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EcoLogic Equity

The Santa Barbara EcoLogic Equity strategy selects companies from across Santa Barbara's portfolio offerings infused with a unique ecological perspective. The investment strategy generally invests in companies that exhibit stable and consistent earnings growth, defendable competitive advantages, strong management and low dependence on capital markets.

Santa Barbara employs disciplined, rigorous fundamental research combined with an objective proprietary EcoFilter. This proprietary EcoFilter is a positive screen, focusing on environmental and climate change practices.

The EcoFilter scores candidates using a proprietary algorithm. Companies are then ranked relative to their industry peers selecting for environmental and climate change practices industry leaders. The outcome of the EcoLogic Equity investment process is an actively managed diversified, large capitalization equity portfolio we believe can provide investors with above-market long-term returns while managing risk throughout various business and market cycles.

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The Santa Barbara EcoLogic Equity Strategy is a new strategy with limited history that is newly offered to the public. The strategy invests exclusively in companies whose environmental and climate change practices rank in the top half of their industry based on SBAM's proprietary "eco-filter" scoring system. The strategy may invest in companies in any industry, including companies that some investors may not consider to be environmentally friendly, such as chemical and petroleum-based energy companies. All investments carry a certain degree of risk and an investment in any growth portfolio should be made with an understanding of the risks involved with owning common stocks or other equity securities. These risks include but are not limited to market risk or the risk that stocks will decline in response to such factors as adverse company news or industry developments or a general economic decline. In addition, certain growth style portfolios may be concentrated in a specific sector thereby subjecting the portfolio to additional risks. Growth style investing may fall out of favor and underperform other styles of investing over any period of time. Certain sectors or growth stocks may shift characteristics over a long market cycle and may not perform in line with stated benchmarks. This strategy may also invest in small-mid cap, and international stocks. Risks associated with small- and midsize company investing include potentially increased volatility with smaller companies. The strategy's potential investment in non-U.S. stocks presents risks such as political risk, exchange rate risk and inflationary risk, which include the risks of economic change, social unrest, changes in government relations, and different accounting standards. This strategy also utilizes American Depositary Receipts (ADRs). ADRs are the receipts for the shares of a foreign-based company traded on U.S. exchanges. ADRs do not eliminate the currency and economic risks for the underlying shares in another country.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. There can be no assurance that the investment objectives will be achieved. It is important to review investment objectives, risk tolerance, tax liabilities, and liquidity needs before choosing a suitable investment style or manager.

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