T.
Rowe Price Emerging Markets Bond Fund
Supplement to Prospectus and Summary Prospectus dated May 1,
2021
The following changes are effective October 1, 2021.
The fund’s Board of
Directors (Board) has approved lowering the fund’s management fee. The fund’s management fee consists
of a group fee component that declines at certain asset levels based on the combined net assets of all
T. Rowe Price funds (except the funds-of-funds, TRP Reserve Funds, Multi-Sector Account Portfolios,
and any index or private-label mutual funds) and an individual fund fee component. On June 30, 2021,
the effective annual group fee rate was 0.28% of the fund’s average daily net assets and its individual
fund fee rate, also applied to the fund’s average daily net assets, was 0.45%. Effective October 1,
2021, the fund’s individual fund fee rate will be reduced to 0.41% of the fund’s average daily net
assets.
In
addition, the Board has approved lowering the fund’s Advisor Class’ contractual expense limitation
arrangement from 1.20% to 1.15% of the class’ average daily net assets, and the fund’s I Class’
contractual expense limitation arrangement from 0.05% to 0.01% of the class’ average daily net operating
expenses.
To
reflect the lower management fee and lower expense limitation agreements, the fee table and expense example
on pages 1 and 2 of the summary prospectus and prospectus are revised as follows:
Fees
and Expenses
This
table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell shares of the fund.
The fees and expenses set forth below are annualized based on the fees and expenses for the six-month
period ended June 30, 2021. You may also incur brokerage commissions and other charges
when buying or selling shares of the Investor Class or I Class, which are not reflected in the table.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
| | | | | | | | |
| Investor Class | I Class | Advisor Class | Z Class |
Shareholder
fees (fees paid directly from your investment) |
Maximum account
fee | $20 | a | — | — | — |
Annual
fund operating expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage
of the value of your investment) |
Management
fees | 0.69 | %b | 0.69 | %b | 0.69 | %b | 0.69 | %b |
| | | | |
Distribution
and service (12b-1) fees | — | | — | | 0.25 | | — | |
| | | | |
Other expenses | 0.18 | | 0.03 | c | 0.56 | | 0.03 | |
| | | | |
Total annual
fund operating expenses | 0.87 | b | 0.72 | b | 1.50 | b | 0.72 | b |
| | | | |
Fee waiver/expense reimbursement | — | | (0.02 | )b,c | (0.35 | )d | (0.72 | )e |
| | | | |
Total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver/expense reimbursement | 0.87 | b | 0.70 | b,c | 1.15 | b,d | 0.00 | e |
a Subject
to certain exceptions, accounts with a balance of less than $10,000 are charged an annual $20 fee.
b Restated
to reflect current fees.
c T.
Rowe Price Associates, Inc., has contractually agreed (through April 30, 2022) to pay the operating expenses
of the fund’s I Class, excluding management fees; interest; expenses related to borrowings, taxes,
and brokerage; nonrecurring, extraordinary expenses; and acquired fund fees and expenses (I Class Operating
Expenses), to the extent the I Class Operating Expenses exceed 0.01% of the class’ average daily net
assets. The agreement may only be terminated at any time after April 30, 2022, with approval by the fund’s
Board of Directors. Any expenses paid under this agreement (and a previous limitation of 0.05%) are subject
to reimbursement to T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., by the fund whenever the fund’s I Class Operating
Expenses are below 0.01%. However, no reimbursement will be made more than three years from the date
such amounts were initially waived or reimbursed. The fund may only make repayments to T. Rowe Price
Associates, Inc., if such repayment does not cause the I Class Operating Expenses (after the repayment
is taken into account) to exceed the lesser of: (1) the limitation on I Class Operating Expenses in
place at the time such amounts were waived or (2) the current expense limitation on I Class Operating
Expenses.
d T. Rowe
Price Associates, Inc., has contractually agreed (through April 30, 2022) to waive its fees and/or bear
any expenses (excluding interest; expenses related to borrowings, taxes, and brokerage; nonrecurring,
extraordinary expenses; and acquired fund fees and expenses) that would cause the class’ ratio of expenses
to average daily net assets to exceed 1.15%. The agreement may only be terminated at any time after April
30, 2022, with approval by the fund’s Board of Directors. Fees waived and expenses paid under this
agreement (and a previous limitation of 1.20%) are subject to reimbursement to T. Rowe Price Associates,
Inc., by the fund whenever the class’ expense ratio is below 1.15%. However, no reimbursement will
be made more than three years from the date such amounts were initially waived or reimbursed. The fund
may only make repayments to T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., if such repayment does not cause the class’
expense ratio (after the repayment is taken into account) to exceed the lesser of: (1) the expense limitation
in place at the time such amounts were waived or (2) the class’ current expense limitation.
e T.
Rowe Price Associates, Inc., has contractually agreed to waive and/or bear all the Z Class’ expenses
(excluding interest; expenses related to borrowings, taxes, and brokerage; nonrecurring, extraordinary
expenses; and acquired fund fees and expenses) in their entirety. T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., expects
this fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement arrangement to remain in place indefinitely, and the agreement
may only be amended or terminated with approval by the fund’s Board of Directors.
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,
that your investment has a 5% return each year, and that the fund’s operating expenses remain the same.
The example also assumes that any current expense limitation arrangement remains in place for the period
noted in the previous table; therefore, the figures have been adjusted to reflect fee waivers or expense
reimbursements only in the periods for which the 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 | 5 years | 10 years |
Investor Class | $89 | $278 | $482 | $1,073 |
I Class | 72 | 229 | 399 | 893 |
Advisor Class | 132 | 454 | 799 | 1,773 |
Z Class | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The first paragraph below
the “Group Fee Schedule” table on page 10 of the prospectus is replaced with the following:
The
fund’s group fee is determined by applying the group fee rate to the fund’s average daily net assets.
On June 30, 2021, the effective annual group fee rate was 0.28%. Effective October 1, 2021, the individual
fund fee rate, also applied to the fund’s average daily net assets, will be 0.41%. Prior to October 1,
2021, the fund’s individual fund fee rate was 0.45%.
The
date of this supplement is September 28, 2021.
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