPECTUS

JANUARY 31, 2013

LM CAPITAL OPPORTUNISTIC BOND FUND

INSTITUTIONAL CLASS SHARES
TICKER SYMBOL: LMCOX

RETIREMENT CLASS SHARES
TICKER SYMBOL: LMCAX

INVESTMENT ADVISER:
LM CAPITAL GROUP, LLC

THE U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION HAS NOT APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED

THESE SECURITIES OR PASSED UPON THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.


ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

THIS PROSPECTUS HAS BEEN ARRANGED INTO DIFFERENT SECTIONS SO THAT YOU CAN EASILY REVIEW THIS IMPORTANT INFORMATION. FOR DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT EACH FUND, PLEASE SEE:

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FUND SUMMARY ............................................................... 1
     FUND INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE ............................................. 1
     FUND FEES AND EXPENSES ................................................ 1
     PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES ....................................... 2
     PRINCIPAL RISKS ....................................................... 3
     PERFORMANCE INFORMATION ............................................... 6
     INVESTMENT ADVISER .................................................... 6
     PORTFOLIO MANAGERS .................................................... 6
     PURCHASE AND SALE OF FUND SHARES ...................................... 6
     TAX INFORMATION ....................................................... 7
     PAYMENTS TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER
      FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES ............................................. 7
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT RISK ................................................ 8
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUND'S OBJECTIVES AND INVESTMENTS ............... 8
INFORMATION ABOUT PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS ....................................... 8
INVESTMENT ADVISER ......................................................... 9
PORTFOLIO MANAGERS ......................................................... 9
RELATED PERFORMANCE DATA OF THE ADVISER ....................................11
PURCHASING AND SELLING FUND SHARES .........................................14
SHAREHOLDER SERVICING ARRANGEMENTS .........................................19
PAYMENTS TO FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES .......................................20
OTHER POLICIES .............................................................20
DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS ................................................23
TAXES ......................................................................23
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS .......................................................24
HOW TO OBTAIN MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUND ......................Back Cover

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LM CAPITAL OPPORTUNISTIC BOND FUND

FUND INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The LM Capital Opportunistic Bond Fund (the "Fund") seeks to achieve a total return that exceeds that of the Fund's benchmark, the Barclays U.S. Aggregate Index, over a market cycle of three to five years.

FUND FEES AND EXPENSES

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold Institutional Class and Retirement Class Shares of the Fund.

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (EXPENSES THAT YOU PAY EACH YEAR AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE VALUE OF YOUR INVESTMENT)

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                                                INSTITUTIONAL CLASS SHARES          RETIREMENT CLASS SHARES
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Management Fees                                           0.35%                               0.35%
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Other Expenses(1)                                         0.74%                               0.74%
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     Shareholder Servicing Fee                            None                                0.15%
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Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses                      1.09%                               1.24%
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Less Fee Reductions and/or Expense                       (0.64)%                             (0.64)%
Reimbursements
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Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After                0.45%                               0.60%
     Fee Reductions and/or Expense
     Reimbursements(2)
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(1) Other Expenses are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.

(2) LM Capital Group, LLC (the "Adviser") has contractually agreed to reduce fees and reimburse expenses in order to keep Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Reductions and/or Expense Reimbursements (excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses) (collectively, "excluded expenses") from exceeding 0.45% or 0.60% of the Fund's Institutional Class and Retirement Class Shares' average daily net assets, respectively, until November 29, 2016 (the "Expense Limitation"). The Adviser is entitled to recoup such amounts reduced or reimbursed for a period of up to three (3) years from the year in which the Adviser reduced its compensation and/or assumed expenses for the Fund. No recoupment will occur unless the Fund's expenses are below the Expense Limitation. This agreement may be terminated: (i) by the Board, for any reason at any time; or (ii) by the Adviser, upon ninety
(90) days' prior written notice to the Trust, effective as of the close of business on November 29, 2016.

EXAMPLE

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses (including capped expenses for the period described in the fee table) remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

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                                     1 YEAR      3 YEARS
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INSTITUTIONAL CLASS SHARES            $46         $144
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RETIREMENT CLASS SHARES               $61         $192
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PORTFOLIO TURNOVER

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in total annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in a diversified portfolio of fixed income instruments of varying maturities. Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in fixed income instruments. This investment policy may be changed by the Fund upon 60 days' prior notice to shareholders. "Fixed income instruments" include, but are not limited to, securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government and its agencies and instrumentalities, corporate bonds and other corporate debt securities, mortgage-backed securities (including "to be announced" transactions in which the mortgage pools to be delivered are not specified until a few days prior to the settlement date), asset-backed securities, municipal securities, and privately-issued securities that may be resold only in accordance with Rule 144A or Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "1933 Act"). The Fund may also invest in securities listed, traded or dealt in foreign countries, including emerging markets countries. Such securities may be denominated in foreign currencies. The Fund may also invest in preferred stock. The Fund may invest in Treasury and currency futures and currency forwards for hedging purposes. Treasury futures with economic characteristics similar to fixed income instruments will be included as investments that satisfy the Fund's 80% policy discussed above.

"Investment-grade" securities are securities that are rated by at least one major rating agency in one of its top four rating categories, or, if unrated, that are determined by LM Capital Group LLC ("LM Capital Group" or the "Adviser"), the Fund's investment adviser, to be of similar quality, at the time of purchase. The Fund may invest up to 30% of its assets in fixed income securities rated below investment grade (also known as "high yield securities" or "junk bonds"), which may also include emerging market debt securities, including both sovereign and corporate issues. LM Capital Group expects that the Fund's average duration will range between 20% shorter and 20% longer than that of the Barclays US Aggregate Index. Duration measures price volatility by estimating the change in price of a debt security for a 1% change in its yield. For example, a duration of five years means the price of a debt security will change about 5% for every 1% change in its yield. Thus, the higher duration, the more volatile the security.

In selecting fixed income instruments for the Fund, LM Capital Group employs an active management style which bases investment decisions on fundamental, macro-economic analysis. By analyzing the underlying global economic fundamentals which drive the performance of each sector and region, LM Capital Group attempts to move opportunistically in and out of sectors to take advantage of the market anomalies and inefficiencies, in an effort to actively enhance returns and minimize risk. LM Capital Group's security selection process is centered on the belief that money is a commodity whose price, or interest rate, is governed by the laws of supply and demand, and that global economic, political, and social factors significantly influence this equation. LM Capital Group does not try to forecast interest rates, but rather tries to understand trends in order to determine the duration positioning and sector allocations for the Fund.

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PRINCIPAL RISKS

INTEREST RATE RISK. As with most funds that invest in fixed income securities, changes in interest rates are one of the most important factors that could affect the value of your investment. Rising interest rates tend to cause the prices of fixed income securities (especially those with longer maturities) and the Fund's share price to fall.

Fixed income securities generally have a stated maturity date when the issuer must repay the principal amount of the bond. Other fixed income securities known as perpetual bonds have no stated maturity date. An issuer of perpetual bonds is responsible for coupon payments in perpetuity but does not have to redeem the securities. Perpetual bonds are often callable after a set period of time, typically between 5 and 10 years. Some fixed income debt securities, known as callable bonds, may repay the principal earlier than the stated maturity date. Fixed income debt securities are most likely to be called when interest rates are falling because the issuer can refinance at a lower rate.

Mutual funds that invest in fixed income debt securities have no real maturity. Instead, they calculate their weighted average maturity. This number is an average of the effective or anticipated maturity of each fixed income debt security held by the mutual fund, with the maturity of each security weighted by the percentage of its assets of the mutual fund it represents.

CREDIT RISK. The credit rating or financial condition of an issuer may affect the value of a fixed income debt security. Generally, the lower the quality rating of a security, the greater the perceived risk that the issuer will fail to pay interest fully and return principal in a timely manner. If an issuer defaults or becomes unable to honor its financial obligations, the security may lose some or all of its value. The issuer of an investment-grade security is considered by the ratings agency to be more likely to pay interest and repay principal than an issuer of a lower rated bond. Adverse economic conditions or changing circumstances, however, may weaken the capacity of the issuer to pay interest and repay principal.

INFLATION/DEFLATION RISK. The value of assets or income from investments may be worth less in the future as inflation decreases the present value of future payments. Conversely, prices throughout the economy may decline over time due to deflation. Deflation may have an adverse effect on the creditworthiness of issuers and may make issuer default more likely, which may result in a decline in the value of the Fund's portfolio.

HIGH YIELD SECURITIES ("JUNK BOND") RISK. High yield, or non-investment grade or "junk," bonds (including some emerging market debt issues) are highly speculative securities that are usually issued by smaller, less credit worthy and/or highly leveraged (indebted) companies. Compared with investment-grade bonds, high yield bonds are considered to carry a greater degree of risk and are considered to be less likely to make payments of interest and principal. Market developments and the financial and business conditions of the corporation issuing these securities generally influence their price and liquidity more than changes in interest rates, when compared to investment-grade debt securities. Insufficient liquidity in the non-investment grade bond market may make it more difficult to dispose of non-investment grade bonds and may cause the Fund to experience sudden and substantial price declines. A lack of reliable, objective data or market quotations may make it more difficult to value non-investment grade bonds accurately.

MORTGAGE-BACKED AND ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES RISK. The Fund may invest in both residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities. A mortgage-backed security represents an interest in a pool of assets such as mortgage loans and matures when all the mortgages in the pool mature or are prepaid. While mortgage-backed securities do have fixed maturities, their expected durations may vary when interest rates rise or fall. Because the timing and speed of principal payments may vary, the cash flow on mortgage-backed securities is irregular. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of mortgage-backed securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates. As a result, in a period of

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rising interest rates, the Fund may exhibit additional volatility. This is known as extension risk. In addition, mortgage-backed securities are subject to prepayment risk. When interest rates decline, borrowers may pay off their mortgages sooner than expected. This can reduce the returns of the Fund because the Fund will have to reinvest that money at the lower prevailing interest rates. While residential mortgagors in the United States have the options to pay more principal than required at each payment interval, commercial mortgages are often set for a fixed term and therefore experience a lower degree of prepayment risk.

The Fund may invest in privately issued mortgage-backed securities that are not issued, guaranteed, or backed by the U.S. Government or its agencies or instrumentalities and may bear a greater risk of nonpayment than securities that are backed by the U.S. Treasury. There can be no assurance, however, that such credit enhancements will support full payment of the principal and interest on such obligations. In addition, changes in the credit quality of the entity that provides credit enhancement could cause losses to the Fund and affect its share price.

An asset-backed security is a security backed by non-mortgage assets such as company receivables, truck and auto loans, leases and credit card receivables. Asset-backed securities are subject to risks similar to those associated with mortgage-backed securities, as well as additional risks associated with the nature of the assets and the servicing of those assets. Some asset-backed securities present credit risks that are not presented by mortgage-backed securities. This is because some asset-backed securities generally do not have the benefit of a security interest in collateral that is comparable in quality to mortgage assets. Other asset-backed securities do not have the benefit of a security interest in collateral at all. If the issuer of an asset-backed security defaults on its payment obligations, there is the possibility that, in some cases, the Fund will be unable to possess and sell the underlying collateral and that the Fund's recoveries on repossessed collateral may not be available to support payments on the security. In the event of a default, the Fund may suffer a loss if it cannot sell collateral quickly and receive the amount it is owed. The cost of the collateral may also be insufficient to cover the principal amount.

During periods of declining asset value, difficult or frozen credit markets, interest rate changes, or deteriorating economic conditions, mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities may decline in value, face valuation difficulties, become more volatile and/or become illiquid. Additionally, the value of these securities may fluctuate in response to market's perception of credit worthiness of the issuers. The risk that an issuer will fail to make timely payments of interest or principal, or will default on payments, is generally higher in the case of mortgage-backed securities that include so-called 'sub-prime' mortgages.

"TO BE ANNOUNCED" TRANSACTIONS RISK. The Fund may purchase securities in "to be announced" ("TBA") transactions. TBA transactions are standardized contracts for future delivery in which the exact mortgage pools to be delivered are not specified until a few days prior to settlement. A TBA transaction is a method of trading mortgage-backed securities. In a TBA transaction, the buyer and seller agree upon general trade parameters such as agency, settlement date, par amount and price. Default by or bankruptcy of a counterparty to a TBA transaction would expose the Fund to possible losses because of an adverse market action, expenses or delays in connection with the purchase or sale of the pools of mortgage pass-through securities specified in the TBA transaction.

U.S. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES RISK. Although the Fund's U.S. Government securities are considered to be among the safest investments, they are not guaranteed against price movements due to changing interest rates. Some obligations issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies and instrumentalities, including, for example, Ginnie Mae pass-through certificates, are supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Treasury. Other obligations issued by or guaranteed by federal agencies, such as those securities issued by Fannie Mae, are supported by the discretionary authority of the U.S. Government to purchase certain obligations of the federal agency, while other obligations issued by or guaranteed by federal agencies, such as those of the Federal Home Loan Banks, are supported by the right of the issuer to borrow from the U.S. Treasury. While the U.S. Government provides financial support to such U.S.
Government-sponsored federal agencies, no assurance can be given that the U.S. Government will always

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do so, since the U.S. Government is not so obligated by law. Other obligations are backed solely by the government sponsored agency's own resources. As a result, investments in securities issued by the government sponsored agencies that are not backed by the U.S. Treasury are subject to higher credit risk than those that are.

LIQUIDITY RISK. Liquidity risk exists when particular investments are difficult to purchase or sell, possibly preventing the Fund from selling these illiquid securities at an advantageous price or at the time desired. A lack of liquidity also may cause the value of investments to decline. Illiquid investments also may be difficult to value.

MUNICIPAL SECURITIES RISK. There may be economic, political or regulatory changes that impact the ability of municipal issuers to repay principal and to make interest payments on municipal securities. Changes in the financial condition or credit rating of municipal issuers also may adversely affect the value of the Fund's municipal securities. Constitutional or legislative limits on borrowing by municipal issuers may result in reduced supplies of municipal securities. Moreover, certain municipal securities are backed only by a municipal issuer's ability to levy and collect taxes.

Income from municipal obligations could be declared taxable because of unfavorable changes in tax laws, adverse interpretations by the Internal Revenue Service or state tax authorities or non-compliant conduct of bond issuers. A portion of the Fund's income may be taxable to shareholders subject to the federal alternative minimum tax.

DERIVATIVES RISK. The Fund's use of futures contracts and forward contracts is subject to market risk, leverage risk, correlation risk, liquidity risk, and hedging risk. Market risk is the risk that the market value of an investment may move up and down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. Leverage risk is the risk that the use of leverage can amplify the effects of market volatility on the Fund's share price and may also cause the Fund to liquidate portfolio positions when it would not be advantageous to do so in order to satisfy its obligations. Correlation risk is the risk that changes in the value of the derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying asset, rate or index. Liquidity risk is described above. Hedging risk is the risk that derivatives instruments used for hedging purposes may also limit any potential gain that may result from the increase in value of the hedged asset. To the extent that the Fund engages in hedging strategies, there can be no assurance that such strategy will be effective or that there will be a hedge in place at any given time. The Fund's use of forward contracts is also subject to credit risk and valuation risk. Credit risk is described above. Valuation risk is the risk that the derivative may be difficult to value and/or valued incorrectly. Each of these risks could cause the Fund to lose more than the principal amount invested in a derivative instrument.

FOREIGN SECURITIES RISK. Investing in securities of foreign issuers and governments poses additional risks since political and economic events unique to a country or region will affect foreign securities markets and their issuers. Political events (civil unrest, national elections, changes in political conditions and foreign relations, imposition of exchange controls and repatriation restrictions), social and economic events (labor strikes, rising inflation) and natural disasters occurring in a country where the Fund invests could cause the Fund's investments in that country to experience gains or losses. These risks will not necessarily affect the U.S. economy or similar issuers located in the United States.

Sovereign debt instruments are subject to the risk that a governmental entity may delay or refuse to pay interest or repay principal on its sovereign debt, due, for example, to cash flow problems, insufficient foreign currency reserves, political considerations, the relative size of the governmental entity's debt position in relation to the economy or the failure to put in place economic reforms required by the International Monetary Fund or other multilateral agencies.

EMERGING MARKETS RISK. Investments in emerging market securities are considered speculative and are subject to heightened risks in addition to the general risks of investing in non-U.S. securities. Unlike more established markets, emerging markets may have governments that are less stable, markets that are less

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liquid and economies that are less developed. In addition, emerging market securities may be issued by companies with smaller market capitalization and may suffer periods of relative illiquidity; significant price volatility; restrictions on foreign investment; and possible restrictions on repatriation of investment income and capital. Furthermore, foreign investors may be required to register the proceeds of sales, and future economic or political crises could lead to price controls, forced mergers, expropriation or confiscatory taxation, seizure, nationalization or creation of government monopolies.

PORTFOLIO TURNOVER RISK. The Fund may buy and sell investments frequently. Such a strategy often involves higher expenses, including brokerage commissions, and may increase the amount of capital gains (in particular, short term gains) realized by the Fund. Shareholders may pay tax on such capital gains.

PRIVATELY-ISSUED SECURITIES RISK. The Fund may invest in privately-issued securities, including those that are normally purchased pursuant to Rule 144A or Regulation S of the 1933 Act. Privately-issued securities typically may be resold only to qualified institutional buyers, or in a privately negotiated transaction, or to a limited number of purchasers, or in limited quantities after they have been held for a specified period of time and other conditions are met for an exemption from registration. Because there may be relatively few potential purchasers for such securities, especially under adverse markets or economic conditions or in the event of adverse changes in the financial condition of the issuer, the Fund may find it more difficult to sell such securities when it may be advisable to do so or it may be able to sell such securities only at prices lower than if such securities were more widely held and traded. At times, it also may be more difficult to determine the fair value of such securities for purposes of computing the Fund's net asset value due to the absence of an active trading market. There can be no assurance that a privately-issued security that is deemed to be liquid when purchased will continue to be liquid for as long as it is held by the Fund.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The Fund is new, and therefore has no performance history. Once the Fund has completed a full calendar year of operations, a bar chart and table will be included that will provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing the variability of the Fund's returns based on net assets and comparing the Fund's performance to a broad measure of market performance.

INVESTMENT ADVISER

LM Capital Group, LLC

PORTFOLIO MANAGERS

Luis Maizel, Senior Managing Director, has managed the Fund since its inception.

John Chalker, Managing Director, has managed the Fund since its inception.

Mario Modiano, Portfolio Manager, has managed the Fund since its inception.

Rachel Wilson, CFA, Portfolio Manager, has managed the Fund since its inception.

PURCHASE AND SALE OF FUND SHARES

To purchase Institutional Class Shares or Retirement Class Shares of the Fund for the first time, you must invest at least $1,000,000 or $100,000, respectively. There is no minimum for subsequent investments.

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If you own your shares directly, you may redeem your shares on any day that the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE") is open for business by contacting the Fund directly by mail at LM Capital Opportunistic Bond Fund, P.O. Box 588, Portland, ME 04112 or telephone at 866-330-1111.

If you own your shares through an account with a broker or other institution, contact that broker or institution to redeem your shares. Your broker or institution may charge a fee for its services in addition to the fees charged by the Fund.

TAX INFORMATION

The Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxed as ordinary income or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or individual retirement account, in which case your distribution will be taxed when withdrawn from the tax-deferred account.

PAYMENTS TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES

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

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MORE INFORMATION ABOUT RISK

Investing in the Fund involves risk and there is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its goals. The Adviser's judgments about the markets, the economy, or companies may not anticipate actual market movements, economic conditions or company performance, and these judgments may affect the return on your investment. In fact, no matter how good a job the Adviser does, you could lose money on your investment in the Fund, just as you could with similar investments.

The value of your investment in the Fund is based on the value of the securities the Fund holds. These prices change daily due to economic and other events that affect particular companies and other issuers. These price movements, sometimes called volatility, may be greater or lesser depending on the types of securities the Fund owns and the markets in which it trades. The effect on the Fund of a change in the value of a single security will depend on how widely the Fund diversifies its holdings.

FIXED INCOME RISK. The market value of fixed income investments change in response to interest rate changes and other factors. During periods of falling interest rates, the values of outstanding fixed income securities generally rise. Moreover, while securities with longer maturities tend to produce higher yields, the prices of longer maturity securities are also subject to greater market fluctuations as a result of changes in interest rates. During periods of falling interest rates, certain debt obligations with high interest rates may be prepaid (or "called") by the issuer prior to maturity. In addition to these risks, fixed income securities may be subject to credit risk, which is the possibility that an issuer will be unable or unwilling to make timely payments of either principal or interest.

FOREIGN SECURITY RISK. Investments in securities of foreign issuers can be more volatile than investments in U.S. companies. Diplomatic, political, or economic developments, including nationalization or appropriation, could affect investments in foreign companies. Foreign companies or governments generally are not subject to uniform accounting, auditing, and financial reporting standards comparable to those applicable to domestic U.S. companies or governments. Some foreign governments levy withholding taxes against dividend and interest income. Although in some countries a portion of these taxes are recoverable, the non-recovered portion will reduce the income received from the securities comprising the portfolio.

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUND'S OBJECTIVES AND INVESTMENTS

The investment objective of the Fund is to achieve a total return that exceeds that of the Fund's benchmark, the Barclays U.S. Aggregate Index, over a market cycle of three to five years. Of course, there is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its investment goals.

The investments and strategies described in this prospectus are those that the Fund uses under normal conditions. During unusual economic or market conditions, or for temporary defensive or liquidity purposes, each Fund may invest up to 100% of its assets in money market instruments and other cash equivalents that would not ordinarily be consistent with its investment objective. If the Fund invests in this manner, it may not achieve its investment objective. The Fund will only do so if the Adviser believes that the risk of loss outweighs the opportunity to pursue their investment objectives.

INFORMATION ABOUT PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS

A description of the Fund's policy and procedures with respect to the circumstances under which the Fund discloses its portfolio holdings is available in the the Fund's Statement of Additional Information ("SAI").

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INVESTMENT ADVISER

LM Capital Group, LLC ("LM Capital" or the "Adviser"), a San Diego-Based investment advisory firm founded in 1989, serves as the investment adviser to the Fund. The Adviser's principal place of business is located at 401 B Street, Suite 950, San Diego, CA 92101. As of September 30, 2012, the Adviser had approximately $4.619 billion in assets under management.

The Adviser makes investment decisions for the Fund and continuously reviews, supervises and administers the Fund's investment program. The Trust's Board of Trustees (the "Board") supervises the Adviser and establishes policies that the Adviser must follow in its management activities. For its advisory services to the Fund, the Adviser is entitled to a fee, which is calculated daily and paid monthly, at an annual rate of 0.35% of the average daily net assets of the Fund.

The Adviser has contractually agreed to reduce its fees and reimburse expenses in order to keep net operating expenses (excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses) (collectively, "excluded expenses") from exceeding 0.45% or 0.60% of the Fund's Institutional Class and Retirement Class Shares' average daily net assets, respectively, until November 29, 2016. If at any point total annual Fund operating expenses (not including excluded expenses) are below the expense cap, the Adviser may retain the difference between total annual Fund operating expenses (not including excluded expenses) and the expense cap to recover all or a portion of its prior fee reductions or expense reimbursements made during the preceding three-year period during which this agreement was in place.

A discussion regarding the basis for the Board's approval of the Fund's investment advisory agreement will be available in the Fund's initial Annual Report.

PORTFOLIO MANAGERS

The Fund is managed by a team of investment professionals, each of whom is jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund. The SAI provides additional information about the portfolio managers' compensation, other accounts managed, and ownership of Fund shares.

LUIS MAIZEL, Senior Managing Director, co-founded the Adviser in 1989 and has been investing in the global fixed income markets since 1984. His professional experience includes serving as Vice President of Finance for Grupoventas, S.A.; faculty member at the Harvard Business School; and President of Industrial Kuick, S.A. Mr. Maizel received an undergraduate degree in Industrial Engineering from The National University of Mexico (UNAM) in 1971 and obtained his MBA from Harvard Business School in 1974.

JOHN CHALKER, Managing Director, co-founded the Adviser in 1989 and has been investing in the global fixed income markets since 1980. His professional experience includes 15 years as Vice President and Senior Financial Consultant with Merrill Lynch & Co. Mr. Chalker received his BS from the US Naval Academy in Annapolis.

MARIO MODIANO, Portfolio Manager, joined the Adviser in 1990. He previously served as a consultant to LM Advisors for 3 years. Mr. Modiano's professional experience includes an intern position at the World Bank Group; Head of Department of Operations Research at the Banco de Comercio in Mexico; and President/Chief Executive Officer of EPI S.A., a financial systems software developer and marketing firm. Mr. Modiano received his BA in Applied Mathematics from University of California, Berkeley; his MS from Cornell University; and his MBA from Harvard Business School.

RACHEL WILSON, CFA, Portfolio Manager, joined the Adviser in 2004. Prior to joining the Adviser, she was a fixed income trader at AIG Advisor Group, responsible for recommending bond strategies and securities for clients. Her professional experience includes serving as Portfolio Manager for fixed income

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index funds for Barclays Global Investors and Assistant Portfolio Manager at U.S. Trust Company of California. Ms. Wilson earned her BA from the University of California, San Diego with a major in Quantitative Economics and Decision Science.

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RELATED PERFORMANCE DATA OF THE ADVISER

The following table shows the performance of the Adviser's Opportunistic Core (Core Plus) Composite (the "Composite"), a composite of all actual, fee-paying accounts managed by the Adviser that have investment objectives, policies, strategies and risks substantially similar to those of the Fund. The Composite data illustrates the past performance of the Adviser in managing substantially similar accounts. THE DATA DOES NOT REPRESENT THE PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND. Moreover, the performance shown does not represent the future performance of the Fund or of the Adviser.

The manner in which the performance was calculated for the Composite differs from that of registered mutual funds such as the Fund. The Adviser claims compliance with the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS[R]) and has prepared and presented this report in compliance with the GIPS standards. The Adviser has been independently verified for the period January 1, 1997 to June 30, 2012. Verification assesses whether (1) the firm has complied with all the composite construction requirements of the GIPS standards on a firm-wide basis and (2) the firm's policies and procedures are designed to calculate and present performance in compliance with the GIPS standards. The Composite has been examined for the periods January 1, 1997 to June 30, 2012. The verification and performance examination reports are available upon request.

Performance results are presented both net of fees and gross of fees. "Gross of fees" performance results are net of direct trading costs. "Net of fees" performance results are net of direct trading costs and investment advisory fees. Because of variation in fee levels, the "net of fees" Composite returns may not be reflective of performance in any one particular account. Therefore, the performance information shown below is not necessarily representative of the performance information that typically would be shown for a registered mutual fund. The Fund's fees and expenses are generally expected to be higher than those of the accounts included in the Composite. If the Fund's fees and expenses had been imposed on accounts included in the Composite, the performance shown below would have been lower. The accounts included in the Composite are not subject to the same type of expenses to which the Fund is subject and is not subject to the diversification requirements, specific tax restrictions, and investment limitations imposed by the federal securities and tax laws. Consequently, the performance results for the Composite could have been adversely affected if the accounts included in the Composite were subject to the same federal securities and tax laws as the Fund.

The investment results presented below are not intended to predict or suggest the future returns of the Fund. The performance data shown below should not be considered a substitute for the Fund's own performance information. Investors should be aware that the use of a methodology different than that used below to calculate performance could result in different performance data.

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PERFORMANCE INFORMATION FOR THE ADVISER'S OPPORTUNISTIC CORE (CORE PLUS)
COMPOSITE(1) (January 1, 1997 through December 31, 2011)

THE FOLLOWING DATA ILLUSTRATES THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE ADVISER IN MANAGING

SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR ACCOUNTS AND DOES NOT REPRESENT THE PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND.

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                                                                                                                   3 YR ANNUALIZED
                                                                                                                 STANDARD DEVIATION
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          TOTAL                                       ANNUAL      TOTAL          BARCLAYS                                  BARCLAYS
          FIRM           COMPOSITE                    TOTAL       RETURN         CAPITAL                                   CAPITAL
          ASSETS         ASSETS         NUMBER        RETURN      (GROSS         U.S.                                      U.S.
          ($             ($             OF            (NET OF     OF             AGGREGATE                                 AGGREGATE
YEAR      MILLIONS)      MILLIONS)      ACCOUNTS      FEES)(2)    FEES)(2)       INDEX          DISPERSION(3)   COMPOSITE  INDEX
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1997        145.1           30.2           2            7.57%       7.89%          9.65%          N/A(4)           N/A       N/A
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1998        216.6           27.4           1            6.56%       6.88%          8.69%          N/A(4)           N/A       N/A
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1999        222.8           28.3           1            3.09%       3.41%         -0.82%          N/A(4)           3.73      3.20
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2000        410.0           99.5           2           11.81%      12.16%         11.63%          N/A(4)           3.95      3.01
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2001        485.6          101.4           2            7.01%       7.35%          8.44%          0.75%            3.47      3.35
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2002        679.2          253.9           4           11.44%      11.77%         10.26%          0.37%            3.61      3.36
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2003      1,330.6          349.6           4            7.83%       8.15%          4.10%          1.84%            4.30      4.20
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2004      1,742.9          859.9           4            4.96%       5.27%          4.34%          0.28%            4.61      4.28
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2005      2,159.6        1,427.7           9            1.73%       2.03%          2.43%          0.25%            4.32      4.06
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2006      2,200.7        1,670.0          11            5.52%       5.84%          4.33%          0.41%            3.29      3.21
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2007      3,363.6        2,572.8          12            6.32%       6.64%          6.97%          0.33%            2.48      2.76
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2008      3,691.0        2,816.1          14            1.71%       1.99%          5.24%          1.54%            5.88      3.97
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2009      4,010.6        2,902.6          16           11.03%      11.38%          5.93%          1.37%            6.27      4.11
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2010      4,531.7        3,061.7          17            7.44%       7.78%          6.54%          0.39%            6.35      4.16
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2011      4,461.4        3,019.1          16            7.31%       7.61%          7.84%          0.60%            3.38      2.78
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(1) The Composite: The Opportunistic Core (Core Plus) Composite contains fully discretionary fixed income accounts, including those accounts no longer with the Adviser. The minimum account size for this composite was $10 million beginning January 1, 1998. For comparison purposes, the composite is measured against the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Index. Prior to November 2008, the index was known as the Lehman Brothers U.S. Aggregate Index, and due to the combination of Lehman Brothers and Barclays Capital indices into a single platform, the Lehman Brothers name was replaced with Barclays Capital. Benchmark returns are not covered by the report of independent verifiers. The Composite was created on January 1, 1993. The Adviser has been verified firm-wide by an independent verification firm from January 1, 1997 through June 30, 2012. The Composite does not reflect all of the Adviser's assets under management. A complete list of the firm's composite descriptions is available upon request.

(2) The U.S. Dollar is the currency used to express performance. Both gross and net returns reflect the reinvestment of income. Gross returns do not reflect the deduction of investment advisory fees or any other

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expenses that may be incurred in the management of the account. Net of fee performance was calculated using a management fee of 0.30%, paid monthly, which is the highest management fee that any account in the Composite paid. The management fee schedule for this Composite is 0.40% on the first $25 million; 0.35% on the next $25 million; 0.30% on the next $50 million and negotiable thereafter. Actual investment advisory fees incurred by clients may vary.

(3) The annual Composite dispersion presented is an asset-weighted standard deviation calculated for the accounts in the Composite the entire year. Additional information regarding policies for calculating and reporting returns is available upon request.

(4) Information is not statistically meaningful due to an insufficient number of values in the Composite for the entire year.

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PURCHASING AND SELLING FUND SHARES

This section tells you how to purchase, sell (sometimes called "redeem") and exchange Institutional and Retirement Class Shares of the Fund.

Institutional Class Shares are for individual and institutional investors. Retirement Class Shares are for individual investors. Institutional Class Shares and Retirement Class Shares have different minimum and subsequent investment amounts and different expenses, as described in this prospectus.

For information regarding the federal income tax consequences of transactions in shares of the Fund, including information about cost basis reporting, see "Taxes."

HOW TO PURCHASE FUND SHARES

You will ordinarily submit your purchase orders through your securities broker or other financial intermediary through which you opened your shareholder account. To purchase shares directly from the Fund through its transfer agent, complete and send in the application. If you need an application or have questions, please call 866-330-1111 or log on to the Fund's website at http://www.lmcapital.com.

If you purchase shares directly from the Fund, you will receive a confirmation of each transaction and quarterly statements detailing Fund balances and all transactions completed during the prior quarter. Automatic reinvestments of distributions and systematic investments and withdrawals may be confirmed only by quarterly statement. You should verify the accuracy of all transactions in your account as soon as you receive your confirmations and quarterly statements.

All investments must be made by check, Automated Clearing House (ACH), or wire. All checks must be made payable in U.S. dollars and drawn on U.S. financial institutions. The Fund does not accept purchases made by third-party checks, credit cards, credit card checks, cash, traveler's checks, money orders or cashier's checks.

The Fund reserves the right to reject any specific purchase order for any reason. The Fund is not intended for short-term trading by shareholders in response to short-term market fluctuations. For more information about the Fund's policy on short-term trading, see "Excessive Trading Policies and Procedures."

The Fund does not generally accept investments by non-U.S. persons. Non-U.S. persons may be permitted to invest in the Fund subject to the satisfaction of enhanced due diligence. Please contact the Fund for more information.

BY MAIL

You can open an account with the Fund by sending a check and your account application to the address below. You can add to an existing account by sending the Fund a check and, if possible, the "Invest by Mail" stub that accompanies your transaction confirmation. Be sure your check identifies clearly your name, your account number and the Fund name.

REGULAR MAIL ADDRESS
LM Capital Opportunistic Bond Fund
P.O. Box 588
Portland, ME 04112

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EXPRESS MAIL ADDRESS
LM Capital Opportunistic Bond Fund
c/o Atlantic Fund Services, LLC
Three Canal Plaza, Ground Floor
Portland, ME 04101

BY WIRE

To open an account by wire, call 866-330-1111 for details. To add to an existing account by wire, wire your money using the wiring instructions set forth below (be sure to include the Fund name and your account number).

WIRING INSTRUCTIONS

Union Bank
Los Angeles, CA
ABA #122000496
FOR CREDIT TO:
Atlantic Shareholder Services FBO The Advisors' Inner Circle Fund II Acct #4580002264
LM Capital Opportunistic Bond Fund
(Your Account Number with the Fund)

PURCHASES IN-KIND

Subject to the approval of the Fund, an investor may purchase shares of the Fund with liquid securities and other assets that are eligible for purchase by the Fund (consistent with the Fund's investment policies and restrictions) and that have a value that is readily ascertainable in accordance with the Fund's valuation policies. These transactions will be effected only if the Adviser deems the security to be an appropriate investment for the Fund. Assets purchased by the Fund in such a transaction will be valued in accordance with procedures adopted by the Fund. The Fund reserves the right to amend or terminate this practice at any time.

GENERAL INFORMATION

You may purchase shares on any day that the NYSE is open for business (a "Business Day"). Shares cannot be purchased by Federal Reserve wire on days that either the NYSE or the Federal Reserve is closed. The Fund's price per share will be the net asset value per share ("NAV") next determined after the Fund or authorized institution receives your purchase order in proper form. "Proper form" means that the Fund was provided a complete and signed account application, including the investor's social security number, tax identification number, and other identification required by law or regulation, as well as sufficient purchase proceeds.

The Fund calculates its NAV once each Business Day as of the close of normal trading on the NYSE (normally, 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time). To receive the current Business Day's NAV, the Fund or authorized institution must receive your purchase order in proper form before 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time. If the NYSE closes early -- such as on days in advance of certain holidays -- the Fund reserves the right to calculate NAV as of the earlier closing time. The Fund will not accept orders that request a particular day or price for the transaction or any other special conditions.

Shares will not be priced on days that the NYSE is closed for trading, including nationally observed holidays. Since securities that are traded on foreign exchanges may trade on days when the NYSE is closed, the value of the Funds may change on days when you are unable to purchase or redeem shares.

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BUYING OR SELLING SHARES THROUGH A FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARY

In addition to being able to buy and sell Fund shares directly from the Fund through its transfer agent, you may also buy or sell shares of the Fund through accounts with financial intermediaries such as brokers and other institutions that are authorized to place trades in Fund shares for their customers. When you purchase or sell Fund shares through a financial intermediary (rather than directly from the Fund), you may have to transmit your purchase and sale requests to the financial intermediary at an earlier time for your transaction to become effective that day. This allows the financial intermediary time to process your requests and transmit them to the Fund prior to the time the Fund calculates its NAV that day. Your financial intermediary is responsible for transmitting all purchase and redemption requests, investment information, documentation and money to the Fund on time. If your financial intermediary fails to do so, it may be responsible for any resulting fees or losses. Unless your financial intermediary is an authorized institution (defined below), orders transmitted by the financial intermediary and received by the Fund after the time NAV is calculated for a particular day will receive the following day's NAV.

Certain financial intermediaries, including certain broker-dealers and shareholder organizations, are authorized to act as agent on behalf of the Fund with respect to the receipt of purchase and redemption requests for Fund shares ("authorized institutions"). These requests are executed at the NAV next determined after the authorized institution receives the request if transmitted to the Fund's transfer agent in accordance with the Fund's procedures and applicable law. To determine whether your financial intermediary is an authorized institution such that it may act as agent on behalf of the Fund with respect to purchase and redemption requests for Fund shares, you should contact them directly.

If you deal directly with a financial intermediary, you will have to follow their procedures for transacting with the Fund. Your financial intermediary may charge a fee for your purchase and/or redemption transactions. For more information about how to purchase or sell Fund shares through a financial intermediary, you should contact your authorized institution directly.

HOW THE FUND CALCULATES NAV

NAV for one Fund share is the value of that share's portion of the net assets of the Fund. In calculating NAV, the Fund generally values its investment portfolio at market price. If market prices are not readily available or the Fund reasonably believes that they are unreliable, such as in the case of a security value that has been materially affected by events occurring after the relevant market closes, the Fund is required to price those securities at fair value as determined in good faith using methods approved by the Fund's Board. Pursuant to the policies adopted by, and under the ultimate supervision of the Fund's Board, these methods are implemented through the Fund's Fair Value Pricing Committee, members of which are appointed by the Board. The Fund's determination of a security's fair value price often involves the consideration of a number of subjective factors, and is therefore subject to the unavoidable risk that the value that the Fund assigns to a security may be higher or lower than the security's value would be if a reliable market quotation for the security was readily available.

With respect to any non-U.S. securities held by the Funds, the Funds may take factors influencing specific markets or issuers into consideration in determining the fair value of a non-U.S. security. International securities markets may be open on days when the U.S. markets are closed. In such cases, the value of any international securities owned by the Funds may be significantly affected on days when investors cannot buy or sell shares. In addition, due to the difference in times between the close of the international markets and the time the Funds price their shares, the value the Funds assign to securities generally will not be the same as the quoted or published prices of those securities on their primary markets or exchanges. In determining fair value prices, the Funds may consider the performance of securities on their primary exchanges, foreign currency appreciation/depreciation, or securities market movements in the United States, or other relevant information as related to the securities.

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When valuing fixed-income securities with remaining maturities of more than 60 days, the Fund uses the value of the security provided by pricing services. The values provided by a pricing service may be based upon market quotations for the same security, securities expected to trade in a similar manner or a pricing matrix. When valuing fixed-income securities with remaining maturities of 60 days or less, the Fund uses the security's amortized cost. Amortized cost and the use of a pricing matrix in valuing fixed-income securities are forms of fair value pricing. Securities, options, futures contracts and other assets (including swap agreements) for which market quotations are not readily available will be valued at their fair value as determined in good faith by or under the direction of the Board.

MINIMUM PURCHASES

You can open an account with the Fund with a minimum initial investment of $1,000,000 for Institutional Class Shares and $100,000 for Retirement Class Shares. There is no minimum for subsequent investments in Institutional Class Shares or Retirement Class Shares of the Fund. The Fund may accept initial investments of smaller amounts in its sole discretion. The Fund reserves the right to waive the minimum initial investment in its sole discretion.

FUND CODES

The reference information listed below will be helpful to you when you contact the Fund to purchase Institutional Class or Retirement Class Shares of the Fund, check daily NAV or obtain additional information.

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FUND NAME                               TICKER SYMBOL      CUSIP      FUND CODE
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LM CAPITAL OPPORTUNISTIC BOND FUND
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Institutional Class Shares                   LMCOX      00766Y372      258-101
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Retirement Class Shares                      LMCAX      00766Y364      258-102
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HOW TO SELL YOUR FUND SHARES

If you own your shares directly, you may redeem your shares on any Business Day by contacting the Fund directly by mail or telephone at 866-330-1111.

If you own your shares through an account with a broker or other institution, contact that broker or institution to redeem your shares. Your broker or institution may charge a fee for its services in addition to the fees charged by the Fund.

If you would like to have your redemption proceeds, including proceeds generated as a result of closing your account, sent to a third party or an address other than your own, please notify the Fund in writing.

To protect you and the Fund against fraud, signatures on certain requests must have a Medallion Signature Guarantee. A Medallion Signature Guarantee verifies the authenticity of your signature. You may obtain a Medallion Signature Guarantee from most banking institutions or securities brokers but not from a notary public. Written instructions signed by all registered shareholders with a Medallion Signature Guarantee for each shareholder are required for any of the following:

o written requests to redeem $100,000 or more;

o changes to a shareholder's record name or account registration;

o paying redemption proceeds from an account for which the address has changed within the last 30 days;

o sending redemption and distribution proceeds to any person, address or financial institution account not on record;

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o sending redemption and distribution proceeds to an account with a different registration (name or ownership) from your account; and

o adding or changing ACH or wire instructions, the telephone redemption or exchange option or any other election in connection with your account.

The transfer agent reserves the right to require Medallion Signature Guarantees on all redemptions.

Accounts held by a corporation, trust, fiduciary or partnership, may require additional documentation along with a signature guaranteed letter of instruction. Please contact Shareholder Services at 866-330-1111 for more information. The Fund participates in the Paperless Legal Program. Requests received with a Medallion Signature Guarantee will be reviewed for the proper criteria to meet the guidelines of the Program and may not require additional documentation.

The sale price will be the NAV next determined after the Fund receives your request.

BY MAIL

To redeem shares by mail, please send a letter to the Fund signed by all registered parties on the account specifying:

o The Fund name;
o The share class;
o The account number;
o The dollar amount or number of shares you wish to redeem;
o The account name(s); and
o The address to which redemption (sale) proceeds should be sent.

All registered shareholders must sign the letter in the exact name(s) and must designate any special capacity in which they are registered.

REGULAR MAIL ADDRESS
LM Capital Opportunistic Bond Fund
P.O. Box 588
Portland, ME 04112

EXPRESS MAIL ADDRESS
LM Capital Opportunistic Bond Fund
c/o Atlantic Fund Services, LLC
Three Canal Plaza, Ground Floor
Portland, ME 04101

BY TELEPHONE

You must first establish the telephone redemption privilege (and, if desired, the wire redemption privilege) by completing the appropriate sections of the account application. Call 866-330-1111 to redeem your shares. Based on your instructions, the Fund will mail your proceeds to you, or send them to your bank via wire or ACH.

RECEIVING YOUR MONEY

Normally, the Fund will send your sale proceeds within seven days after the Fund receives your request. Your proceeds can be wired to your bank account (may be subject to a $10 fee), sent to you by check or sent via Automated Clearing House (ACH) to your bank account once you have established banking

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instructions with the Fund. IF YOU ARE SELLING SHARES THAT WERE RECENTLY PURCHASED BY CHECK OR THROUGH ACH, REDEMPTION PROCEEDS MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL YOUR CHECK HAS CLEARED OR THE ACH TRANSACTION HAS BEEN COMPLETED (WHICH MAY TAKE UP TO 15 CALENDAR DAYS FROM YOUR DATE OF PURCHASE).

REDEMPTIONS IN KIND

The Fund generally pays sale (redemption) proceeds in cash. However, under unusual conditions that make the payment of cash unwise and for the protection of the Fund's remaining shareholders, the Fund might pay all or part of your redemption proceeds in securities with a market value equal to the redemption price (redemption in kind). It is highly unlikely that your shares would ever be redeemed in kind, but if they were, you would have to pay transaction costs to sell the securities distributed to you, as well as taxes on any capital gains from the sale as with any redemption. In addition, you would continue to be subject to the risks of any market fluctuation in the value of the securities you receive in kind until they are sold.

INVOLUNTARY REDEMPTIONS OF YOUR SHARES

If your account balance drops below $500,000 with respect to Institutional Class Shares or $50,000 with respect to Retirement Class Shares because of redemptions, you may be required to sell your shares. The Fund generally will provide you at least 10 business days' written notice to give you sufficient time to add to your account and avoid the involuntary redemption of your shares. The Fund reserves the right to waive the minimum account value in their sole discretion.

SUSPENSION OF YOUR RIGHT TO SELL YOUR SHARES

The Fund may suspend your right to sell your shares during times when trading on the NYSE is restricted or halted, or otherwise as permitted by the SEC. More information about this is in the SAI.

TELEPHONE TRANSACTIONS

Purchasing, selling and exchanging Fund shares over the telephone is extremely convenient, but not without risk. Although the Fund has certain safeguards and procedures to confirm the identity of callers and the authenticity of instructions, the Fund is not responsible for any losses or costs incurred by following telephone instructions they reasonably believe to be genuine. If you or your financial institution transact with the Fund over the telephone, you will generally bear the risk of any loss.

SHAREHOLDER SERVICING ARRANGEMENTS

The Fund may compensate financial intermediaries for providing a variety of services to shareholders. Financial intermediaries include affiliated or unaffiliated brokers, dealers, banks (including bank trust departments), trust companies, registered investment advisers, financial planners, retirement plan administrators, insurance companies, and any other institution having a service, administration, or any similar arrangement with the Fund, their service providers or their respective affiliates. This section and the following section briefly describe how financial intermediaries may be paid for providing these services.

The Fund generally pays financial intermediaries a fee that is based on the assets of each Fund that are attributable to investments by customers of the financial intermediary. The services for which financial intermediaries are compensated may include record-keeping, transaction processing for shareholders' accounts and other shareholder services. In addition to these payments, your financial intermediary may charge you account fees, transaction fees for buying or redeeming shares of the Fund, or other fees for

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servicing your account. Your financial intermediary should provide a schedule of its fees and services to you upon request.

The Fund has adopted a shareholder servicing plan that provides that the Fund may pay financial intermediaries for shareholder services in an annual amount not to exceed 0.15% based on the Fund's Retirement Class Shares' average daily net assets. The Fund does not pay these service fees on shares purchased directly. In addition to payments made directly to financial intermediaries by the Fund, the Adviser or its affiliates may, at their own expense, pay financial intermediaries for these and other services to Fund shareholders, as described in the section below.

PAYMENTS TO FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES

From time to time, the Adviser and/or its affiliates, in their discretion, may make payments to certain affiliated or unaffiliated financial intermediaries to compensate them for the costs associated with distribution, marketing, administration and shareholder servicing support. These payments may be in addition to any shareholder servicing payments that are reflected in the fees and expenses listed in the fee table sections of this prospectus. These payments are sometimes characterized as "revenue sharing" payments and are made out of the Adviser's and/or its affiliates' own legitimate profits or other resources, and are not paid by the Fund. A financial intermediary may provide these services with respect to Fund shares sold or held through programs such as retirement plans, qualified tuition programs, fund supermarkets, fee-based advisory or wrap fee programs, bank trust programs, and insurance (E.G., individual or group annuity) programs. In addition, financial intermediaries may receive payments for making shares of the Fund available to their customers or registered representatives, including providing the Fund with "shelf space," placing it on a preferred or recommended fund list, or promoting the Fund in certain sales programs that are sponsored by financial intermediaries. To the extent permitted by SEC and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA") rules and other applicable laws and regulations, the Adviser and/or its affiliates may pay or allow other promotional incentives or payments to financial intermediaries. For more information please see "Payments to Financial Intermediaries" and "Shareholder Services" in the Fund's SAI.

The level of payments to individual financial intermediaries varies in any given year and may be negotiated on the basis of sales of Fund shares, the amount of Fund assets serviced by the financial intermediary or the quality of the financial intermediary's relationship with the Adviser and/or its affiliates. These payments may be more or less than the payments received by the financial intermediaries from other mutual funds and may influence a financial intermediary to favor the sales of certain funds or share classes over others. In certain instances, the payments could be significant and may cause a conflict of interest for your financial intermediary. Any such payments will not change the net asset value or price of the Fund's shares. Please contact your financial intermediary for information about any payments it may receive in connection with the sale of Fund shares or the provision of services to Fund shareholders, as well as information about any fees and/or commissions it charges.

OTHER POLICIES

EXCESSIVE TRADING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

The Fund is intended for long-term investment purposes only and discourages shareholders from engaging in "market timing" or other types of excessive short-term trading. This frequent trading into and out of the Fund may present risks to the Fund's long-term shareholders and could adversely affect shareholder returns. The risks posed by frequent trading include interfering with the efficient implementation of the Fund's investment strategies, triggering the recognition of taxable gains and losses on the sale of Fund investments, requiring the Fund to maintain higher cash balances to meet redemption requests, and experiencing increased transaction costs.

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In addition, because the Fund may invest in foreign securities traded primarily on markets that close prior to the time the Fund determines its NAV, the risks posed by frequent trading may have a greater potential to dilute the value of Fund shares held by long-term shareholders than funds investing exclusively in U.S. securities. In instances where a significant event that affects the value of one or more foreign securities held by the Fund takes place after the close of the primary foreign market, but before the time that the Fund determines its NAV, certain investors may seek to take advantage of the fact that there will be a delay in the adjustment of the market price for a security caused by this event until the foreign market reopens (sometimes referred to as "price" or "time zone" arbitrage). Shareholders who attempt this type of arbitrage may dilute the value of the Fund's shares if the price of the Fund's foreign securities do not reflect their fair value. Although the Fund has procedures designed to determine the fair value of foreign securities for purposes of calculating their NAV when such an event has occurred, fair value pricing, because it involves judgments which are inherently subjective, may not always eliminate the risk of price arbitrage.

The Fund's service providers will take steps reasonably designed to detect and deter frequent trading by shareholders pursuant to the Fund's policies and procedures described in this prospectus and approved by the Fund's Board. For purposes of applying these policies, the Fund's service providers may consider the trading history of accounts under common ownership or control. The Fund's policies and procedures include:

o Shareholders are restricted from making more than 2 "round trips," into or out of the Fund over a 90 day period. If a shareholder exceeds this amount, the Fund and/or its service providers may, at their discretion, reject any additional purchase orders. The Fund defines a "round trip" as a purchase into the Fund by a shareholder, followed by a subsequent redemption out of the Fund, of an amount the Adviser reasonably believes would be harmful or disruptive to the Fund.

o The Fund reserves the right to reject any purchase request by any investor or group of investors for any reason without prior notice, including, in particular, if the Fund or the Adviser reasonably believes that the trading activity would be harmful or disruptive to the Fund.

The Fund and/or its service providers seek to apply these policies to the best of their abilities uniformly and in a manner they believe is consistent with the interests of the Fund's long-term shareholders. The Fund does not knowingly accommodate frequent purchases and redemptions by Fund shareholders. Although these policies are designed to deter frequent trading, none of these measures alone nor all of them taken together eliminate the possibility that frequent trading in the Fund will occur.

Financial intermediaries (such as investment advisers and broker-dealers) often establish omnibus accounts in the Fund for their customers through which transactions are placed. The Fund has entered into "information sharing agreements" with these financial intermediaries, which permit the Fund to obtain, upon request, information about the trading activity of the intermediary's customers that invest in the Fund. If the Fund or its service providers identify omnibus account level trading patterns that have the potential to be detrimental to the Fund, the Fund or its service provider may, in their sole discretion, request from the financial intermediary information concerning the trading activity of its customers. Based upon a review of that information, if the Fund or its service providers determine that the trading activity of any customer may be detrimental to the Fund, they may, in their sole discretion, request the financial intermediary to restrict or limit further trading in the Fund by that customer. If the Fund is not satisfied that the intermediary has taken appropriate action, the Fund may terminate the intermediary's ability to transact in Fund shares. When information regarding transactions in the Fund's shares is requested by the Fund and such information is in the possession of a person that is itself a financial intermediary to a financial intermediary (an "indirect intermediary"), any financial intermediary with whom the Fund has an information sharing agreement is obligated to obtain transaction information from the indirect intermediary or, if directed by the Fund, to restrict or prohibit the indirect intermediary from purchasing shares of the Fund on behalf of other persons.

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The Fund and its service providers will use reasonable efforts to work with financial intermediaries to identify excessive short-term trading in omnibus accounts that may be detrimental to the Fund. However, there can be no assurance that the monitoring of omnibus account level trading will enable the Fund to identify or prevent all such trading by a financial intermediary's customers. Please contact your financial intermediary for more information.

CUSTOMER IDENTIFICATION AND VERIFICATION

To help the government fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering activities, federal law requires all financial institutions to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person who opens an account.

What this means to you: When you open an account, the Fund will ask your name, address, date of birth, and other information that will allow the Fund to identify you. This information is subject to verification to ensure the identity of all persons opening a mutual fund account.

The Fund is required by law to reject your new account application if the required identifying information is not provided.

In certain instances, the Fund is required to collect documents to fulfill their legal obligation. Documents provided in connection with your application will be used solely to establish and verify a customer's identity.

Attempts to collect the missing information required on the application will be performed by either contacting you or, if applicable, your broker. If this information cannot be obtained within a reasonable timeframe established in the sole discretion of the Fund, your application will be rejected.

Upon receipt of your application in proper form (or upon receipt of all identifying information required on the application), your investment will be accepted and your order will be processed at the next-determined NAV per share.

The Fund reserves the right to close or liquidate your account at the NAV next-determined and remit proceeds to you via check if they are unable to verify your identity. Attempts to verify your identity will be performed within a reasonable timeframe established in the sole discretion of the Fund. Further, the Fund reserves the right to hold your proceeds until your original check clears the bank, which may take up to 15 days from the date of purchase. In such an instance, you may be subject to a gain or loss on Fund shares and will be subject to corresponding tax implications.

ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING PROGRAM

Customer identification and verification is part of the Fund's overall obligation to deter money laundering under federal law. The Fund has adopted an anti-money laundering compliance program designed to prevent the Fund from being used for money laundering or the financing of illegal activities. In this regard, the Fund reserves the right to: (i) refuse, cancel or rescind any purchase or exchange order; (ii) freeze any account and/or suspend account services; or (iii) involuntarily close your account in cases of threatening conduct or suspected fraudulent or illegal activity. These actions will be taken when, in the sole discretion of Fund management, they are deemed to be in the best interest of the Fund or in cases when the Fund is requested or compelled to do so by governmental or law enforcement authority. If your account is closed at the request of governmental or law enforcement authority, you may not receive proceeds of the redemption if the Fund is required to withhold such proceeds.

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DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS

The Fund distributes its net investment income monthly and makes distributions of its net realized capital gains, if any, at least annually. If you own Fund shares on the Fund's record date, you will be entitled to receive the distribution.

You will receive dividends and distributions in the form of additional Fund shares unless you elect to receive payment in cash. To elect cash payment, you must notify the Fund in writing prior to the date of the distribution. Your election will be effective for dividends and distributions paid after the Fund receives your written notice. To cancel your election, simply send the Fund written notice.

TAXES

PLEASE CONSULT YOUR TAX ADVISOR REGARDING YOUR SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL INCOME TAXES. Below is a summary of some important tax issues that affect the Fund and its shareholders. This summary is based on current tax laws, which may change.

The Fund will distribute substantially all of its net investment income and net realized capital gains, if any. The dividends and distributions you receive may be subject to federal, state and local taxation, depending upon your tax situation. Distributions you receive from the Fund may be taxable whether or not you reinvest them. Dividend distributions, other than distributions of qualified dividend income, and distributions of short-term capital gains are generally taxable at ordinary income tax rates. Distributions of long-term capital gains and distributions of qualified dividend income are generally taxable at the rates applicable to long-term capital gains.

Each sale of Fund shares may be a taxable event. For tax purposes, an exchange of your Fund shares for shares of a different fund is the same as a sale. The gain or loss on the sale of Fund shares generally will be treated as a short term capital gain or loss if you held the shares for 12 months or less or a long term capital gain or loss if you held the shares for longer.

The Fund (or its administrative agent) must report to the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") and furnish to Fund shareholders cost basis information for Fund shares purchased on or after January 1, 2012, and sold on or after that date. In addition to reporting the gross proceeds from the sale of Fund shares, the Fund will also be required to report the cost basis information for such shares and indicate whether these shares had a short-term or long-term holding period. For each sale of Fund shares, the Fund will permit shareholders to elect from among several IRS-accepted cost basis methods, including average cost. In the absence of an election, the Fund will use the average basis method as the default cost basis method. The cost basis method elected by a Fund shareholder (or the cost basis method applied by default) for each sale of Fund shares may not be changed after the settlement date of each such sale of Fund shares. Fund shareholders should consult with their tax advisors to determine the best IRS-accepted cost basis method for their tax situation and to obtain more information about how the new cost basis reporting law applies to them.

Because the Fund may invest in foreign securities it may be subject to foreign withholding taxes with respect to dividends or interest that the Fund receives from sources in foreign countries. The Fund may be able to make an election to pass along a tax credit for foreign income taxes it pays. The Fund will notify you if it makes this decision.

Recent legislation effective beginning in 2013 provides that U.S. individuals with income exceeding $200,000 ($250,000 if married and filing jointly) will be subject to a new 3.8% Medicare contribution tax on their "net investment income," including interest, dividends, and capital gains (including capital gains realized on the sale or exchange of Fund shares).

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT TAXES IS IN THE SAI.

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Because the Fund has not commenced operations as of the date of this prospectus, financial highlights are not available.

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THE ADVISORS' INNER CIRCLE FUND II

LM CAPITAL OPPORTUNISTIC BOND FUND

INVESTMENT ADVISER

LM Capital Group, LLC

DISTRIBUTOR

SEI Investments Distribution Co.
One Freedom Valley Drive
Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456

LEGAL COUNSEL

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUND IS AVAILABLE, WITHOUT CHARGE, THROUGH THE FOLLOWING:

STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ("SAI"): The SAI, dated January 31, 2013, includes detailed information about the Fund and The Advisors' Inner Circle Fund II. The SAI is on file with the SEC and is incorporated by reference into this prospectus. This means that the SAI, for legal purposes, is a part of this prospectus.

ANNUAL AND SEMI-ANNUAL REPORTS: These reports list the Fund's holdings and contain information from the Adviser about investment strategies, and recent market conditions and trends and their impact on the Fund performance. The reports also contain detailed financial information about the Fund.

TO OBTAIN AN SAI, ANNUAL OR SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT, OR MORE INFORMATION:

BY TELEPHONE: 866-330-1111

BY MAIL:      LM Capital Opportunistic Bond Fund
              c/o Atlantic Fund Services, LLC
              Three Canal Plaza, Ground Floor
              Portland, ME 04101

BY INTERNET:  http://www.lmcapital.com

FROM THE SEC: You can also obtain the SAI or the Annual and Semi-Annual

Reports, as well as other information about The Advisors' Inner Circle Fund II, from the EDGAR Database on the SEC's website at: http://www.sec.gov. You may review and copy documents at the SEC Public Reference Room in Washington, DC (for information on the operation of the Public Reference Room, call 202-551-8090). You may request documents by mail from the SEC, upon payment of a duplicating fee, by writing to: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Public Reference Section, Washington, DC 20549-1520. You may also obtain this information, upon payment of a duplicating fee, by e-mailing the SEC at the following address: publicinfo@sec.gov.

THE ADVISORS' INNER CIRCLE FUND II'S INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT REGISTRATION NUMBER
IS 811-07102.

LMC-PS-001-0100


STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

LM CAPITAL OPPORTUNISTIC BOND FUND

(INSTITUTIONAL CLASS SHARES TICKER SYMBOL: LMCOX)

(RETIREMENT CLASS SHARES TICKER SYMBOL: LMCAX)

A SERIES OF THE ADVISORS' INNER CIRCLE FUND II

JANUARY 31, 2013

INVESTMENT ADVISER:
LM CAPITAL GROUP, LLC

This Statement of Additional Information ("SAI") is not a prospectus. This SAI is intended to provide additional information regarding the activities and operations of The Advisors' Inner Circle Fund II (the "Trust") and the LM Capital Opportunistic Bond Fund (the "Fund"). This SAI is incorporated by reference and should be read in conjunction with the Fund's prospectus dated January 31, 2013. Capitalized terms not defined herein are defined in the prospectus. Shareholders may obtain copies of the Fund's prospectus or Annual Report, when available, free of charge by writing to the Trust at P.O. Box 219009, Kansas City, MO 64121 or calling the Fund at 866-330-1111.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

THE TRUST .............................................................S-1
DESCRIPTION OF PERMITTED INVESTMENTS ..................................S-1
INVESTMENT LIMITATIONS ................................................S-22
THE ADVISER ...........................................................S-25
THE PORTFOLIO MANAGERS ................................................S-25
THE ADMINISTRATOR .....................................................S-26
THE DISTRIBUTOR .......................................................S-27
SHAREHOLDER SERVICES ..................................................S-28
PAYMENTS TO FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES ..................................S-28
THE TRANSFER AGENT ....................................................S-29
THE CUSTODIAN .........................................................S-30
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM .........................S-30
LEGAL COUNSEL .........................................................S-30
TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS OF THE TRUST ....................................S-30
PURCHASING AND REDEEMING SHARES .......................................S-40
DETERMINATION OF NET ASSET VALUE ......................................S-40
TAXES .................................................................S-41
FUND TRANSACTIONS .....................................................S-46
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS ....................................................S-47
DESCRIPTION OF SHARES .................................................S-48
SHAREHOLDER LIABILITY .................................................S-49
LIMITATION OF TRUSTEES' LIABILITY .....................................S-49
PROXY VOTING ..........................................................S-49
CODES OF ETHICS .......................................................S-49
5% AND 25% SHAREHOLDERS ...............................................S-49
APPENDIX A -- DESCRIPTION OF RATINGS .................................. A-1
APPENDIX B -- PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES .................... B-1

January 31, 2013
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THE TRUST

GENERAL. The Fund is a separate series of the Trust. The Trust is an open-end investment management company established under Massachusetts law as a Massachusetts voluntary association (commonly known as a business trust) under a Declaration of Trust dated July 24, 1992, as amended and restated as of February 18, 2004 and August 10, 2004 and amended May 15, 2012. Prior to August 10, 2004, the Trust's name was The Arbor Fund. The Declaration of Trust permits the Trust to offer separate series ("funds") of shares of beneficial interest ("shares"). The Trust reserves the right to create and issue shares of additional funds. Each fund is a separate mutual fund, and each share of each fund represents an equal proportionate interest in that fund. All consideration received by the Trust for shares of any fund and all assets of such fund belong solely to that fund and would be subject to liabilities related thereto. Each fund of the Trust pays its (i) operating expenses, including fees of its service providers, expenses of preparing prospectuses, proxy solicitation material and reports to shareholders, costs of custodial services and registering its shares under federal and state securities laws, pricing and insurance expenses, brokerage costs, interest charges, taxes and organization expenses, and (ii) pro rata share of the Fund's other expenses, including audit and legal expenses. Expenses attributable to a specific fund shall be payable solely out of the assets of that fund. Expenses not attributable to a specific fund are allocated across all of the funds on the basis of relative net assets. The other funds of the Trust are described in one or more separate Statements of Additional Information.

DESCRIPTION OF MULTIPLE CLASSES OF SHARES. The Trust is authorized to offer shares of the Fund in Institutional Class Shares and Retirement Class Shares. The different classes provide for variations in sales charges, certain distribution expenses and minimum initial investment requirements. Minimum investment requirements and investor eligibility are described in the prospectus. The Trust reserves the right to create and issue additional classes of shares. For more information on distribution expenses, see the "Distributor" section in this SAI.

VOTING RIGHTS. Each shareholder of record is entitled to one vote for each share held on the record date for the meeting. The Fund will vote separately on matters relating solely to it. As a Massachusetts voluntary association, the Trust is not required, and does not intend, to hold annual meetings of shareholders. Approval of shareholders will be sought, however, for certain changes in the operation of the Trust and for the election of trustees under certain circumstances. Under the Declaration of Trust, the trustees have the power to liquidate the Fund without shareholder approval. While the trustees have no present intention of exercising this power, they may do so if the Fund fails to reach a viable size within a reasonable amount of time or for such other reasons as may be determined by the Trust's Board of Trustees (each, a "Trustee" and collectively, the "Board").

In addition, a Trustee may be removed by the remaining Trustees or by shareholders at a special meeting called upon written request of shareholders owning at least 10% of the outstanding shares of the Trust. In the event that such a meeting is requested, the Trust will provide appropriate assistance and information to the shareholders requesting the meeting.

DESCRIPTION OF PERMITTED INVESTMENTS

The Fund's investment objective and principal investment strategies are described in its Prospectus. The Fund is classified as a "diversified" investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"). The following information supplements, and should be read in conjunction with, the Prospectus. The following are descriptions of permitted investments and investment practices of the Fund and the associated risk factors. The Fund will only invest in any of the following instruments or engage in any of the following investment practices if such investment or activity is consistent with the Fund's investment objective and as permitted by its stated investment policies.

FIXED INCOME SECURITIES

Fixed income securities, otherwise known as debt securities, consistent primarily of debt obligations issued by

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governments, corporations, municipalities and other borrowers, but may also include structured securities that provide for participation interests in debt obligations. Issuers use debt securities to borrow money from investors. Most debt securities promise a variable or fixed rate of return and repayment of the amount borrowed at maturity. Some debt securities, such as zero coupon bonds, do not pay current interest and are purchased at a discount from their face value.

TYPES OF DEBT SECURITIES:

U.S. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES -- The Fund may invest in U.S. Government securities. Securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government or its agencies or instrumentalities include U.S. Treasury securities, which are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Treasury and which differ only in their interest rates, maturities, and times of issuance. U.S. Treasury bills have initial maturities of one year or less; U.S. Treasury notes have initial maturities of one to ten years; and U.S. Treasury bonds generally have initial maturities of greater than ten years. Certain U.S. Government securities are issued or guaranteed by agencies or instrumentalities of the U.S. Government including, but not limited to, obligations of U.S. Government agencies or instrumentalities such as the Federal National Mortgage Association ("Fannie Mae"), the Government National Mortgage Association ("Ginnie Mae"), the Small Business Administration, the Federal Farm Credit Administration, the Federal Home Loan Banks, Banks for Cooperatives (including the Central Bank for Cooperatives), the Federal Land Banks, the Federal Intermediate Credit Banks, the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Export-Import Bank of the United States, the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Federal Financing Bank, the Student Loan Marketing Association, the National Credit Union Administration and the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (Farmer Mac).

Some obligations issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies and instrumentalities, including, for example, Ginnie Mae pass-through certificates, are supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Treasury. Other obligations issued by or guaranteed by federal agencies, such as those securities issued by Fannie Mae, are supported by the discretionary authority of the U.S. Government to purchase certain obligations of the federal agency, while other obligations issued by or guaranteed by federal agencies, such as those of the Federal Home Loan Banks, are supported by the right of the issuer to borrow from the U.S. Treasury, while the U.S. Government provides financial support to such U.S. Government-sponsored federal agencies, no assurance can be given that the U.S. Government will always do so, since the U.S. Government is not so obligated by law. U.S. Treasury notes and bonds typically pay coupon interest semi-annually and repay the principal at maturity.

On September 7, 2008, the U.S. Treasury announced a federal takeover of Fannie Mae and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation ("Freddie Mac"), placing the two federal instrumentalities in conservatorship. Under the takeover, the U.S. Treasury agreed to acquire $1 billion of senior preferred stock of each instrumentality and obtained warrants for the purchase of common stock of each instrumentality (the "Senior Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement" or "Agreement"). Under the Agreement, the U.S. Treasury pledged to provide up to $200 billion per instrumentality as needed, including the contribution of cash capital to the instrumentalities in the event their liabilities exceed their assets. This was intended to ensure that the instrumentalities maintain a positive net worth and meet their financial obligations, preventing mandatory triggering of receivership. On December 24, 2009, the U.S. Treasury announced that it was amending the Agreement to allow the $200 billion cap on the U.S. Treasury's funding commitment to increase as necessary to accommodate any cumulative reduction in net worth over the next three years. As a result of this Agreement, the investments of holders, including the Fund, of mortgage-backed securities and other obligations issued by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are protected trough 2012.

While the U.S. Treasury is committed to offset negative equity at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac through its preferred stock purchases through 2012, no assurance can be given that the initiatives discussed above will ensure that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will remain successful in meeting their obligations with respect to the debt and mortgage-backed securities they issue beyond that date. In addition, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are also the subject of several continuing class action lawsuits and investigations by federal regulators over certain accounting, disclosure or corporate governance matters, which (along with any resulting financial restatements) may adversely affect the guaranteeing entities. Importantly, the future of the entities is in serious question as the U.S. Government reportedly is considering multiple options, ranging from nationalization, privatization, consolidation, or abolishment of the entities.

CORPORATE BONDS -- Corporations issue bonds and notes to raise money for working capital or for capital expenditures such as plant construction, equipment purchases and expansion. In return for the money loaned to the corporation by investors, the corporation promises to pay investors interest, and repay the principal amount of the bond or note.

MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES -- Mortgage-backed securities are interests in pools of mortgage loans that

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various governmental, government-related and private organizations assemble as securities for sale to investors. Unlike most debt securities, which pay interest periodically and repay principal at maturity or on specified call dates, mortgage-backed securities make monthly payments that consist of both interest and principal payments. In effect, these payments are a "pass-through" of the monthly payments made by the individual borrowers on their mortgage loans, net of any fees paid to the issuer or guarantor of such securities. Since homeowners usually have the option of paying either part or all of the loan balance before maturity, the effective maturity of a mortgage-backed security is often shorter than is stated.

Governmental entities, private insurers and mortgage poolers may insure or guarantee the timely payment of interest and principal of these pools through various forms of insurance or guarantees, including individual loan, title, pool and hazard insurance and letters of credit. The Fund's investment managers will consider such insurance and guarantees and the creditworthiness of the issuers thereof in determining whether a mortgage-related security meets its investment quality standards. It is possible that the private insurers or guarantors will not meet their obligations under the insurance policies or guarantee arrangements.

Although the market for such securities is becoming increasingly liquid, securities issued by certain private organizations may not be readily marketable.

RISKS OF MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES -- Yield characteristics of mortgage-backed securities differ from those of traditional debt securities in a variety of ways. The most significant differences of mortgage-backed securities are:

o payments of interest and principal are more frequent (usually monthly); and

o falling interest rates generally cause individual borrowers to pay off their mortgage earlier than expected, which results in prepayments of principal on the securities, thus forcing the Fund to reinvest the money at a lower interest rate.

In addition to risks associated with changes in interest rates described in "Factors Affecting the Value of Debt Securities," a variety of economic, geographic, social and other factors, such as the sale of the underlying property, refinancing or foreclosure, can cause investors to repay the loans underlying a mortgage-backed security sooner than expected. If the prepayment rates increase, the Fund may have to reinvest its principal at a rate of interest that is lower than the rate on existing mortgage-backed securities.

MUNICIPAL SECURITIES -- Municipal securities include general obligation notes, tax anticipation notes, revenue anticipation notes, bond anticipation notes, certificates of indebtedness, demand notes, and construction loan notes. Municipal bonds include general obligation bonds, revenue or special obligation bonds, private activity and industrial development bonds, and participation interests in municipal bonds.

General obligation bonds and revenue bonds are debt instruments issued by states and local governments to raise funds for public works. General obligation bonds are backed by the taxing power of the issuing municipality. Revenue bonds are backed by the revenues of a project or facility; tolls from a toll bridge for example. Certificates of participation represent an interest in an underlying obligation or commitment such as an obligation issued in connection with a leasing arrangement. The payment of principal and interest on private activity and industrial development bonds generally is dependent solely on the ability of the facility's user to meet its financial obligations and the pledge, if any, of real and personal property so financed as security for such payment.

Private activity bonds are issued by or on behalf of states or political subdivisions thereof to finance privately owned or operated facilities for business and manufacturing, housing, sports and pollution control and to finance activities of and facilities for charitable institutions. Private activity bonds are also used to finance public facilities such as airports, mass transit systems, ports parking and low income housing. The payment of the principal and interest on private activity bonds is dependent solely on the ability of the facility's user to meet its financial obligations and may be secured by a pledge of real and personal property so financed.

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Tax-exempt commercial paper will be limited to investments in obligations which are rated at least A-2 by Standard & Poor's Rating Service ("S&P") or Prime-2 by Moody's Investors Services ("Moody's") at the time of investment or which are of equivalent quality as determined by the Adviser.

Other types of tax-exempt instruments include floating rate notes. Investments in such floating rate instruments will normally involve industrial development or revenue bonds which provide that the rate of interest is set as a specific percentage of a designated base rate (such as the prime rate) at a major commercial bank, and that the Fund can demand payment of the obligation at all times or at stipulated dates on short notice (not to exceed 30 days) at par plus accrued interest. The Fund may use the longer of the period required before the Fund is entitled to prepayment under such obligations or the period remaining until the next interest rate adjustment date for purposes of determining the maturity. Such obligations are frequently secured by letters of credit or other credit support arrangements provided by banks. The quality of the underlying credit or of the bank, as the case may be, must in the Adviser's opinion be equivalent to the long-term bond or commercial paper ratings stated above. The Fund's investment managers will monitor the earning power, cash flow and liquidity ratios of the issuers of such instruments and the ability of an issuer of a demand instrument to pay principal and interest on demand. The Adviser may purchase other types of tax-exempt instruments as long as they are of a quality equivalent to the bond ratings in the Appendix or commercial paper ratings stated above.

The Adviser has the authority to purchase securities at a price which would result in a yield to maturity lower than that generally offered by the seller at the time of purchase when they can simultaneously acquire the right to sell the securities back to the seller, the issuer, or a third party (the "writer") at an agreed-upon price at any time during a stated period or on a certain date. Such a right is generally denoted as a "standby commitment" or a "put." The purpose of engaging in transactions involving puts is to maintain flexibility and liquidity to permit the Fund to meet redemptions and remain as fully invested as possible in municipal securities. The Fund reserves the right to engage in put transactions. The right to put the securities depends on the writer's ability to pay for the securities at the time the put is exercised. The Fund would limit its put transactions to institutions which the Fund's investment managers believes present minimum credit risks, and the Fund's investment managers would use its best efforts to initially determine and continue to monitor the financial strength of the sellers of the options by evaluating their financial statements and such other information as is available in the marketplace. It may, however be difficult to monitor the financial strength of the writers because adequate current financial information may not be available. In the event that any writer is unable to honor a put for financial reasons, the Fund would be general creditor (I.E., on a parity with all other unsecured creditors) of the writer. Furthermore, particular provisions of the contract between the Fund and the writer may excuse the writer from repurchasing the securities; for example, a change in the published rating of the underlying municipal securities or any similar event that has an adverse effect on the issuer's credit or a provision in the contract that the put will not be exercised except in certain special cases, for example, to maintain portfolio liquidity. The Fund could, however, at any time sell the underlying portfolio security in the open market or wait until the portfolio security matures, at which time it should realize the full par value of the security.

The municipal securities purchased subject to a put may be sold to third persons at any time, even though the put is outstanding, but the put itself, unless it is an integral part of the security as originally issued, may not be marketable or otherwise assignable. Therefore, the put would have value only to the Fund. Sale of the securities to third parties or lapse of time with the put unexercised may terminate the right to put the securities. Prior to the expiration of any put option, the Fund could seek to negotiate terms for the extension of such an option. If such a renewal cannot be negotiated on terms satisfactory to the Fund, the Fund could, of course, sell the portfolio security. The maturity of the underlying security will generally be different from that of the put. There will be no limit to the percentage of portfolio securities that the Fund may purchase subject to a put but the amount paid directly or indirectly for puts which are not integral parts of the security as originally issued held in the Fund will not exceed 1/2 of 1% of the value of the total assets of the Fund calculated immediately after any such put is acquired. For the purpose of determining the "maturity" of securities purchased subject to an option to put, and for the purpose of determining the dollar-weighted average maturity of the Fund including such securities, the Trust will consider "maturity" to be the first date on which it has the right to

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demand payment from the writer of the put although the final maturity of the security is later than such date.

The Fund also may invest in municipal securities that are rated below investment grade. For a description of below investment-grade securities and the risks associated with such investments, see "Fixed Income Securities" above.

GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS RELATING TO STATE SPECIFIC MUNICIPAL SECURITIES -- With respect to municipal securities issued by a state and its political subdivisions, as well as certain other governmental issuers such as the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Trust cannot predict what legislation, if any, may be proposed in the State's legislature in regards to the State's personal income tax status of interest on such obligations, or which proposals, if any, might be enacted. Such proposals, if enacted, might materially adversely affect the availability of the State's municipal securities for investment by the Fund and the value of the Fund's investments.

PARTICIPATION INTERESTS -- Participation interests are interests in municipal securities from financial institutions such as commercial and investment banks, savings and loan associations and insurance companies. These interests may take the form of participations, beneficial interests in a trust, partnership interests or any other form of indirect ownership that allows the Fund to treat the income from the investment as exempt from federal income tax.

ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES -- These securities are interests in pools of a broad range of assets other than mortgages, such as automobile loans, computer leases and credit card receivables. Like mortgage-backed securities, these securities are pass-through. In general, the collateral supporting these securities is of shorter maturity than mortgage loans and is less likely to experience substantial prepayments with interest rate fluctuations, but may still be subject to prepayment risk.

Asset-backed securities present certain risks that are not presented by mortgage-backed securities. Primarily, these securities may not have the benefit of any security interest in the related assets, which raises the possibility that recoveries on repossessed collateral may not be available to support payments on these securities. For example, credit card receivables are generally unsecured and the debtors are entitled to the protection of a number of state and federal consumer credit laws, many of which allow debtors to reduce their balances by offsetting certain amounts owed on the credit cards. Most issuers of asset-backed securities backed by automobile receivables permit the servicers of such receivables to retain possession of the underlying obligations. If the servicer were to sell these obligations to another party, there is a risk that the purchaser would acquire an interest superior to that of the holders of the related asset-backed securities. Due to the quantity of vehicles involved and requirements under state laws, asset-backed securities backed by automobile receivables may not have a proper security interest in all of the obligations backing such receivables.

To lessen the effect of failures by obligors on underlying assets to make payments, the entity administering the pool of assets may agree to ensure the receipt of payments on the underlying pool occurs in a timely fashion ("liquidity protection"). In addition, asset-backed securities may obtain insurance, such as guarantees, policies or letters of credit obtained by the issuer or sponsor from third parties, for some or all of the assets in the pool ("credit support"). Delinquency or loss more than that anticipated or failure of the credit support could adversely affect the return on an investment in such a security.

The Fund may also invest in residual interests in asset-backed securities, which is the excess cash flow remaining after making required payments on the securities and paying related administrative expenses. The amount of residual cash flow resulting from a particular issue of asset-backed securities depends in part on the characteristics of the underlying assets, the coupon rates on the securities, prevailing interest rates, the amount of administrative expenses and the actual prepayment experience on the underlying assets.

MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH SECURITIES -- The Fund may invest in mortgage pass-through securities. In the basic mortgage pass-through structure, mortgages with similar issuer, term and coupon characteristics are collected

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and aggregated into a "pool" consisting of multiple mortgage loans. The pool is assigned a CUSIP number and undivided interests in the pool are traded and sold as pass-through securities. The holder of the security is entitled to a pro rata share of principal and interest payments (including unscheduled prepayments) from the pool of mortgage loans.

An investment in a specific pool of pass-through securities requires an analysis of the specific prepayment risk of mortgages within the covered pool (since mortgagors typically have the option to prepay their loans). The level of prepayments on a pool of mortgage securities is difficult to predict and can impact the subsequent cash flows and value of the mortgage pool. In addition, when trading specific mortgage pools, precise execution, delivery and settlement arrangements must be negotiated for each transaction. These factors combine to make trading in mortgage pools somewhat cumbersome.

Most transactions in mortgage pass-through securities occur through the use of "to-be-announced" or "TBA transactions." "TBA" refers to a commonly used mechanism for the forward settlement of U.S. agency mortgage pass-through securities, and not to a separate type of mortgage-backed security. TBA transactions generally are conducted in accordance with widely-accepted guidelines which establish commonly observed terms and conditions for execution, settlement and delivery. In a TBA transaction, the buyer and seller decide on general trade parameters, such as agency, settlement date, par amount, and price. The actual pools delivered generally are determined two days prior to settlement date. The Fund may use TBA transactions in several ways. For example, the Fund may enter into TBA agreements and "roll over" such agreements prior to the settlement date stipulated in such agreements. This type of TBA transaction is sometimes known as a "TBA roll." In a "TBA roll" the Fund generally will sell the obligation to purchase the pools stipulated in the TBA agreement prior to the stipulated settlement date and will enter into a new TBA agreement for future delivery of pools of mortgage pass-through securities. In addition, the Fund may enter into TBA agreements and settle such transactions on the stipulated settlement date by accepting actual receipt or delivery of the pools of mortgage pass-through securities stipulated in the TBA agreement.

Default by or bankruptcy of a counterparty to a TBA transaction would expose the Fund to possible loss because of adverse market action, expenses or delays in connection with the purchase or sale of the pools of mortgage pass-through securities specified in the TBA transaction. To minimize this risk, the Fund will enter into TBA transactions only with established counterparties (such as major broker-dealers) and the Adviser will monitor the creditworthiness of such counterparties. The Fund's use of "TBA rolls" may cause the Fund to experience higher portfolio turnover, higher transaction costs and to pay higher capital gain distributions to shareholders (which may be taxable).

The Fund intends to invest cash pending settlement of any TBA transactions in money market instruments, repurchase agreements, commercial paper (including asset-backed commercial paper) or other high-quality, liquid short-term instruments, which may include money market funds affiliated with the Adviser.

COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS ("CMOS") -- CMOs are one type of mortgage-backed security, which were first introduced in the early 1980's. CMOs generally retain many of the yield and credit quality characteristics as mortgage pass-through securities, while reducing some of the disadvantages of pass-throughs. CMOs may be backed by several types of varying mortgage collateral. The most prevalent types of collateral are: U.S. agency (e.g., GNMA, FNMA, or FHLMC) guaranteed mortgage pass-through securities, non-agency guaranteed mortgage loans, and commercial mortgage loans.

Some CMOs are also characterized as a Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit ("REMIC"). A REMIC is a CMO that qualifies for special tax treatment under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code") and invests in certain mortgages primarily secured by interests in real property and other permitted investments.

A key difference between traditional mortgage pass-through securities and CMOs is the mechanics of the principal payment process. Unlike pass-through securities, which simply pay a pro rata distribution of any

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principal and interest payments from the underlying mortgage collateral, CMOs are structured into multiple classes, each bearing a different stated maturity and each potentially having different credit rating levels. Each class of CMO, often referred to as a "tranche", may be issued with a specific fixed interest rate or may pay a variable interest rate, which may change monthly. Each tranche must be fully retired by its final distribution date. Generally, all classes of CMOs pay or accrue interest monthly similar to pass-through securities.

The credit risk of all CMOs are not identical and must be assessed on a security by security basis. Generally, the credit risk of CMOs are heavily dependent upon the type of collateral backing the security. For example, a CMO collateralized by U.S. agency guaranteed pass-through securities will have a different credit risk profile compared to a CMO collateralized by commercial mortgage loans. Investing in the lowest tranche of CMO or REMIC certificates often involves risk similar to those associated with investing in non investment-grade rated corporate bonds. Additionally, CMOs may at times be less liquid than a regular mortgage pass-through security.

GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION ("GNMA") -- GNMA is the principal governmental guarantor of mortgage-related securities. GNMA is a wholly owned corporation of the U.S. Government within the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Securities issued by GNMA are treasury securities, which means the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government backs them. GNMA guarantees the timely payment of principal and interest on securities issued by institutions approved by GNMA and backed by pools of FHA-insured or VA-guaranteed mortgages. GNMA does not guarantee the market value or yield of mortgage-backed securities or the value of the Fund's shares. To buy GNMA securities, the Fund may have to pay a premium over the maturity value of the underlying mortgages, which the Fund may lose if prepayment occurs.

FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION ("FNMA") -- FNMA is a government-sponsored corporation owned entirely by private stockholders. FNMA is regulated by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. FNMA purchases conventional mortgages from a list of approved sellers and service providers, including state and federally-chartered savings and loan associations, mutual savings banks, commercial banks and credit unions and mortgage bankers. Securities issued by FNMA are agency securities, which means FNMA, but not the U.S. Government, guarantees their timely payment of principal and interest.

FREDDIE MAC -- Freddie Mac is stockholder-owned corporation established by the U.S. Congress to create a continuous flow of funds to mortgage lenders. Freddie Mac supplies lenders with the money to make mortgages and packages the mortgages into marketable securities. The system is designed to create a stable mortgage credit system and reduce the rates paid by homebuyers. Freddie Mac, not the U.S. Government, guarantees timely payment of principal and interest.

COMMERCIAL BANKS, SAVINGS AND LOAN INSTITUTIONS, PRIVATE MORTGAGE INSURANCE COMPANIES, MORTGAGE BANKERS AND OTHER SECONDARY MARKET ISSUERS -- Commercial banks, savings and loan institutions, private mortgage insurance companies, mortgage bankers and other secondary market issuers also create pass-through pools of conventional mortgage loans. In addition to guaranteeing the mortgage-related security, such issuers may service and/or have originated the underlying mortgage loans. Pools created by these issuers generally offer a higher rate of interest than pools created by GNMA, FNMA & Freddie Mac because they are not guaranteed by a government agency.

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS -- To earn a return on uninvested assets, meet anticipated redemptions, or for temporary defensive purposes, the Fund may invest a portion of its assets in the short-term securities listed below, U.S. Government securities and investment-grade corporate debt securities. Unless otherwise specified, a short-term debt security has a maturity of one year or less.

BANK OBLIGATIONS

The Fund may invest in obligations issued by banks and other savings institutions. Investments in bank obligations include obligations of domestic branches of foreign banks and foreign branches of domestic banks.

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Such investments in domestic branches of foreign banks and foreign branches of domestic banks may involve risks that are different from investments in securities of domestic branches of U.S. banks. These risks may include future unfavorable political and economic developments, possible withholding taxes on interest income, seizure or nationalization of foreign deposits, currency controls, interest limitations, or other governmental restrictions which might affect the payment of principal or interest on the securities held by the Fund. Additionally, these institutions may be subject to less stringent reserve requirements and to different accounting, auditing, reporting and recordkeeping requirements than those applicable to domestic branches of U. S. banks. Bank obligations include the following:

o BANKERS' ACCEPTANCES. Bankers' acceptances are bills of exchange or time drafts drawn on and accepted by a commercial bank. Corporations use bankers' acceptances to finance the shipment and storage of goods and to furnish dollar exchange. Maturities are generally six months or less.

o CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT. Certificates of deposit are interest-bearing instruments with a specific maturity. They are issued by banks and savings and loan institutions in exchange for the deposit of funds and normally can be traded in the secondary market prior to maturity. Certificates of deposit with penalties for early withdrawal will be considered illiquid.

o TIME DEPOSITS. Time deposits are non-negotiable receipts issued by a bank in exchange for the deposit of funds. Like a certificate of deposit, it earns a specified rate of interest over a definite period of time; however, it cannot be traded in the secondary market. Time deposits with a withdrawal penalty or that mature in more than seven days are considered to be illiquid securities.

COMMERCIAL PAPER -- Commercial paper is a short-term obligation with a maturity ranging from one to 270 days issued by banks, corporations and other borrowers. Such investments are unsecured and usually discounted. The Fund may invest in commercial paper rated A-1 or A-2 by S&P or Prime-1 or Prime-2 by Moody's or, if not rated, issued by a corporation having an outstanding unsecured debt issue rated A or better by Moody's or by S&P. See "Appendix A -- Ratings" for a description of commercial paper ratings.

YANKEE BONDS -- Yankee bonds are dollar-denominated bonds issued inside the United States by foreign entities. Investments in these securities involve certain risks that are not typically associated with investing in domestic securities. See "Foreign Securities."

ZERO COUPON BONDS -- These securities make no periodic payments of interest, but instead are sold at a discount from their face value. When held to maturity, their entire income, which consists of accretion of discount, comes from the difference between the issue price and their value at maturity. The amount of the discount rate varies depending on factors including the time remaining until maturity, prevailing interest rates, the security's liquidity and the issuer's credit quality. The market value of zero coupon securities may exhibit greater price volatility than ordinary debt securities because a stripped security will have a longer duration than an ordinary debt security with the same maturity. The Fund's investments in pay-in-kind, delayed and zero coupon bonds may require it to sell certain of its Fund securities to generate sufficient cash to satisfy certain income distribution requirements.

These securities may include treasury securities that have had their interest payments ("coupons") separated from the underlying principal ("corpus") by their holder, typically a custodian bank or investment brokerage firm. Once the holder of the security has stripped or separated corpus and coupons, it may sell each component separately. The principal or corpus is then sold at a deep discount because the buyer receives only the right to receive a future fixed payment on the security and does not receive any rights to periodic interest
(cash) payments. Typically, the coupons are sold separately or grouped with other coupons with like maturity dates and sold bundled in such form. The underlying treasury security is held in book-entry form at the Federal Reserve Bank or, in the case of bearer securities (I.E., unregistered securities which are owned ostensibly by the bearer or holder thereof), in trust on behalf of the owners thereof. Purchasers of stripped obligations acquire, in effect, discount obligations that are economically identical to the zero coupon securities that the Treasury sells itself.

The U.S. Treasury has facilitated transfers of ownership of zero coupon securities by accounting separately for

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the beneficial ownership of particular interest coupon and corpus payments on Treasury securities through the Federal Reserve book-entry record keeping system. Under a Federal Reserve program known as "STRIPS" or "Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of Securities," the Fund can record its beneficial ownership of the coupon or corpus directly in the book-entry record-keeping system.

TERMS TO UNDERSTAND:

MATURITY -- Every debt security has a stated maturity date when the issuer must repay the amount it borrowed (principal) from investors. Some debt securities, however, are callable, meaning the issuer can repay the principal earlier, on or after specified dates (call dates). Debt securities are most likely to be called when interest rates are falling because the issuer can refinance at a lower rate, similar to a homeowner refinancing a mortgage. The effective maturity of a debt security is usually its nearest call date.

The Fund that invests in debt securities has no real maturity. Instead, it calculates its weighted average maturity. This number is an average of the stated maturity of each debt security held by the Fund, with the maturity of each security weighted by the percentage of the assets of the Fund it represents.

DURATION -- Duration is a calculation that seeks to measure the price sensitivity of a debt security, or the Fund that invests in debt securities, to changes in interest rates. It measures sensitivity more accurately than maturity because it takes into account the time value of cash flows generated over the life of a debt security. Future interest payments and principal payments are discounted to reflect their present value and then are multiplied by the number of years they will be received to produce a value expressed in years -- the duration. Effective duration takes into account call features and sinking Fund prepayments that may shorten the life of a debt security.

An effective duration of four years, for example, would suggest that for each 1% reduction in interest rates at all maturity levels, the price of a security is estimated to increase by 4%. An increase in rates by the same magnitude is estimated to reduce the price of the security by 4%. By knowing the yield and the effective duration of a debt security, one can estimate total return based on an expectation of how much interest rates, in general, will change. While serving as a good estimator of prospective returns, effective duration is an imperfect measure.

FACTORS AFFECTING THE VALUE OF DEBT SECURITIES -- The total return of a debt instrument is composed of two elements: the percentage change in the security's price and interest income earned. The yield to maturity of a debt security estimates its total return only if the price of the debt security remains unchanged during the holding period and coupon interest is reinvested at the same yield to maturity. The total return of a debt instrument, therefore, will be determined not only by how much interest is earned, but also by how much the price of the security and interest rates change.

o INTEREST RATES

The price of a debt security generally moves in the opposite direction from interest rates (i. e., if interest rates go up, the value of the bond will go down, and vice versa).

o PREPAYMENT RISK

This risk affects mainly mortgage-backed securities. Unlike other debt securities, falling interest rates can adversely affect the value of mortgage-backed securities, which may cause your share price to fall. Lower rates motivate borrowers to pay off the instruments underlying mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities earlier than expected, resulting in prepayments on the securities. The Fund may then have to reinvest the proceeds from such prepayments at lower interest rates, which can reduce its yield. The unexpected timing of mortgage and asset-backed prepayments caused by the variations in interest rates may also shorten or

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lengthen the average maturity of the Fund. If left unattended, drifts in the average maturity of the Fund can have the unintended effect of increasing or reducing the effective duration of the Fund, which may adversely affect the expected performance of the Fund.

o EXTENSION RISK

The other side of prepayment risk occurs when interest rates are rising. Rising interest rates can cause the Fund's average maturity to lengthen unexpectedly due to a drop in mortgage prepayments. This would increase the sensitivity of the Fund to rising rates and its potential for price declines. Extending the average life of a mortgage-backed security increases the risk of depreciation due to future increases in market interest rates. For these reasons, mortgage-backed securities may be less effective than other types of U. S. Government securities as a means of "locking in" interest rates.

o CREDIT RATING

Coupon interest is offered to investors of debt securities as compensation for assuming risk, although short- term treasury securities, such as three-month treasury bills, are considered "risk free. " Corporate securities offer higher yields than treasury securities because their payment of interest and complete repayment of principal is less certain. The credit rating or financial condition of an issuer may affect the value of a debt security. Generally, the lower the quality rating of a security, the greater the risks that the issuer will fail to pay interest and return principal. To compensate investors for taking on increased risk, issuers with lower credit ratings usually offer their investors a higher "risk premium" in the form of higher interest rates than those available from comparable treasury securities.

Changes in investor confidence regarding the certainty of interest and principal payments of a corporate debt security will result in an adjustment to this "risk premium. " Since an issuer's outstanding debt carries a fixed coupon, adjustments to the risk premium must occur in the price, which affects the yield to maturity of the bond. If an issuer defaults or becomes unable to honor its financial obligations, the bond may lose some or all of its value.

A security rated within the four highest rating categories by a rating agency is called investment-grade because its issuer is more likely to pay interest and repay principal than an issuer of a lower rated bond. Adverse economic conditions or changing circumstances, however, may weaken the capacity of the issuer to pay interest and repay principal. If a security is not rated or is rated under a different system, the Adviser may determine that it is of investment-grade quality. The Adviser may retain securities that are downgraded, if it believes that keeping those securities is warranted.

Debt securities rated below investment-grade (junk bonds) are highly speculative securities that are usually issued by smaller, less credit worthy and/or highly leveraged (indebted) companies. A corporation may issue a junk bond because of a corporate restructuring or other similar event. Compared with investment- grade bonds, junk bonds carry a greater degree of risk and are less likely to make payments of interest and principal. Market developments and the financial and business condition of the corporation issuing these securities influences their price and liquidity more than changes in interest rates, when compared to investment-grade debt securities. Insufficient liquidity in the junk bond market may make it more difficult to dispose of junk bonds and may cause the Fund to experience sudden and substantial price declines. A lack of reliable, objective data or market quotations may make it more difficult to value junk bonds accurately.

Rating agencies are organizations that assign ratings to securities based primarily on the rating agency's assessment of the issuer's financial strength. The Fund currently uses ratings compiled by Moody's, S&P and Fitch Inc. Credit ratings are only an agency's opinion, not an absolute standard of quality, and they do not reflect an evaluation of market risk.

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The section "Appendix A -- Ratings" contains further information concerning the ratings of certain rating agencies and their significance.

The Adviser may use ratings produced by ratings agencies as guidelines to determine the rating of a security at the time the Fund buys it. A rating agency may change its credit ratings at any time. The Adviser monitors the rating of the security and will take such action, if any, it believes appropriate when it learns that a rating agency has reduced the security's rating. The Fund is not obligated to dispose of securities whose issuers subsequently are in default or which are downgraded below the above-stated ratings.

EQUITY SECURITIES

TYPES OF EQUITY SECURITIES:

PREFERRED STOCKS -- Preferred stocks are also units of ownership in a company. Preferred stocks normally have preference over common stock in the payment of dividends and the liquidation of the company. However, in all other respects, preferred stocks are subordinated to the liabilities of the issuer. Unlike common stocks, preferred stocks are generally not entitled to vote on corporate matters. Types of preferred stocks include adjustable-rate preferred stock, fixed dividend preferred stock, perpetual preferred stock, and sinking fund preferred stock. Generally, the market values of preferred stock with a fixed dividend rate and no conversion element varies inversely with interest rates and perceived credit risk

RIGHTS AND WARRANTS -- A right is a privilege granted to existing shareholders of a corporation to subscribe to shares of a new issue of common stock before it is issued. Rights normally have a short life of usually two to four weeks, are freely transferable and entitle the holder to buy the new common stock at a lower price than the public offering price. Warrants are securities that are usually issued together with a debt security or preferred stock and that give the holder the right to buy proportionate amount of common stock at a specified price. Warrants are freely transferable and are traded on major exchanges. Unlike rights, warrants normally have a life that is measured in years and entitles the holder to buy common stock of a company at a price that is usually higher than the market price at the time the warrant is issued. Corporations often issue warrants to make the accompanying debt security more attractive.

An investment in warrants and rights may entail greater risks than certain other types of investments. Generally, rights and warrants do not carry the right to receive dividends or exercise voting rights with respect to the underlying securities, and they do not represent any rights in the assets of the issuer. In addition, their value does not necessarily change with the value of the underlying securities, and they cease to have value if they are not exercised on or before their expiration date. Investing in rights and warrants increases the potential profit or loss to be realized from the investment as compared with investing the same amount in the underlying securities.

RISKS OF INVESTING IN EQUITY SECURITIES:

General Risks of Investing in Stocks -- While investing in stocks allows investors to participate in the benefits of owning a company, such investors must accept the risks of ownership. Unlike bondholders, who have preference to a company's earnings and cash flow, preferred stockholders, followed by common stockholders in order of priority, are entitled only to the residual amount after a company meets its other obligations. For this reason, the value of a company's stock will usually react more strongly to actual or perceived changes in the company's financial condition or prospects than its debt obligations. Stockholders of a company that fares poorly can lose money.

Stock markets tend to move in cycles with short or extended periods of rising and falling stock prices. The value of a company's stock may fall because of:

o Factors that directly relate to that company, such as decisions made by its management or lower

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demand for the company's products or services;

o Factors affecting an entire industry, such as increases in production costs; and

o Changes in general financial market conditions that are relatively unrelated to the company or its industry, such as changes in interest rates, currency exchange rates or inflation rates.

Because preferred stock is generally junior to debt securities and other obligations of the issuer, deterioration in the credit quality of the issuer will cause greater changes in the value of a preferred stock than in a more senior debt security with similar stated yield characteristics.

FOREIGN SECURITIES

Foreign securities are debt and equity securities that are traded in markets outside of the United States. The markets in which these securities are located can be developed or emerging. Consistent with their respective investment strategies, the Fund can invest in foreign securities in a number of ways:

o They can invest directly in foreign securities denominated in a foreign currency;

o They can invest in American Depositary Receipts, European Depositary Receipts and other similar global instruments; and

o They can invest in investment funds.

TYPES OF FOREIGN SECURITIES:

EMERGING MARKETS -- An "emerging country" is generally a country that the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) and the International Finance Corporation would consider to be an emerging or developing country. Typically, emerging markets are in countries that are in the process of industrialization, with lower gross national products (GNP) than more developed countries. There are currently over 130 countries that the international financial community generally considers to be emerging or developing countries, approximately 40 of which currently have stock markets. These countries generally include every nation in the world except the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and most nations located in Western Europe.

SOVEREIGN DEBT OBLIGATIONS -- Sovereign debt obligations are issued or guaranteed by foreign governments or their agencies. Sovereign debt may be in the form of conventional securities or other types of debt instruments such as loans or loan participations. Governmental entities responsible for repayment of the debt may be unable or unwilling to repay principal and pay interest when due, and may require renegotiation or reschedule of debt payments. In addition, prospects for repayment of principal and payment of interest may depend on political as well as economic factors. Although some sovereign debt, such as Brady Bonds, is collateralized by U.S. Government securities, repayment of principal and payment of interest is not guaranteed by the U.S. Government.

RISKS OF FOREIGN SECURITIES:

Foreign securities, foreign currencies, and securities issued by U.S. entities with substantial foreign operations may involve significant risks in addition to the risks inherent in U.S. investments.

POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC FACTORS -- Local political, economic, regulatory, or social instability, military action or unrest, or adverse diplomatic developments may affect the value of foreign investments. Listed below are some of the more important political and economic factors that could negatively affect an investment in foreign securities:

o The economies of foreign countries may differ from the economy of the United States in such areas as growth of gross national product, rate of inflation, capital reinvestment, resource self-sufficiency, budget deficits and national debt;

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o Foreign governments sometimes participate to a significant degree, through ownership interests or regulation, in their respective economies. Actions by these governments could significantly influence the market prices of securities and payment of dividends;

o The economies of many foreign countries are dependent on international trade and their trading partners and they could be severely affected if their trading partners were to enact protective trade barriers and economic conditions;

o The internal policies of a particular foreign country may be less stable than in the United States. Other countries face significant external political risks, such as possible claims of sovereignty by other countries or tense and sometimes hostile border clashes; and

o A foreign government may act adversely to the interests of U. S. investors, including expropriation or nationalization of assets, confiscatory taxation and other restrictions on U. S. investment. A country may restrict or control foreign investments in its securities markets. These restrictions could limit the Fund's ability to invest in a particular country or make it very expensive for the Fund to invest in that country. Some countries require prior governmental approval, limit the types or amount of securities or companies in which a foreigner can invest. Other countries may restrict the ability of foreign investors to repatriate their investment income and capital gains.

INFORMATION AND SUPERVISION -- There is generally less publicly available information about foreign companies than companies based in the United States. For example, there are often no reports and ratings published about foreign companies comparable to the ones written about U.S. companies. Foreign companies are typically not subject to uniform accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards, practices and requirements comparable to those applicable to U.S. companies. The lack of comparable information makes investment decisions concerning foreign countries more difficult and less reliable than domestic companies.

MARKET RISK -- Foreign markets may offer less protection to shareholders than U.S. markets because:

o foreign accounting, auditing, and financial reporting requirements may render a foreign corporate balance sheet more difficult to understand and interpret than one subject to U. S. law and standards;

o adequate public information on foreign issuers may not be available, and it may be difficult to secure dividends and information regarding corporate actions on a timely basis;

o in general, there is less overall governmental supervision and regulation of securities exchanges, brokers, and listed companies than in the United States;

o Over-the-counter ("OTC") markets tend to be less regulated than stock exchange markets and, in certain countries, may be totally unregulated;

o economic or political concerns may influence regulatory enforcement and may make it difficult for shareholders to enforce their legal rights; and

o restrictions on transferring securities within the United States or to U.S. persons may make a particular security less liquid than foreign securities of the same class that are not subject to such restrictions.

FOREIGN CURRENCY RISK -- While the Fund denominates its net asset value in U.S. dollars, the securities of foreign companies are frequently denominated in foreign currencies. Thus, a change in the value of a foreign currency against the U.S. dollar will result in a corresponding change in value of securities denominated in that currency. Some of the factors that may impair the investments denominated in a foreign currency are:

o It may be expensive to convert foreign currencies into U. S. dollars and vice versa;

o Complex political and economic factors may significantly affect the values of various currencies, including U. S. dollars, and their exchange rates;

o Government intervention may increase risks involved in purchasing or selling foreign currency options,

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forward contracts and future contracts, since exchange rates may not be free to fluctuate in response to other market forces;

o There may be no systematic reporting of last sale information for foreign currencies or regulatory requirement that quotations available through dealers or other market sources be firm or revised on a timely basis;

o Available quotation information is generally representative of very large round-lot transactions in the inter- bank market and thus may not reflect exchange rates for smaller odd-lot transactions (less than $1 million) where rates may be less favorable; and

o The inter-bank market in foreign currencies is a global, around-the-clock market. To the extent that a market is closed while the markets for the underlying currencies remain open, certain markets may not always reflect significant price and rate movements.

TAXES -- Certain foreign governments levy withholding taxes on dividend and interest income. Although in some countries it is possible for the Fund to recover a portion of these taxes, the portion that cannot be recovered will reduce the income the Fund receives from its investments. The Fund does not expect such foreign withholding taxes to have a significant impact on performance.

EMERGING MARKETS -- Investing in emerging markets may magnify the risks of foreign investing. Security prices in emerging markets can be significantly more volatile than those in more developed markets, reflecting the greater uncertainties of investing in less established markets and economies. In particular, countries with emerging markets may:

o Have relatively unstable governments;

o Present greater risks of nationalization of businesses, restrictions on foreign ownership and prohibitions on the repatriation of assets;

o Offer less protection of property rights than more developed countries; and

o Have economies that are based on only a few industries, may be highly vulnerable to changes in local or global trade conditions, and may suffer from extreme and volatile debt burdens or inflation rates.

Local securities markets may trade a small number of securities and may be unable to respond effectively to increases in trading volume, potentially making prompt liquidation of holdings difficult or impossible at times.

CORPORATE LOANS. Corporate loans are negotiated and underwritten by a bank or syndicate of banks and other institutional investors. The Fund may acquire an interest in corporate loans through the primary market by acting as one of a group of lenders of a corporate loan. The primary risk in an investment in corporate loans is that the borrower may be unable to meet its interest and/or principal payment obligations. The occurrence of such a default with regard to a corporate loan in which the Fund had invested would have an adverse affect on the Fund's net asset value. In addition, a sudden and significant increase in market interest rates may cause a decline in the value of these investments and in the Fund's net asset value. Other factors, such as rating downgrades, credit deterioration, or large downward movement in stock prices, a disparity in supply and demand of certain securities or market conditions that reduce liquidity could reduce the value of loans, impairing the Fund's net asset value. Corporate loans in which the Fund may invest may be collateralized or uncollateralized and senior or subordinate. Investments in uncollateralized and/or subordinate loans entail a greater risk of nonpayment than do investments in corporate loans which hold a more senior position in the borrower's capital structure or that are secured with collateral.

In the case of collateralized senior loans, however, there is no assurance that sale of the collateral would raise enough cash to satisfy the borrower's payment obligation or that the collateral can or will be liquidated. As a result, the Fund might not receive payments to which it is entitled and thereby may experience a decline in the value of its investment and its net asset value. In the event of bankruptcy, liquidation may not occur and the

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court may not give lenders the full benefit of their senior positions. If the terms of a senior loan do not require the borrower to pledge additional collateral, the Fund will be exposed to the risk that the value of the collateral will not at all times equal or exceed the amount of the borrower's obligations under the senior loans. To the extent that a senior loan is collateralized by stock in the borrower or its subsidiaries, such stock may lose all of its value in the event of bankruptcy of the borrower.

The Fund may also acquire an interest in corporate loans by purchasing participations ("Participations") in and assignments ("Assignments") of portions of corporate loans from third parties. By purchasing a Participation, the Fund acquires some or all of the interest of a bank or other lending institution in a loan to a corporate borrower. Participations typically will result in the Fund's having a contractual relationship only with the lender and not the borrower. The Fund will have the right to receive payments or principal, interest and any fees to which it is entitled only from the lender selling the Participation and only upon receipt by the lender of the payments from the borrower. In connection with purchasing Participations, the Fund generally will have no right to enforce compliance by the borrower with the terms of the loan agreement relating to the loan, nor any rights of set-off against the borrower, and the Fund may not directly benefit from any collateral supporting the loan in which it has purchased the Participation. As a result, the Fund will assume the credit risk of both the borrower and the lender that is selling the Participation.

When the Fund purchases Assignments from lenders, the Fund will acquire direct rights against the borrower on the loan. However, since Assignments are arranged through private negotiations between potential assignees and assignors, the rights and obligations acquired by the Fund as the purchaser of an Assignment may differ from, and be more limited than, those held by the lender from which the Fund is purchasing the Assignments.

The Fund may acquire corporate loans of borrowers that are experiencing, or are more likely to experience, financial difficulty, including loans of borrowers that have filed for bankruptcy protection. Although loans in which the Fund will invest generally will be secured by specific collateral, there can be no assurance that liquidation of such collateral would satisfy the borrower's obligation in the event of nonpayment of scheduled interest or principal, or that such collateral could be readily liquidated. In the event of bankruptcy of a borrower, the Fund could experience delays or limitations with respect to its ability to realize the benefits of the collateral securing a senior loan.

In addition, the Fund may have difficulty disposing of its investments in corporate loans. The liquidity of such securities is limited and The Fund anticipates that such securities could be sold only to a limited number of institutional investors. The lack of a liquid secondary market could have an adverse impact on the value of such securities and on the Fund's ability to dispose of particular loans or Assignments or Participations when necessary to meet the Fund's liquidity needs or in response to a specific economic event, such as a deterioration in the creditworthiness of the borrower. The lack of a liquid secondary market for corporate loans may also make it more difficult for the Fund to assign a value to those securities for purposes of valuing the Fund's investments and calculating its net asset value.

FUTURES AND OPTIONS TRANSACTIONS

FUTURES AND OPTIONS ON FUTURES. Futures contracts provide for the future sale by one party and purchase by another party of a specified amount of a specific security at a specified future time and at a specified price. An option on a futures contract gives the purchaser the right, in exchange for a premium, to assume a position in a futures contract at a specified exercise price during the term of the option. The Fund will reduce the risk that it will be unable to close out a futures contract by only entering into futures contracts that are traded on a national futures exchange regulated by the Commodities Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC"). The Fund may use futures contracts and related options for: bona fide hedging; attempting to offset changes in the value of securities held or expected to be acquired or be disposed of; attempting to minimize fluctuations in foreign currencies; attempting to gain exposure to a particular market, index or instrument; or other risk management purposes. To the extent futures and/or options on futures are employed by the Fund, such use will be in accordance with Rule 4.5 of the Commodity Exchange Act ("CEA"). The Trust, on behalf of the Fund, has

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filed a notice of eligibility for exclusion from the definition of the term "commodity pool operator" in accordance with Rule 4.5 and therefore, the Fund is not subject to registration or regulation as a commodity pool operator under the CEA.

An index futures contract is a bilateral agreement pursuant to which two parties agree to take or make delivery of an amount of cash equal to a specified dollar amount times the difference between the index value at the close of trading of the contract and the price at which the futures contract is originally struck. No physical delivery of the securities comprising the index is made; generally contracts are closed out prior to the expiration date of the contract.

When the Fund purchases or sells a futures contract, the Fund is required to "cover" its position in order to limit leveraging and related risks. To cover an open position on a "physically settled" futures contract, the Fund may segregate or "earmark" cash or liquid securities that, when added to any amounts deposited with a futures commission merchant as margin, are equal to the full amount owed to the counterparty of the futures contract at the settlement date (and marked-to-market on a daily basis). To cover an open position on a "cash settled" futures contract, the Fund may segregate or "earmark" cash or liquid securities that, when added to any amounts deposited with a futures commission merchant as margin, are equal to the Fund's daily marked-to-market net obligation, if any. By segregating or "earmarking" cash or securities equal to only its net obligation under cash-settled futures, the Fund will have the ability to utilize these contracts to a greater extent than "physically settled" futures contracts. For both "physically settled" and "cash settled" futures contracts, rather than segregating or earmarking cash or liquid securities, the Fund may otherwise cover its futures positions in a manner consistent with the 1940 Act or the rules or SEC interpretations thereunder.

The Fund may also cover its long position in a futures contract by purchasing a put option on the same futures contract with a strike price (I.E., an exercise price) as high or higher than the price of the futures contract. In the alternative, if the strike price of the put is less than the price of the futures contract, the Fund will segregate cash or liquid securities equal in value to the difference between the strike price of the put and the price of the futures contract. The Fund may also cover its long position in a futures contract by taking a short position in the instruments underlying the futures contract, or by taking positions in instruments with prices which are expected to move relatively consistently with the futures contract. The Fund may cover its short position in a futures contract by taking a long position in the instruments underlying the futures contracts, or by taking positions in instruments with prices which are expected to move relatively consistently with the futures contract.

When the Fund purchases or sells an option on a futures contract, the Fund also is required to "cover" its position in order to limit leveraging and related risks. The Fund may cover its sale of a call option on a futures contract by taking a long position in the underlying futures contract at a price less than or equal to the strike price of the call option. In the alternative, if the long position in the underlying futures contract is established at a price greater than the strike price of the written (sold) call, the Fund will segregate cash or liquid securities equal in value to the difference between the strike price of the call and the price of the futures contract. The Fund may also cover its sale of a call option by taking positions in instruments with prices which are expected to move relatively consistently with the call option. The Fund may cover its sale of a put option on a futures contract by taking a short position in the underlying futures contract at a price greater than or equal to the strike price of the put option, or, if the short position in the underlying futures contract is established at a price less than the strike price of the written put, the Fund will segregate cash or liquid securities equal in value to the difference between the strike price of the put and the price of the futures contract. The Fund may also cover its sale of a put option by taking positions in instruments with prices which are expected to move relatively consistently with the put option.

There are significant risks associated with the Fund's use of futures contracts and related options, including the following: (1) the success of a hedging strategy may depend on the Adviser's ability to predict movements in the prices of individual securities, fluctuations in markets and movements in interest rates; (2) there may be an imperfect or no correlation between the changes in market value of the securities held by the Fund and the

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prices of futures and options on futures; (3) there may not be a liquid secondary market for a futures contract or option; (4) trading restrictions or limitations may be imposed by an exchange; and (5) government regulations may restrict trading in futures contracts and options on futures. In addition, some strategies reduce the Fund's exposure to price fluctuations, while others tend to increase its market exposure.

OPTIONS. An option is a contract between two parties for the purchase and sale of a financial instrument for a specified price (known as the "strike price" or "exercise price") at any time during the option period. Unlike a futures contract, an option grants a right (not an obligation) to buy or sell a financial instrument. Generally, a seller of an option can grant a buyer two kinds of rights: a "call" (the right to buy the security) or a "put" (the right to sell the security). Options have various types of underlying instruments, including specific securities, indices of securities prices, foreign currencies, interest rates and futures contracts. Options may be traded on an exchange (exchange-traded-options) or may be customized agreements between the parties (over-the-counter or "OTC options"). Like futures, a financial intermediary, known as a clearing corporation, financially backs exchange-traded options. However, OTC options have no such intermediary and are subject to the risk that the counterparty will not fulfill its obligations under the contract.

o PURCHASING PUT AND CALL OPTIONS

When the Fund purchases a put option, it buys the right to sell the instrument underlying the option at a fixed strike price. In return for this right, the Fund pays the current market price for the option (known as the "option premium"). The Fund may purchase put options to offset or hedge against a decline in the market value of its securities ("protective puts") or to benefit from a decline in the price of securities that it does not own. The Fund would ordinarily realize a gain if, during the option period, the value of the underlying securities decreased below the exercise price sufficiently to cover the premium and transaction costs. However, if the price of the underlying instrument does not fall enough to offset the cost of purchasing the option, a put buyer would lose the premium and related transaction costs.

Call options are similar to put options, except that the Fund obtains the right to purchase, rather than sell, the underlying instrument at the option's strike price. The Fund would normally purchase call options in anticipation of an increase in the market value of securities it owns or wants to buy. The Fund would ordinarily realize a gain if, during the option period, the value of the underlying instrument exceeded the exercise price plus the premium paid and related transaction costs. Otherwise, the Fund would realize either no gain or a loss on the purchase of the call option.

The purchaser of an option may terminate its position by:

o Allowing it to expire and losing its entire premium;

o Exercising the option and either selling (in the case of a put option) or buying (in the case of a call option) the underlying instrument at the strike price; or

o Closing it out in the secondary market at its current price.

o SELLING (WRITING) PUT AND CALL OPTIONS

When the Fund writes a call option it assumes an obligation to sell specified securities to the holder of the option at a specified price if the option is exercised at any time before the expiration date. Similarly, when the Fund writes a put option it assumes an obligation to purchase specified securities from the option holder at a specified price if the option is exercised at any time before the expiration date. The Fund may terminate its position in an exchange-traded put option before exercise by buying an option identical to the one it has written. Similarly, it may cancel an over-the-counter option by entering into an offsetting transaction with the counterparty to the option.

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The Fund could try to hedge against an increase in the value of securities it would like to acquire by writing a put option on those securities. If security prices rise, the Fund would expect the put option to expire and the premium it received to offset the increase in the security's value. If security prices remain the same over time, the Fund would hope to profit by closing out the put option at a lower price. If security prices fall, the Fund may lose an amount of money equal to the difference between the value of the security and the premium it received. Writing covered put options may deprive the Fund of the opportunity to profit from a decrease in the market price of the securities it would like to acquire.

The characteristics of writing call options are similar to those of writing put options, except that call writers expect to profit if prices remain the same or fall. The Fund could try to hedge against a decline in the value of securities it already owns by writing a call option. If the price of that security falls as expected, the Fund would expect the option to expire and the premium it received to offset the decline of the security's value. However, the Fund must be prepared to deliver the underlying instrument in return for the strike price, which may deprive it of the opportunity to profit from an increase in the market price of the securities it holds.

The Fund is permitted only to write covered options. At the time of selling the call option, the Fund may cover the option by owning, among other things:

o The underlying security (or securities convertible into the underlying security without additional consideration), index, interest rate, foreign currency or futures contract;

o A call option on the same security or index with the same or lesser exercise price;

o A call option on the same security or index with a greater exercise price and segregating cash or liquid securities in an amount equal to the difference between the exercise prices;

o Cash or liquid securities equal to at least the market value of the optioned securities, interest rate, foreign currency or futures contract; or

o In the case of an index, the portfolio of securities that corresponds to the index.

At the time of selling a put option, the Fund may cover the put option by, among other things:

o Entering into a short position in the underlying security;

o Purchasing a put option on the same security, index, interest rate, foreign currency or futures contract with the same or greater exercise price;

o Purchasing a put option on the same security, index, interest rate, foreign currency or futures contract with a lesser exercise price and segregating cash or liquid securities in an amount equal to the difference between the exercise prices; or

o Maintaining the entire exercise price in liquid securities.

o OPTIONS ON SECURITIES INDICES

Options on securities indices are similar to options on securities, except that the exercise of securities index options requires cash settlement payments and does not involve the actual purchase or sale of securities. In addition, securities index options are designed to reflect price fluctuations in a group of securities or segment of the securities market rather than price fluctuations in a single security.

o OPTIONS ON FUTURES

An option on a futures contract provides the holder with the right to buy a futures contract (in the case of a call option) or sell a futures contract (in the case of a put option) at a fixed time and price. Upon exercise of the option by the holder, the contract market clearing house establishes a corresponding short position for

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the writer of the option (in the case of a call option) or a corresponding long position (in the case of a put option). If the option is exercised, the parties will be subject to the futures contracts. In addition, the writer of an option on a futures contract is subject to initial and variation margin requirements on the option position. Options on futures contracts are traded on the same contract market as the underlying futures contract.

The buyer or seller of an option on a futures contract may terminate the option early by purchasing or selling an option of the same series (i.e., the same exercise price and expiration date) as the option previously purchased or sold.
The difference between the premiums paid and received represents the trader's profit or loss on the transaction.

The Fund may purchase put and call options on futures contracts instead of selling or buying futures contracts. The Fund may buy a put option on a futures contract for the same reasons it would sell a futures contract. It also may purchase such put options in order to hedge a long position in the underlying futures contract. The Fund may buy call options on futures contracts for the same purpose as the actual purchase of the futures contracts, such as in anticipation of favorable market conditions.

The Fund may write a call option on a futures contract to hedge against a decline in the prices of the instrument underlying the futures contracts. If the price of the futures contract at expiration were below the exercise price, the Fund would retain the option premium, which would offset, in part, any decline in the value of its portfolio securities.

The writing of a put option on a futures contract is similar to the purchase of the futures contracts, except that, if the market price declines, the Fund would pay more than the market price for the underlying instrument. The premium received on the sale of the put option, less any transaction costs, would reduce the net cost to the Fund.

o COMBINED POSITIONS

The Fund may purchase and write options in combination with each other, or in combination with futures or forward contracts, to adjust the risk and return characteristics of the overall position. For example, the Fund could construct a combined position whose risk and return characteristics are similar to selling a futures contract by purchasing a put option and writing a call option on the same underlying instrument. Alternatively, the Fund could write a call option at one strike price and buy a call option at a lower price to reduce the risk of the written call option in the event of a substantial price increase. Because combined options positions involve multiple trades, they result in higher transaction costs and may be more difficult to open and close out.

o FORWARD FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS

A forward foreign currency contract involves an obligation to purchase or sell a specific amount of currency at a future date or date range at a specific price. In the case of a cancelable forward contract, the holder has the unilateral right to cancel the contract at maturity by paying a specified fee. Forward foreign currency exchange contracts differ from foreign currency futures contracts in certain respects. Unlike futures contracts, forward contracts:

o Do not have standard maturity dates or amounts (i.e., the parties to the contract may fix the maturity date and the amount);

o Are traded in the inter-bank markets conducted directly between currency traders (usually large commercial banks) and their customers, as opposed to futures contracts which are traded only on exchanges regulated by the CFTC;

o Do not require an initial margin deposit;

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o May be closed by entering into a closing transaction with the currency trader who is a party to the original forward contract, as opposed to a commodities exchange.

FOREIGN CURRENCY HEDGING STRATEGIES -- A "settlement hedge" or "transaction hedge" is designed to protect the Fund against an adverse change in foreign currency values between the date a security is purchased or sold and the date on which payment is made or received. Entering into a forward contract for the purchase or sale of the amount of foreign currency involved in an underlying security transaction for a fixed amount of U.S. dollars "locks in" the U.S. dollar price of the security. The Fund may also use forward contracts to purchase or sell a foreign currency when it anticipates purchasing or selling securities denominated in foreign currency, even if it has not yet selected the specific investments.

The Fund may use forward contracts to hedge against a decline in the value of existing investments denominated in foreign currency. Such a hedge, sometimes referred to as a "position hedge," would tend to offset both positive and negative currency fluctuations, but would not offset changes in security values caused by other factors. The Fund could also hedge the position by selling another currency expected to perform similarly to the currency in which the Fund's investment is denominated. This type of hedge, sometimes referred to as a "proxy hedge," could offer advantages in terms of cost, yield, or efficiency, but generally would not hedge currency exposure as effectively as a direct hedge into U.S. dollars. Proxy hedges may result in losses if the currency used to hedge does not perform similarly to the currency in which the hedged securities are denominated.

Transaction and position hedging do not eliminate fluctuations in the underlying prices of the securities that the Fund owns or intends to purchase or sell. They simply establish a rate of exchange that one can achieve at some future point in time. Additionally, these techniques tend to minimize the risk of loss due to a decline in the value of the hedged currency and to limit any potential gain that might result from the increase in value of such currency.

The Fund may enter into forward contracts to shift its investment exposure from one currency into another. Such transactions may call for the delivery of one foreign currency in exchange for another foreign currency, including currencies in which its securities are not then denominated. This may include shifting exposure from U.S. dollars to a foreign currency, or from one foreign currency to another foreign currency. This type of strategy, sometimes known as a "cross-hedge," will tend to reduce or eliminate exposure to the currency that is sold, and increase exposure to the currency that is purchased. Cross-hedges may protect against losses resulting from a decline in the hedged currency, but will cause the Fund to assume the risk of fluctuations in the value of the currency it purchases. Cross-hedging transactions also involve the risk of imperfect correlation between changes in the values of the currencies involved.

It is difficult to forecast with precision the market value of portfolio securities at the expiration or maturity of a forward or futures contract. Accordingly, the Fund may have to purchase additional foreign currency on the spot market if the market value of a security it is hedging is less than the amount of foreign currency it is obligated to deliver. Conversely, the Fund may have to sell on the spot market some of the foreign currency it received upon the sale of a security if the market value of such security exceeds the amount of foreign currency it is obligated to deliver.

To the extent that the Fund engages in foreign currency hedging, there can be no assurance that any hedge will be effective or that there will be a hedge in place at any given time.

ILLIQUID SECURITIES

The Fund may purchase or hold illiquid securities, including securities that are not readily marketable and securities that are not registered ("restricted securities") under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "1933 Act"), but which can be offered and sold to "qualified institutional buyers" under Rule 144A under the 1933 Act. The Fund will not invest more than 15% of its net assets in illiquid securities. If the percentage of the Fund's net

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assets invested in illiquid securities exceeds 15% due to market activity, the Fund will take appropriate measures to reduce its holdings of illiquid securities. The term "illiquid securities" for this purpose means securities that cannot be disposed of within seven days in the ordinary course of business at approximately the amount at which the Fund has valued the securities.

Under current SEC staff guidelines, illiquid securities also are considered to include, among other securities, purchased OTC options, certain cover for OTC options, repurchase agreements with maturities in excess of seven days, and certain securities whose disposition is restricted under the federal securities laws. The Fund may not be able to sell illiquid securities when the Adviser considers it desirable to do so or may have to sell such securities at a price that is lower than the price that could be obtained if the securities were more liquid. In addition, the sale of illiquid securities also may require more time and may result in higher dealer discounts and other selling expenses than does the sale of securities that are not illiquid. Illiquid securities also may be more difficult to value due to the unavailability of reliable market quotations for such securities, and investment in illiquid securities may have an adverse impact on NAV.

Institutional markets for restricted securities have developed as a result of the promulgation of Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, which provides a "safe harbor" from 1933 Act registration requirements for qualifying sales to institutional investors. When Rule 144A restricted securities present an attractive investment opportunity and meet other selection criteria, the Fund may make such investments whether or not such securities are "illiquid" depending on the market that exists for the particular security. The Board of Trustees of the Trust (the "Board") has delegated the responsibility for determining the liquidity of Rule 144A restricted securities that the Fund may invest in to the Adviser.

MONEY MARKET SECURITIES

Money market securities include short-term U.S. Government securities; custodial receipts evidencing separately traded interest and principal components of securities issued by the U.S. Treasury; commercial paper rated in the highest short-term rating category by a nationally recognized statistical ratings organization ("NRSRO"), such as Standard & Poor's Ratings Service ("S&P") or Moody's Investor Service ("Moody's"), or determined by the Adviser to be of comparable quality at the time of purchase; short-term bank obligations (certificates of deposit, time deposits and bankers' acceptances) of U.S. commercial banks with assets of at least $1 billion as of the end of their most recent fiscal year; and repurchase agreements involving such securities. Each of these money market securities are described above. For a description of ratings, see "Appendix A -- Ratings" to this SAI.

REPURCHASE AND REVERSE REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS. The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements with financial institutions. A repurchase agreement is an agreement under which a fund acquires a fixed income security (generally a security issued by the U.S. Government or an agency thereof, a banker's acceptance, or a certificate of deposit) from a commercial bank, broker, or dealer, and simultaneously agrees to resell such security to the seller at an agreed upon price and date (normally, the next business day). Because the security purchased constitutes collateral for the repurchase obligation, a repurchase agreement may be considered a loan that is collateralized by the security purchased. The acquisition of a repurchase agreement may be deemed to be an acquisition of the underlying securities as long as the obligation of the seller to repurchase the securities is collateralized fully. The Fund follows certain procedures designed to minimize the risks inherent in such agreements. These procedures include effecting repurchase transactions only with creditworthy financial institutions whose condition will be continually monitored by the Adviser. The repurchase agreements entered into by the Fund will provide that the underlying collateral at all times shall have a value at least equal to 102% of the resale price stated in the agreement and consist only of securities permissible under
Section 101(47)(A)(i) of the Bankruptcy Code (the Adviser monitors compliance with this requirement). Under all repurchase agreements entered into by the Fund, the custodian or its agent must take possession of the underlying collateral. In the event of a default or bankruptcy by a selling financial institution, the Fund will seek to liquidate such collateral.

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However, the exercising of the Fund's right to liquidate such collateral could involve certain costs or delays and, to the extent that proceeds from any sale upon a default of the obligation to repurchase were less than the repurchase price, the Fund could suffer a loss. The Fund does not invest in repurchase agreements with respect to more than 33% of its total assets. It is the current policy of the Fund, not to invest in repurchase agreements that do not mature within seven days if any such investment, together with any other illiquid assets held by the Fund, amounts to more than 15% of the Fund's total assets. The investments of the Fund in repurchase agreements, at times, may be substantial when, in the view of the Adviser, liquidity or other considerations so warrant.

REVERSE REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS. The Fund may enter into reverse repurchase agreements, which involve the sale of securities with an agreement to repurchase the securities at an agreed-upon price, date and interest payment and have the characteristics of borrowing. Generally, the effect of such a transaction is that the Fund can recover all or most of the cash invested in the portfolio securities involved during the term of the reverse repurchase agreement, while the Fund will be able to keep the interest income associated with those portfolio securities. Such transactions are advantageous only if the interest cost to the Fund of the reverse repurchase transaction is less than the cost of obtaining the cash otherwise. Opportunities to achieve this advantage may not always be available, and the Fund intends to use the reverse repurchase technique only when it will be advantageous to the Fund. The Fund will in each instance establish a segregated account with the Trust's custodian bank in which the Fund will maintain cash or cash equivalents or other portfolio securities equal in value to the Fund's obligations in respect of reverse repurchase agreements. The Fund does not engage in reverse repurchase agreements with respect to more than 33% of its total assets.

INVESTMENT LIMITATIONS

FUNDAMENTAL POLICIES

The following are fundamental policies of the Fund. Fundamental policies cannot be changed without the consent of the holders of a majority of the Fund's outstanding shares. The phrase "majority of the outstanding shares" means the vote of (i) 67% or more of the Fund's shares present at a meeting, if more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the Fund are present or represented by proxy, or (ii) more than 50% of the Fund's outstanding shares, whichever is less.

The Fund may not:

1. Purchase securities of an issuer that would cause the Fund to fail to satisfy the diversification requirement for a diversified management company under the 1940 Act, the rules or regulations thereunder or any exemption therefrom, as such statute, rules or regulations may be amended or interpreted from time to time.

2. Concentrate investments in a particular industry or group of industries, as concentration is defined under the 1940 Act, the rules and regulations thereunder or any exemption therefrom, as such statute, rules or regulations may be amended or interpreted from time to time.

3. Borrow money or issue senior securities (as defined under the 1940 Act), except to the extent permitted under the 1940 Act, the rules and regulations thereunder or any exemption therefrom, as such statute, rules or regulations may be amended or interpreted from time to time.

4. Make loans, except to the extent permitted under the 1940 Act, the rules and regulations thereunder or any exemption therefrom, as such statute, rules or regulations may be amended or interpreted from time to time.

5. Purchase or sell commodities or real estate, except to the extent permitted under the 1940 Act, the

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rules and regulations thereunder or any exemption therefrom, as such statute, rules or regulations may be amended or interpreted from time to time.

6. Underwrite securities issued by other persons, except to the extent permitted under the 1940 Act, the rules and regulations thereunder or any exemption therefrom, as such statute, rules or regulations may be amended or interpreted from time to time.

7. Change its investment objective to achieve a total return that exceeds that of the Fund's benchmark, the Barclays U.S. Aggregate Index, over a market cycle of three to five years.

NON-FUNDAMENTAL POLICIES

In addition to the Fund's investment objective(s), the following investment limitations of the Fund are non-fundamental and may be changed by the Trust's Board of Trustees without shareholder approval. These non-fundamental policies are based upon the regulations currently set forth in the 1940 Act.

The Fund may not:

1. Hold illiquid securities in an amount exceeding, in the aggregate, 15% of the Fund's net assets.

In addition,

1. The Fund may not change its investment strategy to invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in a fixed income instruments without 60 days' prior written notice to shareholders.

Except with respect to the Fund's policies concerning borrowing and illiquid securities, if a percentage restriction is adhered to at the time of an investment, a later increase or decrease in percentage resulting from changes in values or assets will not constitute a violation of such restriction. With respect to the limitation on illiquid securities, in the event that a subsequent change in net assets or other circumstances causes a Fund to exceed its limitation, the Fund will take steps to bring the aggregate amount of illiquid instruments back within the limitations as soon as reasonably practicable. With respect to the limitation on borrowing, in the event that a subsequent change in net assets or other circumstances cause the Fund to exceed its limitation, the Fund will take steps to bring the aggregate amount of borrowing back within the limitations within three days thereafter (not including Sundays and holidays).

The following descriptions of certain provisions of the 1940 Act may assist investors in understanding the above policies and restrictions:

DIVERSIFICATION. Under the 1940 Act, a diversified investment management company, as to 75% of its total assets, may not purchase securities of any issuer (other than securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agents or instrumentalities or securities of other investment companies) if, as a result, more than 5% of its total assets would be invested in the securities of such issuer, or more than 10% of the issuer's outstanding voting securities would be held by the Fund.

CONCENTRATION. The SEC staff has defined concentration as investing 25% or more of an investment company's net assets in an industry or group of industries, with certain exceptions. The SEC Staff does not consider the U.S. Government or its agencies and instrumentalities, and/or state governments and their political subdivisions, to be members of any industry; therefore, mortgage-backed securities that are issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities are not subject to the Fund's concentration policy by virtue of this exclusion. In addition, privately issued mortgage-backed securities, or any asset-backed securities, are not considered to be the securities of issuers in a particular industry or group of industries.

BORROWING. The 1940 Act presently allows a fund to borrow from any bank (including pledging, mortgaging or hypothecating assets) in an amount up to 33 1/3% of its total assets (not including temporary borrowings not in

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excess of 5% of its total assets).

SENIOR SECURITIES. Senior securities may include any obligation or instrument issued by a fund evidencing indebtedness. The 1940 Act generally prohibits funds from issuing senior securities, although it does not treat certain transactions as senior securities, such as short sales, firm commitment agreements and standby commitments, with appropriate earmarking or segregation of assets to cover such obligation.

LENDING. Under the 1940 Act, a fund may only make loans if expressly permitted by its investment policies. The Fund's current investment policy on lending is as follows: the Fund may not make loans if, as a result, more than 33 1/3% of its total assets would be lent to other parties, except that the Fund may: (i) purchase or hold debt instruments in accordance with its investment objective and policies; (ii) enter into repurchase agreements; and (iii) engage in securities lending as described in its SAI.

UNDERWRITING. Under the 1940 Act, underwriting securities involves a fund purchasing securities directly from an issuer for the purpose of selling (distributing) them or participating in any such activity either directly or indirectly.

COMMODITIES AND REAL ESTATE. The 1940 Act does not directly restrict an investment company's ability to invest in commodities or real estate, but does require that every investment company have a fundamental investment policy governing such investments. The Fund has adopted a fundamental policy that would permit direct investment in commodities or real estate. The Fund's current investment policy is as follows: the Fund will not purchase or sell real estate, physical commodities, or commodities contracts, except that the Fund may purchase: (i) marketable securities issued by companies which own or invest in real estate (including REITs), commodities, or commodities contracts; and (ii) commodities contracts relating to financial instruments, such as financial futures contracts and options on such contracts.

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THE ADVISER

GENERAL. The Adviser, LM Capital Group, LLC ("LM Capital" or the "Adviser"), is a San Diego-based investment advisory firm registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. The firm was founded in 1989 by Luis Maizel and John Chalker to provide fixed income investment management services to the institutional investor. Messrs. Maizel and Chalker each own greater than 25% of the voting securities of the Adviser and may be deemed to control the Adviser within the meaning of the 1940 Act. The Adviser is employed by public agencies, corporations and foundations nationwide. As of September 30, 2012, the Adviser had approximately $4.619 billion in assets under management. The Adviser's principal business address is 401 B Street, Suite 950, San Diego, CA 92101.

ADVISORY AGREEMENT WITH THE TRUST. The Trust and the Adviser have entered into an investment advisory agreement (the "Advisory Agreement") with respect to the Fund. Under the Advisory Agreement, the Adviser serves as the investment adviser and makes investment decisions for the Fund and continuously reviews, supervises and administers the investment program of the Fund, subject to the supervision of, and policies established by, the Trustees of the Trust. The Advisory Agreement provides that the Adviser shall indemnify and hold the Fund harmless from losses arising out of, among other things, the Adviser's breach of the Advisory Agreement or improper investments made by the Adviser.

After the initial two-year term, the continuance of the Advisory Agreement must be specifically approved at least annually: (i) by the vote of the Trustees or by a vote of the shareholders of the Fund; and (ii) by the vote of a majority of the Trustees who are not parties to the Advisory Agreement or "interested persons" of any party thereto, cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval. The Advisory Agreement will terminate automatically in the event of its assignment, and is terminable at any time without penalty by the Trustees of the Trust or, with respect to the Fund, by a majority of the outstanding shares of the Fund, on not less than 30 days' nor more than 60 days' written notice to the Adviser, or by the Adviser on 90 days' written notice to the Trust. (As used in the Advisory Agreement, the terms "majority of the outstanding voting securities," "interested persons" and "assignment" have the same meaning as such terms in the 1940 Act).

ADVISORY FEES PAID TO THE ADVISER. For its services under the Advisory Agreement, the Adviser is entitled to a fee, which is calculated daily and paid monthly, at an annual rate of 0.35% of the Fund's average daily net assets.

The Adviser has contractually agreed to reduce fees and reimburse expenses of the Fund in order to keep net operating expenses (excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses) (collectively, "excluded expenses") from exceeding 0.45% or 0.60% of the Fund's Institutional Class and Retirement Class Shares' average daily net assets, respectively, until November 29, 2016. The Adviser may elect to extend this reduction in fees on an annual basis. In addition, if at any point total annual Fund operating expenses, the Adviser may retain the difference between the total annual fund operating expenses (less excluded expenses) and its expense cap for the Fund to recover all or a portion of its prior fee reductions or expense reimbursements made during the preceding three-year period during which this agreement was in place.

THE PORTFOLIO MANAGERS

This section includes information about the Fund's portfolio managers, including information about other accounts managed, the dollar range of Fund shares owned and how the portfolio managers are compensated.

COMPENSATION. The Adviser compensates the portfolio managers for their management of the Fund. Portfolio managers receive a base salary representing approximately 50% to 70% of active compensation. Bonus distributions are determined based upon firm profitability, the increase of assets under management, and the individual's personal performance during the calendar year. Other benefits such as fully paid health insurance

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for the portfolio manager and his/her family, a 401K matching program, and paid vacation are also provided.

FUND SHARES OWNED BY PORTFOLIO MANAGERS. The Fund is required to show the dollar amount range of the portfolio managers' "beneficial ownership" of shares of the Fund as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal year. Dollar amount ranges disclosed are established by the SEC. "Beneficial ownership" is determined in accordance with Rule 16a-1(a)(2) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act"). Because the Fund is new, as of the date of this SAI, the portfolio managers did not beneficially own shares of the Fund.

OTHER ACCOUNTS. In addition to the Fund, the portfolio managers are responsible for the day-to-day management of certain other accounts, as listed below. The information provided below is as of September 30, 2012.

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                            COMPANIES                 VEHICLES              OTHER ACCOUNTS
                       (EXCLUDING THE FUND)
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                     NUMBER                     NUMBER                       NUMBER
                       OF       TOTAL ASSETS      OF          TOTAL ASSETS     OF       TOTAL ASSETS
NAME                ACCOUNTS    (MILLIONS)     ACCOUNTS       (MILLIONS)    ACCOUNTS(1)  (MILLIONS)
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Luis Maizel           None         None          None           None            30       $4,619.7
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John Chalker          None         None          None           None            30       $4,619.7
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Mario Modiano         None         None          None           None            30       $4,619.7
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Rachel Wilson         None         None          None           None            30       $4,619.7
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(1) The Adviser utilizes a team-based approach to portfolio management and each of the portfolio managers listed are jointly and primarily responsible for the management of a portion of the accounts listed in each category. Of the above-referenced accounts, one of the accounts receives performance based fees. As of June 30, 2012, assets in this account were $40.2 million.

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. A conflict of interest may arise as a result of a portfolio manager being responsible for multiple accounts, including the Fund, which may have different investment guidelines and objectives. In addition to the Fund, these accounts include separately managed accounts. An investment opportunity may be suitable for the Fund as well as for any of the other managed accounts. However, the investment may not be available in sufficient quantity for all of the accounts to participate fully. The other managed accounts may have similar investment objectives or strategies as the Fund, may track the same benchmarks or indexes as the Fund tracks, and may sell securities that are eligible to be held, sold or purchased by the Fund. A portfolio manager may be responsible for accounts that have different advisory fee schedules, which may create the incentive for the portfolio manager to favor one account over another in terms of access to investment opportunities. A portfolio manager may also manage accounts whose investment objectives and policies differ from those of the Fund, which may cause the portfolio manager to affect trading in one account that may have an adverse effect on the value of the holdings within another account, including the Fund.

To address and manage these potential conflicts of interest, LM Capital has adopted compliance policies and procedures to allocate investment opportunities and to ensure that each of their clients is treated on a fair and equitable basis. Such policies and procedures include, but are not limited to, trade allocation and trade aggregation policies and oversight by investment management and the Compliance team.

THE ADMINISTRATOR

GENERAL. SEI Investments Global Funds Services (the "Administrator"), a Delaware statutory trust, has its principal business offices at One Freedom Valley Drive, Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456. SEI Investments Management Corporation ("SIMC"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of SEI Investments Company ("SEI

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Investments"), is the owner of all beneficial interest in the Administrator. SEI Investments and its subsidiaries and affiliates, including the Administrator, are leading providers of funds evaluation services, trust accounting systems, and brokerage and information services to financial institutions, institutional investors, and money managers. The Administrator and its affiliates also serve as administrator or sub-administrator to other mutual funds.

ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT WITH THE TRUST. The Trust and the Administrator have entered into an administration agreement dated January 28, 1993, as amended and restated November 12, 2002 (the "Administration Agreement"). Under the Administration Agreement, the Administrator provides the Trust with administrative services, including regulatory reporting and all necessary office space, equipment, personnel and facilities. Pursuant to a schedule to the Administration Agreement, the Administrator also serves as the shareholder servicing agent for the Fund whereby the Administrator provides certain shareholder services to the Fund.

The Administration Agreement provides that the Administrator shall not be liable for any error of judgment or mistake of law or for any loss suffered by the Trust in connection with the matters to which the Administration Agreement relates, except a loss resulting from willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence on the part of the Administrator in the performance of its duties or from reckless disregard by it of its duties and obligations thereunder.

ADMINISTRATION FEES PAID TO THE ADMINISTRATOR. For its services under the Administration Agreement, the Administrator is entitled to a fee, which is detailed below in the following schedule:

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     FEE (AS A PERCENTAGE OF AGGREGATE
          AVERAGE ANNUAL ASSETS)                 FUND'S AVERAGE DAILY NET ASSETS
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               0.125%                                 First $500 million
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               0.105%                                 Over $500 million
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The initial annual minimum fee will be $125,000 for the Fund. In the event the Fund is comprised of more than two classes, the Fund will be assessed an additional annual fee equal to $15,000 per class.

THE DISTRIBUTOR

GENERAL. The Trust and SEI Investments Distribution Co. (the "Distributor"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of SEI Investments, and an affiliate of the Administrator, are parties to a distribution agreement dated January 28, 1993, as amended and restated as of November 14, 2005 ("Distribution Agreement"), whereby the Distributor acts as principal underwriter for the Trust's shares, and which applies to both Institutional Class and Retirement Class Shares of the Fund. The principal business address of the Distributor is One Freedom Valley Drive, Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456.

The continuance of the Distribution Agreement must be specifically approved at least annually (i) by the vote of the Trustees or by a vote of the shareholders of the Fund and (ii) by the vote of a majority of the Trustees who are not "interested persons" of the Trust and have no direct or indirect financial interest in the operations of the Distribution Agreement or any related agreement, cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval. The Distribution Agreement will terminate automatically in the event of its assignment (as such term is defined in the 1940 Act), and is terminable at any time without penalty by the Board or, with respect to the Fund, by a majority of the outstanding shares of the Fund, upon not more than 60 days' written notice by either party. The Distribution Agreement provides that the Distributor shall not be protected against any liability to the Trust or its shareholders by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence on its part in the performance of its duties or from reckless disregard of its obligations or duties thereunder.

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SHAREHOLDER SERVICES

SHAREHOLDER SERVICING PLAN. The Fund has adopted a shareholder servicing plan (the "Service Plan") under which a shareholder servicing fee of up to 0.15% of average daily net assets of Retirement Class Shares of the Fund will be paid to other service providers. Under the Service Plan, other service providers may perform, or may compensate other service providers for performing certain shareholder and administrative services as discussed below.

DESCRIPTION OF SHAREHOLDER SERVICES. Shareholder services may include: (i) maintaining accounts relating to clients that invest in shares; (ii) arranging for bank wires; (iii) responding to client inquiries relating to the services performed by the services provider; (iv) responding to inquiries from clients concerning their investment in shares; (v) assisting clients in changing dividend options, account designations and addresses; (vi) providing information periodically to clients showing their position in shares; (vii) forwarding shareholder communications from the Fund such as proxies, shareholder reports, annual reports, and dividend distribution and tax notices to clients; and (viii) processing dividend payments from the Fund on behalf of clients.

PAYMENTS TO FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES

The Adviser and/or its affiliates, at their discretion, may make payments from their own resources and not from Fund assets to affiliated or unaffiliated brokers, dealers, banks (including bank trust departments), trust companies, registered investment advisers, financial planners, retirement plan administrators, insurance companies, and any other institution having a service, administration, or any similar arrangement with the Fund, their service providers or their respective affiliates, as incentives to help market and promote the Fund and/or in recognition of their distribution, marketing, administrative services, and/or processing support.

These additional payments may be made to financial intermediaries that sell Fund shares or provide services to the Fund, the Distributor or shareholders of the Fund through the financial intermediary's retail distribution channel and/or fund supermarkets. Payments may also be made through the financial intermediary's retirement, qualified tuition, fee-based advisory, wrap fee bank trust, or insurance (E.G., individual or group annuity) programs. These payments may include, but are not limited to, placing the Fund in a financial intermediary's retail distribution channel or on a preferred or recommended fund list; providing business or shareholder financial planning assistance; educating financial intermediary personnel about the Fund; providing access to sales and management representatives of the financial intermediary; promoting sales of Fund shares; providing marketing and educational support; maintaining share balances and/or for sub-accounting, administrative or shareholder transaction processing services. A financial intermediary may perform the services itself or may arrange with a third party to perform the services.

The Adviser and/or its affiliates may also make payments from their own resources to financial intermediaries for costs associated with the purchase of products or services used in connection with sales and marketing, participation in and/or presentation at conferences or seminars, sales or training programs, client and investor entertainment and other sponsored events. The costs and expenses associated with these efforts may include travel, lodging, sponsorship at educational seminars and conferences, entertainment and meals to the extent permitted by law.

Revenue sharing payments may be negotiated based on a variety of factors, including the level of sales, the amount of Fund assets attributable to investments in the Fund by financial intermediaries' customers, a flat fee or other measures as determined from time to time by the Adviser and/or its affiliates. A significant purpose of these payments is to increase the sales of Fund shares, which in turn may benefit the Adviser through increased fees as Fund assets grow.

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THE TRANSFER AGENT

Atlantic Fund Services, LLC, Three Canal Plaza, Portland, ME 04101 (the "Transfer Agent"), serves as the Fund's transfer agent and dividend disbursing agent under a transfer agency agreement with the Trust.

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THE CUSTODIAN

Union Bank, N.A. (the "Custodian"), 350 California Street, San Francisco, California 94104, serves as the Funds' custodian. The Custodian holds cash, securities and other assets of the Fund as required by the 1940 Act.

INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

Ernst & Young LLP, One Commerce Square, 2005 Market Street, Suite 700, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103, serves as independent registered public accounting firm for the Fund.

LEGAL COUNSEL

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, 1701 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103-2921, serves as legal counsel to the Trust.

TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS OF THE TRUST

BOARD RESPONSIBILITIES. The management and affairs of the Trust and its series, including the Fund described in this SAI, are overseen by the Trustees. The Board has approved contracts, as described above, under which certain companies provide essential management services to the Trust.

Like most mutual funds, the day-to-day business of the Trust, including the management of risk, is performed by third party service providers, such as the Adviser, Distributor and Administrator. The Trustees are responsible for overseeing the Trust's service providers and, thus, have oversight responsibility with respect to risk management performed by those service providers. Risk management seeks to identify and address risks, i.e., events or circumstances that could have material adverse effects on the business, operations, shareholder services, investment performance or reputation of the funds. The funds and their service providers employ a variety of processes, procedures and controls to identify various possible events or circumstances, to lessen the probability of their occurrence and/or to mitigate the effects of such events or circumstances if they do occur. Each service provider is responsible for one or more discrete aspects of the Trust's business (e.g., the Adviser is responsible for the day-to-day management of each Fund's portfolio investments) and, consequently, for managing the risks associated with that business. The Board has emphasized to the funds' service providers the importance of maintaining vigorous risk management.

The Trustees' role in risk oversight begins before the inception of a fund, at which time certain of the fund's service providers present the Board with information concerning the investment objectives, strategies and risks of the fund as well as proposed investment limitations for the fund. Additionally, the fund's adviser provides the Board with an overview of, among other things, its investment philosophy, brokerage practices and compliance infrastructure. Thereafter, the Board continues its oversight function as various personnel, including the Trust's Chief Compliance Officer, as well as personnel of the adviser and other service providers such as the fund's independent accountants, make periodic reports to the Audit Committee or to the Board with respect to various aspects of risk management. The Board and the Audit Committee oversee efforts by management and service providers to manage risks to which the funds may be exposed.

The Board is responsible for overseeing the nature, extent and quality of the services provided to the funds by the adviser and receives information about those services at its regular meetings. In addition, on an annual basis, in connection with its consideration of whether to renew the advisory agreement with the adviser, the Board meets with the adviser to review such services. Among other things, the Board regularly considers the adviser's adherence to the funds' investment restrictions and compliance with various fund policies and procedures and with applicable securities regulations. The Board also reviews information about the funds' investments, including, for example, portfolio holdings schedules and reports on the adviser's use of derivatives in managing the funds, if any, as well as reports on the funds' investments in ETFs, if any.

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The Trust's Chief Compliance Officer reports regularly to the Board to review and discuss compliance issues and fund and adviser risk assessments. At least annually, the Trust's Chief Compliance Officer provides the Board with a report reviewing the adequacy and effectiveness of the Trust's policies and procedures and those of its service providers, including the adviser. The report addresses the operation of the policies and procedures of the Trust and each service provider since the date of the last report; any material changes to the policies and procedures since the date of the last report; any recommendations for material changes to the policies and procedures; and any material compliance matters since the date of the last report.

The Board receives reports from the funds' service providers regarding operational risks and risks related to the valuation and liquidity of portfolio securities. The Trust's Fair Value Pricing Committee makes regular reports to the Board concerning investments for which market quotations are not readily available. Annually, the independent registered public accounting firm reviews with the Audit Committee its audit of the funds' financial statements, focusing on major areas of risk encountered by the funds and noting any significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in the funds' internal controls. Additionally, in connection with its oversight function, the Board oversees fund management's implementation of disclosure controls and procedures, which are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Trust in its periodic reports with the SEC are recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the required time periods. The Board also oversees the Trust's internal controls over financial reporting, which comprise policies and procedures designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of the Trust's financial reporting and the preparation of the Trust's financial statements.

From their review of these reports and discussions with the adviser, the Chief Compliance Officer, the independent registered public accounting firm and other service providers, the Board and the Audit Committee learn in detail about the material risks of the funds, thereby facilitating a dialogue about how management and service providers identify and mitigate those risks.

The Board recognizes that not all risks that may affect the funds can be identified and/or quantified, that it may not be practical or cost-effective to eliminate or mitigate certain risks, that it may be necessary to bear certain risks (such as investment-related risks) to achieve the funds' goals, and that the processes, procedures and controls employed to address certain risks may be limited in their effectiveness. Moreover, reports received by the Trustees as to risk management matters are typically summaries of the relevant information. Most of the funds' investment management and business affairs are carried out by or through the funds' adviser and other service providers each of which has an independent interest in risk management but whose policies and the methods by which one or more risk management functions are carried out may differ from the funds' and each other's in the setting of priorities, the resources available or the effectiveness of relevant controls. As a result of the foregoing and other factors, the Board's ability to monitor and manage risk, as a practical matter, is subject to limitations.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. There are ten members of the Board of Trustees, eight of whom are not interested persons of the Trust, as that term is defined in the 1940 Act ("independent Trustees"). Robert Nesher, an interested person of the Trust, serves as Chairman of the Board. George Sullivan, an independent Trustee, serves as the lead independent Trustee. The Trust has determined its leadership structure is appropriate given the specific characteristics and circumstances of the Trust. The Trust made this determination in consideration of, among other things, the fact that the independent Trustees constitute a super-majority (80%) of the Board, the fact that the chairperson of each Committee of the Board is an independent Trustee, the amount of assets under management in the Trust, and the number of funds (and classes of shares) overseen by the Board. The Board also believes that its leadership structure facilitates the orderly and efficient flow of information to the independent Trustees from fund management.

The Board of Trustees has three standing committees: the Audit Committee, Governance Committee and Fair Value Pricing Committee. The Audit Committee and Governance Committee are chaired by an independent Trustee and composed of all of the independent Trustees. In addition, the Board of Trustees has a lead independent Trustee.

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In his role as lead independent Trustee, Mr. Sullivan, among other things:
presides over board meetings in the absence of the Chairman of the Board; presides over executive sessions of the independent Trustees; along with the Chairman of the Board, oversees the development of agendas for Board meetings; facilitates communication between the independent Trustees and management, and among the independent Trustees; serves as a key point person for dealings between the independent Trustees and management; and has such other responsibilities as the Board or independent Trustees determine from time to time.

Set forth below are the names, dates of birth, position with the Trust, length of term of office, and the principal occupations and other directorships held during at least the last five years of each of the persons currently serving as a Trustee of the Trust. Unless otherwise noted, the business address of each Trustee is SEI Investments Company, One Freedom Valley Drive, Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456.

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                    POSITION
                    WITH TRUST AND
NAME AND            LENGTH               PRINCIPAL OCCUPATIONS   OTHER DIRECTORSHIPS HELD IN THE
DATE OF BIRTH       OF TERM              IN THE PAST 5 YEARS     PAST 5 YEARS
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INTERESTED TRUSTEES
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Robert Nesher       Chairman of the      SEI employee 1974 to    Current Directorships: Trustee of The
                    Board of Trustees(1) present; currently      Advisors' Inner Circle Fund, Bishop
(08/17/46)                               performs various        Street Funds, SEI Daily Income Trust,
                    (since 1991)         services on behalf of   SEI Institutional International Trust,
                                         SEI Investments for     SEI Institutional Investments Trust,
                                         which Mr. Nesher is     SEI Institutional Managed Trust, SEI
                                         compensated. President  Liquid Asset Trust, SEI Asset
                                         and Director of SEI     Allocation Trust, SEI Tax Exempt
                                         Structured Credit Fund, Trust, Adviser Managed Trust and
                                         LP. President and Chief New Covenant Funds. President and
                                         Executive Officer of    Director of SEI Structured Credit
                                         SEI Alpha Strategy      Fund, L.P. Director of SEI Global
                                         Portfolios, LP, June    Master Fund plc, SEI Global Assets
                                         2007 to present.        Fund plc, SEI Global Investments
                                         President and Director  Fund plc, SEI Investments--Global
                                         of SEI Opportunity      Funds Services, Limited, SEI
                                         Fund, L.P. to 2010.     Investments Global, Limited, SEI
                                                                 Investments (Europe) Ltd., SEI
                                                                 Investments--Unit Trust
                                                                 Management (UK) Limited, SEI
                                                                 Multi-Strategy Funds PLC, SEI
                                                                 Global Nominee Ltd. and SEI Alpha
                                                                 Strategy Portfolios, LP.

                                                                 Former Directorships: Director of SEI
                                                                 Opportunity Fund, L.P. to 2010.
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William M. Doran    Trustee(1)           Self-Employed           Current Directorships: Trustee of The
                                         Consultant since 2003.  Advisors' Inner Circle Fund, Bishop
(05/26/40)          (since 1991)         Partner at Morgan,      Street Funds, SEI Daily Income Trust,
                                         Lewis & Bockius LLP     SEI Institutional International Trust,
                                         (law firm) from 1976 to SEI Institutional Investments Trust,
                                         2003. Counsel to the    SEI Institutional Managed Trust, SEI
                                         Trust, SEI Investments, Liquid Asset Trust, SEI Asset
                                         SIMC, the Administrator Allocation Trust and SEI Tax Exempt
                                         and the Distributor.    Trust, Adviser Managed Trust and
                                                                 New Covenant Funds. Director of SEI
                                                                 Alpha Strategy Portfolios, LP.
                                                                 Director of SEI Investments (Europe),
                                                                 Limited, SEI Investments--Global
                                                                 Funds Services, Limited, SEI
                                                                 Investments Global, Limited, SEI
                                                                 Investments (Asia), Limited, SEI
                                                                 Asset Korea Co., Ltd., SEI Global
                                                                 Nominee Ltd. and SEI Investments --
                                                                 Unit Trust Management (UK)
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                      POSITION
                      WITH TRUST AND
NAME AND              LENGTH         PRINCIPAL OCCUPATIONS     OTHER DIRECTORSHIPS HELD IN THE
DATE OF BIRTH         OF TERM        IN THE PAST 5 YEARS       PAST 5 YEARS
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                                                               Limited. Director of the Distributor
                                                               since 2003.
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INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES
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Charles E. Carlbom    Trustee        Self-Employed Business    Current Directorships: Trustee of The
                                                               Advisors' Inner Circle Fund and
(08/20/34)            (since 2005)   Consultant, Business      Bishop Street Funds; Director of
                                                               Oregon Transfer Co.
                                     Projects Inc. since 1997.
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John K. Darr          Trustee        Retired. CEO, Office of   Current Directorships: Trustee of The
                                     Finance, Federal Home     Advisors' Inner Circle Fund and
(08/17/44)            (since 2008)   Loan Banks, from 1992     Bishop Street Funds. Director of
                                     to 2007.                  Federal Home Loan Bank of
                                                               Pittsburgh and Manna, Inc. (non-
                                                               profit developer of affordable housing
                                                               for ownership). Director of Meals on
                                                               Wheels, Lewes/Rehoboth Beach.
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Joseph T. Grause, Jr. Trustee        Self Employed             Current Directorships: Trustee of The
                                     Consultant since January  Advisors' Inner Circle Fund and
(05/28/52)            (since 2011)   2012; Director of         Bishop Street Funds. Director of the
                                     Endowments and            Korea Fund, Inc.
                                     Foundations,
                                     Morningstar Investment
                                     Management,
                                     Morningstar, Inc.,
                                     February 2010 to May
                                     2011; Director of
                                     International Consulting
                                     and Chief Executive
                                     Officer of Morningstar
                                     Associates Europe
                                     Limited, Morningstar,
                                     Inc., May 2007 to
                                     February 2010; Country
                                     Manager -- Morningstar
                                     UK Limited,
                                     Morningstar, Inc., June
                                     2005 to May 2007.
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Mitchell A. Johnson   Trustee        Retired. Private Investor Current Directorships: Trustee of The
                                     since 1994.               Advisors' Inner Circle Fund, Bishop
(03/01/42)            (since 2005)                             Street Funds, SEI Asset Allocation
                                                               Trust, SEI Daily Income Trust, SEI
                                                               Institutional International Trust, SEI
                                                               Institutional Managed Trust, SEI
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                        POSITION
                        WITH TRUST AND
NAME AND                LENGTH         PRINCIPAL OCCUPATIONS     OTHER DIRECTORSHIPS HELD IN THE
DATE OF BIRTH           OF TERM        IN THE PAST 5 YEARS       PAST 5 YEARS
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                                                                 Institutional Investments Trust, SEI
                                                                 Liquid Asset Trust, SEI Tax Exempt
                                                                 Trust and SEI Alpha Strategy
                                                                 Portfolios, LP, Adviser Managed
                                                                 Trust and New Covenant Funds.
                                                                 Director, Federal Agricultural
                                                                 Mortgage Corporation (Farmer Mac)
                                                                 since 1997.
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Betty L. Krikorian      Trustee        Vice President,           Current Directorships: Trustee of The
                                       Compliance, AARP          Advisors' Inner Circle Fund and
(01/23/43)              (since 2005)   Financial Inc. from 2008  Bishop Street Funds.
                                       to 2010. Self-Employed
                                       Legal and Financial
                                       Services Consultant since
                                       2003. Counsel (in-
                                       house) for State Street
                                       Bank from 1995 to 2003.
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Bruce Speca             Trustee        Global Head of Asset      Current Directorships: Trustee of The
                                       Allocation, Manulife      Advisors' Inner Circle Fund and
(02/12/56)              (since 2011)   Asset Management          Bishop Street Funds.
                                       (subsidiary of Manulife
                                       Financial), June 2010 to
                                       May 2011; Executive
                                       Vice President --
                                       Investment Management
                                       Services, John Hancock
                                       Financial Services
                                       (subsidiary of Manulife
                                       Financial), June 2003 to
                                       June 2010.
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James M. Storey         Trustee        Attorney, Solo            Current Directorships:
                                       Practitioner since 1994.  Trustee/Director of The Advisors'
(04/12/31)              (since 1994)                             Inner Circle Fund, Bishop Street
                                                                 Funds and U.S. Charitable Gift Trust.
                                                                 Trustee of SEI Daily Income Trust,
                                                                 SEI Institutional International Trust,
                                                                 SEI Institutional Investments Trust,
                                                                 SEI Institutional Managed Trust, SEI
                                                                 Liquid Asset Trust, SEI Asset
                                                                 Allocation Trust, SEI Tax Exempt
                                                                 Trust and SEI Alpha Strategy
                                                                 Portfolios, L.P. until December 2010.
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George J. Sullivan, Jr. Trustee        Retired since January     Current Directorships: Trustee/
                                       2012. Self-employed       Director of State Street Navigator
                                       Consultant, Newfound      Securities Lending Trust, The
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              POSITION
              WITH TRUST AND
NAME AND      LENGTH         PRINCIPAL OCCUPATIONS  OTHER DIRECTORSHIPS HELD IN THE
DATE OF BIRTH OF TERM        IN THE PAST 5 YEARS    PAST 5 YEARS
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(11/13/42)    (since 1999)   Consultants Inc. April Advisors' Inner Circle Fund, Bishop
                             1997 to December 2011. Street Funds, SEI Structured Credit
              Lead                                  Fund, LP, SEI Daily Income Trust,
              Independent                           SEI Institutional International Trust,
              Trustee                               SEI Institutional Investments Trust,
                                                    SEI Institutional Managed Trust, SEI
                                                    Liquid Asset Trust, SEI Asset
                                                    Allocation Trust, SEI Tax Exempt
                                                    Trust, SEI Alpha Strategy Portfolios,
                                                    LP, Adviser Managed Trust and New
                                                    Covenant Funds; member of the
                                                    independent review committee for
                                                    SEI's Canadian-registered mutual
                                                    funds.

                                                    Former Directorships: Director of
                                                    SEI Opportunity Fund, L.P. to 2010.
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(1) Denotes Trustees who may be deemed to be "interested" persons of the Fund as that term is defined in the 1940 Act by virtue of their affiliation with the Distributor and/or its affiliates.

INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEE QUALIFICATIONS

The Trust has concluded that each of the Trustees should serve on the Board because of their ability to review and understand information about the Fund provided to them by management, to identify and request other information they may deem relevant to the performance of their duties, to question management and other service providers regarding material factors bearing on the management and administration of the Fund, and to exercise their business judgment in a manner that serves the best interests of the Fund's shareholders. The Trust has concluded that each of the Trustees should serve as a Trustee based on their own experience, qualifications, attributes and skills as described below.

The Trust has concluded that Mr. Nesher should serve as Trustee because of the experience he has gained in his various roles with SEI Investments Company, which he joined in 1974, his knowledge of and experience in the financial services industry, and the experience he has gained serving as trustee of the Trust since 1991.

The Trust has concluded that Mr. Doran should serve as Trustee because of the experience he gained serving as a Partner in the Investment Management and Securities Industry Practice of a large law firm, his experience in and knowledge of the financial services industry, and the experience he has gained serving as trustee of the Trust since 1991.

The Trust has concluded that Mr. Carlbom should serve as Trustee because of the business experience he gained as President and CEO of a large distribution cooperative and Chairman of a consulting company, his knowledge of the financial services industry, and the experience he has gained serving as trustee of the Trust since 2005.

The Trust has concluded that Mr. Darr should serve as Trustee because of his background in economics, the business experience he gained in a variety of roles with different financial and banking institutions and as a founder of a money management firm, his knowledge of the financial services industry, and the experience he has gained serving as trustee of the Trust since 2008.

The Trust has concluded that Mr. Grause should serve as Trustee because of the knowledge and experience he gained in a variety of leadership roles with different financial institutions, his knowledge of the mutual fund

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and investment management industries and his past experience as an interested trustee and chair of the investment committee for a multi-managed investment company.

The Trust has concluded that Mr. Johnson should serve as Trustee because of the experience he gained as a senior vice president, corporate finance, of a Fortune 500 company, his experience in and knowledge of the financial services and banking industries, the experience he gained serving as a director of other mutual funds, and the experience he has gained serving as trustee of the Trust since 2005.

The Trust has concluded that Ms. Krikorian should serve as Trustee because of the experience she gained serving as a legal and financial services consultant, in-house counsel to a large custodian bank and Vice President of Compliance of an investment adviser, her background in fiduciary and banking law, her experience in and knowledge of the financial services industry, and the experience she has gained serving as trustee of the Trust since 2005.

The Trust has concluded that Mr. Speca should serve as Trustee because of the knowledge and experience he gained serving as president of a mutual fund company and portfolio manager for a $95 billion complex of asset allocation funds, and his over 25 years of experience working in a management capacity with mutual fund boards.

The Trust has concluded that Mr. Storey should serve as Trustee because of the mutual fund governance experience he gained as an Investment Management attorney, both in private practice and with the SEC, his background serving as counsel to numerous mutual fund boards of trustees, his knowledge of the 1940 Act, his experience in and knowledge of the financial services industry, and the experience he has gained serving as trustee of the Trust since 1994.

The Trust has concluded that Mr. Sullivan should serve as Trustee because of the experience he gained as a certified public accountant and financial consultant, his experience in and knowledge of public company accounting and auditing and the financial services industry, the experience he gained as an officer of a large financial services firm in its operations department and his experience from serving as trustee of the Trust since 1999.

In its periodic assessment of the effectiveness of the Board, the Board considers the complementary individual skills and experience of the individual Trustees primarily in the broader context of the Board's overall composition so that the Board, as a body, possesses the appropriate (and appropriately diverse) skills and experience to oversee the business of the funds.

BOARD COMMITTEES. The Board has established the following standing committees:

o AUDIT COMMITTEE. The Board has a standing Audit Committee that is composed of each of the independent Trustees of the Trust. The Audit Committee operates under a written charter approved by the Board. The principal responsibilities of the Audit Committee include: recommending which firm to engage as each fund's independent registered public accounting firm and whether to terminate this relationship; reviewing the independent registered public accounting firm's compensation, the proposed scope and terms of its engagement, and the firm's independence; pre-approving audit and non-audit services provided by each fund's independent registered public accounting firm to the Trust and certain other affiliated entities; serving as a channel of communication between the independent registered public accounting firm and the Trustees; reviewing the results of each external audit, including any qualifications in the independent registered public accounting firm's opinion, any related management letter, management's responses to recommendations made by the independent registered public accounting firm in connection with the audit, reports submitted to the Committee by the internal auditing department of the Trust's Administrator that are material to the Trust as a whole, if any, and management's responses to any such reports; reviewing each fund's audited financial statements and considering any significant disputes between the Trust's management and the

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independent registered public accounting firm that arose in connection with the preparation of those financial statements; considering, in consultation with the independent registered public accounting firm and the Trust's senior internal accounting executive, if any, the independent registered public accounting firms' reports on the adequacy of the Trust's internal financial controls; reviewing, in consultation with each fund's independent registered public accounting firm, major changes regarding auditing and accounting principles and practices to be followed when preparing each fund's financial statements; and other audit related matters. Messrs. Carlbom, Darr, Grause, Johnson, Speca, Storey, Sullivan and Ms. Krikorian currently serve as members of the Audit Committee. Mr. Sullivan serves as the Chairman of the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee meets periodically, as necessary, and met four (4) times during the most recently completed fiscal year.

o FAIR VALUE PRICING COMMITTEE. The Board has a standing Fair Value Pricing Committee that is composed of at least one Trustee and various representatives of the Trust's service providers, as appointed by the Board. The Fair Value Pricing Committee operates under procedures approved by the Board. The principal responsibility of the Fair Value Pricing Committee is to determine the fair value of securities for which current market quotations are not readily available. The Fair Value Pricing Committee's determinations are reviewed by the Board. Mr. Nesher, interested trustee, currently serves as the Board's delegate on the Fair Value Pricing Committee. The Fair Value Pricing Committee meets periodically, as necessary, and met one (1) time during the most recently completed fiscal year.

o GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE. The Board has a standing Governance Committee (formerly the Nominating Committee) that is composed of each of the independent Trustees of the Trust. The Governance Committee operates under a written charter approved by the Board. The principal responsibilities of the Governance Committee include: considering and reviewing Board governance and compensation issues; conducting a self-assessment of the Board's operations; selecting and nominating all persons to serve as Independent Trustees and evaluating the qualifications of "interested" Trustee candidates; and reviewing shareholder recommendations for nominations to fill vacancies on the Board if such recommendations are submitted in writing and addressed to the Committee at the Trust's office. Ms. Krikorian and Messrs. Carlbom, Darr, Grause, Johnson, Speca, Storey and Sullivan, currently serve as members of the Governance Committee. Ms. Krikorian serves as the Chairman of the Governance Committee. The Governance Committee meets periodically, as necessary, and met three (3) times during the most recently completed fiscal year.

FUND SHARES OWNED BY BOARD MEMBERS. The following table shows the dollar amount range of each Trustee's "beneficial ownership" of shares of the Fund as of the end of the most recently completed calendar year. Dollar amount ranges disclosed are established by the SEC. "Beneficial ownership" is determined in accordance with Rule 16a-1(a)(2) under the 1934 Act. The Trustees and officers of the Trust own less than 1% of the outstanding shares of the Trust.

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                         DOLLAR RANGE OF FUND SHARES    AGGREGATE DOLLAR RANGE OF SHARES
NAME                             (FUND)(1)               (ALL FUNDS IN FUND COMPLEX)(2)
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INTERESTED TRUSTEES
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Doran                              None                            None
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Nesher                             None                            None
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INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES
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Carlbom                            None                            None
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Grause                             None                            None
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Darr                               None                            None
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Johnson                            None                            None
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Krikorian                          None                            None
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Speca                              None                            None
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Storey                             None                            None
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Sullivan                           None                            None
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(1) Valuation date is December 31, 2011.
(2) The Trust is the only investment company in the Fund Complex.

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BOARD COMPENSATION. The Trust paid the following fees to the Trustees during its most recently completed fiscal year.

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                                            PENSION OR
                                            RETIREMENT
                        AGGREGATE         BENEFITS ACCRUED    ESTIMATED ANNUAL      TOTAL COMPENSATION
                       COMPENSATION       AS PART OF FUND      BENEFITS UPON      FROM THE TRUST AND FUND
NAME                  FROM THE TRUST         EXPENSES            RETIREMENT             COMPLEX(2)
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INTERESTED TRUSTEES
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                                                                                 $0 for service on one (1)
Doran(1)                   $0                  N/A                  N/A                   board
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                                                                                 $0 for service on one (1)
Nesher(1)                  $0                  N/A                  N/A                   board
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INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES
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                                                                                 $42,139 for service on one
Carlbom                 $42,139                N/A                  N/A                 (1) board
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                                                                                 $42,139 for service on one
Darr                    $42,139                N/A                  N/A                 (1) board
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                                                                                 $32,414 for service on one
Grause                  $32,414(3)             N/A                  N/A                 (1) board(3)
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                                                                                 $42,139 for service on one
Johnson                 $42,139                N/A                  N/A                 (1) board
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                                                                                 $42,139 for service on one
Krikorian               $42,139                N/A                  N/A                 (1) board
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                                                                                 $32,414 for service on one
Speca                   $32,414(3)             N/A                  N/A                 (1) board(3)
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                                                                                 $42,139 for service on one
Storey                  $42,139                N/A                  N/A                 (1) board
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                                                                                 $42,139 for service on one
Sullivan                $42,139                N/A                  N/A                 (1) board
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(1) A Trustee who is an "interested person" as defined by the 1940 Act.
(2) The Trust is the only investment company in the Fund Complex.
(3) Joined the Board of Trustees on November 17, 2011.

TRUST OFFICERS. Set forth below are the names, dates of birth, position with the Trust and the principal occupations for the last five years of each of the persons currently serving as the Executive Officers of the Trust. Unless otherwise noted, the business address of each officer is SEI Investments Company, One Freedom Valley Drive, Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456. The Chief Compliance Officer is the only officer who receives compensation from the Trust for his services. Certain officers of the Trust also serve as officers of one or more mutual funds for which SEI Investments Company or its affiliates act as investment manager, administrator or distributor.

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                  POSITION WITH
NAME AND          TRUST AND LENGTH      PRINCIPAL OCCUPATIONS IN
DATE OF BIRTH     OF TERM               PAST 5 YEARS
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Michael Beattie   President             Director of Client Service, SEI
(03/13/65)        (since 2011)          Investments Company, since 2004.


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                  POSITION WITH
NAME AND          TRUST AND LENGTH      PRINCIPAL OCCUPATIONS IN
DATE OF BIRTH     OF TERM               PAST 5 YEARS
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Michael           Treasurer,            Director, SEI Investments, Fund
Lawson            Controller and        Accounting since July 2005.
(10/08/60)        Chief Financial       Manager, SEI Investments, Fund
                  Officer               Accounting at SEI Investments AVP
                  (since 2005)          from April 1995 to February 1998
                                        and November 1998 to July 2005.
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Russell Emery     Chief Compliance      Chief Compliance Officer of SEI
(12/18/62)        Officer               Structured Credit Fund, LP and SEI
                  (since 2006)          Alpha Strategy Portfolios, LP since
                                        June 2007. Chief Compliance Officer of
                                        SEI Opportunity Fund, L.P., SEI
                                        Institutional Managed Trust, SEI Asset
                                        Allocation Trust, SEI Institutional
                                        International Trust, SEI Institutional
                                        Investments Trust, SEI Daily Income
                                        Trust, SEI Liquid Asset Trust and SEI
                                        Tax Exempt Trust since March 2006.
                                        Director of Investment Product
                                        Management and Development, SEI
                                        Investments, since February 2003;
                                        Senior Investment Analyst -- Equity
                                        Team, SEI Investments, from March
                                        2000 to February 2003.
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Timothy D.        Vice President and    General Counsel and Secretary of
Barto             Assistant Secretary   SIMC and the Administrator since
(03/28/68)        (since 1999)          2004. Vice President of SIMC and the
                                        Administrator since 1999. Vice
                                        President and Assistant Secretary of
                                        SEI Investments since 2001. Assistant
                                        Secretary of SIMC, the Administrator
                                        and the Distributor, and Vice President
                                        of the Distributor from 1999 to 2003.
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Dianne M.         Vice President        Counsel at SEI Investments since 2010.
Sulzbach          and Secretary         Associate at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
(07/18/77)        (since 2011)          LLP from 2006 to 2010. Associate at
                                        Morrison & Foerster LLP from 2003 to
                                        2006. Associate at Stradley Ronon
                                        Stevens & Young LLP from 2002 to
                                        2003.
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John Munch
(05/07/71)        Vice President and    Attorney, SEI Investments Company,
                  Assistant Secretary   since 2001. General Counsel, SEI
                  (since 2012)          Investments Distribution Co., since
                                        2004.
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Keri Rohn         Privacy Officer       Compliance Officer at SEI Investments
(8/24/80)         (since 2009)          since 2003.
                  AML Officer
                  (since 2011)
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PURCHASING AND REDEEMING SHARES

Purchases and redemptions may be made through the Transfer Agent on any day the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") is open for business. Shares of the Fund are offered and redeemed on a continuous basis. Currently, the Trust is closed for business when the following holidays are observed: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents' Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas.

It is currently the Trust's policy to pay all redemptions in cash. The Trust retains the right, however, to alter this policy to provide for redemptions in whole or in part by a distribution in-kind of securities held by the Fund in lieu of cash. Shareholders may incur brokerage charges on the sale of any such securities so received in payment of redemptions. A shareholder will at all times be entitled to aggregate cash redemptions from all funds of the Trust up to the lesser of $250,000 or 1% of the Trust's net assets during any 90-day period. The Trust has obtained an exemptive order from the SEC that permits the Trust to make in-kind redemptions to those shareholders of the Trust that are affiliated with the Trust solely by their ownership of a certain percentage of the Trust's investment portfolios.

The Trust reserves the right to suspend the right of redemption and/or to postpone the date of payment upon redemption for any period on which trading on the NYSE is restricted, or during the existence of an emergency (as determined by the SEC by rule or regulation) as a result of which disposal or valuation of the Fund's securities is not reasonably practicable, or for such other periods as the SEC has by order permitted. The Trust also reserves the right to suspend sales of shares of the Fund for any period during which the NYSE, the Adviser, the Administrator, the Transfer Agent and/or the Custodian are not open for business.

DETERMINATION OF NET ASSET VALUE

GENERAL POLICY. The following information supplements and should be read in conjunction with the section in the Prospectus entitled "How the Fund Calculates NAV." The NAV of the Fund serves as the basis for the purchase and redemption price of the Fund's shares. The NAV of the Fund is calculated by dividing the market value of the Fund's securities plus the value of its other assets, less all liabilities, by the number of outstanding shares of the Fund. The Fund adheres to Section 2(a)(41), and Rule 2a-4 thereunder, of the 1940 Act with respect to the valuation of portfolio securities. In general, securities for which market quotations are readily available are valued at current market value, and all other securities are valued at fair value in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board. In complying with the 1940 Act, the Trust relies on guidance provided by the SEC and by the SEC staff in various interpretive letters and other guidance.

EQUITY SECURITIES. Securities listed on a securities exchange, market or automated quotation system for which quotations are readily available (except for securities traded on NASDAQ), including securities traded over the counter, are valued at the last quoted sale price on the primary exchange or market (foreign or domestic) on which they are traded on valuation date (or at approximately 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time, if a security's primary exchange is normally open at that time), or, if there is no such reported sale on the valuation date, at the most recent quoted bid price. For securities traded on NASDAQ, the NASDAQ Official Closing Price will be used. If such prices are not available or determined to not represent the fair value of the security as of the Fund's pricing time, the security will be valued at fair value as determined in good faith using methods approved by the Board.

MONEY MARKET SECURITIES AND OTHER DEBT SECURITIES. If available, money market securities and other debt securities are priced based upon valuations provided by recognized independent, third-party pricing agents. Such values generally reflect the last reported sales price if the security is actively traded. The third-party pricing agents may also value debt securities by employing methodologies that utilize actual market transactions, broker-supplied valuations, or other methodologies designed to identify the market value for such securities. Such methodologies generally consider such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, call features, ratings and developments relating to specific securities in arriving at valuations. Money market

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securities and other debt securities with remaining maturities of sixty days or less may be valued at their amortized cost, which approximates market value. If such prices are not available or determined to not represent the fair value of the security as of the Fund's pricing time, the security will be valued at fair value as determined in good faith using methods approved by the Trust's Board.

USE OF THIRD-PARTY INDEPENDENT PRICING AGENTS. Pursuant to contracts with the Administrator, market prices for most securities held by the Fund are provided daily by third-party independent pricing agents that are approved by the Board. The valuations provided by third-party independent pricing agents are reviewed daily by the Administrator.

TAXES

The following is only a summary of certain federal income tax considerations generally affecting the Fund and its shareholders that are not described in the prospectus. No attempt is made to present a detailed explanation of the tax treatment of the Fund or its shareholders, and the discussion here and in the prospectus are not intended as a substitute for careful tax planning. Shareholders are urged to consult their tax advisors with specific reference to their own tax situations, including their state and local tax liabilities.

This general discussion of certain federal income tax consequences is based on the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations issued thereunder as in effect on the date of this SAI. New legislation, as well as administrative changes or court decisions, may significantly change the conclusions expressed herein, and may have a retroactive effect with respect to the transactions contemplated herein.

Congress passed the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act on December 22, 2010 (the "RIC Mod Act") which makes certain beneficial changes for "regulated investment companies" under Subchapter M of the Code ("RICs") and their shareholders, some of which are referenced below. In general, the RIC Mod Act contains simplification provisions effective for taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010, which are aimed at preventing disqualification of a RIC for "inadvertent" failures of the asset diversification and/or qualifying income tests. Additionally, the RIC Mod Act allows capital losses to be carried forward indefinitely, and retain the character of the original loss, exempts certain RICs from the preferential dividend rule, and repealed the 60-day designation requirement for certain types of income and gains.

QUALIFICATIONS AS A REGULATED INVESTMENT COMPANY. The Fund intends to qualify and elect to be treated as a RIC. By following such a policy, the Fund expects to eliminate or reduce to a nominal amount the federal taxes to which it may be subject. The Board reserves the right not to maintain the qualification of the Fund as a RIC if it determines such course of action to be beneficial to shareholders.

In order to be taxable as a RIC, the Fund must distribute annually to its shareholders at least 90% of its net investment income (generally net investment income plus the excess of net short-term capital gains over net long-term capital losses, less operating expenses) and at least 90% of its net tax exempt interest income, for each tax year, if any, to its shareholders ("Distribution Requirement") and also must meet several additional requirements. Among these requirements are the following: (i) at least 90% of the Fund's gross income each taxable year must be derived from dividends, interest, payments with respect to securities loans, gains from the sale or other disposition of stock, securities or foreign currencies, or other income, including, generally, certain gains from options, futures, and forward contracts derived with respect to its business of investing in such stock, securities or currencies, and net income derived from an interest in qualified publicly traded partnerships (the "Qualifying Income Test"); (ii) at the end of each fiscal quarter of the Fund's taxable year, at least 50% of the market value of its total assets must be represented by cash and cash items, U.S. Government securities, securities of other RICs and other securities, with such other securities limited, in respect to any one issuer, to an amount not greater than 5% of the value of the Fund's total assets or more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of such issuer, and (iii) at the end of each fiscal quarter of the Fund's taxable year, not more than 25% of the value of its total assets is invested in the securities (other than U.S. Government securities or securities of other RICs) of any one issuer or the securities (other than the securities of other RICs) of two or

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more issuers that the Fund controls and which are engaged in the same, or similar, or related trades or businesses, or the securities of one or more qualified publicly traded partnerships (the "Asset Diversification Test").

If the Fund fails to satisfy the Qualifying Income Test or the Asset Diversification Test in any taxable year, the Fund may be eligible for relief provisions if the failures are due to reasonable cause and not willful neglect and if a penalty tax is paid with respect to each failure to satisfy the applicable requirements. Additionally, relief is provided for certain de minimis failures of the asset diversification requirements where the Fund corrects the failure within a specified period. If a Fund fails to qualify as a RIC for any year, and these relief provisions are not available, all of its income will be subject to federal income tax at regular corporate rates without any deduction for distributions to shareholders. In such case, its shareholders would be taxed as if they received ordinary dividends, although corporate shareholders could be eligible for the dividends received deduction and individuals may be able to benefit from the lower tax rates available to qualified dividend income (for tax years ending prior to December 31, 2012). In addition, the Fund could be required to recognize unrealized gains, pay substantial taxes and interest, and make substantial distributions before requalifying as a RIC.

The Fund may elect to treat part or all of any "qualified late year loss" as if it had been incurred in the succeeding taxable year in determining the Fund's taxable income, net capital gain, net short-term capital gain, and earnings and profits. The effect of this election is to treat any such "qualified late year loss" as if it had been incurred in the succeeding taxable year in characterizing Fund distributions for any calendar. A "qualified late year loss" generally includes net capital loss, net long-term capital loss, or net short-term capital loss incurred after October 31 of the current taxable year (commonly referred to as "post-October losses") and certain other late-year losses.

The RIC Mod Act changed the treatment of capital loss carryovers for RICs. The new rules are similar to those that apply to capital loss carryovers of individuals are made applicable to RICs and provide that such losses are carried over by a Fund indefinitely. Thus, if the Fund has a "net capital loss" (that is, capital losses in excess of capital gains) for a taxable year, the excess of the Fund's net short-term capital losses over its net long-term capital gains is treated as a short-term capital loss arising on the first day of such Fund's next taxable year, and the excess (if any) of the Fund's net long-term capital losses over its net short-term capital gains is treated as a long-term capital loss arising on the first day of the Fund's next taxable year. Certain transition rules require post-enactment capital losses to be utilized first, which, depending on the circumstances for a Fund, may result in the expiration of unused pre-enactment losses. In addition, the carryover of capital losses may be limited under the general loss limitation rules if a Fund experiences an ownership change as defined in the Code.

FEDERAL EXCISE TAX. Notwithstanding the Distribution Requirement described above, which only requires the Fund to distribute at least 90% of their annual investment company income and does not require any minimum distribution of net capital gain, the Fund will be subject to a nondeductible 4% federal excise tax to the extent the Fund fails to distribute, by the end of any calendar year, at least 98% of its ordinary income for that year and 98.2% of its capital gain net income (the excess of short- and long-term capital gain over short- and long-term capital loss) for the one-year period ending on October 31 of that year, plus certain other amounts. The Fund intends to make sufficient distributions to avoid liability for federal excise tax, but can make no assurances that such tax will be completely eliminated. The Fund may in certain circumstances be required to liquidate its investments in order to make sufficient distributions to avoid federal excise tax liability at a time when the Adviser might not otherwise have chosen to do so, and liquidation of investments in such circumstances may affect the ability of the Fund to satisfy the requirements for qualification as a RIC.

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS. The Fund may derive capital gains and losses in connection with sales or other dispositions of its portfolio of securities. Distributions of dividends will generally be taxed as ordinary income. Dividend distributions of net short-term capital gains will be taxable to you as ordinary income. Dividend distributions of net long-term capital gains, however, will be taxable to you as long-term capital gain regardless of how long you have held your shares. Long-term capital gains are currently taxed at a minimum rate of 15%.

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Certain dividend distributions from the Fund may qualify as qualified dividend income. Qualified dividend income distributed to an individual is taxable at the lower, long-term capital gains rates. A distribution from the Fund generally qualifies as qualified dividend income to the extent it is designated as such by the Fund and was distributed from dividends received by the Fund from taxable domestic corporations and certain qualified foreign corporations, subject to limitations including holding period limitations, imposed on the Fund and its shareholders. Absent further legislation, the lower rates on qualified dividend income and long-term capital gains will not apply to dividends received in taxable years beginning after December 31, 2012.

The Fund will inform you of the amount of your ordinary income dividends, qualified dividend income and capital gain distributions, if any, at the time they are paid and will advise you of their tax status for federal income tax purposes shortly after the close of each calendar year. If you have not held Fund shares for a full year, the Fund may designate and distribute to you, as ordinary income dividends, qualified dividend income or capital gain dividends, a percentage of income that is not equal to the actual amount of such income earned during the period of your investment in the Fund.

A dividend or distribution received shortly after the purchase of shares reduces the net asset value of the shares by the amount of the dividend or distribution and, although in effect a return of capital, will be taxable to the shareholder. If the net asset value of shares were reduced below the shareholder's cost by dividends or distributions representing gains realized on sales of securities, such dividends or distributions would be a return of investment though taxable to the shareholder in the same manner as other dividends or distributions.

If the Fund's distributions exceed its taxable income and capital gains realized during a taxable year, all or a portion of the distributions made in the same taxable year may be recharacterized as a return of capital to shareholders. A return of capital distribution will generally not be taxable, but will reduce each shareholder's cost basis in the Fund and result in a higher reported capital gain or lower reported capital loss when those shares on which the distribution was received are sold.

Dividends declared to shareholders of record in October, November or December and actually paid in January of the following year will be treated as having been received by shareholders on December 31 of the calendar year in which declared. Under this rule, therefore, a shareholder may be taxed in one year on dividends or distributions actually received in January of the following year.

REDEMPTIONS AND EXCHANGES. Redemptions and exchanges of Fund shares may be taxable transactions for federal and state income tax purposes. If you hold your shares as a capital asset, the gain or loss that you realize will be capital gain or loss and will be long-term or short-term, generally depending on how long you hold your shares. Any loss incurred on the redemption or exchange of shares held for six months or less will be treated as a long-term capital loss to the extent of any long-term capital gains distributed to you by the Fund on such shares. All or a portion of any loss that you realize upon the redemption of your Fund shares will be disallowed to the extent that you buy other shares in the Fund (through reinvestment of dividends or otherwise) within 30 days before or after your share redemption. Any loss disallowed under these rules will be added to your tax basis in the new shares you buy.

Legislation passed by Congress in 2008 requires the Fund (or its administrative agent) to report to the Internal Revenue Services ("IRS") and furnish to Fund shareholders the cost basis information for Fund shares purchased on or after January 1, 2012, and sold on or after that date. In addition to the present law requirement to report the gross proceeds from the sale of Fund shares, the Fund will also be required to report the cost basis information for such shares and indicate whether these shares had a short-term or long-term holding period. For each sale of Fund shares the Fund will permit Fund shareholders to elect from among several IRS-accepted cost basis methods, including average cost. In the absence of an election, the Fund will use the average basis method as their default cost basis method. The cost basis method elected by the Fund shareholder (or the cost basis method applied by default) for each sale of Fund shares may not be changed after the settlement date of each such sale of Fund shares. Fund shareholders should consult with their tax advisors to determine the best IRS-accepted cost basis method for their tax situation and to obtain more information about how the new cost

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basis reporting law applies to them. The requirement to report only the gross proceeds from the sale of Fund shares will continue to apply to all Fund shares acquired through December 31, 2011, and sold on and after that date.

Recent legislation effective beginning in 2013 provides that U.S. individuals with income exceeding $200,000 ($250,000 if married and filing jointly) will be subject to a new 3.8% Medicare contribution tax on their "net investment income," including interest, dividends, and capital gains (including capital gains realized on the sale or exchange of Fund shares).

TAXATION OF FUND INVESTMENTS. The Fund may invest in complex securities. These investments may be subject to numerous special and complex tax rules. These rules could affect whether gains and losses recognized by the Fund are treated as ordinary income or capital gain, accelerate the recognition of income to the Fund and/or defer the Fund's ability to recognize losses. In turn, those rules may affect the amount, timing or character of the income distributed to you by the Fund.

With respect to investments in STRIPS, TRs, and other zero coupon securities which are sold at original issue discount and thus do not make periodic cash interest payments, the Fund will be required to include as part of its current income the imputed interest on such obligations even though the Fund has not received any interest payments on such obligations during that period. Because the Fund distributes all of its net investment income to its shareholders, the Fund may have to sell Fund securities to distribute such imputed income which may occur at a time when the Adviser would not have chosen to sell such securities and which may result in taxable gain or loss.

Any market discount recognized on a bond is taxable as ordinary income. A market discount bond is a bond acquired in the secondary market at a price below redemption value or adjusted issue price if issued with original issue discount. Absent an election by the Fund to include the market discount in income as it accrues, gain on the Fund's disposition of such an obligation will be treated as ordinary income rather than capital gain to the extent of the accrued market discount.

The Fund is required for federal income tax purposes to mark-to-market and recognize as income for each taxable year its net unrealized gains and losses on certain futures contracts as of the end of the year as well as those actually realized during the year. Gain or loss from futures and options contracts on broad-based indexes required to be marked to market will be 60% long-term and 40% short-term capital gain or loss. Application of this rule may alter the timing and character of distributions to shareholders. The Fund may be required to defer the recognition of losses on futures contracts, options contracts and swaps to the extent of any unrecognized gains on offsetting positions held by the Fund.

The Fund's transactions in foreign currencies and forward foreign currency contracts will be subject to special provisions of the Code that, among other things, may affect the character of gains and losses realized by the Fund (i.e., may affect whether gains or losses are ordinary or capital), accelerate recognition of income to the Fund and defer losses. These rules could therefore affect the character, amount and timing of distributions to shareholders. These provisions also may require the Fund to mark-to-market certain types of positions in their portfolios (i.e., treat them as if they were closed out) which may cause the Fund to recognize income without receiving cash with which to make distributions in amounts necessary to satisfy the RIC distribution requirements for avoiding income and excise taxes. Most foreign exchange gains realized on the sale of debt securities are treated as ordinary income by the Fund. Similarly, foreign exchange losses realized by the Fund on the sale of debt securities are generally treated as ordinary losses by the Fund. These gains when distributed will be taxable to you as ordinary dividends, and any losses will reduce the Fund's ordinary income otherwise available for distribution to you.

In certain cases, the Fund will be required to withhold at the applicable withholding rate, and remit to the United States Treasury, back up withholding on any distributions paid to a shareholder who (1) has failed to provide a correct taxpayer identification number, (2) is subject to backup withholding by the Internal Revenue

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Service, (3) has not certified to the Fund that such shareholder is not subject to backup withholding, or (4) has failed to certify that he or she is a U.S. citizen or U.S. resident alien.

In the case of corporate shareholders, Fund distributions (other than capital gains distributions) generally qualify for the dividend-received deduction to the extent such distributions are so designated and do not exceed the gross amount of qualifying dividends received by the Fund for the year. Generally, and subject to certain limitations (including certain holding period limitations), a dividend will be treated as a qualifying dividend if it has been received from a domestic corporation.

For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2013, a U.S. withholding tax at a 30% rate will be imposed on dividends and proceeds from the sale of Fund shares received by shareholders who own their shares through foreign accounts or foreign intermediaries if certain disclosure requirements related to U.S. accounts or ownership are not satisfied.

TAX-EXEMPT SHAREHOLDERS. Certain tax-exempt shareholders, including qualified pension plans, individual retirement accounts, salary deferral arrangements,
401(k)s, and other tax-exempt entities, generally are exempt from federal income taxation except with respect to their unrelated business taxable income ("UBTI"). Under current law, the Fund generally serves to block UBTI from being realized by their tax-exempt shareholders. However, notwithstanding the foregoing, tax-exempt shareholders could realize UBTI by virtue of their investment in the Fund where, for example, (i) the Fund invests in real estate investment trusts ("REITs") that hold residual interests in real estate mortgage investment conduits ("REMICs") or (ii) shares in the Fund constitute debt-financed property in the hands of the tax-exempt shareholder within the meaning of section 514(b) of the Code. Charitable remainder trusts are subject to special rules and should consult their tax advisors.

TAX SHELTER REPORTING REGULATIONS. Under promulgated Treasury regulations, generally, if a shareholder recognizes a loss on disposition of the Fund's shares of $2 million or more for an individual shareholder or $10 million or more for a corporate shareholder, the shareholder must file with the IRS a disclosure statement on Form 8886. Direct shareholders of portfolio securities are in many cases excepted from this reporting requirement, but under current guidance, shareholders of a RIC are not excepted. Future guidance may extend the current exception from this reporting requirement to shareholders of most or all regulated investment companies. In addition, pursuant to recently enacted legislation, significant penalties may be imposed for the failure to comply with the reporting requirements. The fact that a loss is reportable under these regulations does not affect the legal determination of whether the taxpayer's treatment of the loss is proper. Shareholders should consult their tax advisers to determine the applicability of these regulations in light of their individual circumstances.

FOREIGN TAXES. Dividends and interests received by the Fund may be subject to income, withholding or other taxes imposed by foreign countries and U.S. possessions that would reduce the yield on the Fund's stock or securities. Tax conventions between certain countries and the United States may reduce or eliminate these taxes. Foreign countries generally do not impose taxes on capital gains with respect to investments by foreign investors.

STATE TAXES. The Fund is not liable for any income or franchise tax in Massachusetts if it qualifies as a RIC for federal income tax purposes. Distributions by the Fund to shareholders and the ownership of shares may be subject to state and local taxes. Shareholders are urged to consult their tax advisors regarding state and local taxes applicable to an investment in the Fund.

Many states grant tax-free status to dividends paid to you from interest earned on direct obligations of the U.S. government, subject in some states to minimum investment requirements that must be met by a Fund. Investment in GNMA or FNMA securities, banker's acceptances, commercial paper, and repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. government securities do not generally qualify for such tax-free treatment. The rules on exclusion of this income are different for corporate shareholders.

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FUND TRANSACTIONS

BROKERAGE TRANSACTIONS. Generally, equity securities, both listed and over-the-counter, are bought and sold through brokerage transactions for which commissions are payable. Purchases from underwriters will include the underwriting commission or concession, and purchases from dealers serving as market makers will include a dealer's mark-up or reflect a dealer's mark-down. Money market securities and other debt securities are usually bought and sold directly from the issuer or an underwriter or market maker for the securities. Generally, the Fund will not pay brokerage commissions for such purchases. When a debt security is bought from an underwriter, the purchase price will usually include an underwriting commission or concession. The purchase price for securities bought from dealers serving as market makers will similarly include the dealer's mark up or reflect a dealer's mark down. When the Fund executes transactions in the over-the-counter market, they will generally deal with primary market makers unless prices that are more favorable are otherwise obtainable.

In addition, the Adviser may place a combined order for two or more accounts it manages, including the Fund, engaged in the purchase or sale of the same security if, in its judgment, joint execution is in the best interest of each participant and will result in best price and execution. Transactions involving commingled orders are allocated in a manner deemed equitable to each account or fund. Although it is recognized that, in some cases, the joint execution of orders could adversely affect the price or volume of the security that a particular account or the Fund may obtain, it is the opinion of the Adviser and the Board that the advantages of combined orders outweigh the possible disadvantages of separate transactions. Nonetheless, the Adviser believes that the ability of the Fund to participate in higher volume transactions will generally be beneficial to the Fund.

BROKERAGE SELECTION. The Trust does not expect to use one particular broker or dealer, and when one or more brokers is believed capable of providing the best combination of price and execution, the Fund's Adviser may select a broker based upon brokerage or research services provided to the Adviser. The Adviser may pay a higher commission than otherwise obtainable from other brokers in return for such services only if a good faith determination is made that the commission is reasonable in relation to the services provided.

Section 28(e) of the 1934 Act permits the Adviser, under certain circumstances, to cause the Fund to pay a broker or dealer a commission for effecting a transaction in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting the transaction in recognition of the value of brokerage and research services provided by the broker or dealer. In addition to agency transactions, the Adviser may receive brokerage and research services in connection with certain riskless principal transactions, in accordance with applicable SEC guidance. Brokerage and research services include: (1) furnishing advice as to the value of securities, the advisability of investing in, purchasing or selling securities, and the availability of securities or purchasers or sellers of securities; (2) furnishing analyses and reports concerning issuers, industries, securities, economic factors and trends, portfolio strategy, and the performance of accounts; and (3) effecting securities transactions and performing functions incidental thereto (such as clearance, settlement, and custody). In the case of research services, the Adviser believes that access to independent investment research is beneficial to their investment decision-making processes and, therefore, to the Fund.

To the extent research services may be a factor in selecting brokers, such services may be in written form or through direct contact with individuals and may include information as to particular companies and securities as well as market, economic, or institutional areas and information which assists in the valuation and pricing of investments. Examples of research-oriented services for which the Adviser might utilize Fund commissions include research reports and other information on the economy, industries, sectors, groups of securities, individual companies, statistical information, political developments, technical market action, pricing and appraisal services, credit analysis, risk measurement analysis, performance and other analysis. The Adviser may use research services furnished by brokers in servicing all client accounts and not all services may necessarily be used by the Adviser in connection with the Funds or any other specific client account that paid commissions to the broker providing such services. Information so received by the Adviser will be in addition to and not in lieu of the services required to be performed by the Fund's Adviser under the Advisory

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Agreement. Any advisory or other fees paid to the Adviser are not reduced as a result of the receipt of research services.

In some cases the Adviser may receive a service from a broker that has both a "research" and a "non-research" use. When this occurs, the Adviser makes a good faith allocation, under all the circumstances, between the research and non-research uses of the service. The percentage of the service that is used for research purposes may be paid for with client commissions, while the Adviser will use its own funds to pay for the percentage of the service that is used for non-research purposes. In making this good faith allocation, the Adviser faces a potential conflict of interest, but the Adviser believes that its allocation procedures are reasonably designed to ensure that it appropriately allocates the anticipated use of such services to their research and non-research uses.

From time to time, the Fund may purchase new issues of securities for clients in a fixed price offering. In these situations, the seller may be a member of the selling group that will, in addition to selling securities, provide the adviser with research services. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA") has adopted rules expressly permitting these types of arrangements under certain circumstances. Generally, the seller will provide research "credits" in these situations at a rate that is higher than that which is available for typical secondary market transactions. These arrangements may not fall within the safe harbor of Section 28(e).

BROKERAGE WITH FUND AFFILIATES. The Fund may execute brokerage or other agency transactions through registered broker-dealer affiliates of the Fund, the Adviser or the Distributor for a commission in conformity with the 1940 Act, the 1934 Act and rules promulgated by the SEC. These rules further require that commissions paid to the affiliate by the Fund for exchange transactions not exceed "usual and customary" brokerage commissions. The rules define "usual and customary" commissions to include amounts which are "reasonable and fair compared to the commission, fee or other remuneration received or to be received by other brokers in connection with comparable transactions involving similar securities being purchased or sold on a securities exchange during a comparable period of time." The Trustees, including those who are not "interested persons" of the Fund, have adopted procedures for evaluating the reasonableness of commissions paid to affiliates and review these procedures periodically. The Adviser presently has no broker-dealer affiliates.

SECURITIES OF "REGULAR BROKER-DEALERS." The Fund is required to identify any securities of their "regular brokers and dealers" (as such term is defined in the 1940 Act) which the Fund may hold at the close of its most recent fiscal year. Because the Fund is new, as of the date of this SAI, the Fund does not hold any securities of "regular brokers and dealers."

PORTFOLIO TURNOVER RATES. Portfolio turnover rate is defined under U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") rules as the value of the securities purchased or securities sold, excluding all securities whose maturities at the time of acquisition were one year or less, divided by the average monthly value of such securities owned during the year. Based on this definition, instruments with remaining maturities of less than one year are excluded from the calculation of the portfolio turnover rate. Instruments excluded from the calculation of portfolio turnover generally would include the futures contracts in which the Fund may invest since such contracts generally have remaining maturities of less than one year. The Fund may at times hold investments in other short-term instruments, such as repurchase agreements, which are excluded for purposes of computing portfolio turnover.

PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS

The Board has approved a policy and procedures that govern the timing and circumstances regarding the disclosure of Fund portfolio holdings information to shareholders and third parties. These policies and procedures are designed to ensure that disclosure of information regarding the Fund's portfolio securities is in the best interests of Fund's shareholders, and include procedures to address conflicts between the interests of the Fund's shareholders, on the one hand, and those of the Fund's Adviser, principal underwriter or any affiliated person of the Fund, its Adviser, or their principal underwriter, on the other. Pursuant to such

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procedures, the Board has authorized the Adviser's Chief Compliance Officer (the "Authorized Person") to authorize the release of the Fund's portfolio holdings, as necessary, in conformity with the foregoing principles. The Authorized Person reports at least quarterly to the Board regarding the implementation of such policies and procedures.

Pursuant to applicable law, the Fund is required to disclose their complete portfolio holdings quarterly, within 60 days of the end of each fiscal quarter (currently, each October 31, January 31, April 30 and July 31). The Fund discloses a complete schedule of investments in each Semi-Annual Report and Annual Report to Fund shareholders or, following the first and third fiscal quarters, in quarterly holdings reports filed with the SEC on Form N-Q. Semi-Annual and Annual Reports are distributed to Fund shareholders. Quarterly holdings reports filed with the SEC on Form N-Q are not distributed to Fund shareholders, but are available, free of charge, on the EDGAR database on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

The Fund generally publishes a complete list of its portfolio holdings on a monthly basis, as of the end of the previous month. The Fund also publishes a list of its ten largest portfolio holdings, and the percentage of the Fund's assets that each of these holdings represents, on a monthly basis, 10 days after the end of the month. The portfolio information described above can be found on the internet at http://aicfundholdings.com/lmcapital. This portfolio holdings information will generally remain available until it is replaced by new portfolio holdings information as described above. The Adviser may exclude any portion of the Fund's portfolio holdings from publication when deemed to be in the best interest of the Fund. The Fund may provide ratings and rankings organizations with the same information at the same time it is filed with the SEC or one day after it is made available on the internet web site.

The Fund's policies and procedures provide that the Authorized Person may authorize disclosure of portfolio holdings information to third parties at differing times and/or with different lag times than the information posted to the internet, provided that the recipient is, either by contractual agreement or otherwise by law, (i) required to maintain the confidentiality of the information and (ii) prohibited from using the information to facilitate or assist in any securities transactions or investment program. No compensation or other consideration is paid to or received by any party in connection with the disclosure of portfolio holdings information, including the Fund, Adviser and its affiliates or recipient of the Fund's portfolio holdings information. The Fund will review a third party's request for portfolio holdings information to determine whether the third party has legitimate business objectives in requesting such information. Legitimate business objectives may include but are not necessarily limited to: disclosure for required due diligence purposes; disclosure to a newly hired investment adviser or sub-adviser; or disclosure to a rating agency for use in developing a rating.

In addition, the Fund's service providers, such as the Custodian, Administrator and transfer agent, may receive portfolio holdings information as frequently as daily in connection with their services to the Fund. In addition to any contractual provisions relating to confidentiality of information that may be included in the service providers contract with the Trust, these arrangements impose obligations on the Fund's service providers that would prohibit them from disclosing or trading on the Fund's non-public information. Financial printers and pricing information vendors may receive portfolio holdings information, as necessary, in connection with their services to the Fund.

DESCRIPTION OF SHARES

The Declaration of Trust authorizes the issuance of an unlimited number of funds and shares of each fund. Each share of a fund represents an equal proportionate interest in that fund with each other share. Shares are entitled upon liquidation to a pro rata share in the net assets of the fund. Shareholders have no preemptive rights. The Declaration of Trust provides that the Trustees of the Trust may create additional series or classes of shares. All consideration received by the Trust for shares of any fund and all assets in which such consideration is invested would belong to that fund and would be subject to the liabilities related thereto. Share certificates representing shares will not be issued. The Fund's shares, when issued, are fully paid and non-assessable.

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SHAREHOLDER LIABILITY

The Trust is an entity of the type commonly known as a "Massachusetts business trust." Under Massachusetts law, shareholders of such a trust could, under certain circumstances, be held personally liable as partners for the obligations of the Trust. Even if, however, the Trust were held to be a partnership, the possibility of the shareholders incurring financial loss for that reason appears remote because the Trust's Declaration of Trust contains an express disclaimer of shareholder liability for obligations of the Trust and requires that notice of such disclaimer be given in each agreement, obligation or instrument entered into or executed by or on behalf of the Trust or the Trustees, and because the Declaration of Trust provides for indemnification out of the Trust property for any shareholder held personally liable for the obligations of the Trust.

LIMITATION OF TRUSTEES' LIABILITY

The Declaration of Trust provides that a Trustee shall be liable only for his or her own willful defaults and, if reasonable care has been exercised in the selection of officers, agents, employees or investment advisers, shall not be liable for any neglect or wrongdoing of any such person. The Declaration of Trust also provides that the Trust will indemnify its Trustees and officers against liabilities and expenses incurred in connection with actual or threatened litigation in which they may be involved because of their offices with the Trust unless it is determined in the manner provided in the Declaration of Trust that they have not acted in good faith in the reasonable belief that their actions were in the best interests of the Trust. However, nothing in the Declaration of Trust shall protect or indemnify a Trustee against any liability for his or her willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of his or her duties. Nothing contained in this section attempts to disclaim a Trustee's individual liability in any manner inconsistent with the federal securities laws.

PROXY VOTING

The Board has delegated responsibility for decisions regarding proxy voting for securities held by the Fund to the Adviser. The Adviser will vote such proxies in accordance with its proxy policies and procedures, which are included in Appendix B to this SAI. The Board will periodically review the Fund's proxy voting record.

A description of the policies and procedures that the Adviser uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to the Fund's portfolio securities, as well as information relating to how the Adviser voted proxies relating to the Fund's portfolio securities for the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, will be available on Form N-PX (i) without charge, upon request, by calling 866-330-1111 and (ii) on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov.

CODES OF ETHICS

The Board, on behalf of the Trust, has adopted a Code of Ethics pursuant to Rule 17j-1 under the 1940 Act. In addition, the Adviser, the Distributor and the Administrator have adopted Codes of Ethics pursuant to Rule 17j-1. These Codes of Ethics (each a "Code of Ethics" and together the "Codes of Ethics") apply to the personal investing activities of trustees, officers and certain employees ("access persons"). Rule 17j-1 and the Codes of Ethics are designed to prevent unlawful practices in connection with the purchase or sale of securities by access persons. Under each Code of Ethics, access persons are permitted to invest in securities, including securities that may be purchased or held by the Fund, but are required to report their personal securities transactions for monitoring purposes. The Codes of Ethics further require certain access persons to obtain approval before investing in initial public offerings and limited offerings. Copies of these Codes of Ethics are on file with the SEC, and are available to the public.

5% AND 25% SHAREHOLDERS

Because the Fund is new, as of the date of this SAI, the Fund does not have any beneficial owners to report.

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APPENDIX A -- RATINGS

The following descriptions are summaries of published ratings.

DESCRIPTION OF COMMERCIAL PAPER RATINGS

A-1       This is the highest category by Standard & Poor's (S&P) and indicates
          that the degree of safety regarding timely payment is strong. Those
          issues determined to possess extremely strong safety characteristics
          are denoted with a plus sign (+) designation.

A-2       Capacity for timely payment on issues with this designation is
          satisfactory and the obligation is somewhat more susceptible to the
          adverse effects of changes in circumstances and economic conditions
          than obligations in higher rating categories.

PRIME-1   Issues rated Prime-1 (or supporting institutions) by Moody's have a
          superior ability for repayment of senior short-term debt obligations.
          Prime-1 repayment ability will often be evidenced by many of the

following characteristics:

o Leading market positions in well-established industries.

o High rates of return on funds employed.

o Conservative capitalization structure with moderate reliance on debt and ample asset protection.

o Broad margins in earnings coverage of fixed financial charges and high internal cash generation.

o Well-established access to a range of financial markets and assured sources of alternate liquidity.

The rating F1 (Highest Credit Quality) is the highest commercial rating assigned by Fitch Inc. Paper rated F1 is regarded as having the strongest capacity for timely payment of financial commitments. The rating F2 (Good Credit Quality) is the second highest commercial paper rating assigned by Fitch Inc., which reflects a satisfactory capacity for timely payment of financial commitments, but the margin of safety is not as great as in the case of the higher ratings.

The rating TBW-1 by Thomson BankWatch ("Thomson") indicates a very high likelihood that principal and interest will be paid on a timely basis.

DESCRIPTION OF MUNICIPAL NOTE RATINGS

Moody's highest rating for state and municipal and other short-term notes is MIG-1 and VMIG-l. Short-term municipal securities rated MIG-1 or VMIG-1 are of the best quality. They have strong protection from

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established cash flows, superior liquidity support, or demonstrated broad-based access to the market for refinancing or both. Short-term municipal securities rated MIG-2 or VMIG-2 are of high quality. Margins of protection are ample although not so large as in the MIG-I/VMIG-2 group.

An S&P note rating reflects the liquidity concerns and market access risks unique to notes. Notes due in three years or less will likely receive a note rating. Notes maturing beyond three years will most likely receive a long-term debt rating. The following criteria will be used in making that assessment:

o Amortization Schedule - the larger the final maturity relative to other maturities, the more likely it will be treated as a note, and

o Source of Payment - the more dependent the issue is on the market for its refinancing, the more likely it will be treated as a note.

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S&P note rating symbols are as follows:

SP-1      Strong capacity to pay principal and interest. Those issues
          determined to possess a very strong capacity to pay a debt service is
          given a plus (+) designation.

SP-2      Satisfactory capacity to pay principal and interest with some
          vulnerability to adverse financial and economic changes over the term
          of the votes.

DESCRIPTION OF CORPORATE BOND RATINGS

S&P

Bonds rated AAA have the highest rating S&P assigns to a debt obligation. Such a rating indicates an extremely strong capacity to pay principal and interest. Bonds rated AA also qualify as high-quality debt obligations. Capacity to pay principal and interest is very strong, and in the majority of instances they differ from AAA issues only in small degree. Debt rated A has a strong capacity to pay interest and repay principal although it is somewhat more susceptible to the adverse effects of changes in circumstances and economic conditions than debt in higher rated categories.

Debt rated BBB is regarded as having an adequate capacity to pay interest and repay principal. Whereas it normally exhibits adequate protection parameters, adverse economic conditions or changing circumstances are more likely to lead to a weakened capacity to pay interest and repay principal for debt in this category than in higher rated categories. Debt rated BB and B is regarded as having predominantly speculative characteristics with respect to capacity to pay interest and repay principal. BB indicates the least degree of speculation and C the highest degree of speculation. While such debt will likely have some quality and protective characteristics, these are outweighed by large uncertainties or major risk exposures to adverse conditions. Debt rated BB has less near-term vulnerability to default than other speculative grade debt. However, it faces major ongoing uncertainties or exposure to adverse business, financial, or economic conditions that could lead to inadequate capacity to meet timely interest and principal payments. The BB rating category is also used for debt subordinated to senior debt that is assigned an actual or implied BBB- rating. Debt rate B has greater vulnerability to default but presently has the capacity to meet interest payments and principal repayments. Adverse business, financial, or economic conditions would likely impair capacity or willingness to pay interest and repay principal. The B rating category also is used for debt subordinated to senior debt that is assigned an actual or implied BB or BB- rating.

MOODY'S

Bonds that are rated Aaa by Moody's are judged to be of the best quality. They carry the smallest degree of investment risk and are generally referred to as "gilt edge." Interest payments are protected by a large, or an exceptionally stable, margin and principal is secure. While the various protective elements are likelyto change, such changes as can be visualized are most unlikely to impair the fundamentally strong position of such issues.

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Bonds rated Aa by Moody's are judged by Moody's to be of high quality by all standards. Together with bonds rated Aaa, they comprise what are generally known as high-grade bonds. They are rated lower than the best bonds because margins of protection may not be as large as in Aaa securities or fluctuation of protective elements may be of greater amplitude or there may be other elements present that make the long-term risks appear somewhat larger than the Aaa securities. Bonds which are rated A possess many favorable investment attributes and are to be considered as upper-medium grade obligations. Factors giving security to principal and interest are considered adequate, but elements may be present which suggest a susceptibility to impairment sometime in the future.

Bonds which are rated Baa are considered as medium-grade obligations (I.E., they are neither highly protected nor poorly secured). Interest payments and principal security appear adequate for the present but certain protective elements may be lacking or may be characteristically unreliable over any great length of time. Such bonds lack outstanding investment characteristics and in fact have speculative characteristics as well. Bonds which are rated Ba are judged to have speculative elements; their future cannot be considered as well-assured. Often the protection of interest and principal payments may be very moderate and thereby not well safeguarded during both good and bad times over the future. Uncertainty of position characterizes bonds in this class. Bonds which are rated B generally lack characteristics of the desirable investment. Assurance of interest and principal payments or of maintenance of other terms of the contract over any long period of time may be small.

Moody's bond ratings, where specified, are applied to financial contracts, senior bank obligations and insurance company senior policyholder and claims obligations with an original maturity in excess of one year. Obligations relying upon support mechanisms such as letters-of-credit and bonds of indemnity are excluded unless explicitly rated.

Obligations of a branch of a bank are considered to be domiciled in the country in which the branch is located. Unless noted as an exception, Moody's rating on a bank's ability to repay senior obligations extends only to branches located in countries which carry a Moody's sovereign rating. Such branch obligations are rated at the lower of the bank's rating or Moody's sovereign rating for the bank deposits for the country in which the branch is located.

When the currency in which an obligation is denominated is not the same as the currency of the country in which the obligation is domiciled, Moody's ratings do not incorporate an opinion as to whether payment of the obligation will be affected by the actions of the government controlling the currency of denomination. In addition, risk associated with bilateral conflicts between an investor's home country and either the issuer's home country or the country where an issuer branch is located are not incorporated into Moody's ratings.

Moody's makes no representation that rated bank obligations or insurance company obligations are exempt from registration under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 or issued in conformity with any other applicable law or regulation. Nor does Moody's represent that any specific bank or insurance company obligation is legally enforceable or is a valid senior obligation of a rated issuer.

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Moody's ratings are opinions, not recommendations to buy or sell, and their accuracy is not guaranteed. A rating should be weighed solely as one factor in an investment decision and you should make your own study and evaluation of any issuer whose securities or debt obligations you consider buying or selling.

FITCH INC. ("FITCH")

Bonds rated AAA by Fitch are judged by Fitch to be strictly high grade, broadly marketable, suitable for investment by trustees and fiduciary institutions liable to but slight market fluctuation other than through changes in the money rate. The prime feature of an AAA bond is a showing of earnings several times or many times interest requirements, with such stability of applicable earnings that safety is beyond reasonable question whatever changes occur in conditions. Bonds rated AA by Fitch are judged by Fitch to be of safety virtually beyond question and are readily salable, whose merits are not unlike those of the AAA class, but whose margin of safety is less strikingly broad. The issue may be the obligation of a small company, strongly secured but influenced as to rating by the lesser financial power of the enterprise and more local type market.

Bonds rated A are considered to be investment grade and of high credit quality. The obligor's ability to pay interest and repay principal is considered to be strong, but may be more vulnerable to adverse changes in economic conditions and circumstances than bonds with higher ratings.

Bonds rated BBB are considered to be investment grade and of satisfactory credit quality. The obligor's ability to pay interest and repay principal is considered to be adequate. Adverse changes in economic conditions and circumstances, however, are more likely to have adverse impact on these bonds, and therefore impair timely payment. The likelihood that the ratings of these bonds will fall below investment grade is higher than for bonds with higher ratings. Bonds rated BB are considered speculative. The obligor's ability to pay interest and repay principal may be affected over time by adverse economic changes. However, business and financial alternatives can be identified which could assist the obligor in satisfying its debt service requirements. Bonds rated B are considered highly speculative. While bonds in this class are currently meeting debt service requirements, the probability of continued timely payment of principal and interest reflects the obligor's limited margin of safety and the need for reasonable business and economic activity throughout the life of the issue.

THOMSON

Bonds rated AAA by Thomson BankWatch indicate that the ability to repay principal and interest on a timely basis is extremely high. Bonds rated AA indicate a very strong ability to repay principal and interest on a timely basis, with limited incremental risk compared to issues rated in the highest category. Bonds rated A indicate the ability to repay principal and interest is strong. Issues rated A could be more vulnerable to adverse developments (both internal and external) than obligations with higher ratings.

Bonds rated BBB (the lowest investment-grade category) indicate an acceptable capacity to repay principal and interest. Issues rated "BBB" are, however, more vulnerable to adverse developments (both internal and external) than obligations with higher ratings.

A-5

While not investment grade, the BB rating suggests that the likelihood of default is considerably less than for lower-rated issues. However, there are significant uncertainties that could affect the ability to adequately service debt obligations. Issues rated B show a higher degree of uncertainty and therefore greater likelihood of default than higher-rated issues. Adverse developments could negatively affect the payment of interest and principal on a timely basis.

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APPENDIX B -- PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

PROXY VOTING AND CORPORATE ACTIONS

POLICY

LM Capital Group, LLC acts as a discretionary investment advisor for clients, including clients governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA") and investment companies (open-end or closed-end fund) registered under the Investment Company Act. LM Capital's authority to vote proxies or act with respect to other shareholder actions is established through the delegation of discretionary authority under LM Capital's investment advisory contracts. Corporate actions may include, for example and without limitation, tender offers or exchanges, bankruptcy proceedings, and class actions. It is important to note that LM Capital manages primarily investment-grade fixed income securities and to a lesser extent preferred shares of equity and is rarely required to vote proxies on behalf of its clients.

When voting proxies or acting with respect to corporate actions for clients, LM Capital's utmost concern is that all decisions be made solely in the best interest of the client. LM Capital will act in a prudent and diligent manner intended to enhance the economic value of the assets of the client's account.

The Portfolio Managers are responsible for:

1. Monitoring corporate actions;

2. Making voting decisions in accordance with LM Capital's Guidelines; and

3. Ensuring that proxies are submitted in a timely manner.

After receiving a proxy, LM Capital obtains information relevant to voting the proxy. LM Capital evaluates each proxy and votes it in a way that it believes is in the best interest of the client. Prior to voting a proxy, LM Capital attempts to identify any material conflicts of interest that might exist with respect to a given proxy. If a material conflict of interest is identified, it is handled in the manner described below. A Managing Director of LM Capital is responsible for assuring material conflicts are identified and disclosed in accordance with the following procedures:

Material Conflicts of Interest: LM Capital proxy voting policies and procedures are designed to enable LM Capital to resolve material conflicts of interest with its clients before voting their proxies.

LM Capital will:

1. Identify all potential conflicts of interest;

2. Determine which conflicts, if any, are material; and

3. Disclose material conflicts to clients before voting and obtain their consent.

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LM Capital will identify conflicts of interest (if any) by evaluating the nature of its material business relationships, and determine if any such relationships might place the interests of the Firm in conflict with those of its clients, as well as those of its affiliates. The most likely sources of conflicts of interest arise from:

BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS -- If LM Capital (or an affiliate) has a substantial business relationship with the company or a proponent of a proxy proposal relating to the company (e.g., an employee group) such that failure to vote in favor of management (or the proponent) could harm the Firm's relationship with the company (or proponent). For example, the Firm manages money for a company or an employee group, manages pension assets, administers employee benefit plans, leases office space from the company, or provides brokerage, underwriting, insurance, banking or consulting services to the company. Or, the Firm has an investment banking affiliate that does work for the company, or the Firm's affiliate otherwise has a significant relationship with the company such that it might have an incentive to encourage the Firm to vote in favor of management;

PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS -- If LM Capital (or an affiliate) has a personal relationship with other proponents of proxy proposals, participants in proxy contests, corporate directors, or candidates for directorships; and

FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS -- If LM Capital (or an affiliate) may have a family relationship relating to a company (e.g., a spouse or other relative who serves as a director of a public company).

Determine Which Conflicts are Material: Once LM Capital has identified all situations relating to proxy voting where its interests may be in conflict with those of clients, the Firm will determine whether any of these conflicts are "material." In determining the materiality of a conflict, the Firm will consider the following:

FINANCIAL BASED MATERIALITY -- LM Capital may address the materiality of most conflicts by setting a threshold dollar amount that triggers further review. The Firm's procedures presume that a conflict is immaterial unless it involves at least 1% of the Firm's annual revenue or a specific dollar amount. The dollar amounts should be based on the Firm's circumstances, and the Firm may use different dollar amounts depending on the proximity of the conflict (e.g., a lower number if the conflict arises through an affiliate rather than directly with the Firm). For conflicts of interest involving affiliates, the Firm may institute information blocking procedures (similar to those used for material non-public information) that would be designed to insulate those responsible for making proxy voting decisions from influences in other parts of the organization;

NON-FINANCIAL BASED MATERIALITY-- The Firm will establish procedures to identify non-financial based potential conflicts. For example, in the case of potential personal or familial conflicts, the Firm should identify those employees most likely to be affected by them (e.g., portfolio managers, members of any proxy committee, and

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possible senior management) and institute a procedure to obtain regular information from covered persons about potential conflicts of interest.

LM Capital maintains all books and records required under Rule 204-2 of the Advisers Act relating to the proxy voting process. In addition, LM Capital describes its proxy voting policy in its Form ADV Part II and informs clients how they may obtain information on how LM Capital voted proxies with respect to their portfolio securities. Clients may obtain information on how their securities were voted or a copy of this Policy by contacting LM Capital's Chief Compliance Officer.

Corporate bondholder actions, including tender offers, rights offerings and exchanges, are given the same considerations as proxies under this policy. It is LM Capital's policy to not advise or act on behalf of clients in any legal proceedings, including bankruptcies and class actions, involving securities held or previously held by a client or the issuer of securities.

BACKGROUND

Proxy voting is an important right of shareholders and reasonable care and diligence must be undertaken to ensure that such rights are properly and timely exercised.

Investment advisers registered with the SEC, and which exercise voting authority with respect to client securities, are required by Rule 206(4)-6 of the Advisers Act to (a) adopt and implement written policies and procedures that are reasonably designed to ensure that client securities are voted in the best interests of clients, which must include how an adviser addresses material conflicts that may arise between an adviser's interests and those of its clients; (b) to disclose to clients how they may obtain information from the adviser with respect to the voting of proxies for their securities; (c) to describe to clients a summary of its proxy voting policies and procedures and, upon request, furnish a copy to its clients; and (d) maintain certain records relating to the adviser's proxy voting activities when the adviser does have proxy voting authority.

RESPONSIBILITY

The Chief Compliance Officer has the responsibility for the implementation and monitoring of our proxy policy and to ensure that the firm does not accept or exercise any proxy voting authority on behalf of clients without an appropriate review and change of the firm's policy with appropriate regulatory requirements being met and records maintained.

PROCEDURE

LM Capital Group, LLC has adopted various procedures to implement the firm's policy and conducts reviews to monitor and ensure the firm's policy is observed, implemented properly and amended or updated, as appropriate, which include the following:

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o LM Capital Group, LLC discloses its proxy voting policy of not having proxy voting authority in its Firm Brochure (and Wrap Fee Program Brochure, if applicable) or other client information.
o LM Capital Group, LLC's advisory agreements provide that the firm has no proxy voting responsibilities and that the advisory clients expressly retain such voting authority.
o LM Capital Group, LLC's new client information materials may also indicate that advisory clients retain proxy voting authority.
o The Chief Compliance Officer reviews the nature and extent of advisory services provided by the firm and monitors such services to periodically determine and confirm that client proxies are not being voted by the firm or anyone within the firm.

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PART C: OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 28. EXHIBITS:

(a)(1) The Advisors' Inner Circle Fund II's (the "Registrant") Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust, dated July 24, 1992, as amended and restated February 18, 2004 and August 10, 2004, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (a)(3) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 36 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-50718), filed with the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (the "SEC") via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-04- 000490 on September 17, 2004.

(a)(2) Amendment No. 1, dated May 15, 2012, to the Registrant's Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust, dated July 24, 1992, as amended and restated February 18, 2004 and August 10, 2004, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (a)(2) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 129 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-12-000274 on May 30, 2012.

(b) Registrant's Second Amended and Restated By-Laws are incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (b) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 125 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-12-000088 on February 28, 2012.

(c) Not Applicable.

(d)(1) Amended and Restated Investment Advisory Agreement, dated May 31, 2000, as amended and restated as of May 21, 2001, between the Registrant and Horizon Advisers, relating to the Hancock Horizon Family of Funds, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (d)(16) of Post- Effective Amendment No. 31 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-01-500044 on May 31, 2001.

(d)(2) Revised Schedule, as last amended May 16, 2012, to the Amended and Restated Investment Advisory Agreement, dated May 31, 2000, as amended and restated as of May 21, 2001, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
(d)(2) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 129 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-12-000274 on May 30, 2012.

(d)(3) Expense Limitation Agreement, as last amended October 2012, between the Registrant and Horizon Advisers, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
(d)(3) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 141 to the Registrants Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-12-000544 on November 28, 2012.

(d)(4) Sub-Advisory Agreement, dated August 15, 2008, between Horizon Advisers and Earnest Partners, LLC, relating to the Hancock Horizon Diversified International Fund, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (d)(5) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 83 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-09-000036 on February 5, 2009.

(d)(5) Investment Advisory Agreement, dated October 24, 2008, between the Registrant and Champlain Investment Partners, LLC, relating to the Champlain Small Company Fund and the Champlain Mid Cap Fund, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (d)(7) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 95 to the

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Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33- 50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-10-000419 on September 30, 2010.

(d)(6) Expense Limitation Agreement, effective as of November 29, 2010, between the Registrant and Champlain Investment Partners, LLC, relating to the Champlain Small Company Fund and the Champlain Mid Cap Fund, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (d)(6) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 132 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-12-000324 on July 13, 2012.

(d)(7) Investment Advisory Agreement, dated December 21, 2004, between the Registrant and W. H. Reaves & Co. Inc., relating to the Reaves Select Research Fund, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (d)(6) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 40 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-05-000155 on March 31, 2005.

(d)(8) Investment Advisory Agreement, dated May 5, 2008, between the Registrant and Frost Investment Advisors, LLC, relating to the Frost Family of Funds, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (d)(16) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 76 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 033-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-08-000222 on May 30, 2008.

(d)(9) Schedule A, as revised November 14, 2012, to the Investment Advisory Agreement, dated May 5, 2008, between the Registrant and Frost Investment Advisors, LLC, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (d)(9) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 142 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 033-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-12-000562 on December 3, 2012.

(d)(10) Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement, dated June 16, 2010, between Frost Investment Advisors, LLC and Cambiar Investors, LLC, relating to the Frost Small Cap Equity Fund, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (d)(14) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 95 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-10-000419 on September 30, 2010.

(d)(11) Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement, dated April 28, 2008, between Frost Investment Advisors, LLC and Kempner Capital Management, Inc., relating to the Frost Kempner Multi-Cap Deep Value Equity Fund and Frost Kempner Treasury and Income Fund, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (d)(18) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 76 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 033-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-08-000222 on May 30, 2008.

(d)(12) Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement, dated April 28, 2008, between Frost Investment Advisors, LLC and Thornburg Investment Management, Inc., relating to the Frost International Equity Fund, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (d)(19) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 76 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 033-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-08-000222 on May 30, 2008.

(d)(13) Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement, dated April 28, 2008, between Frost Investment Advisors, LLC and Luther King Capital Management Corporation, relating to the Frost Mid Cap Fund, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (d)(20) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 76 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 033-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-08-000222 on May 30, 2008.

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(d)(14) Expense Waiver Reimbursement Agreement, dated May 5, 2008, between the Registrant and Frost Investment Advisors, LLC, relating to the Frost Family of Funds, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (d)(16) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 132 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-12-000324 on July 13, 2012.

(d)(15) Investment Advisory Agreement, dated April 30, 2008, between the Registrant and GRT Capital Partners, LLC, relating to the GRT Funds, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (d)(22) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 76 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 033-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-08-000222 on May 30, 2008.

(d)(16) Schedule A, as amended and restated November 17, 2010, to the Investment Advisory Agreement, dated April 30, 2008, between the Registrant and GRT Capital Partners, LLC, relating to the GRT Funds, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (d)(21) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 100 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-10-000585 on December 6, 2010.

(d)(17) Expense Waiver Reimbursement Agreement, dated April 30, 2008, between the Registrant and GRT Capital Partners, LLC, relating to the GRT Value Fund, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (d)(19) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 132 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-12-000324 on July 13, 2012.

(d)(18) Investment Advisory Agreement, dated January 27, 2009, between the Registrant and Lowry Hill Investment Advisors, Inc. (now known as Abbot Downing Investment Advisors), relating to the Clear River Fund, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (d)(27) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 86 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-09-000212 on May 29, 2009.

(d)(19) Expense Limitation Agreement, effective as of November 29, 2010, between the Registrant and Lowry Hill, relating to the Clear River Fund, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (d)(21) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 132 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on From N-1A (File No. 33-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-12-000324 on July 13, 2012.

(d)(20) Investment Advisory Agreement, dated April 21, 2009, between the Registrant and NorthPointe Capital LLC, relating to the NorthPointe Family of Funds, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (d)(22) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 132 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-12-000324 on July 13, 2012.

(d)(21) Expense Waiver Reimbursement Agreement, dated May 4, 2009, between the Registrant and NorthPointe Capital LLC, relating to the NorthPointe Family of Funds, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (d)(23) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 132 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-12-000324 on July 13, 2012.

(d)(22) Investment Advisory Agreement, dated July 13, 2011, between the Registrant and Westfield Capital Management Company, L.P., relating to the Westfield Capital Large Cap Growth Fund, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (d)(25) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 114 to the

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Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-11-000362 on July 13, 2011.

(d)(23) Expense Limitation Agreement, effective as of July 13, 2011, between the Registrant and Westfield Capital Management Company, L.P., relating to the Westfield Large Cap Growth Fund, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
(d)(26) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 114 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-11-000362 on July 13, 2011.

(d)(24) Investment Advisory Agreement, dated June 28, 2011, between the Registrant and STW Fixed Income Management LLC, relating to the STW Short Duration Investment-Grade Bond Fund, STW Core Investment-Grade Bond Fund, STW Long Duration Investment-Grade Bond Fund and STW Broad Tax-Aware Value Bond Fund, is herein incorporated by reference to Exhibit (d)(26) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 132 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-12-000324 on July 13, 2012.

(d)(25) Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement, dated November 14, 2012, between Frost Investment Advisors, LLC and Cinque Partners LLC, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (d)(25) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 142 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 033-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-12-000562 on December 3, 2012.

(d)(26)Investment Advisory Agreement, dated November 14, 2012, between the Registrant and LM Capital Group, LLC, relating to the LM Capital Opportunistic Bond Fund, is filed herewith.

(d)(27) Expense Limitation Agreement, effective as of November 14, 2012, between the Registrant and LM Capital Group, LLC, relating to the LM Capital Opportunistic Bond Fund, is filed herewith.

(e)(1) Distribution Agreement, dated January 28, 1993, as amended and restated as of November 14, 2005, between the Registrant and SEI Investments Distribution Co. is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (e)(1) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 48 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-06-000209 on May 31, 2006.

(e)(2) Amendment No. 1, effective as of August 30, 2010, to the Distribution Agreement, dated January 28, 1993, as amended and restated as of November 14, 2005, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (e)(2) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 125 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-12-000088 on February 28, 2012.

(e)(3) Revised Form of Sub-Distribution and Servicing Agreement for SEI Investments Distribution Co. is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
(e)(2) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 76 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 033-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-08-000222 on May 30, 2008.

(f) Not Applicable.

(g)(1) Custody Agreement, dated May 31, 2000, between the Registrant and Hancock Bank and Trust, relating to the Hancock Horizon Family of Funds, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (g) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 35 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N- 1A (File No. 33-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-04-000232 on May 28, 2004.

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(g)(2) Revised Appendix B to the Custody Agreement dated May 31, 2000 between the Registrant and Hancock Bank and Trust, relating to the Hancock Horizon Family of Funds, is to be filed by amendment.

(g)(3) Mutual Fund Custody Agreement, dated September 1, 2004, between the Registrant and Wachovia Bank, National Association (now, U.S. Bank, N.A.), relating to the Champlain Family of Funds, Reaves Select Research Fund, GRT Family of Funds and STW Family of Funds, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (g)(2) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 38 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-05-000029 on January 14, 2005.

(g)(4) Revised Amendment and Attachment C, relating to the to the Mutual Fund Custody Agreement, dated September 1, 2004, between the Registrant and U.S. Bank, N.A. (formerly, Wachovia Bank, N.A.), relating to the Champlain Family of Funds, Reaves Select Research Fund, GRT Family of Funds and STW Family of Funds, is to be filed by amendment.

(g)(5) Custodian Agreement, dated November 19, 2007, between the Registrant and Union Bank of California, relating to the Frost Family of Funds and the NorthPointe Family of Funds, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
(g)(5) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 66 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-07-000581 on December 28, 2007.

(g)(6) Appendices A, B and C, as last amended February 18, 2009, to the Custodian Agreement, dated November 19, 2007, between the Registrant and Union Bank of California, is to be filed by amendment.

(g)(7) Custodian Agreement between the Registrant and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., relating to the Clear River Fund, is to be filed by amendment.

(g)(8) Custodian Agreement between the Registrant and Citi Global Transaction Services is to be filed by amendment.

(h)(1) Administration Agreement, dated January 28, 1993, as amended and restated as of November 12, 2002, between the Registrant and SEI Investments Global Funds Services is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (h)(2) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 34 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-03-000338 on May 30, 2003.

(h)(2) Shareholder Services Plan, dated May 31, 2000, relating to the Hancock Horizon Family of Funds, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (h)(15) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 28 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0000912057-00-026908 on May 31, 2000.

(h)(3) Revised Schedule A, as last amended May 16, 2012, to the Shareholder Services Plan, dated May 31, 2000, relating to the Hancock Horizon Family of Funds, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (h)(3) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 129 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-12-000274 on May 30, 2012.

(h)(4) Shareholder Services Plan, dated August 9, 2005, relating to the Aberdeen Emerging Markets Fund, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
(h)(12) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 45 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-05-000569 on September 29, 2005.

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(h)(5) Schedule A, as last amended November 10, 2010, to the Shareholder Services Plan, dated August 9, 2005, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (h)(5) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 114 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-11-000362 on July 13, 2011.

(h)(6) Transfer Agency and Service Agreement, dated May 31, 2000, between the Registrant and Hancock Bank and Trust is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (e)(2) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 35 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-04-000232 on May 28, 2004.

(h)(7) AML Amendment to the Transfer Agency and Service Agreement, dated May 31, 2000, between the Registrant and Hancock Bank and Trust is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (e)(3) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 35 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-04-000232 on May 28, 2004.

(h)(8) Amendment, dated September 1, 2003, to the Transfer Agency and Service Agreement, dated May 31, 2000, between the Registrant and Hancock Bank and Trust is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (e)(4) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 35 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-04-000232 on May 28, 2004.

(h)(9) Amendment, dated September 1, 2010, to the Transfer Agency and Service Agreement, dated May 31, 2000, between the Registrant and Hancock Bank and Trust is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (h)(9) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 99 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-10-000563 on November 29, 2010.

(h)(10) Transfer Agency Agreement, dated April 1, 2006, between the Registrant and DST Systems, Inc., is to be filed by amendment.

(h)(11) Transfer Agency and Service Agreement, dated May 31, 2007, between the Registrant and UMB Fund Services, Inc. is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (h)(19) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 66 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-07-000581 on December 28, 2007.

(h)(12) Revised Schedules A and C to the Transfer Agency and Service Agreement dated May 31, 2007 between the Registrant and UMB Fund Services, Inc., is to be filed by amendment.

(h)(13) Transfer Agency Agreement between the Registrant and Citi Global Transaction Services is to be filed by amendment.

(h)(14) Transfer Agency Agreement between the Registrant and Boston Financial Data Services, LLC, is to be filed by amendment.

(h)(15) Transfer Agency Agreement between the Registrant and Atlantic Fund Services is to be filed by amendment.

(h)(16) Shareholder Services Plan, relating to Retirement Class Shares of the LM Capital Opportunistic Bond Fund, is filed herewith.

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(i) Opinion and Consent of Counsel, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP, relating to shares of the LM Capital Opportunistic Bond Fund, is filed herewith.

(j) Not Applicable.

(k) Not Applicable.

(l) Not Applicable.

(m)(1) Distribution Plan (compensation type), dated May 31, 2000, as amended November 16, 2004, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (m)(1) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 110 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-11-000294 on May 27, 2011.

(m)(2) Revised Schedule A, as amended May 16, 2012, to the Distribution Plan, dated May 31, 2000, as amended August 12, 2008, relating to the Hancock Horizon Family of Funds, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (m)(2) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 129 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-12-000274 on May 30, 2012.

(m)(3) Distribution Plan (reimbursement type), as approved by the Board of Trustees on February 23, 2005, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
(m)(2) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 40 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-05-000155 on March 31, 2005.

(m)(4) Revised Schedule A, as amended May 13, 2008, to the Distribution Plan approved by the Board of Trustees on February 23, 2005, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (m)(10) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 76 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 033-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-08-000222 on May 30, 2008.

(m)(5) Revised Schedule F, dated March 10, 2008, as amended November 14, 2012, to the Distribution Plan, dated May 31, 2000, as amended November 16, 2004, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (m)(5) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 142 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 033-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-12-000562 on December 3, 2012.

(n)(1) Amended and Restated Rule 18f-3 Multiple Class Plan, dated February 2007, including Schedules and Certificates of Class Designation thereto, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (n) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 110 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-11-000294 on May 27, 2011.

(n)(2) Certificate of Class Designation for Class A Shares of the Hancock Horizon Family of Funds, as revised November 14, 2011, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (n)(2) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 125 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33- 50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-12-000088 on February 28, 2012.

(n)(3) Revised Schedule A to the Amended and Restated Rule 18f-3 Multiple Class Plan dated February 2007, relating to the Hancock Horizon Family of Funds, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (n)(3) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 129 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-12-000274 on May 30, 2012.

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(n)(4) Schedule G and Certificates of Class Designation to the Registrant's Amended and Restated Rule 18f-3 Multiple Class Plan, dated February 21, 2007, relating to the LM Capital Family of Funds, is filed herewith.

(o) Not Applicable.

(p)(1) Registrant's Code of Ethics is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (p)(1) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 65 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33- 50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001116502-07-002196 on November 28, 2007.

(p)(2) SEI Investments Distribution Co. Code of Ethics, dated January 1, 2012, is herein incorporated by reference to Exhibit (p)(2) of Post-Effective Amendment 132 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-12-000324 on July 13, 2012.

(p)(3) Hancock Bank and Trust Code of Ethics is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (p)(3) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 58 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-07-000187 on May 31, 2007.

(p)(4) Earnest Partners, LLC Code of Ethics is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (p)(4) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 82 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 033-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-08-000506 on November 26, 2008.

(p)(5) Champlain Investment Partners, LLC Code of Ethics, as revised September 19, 2011, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (p)(5) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 141 to the Registrants Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-12-000544 on November 28, 2012.

(p)(6) W. H. Reaves & Co., Inc. Code of Ethics, as revised July 18, 2011, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (p)(6) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 141 to the Registrants Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-12-000544 on November 28, 2012.

(p)(7) Frost Investment Advisors, LLC Code of Ethics, as revised March 30, 2012, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (p)(7) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 141 to the Registrants Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-12-000544 on November 28, 2012.

(p)(8) Cambiar Investors, LLC Code of Ethics, as revised January 2012, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (p)(8) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 141 to the Registrants Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-12-000544 on November 28, 2012.

(p)(9) Kempner Capital Management, Inc. Code of Ethics, as revised July 2012, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (p)(9) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 141 to the Registrants Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-12-000544 on November 28, 2012.

(p)(10) Thornburg Investment Management, Inc. Revised Code of Ethics dated March 2010 is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (p)(12) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 95 to the

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Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-10-000419 on September 30, 2010.

(p)(11) Luther King Capital Management Corporation Code of Ethics is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (p)(15) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 71 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428- 08-000142 on April 1, 2008.

(p)(12) GRT Capital Partners, LLC Code of Ethics, as revised March 31, 2011, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (p)(12) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 141 to the Registrants Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-12-000544 on November 28, 2012.

(p)(13) Abbot Downing Investment Advisors Code of Ethics is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (p)(13) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 141 to the Registrants Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-12-000544 on November 28, 2012.

(p)(14) NorthPointe Capital, LLC Code of Ethics is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (p)(18) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 83 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 033-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-09-000036 on February 5, 2009.

(p)(15) Westfield Capital Management Company, L.P. Code of Ethics is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (p)(16) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 126 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-12-000122 on March 7, 2012.

(p)(16) STW Fixed Income Management LLC Code of Ethics is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (p)(17) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 118 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428- 11-000482 on August 31, 2011.

(p)(17) Cinque Partners LLC Code of Ethics is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (p)(17) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 142 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 033-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-12-000562 on December 3, 2012.

(p)(18) LM Capital Group, LLC Code of Ethics is filed herewith.

(q) Powers of Attorney, dated November 16, 2011 and November 30, 2011, for Ms. Betty L. Krikorian and Messrs. Robert A. Nesher, Michael Lawson, William M. Doran, John K. Darr, George J. Sullivan, Jr., Charles E. Carlbom, James M. Storey, Michael Beattie, Mitchell A. Johnson, Bruce R. Speca and Joseph T. Grause, Jr. are incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (q) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 125 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-50718), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-12- 000088 on February 28, 2012.

ITEM 29. PERSONS CONTROLLED BY OR UNDER COMMON CONTROL WITH REGISTRANT:

Not Applicable.

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ITEM 30. INDEMNIFICATION:

Article VIII of the Agreement and Declaration of Trust filed as Exhibit (a) to the Registrant's Registration Statement is incorporated herein by reference.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), may be permitted to trustees, directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant by the Registrant pursuant to the Agreement and Declaration of Trust or otherwise, the Registrant is aware that, in the opinion of the SEC, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act and, therefore, is unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by trustees, directors, officers or controlling persons of the Registrant in connection with the successful defense of any act, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such trustees, directors, officers or controlling persons in connection with the shares being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issues.

ITEM 31. BUSINESS AND OTHER CONNECTIONS OF THE INVESTMENT ADVISERS:

The following lists any other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature in which each investment adviser (including sub-advisers), and each director, officer or partner of that investment adviser (or sub-adviser), is or has been engaged within the last two fiscal years for his or her own account or in the capacity of director, officer, employee, partner, or trustee. Unless noted below, none of the investment advisers (or sub-advisers) and/or directors, officers or partners of each investment adviser (or sub-adviser) is or has been engaged within the last two fiscal years in any other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature for his or her own account or in the capacity of director, officer, employee, partner or trustee.

ABBOT DOWNING INVESTMENT ADVISORS

Abbot Downing Investment Advisors ("Abbot Downing") serves as the investment adviser for the Registrant's Clear River Fund. The principal address of Abbot Downing is 90 South Seventh Street, Suite 5100, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402. Abbot Downing is a Separately Identifiable Department (SID) of Wells Fargo Bank

For the fiscal years ended July 31, 2011 and 2012, none of the directors, officers or partners of Abbot Downing is or has been engaged in any other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature for his or her own account or in the capacity of director, officer, employee, partner or trustee.

CAMBIAR INVESTORS LLC

Cambiar Investors LLC ("Cambiar") serves as the investment sub-adviser for the Registrant's Frost Small Cap Equity Fund. The principal address of Cambiar is 2401 East Second Street, Suite 500, Denver, Colorado 80206. Cambiar is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.

For the fiscal years ended July 31, 2011 and 2012, none of the directors, officers or partners of Cambiar is or has been engaged in any other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature for his or her own account or in the capacity of director, officer, employee, partner or trustee.

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CHAMPLAIN INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC

Champlain Investment Partners, LLC ("Champlain") serves as the investment adviser for the Registrant's Champlain Small Company Fund and Champlain Mid Cap Fund. The principal address of Champlain is 180 Battery Street, Burlington, Vermont 05401. Champlain is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended.

For the fiscal years ended July 31, 2011 and 2012, none of the directors, officers or partners of Champlain is or has been engaged in any other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature for his or her own account or in the capacity of director, officer, employee, partner or trustee.

EARNEST PARTNERS, LLC

Earnest Partners, LLC ("Earnest") serves as investment sub-adviser for the Registrant's Hancock Horizon Diversified International Fund. The principal business address for Earnest is 1180 Peachtree Street, Suite 2300, Atlanta, Georgia 30309. Earnest is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended.

For the fiscal years ended January 31, 2010 and 2011, none of the directors, officers or partners of Earnest is or has been engaged in any other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature for his or her own account or in the capacity of director, officer, employee, partner or trustee.

FROST INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC

Frost Investment Advisors, LLC ("Frost") serves as the investment adviser for the Registrant's Frost Growth Equity Fund, Frost Dividend Value Equity Fund, Frost Strategic Balanced Fund, Frost Kempner Multi-Cap Deep Value Equity Fund, Frost Small Cap Equity Fund, Frost International Equity Fund, Frost Low Duration Bond Fund, Frost Total Return Bond Fund, Frost Municipal Bond Fund, Frost Low Duration Municipal Bond Fund, Frost Kempner Treasury and Income Fund, Frost Mid Cap Equity Fund (formerly, the Frost LKCM Small-Mid Cap Equity Fund), Frost Diversified Strategies Fund and Frost Natural Resources Fund. The principal business address for Frost is 100 West Houston Street, 15(th) Floor, San Antonio, Texas 78205-1414. Frost is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended.

For the fiscal years ended July 31, 2011 and 2012, none of the directors, officers or partners of Frost is or has been engaged in any other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature for his or her own account or in the capacity of director, officer, employee, partner or trustee.

GRT CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC

GRT Capital Partners, LLC ("GRT") serves as investment adviser for the Registrant's GRT Value Fund and GRT Absolute Return Fund. The principal business address for GRT is One Liberty Square, Floor 11, Boston, Massachusetts 02109. GRT is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended.

For the fiscal years ended July 31, 2011 and 2012, none of the directors, officers or partners of GRT is or has been engaged in any other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature for his or her own account or in the capacity of director, officer, employee, partner or trustee, except as set forth below:

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NAME AND POSITION WITH    NAME AND PRINCIPAL BUSINESS      CONNECTION WITH
INVESTMENT ADVISER          ADDRESS OF OTHER COMPANY        OTHER COMPANY
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Timothy A. Krochuk            FBHC Holding Company            Director
Managing Member                1095 Canyon Blvd.
                               Boulder, CO 80302
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                           CHP Clean Energy, L.L.C.,       Managing Member
                        One Liberty Square, Floor 11,
                              Boston, MA 02109,
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HORIZON ADVISERS

Horizon Advisers serves as the investment adviser for the Registrant's Hancock Horizon Family of Funds (Core Bond Fund, Value Fund, Growth Fund, Burkenroad Small Cap Fund, Government Money Market Fund, Diversified International Fund, Quantitative Long/Short Fund, Louisiana Tax-Free Income Fund, Mississippi Tax-Free Income Fund and Diversified Income Fund). The principal address of Horizon Advisers is One Hancock Plaza, Post Office Box 4019, Gulfport, Mississippi 39502-4019. Horizon Advisers is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. The information listed below is for the fiscal years ended January 31, 2011 and 2012.

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NAME AND POSITION               NAME AND PRINCIPAL
 WITH INVESTMENT                BUSINESS ADDRESS OF          CONNECTION WITH
     ADVISER                       OTHER COMPANY              OTHER COMPANY
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William Eden, Chief             Hancock Investment         Compliance Director
Compliance Officer                Services, Inc.
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KEMPNER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.

Kempner Capital Management, Inc. ("Kempner") serves as the investment sub-adviser for the Registrant's Frost Kempner Multi-Cap Deep Value Equity Fund and Frost Kempner Treasury and Income Fund. The principal address of Kempner is 2201 Market Street, 12th Floor, FNB Building, Galveston, Texas 77550-1503. Kempner is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. The information listed below is for the fiscal years ended July 31, 2011 and 2012.

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NAME AND POSITION                    NAME AND PRINCIPAL
WITH INVESTMENT                      BUSINESS ADDRESS OF              CONNECTION WITH
ADVISER                              OTHER COMPANY                    OTHER COMPANY
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Harris L. Kempner, Jr., President    H. Kempner Trust Association     Trustee
                                     P.O. Box 119
                                     Galveston, TX 77553
                                     --------------------------------------------------
                                     Legacy Holding Company           Director
                                     600 Jefferson St., Suite 300
                                     Houston, TX 77002
                                     --------------------------------------------------
                                     Balmorhea Ranches                Director
                                     P.O. Box 348
                                     Pecos, TX 79772
                                     --------------------------------------------------
                                     Frost Bank -- Galveston          Advisory Director
                                     P.O. Box 179
                                     Galveston, TX 77553
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                                     Cullen Frost Bankers Inc. --     Director Emeritus
                                     San Antonio
                                     P.O. Box 1600
                                     San Antonio, TX 78296
                                     --------------------------------------------------
                                     Kempner Securities GP, LLC       General Partner
                                     P.O. Box 119
                                     Galveston, TX 77553
                                     --------------------------------------------------
                                     Galveston Finale GP, LLC         General Partner
                                     P.O. Box 119
                                     Galveston, TX 77553
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LM CAPITAL GROUP, LLC

LM Capital Group, LLC ("LM Capital") serves as investment adviser for the Registrant's LM Capital Opportunistic Bond Fund. The principal address of LM Capital is 401 B Street, Suite 950, San Diego, CA 92101. LM Capital is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. [To be completed by amendment.]

LUTHER KING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CORPORATION

Luther King Capital Management Corporation ("Luther King") serves as the investment sub-adviser for the Registrant's Frost Mid Cap Equity Fund. The principal address of Luther King is 301 Commerce Street, Suite 1600, Fort Worth, Texas 76102. Luther King is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended.

For the fiscal years ended July 31, 2011 and 2012, none of the directors, officers or partners of Luther King is or has been engaged in any other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature for his or her own account or in the capacity of director, officer, employee, partner or trustee.

NORTHPOINTE CAPITAL, LLC

NorthPointe Capital, LLC ("NorthPointe") serves as the investment adviser for the Registrant's NorthPointe Small Cap Growth Fund, NorthPointe Small Cap Value Fund, NorthPointe Value Opportunities Fund and NorthPointe Micro Cap Equity Fund. The principal address of NorthPointe is 101 West Big Beaver Road, Suite 745, Troy, Michigan 48084. NorthPointe is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. The information listed below is for the fiscal years ended October 31, 2010 and 2011.

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NAME AND POSITION              NAME AND PRINCIPAL
WITH INVESTMENT                BUSINESS ADDRESS OF       CONNECTION WITH
ADVISER                        OTHER COMPANY             OTHER COMPANY
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jeffrey Petherick, Partner     BlackLight Power, Inc.    Member of Board of Directors
                                                         (non-public company)
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STW FIXED INCOME MANAGEMENT LLC

STW Fixed Income Management LLC ("STW") serves as the investment adviser for the Registrant's STW Short Duration Investment-Grade Bond Fund, STW Core Investment-Grade Bond Fund, STW Long Duration Investment-Grade Bond Fund and STW Broad Tax-Aware Value Bond Fund. The principal business address of STW is 6185 Carpinteria Avenue, Carpinteria, California 93013. STW is an

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investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. The information listed below is for the years ended July 31, 2011 and 2012.

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NAME AND POSITION                  NAME AND PRINCIPAL
WITH INVESTMENT                    BUSINESS ADDRESS OF             CONNECTION WITH
ADVISER                            OTHER COMPANY                   OTHER COMPANY
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Patrick Manning, Vice President    University of La Verne          Adjunct Professor
of Finance and Controller          1950 3rd Street
                                   La Verne, CA 91750
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William H. Williams, Principal,    Bermuda Institute of Ocean      Trustee
Chief Executive Officer and        Sciences (BIOS), Inc.
Chief Investment Officer           17 Biological Station
                                   Ferry Reach
                                   St. George's GE 01
                                   Bermuda
                                   -------------------------------------------------------------
                                   The Centre on Philanthropy      Member of Advisory Board
                                   Sterling House
                                   16 Wesley Street
                                   Hamilton
                                   Bermuda
                                   -------------------------------------------------------------
                                   Sage Ltd.                       Sole Owner and Investor
                                   c/o Clarendon House
                                   2 Church Street
                                   Hamilton HM 11
                                   Bermuda
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hugh Hollis, Principal             American Youth Soccer           Board Member
                                   Organization                    Director of Coach Instruction
                                   19750 S. Vermont Avenue,
                                   Suite 200
                                   Torrance, CA 90502
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
John Rodgers, Principal and        University of California,       Member of Advisory Board
Quantitative Investment Analyst    Santa Barbara
                                   552 University Road
                                   Santa Barbara, CA 93106
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

THORNBURG INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC.

Thornburg Investment Management, Inc. ("Thornburg") serves as the investment sub-adviser for the Registrant's Frost International Equity Fund. The principal address of Thornburg is 2300 North Ridgetop Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87506. Thornburg is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. The information listed below is for the fiscal years ended July 31, 2011 and 2012.

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NAME AND POSITION               NAME AND PRINCIPAL
WITH INVESTMENT                 BUSINESS ADDRESS OF           CONNECTION WITH
ADVISER                         OTHER COMPANY                 OTHER COMPANY
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Garrett Thornburg, Chairman     Thornburg Securities          Chairman, controlling interest
                                Corporation,
                                2300 N. Ridgetop Road,
                                Santa Fe, NM
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W. H. REAVES & CO., INC.

W. H. Reaves & Co., Inc. ("Reaves Asset Management") serves as the investment adviser for the Registrant's Reaves Select Research Fund. The principal business address of Reaves Asset Management is 10 Exchange Place, 18th Floor, Jersey City, New Jersey 07302. Reaves Asset Management is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended.

For the fiscal years ended July 31, 2011 and 2012, none of the directors, officers or partners of Reaves Asset Management is or has been engaged in any other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature for his or her own account or in the capacity of director, officer, employee, partner or trustee.

WESTFIELD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT COMPANY, L.P.

Westfield Capital Management Company, L.P. ("Westfield") serves as the investment adviser for the Registrant's Westfield Capital Large Cap Growth Fund. The principal business address of Westfield is One Financial Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02111. Westfield is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. The information listed below is for the fiscal years ended October 31, 2010 and 2011.

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NAME AND POSITION         NAME AND PRINCIPAL
WITH INVESTMENT           BUSINESS ADDRESS OF          CONNECTION WITH
ADVISER                   OTHER COMPANY                OTHER COMPANY
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Matthew Strobeck, PhD     Metabolix, Inc.              Member of the Board of
                                                       Directors
                          ------------------------------------------------------
                          Collegium Pharmaceutical     Member of the Board of
                                                       Directors
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ITEM 32. PRINCIPAL UNDERWRITERS

(a) Furnish the name of each investment company (other than the Registrant) for which each principal underwriter currently distributing the securities of the Registrant also acts as a principal underwriter, distributor or investment adviser.

The Registrant's distributor, SEI Investments Distribution Co. (the "Distributor"), acts as distributor for:

SEI Daily Income Trust                               July 15, 1982
SEI Liquid Asset Trust                               November 29, 1982
SEI Tax Exempt Trust                                 December 3, 1982
SEI Institutional Managed Trust                      January 22, 1987
SEI Institutional International Trust                August 30, 1988
The Advisors' Inner Circle Fund                      November 14, 1991
Bishop Street Funds                                  January 27, 1995
SEI Asset Allocation Trust                           April 1, 1996
SEI Institutional Investments Trust                  June 14, 1996
CNI Charter Funds                                    April 1, 1999
iShares Inc.                                         January 28, 2000
iShares Trust                                        April 25, 2000
Optique Funds, Inc. (f/k/a JohnsonFamily Funds,      November 1, 2000
Inc.)
Causeway Capital Management Trust                    September 20, 2001

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BlackRock Funds III (f/k/a Barclays Global             March 31, 2003
Investors Funds)
The Arbitrage Funds                                    May 17, 2005
ProShares Trust                                        November 14, 2005
Community Reinvestment Act Qualified                   January 8, 2007
Investment Fund
SEI Alpha Strategy Portfolios, LP                      June 29, 2007
TD Asset Management USA Funds                          July 25, 2007
SEI Structured Credit Fund, LP                         July 31, 2007
Wilshire Mutual Funds, Inc.                            July 12, 2008
Wilshire Variable Insurance Trust                      July 12, 2008
Global X Funds                                         October 24, 2008
ProShares Trust II                                     November 17, 2008
Exchange Traded Concepts Trust (f/k/a FaithShares      August 7, 2009
Trust)
Schwab Strategic Trust                                 October 12, 2009
RiverPark Funds                                        September 8, 2010
Adviser Managed Trust                                  February 16, 2011
New Covenant Funds                                     April 2, 2012

The Distributor provides numerous financial services to investment managers, pension plan sponsors and bank trust departments. These services include portfolio evaluation, performance measurement and consulting services ("Funds Evaluation") and automated execution, clearing and settlement of securities transactions ("MarketLink").

(b) Furnish the Information required by the following table with respect to each director, officer or partner of each principal underwriter named in the answer to Item 25 of Part B. Unless otherwise noted, the business address of each director or officer is One Freedom Valley Drive, Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456.

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                        POSITION AND OFFICE                POSITIONS AND OFFICES
NAME                    WITH UNDERWRITER                   WITH REGISTRANT
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William M. Doran        Director                           Trustee
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Edward D. Loughlin      Director                           -
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Wayne M. Withrow        Director                           -
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Kevin P. Barr           President & Chief Executive        -
                        Officer
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Maxine J. Chou          Chief Financial Officer, Chief     -
                        Operations Officer & Treasurer
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Karen E. LaTourette     Chief Compliance Officer,          -
                        Anti-Money Laundering Officer &
                        Assistant Secretary
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John C. Munch           General Counsel & Secretary        -
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Mark J. Held            Senior Vice President              -
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Lori L. White           Vice President & Assistant         -
                        Secretary
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John P. Coary           Vice President & Assistant         -
                        Secretary
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John J. Cronin          Vice President                     -
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Robert M. Silvestri     Vice President                     -
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ITEM 33. LOCATION OF ACCOUNTS AND RECORDS:

Books or other documents required to be maintained by Section 31(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules promulgated thereunder, are maintained as follows:

(a) With respect to Rules 31a-1(a); 31a-1(b)(1); (2)(a) and (b); (3); (6); (8);
(12); and 31a-1(d), the required books and records are maintained at the offices of the Registrant's custodians:

Hancock Bank and Trust
One Hancock Plaza
P.O. Box 4019
Gulfport, Mississippi 39502

U.S. Bank, National Association
800 Nicollett Mall
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402

Union Bank of California, National Association 475 Sansome Street
15th Floor
San Francisco, California 94111

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
608 2nd Avenue South
9th Floor
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479

Citibank N.A.
388 Greenwich Street
New York, New York 10013

(b)/(c) With respect to Rules 31a-1(a); 31a-1(b)(1), (4); (2)(C) and (D); (4);
(5); (6); (8); (9); (10); (11); and 31a-1(f), the required books and records are maintained at the offices of the Registrant's administrator:

SEI Investment Global Funds Services
One Freedom Valley Drive
Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456

(c) With respect to Rules 31a-1(b)(5), (6), (9) and (10) and 31a-1(f), the required books and records are maintained at the principal offices of the Registrant's advisers:

Abbot Downing Investment Advisors
90 South Seventh Street
Suite 5100
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402

Cambiar Investors LLC
2401 East Second Street
Suite 400
Denver, Colorado 80206

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Champlain Investment Partners, LLC
180 Battery Street
Burlington, Vermont 05401

Earnest Partners, LLC
1180 Peachtree Street
Suite 2300
Atlanta, Georgia 30309

Frost Investment Advisors, LLC
100 West Houston Street
15th Floor Tower
San Antonio, Texas 78205-1414

GRT Capital Partners, LLC
One Liberty Square, Floor 11
Boston, Massachusetts 02109

Horizon Advisers
One Hancock Plaza
P.O. Box 4019
Gulfport, Mississippi 39502

Kempner Capital Management, Inc.
2201 Market Street
12th Floor
FNB Building
Galveston, Texas 77550-1503

LM Capital Group, LLC
401 B Street
Suite 950
San Diego, CA 92101

Luther King Capital Management Corporation 301 Commerce Street
Suite 1600
Fort Worth, Texas 76102-4140

NorthPointe Capital, LLC
101 West Big Beaver Road
Suite 745
Troy, Michigan 48084

STW Fixed Income Management LLC
6185 Carpinteria Avenue
Carpinteria, California 93013

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Thornburg Investment Management, Inc.
119 East Marcy Street
Suite 202
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501-2046

W. H. Reaves & Co., Inc.
10 Exchange Place
18th Floor
Jersey City, New Jersey 07302

Westfield Capital Management Company, L.P. One Financial Center
Boston, Massachusetts 02111

ITEM 34. MANAGEMENT SERVICES:

None.

ITEM 35. UNDERTAKINGS:

None.

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NOTICE

A copy of the Agreement and Declaration of Trust for The Advisors' Inner Circle Fund II is on file with the Secretary of State of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and notice is hereby given that this Registration Statement has been executed on behalf of the Trust by an officer of the Trust as an officer and by its Trustees as trustees and not individually, and the obligations of or arising out of this Registration Statement are not binding upon any of the Trustees, officers or Shareholders individually, but are binding only upon the assets and property of the Trust.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 145 to Registration Statement No. 033-50718 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Oaks, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on the 14th day of January, 2013.

THE ADVISORS' INNER CIRCLE FUND II

By: *
Michael Beattie, President

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date(s) indicated.

            *
--------------------------          Trustee                    January 14, 2013
Charles E. Carlbom

            *
--------------------------          Trustee                    January 14, 2013
John K. Darr

            *
--------------------------          Trustee                    January 14, 2013
William M. Doran

            *
--------------------------          Trustee                    January 14, 2013
Joseph T. Grause, Jr.

            *
--------------------------          Trustee                    January 14, 2013
Mitchell A. Johnson

            *
--------------------------          Trustee                    January 14, 2013
Betty L. Krikorian

            *
--------------------------          Trustee                    January 14, 2013
Robert A. Nesher

            *
--------------------------          Trustee                    January 14, 2013
Bruce Speca

            *
--------------------------          Trustee                    January 14, 2013
James M. Storey

            *
--------------------------          Trustee                    January 14, 2013
George J. Sullivan, Jr.

            *
--------------------------          President                  January 14, 2013
Michael Beattie

            *
--------------------------          Treasurer, Controller &    January 14, 2013
Michael Lawson                      Chief Financial Officer



*By: /s/ Dianne M. Sulzbach
     -----------------------
     Dianne M. Sulzbach, pursuant to Powers of Attorney
     dated November 16, 2011 and November 30, 2011,
     incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (q) of
     Post-Effective Amendment No. 125, filed on
     February 28, 2012

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EXHIBIT INDEX

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EXHIBIT        DESCRIPTION
NUMBER
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EX-99.D26      Investment Advisory Agreement, dated November 14, 2012,
               between the Registrant and LM Capital Group, LLC, relating to the LM
               Capital Opportunistic Bond Fund
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EX-99.D27      Expense Limitation Agreement between the Registrant and LM
               Capital Group, LLC, relating to the LM Capital Opportunistic Bond
               Fund
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EX-99.H16      Shareholder Services Plan, relating to Retirement Class Shares of the
               LM Capital Opportunistic Bond Fund
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EX-99.I        Opinion and Consent of Counsel, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP,
               relating to shares of the LM Capital Opportunistic Bond Fund
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EX-99.N4       Schedule G and Certificates of Class Designation to the Registrant's
               Amended and Restated Rule 18f-3 Multiple Class Plan, dated February
               21, 2007, relating to the LM Capital Family of Funds
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EX-99.P18      LM Capital Group, LLC Code of Ethics
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