Supplement Dated June 1, 2015
to the Class I Shares Statement of Additional Information of the
Timothy Plan Family of Funds
Dated January 28, 2015
The Class I Shares Statement of Additional Information (SAI) for the the Timothy Plan Family of Funds, dated January 28, 2015, is amended as follows:
The Section of the SAI entitled Fund Policies, appearing on pages 5 and 6, is deleted and replaced in its entirety with:
Fund Policies
In addition to those set forth in the current applicable prospectus, the Traditional Funds (except for the Defensive Strategies Fund) have adopted the investment restrictions set forth below, which are fundamental policies of each Fund, and which cannot be changed without the approval of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of each Fund. As provided in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities means the affirmative vote of the lesser of (i) more than 50% of the outstanding shares, or (ii) 67% or more of the shares present at a meeting if more than 50% of the outstanding shares are represented at the meeting in person or by proxy.
These investment restrictions provide that each Traditional Fund (except for the Defensive Strategies Fund) will not:
1. | issue senior securities; |
2. | engage in the underwriting of securities except insofar as the Fund may be deemed an underwriter under the Securities Act of 1933 (the 1933 Act) in disposing of a portfolio security; |
3. | purchase or sell real estate or interests therein, although the Funds may each purchase debt instruments or securities of issuers which engage in real estate operations; |
4. | invest for the purpose of exercising control or management of another company; |
5. | purchase oil, gas or other mineral leases, rights or royalty contracts or exploration or development programs, except that the Funds may each invest in the debt instruments or securities of companies which invest in or sponsor such programs; |
6. | invest more than 25% of the value of the Funds total assets in one particular industry, except for temporary defensive purposes; |
7. | make purchases of securities on margin, or make short sales of securities, provided that each Fund may enter into futures contracts and related options and make initial and variation margin deposits in connection therewith; |
8. | invest in securities of any open-end investment company, except that each Fund may purchase securities of money market mutual funds, but such investments in money market mutual funds may be made only in accordance with the limitations imposed by the 1940 Act and the rules thereunder, as amended. But in no event may a Fund purchase more than 10% of the voting securities, or more than 10% of any class of securities, of another investment company. For purposes of this restriction, all outstanding fixed income securities of an issuer are considered a single class. (The Asset Allocation Funds are not subject to this restriction.); |
9. | As to 75% of a Funds total assets, invest more than 5% of its assets in the securities of any one issuer. (This limitation does not apply to cash and cash items, or obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities.); |
10. | purchase or sell commodities or commodity futures contracts, other than those related to stock indexes; |
11. | make loans of money or securities, except (i) by purchase of fixed income securities in which a Fund may invest consistent with its investment objective and policies; or (ii) by investment in repurchase agreements; |
12. | invest in securities of any company if any officer or trustee of the Funds or the Funds Advisor owns more than 0.5% of the outstanding securities of such company and such officers and trustees, in the aggregate, own more than 5% of the outstanding securities of such company; |
13. | borrow money, except that each Fund may borrow from banks (i) for temporary or emergency purposes in an amount not exceeding the Funds assets or (ii) to meet redemption requests that might otherwise require the untimely disposition of portfolio securities, in an amount not to exceed 33% of the value of the Funds total assets (including the amount borrowed) at the time the borrowing is made; and whenever borrowings by a Fund, including reverse repurchase agreements, exceed 5% of the value of a Funds total assets, the Fund will not purchase any securities. Interest paid on borrowing will reduce net income; |
14. | pledge, mortgage, hypothecate, or otherwise encumber its assets, except in an amount up to 33% of the value of its net assets, but only to secure borrowing for temporary or emergency purposes, such as to effect redemptions; or |
15. | purchase the securities of any issuer, if, as a result, more than 10% of the value of a Funds net assets would be invested in securities that are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale (restricted securities), in securities for which there is no readily available market quotations (illiquid securities), or in repurchase agreements maturing in more than 7 days, if all such securities would constitute more than 10% of a Funds net assets. |
In addition to those set forth in the current applicable prospectus, the Defensive Strategies Fund has adopted the investment restrictions set forth below, which are fundamental policies of that Fund, and which cannot be changed without the approval of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund. As provided in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities means the affirmative vote of the lesser of (i) more than 50% of the outstanding shares, or (ii) 67% or more of the shares present at a meeting if more than 50% of the outstanding shares are represented at the meeting in person or by proxy.
These investment restrictions provide that the Defensive Strategies Fund will not:
1. | engage in borrowing except as permitted by the 1940 Act, any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder or interpretations of the SEC or its staff. |
2. | issue senior securities. This limitation is not applicable to activities that may be deemed to involve the issuance or sale of a senior security by the Fund, provided that the Funds engagement in such activities is consistent with or permitted by the 1940 Act, the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder or interpretations of the SEC or its staff. |
3. | purchase or sell commodities unless acquired as a result of ownership of securities or other investments to the extent permitted under the 1940 Act and the regulations of any other agency with authority over the Fund. This limitation does not preclude the Fund from purchasing or selling options or futures contracts, from investing in securities or other instruments backed by commodities or from investing in companies that are engaged in a commodities business or have a significant portion of their assets in commodities. This limitation does not preclude the Fund from purchasing and selling gold and other precious metals in amounts not to exceed ten percent (10%) of the Funds net assets, in the aggregate. |
4. | invest more than 25% of its total assets in a particular industry or group of industries. This limitation is not applicable to investments in obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government, its agencies and instrumentalities or repurchase agreements with respect thereto, or investments in other investment companies. |
5. | purchase or sell real estate directly. This limitation is not applicable to investments in marketable securities which are secured by or represent interests in real estate. This limitation does not preclude the Fund from holding or selling real estate acquired as a result of the Funds ownership of securities or other instruments, investing in mortgage-related securities or investing in companies engaged in the real estate business or that have a significant portion of their assets in real estate (including real estate investment trusts). |
6. | act as underwriter of securities issued by other persons. This limitation is not applicable to the extent that, in connection with the disposition of portfolio securities (including restricted securities), the Fund may be deemed an underwriter under certain federal securities laws or in connection with investments in other investment companies. |
7. | make loans to other persons, except (a) by loaning portfolio securities, (b) by engaging in repurchase agreements, (c) by purchasing non publicly offered debt securities, (d) by purchasing commercial paper, or (e) by entering into any other lending arrangement permitted by the 1940 Act, any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder or interpretation of the SEC or its staff. For purposes of this limitation, the term loans shall not include the purchase of a portion of an issue of publicly distributed bonds, debentures or other debt securities. |
Except for the restriction on investing in illiquid securities, which applies under all circumstances to all of the Traditional Funds, so long as percentage restrictions are observed by a Fund at the time it purchases any security, changes in values of particular Fund assets or the assets of the Fund as a whole will not cause a violation of any of the foregoing restrictions.
ALL PORTIONS OF THE SAI NOT CHANGED BY THIS SUPPLEMENT OR OTHER SUPPLEMENTS SHALL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT.