Hancock Horizon Funds Launches Diversified Income Fund

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For each fund with at least a three-year history, Morningstar calculates a Morningstar Rating™ metric each month by subtracting the return on a 90-day U.S. Treasury Bill from the fund's load adjusted return for the same period, and then adjusting this excess return for risk. The top 10 percent of funds in each category receive 5 stars, the next 22.5 percent receive 4 stars, the next 35 percent receive 3 stars, the next 22.5 percent receive 2 stars and the bottom 10 percent receive 1 star. The Overall Morningstar Rating for a fund is derived from a weighted average of the performance figures associated with its three, five and ten-year (if applicable) Morningstar Rating metrics. As of 8/31/2012, the Hancock Horizon Burkenroad Fund, Class A was rated against 588 Small Blend Funds over a three year period, 510 over a five-year period, and 308 over a 10 year period and received 4, 5, and 5 stars respectively.

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