Eventide Dividend Growth Fund Class C ETCDX Strategy

The investment seeks dividend income and long-term capital appreciation; the secondary objective is dividend income. The fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in securities with dividend growth attributes, which may include historical dividend growth characteristics and/or strong free cash flow generation and healthy balance sheet characteristics. Under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the fund’s net assets (plus the amount of borrowings for investment purposes) is invested in the securities of companies that the Adviser believes have the ability to increase dividends over the long term.