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PROSPECTUS
May
1, 2010
Madison
Corporate Income Shares
(Ticker
Symbol: COINX)
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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TABLE
OF CONTENTS
Summary
Data: Madison Corporate Income
Shares 1
Investment
Objectives/Goals 1
Fees and
Expenses 1
Portfolio
Turnover 1
Principal
Investment Strategies 2
Principal
Risks 2
Risk/Return
Bar Chart and Performance Table 2
Management 3
Purchase
and Sale of Fund Shares 3
Tax
Information 3
Payments
to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries 3
Investment
Objectives 4
Implementation
of Investment
Objectives 4
Investment
Strategy 4
Corporate
Debt Securities 5
Maturity 6
Duration 6
Portfolio
Trading Activity – Taxable Capital Gains Potential 6
Temporary
Defensive Position 6
Risks 7
Interest
Rate Risk 7
Tax-Related
Risk 7
Call
Risk 7
Risk of
Default 7
Portfolio
Holdings 8
Management 8
Investment
Adviser 8
Compensation 8
Pricing
of Fund
Shares 9
Shareholder
Information 9
Purchase
and Redemption Procedures 9
Dividends
and Distributions 9
Frequent
Purchases and Redemptions of Fund Shares 9
Taxes 11
Federal
Taxes 11
State and
Local Taxes 11
Taxability
of Transactions 11
Certification
of Tax Identification Number 11
Financial
Highlights 12
Guide to
Doing
Business 14
Eligible
Investors 14
Shareholder
Account Transactions 14
How to
Open a New Account 14
How to
Purchase Additional Shares 14
How to
Redeem Shares 15
Distribution
Options 15
Redemptions
In Kind 16
How to
Close an Account 16
Unusual
Transaction Fees 16
Investment
Objectives/Goals
The
investment objective of Madison Corporate Income Shares (the “Fund”) is to
obtain the highest total investment return possible (income and share price
appreciation) within the policy limitations of (1) investments in corporate
bonds rated Baa3/BBB- or better at time of purchase, (2) maintaining an average
overall quality of A- or better, (3) maintaining a dollar weighted average
maturity of ten years or less, (4) generally maintaining overall portfolio
duration within 25% of the Barclays Capital Intermediate Credit Bond Index
benchmark and occasionally varying from the benchmark by up to 50%, and (5)
limiting investments in corporate securities in any one industry (as defined by
SIC code) to 20% at time of purchase.
Fees
and Expenses
This
table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold
shares of the Fund.
Shareholder
Fees:
(fees
paid directly from your investment)
Maximum
sales charge (load)
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None
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Redemption
fee
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None
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Exchange
fee
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None
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Annual
Fund Operating Expenses:
(expenses
that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
investment)
Management
fee
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0.00%
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Distribution
(12b-1) fees
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None
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Other
expenses
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0.00%
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Total
annual fund operating expenses
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0.00%
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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 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:
1
Year
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3
Years
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5
Years
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10
Years
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$0
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$0
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$0
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$0
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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 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. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio
turnover rate was 18% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal
Investment Strategies
The Fund
seeks to achieve its investment objectives through diversified investment in a
broad range of corporate debt securities. In seeking to achieve the
Fund’s goal, the Fund’s investment adviser will: (1) monitor the yields of the
various bonds that satisfy the Fund’s investment guidelines to determine the
best combination of yield, credit risk and diversification for the Fund; (2)
shorten or lengthen the Fund’s dollar weighted average maturity and dollar
weighted average duration based on our anticipation of the movement of interest
rates; (3) select individual securities based on a thorough evaluation of
fundamental credit risk; and (4) actively rotate among sectors and quality
ratings in search of value and to manage risk. The Fund will invest
at least 80% of its
total assets in income-producing corporate bonds.
Principal
Risks
Interest Rate
Risk. The share
price of the Fund reflects the value of the bonds held by it. When interest
rates or general demand for fixed income securities change, the value of these
bonds change. If the value of these bonds falls, the share price of
the Fund will go down. What might cause bonds to lose value? One
reason is because interest rates went up. When this happens, existing bonds that
pay a lower rate become less attractive and their prices tend to go
down. If the share price falls below the price you paid for your
shares, you could lose money when you redeem your shares. The longer the
maturity of any bond, the greater the effect will be on its price when interest
rates change.
Call Risk. If a
bond issuer “calls” a bond held by the Fund (i.e., pays it off at a specified
price before it matures), the Fund could have to reinvest the proceeds at a
lower interest rate. It may also experience a loss if the bond is
called at a price lower than what the Fund paid for the bond.
Tax-Related
Risk. You can receive a taxable distribution of capital gain
from the Fund. You may also owe taxes if you sell your shares at a
price that is higher than the price you paid for them.
Risk of Default. Although the
Fund’s investment adviser monitors the condition of bond issuers, it is still
possible that unexpected events could cause the issuer to be unable to pay
either principal or interest on its bond. This could cause the bond
to go into default and lose value.
Risk/Return
Bar Chart and Performance Table
The bar
chart and table below demonstrate the variability of the Fund’s returns by
showing changes in the Fund’s performance from year to year. This
information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund.
After the bar chart is a table that compares the Fund’s average annual total
returns with those of a broad-based securities market
index. Remember, however, that past performance (before and after
taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the
future.
Calendar
Year Returns
Highest/lowest
quarterly results during the period shown in the bar chart were:
Highest:
5.48% (quarter ended June 30,
2009) Lowest:
-2.58% (quarter ended Sept. 30, 2008)
Average
Annual Total Returns
(for
the period ended December 31, 2009)
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One
Year
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Since
Inception
(7/1/07)
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Return
before taxes
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10.58%
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8.13%
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Return
after taxes on distributions
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8.64%
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6.19%
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Return
after taxes on distributions and sale of fund shares
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6.82%
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5.79%
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Barclays
Capital Intermediate Credit Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees,
expenses or taxes)
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1.61%
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6.67%
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1 The Fund commenced
operations on July 1, 2007.
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. Also,
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 or
individual retirement accounts (IRAs).
Updated
performance information is available by calling the Fund’s shareholder service
department toll-free at 888-670-3600 or the toll-free 24-hour automated
information line at 800-336-3063.
Management
Investment
Adviser. The investment adviser to the Fund is Madison
Investment Advisors, Inc. (“MIA”) and Madison Mosaic, LLC, a wholly owned
subsidiary of MIA (collectively referred to herein as “Madison”).
Portfolio
Managers. Paul Lefurgey (Managing Director and Head of Fixed
Income) and Chris Nisbit (Vice President) co-manage the Fund. Messrs.
Lefurgey and Nisbit have served in this capacity since inception of the Fund in
2007.
Purchase
and Sale of Fund Shares
To
establish an account, you must invest at least $5,000 in the
Fund. There is no minimum subsequent investment requirement. You may
purchase, redeem or exchange shares of the Fund on any day the New York Stock
Exchange is open for business.
Tax
Information
Dividends
and capital gains distributions you receive from the Fund are subject to federal
income taxes and will also generally be considered taxable income at the state
and local level as well.
Payments
from Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
The Fund
was developed by Madison exclusively for use within separately managed accounts
for which Madison serves as a wrap program investment
manager. Although the Fund has no management fee, Madison receives a
portion of the fee paid to the investment advisers and/or broker-dealers who
sponsor these programs. The compensation you pay as a participant in such
programs is discussed in the applicable program brochure and other contracts
that you enter into with program sponsors. You should consult with such
materials and your program sponsors for additional details about compensation
paid by them to Madison for managing the Fund.
Madison
Mosaic Income Trust (the “Trust”) offers one portfolio for investment through
this prospectus: Madison Corporate Income Shares. The
Fund’s investment objective is to obtain the highest total investment return
possible (income and share price appreciation) within the policy limitations of
(1) investments in corporate bonds rated Baa3/BBB- or better at time of
purchase, (2) maintaining an average overall quality of A- or better, (3)
maintaining a dollar weighted average maturity of ten years or less, (4)
generally maintaining overall portfolio duration within 25% of the Barclays
Capital Intermediate Credit Bond Index benchmark and occasionally varying from
the benchmark by up to 50%, and (5) limiting investments in corporate securities
in any one industry (as defined by SIC code) to 20% at time of
purchase.
Although
the duration of Barclays Capital Intermediate Credit Bond Index is relatively
stable, it fluctuates in response to a variety of market factors, primarily
interest rates but also supply. The duration fluctuated from a high of 4.61
years to a low of 3.96 years. In general, as interest rates rise, the
duration of the index tends to shorten and as interest rates fall, its duration
tends to rise.
The
Fund’s Board of Trustees may change the Fund’s investment objective without
shareholder approval. However, you will receive prior written notice
of any material change. There is no assurance that the Fund’s
investment objective will be achieved.
IMPLEMENTATION
OF INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES
Investment
Strategy
The
Fund seeks to
achieve its objectives by investing in corporate debt securities (i.e., bonds).
In general, after selecting securities that match the Fund’s investment
guidelines, most of Madison’s investment decisions relate to: (1) the difference
in yields between various types of securities that match the Fund’s guidelines;
(2) Madison’s understanding of the direction of interest rate movement; (3) the
analysis of a security’s credit risk; or (4) Madison’s anticipation of the
relative values and risks associated with securities in different industrial and
business sectors.
Example 1: The Fund may hold
bonds issued by a particular retailer. Madison may sell these bonds and buy
bonds issued by, for example, an oil company if Madison believes that by making
the change, the Fund can: (1) obtain higher yielding securities with the same
amount of risk (such as by swapping a bond rated AAA yielding 8% interest for
another AAA rated bond yielding 9% interest with similar risk characteristics);
(2) avoid losing principal due to interest rate movement (see Example 3 below);
(3) timely react to deteriorating finances of the particular bond issuer; or (4)
avoid losing principal if the markets treat retailer bonds as presenting a
greater potential risk than oil industry bonds.
If
Madison believes interest rates are falling, Madison will normally increase the
dollar weighted average maturity and duration of the Fund to help increase the
share price of the Fund. On the other hand, if Madison believes interest rates
are rising, Madison will normally decrease the dollar weighted average maturity
and duration of the Fund to help preserve the Fund’s
share
price.
The
concept of “effective duration” of a bond portfolio goes hand in hand with
average maturity. Effective duration is a commonly used measurement to determine
the risk to market value. As a technical matter, effective duration measures the
period of time you must wait before you have received half of the present value
of the cash flows from a bond. As a practical matter, Madison
uses a
bond portfolio’s effective duration to help measure its likely change in price
given a 1% change in interest rates up or down.
Example 2: On January 1,
interest rates are 6% and the Fund’s dollar weighted average maturity is 5 years
and the Barclays Capital Intermediate Credit Bond Index benchmark’s effective
duration is 4 years. Madison extends such maturity to 7 years over
the month by increasing the effective duration of the Fund’s securities from 4
to 4.5 years. If interest rates fall on February 1 to 5%, then the value of the
bonds in the Fund should increase by 4.5%. Had Madison not changed the original
maturity by extending effective duration, then the value of the bonds in the
Fund should only have increased by 4%. As a result, the share price of the Fund
should increase by 4.5% in this example, 0.5% more than it would have increased
had Madison not extended duration. In other words, if the Fund’s share price was
$10 before interest rates dropped, the share price of the Fund should increase
to $10.45 in this example, but only $10.40 if Madison had not extended
duration.
Example 3: On January 1,
interest rates are 6% and the Fund’s dollar weighted average maturity is 5 years
and the Barclays Capital Intermediate Credit Bond Index benchmark’s effective
duration is 4 years. As a defensive strategy against rising interest rates,
Madison shortens maturity to 4 years over the month by decreasing the effective
duration of the Fund’s securities from 4 to 3.5 years. If interest rates rise on
February 1 to 7%, then the value of the bonds in the Fund will decrease by 3.5%.
If Madison had not changed the original maturity by shortening effective
duration, then the value of the bonds in the Fund should drop by 4.0%.
Therefore, although the share price of the Fund will decrease as interest rates
rise, its share price should decrease 0.5% less than it would have before the
defensive move. In other words, if the Fund’s share price was $10 before
interest rates dropped, the share price of the Fund should decrease to $9.65 in
this example, but would have dropped to $9.60 if Madison had not shortened
duration.
The
percentage of the Fund’s assets that Madison may invest at any particular time
in a particular security, the dollar weighted average maturity of the total
portfolio (which will never exceed 10 years) and the Fund’s effective duration
will depend on Madison’s judgment regarding the risks in the general market.
Madison monitors many factors affecting the market outlook, including economic,
monetary and interest rate trends, market momentum, institutional psychology and
historical similarities to current conditions.
Madison
does not anticipate investing the Fund’s assets in money market instruments
(i.e., securities that mature within one year of the date of their purchase)
except for the overnight investment of otherwise uninvested cash.
Corporate
Debt Securities
Madison
will primarily buy corporate debt securities assigned one of the four highest
quality ratings by Standard & Poor’s or Moody’s or, if unrated, judged by
Madison to be of comparable quality. These are generally referred to as
“investment grade” securities and are rated AAA, AA, A and BBB by Standard &
Poor’s or Aaa, Aa, A and Baa by Moody’s. Madison will sell any
security owned by the Fund that is downgraded below BBB. Madison will determine
the timing and terms of the sale that Madison believes are in the best interests
of the Fund, but in no event will the Fund hold the security beyond six months
following the date of the downgrade. Madison applies its investment
selection criteria at the time an investment is made. Except as described above,
Madison might not sell a bond because of an adverse change in quality rating or
other characteristics because the impact of such change is often already
reflected in market price before the bond can be sold.
Maturity
Madison
will normally invest the Fund so that it has an dollar weighted average maturity
of ten years or less. If Madison believes that market risks are high
and bond prices in general are vulnerable to decline, Madison may reduce the
average maturity of the Fund’s bonds and increase its cash reserves and money
market holdings. Madison does not, however, intend to engage in
extensive short-term trading.
Duration
The
Fund’s effective duration will normally be in the range of 25% longer or shorter
than the Barclays Capital Intermediate Credit Bond Index benchmark at any given
time. Effective duration will be longer or shorter than the index based on
Madison’s expectation of likelihood of change in interest rates and the
direction of the change. Effective duration could deviate from the benchmark by
up to 50% during periods when Madison believes interest rates are likely to
materially change.
Portfolio
Trading Activity – Taxable Capital Gains Potential
Madison
may alter the composition of the Fund with regard to quality and maturity and
may sell securities prior to maturity. Under normal circumstances,
however, turnover for the Fund is generally not expected to exceed
100%.
Sales of
Fund securities may result in capital gains. This can occur any time
Madison sells a bond at a price that was higher than the price paid for it, even
if Madison does not engage in active or frequent trading. Madison’s
intent when it sells bonds is to “lock in” any gains already achieved by that
investment or, alternatively, prevent additional or potential losses that could
occur if Madison continued to hold the bond. However, increasing
portfolio turnover at a time when Madison’s assessment of market performance is
incorrect could lower investment performance. The Fund does not
generally pay brokerage commissions when it purchases or sells bonds, but the
price the Fund would have to pay to buy a bond is usually higher than the price
it would receive when the Fund sells it. As a result, as portfolio
turnover increases, the cumulative effect of this may hurt Fund
performance.
Under
normal circumstances, the Fund will not engage in active or frequent trading of
its bonds. However, it is possible that Madison will determine that
market conditions require a significant change to the composition of the Fund’s
portfolio. For example, if interest rates rise or fall significantly,
Madison may attempt to sell bonds before they lose much value. Also, if the Fund
experiences large swings in shareholder purchases and redemptions, Madison may
be required to sell bonds more frequently in order to generate the cash needed
to pay redeeming shareholders. Under these circumstances, the Fund
could make a taxable capital gain distribution. You should be aware
that if Madison engages in frequent trading activity, the Fund will generate a
higher percentage of short-term capital gains. Such gains are taxed at ordinary
income rates (up to 35% depending on a shareholder’s tax bracket and taxable
status for Federal income tax purposes), rather than the more favorable 15%
maximum long-term capital gains rate.
Temporary
Defensive Position
Madison
reserves the right to invest a portion of the Fund’s total assets in short-term
debt securities (i.e., those with maturities of one year or less) and to
maintain a portion of Fund assets uninvested in cash. However,
Madison does not intend to hold more than 20% of the Fund’s total assets in such
investments unless it determines that market conditions warrant a temporary
defensive investment position. Under such circumstances, up to 100%
of the Fund may be so
invested. To
the extent that the Fund is so invested, it may not be invested in accordance
with policies designed to achieve its stated investment objective. Short-term
investments may include investment grade certificates of deposit, commercial
paper and repurchase agreements. Madison might hold substantial cash
reserves in seeking to reduce the Fund’s exposure to bond price depreciation
during a period of rising interest rates and to maintain desired liquidity while
awaiting more attractive investment conditions in the bond market.
Interest
Rate Risk
The value
of shares purchased in the Fund will fluctuate due to changes in the value of
securities held by the Fund. At the time an investor sells his or her shares,
they may be worth more or less than their original cost. Bonds tend
to increase in value when prevailing interest rates fall, and to decrease in
value when prevailing interest rates rise. The longer the maturities of the
bonds held in the Fund, the greater the magnitude of these changes. Investments
with the highest yields may have longer maturities or lower quality ratings than
other investments, increasing the possibility of fluctuations in value per
share.
Tax-Related
Risk
In
addition to dividends from interest earned by Fund securities and paid to you,
shareholders in the Fund can recognize taxable income in two ways:
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If
you sell your shares at a price that is higher than when you bought them,
you will have a taxable capital gain. On the other hand, if you sell your
shares at a price that is lower than the price when you bought them, you
will have a capital loss. Moreover, if you experience a gain on
shares held for less than a year, then the gain will be taxed at
short-term rates (up to 35% depending on a shareholder’s tax bracket and
taxable status for Federal income tax purposes), rather than the more
favorable 15% maximum long-term capital gains
rate.
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In
the event the Fund sells more securities at prices higher than when they
were bought by the Fund, the Fund may pass through the profit it makes
from these transactions by making a taxable capital gain distribution. The
discussion regarding “Portfolio Trading Activity - Taxable Capital Gains
Potential” in the previous section above explains what circumstances can
produce taxable short-term or long-term capital
gains.
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Call
Risk
Madison
may buy “callable bonds” for the Fund. This means that the issuer can
redeem the bond before maturity. An issuer may want to call a bond after
interest rates have gone down. If an issuer calls a bond the Fund owns, the Fund
could have to reinvest the proceeds at a lower interest rate. Also, if the price
paid for the bond was higher than the call price, the effect is the same as if
the Fund sold the bond at a loss.
Risk
of Default
Even for
bonds that are rated investment grade, it is still possible that unexpected
events (for example, a disaster or unforeseen economic developments, fraud or
corruption at the company or its suppliers or clients, or unanticipated costs
resulting from government legislation) could cause the issuer of a bond to be
unable to pay either principal or interest on its bond. This could cause the
bond to go into default and lose value.
PORTFOLIO
HOLDINGS
Portfolio
holdings information is available on the Fund’s website at www.madisonadv.com/COINS. In
addition, a complete description of the Fund’s policies and procedures with
respect to the disclosure of portfolio holdings is available in the Fund’s
SAI. Please see the back cover of this prospectus for information
about the SAI.
Investment
Adviser
The
investment adviser to the Fund is Madison Investment Advisors, Inc. (“MIA”) and
Madison Mosaic, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of MIA (collectively referred to
herein as “Madison”), both located at 550 Science Drive, Madison, Wisconsin
53711. As of December 31, 2009, Madison Investment Advisors, Inc.,
which was founded in 1974, and its subsidiary organizations, including Madison
Mosaic, LLC, managed approximately $15 billion in assets, including
open-end mutual funds, closed-end mutual funds, separately managed accounts and
wrap accounts. Madison is responsible for the day-to-day
administration of the Fund’s activities.
Investment
decisions regarding the Fund can be influenced in various manners by a number of
individuals. Generally, all decisions regarding a Fund’s average
maturity, duration and investment considerations concerning interest rate and
market risk are the primary responsibility of Madison’s investment policy
committee. The investment policy committee is made up of the top
officers and managers of Madison.
Day-to-day
decisions regarding the selection of individual bonds and other management
functions for the Fund are primarily the responsibilities of Paul Lefurgey and
Chris Nisbet.
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Paul
Lefurgey. Mr. Lefurgey, Managing Director and Head of
Fixed Income of Madison since joining Madison in October 2005, was
formerly Vice President for MEMBERS Capital Advisors, Inc. from 2003 until
joining Madison. Mr. Lefurgey has been involved in the
management of the Fund since inception of the Fund in
2007.
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Chris
Nisbet. Mr. Nisbet is a Vice President of Madison and
has been a member of the team managing the Fund since its inception in
2007. He has been a member of the firm’s fixed income team
since 1992.
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Information
regarding the portfolio managers’ compensation, their ownership of securities in
the Fund and the other accounts they manage can be found in the
SAI.
Compensation
The Fund
does not pay any direct advisory or other fees, except for brokerage, taxes and
extraordinary expenses. Rather, the Fund is an integral part of
certain separately managed account programs and Madison is compensated by the
sponsors of such programs. Participants in such programs pay a fee to the
sponsors, a portion of which is remitted to Madison. The fees paid by
participants in such programs are discussed in the applicable program brochure
and other contracts that participants enter into with program
sponsors.
A
discussion regarding the basis for approval of the Fund’s investment advisory
agreement with Madison is contained in the Fund’s annual report to shareholders
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009.
PRICING
OF FUND SHARES
The price
of the Fund’s shares is based on the net asset value (“NAV”) per share. NAV per
share equals the total daily value of the Fund’s assets, minus its liabilities,
divided by the total number of shares. NAV is calculated at the close
of the New York Stock Exchange (typically 3:00 p.m., Central Time) each day it
is open for trading. The New York Stock Exchange is closed on New
Year’s Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, President’s Day, Good Friday, Memorial
Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas
Day.
When you
purchase or redeem shares, your transaction will be priced based on the next
calculation of NAV after your order is placed. This may be higher,
lower or the same as the NAV from the previous day.
Madison
uses the market value of the securities in the Fund to calculate
NAV. Madison obtains the market value from one or more established
pricing services. The Fund maintains a pricing committee to review
market value of portfolio securities to determine whether or not prices obtained
from the pricing services are fair. In accordance with policies
approved by the Board of Trustees of the Fund, the pricing committee may
determine that the “fair value” of a particular security is different than the
market value provided by the pricing service. Although this would be
an unusual occurrence for the types of securities held by the Fund, this may
occur, for example, due to events or information not known to the pricing
service or due to events occurring in other parts of the world. In
using fair value pricing, the Fund’s goal is to prevent share transactions from
occurring at a price that is unrealistically high or low based on information
known but not reflected in the “market” price of portfolio securities calculated
at the close of the New York Stock Exchange.
Purchase
and Redemption Procedures
Information
regarding how to purchase and sell shares in the Fund is provided in the section
entitled “Guide to Doing Business,” below.
Dividends
and Distributions
The
Fund’s net income, if any, is declared as dividends and distributed to
shareholders monthly. Dividends are paid in the form of cash credited
to the wrap program brokerage account that holds your Fund shares and
distributed to you in accordance with your wrap program sponsor
agreement. Any net realized capital gains would be distributed at
least annually and like dividends, are paid in the form of cash credited to your
wrap program brokerage account. You may also arrange with your wrap
program sponsor for your dividends to be reinvested in additional Fund
shares. Please refer to the section entitled “Guide to Doing
Business,” below, for more information about distribution options.
Frequent
Purchases and Redemptions of Fund Shares
General Rule. The
Fund discourages investors from using the Fund to frequently trade or otherwise
attempt to “time” the market. As a result, the Fund reserves the
right to reject a purchase or exchange request for any reason.
Market Timing. In
general, the practice of “market timing,” which includes short-term or excessive
trading of mutual fund shares and other abusive trading practices, may have a
detrimental effect on a mutual fund and its shareholders. Depending upon various
factors such as the mutual fund’s size and the amount of its assets maintained
in cash, market timing by Fund shareholders may interfere with the efficient
management of the Fund’s portfolio, increase transaction costs and taxes, and
harm the performance of the Fund and its shareholders.
Because
the Fund is designed to be a component of wrap accounts that also invest, at the
direction of the wrap program sponsor, in individual securities and other
investments, Fund shares may be purchased or redeemed on a frequent basis for
rebalancing purposes, or in order to invest new monies (including through
dividend reinvestment), or to accommodate reductions in account size. The Fund
is managed in a manner that is consistent with its role in the wrap accounts.
Because all purchase and redemption orders are initiated by the wrap program
sponsor, wrap account clients are not in a position to effect purchase and
redemption orders and are, therefore, unable to directly trade in Fund shares.
The Board of Trustees of the Fund have adopted a market timing policy, pursuant
to which Madison monitors Fund trading activity and has the ability to reject
any purchase or redemption order that Madison identifies as harmful to the Fund
or its shareholders.
Identifiable Harmful Frequent
Trading and Market-Timing Activity. The Fund defines harmful
trading activity as that activity having a negative effect on portfolio
management. For example, a fund subject to frequent trading or
“market-timing” must maintain a large cash balance in order to permit the
frequent purchases and redemptions caused by market-timing
activity. Cash balances must be over and above the “normal” cash
requirements the fund keeps to handle redemption requests from long-term
shareholders, to buy and sell portfolio securities, etc. By forcing a
fund’s portfolio manager to keep greater cash balances to accommodate market
timing, the fund may be unable to invest its assets in accordance with the
fund’s investment objectives.
The Fund
does not currently impose additional fees on market timing activity, nor does it
restrict the number of exchanges shareholders can make, although the right to do
so is reserved upon notice in the future. The Fund does not
specifically define the frequency of trading that will be considered “market
timing” because the goal is to prevent any harm to long-term investors that is
caused by any out-of-the-ordinary trading or account activity. As a
result, when the Fund identifies any shareholder activity that causes or is
expected to cause the negative results described above, the Fund will block the
shareholder from making future investments. In effect, the Fund
allows harmful market-timers to leave the Fund and shuts the doors to their
return.
The Fund
uses its discretion to determine whether transaction activity is harmful based
on the criteria described above. The Fund does not distinguish among
wrap program sponsors as long as the account is engaging in harmful activity as
described above.
Other Risks Associated with Market
Timing. Moving money in and out of the Fund on short notice is
a strategy employed by certain investors who hope to reap profits from
short-term market fluctuation. This is not illegal, but is
discouraged by many funds since it can complicate fund management and, if
successfully employed, have a negative impact on performance. In
particular, a successful “market-timer” could, over time, dilute the value of
fund shares held by
long-term
investors by essentially “siphoning off” cash by frequently buying fund shares
at an NAV lower than the NAV at which the same shares are
redeemed. Nevertheless, the success of any market-timer is not
considered by the Fund. Rather, the Fund will block ALL identifiable
harmful frequent trading and market-timing activity described above regardless
of whether the market-timer is successful or unsuccessful. In any
event, investors in the Fund should be aware that dilution caused by successful
market timing by some shareholders is a risk borne by the remaining
shareholders.
Exceptions or Other
Arrangements. It is possible that the Fund will not detect
certain frequent trading or market timing activity in small amounts that,
because of the relatively small size of such activity, is subsumed by the normal
day-to-day cash flow of the Fund (see the section above entitled “Other Risks
Associated with Market Timing”). However, the Fund believes its
procedures are adequate to identify any market timing activity having the
harmful effects identified in the section entitled “Identifiable Harmful
Frequent Trading and Market-Timing Activity” regardless of the nature of the
shareholder or method of investment in the Fund.
Because
the Fund discourages market timing in general, the Fund does not currently, nor
does it intend to, have any arrangements or agreements, formal or informal, to
permit any shareholders or potential shareholders to directly or indirectly
engage in any type of market-timing activities, harmful or
otherwise.
Although
the Fund believes reasonable efforts are made to block shareholders that engage
in or attempt to engage in harmful trading activities, the Fund cannot guarantee
that such efforts will successfully identify and block every shareholder that
does or attempts to do this.
Federal
Taxes
The Fund
will distribute to shareholders 100% of its net income and net capital gains, if
any. The capital gains distribution is determined as of October
31st each
year and distributed annually.
Dividends
and any capital gains distributions will be taxable to you. In
January each year, the Fund will send you an annual notice of dividends and
other distributions paid during the prior year. Capital gain
distributions can be taxed at different rates depending on the length of time
the securities were held.
When a
Fund makes a distribution, the Fund’s NAV decreases by the amount of the
payment. If you purchase shares shortly before a distribution, you
will, nonetheless, be subject to income taxes on the distribution, even though
the value of your investment (plus cash received, if any) remains the
same.
Fund
distributions are expected to be primarily distributions of net
income.
State
and Local Taxes
In most
states, the dividends and any capital gains you receive from the Fund will be
subject to state and local taxation.
Taxability
of Transactions
Your
redemption of Fund shares may result in a taxable gain or loss to you, depending
on whether the redemption proceeds are more or less than what you paid for the
redeemed shares.
Certification
of Tax Identification Number
Account
applications without a social security number will not be
accepted. If you do not provide a valid social security or tax
identification number, you may be subject to federal withholding at a rate of
28% of your Fund distributions. Any fine assessed against the Fund
that results from your failure to provide a valid social security or tax
identification number will be charged to your account. You should
retain all statements received from the Fund and your wrap program sponsor to
maintain accurate records of your investments.
This
section is not intended to be a full discussion of federal, state or local
income tax laws and the effect of such laws on you. There may be
other tax considerations applicable to a particular investor. You are
urged to consult with your own tax advisor. In addition, please see
the SAI for more information about taxes.
The
following financial highlights table is intended to help you understand the
Fund’s financial performance since inception of the Fund. Certain
information reflects financial results for a single Fund share. The
total returns in the table represent the rate that an investor would have earned
(or lost) on an investment in the Fund, assuming reinvestment of all dividends
and distributions. This information has been derived from financial
statements audited by Grant Thornton LLP, whose report dated February 25, 2010,
along with the Fund’s financial statements, is included in the annual report
which is available upon request.
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Net
asset value, beginning of period
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$10.16
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$10.26
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$10.00
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Investment
operations:
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Net
investment income
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0.53
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0.52
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0.27
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Net
realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments
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Total
from investment operations
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1.05
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0.43
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0.53
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Less
distributions:
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From
net investment income
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(0.53)
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(0.52)
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(0.27)
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From
net capital gains
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distributions
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(0.53)
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(0.53)
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(0.27)
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asset value, end of period
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$10.68
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$10.16
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$10.26
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Total
return (%)
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10.58
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4.29
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5.37
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Ratios
and supplemental data
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assets, end of period (in
thousands)
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$987
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$948
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$637
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Ratio
of expenses to average net assets (%)
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--
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Ratio
of net investment income to average net
assets (%)
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5.05
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5.21
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5.29
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Portfolio
turnover (%)
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18
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5
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3
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1 For
the period July 1, 2007 (commencement of operations) through December 31,
2007.
Eligible
Investors
Shares of
the Fund may be purchased only by or on behalf of wrap account clients where
Madison has an agreement to serve as investment adviser or sub-adviser to the
account with the wrap program sponsor (typically a registered investment adviser
or broker-dealer) or directly with the client. The Fund intends to
redeem shares held by or on behalf of a shareholder who ceases to be an eligible
investor as described above. Each investor, by purchasing shares, agrees to any
such redemption. Madison will use its best efforts to provide the applicable
wrap program sponsor with advance notice of any such redemption on behalf of the
client.
Shareholder
Account Transactions
Changes to an Account. To
make any changes to an account, you must contact your wrap program
sponsor.
Certificates. Certificates
will not be issued to represent shares in the Fund.
Important Information About
Procedures for Opening a New Account. In compliance with the
USA PATRIOT Act of 2001, your wrap program sponsor will verify certain
information on your client account application as part of its anti-money
laundering program. Eligible clients or their wrap program sponsors typically
may open an account by submitting an executed client agreement with their
applicable wrap program sponsor. Please refer to the mailing address for your
wrap program sponsor in the client agreement materials you received with this
prospectus.
Minimum Initial
Investment. The Fund is available to
investors for a minimum initial investment of $5,000; however, wrap program
sponsors may impose greater minimums based on the allocation rules of the
particular wrap program. The broker-dealer acting on behalf of an
eligible client must submit a purchase order to the Fund’s transfer agent, U.S.
Bancorp Fund Services, LLC, P.O. Box 701, Milwaukee, WI 53201, either
directly or through an appropriate clearing agency (e.g., the National
Securities Clearing Corporation - Fund/SERV). If funds do not clear through the
Fund/SERV network, then the broker-dealer submitting a purchase order on behalf
of wrap program clients must arrange to have federal funds wired to the transfer
agent. Wiring instructions may be obtained by calling 1-888-670-3600 or as
follows:
U.S. Bank
Milwaukee, N.A.
777 East
Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee,
WI 53202
ABA #
075000022
Credit:
U.S. Bancorp Fund Services
Acct #
112-952-137
FFC:
Madison COINS
(Shareholder
name and account number)
Wired
funds must be received prior to 3:00 p.m. Central Time to be eligible for same
day pricing. Neither the Fund nor U.S. Bank Milwaukee, N.A. is
responsible for the consequences of delays resulting from the banking or Federal
Reserve wire system, or from incomplete wiring instructions.
Purchase
Price. Share prices (net asset values or “NAVs”) are
determined each business day at the close of regular trading on the New York
Stock Exchange (usually 3:00 p.m. Central Time).
Transaction
requests received after the close of regular trading will be processed using the
next day’s NAV. The NAV per share is not determined on days the New
York Stock Exchange is closed for trading. Purchases are priced at
the next share price determined after the purchase request is received in proper
form by the Fund.
Purchases and Uncollected
Funds. Sometimes a shareholder
investment check or electronic transfer is returned to the Fund
unpaid. In other words, the Fund sometimes gets checks that
bounce. The Fund has a procedure to protect you and other
shareholders from loss resulting from these items. The Fund may delay paying the
proceeds of any redemption for 12 days or more until the Fund can determine that
the check or other deposit item (including purchases by Electronic Funds
Transfer or “EFT”) used for purchase of the shares has cleared. Such
deposit items are considered “uncollected” until the Fund determines that they
have actually been paid by the bank on which they were
drawn. Purchases made by federal funds wire are considered collected
when received and not subject to the 12 day hold. All purchases earn
dividends from the day after the day of credit to a shareholder’s account, even
while not collected.
Minimum Subsequent
Investment. There is no minimum
subsequent investment requirement. Subsequent investments are
processed in the same manner as initial investments.
How
to Redeem Shares
Redemption Price. Share prices (net asset
values or “NAVs”) are determined each day at the close of regular trading on the
New York Stock Exchange (usually 3:00 p.m. Central Time). Transaction
requests received after the close of regular trading will be processed using the
next day’s NAV. The NAV per share is not determined on days the New
York Stock Exchange is closed for trading. Redemptions are priced at
the next share price determined after the redemption request is received in
proper form by the Fund.
Redemption Procedures. Fund shareholders must
contact their wrap program sponsor representative to initiate a redemption of
Fund shares. Shareholders will generally have provided a power of attorney to
their wrap program sponsor authorizing the sponsor to redeem shares as part of
their programs’ investment strategy. Redemption proceeds will ordinarily be sent
by wire. Redemption proceeds will normally be wired within one to three business
days after the redemption request, but may take up to seven business days.
Redemption proceeds on behalf of shareholders who are no longer eligible to
invest in the Fund may receive their redemption proceeds by check. See “Eligible
Investors” above.
Redemptions
of Fund shares may be suspended when trading on the New York Stock Exchange is
restricted or during an emergency which makes it impracticable for the Fund to
dispose of its securities or to determine fairly the value of its net assets, or
during any other period as permitted by the SEC for the protection of investors.
Under these and other unusual circumstances, the Fund may delay redemption
payments for more than seven days, as permitted by law.
Redemptions and Uncollected
Funds. Payment of your
redemption proceeds will be made promptly, but not later than seven days after
the receipt of your request in good form. However, in order to
prevent possible fraud against the Fund, the Fund may delay paying the proceeds
of any redemption until the Fund can determine that the check or other deposit
item (including purchases by ETF) used to purchase shares has
cleared. Such deposit items are considered “uncollected” until the
Fund determines that the bank on which they were drawn has actually paid
them. This may take up to 12 days. Purchases made with
federal funds wire are considered collected when received and not subject to the
12-day hold.
Distribution
Options
The Fund
may make periodic payments of dividends from income or capital gains.
Distributions will be paid to your wrap program account.
Redemptions
In Kind
If, in
the opinion of the Board of Trustees of the Fund, extraordinary conditions exist
which make cash payment for redemption requests undesirable, payments for any
shares redeemed may be made in whole or in part in securities and other property
of the Fund. However, the Fund has elected, pursuant to rules of the Securities
and Exchange Commission, to permit any shareholder of record to make redemptions
wholly in cash to the extent the shareholder’s redemptions in any 90-day period
do not exceed the lesser of 1% of the aggregate net assets of the Fund or
$250,000.
Any
property of the Fund distributed to shareholders will be valued at fair
value. In disposing of any such property received from the Fund, a
shareholder might incur commission costs or other transaction
costs. There is no assurance that a shareholder attempting to dispose
of any such property would actually receive the full net asset value for
it. Except as described herein, however, the Fund intends to pay for
all share redemptions in cash.
How
to Close an Account
To close
an account, you should call your wrap account program sponsor and request that
your account be closed. When you close your account, shares will be
redeemed at the next determined net asset value.
Unusual
Transaction Fees
The Fund
reserves the right to impose additional charges, upon 30 days written notice, to
cover the costs of unusual transactions. Services for which charges could be
imposed include, but are not limited to, processing items sent for special
collection, international wire transfers, research and processes for retrieval
of documents or copies of documents.
The Fund
has a statement of
additional information (“SAI”), which is incorporated by reference into
this prospectus, that includes additional information about the
Fund. Additional information about the Fund’s investments is
available in the Fund’s annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders. In the
Fund’s annual report, you will find a discussion of the market conditions and
investment strategies that significantly affected the performance of the Fund
during its last fiscal year. The SAI, the Fund’s annual and semi-annual reports
and other information about the Fund are available without charge by calling
1-800-368-3195, or by visiting the Fund’s Internet site at
http://www.madisonadv.com/COINS. Use the shareholder service number
below to make shareholder inquiries.
You may
also review and copy information about the Fund (including the SAI) at the SEC’s
Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information about the
operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling the SEC at
1-202-551-8090.
Reports
and other information about the Fund are also available on the EDGAR Database on
the SEC’s Internet site at http://www.sec.gov. Copies of this
information may also be obtained, upon payment of a duplicating fee, by
electronic request at the following email
address: publicinfo@sec.gov, or by writing the SEC’s Public Reference
Section, Washington, DC 20549-1520.
Transfer
Agent
Madison
Mosaic Funds
c/o U.S.
Bancorp Fund Services, LLC
P.O. Box
701
Milwaukee,
WI 53201-0701
Telephone
Numbers
Shareholder
Service
Toll-free
nationwide: (800)
767-0300
SEC File
Number 811-03616
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