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DAVIS ADVISORS
1-800-279-2279
http://davisadvisors.com
FORM ADV PART 2
BROCHURE
June 27, 2025
DAVIS SELECTED ADVISERS, L.P.
2949 East Elvira Road, Suite 101
Tucson, Arizona 85756
DAVIS SELECTED ADVISERS–NY, INC.
620 Fifth Avenue, 3rd Floor
New York, New York 10020
This brochure provides information about the qualifications and business practices of Davis Selected Advisers, L.P.
and Davis Selected Advisers–NY, Inc. (jointly “Davis Advisors”). If you have any questions about the contents of this
brochure, please contact us at 1-800-279-2279. The information in this brochure has not been approved or verified by
the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or by any state securities authority.
Additional information about Davis Selected Advisers, L.P. and Davis Selected Advisers–NY, Inc. is available on the
SEC’s website at www.adviserinfo.sec.gov.
Privacy Notice
We collect information about you from your transactions with us, with our affiliates, and with the sponsors of our
managed money/wrap account programs. We use this information to process your requests and transactions. We do
not disclose any nonpublic personal information about you to anyone except as necessary to service your account and
as permitted by law. We may also gather information through the use of “cookies” when you visit our website. These
files help us to recognize repeat visitors and allow easy access to and use of the website.
We restrict access to nonpublic personal information about you to those employees who need to know that information
to provide products or services to you. We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that comply with
federal standards to guard your personal information.
Item 2 Material Changes
This section describes the material changes since the last annual amendment of our Form ADV Brochure on March
29, 2024. Following is a summary of the material changes; see the identified sections for greater detail.
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References to “appreciation & income” have been changed to “balanced.”
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The Standard & Poor’s 500® Index has been added as a benchmark index for “Real estate companies” under
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Item 3 Table of Contents
Item 2 Material Changes................................................................................................................................................
Item 3 Table of Contents
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Item 4 Advisory Business
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Item 5 Fees & Compensation
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Item 6 Performance–Based Fees and Side-By-Side Management
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Item 7 Types of Clients
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Item 8 Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss
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Item 9 Disciplinary Information
Item 10 Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations
Item 11 Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and Personal Trading
Item 12 Brokerage Practices
Item 13 Review of Accounts
Item 14 Client Referrals and Other Compensation
Item 15 Custody
Item 16 Investment Discretion
Item 17 Voting Client Securities
Item 18 Financial Information
Item 19 Other Information
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Please note that Form ADV Part 2B begins on page 38.
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Item 4 Advisory Business
Davis Selected Advisers, L.P.
Davis Selected Advisers, L.P. (referred to jointly with Davis Selected Advisers–NY, Inc. as “Davis Advisors”) provides
discretionary portfolio management services, serving as investment adviser or sub-adviser for registered investment
companies (including the Davis ETFs, Davis Funds, Selected Funds, and Clipper Fund), unregistered investment
companies, offshore funds, private accounts, and other pooled investment vehicles. Davis Advisors also works with
sponsors to serve as investment adviser for managed money/wrap account programs. In certain managed money/wrap
account programs, Davis Advisors will provide non-discretionary investment management services (generally in the
form of a model portfolio).
Davis Selected Advisers, L.P. has been offering investment advisory services since 1969. Davis Selected Advisers,
L.P. is a private Colorado limited partnership. Davis Selected Advisers, L.P.’s limited partnership units are owned
(either directly or through holding companies) primarily by members of the Davis family, and Davis Selected Advisers,
L.P.’s officers and employees. Andrew Davis and Christopher Davis each own 25% or more of Davis Selected
Advisers, L.P.’s limited partnership units. Davis Investments, LLC (a Delaware limited liability company) serves as
Davis Selected Advisers, L.P.’s sole general partner. Davis Investments, LLC is wholly owned by Christopher Davis.
Davis Selected Advisers–NY, Inc.
Davis Selected Advisers–NY, Inc.’s only business is to serve as a sub-adviser for certain institutional accounts for
which Davis Selected Advisers, L.P. serves as investment adviser. Clients do not do business directly with Davis
Selected Advisers–NY, Inc.; Davis Selected Advisers–NY, Inc. works exclusively as a sub-adviser with select clients
of Davis Selected Advisers, L.P.
Davis Selected Advisers–NY, Inc. (a Delaware corporation) is a wholly owned affiliate of Davis Selected Advisers,
L.P. Davis Selected Advisers–NY, Inc. has been offering sub-advisory services to select clients of Davis Selected
Advisers, L.P. since 1997.
Advisory Services Offered
As of December 31, 2024, Davis Advisors managed approximately $21,527,609,849 in client assets on a discretionary
basis and approximately $3,789,089,127 in client assets on a non-discretionary basis. Davis Advisors manages client
accounts in the following investment strategies:
Large-cap value;
Concentrated equity;
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Financial services;
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International companies;
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Global companies;
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Real estate companies;
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Balanced;
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Government securities; and
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Government money market funds.
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A brief description of each of these investment strategies and their principal risks is included in Item 8 Methods of
Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss.
Accounts are managed based on an existing Davis Advisors investment strategy. Davis Advisors may tailor its advisory
services to the reasonable requests of its clients. The tailoring of any Davis Advisors investment strategy is generally
accomplished through investment restrictions established by the client and provided to Davis Advisors in writing. For
example, clients may impose reasonable investment limitations and restrictions on specific securities or industry
sectors. Davis Advisors retains the right to refuse to accept a client for any reason, including unreasonable investment
limitations or restrictions. In certain cases, an account following the same investment strategy as another account or
the model account will be more concentrated. These differences are usually the result of an operational impediment
(e.g., a client is unable to purchase a foreign security) or as a result of a client’s instructions (e.g., a client instructs
Davis Advisors to not invest in a certain sector or security).
A client account that is subject to ERISA may be restricted from owning the client’s employer’s securities. A client
must inform Davis Advisors of any such restriction. In addition, a client must also provide Davis Advisors with a list
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of any “party in interest” as defined in Section 3(14) of ERISA and every affiliate that has the authority to appoint or
terminate Davis Advisors or to negotiate the terms of the investment management agreement with Davis Advisors so
that they may rely on the class exemption for qualified professional asset managers.
Managed money/wrap accounts
Davis Advisors has been retained as an investment adviser under a number of investment advisory programs,
commonly referred to as a separately managed account, directly managed account, unified managed account, wrap
account or similarly named programs (collectively, “managed money/wrap account”). The wrap sponsor pays Davis
Advisors a portion of the wrap fee for its services. These managed money/wrap accounts have been created by the
financial institutions (each a “Sponsor”). For a current list of financial institutions sponsoring managed money/wrap
accounts which Davis Advisors participates in, see Section 5.I.(2) in Davis Advisors’ Form ADV Part 1.
When advising managed money/wrap accounts, Davis Advisors’ trading desk typically instructs the program sponsors
when to execute portfolio transactions. When advising accounts other than managed money/wrap accounts (including
private accounts or investment companies), Davis Advisors’ trading desk will execute portfolio transactions on behalf
of the client. For more detailed information, see Item 12 Brokerage Practices.
Some custodians/broker-dealers have established programs for independent registered investment advisors (RIA) that
allow the RIAs to act as a managed money/wrap account sponsor. In these circumstances, Davis Advisors may enter
into an investment advisory agreement with a client directly. Although Davis Advisors has entered into an agreement
with the client directly, the RIA still serves as the sponsor. In these circumstances, Davis Advisors receives only limited
information from the RIA.
The Sponsors may recommend to a client the retention of Davis Advisors as an investment adviser, pay Davis
Advisors’ investment advisory fee on behalf of the client, monitor and evaluate Davis Advisors’ performance, execute
the client’s portfolio transactions and/or provide custodial services for the client’s assets. Certain Sponsors receive
Davis Advisors’ model portfolio holdings and, based on that model, the Sponsor exercises investment discretion and
executes each investor’s portfolio transactions based on the Sponsor’s own investment judgment. When Davis
Advisors provides a Sponsor model portfolio holdings, the Sponsor provides investment advice to its clients based on
their individual needs.
Typically, in a managed money/wrap account, equity securities transactions are executed without a commission charge
or at a fixed commission amount per trade and fixed income securities transactions are executed with mark-ups or
mark-downs that are incorporated into the purchase or sale prices, rather than separate commission charges. Normally,
managed money/wrap accounts offer all of these services for a single, all-inclusive fee the client pays to the Sponsor.
Davis Advisors generally is paid a portion of the wrap fee for its services. In a typical managed money/wrap account
arrangement, the client enters into an investment advisory agreement with the Sponsor and Davis Advisors enters into
a sub-advisory agreement with the Sponsor. Davis Advisors’ fees for managing a managed money account may be
less than the fees Davis Advisors receives for managing similar accounts outside of a managed money program.
However, clients should be aware that the total fees associated with a managed money program may be greater than
those which might be available if the services were acquired separately.
In determining the suitability of a particular Davis Advisors’ investment style to the individual needs and financial
situation of each managed money/wrap account, Davis Advisors relies on the Sponsor’s suitability determination and
Sponsor-gathered information on the prospective client. This typically includes, among other things, a personal
interview of the client and/or a written questionnaire completed by the client, which provides certain financial and
other relevant data, including the client’s investment objectives, risk tolerance, and investment restrictions, if any.
Some Sponsors will not provide Davis Advisors with the financial information and other data relevant to the individual
needs and financial situation of each client. Thus, under such managed money/wrap account programs, Davis Advisors
cannot independently conclude that a client’s chosen investment style is suitable for that client. In such circumstances,
Davis Advisors must and therefore will rely solely and exclusively on the Sponsor’s suitability determinations. Clients
of such managed money/wrap accounts should contact their Sponsor for more information about the Sponsor’s role in
making a suitability determination regarding the client’s chosen investment style(s). After an account has been
established, Davis Advisors is available to communicate with the client or the client’s representative, as needed, on
matters concerning the client’s investments that Davis Advisors is managing.
Davis Advisors Provides Limited Services
Davis Advisors does not provide financial planning services. Accordingly, Davis Advisors will provide investment
management services only with respect to the securities, cash, and other investments held in a client’s account and, in
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making recommendations with respect to the account, Davis Advisors will not consider any other securities, cash, or
other investments owned by a client. In addition, Davis Advisors does not provide tax, accounting, or legal services
or advice.
Davis Advisors does not act as a Sponsor for any Wrap-Fee Program.
Item 5 Fees & Compensation
Fees for Advisory Services
Advisory fees are earned based on a percentage of assets. The advisory fees charged depend on: (i) the services
rendered (e.g., advisory versus sub-advisory, investment company versus private account, managed money/wrap
account, etc.); (ii) the client’s investment objective and investment strategy (e.g., large-cap value companies,
concentrated equity portfolio, multi-cap equity, financial services, international companies, global companies, real
estate companies, balanced, government securities, government money market funds); (iii) the size of the account;
and (iv) other factors. All fees are subject to negotiation based on the circumstances of the client and other factors,
including but not limited to the type and size of the account and the type and amount of client-related services that
Davis Advisors will provide.
Investment Companies
Fees for serving as investment adviser for equity-oriented investment companies (including ETFs) typically begin
with a base of 0.55% of assets under management on an annual basis, and are reduced as assets increase.
Fees for government money market investment companies typically begin with a base of 0.30% of assets. Fees for
government bond investment companies begin with a base of 0.30%. All fees are subject to negotiation based on the
circumstances of the client and other factors, including but not limited to the type and size of the account and the type
and amount of client-related services that Davis Advisors will provide. Specific advisory fees and expense-related
information may be found in the client’s prospectus or statement of additional information.
Pooled Investment Vehicles
Fees for serving as a sub-adviser or investment manager to other pooled investment vehicles typically range from
0.35% to 0.50% of assets under management on an annual basis, and may be reduced by breakpoints as assets increase.
Fees are individually negotiated and are subject to vary.
Private Accounts
The fees charged for large-cap value, concentrated equity, multi-cap equity, financial services, international
companies, global companies, real estate companies, and balanced private account clients are individually negotiated
but are expected to range from 0.35% to 0.60% of the fair market value of the assets on an annual basis depending on
the nature and size of the account, investment strategy and other factors. The fees charged to accounts that are
associated with Davis Advisors, its employees, and affiliates may be significantly less than those shown, including
accounts that are managed without an investment management fee.
Managed money/wrap accounts
Davis Advisors serves as discretionary or non-discretionary investment adviser for a number of managed money/wrap
account programs. After consulting with the managed money/wrap account sponsor, some clients select Davis
Advisors to manage security accounts. The managed money/wrap account sponsor provides the primary client contact
with regard to such clients, and works with them to develop and update investment guidelines as needed and to
determine the amount to be allocated to their account with Davis Advisors. These managed money/wrap accounts pay
a single fee to the managed money/wrap account sponsor, covering the services rendered by both the sponsor and
Davis Advisors. The managed money/wrap account sponsor pays Davis Advisors an annual fee on a quarterly basis,
based on the value of all client accounts that Davis Advisors manages on its behalf.
The fees that Davis Advisors receives for large-cap value, multi-cap equity, international companies, global
companies, and real estate companies’ managed money/wrap accounts are subject to negotiation but are expected to
range from 0.33% to 0.55% of the fair market value of assets on an annual basis. Fees are individually negotiated and
are subject to substantial variation.
Billing
Generally, clients are billed for fees incurred on either a quarterly or monthly basis in arrears. While Davis Advisors
does not require pre-payment of fees, some client agreements may call for the payment of fees in advance.
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Termination
Client investment advisory agreements provide for termination without penalty generally on sixty days’ notice by the
client or Davis Advisors. The agreements provide for automatic termination in the event of an assignment. Terminated
accounts will be charged advisory fees by Davis Advisors through the date assets are transferred. Upon termination,
Davis Advisors is under no obligation to recommend any action with regard to the securities or other property held in
a client’s account. Davis Advisors generally does not collect fees in advance; however, on those accounts where
payment is made in advance, a pro-rata amount will be refunded to a client upon termination of the account. The
refunded amount is determined by the length of time remaining in the billing cycle.
Related Fees and Expenses
Clients may incur other fees or expenses in connection with the account managed by Davis Advisors, such as custodian
fees paid to the bank, trust or brokerage firm holding client assets, or mutual fund operating expenses. These fees are
generally not paid to Davis Advisors.
Clients will incur brokerage and other transaction costs. See Item 12 for a more detailed discussion of brokerage and
other transaction costs.
Davis Advisors Does Not Accept Compensation for the Sale of Securities
Neither Davis Advisors nor any of its supervised persons accepts compensation for the sale of securities or other
investment products, including asset-based sales charges or service fees from the sale of mutual funds. An affiliate of
Davis Advisors, Davis Distributors, LLC, serves as principal underwriter of Davis Funds, Selected Funds, and Clipper
Fund. As principal underwriter, Davis Distributors, LLC may receive asset-based sales charges or service fees for the
sale of these funds.
Item 6 Performance-Based Fees and Side-By-Side Management
Davis Advisors does not charge performance based fees – that is, fees based on a share of capital gains on or capital
appreciation of the assets of a client. Davis Advisors is not subject to the potential conflicts of interest which arise
when accounts which pay performance-based fees are managed side-by-side with accounts which pay an asset based
fee.
Item 7 Types of Clients
Davis Advisors provides discretionary portfolio management services, serving as investment adviser or sub-adviser
for registered investment companies (including the Davis ETFs, Davis Funds, Selected Funds, and Clipper Fund),
unregistered investment companies, offshore funds, private accounts, and other pooled investment vehicles. Davis
Advisors also works with sponsors to serve as investment adviser for managed money/wrap account programs. In
certain managed money/wrap account programs, Davis Advisors will provide non-discretionary investment
management services (generally in the form of a model portfolio).
Subject to negotiation and exceptions, there is a minimum size of $50,000 for managed money/wrap accounts and
$10,000,000 for sub-advised accounts and private accounts. Minimum account sizes for fund investments are
disclosed in the applicable prospectus, statement of additional information, or other disclosure document.
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Item 8 Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss
Davis Advisors manages client accounts on a discretionary basis in the following investment strategies:
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Large-cap value;
Concentrated equity;
Multi-cap equity;
Financial services;
International companies;
Global companies;
Real estate companies;
Balanced;
Government securities; and
Government money market funds.
A brief description of the Davis Investment Discipline, factors which may contribute to differences in performance
among similarly managed accounts, and each of these investment strategies is provided below. Following the
description of the investment strategies is a more detailed description of Principal Risks and Additional Information
about Investments.
The Davis Investment Discipline
Davis Advisors manages equity accounts using the Davis Investment Discipline. Davis Advisors conducts extensive
research to try to identify businesses that possess characteristics which Davis Advisors believes foster the creation of
long-term value, such as proven management, a durable franchise and business model, and sustainable competitive
advantages. Davis Advisors aims to invest in such businesses when they are trading at discounts to their intrinsic
worth. Davis Advisors emphasizes individual stock selection and believes that the ability to evaluate management is
critical. Davis Advisors routinely visits managers at their places of business in order to gain insight into the relative
value of different businesses. Such research, however rigorous, involves predictions and forecasts that are inherently
uncertain.
Over the years, Davis Advisors has developed a list of characteristics that it believes help companies to create
shareholder value over the long term and manage risk. While few companies possess all of these characteristics at any
given time, Davis Advisors searches for companies that demonstrate a majority or an appropriate mix of these
characteristics.
Competitive Advantages
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Non-Obsolescent products
Dominant or growing market share
Global presence and powerful brands
First-Class Management
Proven track record
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Significant alignment of interests in business
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Intelligent allocation of capital
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Financial Strength
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Strong balance sheet
Low cost structure
High returns on invested capital
After determining which companies Davis Advisors believes that an account should own, it then turns its analysis to
determining the intrinsic value of those companies’ equity securities. Davis Advisors seeks equity securities which
can be purchased at attractive valuations relative to their intrinsic value. Davis Advisors’ goal is to invest in companies
for the long term. Davis Advisors considers selling a company’s equity securities if the securities’ market price exceeds
Davis Advisors’ estimates of intrinsic value, or if the ratio of the risks and rewards of continuing to own the company’s
equity securities is no longer attractive.
Sustainable Investing Considerations
As an investment adviser with a long-term investment horizon, Davis Advisors defines sustainability in terms of a
company’s ability to generate durable, resilient shareholder value over the long term and recognize that the factors
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that impact the economic sustainability of a business go way beyond mere financial and competitive considerations.
While a company may create short-term profits at the expense of other valuable constituencies or stakeholders, such
as customers, the environment, their communities, their regulators, or their employees, such profits are unlikely to be
sustainable for the long term. Most commonly, profits generated at the expense of the social good are reduced over
the long term by regulation, litigation, taxation and societal changes. As a result, in order to fulfill our long–term
fiduciary duty, we must distinguish between businesses that generate profits through unsustainable exploitation of
other constituencies or stakeholders and those that create sustainable shareholder value by delivering value to the
world or, put more technically, increasing social utility. This distinction is a central objective of our investment
discipline.
Investing in securities involves a risk of loss that clients should be prepared to bear.
Factors which may Contribute to Differences in Performance among Similarly Managed Accounts
Davis Advisors serves as investment adviser for a number of institutional private accounts, sub-advised investment
companies, offshore funds, managed money/wrap accounts, and other pooled investment vehicles whose portfolios
are patterned after model portfolios or designated mutual funds managed by Davis Advisors. The portfolio holdings
and transactions of these institutional private accounts, sub-advised investment companies, offshore funds, managed
money/wrap accounts, and other pooled investment vehicles are similar to, but not exactly the same as, the model
portfolios or designated mutual funds. In addition to differences in performance, these differences may also lead to an
increase in the concentration risk for a given account.
The investment performance of accounts managed using similar investment strategies are expected to be similar, but
not identical to one another. Factors which may cause the holdings and performance to vary in accounts managed
using similar investment strategies include, but are not limited to:
1. Different Investment Restrictions. To provide an example of different investment restrictions, certain clients
may be prohibited from investing in identified classes of securities or are subject to limitations on the
percentage of assets which may be invested in identified classes of securities.
2. Different Timing of Cash Flows. The timing of when portfolio securities are purchased or sold in response
to cash flows may have a material impact on performance.
3. Allocation of Investment Opportunities. Clients are not assured of participating equally or at all in particular
investment allocations. The nature of a client’s investment style may exclude it from participating in many
investment opportunities, even if the client is not strictly precluded from participation based on written
investment restrictions. For example: (i) large-cap value clients are unlikely to participate in initial public
offerings of small-capitalization companies; (ii) Davis Advisors may allocate short-term trading opportunities
to clients pursuing active trading strategies rather than clients pursuing long-term buy-and-hold strategies;
(iii) minimum block sizes may be optimal for liquidity, which may limit the participation of smaller accounts;
(iv) it is sometimes impractical for some custodians to deal with securities which are difficult to settle; and
(v) private accounts and managed money/wrap accounts generally do not participate in direct purchases of
foreign securities, but may participate in ADRs, GDRs, or common shares registered and actively traded in
the United States.
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Limitations on Aggregate Investments in a Single Company. Davis Advisors’ policy is not to invest for the
purpose of exercising control or management of other companies. In extraordinary circumstances, Davis
Advisors may seek to influence management. In such an event, appropriate government and regulatory filings
would be made.
Federal and state laws, as well as company documents (sometimes referred to as “poison pills”), may limit
the percentage of a company’s outstanding shares which may be purchased or owned by Davis Advisors’
clients. This is especially true in heavily regulated industries such as insurance, banking, and real estate
investment trusts. Unless it can obtain an exception, Davis Advisors will not make additional purchases of
these companies for its clients if, as a result of such purchase, shares in excess of the applicable investment
limitation (for example, 9.9% of outstanding voting shares) would be held by its clients in the aggregate.
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Effects of Currency Exchange. Clients not using the U.S. Dollar as their base currency may experience
different performance when asset values are converted back into their base currency.
6. Different Operational Mechanics. Davis Advisors may have clients that follow a similar investment strategy,
but in different legal structures (e.g., exchange traded fund compared to a mutual fund). While both clients
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may follow a similar investment strategy, the accounts can be very different and may be treated separately
for a number of reasons. For example, exchange traded funds are subject to different regulatory requirements
and generally sell and redeem shares with authorized participants via in-kind transactions.
Large-Cap Value
Investment Objective
Long-term growth of capital.
Principal Investment Strategy
Davis Advisors uses the Davis Investment Discipline to invest a client’s assets principally in common stocks (including
indirect holdings of common stock through depositary receipts) issued by large companies with market capitalizations
of at least $10 billion. Historically, the Large-Cap Value strategy has invested a significant portion of its assets in
financial services companies and in foreign companies, and may also invest in mid- and small-capitalization
companies.
Benchmark Index
Standard & Poor’s 500® Index and/or Russell 1000® Value Index
Principal Risks (See a detailed description of each risk in the section titled “Principal Risks”)
You may lose money investing in the Large-Cap Value investment strategy. Investors should have a long-term
perspective and be able to tolerate potentially sharp declines in value. This section describes what Davis Advisors
believes are the most significant factors (but not the only factors) that can cause a client’s investment performance to
suffer:
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China risk
Common stock risk
Depositary receipts risk
Emerging market risk
Exposure to industry or sector risk
Fees and expenses risk
Financial services risk
Focused portfolio risk
Foreign country risk
Foreign currency risk
Headline risk
Large-capitalization companies risk
Manager risk
Mid- and small-capitalization companies risk
Stock market risk
Concentrated Equity
Investment Objective
Long-term growth of capital; or
Long-term growth of capital and capital preservation.
Principal Investment Strategy
Davis Advisors uses the Davis Investment Discipline to invest a client’s portfolio principally in common stocks
(including indirect holdings of common stock through depositary receipts) issued by large companies with market
capitalizations of at least $10 billion. The Concentrated Equity strategy is non-diversified and, therefore, is allowed
to focus its investments in fewer companies than a strategy that is required to diversify its portfolio. A client’s portfolio
generally contains between 15 and 35 companies, although the precise number of its investments will vary over time.
Historically, the Concentrated Equity strategy has invested a significant portion of its assets in financial services
companies and in foreign companies, and may also invest in mid- and small-capitalization companies.
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Benchmark Index
Standard & Poor’s 500® Index and/or Russell 1000® Value Index
Principal Risks (See a detailed description of each risk in the section titled “Principal Risks”)
You may lose money investing in the Concentrated Equity investment strategy. Investors should have a long-term
perspective and be able to tolerate potentially sharp declines in value. This section describes what Davis Advisors
believes are the most significant factors (but not the only factors) that can cause a client’s investment performance to
suffer:
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Common stock risk
Depositary receipts risk
Fees and expenses risk
Financial services risk
Focused portfolio risk
Foreign country risk
Foreign currency risk
Headline risk
Large-capitalization companies risk
Manager risk
Mid- and small-capitalization companies risk
Stock market risk
Multi-Cap Equity
Investment Objective
Long-term growth of capital.
Principal Investment Strategy
Davis Advisors uses the Davis Investment Discipline to invest a client’s portfolio principally in common stocks
(including indirect holdings of common stock through depositary receipts). The Multi-Cap Equity strategy may invest
in large, medium, or small companies without regard to market capitalization and may invest in issuers in foreign
countries, including countries with developed or emerging markets.
Benchmark Index
Standard & Poor’s 1500® Index
Principal Risks (See a detailed description of each risk in the section titled “Principal Risks”)
You may lose money investing in the Multi-Cap Equity investment strategy. Investors should have a long-term
perspective and be able to tolerate potentially sharp declines in value. This section describes what Davis Advisors
believes are the most significant factors (but not the only factors) that can cause a client’s investment performance to
suffer:
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Common stock risk
Depositary receipts risk
Emerging market risk
Fees and expenses risk
Foreign country risk
Foreign currency risk
Headline risk
Large-capitalization companies risk
Manager risk
Mid- and small-capitalization companies risk
Stock market risk
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Financial Services
Investment Objective
Long-term growth of capital.
Principal Investment Strategy
Davis Advisors uses the Davis Investment Discipline to invest at least 80% of a client’s net assets, plus any borrowing
for investment purposes, in securities issued by companies principally engaged in the financial services sector. The
financial services strategy invests principally in common stocks (including indirect holdings of common stock through
depositary receipts). The financial services strategy may invest in large, medium, or small companies without regard
to market capitalization and may invest in issuers in foreign countries, including countries with developed or emerging
markets.
A company is principally engaged in financial services if it owns financial services-related assets that constitute at
least 50% of the value of all of its assets, or if it derives at least 50% of its revenues from providing financial services.
Companies are classified by GICS based on their principal business activity. Revenue is a key factor in determining a
firm’s principal business activity. Companies with their principal business activity in one of the following areas are
considered financial services firms: banks, thrifts and mortgage, specialized finance, consumer finance, asset
management, custody, investment banking, brokerage, insurance, financial exchanges and data, and mortgage REITs.
Benchmark Index
Standard & Poor’s 500® Index and/or Standard & Poor’s 500 Financials
Principal Risks (See a detailed description of each risk in the section titled “Principal Risks”)
You may lose money investing in the Financial Services investment strategy. Investors should have a long-term
perspective and be able to tolerate potentially sharp declines in value. This section describes what Davis Advisors
believes are the most significant factors (but not the only factors) that can cause a client’s investment performance to
suffer:
Common stock risk
Credit risk
Depositary receipts risk
Emerging market risk
Fees and expenses risk
Financial services risk
Focused portfolio risk
Foreign country risk
Foreign currency risk
Headline risk
Interest rate sensitivity risk
Large-capitalization companies risk
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Global Companies
Investment Objective
Long-term growth of capital.
Principal Investment Strategy
Davis Advisors uses the Davis Investment Discipline to invest a client’s portfolio principally in common stocks
(including indirect holdings of common stock through depositary receipts) issued by both United States and foreign
companies, including countries with developed or emerging markets. The global companies strategy may invest in
large, medium, or small companies without regard to market capitalization. The global companies strategy will invest
significantly (at least 40% of total assets under normal market conditions and at least 30% of total assets if market
conditions are not deemed favorable) in issuers: (i) organized or located outside of the U.S.; (ii) whose primary trading
market is located outside the U.S.; or (iii) doing a substantial amount of business outside the U.S., which Davis
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Advisors considers to be a company that derives at least 50% of its revenue from business outside the U.S. or has at
least 50% of its assets outside the U.S. Under normal market conditions, the global companies strategy will invest in
issuers representing at least three different countries.
Benchmark Index
Morgan Stanley Capital International All Country World Index
Principal Risks (See a detailed description of each risk in the section titled “Principal Risks”)
You may lose money investing in the Global Companies investment strategy. Investors should have a long-term
perspective and be able to tolerate potentially sharp declines in value. This section describes what Davis Advisors
believes are the most significant factors (but not the only factors) that can cause a client’s investment performance to
suffer:
China risk
Common stock risk
Depositary receipts risk
Emerging market risk
Exposure to industry or sector risk
Fees and expenses risk
Foreign country risk
Foreign currency risk
Headline risk
Large-capitalization companies risk
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International Companies
Investment Objective
Long-term growth of capital.
Principal Investment Strategy
Davis Advisors uses the Davis Investment Discipline to invest a client’s portfolio principally in common stocks
(including indirect holdings of common stock through depositary receipts) issued by foreign companies, including
countries with developed or emerging markets. The international companies strategy may invest in large, medium, or
small companies without regard to market capitalization. The international companies strategy will invest significantly
(at least 40% of total assets under normal market conditions and at least 30% of total assets if market conditions are
not deemed favorable) in issuers: (i) organized or located outside of the U.S.; (ii) whose primary trading market is
located outside the U.S.; or (iii) doing a substantial amount of business outside the U.S., which Davis Advisors
considers to be a company that derives at least 50% of its revenue from business outside the U.S. or has at least 50%
of its assets outside the U.S. Under normal market conditions the international companies strategy will invest in issuers
representing at least three different countries.
Benchmark Index
Morgan Stanley Capital International All Country World Index ex USA
Principal Risks (See a detailed description of each risk in the section titled “Principal Risks”)
You may lose money investing in the International Companies investment strategy. Investors should have a long-term
perspective and be able to tolerate potentially sharp declines in value. This section describes what Davis Advisors
believes are the most significant factors (but not the only factors) that can cause a client’s investment performance to
suffer:
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Foreign country risk
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Real Estate Companies
Investment Objective
Total return through a combination of growth and income.
Principal Investment Strategy
Davis Advisors uses the Davis Investment Discipline to invest at least 80% of a client’s net assets, plus any borrowing
for investment purposes, in securities issued by companies principally engaged in the real estate industry. The real
estate companies strategy invests principally in common stocks (including indirect holdings of common stock through
depositary receipts).
A company is principally engaged in the real estate industry if it owns real estate or real estate-related assets that
constitute at least 50% of the value of all of its assets or if it derives at least 50% of its revenues or net profits from
owning, financing, developing, managing or selling real estate, or from offering products or services that are related
to real estate. Issuers of real estate securities include real estate investment trusts (REITs), brokers, developers, lenders,
and companies with substantial real estate holdings such as paper, lumber, hotel, and entertainment companies. Most
of the real estate companies are, and will likely continue to be, interests in REITs. REITs pool investors’ funds to make
real estate-related investments, such as buying interests in income-producing property or making loans to real estate
developers.
Benchmark Index
Standard & Poor’s 500® Index and/or Wilshire U.S. Real Estate Securities Index
Principal Risks (See a detailed description of each risk in the section titled “Principal Risks”)
You may lose money investing in the Real Estate Companies investment strategy. Investors should have a long-term
perspective and be able to tolerate potentially sharp declines in value. This section describes what Davis Advisors
believes are the most significant factors (but not the only factors) that can cause a client’s investment performance to
suffer:
Common stock risk
Fees and expenses risk
Headline risk
Large-capitalization companies risk
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Balanced
Investment Objective
Total return through a combination of growth and income.
Principal Investment Strategy
Davis Advisors uses the Davis Investment Discipline to invest a client’s assets in a balanced portfolio of common
stock, convertible securities, preferred stock and bonds. The balanced strategy may also hold cash. The balanced
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strategy may invest in large, medium, or small companies without regard to market capitalization and may invest in
securities issued by either domestic or foreign companies.
The Balanced strategy’s investments in common stock issued by companies across the spectrum of market
capitalizations are purchased primarily for their growth potential. Fixed income securities, including both investment
grade and high-yield, high-risk debt securities, are purchased both for current income and to provide diversification.
Convertible securities, which include both preferred stock and bonds, may be “converted” into common stock if the
company grows, offer both growth potential, some income, and may provide downside protection.
Benchmark Index
Standard & Poor’s 500® Index
Principal Risks (See a detailed description of each risk in the section titled “Principal Risks”)
You may lose money investing in the Balanced investment strategy. Investors should have a long-term perspective
and be able to tolerate potentially sharp declines in value. This section describes what Davis Advisors believes are the
most significant factors (but not the only factors) that can cause a client’s investment performance to suffer:
Common stock risk
Convertible securities risk
Depositary receipts risk
Foreign country risk
Headline risk
Large-capitalization companies risk
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Credit risk
Extension and prepayment risk
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Interest rate risk
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Government Securities and Government Money Market Funds
Davis Advisors is not soliciting new clients following these investment strategies. Contact a Davis Advisors
representative if you wish to obtain additional information concerning these investment strategies.
Principal Risks
Investments in equity and/or debt securities are risky and clients may lose some or all of the money that they invest.
The investment return and principal value of an investment portfolio will fluctuate so that an investor’s investment
may be worth more or less than their original cost. This section describes what Davis Advisors believes are the most
significant factors (but not the only factors) that can cause a client’s investment performance to suffer. The prospectus
and statement of additional information for funds managed by Davis Advisors contain further information about these
and other risks.
Equity Risks
China Risk – Generally. Investment in Chinese securities may subject investors to risks that are specific to China.
China may be subject to significant amounts of instability, including, but not limited to, economic, political, and social
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instability. China’s economy may differ from the U.S. economy in certain respects, including, but not limited to,
general development, level of government involvement, wealth distribution, and structure. The government of China
has historically demonstrated its control over almost every sector of the Chinese economy through state ownership
and/or administrative regulation. As an example, the Chinese government has taken certain actions that influence
prices of goods and encouraged companies to invest in and has induced mergers in certain industries, and may take
such actions or similar actions now or in the future. In addition, the Chinese government has taken actions which could
materially impact the business operations of certain industries, which could impact underlying holdings. U.S. and
Chinese regulators have, and may in the future, impact the ability of Chinese companies to gain access to U.S. capital
markets.
For purposes of raising capital offshore on exchanges outside of China, including on U.S. exchanges, many Chinese-
based operating companies are structured as Variable Interest Entities (“VIEs”). In this structure, the Chinese-based
operating company establishes the VIE and establishes a shell company in a foreign jurisdiction, such as the Cayman
Islands. The shell company lists on a foreign exchange and enters into contractual arrangements with the VIE. This
structure allows Chinese companies in which the government restricts foreign ownership to raise capital from foreign
investors. While the shell company has no equity ownership of the VIE, these contractual arrangements permit the
shell company to consolidate the VIE’s financial statements with its own for accounting purposes and provide for
economic exposure to the performance of the underlying Chinese operating company. Therefore, an investor in the
listed shell company will have exposure to the Chinese-based operating company only through contractual
arrangements and has no ownership in the Chinese-based operating company. Furthermore, because the shell company
only has specific rights provided for in these service agreements with the VIE, its abilities to control the activities at
the Chinese-based operating company are limited and the operating company may engage in activities that negatively
impact investment value.
While the VIE structure has been widely adopted, it is not formally recognized under Chinese law and therefore there
is a risk that the Chinese government could prohibit the existence of such structures or negatively impact the VIE’s
contractual arrangements with the listed shell company by making them invalid. If these contracts were found to be
unenforceable under Chinese law, investors in the listed shell company may suffer significant losses with little or no
recourse available. If the Chinese government determines that the agreements establishing the VIE structures do not
comply with Chinese law and regulations, including those related to restrictions on foreign ownership, it could subject
a Chinese-based issuer to penalties, revocation of business and operating licenses, or forfeiture of ownership interest.
In addition, the listed shell company’s control over a VIE may also be jeopardized if a natural person who holds the
equity interest in the VIE breaches the terms of the agreement, is subject to legal proceedings or if any physical
instruments for authenticating documentation, such as chops and seals, are used without the Chinese-based issuer’s
authorization to enter into contractual arrangements in China. Chops and seals, which are carved stamps used to sign
documents, represent a legally binding commitment by the company. Moreover, any future regulatory action may
prohibit the ability of the shell company to receive the economic benefits of the Chinese-based operating company,
which may cause the value of investment in the listed shell company to suffer a significant loss. For example, in 2021,
the Chinese government prohibited use of the VIE structure for investment in after-school tutoring companies. There
is no guarantee that the government will not place similar restrictions on other industries.
Chinese law prohibits investments by foreign investors in certain companies in certain industries. Certain industries
that impact minors may be at a higher risk of regulatory action. The Chinese government placed new regulations on
the companies related to after-school tutoring and private educational services, one of which is mandating that it must
now be registered as a non-profit organization.
Common Stock Risk. Common stock represents ownership positions in companies. The prices of common stock
fluctuate based on changes in the financial condition of their issuers and on market and economic conditions. Events
that have a negative impact on a business probably will be reflected in a decline in the price of its common stock.
Furthermore, when the total value of the stock market declines, most common stocks, even those issued by strong
companies, likely will decline in value. Common stock is generally subordinate to an issuer’s other securities,
including preferred, convertible and debt securities.
Convertible Securities Risk. Convertible securities are a form of equity security. Generally, convertible securities
are: bonds, debentures, notes, preferred stocks, warrants or other securities that convert or are exchangeable into shares
of the underlying common stock at a stated exchange ratio. Usually, the conversion or exchange is solely at the option
of the holder. However, some convertible securities may be convertible or exchangeable at the option of the issuer or
are automatically converted or exchanged at a certain time, or on the occurrence of certain events, or have a
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combination of these characteristics. Usually a convertible security provides a long-term call on the issuer’s common
stock and therefore tends to appreciate in value as the underlying common stock appreciates in value. A convertible
security also may be subject to redemption by the issuer after a certain date and under certain circumstances (including
a specified price) established on issue. If a convertible security held by the account is called for redemption, the
account could be required to tender it for redemption, convert it into the underlying common stock or sell it.
Convertible bonds, debentures and notes are varieties of debt securities, and as such are subject to many of the same
risks, including interest rate sensitivity, changes in debt rating and credit risk. In addition, convertible securities are
often viewed by the issuer as future common stock subordinated to other debt and carry a lower rating than the issuer’s
non-convertible debt obligations. Thus, convertible securities are subject to many of the same risks as high-yield, high-
risk securities. A more complete discussion of these risks is provided below in the sections titled “Bonds and Other
Debt Securities Risk” and “High-Yield, High-Risk Debt Securities Risk.”
Due to its conversion feature, the price of a convertible security normally will vary in some proportion to changes in
the price of the underlying common stock. A convertible security will also normally provide a higher yield than the
underlying common stock (but generally lower than comparable non-convertible securities). Due to their higher yield,
convertible securities generally sell above their “conversion value,” which is the current market value of the stock to
be received on conversion. The difference between this conversion value and the price of convertible securities will
vary over time depending on the value of the underlying common stocks and interest rates. When the underlying
common stocks decline in value, convertible securities will tend not to decline to the same extent because the yield
acts as a price support. When the underlying common stocks rise in value, the value of convertible securities also may
be expected to increase, but generally will not increase to the same extent as the underlying common stocks.
Fixed income securities generally are considered to be interest rate sensitive. The market value of convertible securities
will change in response to changes in interest rates. During periods of falling interest rates, the value of convertible
bonds generally rises. Conversely, during periods of rising interest rates, the value of such securities generally declines.
Changes by recognized rating services in their ratings of debt securities and changes in the ability of an issuer to make
payments of interest and principal also will affect the value of these investments.
Depositary Receipts Risk. Securities of a foreign company may involve investing in Depositary Receipts, which
include American Depositary Receipts, European Depositary Receipts, and Global Depositary Receipts. Depositary
receipts are certificates evidencing ownership of shares of a foreign issuer. These certificates, which may be sponsored
or unsponsored, are issued by depositary banks and generally trade on an established market in the United States or
elsewhere. The underlying shares are held in trust by a custodian bank or similar financial institution in the issuer's
home country. The depositary bank may not have physical custody of the underlying securities at all times and may
charge fees for various services, including forwarding dividends, interest and corporate actions. Depositary receipts
are alternatives to directly purchasing the underlying foreign securities in their national markets and currencies.
However, depositary receipts continue to be subject to many of the risks associated with investing directly in foreign
securities. These risks include foreign exchange risk as well as the political and economic risks of the underlying
issuer's country. Depositary receipts may trade at a discount (or premium) to the underlying security and may be less
liquid than the underlying securities listed on an exchange.
Emerging Market Risk. Securities of issuers in emerging and developing markets may offer special investment
opportunities, but present risks not found in more mature markets. Those securities may be more difficult to sell at an
acceptable price and their prices may be more volatile than securities of issuers in more developed markets. For
example, Chinese securities may be subject to increased volatility and pricing anomalies resulting from governmental
influence, a lack of publicly available information and/or political and social instability. Settlements of trades may be
subject to greater delays so that the account might not receive the proceeds of a sale of a security on a timely basis. In
unusual situations, it may not be possible to repatriate sales proceeds in a timely fashion. These investments may be
very speculative.
Emerging markets might have less developed trading markets and exchanges. These countries may have less
developed legal and accounting systems and investments may be subject to greater risks of government restrictions
on withdrawing the sale proceeds of securities from the country. Companies operating in emerging markets may not
be subject to U.S. prohibitions against doing business with countries that are state sponsors of terrorism. Economies
of developing countries may be more dependent on relatively few industries that may be highly vulnerable to local
and global changes. Governments may be more unstable and present greater risks of nationalization, expropriation or
restrictions on foreign ownership of stocks of local companies.
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As of December 31, 2024, the “Emerging Market” countries were: Bahrain, Bangladesh, Benin, Bermuda, Brazil,
Burkina Faso, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Greece, Guinea-Bissau, Hungary,
Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea, Kuwait, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mali,
Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Saudi
Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Slovenia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab
Emirates, and Vietnam. Additionally, certain countries that are not on this list may be included at Davis Advisor’s
discretion.
Exposure to Industry or Sector Risk. Subject to any account specific investment limitations, an account may have
significant exposure to a particular industry or sector. Such exposure may cause that account to be more impacted by
risks relating to and developments affecting the industry or sector, and thus the overall account value may be more
volatile than an account without such levels of exposure. For example, if an account has significant exposure in a
particular industry, then economic, regulatory, or other issues that negatively affect that industry may have a greater
impact on that account than one that is more diversified. A client should review an industry weighting breakdown for
an investment strategy.
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Consumer Discretionary Sector. Companies engaged in the design, production or distribution of products or
services for the consumer discretionary sector (e.g., retailing and consumer services) are subject to the risk
that their products or services may become obsolete quickly. The success of these companies can depend
heavily on disposable household income and consumer spending. During periods of an expanding economy,
the consumer discretionary sector may outperform the consumer staples sector, but may underperform when
economic conditions worsen. Moreover, the consumer discretionary sector can be significantly affected by
several factors, including, without limitation, the performance of domestic and international economies,
exchange rates, changing consumer preferences, demographics, marketing campaigns, cyclical revenue
generation, consumer confidence, commodity price volatility, labor relations, interest rates, import and export
controls, intense competition, technological developments and government regulation.
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Internet & Direct Marketing Retail Risk. Companies that operate via the internet or
direct marketing (e.g., online consumer services, online retail, travel) segments are
subject to fluctuating consumer demand. Unlike traditional brick and mortar retailers,
online marketplaces and retailers must assume shipping costs or pass such costs to
consumers. Consumer access to price information for the same or similar products may
cause companies that operate in the online marketplace, retail and travel segments to
reduce profit margins in order to compete. Due to the nature of their business models,
companies that operate in the online marketplace, retail, and travel segments may also
be subject to heightened cybersecurity risk, including the risk of theft or damage to
vital hardware, software, and information systems. The loss or public dissemination of
sensitive customer information or other proprietary data may negatively affect the
financial performance of such companies to a greater extent than traditional brick and
mortar retailers. As a result of such companies being web-based and the fact that they
process, store, and transmit large amounts of data, including personal information, for
their customers, failure to prevent or mitigate data loss or other security breaches,
including breaches of vendors’ technology and systems, could expose companies that
operate via the internet or direct marketing retail to a risk of loss or misuse of such
information, adversely affect their operating results, result in litigation or potential
liability, and otherwise harm their businesses.
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Health Care Sector Risk. Companies in the health care sector are subject to extensive government regulation
and their profitability can be significantly affected by restrictions on government reimbursement for medical
expenses, rising costs of medical products and services, pricing pressure (including price discounting),
limited product lines and an increased emphasis on the delivery of healthcare through outpatient services.
Companies in the health care sector are heavily dependent on obtaining and defending patents, which may
be time consuming and costly, and the expiration of patents may also adversely affect the profitability of
these companies. Health care companies are also subject to extensive litigation based on product liability and
similar claims. In addition, their products can become obsolete due to industry innovation, changes in
technologies or other market developments. Many new products in the health care sector require significant
research and development and may be subject to regulatory approvals, all of which may be time consuming
and costly with no guarantee that any product will come to market.
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Industrials Sector Risk. The Industrials Sector includes manufacturers and distributors of capital goods such
as aerospace and defense, building projects, electrical components and equipment, construction machinery,
and companies that offer construction and engineering services. This sector also includes providers of
commercial and professional services including office services and supplies, security and alarm services,
human resources/employment services, and research and consulting services. Included in the industrials
sector are also companies that provide transportation services including air freight and logistics, airlines,
railroads, and transportation infrastructure companies. A company in this sector is subject to the risk that the
securities of such issuer will underperform the market as a whole due to legislative or regulatory changes,
adverse market conditions, and/or increased competition affecting the industrials sector. The prices of the
securities of companies operating in the industrials sector may fluctuate due to the level and volatility of
commodity prices, the exchange value of the dollar, import controls, worldwide competition, liability for
environmental damage, depletion of resources, and mandated expenditures for safety and pollution control
devices.
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Information Technology Sector Risk. The Information Technology Sector includes companies that offer
software and information technology services and manufacturers and distributors of technology hardware
and semiconductors. A company in this sector is subject to the risk that the securities of such issuer will
underperform the market as a whole due to legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions,
and/or increased competition affecting the information technology sector. The prices of the securities of
companies operating in the information technology sector are closely tied to market competition, increased
sensitivity to short product cycles and aggressive pricing, and problems with bringing products to market.
Financial Services Risk. A company is “principally engaged” in financial services if it owns financial services related
assets constituting at least 50% of the total value of its assets, or if at least 50% of its revenues are derived from its
provision of financial services. The financial services sector consists of several different industries that behave
differently in different economic and market environments, including, for example: banking, insurance, and securities
brokerage houses. Companies in the financial services sector include: commercial banks, industrial banks, savings
institutions, finance companies, diversified financial services companies, investment banking firms, securities
brokerage houses, investment advisory companies, leasing companies, insurance companies and companies providing
similar services. Due to the wide variety of companies in the financial services sector, they may react in different ways
to changes in economic and market conditions.
Risks of investing in the financial services sector include: (i) systemic risk: factors outside the control of a particular
financial institution – like the failure of another, significant financial institution or material disruptions to the credit
markets – may adversely affect the ability of the financial institution to operate normally or may impair its financial
condition; (ii) regulatory actions: financial services companies may suffer setbacks if regulators change the rules under
which they operate; (iii) changes in interest rates: unstable and/or rising interest rates may have a disproportionate
effect on companies in the financial services sector; (iv) non-diversified loan portfolios: financial services companies
whose securities the account purchases may themselves have concentrated portfolios, such as a high level of loans to
real estate developers, which makes them vulnerable to economic conditions that affect that industry; (v) credit:
financial services companies may have exposure to investments or agreements which under certain circumstances may
lead to losses, e.g., sub-prime loans; and (vi) competition: the financial services sector has become increasingly
competitive.
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Banking. Commercial banks (including “money center” regional and community banks), savings and loan
associations, and holding companies of the foregoing are especially subject to adverse effects of volatile
interest rates, concentrations of loans in particular industries or classifications (such as real estate, energy, or
sub-prime mortgages), and significant competition. The profitability of these businesses is to a significant
degree dependent on the availability and cost of capital funds. Economic conditions in the real estate market
may have a particularly strong effect on certain banks and savings associations. Commercial banks and
savings associations are subject to extensive federal and, in many instances, state regulation. Neither such
extensive regulation nor the federal insurance of deposits ensures the solvency or profitability of companies
in this industry, and there is no assurance against losses in securities issued by such companies.
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Insurance. Insurance companies are particularly subject to government regulation and rate setting, potential
anti-trust and tax law changes, and industry-wide pricing and competition cycles. Property and casualty
insurance companies also may be affected by weather, terrorism, long-term climate changes, and other
catastrophes. Life and health insurance companies may be affected by mortality and morbidity rates,
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including the effects of epidemics. Individual insurance companies may be exposed to reserve inadequacies,
problems in investment portfolios (for example, real estate or “junk” bond holdings) and failures of
reinsurance carriers.
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Other Financial Services Companies. Many of the investment considerations discussed in connection with
banks and insurance companies also apply to other financial services companies. These companies are subject
to extensive regulation, rapid business changes, and volatile performance dependent on the availability and
cost of capital and prevailing interest rates and significant competition. General economic conditions
significantly affect these companies. Credit and other losses resulting from the financial difficulty of
borrowers or other third parties have a potentially adverse effect on companies in this industry. Investment
banking, securities brokerage and investment advisory companies are particularly subject to government
regulation and the risks inherent in securities trading and underwriting activities.
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Other Regulatory Limitations. Regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) impose
limits on: (i) investments in the securities of companies that derive more than 15% of their gross revenues
from the securities or investment management business (although there are exceptions, the account is
prohibited from investing more than 5% of its total assets in a single company that derives more than 15% of
its gross revenues from the securities or investment management business); and (ii) investments in insurance
companies. The account generally is prohibited from owning more than 10% of the outstanding voting
securities of an insurance company.
Focused Portfolio Risk. Accounts that invest in a limited number of companies may have more risk because changes
in the value of a single security may have a more significant effect, either negative or positive, on the value of the
account’s total portfolio.
A mutual fund may be classified as a “non-diversified” fund under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940
Act”), which means that it is permitted to invest its assets in a more limited number of issuers than “diversified”
investment companies. A diversified investment company may not, with respect to 75% of its total assets, invest more
than 5% of its total assets in the securities of any one issuer (other than U.S. Government securities and securities of
other investment companies) and may not own more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of any one issuer.
While a fund may be a non-diversified investment company, and therefore is not subject to the statutory diversification
requirements discussed above, the account may still intend to diversify its assets to the extent necessary to qualify for
tax treatment as a regulated investment company under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal
Revenue Code”).
At any given point in time, a diversified fund may not meet the diversification test outlined above due to appreciation
in its portfolio holdings. In such case, the account is not required to sell portfolio holdings to meet the diversification
test.
The diversification standards under the Internal Revenue Code require that a fund diversify its holdings so that, at the
end of each fiscal quarter, (a) at least 50% of the market value of a fund’s assets is represented by cash, U.S.
Government securities, securities of other regulated investment companies and other securities limited with respect to
any one issuer to an amount not greater than 5% of a fund’s assets and 10% of the outstanding voting securities of
such issuer, and (b) not more than 25% of the value of a fund’s assets is invested in the securities of any one issuer
(other than U.S. Government securities and the securities of other regulated investment companies), or of two or more
issuers which a fund controls (i.e., owns, directly or indirectly, 20% of the voting stock) and which are determined to
be engaged in the same or similar trades or businesses or related trades or businesses.
Foreign Country Risk. Foreign companies may issue both equity and fixed income securities. A company may be
classified as either “domestic” or “foreign” depending upon which factors the Adviser considers most important for a
given company. Factors that the Adviser considers in classifying a company as domestic or foreign include: (i) whether
the company is organized under the laws of the United States or a foreign country; (ii) whether the company’s
securities principally trade in securities markets outside of the United States; (iii) the source of the majority of the
company’s revenues or profits; and (iv) the location of the majority of the company’s assets. The Adviser generally
follows the country classification indicated by a third-party service provider but may use a different country
classification if the Adviser’s analysis of the four factors provided above or other factors that the Adviser deems
relevant indicate that a different country classification is more appropriate. Foreign country risk can be more focused
on factors concerning specific countries or geographic areas when an account’s holdings are more focused in these
countries or geographic areas. The Adviser routinely publishes information, which provides a breakdown of
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investments by country or geographic area. Clients are encouraged to review this material in order to identify countries
with increased exposure.
Accounts may invest a significant portion of their assets in securities issued by companies operating, incorporated, or
principally traded in foreign countries. Investing in foreign countries involves risks that may cause the accounts’
performance to be more volatile than it would be if the accounts invested solely in the United States. Foreign
economies may not be as strong or as diversified, foreign political systems may not be as stable, and foreign financial
reporting standards may not be as rigorous as they are in the United States. In addition, foreign capital markets may
not be as well developed, so securities may be less liquid, transaction costs may be higher, and investments may be
subject to more government regulation. When the accounts invest in foreign securities, the account’s operating
expenses are likely to be higher than those of an investment company investing exclusively in U.S. securities, since
the custodial and certain other expenses associated with foreign investments are expected to be higher.
Foreign Currency Risk. Securities issued by foreign companies in foreign markets are frequently denominated in
foreign currencies. The change in value of a foreign currency against the U.S. dollar will result in a change in the U.S.
dollar value of securities denominated in that foreign currency. For example, when an account holds a security that is
denominated in foreign currency, a decline of that foreign currency against the U.S. dollar would generally cause the
value of an account to decline. An account may, but generally does not, hedge its currency risk.
Headline Risk. Davis Advisors seeks to acquire companies with durable business models that can be purchased at
attractive valuations relative to what Davis Advisors believes to be the companies’ intrinsic values. Davis Advisors
may make such investments when a company becomes the center of controversy after receiving adverse media
attention. The company may be involved in litigation, the company’s financial reports or corporate governance may
be challenged, the company’s public filings may disclose a weakness in internal controls, greater government
regulation may be contemplated, or other adverse events may threaten the company’s future. While Davis Advisors
researches companies subject to such contingencies, Davis Advisors cannot be correct every time, and the company’s
stock may never recover or may become worthless.
Large-Capitalization Companies Risk. Companies with $10 billion or more in market capitalization are considered
by the Adviser to be large-capitalization companies. Large-capitalization companies generally experience slower rates
of growth in earnings per share than do mid- and small-capitalization companies.
Manager Risk. Poor security selection or focus on securities in a particular sector, category, or group of companies
may cause the accounts to underperform relevant benchmarks or other accounts with a similar investment objective.
Even if the Adviser implements the intended investment strategies, the implementation of the strategies may be
unsuccessful in achieving an account’s investment objective.
Mid- and Small-Capitalization Companies Risk. Companies with less than $10 billion in market capitalization are
considered by the Adviser to be mid- or small-capitalization companies. Investing in mid- and small-capitalization
companies may be more risky than investing in large-capitalization companies. Smaller companies typically have
more limited product lines, markets and financial resources than larger companies, and their securities may trade less
frequently and in more limited volume than those of larger, more mature companies. Securities of these companies
may be subject to volatility in their prices. They may have a limited trading market, which may adversely affect the
account’s ability to dispose of them and can reduce the price the account might be able to obtain for them. Other
investors that own a security issued by a mid- or small-capitalization company for whom there is limited liquidity
might trade the security when the account is attempting to dispose of its holdings in that security. In that case, the
account might receive a lower price for its holdings than otherwise might be obtained. Mid-and small-capitalization
companies also may be unseasoned. These include companies that have been in operation for less than three years,
including the operations of any predecessors.
Preferred Stock Risk. Preferred stock is a form of equity security and is generally ranked behind an issuer’s debt
securities in claims for dividends and assets of an issuer in a liquidation or bankruptcy. An adverse event may have a
negative impact on a company and could result in a decline in the price of its preferred stock.
Real Estate Risk. Real estate securities are issued by companies that have at least 50% of the value of their assets,
gross income or net profits attributable to ownership, financing, construction, management or sale of real estate, or to
products or services that are related to real estate or the real estate industry. The account does not invest directly in
real estate. Real estate companies include real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) or other securitized real estate
investments, brokers, developers, lenders and companies with substantial real estate holdings such as paper, lumber,
hotel and entertainment companies. REITs pool investors’ funds for investment primarily in income-producing real
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estate or real estate-related loans or interests. A REIT is not taxed on income distributed to shareholders if it complies
with various requirements relating to its organization, ownership, assets and income, and with the requirement that it
distribute to its shareholders at least 90% of its taxable income (other than net capital gains) each taxable year. REITs
generally can be classified as equity REITs, mortgage REITs and hybrid REITs. Equity REITs invest the majority of
their assets directly in real property and derive their income primarily from rents. Equity REITs also can realize capital
gains by selling property that has appreciated in value. Mortgage REITs invest the majority of their assets in real estate
mortgages and derive their income primarily from interest payments. Hybrid REITs combine the characteristics of
both equity REITs and mortgage REITs. To the extent that the management fees paid to a REIT are for the same or
similar services as the management fees paid by the account, there will be a layering of fees, which would increase
expenses and decrease returns. Securities issued by REITs may trade less frequently and be less liquid than common
stock issued by other companies.
Real estate securities, including REITs, are subject to risks associated with the direct ownership of real estate
including: (i) declines in property values, because of changes in the economy or the surrounding area or because a
particular region has become less appealing to tenants; (ii) increases in property taxes, operating expenses, interest
rates or competition; (iii) overbuilding; (iv) changes in zoning laws; (v) losses from casualty or condemnation;. (vi)
declines in the value of real estate and risks related to general and local economic conditions, (vii) uninsured casualties
or condemnation losses; (viii) fluctuations in rental income; (ix) changes in neighborhood values; (x) the appeal of
properties to tenants; (xi) increases in interest rates, and (xii) access to the credit markets. The account also could be
subject to such risks by reason of direct ownership as a result of a default on a debt security it may own.
Equity REITs may be affected by changes in the value of the underlying property owned by the trusts, while mortgage
REITs may be affected by the quality of credit extended. Equity and mortgage REITs are dependent on management
skill, may not be diversified and are subject to project financing risks. REITs also are subject to: heavy cash flow
dependency, defaults by borrowers, self-liquidation and the possibility of failing to qualify for the favorable federal
income tax treatment generally available to REITs under the Internal Revenue Code, and failing to maintain exemption
from registration under the 1940 Act. Changes in interest rates also may affect the value of the debt securities in the
account’s portfolio. By investing in REITs indirectly through the account, a shareholder will bear not only his or her
proportionate share of the expense of the account but also, indirectly, similar expenses of the REITs, including
compensation of management. Some real estate securities may be rated less than investment grade by rating services.
Such securities may be subject to the risks of high-yield, high-risk securities discussed below.
Stock Market Risk. Stock markets tend to move in cycles, with periods of rising prices and periods of falling prices
including the possibility of sharp declines. As an example, U.S. and international markets have experienced volatility
in recent months and years due to a number of economic, political and global macro factors including the impact of
the coronavirus (COVID-19) as a global pandemic, uncertainties regarding interest rates, rising inflation, trade
tensions and the threat of tariffs and/retaliatory tariffs imposed by the U.S. and other countries. While COVID-19 is
no longer a global pandemic as of 2023, the recovery from COVID-19 may last for a prolonged period of time. In
addition, as a result of continuing political tensions and armed conflicts, including the war between Ukraine and
Russia, the U.S. and the European Union imposed sanctions on certain Russian individuals and companies, including
certain financial institutions, and have limited certain exports and imports to and from Russia. The war may continue
to contribute to recent market volatility. The Israel-Hamas war may lead to overall economic uncertainty and negative
impacts on the global economy and major financial markets. These developments as well as other events could result
in further market volatility and negatively affect financial asset prices, the liquidity of certain securities and the normal
operations of securities exchanges and other markets. Continuing market volatility as a result of recent market
conditions or other events may have an adverse effect on performance.
Debt Risks
Bonds and Other Debt Securities Risk. Bonds and other debt securities may be purchased by the account if the
Adviser believes that such investments (i) are consistent with the account’s investment strategies, (ii) may contribute
to the achievement of the account’s investment objective and (iii) will not violate any of the account’s investment
restrictions. The U.S. Government, corporations and other issuers sell bonds and other debt securities to borrow
money. Issuers pay investors interest and generally must repay the amount borrowed at maturity. Some debt securities,
such as zero-coupon bonds, do not pay current interest, but are purchased at discounts from their face values. The
prices of debt securities fluctuate, depending on such factors as interest rates, credit quality and maturity.
Bonds and other debt securities, generally, are subject to credit risk and interest rate risk. While debt securities issued
by the U.S. Treasury generally are considered free of credit risk, debt issued by agencies and corporations all entail
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some level of credit risk. Investment grade debt securities have less credit risk than do high-yield, high-risk debt
securities. Credit risk is described more fully in the section titled “High-Yield, High-Risk Debt Securities.”
Bonds and other debt securities, generally, are interest rate sensitive. During periods of falling interest rates, the values
of debt securities held by the account generally rise. Conversely, during periods of rising interest rates, the values of
such securities generally decline. Changes by recognized rating services in their ratings of debt securities and changes
in the ability of an issuer to make payments of interest and principal also will affect the value of these investments.
Changes in Debt Rating Risk. If a rating agency gives a fixed income security a low rating, the value of the security
will decline because investors will demand a higher rate of return.
Credit Risk. Like any borrower, the issuer of a fixed income security may be unable to make timely payments of
interest and principal. If the issuer is unable to make payments in a timely fashion, the value of the security will decline
and may become worthless. Financial institutions are often highly leveraged and may not be able to make timely
payments of interest and principal. Even U.S. Government Securities are subject to credit risk.
Extension and Prepayment Risk. Market prices of the mortgage-backed securities and collateralized mortgage
obligations that the account owns are affected by how quickly borrowers elect to prepay the mortgages underlying the
securities. Changes in market interest rates affect borrowers’ decisions about whether to prepay their mortgages. Rising
interest rates lead to extension risk, which occurs when borrowers maintain their existing mortgages until they come
due instead of choosing to prepay them. Falling interest rates lead to prepayment risk, which occurs when borrowers
prepay their mortgages more quickly than usual so that they can refinance at a lower rate. A government agency that
has the right to call (prepay) a fixed-rate security may respond the same way. The pace at which borrowers prepay
affects the yield and the cash flow to holders of securities and the market value of those securities.
High-Yield, High-Risk Debt Securities Risk. The real estate securities, convertible securities, bonds and other debt
securities in which the account may invest may include high-yield, high-risk debt securities rated BB or lower by
Standard & Poor’s Corporation (“S&P”) or Ba or lower by Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”) or unrated
securities. Securities rated BB or lower by S&P and Ba or lower by Moody’s are referred to in the financial community
as “junk bonds” and may include D-rated securities of issuers in default. Ratings assigned by credit agencies do not
evaluate market risks. The Adviser considers the ratings assigned by S&P or Moody’s as one of several factors in its
independent credit analysis of issuers. The ratings of Moody’s and S&P represent their opinions as to the quality of
the securities that they undertake to rate. It should be emphasized, however, that ratings are relative and subjective
and are not absolute standards of quality. There is no assurance that any rating will not change. The account may retain
a security whose rating has changed or has become unrated.
High-yield, high-risk debt securities, whether or not convertible into common stock, usually involve increased risk as
to payment of principal and interest. Issuers of such securities may be highly leveraged and may not have available to
them traditional methods of financing. Therefore, the risks associated with acquiring the securities of such issuers
generally are greater than is the case with higher-rated securities. For example, during an economic downturn or a
sustained period of rising interest rates, issuers of high-yield securities may be more likely to experience financial
stress, especially if such issuers are highly leveraged. During such periods, such issuers may not have sufficient
revenues to meet their principal and interest payment obligations. The issuer’s ability to service its debt obligations
also may be adversely affected by specific issuer developments, or the issuer’s inability to meet specific projected
business forecasts or the unavailability of additional financing. The risk of loss due to default by the issuer is
significantly greater for the holders of high-yield securities because such securities may be unsecured and may be
subordinated to other creditors of the issuer.
High-yield, high-risk debt securities are subject to greater price volatility than higher-rated securities, tend to decline
in price more steeply than higher-rated securities in periods of economic difficulty or accelerating interest rates, and
are subject to greater risk of non-payment in adverse economic times. There may be a thin trading market for such
securities, which may have an adverse impact on market price and the ability of the account to dispose of particular
issues and may cause the account to incur special securities’ registration responsibilities, liabilities and costs, and
liquidity and valuation difficulties. Unexpected net redemptions may force the account to sell high-yield, high-risk
debt securities without regard to investment merit, thereby possibly reducing return rates. Such securities may be
subject to redemptions or call provisions, which, if exercised when investment rates are declining, could result in the
replacement of such securities with lower-yielding securities, resulting in a decreased return. To the extent that the
account invests in bonds that are original issue discount, zero-coupon, pay-in-kind or deferred interest bonds, the
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account may have taxable interest income greater than the cash actually received on these issues. In order to avoid
taxation at the account level, the account may have to sell portfolio securities to meet taxable distribution requirements.
The market values of high-yield, high-risk debt securities tend to reflect individual corporate developments to a greater
extent than higher-rated securities, which react primarily to fluctuations in the general level of interest rates. Lower-
rated securities also tend to be more sensitive to economic and industry conditions than higher-rated securities.
Adverse publicity and investor perceptions, whether or not based on fundamental analysis regarding individual lower-
rated bonds, may result in reduced prices for such securities. If the negative factors such as these adversely impact the
market value of high-yield, high-risk securities and the account holds such securities, the account’s net asset value
will be adversely affected.
The account may have difficulty disposing of certain high-yield, high-risk bonds because there may be a thin trading
market for such bonds. Because not all dealers maintain markets in all high-yield, high-risk bonds, the account
anticipates that such bonds could be sold only to a limited number of dealers or institutional investors. The lack of a
liquid secondary market may have an adverse impact on market price and the ability to dispose of particular issues
and also may make it more difficult to obtain accurate market quotations or valuations for purposes of valuing the
account’s assets. Market quotations generally are available on many high-yield issues only from a limited number of
dealers and may not necessarily represent firm bid prices of such dealers or prices for actual sales. In addition, adverse
publicity and investor perceptions may decrease the values and liquidity of high-yield, high-risk bonds regardless of
a fundamental analysis of the investment merits of such bonds. To the extent that the account purchases illiquid or
restricted bonds, it may incur special securities’ registration responsibilities, liabilities and costs, and liquidity and
valuation difficulties relating to such bonds.
Bonds may be subject to redemption or call provisions. If an issuer exercises these provisions when investment rates
are declining, the account will be likely to replace such bonds with lower-yielding bonds, resulting in decreased
returns. Zero-coupon, pay-in-kind and deferred interest bonds involve additional special considerations. Zero-coupon
bonds are debt obligations that do not entitle the holder to any periodic payments of interest prior to maturity or a
specified cash payment date when the securities begin paying current interest (the “cash payment date”) and therefore
are issued and traded at discounts from their face amounts or par value. The market prices of zero-coupon securities
generally are more volatile than the market prices of securities that pay interest periodically and are likely to respond
to changes in interest rates to a greater degree than securities paying interest currently with similar maturities and
credit quality. Pay-in-kind bonds pay interest in the form of other securities rather than cash. Deferred interest bonds
defer the payment of interest to a later date. Zero-coupon, pay-in-kind or deferred interest bonds carry additional risk
in that, unlike bonds that pay interest in cash throughout the period to maturity, the account will realize no cash until
the cash payment date unless a portion of such securities are sold. There is no assurance of the value or the liquidity
of securities received from pay-in-kind bonds. If the issuer defaults, the account may obtain no return at all on its
investment. To the extent that the account invests in bonds that are original issue discount, zero-coupon, pay-in-kind
or deferred interest bonds, the account may have taxable interest income greater than the cash actually received on
these issues. In order to distribute such income to avoid taxation, the account may have to sell portfolio securities to
meet its taxable distribution requirements under circumstances that could be adverse.
Federal tax legislation limits the tax advantages of issuing certain high-yield, high-risk bonds. This could have a
materially adverse effect on the market for high-yield, high-risk bonds.
Interest Rate Risk. Interest rate increases can cause the price of a debt security to decrease. If a security pays a fixed
interest rate, and market rates increase, the value of the fixed-rate security usually declines. Interest rates may also
have a powerful influence on the earnings of financial institutions.
Variable Current Income Risk. The income which the account pays to investors is not stable. When interest rates
increase, the account’s income distributions are likely to increase. When interest rates decrease, the account’s income
distributions are likely to decrease.
Other Risks
Fees and Expenses Risk. An account may not earn enough through income and capital appreciation to offset its
operating expenses. All accounts incur operating fees and expenses. Fees and expenses reduce the return that a
shareholder may earn by investing in a fund even when a fund has favorable performance. A low return environment,
or a bear market, increases the risk that a shareholder may lose money.
Cybersecurity Risk. There are also a number of operational and systems risks involved in investing, including but
not limited to “cybersecurity” risk. As the use of technology has increased, client accounts have become potentially
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more susceptible to operational risks through breaches in cybersecurity. A breach in cybersecurity refers to both
intentional and unintentional events that may cause Davis Advisors to lose proprietary information, suffer data
corruption, or lose operational capacity. This in turn could cause Davis Advisors and/or a client account to incur
regulatory penalties, reputational damage, additional compliance costs associated with corrective measures, and/or
financial loss. If a cybersecurity breach were to occur it could result in a third party obtaining unauthorized access to
a client’s information, including social security numbers, home addresses, account numbers, account balances, and
account holdings. Cybersecurity breaches may involve unauthorized access to digital information systems (e.g.,
through “hacking” or malicious software coding), and may also result from outside attacks such as denial-of-service
attacks (i.e., efforts to make network services unavailable to intended users). In addition, cybersecurity breaches of
third-party service providers (e.g., an account’s custodian) or issuers of securities in which an account invests can
subject an account to many of the same risks associated with direct cybersecurity breaches. Although Davis Advisors
has put in place systems designed to reduce the risks associated with cybersecurity threats, there is no guarantee that
such efforts will succeed.
Shareholder Concentration Risk. From time to time, a relatively large percentage (over 20%) of a fund’s shares may
be held by related shareholders. A large redemption by one or more of such shareholders may reduce a fund’s liquidity,
may increase a fund’s transactions and transaction costs, may result in substantial capital gains distributions for
shareholders, and may increase a fund’s ongoing operating expenses, which could negatively impact the remaining
shareholders of a fund.
Additional Information about Investments
In addition to the principal investment strategies described above, client accounts may also purchase other kinds of
securities, engage in active trading (which would increase portfolio turnover and commission expenses and may
increase taxable capital gains), or employ other investment strategies that are not principal investment strategies if, in
Davis Advisors’ professional judgment, the securities or investment strategies are appropriate.
Factors that Davis Advisors considers in pursuing these other strategies include whether the strategies: (i) would be
consistent with clients’ reasonable expectations; (ii) would assist the client in pursuing its investment objective; (iii)
are consistent with the client’s investment strategy; (iv) would cause the client to violate any of its investment
restrictions; or (v) would materially change the client’s risk profile as described in this Form ADV Part 2, as amended
from time to time.
Item 9 Disciplinary Information
Davis Advisors has not had any reportable legal or disciplinary events during the past ten years.
Item 10 Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations
Davis Selected Advisers, L.P.
See Item 4 Advisory Business.
Davis Selected Advisers–NY, Inc.
See Item 4 Advisory Business.
Davis Distributors, LLC
Davis Distributors, LLC, a registered broker-dealer, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Davis Advisors. Davis
Distributors, LLC’s sole activity is to underwrite and distribute shares of registered investment companies and offshore
funds that Davis Advisors advises. Davis Distributors, LLC provides underwriting services for Davis Funds, Selected
Funds, and Clipper Fund.
A number of officers and employees of Davis Advisors serve as officers or employees of Davis Distributors, LLC.
Davis ETFs, Davis Funds, Selected Funds, Clipper Fund
Davis Selected Advisers, L.P. and Davis Selected Advisers–NY, Inc. provide advisory and sub-advisory services for
Davis ETFs, Davis Funds, Selected Funds, and Clipper Fund.
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Offshore Funds
Davis Advisors serves as investment adviser for Davis Funds SICAV (which is an offshore fund registered in
Luxembourg) and other offshore funds that are not available for investment by U.S. citizens.
Sub-Advised Funds
Davis Advisors serves as a sub-adviser to registered and unregistered investment companies.
Conflicts of Interest
Having a number of different clients creates conflicts of interest which Davis Advisors seeks to address through a
number of compliance procedures, including trading procedures (see Item 12 Brokerage Practices). Investors have the
opportunity to access Davis Advisors’ investment advisory services through a number of different service providers,
at a variety of different prices, and receive a number of different related services associated with different service
providers.
Certain Portfolio Managers may serve on the board(s) of public companies where they, from time to time, may have
access to material, non-public information (“MNPI”). Davis Advisors has instituted policies and procedures to ensure
that these Portfolio Managers will not be able to utilize MNPI for their own benefit or for any of the accounts they
manage.
Item 11 Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and Personal
Trading
All Davis Advisors’ employees with regular access to trading information are subject to a variety of restrictions on
their personal security transactions. Employees may, subject to certain restrictions, invest in securities that are
recommended to clients by Davis Advisors. Personal trading creates conflicts of interest, including the possibility of
“front-running” (trading ahead of clients to obtain better prices). Davis Advisors has adopted written policies pursuant
to Rule 17j-1 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and Rule 204A-1 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. These
policies are designed to prevent and detect possible conflicts of interest with clients. Subject to certain exceptions,
employees (i) are required to pre-clear all non-exempt purchases and sales with respect to which they are regarded as
beneficial owners; (ii) are required to make up the difference on any day that his/her trade receives better execution
than a client trading on the same day; and (iii) are not allowed to profit on any transaction where the security has been
held less than 60 days. All Davis Advisors employees are prohibited from trading on inside information. A copy of
Davis Advisors’ current Code of Ethics is available upon request to any client or prospective client.
Davis Advisors serves as investment adviser for the Davis ETFs, Davis Funds, Selected Funds, and Clipper Fund. If
Davis Advisors or its employees recommend that an investor invest in these funds, it creates a conflict of interest as
Davis Advisors earns advisory fees for managing these funds. Davis Advisors and its affiliates, owners, officers, and
employees have invested substantial amounts of their own capital in some client accounts (notably the Davis ETFs,
Davis Funds, Selected Funds, and Clipper Fund), but do not invest their own capital in every client’s account.
Item 12 Brokerage Practices
Portfolio Transactions
Davis Advisors is primarily a discretionary investment adviser. Accordingly, Davis Advisors generally determines the
securities and quantities to be bought and sold for each client’s account. On a quarterly basis, or as requested, clients
receive itemized account statements reflecting present holdings and transactions for the account’s stated period.
Best Execution
Davis Advisors follows procedures intended to provide reasonable assurance of best execution. However, there can
be no assurance that best execution will in fact be achieved in any given transaction. Davis Advisors seeks to place
portfolio transactions with brokers or dealers who will execute transactions as efficiently as possible and at the most
favorable net price. In determining what constitutes best execution, the Adviser not only considers quantitative factors,
(i.e., the possible transaction cost), but also whether the transaction represents the best qualitative execution. In
placing executions and paying brokerage commissions or dealer markups, Davis Advisors considers, among other
factors, price, commission, timing, aggregated trades, capable floor brokers or traders, competent block trading
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coverage, ability to position, capital strength and stability, reliable and accurate communication and settlement
processing, use of automation, knowledge of other buyers or sellers, arbitrage skills, administrative ability,
underwriting and provision of information on the particular security or market in which the transaction is to occur,
research, the range and quality of the services made available to clients, and the payment of bona fide client expenses.
To the extent that clients direct brokerage, Davis Advisors cannot be responsible for achieving best execution. Davis
Advisors may place orders for portfolio transactions with broker-dealers who have sold shares of funds for which
Davis Advisors serves as adviser or sub-adviser. However, when Davis Advisors places orders for portfolio
transactions, it does not give any consideration to whether a broker-dealer has sold shares of the funds which Davis
Advisors serves as adviser or sub-adviser. The applicability of specific criteria will vary depending on the nature of
the transaction, the market in which it is executed and the extent to which it is possible to select from among multiple
broker-dealers. Orders that result in small or minimum allocations can under certain circumstances cause an account
to incur additional trade ticket charges from its custodian bank. In seeking best execution, Davis Advisors does not
take into account the fees that may be assessed by a client’s custodian.
Client-Directed Brokerage
Clients may designate the use of a specified broker-dealer, whether because the broker provides services to the client
or for other reasons. If a client specifies the broker to be used for executing a portion of or all portfolio transactions,
then Davis Advisors is not responsible for achieving best execution, regardless of whether or not the client specifies
that such direction is subject to achieving best execution. Best execution can only be verified after the fact. Clients
who designate the use of a particular broker-dealer should consider whether such a designation may result in certain
costs or disadvantages to the client, such as costing more money, higher commissions, and/or less favorable
executions. These costs and disadvantages may include: (i) losing the possible advantage that non-designating clients
derive from aggregation of orders for several clients as a single transaction for the purchase or sale of a particular
security; (ii) losing the ability of Davis Advisors to effectively negotiate the commission rate, which may result in a
higher commission on some transactions; (iii) losing the opportunity to participate in an allocation of a new issue if
that new issue is provided by another broker; (iv) Davis Advisors may not begin to execute client securities
transactions with brokers which have been directed by clients until all non-directed brokerage orders are completed;
and (v) clients directing commissions may not generate investment returns equal to clients who do not direct
commissions. Accordingly, the client should be satisfied that the broker can provide adequate price and execution of
transactions prior to designating the broker.
Directed Brokerage in Managed Money/Wrap Account Programs
Securities transactions in client accounts participating in managed money/wrap account programs are effected “net,”
i.e., without commission, and a portion of the wrap fee is generally considered as being in lieu of commissions. Most
securities recommended by Davis Advisors are listed on an exchange, and executing transactions away from the
program sponsor would result in the client being charged an additional commission without improving the execution.
Because trades are generally executed only with the program sponsor or broker whom the client has selected, the client
may pay a higher commission and/or receive less favorable net prices on transactions. A client should ensure that he
or she is satisfied that the broker performing the trading in their managed money/wrap account program can provide
adequate price and execution of transactions. Additional information is provided below under the heading Managed
money/wrap accounts. See your program sponsor’s Wrap Fee Program Brochure for a description of its managed
money/wrap account program.
Referred Accounts
If a client is referred to Davis Advisors by a broker, or if a client has opened a custodial account with a broker, it is
Davis Advisors’ practice not to negotiate commission rates with such broker unless expressly requested to do so.
Clients are free to choose or change brokers at their discretion unless there is reason to believe the chosen brokerage
firm cannot offer adequate service. In such an event, Davis Advisors might be unable to accept management of the
account. When a client is referred by a particular broker, and Davis Advisors is directed to effect brokerage transactions
through that broker, Davis Advisors may have a conflict of interest between its duty to the client to obtain the most
favorable brokerage commission rates available under the circumstances and its desire to obtain future referrals from
that broker. Davis Advisors may have an incentive to select or recommend a broker-dealer based on its interest in
receiving client referrals, rather than on its clients’ interest in receiving most favorable execution.
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Cross Trades
When the Adviser deems it to be advantageous, one client may purchase or sell securities directly from or to another
client account which is managed by the Adviser. This may happen due to a variety of circumstances, including
situations when one client of the Adviser must purchase securities due to holding excess cash and, at the same time, a
different client of the Adviser must sell securities in order to increase its cash position. Cross trades are only executed
when deemed beneficial to both clients. The Adviser has in place procedures to ensure fairness to both clients.
Investment Allocations
Davis Advisors considers many factors when allocating securities among clients, including but not limited to the
client’s investment style, applicable restrictions, availability of securities, available cash, anticipated liquidity, and
existing holdings. Davis Advisors employs several portfolio managers, each of whom performs independent research
and develops different levels of conviction concerning potential investments. Client accounts managed by the portfolio
managers performing the research may receive priority allocations of limited investment opportunities that are in short
supply, including private offerings and initial public offerings (“IPOs”).
Clients are not assured of participating equally or at all in any particular investment opportunity. The nature of a
client’s investment style may exclude it from participating in many investment opportunities, even if the client is not
strictly precluded from participation based on written investment restrictions. For example: (i) large-cap value clients
are unlikely to participate in initial public offerings of small-capitalization companies; (ii) Davis Advisors may allocate
short-term trading opportunities to clients pursuing active trading strategies rather than clients pursuing long-term
buy-and-hold strategies; (iii) minimum block sizes may be optimal for liquidity which may limit the participation of
smaller accounts; (iv) it is sometimes impractical for some custodians to deal with securities which are difficult to
settle; and (v) private accounts and managed money/wrap accounts generally do not participate in direct purchases of
foreign securities, but may participate in American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”), European Depositary Receipts
(“EDRs”) and Global Depositary Receipts (“GDRs”).
Davis Advisors attempts to allocate limited investment opportunities, including private offerings and IPOs, among
clients in a manner that is fair and equitable when viewed over a considerable period of time and involving many
allocations. Generally, Davis Advisors allocates investments to clients utilizing a pro rata methodology. When Davis
Advisors is limited in the amount of a particular security it can purchase, due to a limited supply, limited liquidity, or
other reason, Davis Advisors may allocate the limited investment opportunity to a subset of eligible clients. Davis
Advisors would then allocate the next limited investment opportunity to a different subset of eligible clients, rotating
among subsets as limited investment opportunities are identified. Davis Advisors normally does not participate in
private offerings or IPOs on behalf of managed money/wrap accounts, which may cause those accounts to be invested
differently than similarly managed mutual funds or individually managed institutional accounts. In all cases, these
differences reflect the portfolio management teams’ best efforts to manage each product in a common style and manner
that is equitable to all investors over time, and take account of each product’s inherent differences from the others.
Davis Advisors serves as investment adviser for a number of clients and may deal with conflicts of interest when
allocating investment opportunities among its various clients. For example: (i) Davis Advisors receives different
advisory fees from different clients; (ii) the performance records of some clients are more public than the performance
records of other clients; and (iii) Davis Advisors and its affiliates, owners, officers and employees have invested
substantial amounts of their own capital in some client accounts (notably the Davis ETFs, Davis Funds, Selected
Funds, and Clipper Fund), but do not invest their own capital in every client’s account. The majority of Davis Advisors’
clients pursue specific investment strategies, many of which are similar. Davis Advisors expects that, over long periods
of time, most clients pursuing similar investment strategies should experience similar, but not identical, investment
performance. Many factors affect investment performance, including but not limited to: (i) the timing of cash deposits
and withdrawals to and from an account; (ii) the fact that Davis Advisors may not purchase or sell a given security on
behalf of all clients pursuing similar strategies; (iii) price and timing differences when buying or selling securities;
and (iv) the clients’ own different investment restrictions. Davis Advisors’ trading policies are designed to minimize
possible conflicts of interest in trading for its clients.
Limitations on Aggregate Investments in a Single Company
Davis Advisors’ policy is not to invest for the purpose of exercising control or management of other companies. In
extraordinary circumstances Davis Advisors may seek to influence management. In such an event appropriate
government and regulatory filings would be made.
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Davis Advisors monitors the aggregate ownership of individual securities across all client accounts. Federal and state
laws, as well as company documents (sometimes referred to as “poison pills”) may limit the percentage of a company’s
outstanding shares which may be purchased or owned by Davis Advisors’ clients. This is especially true in heavily
regulated industries such as insurance, banking, and real estate investment trusts. Unless it can obtain an exception,
Davis Advisors will not make additional purchases of these companies for its clients if, as a result of such purchase,
shares in excess of the applicable investment limitation (for example, 9.9% of outstanding voting shares) would be
held by its clients in the aggregate.
Sector Allocations
Davis Advisors serves as investment adviser for a number of clients which desire their accounts to be diversified
across industries, sub-industries, and on a company basis. Unless otherwise explicitly agreed to in writing, Davis
Advisors determines industry and sub-industry concentration by reference to the Global Industry Classification
Standard. Concentration and diversification requirements are generally determined as of the time of purchase without
regard to any later fluctuations in the value of portfolio securities or other assets.
Order Priority
Davis Advisors’ trading desk prioritizes incoming orders of similar purchases and sales of securities between
institutional and managed money/wrap account orders. Davis Advisors’ trading desk typically executes orders for
institutional clients, including investment companies, institutional private accounts, sub-advised accounts and others.
Managed money/wrap account program sponsors typically execute orders for managed money/wrap accounts.
Davis Advisors’ trading desk attempts to coordinate the timing of orders with a trade rotation to prevent Davis Advisors
from “bidding against itself” on orders. Generally, a block trade representing a portion of the total trade is placed first
for institutional and private accounts. Once this trade is completed, Davis Advisors places orders for wrap accounts,
one sponsor at a time, utilizing a randomized methodology. Sponsors of certain model portfolios will execute trades
for their clients. These model portfolio Sponsors are included as a part of the wrap account trade rotation. If Davis
Advisors has not received a response from a model portfolio Sponsor within a reasonable period of time, Davis
Advisors will resume through the trade rotation. If this occurs, it is possible that the model portfolio Sponsor and
Davis Advisors will be executing similar trades for discretionary clients. The trading concludes with another block
transaction for institutional and private accounts. The trading desk follows procedures intended to provide reasonable
assurance that no clients are disadvantaged by this trade rotation; the Compliance department monitors execution
quality. However, there can be no assurance that best execution will in fact be achieved in any given transaction.
Pattern Accounts
Davis Advisors serves as investment adviser for a number of clients which are patterned after model portfolios or
designated mutual funds managed by Davis Advisors. For example, a client pursuing Davis large-cap value strategy
may be patterned after Davis New York Venture Fund. A client patterned after Davis New York Venture Fund will
usually have all of its trading (other than trading reflecting cashflows due to client deposits or withdrawals) aggregated
with Davis New York Venture Fund. In unusual circumstances, Davis Advisors may not purchase or sell a given
security on behalf of all clients (even clients managed in a similar style), and it may not execute a purchase of securities
or a sale of securities for all participating clients at the same time.
Client accounts that pursue a similar investment strategy but that have significant operational differences will not be
treated as pattern accounts. For example an account that primarily processes daily sales or redemptions of fund shares
in kind rather than in cash would not be treated as a patterned account. In the case where other clients are trading the
same security at the same time these non-pattern account trades may be aggregated.
Upon opening a new client account, unless the client makes other arrangements, securities which are not part of the
model portfolio or designated mutual fund are generally sold when the account is opened and replaced with securities
such that the client portfolio is patterned after the model portfolio or designated mutual fund. It is Davis Advisors’
general practice to continue to actively manage a client account until the date that Davis Advisors no longer has legal
authority to transact on the account. Therefore, unless the client makes other arrangements, purchases and sales in the
model portfolio or designated mutual fund will also be executed in the pattern account until the account is terminated;
e.g., purchases may be executed in a pattern account the day before the account is terminated.
Orders for accounts which are not patterned after model portfolios or designated mutual funds are generally executed
in the order received by the trading desk, with the following exceptions: (i) the execution of orders for clients that
have directed that particular brokers be used may be delayed until the orders which do not direct a particular broker
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have been filled; (ii) the execution of orders may be delayed when the client (or responsible portfolio manager)
requests such delay due to market conditions in the security to be purchased or sold; and (iii) the execution of orders
which are to be bunched or aggregated.
Managed money/wrap accounts
Managed money/wrap accounts have contractual relationships with their program sponsors, which typically makes it
advantageous for the program sponsors to execute most or all of their transactions. Managed money/wrap accounts
trade throughout the day as directed by Davis Advisors’ trading desk. While managed money/wrap accounts are
trading, Davis Advisors’ trading desk typically suspends trading for other clients until the program sponsors have
completed their transactions. In determining the priority of transactions involving managed money/wrap accounts,
Davis Advisors’ trading desk considers a number of factors, including a fair rotation among clients, the size of the
transaction relative to the size of the managed money/wrap account, the depth and liquidity of the trading market and
the potential market impact of the transactions.
Davis Advisors may enter into agreements with certain program sponsors whereby Davis Advisors will only provide
its model portfolio to the program sponsor. The program sponsor would be responsible for executing portfolio
transactions for their client’s managed money/wrap account(s). Model portfolio Sponsors will be included as part of
the managed money/wrap account rotation. If Davis Advisors has not received a response from a model portfolio
Sponsor within a reasonable period of time, Davis Advisors will resume through the trade rotation. If this occurs, it is
possible that the model portfolio Sponsor and Davis Advisors will be executing similar trades for discretionary clients.
An account that invests in non-U.S. securities may be subject to increased trading costs when trading in non-U.S.
securities. These fees would be in addition to the wrap fee. In order to gain access to certain markets, issuers and
liquidity, Davis Advisors may not be able to place certain transactions through program sponsors. These trades may
be subject to additional costs which could include, but are not limited to foreign currency transactions fees incurred
to settle a trade and related costs.
Aggregated Trades
Davis Advisors’ equity portfolio managers generally communicate investment decisions to a centralized equity trading
desk, while fixed income portfolio managers normally place their transactions themselves. Davis Advisors frequently
follows the practice of aggregating orders of various institutional clients for execution, if Davis Advisors believes that
this will result in the best net price and most favorable execution. In some instances, aggregating trades could adversely
affect a given client. However, Davis Advisors believes that aggregating trades generally benefits clients because
larger orders tend to have lower execution costs, and Davis Advisors clients do not compete with one another trading
in the market. Directed brokerage trades in a particular security are typically executed separately from, and generally
after, Davis Advisors’ other client trades.
In general, all Davis Advisors clients (excluding clients who are directing brokerage and managed money/wrap
accounts) seeking to purchase or sell a given security at approximately the same time will generally be aggregated
into a single order or series of orders. When an aggregated order is filled, all participating clients receive the price at
which the order was executed. If, at a later time, the participating clients wish to purchase or sell additional shares of
the same security, or if additional clients seek to purchase or sell the same security, then Davis Advisors will issue a
new order and the clients participating in the new order will receive the price at which the new order was executed.
In the event that an aggregated order is not entirely filled, Davis Advisors will allocate the purchases or sales among
participating clients in the manner it considers to be most equitable and consistent with its fiduciary obligations to all
such clients. Generally, partially filled orders are allocated pro rata based on the initial order submitted by each
participating client.
In accordance with the various managed money/wrap account programs in which Davis Advisors participates, Davis
Advisors typically directs all trading to the applicable program sponsor unless, in Davis Advisors’ reasonable
discretion, doing so would adversely affect the client. Clients typically pay no commissions on trades executed through
program sponsors. In the event that an order to the sponsor of a managed money/wrap account program is not entirely
filled, Davis Advisors will allocate the purchases or sales among the clients of that sponsor in the manner it considers
to be most equitable and consistent with its fiduciary obligations to all such clients. Generally, partially filled orders
are allocated among the particular sponsor’s participating clients on a random basis that is anticipated to be equitable
over time.
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Davis Advisors may, if circumstances permit, execute transactions for ETF clients through transfers-in-kind. There
may be times that Davis Advisors is not able to aggregate transactions because of applicable law or other
considerations when doing so might otherwise be advantageous.
Trading Error Correction
In the course of managing client accounts, it is possible that trading errors will occur from time to time. Davis Advisors
has adopted Trade Error Correction Policies & Procedures which, when Davis Advisors is at fault, seek to place a
client’s account in the same position it would have been had there been no error. Davis Advisors retains flexibility in
attempting to place a client’s account in the same position it would have been had there been no error. Davis Advisors
attempts to treat all material errors uniformly, regardless of whether they would result in a profit or loss to the client.
For example, Davis Advisors may purchase securities from a client account at cost if they were acquired due to a
trading error. If more than one trading error, or a series of trading errors, is discovered in a client account, then gains
and losses on the erroneous trades may be netted.
Research Paid For With Commissions, “Soft Dollars”
Davis Advisors does not use client commissions, “soft dollars”, to pay for: (i) computer hardware or software, or other
electronic communications facilities; (ii) publications, both paper based or electronic that are available to the general
public; and (iii) research reports that are created by parties other than the broker-dealers providing trade execution,
clearing and/or settlement services to Davis Advisors’ clients. If Davis Advisors determines to purchase such services,
it pays for them using its own resources.
Davis Advisors may receive research that is bundled with trade execution, clearing and/or settlement services provided
by a particular broker-dealer. Davis Advisors may take into account the products and services, as well as the execution
capacity, of a brokerage firm in selecting brokers. Thus, transactions may be directed to a brokerage firm that provides:
(i) important information concerning a company; (ii) introductions to key company officers; (iii) industry and company
conferences; and (iv) other value added research services. Davis Advisors may have an incentive to select or
recommend a broker-dealer based on its interest in continuing to receive these value added research or services that
Davis Advisors believes are useful in its investment decisions-making process, but only when, in its judgment, the
broker-dealer is capable of providing best execution for that transaction. If Davis Advisors were to direct brokerage
to a firm providing these value added services, it may receive a benefit as it may not have to pay for the services it has
received.
Research or other services obtained in this manner may be used in servicing other accounts, including client accounts
other than those that pay commissions to the broker. Such products and services may disproportionately benefit other
Davis Advisors accounts relative to the amount of brokerage commissions paid. For example, research or other
services that are paid for through one client's commissions may not be used in managing that client's account.
Davis Advisors follows the concepts of Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Subject to the criteria
of Section 28(e), Davis Advisors may pay a broker a brokerage commission in excess of that which another broker
might have charged for effecting the same transactions, in recognition of the value of the brokerage and research
services provided by or through the broker. Davis Advisors’ Head Trader exercises his professional judgment to
determine which brokerage firm is best suited to execute any given portfolio transaction. This includes transactions
executed through brokerage firms which provide the services listed above. Davis Advisors does not attempt to allocate
soft dollar benefits to client accounts proportionately to the commissions which the accounts pay to brokerage firms
which provide research services. Davis Advisors believes it is important to its investment decision-making to have
access to independent research.
Exceptions
There are occasions when Davis Advisors varies the trading procedures and considerations described above. Davis
Advisors exercises its best judgment in determining whether clients should execute portfolio transactions
simultaneously with, prior to, or subsequent to the model portfolio or designated mutual fund that they are patterned
after. The factors that Davis Advisors considers in exercising its judgment include, but are not limited to, the need for
confidentiality of the purchase or sale, market liquidity of the securities in issue, the particular events or circumstances
that prompt the purchase or sale of the securities, and operational efficiencies. Even when transactions are executed
on the same day, clients may not receive the same price as the model portfolios or designated mutual funds they are
patterned after. If the transactions are not aggregated, such prices may be better or worse.
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Portfolio Turnover
Because client equity portfolios are managed using the Davis Investment Discipline, portfolio turnover is expected to
be low. Davis Advisors anticipates that, during normal market conditions, clients’ annual portfolio turnover rate will
be less than 100%. However, depending upon market conditions, portfolio turnover rate will vary. At times it could
be high, which could require the payment of larger amounts in brokerage commissions and possibly more taxable
distributions.
When Davis Advisors deems it to be appropriate, client accounts may engage in active and frequent trading to achieve
their investment objective. Active trading may include participation in initial public offerings. Active trading may
result in the realization of higher capital gains compared with accounts with less active trading strategies, which would
increase shareholder tax liability. Frequent trading also increases transaction costs, which could detract from an
account’s performance.
Item 13 Review of Accounts
Davis Advisors serves as investment adviser for many different types of accounts. See Item 7 Types of Clients.
Different types of client accounts and accounts managed in different investment styles are reviewed differently.
Davis Advisors’ Compliance department, overseen by the Chief Compliance Officer, regularly reviews all accounts to
ensure compliance with investment limitations and reasonable application of Davis Advisors’ trading and brokerage
policies. See Item 12 Brokerage Practices.
Davis Advisors serves as investment adviser for a number of accounts whose portfolios are patterned after model
portfolios or designated mutual funds managed by Davis Advisors. The portfolio holdings and transactions of these
accounts are similar to, but not exactly the same as, the model portfolios or designated mutual funds. Davis Advisors’
Trading Department periodically reviews these accounts to ensure a reasonable match between these accounts and the
model portfolios or designated mutual funds.
Davis Advisors’ Portfolio Review Committee meets, generally on a monthly basis, to review Davis Advisors’ Large-
Cap Value, Concentrated Equity, Financial, Balanced, Multi-Cap Equity, International, and Global investment
strategies. Davis Advisors’ Portfolio Review Committee reviews (i) portfolio manager allocations (including review
of the investment performance of individual portfolio managers and research analysts), (ii) portfolio risk (including
among other things, a review of portfolio liquidity), and (iii) investment operations. Andrew Davis oversees Davis
Advisors’ Real Estate investment strategies. Creston King oversees Davis Advisors’ Government Securities and
Government Money Market investment strategies.
Reports to Clients
The nature and frequency of reports to clients are determined primarily by the particular needs of each client.
Investment companies and private accounts receive periodic written reports, which may include a list of current
holdings, transactions for the period, account performance, investment outlook and/or other requested information.
Clients in managed money/wrap account programs generally receive written reports from the program sponsor.
Clients open accounts with qualified custodians of their choice. The custodian generally sends an account statement,
at least quarterly, identifying the amount of funds and each security in the account at the end of the period and setting
forth all transactions in the account during that period.
Item 14 Client Referrals and Other Compensation
Davis Advisors Does Not Receive Third-Party Payments
Davis Advisors does not receive cash payments, sales awards, prizes, or other economic benefits from third-parties
who are not its clients for providing investment advice or other advisory services to its clients.
Employee Compensation
Davis Advisors may pay some employees a commission and/or bonus for bringing clients and assets to Davis Advisors.
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Compensation to Solicitors
Davis Advisors may pay fees based on a percentage of assets to a non-employee soliciting clients. Any clients who
are solicited by non-employees receiving a fee from Davis Advisors will receive separate written disclosure of this
solicitation arrangement. No solicitation payments may be made before Davis Advisors or its affiliate receive a signed
copy of the solicitation agreement and client acknowledgment that contains the applicable referral fee disclosures and
acknowledgement of the fee arrangement.
Fees Paid to Consultants and Other Financial Intermediaries
Davis Advisors actively seeks to educate consultants, broker-dealers, and other financial intermediaries (jointly
referred to in this section as “Consultants”) about its advisory services. Davis Advisors sponsors educational events
where its representatives meet with Consultants and/or their clients. Davis Advisors may pay some of the costs
associated with educational events, which provide Davis Advisors’ representatives with an opportunity to meet with
Consultants and/or clients.
These fees are paid by Davis Advisors from its own resources, which include the management fees received from the
clients. Clients should confer with their Consultant regarding the details of the payments they may receive from Davis
Advisors.
Service Fees
Davis Advisors or Davis Distributors, LLC may pay service fees to broker/dealers and other eligible parties who
introduce Davis Advisors to clients and assist Davis Advisors in maintaining the client’s account by keeping records
and performing other services, which Davis Advisors would otherwise have to perform itself.
Broker-dealers and other financial intermediaries may charge Davis Advisors (or an affiliate) substantial fees for
selling accounts managed by Davis Advisors and providing continuing support to clients. These charges may include:
(i) sales commissions from sales charges paid by purchasing shareholders; (ii) distribution and service fees from 12b-
1 distribution plans; (iii) record-keeping fees for providing record-keeping services to investors who invest through
dealer-controlled omnibus accounts; and (iv) other fees, described below, that may be paid by Davis Advisors or an
affiliate from their own resources.
Some intermediaries may, as a condition to distributing shares managed by Davis Advisors, request that Davis
Advisors or an affiliate, pay or reimburse the intermediary for: (i) marketing support payments including business
planning assistance, educating personnel about the investment type, shareholder financial planning needs, placement
on the dealer’s list of offered funds, and access to sales meetings, sales representatives and management
representatives of the dealer; and (ii) financial assistance charged to allow Davis Advisors or an affiliate to participate
in and/or present at conferences or seminars, sales or training programs for invited registered representatives and other
employees, client and investor events and other dealer-sponsored events. These additional fees are sometimes referred
to as “revenue sharing” payments. A number of factors are considered in determining fees paid to intermediaries,
including the dealer’s sales and assets, and the quality of the dealer’s relationship with Davis Advisors or an affiliate.
Fees are generally based on the value of assets held by the dealer or financial institution for its customers or based on
sales of fund shares by the dealer or financial institution, or a combination thereof. Davis Advisors may use its profits
from the advisory fee it receives from an account to pay some or all of these fees. Some dealers may also choose to
pay additional compensation to their registered representatives. Such payments may be associated with the status of a
fund on a financial intermediary’s preferred list of funds or otherwise associated with the financial intermediary’s
marketing and other support activities. The foregoing arrangements may create an incentive for the brokers, dealers
or other financial institutions, as well as their registered representatives, to recommend Davis Advisors rather than
other managers.
In addition, Davis Advisors or an affiliate may, from time to time, pay additional cash compensation or other
promotional incentives to authorized dealers or agents who sell shares of funds managed by Davis Advisors. In some
instances, such cash compensation or other incentives may be offered only to certain dealers or agents who employ
registered representatives who have sold or may sell significant amounts of shares of funds managed by Davis
Advisors during specified periods of time.
Service fees, which are paid solely at the discretion of Davis Advisors, are based on the assets under management and
the actual services performed. The amount of the fee is separately negotiated with each service provider and cannot
be determined in advance. Clients should contact the service provider with whom they deal for information concerning
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the existence and amount of any service fees paid in respect to their account. The payment, or non-payment, of service
fees will not result in any increase or decrease of the advisory fee charged to the client.
Item 15 Custody
Davis Advisors does not have custody of client accounts. Clients open accounts with qualified custodians of their
choice. The broker-dealer, bank, or other qualified custodian will generally send an account statement, at least
quarterly, identifying the amount of funds and each security in the account at the end of the period and setting forth
all transactions in the account during that period. Clients should carefully review these statements. In some instances
Davis Advisors will send a client a schedule of holdings or other similar report. Clients should compare the account
statements they receive from the qualified custodian to those reports they may receive from Davis Advisors.
Item 16 Investment Discretion
Davis Advisors generally manages client accounts with discretionary authority. Davis Advisors has investment
discretion when it is authorized to make purchase and sale decisions for client accounts.
Clients may impose reasonable investment limitations and restrictions on specific securities, industry sectors, etc.
Davis Advisors retains the right to refuse to accept a client for any reason, including unreasonable investment
limitations or restrictions. Davis Advisors generally requires a written investment advisory agreement with clients,
which will include a clause granting Davis Advisors investment discretion. Clients may grant Davis Advisors
discretionary authority through contractual language that is a part of the advisory agreement or via a separate power
of attorney form.
Davis Advisors may occasionally provide non-discretionary investment advisory services to certain clients. For
example, Davis Advisors may provide a program sponsor with non-discretionary recommendations to assist the
sponsor in the development of one or more portfolios that the sponsor may deem suitable for its end investors.
Item 17 Voting Client Securities
Clients have the right to vote their portfolio securities. Some clients have directed Davis Advisors to vote their portfolio
securities in conformance with Davis Advisors’ Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures. Clients may direct Davis
Advisors to vote either all or none of their portfolio securities; Davis Advisors does not accept directions on how to
vote specific portfolio securities. A client that is interested in voting specific portfolio securities or voting proxies in a
way that is inconsistent with Davis Advisors’ Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures should retain the right to vote their
portfolio securities.
Davis Advisors has adopted Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures to address conflicts of interest between Davis
Advisors and its clients with respect to voting client’s portfolio securities. Davis Advisors’ Proxy Voting Policies and
Procedures are summarized below. Clients may obtain a copy of Davis Advisors’ Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures
upon written request as described below.
Summary of Davis Advisors’ Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures
Davis Advisors votes on behalf of its clients in matters of corporate governance through the proxy voting process.
Davis Advisors takes its ownership responsibilities very seriously and believes the right to vote proxies for its clients’
holdings is a significant asset of the clients. Davis Advisors exercises its voting responsibilities as a fiduciary, solely
with the goal of maximizing the value of its clients’ investments.
Davis Advisors votes proxies with a focus on the investment implications of each issue. For each proxy vote, Davis
Advisors takes into consideration its duty to clients and all other relevant facts known to Davis Advisors at the time
of the vote. Therefore, while these guidelines provide a framework for voting, votes are ultimately cast on a case-by-
case basis.
Davis Advisors has adopted written Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures and established a Proxy Oversight Group
to oversee voting policies and deal with potential conflicts of interest. In evaluating issues, the Proxy Oversight Group
may consider information from many sources, including the Portfolio Managers for each client account, management
of a company presenting a proposal, shareholder groups, and independent proxy research services. While the Proxy
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Oversight Group may consider information from many sources, there is no requirement that it consider each source
and the Proxy Oversight Group shall have the discretion in its professional judgement to determine each matter to be
voted on. The Adviser may utilize research provided by an independent third-party proxy advisory firm. As a policy,
the Adviser does not follow the voting recommendations provided by these firms.
Clients may obtain a copy of Davis Advisors’ Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures, and/or a copy of how their own
proxies were voted, by writing to:
Davis Selected Advisers, L.P.
Attn: Chief Compliance Officer
2949 East Elvira Road, Suite 101
Tucson, Arizona, 85756
Guiding Principles
Creating Value for Existing Shareholders. The most important factors that we consider in evaluating proxy issues are:
(i) the company’s or management’s long-term track record of creating value for shareholders. In general, we will
consider the recommendations of a management with a good record of creating value for shareholders as more credible
than the recommendations of managements with a poor record; (ii) whether, in our estimation, the current proposal
being considered will significantly enhance or detract from long-term value for existing shareholders; and (iii) whether
a poor record of long term performance resulted from poor management or from factors outside of managements
control.
Other factors which we consider may include:
(a) Shareholder Oriented Management. One of the factors that Davis Advisors considers in selecting stocks for
investment is the presence of shareholder-oriented management. In general, such managements will have a
large ownership stake in the company. They will also have a record of taking actions and supporting policies
designed to increase the value of the company’s shares and thereby enhance shareholder wealth. Davis
Advisors’ research analysts are active in meeting with top management of portfolio companies and in
discussing their views on policies or actions which could enhance shareholder value. Whether management
shows evidence of responding to reasonable shareholder suggestions, and otherwise improving general
corporate governance, is a factor which may be taken into consideration in proxy voting.
(b) Allow responsible management teams to run the business. Because we try generally to invest with “owner
oriented” managements (see above), we vote with the recommendation of management on most routine
matters, unless circumstances such as long standing poor performance or a change from our initial assessment
indicate otherwise. Examples include the election of directors and ratification of auditors. Davis Advisors
supports policies, plans and structures that give management teams appropriate latitude to run the business
in the way that is most likely to maximize value for owners. Conversely, Davis Advisors opposes proposals
that limit management’s ability to do this. Davis Advisors will generally vote with management on
shareholder social and environmental proposals on the basis that their impact on share value is difficult to
judge and is therefore best done by management.
(c) Preserve and expand the power of shareholders in areas of corporate governance. Equity shareholders are
owners of the business, and company boards and management teams are ultimately accountable to them.
Davis Advisors supports policies, plans and structures that promote accountability of the board and
management to owners, and align the interests of the board and management with owners. Examples include:
annual election of all board members and incentive plans that are contingent on delivering value to
shareholders. Davis Advisors generally opposes proposals that reduce accountability or misalign interests,
including but not limited to classified boards, poison pills, excessive option plans, and repricing of options.
(d) Support compensation policies that reward management teams appropriately for performance. We believe
that well thought out incentives are critical to driving long-term shareholder value creation. Management
incentives ought to be aligned with the goals of long-term owners. In our view, the basic problem of
skyrocketing executive compensation is not high pay for high performance, but high pay for mediocrity or
worse. In situations where we feel that the compensation practices at companies we own are not acceptable,
we will exercise our discretion to vote against compensation committee members and specific compensation
proposals.
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Davis Advisors exercises its professional judgment in applying these principles to specific proxy votes. Davis
Advisors’ Proxy Procedures and Policies provide additional explanation of the analysis which Davis Advisors
may conduct when applying these guiding principles to specific proxy votes.
Conflicts of Interest
A potential conflict of interest arises when Davis Advisors has business interests that may not be consistent with the
best interests of its client. Davis Advisors’ Proxy Oversight Group is charged with resolving material potential conflicts
of interest which it becomes aware of. It is charged with resolving conflicts in a manner that is consistent with the best
interests of clients. There are many acceptable methods of resolving potential conflicts, and the Proxy Oversight Group
exercises its judgment and discretion to determine an appropriate means of resolving a potential conflict in any given
situation:
(1) Votes consistent with the “General Proxy Voting Policies,” are presumed to be consistent with the best
interests of clients;
(2) Davis Advisors may disclose the conflict to the client and obtain the client’s consent prior to voting the proxy;
(3) Davis Advisors may obtain guidance from an independent third party;
(4) The potential conflict may be immaterial; or
(5) Other reasonable means of resolving potential conflicts of interest which effectively insulate the decision on
how to vote client proxies from the conflict.
Item 18 Financial Information
Davis Advisors is a private limited partnership and considers its financial information to be confidential. Davis
Advisors is financially strong and is unaware of any financial condition reasonably likely to impair its ability to meet
its contractual commitments. Davis Advisors does not require or solicit prepayment of more than $1,200 in fees per
client, six months or more in advance.
Item 19 Other Information
Class Action Claims Processing
Davis Advisors’ clients invest in publicly traded companies. These investments may be the subject of class action
securities litigation under state and federal law. Davis Advisors has adopted procedures for dealing with class action
litigation claims processing, a copy of which will be provided upon request.
Davis Advisors will generally take a passive role in class action litigation by using its best efforts to process the Class
Action Litigation Settlement “Proof of Claim and Release Form,” and other such notices (hereinafter “Claims”) it
receives on behalf of eligible (generally, clients who purchased and sold securities within the class action period)
clients. Davis Advisors does not file class action claims on behalf of managed money/wrap accounts. Unless receiving
contrary instructions from a client, Davis Advisors will file class action claims on behalf of institutional clients when
it determines it is appropriate to do so. If Davis Advisors does not receive the proper materials in a timely manner, it
may not be able to file a claim.
Davis Advisors may not process all Claims which it receives and may not process a given Claim on behalf of all
clients. Davis Advisors will not process class action claims if, after conducting a cost/benefit analysis, it concludes
that the cost of processing the Claim is not justified by the potential benefits, which a client may receive. Rather than
processing a Claim, Davis Advisors may notify a client of the Claim and of its intent not to process the claim on behalf
of the client.
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DAVIS ADVISORS
1-800-279-2279
http://davisadvisors.com
FORM ADV PART 2B
BROCHURE SUPPLEMENT
June 27, 2025
DAVIS SELECTED ADVISERS, L.P.
2949 East Elvira Road, Suite 101
Tucson, Arizona 85756
DAVIS SELECTED ADVISERS–NY, INC.
620 Fifth Avenue, 3rd Floor
New York, New York 10020
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CHRISTOPHER DAVIS ..........................................................................................................................................
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ANDREW DAVIS
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DANTON GOEI
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DWIGHT BLAZIN
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CRESTON KING
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CHANDLER SPEARS
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DARIN PROZES
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PIERCE B.T. CROSBIE
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EDWARD YEN
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SOBBY ARORA
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CHRISTOPHER DAVIS
Chairman
Portfolio Manager
DAVIS ADVISORS
1-800-279-2279
620 Fifth Avenue, 3rd Floor
New York City, New York 10020
http://davisadvisors.com
BROCHURE SUPPLEMENT
June 27, 2025
This brochure supplement provides information about Christopher Davis that supplements the Davis Advisors’
brochure. You should have received a copy of that brochure. Please contact Davis Advisors at 1-800-279-2279
if you did not receive Davis Advisors’ brochure or if you have any questions about the contents of this
supplement.
Large-Cap Value, Concentrated Equity, Financial, Balanced, Multi-Cap Equity, International and Global
A team of portfolio managers manage client accounts in Davis Advisors’ large-cap value, concentrated equity,
financial, balanced, multi-cap equity, international and global investment styles.
Some client portfolios will be co-managed by more than one portfolio manager who shares the responsibility for
making all investment decisions on behalf of the client’s portfolio. Other client portfolios are managed using a team
of multiple portfolio managers. Under this approach, the client portfolio is divided into segments managed by
individual portfolio managers. Each portfolio manager decides how their respective segment will be invested. All
investment decisions are made within the parameters established by the client’s investment objectives, strategies, and
restrictions.
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CHRISTOPHER C. DAVIS (b. 1965)
Chairman, Portfolio Manager
Office in New York, NY
Item 2 Educational Background and Business Experience
EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS:
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MA – Philosophy, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland
BUSINESS BACKGROUND (five years):
•
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Davis Advisors (09/89 to present): Chairman, Portfolio Manager
Sole Member of Davis Investments, LLC, which serves as the sole general partner of Davis Advisors
Also serves as a director and/or officer for various entities affiliated with Davis Advisors
Director of Graham Holdings Company, media and publishing, (02/06 to present)
Director of the Coca-Cola Company, beverage company, (04/18-present)
Director of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., financial services, (10/21-present)
Item 3 Disciplinary Information
Christopher Davis has no legal or disciplinary events material to a client’s or prospective client’s evaluation of
Christopher Davis.
Item 4 Other Business Activities
Christopher Davis is not actively engaged in any investment related business or occupation other than serving as
chairman and portfolio manager of Davis Advisors and related entities.
Christopher Davis does not receive commissions, bonuses or other compensation based on the sale of securities or
other investment products.
Christopher Davis is not actively engaged in any substantial business or occupation for compensation other than
serving as chairman and portfolio manager for Davis Advisors.
Item 5 Additional Compensation
Christopher Davis does not receive any economic benefit (e.g., sales awards and other prizes) from someone who is
not a client for providing advisory services.
Item 6 Supervision
See Item 13 Review of Accounts in Davis Advisors’ Brochure.
Christopher Davis, chairman and portfolio manager (1-800-279-2279), chairs the Portfolio Review Committee which
is responsible for supervising Davis Advisors’ team of portfolio managers managing client accounts in Davis Advisors’
large-cap value, concentrated equity, financial, balanced, multi-cap equity, international and global investment styles.
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ANDREW DAVIS
President
Portfolio Manager
DAVIS ADVISORS
1-800-279-2279
620 Fifth Avenue, 3rd Floor
New York City, New York 10020
http://davisadvisors.com
BROCHURE SUPPLEMENT
June 27, 2025
This brochure supplement provides information about Andrew Davis that supplements the Davis Advisors’
brochure. You should have received a copy of that brochure. Please contact Davis Advisors at 1-800-279-2279
if you did not receive Davis Advisors’ brochure or if you have any questions about the contents of this
supplement.
Real Estate
Andrew Davis heads Davis Advisors’ real estate investment style.
Some client portfolios will be co-managed by more than one portfolio manager who shares the responsibility for
making all investment decisions on behalf of the client’s portfolio. Other client portfolios are managed using a team
of multiple portfolio managers. Under this approach, the client portfolio is divided into segments managed by
individual portfolio managers. Each portfolio manager decides how their respective segment will be invested. All
investment decisions are made within the parameters established by the client’s investment objectives, strategies, and
restrictions.
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ANDREW DAVIS (b. 1963)
President, Portfolio Manager
Office in New York, NY
Item 2 Educational Background and Business Experience
EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS:
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BA – Economics and Administrative Science, Colby College, Waterville, ME
BUSINESS BACKGROUND (five years):
•
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Davis Advisors (02/93 to present): President, Portfolio Manager
Also serves as a director and/or officer for various entities affiliated with Davis Advisors
Item 3 Disciplinary Information
Andrew Davis has no legal or disciplinary events material to a client’s or prospective client’s evaluation of Andrew
Davis.
Item 4 Other Business Activities
Andrew Davis is not actively engaged in any investment related business or occupation other than serving as president
and portfolio manager of Davis Advisors.
Andrew Davis does not receive commissions, bonuses or other compensation based on the sale of securities or other
investment products.
Andrew Davis is not actively engaged in any substantial business or occupation for compensation other than serving
as president and portfolio manager for Davis Advisors.
Item 5 Additional Compensation
Andrew Davis does not receive any economic benefit (e.g., sales awards and other prizes) from someone who is not
a client for providing advisory services.
Item 6 Supervision
See Item 13 Review of Accounts in Davis Advisors’ Brochure.
Andrew Davis, president and portfolio manager (1-800-279-2279), heads Davis Advisors’ real estate investment
strategy.
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DANTON GOEI
Vice President
Portfolio Manager
DAVIS ADVISORS
1-800-279-2279
620 Fifth Avenue, 3rd Floor
New York City, New York 10020
http://davisadvisors.com
BROCHURE SUPPLEMENT
June 27, 2025
This brochure supplement provides information about Danton Goei that supplements the Davis Advisors’
brochure. You should have received a copy of that brochure. Please contact Davis Advisors at 1-800-279-2279
if you did not receive Davis Advisors’ brochure or if you have any questions about the contents of this
supplement.
Large-Cap Value, Concentrated Equity, Financial, Balanced, Multi-Cap Equity, International and Global
A team of portfolio managers manage client accounts in Davis Advisors’ large-cap value, concentrated equity,
financial, balanced, multi-cap equity, international and global investment styles.
Some client portfolios will be co-managed by more than one portfolio manager who shares the responsibility for
making all investment decisions on behalf of the client’s portfolio. Other client portfolios are managed using a team
of multiple portfolio managers. Under this approach, the client portfolio is divided into segments managed by
individual portfolio managers. Each portfolio manager decides how their respective segment will be invested. All
investment decisions are made within the parameters established by the client’s investment objectives, strategies, and
restrictions.
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DANTON GOEI (b. 1969)
Vice President, Portfolio Manager
Office in New York, NY
Item 2 Educational Background and Business Experience
EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS:
BA – International Economics, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
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• MBA – Management, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
• MA – International Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
BUSINESS BACKGROUND (five years):
•
Davis Advisors (11/98 to present): Portfolio Manager
Item 3 Disciplinary Information
Danton Goei has no legal or disciplinary events material to a client’s or prospective client’s evaluation of Danton Goei.
Item 4 Other Business Activities
Danton Goei is not actively engaged in any investment related business or occupation other than serving as vice
president and portfolio manager of Davis Advisors.
Danton Goei does not receive commissions, bonuses or other compensation based on the sale of securities or other
investment products.
Danton Goei is not actively engaged in any substantial business or occupation for compensation other than serving as
vice president and portfolio manager for Davis Advisors.
Item 5 Additional Compensation
Danton Goei does not receive any economic benefit (e.g., sales awards and other prizes) from someone who is not a
client for providing advisory services.
Item 6 Supervision
See Item 13 Review of Accounts in Davis Advisors’ Brochure.
Christopher Davis, chairman and portfolio manager (1-800-279-2279), chairs the Portfolio Review Committee which
is responsible for supervising Davis Advisors’ team of portfolio managers managing client accounts in Davis Advisors’
large-cap value, concentrated equity, financial, balanced, multi-cap equity, international and global investment styles.
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DWIGHT BLAZIN
Vice President
Portfolio Manager
DAVIS ADVISORS
1-800-279-2279
620 Fifth Avenue, 3rd Floor
New York City, New York 10020
http://davisadvisors.com
BROCHURE SUPPLEMENT
June 27, 2025
This brochure supplement provides information about Dwight Blazin that supplements the Davis Advisors’
brochure. You should have received a copy of that brochure. Please contact Davis Advisors at 1-800-279-2279
if you did not receive Davis Advisors’ brochure or if you have any questions about the contents of this
supplement.
Large-Cap Value, Concentrated Equity, Financial, Balanced, Multi-Cap Equity, International and Global
A team of portfolio managers manage client accounts in Davis Advisors’ large-cap value, concentrated equity,
financial, balanced, multi-cap equity, international and global investment styles.
Some client portfolios will be co-managed by more than one portfolio manager who shares the responsibility for
making all investment decisions on behalf of the client’s portfolio. Other client portfolios are managed using a team
of multiple portfolio managers. Under this approach, the client portfolio is divided into segments managed by
individual portfolio managers. Each portfolio manager decides how their respective segment will be invested. All
investment decisions are made within the parameters established by the client’s investment objectives, strategies, and
restrictions.
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DWIGHT BLAZIN (b. 1961)
Vice President, Portfolio Manager
Office in New York, NY
Item 2 Educational Background and Business Experience
EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS:
BMU – Music, Brigham Young University, UT
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• MA – History, New York University, New York, NY
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PH.D. – History, New York University, New York, NY
BUSINESS BACKGROUND (five years):
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Davis Advisors (08/97 to present): Portfolio Manager
Item 3 Disciplinary Information
Dwight Blazin has no legal or disciplinary events material to a client’s or prospective client’s evaluation of Dwight
Blazin.
Item 4 Other Business Activities
Dwight Blazin is not actively engaged in any investment related business or occupation other than serving as portfolio
manager of Davis Advisors.
Dwight Blazin does not receive commissions, bonuses or other compensation based on the sale of securities or other
investment products.
Dwight Blazin is not actively engaged in any substantial business or occupation for compensation other than serving
as vice president and portfolio manager for Davis Advisors.
Item 5 Additional Compensation
Dwight Blazin does not receive any economic benefit (e.g., sales awards and other prizes) from someone who is not
a client for providing advisory services.
Item 6 Supervision
See Item 13 Review of Accounts in Davis Advisors’ Brochure.
Christopher Davis, chairman and portfolio manager (1-800-279-2279), chairs the Portfolio Review Committee which
is responsible for supervising Davis Advisors’ team of portfolio managers managing client accounts in Davis Advisors’
large-cap value, concentrated equity, financial, balanced, multi-cap equity, international and global investment styles.
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CRESTON KING
Vice President
Portfolio Manager
DAVIS ADVISORS
1-800-279-2279
2949 East Elvira Road, Suite 101
Tucson, Arizona 85756
http://davisadvisors.com
BROCHURE SUPPLEMENT
June 27, 2025
This brochure supplement provides information about Creston King that supplements the Davis Advisors’
brochure. You should have received a copy of that brochure. Please contact Davis Advisors at 1-800-279-2279
if you did not receive Davis Advisors’ brochure or if you have any questions about the contents of this
supplement.
Government Securities, Government Money Market Funds, Balanced, and Cash Management
Creston King heads Davis Advisors’ Government Securities and Government Money Market Fund investment styles,
and also heads cash management.
A team of portfolio managers manage client accounts in Davis Advisors’ balanced investment style.
Some client portfolios will be co-managed by more than one portfolio manager who shares the responsibility for
making all investment decisions on behalf of the client’s portfolio. Other client portfolios are managed using a team
of multiple portfolio managers. Under this approach, the client portfolio is divided into segments managed by
individual portfolio managers. Each portfolio manager decides how their respective segment will be invested. All
investment decisions are made within the parameters established by the client’s investment objectives, strategies, and
restrictions.
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CRESTON KING (b. 1963)
Vice President, Portfolio Manager
Office in Tucson, AZ
Item 2 Educational Background and Business Experience
EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS:
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BA – Economics, Duke University, Durham, NC
CFA(*) – Chartered Financial Analyst
BUSINESS BACKGROUND (five years):
•
Davis Advisors (06/99 to present): Portfolio Manager
(*)
The Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation is an international professional certification offered by the CFA
Institute (formerly AIMR) to financial analysts who complete a series of three examinations. To become a CFA
Charterholder candidates must pass each of three six-hour exams, possess a bachelor's degree (or equivalent, as assessed
by CFA institute) and have 48 months of qualified, professional work experience.
Item 3 Disciplinary Information
Creston King has no legal or disciplinary events material to a client’s or prospective client’s evaluation of Creston
King.
Item 4 Other Business Activities
Creston King is not actively engaged in any investment related business or occupation other than serving as vice
president and portfolio manager of Davis Advisors.
Creston King does not receive commissions, bonuses or other compensation based on the sale of securities or other
investment products.
Creston King is not actively engaged in any substantial business or occupation for compensation other than serving
as vice president and portfolio manager for Davis Advisors.
Item 5 Additional Compensation
Creston King does not receive any economic benefit (e.g., sales awards and other prizes) from someone who is not a
client for providing advisory services.
Item 6 Supervision
See Item 13 Review of Accounts in Davis Advisors’ Brochure.
Creston King heads Davis Advisors’ Government Securities and Government Money Market Fund investment styles,
and also heads cash management. Mr. King reports to Kenneth Eich, Chief Operating Officer of Davis Selected
Advisers, L.P., who may be reached at 1-800-279-2279.
Christopher Davis, chairman and portfolio manager (1-800-279-2279), chairs the Portfolio Review Committee which
is responsible for supervising Davis Advisors’ team of portfolio managers managing client accounts in Davis Advisors’
balanced investment style.
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CHANDLER SPEARS
Vice President
Portfolio Manager
DAVIS ADVISORS
1-800-279-2279
620 Fifth Avenue, 3rd Floor
New York City, New York 10020
http://davisadvisors.com
BROCHURE SUPPLEMENT
June 27, 2025
This brochure supplement provides information about Chandler Spears that supplements the Davis Advisors’
brochure. You should have received a copy of that brochure. Please contact Davis Advisors at 1-800-279-2279
if you did not receive Davis Advisors’ brochure or if you have any questions about the contents of this
supplement.
Real Estate
Chandler Spears works with Andrew Davis to manage Davis Advisors’ real estate investment style.
Some client portfolios will be co-managed by more than one portfolio manager who shares the responsibility for
making all investment decisions on behalf of the client’s portfolio. Other client portfolios are managed using a team
of multiple portfolio managers. Under this approach, the client portfolio is divided into segments managed by
individual portfolio managers. Each portfolio manager decides how their respective segment will be invested. All
investment decisions are made within the parameters established by the client’s investment objectives, strategies, and
restrictions.
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CHANDLER SPEARS (b. 1966)
Vice President, Portfolio Manager
Office in New York, NY
Item 2 Educational Background and Business Experience
EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS:
BA – Business Administration, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
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• MA – Finance and Information Systems, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
BUSINESS BACKGROUND (five years):
•
Davis Advisors (11/00 to present): Portfolio Manager
Item 3 Disciplinary Information
Chandler Spears has no legal or disciplinary events material to a client’s or prospective client’s evaluation of Chandler
Spears.
Item 4 Other Business Activities
Chandler Spears is not actively engaged in any investment related business or occupation other than serving as vice
president and portfolio manager of Davis Advisors.
Chandler Spears does not receive commissions, bonuses or other compensation based on the sale of securities or other
investment products.
Chandler Spears is not actively engaged in any substantial business or occupation for compensation other than serving
as vice president and portfolio manager for Davis Advisors.
Item 5 Additional Compensation
Chandler Spears does not receive any economic benefit (e.g., sales awards and other prizes) from someone who is not
a client for providing advisory services.
Item 6 Supervision
See Item 13 Review of Accounts in Davis Advisors’ Brochure.
Andrew Davis, president and portfolio manager (1-800-279-2279) heads Davis Advisors’ real estate investment
strategy.
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DARIN PROZES
Vice President
Portfolio Manager
DAVIS ADVISORS
1-800-279-2279
620 Fifth Avenue, 3rd Floor
New York City, New York 10020
http://davisadvisors.com
BROCHURE SUPPLEMENT
June 27, 2025
This brochure supplement provides information about Darin Prozes that supplements the Davis Advisors’
brochure. You should have received a copy of that brochure. Please contact Davis Advisors at 1-800-279-2279
if you did not receive Davis Advisors’ brochure or if you have any questions about the contents of this
supplement.
Large-Cap Value, Concentrated Equity, Financial, Balanced, Multi-Cap Equity, International and Global
A team of portfolio managers manage client accounts in Davis Advisors’ large-cap value, concentrated equity,
financial, balanced, multi-cap equity, international and global investment styles.
Some client portfolios will be co-managed by more than one portfolio manager who shares the responsibility for
making all investment decisions on behalf of the client’s portfolio. Other client portfolios are managed using a team
of multiple portfolio managers. Under this approach, the client portfolio is divided into segments managed by
individual portfolio managers. Each portfolio manager decides how their respective segment will be invested. All
investment decisions are made within the parameters established by the client’s investment objectives, strategies, and
restrictions.
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DARIN PROZES (b. 1976)
Vice President, Portfolio Manager
Office in New York, NY
Item 2 Educational Background and Business Experience
EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS:
BA – Princeton University, NJ
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• MBA – Stanford University, CA
BUSINESS BACKGROUND (five years):
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Davis Advisors (09/04 to present): Portfolio Manager
Item 3 Disciplinary Information
Darin Prozes has no legal or disciplinary events material to a client’s or prospective client’s evaluation of Darin Prozes.
Item 4 Other Business Activities
Darin Prozes is not actively engaged in any investment related business or occupation other than serving as portfolio
manager of Davis Advisors.
Darin Prozes does not receive commissions, bonuses or other compensation based on the sale of securities or other
investment products.
Darin Prozes is not actively engaged in any substantial business or occupation for compensation other than serving as
vice president and portfolio manager for Davis Advisors.
Item 5 Additional Compensation
Darin Prozes does not receive any economic benefit (e.g., sales awards and other prizes) from someone who is not a
client for providing advisory services.
Item 6 Supervision
See Item 13 Review of Accounts in Davis Advisors’ Brochure.
Christopher Davis, chairman and portfolio manager (1-800-279-2279), chairs the Portfolio Review Committee which
is responsible for supervising Davis Advisors’ team of portfolio managers managing client accounts in Davis Advisors’
large-cap value, concentrated equity, financial, balanced, multi-cap equity, international and global investment styles.
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PIERCE B.T. CROSBIE
Vice President
Portfolio Manager
DAVIS ADVISORS
1-800-279-2279
620 Fifth Avenue, 3rd Floor
New York City, New York 10020
http://davisadvisors.com
BROCHURE SUPPLEMENT
June 27, 2025
This brochure supplement provides information about Pierce B.T. Crosbie that supplements the Davis
Advisors’ brochure. You should have received a copy of that brochure. Please contact Davis Advisors at
1-800-279-2279 if you did not receive Davis Advisors’ brochure or if you have any questions about the contents
of this supplement.
Large-Cap Value, Concentrated Equity, Financial, Balanced, Multi-Cap Equity, International and Global
A team of portfolio managers manage client accounts in Davis Advisors’ large-cap value, concentrated equity,
financial, balanced, multi-cap equity, international and global investment styles.
Some client portfolios will be co-managed by more than one portfolio manager who shares the responsibility for
making all investment decisions on behalf of the client’s portfolio. Other client portfolios are managed using a team
of multiple portfolio managers. Under this approach, the client portfolio is divided into segments managed by
individual portfolio managers. Each portfolio manager decides how their respective segment will be invested. All
investment decisions are made within the parameters established by the client’s investment objectives, strategies, and
restrictions.
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PIERCE B.T. CROSBIE (b. 1976)
Vice President, Portfolio Manager
Office in New York, NY
Item 2 Educational Background and Business Experience
EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS:
BA – Economics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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• MBA – Harvard College, MA
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CFA Charter Holder
BUSINESS BACKGROUND (five years):
•
Davis Advisors (11/08 to present): Portfolio Manager
Item 3 Disciplinary Information
Pierce B.T. Crosbie has no legal or disciplinary events material to a client’s or prospective client’s evaluation of Pierce
B.T. Crosbie.
Item 4 Other Business Activities
Pierce B.T. Crosbie is not actively engaged in any investment related business or occupation other than serving as
portfolio manager of Davis Advisors.
Pierce B.T. Crosbie does not receive commissions, bonuses or other compensation based on the sale of securities or
other investment products.
Pierce B.T. Crosbie is not actively engaged in any substantial business or occupation for compensation other than
serving as vice president and portfolio manager for Davis Advisors.
Item 5 Additional Compensation
Pierce B.T. Crosbie does not receive any economic benefit (e.g., sales awards and other prizes) from someone who is
not a client for providing advisory services.
Item 6 Supervision
See Item 13 Review of Accounts in Davis Advisors’ Brochure.
Christopher Davis, chairman and portfolio manager (1-800-279-2279), chairs the Portfolio Review Committee which
is responsible for supervising Davis Advisors’ team of portfolio managers managing client accounts in Davis Advisors’
large-cap value, concentrated equity, financial, balanced, multi-cap equity, international and global investment styles.
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EDWARD YEN
Vice President
Portfolio Manager
DAVIS ADVISORS
1-800-279-2279
620 Fifth Avenue, 3rd Floor
New York City, New York 10020
http://davisadvisors.com
BROCHURE SUPPLEMENT
June 27, 2025
This brochure supplement provides information about Edward Yen that supplements the Davis Advisors’
brochure. You should have received a copy of that brochure. Please contact Davis Advisors at 1-800-279-2279
if you did not receive Davis Advisors’ brochure or if you have any questions about the contents of this
supplement.
Large-Cap Value, Concentrated Equity, Financial, Balanced, Multi-Cap Equity, International and Global
A team of portfolio managers manage client accounts in Davis Advisors’ large-cap value, concentrated equity,
financial, balanced, multi-cap equity, international and global investment styles.
Some client portfolios will be co-managed by more than one portfolio manager who shares the responsibility for
making all investment decisions on behalf of the client’s portfolio. Other client portfolios are managed using a team
of multiple portfolio managers. Under this approach, the client portfolio is divided into segments managed by
individual portfolio managers. Each portfolio manager decides how their respective segment will be invested. All
investment decisions are made within the parameters established by the client’s investment objectives, strategies, and
restrictions.
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EDWARD YEN (b. 1983)
Vice President, Portfolio Manager
Office in New York, NY
Item 2 Educational Background and Business Experience
EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS:
BS – Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California at Berkeley, CA
•
• MBA – Stanford Graduate School of Business, CA
BUSINESS BACKGROUND (five years):
•
Davis Advisors: Portfolio Manager (10/13 to present)
Item 3 Disciplinary Information
Edward Yen has no legal or disciplinary events material to a client’s or prospective client’s evaluation of Edward Yen.
Item 4 Other Business Activities
Edward Yen is not actively engaged in any investment related business or occupation other than serving as portfolio
manager of Davis Advisors.
Edward Yen does not receive commissions, bonuses or other compensation based on the sale of securities or other
investment products.
Edward Yen is not actively engaged in any substantial business or occupation for compensation other than serving as
vice president and portfolio manager for Davis Advisors.
Item 5 Additional Compensation
Edward Yen does not receive any economic benefit (e.g., sales awards and other prizes) from someone who is not a
client for providing advisory services.
Item 6 Supervision
See Item 13 Review of Accounts in Davis Advisors’ Brochure.
Christopher Davis, chairman and portfolio manager (1-800-279-2279), chairs the Portfolio Review Committee which
is responsible for supervising Davis Advisors’ team of portfolio managers managing client accounts in Davis Advisors’
large-cap value, concentrated equity, financial, balanced, multi-cap equity, international and global investment styles.
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SOBBY ARORA
Vice President
Portfolio Manager
DAVIS ADVISORS
1-800-279-2279
620 Fifth Avenue, 3rd Floor
New York City, New York 10020
http://davisadvisors.com
BROCHURE SUPPLEMENT
June 27, 2025
This brochure supplement provides information about Sobby Arora that supplements the Davis Advisors’
brochure. You should have received a copy of that brochure. Please contact Davis Advisors at 1-800-279-2279
if you did not receive Davis Advisors’ brochure or if you have any questions about the contents of this
supplement.
Large-Cap Value, Concentrated Equity, Financial, Balanced, Multi-Cap Equity, International and Global
A team of portfolio managers manage client accounts in Davis Advisors’ large-cap value, concentrated equity,
financial, balanced, multi-cap equity, international and global investment styles.
Some client portfolios will be co-managed by more than one portfolio manager who shares the responsibility for
making all investment decisions on behalf of the client’s portfolio. Other client portfolios are managed using a team
of multiple portfolio managers. Under this approach, the client portfolio is divided into segments managed by
individual portfolio managers. Each portfolio manager decides how their respective segment will be invested. All
investment decisions are made within the parameters established by the client’s investment objectives, strategies, and
restrictions.
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SOBBY ARORA (b. 1981)
Vice President
Office in New York, NY
Item 2 Educational Background and Business Experience
EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS:
BA – Colgate University
•
• MBA – New York University Stern School of Business
•
CFA(*) – Chartered Financial Analyst
BUSINESS BACKGROUND (five years):
•
Davis Advisors (11/17 to present): Equity Research Analyst
(*)
The Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation is an international professional certification offered by the CFA
Institute (formerly AIMR) to financial analysts who complete a series of three examinations. To become a CFA
Charterholder candidates must pass each of three six-hour exams, possess a bachelor's degree (or equivalent, as assessed
by CFA institute) and have 48 months of qualified, professional work experience.
Item 3 Disciplinary Information
Sobby Arora has no legal or disciplinary events material to a client’s or prospective client’s evaluation of Sobby Arora.
Item 4 Other Business Activities
Sobby Arora is not actively engaged in any investment related business or occupation other than serving as portfolio
manager of Davis Advisors.
Sobby Arora does not receive commissions, bonuses or other compensation based on the sale of securities or other
investment products.
Sobby Arora is not actively engaged in any substantial business or occupation for compensation other than serving as
vice president and portfolio manager for Davis Advisors.
Item 5 Additional Compensation
Sobby Arora does not receive any economic benefit (e.g., sales awards and other prizes) from someone who is not a
client for providing advisory services.
Item 6 Supervision
See Item 13 Review of Accounts in Davis Advisors’ Brochure.
Christopher Davis, chairman and portfolio manager (1-800-279-2279), chairs the Portfolio Review Committee which
is responsible for supervising Davis Advisors’ team of portfolio managers managing client accounts in Davis Advisors’
large-cap value, concentrated equity, financial, balanced, multi-cap equity, international and global investment styles.
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