NATIXIS FUNDS
LOOMIS SAYLES FUNDS
Supplement dated January 4, 2016 to the Loomis Sayles Funds Statements of Additional Information,
dated February 1, 2015 and the Natixis Funds Statements of Additional Information dated
February 1, 2015, April 1, 2015, May 1, 2015, June 30, 2015, August 31, 2015 and November 30, 2015,
as may be revised or supplemented from time to time, for the following funds.
AEW Real Estate Fund | Loomis Sayles Intermediate Duration Bond Fund | |
ASG Dynamic Allocation Fund | Loomis Sayles Investment Grade Bond Fund | |
ASG Global Alternatives Fund | Loomis Sayles Investment Grade Fixed Income Fund | |
ASG Global Macro Fund | Loomis Sayles Limited Term Government and Agency Fund | |
ASG Managed Futures Strategy Fund | Loomis Sayles Multi-Asset Income Fund | |
ASG Tactical U.S. Market Fund | Loomis Sayles Securitized Asset Fund | |
CGM Advisor Targeted Equity Fund | Loomis Sayles Senior Floating Rate and Fixed Income Fund | |
Gateway Fund | Loomis Sayles Small Cap Growth Fund | |
Gateway Equity Call Premium Fund | Loomis Sayles Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund | |
Loomis Sayles Bond Fund | Loomis Sayles Small Cap Value Fund | |
Loomis Sayles Core Plus Bond Fund | Loomis Sayles Strategic Alpha Fund | |
Loomis Sayles Dividend Income Fund | Loomis Sayles Strategic Income Fund | |
Loomis Sayles Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund | Loomis Sayles Value Fund | |
Loomis Sayles Fixed Income Fund | McDonnell Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund | |
Loomis Sayles Global Bond Fund | Natixis Oakmark Fund | |
Loomis Sayles Global Equity and Income Fund | Natixis Oakmark International Fund | |
Loomis Sayles Growth Fund | Natixis U.S. Equity Opportunities Fund | |
Loomis Sayles High Income Fund | Seeyond Multi-Asset Allocation Fund | |
Loomis Sayles High Income Opportunities Fund | Vaughan Nelson Select Fund | |
Loomis Sayles Inflation Protected Securities Fund | Vaughan Nelson Small Cap Value Fund | |
Loomis Sayles Institutional High Income Fund | Vaughan Nelson Value Opportunity Fund |
Effective January 1, 2016, Wendell J. Knox has resigned from the Audit Committee and has been appointed as a member of the Contract Review Committee and Edmond J. English has resigned from the Contract Review Committee and has been appointed as a member of the Audit Committee. Accordingly, the table in the sub-section Trustees and Officers within the section Management of the Trust(s) is hereby updated to reflect that Mr. Knox is now a Contract Review Committee member and Mr. English is now an Audit Committee member. In addition, the list of the members of the Audit Committee and Contract Review Committee in the sub-section Leadership and Structure of the Board within the section Management of the Trust(s) is hereby replaced with the following:
Audit Committee | Contract Review Committee | |
Kenneth A. Drucker Chairman | Peter J. Smail Chairman | |
Edmond J. English | Wendell J. Knox | |
Richard A. Goglia | Martin T. Meehan | |
Erik R. Sirri | Cynthia L. Walker |
Effective January 1, 2016, the second paragraph in the sub-section Trustee Fees within the section Management of the Trust(s) is hereby replaced with the following:
The Chairperson of the Board receives a retainer fee at the annual rate of $325,000. The Chairperson does not receive any meeting attendance fees for Board meetings or committee meetings that she attends. Each Trustee who is not an employee, officer or director of NGAM Advisors, the Distributor or their affiliates (other than the Chairperson) receives, in the aggregate, a retainer fee at the annual rate of $155,000. Each Trustee who is not an employee, officer or director of NGAM Advisors, the Distributor or their affiliates also receives a meeting attendance fee of $10,000 for each meeting of the Board that he or she attends in person and $5,000 for each meeting of the Board that he or she attends telephonically. In addition, the Chairperson of the Audit Committee and the Chairperson of the Contract Review Committee each receive an additional retainer fee at an annual rate of $17,500. The Chairperson of the Governance Committee receives an additional retainer fee at an annual rate of $10,000. Each Contract Review Committee and Audit Committee member is compensated $6,000 for each committee meeting that he or she attends in person and $3,000 for each committee meeting that he or she attends telephonically. These fees are allocated among the mutual fund portfolios in the Natixis Funds Trusts, Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts, and Gateway Trust based on a formula that takes into account, among other factors, the relative net assets of each mutual fund portfolio. Trustees are reimbursed for travel expenses in connection with attendance at meetings.