strategies than others. Even in the absence of flaws, a model may not perform as anticipated.
New Fund Risk: There can be no assurance that the Fund will grow to or maintain an economically viable size, in which case the Board of Trustees may determine to liquidate the Fund. The Board of Trustees may liquidate the Fund at any time in accordance with the Declaration of Trust and governing law. As a result, the timing of the Fund's liquidation may not be favorable.
Privately Held Company Risk: Investments in equity securities of privately held companies involve greater risk than investments in equity securities of public companies. Because there is no public market for the company's securities, it can be difficult to determine current valuations for the overall company and the related securities held by the Fund. Further, the Fund would not be able to sell these securities until a liquidity event occurs, such as an initial public offering of the company's stock, which is normally outside the control of the Fund and Advisor. Accordingly, these securities are considered illiquid. There is also significantly less information available about these companies' business models, quality of management, earnings growth potential and other criteria used to evaluate their investment prospects.
Sector Exposure Risk: Because the Fund may, from time to time, have significant exposure to particular sectors, the value of its shares may be especially sensitive to factors and economic risks that specifically affect those sector(s). As a result, the Fund's share price may fluctuate more widely than the value of shares of a fund that invests in a broader range of exposures. The Fund may invest a significant portion of its assets in the following sector(s) and, therefore, the performance of the Fund could be negatively impacted by events affecting each of these sector(s).
Information Technology Sector Risk: Companies in the information technology sector can be significantly affected by short product cycles, obsolescence of existing technology, impairment or loss of intellectual property rights, falling prices and profits, competition from new market entrants, government regulation and other factors.
Communication Services Sector Risk: The performance of companies in the communication services sector may be affected by intense competition, rapid technological change, evolving consumer preferences, significant capital requirements, government regulation, public scrutiny, cybersecurity incidents, and the potential obsolescence of products or services. Communication services companies may also be affected by changes in advertising demand, user engagement, content distribution, data privacy rules, intellectual property matters, and the adoption or disruption of services through artificial intelligence technologies. Because the Fund may invest a significant portion of its assets in this sector, developments affecting communication services companies may have a greater impact on the Fund than on a fund with broader sector exposure.
Industrials Sector Risk: Companies in the industrials sector may be affected by supply and demand for their products and services, economic cycles, commodity prices, labor costs, transportation costs, government regulation, defense spending, infrastructure spending, trade policy, and global competition. Companies in this sector may be sensitive to changes in business investment and industrial production.
Consumer Discretionary Sector Risk: Companies in the consumer discretionary sector may be affected by changes in domestic and global economic conditions, interest rates, disposable household income, consumer confidence, consumer spending, competition, demographics, and changing consumer preferences. Consumer
discretionary companies may be more sensitive to economic downturns than companies in other sectors.
Utilities Sector Risk: Companies in the utilities sector may be affected by supply and demand, fuel costs, operating costs, government regulation, environmental regulation, liabilities for environmental damage, rate caps, rate changes, infrastructure spending, weather events, and interest rate changes. Because many utilities are regulated, their profitability may depend on regulatory approvals and permitted rates of return.
Unrelated Business Risk: Many of the companies in which the Fund will invest have other business lines unrelated to the Fund's thematic category. These other lines of business could adversely affect those firms' operating results and, in turn, hurt the Fund's performance. The operating results of companies with other business lines may fluctuate independently of the fluctuations in the relevant thematic category businesses. In addition, a particular company's ability to engage in new business activities may expose it to additional risks for which it has less experience than its existing business lines. Despite a company's possible success in activities linked to a thematic category, there can be no assurance that its other lines of business will not adversely affect the company's business, financial condition, or market value. In addition, a particular company's unrelated businesses may impact the Fund's investment returns and it may be difficult to isolate thematic category-related returns from other return sources.
Valuation Risk: Some portfolio holdings may be valued on the basis of factors other than market quotations. This may occur more often in times of market turmoil or reduced liquidity. There are multiple methods that can be used to value a portfolio holding when market quotations are not readily available. The value established for any portfolio holding at a point in time might differ from what would be produced using a different methodology or if it had been priced using market quotations. Portfolio holdings that are valued using techniques other than market quotations, including "fair valued" securities, may be subject to greater fluctuation in their valuations from one day to the next than if market quotations were used. In addition, there is no assurance that the Fund could sell or close out a portfolio position for the value established for it at any time, and it is possible that the Fund would incur a loss because a portfolio position is sold or closed out at a discount to the valuation established by the Fund at that time.
Performance
Because the Fund does not yet have a complete calendar year of performance history, the bar chart and total return tables are not provided. Once the Fund has operated for at least one calendar year, a bar chart and performance table will be included in the prospectus to show the performance of the Fund. When such information is included, this section will provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance history from year to year and showing how the Fund's average annual total returns compare with those of a broad measure of market performance and an additional index. Please note that the Fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. To obtain performance information, please visit the Fund's website at harborcapital.com or call 800-422-1050.