Pursuant
to Rule 497(e)
Securities Act File No. 333-156996
TXF FUNDS, INC.
PROSPECTUS
October 5, 2009
(as
supplemented November 12, 2009)
This
Prospectus has been supplemented as of November 12, 2009 to
disclose (1) the name change of the Fund’s Advisor to Geary
Advisors, LLC and (2) an amendment to the Advisory Agreement to
provide that the Advisor will waive its management fees and reimburse other expenses to the extent the total annual Fund
operating expenses, as a percentage of daily net assets, exceed 0.85%
through December 31, 2010.
TXF Large Companies ETF (TXF)
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or
disapproved of these securities or passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this Prospectus. Any
representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
TXF
Funds, Inc. (the “Company”) is a registered investment
company initially offering shares of the TXF Large Companies ETF (the
“Fund”), an Exchange Traded Fund that will be listed, subject to notice of
issuance, on the NYSE Arca, Inc. (“NYSE Arca”). Fund shares
are not individually redeemable by the Fund but will trade on the
NYSE Arca in individual share lots. The Fund will invest in a separate
portfolio of securities that substantially replicates the
SPADE
®
Texas Index (the “Underlying Index”), a
benchmark index consisting of large, publicly traded companies that
have their headquarters in Texas. TXF Large
Companies ETF will provide both institutional
and retail investors with the ability to invest in many of the largest companies within Texas. Additional funds may be added and
offered later.
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INTRODUCTION
This prospectus provides important information you need to make an informed decision
about whether to invest in TXF Funds, Inc. (the “Company). It contains information about the
Company and its investment portfolio (the “Fund”) being offered by this prospectus. An investment
in the Company is not a deposit in a bank and it is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency.
WHAT ARE EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS?
An exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) is an investment company offering shares that are listed
on a national securities exchange. Shares of ETFs can be traded throughout the day on that stock
exchange at market-determined prices. ETFs typically invest predominantly in the securities
comprising an underlying index. As such, the ETF itself is an index fund.
WHAT IS TXF FUNDS, INC.?
TXF Funds, Inc. (the “Company”) is a registered investment company offering shares
of TXF Large Companies ETF, an Exchange Traded Fund (the “Fund”), that will be listed, subject to notice of
issuance, on the NYSE Arca, Inc. (“NYSE Arca”). Fund shares are not individually redeemable by the
Fund but will trade on the NYSE Arca in individual share lots. The
Fund will invest in a separate
portfolio of securities that substantially replicates its Underlying Index.
The Fund will track the
SPADE
®
Texas Index (the “Underlying Index”). The Fund will provide both institutional
and retail investors with the ability to invest in many of the
largest companies in Texas. The
Fund will invest in a portfolio of securities
that substantially replicate its Underlying Index, a benchmark index consisting of Texas based companies that are
publicly traded and that have their headquarters in Texas. Additional funds may be added and
offered later.
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WHAT IS THE SPADE
®
TEXAS INDEX AND HOW IS IT CREATED AND MAINTAINED?
The
SPADE
®
Texas Index
(the “Underlying Index”) was created and developed by ISBC/SPADE
®
Indexes LLC
(the “Index Administrator”) and licensed to Geary Advisors,
LLC (the “Advisor”), formerly known as OOK Advisors, LLC, for use in an exchange
traded fund and
related ETF options products.
The SPADE
®
Texas
Index is a modified market capitalization
weighted
index comprised of publicly traded companies that have their headquarters in Texas. The SPADE
®
Texas Index is designed to benchmark the largest publicly traded companies in the
state of Texas by market capitalization.
To
be included in the eligible universe for the SPADE
®
Texas Index, companies must meet the
following criteria:
(1) Have their corporate headquarters in Texas.
(2) Have their shares listed on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) or quoted on the NASDAQ
Securities Market Inc.
(“NASDAQ”).
(3) Maintain a minimum $100 million market valuation for the preceding 25 days.
(4) Maintain a minimum $5.00 daily sale price.
(5) Maintain sufficient liquidity, defined as trading a minimum of
50,000 shares per day or $1,000,000 in trading value on average over the preceding three months.
The companies
are then ranked by market capitalization and the top companies whose
aggregate market capitalizations comprise 90 percent of the
aggregate market capitalization of all companies in the eligible
universe are selected for the SPADE
®
Texas Index. The selected
companies are then modified to conform with
asset diversification requirements, which are applied in connection with quarterly updates to the
Index, and designed to ensure that no company has a weight greater than 10% at the time of
rebalancing.
Upon meeting the defined rules of the SPADE
®
Texas Index,
companies are added
to the index with the exception of new offerings or those companies operating at the rules
threshold, which may be delayed by the Index Administrator to ensure index continuity. The Index
Administrator may at any time and from time to time change the number of issues comprising the
SPADE
®
Texas Index by adding or deleting one or more components, or replace one or
more issues contained in the SPADE
®
Texas Index with one or more substitute stocks
of its choice, if in the Index Administrator’s discretion such addition, deletion or substitution
is necessary or appropriate to maintain the quality and/or character of the industry groups to
which the SPADE
®
Texas Index relates.
On September 30, 2009, the Underlying Index was composed of 87 companies whose market capitalizations
ranged from approximately $2.4 Billion to $332 Billion and the average market capitalization of the companies
comprising the Underlying Index was approximately $16 Billion.
Calculation Methodology
The SPADE
®
Texas Index is calculated using a modified market
capitalization
weighting methodology. The components’ market capitalization weights are modified to conform to
asset diversification rules, which are applied in conjunction with
the scheduled quarterly updates, and are designed to ensure that no company’s stock has a weight greater than 10
percent at the time of balancing. The aggregate amount by which any
components are reduced is redistributed proportionately across the remaining components.
If necessary, the process is repeated until the asset diversification rules are complied with.
Maintenance of the SPADE
®
Texas Index
(1) In the event of a merger between two components, the share weight of the surviving entity
may be adjusted to account for any shares issued in the acquisition.
(2) The Index Administrator may substitute components or change the number of issues included
in the SPADE
®
Texas Index based on changing conditions in the market or in the
event of certain types of corporate actions, including mergers, acquisitions, spin-offs and
reorganizations.
(3) In
the event of component or share weight changes to the SPADE
®
Texas Index portfolio, the payment of dividends other than ordinary cash dividends, spin-offs, rights
offerings, re-capitalizations or other corporate actions affecting a component of the SPADE
®
Texas Index, the SPADE
®
Texas Index may be adjusted to ensure that there
are no changes to the SPADE
®
Texas Index level as a result of nonmarket forces.
(4) For changes in a component’s shares outstanding greater than 5 percent due to a merger,
acquisition or spin-off, an adjustment will be made effective after the close on the effective date
of the corporate action. Share changes less than 5 percent are made during the scheduled quarterly
updates to the SPADE
®
Texas Index.
Changes to the SPADE
®
Texas Index composition and/or the
component share
weights in the SPADE
®
Texas Index typically take effect after the close of trading
on the next to last business day of each calendar quarter month (“Rebalance Date”). The components
and weights will be determined and announced at the close of trading two days prior to the
Rebalance Date. In conjunction with the quarterly review, the share weights used in the
calculation of the SPADE
®
Texas Index are updated based upon current shares.
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All Companies that meet inclusion requirements for the Underlying Index will
not necessarily be included in the Index. All decisions on inclusion are made by the Index
Administrator, subject to rules of the Index. Companies may be added to or removed from the
Underlying Index as the Index is reconstituted and rebalanced on a quarterly basis. Decisions
regarding additions to and removals from the Underlying Index are made by the Index
Administrator in its sole discretion. See “Information about TXF Funds, Inc. — Information About
the Underlying Index and Index Administrator” in the Statement of Additional Information.
Information about the Underlying Index will be publicly available on the Company’s website at
www.TXFETF.com
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PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES OF THE FUND
The
Fund employs a “passive
management” investment strategy designed to track the performance of the SPADE
®
Texas Index.
As its primary strategy, the Fund attempts to replicate the Underlying Index by investing
at least 90% of its total assets in stocks that comprise the Underlying Index. The 90% investment policy is non-fundamental and requires 60 days’
prior written notice to shareholders before it can be changed.
INVESTMENT
OBJECTIVES OF THE FUND
TXF Large
Companies ETF (the “Fund,” or “TXF Large Companies Fund”) seeks to track the
performance, before fees and expenses, of the SPADE
®
Texas Index.
The Fund, using an “indexing”
investment approach, attempts to replicate, before fees and expenses, the performance of the
Fund’s Underlying Index. The Advisor seeks correlation over time of 0.95 or
better between each Fund’s performance and the performance of the Underlying Index; a figure of
1.00 would represent perfect correlation. The Fund generally will invest in the stocks comprising
the Underlying Index in proportion to their weightings in the Index. However, under various
circumstances, it may not be possible or practicable to purchase all of those stocks in those
weightings. In those circumstances, the Fund may purchase a sample of stocks in the Underlying Index
as a whole. There may also be instances in which the Advisor may choose to overweight another stock
in the Underlying Index, purchase securities not in the Underlying Index which the Advisor believes
are appropriate to substitute for certain securities in the Underlying Index or utilize various
combinations of other available investment techniques, in seeking to accurately track the
Underlying Index. The Fund may sell stocks that are represented in the Underlying Index in
anticipation of their removal from the Underlying Index, or purchase stocks not represented in the
Underlying Index in anticipation of their addition to the Underlying Index.
The
Advisor may also pursue a strategy to manage a portion of the portfolio by holding stocks
that, in the aggregate, are intended to approximate a Fund’s Underlying Index in terms of key
characteristics. If the Fund pursues a sampling strategy, it will continue to invest at least 90% of
its assets in the common stocks of companies in the Fund’s Underlying Index. Other non-principal
investment strategies utilized by the Fund are described in detail in the Statement of Additional
Information.
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PRINCIPAL RISKS
The Fund is subject to certain risks, some of which are described below. As a result of these risks
and uncertainties, you may lose some or all of your investment in the Fund. See the Statement of
Additional Information, “Additional
Investment Strategies and Related Risks” for some of the more specific risk factors associated with
investing in the Fund.
Index Risk
. The Fund employs a “passive management” or indexing investment approach. The
Fund attempts to track the investment performance of the SPADE
®
Texas Index. Whenever practicable, the Fund uses the replication method as its
primary strategy, meaning that it holds the same stocks, in approximately the same proportions, as
the stocks in the SPADE
®
Texas Index, regardless of their investment
merit. Because the Fund is a passively managed index fund, the Advisor does not attempt to analyze
individual companies or to quantify, manage or control the risks associated with investing in
individual companies or in a portfolio that replicates the SPADE
®
Texas Index. Although index funds, by their nature, tend to be tax-efficient investment vehicles, the
Advisor does not consider tax ramifications in the passive management of the Fund.
Index Sampling Risk
. From time to time regulatory constraints or other legal
considerations may prevent the Fund from precisely replicating the SPADE
®
Texas Index. This may occur for a number of reasons. For example,
the Fund is taxed as a
regulated investment company under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”),
and the Code imposes certain percentage limitations applicable to investments by regulated
investment companies. To the extent a strict application of the replication methodology would
result in a violation of the Code, the Fund would be prevented from replicating the
SPADE
®
Texas Index. Similarly, other regulatory constraints, such as
limitations on the ability of the Fund to invest more than a certain percentage in illiquid
securities, may also prevent the Fund from precisely replicating the SPADE
®
Texas Index. In these circumstances, the Fund will employ a strategy known as “sampling”,
whereby the Fund will invest in securities that, in the aggregate, are deemed by the
Advisor to approximate the SPADE
®
Texas Index in terms of key
characteristics. The Advisor will not use a sampling strategy in an attempt to manage the
portfolio but will only use such strategy when it is required to do so by regulatory or legal
considerations. To the extent the Fund employs a sampling strategy, there is a risk that the
securities selected by the Advisor pursuant to this strategy may not, in fact, provide investment
performance that closely tracks the SPADE
®
Texas Index.
Stock Market Risk
. The Fund is subject to stock market risk, which is the chance that
stock prices overall will decline. Stock markets tend to be volatile, with periods of rising prices
and periods of falling prices.
Investment Style Risk
. The Fund will invest in
companies that compose the SPADE
®
Texas Index. The Fund will invest in such companies in periods of economic upturn as well as
downturns. Because of its indexing strategy, the Advisor does not take steps to reduce market
exposure or to lessen the effects of a declining market.
Non-Correlation Risk
. The Fund’s return may not match the return of the
SPADE
®
Texas Index for a number of reasons. For example, the Fund incurs
a number of operating expenses not applicable to the SPADE
®
Texas Index,
and incurs costs in buying and selling securities, especially when rebalancing the Fund’s
securities holdings to reflect changes in the composition of the SPADE
®
Texas Index. The Fund may not be fully invested at all times, either as a result of cash flows
into the Fund or reserves of cash held by the Fund to meet redemptions and expenses. If the Fund
utilizes a sampling approach, its return may not correlate as well with the return on the
SPADE
®
Texas Index, as would be the case if it purchased all of the
stocks in the SPADE
®
Texas Index with the same weightings as the
SPADE
®
Texas Index.
Replication Management Risk
. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund is not “actively”
managed. Therefore, it would not necessarily sell a stock because the stock’s issuer was in
financial trouble unless that stock is removed from the SPADE
®
Texas Index.
Large Cap Risk.
The SPADE
®
Texas Index’s performance may reflect
that of Large-cap stocks, which tend to go in and out of favor based on market conditions. Thus,
during a period when these stocks fall behind other investments—bonds or mid- or small- cap stocks,
for instance—the Fund’s performance may also lag those investments.
Geographic Concentration Risk
. Because the Fund will invest substantially all of its
assets in the securities of companies that have their headquarters in Texas, the Fund may be
impacted by events or conditions affecting Texas to a greater extent than a fund that did not focus
its investments in that manner. For example, political and economic conditions and changes in
regulatory, tax or economic policy in Texas could significantly affect Texas’s market. However,
some of the companies that have their headquarters in Texas may be
national or international in nature and may therefore generate a substantial, or even a
predominant, amount of its business and revenue from outside Texas. These companies may be impacted
to a lesser degree by events and conditions impacting Texas and its economy and would be impacted to a much greater degree by events and
conditions in those areas where significant amounts of their business or revenue are generated.
Energy Concentration Risk
. A large percentage of the
Fund’s assets may be invested in companies in the energy business. The energy business consists of oil and gas drilling and production companies, pipeline companies, and other companies that are dependent on the exploration and production of
oil and gas. This concentration provides a particular risk related to
those companies. Companies in the energy business may be adversely
affected by changes in worldwide energy prices, exploration, production
spending, and changes in exchange rates. Companies in the energy business are also affected by changes in government regulation, world events and adverse economic conditions. In addition, these companies are at
risk for environmental damage claims and could be adversely affected
by commodity price volatility, imposition of import/export controls, increased competition,
depletion of natural resources, technological developments, labor relations and international terrorist intervention.
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Market Price Risk
. The market price of the Fund’s shares, like the price of any exchange-traded
security, includes a “bid-asked spread” charged by the exchange market maker and other
market-makers that cover the particular security. While the Fund cannot predict, and does not
control, whether or when the Fund’s shares will trade at a premium or a discount to net asset value
(“NAV”), it is likely that in times of severe market disruption, the bid-asked spread will increase
significantly and the Fund’s shares would most likely be traded at a discount to the Fund’s NAV. The
Fund’s NAV is equal to its total assets, less its liabilities, divided by the number of Fund shares
that are outstanding. In addition, any discount is likely to be greatest when the price of the
Fund’s shares is falling fastest, and this may be the time that you most want to sell your Fund
shares. The Fund’s website at www.TXFETF.com will show the prior day’s closing NAV and closing
market price for the Fund’s shares. In addition, the Fund’s website will contain the following
information, on a per share basis, for the Fund: (a) the prior business day’s NAV and the Bid/Ask
Price and a calculation of the premium or discount of the Bid/Ask Price at the time of calculation
of the NAV against such NAV; and (b) data in chart format displaying the frequency distribution of
discounts and premiums of the daily Bid/Ask Price against the NAV, within appropriate ranges, for
each of the four previous calendar quarters. In addition, the Fund’s website will contain
information regarding the premiums and discounts at which shares of the Fund have traded.
Secondary Market Risk
. An active secondary market for the Fund’s shares may not exist.
Although the Fund’s shares will be listed on the NYSE Arca, subject to notice of issuance, it is
possible that an active trading market may not develop or be maintained. In addition, trading in
the Fund’s shares on the NYSE Arca will be halted whenever trading in equity securities generally
is halted by the activation of market-wide “circuit breakers,” which are tied to large decreases in
the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Trading of the Fund’s shares also will be halted if (1) the
shares are delisted from the NYSE Arca without first being listed on another exchange, or (2) NYSE
Arca officials determine that such action is appropriate in the interest of a fair and orderly
market or to protect investors. If trading is halted, eligible investors (see below) will still be
able to purchase Creation Units of the Fund directly and redeem such Creation Units with the Fund.
If the Fund’s shares are delisted from the NYSE Arca, the Fund will consider what appropriate
action to take, which may include, among other things, converting the Fund to a traditional mutual
fund, or redeeming the Fund’s shares at NAV.
The Fund’s Shares Are Not Individually Redeemable
. Fund shares can be redeemed with the
Fund directly at NAV only in large lots of 50,000 shares known as “Creation Units”. You would incur
brokerage costs in purchasing enough shares of the Fund to constitute a Creation Unit.
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
Because the Fund has not completed a full calendar year of operations, no performance
information is available.
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FEES AND EXPENSES
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy and hold the
Fund’s shares. Transaction costs incurred by the Fund for buying and selling securities are not
reflected in the table. Operating expenses are expressed as a percentage of average daily net
assets and are based upon estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.
SHAREHOLDER FEES
(fees paid directly from your investment)
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Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases:
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None
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Transaction Fee on Purchases and Redemptions:
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Varies
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ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES
(expenses deducted from the Fund’s assets)
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Management Fee
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.65
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Other Expenses
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TOTAL ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES:
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.85
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The Fund issues and redeems shares at NAV and only in Creation Unit blocks of 50,000 shares. As a
practical matter, only institutions or large investors purchase or redeem Creation Units. A
standard Creation Unit transaction fee of $500 is charged for each purchase of Creation Units,
regardless of the number of Creation Units acquired. An investor redeeming Creation Unit shares
will be charged a standard redemption transaction fee of $500, regardless of the number of Creation
Units redeemed. However, if a Creation Unit is purchased or redeemed outside of usual process
through the National Securities Clearing Corporation (the “NSCC”), or for cash, an additional fee
of up to $3,000 will apply.
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The Fund pays the Advisor a single, unified advisory fee for arranging for certain non-distribution
related services necessary for the Fund to operate. For more information about the unified advisory
fee, see “Investment Advisor” under “Fund Management”.
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“Other Expenses” are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.
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The Advisor has
agreed to waive investment advisory management fees and to reimburse other expenses to the extent the total
annual fund operating expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.85% through
December 31, 2010. After such date, the expense limitation may be terminated or revised. Amounts waived
or reimbursed in
a particular contractual period may be recouped by the Advisor within five years of the end of that
contractual period to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Fund’s expenses to exceed any expense
limitation in place at that time. A waiver or reimbursement lowers the expense ratio and increases overall
returns to investors.
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund
with the cost of investing in other funds. This example assumes you invest $10,000 in the Fund for
the time periods indicated and then sell of all of your shares at the end of such period. This
example assumes you sell, rather than redeem, your shares at the end of such periods because the
Fund only redeems shares in Creation Units and, therefore, transaction fees on the purchase or
redemption of Creation Units are not included. The example also assumes that the Fund provides a
return of 5% each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. This example does
not include the brokerage commissions that investors will pay to buy and sell the Fund’s shares on
the secondary market. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these
assumptions, your costs would be:
These examples should not be considered to represent actual expenses or performance from
the past or for the future.
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You would pay the following costs if you purchased a Creation Unit with a value of
$2,000,000, and redeemed the Creation Unit at the end of each referenced period, assuming a 5%
return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same:
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3 YEARS
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$18,850*
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This example assumes that the Creation Unit is redeemed through the NSCC,
which has a redemption transaction fee of $500. If a Creation Unit is purchased or redeemed outside
of usual process through the NSCC, or for cash, an additional fee of up to $3,000 will apply.
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These examples should not be considered to represent actual expenses or performance from
the past or for the future. Actual future expenses may be higher or lower than those shown.
FUND SHARES
DIFFERENCES
BETWEEN FUND SHARES AND TRADITIONAL MUTUAL FUND SHARES
Traditional mutual fund shares are issued by, and redeemed from, the mutual fund at any
time for cash at the shares’ NAV. NAV is typically calculated only once a day and reflects the
mutual fund’s total assets, less its liabilities, divided by the number of shares it has
outstanding. In determining the value of its assets, a traditional mutual fund typically values its
component securities as of the close of trading on the exchange on which the component securities
are listed. As a result, no matter what time during the day an investor in a traditional mutual
fund places an order to purchase or redeem shares, that investor’s order will be priced at the
mutual fund’s NAV determined as of the close of the trading day. Traditional mutual fund shares may
be purchased from the fund directly by the shareholder or through a financial intermediary.
In contrast, Fund shares cannot be purchased from, or
redeemed by, the Fund except by or
through an Authorized Participant (defined below), and then only for an in-kind basket of
securities. An organized secondary market is expected to exist for the
Fund shares, unlike traditional
mutual fund shares, because the Fund’s shares will be listed for trading on the NYSE Arca. As a
result, investors can purchase and sell Fund shares on the secondary market through a broker.
Secondary-market transactions do not take place at NAV but at market prices that change throughout
the day, based on supply and demand for Fund shares.
Although the market price of the Fund’s shares typically approximates its NAV, there may be
times when the market price and the NAV differ, so you may receive more or less than NAV when you
sell your Fund shares on the secondary market.
BUYING AND SELLING SHARES ON THE SECONDARY MARKET
The Fund’s shares can be bought or sold throughout the trading day like any publicly
traded security. When buying or selling shares through a broker, you will incur customary brokerage
commissions and charges. The price at which you buy or sell the Fund’s shares (
i.e.
, the market
price) may be more or less than the NAV of the shares. Unless imposed by your broker, there is no
minimum dollar amount you must invest and no minimum number of Fund shares you must buy.
The Fund’s shares will be listed, subject to notice of issuance, on the NYSE Arca. The
NYSE Arca is generally open Monday through Friday and is closed for weekends and the following
holidays: New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Presidents’ Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day,
Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
BUYING SHARES DIRECTLY FROM THE FUND
You can purchase Fund shares directly from the Fund only in Creation Units or multiples
thereof. The Fund issues Creation Units in blocks of 50,000 shares. The number of Fund shares in a
Creation Unit will not change over time, except in the event that a Fund splits or revalues its
shares. The Fund will not issue fractional Creation Units. Creation Units may be purchased only in
exchange for a basket of securities — known as the “
In-Kind Creation Basket”
and cash equal to the
“
Cash Component
,” as discussed further below. The Fund reserves the right to reject any purchase
request at any time, for any reason, and without notice. The Fund can stop selling Fund shares or
postpone payment of redemption proceeds at times when the NYSE Arca is closed or under any
emergency circumstances as determined by the SEC.
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To purchase shares directly from the Fund, you must be an Authorized Participant or you
must purchase through a broker that is an Authorized Participant. An Authorized Participant is
either (1) a participant of the Continuous Net Settlement System of the National Securities
Clearing Corporation (“NSCC”) or (2) a Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) participant that has
executed a Participant Agreement with the Fund’s distributor, ALPS Distributors, Inc. (the
“Distributor”). The Distributor will provide a list of Authorized Participants upon request.
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In-Kind Creation Basket
. On each business day, prior to the opening of
trading on the NYSE Arca, the Fund’s Advisor will post on the NSCC
bulletin board the In-Kind Creation Basket for the Fund for that day.
The In-Kind Creation Basket will identify the name and number of
shares of each security that must be contributed to the Fund for each
Creation Unit purchased. The Fund reserves the right to accept a
nonconforming creation basket.
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Cash Component
. In addition to the deposit of securities making up the
In-Kind Creation Basket, you will either pay to, or receive from, the
Fund an amount of cash (the “Balancing Amount”) equal to the
difference between the NAV of a Creation Unit and the value of the
securities in the Creation Basket. The Balancing Amount ensures that
the consideration paid by an investor for a Creation Unit is exactly
equal to the value of the Creation Unit. The Fund’s Advisor will
publish, on a daily basis, information about the previous day’s
Balancing Amount. You also must pay a transaction fee, described
below, in cash. The Balancing Amount and the transaction fee, taken
together, are referred to as the “Cash Component.”
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Placement of Purchase Orders
. All purchase orders must be placed
through an Authorized Participant. Purchase orders will be processed
either through a manual clearing process run by DTC or through an
enhanced clearing process that is available only to those DTC
participants that also are participants in the Continuous Net
Settlement System of the NSCC. Authorized Participants that do not use
the NSCC’s enhanced clearing process will be charged a higher
transaction fee (discussed below). A purchase order must be received
by the Fund’s Distributor prior to the close of regular trading on the
NYSE Arca (generally 4:00 p.m., Eastern time) on the day the order is
placed, and all other procedures set forth in the Participant
Agreement must be followed, in order for you to receive the NAV
determined on that day.
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Transaction Fee on Purchase of Creation Units
. The Fund imposes a
transaction fee in the amount of $500 on each purchase of Creation
Units effected through the NSCC’s enhanced clearing process,
regardless of the number of Creation Units purchased. For an investor
purchasing Creation Units through the manual DTC clearing process, the
transaction fee would be as much as $3,000. Investors permitted to
tender a nonconforming creation basket will be subject to an
additional charge commensurate with the cost to a Fund. The
transaction fee is paid to the Fund, not to the Distributor, the
Advisor or any third party. The transaction fee protects existing
shareholders of the Fund from the costs associated with issuing
Creation Units.
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FUND SHARES WILL BE HELD IN BOOK ENTRY FORM
Fund
shares are held in book entry form, which means that no stock certificates are
issued. DTC, or its nominee, will be the registered owner of all outstanding shares of the Fund.
Your beneficial ownership of shares will be shown on the records of DTC or its participants through
which you hold the shares. Neither the Advisor nor the Distributor will have any record of your
ownership. Therefore, to exercise any right as an owner of shares, you must rely on the procedures
of DTC and its participants. Your account information will be maintained by your broker, which will
provide you with account statements, confirmations of your purchases
and sales of the Fund’s shares,
and tax information. Your broker also will be responsible for distributing income and capital gains
distributions and for ensuring that you receive shareholder reports and other communications from
the Fund. You will receive other services (
e.g.
, dividend reinvestment and average cost
information) only if your broker offers these services.
You should be aware of certain legal risks unique to investors purchasing Creation Units
directly from the Fund. Because the Fund’s shares may be issued on an ongoing basis, a
“distribution” of Fund Shares could be occurring at any time. Certain activities that you perform as
a dealer could, depending on the circumstances, result in you being deemed a participant in the
distribution, in a manner that could render you a statutory underwriter and subject you to the
prospectus delivery and liability provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”).
For example, you could be deemed a statutory underwriter if you
purchase Creation Units from the
Fund, break them down into the constituent Fund shares, and sell those shares directly to
customers, or if you choose to couple the creation of a supply of new Fund shares with an active
selling effort involving solicitation of secondary-market demand for Fund shares. Whether a person
is an underwriter depends upon all of the facts and circumstances pertaining to that person’s
activities, and the examples mentioned here should not be considered a complete description of all
the activities that could cause you to be deemed an underwriter.
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Dealers who are not “underwriters” but are participating in a distribution (as opposed to
engaging in ordinary secondary-market transactions), and thus dealing
with the Fund’s shares as part
of an “unsold allotment” within the meaning of Section 4(3)(C) of the Securities Act, will be
unable to take advantage of the prospectus delivery exemption provided by Section 4(3) of the
Securities Act.
Section 12(d)(1) of the 1940 Act restricts investments by registered investment companies
in securities of other registered investment companies, including the
Fund. The acquisition of the
Fund’s shares by registered investment companies is subject to the restrictions of Section 12(d)(1)
of the 1940 Act, except as may at some future time be permitted by an exemptive order that permits
registered investment companies to invest in the Fund beyond the limits of Section 12(d)(1), subject
to certain terms and conditions, including that the registered investment company enter into an
agreement with the Fund regarding the terms of the investment.
REDEEMING SHARES DIRECTLY FROM THE FUND
You
may redeem Fund Shares only in Creation Units or multiples thereof. To redeem shares
directly from the Fund, you must be an Authorized Participant or you must redeem through a broker
that is an Authorized Participant. Creation Units may be redeemed only in exchange for a basket of
securities, known as the
In-Kind Redemption Basket,
and cash equal to the
Cash Component
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discussed further below.
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. Redemption proceeds will be paid in kind
with a basket of securities known as the “In-Kind Redemption Basket.”
In most cases, the In-Kind Redemption Basket will be the same as the
In-Kind Creation Basket for that same day. There will be times,
however, when the In-Kind Creation Basket and the In-Kind Redemption
Basket differ. The composition of the In-Kind Redemption Basket will
be available on the NSCC bulletin board. The Fund reserve the right
to honor a redemption request with a nonconforming redemption basket,
with the consent of the redeeming investor.
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Cash Component
. Depending on whether the NAV of a Creation Unit is
higher or lower than the value of the In-Kind Redemption Basket, you
will either receive from or pay to the Fund a Balancing Amount in cash.
If you are due to receive a Balancing Amount, the amount you actually
receive will be reduced by the amount of the applicable transaction
fee. You also must pay a transaction fee, described below, in cash.
The Balancing Amount and the transaction fee, taken together, are
referred to as the Cash Component.
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Placement of Redemption Orders
. As with purchases, redemptions must be
processed either through the DTC process or the enhanced NSCC process.
A redemption order is deemed received on the date of transmittal if it
is received by the Distributor prior to the close of regular trading
on the NYSE Arca on that date, and if all other procedures set forth
in the Participant Agreement are followed.
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Transaction Fee on Redemption of Creation Units
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Fund imposes a
transaction fee on each redemption of Creation Units. The amount of
the transaction fee on redemptions effected through the NSCC and the
DTC, and on nonconforming redemptions, is the same as the fee imposed
on comparable purchases (see previous section). As with the
transaction fee on purchases, the transaction fee on redemptions is
paid to the Fund, not to the Advisor, the Distributor or any third
party. The transaction fee protects existing shareholders from the
costs associated with redeeming Creation Units.
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EXCHANGES — FREQUENT TRADING
Unlike frequent trading of a traditional open-end mutual fund’s (
i.e.
, not
exchange-traded) shares, frequent trading of shares of the Fund on the secondary market does not
disrupt portfolio management, increase the Fund’s trading costs, lead to realization of
capitalization gains, or otherwise harm the Fund’s shareholders, because these trades do not involve
the Fund directly. Certain institutional investors are authorized to
purchase and redeem the Fund’s
shares directly with the Fund. Because these trades are effected in-kind (
i.e.
, for securities, and
not for cash), they do not cause any of the harmful effects (noted above) that may result from
frequent cash trades. Moreover, the Fund imposes transaction fees on in-kind purchases and
redemptions of Creation Units to cover the custodial and other costs incurred by the Fund in
effecting in-kind trades. These fees increase if an investor substitutes cash in part or in whole
for Creation Units, reflecting the fact that the Fund’s trading costs increase in those
circumstances. For these reasons, the Board of Directors has determined that it is not necessary to
adopt policies and procedures to detect and deter frequent trading
and market-timing in Fund shares.
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PORTFOLIO TURNOVER RATE
The Fund is passively managed to track the investment performance of its Underlying
Index and may sell securities regardless of how long they have been held in order to replicate its
Underlying Index. Because the Fund is passively managed, the turnover rate, and therefore
transaction costs, should be lower than those of actively managed funds.
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
A
description of the Fund’s policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the
Fund’s portfolio securities is available in the Statement of Additional Information and on the
Company’s website at www.TXFETF.com. The Fund publicly disseminates its full portfolio holdings
each day the Fund is open for business through the Company’s internet web site. The Fund may
terminate or modify this policy at any time without further notice to shareholders. In addition,
the In-Kind Creation Basket and In-Kind Redemption Basket, which identify the securities and share
quantities which are delivered in exchange for purchases and redemptions of Creation Units, are
publicly disseminated daily prior to the open of the NYSE Arca via the NSCC.
FUND MANAGEMENT
INVESTMENT ADVISOR
Geary
Advisors, LLC serves as investment advisor to the Fund with overall responsibility
for the general management and administration of the Fund, subject to the supervision of the
Fund’s Board of Directors. Under the Investment Advisory Agreement, the Advisor is responsible
for arranging sub-advisory, transfer agency, custody, fund administration, and all other
non-distribution related services for the Fund to operate. The Advisor will also be responsible
for employing any sampling strategy for the Fund.
For the services it provides to the Fund, the Advisor receives a unified fee equal to
.65% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. The advisory fee is calculated daily and paid monthly
in arrears. Out of the advisory fee, the Advisor pays all fees and expenses of the transfer agent,
the administrator and accounting agent and the custodian. The Fund is responsible for the payment
of all other expenses associated with its operation, including but not limited to, brokerage
expenses, taxes, interest, fees and expenses of counsel to the Fund, fees and expenses of its
disinterested directors (including legal counsel fees), fees and expenses of its chief compliance
officer and expenses associated with the Fund’s compliance program, litigation expenses, fees and
expenses of the Fund’s independent auditors, registration fees, expenses associated with compliance
by the Fund with regulatory requirements, including those relating to the development and
distribution of its prospectus and shareholder reports, and extraordinary expenses. The Advisor has agreed to waive investment advisory management fees and to reimburse other expenses to the extent the total annual fund operating expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.85% through December 31, 2010. After such date, the expense limitation may be terminated or revised. Amounts waived or reimbursed in a particular contractual period may be
recouped by the Advisor within five years of the end of that contractual period to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Fund’s expenses to exceed any expense limitation in place at that time. A waiver or reimbursement lowers the expense ratio and increases overall returns to investors.
Pursuant to the
Investment Advisory Agreement, the Advisor is authorized to engage one or more sub-advisors to
perform any of the services contemplated to be performed by the Advisor under the Investment
Advisory Agreement. The Advisor is responsible for payment of any
sub-advisory fee. A discussion regarding the basis for the Board of
Directors’ approval of the Investment Advisory Agreement will be
available in the Fund’s annual report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009.
The Advisor is a newly organized investment advisor located at One Leadership Square,
Suite 200, 211 North Robinson, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73102. The Advisor also serves as an
investment advisor to OOK, Inc., a registered investment company. The Advisor’s parent company is
The Geary Companies, Inc., which also owns Capital West Securities, Inc., a registered broker
dealer. The Advisor has no other prior experience managing exchange-traded funds or registered
investment companies.
PORTFOLIO MANAGERS
The
Portfolio Managers, Mr. Keith D. Geary and Mr. Gary Pinkston are
employees of the Advisor and are primarily responsible for the day
to day management of the Fund. Mr. Keith D. Geary is a Director and Chief
Executive officer of the Fund and of OOK, Inc. He has also served as
the President, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Capital West
Securities, Inc. since 2007. Mr. Keith D. Geary was the Vice
President of the Investment Banking Division of UMB Bank in Kansas
City, Missouri from 06/1997 to 04/2007. Mr. Gary Pinkston serves as
the Vice President, Principal Financial and Accounting Officer and Secretary of the
Fund and of OOK, Inc. He has also served as Chief Administrative
Officer of Capital West Securities, Inc. since 2007. Mr. Pinkston
worked for UMB Bank as Manager, Correspondent Banking in Oklahoma
City from 2006 to 2007 and as Manager, Investment Operations in
Kansas City from 1999 to 2006.
ADMINISTRATION, CUSTODIAN AND TRANSFER AGENT
The Bank of New York Mellon serves as the Administrator, Custodian and Transfer Agent to
the Fund. The Bank of New York Mellon’s principal address is 101 Barclay Street, New York, New
York, 10007—2005.
DISTRIBUTOR
ALPS Distributors, Inc. serves as the distributor of Creation Units for the Fund on an
agency basis. The Distributor’s principal address is 1290 Broadway, Suite 1100, Denver, Colorado
80203. The Distributor does not maintain a secondary market in shares of the Fund.
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DIVIDENDS, CAPITAL GAINS, AND TAXES
FUND DISTRIBUTIONS
The Fund pays dividends from its net investment income to investors quarterly. The
Fund distributes any net capital gains annually.
DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT SERVICE
Brokers may make the DTC book-entry dividend reinvestment service available to their
customers who own the Fund’s shares. If this service is available and used, dividend distributions of
both income and capital gains will automatically be reinvested in
additional whole shares of the
Fund. Without this service, investors would receive their distributions in cash. In order to
achieve the maximum total return on their investments, investors are encouraged to use the dividend
reinvestment service. To determine whether the dividend reinvestment service is available and
whether there is a commission or other charge for using this service, consult your broker. Brokers
may require the Fund’s shareholders to adhere to specific procedures and timetables. If this service
is available and used, dividend distributions of both income and realized gains will be
automatically reinvested in additional whole shares of the Fund purchased in the secondary market.
TAXES
Unless your investment in shares is made through a tax-exempt entity or tax-deferred
retirement account, such as an IRA plan, you need to be aware of the possible tax consequences when
the Fund makes distributions and when you sell your shares of the Fund.
TAXES ON DISTRIBUTIONS
Distributions
from the Fund’s net investment income (other than qualified dividend income),
including distributions out of the Fund’s net short-term capital gains, if any, and distributions of
income from securities lending, are taxable to you as ordinary
income. Distributions by the Fund of
net long-term capital gains in excess of net short-term capital losses (capital gain dividends) are
taxable to you as long-term capital gains, regardless of how long you have held the Fund’s shares.
Distributions by the Fund that qualify as qualified dividend income are taxable to you at long-term
capital gain rates. In order for a distribution by the Fund to be treated as qualified dividend
income, the Fund must meet holding period and other requirements with respect to its dividend
paying stocks and you must meet holding period requirements and other requirements with respect to
the Fund’s shares. In general, your distributions are subject to federal income tax for the year
when they are paid. Certain distributions paid in January, however, may be treated as paid on
December 31 of the prior year.
If you are neither a resident nor a citizen of the United States or if you are a foreign
entity, the Fund’s ordinary income dividends (which include distributions of net short-term capital
gains) will generally be subject to a 30% U.S. withholding tax.
If you are a resident or a citizen of the United States, by law, back-up withholding will
apply to your distributions and proceeds if you have not provided a taxpayer identification number
or social security number and made other required certifications.
TAXES WHEN SHARES ARE SOLD
Currently, any capital gain or loss realized upon a sale of shares is generally treated
as a long-term gain or loss if shares have been held for more than one year. Any capital gain or
loss realized upon a sale of shares held for one year or less is generally treated as a short-term
gain or loss, except that any capital loss on the sale of shares held for six months or less is
treated as a long-term capital loss to the extent that capital gain dividends were paid with
respect to such shares.
The foregoing discussion is provided as general information and merely summarizes some of
the consequences under current federal tax law of an investment in the Fund. It is not a
substitute for personal tax advice. You may also be subject to state and local taxation on Fund
distributions and sales of shares. As with any investment, you should consider how your investment
in shares of the Fund will be taxed. Consult your personal tax advisor about the potential tax
consequences of an investment in shares of the Fund under all applicable tax laws.
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DAILY PRICING
The
NAV of the Fund’s shares is calculated each business day as of the close of regular
trading on the NYSE Arca. NAV per share is computed by dividing the
value of the Fund’s net assets
by the number of shares outstanding.
If
you buy or sell the Fund’s shares on the secondary market, you will pay or receive the
market price, which may be higher or lower than NAV. Your transaction will be priced at NAV only if
you purchase or redeem a Fund’s shares in Creation Unit blocks.
The
approximate value of shares of the Fund is disseminated every fifteen seconds
throughout the trading day by the NYSE Arca or by other information providers, such as Reuters.
This approximate value should not be viewed as a “real-time” update of the NAV, because the
approximate value may not be calculated in the same manner as the NAV, which is computed once a
day. The approximate value generally is determined by using both current market quotations and/or
price quotations obtained from broker-dealers that may trade in the
portfolio securities held by the
Fund. The Fund is not involved in, or responsible for, the calculation or dissemination of the
approximate value and makes no warranty as to its accuracy.
When
calculating the NAV of the Fund’s shares, stocks held by the Fund are valued at their
market value when reliable market quotations are readily available. Certain short-term debt
instruments used to manage the Fund’s cash are valued on the basis of amortized cost.
When reliable market quotations are not readily available, securities are priced at their
fair value, which is the price a security’s owner might reasonably expect to receive upon its sale.
Fair-value pricing may also be used by the Fund to value restricted securities held by the Fund or
certain small-capitalization or mid-capitalization securities with little or no trading activity
for extended periods of time. Although rare, fair-value pricing also may be used if (1) trading in
a security is halted and does not resume before the Fund’s pricing time or if a security does not
trade in the course of a day, and (2) the Fund holds enough of the security that its price could
affect the Fund’s NAV.
Fair-value prices are determined by the Advisor according to procedures adopted by the
Board of Directors. When fair-value pricing is employed, the prices
of securities used by the Fund to
calculate its NAV may differ from quoted or published prices for the same securities.
DELIVERY OF FUND DOCUMENTS — HOUSEHOLDING
Householding is an option available to certain investors of the Fund. Householding is a
method of delivery, based on the preference of the individual investor, in which a single copy of
certain shareholder documents can be delivered to investors who share the same address, even if
their accounts are registered under different names. Householding for the Fund is available
through certain broker-dealers. If you are interested in enrolling in householding and receiving a
single copy of the prospectus and other shareholder documents, please contact your broker-dealer.
If you are currently enrolled in householding and wish to change your householding status, please
contact your broker-dealer.
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
Performance
information is not presented for the Fund because it has no operating
history.
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TXF FUNDS, INC.
One Leadership Square, Suite 200
211 North Robinson
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102
ANNUAL/SEMI-ANNUAL REPORTS TO SHAREHOLDERS
Additional
information about the Fund’s investments will be available in the Fund’s annual
and semi-annual reports to shareholders. In the Fund’s annual reports, you will find a discussion of
the market conditions and investment strategies that significantly affected the Fund’s performance
during its last fiscal year. The annual and semi-annual reports will be incorporated by reference
into this prospectus.
STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (SAI)
The SAI provides more detailed information about the Company and the Fund. The SAI is
incorporated by reference into, and is thus legally a part of this prospectus.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
To request a free copy of the latest annual or semi-annual report, when available, the
SAI, or to request additional information about the Fund or to make other inquiries, please
contact us as follows:
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Monday through Friday
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Central Time)
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TXF Funds, Inc.
One Leadership Square
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211 North Robinson
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102
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INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
You can review and copy information about the Fund (including the SAI) at the SEC’s
Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. To find out more about this public service, call the SEC
at 1-202-551-8090. Reports and other information about the Fund is also available in the EDGAR
Database on the SEC’s Internet site at http://www.sec.gov, or you can receive copies of this
information, after paying a duplicating fee, by electronic request at the following e-mail address:
publicinfo@sec.gov, or by writing the Public Reference Section, Securities and Exchange Commission,
100 F Street, N.E., Washington, DC 20549-0102.
The
Company’s Investment Company Act file number: 811-22270
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TXF FUNDS, INC.
Statement of Additional Information
October 5, 2009
(as supplemented November 12, 2009)
This Statement of Additional Information, which is not a prospectus, contains additional
information about TXF Funds, Inc. (the “Company”) and TXF
Large Companies ETF (the “Fund”). This Statement of Additional Information should
be read in conjunction with the Company’s current prospectus, dated October 5,
2009, as it may be revised from time to time (the “Prospectus”). Capitalized terms used herein that
are not defined have the same meaning ascribed to them in the Prospectus.
A
copy of the Prospectus may be obtained without charge, by contacting the Fund’s
Distributor, ALPS Distributors, Inc.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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I. GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT TXF FUNDS, INC.
TXF Funds, Inc. (the “Company”) was organized as a Maryland corporation on October 3,
2008. The Company’s
initial Fund, TXF Large Companies ETF (the “Fund”), will invest in a portfolio of securities that substantially
replicates the
Spade
®
Texas Index (the “Underlying Index”). The Company may create additional
funds or classes of shares in the future. The Company is registered with the SEC under the 1940 Act as an
open-end, non-diversified management investment company.
Fund shares will be listed for secondary trading on the NYSE Arca, subject to notice of
issuance. The Fund only issues and redeems shares in lots of 50,000 shares. These large lots are
known as “Creation Units.” In the event of the liquidation
of the Fund, the Fund may lower the
number of shares in a Creation Unit. To purchase or redeem a Creation Unit, you must be an
Authorized Participant or you must do so through a broker that is an Authorized Participant. An
Authorized Participant is either a member of the Continuous Net Settlement System of the National
Securities Clearing Corporation (“NSCC”) or a participant in the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”)
that has executed a Participant Agreement with the Fund’s Distributor.
The
Fund issues Creation Units in kind, in exchange for a basket of stocks that are
part of the Fund’s Underlying Index (an “In-Kind Creation Basket”). The Fund also redeems Creation
Units in kind; an investor who tenders a Creation Unit will receive, as redemption proceeds, a
basket of stocks that are part of the Fund’s portfolio holdings (an “In-Kind Redemption
Basket”). The In-Kind Creation Basket and the In-Kind Redemption Basket will usually, but may not
necessarily always, be the same. As part of any creation or redemption transaction, the investor
will either pay or receive some cash in addition to the securities, as described more fully below.
The Fund reserves the right to issue Creation Units for cash, rather
than in kind, although it has no current intention of doing so.
II. INFORMATION ABOUT THE UNDERLYING INDEX AND THE INDEX ADMINISTRATOR
The
Underlying Index was developed by ISBC/SPADE
®
Indexes LLC (the “Index
Administrator”) and licensed to Geary Advisors, LLC (the “Advisor”) for use in an exchange traded fund
and related ETF options products.
The component stocks are selected by the Index Administrator and the Underlying Index
is compiled, maintained and calculated independently of the Fund, Advisor, or Distributor. The Index
Administrator has no obligation to take the specific needs of the
Fund, Advisor, or Distributor into
account in the determination and calculation of the Underlying Index.
Investment Objective
The
Fund seeks investment results that correspond (before fees and expenses) generally to
the price and yield performance of its Underlying Index.
Index Methodology
The SPADE
®
Texas Index is calculated using a modified market
capitalization
weighting methodology. The components’ market capitalization weights are modified to conform to
asset diversification rules, which are applied in conjunction with
the scheduled quarterly updates, and are designed to ensure that no company’s stock has a weight greater than 10
percent at the time of balancing. The aggregate amount by which any
components are reduced is redistributed proportionately accross the remaining components.
If necessary, the process is repeated until the asset diversification rules are complied with.
Maintenance of the SPADE
®
Texas Index
(1) In the event of a merger between two components, the share weight of the surviving entity
may be adjusted to account for any shares issued in the acquisition.
(2) The Index Administrator may substitute components or change the number of issues included
in the SPADE
®
Texas Index based on changing conditions in the market or in the
event of certain types of corporate actions, including mergers, acquisitions, spin-offs and
reorganizations.
(3) In
the event of component or share weight changes to the SPADE
®
Texas Index portfolio, the payment of dividends other than ordinary cash dividends, spin-offs, rights
offerings, re-capitalizations or other corporate actions affecting a component of the SPADE
®
Texas Index, the SPADE
®
Texas Index may be adjusted to ensure that there
are no changes to the SPADE
®
Texas Index level as a result of nonmarket forces.
(4) For changes in a component’s shares outstanding greater than 5 percent due to a merger,
acquisition or spin-off, an adjustment will be made effective after the close on the effective date
of the corporate action. Share changes less than 5 percent are made during the scheduled quarterly
updates to the SPADE
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Texas Index.
Changes to the SPADE
®
Texas Index composition and/or the
component share
weights in the SPADE
®
Texas Index typically take effect after the close of trading
on the next to last business day of each calendar quarter month (“Rebalance Date”). The components
and weights will be determined and announced at the close of trading two days prior to the
Rebalance Date. In conjunction with the quarterly review, the share weights used in the
calculation of the SPADE
®
Texas Index are updated based upon current shares.
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Calculation Methodology
The
Underlying Index is calculated using a modified market capitalization weighting
methodology. The components’ market capitalization weights are modified to conform to asset
diversification rules which are applied in conjunction with the scheduled quarterly updates to
the Underlying Index, and designed to ensure that no company’s stock has a weight greater than 10% at
the time of balancing. The aggregate amount by which any components
are reduced is redistributed proportionately across the remaining
components. If necessary, the process is repeated until the asset
diversification rules are complied with.
Maintenance
of the Underlying Indexes Index
(1) In the event of a merger between two components, the share weight of the surviving
entity may be adjusted to account for any shares issued in the acquisition.
(2) The Index Administrator may substitute components or change the number of issues
included in the Underlying Index, based on changing conditions in the market or in the event of
certain types of corporate actions, including mergers, acquisitions, spin-offs and reorganizations.
(3) In
the event of component or share weight changes to the Underlying Index’s
portfolio, the payment of dividends other than ordinary cash dividends, spin-offs, rights
offerings, re-capitalizations or other corporate actions affecting a component of an Underlying
Index, the Underlying Index’s divisor may be adjusted to ensure that there are no changes to the
Underlying Index level’s as a result of nonmarket forces.
(4) For changes in a component’s shares outstanding greater than 5% due to a merger,
acquisition or spin-off, an adjustment will be made effective after the close on the effective date
of the corporate action. Share changes less than 5% are made during the scheduled quarterly updates
to the Underlying Indexes.
Quarterly Updates to the Underlying Indexes
Changes
to the Underlying Index’s composition and/or the component share weights in the
Underlying Index typically take effect after the close of trading on the next to last business
day of each calendar quarter month (“Rebalance Date”). The components and weights will be
determined and announced at the close of trading two days prior to the Rebalance Date. In
conjunction with the quarterly review, the share weights used in the calculation of the Underlying
Indexes are updated based upon current shares.
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DISCLAIMER
The
Underlying Index is a
trademark of
ISBC/SPADE
®
Indexes LLC and has been licensed for use for certain
purposes by the Advisor. ISBC/SPADE
®
Indexes LLC’s only relationship to TXF Funds,
Inc. is the ISBC’s licensing to the Advisor of certain ISBC trademarks, the SPADE
®
Texas Index trade name, and of the data supplied by
ISBC/SPADE
®
Indexes which is determined, composed, and calculated by
ISBC/SPADE
®
Indexes. The
Fund and its shares are not sponsored, endorsed, sold, or promoted by ISBC/SPADE
®
Indexes. ISBC/SPADE
®
Indexes makes no
warranty or representation, regarding the
advisability of purchasing, holding or trading this product or investing in securities generally or
in a Fund particularly or the ability of any data supplied by ISBC/SPADE
®
Indexes to
track general stock market performance. ISBC/SPADE
®
Indexes has no obligation to
take the needs of TXF Funds, Inc. the Fund, the Advisor, or any shareholders of the Fund into consideration in
determining, composing or calculating the data supplied by ISBC/SPADE
®
Indexes.
ISBC/SPADE
®
Indexes is not responsible for and has not participated in the determination
of the prices of the common shares of the Fund or the timing of the issuance or sale of such common
shares. The ISBC/SPADE
®
Indexes has no obligation or liability in connection with the
administration, marketing or trading of the Fund shares.
III. ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES AND RELATED RISKS
The
Fund’s investment objectives and principal investment strategies and risks are set
forth in the Prospectus. The following information supplements the information contained in the
Prospectus. The Fund may hold cash and/or invest a portion of its assets in high-quality money
market instruments on an ongoing basis to provide liquidity. The instruments in which the Fund may
invest include: (i) short-term obligations issued by the U.S. Government; (ii) negotiable
certificates of deposit (“CDs”), fixed time deposits and bankers’ acceptance of U.S. and foreign
banks and similar institutions; (iii) commercial paper rated at the date of purchase “Prime-1” by
Moody“s Investors service, Inc. or “A-1+” or “A-1” by Standard & Poor’s or, if unrated, of
comparable quality as determined by the Advisor; and (iv) money market mutual funds. CDs are
short-term negotiable obligations of commercial banks. Time deposits are non-negotiable deposits
maintained in banking institutions for specified periods of time at stated interest rates. Banker’s
acceptance are time drafts drawn on commercial banks by borrowers, usually in connection with
international transactions.
IV. FUNDAMENTAL INVESTMENT LIMITATIONS
The
Fund has adopted the following investment limitations as fundamental limitations,
which cannot be changed without the approval of the holders of a
majority of the Fund’s
outstanding shares. For these purposes, a “majority of outstanding shares” means the vote of the
lesser of: (1) 67% or more of the shares of the Fund present at the meeting if the holders of
more than 50% of the Fund’s outstanding shares are present or represented by proxy; or (2) more
than 50% of the outstanding shares of the Fund. The Fund may
not
:
1. Borrow money or issue senior securities, except as permitted under the 1940 Act, as
interpreted, modified, or otherwise permitted by regulatory authority.
2. Make cash loans, except as permitted under the 1940 Act, and as interpreted, modified,
or otherwise permitted by regulatory authority.
3. Pledge, hypothecate, mortgage or otherwise encumber its assets, except to secure
permitted borrowings.
4. Purchase or sell physical commodities unless acquired as a result of ownership of
securities or other instruments.
5. Purchase or sell real estate unless acquired as a result of ownership of securities or
other instruments.
6. Act as an underwriter of another issuer’s securities, except to the extent that the
Fund may be deemed to be an underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act in connection with
the purchase and sale of portfolio securities.
The
Fund has also adopted a policy that the Fund’s portfolio will be modified to
reflect charges in the Underlying Index. If the Underlying Index is not concentrated in a
particular industry, the Fund will not be concentrated in that
industry. If the Underlying Index is concentrated in a particular industry, the Fund will concentrate in that industry.
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V. MANAGEMENT
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
The
business and affairs of the Company is managed under the direction of its Board of
Directors (the “Board”). Each Director serves until his termination, retirement, resignation, or death; or as
otherwise specified in the Company’s organizational documents. The Board is currently comprised of
four (4) Directors, of whom three (3) Directors are not “interested” persons of the Fund or the
Advisor, as defined under the 1940 Act (“Disinterested Directors”). The mailing address of the
Directors and officers is One Leadership Square, Suite 200, 211 North Robinson, Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma 73102. Certain information about the Company’s Directors and its executive officers is set
forth below.
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Keith D. Geary
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Capital West Securities, Inc.
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Capital West Securities, Inc.
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One Leadership Square
211 N. Robinson, Suite 200
Oklahoma City, OK 73102
(51 years old)
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Executive Officer
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President and CEO
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OOK, Inc. , a registered
Investment Company
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UMB Bank
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2000 S. Country Club Rd.
El Reno, OK 73036
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The Bank of Union
Union City Corporation
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LSB Industries, Inc.
The Kempton Group
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Earnest Frank Parrish*
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Corporate Care, Inc.
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OOK, Inc.
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723 Stonepoint Drive
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03/06 to Present — Executive
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OOK, Inc.
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2000 S. Country Club Rd.
El Reno, OK 73036
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HeartLine, Inc. (nonprofit)
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Braun & Company PC
01/03 — 03/06: Certified
Public Accountant
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Director and Chief
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OOK, Inc.
02/2008 to Present — President
and CEO
Capital West Securities, Inc.
04/2007 to Present — Chairman,
President and CEO
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OOK, Inc.
Capital West Securities,
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06/1997 to 04/2007 — Vice
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One Leadership Square
211 N. Robinson, Suite 200
Oklahoma City, OK 73102
(61 years old)
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Principal Financial
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Accounting Officer
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02/2008 to Present — Vice
President, Principal Financial
and Accounting Officer and
Secretary
Capital West Securities, Inc.
2007 to Present — Chief
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Mr. and Mrs. Keith D. Geary each own 50% of The Geary Companies, Inc., an Oklahoma Corporation. The Geary Companies, Inc. is a
controlling person of OOK, Inc. and the Company, the sole member and manager of the Advisor, and owner of Capital West
Securities, Inc.
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John Shelley’s son, Michael Shelley, has been employed as an Investment Executive by Capital West
Securities, Inc., an entity under common control with the Company and the Advisor, since July 2007.
The Geary Companies borrowed $5 million on August 9, 2007 to fund the purchase of Affinity Holding
Corp, which owned 100% of Capital West Securities, Inc. and has since
been dissolved. Three million dollars was obtained from The Bank of Union, of which John Shelley is CEO and
Chairman of the Board and Mike Braun is the Executive Vice President
and CFO. In October 2008, with the original $5 million reduced to $2.8 million, that amount was refinanced at
The Bank of Union on a five year amortization with annual principal reductions due each February 28
and interest payable monthly. With the 2009 principal payment already made, the outstanding amount
is now $2.5 million, which is not considered by the Bank to be “material” based upon the size of
the Bank’s total assets and total loan portfolios. At December 31, 2008, The Bank of Union held
over $235 million of total assets with over $177 million in loans. The loan was 1.06% of The Bank of Union’s
total assets and 1.41% of its total loan portfolio. The current stockholders’ equity
of The Geary Companies is greater than $4 million. Thus, the Board of Directors has determined that the loan to The Geary
Companies from The Bank of Union would
not tend to impair either John Shelley’s or Mike Braun’s independence and would not cause either of them to place
his own interest over the interest of the Fund’s shareholders.
RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BOARD
The Board is ultimately responsible for the management of the Company’s business operations in
accordance with its duties under the Maryland General Corporation Law. The Board has appointed the
Company’s executive officers and delegated the responsibility for the day-to-day management of the
Company’s operations to those officers, subject to the Board’s guidance.
BOARD COMMITTEES
The Board has established the following committees:
Audit Committee. The Audit Committee is comprised of three (3) members, all of which are
Disinterested Directors. The Audit Committee expects to meet at least twice annually to select,
oversee and set the compensation of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm
(the “Accountants”). The Audit Committee is responsible for pre-approving all audit and non-audit
services performed by the Accountants for the Fund and for pre-approving certain non-audit services
performed by the Accountants for the Advisor and Sub-Advisor and certain of their control persons.
The Audit Committee also meets with the Accountants to review the Fund’s financial
statements and to report on its findings to the Board, and to provide the Accountants the
opportunity to report on various other matters. The Audit Committee also acts as the Company’s
qualified legal compliance committee.
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Nominating Committee. The Nominating Committee is comprised of three (3) members, all of
which are Disinterested Directors. The Nominating Committee is responsible for the selection and
nomination of Disinterested Directors of the Company. This committee will consider any candidate
for Director recommended by a current shareholder if the Committee is required by law to do so.
COMPENSATION
Because the Company is recently organized, there is no historical information regarding
the compensation paid to the Company’s Directors and executive officers. There are no plans to pay compensation to the Fund’s Directors or Officers.
OWNERSHIP OF DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
As of the
date of the Prospectus and this Statement of Additional Information, the
Fund has not yet commenced operations. Therefore, none of the Company’s Directors or executive
officers own any shares of the Fund.
CODE OF ETHICS
The
Company, the Advisor, and the Distributor have each adopted codes of ethics pursuant
to Rule 17j-1 of the 1940 Act. These codes of ethics restrict the personal securities transactions
of access persons, as defined in the codes, of a Fund in securities that may be purchased or held
by the Fund to ensure that such investments do not disadvantage the Fund. The codes of ethics for
the Company, the Advisor, and the Distributor are filed as exhibits to the Fund’s registration
statement.
PROXY VOTING POLICIES
The Board of Directors has delegated the responsibility to vote proxies for securities
held in the Fund’s portfolio to the Advisor, subject to the Board’s oversight. Proxies for the
portfolio securities are voted in accordance with the Company’s proxy voting policies and
procedures, which are set forth in Appendix A to this SAI.
CONTROL PERSONS
Mr. and Mrs. Keith D. Geary, each own 50% of The Geary Companies, Inc., an Oklahoma
Corporation located at One Leadership Square, Suite 200, 211 N. Robinson, Oklahoma City, OK 73102.
The Geary Companies, Inc. is a controlling person of the Company and is the record owner of 2,500
shares of TXF Funds, Inc., 100% of the currently outstanding common stock of the
Company. Thus Mr. and Mrs. Keith D. Geary are each beneficial owners of 50% of the outstanding
common stock of TXF Funds, Inc.
VI. INVESTMENT ADVISORY AND OTHER SERVICES
INVESTMENT ADVISOR
Geary Advisors, LLC (the “Advisor”) serves as the investment advisor to the Fund pursuant
to an Investment Advisory Agreement (the “Advisory Agreement”), which sets forth the terms and
conditions of Advisor’s engagement as the Fund’s investment advisor. Pursuant to the Advisory
Agreement, the Advisor is responsible for the general management and administration of the Fund in
accordance with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and strategies, subject to the
supervision of the Board. The Advisor is a newly organized investment advisor located at One
Leadership Square, Suite 200, 211 North Robinson, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102. Currently, the
Advisor’s only investment advisory clients are the Fund and OOK, Inc.
The
Advisor administers the Fund’s business affairs, provides office facilities and
equipment and certain clerical, bookkeeping and administrative services, and permits its officers
and employees to serve without compensation as officers, Directors or employees of the Company.
Pursuant to the Advisory Agreement, the Advisor is authorized to engage one or more sub-advisors
for the performance of any of the services to be provided by the Advisor under the Advisory
Agreement. Under the Advisory Agreement, the Advisor is also responsible for arranging
sub-advisory, transfer agency, custody, fund administration and accounting, and other
non-distribution related services necessary for the Fund to operate.
A discussion regarding the basis for the Board of Director’s
approval of the Advisory Agreement will be available in the
Fund’s annual or semi-annual reports.
For the services it provides to the Fund, the Advisor receives a unified advisory fee
equal to an annual rate of .65% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. The fees are accrued daily
and paid monthly. Out of the advisory fee, the Advisor pays all fees and expenses of the Transfer
Agent, Administrator and Accounting Agent and Custodian.
The Fund is responsible for the payment of all other expenses associated with its operation,
including but not limited to, brokerage expenses, taxes, interest, fees and expenses of counsel to
the Fund, fees and expenses of the Disinterested Directors (including legal counsel fees), fees and
expenses of the Chief Compliance Officer and
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expenses associated with the Fund’s compliance
program, litigation expenses, fees and expenses of the Fund’s independent auditors, registration
fees,
expenses associated with compliance by the Fund with regulatory mandates, including
those relating to the development and distribution of its prospectus and shareholder reports, and
extraordinary expenses. The Advisor has agreed to waive investment advisory management fees and to reimburse other expenses to the extent the total annual fund operating expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.85% through December 31, 2010. After such date, the expense limitation may be terminated or revised. Amounts waived or reimbursed in a particular contractual period may be recouped by
the Advisor within five years of the end of that contractual period to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Fund’s expenses to exceed any expense limitation in place at that time. A waiver or reimbursement lowers the expense ratio and increases overall returns to investors.
The Advisor is owned by The Geary Companies, Inc., which is owned 50% each by Mr. and
Mrs. Keith D. Geary. The Geary Companies, Inc. is a controlling person of the Company and also owns
Capital West Securities, Inc., a broker/dealer firm headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The
officers of the Advisor are Keith D. Geary, Chief Executive Officer, and Gary Pinkston, Chief
Administrative Officer.
The Advisor intends to donate at least 10% of its management fee to Aaron’s Bridge.
Aaron’s Bridge was founded by Keith and Joni Geary, parents of a son with autism. The mission for
Aaron’s Bridge is to facilitate access to more treatment options in Oklahoma for children with
developmental disabilities, including Autism Spectrum
Disorder.
Mr. Geary holds the Series 7 (General securities Representative), Series 63 (Uniform
Securities Agent State Law), Series 53 (Municipal securities
principal), Series 66 (Investment Advisor) and Series 24 (General
securities principal) licenses.
Mr. Pinkston also holds the Series 7, 63, 53 and 24 licenses. He also holds the Series 52
Registered Representative (MSRB) license, Series 65 General Financial Advisor license and Series 27
Financial and Operations principal license.
The Advisory Agreement
was initially approved by the Board on January 28th, 2009. The
Advisory Agreement continues in effect for two years from its effective date and may be continued
in effect annually thereafter if such continuance is approved by (i) the Board, or (ii) a majority
(as defined in the 1940 Act) of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund, provided that in
either case the continuance is also approved by a majority of the Disinterested Directors, by a
vote cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such continuance. The Advisory
Agreement is terminable without penalty by the Company with respect to the Fund on 60 days written
notice when authorized either by majority vote of its outstanding voting shares or by a vote of a
majority of its Board (including a majority of the Disinterested Directors), or by the Advisor or
Sub-Advisor (as applicable) on 60 days written notice, and will automatically terminate in the
event of its assignment. The Advisory Agreement provides that in the absence of willful
misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence on the part of the Advisor, or of reckless disregard by
it of its obligations thereunder, the Advisor shall not be liable for any action or failure to act
in accordance with its duties thereunder.
DISTRIBUTOR
Distributor
. ALPS Distributors, Inc, with principal offices at 1290 Broadway,
Suite 1100, Denver, Colorado 80203, serves as the distributor of Creation Units for the Fund on an
agency basis (the “Distributor”). The Distributor has entered into a Distribution Agreement with
the Company pursuant to which it distributes the shares of the Fund.
Fund shares are continuously
offered for sale by the Distributor only in Creation Units. Each Creation Unit is made up 50,000
Fund shares. The Distributor will not distribute Fund shares in amounts less than a Creation Unit.
Under
the Distribution Agreement, the Distributor, for an annual fee of $40,000, as agent
for the Fund, will solicit orders for the purchase of Fund shares, provided that any
subscriptions and orders will not be binding on the Fund until
accepted by the Fund. The Distributor
will deliver Prospectuses and, upon request, Statements of Additional Information to persons
purchasing Creation Units and will maintain records of orders placed with it. The Distributor is a
broker-dealer registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) and a
member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”).
The Distributor may also enter into agreements with securities dealers (“Soliciting
Dealers”) who will solicit purchases of Creation Units of Fund shares. Such Soliciting Dealers may
also be Authorized Participants (as discussed in “Procedures for Creation of Creation Units” below)
or DTC participants (as defined below).
The Distribution Agreement
was initially approved by the Board on
July 2, 2009. The
Distribution Agreement continues in effect for two years from its effective date and may be
continued in effect annually thereafter if such continuance is approved by (i) the Board, or (ii) a
majority (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the outstanding voting securities of the Company, provided
that in either case the continuance is also approved by a
majority of the Disinterested Directors, by a vote cast in person at a meeting called for the
purpose of voting on such continuance. The Distribution Agreement is terminable without penalty by
the Company on 60 days written notice when authorized either by majority vote of its outstanding
voting shares or by a vote of a majority of its Board
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(including a majority of the Disinterested
Directors), or by the Distributor on 60 days written notice, and will automatically terminate in
the event of its assignment. The Distribution Agreement provides that in the absence of willful
misfeasance, bad faith or negligence on the part of the Distributor, or reckless disregard by
it of its obligations thereunder, the Distributor shall not be liable for any action or failure to
act in accordance with its duties thereunder.
ADMINISTRATION, CUSTODIAN AND TRANSFER AGENT
The Bank of New York (BONY) serves as the Administration and Accounting Agent, Custodian and
Transfer Agent to the Company. The Bank of New York’s principal address is 101 Barclay Street, New
York, New York, 10007-2550.
Pursuant to the Custodian Agreement between BONY and the Company, the Company has agreed
to pay an annual custody fee of 0.0075% of each of its funds’ first $1 billion in total gross
adjusted assets and 0.005% on the excess over $1 billion, or the minimum annual fee of $3,600,
whichever is higher.
Pursuant to the Transfer Agency Agreement between BONY and the Company, the Company has
agreed to an annual transfer agency fee of $2,400.
Pursuant to the Fund Administration and Accounting Agreement between BONY and the Company, the
Company has agreed to pay an annual fund accounting fee of 0.002% on the first $1 billion of total
gross adjusted assets, 0.0015% on the next $1.5 billion and 0.001% on the excess over $2.5 billion,
or the minimum annual fee of $60,000, and an administration services fee of 0.003% on the first
$1 billion in total gross adjusted assets, 0.0025% or the next
$1.5 billion and 0.002% on the
excess over $2.5 billion, with a minimum of $66,000.
LEGAL COUNSEL
McAfee & Taft A Professional Corporation, Two Leadership Square, 10
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Floor,
211 North Robinson, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102, serves as legal counsel to the Company.
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
Grant Thornton LLP, 211 North Robinson, Suite 1200, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102,
serves as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. The independent registered
public accounting firm audits the Fund’s annual financial statements and provides other related
services.
PORTFOLIO MANAGERS
The Portfolio Managers,
Mr. Keith D. Geary and Mr. Gary Pinkston, are employees of the
Advisor. For information about the Advisor, Mr.
Geary and Mr. Pinkston, see “Investment Advisory
and Other Services.” Mr. Geary and Mr. Pinkston are primarily
responsible for the day-to-day
management of the Fund. Information regarding Mr. Pinkston’s and Mr.
Geary’s past occupations is included in a chart under “Officers
and Directors”.
The
portfolio account for which the Portfolio Managers are responsible seeks to track the rate
of return, risk profile and other characteristics of the Underlying Index by either replicating
the same combination of securities that compose the benchmark or through a representative sampling of the securities that
compose the benchmark based on objective criteria and
data. The Portfolio Managers are required to manage the portfolios or accounts to meet those
objectives.
Portfolio
Managers’ Compensation
The Advisor’s Portfolio Managers responsible for managing the Fund will not currently
receive
any compensation for their services as such. However, because one of
the Portfolio Managers, Mr. Keith D. Geary, is a beneficial owner
of the Advisor, he may be compensated indirectly through such
ownership interest.
Portfolio Manager Ownership of Fund Shares
Since
the Fund has not yet commenced operations, the Portfolio Managers do not beneficially
own any shares of the Fund.
Management of Other Portfolios
The Portfolio Managers for the Fund will also manage the portfolio of OOK, Inc., a
registered investment company that has not yet begun operating. Aside from their Investment
Advisory Agreement with OOK, Inc., they have no other Advisory or Sub-Advisory accounts.
The Company is not presently aware of any material conflicts of interest that may arise
in connection with the Portfolio Managers’ Management of the
Fund’s investment, on one
hand, and the investments of OOK, Inc., on the other, as such investments will be concentrated in different geographic areas.
VII. PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS DISCLOSURE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
The Company’s Board of Directors has adopted a policy regarding the disclosure of
information about the Funds’ security holdings. Each Fund’s entire portfolio holdings are publicly
disseminated each day the Fund is open for
business through financial reporting and news services including publicly available internet web
sites. In addition, the composition of the In-Kind Creation Basket and the In-Kind Redemption
Basket, is publicly disseminated daily prior to the opening of the NYSE Arca via the NSCC.
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VIII. PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS
The
policy of the Company regarding purchases and sales of securities for
the Fund is that
primary consideration will be given to obtaining “best execution” of transactions at commission
rates that are reasonable in relation to the value of brokerage services obtained. Consistent with
this policy, when securities transactions are effected on a stock
exchange, the Company’s policy is to
pay commissions which are considered fair and reasonable without necessarily determining that the
lowest possible commissions are paid in all circumstances. In seeking to determine the
reasonableness of brokerage commissions paid in any transaction, the Advisor will rely upon its
experience and knowledge regarding commissions generally charged by various brokers and on its
judgment in evaluating the brokerage services received from the broker effecting the transaction.
Such determinations are necessarily subjective and imprecise, as in most cases an exact dollar
value for those services is not ascertainable.
The Advisor owes a fiduciary duty to its clients to obtain best execution on trades
effected. “Best execution” does not necessarily mean that only brokers offering the lowest
available commission rate will be selected to execute transactions. In determining “best
execution,” the full range of brokerage services applicable to a particular transaction may be
considered, which may include, but is not limited to: liquidity, price, commission, timing,
aggregated trades, capable floor brokers or traders, competent block trading coverage, ability to
position, capital strength and stability, reliable and accurate communications and settlement
processing, use of automation, knowledge of other buyers or sellers, arbitrage skills,
administrative ability, underwriting and provision of information on a particular security or
market in which the transaction is to occur. The specific criteria will vary depending upon the
nature of the transaction, the market in which it is executed, and the extent to which it is
possible to select from among multiple broker/dealers. The Advisor will also use the Electronic
Communications Network when appropriate.
The Advisor does not presently participate in any soft dollar arrangements. It may,
however, aggregate trades with clients of a Sub-Advisor, if the advisor should choose to use one, whose commission dollars are used to
generate soft dollar credits. Although the Fund’s commissions are not used for soft dollars, the
Fund may benefit from the soft dollar products/services received by the Sub-Advisor.
The Advisor
assumes general supervision over placing orders on behalf of the Fund for the
purchase or sale of portfolio securities. If purchases or sales of portfolio securities of the Fund
and one or more other clients of the Advisor are considered at or about the same time, transactions
in such securities are allocated among the several clients in a manner deemed equitable and
consistent with its fiduciary obligations to all by the Advisor. In some cases, this procedure
could have a detrimental effect on the price or volume of the security so far as the Fund is
concerned. However, in other cases, it is possible that the ability to participate in volume
transactions and to negotiate lower brokerage commissions will be beneficial to the Fund.
Portfolio turnover may vary from year to year, as well as within a year. High turnover
rates are likely to result in comparatively greater brokerage expenses.
However, because the Fund is an index fund, turnover will normally be
less than for an actively managed fund. The overall
reasonableness of brokerage commissions is evaluated by the Advisor based upon its knowledge of
available information as to the general level of commission paid by other institutional investors
for comparable services.
IX. INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUND SHARES
GENERAL INFORMATION
The Company is organized as a corporation under Maryland law. The authorized capital
stock of the Company consists of 1,000,000 shares of stock having a par value of ($.001) per share.
The Company’s Board of Directors is authorized to divide the shares into separate series of stock,
one for each fund that may be created. Each fund will have a separate portfolio. The Company currently consists of one (1) series representing one underlying fund portfolio, TXF Large Companies ETF (the
“Fund” or the “Initial Fund”). The
Fund has been established by the Board of Directors as a separate series of securities under the Charter of the Company. Each
series represents a separate pool of assets and will have different objectives and
investment policies. Except as noted below, shares of each series, when issued, will have equal dividend,
distribution and liquidation rights within the series, and each fractional
share will have rights in proportion to the percentage it represents as a
whole share. Generally, all Company shares will vote in the aggregate as a single class, except if voting by class or series is required by
law or the matter involved affects only one class or series, in which case shares will be voted separately by class or series.
Shares of all series have identical voting rights, except where, by law, certain matters must be
approved by a majority of the shares of the affected series. There are no conversion or preemptive
rights in connection with shares of the Company.
Fund
shares will only be issued in large lots of 50,000 shares called Creation Units in
exchange for an In-Kind Creation Basket plus a Cash Component. See
“Purchase and Issuance of Fund
shares in Creation Units” for a description regarding the Fund’s issuance of Creation Units. All
Fund shares when issued for the In-Kind Creation
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Basket and Cash Component will be fully paid and
non-assessable. Fund shares are redeemable only in Creation Units. More detailed descriptions of the
Company’s redemption policies can be found in the Prospectus and under the heading (“Procedures for
Redemption of Creation Units”) below.
Company shares do not have cumulative voting rights, which means that the holders of more
than 50% of the shares outstanding voting for the election of Directors can elect 100% of the
Directors if the holders choose to do so, and, in that event, the holders of the remaining shares
will not be able to elect any person or persons to the Board. The Company’s Bylaws provide that the
presence in person or by proxy of stockholders entitled to cast a majority of all votes entitled to
be cast at a meeting shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings.
As a general matter, the Company will not hold annual or other meetings of the Company’s
shareholders. This is because the Bylaws of the Company provide for annual meetings only as
required by the 1940 Act. Annual and other meetings may be required with respect to such additional
matters relating to the Company as may be required by the 1940 Act, any
registration of Company shares
with the SEC or any state, or as the Directors may consider necessary or desirable. Each Director
serves until the next meeting of shareholders called for the purpose of considering the re-election
of such Director or the election of a successor to such Director.
There
are no restrictions on the right of shareholders to retain or dispose
of the Fund’s
shares, other than the possible future termination of the Fund. The Company or a series may be
terminated by reorganization into another mutual fund or series or by liquidation and distribution
of the assets of the Company or series. Unless terminated by reorganization or liquidation, the Fund
will continue indefinitely.
EXCHANGE LISTING AND TRADING
The
Fund’s shares will be listed on the NYSE Arca, subject to notice of issuance, and
will trade on the NYSE Arca at market prices that may differ from the Fund’s NAV. The only
relationship that the NYSE Arca has with the Advisor, the Distributor or the Company in connection
with the Fund is that the NYSE Arca lists the Fund’s shares pursuant to its listing agreement with
the Company. The Fund’s shares will trade on the NYSE Arca at the market price for the shares,
which may be higher or lower than the NAV for the shares.
There can be no assurance that, in the
future, the Fund’s shares will continue to meet
all of the NYSE Arca’s listing requirements. The NYSE Arca may,
but is not required to, delist the
Fund’s shares if: (1) following the initial 12-month period beginning upon the commencement of
trading, there are fewer than 50 beneficial owners of the Fund’s shares for 30 or more consecutive
trading days; (2) the value of the Underlying Index related to the Fund is no longer calculated or
available; or (3) such other event shall occur or condition exist that, in the opinion of the NYSE
Arca, makes further dealings on the NYSE Arca inadvisable.
As with any stock traded on an
exchange, purchases and sales of Fund shares will be
subject to usual and customary brokerage commissions. The Company reserves the right to adjust the
price levels of the Fund’s shares (but not their value) in the future to help maintain convenient
trading ranges for investors. Any adjustments would be accomplished through stock splits or reverse
stock splits, and would have no effect on the net assets of the Fund.
BOOK ENTRY ONLY SYSTEM
DTC acts as securities depositary for the Fund’s shares. Fund shares are
registered in the name of the DTC or its nominee, Cede & Co., and deposited with, or on behalf of,
DTC. Except in limited circumstances set forth below, certificates
will not be issued for Fund
shares. DTC is a limited-purpose trust company that was created to hold securities of its
participants (the “DTC Participants”) and to facilitate the clearance and settlement of securities
transactions among the DTC Participants in such securities through electronic book-entry changes in
accounts of the DTC Participants, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of securities
certificates. DTC Participants include securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies,
clearing corporations and certain other organizations, some of whom (and/or their representatives)
own DTC. More specifically, DTC is owned by a number of its DTC Participants and by the NYSE and
FINRA. Access to the DTC system is also available to others such as banks, brokers, dealers, and
trust companies that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a DTC Participant,
either directly or indirectly (the “Indirect Participants”).
Beneficial ownership of Fund shares is limited to DTC Participants, Indirect
Participants, and persons holding interests through DTC Participants and Indirect Participants.
Ownership of beneficial interests in Fund shares (owners of such beneficial interests are referred
to herein as “Beneficial Owners”) is shown on, and the transfer of ownership is effected only
through, records maintained by DTC (with respect to DTC Participants) and on the records of DTC
Participants (with respect to Indirect Participants and Beneficial Owners that are not DTC
Participants). Beneficial Owners will receive from or through the DTC Participant a written
confirmation relating to their purchase of Fund shares.
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The Company recognizes DTC or its nominee as the record owner of all Fund shares
for all purposes. Beneficial Owners of the Fund shares are not entitled to have Fund
shares registered in their names, and will not receive or be entitled to physical
delivery of share certificates. Each Beneficial Owner must rely on the procedures of DTC and any
DTC Participant and/or Indirect Participant through which such Beneficial Owner holds its
interests, to exercise any rights of a holder of Fund shares.
Conveyance of all notices, statements, and other communications to Beneficial Owners is
effected as follows. DTC will make available to the Company upon request and for a fee a listing of
Fund shares held by each DTC Participant. The Company shall obtain from each such DTC
Participant the number of Beneficial Owners holding Fund shares, directly or indirectly, through
such DTC Participant. The Company shall provide each such DTC Participant with copies of such
notice, statement, or other communication, in such form, number and at such place as such DTC
Participant may reasonably request, in order that such notice, statement or communication may be
transmitted by such DTC Participant, directly or indirectly, to such Beneficial Owners. In
addition, the Company shall pay to each such DTC Participant a fair and reasonable amount as
reimbursement for the expenses attendant to such transmittal, all subject to applicable statutory
and regulatory requirements.
Share distributions shall be made to DTC or its nominee as the registered holder of all
Fund shares. DTC or its nominee, upon receipt of any such distributions, shall credit immediately
DTC Participants’ accounts with payments in amounts proportionate to their respective beneficial
interests in the Fund as shown on the records of DTC or its nominee. Payments by DTC Participants to
Indirect Participants and Beneficial Owners of Fund shares held through such DTC
Participants will be governed by standing instructions and customary practices, as is now the case
with securities held for the accounts of customers in bearer form or registered in a “street name,”
and will be the responsibility of such DTC Participants.
The Company has no responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to
or notices to Beneficial Owners, or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests in
such Fund shares, or for maintaining, supervising, or reviewing any records relating to such
beneficial ownership interests, or for any other aspect of the relationship between DTC and the DTC
Participants or the relationship between such DTC Participants and the Indirect Participants and
Beneficial Owners owning through such DTC Participants.
DTC may determine to discontinue providing its service with respect to the Fund at any time
by giving reasonable notice to the Fund and discharging its responsibilities with respect thereto
under applicable law. Under such circumstances, the Fund shall take action either to find a
replacement for DTC to perform its functions at a comparable cost or, if such replacement is
unavailable, to issue and deliver printed certificates representing ownership of Fund shares,
unless the Company makes other arrangements with respect thereto satisfactory to the NYSE Arca (or
such other exchange on which Fund shares may be listed).
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PURCHASE AND ISSUANCE OF FUND SHARES IN CREATION UNITS
The Fund issues and sells Fund shares only in Creation Units on a continuous basis
through the Distributor, without a sales load, at their NAV next determined after receipt, on any
Business Day, of an order in proper form. The NAV of the Fund’s shares is calculated each business
day as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE Arca, generally 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time. The
Fund will not issue fractional Creation Units. A Business Day is any day on which the NYSE Arca is
open for business
FUND DEPOSIT
The consideration for purchase of a Creation Unit from the Fund generally consists of the
in-kind deposit of a designated portfolio of equity securities (the “In-Kind Creation Basket”) per
each Creation Unit constituting a substantial replication of the stocks included in the Fund’s
Underlying Index and an amount of cash (the “Cash Component”) consisting of a Balancing Amount
(described below) and a Transaction Fee (also described below). Together, the In-Kind Creation
Basket and the Cash Component constitute the Fund Deposit.
The Balancing Amount is an amount equal to the difference between the NAV of a Creation
Unit and the market value of the In-Kind Creation Basket. It ensures
that the NAV of the Fund Deposit
(not including the Transaction Fee) is identical to the NAV of the Creation Unit it is used to
purchase. If the Balancing Amount is a positive number (
i.e.
, the NAV per Creation Unit exceeds the
market value of the In-Kind Creation Basket), then that amount will be paid by the purchaser to the
Fund in cash. If the Balancing Amount is a negative number (
i.e.
, the NAV per Creation Unit is less
than the market value of the In-Kind Creation Basket), then that amount will be paid by the Fund to
the purchaser in cash (except as offset by the Transaction Fee, described below).
The Fund, through the NSCC, makes available on each Business Day, immediately prior to
the opening of business on the NYSE Arca (currently 9:30 a.m., Eastern time), a list of the names
and the required number of shares of each security to be included in the current In-Kind Creation
Basket portion of the Fund Deposit (based on information at the end of the previous Business Day).
The Fund Deposit is applicable, subject to any adjustments as described below, in order to effect
purchases of Creation Units of the Fund until such time as the next-announced Fund Deposit
composition is made available. The Fund reserves the right to accept a nonconforming Fund Deposit.
The identity and number of shares of the securities included in the In-Kind Creation
Basket may change to reflect rebalancing adjustments and corporate actions by the Fund, or in
response to adjustments to the weighting or composition of the component stocks of its Underlying
Index. In addition, the Fund reserves the right to permit or require the substitution of an amount
of cash—
i.e.
, a “cash in lieu” amount—to be added to the Cash Component to replace any security
included in the In-Kind Creation Basket that may not be available in sufficient quantity for
delivery, may not be eligible for transfer through the Clearing Process (discussed below), or may
not be eligible for trading by a Authorized Participant (as defined below) or the investor for
which a Authorized Participant is acting. Brokerage commissions incurred in connection with
acquisition of securities included in the In-Kind Creation Basket not eligible for transfer through
the systems of DTC and hence not eligible for transfer through the Clearing Process will be an
expense of the Fund. However, the Advisor, subject to the approval of the Board of Directors, may
adjust the Transaction Fee (described below) to protect existing shareholders from this expense.
In addition to the list of names and numbers of securities constituting the current
securities included in the In-Kind Creation Basket, the Fund, through the NSCC, also makes
available on each Business Day the estimated Cash Component, effective through and including the
previous Business Day, per outstanding Creation Unit of the Fund. All questions as to the number of
shares of each security in the In-Kind Creation Basket and the validity, form, eligibility, and
acceptance for deposit of any securities to be delivered shall be determined by the Company, and
the Company’s determination shall be final and binding.
PROCEDURES FOR PURCHASE OF CREATION UNITS
To be eligible to place orders with the Distributor and to purchase Creation Units from the
Fund, you must be (i) a Authorized Participant,
i.e.
, a broker dealer or other participant in the
clearing process through the Continuous Net Settlement System of the NSCC (the “Clearing Process”),
a clearing agency that is registered with the SEC, or (ii) a DTC Participant, and in each case,
must have executed an agreement with the Distributor governing the purchase and redemption of
Creation Units (the “Participant Agreement”). Authorized Participants and DTC Participants are
collectively referred to as “Authorized Participants.” Investors should contact the Distributor for
the names of Authorized Participants that have signed a Participation
Agreement. All Fund shares,
however created, will be entered on the records of DTC in the name of Cede & Co. for the account of
a DTC Participant.
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All orders to create Creation Units must be received by the Distributor no later than the
closing time of the regular trading session on the NYSE Arca (“Closing Time”) (ordinarily 4:00
p.m., Eastern time) in each case on the date such order is placed in order for creation of Creation
Units to be effected based on the NAV of shares of the Fund as next determined on such date after
receipt of the order in proper form. In the case of custom orders, the order must be received by
the Distributor no later than 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the trade date. A custom order may be
placed by an Authorized Participant in the event that the Fund permits the substitution
of an amount of cash to be added to the Cash Component to replace any securities included in the
In-Kind Creation Basket which may not be available in sufficient quantity for delivery or which may
not be eligible for trading by such Authorized Participant or the investor for which it is acting
or other relevant reason. The date on which an order to create Creation Units (or an order to
redeem Creation Units, as discussed below) is placed is referred to as the “Transmittal Date.”
Orders must be transmitted by an Authorized Participant by telephone or other transmission method
acceptable to the Distributor pursuant to procedures set forth in the Participant Agreement, as
described below (see the Placement of Creation Orders Using Clearing Process and the Placement of
Creation Orders Outside Clearing Process sections). Severe economic or market disruptions or
changes, or telephone or other communication failure may impede the ability to reach the
Distributor or an Authorized Participant.
All orders from investors who are not Authorized Participants to create Creation Units
shall be placed with an Authorized Participant, as applicable, in the form required by such
Authorized Participant. In addition, the Authorized Participant may request the investor to make
certain representations or enter into agreements with respect to the order,
e.g.
, to provide for
payments of cash, when required. Investors should be aware that their particular broker may not
have executed a Participant Agreement and that, therefore, orders to create Creation Units of the
Fund have to be placed by the investor’s broker through an Authorized Participant that has executed
a Participant Agreement. In such cases there may be additional charges to such investor. At any
given time, there may be only a limited number of broker-dealers that have executed a Participant
Agreement. Those placing orders for Creation Units through the Clearing Process should afford
sufficient time to permit proper submission of the order to the Distributor prior to the Closing
Time on the Transmittal Date. Orders for Creation Units that are effected outside the Clearing
Process are likely to require transmittal by the DTC Participant earlier on the Transmittal Date
than orders effected using the Clearing Process. Those persons placing orders outside the Clearing
Process should ascertain the deadlines applicable to DTC and the Federal Reserve Bank wire system
by contacting the operations department of the broker or depository institution effectuating such
transfer of the In-Kind Creation Basket and Cash Component.
Placement of Creation Orders Using Clearing Process
. The Clearing Process is the
process of creating or redeeming Creation Units through the Continuous Net Settlement System of the
NSCC. Fund Deposits made through the Clearing Process must be delivered through an Authorized
Participant that has executed a Participant Agreement. The Participant Agreement authorizes the
Distributor to transmit through the Custodian to NSCC, on behalf of the Authorized Participant,
such trade instructions as are necessary to effect the Authorized Participant’s creation order.
Pursuant to such trade instructions to NSCC, the Authorized Participant agrees to deliver the
requisite In-Kind Creation Basket and the Cash Component to the Fund, together with such additional
information as may be required by the Distributor. An order to create Creation Units through the
Clearing Process is deemed received by the Distributor on the Transmittal Date if (i) such order is
received by the Distributor not later than the Closing Time on such Transmittal Date, and (ii) all
other procedures set forth in the Participant Agreement are properly followed.
Placement of Creation Orders Outside Clearing Process
. Fund Deposits made outside
the Clearing Process must be delivered through a DTC Participant that has executed a Participant
Agreement with the Distributor. A DTC Participant who wishes to place an order creating Creation
Units to be effected outside the Clearing Process must state in such order that the DTC Participant
is not using the Clearing Process and that the creation of Creation Units will instead be effected
through a transfer of securities and cash directly through DTC. The Fund Deposit transfer must be
ordered by the DTC Participant on the Transmittal Date in a timely fashion so as to ensure the
delivery of the requisite number of securities included in the In-Kind Creation Basket through DTC
to the account of the Fund by no later than 11:00 a.m., Eastern time, of the next Business Day
immediately following the Transmittal Date.
All questions as to the number of securities included in the In-Kind Creation Basket to
be delivered, and the validity, form and eligibility (including time of receipt) for the deposit of
any tendered securities, will be determined by the Fund, whose determination shall be final and
binding. The amount of cash equal to the Cash Component must be transferred directly to the
Custodian through the Federal Reserve Bank wire transfer system in a timely manner so as to be
received by the Custodian no later than 2:00 p.m., Eastern time, on the next Business Day
immediately following such Transmittal Date. An order to create Creation Units outside the Clearing
Process is deemed received by the Distributor on the Transmittal Date if (i) such order is received
by the Distributor not later than the Closing Time on such Transmittal Date; and (ii) all other
procedures set forth in the Participant Agreement are properly followed. However, if the Custodian
does not receive both the required securities included in the In-Kind Creation
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Basket and the Cash Component by 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., respectively, on the next Business Day
immediately following the Transmittal Date, such order will be canceled. Upon written notice to the
Distributor, such canceled order may be resubmitted the following Business Day using the Fund
Deposit as newly constituted to reflect the then current In-Kind Creation Basket and Cash
Component. The delivery of Creation Units so created will occur no later than the third (3rd)
Business Day following the day on which the purchase order is deemed received by the Distributor.
Additional transaction fees may be imposed with respect to transactions effected outside
the Clearing Process (through a DTC participant) and in the limited circumstances in which any cash
can be used in lieu of In-Kind Creation Basket to create Creation Units. (See Creation Transaction
Fee section below).
Creation Units may be created in advance of receipt by the Fund of all or a portion of the
applicable securities included in the In-Kind Creation Basket as described below. In these
circumstances, the initial deposit will have a value greater than the NAV of the Fund’s shares on
the date the order is placed in proper form since, in addition to available securities included in
the In-Kind Creation Basket, cash must be deposited in an amount equal to the sum of (i) the Cash
Component, plus (ii) 105% of the market value of the undelivered securities included in the In-Kind
Creation Basket (the “Additional Cash Deposit”). The order shall be deemed to be received on the
Business Day on which the order is placed provided that the order is placed in proper form prior to
4:00 p.m., Eastern time, on such date, and federal funds in the appropriate amount are deposited
with the Custodian by 11:00 a.m., Eastern time, the following Business Day. If the order is not
placed in proper form by 4:00 p.m. or federal funds in the appropriate amount are not received by
11:00 a.m. the next Business Day, then the order may be deemed to be canceled and the Authorized
Participant shall be liable to the Fund for losses, if any, resulting therefrom. An additional
amount of cash shall be required to be deposited with the Fund, pending delivery of the missing
securities included in the In-Kind Creation Basket to the extent necessary to maintain the
Additional Cash Deposit with the Fund in an amount at least equal to 115% of the daily marked to
market value of the missing securities included in the In-Kind Creation Basket. To the extent that
missing securities included in the In-Kind Creation Basket are not received by 1:00 p.m., Eastern
time, on the third Business Day following the day on which the purchase order is deemed received by
the Distributor or in the event a marked-to-market payment is not made within one Business Day
following notification by the Distributor that such a payment is required, the Fund may use the
cash on deposit to purchase the missing securities included in the In-Kind Creation Basket.
Authorized Participants will be liable to the Fund for the costs incurred by the Fund in
connection with any such purchases. These costs will be deemed to include the amount by which the
actual purchase price of the securities included in the In-Kind Creation Basket exceeds the market
value of such securities included in the In-Kind Creation Basket on the day the purchase order was
deemed received by the Distributor plus the brokerage and related transaction costs associated with
such purchases. The Fund will return any unused portion of the Additional Cash Deposit once all of
the missing securities included in the In-Kind Creation Basket have been properly received by the
Custodian or purchased by the Fund and deposited into the Fund. In addition, a transaction fee, as
listed below, will be charged in all cases. The delivery of Creation Units so created will occur no
later than the third Business Day following the day on which the purchase order is deemed received
by the Distributor.
Acceptance of Orders for Creation Units
. The Fund reserves the absolute right to
reject a creation order transmitted to it by the Distributor in respect of the Fund if: (i) the
order is not in proper form; (ii) the investor(s), upon obtaining the Fund shares ordered, would
own 80% or more of the currently outstanding shares of the Fund; (iii) the securities included in
the In-Kind Creation Basket delivered are not as disseminated for that date by the Custodian, as
described above; (iv) acceptance of the In-Kind Creation Basket would have certain adverse tax
consequences to the Fund; (v) acceptance of the Fund Deposit would, in the opinion of counsel, be
unlawful; (vi) acceptance of the Fund Deposit would otherwise, in the discretion of the Fund or the
Advisor, have an adverse effect on the Fund or the rights of beneficial owners; or (vii) in the
event that circumstances outside the control of the Fund, the Custodian, the Distributor and the
Advisor make it, for all practical purposes, impossible to process creation orders. Examples of
such circumstances include acts of God; public service or utility problems such as fires, floods,
extreme weather conditions and power outages resulting in telephone, telecopy and computer
failures; market conditions or activities causing trading halts; systems failures involving
computer or other information systems affecting the Fund, the Advisor, the Distributor, DTC, NSCC,
the Custodian or any other participant in the creation process, and similar extraordinary events.
The Distributor shall notify a prospective creator of a Creation Unit and/or the Authorized
Participant acting on behalf of such prospective creator of its rejection of the order of such
person. The Company, the Custodian, and the Distributor are under no duty, however, to give
notification of any defects or irregularities in the delivery of Fund Deposits nor shall any of
them incur any liability for the failure to give any such notification.
All questions as to the number of shares of each security in the In-Kind Creation Basket
and the validity, form, eligibility, and acceptance for deposit of any securities to be delivered
shall be determined by the Company, and the Company’s determination shall be final and binding.
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Creation
Transaction Fee
. To compensate the Company for transfer and other
transaction costs involved in creation transactions through the Clearing Process, investors will be
required to pay a fixed creation transaction fee, described below,
payable to the Company regardless of the number of creations made each day. An additional charge of up to five (5) times
the fixed transaction fee may be imposed for (i) creations effected outside the Clearing Process;
and (ii) cash creations (to offset the Fund’s brokerage and other transaction costs associated with
using cash to purchase the requisite securities included in the In-Kind Creation Basket). Investors
are responsible for the costs of transferring the securities constituting the In-Kind Creation
Basket to the account of the Fund.
The Standard Creation/Redemption Transaction Fee for the Fund will be $500. The Maximum
Creation/Redemption Transaction Fee for the Fund will be $3,000.
PROCEDURES FOR REDEMPTION OF CREATION UNITS
Redemption
of Fund Shares in Creation Units
. Fund shares may be redeemed only
in Creation Units at their NAV next determined after receipt of a redemption request in proper form
by the Fund through the Transfer Agent and only on a Business Day. The Fund will not redeem shares in
amounts less than Creation Units. Beneficial owners must accumulate enough shares in the secondary
market to constitute a Creation Unit in order to have such shares redeemed by the Fund. There can be
no assurance, however, that there will be sufficient liquidity in the public trading market at any
time to permit assembly of a Creation Unit. Investors should expect to incur brokerage and other
costs in connection with assembling a sufficient number of the Fund’s shares to constitute a
redeemable Creation Unit.
With respect to the Fund, the Custodian, through the NSCC, makes available prior to the
opening of business on the NYSE Arca (currently 9:30 a.m., Eastern time) on each Business Day, the
identity of the securities included in the In-Kind Redemption Basket that will be applicable
(subject to possible amendment or correction) to redemption requests received in proper form on
that day. The In-Kind Redemption Basket may not be identical to the In-Kind Creation Basket on that
day.
Unless cash redemptions are available or specified for the Fund, the redemption proceeds
for a Creation Unit generally consist of the In-Kind Redemption Basket, as announced on the
Business Day of the request for redemption received in proper form, plus or minus cash in an amount
equal to the difference between the NAV of the Fund shares being redeemed, as next determined after
a receipt of a request in proper form, and the value of the In-Kind Redemption Basket (the “Cash
Redemption Amount”), less a redemption transaction fee as listed below. In the event that the
In-Kind Redemption Basket has a value greater than the NAV of the Fund shares, a compensating cash
payment equal to the difference is required to be made by or through an Authorized Participant by
the redeeming shareholder.
The right of redemption may be suspended or the date of payment postponed (i) for any
period during which the NYSE Arca is closed (other than customary weekend and holiday closings);
(ii) for any period during which trading on the NYSE Arca is suspended or restricted; (iii) for any
period during which an emergency exists as a result of which disposal of the shares of the Fund or
determination of the Fund’s NAV is not reasonably practicable; or (iv) in such other circumstances
as is permitted by the SEC.
Redemption Transaction Fee
. A redemption transaction fee is imposed to offset
transfer and other transaction costs that may be incurred by the Fund. An additional variable charge
for cash redemptions (when cash redemptions are available or specified) for the Fund may be imposed.
Investors will also bear the costs of transferring the securities included in the In-Kind
Redemption Basket from the Fund to their account or on their order. Investors who use the services of
a broker or other such intermediary in addition to an Authorized Participant to effect a redemption
of a Creation Unit may be charged an additional fee for such services. The redemption transaction
fees for the Fund is the same as the creation transaction fees set forth above.
Placement of Redemption Orders Using Clearing Process
. Orders to redeem Creation
Units through the Clearing Process must be delivered through an Authorized Participant that has
executed the Participant Agreement. An order to redeem Creation Units using the Clearing Process is
deemed received by the Fund on the Transmittal Date if (i) such order is received by the Transfer
Agent not later than 4:00 p.m., Eastern time, on such Transmittal Date, and (ii) all other
procedures set forth in the Participant Agreement are properly followed; such order will be
effected based on the NAV of the Fund as next determined. An order to redeem Creation Units using
the Clearing Process made in proper form but received by the Fund after 4:00 p.m., Eastern time,
will be deemed received on the next Business Day immediately following the Transmittal Date and
will be effected at the NAV next determined on such next Business Day. The requisite In-Kind
Redemption Basket and the Cash Redemption Amount, if any, will be transferred by the third Business
Day following the date on which such request for redemption is deemed received.
Placement of Redemption Orders Outside Clearing Process
. Orders to redeem
Creation Units outside the Clearing Process must be delivered through a DTC Participant that has
executed the Participant Agreement. A DTC Participant who wishes to place an order for redemption
of Creation Units to be effected outside the Clearing
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Process must state in such order that the DTC Participant is not using the Clearing Process and
that redemption of Creation Units will instead be effected through transfer of Fund shares directly
through DTC. An order to redeem Creation Units outside the Clearing Process is deemed received by
the Fund on the Transmittal Date if (i) such order is received by the Transfer Agent not later than
4:00 p.m., Eastern time on such Transmittal Date; (ii) such order is accompanied or followed by the
requisite number of shares of the Fund, which delivery must be made through DTC to the Custodian no
later than 11:00 a.m., Eastern time (for the Fund Shares) on the next Business Day immediately
following such Transmittal Date (the “DTC Cut-Off-Time”) and 2:00 p.m., Eastern Time for the Cash
Component, if any, owed to the Fund; and (iii) all other procedures set forth in the Participant
Agreement are properly followed. After the Fund has deemed an order for redemption outside the
Clearing Process received, the Fund will initiate procedures to transfer the requisite securities
comprising the In-Kind Redemption Basket which are expected to be delivered within three Business
Days and the Cash Redemption Amount, if any, owed to the redeeming Beneficial Owner to the
Authorized Participant on behalf of the redeeming Beneficial Owner by the third Business Day
following the Transmittal Date on which such redemption order is deemed received by the Fund.
The calculation of the value of the In-Kind Redemption Basket and the Cash Redemption
Amount to be delivered/received upon redemption will be made by the Custodian on the Business Day
on which a redemption order is deemed received by the Fund. Therefore, if a redemption order in
proper form is submitted to the Transfer Agent by a DTC Participant not later than Closing Time on
the Transmittal Date, and the requisite number of shares of the Fund is delivered to the Custodian
prior to the DTC Cut-Off-Time, then the value of the In-Kind Redemption Basket and the Cash
Redemption Amount to be delivered/received will be determined by the Custodian on such Transmittal
Date. If, however, either (i) the requisite number of shares of the Fund is not delivered by the
DTC Cut-Off-Time, as described above, or (ii) the redemption order is not submitted in proper form,
then the redemption order will not be deemed received as of the Transmittal Date. In such case, the
value of the In-Kind Redemption Basket and the Cash Redemption Amount to be delivered/received will
be computed on the Business Day following the Transmittal Date provided that the Fund shares are
delivered through DTC to the Custodian by 11:00 a.m. the following Business Day pursuant to a
properly submitted redemption order.
If it is not possible to effect deliveries of the securities comprising the In-Kind
Redemption Basket, the Fund may in its discretion exercise its option
to redeem the Fund’s shares
in cash, and the redeeming Beneficial Owner will be required to receive its redemption proceeds in
cash. In addition, an investor may request a redemption in cash that the Fund may, in its sole
discretion, permit. In either case, the investor will receive a cash payment equal to the NAV of
its Fund’s shares based on the NAV of the Fund’s shares next determined after the redemption
request is received in proper form (minus a redemption transaction fee and additional charge for
requested cash redemptions specified above, to offset the Fund’s brokerage and other transaction
costs associated with the disposition of securities comprising the In-Kind Redemption Basket). The
Fund may also, in its sole discretion, upon request of a shareholder, provide such redeemer a
portfolio of securities that differs from the exact composition of the securities comprising the
In-Kind Redemption Basket, or cash in lieu of some securities added to the Cash Component, but in
no event will the total value of the securities delivered and the cash transmitted differ from the
NAV. Redemptions of the Fund’s shares comprising the In-Kind Redemption Basket will be subject to
compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws and the Fund (whether or not it
otherwise permits cash redemptions) reserves the right to redeem Creation Units for cash to the
extent that the Fund could not lawfully deliver the specific securities comprising the In-Kind
Redemption Basket upon redemption or could not do so without first registering the securities
comprising the In-Kind Redemption Basket under such laws. An Authorized Participant or an investor
for which it is acting subject to a legal restriction with respect to a particular stock included
in the securities comprising the In-Kind Redemption Basket applicable to the redemption of a
Creation Unit may be paid an equivalent amount of cash. The Authorized Participant may request the
redeeming Beneficial Owner of Fund shares to complete an order form or to enter into agreements
with respect to such matters as compensating cash payment, beneficial ownership of shares or
delivery instructions.
X. DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS
General Policies
. Dividends from net investment income, if any, are declared and
paid quarterly by the Fund. Distributions of net realized securities gains, if any, generally are
declared and paid once a year, but the Fund may make distributions on a more frequent basis for the
Fund to improve index tracking or to comply with the distribution requirements of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), in all events in a manner consistent with the
provisions of the 1940 Act.
Dividends and other distributions on shares are distributed, as described below, on a pro
rata basis to Beneficial Owners of such shares. Dividend payments are made through DTC Participants
and Indirect Participants to Beneficial Owners then of record with proceeds received from the
Fund.
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The
Company makes additional distributions to the extent necessary (i) to distribute the
entire annual taxable income of the Fund, plus any net capital gains and (ii) to avoid imposition
of the excise tax imposed by Section 4982 of the Code.
Management of the Company reserves the right
to declare special dividends if, in its reasonable discretion, such action is necessary or
advisable to preserve the status of the Fund as a regulated investment company (“RIC”) or to avoid
imposition of income or excise taxes on undistributed income.
Dividend Reinvestment Service
. The Fund will not make the DTC book-entry
dividend reinvestment service available for use by Beneficial Owners for reinvestment of their cash
proceeds, but certain individual broker-dealers may make available the DTC book-entry Dividend
Reinvestment Service for use by Beneficial Owners of the Fund through DTC Participants for
reinvestment of their dividend distributions. Investors should contact their brokers to ascertain
the availability and description of these services. Beneficial Owners should be aware that each
broker may require investors to adhere to specific procedures and timetables in order to
participate in the dividend reinvestment service and investors should ascertain from their brokers
such necessary details. If this service is available and used, dividend distributions of both
income and realized gains will be automatically reinvested in additional whole shares issued by the
Fund based on a payable date NAV.
XI. TAXATION
The following supplements the tax information contained in the Prospectus.
For federal income tax purposes, the Fund is treated as a separate corporate entity and
has elected and intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M
of the Code. Such qualification generally relieves the Fund of liability for federal income taxes to
the extent its earnings are distributed in accordance with applicable requirements. If, for any
reason, the Fund does not qualify for a taxable year for the special federal tax treatment afforded
regulated investment companies, the Fund would be subject to federal tax on all of its taxable
income at regular corporate rates, without any deduction for dividends to shareholders. In such
event, dividend distributions would be taxable as ordinary income to shareholders to the extent of
the Fund’s current and accumulated earnings and profits and would be eligible for the dividends
received deduction available in some circumstances to corporate shareholders. Moreover, if the Fund
were to fail to make sufficient distributions in a year, the Fund would be subject to corporate
income taxes and/or excise taxes in respect of the shortfall or, if the shortfall is large enough,
the Fund could be disqualified as a regulated investment company.
A 4% non-deductible excise tax is imposed on regulated investment companies that fail to
currently distribute an amount equal to specified percentages of their ordinary taxable income and
capital gain net income (excess of capital gains over capital losses), if any. The Fund intends to
make sufficient distributions or deemed distributions of their ordinary taxable income and any
capital gain net income prior to the end of each calendar year to avoid liability for this excise
tax.
Dividends declared in October, November or December of any year payable to shareholders
of record on a specified date in such months will be deemed to have been received by shareholders
and paid by the Fund on December 31 of such year if such dividends are actually paid during
January of the following year.
The Fund will be required in certain cases to withhold “backup withholding” on taxable
dividends or gross proceeds realized upon sale paid to shareholders who have failed to provide a
correct tax identification number in the manner required, who are subject to withholding by the
Internal Revenue Service for failure properly to include on their return payments of taxable
interest or dividends, or who have failed to certify to the Fund when required to do so either
that they are not subject to backup withholding or that they are “exempt recipients.” Backup
withholding is not an additional tax and any amounts withheld may be credited against a
shareholder’s ultimate federal income tax liability if proper documentation is provided.
The foregoing discussion is based on federal tax laws and regulations which are in effect
on the date of this Statement of Additional Information. Such laws and regulations may be changed
by legislative or administrative action. Shareholders are advised to consult their tax advisors
concerning their specific situations and the application of state, local and foreign taxes.
XII. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The
Fund’s financial statement and the report thereon of Grant Thornton LLP, an
independent registered public accounting firm, are set forth below.
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Board of Directors
TXF Funds, Inc.
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of TXF Funds, Inc. (the
“Fund”), as of September 9, 2009. This financial statement is the responsibility of the Fund’s
management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on this financial statement based on our
audit.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight
Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the statement of assets and liabilities is free of material
misstatement. The Fund is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform an audit of its
internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control
over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the
circumstances, but not for the purposes of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund’s
internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit
includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the
statement of assets and liabilities, assessing the accounting principles used and significant
estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall statement of assets and liabilities
presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the statement of assets and liabilities referred to above presents fairly, in all
material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of September 9, 2009, in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
/S/ GRANT THORNTON LLP
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
September 16, 2009
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TXF Funds, Inc.
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
September 9, 2009
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ASSETS
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Cash
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$
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101,000
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TOTAL ASSETS
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$
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101,000
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Net Assets (1,000,000 shares authorized; $0.001 par value; 2,500 shares outstanding)
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101,000
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Components of Net Assets:
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Paid-in Capital
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101,000
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Shares Outstanding
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2,500
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Net Asset Value per Share
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40.40
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See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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TXF Funds, Inc.
Notes to Financial Statements
September 9, 2009
1. ORGANIZATION
TXF Funds, Inc. (the “Company”), a Maryland Corporation, was formed on October 3, 2008 and has
authorized capital of 1,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share. The Company
may designate one or more series of common stock and plans to offer multiple segregated portfolios
(funds) of common stock. The Company has had no operations to date other than matters relating to
its organization and registration as an open-end management investment company under the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the sale and issuance to The Geary Companies, Inc. of 2,500
shares of common stock.
The investment objective of the funds is to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and
expenses, the performance of certain indexes created and developed by ISBC/SPADE Indexes LLC (The
“Index Administrator”) which have been licensed to TXF Funds, Inc. The initial fund will be TXF
Large Companies ETF and will track the SPADE Texas Large Companies Index. The Company is
considering offering TXF shares in two additional funds, TXF Mid Companies and TXF Small Companies,
that will, along with TXF Large Companies, invest in separate portfolios of securities that
substantially replicate benchmark indexes consisting of Texas based companies that are publicly
traded and that have their headquarters or principal place of business in Texas or that generate a
significant portion of their revenues in Texas
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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Use of Estimates:
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted
in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported
amounts and disclosures in these financial statements. Actual results could differ from those
estimates.
Federal Income Tax:
The Company intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal
Revenue Code and to distribute substantially all of its net investment income and capital gains to
its shareholders. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required.
3. Agreements:
Management Agreement:
Under the terms of a Management Agreement, OOK Advisors, LLC (the “Advisor”) serves as the Advisor,
subject to the supervision of the Board of Directors, and will be responsible for arranging
sub-advisory, transfer agency, custody, fund administration, and all other non-distribution related
services for the funds to operate. The Advisor will also be responsible for employing any sampling
strategy for the funds.
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TXF Funds, Inc.
Notes to Financial Statements
September 9, 2009
3. Agreements (Continued):
For the services it provides to the funds, the Advisor will receive an advisory fee equal to an
annual rate of .65% of the fund’s average daily net assets. The fees will be accrued daily and paid
monthly. Out of the advisory fee, the Advisor pays all fees and expenses of the Transfer Agent,
Administrator and Accounting Agent and Custodian. The funds will be responsible for the payment of
all other expenses associated with its operation.
Administrator, Custodian, and Transfer Agent:
Bank of New York, Mellon, N.A. will serve as the funds’ administrator, custodian, and transfer
agent.
Distributor Agreement:
ALPS Distributors, Inc. will serve as the distributor of Creation Units for the funds on an agency
basis. The Distributor will not maintain a secondary market in shares of the funds.
4. Capital
The funds issue and redeem shares on a continuous basis at net asset value in groups of 50,000
shares called “Creation Units.” Creation Units of the funds are purchased and redeemed in kind. As
a practical matter, only certain persons or entities known as “authorized participants” may
purchase or redeem these Creation Units.
Except when aggregated in Creation Units, shares are not redeemable securities of the funds. Retail
investors, therefore, generally will not be able to purchase or redeem shares directly from or with
the funds. Rather most retail investors will purchase or sell shares in the secondary market with
the assistance of a broker.
A standard fixed transaction fee of $500 will be charged for the creation or redemption of Creation
Units of the funds regardless of the number of shares created or redeemed on the date of the
transaction. An additional charge of up to five (5) times the fixed transaction fee may be imposed
for (i) creations effected outside the standard process and (ii) cash creations. In nonstandard
cases, the transaction fee will be up to $3,000.
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TXF Funds, Inc.
Notes to Financial Statements
September 9, 2009
4. Capital (Continued)
It is anticipated that the individual shares of the funds will be listed on the NYSE Arca.
Individual shares of the funds can be bought and sold throughout the trading day like other shares
of publicly traded securities. If shares are bought or sold in the secondary market, the investor
will incur customary brokerage commissions and charges and may pay some or all of the spread
between the bid and the offered price in the secondary market on each leg of a round trip (purchase
and sale) transaction. It is anticipated that individual shares of the funds will trade in the
secondary market at prices that may differ to varying degrees from the closing NAV of the funds.
5. Cash
Cash at September 9, 2009, is deposited at the Bank of New York Mellon and BancFirst, N.A. in
non-interest bearing accounts.
6. Related Parties and Organizational and Offering Costs
At September 9, 2009, the sole member of the Advisor is the sole stockholder of the Company.
Expenses incurred in connection with organizing the Company and the offering of the shares will be
paid by the Advisor or its parent company, The Geary Companies, Inc. The Company does not have an
obligation to reimburse the Advisor or its affiliates for organization and offering expenses paid
on its behalf. As of September 9, 2009, organization and initial offering expenses have totaled
approximately $153,000.
7. Subsequent Events
The Company considers events or transactions that occur after the date of the statement of assets and liabilities but before the financial statements
are issued to provide additional evidence relative to certain estimates or to identify matters that require additional disclosure. Subsequent events have been evaluated through September 16, 2009, the date of issuance of these financial statements.
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Appendix A
TXF Funds, Inc.
Proxy Voting
Policies and Procedures
These policies and procedures (and the guidelines that follow) apply to the voting of proxies by
the Company with respect to all Portfolio Securities held by each of its Funds (each , “The Fund”).
SECTION 1. PROXY VOTING GUIDELINES
The fundamental precept followed by The Fund in voting proxies is to ensure that the manner in
which shares are voted is in the best interest of The Fund’s shareholders and the value of the
investment.
Absent special circumstances of the types described in these policies and procedures, The Fund will
generally exercise its proxy voting discretion in accordance with the guidelines set forth below.
SECTION 2. PROXY COMMITTEE
The Fund’s Proxy Committee has responsibility for the content, interpretation and application of
the Proxy Guidelines. Membership of the Proxy Committee consists of certain investment and
compliance personnel. Meetings of the Proxy Committee may be called by the Chairperson or, in his
or her absence, by any two committee members. Meetings may be conducted in person or
telephonically. Except as otherwise provided in Section 5, a majority of committee members present
(in person or by proxy) will constitute a quorum for the transacting of business at any meeting.
The approval of proxy votes or changes to these policies and procedures or the Proxy Guidelines may
be made by majority vote of those present (in person or by proxy) at a meeting called for that
purpose.
SECTION 3. APPLICATION OF PROXY GUIDELINES
It is intended that the Proxy Guidelines will be applied with a measure of flexibility. In the
exercise of such discretion the Proxy Committee may take into account a wide array of factors
relating to the matter under consideration, the nature of the proposal, and the company involved.
As a result, a proxy may be voted in one manner in the case of one company and in a different
manner in the case of another where, for example, the past history of the company, the character
and integrity of its management, the role of outside directors, and the company’s record of
producing performance for investors justifies a high degree of confidence in the company and the
effect of the proposal on the value of the investment. Similarly, poor past performance,
uncertainties about management and future directions, and other factors may lead to a conclusion
that particular proposals present unacceptable investment risks and should not be supported. In
addition, the proposals should be evaluated in context. For example, a particular proposal may be
acceptable standing alone, but objectionable when part of an existing or proposed package, such as
where the effect may be to entrench management.
SECTION 4. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
The Fund may occasionally be subject to conflicts of interest in the voting of proxies due to
business or personal relationships it maintains with persons having an interest in the outcome of
certain votes.
The Fund may also occasionally have business or personal relationships with other proponents of
proxy proposals, participants in proxy contests, corporate directors or candidates for
directorships.
The Fund seeks to address such conflicts of interest in various ways, including the following:
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Subject to paragraph III below, if the Proxy Committee determines that a particular proxy vote involves a potential conflict of
interest between The Fund and a person having an interest in the outcome of that vote, it will obtain and follow the vote
recommendations of an independent investment advisor, provided pursuant to these Policies and Procedures, with respect to such
proxy issue unless the Proxy Committee determines, consistent with its duty of loyalty and care, that the interests of The
Fund’s shareholders would be better served by voting contrary to such vote recommendations. Any determination by the Proxy
Committee under this paragraph II to vote a proxy issue in a manner contrary to such vote recommendations must be made by a vote
of at least 70% of the then current members of the Proxy Committee.
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If the Proxy Committee determines that a particular proxy issue involves a conflict of interest so severe that the Proxy
Committee is unable to exercise independent judgment on the voting of such proxy issue, the Proxy Committee may resolve the
conflict of interest in any of the following ways:
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The method selected by the Proxy Committee may vary, consistent with its duty of loyalty and care, depending upon the facts and circumstances of each
situation and the requirements of applicable law. Examples of proxy votes referred to in this paragraph III include, without limitation, voting
proxies on securities issued by The Fund or its affiliates, and proxy votes on matters in which The Fund has a direct financial interest.
SECTION 5. PROXY VOTING RECORDS; DISCLOSURES TO THE FUND’S SHAREHOLDERS
The Fund will maintain the following records relating to proxy votes cast under these policies and
procedures:
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A copy of these policies and procedures.
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A copy of any document created by the Proxy Committee that was material to
making a decision how to vote proxies or that memorialized the basis for that
decision.
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A copy of each written The Fund’s shareholders request for information on how
The Fund voted proxies and a copy of any written response by The Fund to any
written or oral request for information on how The Fund voted proxies on behalf
of the requesting The Fund’s shareholders.
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The foregoing records will be retained for such period of time as is required to comply with
applicable laws and regulations. The Fund may rely on one or more third parties to make and retain
the records referred to in items I and II above. The Proxy Committee will cause copies of the
foregoing records, to be provided to those The Fund’s shareholders upon request. It is generally
the policy of The Fund not to disclose its proxy voting records to third parties, except as may be
required by applicable laws and regulations.
The Fund
Proxy Voting Guidelines
1. The Board of Directors
A. Voting on Director Nominees in Uncontested Elections
The Fund generally votes for director nominees in uncontested elections absent countervailing
factors such as a lack of director independence (see below) or chronic, unjustified absenteeism.
B. Director Independence
For any situations not already covered by a rule or regulation, The Fund will generally vote for
shareholder proposals requesting that the board of a company be comprised of a majority of
independent directors and will generally vote against shareholder proposals requesting that the
board of a company be comprised of a supermajority of independent directors. The Fund generally
votes against shareholder proposals that would require the appointment of a lead or presiding
director unless the audit, compensation and nominating committees are not composed of independent
persons. The Fund generally votes for shareholder proposals that request that the board audit,
compensation and/or nominating committees include independent directors exclusively and withholds
votes for the election of non-independent directors serving on an audit, compensation or nominating
committee or board. In addition, The Fund generally leaves the choice of chairman to the board’s
discretion as The Fund’s support for proposals that principal committees consist exclusively of
independent directors and that the board be comprised of a majority of independent directors
provides sufficient checks and balances.
For all situations that involve a NASDAQ or a NYSE listed company, The Fund will use the NASDAQ’s
or the NYSE’s definition, respectively, of an independent director to determine a board candidate’s
status. In any other situation, The Fund will consider a board candidate or member to lack
independence if the proposed director:
a) Receives, or one of the proposed director’s immediate family members receives, more than
$100,000 per year in direct compensation from the listed company, other than director and committee
fees and pension or other forms of
deferred compensation for prior service (provided such compensation is not contingent in any way on
continued
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service); such person is presumed not to be independent until three years after he or she ceases to
receive more than $100,000 per year in such compensation.
b) Is affiliated with or employed by, or if one of the proposed director’s immediate family members
is affiliated with or employed in a professional capacity by, a present or former auditor of the
company; the proposed director will not be considered “independent” until three years after the end
of either the affiliation or the auditing relationship.
c) Is employed, or one of the proposed director’s immediate family members is employed, as an
executive officer of another company where any of the listed company’s present executives serves on
that company’s compensation committee; the proposed director will not be considered “independent”
until three years after the end of such service or the employment relationship.
C. Stock Ownership Requirements
The Fund generally votes against shareholder proposals requiring directors to own a minimum amount
of company stock in order to qualify as a director, or to remain on the board.
D. Term of Office
The Fund generally votes against shareholder proposals to limit the tenure of outside directors.
E. Director and Officer Indemnification and Liability Protection
Proposals concerning director and officer indemnification and liability protection will be
evaluated by The Fund on a case by case basis. The Fund generally votes for proposals providing
indemnification protection to officers and directors, and for proposals limiting the liability of
officers and directors for monetary damages, provided such proposals do not appear to conflict with
applicable law and cover only future actions.
F. Charitable Contributions
The Fund votes against shareholder proposals to eliminate, direct or otherwise restrict charitable
contributions.
II. Proxy Contests
A. Voting for Director Nominees in Contested Elections
Votes in a contested election of directors will be evaluated by The Fund on a case-by-case basis,
considering the following factors:
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long-term financial performance of the target company relative to its industry;
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management’s track record;
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background to the proxy contest;
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qualifications of director nominees (both slates);
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evaluation of what each side is offering shareholders as well as the
likelihood that the proposed objectives and goals can be met; and
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stock ownership positions.
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B. Reimburse Proxy Solicitation Expenses
Decisions to provide full reimbursement for dissidents waging a proxy contest will be made on a
case-by-case basis. The Fund will generally support such proposals in cases where (i) The Fund
votes in favor the dissidents and (ii) the proposal is voted on the same proxy as the dissident
slate and, as such, is specifically related to the contested proxy at issue.
III. Auditors
Ratifying Auditors
The Fund generally votes for proposals to ratify auditors, unless: an auditor has a financial
interest in or association with the company, and is therefore not independent; or there is reason
to believe that the independent auditor has rendered an opinion which is neither accurate nor
indicative of the company’s financial position.
The Fund generally votes against shareholder proposals that seek to restrict management’s ability
to utilize selected auditors, subject to the qualifications set forth above.
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IV. Proxy Contest Defenses
A. Board Structure; Staggered vs. Annual Elections
The Fund generally votes against proposals to classify the board and for proposals to repeal
classified boards and to elect all directors annually.
B. Shareholder Ability to Remove Directors
The Fund generally votes for proposals that provide that directors may be removed
only
for cause.
C. Cumulative Voting
The Fund generally votes against proposals to eliminate cumulative voting, unless such proposals
are intended to effectuate a majority voting policy.
The Fund generally votes for proposals to institute cumulative voting, unless the company has
previously adopted a majority voting policy, or a majority voting shareholder proposal, consistent
with The Fund’s majority voting guidelines, is on the ballot at the same time as the cumulative
voting proposal, in which case The Fund generally votes against such cumulative voting proposals.
D. Majority Voting
In analyzing shareholder proposals calling for directors in uncontested elections to be elected by
an affirmative majority of votes cast, The Fund focuses on whether or not the company has adopted a
written majority voting (or majority withhold) policy that provides for a meaningful alternative to
affirmative majority voting.
In cases where companies have not adopted a written majority voting (or majority withhold) policy,
The Fund generally votes for shareholder majority voting proposals.
In cases where companies have adopted a written majority voting (or majority withhold) policy, The
Fund generally votes against shareholder majority voting proposals, provided that the policy is set
forth in the company’s annual proxy statement and either:
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requires nominees who receive majority withhold votes to tender their resignation to the board;
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sets forth a clear and reasonable timetable for decision-making regarding the nominee’s status; and
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does not contain any specific infirmities that would render it an ineffective alternative to an
affirmative majority voting standard or otherwise provides a meaningful alternative to affirmative majority voting.
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In determining the adequacy of a company’s majority voting (or majority withhold) policy, The Fund
may also consider, without limitation, any factors set forth in the policy that are to be taken
into account by the board in considering a nominee’s resignation and the range of actions open to
the board in responding to the resignation (
e.g.
, acceptance of the resignation, maintaining the
director but curing the underling causes of the withheld votes, etc.).
E. Shareholder Ability to Call Special Meetings
The Fund generally votes for proposals to restrict or prohibit shareholder ability to call special
meetings, but will vote against such proposals and in favor of shareholder proposals to allow
shareholders to call special meetings if the minimum ownership requirement is at least 15% of
outstanding shares.
F. Shareholder Ability to Act by Written Consent
The Fund generally votes against proposals allowing shareholders to take action by written consent.
G. Shareholder Ability to Alter the Size of the Board
The Fund generally votes against proposals limiting management’s ability to alter the size of the
board.
V. Tender Offer Defenses
A. Poison Pills
The Fund generally votes against shareholder proposals that ask a company to submit its poison pill
for shareholder ratification.
The Fund will review on a case-by-case basis management proposals to ratify a poison pill.
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B. Fair Price Provisions
The Fund will review votes case-by-case on fair price proposals, taking into consideration whether
the shareholder vote requirement embedded in the provision is no more than a majority of
disinterested shares.
The Fund generally votes for shareholder proposals to lower the shareholder vote requirement in
existing fair price provisions.
C. Greenmail
The Fund generally votes for proposals to adopt anti-greenmail charter or bylaw amendments or
otherwise restrict a company’s ability to make greenmail payments.
The Fund votes on a case-by-case basis anti-greenmail proposals when they are bundled with other
charter or bylaw amendments.
D. Unequal Voting Rights
The Fund generally votes against dual class exchange offers.
The Fund generally votes against dual class recapitalizations.
E. Supermajority Shareholder Vote Requirement to Amend the Charter or Bylaws
The Fund generally votes against management proposals to require a supermajority shareholder vote
to approve charter and bylaw amendments.
The Fund generally votes for shareholder proposals to lower supermajority shareholder vote
requirements for charter and bylaw amendments.
F. Supermajority Shareholder Vote Requirement to Approve Mergers
The Fund generally votes against management proposals to require a supermajority shareholder vote
to approve mergers and other significant business combinations.
The Fund generally votes for shareholder proposals to lower supermajority shareholder vote
requirements for mergers and other significant business combinations.
VI. Miscellaneous Governance Provisions
A. Confidential Voting
The Fund generally votes for proposals requiring confidential voting and independent vote
tabulators.
B. Equal Access
The Fund generally votes against shareholder proposals that would allow significant company
shareholders equal access to management’s proxy material in order to evaluate and propose voting
recommendations on proxy proposals and director nominees, and in order to nominate their own
candidates to the board.
C. Bundled Proposals
The Fund votes on a case-by-case basis bundled or “conditioned” proxy proposals. In the case of
items that are conditioned upon each other, we examine the benefits and costs of the packaged
items. In instances when the joint effect of the conditioned items is not in shareholders’ best
interests, we vote against the proposals. If the combined effect is positive, we support such
proposals.
D. Shareholder Advisory Committees
The Fund votes on a case-by-case basis, proposals to establish a shareholder advisory committee.
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VII. Capital Structure
A. Common Stock Authorization
The Fund votes on a case-by-case basis, proposals to increase the number of shares of common stock
authorized for issue.
B. Stock Distributions: Splits and Dividends
The Fund generally votes for management proposals to increase common share authorization for a
stock split, provided that the split does not result in an increase of authorized but unissued
shares of more than 100% after giving effect to the shares needed for the split.
C. Reverse Stock Splits
The Fund generally votes for management proposals to implement a reverse stock split, provided that
the reverse split does not result in an increase of authorized but unissued shares of more than
100% after giving effect to the shares needed for the reverse split.
D. Blank Check Preferred Authorization
Absent special circumstances (
e.g.
, actions taken in the context of a hostile takeover attempt)
indicating an abusive purpose, The Fund generally votes against proposals that would authorize the
creation of new classes of preferred stock with unspecified voting, conversion, dividend and
distribution, and other rights, stock unless the voting, conversion, dividend and distribution, and
other rights are specified and the voting rights are limited to one vote per share.
E. Shareholder Proposals Regarding Blank Check Preferred Stock
The Fund generally votes for shareholder proposals requiring blank check preferred stock placements
to be submitted for shareholder ratification unless the shares are to be issued for the purpose of
raising capital or making acquisitions.
F. Adjust Par Value of Common Stock
The Fund generally votes for management proposals to reduce the par value of common stock.
G. Preemptive Rights
The Fund reviews on a case-by-case basis, proposals to create or abolish preemptive rights. In
evaluating proposals on preemptive rights, The Fund looks at the size of a company and the
characteristics of its shareholder base. The Fund generally opposes preemptive rights for
publicly-held companies with a broad stockholder base.
H. Debt Restructurings
The Fund reviews on a case-by-case basis, proposals to increase common and/or preferred shares and
to issue shares as part of a debt restructuring plan. The Fund considers the following issues:
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Dilution — How much will ownership interest of existing shareholders be reduced, and
how extreme will dilution to any future earnings be?
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Change in Control — Will the transaction result in a change in control of the company?
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Bankruptcy — Is the threat of bankruptcy, which would result in severe losses in
shareholder value, the main factor driving the debt restructuring?
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Generally, we approve proposals that facilitate debt restructurings unless there are clear signs of
self-dealing or other abuses.
l. Share Repurchase Programs
The Fund generally votes for management proposals to institute open-market share repurchase plans
in which all shareholders may participate on equal terms.
VIII. Executive and Director Compensation
The Fund votes on a case-by-case basis on executive and director compensation plans. The Fund
generally votes against compensation plans if
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The exercise price is less than 100% of fair market value at the time of grant; or
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The company has repriced underwater stock options during the past three years; or
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A. OBRA-Related Compensation Proposals
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Amendments that Place a Cap on Annual Grant or Amend Administrative Features
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The Fund generally votes for plans that simply amend shareholder-approved plans to include
administrative features or place a cap on the annual grants any one participant may receive to
comply with the provisions of Section 162(m) of OBRA.
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The Fund generally votes for amendments to add performance goals to existing compensation plans to
comply with the provisions of Section 162(m) of OBRA.
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Amendments to Increase Shares and Retain Tax Deductions Under OBRA
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Votes on amendments to existing plans that would both increase shares reserved AND qualify the
plan-for favorable tax treatment under the provisions of Section 162(m) will be evaluated by The
Fund on a case-by-case basis.
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Approval of Cash or Cash-and-Stock Bonus Plans
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The Fund generally votes for cash or cash-and-stock bonus plans to exempt the compensation from
taxes under the provisions of Section 162(m) of OBRA.
B. Shareholder Proposals to Limit Executive and Director Pay
The Fund generally votes against shareholder proposals that seek additional disclosure of executive
and director pay information.
The Fund votes on a case-by-case basis all other shareholder proposals that seek to limit executive
and director pay.
C. Golden and Tin Parachutes
The Fund generally votes against shareholder proposals to have golden and tin parachutes submitted
for shareholder ratification.
D. Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) and Other Broad-Based Employee Stock Plans
The Fund generally votes for proposals to approve an ESOP or other broad-based employee stock
purchase or ownership plan, or to increase authorized shares for such existing plans, except in
cases when the number of shares allocated to such plans is “excessive” (
i.e.
, generally greater
than ten percent (10%) of outstanding shares).
E. 401(k) Employee Benefit Plans
The Fund generally votes for proposals to implement a 401 (k) savings plan for employees.
F. Director Retirement Benefits
The Fund generally votes for shareholder proposals requesting companies cease to pay retirement
benefits to directors.
IX. State of Incorporation
A. Voting on Reincorporation Proposals
Proposals to change a company’s state of incorporation will be examined by The Fund on a
case-by-case basis.
X. Mergers and Corporate Restructurings
A. Mergers and Acquisitions
Votes on mergers and acquisitions will considered by The Fund on a case-by-case basis, taking into
account at least the following:
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anticipated financial and operating benefits;
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offer price (cost vs. premium);
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prospects of the combined companies;
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how the deal was negotiated; and
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changes in corporate governance and their impact on shareholder rights.
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B. Corporate Restructuring
Votes on corporate restructuring proposals, including minority squeezeouts, leveraged buyouts,
spin-offs, liquidations, and asset sales will be considered by The Fund on a case-by-case basis.
C. Spin-offs
Votes on spin-offs will be considered by The Fund on a case-by-case basis depending on the tax and
regulatory advantages, planned use of sale proceeds, market focus, and managerial incentives.
D. Asset Sales
Votes on asset sales will be made by The Fund on a case-by-case basis after considering the impact
on the balance sheet/working capital, value received for the asset, and potential elimination of
diseconomies.
E. Liquidations
Votes on liquidations will be made by The Fund on a case-by-case basis after reviewing management’s
efforts to pursue other alternatives, appraisal value of assets, and the compensation plan for
executives managing the liquidation.
F. Appraisal Rights
The Fund generally votes for proposals to restore, or provide shareholders with, rights of
appraisal.
G. Changing Corporate Name
The Fund generally votes for changing the corporate name.
H. Adjourn Meeting
The Fund generally votes against proposals giving management discretion to adjourn a meeting of
shareholders in order to solicit additional votes.
XI. Social and Environmental Issues
The Fund generally supports the position of a company’s board of directors when voting on
shareholder initiated social and environmental proposals. Although The Fund acknowledges that the
economic and social considerations underlying such proposals are often closely intertwined, we
believe that in most cases the management group and elected directors are best positioned to make
corporate decisions on these proposals.
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