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12 Months Ended
May. 01, 2015

NATIXIS U.S. EQUITY OPPORTUNITIES FUND

Supplement dated July 1, 2015 to the Natixis U.S. Equity Opportunities Fund (the “Fund”) Prospectus,
dated May 1, 2015 as may be revised and supplemented from time to time.

Effective July 1, 2015, 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 expense, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, organizational and extraordinary expenses, such as litigation and indemnification expenses) to 1.25%, 2.00%, 2.00% and 1.00% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for Class A, Class B, Class C and Class Y shares, respectively. This undertaking is in effect through April 30, 2017.

Accordingly, the Annual Fund Operating Expenses table and the Example table within the section “Fund Fees & Expenses” are amended and restated as follows with respect to the Fund:

Annual Fund Operating Expenses

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

 

     Class A   Class B   Class C   Class Y
Management fees
   0.80%   0.80%   0.80%   0.80%
Distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees
   0.25%   1.00%   1.00%   0.00%
Other expenses
        
Fee/expense recovery
   0.02%   0.02%   0.01%   0.00%
Remainder of other expenses
   0.24%   0.24%   0.25%   0.26%
Total other expenses1,2
   0.26%   0.26%   0.26%   0.26%
Total annual fund operating expenses
   1.31%   2.06%   2.06%   1.06%
Fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement3
   0.05%   0.05%   0.05%   0.05%
Total annual fund operating expenses after the fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement
   1.26%   2.01%   2.01%   1.01%

 

1 Other expenses have been restated to reflect current custodian and transfer agency fees for the Fund effective October 1, 2014.
2 The expense information shown in the table above includes acquired fund fees and expenses of less than 0.01%; the ratios may differ from the expense information disclosed in the Fund’s financial highlights table because the financial highlights table reflects the operating expenses of the Fund and does not include acquired fund fees and expenses.
3 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 1.25%, 2.00%, 2.00% and 1.00% 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, 2017 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 the applicable expense limitations for Class A, B, C and Y shares. 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 is based on Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement for the first 22 months and on the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses for the remaining periods. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

If shares are redeemed:                       
     1 year      3 years      5 years      10 years  
Class A
   $ 696       $ 958       $ 1,243       $ 2,056   
Class B
   $ 704       $ 937       $ 1,300       $ 2,190   
Class C
   $ 304       $ 637       $ 1,100       $ 2,382   
Class Y
   $ 103       $ 328       $ 576       $ 1,286   

 

If shares are not redeemed:                       
     1 year      3 years      5 years      10 years  
Class B
   $ 204       $ 637       $ 1,100       $ 2,190   
Class C
   $ 204       $ 637       $ 1,100       $ 2,382