Overview
- Headquarters
- Lutz, FL
- Average Client Assets
- $2.5 million
- Minimum Account Size
- $1,000,000
- SEC CRD Number
- 110248
Fee Structure
Primary Fee Schedule (EDMP BROCHURE PART 2A)
| Min | Max | Marginal Fee Rate |
|---|---|---|
| $0 | $1,000,000 | 1.00% |
| $1,000,001 | $5,000,000 | 0.90% |
| $5,000,001 | $10,000,000 | 0.80% |
| $10,000,001 | $20,000,000 | 0.70% |
| $20,000,001 | and above | Negotiable |
Illustrative Fee Rates
| Total Assets | Annual Fees | Average Fee Rate |
|---|---|---|
| $1 million | $10,000 | 1.00% |
| $5 million | $46,000 | 0.92% |
| $10 million | $86,000 | 0.86% |
| $50 million | Negotiable | Negotiable |
| $100 million | Negotiable | Negotiable |
Clients
- HNW Share of Firm Assets
- 79.98%
- Total Client Accounts
- 183
- Discretionary Accounts
- 181
- Non-Discretionary Accounts
- 2
Services Offered
Services: Portfolio Management for Individuals
Regulatory Filings
Primary Brochure: EDMP BROCHURE PART 2A (2026-03-05)
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Part 2A of Form ADV: Firm Brochure
EDMP, Inc.
136 Whitaker Road, Suite A
Lutz, FL 33549
Telephone: 813-960-9600
Email: donnam@edmpinc.com
Web Address: www.edmpinc.org
03/05/2026
This brochure provides information about the qualifications and business
practices of EDMP, Inc.. If you have any questions about the contents of
this brochure, please contact us at 813-960-9600 or
chuckc@edmpinc.com. 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.
Registration with the SEC or with any state securities authority does not
imply a certain level of skill or training.
Additional information about EDMP, Inc. also is available on the SEC's
website at www.adviserinfo.sec.gov. You can search this site by a unique
identifying number, known as a CRD number. Our firm's CRD number is
110248.
Item 2 Material Changes
This Firm Brochure, dated 03/05/2026, provides you with a summary of EDMP, Inc.'s advisory
services and fees, professionals, certain business practices and policies, as well as actual or
potential conflicts of interest, among other things. This Item is used to provide our clients with
a summary of new and/or updated information; we will inform of the revision(s) based on the
nature of the information as follows.
1. Annual Update: We are required to update certain information at least annually, within
90 days of our firm's fiscal year end (FYE) of December 31. We will provide you with
either a summary of the revised information with an offer to deliver the full revised
Brochure within 120 days of our FYE or we will provide you with our revised Brochure
that will include a summary of those changes in this Item.
2. Material Changes: Should a material change in our operations occur, depending on its
nature we will promptly communicate this change to clients (and it will be summarized
in this Item). "Material changes" requiring prompt notification will include changes of
ownership or control; location; disciplinary proceedings; significant changes to our
advisory services or advisory affiliates - any information that is critical to a client's full
understanding of who we are, how to find us, and how we do business.
The following summarizes new or revised disclosures based on information previously
provided in our Firm Brochure dated 03/06/2025: No Updates
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Item 3 Table of Contents
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Item 1 Cover Page
Item 2 Material Changes
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Item 3 Table of Contents
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Item 4 Advisory Business
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Item 5 Fees and 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
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Item 10 Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations
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Item 11 Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and Personal
Trading
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Item 12 Brokerage Practices
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Item 13 Review of Accounts
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Item 14 Client Referrals and Other Compensation
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Item 15 Custody
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Item 16 Investment Discretion
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Item 17 Voting Client Securities
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Item 18 Financial Information
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Item 4 Advisory Business
EDMP, Inc. is a SEC-registered investment adviser with its principal place of business located
in Florida. EDMP, Inc. began conducting business in 1993.
Listed below are the firm's principal shareholders; i.e., those individuals and/or entities that
control 25% or more of this company.
Julie C Carnevale and Charles C Carnevale
EDMP, Inc. offers the following advisory services to our clients:
INVESTMENT SUPERVISORY SERVICES ("ISS")
INDIVIDUAL PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
EDMP manages a Total Return equity product, a SMID Cap equity growth product, and a
Income product. These products are offered to investors in separately managed accounts.
Our firm provides continuous asset management of client funds. We provide advisory
services to individual clients and institutional clients such as pension or profit sharing plans,
public plans, trust, estates or charitable organizations and corporations. EDMP will establish
the account and manage it based upon the mandate given by the client or consultant. A
meeting is required to review which product is the best fit based on the client's
circumstance. During our data-gathering process, we determine the client's individual
objectives, time horizons, risk tolerance, and liquidity needs. As appropriate, we may also
review and discuss a client's prior investment history, as well as family composition and
background.
We manage these advisory accounts on a discretionary basis; and on a limited basis, non-
discretionary accounts. Account supervision is guided by the client's stated objectives (i.e.,
maximum capital appreciation, growth, income, or growth and income), as well as tax
considerations. Typically, in all circumstances we may tailor a portfolio for an individual client.
Clients may impose reasonable restrictions on investing in certain securities, types of
securities, or industry sectors.
Once the client's portfolio has been established, we review the master portfolio continuously,
looking for various fundamental factors (i.e. overvaluation, undervaluation, over weighting,
cash position, etc.). And, if necessary, rebalance the portfolio based upon the mentioned
fundamental factors.
Our investment recommendations are limited to our specific products; however, on a limited
basis we may advise on the following securities:
Exchange-listed securities
Securities traded over-the-counter
Foreign issuers (ADRs)
Warrants
Corporate debt securities (other than commercial paper)
Commercial paper
Certificates of deposit
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Municipal securities
United States governmental securities
Because some types of investments involve certain additional degrees of risk, they will only
be implemented OR recommended when consistent with the client's stated investment
objectives, tolerance for risk, liquidity and suitability.
AMOUNT OF MANAGED ASSETS
As of 12/31/2025, we were actively managing $142,967,408.00 assets on a discretionary
basis plus $4,403,008 of clients' assets on a non-discretionary basis.
Item 5 Fees and Compensation
PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT SERVICES FEES
Our annual fees for Portfolio Management Services are based upon a percentage of assets
under management and are generally 1%. For our services, the fees are typically paid a
quarter in arrears, at the following rates, based on the market value of the investment account
under our supervision, including cash or its equivalent held for investment. (We also currently
hold paid in advance contracts). These fees do not include any transaction costs, expenses,
custodial fees, etc. charged by the executing broker/dealer. Typically, EDMP management
fees are authorized to be deducted from the clients' accounts. However, some clients pay
this fee direct via an invoice. Based on certain account guidelines, some fee contracts are
payable in arrears.
The annualized fee for Portfolio Management Services is charged as a percentage of assets
under management, according to the following schedules:
Assets Under Management Annual
On First $1,000,000 1.00%
$1,000,001 to $5,000,000 0.90%
$5,000,001 to $10,000,000 0.80%
$10,000,001 to $20,000,000 0.70%
Negotiable on Balance
We also offer Fees in advance based upon the schedule listed above.
We may also offer a FLAT Fee Arrangement. The annualized FLAT Fee arrangement is
charged as a percentage of assets under management, according to the following schedule,
which may also be negotiated:
FLAT FEE 1%
Additionally, on a limited basis, we have some arrangements as a sub-advisor and the total
fee can be as high as 2%. These fees are negotiated with the firm that we sub-advise for. On
a limited basis, EDMP will collects the full fee, (Advisory & Sub-Advisory Fee), these fees are
then distributed appropriately to the firms that we have the sub-advisory contracts
arrangements.
A minimum of $1,000,000 of assets under management is required for this service for retail
clients and $5,000,000.00 for institutional clients. This account size may be negotiable under
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certain circumstances. EDMP, Inc. may group certain related client accounts for the purposes
of achieving the minimum account size and determining the annualized fee.
Limited Negotiability of Advisory Fees: Although EDMP, Inc. has established the
aforementioned fee schedule(s), we retain the discretion to negotiate alternative fees on a
client-by-client basis. Client facts, circumstances and needs are considered in determining the
fee schedule. These include the complexity of the client, assets to be placed under
management, anticipated future additional assets; related accounts; portfolio style, account
composition, reports, among other factors. The specific annual fee schedule is identified in
the contract between the adviser and each client. This may include a flat fee arrangement.
We may group certain related client accounts for the purposes of achieving the minimum
account size requirements and determining the annualized fee.
Discounts, not generally available to our advisory clients, may be offered to family members
and friends of associated persons of our firm.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Termination of the Advisory Relationship: A client agreement may be canceled at any
time, by either party, for any reason upon notice. As disclosed above, certain fees are paid in
advance of services provided. Upon termination of any account, any prepaid, unearned fees
will be refunded, any contracts that are paid in arrears will be calculated for the unpaid earned
fees. In calculating a client's reimbursement of fees, we will pro rate the reimbursement
according to the number of days remaining in the billing period. For accounts that pay in
arrears, a final bill is calculated for earned fees and billed accordingly.
Additional Fees and Expenses: In addition to our advisory fees, clients are also responsible
for the fees and expenses charged by custodians and imposed by broker dealers, including,
but not limited to, any transaction charges imposed by a broker dealer with which an
independent investment manager effects transactions for the client's account(s). Please refer
to the "Brokerage Practices" section (Item 12) of this Form ADV for additional information.
Grandfathering of Minimum Account Requirements: Pre-existing advisory clients are
subject to EDMP, Inc.' s minimum account requirements and advisory fees in effect at the
time the client entered into the advisory relationship. Therefore, our firm's minimum account
requirements may differ among clients.
ERISA Accounts: EDMP, Inc. is deemed to be a fiduciary to advisory clients that are
employee benefit plans or individual retirement accounts (IRAs) pursuant to the Employee
Retirement Income and Securities Act ("ERISA"), and regulations under the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 (the "Code"), respectively. As such, our firm is subject to specific duties and
obligations under ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code that include among other things,
restrictions concerning certain forms of compensation. To avoid engaging in prohibited
transactions, EDMP, Inc. may only charge fees for investment advice about products for
which our firm and/or our related persons do not receive any commissions or 12b-1 fees, or
conversely, investment advice about products for which our firm and/or our related persons
receive commissions or 12b-1 fees, however, only when such fees are used to offset EDMP,
Inc.' s advisory fees.
Advisory Fees in General: Clients should note that similar advisory services may (or may
not) be available from other registered (or unregistered) investment advisers for similar or
lower fees.
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Item 6 Performance-Based Fees and Side-By-Side Management
EDMP, Inc. does not charge performance-based fees.
Item 7 Types of Clients
EDMP, Inc. provides advisory services to the following types of clients:
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
High net worth individuals
Charitable organizations
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
As previously disclosed in Item 5, our firm has established certain initial minimum account
requirements, based on the nature of the service(s) being provided. For a more detailed
understanding of those requirements, please review the disclosures provided in each
applicable service.
Item 8 Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss
We use the following methods of analysis in formulating our investment advice and/or
managing client assets:
Fundamental Analysis. We attempt to measure the intrinsic value of a security by looking at
economic and financial factors (including the overall economy, industry conditions, and the
financial condition and management of the company itself) to determine if the company is
underpriced (indicating it may be a good time to buy) or overpriced (indicating it may be time
to sell).
Fundamental analysis does not attempt to anticipate market movements. This presents a
potential risk, as the price of a security can move up or down along with the overall market
regardless of the economic and financial factors considered in evaluating the stock.
Qualitative Analysis. We subjectively evaluate non-quantifiable factors such as quality of
management, labor relations, and strength of research and development factors not readily
subject to measurement, and predict changes to share price based on that data.
A risk is using qualitative analysis is that our subjective judgment may prove incorrect.
Risks for all forms of analysis. Our securities analysis methods rely on the assumption that
the companies whose securities we purchase and sell, the rating agencies that review these
securities, and other publicly-available sources of information about these securities, are
providing accurate and unbiased data. While we are alert to indications that data may be
incorrect, there is always a risk that our analysis may be compromised by inaccurate or
misleading information.
INVESTMENT STRATEGIES
We offer the following strategy(ies) in managing client accounts, provided that such
strategy(ies) are appropriate to the needs of the client and consistent with the client's
investment objectives, risk tolerance, and time horizons, among other considerations:
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Total Return Portfolio Investment Objective
The EDMP Total Return portfolio seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation over
time, with strict adherence to valuation.
Primary Investment Strategy
The large cap growth portfolio seeks long-term capital appreciation in long-term
ownership of high quality growth large cap businesses, with market capitalizations
greater than $3 Billion, purchased only at a very definable "economic value" where
each holding has a unique industry driver and is built with the long-term potential for
Above 10% earnings growth, putting primary emphasis on valuation, balance sheet
quality, cash flows and other internal drivers indicative of profitability.
Smid-cap Growth Portfolio Investment Objective:
The Smid-cap portfolio seeks long-term capital appreciation through investments in small
and mid capitalization companies with strict adherence to valuation.
Primary Investment Philosophy
Our investment philosophy is the long-term ownership of high quality growing small-
cap and mid-cap businesses, with market capitalizations usually between $500 million
and $10 billion, purchased only at a very definable "economic value" where each
holding has a unique industry driver and is built with the long-term potential for 15-20%
earnings growth, putting primary emphasis on valuation, balance sheet quality, cash
flows and other internal drivers indicative of profitability.
Income Portfolio Investment Objective
The EDMP, Inc. Income portfolio seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation and a
growing dividend income stream over time, with strict adherence to valuation.
Primary Investment Strategy
The Income portfolio seeks long-term capital appreciation and a growing dividend
income stream over time. The portfolio is focused on growing dividend income and
capital appreciation consistent with above average earnings growth. Our primary
objective is to create a diversified portfolio of industry leading, blue chip, mostly
multinational companies, offering an increasing yield on cost, which we call growth
yield. Additionally, we screen for companies with consistent above average earnings
growth and a long legacy of increasing their dividends proportionately. Most
importantly, we are disciplined to only invest when valuation makes sound economic
sense based on widely accepted formulas for determining the fundamental value of a
company.
Long-term purchases. We purchase securities with the idea of holding them in the client's
account for a year or longer. Typically we employ this strategy when:
we believe the securities to be currently undervalued, and/or
we want exposure to a particular asset class over time, regardless of the current projection
for this class.
A risk in a long-term purchase strategy is that by holding the security for this length of time,
we may not take advantage of short-term gains that could be profitable to a client. Moreover,
if our predictions are incorrect, a security may decline sharply in value before we make the
decision to sell.
Risk of Loss:
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Clients should understand that investing in securities (including mutual funds) is subject to
risk, including the possible loss of some or the entire principal amount invested. Before
deciding whether to invest, these risk factors should be carefully considered.
Risk of using Independent Investment Managers:
Market Risk: A portfolio may be affected by a sudden decline in market value of an
investment, or by an overall decline in the stock market. Market risk may affect a single
issue, industry, sector of the economy or the market as a whole.
Equity Securities Risk: The value of the equity securities held in a portfolio may fall due to
general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding the industries in which the
issuers of securities held participate, or factors relating to specific companies whose stock is
held in the portfolio. For example, an adverse event, such as an unfavorable earnings report,
may depress the value of equity securities of an issuer held in a separate portfolio; the price
of common stock of an issuer may be particularly sensitive to general movements in the stock
market; or a drop in the stock market may depress the price of most or all of the common
stocks and other equity securities held in a portfolio. Common stock of an issuer in a
separately managed account may decline in price if the issuer fails to make anticipated
dividend payments because, among other reasons, the issuer of the security experiences a
decline in its financial condition. Common stock is subordinated to preferred stocks, bonds
and other debt instruments in a company's capital structure, and therefore will be subject to
greater dividend risk than preferred stocks or debt instruments of such issuers. The stock
market has been subject to significant volatility recently which has increased the risk
associated with an investment in equities.
Concentrated Investment Risk: Although our portfolios are diversified, we normally hold 25
- 30 equity securities.
Investing/Trade Error Risk: EDMP considers numerous risks associated with committing
trade errors in clients accounts. These risk identified are: Trade errors are not identified and
corrected in a timely manner; trade errors are not reported to management; Management
does not carefully review each error to determine if procedures may be implemented to
prevent future similar errors; Clients bear the loss of trade errors; The number of trade errors
is excessive; Documentation of trade errors and their resolution is not adequately maintained.
Item 9 Disciplinary Information
We are required to disclose any legal or disciplinary events that are material to a client's or
prospective client's evaluation of our advisory business or the integrity of our management.
Our firm and our management personnel have no reportable disciplinary events to disclose.
Item 10 Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations
Other Registered Investment Advisory Activities and Affiliations:
Charles C. Carnevale, Julie C. Carnevale and Colton C. Carnevale, managing members of
our firm, are officers/portoflio managers and/or principle owners in a registered investment
advisory firm - Fundamentals Investment Advisory Group (FIAG). FIAG was formed in 2004
in order to facilitate CPA's working with their clients. No EDMP, Inc. client is obligated to use
the advisory services of FIAG, however FIAG advisory clients are obligated to use our
advisory services.
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EDMP, Inc. is the manager on the FIAG accounts and will trade the same or similar securities
in client portfolios that are traded since they are under management by EDMP, Inc. When
trades are placed they are placed with all other EDMP accounts that are managed under
similar disciplines.
EDMP, Inc. will block trades where possible and when advantageous to clients. This blocking
of trades permits the trading of aggregate blocks of securities composed of assets from
multiple client accounts, so long as transaction costs are shared equally and on a pro-rated
basis between all accounts included in any such block.
As this affiliation with FIAG may present potential conflicts of interest, we have established
written policies and procedures for insider trading that prohibit any employee of our firm from
buying, selling or recommending the securities of companies bought, sold or recommended
by FIAG or EDMP without prior written permission.
Other Industry Activities and Affliations:
Charles Carnevale, Julie Carnevale and Colton Carnevale are managing members of EDMP,
or/and/are principle owners of FAST Graphs, Inc. a software research tool.
As required, any affiliated investment advisers are specifically disclosed in Section 7.A. on
Schedule D of Form ADV, Part 1. (Part 1 of our Form ADV can be accessed by following the
directions provided on the Cover Page of this Firm Brochure.)
Clients should be aware that the receipt of additional compensation by EDMP, Inc. and its
management persons or employees creates a conflict of interest that may impair the
objectivity of our firm and these individuals when making advisory recommendations. EDMP,
Inc. endeavors at all times to put the interest of its clients first as part of our fiduciary duty as a
registered investment adviser; we take the following steps to address this conflict:
we disclose to clients the existence of all material conflicts of interest, including the potential
for our firm and our employees to earn compensation from advisory clients in addition to
our firm's advisory fees;
we disclose to clients that they are not obligated to purchase recommended investment
products from our employees or affiliated companies;
we collect, maintain and document accurate, complete and relevant client background
information, including the client's financial goals, objectives and risk tolerance;
our firm's management conducts regular reviews of each client account to verify that all
recommendations made to a client are suitable to the client's needs and circumstances;
we require that our employees seek prior approval of any outside employment activity so
that we may ensure that any conflicts of interests in such activities are properly addressed;
we periodically monitor these outside employment activities to verify that any conflicts of
interest continue to be properly addressed by our firm; and
we educate our employees regarding the responsibilities of a fiduciary, including the need
for having a reasonable and independent basis for the investment advice provided to
clients.
We engage in no other financial industry activities and are not affiliated with any broker-
dealer, financial planner or additional investment advisers.
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Item 11 Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions
and Personal Trading
Our firm has adopted a Code of Ethics which sets forth high ethical standards of business
conduct that we require of our employees, including compliance with applicable federal
securities laws.
EDMP, Inc. and our personnel owe a duty of loyalty, fairness and good faith towards our
clients, and have an obligation to adhere not only to the specific provisions of the Code of
Ethics but to the general principles that guide the Code.
Our Code of Ethics includes policies and procedures for the review of quarterly securities
transactions reports as well as initial and annual securities holdings reports that must be
submitted by the firm's access persons. Among other things, our Code of Ethics also requires
the prior approval of any acquisition of securities in a limited offering (e.g., private placement)
or an initial public offering. Our code also provides for oversight, enforcement and
recordkeeping provisions.
EDMP, Inc.'s Code of Ethics further includes the firm's policy prohibiting the use of material
non-public information. While we do not believe that we have any particular access to non-
public information, all employees are reminded that such information may not be used in a
personal or professional capacity.
A copy of our Code of Ethics is available to our advisory clients and prospective clients. You
may request a copy by email sent to chuckc@edmpinc.com, or by calling us at 813-960-9600.
Our Code of Ethics is designed to assure that the personal securities transactions, activities
and interests of our employees will not interfere with (i) making decisions in the best interest
of advisory clients and (ii) implementing such decisions while, at the same time, allowing
employees to invest for their own accounts.
Our firm and/or individuals associated with our firm may buy or sell for their personal accounts
securities identical to or different from those recommended to our clients. In addition, any
related person(s) may have an interest or position in a certain security(ies) which may also be
recommended to a client.
It is the expressed policy of our firm that no person employed by us may purchase or sell any
security prior to a transaction(s) being implemented for an advisory account, thereby
preventing such employee(s) from benefiting from transactions placed on behalf of advisory
accounts.
All employee purchases and sells must be approved prior to transactions being placed.
As these situations represent actual or potential conflicts of interest to our clients, we have
established the following policies and procedures for implementing our firm's Code of Ethics,
to ensure our firm complies with its regulatory obligations and provides our clients and
potential clients with full and fair disclosure of such conflicts of interest:
1. No principal or employee of our firm may put his or her own interest above the interest of
an advisory client.
2. No principal or employee of our firm may buy or sell securities for their personal portfolio(s)
where their decision is a result of information received as a result of his or her employment
unless the information is also available to the investing public.
3. It is the expressed policy of our firm that no person employed by us may purchase or sell
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any security prior to a transaction(s) being implemented for an advisory account. This
prevents such employees from benefiting from transactions placed on behalf of advisory
accounts.
4. Our firm requires prior approval for any IPO or private placement investments by related
persons of the firm.
5. We maintain a list of all reportable securities holdings for our firm and anyone associated
with this advisory practice that has access to advisory recommendations ("access
person"). These holdings are reviewed on a regular basis by our firm's Chief Compliance
Officer or his/her designee.
6. We have established procedures for the maintenance of all required books and records.
7. All of our principals and employees must act in accordance with all applicable Federal and
State regulations governing registered investment advisory practices.
8. We require delivery and acknowledgment of the Code of Ethics by each supervised person
of our firm.
9. We have established policies requiring the reporting of Code of Ethics violations to our
senior management.
10. Any individual who violates any of the above restrictions may be subject to termination.
Item 12 Brokerage Practices
For discretionary clients, EDMP, Inc. may recommend to a client a broker dealer to use and
the commission costs that will be charged to these clients for these transactions.
These clients may include any limitations on this discretionary authority. Clients may
change/amend these limitations as required. Such amendments must be provided to us in
writing.
EDMP, Inc. does not have any soft-dollar arrangements.
EDMP, Inc. will block trades where possible and when advantageous to clients. This blocking
of trades permits the trading of aggregate blocks of securities composed of assets from
multiple client accounts, so long as transaction costs are shared equally and on a pro-rated
basis between all accounts included in any such block.
Block trading may allow us to execute equity trades in a timelier, more equitable manner, at
an average share price. EDMP, Inc. will typically aggregate trades among clients whose
accounts can be traded at a given broker, and generally will rotate or vary the order of brokers
through which it places trades for clients on any particular day. EDMP, Inc.'s block trading
policy and procedures are as follows:
1) Transactions for any client account may not be aggregated for execution if the practice is
prohibited by or inconsistent with the client's advisory agreement with EDMP, Inc., or our
firm's order allocation policy.
2) The trading desk in concert with the portfolio manager must determine that the purchase or
sale of the particular security involved is appropriate for the client and consistent with the
client's investment objectives and with any investment guidelines or restrictions applicable to
the client's account.
3) The portfolio manager must reasonably believe that the order aggregation will benefit, and
will enable EDMP, Inc. to seek best execution for each client participating in the aggregated
order. This requires a good faith judgment at the time the order is placed for the execution. It
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does not mean that the determination made in advance of the transaction must always prove
to have been correct in the light of a "20-20 hindsight" perspective. Best execution includes
the duty to seek the best quality of execution, as well as the best net price.
4) Prior to entry of an aggregated order, a written order ticket must be completed which
identifies each client account participating in the order and the proposed allocation of the
order, upon completion, to those clients.
5) If the order cannot be executed in full at the same price or time, the securities actually
purchased or sold by the close of each business day must be allocated pro rata among the
participating client accounts in accordance with the initial order ticket or other written
statement of allocation. However, adjustments to this pro rata allocation may be made to
participating client accounts in accordance with the initial order ticket or other written
statement of allocation. Furthermore, adjustments to this pro rata allocation may be made to
avoid having odd amounts of shares held in any client account, or to avoid excessive ticket
charges in smaller accounts.
6) Generally, each client that participates in the aggregated order must do so at the average
price for all separate transactions made to fill the order, and must share in the commissions
on a pro rata basis in proportion to the client's participation. Under the client's agreement with
the custodian/broker, transaction costs may be based on the number of shares traded for
each client.
7) If the order will be allocated in a manner other than that stated in the initial statement of
allocation, a written explanation of the change must be provided to and approved by the Chief
Compliance Officer no later than the morning following the execution of the aggregate trade.
8) EDMP, Inc.'s client account records separately reflect, for each account in which the
aggregated transaction occurred, the securities which are held by, and bought and sold for,
that account.
9) Funds and securities for aggregated orders are clearly identified on EDMP, Inc.'s records
and to the broker-dealers or other intermediaries handling the transactions, by the appropriate
account numbers for each participating client.
10) No client or account will be favored over another.
EDMP, Inc. may recommend Schwab, a custodian/broker that will hold your assets and
execute transactions. When considering whether the terms that Schwab provides are,
overall, most advantageous to you when compared with other available providers and their
services, we take into account a wide rang of factors, including:
Combination of transaction execution services and asset custody services (generally
without a separate fee for custody)
Capability to execute, clear, and settle trades (buy and sell securities for your account)
Capability to facilitate, on a limited basis, transfers and payments to and from
accounts.
Quality of services
Competitiveness of the price of those services (commission rates, other fees, etc.
Reputations, financial strength, security and stability.
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separately for custody services but is compensated by charging you commissions or other
fees on trades that it executes or that settle into your Schwab account. Certain trades may not
incur Schwab commissions or transaction fees. Schwab is also compensated by earning
int
We are not required to select the broker or dealer that charges the lowest transaction cost,
even if that broker provides execution quality comparable to other brokers or dealers.
Although we are not required to execute all trades through Schwab, we have determined that
your trades. Best execution means the most favorable terms for a transaction based on all
using another broker or dealer you may pay lower transaction costs.
Products and services available to us from Schwab
Schwab Advisor Service
firms like us. They provide us and our clients with access to their institutional brokerage
services (trading, custody, reporting, and related services), many of which are not typically
available to Schwab retail customers. However, certain retail investors may be able to get
institutional brokerage services from Schwab without going through us. Schwab also makes
available various support services. Some of those services help us manage or administer our
at no charge to us. Following is a more detailed description of Sc
Services that benefit you.
broad range of investment products, execution of securities transactions, and custody of client
assets. The investment products available through Schwab include some to which we might
not otherwise have access or that would require a significantly higher minimum initial
you and your account.
Services that do not directly benefit you. Schwab also makes available to us other
products and services that benefit us but do not directly benefit you or your account. These
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including accounts not maintained at Schwab. In addition to investment research, Schwab
also makes available software and other technology that:
statements)
client accounts
-office functions, recordkeeping, and client reporting
Services that generally benefit only us. Schwab also offers other services intended to help
us manage and further develop our business enterprise. These services include:
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conferences on practice management and business succession
Schwab provides some of these services itself. In other cases, it will arrange for third-party
vendors to provide the services to us. Schwab also discounts or waives its fees for some of
benefits, such as occasional business entertainment of our personnel. If you did not maintain
your account with Schwab, we would be required to pay for these services from our own
resources.
The availability of these services from Schwab benefits us because we do not have to
not contingent upon us committing any specific amount of business to Schwab in trading
commissions or assets in custody.] The fact that we receive these benefits from Schwab is an
incentive for us to recommend the use of Schwab rather than making such a decision based
exclusively on your interest in receiving the best value in custody services and the most
favorable execution of your transactions. This is a conflict of interest. We believe, however,
that taken in the aggregate, our recommendation of Schwab as custodian and broker is in the
best interests of our clients. Our selection is primarily supported by the scope, quality, and
services that benefit only us.
Brokerage Transactions
We may aggregate our employee trades with client transactions where possible and when
compliant with our duty to seek best execution for our clients. In these instances, participating
clients will receive an average share price and transaction costs will be shared equally and on
a pro-rata basis. In the instances where there is a partial fill of a particular batched order, we
will allocate all purchases pro-rata, with each account paying the average price. Our
employee accounts will be included in the pro-rata allocation.
Trading Errors
EDMP has established guidelines as an attempt to mitigate these risk:
It is the policy of EDMP that the utmost care be taken in making and implementing investment
decisions of behalf of client accounts. To the extent that any errors occur, they are to be (a)
corrected as soon as practicable and in such a manner that the client incurs no loss, (b)
reported to the CCO/President, and (c) scrutinized carefully with a view toward implementing
procedures to prevent or reduce future errors, if necessary.
Errors may occur either in the (a) investment decision-making process (e.g., a decision may
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be to purchase a Security or an amount of a Security that is inconsistent with a client's
investment restrictions) or (b) trading process (e.g., a buy order may be executed as a sell, or
vice versa, or a Security other than that which the Portfolio Manager ordered may be
purchased or sold). For purposes of this policy, errors in both investment decision-making
and trading are referred to as trade errors.
Because EDMP manages accounts on a primarily discretionary basis, an overwhelming
majority, if not all, trade errors will be caused by EDMP or an executing broker. As mentioned
above, in all cases of trade errors, it is EDMP's policy that a client account be "made
whole." Thus, trades are adjusted as needed in order to put the client in such a position as if
the error had never occurred.
Trade errors must be corrected at no cost to the client and Clients may retain any gains
resulting from a trade error.
EDMP attempts to minimize trade errors by promptly reconciling confirmations with order
tickets and intended orders, and by reviewing past trade errors to understand the internal
control breakdown that caused the errors.
Please contact us at 813-960-9600 for a full copy of our Trade Error Policy and Procedures.
Privacy Disclosure
One of EDMP, Inc.'s primary client goals is to protect your privacy. Because we respect your
right to privacy, we have always placed a high priority on protecting the personal information
you provide us. EDMP collects and uses personal information for legitimate business
purposes and our Privacy Policy is to continue to protect your right to privacy, even beyond
the laws and regulations that provide protection.
We collect and use information necessary to administer our business, to advise you about our
services, and to provide you with customer services. To conduct regular business, we may
collect and maintain several types of nonpublic customer information needed for these
purposes, such as: Information reported by you on applications or other forms provided to us
by you, your consultants, brokerage firms, or others. Information about your transactions with
us, your consultants, brokerage firms or others.
We do not sell customer information. We do not provide customer information to persons or
organizations that you have not authorized. We afford prospective and former clients the same
protections as existing clients with respect to the use of personal information.
For our full Privacy Disclosure, please contact us at 813-960-9600.
Item 13 Review of Accounts
PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT SERVICES
REVIEWS: While the underlying securities within Individual Portfolio Management Services
accounts are continually monitored, these accounts are reviewed at least quarterly. Accounts
are reviewed in the context of each client's stated investment objectives and guidelines. More
frequent reviews may be triggered by material changes in variables such as the client's
individual circumstances, or the market, political or economic environment.
These accounts are reviewed by: Charles C. Carnevale, CIO and Colton Carnevale, COO/VP
Portfolio Manager, and Julie Carnevale, President.
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REPORTS: In addition to the monthly statements and confirmations of transactions that
Portfolio Management Services clients receive from their broker-dealer, EDMP, Inc. will
provide daily reports summarizing account performance, balances and holdings, on the
EDMP, Inc. secure website.
Item 14 Client Referrals and Other Compensation
We receive an economic benefit from Schwab in the form of the support products and
services it makes available to us and other independent investment advisors whose clients
maintain their accounts at Schwab. You do not pay more for assets maintained at Schwab as
a result of these arrangements. However, we benefit from the referral arrangement because
the cost of these services would otherwise be borne directly by us. You should consider these
conflicts of interest when selecting a custodian. The products and services provided by
Schwab, how they benefit us, and the related conflicts of interest are described above (see
Item 12 Brokerage Practices).
Our firm may pay referral fees to independent persons or firms ("Solicitors") for introducing
clients to us. Whenever we pay a referral fee, we require the Solicitor to provide the
prospective client with a copy of this document (our Firm Brochure) and a separate disclosure
statement that includes the following information:
i. the Solicitor's name and relationship with our firm;
the fact that the Solicitor is being paid a referral fee;
the amount of the fee; and
whether the fee paid to us by the client will be increased above our normal fees in order to
compensate the Solicitor.
As a matter of firm practice, the advisory fees paid to us by clients referred by solicitors are
not increased as a result of any referral.
It is EDMP, Inc.'s policy not to accept or allow our related persons to accept any form of
compensation, including cash, sales awards or other prizes, from a non-client in conjunction
with the advisory services we provide to our clients.
Item 15 Custody
We previously disclosed in the "Fees and Compensation" section (Item 5) of this Brochure
that our firm directly debits advisory fees from client accounts. However, we will bill clients
direct should they request.
As part of this billing process, the client's custodian is advised of the amount of the fee to be
deducted from that client's account. On at least a quarterly basis, the custodian is required to
send to the client a statement showing all transactions within the account during the reporting
period.
Because the custodian does not calculate the amount of the fee to be deducted, it is
important for clients to carefully review their custodial statements to verify the accuracy of the
calculation, among other things. Clients should contact us directly if they believe that there
may be an error in their statement.
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In addition to the periodic statements that clients receive directly from their custodians, we
also upload account statements directly to our clients secure location on our site daily. We
urge our clients to carefully compare the information provided on these statements to ensure
that all account transactions, holdings and values are correct and current.
advisors and includes the custody, trading, and support services of Schwab. Independent
investment advisors are not owned by, affiliated with, or supervised by Schwab. ©2019
Charles Schwab &Co., Inc. All rights reserved. Member SIPC. HNW (0519-92Z7) REG41051-
02 (05/14)
Item 16 Investment Discretion
Clients may hire us to provide discretionary asset management services, in which case we
place trades in a client's account without contacting the client prior to each trade to obtain the
client's permission.
Our discretionary authority includes the ability to do the following without contacting the client:
determine the security to buy or sell; and/or
determine the amount of the security to buy or sell
Clients give us discretionary authority when they sign a discretionary agreement with our firm,
and may limit this authority by giving us written instructions. Clients may also change/amend
such limitations by once again providing us with written instructions.
Item 17 Voting Client Securities
We vote proxies for all client accounts; however, you always have the right to vote proxies
yourself. You can exercise this right by instructing us in writing to not vote proxies in your
account.
We will vote proxies in the best interests of the clients and in accordance with our established
policies and procedures. However, our firm typically votes with management. Our firm will
retain all proxy voting books and records for the requisite period of time, including a copy of
each proxy statement received, a record the vote cast, a copy of any document created by us
that was material to making a decision how to vote proxies, if available, and a copy of each
written client request for information on how the adviser voted proxies.
Clients may obtain a copy of our complete proxy voting policies and procedures by contacting
edmp@edmpinc.com or 813-960-9600 by telephone, email, or in writing. Clients may request,
in writing, information on how proxies for his/her shares were voted. If any client requests a
copy of our complete proxy policies and procedures or how we voted proxies for his/her
account(s), we will promptly provide such information to the client.
We will neither advise nor act on behalf of the client in legal proceedings involving companies
whose securities are held in the client's account(s), including, but not limited to, the filing of
"Proofs of Claim" in class action settlements. If desired, clients may direct us to transmit
copies of class action notices to the client or on a limited bases well will transmit for you.
Upon such direction, we will make commercially reasonable efforts to forward such notices in
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a timely manner.
With respect to ERISA accounts, we will vote proxies unless the plan documents specifically
reserve the plan sponsor's right to vote proxies. To direct us to vote a proxy in a particular
manner, clients should contact us 813-960-9600 by telephone, email, or in writing.
You can instruct us to vote proxies according to particular criteria (for example, to always vote
with management, or to vote for or against a proposal to allow a so-called "poison pill"
defense against a possible takeover). These requests must be made in writing. You can also
instruct us on how to cast your vote in a particular proxy contest by contacting us at 813-960-
9600.
Item 18 Financial Information
As an advisory firm that maintains discretionary authority for client accounts, we are also
required to disclose any financial condition that is reasonable likely to impair our ability to
meet our contractual obligations. EDMP, Inc. has no such financial circumstances to report.
Under no circumstances do we require or solicit payment of fees in excess of $1200 per client
more than six months in advance of services rendered. Therefore, we are not required to
include a financial statement.
EDMP, Inc. has not been the subject of a bankruptcy petition at any time during the past ten
years.
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