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SUPPLEMENT DATED SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

TO THE MOST RECENT STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, AS MAY BE SUPPLEMENTED

 

In the “SALES COMPENSATION” section under “Additional Payments to Financial Intermediaries”, the following table supplements and supersedes the existing table listing the member firms of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) that have arrangements in effect with the Distributor:

 

1st Global Capital Corp. Infinex Investments Inc
Advisor Group-FSC Securities Corporation ING Financial Partners, Inc
Advisor Group-Royal Alliance Associates, Inc Oppenheimer & Co., Inc
Advisor Group-Sagepoint Financial, Inc Janney Montgomery Scott, LLC
Advisor Group-Woodbury Financial Services John Hancock Financial Network
Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc J.J.B. Hilliard. W.L. Lyons, Inc
AXA Advisors, LLC Key Investment Services
Banc of America/Merrill Lynch Ladenberg Thalman Financial Services
BOSC, Inc Lincoln Financial Network
Cambridge Investment Research MML Investor Services, Inc
CCO Investment Services Money Concepts Capital Corp.
Centaurus Financial, Inc Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, LLC
Cetera - Advisor Network LLC NFP Advisor Services, LLC
Cetera - Advisors LLC NPH-Investment Centers of America
Cetera - Financial Institutions NPH-Invest Financial Corporation
Cetera - Financial Specialists, Inc NPH-National Planning Corp
CISC, Inc NPH-SII Investments, Inc
Charles Schwab Northwestern Mutual Investment Services, LLC
Commonwealth Financial Network ProEquities, Inc
Crown Capital Securities L.P. Raymond James and Associates, Inc
Cuso Financial Services Raymond James Financial Services, Inc
Edward D. Jones & Co. LP RBC Capital Markets Corporation
Fintegra LLC Robert W. Baird & Co
First Allied Securities, Inc Stifel, Nicolaus, & Co, Inc
First Command Financial Planning The Investment Center, Inc
First Tennessee Brokerage, Inc Transamerica Financial Advisors, Inc
Fifth Third Bank UBS Financial Services, Inc
Geneos Wealth Management Unionbanc Investment Services
H.D. Vest Investment Services, Inc Wells Fargo Advisors
Independent Financial Group  

 

You should read this Supplement in conjunction with the Statement of Additional Information and retain it for future reference.