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Purchasing Shares of the Funds

Opening an Account

To purchase shares directly from a Fund, an Account Application must be completed, signed and delivered to the Fund. If you have any questions about a Fund or need assistance with your Account Application, please call Shareholder Services at 1-855-298-4236. Certain types of investors, such as trusts, corporations, associations or partnerships, may be required to furnish additional documents when they open an account. These documents may include corporate resolutions, trusts and partnership documents, trading authorizations, powers of attorney, or other documents.

Unless specified differently, accounts with two or more owners will be registered as joint tenants with rights of survivorship. To make any ownership change to a joint account, all owners must agree in writing, regardless of the law in your state.

You may purchase shares of the Funds by mailing a completed Account Application with a check payable to the applicable Fund to the Transfer Agent at the following address:

Centre Funds
PO Box 219345
Kansas City, MO 64121-9345

To obtain an Account Application, you can call 1-855-298-4236 or download an Account Application at www.centrefunds.com. Please indicate the class of shares in which you want to invest.

To open an account and make an initial investment by wire, please first complete an Account Application. After the Fund has received your completed Account Application, you will receive an account number for all subsequent wire transfers. Please ensure that your bank receives this account number as part of your wiring instructions. For more details on wiring instructions, please visit www.centrefunds.com or call 1-855-298-4236.

Please note that most banks charge fees when sending wires.

Note: There are specific Account Applications required for new IRA accounts, Roth IRA accounts, and transfers of IRA accounts from other custodians. Please call Shareholder Services at 1-855-298-4236 to obtain the correct Account Application.

If a Fund or any of its agents do not have a reasonable belief of the identity of an investor, the account will be rejected or the investor will not be allowed to perform a transaction on the account until such information is received. Each Fund reserves the right to reject any application for any reason and to close an account within 5 business days of a request for more information about an investor if clarifying information/documentation is not received.

Purchase Procedures

Share Class Minimum Initial Investment Amount Minimum Subsequent Investment Amount
Investor Class Shares $5,000 $1,000
Institutional Class Shares $250,000 $10,000

Exceptions to these minimum amounts may apply for certain investors, and the minimum amounts may otherwise be waived or reduced by the Adviser. All investments must be made in U.S. dollars.

Your purchase order will be affected at the NAV per share of the Fund next determined after receipt of your purchase request in Good Form. Purchase requests received by the Transfer Agent or an authorized financial intermediary (i) before the close of the NYSE on any business day will be effected at the NAV per share of the Fund determined on that day or (ii) after the close of the NYSE on any business day, will be effected at the NAV per share of the Fund determined on the next business day. Purchase requests must be received in Good Form by the Transfer Agent or an authorized financial intermediary.

A purchase order is considered to be in "Good Form" if the request includes: (i) the name and class of the fund in which an investor wishes to invest; (ii) the amount the investor wishes to invest; (iii) the name in which the investor's account is to be registered (or, in the case of subsequent investments, the investor's account number); (iv) the signature of each person in whose name such account is (or is to be) registered; and (v) payment in full of the purchase amount.

Each Fund reserves the right to reject, in its sole discretion, any purchase order for any reason. In addition, each Fund reserves the right to cease offering its shares or a class thereof at any time and for any reason.

Purchases of Fund shares may be made through certain financial intermediaries who are authorized to receive your purchase request in accordance with the standards described above. If you purchase shares through a financial intermediary, you may be charged a fee by the financial intermediary and you may be subject to higher investment minimums.

Adding to your Account

You may add to your account with a Fund by sending a check for your additional investment payable to the Fund to the Transfer Agent at:

Centre Funds
PO Box 219345
Kansas City, MO 64121-9345

Please include a brief letter with your check that gives the name on your account and your account number. Please write your account number on your check.

To make an initial investment by wire, please 1-855-298-4236 to inform us you will be wiring funds. Please ensure that your bank receives your Fund account number as part of your wiring instructions. For more details on wiring instructions, please visit www.centrefunds.com or call 1-855-298-4236.

Please note that most banks charge fees when sending wires.

Subsequent purchases may be made online. Before you can make a subsequent investment online, you must first establish online account access. In order to establish access, you will need to obtain your Fund account number and your Social Security Number, and then visit www.centrefunds.com. After selecting "Account Login," you will be able to create a new login ID and password.

You may establish an automatic investment plan when you open your account. To do so, please complete the automatic investment plan section of the account application. You may also establish an automatic investment plan by completing an Account Options Form or by visiting www.centrefunds.com.

Additional Purchase Information for Investing in a Fund

Choosing a Share Class
Each Fund offers two classes of shares: Investor Class shares and Institutional Class shares. Each share class represents an ownership interest in the same investment portfolio as the other class of shares of the Fund. Each class has its own expense structure.

Investor Class shares are subject to a distribution plan that, pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, permits each Fund to pay distribution and shareholder servicing fees of up to 0.25% per year to those intermediaries offering Investor Class shares and providing other services to Investor Class shareholders (the "12b-1 Plan"). Institutional Class shares are available without a Rule 12b-1 fee to those investors eligible to purchase such shares. Neither class is subject to a sales charge.

When you choose your class of shares of a Fund, you should consider the size of your investment and how long you plan to hold your shares. Your financial consultant or other financial intermediary can help you determine which share class is best suited to your personal financial goals. If you qualify to purchase Institutional Class shares, you should purchase them rather than the Investor Class shares because the Investor Class shares have higher expenses than the Institutional Class shares. Although each class invests in the same portfolio of securities, the returns for each class will differ because each class is subject to different expenses.

Conversion Features
If the current market value of a shareholder's Investor Class shares is at least $250,000, the shareholder may elect to convert such Investor Class shares to Institutional Class shares on the basis of relative NAVs. Upon such a conversion, the shareholder will be subject to the policies and procedures for Institutional Class shares. Converting from Investor Class shares to Institutional Class shares may not be available at certain financial intermediaries, or your financial intermediary may charge additional fees for this conversion. Because the NAV of the Institutional Class shares may be higher or lower than that of the Investor Class shares at the time of conversion, a shareholder may receive more or fewer Institutional Class shares than the number of Investor Class shares converted, even though the total dollar value will be the same.

Holders of Investor Class shares may convert their Investor Class shares for Institutional Class shares of the Fund provided that they: (i) hold their shares through an institution that has a valid Institutional Class sales agreement with the Trust or the Distributor or any of their respective affiliates authorizing such a conversion; and (ii) are eligible to invest in Institutional Class shares in accordance with the criteria set forth in this prospectus. A Fund may accept or reject any conversion in its discretion. For federal income tax purposes, a same-fund conversion generally will not result in the recognition by the investor of a capital gain or loss. However, investors should consult their own tax or legal adviser to discuss their particular circumstances. Investor Class shareholders should contact their financial institution for information on the availability of Institutional Class shares, and should read and consider the Institutional Class shares information in the prospectus before requesting any such conversion.

If an Institutional Class share account falls below the stated investment minimum of $250,000 as a result of selling shares, each Fund reserves the right to give the shareholder 30 days' written notice to make additional investments so that the account balance is at least $250,000. If additional investments are not made, then the Fund may convert the shareholder's Institutional Class shares to Investor Class shares, at which time the account will be subject to the expenses, policies and procedures of Investor Class shares. Any such conversion will occur at the relative NAVs of the two share classes. Because the NAV of the Institutional Class shares may be higher or lower than that of the Investor Class shares at the time of conversion, the shareholder may receive more or fewer Investor Class shares than the number of Institutional Class shares that were converted, even though the total dollar value will be the same.

Redeeming Shares of the Funds

You may redeem full and fractional shares of each Fund for cash at the next determined NAV after receipt of a completed redemption request in Good Form. A redemption order is considered to be in "Good Form" if the request includes: (i) the name and class of the fund from which an investor wishes to redeem; (ii) the dollar amount or number of shares the investor wishes to redeem; (iii) the investor's account number; (iv) the investor's address; and (v) the signature of an authorized signer (and signature guarantee if applicable). The Transfer Agent may require that you provide additional documentation or information, such as corporate resolutions or powers of attorney, if applicable. If you are redeeming from a retirement account, you must complete the appropriate distribution form and provide employer authorization. Redemption requests received by the Transfer Agent or appropriate financial intermediary of the Fund (i) before the close of the NYSE on any business day will be effected at the NAV per share of the Fund determined on that day or (ii) after the close of the NYSE on any business day will be effected at the NAV per share of the Fund determined on the next business day.

By Mail. To redeem shares, you should give instructions that specify the name of the Fund and number of shares or the dollar amount to be redeemed to:

Centre Funds
PO Box 219345
Kansas City, MO 64121-9345

Your instructions must be signed by all registered owners exactly as the account is registered.

By Telephone.
If the value of the shares for which you submit a redemption request is under $50,000, you may call the Transfer Agent to redeem your shares over the telephone or to acquire instructions on how to redeem your shares via facsimile. No Fund will be liable for following telephone instructions reasonably believed to be genuine. (Note that during drastic economic and market changes, telephone redemption privileges may be difficult to implement.)

Online.
Before you can sell shares or redeem your investment online, you must first establish online account access. In order to establish access, you will need to obtain your Fund account number and your Social Security Number, and then visit www.centrefunds.com. Select "Account Login," and there you will be able to create a new login ID and password.

Through Financial Intermediaries.
Redemptions may also be made through certain financial intermediaries that are authorized by the Funds to receive redemption requests in accordance with the standards described above.

Signature Guarantee.
Signature guarantees may be required to help protect against fraud, to redeem corporate, partnership or fiduciary accounts, or for certain types of transfer requests or account registration changes. In addition, signature guarantees may also be required for redemptions of shares valued, in the aggregate, at $25,000 or more and for any redemption request in which redemption proceeds are to be mailed to an address other than the address of record. Acceptable signature guarantors include banks, broker-dealers, credit unions, national securities exchanges, savings associations and any other organization or institution that qualifies as an "eligible guarantor institution" (as defined by the SEC). Notary public signatures are not an acceptable replacement for a signature guarantee. In addition, signatures may be guaranteed by a medallion stamp of the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program (STAMP), the Stock Exchanges Medallion Program (SEMP) or the NYSE Medallion Signature Program. Please contact Shareholder Services at 1-855-298-4236 with any questions about obtaining a signature guarantee.

Payment for shares redeemed generally will be made within four (4) business days after receipt by the Transfer Agent of instructions and other required documents, all in Good Form. However, payment may be delayed under unusual circumstances or for any shares purchased by check for a reasonable time (not to exceed seven (7) days from purchase) necessary to determine that the purchase check will be honored.

Authorized financial intermediaries are responsible for the timely transmittal of redemption requests by their customers to the Transfer Agent. In order to facilitate the timely transmittal of redemption requests, these authorized financial intermediaries may set times by which they must receive redemption requests. These authorized financial intermediaries may also require additional documentation from you. If you redeem shares through a financial intermediary, you may be charged a fee by the financial intermediary.

Although redemption proceeds will normally be paid as described above, under unusual circumstances, redemption requests or payments may be postponed or suspended as permitted under Section 22(e) of the 1940 Act. Generally, under that section, redemption requests or payments may be postponed or suspended if (i) the NYSE is closed for trading or trading is restricted; (ii) an emergency exists which makes the disposal of securities owned by the Fund or the fair determination of the value of the Fund's net assets not reasonably practicable; or (iii) the SEC, by order, permits the suspension of the right of redemption.

Buying or Selling Shares Through a Financial Intermediary

Shares of the Funds may be purchased through an authorized financial intermediary (such as a financial planner, adviser or a broker-dealer). To buy or sell shares at the NAV of any given day, the financial intermediary must receive the purchase or sell order before the close of trading on the NYSE that day. The Funds will be deemed to have received an order that is in Good Form (defined below) when the order is received by an authorized financial intermediary on a business day, and the order will be priced at the Fund's NAV per share next determined after such receipt.

The financial intermediary is responsible for transmitting all purchase and redemption requests, investment information, documentation, and money to the Fund on time. The financial intermediary may charge additional transaction fees for its services.

Certain financial intermediaries have agreements with the Funds that allow them to enter confirmed purchase or redemption orders on behalf of clients and customers. Under this arrangement, the financial intermediary must send your payment to the Fund by the time the Fund prices its shares on the following business day. The Funds are not responsible for ensuring that a financial intermediary carries out its obligations. You should look to the financial intermediary through whom you wish to invest for specific instructions on how to purchase or redeem shares of any of the Funds.

Additional Investment Information

Same Day Transactions
Purchases and redemptions of shares by the same shareholder on the same day will be netted for the Funds.

Small Accounts
Each Fund reserves the right to redeem shares in any shareholder account with a fund share balance of less than $5,000 (due to redemptions, exchanges, or transfers, and not due to market action) upon 30 days' prior written notice. If the fund share balance is increased by the shareholder to at least $5,000 during the notice period, shares in the account will not be redeemed. Redemptions from retirement accounts may be subject to federal income tax. Shareholders may also be charged a fee by their broker or agent if shares are redeemed or transferred through their broker or agent.

Redemptions in Kind
Each Fund reserves the right to satisfy any redemption request by making payment in securities held in the Fund's portfolio. Securities delivered in payment of redemptions would be valued at the same value assigned to them in computing the Fund's NAV per share. Shareholders receiving portfolio securities may incur brokerage costs when the securities are sold and their value may have increased or decreased prior to completion of the transaction.

Subscriptions in Kind
Each Fund may, from time to time, accept subscriptions for shares against contribution in-kind of securities or other assets that are eligible to be held by the Fund pursuant to its investment policy and restrictions.

Anti-Money Laundering Program
As noted above, the Trust has adopted the AML Program which was designed to prevent the Funds from being used for money laundering or the financing of terrorist activities. The Trust's Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer is responsible for implementing and monitoring the operations and internal controls of the AML Program. Compliance officers at certain Trust service providers are also responsible for monitoring the program. The AML Program is subject to the continuing oversight of the Trustees.

Frequent Purchases and Redemptions

Frequent purchases and redemptions ("Frequent Trading") of a Fund's shares may present a number of risks to other shareholders of that Fund. These risks may include, among other things, dilution in the value of shares of the Fund held by long-term shareholders, interference with the efficient management by the Adviser (or the Sub-Adviser with respect to the Treasury Fund, the Sub-Adviser) of a Fund's portfolio holdings, and increased brokerage and administration costs. Due to the potential of a thin market for a Fund's portfolio securities, as well as overall adverse market, economic, political, or other conditions that may affect the sale price of portfolio securities, a Fund could face losses as a result of having to sell portfolio securities prematurely to meet redemptions. Frequent Trading may also increase portfolio turnover which may result in increased capital gains taxes for shareholders of a Fund.

The Trustees have adopted a policy with respect to Frequent Trading that is intended to discourage such activity by shareholders of the Funds. The Trust, through the Transfer Agent, monitors shareholder trading activity to help ensure compliance with the Trust's policies. Each Fund reserves the right to refuse any purchase order, and/or restrict or terminate purchase privileges if the Fund determines that a shareholder has engaged in more than one round-trip transaction in any of the Funds within a 30-day rolling period.

The Adviser intends to apply this policy uniformly. However, a Fund may be unable to identify or determine that a specific purchase and/or redemption is part of a pattern of Frequent Trading, or that a specific investor is engaged in Frequent Trading, particularly with respect to transactions made through omnibus accounts or accounts opened through third-party financial intermediaries, such as broker-dealers and banks ("Intermediary Accounts"). Therefore, this policy is not applied to omnibus accounts or Intermediary Accounts. Omnibus account arrangements permit multiple investors to aggregate their respective share ownership positions and to purchase, redeem, and exchange Fund shares without the identity of the particular shareholders being known to the Trust. Like omnibus accounts, Intermediary Accounts normally permit investors to purchase, redeem, and exchange Fund shares without the identity of the underlying shareholder being known to the Trust. Accordingly, the ability of a Fund to monitor and detect Frequent Trading through omnibus accounts and Intermediary Accounts would be very limited, and there would be no guarantee that a Fund could identify shareholders who might be engaging in Frequent Trading through such accounts or curtail such trading. In addition, the policy will not apply if it is determined that a purchase and redemption pattern does not constitute Frequent Trading activity, such as inadvertent errors that result in frequent purchases and redemptions. Inadvertent errors shall include purchases and/or redemptions made unintentionally or by mistake (e.g., where an investor unintentionally or mistakenly invests in a Fund and redeems immediately after recognizing the error). The investor shall have the burden of proving to the sole satisfaction of the Trust that a frequent purchase and redemption pattern was a result of an inadvertent error. In such a case, the Trust may choose to accept further purchase and/or exchange orders from such investor account.

If you sell or exchange your shares of the American Equity Fund or the Global Equity Fund after holding such shares for 90 days or less, a redemption fee of 2.00% may be deducted from the redemption amount. For this purpose, shares held longest will be treated as being redeemed first and shares held shortest as being redeemed last. The fees are paid to the Fund and are designed to help offset the brokerage commissions, market impact and other costs associated with short-term shareholder trading.

Exchange Shares

If you have held all or part of your shares in a Fund for at least seven days, you may exchange those shares for shares of another Fund of the same class.

If you are an existing shareholder of a Fund, you may exchange into a new account copying your existing account registration and options. Exchanges between accounts will be accepted only if registrations are identical. Any new account established through an exchange will be subject to all minimum requirements applicable to the shares acquired described in "Investment Minimums" above.

You may only transfer between classes of Funds if you meet the minimum investment requirements for the class into which you would like to transfer.

Before affecting an exchange, you should read the prospectus for the Fund into which you are exchanging.

Any exchange of shares will be made on the basis of their respective NAVs at the time of the exchange. Before making any exchange, be sure to review this prospectus closely and consider the differences between the Funds. Please note that since an exchange is the redemption of shares from one Fund followed by the purchase of shares in another fund, any gain or loss realized on the exchange is recognizable for federal income tax purposes (unless your account is tax deferred).

Your exchange will be affected at the NAV per share of the Fund and of the other Fund next determined after receipt of your request in Good Form. Exchange requests received by the Transfer Agent or appropriate financial intermediary (i) before the close of the NYSE on any business day will be effected at the NAV per share of the Fund and of the other Fund determined on that day or (ii) after the close of the NYSE on any business day will be effected at the NAV per share of the Fund and of the other Fund determined on the next business day.

The Trust reserves the right to reject any exchange request or to modify or terminate exchange privileges. Notice of all such modifications or termination will be given at least 60 days prior to the effective date of such change in the exchange privilege, except for unusual instances (such as when redemptions of the exchange are suspended under Section 22(e) of the 1940 Act, when sales are temporarily stopped, or in accordance with the Trust's policy on excessive trading with respect to Fund shares). The exchange privilege may not be used for short-term or excessive trading or trading strategies harmful to the Funds. For more information about the Trust's policy on excessive trading, see "Frequent Purchases and Redemptions."

Compensation for Distribution and Shareholder Services

Pursuant to the 12b-1 Plan, Investor Class shares of the Funds may pay a fee to one or more persons or entities, including affiliates of the Fund, the Adviser and/or the Distributor, for rendering shareholder or distribution services, and for bearing any related expenses, with respect to those shares of the Fund. The aggregate fee amount will not exceed 0.25% of a Fund's average daily net assets attributable to its Investor Class shares. Because these fees are paid out of the Fund's assets on an on-going basis, over time these fees will increase the cost of your investment in Investor Class shares and may cost you more than paying other types of sales charges. Additional information about distribution and shareholder service payments is in the SAI. You should ask your financial adviser for information about any payments it may receive in connection with Investor Class shares of a Fund, any services it provides to the Funds and any fees and/or commissions it charges.

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Phone: 1-855-298-4236

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Centre Asset Management, LLC
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New York, NY 10005

www.centreasset.com
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Phone: 212-918-4705

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