Loomis Sayles Funds II

497K 1 d497k.htm LOOMIS SAYLES FUNDS II Loomis Sayles Funds II

Summary Prospectus

February 1, 2011, as revised May 2, 2011

Loomis Sayles International Bond Fund

Ticker Symbol: Class A (LSIAX) and Class C (LSICX)

Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund’s Prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. You can find the Fund’s Prospectus and other information about the Fund online at ga.natixis.com/funddocuments. You can also get this information at no cost by calling 800-225-5478 or by sending an e-mail request to NatixisFunds@ga.natixis.com. The Fund’s Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, each dated February 1, 2011 are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus.

Investment Goal

The Fund seeks high total investment return through a combination of high current income and capital appreciation.

Fund Fees & Expenses

The following table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in the Natixis Fund Complex. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in the section “How Sales Charges Are Calculated” on page 53 of the Prospectus and on page 106 in the section “Reduced Sales Charges” of the Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”).

Shareholder Fees


(fees paid directly from your investment)	Class A	Class C
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	4.50%	None
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of original purchase price or redemption proceeds, as applicable)	None	1.00%
Redemption fees	None	None

Annual Fund Operating Expenses


(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)	Class A	Class C
Management fees	0.60%	0.60%
Distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees	0.25%	1.00%
Other expenses	0.64%	0.64%
Total annual fund operating expenses	1.49%	2.24%
Fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement¹	0.39%	0.39%
Total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement	1.10%	1.85%

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 the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement for the first year and on the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses for the remaining years. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:


	Class A	Class C
		If shares are redeemed	If shares are not redeemed
1 year	$ 557	$ 288	$ 188
3 years	$ 863	$ 663	$ 663
5 years	$1,191	$1,164	$1,164
10 years	$2,118	$2,544	$2,544

Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P. (“Loomis Sayles” or the “Adviser”) has given a binding contractual undertaking to the Fund to limit the amount of the Fund’s total annual fund operating expenses to 1.10% and 1.85% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for Class A and C 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 January 31, 2012 and may be terminated before then only with the consent of the Fund’s Board of Trustees. The 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 1.10% and 1.85% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for Class A and C shares, respectively. 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.

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 rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes for you if your 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 its most recently ended fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 128% of the average value of its portfolio.

Investments, Risks and Performance

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal market conditions, the Fund expects to invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings made for investment purposes) in fixed-income securities. The Fund is non-diversified, which means that it may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer and may invest in fewer issuers than a diversified fund. The Fund invests primarily (at least 65% of its net assets) in fixed-income securities of issuers located outside the United States. Securities held by the Fund may be denominated in any currency and may be of issuers located in countries with emerging securities markets. The Fund invests primarily in investment-grade fixed-income securities, although it may invest up to 35% of its assets in below investment-grade fixed-income securities (commonly known as “junk bonds”). There is no minimum rating for securities in which the Fund will invest. The Fund may invest in fixed-income securities of any maturity. The Fund may also invest in foreign currencies and may engage in other foreign currency transactions for investment or for hedging purposes.

In deciding which securities to buy and sell, the Adviser may consider, among other things, the stability and volatility of a country’s bond markets, the financial strength of the issuer, current interest rates, currency considerations and the Adviser’s expectations regarding general trends in interest rates.

Three themes typically drive the Fund’s investment approach. First, the Adviser generally seeks fixed-income securities of issuers whose credit profiles it believes are improving. The Adviser’s credit research team provides deep fundamental and quantitative analysis as well ratings on over 1,000 credits worldwide. The broad coverage combined with the objective to identify attractive investment opportunities makes this an important component of the investment approach. Second, the Adviser analyzes political, economic, and other fundamental factors and combines this analysis with a comparison of the yield spreads of various fixed-income securities in an effort to find securities that it believes may produce attractive returns for the Fund in comparison to their risk. Third, if a security that is believed to be attractive is denominated in a foreign currency, the Adviser analyzes whether to accept or to hedge the currency risk. In certain instances, the Adviser may elect not to hedge currency risk, which may cause the Fund to incur losses that would not have been incurred had the risk been hedged.

The fixed-income securities in which the Fund may invest include public or private debt obligations issued or guaranteed by U.S. or non-U.S. issuers, including, but not limited to, corporations, governments (including their agencies, instrumentalities and sponsored entities), supranational entities, partnerships and trusts. The Fund may also invest in preferred stocks, convertible securities, when-issued securities, Rule 144A securities, mortgage- or asset-backed securities and zero-coupon securities issued by any of the above-named entities.

In connection with its principal investment strategies, the Fund may also invest in inflation- and index-linked securities, senior loans, structured notes, common stocks (limited to shares acquired as a result of a financial restructuring, bankruptcy or similar transaction or from an exchange or conversation of a permissible security held in the portfolio), derivatives, including options, futures, and options on futures, forward contracts and swap contracts (including credit default swaps). The Fund may also engage in active and frequent trading of securities. Except as provided above, the Fund is not limited in the percentage of its assets that it may invest in these instruments.

Principal Risks

The principal risks of investing in the Fund are summarized below. The Fund does not represent a complete investment program. You may lose money by investing in the Fund.

Below Investment-Grade Fixed-Income Securities Risk: This is the risk that the Fund’s investments in below investment-grade fixed-income securities, also known as “junk bonds,” may be subject to greater risks than other fixed-income securities, including being subject to greater levels of interest rate risk, credit risk (including a greater risk of default) and liquidity risk. The ability of the issuer to make principal and interest payments is predominantly speculative for below investment-grade fixed-income securities.

Credit Risk: Credit risk is the risk that the issuer or the guarantor of a fixed-income security, or the counterparty to a derivatives or other transaction, will be unable or unwilling to make timely payments of interest or principal or to otherwise honor its obligations. Below investment-grade fixed-income securities are considered predominantly speculative with respect to the ability of the issuer to make timely principal and interest payments.

Currency Risk: Fluctuations in the exchange rates between different currencies may negatively affect an investment. The Fund may elect not to hedge currency risk, or may hedge such risk imperfectly, which may cause the Fund to incur losses that would not have been incurred had the risk been hedged.

Derivatives Risk: Derivatives are subject to changes in the value of the underlying asset or indices on which such transactions are based. There is no guarantee that the use of derivatives will be effective or that suitable transactions will be available. Even a small investment in derivatives may give rise to leverage risk and can have a significant impact on the Fund’s exposure to securities markets values, interest rates or currency exchange rates. It is possible that the Fund’s liquid assets may be insufficient to support its obligations under its derivatives positions. The Fund’s use of derivatives such as forward currency contracts, structured notes, options and futures transactions and swap transactions involves other risks, such as the credit risk relating to the other party to a derivative contract (which is greater for forward currency contracts, swaps and other over-the-counter traded derivatives), the risk of difficulties in pricing and valuation, the risk that changes in the value of a derivative may not correlate perfectly with relevant assets, rates or indices, liquidity risk, allocation risk and the risk of losing more than the initial margin required to initiate derivatives positions. There is also the risk that the Fund may be unable to terminate or sell a derivatives position at an advantageous time or price. Moreover, there can be no assurance that the Fund’s derivative counterparties will not experience financial difficulties, possibly resulting in losses to the Fund.

Emerging Markets Risk: Investing in emerging markets companies, which may be smaller and have shorter operating histories than companies in developed markets, involves risks in addition to, and greater than, those generally associated with investing in companies in developed foreign markets. The extent of economic development, political stability, market depth, infrastructure, capitalization and regulatory oversight in emerging market economies is generally less than in more developed markets.

Equity Securities Risk: The value of the Fund’s investments in equity securities could be subject to unpredictable declines in the value of individual securities and periods of below-average performance in individual securities or in the equity market as a whole. Rule 144A securities may be less liquid than other equity securities. Growth stocks are generally more sensitive to market movements than other types of stocks primarily because their stock prices are based heavily on future expectations. If the Adviser’s assessment of the prospects for a company’s growth is wrong, or if the Adviser’s judgment of how other investors will value the company’s growth is wrong, then the price of the company’s stock may fall or not approach the value that the Adviser has placed on it. Value stocks can perform differently from the market as a whole and from other types of stocks. Value stocks also present the risk that their lower valuations fairly reflect their business prospects and that investors will not agree that the stocks represent favorable investment opportunities, and they may fall out of favor with investors and underperform growth stocks during any given period. In the event an issuer is liquidated or declares bankruptcy, the claims of owners of the issuer’s bonds and preferred stock generally take precedence over the claims of those who own common stock.

Fixed-Income Securities Risk: Fixed-income securities are subject to credit risk, interest rate risk and liquidity risk. Generally, the value of fixed-income securities rises when prevailing interest rates fall and falls when interest rates rise. You may lose money on your investment due to unpredictable drops in a security’s value or periods of below-average performance in a given security or in the securities market as a whole. Below investment-grade fixed-income securities may be subject to these risks to a greater extent than other fixed-income securities. These securities are considered predominantly speculative with respect to the issuer’s continuing ability to make principal and interest payments. Zero-coupon bonds may be subject to these risks to a greater extent than other fixed-income securities. Rule 144A securities and structured notes may be more illiquid than other fixed-income securities. In addition, an economic downturn or period of rising interest rates could adversely affect the market of these securities and reduce a Fund’s ability to sell them.

Foreign Securities Risk: The Fund’s investments in foreign securities are subject to foreign currency fluctuations. Foreign securities may be subject to higher volatility than U.S. securities, varying degrees of regulation and limited liquidity. Investments in foreign securities may be subject to greater political, economic, environmental, credit and information risks.

Interest Rate Risk: Changes in interest rates may cause the value of the Fund’s investments to decrease. Generally, the value of fixed-income securities rises when prevailing interest rates fall and falls when interest rates rise. A period of low interest rates may cause the Fund to have a low or negative yield, potentially reducing the value of your investment.

Issuer Risk: The value of the Fund’s investments may decline for a number of reasons that directly relate to the issuer, such as management performance, financial leverage and reduced demand for the issuer’s goods and services.

Leverage Risk: Use of derivative instruments may involve leverage. Leverage is the risk associated with securities or practices that multiply small index, market or asset price movements into larger changes in value. To the extent that the Fund uses a derivative for purposes other than as a hedge, or if the Fund hedges imperfectly, the Fund is directly exposed to the risks of that derivative and any loss generated by the derivative will not be offset by again. The use of leverage will increase the impact of gains and losses on the Fund’s returns, and may lead to significant losses if investments are not successful. However, the Adviser will attempt to ensure that at all times, the Fund has sufficient liquid assets to enable it to satisfy its obligations under its derivative contracts.

Liquidity Risk: Liquidity risk exists when particular investments are difficult to purchase or sell, possibly preventing the Fund from selling these illiquid securities at an advantageous price or time. A lack of liquidity also may cause the value of investments to decline. Illiquid investments also may be difficult to value.

Management Risk: A strategy used by the Fund’s portfolio managers may fail to produce the intended result.

Market Risk: The market value of a security will move up and down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably, based upon a change in an issuer’s financial condition, as well as overall market and economic conditions.

Mortgage-Related and Asset-Backed Securities Risk: In addition to the risks associated with investments in fixed-income securities generally (for example, credit, liquidity and valuation risk), mortgage-related and asset-backed securities are subject to the risks of the mortgages and assets underlying the securities as well as prepayment risk, the risk that the securities may be prepaid and result in the reinvestment of the prepaid amounts in securities with lower yields than the prepaid obligations. Conversely, there is a risk that an unexpected rise in interest rates will extend the life of a mortgage-related or asset-backed security beyond the expected prepayment time, typically reducing the security’s value. The Fund also may incur a loss when there is a prepayment of securities that were purchased at a premium. The Fund’s investments in other asset-backed securities are subject to risks similar to those associated with mortgage-related securities, as well as additional risks associated with the nature of the assets and the servicing of those assets.

Non-Diversification Risk: Compared with other mutual funds, the Fund may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer and may invest in fewer issuers. Therefore, the Fund may have more risk because changes in the value of a single security or the impact of a simple economic, political or regulatory occurrence may have a greater adverse impact on the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”).

Risk/Return Bar Chart and Table

The bar chart and table shown below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing how the Fund’s average annual returns for the one-year and life-of-fund compare with those of a broad measure of market performance. The Fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information is available online at ga.natixis.com and/or by calling the Fund toll-free at 800-225-5478.

The chart does not reflect any sales charge that you may be required to pay when you buy or redeem the Fund’s shares. A sales charge will reduce your return.

Total Returns for Class A Shares

Highest Quarterly Return:

Third Quarter 2010, 11.59%

Lowest Quarterly Return:

First Quarter 2009, -3.76%

The Fund’s Class A shares total return year to date as of March 31, 2011 was 2.70%.


Average Annual Total Returns (for the periods ended December 31, 2010)	Past 1 Year	Life of Fund (2/1/08)
Loomis Sayles International Bond Fund Class A – Return Before Taxes	2.07%		4.61%
Return After Taxes on Distributions	0.89%		3.40%
Return After Taxes on Distributions & Sales of Fund Shares	1.47%		3.23%
Class C – Return Before Taxes	5.10%		5.45%
Barclays Capital Global Aggregate ex-USD Bond Index	4.95%		4.58%

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. 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 Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans, qualified plans, education savings accounts, such as 529 plans, or individual retirement accounts. The after-tax returns are shown for only one class of the Fund. After-tax returns for the other classes of the Fund will vary.

Management

Investment Adviser

Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P.

Portfolio Managers

Kenneth M. Buntrock, CFA, Vice President of the Adviser, has served as co-portfolio manager of the Fund since 2008.

David W. Rolley, CFA, Vice President of the Adviser, has served as co-portfolio manager of the Fund since 2008.

Lynda L. Schweitzer, CFA, Vice President of the Adviser, has served as co-portfolio manager of the Fund since 2008.

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

The following chart shows the investment minimums for various types of accounts:


Type of Account	Minimum Initial Purchase	Minimum Subsequent Purchase
Any account other than those listed below	$2,500	$100
For shareholders participating in Natixis Funds’ Investment Builder Program	$1,000	$ 50
For Traditional IRA, Roth IRA, Rollover IRA, SEP-IRA and Keogh plans using the Natixis Funds’ prototype document (direct accounts, not held through intermediary)	$1,000	$100
Coverdell Education Savings Accounts	$ 500	$100

The Fund’s shares are available for purchase (and are redeemable on any business day) through your investment dealer, directly from the Fund by writing to the Fund at Natixis Funds, P.O. Box 219579, Kansas City, MO 64121-9579, by exchange, by wire, by internet at ga.natixis.com, through the Automated Clearing House system, or, in the case of redemptions, by telephone at 800-225-5478 or by the Systematic Withdrawal Plan.

Tax Information

Fund distributions are generally taxable to you as ordinary income or capital gain, except for distributions to retirement plans and other investors that qualify for tax-exempt treatment under U.S. federal income tax law generally.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of the Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.

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Summary Prospectus

February 1, 2011, as revised May 2, 2011

Loomis Sayles International Bond Fund

Ticker Symbol: Class Y (LSIYX)

Investment Goal

The Fund seeks high total investment return through a combination of high current income and capital appreciation.

Fund Fees & Expenses

The following 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)		Class Y
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)		None
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of original purchase price or redemption proceeds, as applicable)		None
Redemption fees		None

Annual Fund Operating Expenses


(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)		Class Y
Management fees		0.60%
Other expenses		0.63%
Total annual fund operating expenses		1.23%
Fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement¹		0.38%
Total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement		0.85%

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, except that the example is based on the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement for the first year and on the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses for the remaining years. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:


	Class Y
1 year		$ 87
3 years		$ 353
5 years		$ 639
10 years		$1,455

Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P. (“Loomis Sayles” or the “Adviser”) has given a binding contractual undertaking to the Fund to limit the amount of the Fund’s total annual fund operating expenses to 0.85% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for Class Y shares, 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 January 31, 2012 and may be terminated before then only with the consent of the Fund’s Board of Trustees. The 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 0.85% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for Class 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.

Portfolio Turnover

Investments, Risks and Performance

Principal Investment Strategies

Principal Risks

The principal risks of investing in the Fund are summarized below. The Fund does not represent a complete investment program. You may lose money by investing in the Fund.

to the other party to a derivative contract (which is greater for forward currency contracts, swaps and other over-the-counter traded derivatives), the risk of difficulties in pricing and valuation, the risk that changes in the value of a derivative may not correlate perfectly with relevant assets, rates or indices, liquidity risk, allocation risk and the risk of losing more than the initial margin required to initiate derivatives positions. There is also the risk that the Fund may be unable to terminate or sell a derivatives position at an advantageous time or price. Moreover, there can be no assurance that the Fund’s derivative counterparties will not experience financial difficulties, possibly resulting in losses to the Fund.

Management Risk: A strategy used by the Fund’s portfolio managers may fail to produce the intended result.

mortgage-related or asset-backed security beyond the expected prepayment time, typically reducing the security’s value. The Fund also may incur a loss when there is a prepayment of securities that were purchased at a premium. The Fund’s investments in other asset-backed securities are subject to risks similar to those associated with mortgage-related securities, as well as additional risks associated with the nature of the assets and the servicing of those assets.

Risk/Return Bar Chart and Table

Highest Quarterly Return:

Third Quarter 2010, 11.71%

Lowest Quarterly Return:

First Quarter 2009, -3.60%

The Fund’s Class Y shares total return year to date as of March 31, 2011 was 2.76%.


Average Annual Total Returns (for the periods ended December 31, 2010)	Past 1 Year	Life of Fund (2/1/08)
Loomis Sayles International Bond Fund Class Y – Return Before Taxes	7.20%	6.51%
Return After Taxes on Distributions	5.91%	5.19%
Return After Taxes on Distributions & Sales of Fund Shares	4.81%	4.80%
Barclays Capital Global Aggregate ex-USD Bond Index	4.95%	4.58%

Management

Investment Adviser

Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P.

Portfolio Managers

Kenneth M. Buntrock, CFA, Vice President of the Adviser, has served as co-portfolio manager of the Fund since 2008.

David W. Rolley, CFA, Vice President of the Adviser, has served as co-portfolio manager of the Fund since 2008.

Lynda L. Schweitzer, CFA, Vice President of the Adviser, has served as co-portfolio manager of the Fund since 2008.

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Class Y shares of the Fund may be purchased by the following entities at the following investment minimums.

A minimum initial investment of $100,000 and the minimum subsequent investment of $100 for:

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Other mutual funds, endowments, foundations, bank trust departments or trust companies.

There is no initial or subsequent investment minimum for:

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Wrap Fee Programs of certain broker-dealers, the advisers or the Distributor. Such wrap fee programs may be subject to additional or different conditions, including a wrap account fee. Each broker-dealer is responsible for transmitting to its customer a schedule of fees and other information regarding any such conditions.

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Retirement Plans such as 401(a), 401(k) or 457 plans.

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Certain Individual Retirement Accounts if the amounts invested represent rollover distributions from investments by any of the retirement plans invested in the Fund as set forth above.

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Registered Investment Advisers investing on behalf of clients in exchange for an advisory, management or consulting fee.

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FundTrustees, former Fund trustees, employees of affiliates of the Natixis Funds and other individuals who are affiliated with any Natixis Fund (this also applies to any spouse, parents, children, siblings, grandparents, grandchildren and in-laws of those mentioned) and Natixis affiliate employee benefit plans.

Due to operational limitations at your financial intermediary, certain wrap fee programs, retirement plans, individual retirement accounts and accounts of registered investment advisers may be subject to the investment minimums described above. Please consult your financial representative for more information.

At the discretion of Loomis Sayles, employees and clients of Loomis Sayles may purchase Class Y shares of the Fund below the stated minimums. At the discretion of Natixis Asset Management Advisors, L.P. (“Natixis Advisors”), clients of Natixis Advisors and its affiliates may purchase Class Y shares of the Fund below the stated minimums.

Tax Information

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

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