History Axiom Asset Management (“Axiom”) was formed in 2003 by Michael C. Heaberg, Chief Executive Officer; Robert Loreaux, Executive Vice President; and Albert Matt, President. In 2007, WealthTrust LLC bought a financial stake in Axiom Asset Management. WealthTrust LLC, a Scottsdale, Arizona-based holding company, was a strategic financial partner for U.S.-based investment management firms that provided comprehensive wealth management services to individuals and families. WealthTrust strengthened each affiliate by providing execution and support in compliance and back-office services. On May 31, 2017 WealthTrust LLC sold their financial stake to Hightower Holding LLC performing back-office like functions and other support. Axiom Asset Management's principal owners are Hightower Advisors, LLC, Michael Heaberg, Robert Loreaux, Albert Matt, and Craig Rose. Unchanged through our history, Axiom Asset Management was formed to provide investors with a distinctive investment approach. In our view, most investment firms are plagued by competing agendas that sap energy and creativity that should be directed toward solving problems and building wealth for clients. Axiom Asset Management is structured to allow a single-minded focus on our clients’ success. Business WealthTrust Axiom, also known as Axiom Asset Management, has the principal business of furnishing “investment advisory services” to clients. Axiom Asset Management is structured to allow a single-minded focus on our clients’ success. This activity includes providing continuous advice concerning the investment of monies consistent with each client's circumstances, preferences, and objectives. The investment management process includes an assessment of each client’s objectives, needs, restrictions, and portfolio holdings. We attempt to structure each client’s investment portfolio in the context of these considerations. Axiom Asset Management’s investment philosophy is based upon:
• Customized and Personal - Our relationships begin with extensive profiling of each client’s investment attitudes and objectives. Using fundamental principles, we build and manage a family’s household of assets according to their unique balance of growth, income, and tax minimization. The client may request restrictions on our ability to implement particular investments or strategies if that is the client’s preference. Axiom Asset Management’s clients have direct access to our experienced portfolio managers for ongoing discussions of their changing needs and portfolio allocations.
• Value, Growth, Contrarian, and Opportunistic - We seek to find value and minimize risk by using rigorous and diligent research, often among “out of favor & reasonably valued” companies or industry sectors using rigorous and diligent research, often among “out of favor & reasonably valued” companies, industry sectors, and/or companies with compelling sales and earnings growth. Focusing on company fundamentals and quality, we believe our approach has been successful in rising markets and, perhaps more importantly, in stagnant or declining markets with our use of cash as a hedge.
• Experienced Personnel—In our view, there is no substitute for investment

experience. Both our investment and operational staff average over 20 years of working with individuals and families to achieve investment success. Our investment management services consist primarily of discretionary asset management, under which we determine and implement investment and reinvestment decisions on behalf of the client through the use of equity, fixed income (ultra-short, short-term, intermediate, and long-term), and balanced (between equity securities such as stocks and fixed income securities such as municipal or government bonds) portfolios. Axiom Asset Management 5 March 2024 Axiom Asset Management allocates its clients' investment management assets, on a discretionary or non-discretionary basis, among individual equity and bond securities, mutual funds, and exchange-traded funds in accordance with their investment objectives. Axiom does not receive fee compensation through front-end loads or 12b-1 fees for RIA fee business if mutual funds are used. Where deemed appropriate for a client’s investment objectives, Axiom Asset Management may engage a third-party investment manager on a sub-advisory basis to provide investment management services to the client in asset classes such as fixed income. These third-party investment management services are subject to review by the firm. Axiom Asset Management investment advisory services are generally executed through discretionary management of investment portfolios in accordance with the client's investment objective(s) and subject to any investment restrictions imposed or added by the client and applicable regulatory restrictions. Clients may also engage Axiom Asset Management investment advisory services on a non-discretionary basis at their request. Financial Planning: Axiom may provide consulting services on investment-related matters for which we may or may not receive additional compensation. Such planning may or may not include:
• Retirement Planning
• Education Planning
• Insurance and Risk Management Planning
• Asset Allocation and Portfolio Analysis
• Cash Flow Analysis
• Estate Planning in coordination with a client’s attorney and CPA. Axiom does not provide tax or legal advice or prepare such related documents. Axiom may provide pension consulting services to employee benefit plans and their fiduciaries by providing education and an analysis of the needs of the plan, including the type of securities or investments that may be included as investment options for the plan participants. Axiom will also assist in performance monitoring & general plan communication. Services generally include client assistance with developing long-term financial objectives, determining risk tolerances, and educational advice in selecting asset allocations. Axiom Asset Management does not act as a Plan Sponsor or Administrator of retirement plans. Axiom’s role is as an advisor to the plan trustees or Plan Sponsor. The dollar amount of client assets we manage on a discretionary basis as of: 12/31/2023 = $581,589,958 The dollar amount of client assets we manage on a non-discretionary basis as of 12/31/2023 = $146,559,246 Axiom Asset Management 6 March 2024