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(Natixis Oakmark Fund)

Investment Goal

The Fund seeks opportunities for long-term capital growth and income.

Fund Fees & Expenses

The following table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in the Natixis Fund Complex. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in the section "How Sales Charges Are Calculated" on page 64 of the Prospectus and on page 113 in the section "Reduced Sales Charges" of the Statement of Additional Information ("SAI").

Shareholder Fees

(fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (Natixis Oakmark Fund) (USD $)
Class A
Class B
Class C
Class Y
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 5.75% none none none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of original purchase price or redemption proceeds, as applicable) none 5.00% 1.00% none
Redemption fees none none none none

Annual Fund Operating Expenses

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

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (Natixis Oakmark Fund)
Class A
Class B
Class C
Class Y
Management fees 0.70% 0.70% 0.70% 0.70%
Distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees 0.25% 1.00% 1.00% none
Fee/expense recovery none none none none
Remainder of other expenses 0.35% 0.35% 0.35% 0.35%
Total other expenses 0.35% 0.35% 0.35% 0.35%
Total annual fund operating expenses 1.30% 2.05% 2.05% 1.05%
Fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement [1] none none none none
Total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement 1.30% 2.05% 2.05% 1.05%
[1] The Fund's investment adviser has given a binding contractual undertaking to the Fund to limit the amount of the Fund's total annual fund operating expenses to 1.30%, 2.05%, 2.05% and 1.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets for Class A, B, C and Y shares, respectively, exclusive of brokerage expenses, interest expense, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, organizational and extraordinary expenses, such as litigation and indemnification expenses. This undertaking is in effect through April 30, 2015 and may be terminated before then only with the consent of the Fund's Board of Trustees. The Fund's investment adviser will be permitted to recover, on a class by class basis, management fees waived and/or expenses reimbursed to the extent that expenses in later periods fall below 1.30%, 2.05%, 2.05% and 1.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets for Class A, B, C and Y shares, respectively. The Fund will not be obligated to repay any such waived/reimbursed fees and expenses more than one year after the end of the fiscal year in which the fees or expenses were waived/reimbursed.

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 (except where indicated). The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

If shares are redeemed:

Expense Example (Natixis Oakmark Fund) (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Class A
700 963 1,247 2,053
Class B
708 943 1,303 2,187
Class C
308 643 1,103 2,379
Class Y
107 334 579 1,283

If shares are not redeemed:

Expense Example, No Redemption (Natixis Oakmark Fund) (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Class B
208 643 1,103 2,187
Class C
208 643 1,103 2,379

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 for you if your 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. During its most recently ended fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 29% of the average value of its portfolio.

Investments, Risks and Performance

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal market conditions, the Fund primarily invests in common stocks of U.S. companies. The Fund generally invests in securities of larger capitalization companies in any industry. Harris Associates L.P. ("Harris Associates") uses a value investment philosophy in selecting equity securities, including common stocks. This philosophy is based upon the belief that, over time, a company's stock price converges with the company's true business value. By "true business value," Harris Associates means its estimate of the price a knowledgeable buyer would pay to acquire the entire business. Harris Associates believes that investing in securities priced significantly below their true business value presents the best opportunity to achieve the Fund's investment objectives.

Harris Associates uses this value philosophy to identify companies that it believes have discounted stock prices compared to the companies' true business values. In assessing such companies, Harris Associates looks for the following characteristics, although not all of the companies selected will have these attributes: (1) free cash flows and intelligent investment of excess cash; (2) earnings that are growing and are reasonably predictable; and (3) high level of manager ownership.

Once Harris Associates determines that a security is selling at what it believes to be a significant discount and that the issuer has the additional qualities mentioned above, Harris Associates generally will consider buying that security for the Fund. Harris Associates usually sells a security when the price approaches its estimated worth or the issuer's fundamentals change. Harris Associates monitors each holding and adjusts its price targets as warranted to reflect changes in the issuer's fundamentals. The Fund's portfolio typically holds 30 to 60 stocks.

Principal Risks

The principal risks of investing in the Fund are summarized below. The Fund does not represent a complete investment program. You may lose money by investing in the Fund.

Equity Securities Risk: The value of the Fund's investments in equity securities could be subject to unpredictable declines in the value of individual securities and periods of below-average performance in individual securities or in the equity market as a whole. Value stocks can perform differently from the market as a whole and from other types of stocks. Value stocks also present the risk that their lower valuations fairly reflect their business prospects and that investors will not agree that the stocks represent favorable investment opportunities, and they may fall out of favor with investors and underperform growth stocks during any given period. In the event an issuer is liquidated or declares bankruptcy, the claims of owners of the issuer's bonds generally take precedence over the claims of those who own preferred stock or common stock.

Focused Investment Risk: Because the Fund may invest in a small number of industries or securities, it may have more risk because the impact of a single economic, political or regulatory occurrence may have a greater adverse impact on the Fund's net asset value.

Management Risk: A strategy used by the Fund's portfolio managers may fail to produce the intended result.

Market Risk: The market value of a security or portfolio will move up and down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably, based upon a change in an issuer's financial condition, as well as overall market and economic conditions.

Risk/Return Bar Chart and Table

The following bar chart and table provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year-to-year and by showing how the Fund's average annual returns for the one-year, five-year and ten-year periods compare to those of two broad measures of market performance. The Fund's past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information is available online at ngam.natixis.com and/or by calling the Fund toll-free at 800-225-5478 .

The chart does not reflect any sales charge that you may be required to pay when you buy or redeem the Fund's shares. A sales charge will reduce your return.

Total Returns for Class A Shares

Bar Chart

Highest Quarterly Return:
Second Quarter 2009, 24.17%

Lowest Quarterly Return:
Fourth Quarter 2008, -27.03%

Class B total returns in the table below do not reflect the automatic conversion of Class B shares to Class A shares after eight years.

Average Annual Total Returns

(for the periods ended December 31, 2013)

Average Annual Total Returns (Natixis Oakmark Fund)
Past 1 Year
Past 5 Years
10 Years
Class A
29.91% 19.49% 5.98%
Class A Return After Taxes on Distributions
28.83% 19.21% 5.82%
Class A Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
17.81% 15.94% 4.81%
Class B
31.75% 19.83% 5.82%
Class C
35.88% 20.04% 5.81%
Class Y
38.21% 21.24% 6.94%
S&P 500® Index
32.39% 17.94% 7.41%
Russell 1000® Value Index
32.53% 16.67% 7.58%

Effective at the close of business on February 28, 2014, the S&P 500® Index replaced the Russell 1000® Value Index as the Fund's primary benchmark because Harris Associates believes the S&P 500® Index is a more appropriate representation of the universe of securities in which the Fund may invest.

After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans, qualified plans, education savings accounts, such as 529 plans, or individual retirement accounts. The after-tax returns are shown for only one class of the Fund. After-tax returns for the other classes of the Fund will vary. Index performance reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes.

(Vaughan Nelson Value Opportunity Fund)

Investment Goal

The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.

Fund Fees & Expenses

The following table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in the Natixis Fund Complex. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in the section "How Sales Charges Are Calculated" on page 64 of the Prospectus and on page 113 in the section "Reduced Sales Charges" of the Statement of Additional Information ("SAI").

Shareholder Fees

(fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (Vaughan Nelson Value Opportunity Fund) (USD $)
Class A
Class C
Class N
Class Y
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 5.75% none none none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of original purchase price or redemption proceeds, as applicable) none 1.00% none none
Redemption fees none none none none

Annual Fund Operating Expenses

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

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (Vaughan Nelson Value Opportunity Fund)
Class A
Class C
Class N
Class Y
Management fees 0.80% 0.80% 0.80% 0.80%
Distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees 0.25% 1.00% none none
Other expenses 0.22% 0.22% 1.27% 0.22%
Acquired fund fees and expenses 0.15% 0.15% 0.15% 0.15%
Total annual fund operating expenses 1.42% 2.17% 2.22% 1.17%
Fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement [1] none none 1.04% none
Total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement 1.42% 2.17% 1.18% 1.17%
[1] The Fund's investment adviser has given a binding contractual undertaking to the Fund to limit the amount of the Fund's total annual fund operating expenses to 1.40%, 2.15%, 1.10% and 1.15% of the Fund's average daily net assets for Class A, C, N and Y shares, respectively, exclusive of brokerage expenses, interest expense, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, organizational and extraordinary expenses, such as litigation and indemnification expenses. This undertaking is in effect through April 30, 2015 and may be terminated before then only with the consent of the Fund's Board of Trustees. The Fund's investment adviser will be permitted to recover, on a class by class basis, management fees waived and/or expenses reimbursed to the extent that expenses in later periods fall below 1.40%, 2.15%, 1.10% and 1.15% of the Fund's average daily net assets for Class A, C, N and Y shares, respectively. The Fund will not be obligated to repay any such waived/reimbursed fees and expenses more than one year after the end of the fiscal year in which the fees or expenses were waived/reimbursed.

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 (except where indicated). The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same, except that the example for Class N is based on the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement for the first year and on the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses for the remaining years. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

If shares are redeemed:

Expense Example (Vaughan Nelson Value Opportunity Fund) (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Class A
711 998 1,307 2,179
Class C
320 679 1,164 2,503
Class N
120 594 1,095 2,473
Class Y
119 372 644 1,420

If shares are not redeemed:

Expense Example, No Redemption (Vaughan Nelson Value Opportunity Fund) (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Class C
220 679 1,164 2,503

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 for you if your 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. During its most recently ended fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 39% of the average value of its portfolio.

Investments, Risks and Performance

Principal Investment Strategies

The Fund, under normal market conditions, will invest primarily in companies that, at the time of purchase, have market capitalizations either within the capitalization range of the Russell Midcap ® Value Index, an unmanaged index that measures the performance of companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values within the broader Russell Midcap® Index, or of $15 billion or less. While the market capitalization range for the Russell Midcap® Value Index fluctuates, at December 31, 2013, it was $481.6 million to $26.9 billion. However, the Fund does not have any market capitalization limits and may invest in companies with smaller or larger capitalizations. Equity securities may take the form of stock in corporations, limited partnership interests, interests in limited liability companies, REITs or other trusts and similar securities.

Vaughan Nelson Investment Management, L.P. ("Vaughan Nelson") invests in medium-capitalization companies with a focus on those companies meeting Vaughan Nelson's return expectations. Vaughan Nelson uses a bottom-up value oriented investment process in constructing the Fund's portfolio. Vaughan Nelson seeks companies with the following characteristics, although not all of the companies selected will have these attributes:

  • Companies earning a positive return on capital with stable-to-improving returns.

  • Companies valued at a discount to their asset value.

  • Companies with an attractive and sustainable dividend level.

In selecting investments for the Fund, Vaughan Nelson generally employs the following strategies:

  • Vaughan Nelson employs a value-driven investment philosophy that selects stocks selling at a relatively low value based on business fundamentals, economic margin analysis and discounted cash flow models. Vaughan Nelson selects companies that it believes are out of favor or misunderstood.

  • Vaughan Nelson narrows the investment universe by using value-driven screens to create a research universe of companies with market capitalizations between $1 billion and $20 billion.

  • Vaughan Nelson uses fundamental analysis to construct a portfolio that, in the opinion of Vaughan Nelson, is made up of quality companies with the potential to provide significant increases in share price over a three year period.

  • Vaughan Nelson will generally sell a security when it reaches Vaughan Nelson's price target or when the issuer shows a change in financial condition, competitive pressures, poor management decisions or internal or external forces reducing future expected returns from the investment thesis.

The Fund may also:

  • Invest in convertible preferred stock and convertible debt securities.

  • Invest in foreign securities, including emerging markets securities.

  • Invest in other investment companies, to the extent permitted by the Investment Company Act of 1940.

  • Invest in real estate investment trusts ("REITs").

  • Invest in securities offered in initial public offerings ("IPOs") and securities issued pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933 ("Rule 144A securities").

  • Engage in active and frequent trading of securities and other instruments. Effects of frequent trading may include high transaction costs, which may lower the Fund's returns, and realization of short-term capital gains, distributions of which are taxable to shareholders who are individuals as ordinary income. Trading costs and tax effects associated with frequent trading may adversely affect the Fund's performance.

Principal Investment Risks

The principal risks of investing in the Fund are summarized below. The Fund does not represent a complete investment program. You may lose money by investing in the Fund.

Emerging Markets Risk: In addition to the risks of investing in foreign investments generally, emerging markets investments are subject to greater risks arising from political or economic instability, nationalization or confiscatory taxation, currency exchange restrictions, sanctions by the U.S. government and an issuer's unwillingness or inability to make principal or interest payments on its obligations. Emerging markets companies may be smaller and have shorter operating histories than companies in developed markets.

Equity Securities Risk: The value of the Fund's investments in equity securities could be subject to unpredictable declines in the value of individual securities and periods of below-average performance in individual securities or in the equity market as a whole. Securities issued in IPOs tend to involve greater market risk than other equity securities due, in part, to public perception and the lack of publicly available information and trading history. Rule 144A securities may be less liquid than other equity securities. Value stocks can perform differently from the market as a whole and from other types of stocks. Value stocks also present the risk that their lower valuations fairly reflect their business prospects and that investors will not agree that the stocks represent favorable investment opportunities, and they may fall out of favor with investors and underperform growth stocks during any given period. In the event an issuer is liquidated or declares bankruptcy, the claims of owners of the issuer's bonds generally take precedence over the claims of those who own preferred stock or common stock.

Foreign Securities Risk: Investments in foreign securities may be subject to greater political, economic, environmental, credit and information risks. The Fund's investments in foreign securities also are subject to foreign currency fluctuations and other foreign currency-related risks. Foreign securities may be subject to higher volatility than U.S. securities, varying degrees of regulation and limited liquidity.

Investments in Other Investment Companies Risk: The Fund will indirectly bear the management, service and other fees of any other investment companies in which it invests in addition to its own expenses.

Large Investor Risk: Ownership of shares of the Fund may be concentrated in one or a few large investors. Such investors may redeem shares in large quantities or on a frequent basis. Redemptions by a large investor can affect the performance of the Fund, may increase realized capital gains, may accelerate the realization of taxable income to shareholders and may increase transaction costs. These transactions potentially limit the use of any capital loss carryforwards and certain other losses to offset future realized capital gains (if any). Such transactions may also increase the Fund's expenses.

Management Risk: A strategy used by the Fund's portfolio managers may fail to produce the intended result.

Market Risk: The market value of a security or portfolio will move up and down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably, based upon a change in an issuer's financial condition, as well as overall market and economic conditions.

REITs Risk: Investments in the real estate industry, including REITs, are particularly sensitive to economic downturns and are sensitive to factors such as changes in real estate values, property taxes and tax laws, interest rates, cash flow of underlying real estate assets, occupancy rates, government regulations affecting zoning, land use and rents and the management skill and creditworthiness of the issuer. Companies in the real estate industry also may be subject to liabilities under environmental and hazardous waste laws. In addition, the value of a REIT is affected by changes in the value of the properties owned by the REIT or mortgage loans held by the REIT. REITs are also subject to default and prepayment risk. Many REITs are highly leveraged, increasing their risk. The Fund will indirectly bear its proportionate share of expenses, including management fees, paid by each REIT in which it invests in addition to the expenses of the Fund.

Risk/Return Bar Chart and Table

The bar chart and table shown below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by comparing the Fund's one-year, five-year and Life-of-Fund performance with one broad measure of market performance. The Fund's past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information is available online at ngam.natixis.com and/or by calling the Fund toll-free at 800-225-5478 .

The chart does not reflect any sales charge that you may be required to pay when you buy or redeem the Fund's shares. A sales charge will reduce your return.

Total Returns for Class A Shares

Bar Chart

Highest Quarterly Return:
Third Quarter 2009, 21.30%

Lowest Quarterly Return:
Third Quarter 2011, -21.15%

Average Annual Total Returns

(for the periods ended December 31, 2013)

Average Annual Total Returns (Vaughan Nelson Value Opportunity Fund)
Past 1 Year
Past 5 Years
Life of Fund
Inception Date
Class A
33.06% 18.65% 17.13% Oct. 31, 2008
Class A Return After Taxes on Distributions
31.17% 17.89% 16.41% Oct. 31, 2008
Class A Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
20.01% 15.09% 13.83% Oct. 31, 2008
Class C
39.13% 19.19% 17.61% Oct. 31, 2008
Class N
41.52% 20.38% 18.78% Oct. 31, 2008
Class Y
41.52% 20.38% 18.78% Oct. 31, 2008
Russell MidCap® Value Index
33.46% 21.16% 19.07% Oct. 31, 2008

Because Class N shares did not have one calendar year of performance as of December 31, 2013, performance shown for Class N shares is that of Class Y shares of the Fund. Class N shares would have substantially similar returns because they would have been invested in the same portfolio of securities as Class Y shares and would only differ to the extent the classes did not have the same expenses. The Class N returns may be higher or lower than the returns of Class Y shares.

After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their shares through tax deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans, qualified plans, education savings accounts, such as 529 plans or individual retirement accounts. The after-tax returns are shown for only one class of the Fund. After-tax returns for the other classes of the Fund will vary. Index performance reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes.