Baird Equity Opportunity Institutional (Baird SmallCap Value Fd Inst Cl) fond

The fund normally invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in equity securities. Although it invests principally in U.S. companies, the fund may invest up to 15% of its total assets in equity securities of foreign companies. Equity securities in which the fund may invest include common stocks, preferred stocks, American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) or other depositary shares or receipts, rights, warrants, exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), and options whose reference asset is an equity security or equity securities index. The fund is non-diversified.