This Disclosure document is being offered to you by Prudent Man Investment Management, Inc. (“Prudent Man”)
in connection with the investment advisory services we provide. It discloses information about the services we
provide and the way those services are made available to you, the client.
Prudent Man Investment Management, Inc. is an independent, fee-only investment advisory firm providing asset
and portfolio management to clients. The firm became a registered investment adviser in 1988. Chris Reading is
the current owner of the firm. Keith Diamond is the Chief Compliance Officer.
Investment Management and Supervision Services
Prudent Man Investment Management, Inc. offers both discretionary and non-discretionary investment
supervisory services for its full range of clients. Prudent Man follows a disciplined approach to long-term investing
based on a belief in global market diversification and true asset allocation through the use of low cost institutional
mutual funds. We develop investment portfolios tailored to our clients’ specific financial goals and consistent
with our mission to provide the best investment experience at the lowest cost; focusing on after tax returns. Our
services include assisting clients in the design of written investment objective and policy statements (which will
include target rates of return), asset allocation, and the types of investments that may be considered.
Prudent Man Investment Management, Inc., intends to primarily utilize no-load, passively managed, index-based
funds for U.S. and International Equity investments to achieve the clients’ investment objectives. We closely
monitor the clients’ investments and investment performance as it relates to the long-term objectives of the
clients. Investment advisory services are initiated only after you and Prudent Man execute an engagement letter
or client agreement.
In all cases, you have a direct and beneficial interest in your securities, rather than an undivided interest in a
pool of securities. We do not and will not have custody of your funds or securities. We do have limited authority
to direct the Custodian to deduct investment advisory fees, but only with the appropriate authorization from
you.
You are advised and are expected to understand that our past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
Certain market and economic risks exist that may adversely affect an account’s performance. This could result in
capital losses in your account.
Retirement Plan Advisory Services
Retirement Plan Advisory Services consists of assisting employer plan sponsors establish, monitor and review their
company’s retirement plan. As the needs of the plan sponsor dictate, areas of advising could include: investment
selection and monitoring, plan structure, and participant education.
We will establish your plan’s needs and objectives through an initial meeting to collect data, review plan
information, and assist you in developing or updating the plan’s provisions. Ongoing services to you may include
recommendations regarding the selection and review of unaffiliated mutual funds that, in our judgment, are
suitable for plan assets for you to be invested. We periodically review the investment options you select and make
recommendations to keep or replace plan investment options as appropriate. We perform a comprehensive
review of potential service providers or vendors and will assist you with converting from your incumbent service
provider to a new service provider selected by you. You are under no obligation to follow the recommendations
we make.
Services available under an Investment Advisory Agreement permit us to provide financial education to your plan
participants. The scope of education provided to participants at your request will not constitute “investment
advice” within the meaning of ERISA and participant education will relate to general principles for investing and
information about the investment options currently in the plan. We may also participate in initial enrollment
meetings and periodic workshops and enrollment meetings for new participants as we agree upon.
All Retirement Plan Advisory
Services shall be in compliance with any applicable Federal and State law(s) regulating
the services provided by our Agreement. This section applies to an Account that is a pension or other employee
benefit plan (a “Plan”) governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”). If
your Account is part of a Plan and we accept appointments to provide our services to your Account, we acknowledge
that we are a fiduciary within the meaning of Section 3(21) of ERISA. You represent that (i) Our appointment and
services are consistent with the Plan documents, (ii) You have furnished us true and complete copies of all documents
establishing and governing the Plan and evidencing your authority to retain our firm. You further represent that you
will promptly furnish us with any amendments to the Plan, and you agree that, if any amendment affects our rights
or obligations, such amendment will be binding on us only with our prior written consent. If your Account contains
only a part of the assets of the Plan, you understand that we will have no responsibilities for the diversification of the
Plan’s investments, and we have no duty, responsibility or liability for the assets that are not in the account. If ERISA
or other applicable law requires bonding with respect to the assets in your account, you will obtain and maintain at
your expense bonding that satisfies this requirement and covers Prudent Man and any of our affiliates.
Disclosure Regarding Rollover Recommendations
We are fiduciaries under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and when we provide investment advice to you
regarding your retirement plan account or individual retirement account, we are also fiduciaries within the meaning
of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and/or the Internal Revenue Code, as applicable, which are
laws governing retirement accounts. We have to act in your best interest and not put our interest ahead of yours. At
the same time, the way we make money creates some conflicts with your interests.
A client or prospect leaving an employer typically has four options regarding an existing retirement plan (and may
engage in a combination of these options): (i) leave the money in the former employer’s plan, if permitted, (ii) roll
over the assets to the new employer’s plan, if one is available and rollovers are permitted, (iii) rollover to an Individual
Retirement Account (“IRA”), or (iv) cash out the account value (which could, depending upon the client’s age, result
in adverse tax consequences). Our Firm may recommend an investor roll over plan assets to an IRA for which our Firm
provides investment advisory services. As a result, our Firm and its representatives may earn an asset-based fee. In
contrast, a recommendation that a client or prospective client leave their plan assets with their previous employer or
roll over the assets to a plan sponsored by a new employer will generally result in no compensation to our Firm. Our
Firm therefore has an economic incentive to encourage a client to roll plan assets into an IRA that our Firm will
manage, which presents a conflict of interest. To mitigate the conflict of interest, there are various factors that our
Firm will consider before recommending a rollover, including but not limited to: (i) the investment options available
in the plan versus the investment options available in an IRA, (ii) fees and expenses in the plan versus the fees and
expenses in an IRA, (iii) the services and responsiveness of the plan’s investment professionals versus those of our
Firm, (iv) protection of assets from creditors and legal judgments, (v) required minimum distributions and age
considerations, and (vi) employer stock tax consequences, if any. Our Firm’s Chief Compliance Officer remains
available to address any questions that a client or prospective client has regarding the oversight.
Wrap Fee Programs
We do not place client assets into a wrap fee program.
Assets
As of December 31, 2023, we have a total of $285,405,082 assets under our Firm’s management. Assets managed
on a discretionary basis total $277,856,732 and $7,548,350 assets are managed on a non-discretionary basis.