08/04/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 08/04/2026 12:58
| Hodges Blue Chip Equity Income Fund |
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SUMMARY PROSPECTUS « July 29, 2026 Retail Class Ticker HDPBX |
Before you invest, you may want to review the Hodges Blue Chip Equity Income Fund (the "Fund") prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. You can find the Fund's prospectus and other information about the Fund, including its statement of additional information ("SAI") and most recent reports to shareholders, online www.hodgesfunds.com. You can also get this information at no cost by calling 1-866-811-0224 or by sending an e-mail to [email protected]. This Summary Prospectus incorporates by reference the Fund's entire prospectus and SAI, both dated July 29, 2026.
Investment Objective. The primary investment objective of the Hodges Blue Chip Equity Income Fund
(the "Blue Chip Equity Income Fund") is to generate income and long-term capital appreciation.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund. This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Blue Chip Equity Income Fund.
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Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) |
Retail Class Shares |
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Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) |
None |
| Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) | None |
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Redemption Fee (as a percentage of amount redeemed within 30 days of purchase) |
1.00% |
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Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) |
Retail Class Shares |
| Management Fees | 0.65% |
| Distribution and Service (Rule 12b-1) Fees | 0.25% |
| Other Expenses | 0.44% |
| Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses | 1.34% |
| Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement(1) | (0.04)% |
| Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement | 1.30% |
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The Adviser has contractually agreed to reduce its fees and pay the Blue Chip Equity Income Fund's expenses (excluding taxes, interest expenses, interest on short positions, portfolio transaction expenses, acquired fund fees and expenses, extraordinary expenses, Rule 12b-1 fees, shareholder servicing fees and any other class specific expenses) in order to limit Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement for the Blue Chip Equity Income Fund to 1.05% of the Blue Chip Equity Income Fund's average net assets (the "Blue Chip Equity Income Fund Expense Cap"). The Blue Chip Equity Income Fund Expense Cap will remain in effect until July 31, 2027. The agreement may be terminated at any time by the NLFT II Board upon 60 days' written notice to the Adviser, or by the Adviser with the consent of the NLFT II Board. The Adviser is permitted, with NLFT II Board approval, to receive reimbursement from the Fund for fees it waived and Fund expenses it paid, subject to the limitation that (1) the reimbursement for fees and expenses will be made only if payable within three years from the date the fees and expenses were initially waived or reimbursed and (2) the reimbursement may not be made if it would cause the expense limitation in effect at the time of the waiver or currently in effect, whichever is lower, to be exceeded. |
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Example. This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Blue Chip Equity Income Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Blue Chip Equity Income Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Blue Chip Equity Income Fund's operating expenses remain the same, and takes into account the effect of the Operating Expenses Limitation Agreement through July 31, 2027. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:
| One Year | Three Years | Five Years | Ten Years | |
| Retail Class | $132 | $421 | $730 | $1,609 |
Portfolio Turnover. The Blue Chip Equity Income Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Blue Chip Equity Income Fund's performance. For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, the Blue Chip Equity Income Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 55% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies. Under normal market conditions, the Blue Chip Equity Income Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in large capitalization income producing equity securities. The Fund invests primarily in the stocks of large capitalization companies. The Blue Chip Equity Income Fund defines large capitalization companies as companies whose market capitalizations, at the time of purchase, are within the range of market capitalization of companies constituting the S&P 500® Index. As of June 30, 2026, the market capitalization of companies in the S&P 500® Index ranged from $5.12 billion to $4.85 trillion. The Adviser selects investments using a "bottom-up" approach, which is largely driven by internal research, and means that the Adviser looks at companies one at a time to determine if a company is an attractive investment opportunity and if it is consistent with the Fund's investment policies. While the Blue Chip Equity Income Fund invests primarily in securities that are traded in the United States, it may also invest up to 25% of its net assets in stocks of foreign companies, including those in emerging markets, which are U.S. dollar denominated and trade on a domestic national securities exchange, including American Depositary Receipts ("ADRs"), European Depositary Receipts ("EDRs") and Global Depositary Receipts ("GDRs"). The Fund may also invest up to 20% of its net assets in equity securities of issuers that have market capitalizations outside the defined large-cap level at the time of purchase. Equity securities include common stocks, preferred stocks and equity-equivalent securities such as convertible securities, stock futures contracts or equity options. The Blue Chip Equity Income Fund may invest up to 20% of its net assets in investment-grade debt securities, debt obligations of governments and their agencies and other similar securities, convertible and non-convertible debt securities, U.S. government securities and in money market funds. The Fund also may purchase put and call options on U.S. traded stocks, currencies or security indices. From time to time, the Blue Chip Equity Income Fund may also engage in short sales transactions and may sell options purchased and write "covered" put and call options. The Blue Chip Equity Income Fund is permitted to invest up to 10% of its net assets in securities futures and options.
The Blue Chip Equity Income Fund expects to issue dividends from net Investment income, if any, on a quarterly basis. An investor may choose to have the quarterly dividend paid in cash or reinvested into the Fund.
The Adviser will consider selling a security in the Blue Chip Equity Income Fund's portfolio if the Adviser believes that security has become overvalued or is believed to have reached its growth potential. Such evaluation will involve measuring the potential for additional appreciation in a security relative to its down-side risk. The Adviser will also take tax considerations into account when making a sell decision. While the Blue Chip Equity Income Fund will be managed with consideration given to tax efficiency and will pursue and target a turnover of less than 100% in a given year, the Blue Chip Equity Income Fund's portfolio turnover may vary depending on market conditions in any given year. The Blue Chip Equity Fund may, from time to time, have significant exposure to one or more sectors of the market. As of March 31, 2026, 22.94% of the Blue Chip Equity Fund's net assets were invested in securities within the information technology sector.
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Principal Risks. Remember that in addition to possibly not achieving your investment goals, you could lose money by investing in the Blue Chip Equity Income Fund. The principal risks of investing in the Blue Chip Equity Income Fund are:
The remaining principal risks are presented in alphabetical order. Each risk summarized below is considered a "principal risk" of investing in the Blue Chip Equity Income Fund, regardless of the order in which it appears.
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Performance. The following performance information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Blue Chip Equity Income Fund. The bar chart below illustrates how shares of the Blue Chip Equity Income Fund's total returns have varied from year to year. The table below illustrates how the Blue Chip Equity Income Fund's average annual total returns for the 1-year, 5-year and 10-year periods compare with that of a broad-based securities index. The Blue Chip Equity Income Fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how it will perform in the future. Updated performance information is available on the Fund's website at www.hodgescapital.com/mutual-funds. Note that the Fund changed its investment strategy to mandate an 80% investment in large capitalization income producing equity securities, effective March 28, 2016. Prior thereto, the Fund's strategy did not mandate that level of investment in large capitalization income producing securities, and the Fund's portfolio did not always maintain that level of investment in large capitalization income producing securities. The performance shown below for periods prior to the change in the Fund's investment strategy was achieved under the Fund's former investment strategy.
Prior performance shown below is for the Predecessor Blue Chip Equity Income Fund (the Hodges Blue Chip Equity Income Fund, a former series of Professionally Managed Portfolios), for dates prior to September 25, 2023. The Blue Chip Equity Income Fund has adopted the performance of the Predecessor Blue Chip Equity Income Fund as a result of a reorganization in which the Blue Chip Equity Income Fund has acquired all the assets and liabilities of the Predecessor Blue Chip Equity Income Fund (the "Reorganization"). Prior to the Reorganization, the Blue Chip Equity Income Fund was a newly formed "shell" fund with no assets and had not commenced operations.
The Blue Chip Equity Income Fund's portfolio management team served as the portfolio management team of the Predecessor Blue Chip Equity Income Fund and has been the Blue Chip Equity Income Fund's portfolio management team since inception.
Retail Class Shares
Calendar Year Returns as of December 31,
The Blue Chip Equity Income Fund's year-to-date return as of the most recent calendar quarter ended June 30, 2026, was 22.50%.
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Highest Quarterly Return: |
2Q, 2020 | 25.34% |
| Lowest Quarterly Return: | 1Q, 2020 | -22.67% |
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Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended December 31, 2025
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One Year |
Five Years |
Ten Years | |
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| Return Before Taxes | 23.36% | 16.73% | 14.64% |
| Return After Taxes on Distributions | 21.96% | 14.62% | 12.75% |
| Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares | 14.81% | 12.94% | 11.61% |
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Russell 1000® Total Return Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) |
17.37% | 13.59% | 14.59% |
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S&P 500 Total Return Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes |
17.88% | 14.42% | 14.82% |
After tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown. After tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates in effect and do not reflect the effect of state and local taxes. The after-tax returns shown may not be relevant to those investors who hold their shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts ("IRAs"). "Return After Taxes on Distributions" shows the effect of taxable distributions (dividends and capital gains distributions) but assumes that Fund shares are still held at the end of the period.
Effective July 1, 2026, the Fund replaced the Russell 1000® Total Return Index as its primary benchmark with the S&P 500 Total Return Index. The Adviser made this recommendation to the Board because the S&P 500 Total Return Index more closely aligns with the Fund's investment strategies and capitalization range. Returns for both benchmarks will be shown for a transition period.
The S&P 500 Total Return Index is an unmanaged index of 500 common stocks that is generally considered representative of the U.S. stock market. It tracks both the capital gains of a group of stocks over time and assumes that any cash distributions, such as dividends, are reinvested back into the index.
The Russell 1000 Total Return Index is a subset of the Russell 3000 Index that includes approximately 1,000 of the largest companies in the US equity universe. It tracks both the capital gains of a group of stocks over time and assumes that any cash distributions, such as dividends, are reinvested back into the index.
Investors may not invest in the indexes directly; unlike the Fund's returns, the indexes do not reflect any fees
or expenses.
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Investment Adviser. Hodges Capital Management, Inc., serves as the Blue Chip Equity Income Fund's
investment adviser.
Portfolio Managers. The following individuals serve as the Blue Chip Equity Income Fund's portfolio managers:
| Portfolio Managers | Primary Title | With the Blue Chip Equity Income Fund since |
| Craig D. Hodges |
Chief Investment Officer/ Chief Executive Officer |
Since Inception (2009) for the Predecessor Hodges Blue Chip Equity Income Fund |
| Gary M. Bradshaw | Senior Vice President | Since Inception (2009) for the Predecessor Hodges Blue Chip Equity Income Fund |
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares. You may purchase or redeem Fund shares on any business day by written request via mail (The Hodges Blue Chip Equity Income Fund, c/o Ultimus Fund Solutions, LLC, P.O. Box 46707, Cincinnati, Ohio 45246), by wire transfer, by telephone at 1-866-811-0224, or through a financial intermediary. The minimum initial and subsequent investment amounts are shown in the table below.
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Minimum Initial Investment for All Account Types |
Subsequent Minimum Investment for All Account Types |
| Blue Chip Equity Income Fund | Retail Class: $1,000 | Retail Class: No minimum |
Tax Information. The Blue Chip Equity Income Fund's distributions are taxable, and will be taxed as ordinary income or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries. If you purchase Blue Chip Equity Income Fund shares through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Blue Chip Equity Income Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Blue Chip Equity Income Fund shares and related services. These payments may create conflicts of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Blue Chip Equity Income Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's website for more information.
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