Along with his role as portfolio manager at Eventide, Dr. Kuruvilla also serves as Principal at Clarus Ventures, a health care venture capital firm with $1.2 billion under management. He represents Clarus on the Board of Directors of Nanostring, and is also a Board Observer for Catabasis, Lycera, Tetralogic, and Virdante. He has cared for adult and pediatric patients suffering from a wide variety of hematologic, oncologic, and autoimmune disorders at the Brigham & Women's Hospital, Children's Hospital Boston, the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, the Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, and the Massachusetts General Hospital. He has also conducted research at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT in medical genetics from 2006 to 2008. Dr. Kuruvilla did his residency at the Brigham & Women's Hospital from 2003 to 2006 and his fellowship in transfusion medicine at Harvard Medical School from 2006 to 2007. He received his MD from Harvard Medical School, his PhD in chemistry and chemical biology from Harvard University, his master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT, and his bachelor's degree from Caltech.
The following table shows the Gilead Fund's performance since inception:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Since 3 year inception As of 12/31/2012 YTD return 1 year annualized (7/08/2008) return return annualized return----------------------------------------------------------------------------Eventide Gilead Fund* 18.15% 18.15% 11.95% 11.08%----------------------------------------------------------------------------S&P 500 Total Return Index 16.00% 16.00% 10.87% 4.88%----------------------------------------------------------------------------Russell Mid-Cap Growth TotalReturn Index 15.81% 15.81% 12.91% 6.00%----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Eventide Gilead Fund expenses ratios: Gross Expenses 2.05%; Net Expenses 1.64%. The advisor has agreed to maintain the Fund's total annual operating expenses at 1.64% until at least October 31, 2013. Three-year and inception returns are annualized. The performance data quoted here represents past performance. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted above. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Please review the fund's prospectus for more information regarding the fund's fees and expenses. Performance shown is for No-load Class shares (please see a prospectus for information about other share classes). For performance information current to the most recent month-end, please call toll-free 877-771-EVEN (3836).
The S&P 500 is an index created by Standard & Poor's Corp considered to represent the performance of the stock market generally. The Russell Midcap Growth Index measures the performance of the U.S. equity mid-cap growth segment. It includes mid-cap companies with higher price-to-book ratios and forecasted growth. Neither index is an investment product available for purchase.
Mutual Funds involve risk including the possible loss of principal. Both the Eventide Gilead Fund and Eventide Healthcare & Life Sciences Fund can invest in smaller-sized companies which may experience higher failure rates than larger companies and they normally have a lower trading volume than larger companies. The Funds' ethical values screening criteria could cause it to underperform similar funds that do not have such screening criteria. The Eventide Healthcare & Life Sciences fund is non-diversified and its performance largely depends on the overall condition of the healthcare sector. The Eventide Gilead Fund and Eventide Healthcare & Life Sciences Fund can both have risk associated with the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry in which these companies may be heavily dependent on clinical trials with uncertain outcomes and decisions made by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The funds can have risk related to option investing. There are special risks associated with investments in foreign companies including exposure to currency fluctuations, less efficient trading markets, political instability and differing auditing and legal standards. The fund can have risk associated with a higher portfolio turnover which could result in higher transactional costs.
An investor should consider the Fund's investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses carefully before investing or sending money. This and other important information about the Eventide Gilead Fund can be found in the Fund's prospectus. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing. To obtain a current prospectus please call the fund, toll free at 877-771- EVEN (3836). You can also obtain a prospectus at www.eventidefunds.com. The Eventide Gilead Fund is distributed by Northern Lights Distributors, LLC, which is not affiliated with Eventide Asset Management, LLC.
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Fund Contact:
Robin John
877-771-EVEN (3836), x55
