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SUMMARY
PROSPECTUS

 

PGLOX

 

May 1, 2016

 
  

T. Rowe Price

Global Consumer Fund

A fund seeking long-term growth of capital through investments in securities of companies in the consumer sector.

Before you invest, you may want to review the fund’s prospectus, which contains more information about the fund and its risks. You can find the fund’s prospectus and other information about the fund online at troweprice.com/prospectus. You can also get this information at no cost by calling
1-800-225-5132 or by sending an e-mail request to info@troweprice.com. This Summary Prospectus incorporates by reference the fund’s prospectus, dated May 1, 2016, and Statement of Additional Information, dated May 1, 2016.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has not approved or disapproved these securities or passed upon the adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.


  

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Investment Objective

The fund seeks to provide long-term growth of capital.

Fees and Expenses

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the fund.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

  

Shareholder fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on
purchases

NONE

  

Maximum deferred sales charge (load)

NONE

  

Redemption fee

NONE

  

Maximum account fee

$20a

Annual fund operating expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a
percentage of the value of your investment)

Management fees

0.69%

  

Distribution and service (12b-1) fees

0.00%

  

Other expenses

0.56%b

  

Total annual fund operating expenses

1.25%

  

Fee waiver/expense reimbursement

(0.20)%c

  

Total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver/expense reimbursement

1.05%c

a Subject to certain exceptions, accounts with a balance of less than $10,000 are charged an annual $20 fee.

b Other expenses are estimated for the current fiscal year.

c T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. has agreed (through April 30, 2019) to waive its fees and/or bear any expenses (excluding interest, expenses related to borrowings, taxes and brokerage, extraordinary expenses, and acquired fund fees) that would cause the fund’s ratio of expenses to average daily net assets to exceed 1.05%. The agreement may be terminated at any time beyond April 30, 2019, with approval by the fund’s Board of Directors. Fees waived and expenses paid under this agreement are subject to reimbursement to T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. by the fund whenever the fund’s expense ratio is below 1.05%. However, no reimbursement will be made more than three years after the waiver or payment, or if it would result in the expense ratio exceeding 1.05% (excluding interest, expenses related to borrowings, taxes and brokerage, extraordinary expenses, and acquired fund fees).

Example This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year, the fund’s operating expenses remain the same, and the expense limitation currently in place is not renewed. The figures have been adjusted to reflect fee waivers or expense reimbursements only in the periods for which the


  

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expense limitation arrangement is expected to continue. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

  

1 year

3 years

$107

$338

Portfolio Turnover The fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund’s performance. A portfolio turnover rate is not shown since the fund had not commenced operations during its most recent fiscal year.

Investments, Risks, and Performance

Principal Investment Strategies The fund will normally invest at least 80% of its net assets (including any borrowings for investment purposes) in securities issued by companies in the consumer sector. Under normal conditions, the fund will invest at least 40% of its net assets (unless foreign market conditions are not deemed favorable by the investment adviser, in which case the fund would invest at least 30% of its net assets) in securities issued by companies organized or located outside the U.S., including securities of emerging market issuers. For purposes of determining whether the fund invests at least 40% of its net assets (at least 30% of its net assets if market conditions are not deemed favorable) outside the U.S., the fund relies on the country assigned to a security by MSCI, Inc. or another unaffiliated data provider.

For purposes of the fund’s 80% investment policy, the fund generally targets companies in the consumer staples and consumer discretionary sectors (excluding automobiles and components companies), as they are classified by MSCI, Inc. The fund seeks to invest in various companies engaged in the research, development, manufacture, distribution, supply or sale of consumer products, services, or equipment. The fund invests in a wide variety of industries within the overall consumer sector. For example, potential investments within the consumer staples sector may include companies involved in activities related to household and personal products; packaged foods and meats; and food and drug retail. Potential investments within the consumer discretionary sector may include companies involved in activities related to apparel, accessories and luxury goods; internet, cable and satellite; and home improvement. The adviser does not emphasize either growth or value characteristics when evaluating companies, but generally selects stocks with the most favorable combination of company fundamentals and valuation.

The adviser has flexibility in allocating investments between the consumer discretionary and consumer staples sectors and seeks to identify the best risk-adjusted opportunities for the fund based on market conditions and consumer sentiment. Consumer staples and consumer discretionary stocks tend to perform well over different parts of the economic cycle. For example, when deciding upon allocations between the consumer staples and consumer discretionary sectors, the adviser may generally favor consumer staples companies if the adviser believes that


  

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consumer sentiment towards the economy is negative or declining, and may generally favor consumer discretionary companies if the adviser believes that consumer sentiment towards the economy is positive or rising.

Stock selection is based on intensive fundamental research that assesses industry trends and companies’ long-term prospects. The fund may purchase securities issued by companies of any size but generally seeks companies the portfolio manager believes are well-positioned in their industry. The adviser may use both growth and value approaches in selecting investments for the fund. In the growth area, the adviser may seek companies with capable management, attractive business niches, sound financial and accounting practices, and/or a demonstrated ability to increase revenues, earnings, and cash flow consistently. In the value area, the adviser may seek companies whose current stock prices appear undervalued in terms of earnings, projected cash flow, or asset value per share, that have appreciation potential temporarily unrecognized by the market, or that may be temporarily out of favor.

In pursuing its investment objective, the fund has the discretion to deviate from its normal investment criteria. These situations might arise when the fund’s adviser believes a security could increase in value for a variety of reasons, including an extraordinary corporate event, a new product introduction or innovation, a favorable competitive development, or a change in management.

The fund may sell securities for a variety of reasons, such as to secure gains, limit losses, or redeploy assets into more promising opportunities.

Principal Risks As with any mutual fund, there is no guarantee that the fund will achieve its objective. The fund’s share price fluctuates, which means you could lose money by investing in the fund. The principal risks of investing in this fund are summarized as follows:

Active management risk The fund is subject to the risk that the investment adviser’s judgments about the attractiveness, value, or potential appreciation of the fund’s investments may prove to be incorrect. If the investments selected and strategies employed by the fund fail to produce the intended results, the fund could underperform in comparison to other funds with similar objectives and investment strategies.

Risks of stock investing Stocks generally fluctuate in value more than bonds and may decline significantly over short time periods. There is a chance that stock prices overall will decline because stock markets tend to move in cycles, with periods of rising and falling prices. The value of a stock in which the fund invests may decline due to general weakness in the stock market or because of factors that affect a particular company or industry.

Industry risk A fund that focuses its investments in specific industries or sectors is more susceptible to developments affecting those industries and sectors than a more broadly diversified fund. Because the fund invests significantly in companies connected to the consumer staples and consumer discretionary sectors, the fund may


  

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perform poorly during a downturn in one or more consumer-related industries and is more exposed to the economic, business or other developments that could adversely impact those industries. Companies involved with consumer products, services, or equipment can be significantly affected by general economic trends, as well as by changes in consumer sentiment, demographics and product trends, product cycles, government regulation and import controls, labor relations, intense global competition, and social trends and marketing campaigns. Companies in the consumer staples sector can be particularly affected by the cost of commodities and production, and companies in the consumer discretionary sector can be significantly affected by disposable household income and consumer spending habits, as well as technological obsolescence. Overall, the consumer staples sector should be less cyclical and less impacted by changes in economic conditions than the consumer discretionary sector.

International investing risk Investing in the securities of non-U.S. issuers involves special risks not typically associated with investing in U.S. issuers. International securities tend to be more volatile and less liquid than investments in U.S. securities and may lose value because of adverse local, political, social, or economic developments overseas, or due to changes in the exchange rates between foreign currencies and the U.S. dollar. In addition, international investments are subject to settlement practices and regulatory and financial reporting standards that differ from those of the U.S. These risks are heightened for the fund’s investments in emerging markets, which are more susceptible to governmental interference, less efficient trading markets, and the imposition of local taxes and restrictions on gaining access to sales proceeds for foreign investors.

Market capitalization risk Because the fund may invest in companies of any size, its share price could be more volatile than a fund that invests only in large companies. Small- and medium-sized companies often have less experienced management, narrower product lines, more limited financial resources, and less publicly available information than larger companies. Larger companies may not be able to attain the high growth rates of successful smaller companies, especially during strong economic periods, and they may be less capable of responding quickly to competitive challenges and industry changes.

Performance Because the fund commenced operations in 2016, there is no historical performance information shown here. Performance history will be presented after the fund has been in operation for one full calendar year.

Current performance information may be obtained through troweprice.com or by calling 1-800-225-5132.

Management

Investment Adviser T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (T. Rowe Price)


  

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Portfolio Manager

Title

Managed Fund Since

Joined Investment
Adviser

Jason Nogueira

Chairman of Investment

Advisory Committee

2016

2004

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

The fund requires a $1,000 minimum initial investment and a $100 minimum subsequent investment for individual retirement accounts, small business retirement plan accounts, and Uniform Gifts to Minors Act or Uniform Transfers to Minors Act accounts. For all other accounts, the fund generally requires a $2,500 minimum initial investment and a $100 minimum subsequent investment. The investment minimums may be modified for financial intermediaries that submit orders on behalf of their customers.

You may purchase, redeem, or exchange fund shares by accessing your account online at troweprice.com, by calling 1-800-225-5132, or by written request. If you hold shares through a financial intermediary, you must purchase, redeem, and exchange shares through your intermediary.

Tax Information

Any dividends or capital gains are declared and paid annually, usually in December. Redemptions or exchanges of fund shares and distributions by the fund, whether or not you reinvest these amounts in additional fund shares, may be taxed as ordinary income or capital gains unless you invest through a tax-deferred account (although you may be taxed upon withdrawal from such account).

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase shares of the fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.


  

T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.
100 East Pratt Street
Baltimore, MD 21202

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