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Virginia Intermediate Tax-Free Fund

Mutual Funds

Virginia Intermediate Tax-Free Fund


Fund Managers

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Robert Millikan, CFA®

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Michael McVicker

Overview

C
Shares

BVACX

Inception
Date

02.01.2012

Investment
Min.

$1,000

Subsequent
Investment Min.1

N/A

Max. Up Front
Sales Charge

N/A

Max. Deferred
Sales Charge

1%

1If subsequent investments are made as part of an AIP, the minimum is $25.

Philosophy & Process

The Fund seeks current income exempt from federal and Virginia income taxes consistent with preservation of capital.

In managing the Fund, the team specializes in actively building and managing a high credit quality fixed income portfolio focused on the intermediate segment of the yield curve offering. The team employs a top-down investment process that focuses on: duration management, yield curve strategy and finding the best relative value with limited amount of risk in order to maximize the risk-adjusted total return.

Buy Strategy: We buy high quality, liquid issues and seek the best relative sector and security values available. We attempt to maximize total return and current income while reducing price volatility.

Sell Strategy: We will consider selling a security we own in order to reposition the Fund along the yield curve and adjust the Fund's average maturity or duration. In addition, we might replace a security with one that offers greater potential for total return or when its credit fundamentals are deteriorating.

Investment Considerations

The funds are subject to the same risks as the underlying bonds in the portfolios such as credit, prepayment and interest rate risk. As interest rates rise, the value of bond prices will decline and an investor may lose money. The funds are non-diversified and may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a single issuer than funds that are more diversified. Furthermore, the funds invest primarily in state-specific municipal obligations of issuers and therefore will be affected by economic, political or other events affecting municipal issuers.

Fund Facts

Term Class A Shares Class C Shares Class I Shares
Ticker BVAAXBVACXBVATX
Inception Date 05.17.199902.01.201205.17.1999
Investment Min. $1,000$1,000$1,000,000
Subsequent Investment Min.2 N/AN/AN/A
Max. Up Front Sales Charge 2%N/AN/A
Max. Deferred Sales Charge N/A1%N/A

2If subsequent investments are made as part of an AIP, the minimum is $25.

Virginia Intermediate Tax-Free Fund

Management

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Robert Millikan, CFA®

Co-Portfolio Manager

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Michael McVicker

Co-Portfolio Manager

Performance

Fund Performance as of 06.30.2023

Term QTR YTD 1 Year 3 Years 5 Years 10 Years Since Inception
A Shares with 2.00% Sales Charge -3.05% -1.35% -0.60% -2.28% 0.56% 1.21% 2.90%
A Shares without Sales Charge -1.06% 0.70% 1.47% -1.61% 0.96% 1.41% 2.98%
Institutional Shares -1.00% 0.92% 1.72% -1.37% 1.23% 1.67% 3.16%
Lipper Other States Intermediate Municipal Median -0.53% 1.31% 1.93% -1.14% 1.14% 1.69% N/A

The total expense ratios for Class A, C and I Shares are 0.81%, 1.56% and 0.56%, respectively.

Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit the performance summary.

The performance of the Virginia Intermediate Tax-Free Fund reflects the deduction of fees for value-added services associated with a mutual fund, such as investment management and fund accounting fees. The inception date for Class A Shares is 05.17.1999. The inception date for Class C Shares is 02.01.2012. The inception date for Class Inst'l Shares is 05.17.1999. Performance reflects 12b-1 fees and applicable expenses. Performance for Class C Shares for periods prior to inception is based on the performance of Class A Shares of the Fund.  The performance shown reflects the reinvestment of all dividend and capital gains distributions.

Characteristics

Quality Breakdown as of 06.30.2023

Credit quality ratings using Moody's rating symbols reflect the credit quality of the underlying bonds in the fund portfolio and not of the Fund itself. Moody's assigns a range of ratings from AAA being the highest quality to C being the lowest rated class of bonds. Securities not rated by Moody's may be rated by S&P, Fitch or if no agency rating is available, the Fund will assign a rating of not rated. Bond quality ratings are subject to change.

Effective Duration Breakdown as of 06.30.2023

Name Value
0-1 Yr. 5.0
1-2 Yr. 6.0
2-3 Yr. 10.0
3-5 Yr. 29.0
5-10 Yr. 44.0
10+ Yrs. 3.0

Current and future portfolio holdings are subject to change and risk. Based on Market Value of securities.

Summary Statistics as of 06.30.2023

Name Value
Number of Holdings 43
Average Life 5.94 Years
Effective Duration 4.86 Years
Annual Turnover 22%

Portfolio Composition as of 06.30.2023

Composition Fund Index
General Obligation 48.0% 28.8%
Pre-Refunded 5.6% 3.3%
Revenue 44.3% 67.8%
[Cash] 2.1% 0.0%

Top Ten Holdings as of 06.30.2023

# Company Name Value
1 VA Pub Sch Auth Spl Oblig Chesterfield 5.0% 15-1-30 3.53%
2 VA Pub Sch Auth Sch Fing 5.0% 1-840 3.47%
3 Loudoun Cty VA 5.0% 1-12-29 3.46%
4 Fairfax Cty VA 5.0% 1-10-31 3.44%
5 Virginia Transn Brd Fed Antic Rev 5.0% 15-9-31 3.32%
6 Virginia College Bldg Auth Edl Facs Rev Prog 5.0% 1-2-31 3.21%
7 Richmond VA 5.0% 1-3-28 3.11%
8 Chesapeake VA 5.0% 1-8-30 2.97%
9 Manassas VA 4.0% 1-7-33 2.97%
10 VA College Bldg Auth Edl Facs Rev 5.25% 1-2-41 2.85%

Current and future portfolio holdings are subject to change and risk. Based on Market Value of securities.

Growth of $10,000 as of 06.30.2023

The Growth of $10,000 is hypothetical based upon the performance of net A Shares at NAV for the period ended 06.30.2023. It includes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains.

Distribution

Monthly Dividend Distribution as of 08.31.2023

Month Class A Shares Class C Shares Class Inst'l Shares
August 2023 $0.0171 $0.0116 $0.0195
July 2023 $0.0173 $0.0100 $0.0196
June 2023 $0.0169 $0.0102 $0.0192
May 2023 $0.0174 $0.0104 $0.0197
April 2023 $0.0160 $0.0091 $0.0183
March 2023 $0.0167 $0.0098 $0.0191
February 2023 $0.0149 $0.0086 $0.0171
January 2023 $0.0162 $0.0090 $0.0186
December 2022 $0.0160 $0.0088 $0.0184
November 2022 $0.0156 $0.0088 $0.0178
October 2022 $0.0160 $0.0091 $0.0183
September 2022 $0.0147 $0.0080 $0.0169

30-Day SEC Yield as of 08.31.2023

Share Class Value
Class A 2.63%
Class C 1.91%
Class I 2.93%

Fixed Income Funds

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