497 1 d202645d497.htm NATIXIS FUNDS TRUST II Natixis Funds Trust II

NATIXIS FUNDS

Supplement dated June 30, 2016 to the Natixis Funds Statements of Additional Information, dated February 1, 2016, March 31, 2016, April 1, 2016 and May 1, 2016 as may be revised or supplemented from time to time, for the following funds.

 

AEW Real Estate Fund    Loomis Sayles Limited Term Government and Agency Fund
ASG Dynamic Allocation Fund    Loomis Sayles Multi-Asset Income Fund
ASG Global Alternatives Fund    Loomis Sayles Senior Floating Rate and Fixed Income Fund
ASG Global Macro Fund    Loomis Sayles Strategic Alpha Fund
ASG Managed Futures Strategy Fund    Loomis Sayles Strategic Income Fund
ASG Tactical U.S. Market Fund    Loomis Sayles Value Fund
Gateway Fund    McDonnell Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund
Gateway Equity Call Premium Fund    Mirova Global Sustainable Equity Fund
Loomis Sayles Core Plus Bond Fund    Natixis Oakmark Fund
Loomis Sayles Dividend Income Fund    Natixis Oakmark International Fund
Loomis Sayles Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund    Natixis U.S. Equity Opportunities Fund
Loomis Sayles Global Equity and Income Fund    SeeyondSM Multi-Asset Allocation Fund
Loomis Sayles Global Growth Fund    Vaughan Nelson Select Fund
Loomis Sayles Growth Fund    Vaughan Nelson Small Cap Value Fund
Loomis Sayles High Income Fund    Vaughan Nelson Value Opportunity Fund
Loomis Sayles Investment Grade Bond Fund   

Effective July 1, 2016, James P. Palermo has been appointed as an Independent Trustee to the Board of Trustees of Natixis Funds Trust I, Natixis Funds Trust II, Natixis Funds Trust IV, Loomis Sayles Funds I, Loomis Sayles Funds II and Gateway Trust (the “Trusts”). Accordingly, the following is hereby added to the “Independent Trustees” table located in the sub-section “Trustees and Officers” within the section “Management of the Trust(s)”:

 

Name and Year of Birth

  

Position(s) Held
with the Trusts,
Length of Time
Served and Term
of Office1

  

Principal
Occupation(s)
During Past 5
Years

  

Number of
Portfolios in Fund
Complex Overseen2

and Other
Directorships Held
During Past 5
Years

  

Experience,
Qualifications,
Attributes, Skills for
Board Membership

INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES

James P. Palermo

(1955)

  

Trustee since 2016

Contract Review Committee Member

   Founding Partner, Breton Capital Management, LLC (private equity); formerly, Chief Executive Officer of Global Client Management of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation   

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None

   Financial services industry and executive experience, including roles as chief executive officer of client management and asset servicing for a banking and financial services company

 

1 Each Trustee serves until retirement, resignation or removal from the Board. The current retirement age is 75. The position of Chairperson of the Board is appointed for a three-year term. Ms. Moose was appointed to serve an additional three-year term as the Chairperson of the Board on December 13, 2013.
2 The Trustees of the Trusts serve as Trustees of a fund complex that includes all series of the Natixis Funds Trust I, Natixis Funds Trust II, Natixis Funds Trust IV and Gateway Trust (collectively, the “Natixis Funds Trusts”) and, Loomis Sayles Funds I and Loomis Sayles Funds II (collectively, the “Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts”) (collectively, the “Fund Complex”).


Effective July 1, 2016, Coleen Downs Dineen has resigned as Secretary, Clerk and Chief Legal Officer of the Trusts. Russell L. Kane has been appointed as Secretary, Clerk and Chief Legal Officer of the Trusts and Rosa Licea-Mailloux has been appointed as Chief Compliance Officer, Assistant Secretary and Anti-Money Laundering Officer of the Trusts. Accordingly, the “Officers of the Trust” table located in the sub-section “Trustees and Officers” within the section “Management of the Trust(s)” is hereby amended and restated as follows:

 

Name and Year of Birth

  

Position(s) Held with the
Trusts

  

Term of Office1 and
Length of Time Served

  

Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years2

OFFICERS OF THE TRUST

Daniel J. Fuss

(1933)

One Financial Center

Boston, MA 02111

   Executive Vice President of Loomis Sayles Funds I and Loomis Sayles Funds II    Since June 2003    Vice Chairman and Director, Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P.

Russell L. Kane

(1969)

   Secretary, Clerk, and Chief Legal Officer    Secretary, Clerk and Chief Legal Officer since July 2016    Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary and Clerk, NGAM Distribution Corporation, NGAM Advisors, L.P. and NGAM Distribution, L.P.; formerly, Chief Compliance Officer for Mutual Funds, Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, Assistant Secretary and Assistant Clerk, NGAM Distribution Corporation, NGAM Advisors, L.P. and NGAM Distribution, L.P.

Michael C. Kardok

(1959)

   Treasurer, Principal Financial and Accounting Officer    Since October 2004    Senior Vice President, NGAM Advisors, L.P. and NGAM Distribution, L.P.

Rosa Licea-Mailloux

(1976)

   Chief Compliance Officer, Assistant Secretary and Anti-Money Laundering Officer    Since July 2016    Chief Compliance Officer for Mutual Funds, Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, Assistant Secretary and Assistant Clerk, NGAM Distribution Corporation, NGAM Advisors, L.P. and NGAM Distribution, L.P.; formerly, Associate General Counsel, NGAM Distribution, L.P.

 

1  Each officer of the Trusts serves for an indefinite term in accordance with the Trusts’ current by-laws until the date his or her successor is elected and qualified, or until he or she sooner dies, retires, is removed or becomes disqualified.
2  Each person listed above holds the same position(s) with the Fund Complex. Mr. Fuss is not an officer of the Natixis Funds Trusts. Previous positions during the past five years with NGAM Distribution, L.P., NGAM Advisors, L.P. or Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P. are omitted, if not materially different from a trustee’s or officer’s current position with such entity.


Effective July 1, 2016, James P. Palermo has become a member of the Contract Review Committee. Accordingly, the list of the members of the Contract Review Committee in the sub-section “Leadership and Structure of the Board” within the section “Management of the Trust(s)/Funds” is hereby replaced with the following:

 

   

Contract Review Committee

   
  Peter J. Smail – Chairman  
  Wendell J. Knox  
  Martin T. Meehan  
  James P. Palermo  
  Cynthia L. Walker  

As of March 31, 2016 James P. Palermo had the following ownership in the Natixis Funds:

Independent Trustee

 

Dollar Range of Fund Shares1

  

James P. Palermo

AEW Real Estate Fund    A
ASG Dynamic Allocation Fund    A
ASG Global Alternatives Fund    E
ASG Global Macro Fund    A
ASG Managed Futures Strategy Fund    A
ASG Tactical U.S. Market Fund    A
Gateway Fund    A
Gateway Equity Call Premium Fund    A
Loomis Sayles Core Plus Bond Fund    A
Loomis Sayles Dividend Income Fund    A
Loomis Sayles Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund    A
Loomis Sayles Global Equity and Income Fund    A
Loomis Sayles Global Growth Fund    A
Loomis Sayles Growth Fund    A
Loomis Sayles High Income Fund    A
Loomis Sayles Investment Grade Bond Fund    A
Loomis Sayles Limited Term Government and Agency Fund    A
Loomis Sayles Multi-Asset Income Fund    A
Loomis Sayles Senior Floating Rate and Fixed Income Fund    A
Loomis Sayles Strategic Alpha Fund    A
Loomis Sayles Strategic Income Fund    A
Loomis Sayles Value Fund    A
McDonnell Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund    A
Mirova Global Sustainable Equity Fund    A
Natixis Oakmark Fund    A
Natixis Oakmark International Fund    A
Natixis U.S. Equity Opportunities Fund    A
Seeyond Multi-Asset Allocation Fund    A
Vaughan Nelson Select Fund    A
Vaughan Nelson Small Cap Value Fund    A
Vaughan Nelson Value Opportunity Fund    A

Aggregate Dollar Range of Fund Shares in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee

   E

 

1  A. None
  B. $1 - $10,000
  C. $10,001 - $50,000
  D. $50,001 - $100,000
  E. over $100,000


LOOMIS SAYLES DIVIDEND INCOME FUND

Effective July 1, 2016, Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P. has given a binding contractual undertaking to the Fund to limit the amount of the Fund’s total annual fund operating expenses (exclusive of brokerage expenses, interest expenses, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, organizational and extraordinary expenses, such as litigation and indemnification expenses) to 1.10%, 1.85% and 0.85% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for Class A, Class C and Class Y shares, respectively. This undertaking is in effect through March 31, 2018. Accordingly, the table regarding expense limits in the sub-section “Advisory Fees” in the section “Fund Charges and Expenses” is amended for the Fund as follows:

 

Fund

   Expense Limit     Date of Undertaking

Loomis Sayles Dividend Income Fund

    

Class A

     1.10   July 1, 2016

Class C

     1.85   July 1, 2016

Class Y

     0.85   July 1, 2016

VAUGHAN NELSON SELECT FUND

Effective July 1, 2016, NGAM Advisors, L.P. has given a binding contractual undertaking to the Fund to limit the amount of the Fund’s total annual fund operating expenses (exclusive of brokerage expenses, interest expenses, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, organizational and extraordinary expenses, such as litigation and indemnification expenses) to 1.30%, 2.05% and 1.05% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for Class A, Class C and Class Y shares, respectively. This undertaking is in effect through March 31, 2018. Accordingly, the table regarding expense limits within the sub-section “Advisory Fees” in the section “Fund Charges and Expenses” is amended with respect to the Fund as follows:

 

Fund

   Expense Limit     Date of Undertaking

Vaughan Nelson Select Fund

    

Class A

     1.30   July 1, 2016

Class C

     2.05   July 1, 2016

Class Y

     1.05   July 1, 2016

SEEYONDSM MULTI-ASSET ALLOCATION FUND

Effective July 1, 2016, Natixis Asset Management U.S., LLC (“Natixis AM US”) has reduced the advisory fee for the Fund. Accordingly, the fourth table in the subsection “Advisory Fees” within the section “Fund Charges and Expenses” is revised as follows with regard to the Fund.

 

Fund

   Advisory fee payable by Fund to Natixis AM US
(as a % of average daily net assets of the Fund)
 

SeeyondSM Multi-Asset Allocation Fund

     0.80

Effective July 1, 2016, Natixis AM US has given a binding contractual undertaking to the Fund to limit the amount of the Fund’s total annual fund operating expenses (exclusive of brokerage expenses, interest expense, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, organizational and extraordinary expenses, such as litigation and indemnification expenses) to 1.25%, 2.00%, and 1.00% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for Class A, Class C and Class Y shares, respectively. This undertaking is in effect through April 30, 2018. Accordingly, the table regarding expense limits in the sub-section “Advisory Fees” within the section “Fund Charges and Expenses” is amended with respect to the Fund as follows:


Fund

   Expense Limit     Date of Undertaking

SeeyondSM Multi-Asset Allocation Fund

     July 1, 2016

Class A

     1.25  

Class C

     2.00  

Class Y

     1.00  

LOOMIS SAYLES EMERGING MARKETS OPPORTUNITIES FUND

Effective immediately, the first paragraph under “Distributions” is hereby amended and restated as follows:

As described in the Prospectuses, it is the policy of each Fund to pay shareholders at least annually according to the schedule specified in each Fund’s Prospectus, as dividends, all or substantially all of its net investment income and to distribute annually (or, in the case of short-term gains, more frequently than annually if determined by the Fund to be in the best interest of shareholders) all or substantially all of its net realized capital gains, if any, after offsetting any capital loss carryforwards. To the extent permitted by law, the Board of Trustees may adopt a different schedule for making distributions as long as distributions of net investment income and net realized capital gains, if any, are made at least annually. A Fund’s distribution rate fluctuates over time for various reasons, and there can be no assurance that a Fund’s distributions will not decrease or that a Fund will make any distributions when scheduled. For example, foreign currency losses potentially reduce or eliminate, and have in the past reduced and eliminated, regularly scheduled distributions for certain funds.

LOOMIS SAYLES STRATEGIC ALPHA FUND

Effective immediately, the first paragraph under “Distributions” is hereby amended and restated as follows:

As described in the Prospectuses, it is the policy of each Fund to pay to its shareholders at least annually according to the schedule specified in the Fund’s Prospectuses, as dividends, all or substantially all of its net investment income and to distribute annually all or substantially all of its net realized long-term and short-term capital gains, if any, after offsetting any capital loss carryovers. To the extent permitted by law, the Board of Trustees may adopt a different schedule for making distributions as long as distributions of net investment income and net realized capital gains, if any, are made at least annually. A Fund’s distribution rate fluctuates over time for various reasons, and there can be no assurance that a Fund’s distributions will not decrease or that a Fund will make any distributions when scheduled. For example, foreign currency losses potentially reduce, and have in the past reduced, regularly scheduled distributions for certain funds.