About the Firm
John C. Kornitzer founded our firm in 1989 and remains the majority owner. From 1989 to
October 2022, Mr. Kornitzer served as President of KCM. In October 2022, Mr. Kornitzer stepped
down as President of KCM and appointed Joe Neuberger to assume the responsibilities of
President and CEO. Mr. Kornitzer continues to serve on the Board of Directors of KCM and also
continues to work with the firm as a Portfolio Manager. We render advice as an investment
adviser or as a subadviser to individuals and institutions and act as the investment adviser to the
Buffalo Funds.
Advisory Services
We manage our clients’ accounts on a discretionary basis by providing investment supervisory
services and emphasizing traditional portfolio management techniques. We base our investment
decisions on internally-generated research and make decisions best suited to our clients’
investment needs and mandates.
Types of Advisory Services
Separately Managed Accounts. We manage individual investment portfolios in separate
accounts by providing investment supervisory services, and we continuously monitor and review
your funds managed by us. Your funds are invested according to your own individual needs,
objectives, and desires.
In managing any account, we may use a balanced approach or follow a specific investment style,
such as fixed income, value, or growth. A balanced approach uses both equity and fixed income
securities. For fixed income portfolios we consider investment grade securities, non-investment
grade securities, and municipal bonds. Value and growth investment styles use primarily equity
securities issued by companies of all market sizes which may be classified as large-cap, mid-cap,
small-cap, or micro-cap. In certain instances, we may invest in certain defined investment
segments, such as technology or international. All styles and methods may be used within any
account as we deem appropriate.
In managing your account according to your investment needs, objectives, and desires, we obtain
personal information from you concerning your financial situation, investment needs, objectives,
desires, and such other information we deem appropriate. We focus on your individual
circumstances and financial situation you express to us.
You may place restrictions on our management of your funds subject to our consent on the
reasonableness and feasibility of the restrictions. By placing restrictions on an account, your
account’s performance may be inconsistent with the performance of similarly managed accounts
and may not perform as you might otherwise desire.
Account Termination, Non-Investment Grade Securities. Our client agreements state upon a
termination, we liquidate the non-investment grade securities held in a terminating client’s
account. We liquidate these securities upon a termination of the agreement by you unless you
specifically authorize us to transfer the securities in-kind after we consult with you. Before we
liquidate the securities, we discuss with you the liquidation of the non-investment grade securities
and confirm the liquidation. If you desire to maintain the non-investment grade securities upon a
termination, we will transfer them in-kind upon receipt of written instructions from you.
Based on our experience, the succeeding firms for terminating clients may be unable to handle
these securities. They usually lack the experience and capabilities to research non-investment
grade securities, render advice on them, and execute transactions in them. The succeeding firms
are usually unable to liquidate the securities as favorably as we may do so, especially if we transfer
a smaller quantity that may be more difficult to execute. We believe we serve our clients’ interests
better by liquidating these securities instead of transferring them to a firm inexperienced in
handling them.
If we believe these non-investment grade securities represent a continuing investment opportunity
for our remaining clients, we may transfer the securities from a terminating client’s account to
client accounts that continue to be managed by us. We understand the nature of the securities and
if they present a value to remaining clients, we will transfer them at fair market value.
In transferring these securities from any terminating client’s
account to remaining client accounts,
we may be deemed to be favoring remaining clients over terminating clients. We could be deemed
to have a conflict of interest if favoring remaining clients over terminating clients in transferring
these securities. We believe it best serves all interests to handle these securities according to these
policies and procedures regarding non-investment grade securities in terminating client accounts.
Strategy Accounts. Our institutional clients typically specify the style or strategy they desire for
funds they place with us, which is a style or strategy similar to one or more of the Buffalo Funds
we manage. When our clients direct that we manage their accounts according to a designated
investment strategy used by us in managing one or more of the Buffalo Funds, we refer to these
accounts as “strategy accounts.”
When clients direct an investment strategy, we make investment decisions for their funds within
the strategy directed by them. For example, clients may direct that we manage their accounts using
an investment strategy similar to the Buffalo Small Cap Fund, other Buffalo Funds, or a
combination of two or more Buffalo Funds. The investment styles and strategies are described
under Item 8 - Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss below.
We manage these strategy accounts in a manner similar to and follow the investment strategy of
the respective Buffalo Fund to the fullest extent possible. The exact activity, performance, and
trades of the designated Fund cannot be replicated in these strategy accounts. These strategy
accounts are managed substantially similar but not identically to the respective Buffalo Fund. Any
number of factors may cause the management of a strategy account to vary from the management
of the designated Buffalo Fund, including variances in cash flows, relative sizes, trade execution
and processing, and client-imposed restrictions.
Higher account minimums may exist for these strategy accounts than for our individually managed
accounts. Minimum account sizes may vary according to whether the investment strategy directed
by the client may be appropriately implemented for the account based on the relative size of the
respective Buffalo Fund, whether the Buffalo Fund for the desired investment strategy is closed to
new investors, and any other considerations we deem appropriate.
Mutual Funds. We organized the Buffalo Funds, an investment company with a series of no-load
mutual funds and continue to act as its investment adviser. Following are the ten funds in the
series:
• Buffalo Discovery Fund
• Buffalo Dividend Focus Fund
• Buffalo Early Stage Growth Fund
• Buffalo Flexible Income Fund
• Buffalo Growth Fund
• Buffalo High Yield Fund
• Buffalo International Fund
• Buffalo Large Cap Fund
• Buffalo Mid Cap Fund
• Buffalo Small Cap Fund
We manage the Buffalo Funds and make investment decisions with respect to the types of assets
to be placed in the Funds according to established investment strategies for each Fund. Our
advisory services are rendered to the Funds as our client. As of March 31, 2023, we managed
approximately $3.7 billion of assets in the Buffalo Funds. You may obtain additional information
about the Buffalo Funds from the Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information at
www.buffalofunds.com.
Great Plains Trust Company. We provide investment advisory services to Great Plains Trust
Company (GPTC) as a subadviser for accounts which GPTC acts as trustee, custodian, and in a
similar capacity. We provide investment advisory services on behalf of GPTC to individual
beneficiaries of trusts and retirement accounts according to the individual investment needs,
objectives, and desires of the beneficiaries of the trusts and the retirement plans. Further reference
may be made to
www.greatplainstrust.com.
Assets Under Management
As of March 31, 2023, our assets under management were $6.4 billion, of which $6.3 billion were
managed on a discretionary basis and $71 million on a non-discretionary basis.