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Grandeur Peak reduces expenses on two funds

edited December 2015 in Fund Discussions
http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915802/000091580215000101/grandeurpeakfeecapfootnoteup.htm

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FINANCIAL INVESTORS TRUST


Grandeur Peak Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund

Grandeur Peak Global Reach Fund

SUPPLEMENT DATED DECEMBER 4, 2015 TO THE PROSPECTUS DATED AUGUST 31, 2015

Grandeur Peak Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund

The footnote under the Table titled “FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND” on page 2 of the Prospectus is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

** Grandeur Peak Global Advisors, LLC (the “Adviser”), has agreed to waive and/or reimburse fees or expenses in order to limit Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver/Expense Reimbursement (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, brokerage expenses, interest expenses, taxes and extraordinary expenses) to 1.95% and 1.70% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for the Fund’s Investor Class Shares and Institutional Class Shares, respectively. This agreement (the “Expense Agreement”) is in effect through August 31, 2016. The Adviser will be permitted to recover, on a class- by-class basis, expenses it has borne through the Expense Agreement to the extent that a Fund’s expenses in later periods fall below the expense cap in effect at the time of waiver or reimbursement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Fund will not be obligated to pay any such deferred fees and expenses more than three years after the end of the fiscal year in which the fee and expenses was deferred. The Expense Agreement may not be terminated or modified prior to August 31, 2016 except with the approval of the Fund’s Board of Trustees.

Grandeur Peak Global Reach Fund

The second footnote under the Table titled “FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND” on page 10 of the Prospectus is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

** Grandeur Peak Global Advisors, LLC (the “Adviser”), has agreed to waive and/or reimburse fees or expenses in order to limit Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver/Expense Reimbursement (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, brokerage expenses, interest expenses, taxes and extraordinary expenses) to 1.60% and 1.35% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for the Fund’s Investor Class Shares and Institutional Class Shares, respectively. This agreement (the “Expense Agreement”) is in effect through August 31, 2016. The Adviser will be permitted to recover, on a class- by-class basis, expenses it has borne through the Expense Agreement to the extent that a Fund’s expenses in later periods fall below the expense cap in effect at the time of waiver or reimbursement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Fund will not be obligated to pay any such deferred fees and expenses more than three years after the end of the fiscal year in which the fee and expenses was deferred. The Expense Agreement may not be terminated or modified prior to August 31, 2016 except with the approval of the Fund’s Board of Trustees.

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Please retain this supplement for future reference.


ttp://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915802/000091580215000101/grandeurpeakfeecapfootnoteup.htm

Comments

  • I don't think this is actually a reduction. GPEOX currently has an expense ratio of 1.82% (as of August 31, according to Grandeur Peak's website), so setting the cap at 1.95% means there is no change in the expense ratio. Similarly, GPROX's current expense ratio is 1.34%, which is also below the cap of 1.60%.

    Are they expecting expenses to go up significantly in the near future, such that they'll hit the cap?
  • The link was missing the lead 'h' in http - corrected below
    http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915802/000091580215000101/grandeurpeakfeecapfootnoteup.htm

    This is a technical correction. The original read:
    "Fee Waiver ... to 1.70% and 1.95% of ... the Fund's Investor Class Shares and Institutional Class Shares, respectively."

    The corrected version (here) reads:
    "Fee Waiver ... to 1.95% and 1.70% of ... the Fund's Investor Class Shares and Institutional Class Shares, respectively."

    Get out your magnifying glasses:-)
  • edited December 2015
    @msf

    Thanks for clarifying that.
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