Strickler Investment Services LLC

ITEM 5 - FEES AND COMPENSATION
Investment Management Fees and Compensation
Strickler charges a fee as compensation for providing Investment Management services on your account. These
services include advisory, trade entry, investment supervision, and other account-maintenance activities. Also
refer to Additional Fees and Expenses below for additional details regarding fees.

All of our advisory clients are managed in our Wrap Fee Program which covers all program transaction fees,
including ticket charges, commissions, and other charges for trading and custody. Fees are defined in the client
Investment Advisory Agreement. Strickler’s annual fees are based upon a percentage of assets under management
not to exceed 1.75%. If services commenced in the middle of the billing period, then the prorated fee for that billing
period and any fees due to the Firm will be deducted from the Client’s account prior to termination.

Investment advisory fees of Strickler are charged based on a percentage of assets under management, billed in
arrears (at the end of the billing period) on a monthly basis, and calculated based on the average daily balance of
the Account during the current billing period. If services are commenced in the middle of the billing period, then
the prorated fee for that billing period and any fees due to the Firm will be deducted from the Client’s account
prior to termination. To calculate advanced billing Strickler uses the following calculations:
 [(Avg. Daily Balance Current Month x (Advisory Fee /10,000)] / # of Days in a Year x # of Invested Days in a Month = Advisory Fee

As part of this process, the client is made aware of the following:
   a) You provide written authorization permitting us to be paid directly from the managed account held by the
      independent custodian;
   b) Our firm sends an electronic request to the custodian indicating the amount of the fee to be paid from the
      client’s managed account;

   c) Your independent custodian offers statements at least monthly to you showing the market values for each
      security included in the Assets and all disbursements in your account including the amount of the advisory
      fees paid to us.

Although Strickler has established a maximum annual fee as stated above, 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 factors include the complexity of the client, assets to be placed under management,
anticipated future additional assets, related accounts, portfolio style, account composition, reports, among others.
The specific annual fee schedule is identified in the contract between the adviser and the client. Fees are assessed

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on all assets under management. When invested in a managed model there is typically a small percentage invested
in cash as part of that model (i.e., 1%). That “cash” will be included in the AUM fee. Cash held in other types of
accounts, such as a stand-alone money market, a “contribution distribution sleeve” or “non-managed” account
(used for purposes of scheduled distributions or flexibility of withdrawals) is “not” included in the fee.

Unless otherwise instructed by the client, we will aggregate asset amounts in accounts from your same household
together to determine the advisory fee for all your accounts. We would do this, for example, where we also service
accounts on behalf of your minor children, individual and joint accounts for a spouse, and/or other types of related
accounts. This consolidation practice is designed to allow you the benefit of an increased asset total, which could
cause your account(s) to be assessed a lower advisory fee.

The independent qualified custodian holding your funds and securities will debit your account directly for the
advisory fee and pay that fee to us. You will provide written authorization permitting the fees to be paid directly
from your account held by the qualified custodian. Further, the qualified custodian agrees to deliver an account
statement quarterly directly to you indicating all the amounts deducted from the account including our advisory
fees. At our discretion, our Firm will allow advisory fees to be paid by check as indicated in the Agreement. You
are encouraged to review your account statements for accuracy.
Either Strickler or you may terminate the management agreement immediately upon written notice to the other
party. The management fee will be pro-rated to the date of termination, for the month in which the cancellation
notice was given and billed to your account. Upon termination, you are responsible for monitoring the securities
in your account, and we will have no further obligation to act or advise with respect to those assets. In the event
of client’s death or disability, Strickler will continue management of the account until we are notified of client’s
death or disability. Once notified, the account will be restricted until alternative instructions are received by an
authorized party.

We will not require prepayment of more than $1,200 in fees per client, six (6) or more months in advance of
providing any services. In no case are our fees based on, or related to, the performance of your funds or
investments.

Use of Model Managers and Platform Providers
Through an administrative platform arrangement, we have contracted with various platform providers to utilize
their technology to support data reconciliation, performance reporting, fee calculation and billing, client database
maintenance, quarterly performance evaluations, payable reports, and other functions related to the
administrative tasks of managing client accounts. Due to this arrangement, the platform provider will have access
to client information. Strickler and the platform provider are non-affiliated companies. The platform provider
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ITEM 7 - TYPES OF CLIENTS
Our Firm works with the following types of clients: individuals, high net-worth individuals, trusts, and charitable
organizations.
We impose a $250,000 minimum account value to initiate our Firm’s advisory and money management services,
however, this may be waived as deemed appropriate by the Firm.