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JOHNSON & SHUTE INVESTMENT ADVISORS, INC.
19125 NORTH CREEK PARKWAY, Suite 120
Bothell, Washington 98011
P: 425-615-6808
email: jsia@johnsonandshute.com
February 17, 2026
This brochure provides information about the qualifications and business practices of
Johnson & Shute Investment Advisors, Inc. If you have any questions about the
contents of this brochure, please contact us at 425-615-6808. 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
any state securities authority does not imply a certain level of skill or training.
Additional information about Johnson & Shute Investment Advisors, Inc. is also
available on the SEC’s website at www.advisorinfo.sec.gov. Our Central Registration
Depository (CRD) number is 116667.
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Material Changes
This Firm Brochure, dated February 17, 2026, is our disclosure document
prepared according to the SEC's requirements and rules. As a SEC
registered investment adviser, our firm is required to comply with the new
reporting and filing requirements. As you will see, this document is a
narrative that is substantially different in form and content, and includes some
new information that we were not previously required to disclose.
Our last annual update occurred on March 3, 2025. Since the previous annual update,
there have been no material changes.
After our initial filing of this Brochure, this Item will be used to provide our clients
with a summary of new and/or updated information. We will inform you of the
revision(s) based on the nature of the updated information.
Consistent with the new rules, we will ensure that you receive a summary of any
material changes to this and subsequent Brochures within 120 days of the close
of our business' fiscal year. Furthermore, we will provide you with other interim
disclosures about material changes as necessary.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TOPIC
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Cover Page
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Material Changes
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Table of Contents
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Advisory Business
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Fees and Compensation
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Performance Based Fees
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Types of Clients
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Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss
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Disciplinary Information
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Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations
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Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions
and Personal Trading
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Brokerage Practices
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Review of Accounts
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Client Referrals and Other Compensation
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Custody
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Investment Discretion
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Voting Client Securities
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Financial Information
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Supplemental Information
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ADVISORY BUSINESS
Johnson & Shute Investment Advisors, Inc. has been in business since 1989. The
company offers investment management services to a diverse client group, including
individuals, pension and profit-sharing accounts, trusts, estates and business
organizations. Gregory Radovich is the principal owner of the company.
The management services provided include reviewing a client’s financial situation and
discussing with the client their risk tolerance, investment time horizon and return needs.
The client then selects one of our model portfolios that is appropriate for their situation.
Our services include periodically rebalancing client portfolios to remain in line with the
target percentages of the model portfolio. Clients may request to omit or replace one or
more asset classes included in our model portfolios, although this is not recommended.
See page two for a discussion of the firm’s investment strategies.
Our management services include meeting clients upon request to review changes in
their financial situation, investment goals or risk tolerance and/or to review investment
performance.
Client assets are managed on a non-discretionary basis and totaled $ 137,308,342 as
of December 31, 2025. We do not manage any client assets on a discretionary basis.
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FEES AND COMPENSATION
We are compensated for our services as investment advisors by charging our clients a
fee based upon the amount of assets under management. The scope of our services
included in this fee are discussed in our engagement letter and include discussing our
client’s financial situation, investment goals and risk tolerance, selecting a model
investment portfolio and meetings related to changes in the foregoing and discussions
of portfolio performance. Additional services may be contracted under a separate
agreement and charged a fee as negotiated with the client.
Our annual fee for investment advisory services is generally computed on the following
fee schedule:
1% on amounts up to $1,000,000
.5% on amounts from $1,000,000 to $1,500,000
.25% on amounts above $1,500,000
Individual client fee schedules may vary from the above schedule under special
circumstances but are non-negotiable.
Fees are computed and collected and the end of each quarter. The fee is calculated
based on the beginning balance at each quarter, plus contributions and minus
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withdrawals made during the quarter, and pro-rated on a daily basis. We will send every
client a written invoice, including the fee, the formula used to calculate the fee, the fee
calculation itself, the time period covered by the fee and the amount of assets under
management on which the fee was based. We will also include the name of the
custodian(s) on the fee invoice. The fee is billed to the client’s account quarterly and
these statements will be sent to the client concurrent with the request for payment or
payment of our advisory fees.
We urge you to compare this information with the fees listed in the account statement.
Under special circumstances, clients may be billed directly for their fees.
Clients have the right to terminate the advisory contract without penalty or advisory fees
within five business days of entering into the contract. Upon termination of the advisory
relationship after the initial five days, the final billing will be computed on a pro-rated
basis. The fee will be based upon the number of days in the quarter services were
provided prior to the termination of the relationship. Clients may pay other types of fees
in connection with their investments, including mutual fund expenses and brokerage
and other transaction costs (see “Brokerage Practices” on page 4.) We do not receive
any compensation, including 12b-1 fees, from mutual funds in connection with the
purchase or sale of securities.
We are deemed to be a fiduciary to advisory clients that have 401K accounts and
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.
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PERFORMANCE BASED FEES AND SIDE-BY-SIDE MANAGEMENT
We do not accept performance based fees.
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TYPES OF CLIENTS
We generally provide investment advice to individuals and pension and profit-sharing
plans. We may also provide investment advice to trusts, estates, charitable
organizations, corporations or other business entities.
Our general minimum account size is $100,000. We may accept an account below this
minimum under special circumstances, generally with a minimum annual fee of $500.
The minimum fee may be waived under special circumstances.
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METHODS OF ANALYSIS, INVESTMENT STRATEGIES
AND RISK OF LOSS
The company develops a series of model portfolios with varying levels of expected risk
and return for clients to select from. The model portfolios consist of passively managed
mutual funds representing various asset classes in both the equity and bond markets.
Each model portfolio contains the same set of equity mutual funds in the same relative
mix as the other model portfolios. Each model portfolio also contains the same set of
fixed income mutual funds as the other model portfolios, except the all equity model
portfolio which contains no fixed income funds. The difference between each of the
series of model portfolios is the percentage of the portfolio invested in the fixed income
mutual funds, ranging from 80% (very conservative) to 0% (very aggressive) in 10%
increments.
The funds used are selected for their efficiency and low cost in earning asset class
returns. Methods of analysis used to determine the asset classes and actual funds
used in the model portfolios include fundamental and technical methods applied to
historic returns. The company uses a long-term purchase investment strategy within
each model portfolio.
Investing in securities involves risk of loss that the client should be prepared to bear.
Our model portfolios will experience month-to-month and year-to-year volatility, and the
success of any investment plan is dependent upon accepting the volatility and
remaining invested for the long term.
Clients are shown the risk of loss for each model portfolio based upon historical returns
of the model portfolio or a similarly constructed portfolio if the asset classes in the
model portfolio were not available in the period under analysis. The material risk to
each model portfolio is that an event will happen outside of historical experience that
could have an unforeseen negative effect on the model portfolio.
Our model portfolios consist of passively managed equity and fixed income asset class
mutual funds, both domestic and foreign. The material risks involved are primarily a
market decrease in any of the equity or fixed income asset classes included in the
model portfolios or a general market decrease across asset classes.
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DISCIPLINARY INFORMATION
Neither the company nor its employees have been subject to any disciplinary events
by any court or regulatory agency since the company began doing business in 1989.
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OTHER FINANCIAL INDUSTRY ACTIVITIES AND AFFLIATIONS
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Johnson & Shute Investment Advisors, Inc. is not a registered broker dealer and has no
affiliations or material arrangements with any related person or service provider which
creates a material conflict of interest with clients.
Johnson & Shute Investment Advisors, Inc. is a separate entity from, and is not related
to, Johnson & Shute, P.S., an accounting firm. Rodger Shute is not an owner of either
Johnson & Shute Investment Advisors, Inc. or Johnson & Shute, P.S.
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CODE OF ETHICS, PARTICIPATION OR INTEREST IN CLIENT TRANSACTIONS
AND PERSONAL TRADING
We have adopted a code of ethics covering all of the firm’s employees. The following
highlights some of the provisions in our code of ethics:
• The code of ethics states that all employees must comply with federal
securities laws and all employees have a duty to act in the best interests of
our clients. To this end, all employees will act with care, loyalty, honesty and
good faith in fulfilling their duties to the firm and our clients. We will strive to
avoid conflicts of interest and will fully disclose any material facts concerning
any conflict of interest that does arise with any client.
• All client information is maintained with strict confidence, including our clients’
(and former clients) identity, personal and financial information, securities
holdings and investment advice furnished. We do not disclose any personal
information about our clients to anyone without prior consent or as required
by law.
• The firm maintains policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance
by our employees with federal securities laws and our code of ethics. These
policies and procedures include provisions monitoring the personal trading of
securities by employees to help prevent conflicts of interests between our
employees and clients.
A copy of the company’s Code of Ethics is available to any client or prospective client
upon request.
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BROKERAGE PRACTICES
The company selects a broker-dealer to be the custodian of client assets based on a
variety of factors, including reasonableness of commissions, safety of client assets and
ability to provide high quality service to clients. We attempt to negotiate the lowest
commissions possible for our clients.
We may recommend that clients establish brokerage accounts with the Schwab
Institutional Division of Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., (Schwab) a registered broker-
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dealer, member SIPC, to maintain custody of clients’ assets and to effect trades for their
accounts. We are independently owned and operated and not affiliated with Schwab.
Schwab provides us with access to its institutional trading and custody services, which
are not typically available to Schwab retail investors. These services are generally
available to independent investment advisors on an unsolicited basis, at no charge and
is not otherwise contingent upon us committing to Schwab any amount of business
other than a minimum of $10 million of client assets held in accounts at Schwab.
Schwab’s services include brokerage, custody, research and access to mutual funds
and other investments that are otherwise generally available only to institutional
investors or would require a significantly higher minimum initial investment. For our
clients’ accounts maintained in its custody, Schwab generally does not charge
separately for custody but is compensated by account holders through commissions or
other transaction related fees for securities trades.
Schwab also makes available to us other products and services which may benefit us
but which may benefit our clients’ accounts indirectly. Some of these other products
and services assist us in managing and administering clients’ accounts. These include
software and other technology that provide access to client account data (such as trade
confirmations and account statements); facilitate trade execution; provide research,
pricing information and other market data; facilitate payment of our management fees
from our client accounts; and assist with back-office functions, recordkeeping and client
reporting. Many of these services generally may be used to service all or a substantial
number of our client accounts. Schwab Institutional also makes available to us other
services intended to help us manage and further develop our business. These services
may include consulting, publications and conferences on practice management,
information technology, regulatory compliance and marketing. In addition, Schwab may
make available, arrange and/or pay for these types of services rendered by independent
third parties. While we act as a fiduciary, we endeavor to act in our clients’ best
interests, and our recommendation that our clients maintain their assets in accounts at
Schwab is based on many factors, including factors which facilitate our monitoring of
client accounts. We periodically explore other custodians to evaluate whether Schwab is
the best choice considering, among other things, safety and cost to our clients. We do
not aggregate the purchase or sale of securities across client accounts.
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REVIEW OF ACCOUNTS
Account reviews are conducted by the company’s two portfolio managers periodically
as agreed upon by the client and the portfolio manager. The size of a client’s portfolio
and level of activity (i.e. deposits and withdrawals) will influence the frequency of
reviews. Triggering factors for reviews include the level of activity, and changes in client
goals, risk tolerance or investment time horizon. All client accounts are reconciled
monthly. Client accounts are reviewed periodically (at least quarterly) for rebalancing
by the chief compliance officer.
Daily account transactions are downloaded directly from the custodian and all trades,
deposits and withdrawals are reviewed as downloaded. The company provides
quarterly written reports to our clients showing the client’s account portfolio positions
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(consolidated for clients with more than one account) and quarter-to-date and year-to-
date performance results.
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CLIENT REFERRALS AND OTHER COMPENSATION
We do not have any arrangements to compensate any individual or company for client
referrals nor do we receive any compensation from client referrals.
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CUSTODY
The company does not have custody of client funds and all client funds are held with a
qualified custodian, generally Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Clients will receive account
statements from the custodian at least quarterly and should review these statements
carefully. Clients should also compare the account statements they receive from the
custodian to the quarterly reports received from us and notify us immediately of any
discrepancies. We are deemed to have limited custody for the sole purpose of direct fee
deduction. Itemized invoices will be sent to clients each time a fee is deducted from the
client’s account.
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INVESTMENT DISCRETION
Clients will be asked to sign a limited power of attorney form with us. This agreement
shall be exercised only to purchase asset class investments in the agreed upon model
portfolio, periodically rebalance the portfolio, client requested trades, and to collect
management fees. It is not intended that the power of attorney be a discretionary
power of attorney.
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VOTING CLIENT SECURITIES
We do not retain authority to vote client securities. Clients will receive their proxies or
other solicitations directly from the custodian. Clients may contact us at our office to
discuss any questions they may have on any voting issues or solicitations.
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FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Our firm has no additional financial circumstances to report.
Under no circumstances do we require or solicit payment of fees in excess of $1,200
per client more than six months in advance of services rendered. Therefore, we are not
required to include a financial statement.
Our firm has not been the subject of a bankruptcy petition at any time during the past
ten years.
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Form ADV Part 2B
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
This brochure supplement provides information about Gregory A. Radovich that
supplements the Johnson & Shute Investment Advisors, Inc. brochure.
Additional information about Gregory A. Radovich is available on the SEC’s
website at www.advisorinfo.sec.gov.
Gregory A. Radovich
19125 NORTH CREEK PARKWAY, Suite 120
Bothell, Washington 98011
425-615-6808
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND AND BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
Born 1958
B.A. in Business Administration (Accounting), 1981, University of Washington
Masters in Business Administration (Finance), 1986, University of Washington
Last five years: Johnson & Shute Investment Advisors, Inc. (Owner, President, Chief
Compliance Officer, Investment Advisor, Portfolio manager)
DISCIPLINARY INFORMATION
No disciplinary actions have been taken against this person.
OTHER BUSINESS ACTIVITIES
None
ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION FROM ADVISORY SERVICES
None except from clients.
SUPERVISION
Performs duties as Owner, President, Chief Compliance Officer, Investment Advisor,
and Portfolio Manager.
CRD NUMBER: 2847773
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Form ADV Part 2B
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
This brochure supplement provides information about Rodger P. Shute that
supplements the Johnson & Shute Investment Advisors, Inc. brochure.
Additional information about Rodger P. Shute is available on the SEC’s website at
www.advisorinfo.sec.gov.
Rodger P. Shute
19125 NORTH CREEK PARKWAY, Suite 120
Bothell, Washington 98011
425-615-6808
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND AND BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
Born 1945
B.A. in Business Administration (Accounting), 1971, University of Washington, Summa
Cum Laude
Professional Education Program, 1988, College of Financial Planning
Master of Science in Financial Planning, 1991
Last five years: Johnson & Shute Investment Advisors, Inc. (Investment Advisor, Vice-
President, Director of Research, Portfolio manager)
DISCIPLINARY INFORMATION
No disciplinary actions have been taken against this person.
OTHER BUSINESS ACTIVITIES
None
ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION FROM ADVISORY SERVICES
None except from clients.
SUPERVISION
All employee activities are overseen by the chief compliance officer.
CRD NUMBER: 1890392
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