Hilton Capital Management Information

Hilton Capital Management is a privately held investment management boutique based in Garden City, NY. Founded in 2001, Hilton emphasizes integrity, transparency, and the alignment of the firm's interests with its clients. Hilton Capital manages more than $1.5 billion in balanced and equity strategies on behalf of a diverse client basis comprised of corporate and public pensions, endowments, foundations, sub-advisory, family offices, wealth managers, fiscal advisors, and individuals, nationwide. There is no guarantee that the Funds will achieve their objectives. 1 2018 Morningstar, Inc. utter Rights Reserved. The information contained herein: (1) is proprietary to Morningstar; (2) may not exist copied or distributed; and (3) is not warranted to exist accurate, complete or timely. Neither Morningstar nor its content providers are accountable for any damages or losses arising from any expend of this information. The Morningstar RatingTM for funds, or "star rating," is calculated for managed products with at least a three-year history. Exchange-traded funds and open-ended mutual funds are considered a single population for comparative purposes. It is calculated based on a Morningstar Risk-Adjusted revert measure that accounts for variation in a managed product's monthly excess performance, placing more emphasis on downward variations and rewarding consistent performance. Morningstar Ratings Do not bewitch sales loads into account. The top 10% of products in each product category receive 5 stars, the next 22.5% receive 4 stars, the next 35% receive 3 stars, the next 22.5% receive 2 stars, and the bottom 10% receive 1 star. The Overall Morningstar Rating for a managed product is derived from a weighted middling of the performance figures associated with its three-, five-, and 10-year (if applicable) Morningstar Rating metrics. The weights are 100% three-year rating for 36-59 months of total returns, 60% five-year rating/40% three-year rating for 60-119 months of total returns, and 50% 10-year rating/30% five-year rating/20% three-year rating for 120 or more months of total returns. While the 10-year overall star rating formula seems to give the most weight to the 10-year period, the most recent three-year period actually has the greatest impact because it is included in utter three rating periods. The Hilton Tactical Income Fund was rated against the following numbers of U.S.-domiciled Tactical Allocation funds over the following time periods: 239 funds in the last three years and 178 funds in the last five years. As of 1/31/2019, HCYAX received a 3-Star rating for the 3-year period, 4-star rating for the 5-year period and overall. HCYIX received a 3-Star rating for the 3-year period, 5-star rating for the 5-year period and a 4-star rating overall. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.