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RidgeWorth High Income Fund
HIGH INCOME FUND

Summary Section

A Shares, R Shares and I Shares
Investment Objective
The High Income Fund (the “Fund”) seeks high current income and,
secondarily, total return (comprised of capital appreciation and income).
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
This 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 $50,000 in RidgeWorth Funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in Sales Charges on page 91 of the Fund’s prospectus and Rights of Accumulation on page 60 of the Fund’s statement of additional information.
Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your investment)
Shareholder Fees RidgeWorth High Income Fund
A Shares
R Shares
I Shares
Maximum Sales Charge (load) Imposed on Purchases (as a % of offering price) 4.75% none none
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of
the value of your investment)
Annual Fund Operating Expenses RidgeWorth High Income Fund
A Shares
R Shares
I Shares
Management Fees 0.54% 0.54% 0.54%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees 0.30% 0.50% none
Other Expenses [1] 0.15% 0.17% 0.25%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses [2] 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.00% 1.22% 0.80%
Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements [3]       (0.01%)
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements 1.00% 1.22% 0.79%
[1] Restated to reflect current fees.
[2] “Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses” reflect the Fund’s pro rata share of the fees and expenses incurred by investing in other investment companies. The impact of Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses is included in the total returns of the Fund. Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses are not used to calculate the Fund’s NAV and are not included in the calculation of the ratio of expenses to average net assets shown in the Financial Highlights section of the Fund’s prospectus.
[3] The Adviser and Subadviser have contractually agreed to waive fees and reimburse expenses until at least August 1, 2014, in order to keep Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (excluding, as applicable, taxes, brokerage commissions, substitute dividend expenses on securities sold short, interest expense, extraordinary expenses and Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses) from exceeding 1.08%, 1.50% and 0.78% for the A, R and I Shares, respectively. This agreement shall terminate upon the termination of the Investment Advisory Agreement between RidgeWorth Funds and the Adviser, or it may be terminated upon written notice to the Adviser by RidgeWorth Funds.
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. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year, that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same and that you reinvest all dividends and distributions. The example reflects contractual fee waivers and reimbursements for the first year only. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
Expense Example RidgeWorth High Income Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A Shares
572 779 1,002 1,646
R Shares
124 388 672 1,483
I Shares
81 255 444 993
Portfolio Turnover
The Fund pays transaction costs 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 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 118% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
The Fund invests primarily in a diversified portfolio of higher yielding, lower-rated income-producing debt instruments, including corporate obligations, floating rate loans and other debt obligations. The Fund may invest in debt obligations of U.S. and non-U.S. issuers, including emerging market corporate debt. The Fund's investment in non-U.S. issuers may at times be significant. The Fund will invest at least 65%, and may invest up to 100%, of its assets in securities rated below investment grade by either Moody's Investors Service or Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC or in unrated securities that the Fund's Subadviser, Seix Investment Advisors LLC ("Seix" or the "Subadviser"), believes are of comparable quality. Such securities are commonly known as "junk bonds" and offer greater risks than investment grade debt securities. The Fund may also invest a portion of its assets in securities that are restricted as to resale. As a result of its investment strategy, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate may be 100% or more.

In selecting investments for purchase and sale, the Subadviser employs a research driven process designed to identify value areas within the high yield market. The Subadviser seeks to identify securities which generally seek to meet the following criteria: (i) industries that have sound fundamentals; (ii) companies that have good business prospects and increasing credit strength; and (iii) issuers with stable or growing cash flows and effective management.

In addition, to implement its investment strategy, the Fund may buy or sell derivative instruments (such as swaps, including credit default swaps, futures, credit linked notes, options, inverse floaters and warrants) to use as a substitute for a purchase or sale of a position in the underlying assets and/or as part of a strategy designed to reduce exposure to other risks, such as interest rate or credit risks. The Fund may count the value of certain derivatives with below investment grade fixed income characteristics towards its policy to invest, under normal circumstances, at least 65% of its net assets in non-investment grade fixed income securities.
Principal Investment Risks
You may lose money if you invest in the Fund. A Fund share is not a bank deposit and it is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.

Below Investment Grade Securities Risk: Securities that are rated below investment grade (sometimes referred to as "junk bonds", including those bonds rated lower than "BBB-" by Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC and Fitch, Inc. or "Baa3" by Moody's Investors Service), or that are unrated but judged by the Subadviser to be of comparable quality at the time of purchase, involve greater risk of default and are more volatile than investment grade securities and are considered speculative. Below investment grade securities may also be less liquid than higher quality securities, and may cause income and principal losses for the Fund.

Debt Securities Risk: Debt securities, such as bonds, involve credit risk. Credit risk is the risk that the borrower will not make timely payments of principal or interest or will default. Changes in an issuer's credit rating or the market's perception of an issuer's creditworthiness may also affect the value of the Fund's investment in that issuer. The degree of credit risk depends on the issuer's financial condition and on the terms of the securities. Debt securities are also subject to interest rate risk, which is the risk that the value of a debt security may fall when interest rates rise. In general, the market price of debt securities with longer maturities will go up or down more in response to changes in interest rates than the market price of shorter term securities.

Derivatives Risk: In the course of pursuing its investment strategies, the Fund may invest in certain types of derivatives including swaps, foreign currency forward contracts and futures. The Fund is exposed to additional volatility and potential loss with these investments. Losses in these investments may exceed the Fund's initial investment. Derivatives may be difficult to value, may become illiquid and may not correlate perfectly with the overall securities market.

Floating Rate Loan Risk: The value of the collateral securing a floating rate loan can decline, be insufficient to meet the obligations of the borrower, or be difficult to liquidate. As a result, a floating rate loan may not be fully collateralized and can decline significantly in value. Floating rate loans generally are subject to contractual restrictions on resale. The liquidity of floating rate loans, including the volume and frequency of secondary market trading in such loans, varies significantly over time and among individual floating rate loans. During periods of infrequent trading, valuing a floating rate loan can be more difficult; and buying and selling a floating rate loan at an acceptable price can also be more difficult and delayed. Difficulty in selling a floating rate loan can result in a loss.

Foreign Currency Forward Contracts Risk: The technique of purchasing foreign currency forward contracts to obtain exposure to currencies or manage currency risk may not be effective. In addition, currency markets generally are not as regulated as securities markets.

Foreign Securities Risk: Foreign securities involve special risks such as currency fluctuations, economic or financial instability, lack of timely or reliable financial information and unfavorable political or legal developments and delays in enforcement of rights. These risks are increased for investments in emerging markets.

Frequent Trading Risk: Frequent buying and selling of investments may involve higher trading costs and other expenses and may affect the Fund's performance over time. High rates of portfolio turnover may result in the realization of short-term capital gains and losses. The payment of taxes on these gains could adversely affect your after tax return on your investment in the Fund. Any distributions resulting from such gains or losses may be considered ordinary income for federal income tax purposes.

Futures Contract Risk: The risks associated with futures include: the Subadviser's ability to manage these instruments, the potential inability to terminate or sell a position, the lack of a liquid secondary market for the Fund's position, the risk that the counterparty to the transaction will not meet its obligations, mispricing or improper valuation and that the other party to a derivative transaction will not meet its obligations. The prices of derivatives may move in unexpected ways, especially in unusual market conditions, and may result in increased volatility and unexpected losses.

A liquid secondary market may not always exist for the Fund's derivative positions at any time. In fact, many over-the-counter instruments (instruments not traded on exchange) may not be liquid. Over-the-counter instruments also involve the risk that the other party to the derivative transaction will not meet its obligations.

Prepayment and Call Risk: During periods of falling interest rates, an issuer of a callable bond held by the Fund may "call" or prepay the bond before its stated maturity date. When mortgages and other obligations are prepaid and when securities are called, the Fund may have to reinvest the proceeds in securities with a lower yield or fail to recover additional amounts paid for securities with higher interest rates, resulting in an unexpected capital loss and/or a decline in the Fund's income.

Restricted Securities Risk: Certain debt securities may be restricted securities, which are not registered with the SEC and thus may not be sold publicly until registration has been made. Therefore, there is the absence of a public market and there is limited investor information.

Swap Risk: The Fund may enter into swap agreements, including credit default and interest rate swaps, for purposes of attempting to gain exposure to a particular asset without actually purchasing that asset or to hedge a position. Credit default swaps may increase or decrease the Fund's exposure to credit risk and could result in losses if the Subadviser does not correctly evaluate the creditworthiness of the entity on which the credit default swap is based. Swap agreements may also subject the Fund to the risk that the counterparty to the transaction may not meet its obligations.

U.S. Government Securities Risk: U.S. Treasury securities are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government, while other types of securities issued or guaranteed by federal agencies, instrumentalities, and U.S. government-sponsored entities may or may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government. U.S. government securities may underperform other segments of the fixed income market or the fixed income market as a whole.
Performance
The bar chart and the performance table that follow illustrate the risks and volatility of an investment in the Fund. The Fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) does not indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. The Fund began operating on March 28, 2000. At the close of business on July 31, 2009, all outstanding C Shares converted to R Shares. The performance shown below prior to July 31, 2009 is that of C Shares and has not been adjusted to reflect R Shares expenses, which are lower. If it had been, performance would have been higher. Updated performance information is available by contacting the RidgeWorth Funds at 1-888-784-3863 or by visiting www.ridgeworth.com.

The annual returns in the bar chart which follows are for the R Shares without reflecting payment of any sales charge; if they did reflect such payment of sales charges, annual returns would be lower.

The following table compares the Fund’s average annual total returns for the periods indicated with those of a broad measure of market performance.
This bar chart shows the changes in performance of the Fund’s R Shares from year to year.
Bar Chart
[1] The performance information shown above is based on a calendar year. The Fund's total return for the six months ended June 30, 2013 was 1.57%.
Best Quarter                                                                     Worst Quarter
    17.94%                                                                                 -22.06%
 (6/30/2009)                                                                          (12/31/2008)
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS
(for periods ended December 31, 2012)
Average Annual Total Returns RidgeWorth High Income Fund
1 Year
5 Years
10 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
A Shares
16.85% 9.91%    9.06% [1] Oct. 27, 2003
R Shares
16.43% 9.43% 9.70%     
R Shares Returns After Taxes on Distributions
[2] 13.99% 6.56% 6.65%     
R Shares Returns After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
[2] 10.58% 6.30% 6.54%     
I Shares
17.00% 10.21% 10.56%     
Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
15.81% 10.34% 10.62% 9.04% [1] Oct. 27, 2003
[1] Since inception of the A Shares on October 27, 2003.
[2] The average annual total return information shown above is that of C Shares not adjusted for the C Shares' sales charge. At the close of business on July 31, 2009, all outstanding C Shares converted to R Shares.
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual U.S. federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your 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 or individual retirement accounts (“IRAs”). After-tax returns are shown for only the R Shares. After-tax returns for other share classes will vary.