Francis LLC

• Hourly charges
• Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)

Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ

Account minimum: None

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 27, 2026. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement. Read the brochure on the SEC's IAPD site

Not reported.

A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means

A firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.

• Pension consulting services
• Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
• Educational seminars/workshops
• Other

Also doing business as

FRANCIS LLC

Registration

SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.

Registered since

2004 (22 years)

Employees

Total: 26. Performing investment advisory functions: 20.

Wrap fee program participation

No.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)

1 other office, as of the April 2026 filing

Oakdale, MN

States registered or notice-filed

50 states or jurisdictions

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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

None Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Item 11 asks about criminal, regulatory, and civil events involving the firm and its advisory personnel. The detail of each yes answer is on the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Regulatory assets under management: $162,602,825 in the October 2021 data and $176,791,312 in the October 2022 data, up 9%.

Total employees: 20 in October 2021 and 26 in October 2026.

As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.

1. April 2026
   • Employees performing advisory functions went from 21 to 20.
   • No longer lists an office in Chesterfield, MO.
   • No longer lists an office in Los Angeles, CA.
   • Registered or notice-filed in AK, NH.

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.