Morningstar Funds Trust

08/28/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 08/28/2026 12:15

Summary Prospectus by Investment Company (Form 497K)

Morningstar

Funds Trust

Morningstar International Equity Fund MSTFX

Summary Prospectus

September 1, 2026

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, Statement of Additional Information, reports to shareholders, and other information about the Fund online at http://connect.rightprospectus.com/Morningstar. You may also obtain this information at no cost by calling 877-626-3224 or by sending an email request to [email protected]. The Fund's Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information dated September 1, 2026, are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus.

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

The following tables describe the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below.

Shareholder Fees

(Fees paid directly from your investment)

Institutional
Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases None
Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Reinvested Dividends None
Redemption Fee None
Exchange Fee None
Account Service Fee None

Annual Fund Operating Expenses

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

Institutional
Management Fees 0.76%1
Distribution (12b-1) Fees None
Other Expenses

Sub-Accounting Fees

0.10%2

Other Operating Expenses

0.14%
Total Other Expenses 0.24%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.00%
Fee Waivers and Expense Reimbursement -0.08%3
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waivers and Expense Reimbursement 0.92%3
1

The management fees shown in the table above reflect the management fee rate in effect as of the date of this prospectus. The Financial Highlights are based on the Fund's most recently completed fiscal year, during which a different management fee rate was in effect.

2

Represents fees assessed by financial intermediaries for providing certain account maintenance, record keeping, and transactional services with respect to Fund shares held by these intermediaries for their customers.

3

Morningstar Investment Management LLC ("Morningstar" or "adviser" or "we") has contractually agreed, through at least August 31, 2027, to waive all or a portion of its advisory fees and, if necessary, to assume certain other expenses (to the extent permitted by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended) to ensure that the Institutional shares' Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (excluding taxes, interest, brokerage commissions, trading costs, acquired fund fees and expenses, short sale dividend and interest expenses, litigation expenses, and extraordinary expenses) do not exceed 0.92% (the Expense Limitation Agreement). Prior to August 31, 2027, the Expense Limitation Agreement may be terminated only upon mutual agreement between the Trust (which would require the approval of the Trust's board of trustees) and the adviser, or automatically upon the termination of the Investment Advisory Agreement between the Trust and the adviser.

Example

The example below can help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. This example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example reflects adjustments made to the Fund's operating expenses due to the fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements shown in the table above for the first year only. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

1 Year 3 Years 5 Years 10 Years
Institutional $94 $310 $545 $1,217

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund will pay transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may mean higher transaction costs and could result in higher taxes if you hold Fund shares in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual Fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. For the Fund's fiscal year ended April 30, 2026, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 96% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

In seeking long-term capital appreciation, the Fund will normally invest at least 80% of its assets in equity securities. Equity securities include securities such as common stock, preferred stock, and other securities that are not debt securities, cash or cash equivalents. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest approximately 80-100% of its assets in securities of issuers domiciled outside of the United States. The Fund may invest in developed and emerging markets and will typically invest in a minimum of 10 countries. The Fund seeks to provide broad international equity exposure across market capitalizations and investment styles and has the flexibility to invest in large-cap, mid-cap, and small-cap common stocks across the growth and value style spectrum. The Fund may use quantitative models to select equity securities based on certain shared characteristics as determined by the Fund's adviser. To meet its objective, the Fund may invest in open- and closed-end investment companies and ETFs. The Fund may also invest in derivatives, including futures and forward foreign currency contracts, for risk management purposes, including to hedge its currency exposure, or as part of its investment strategies. Derivatives instruments that provide investment exposure to investments in the Fund's 80% investment policy and derivatives instruments that provide investment exposure to one or more of the market risk factors associated with such securities may be counted towards the Fund's 80% investment policy.

Multimanager Approach-The Fund uses a multimanager approach, meaning the adviser, in its discretion, may manage assets directly by investing in open- and closed-end investment companies, ETFs and individual securities or allocate assets to one or more subadvisers (collectively "Allocation Decisions"). The adviser and each subadviser acts independently from the others and uses its own investment style and process to select securities, within the constraints of the Fund's investment objective, strategies, and restrictions. Morningstar, as the Fund's adviser, is responsible for selecting the investment strategies and making Allocation Decisions, with the goal of maximizing return in the context of pursuing the Fund's investment objective with a prudent

level of risk for the strategy. At times, Morningstar may manage a significant portion of the Fund's assets directly. Morningstar may change subadvisers, subject to the oversight of the board of trustees, and sell holdings at any time.

Principal Risks

You can lose money by investing in the Fund. The Fund can also underperform broad markets or other investments. The Fund's principal risks include:

Multimanager and Subadviser Selection Risk-To a significant extent, the Fund's performance depends on Morningstar's skill in selecting subadvisers and each subadviser's skill in selecting securities and executing its strategy. Subadviser strategies may occasionally be out of favor and subadvisers may underperform relative to their peers or benchmarks.

Active Management Risk-The Fund is actively managed with discretion and may underperform market indexes or other mutual funds with similar investment objectives. The Fund's performance depends heavily on Morningstar's skill and judgment in managing assets directly (through open- and closed-end investment companies, ETFs and individual securities) and allocating assets to subadvisers, and Morningstar and each subadviser's skill in selecting securities and executing its strategy. The Fund could experience losses if these judgments prove to be incorrect.

Asset Allocation Risk-In an attempt to invest in areas that look most attractive based on market, economic or other conditions, the Fund may favor asset classes or market segments that cause the Fund to underperform its benchmark.

Market Risk-The value of stocks and other securities can be highly volatile and prices may fluctuate widely, which means you should expect a wide range of returns and could lose money, even over a long time period. Various economic, industry, regulatory, political or other factors (such as natural disasters, epidemics and pandemics, war, terrorism, changes in trade regulation or economic sanctions, conflicts, social unrest, recessions, or the threat or occurrence of a government shutdown) may disrupt U.S. and world economies and can dramatically affect markets generally, certain industry sectors, and/or individual companies.

Foreign Securities Risk-Securities of non-U.S. issuers may be less liquid, more volatile, and harder to value than U.S. securities. They may also be subject to political, economic and regulatory risks, and market instability. Non-U.S. issuers also may not be subject to uniform accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards and there may be less reliable and publicly available financial and other information about such issuers, as compared to U.S. issuers.

European Market Risk-Adverse economic and political events in Europe may cause the Fund's investments to decline in value. Member states of the European Union ("EU") are subject to restrictions on inflation rates, deficits, interest rates, debt levels and fiscal and monetary controls, each of which may significantly affect every country in Europe. Decreasing imports or exports, changes in governmental or EU regulations on trade, changes in the exchange rate of the euro, the default or threat of default by an EU member country on its sovereign debt, recessions in an EU member country, the departure of a member state from the EU, and war in or around the European region may have a significant adverse effect on the economies of other EU member countries.

Asian Market Risk-Investments in securities of Asian issuers involve risks and special considerations not typically associated with investments in the U.S. securities markets. Certain Asian economies have experienced over-extension of credit, currency devaluations and restrictions, high unemployment, high inflation, rapid fluctuations in inflation and interest rates, decreased exports, economic recessions and political unrest. Economic and political events in any one Asian country can have a significant effect on the entire Asian region as well as on major trading partners outside Asia, and any adverse effect on some or all of the Asian countries and regions in which the Fund invests. The securities markets in some Asian economies are relatively underdeveloped and may subject the Fund to a higher degree of risk.

China Market Risk-To the extent the Fund invests in securities of companies located in or operating in China, those companies may be subject to decisions made by the Chinese government including through monetary policy and currency exchange rates. Heightened trade tensions or political disputes may disrupt supply chains or adversely impact revenues of companies selling to or within China. Actions outside of the Fund's control may result in the Fund's inability to buy/sell securities listed on Chinese exchanges.

Japan Market Risk-To the extent the Fund invests in securities of companies located in or operating in Japan, those companies may be subject to considerable degrees of economic, political and social instability, which could negatively impact Japanese issuers. In recent times, Japan's economic growth rate has remained low, and it may remain low in the future. In addition, Japan is subject to the risk of natural disasters, such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, typhoons and tsunamis, which could negatively affect the securities of Japanese companies held by the Fund. Japan's relations with its neighbors have at times been strained, and strained relations with its neighbors or trading partners may cause uncertainty in the Japanese markets and adversely affect the overall Japanese economy.

Emerging-Markets Risk-Emerging-market countries may have relatively unstable governments and economies based on only a few industries, which can cause greater instability. These countries are also more likely to experience higher levels of inflation, deflation, or currency devaluations, which could hurt their economies and securities markets.

Geographic Concentration Risk-To the extent that the Fund invests a significant portion of its assets in a particular country, region or continent, economic, political, social and environmental conditions in such country, region or continent will have a greater effect on the Fund's performance than they would in a more geographically diversified equity fund. Information about the Fund's investment in a geographic area is available in its annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders, on the Fund's website and/or on the Fund's Forms N-PORT and N-CSR.

Sector Focus Risk-The Fund may from time to time have a significant amount of its assets invested in one market sector or group of related industries. To the extent that the Fund focuses on particular sectors, groups of industries or types of investment from time to time, the Fund may be subject to greater risks of adverse developments in such areas of focus than a fund that invests in a wider variety of industries, sectors or investments. Information about the Fund's investment in a particular industry or market sector is available in its annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders, on the Fund's website and/or on the Fund's Forms N-PORT and N-CSR.

Currency Risk-Because this Fund may invest in securities of non-U.S. issuers, changes in currency exchange rates (including in the markets in which such non-U.S. issuers' securities are traded) could hurt performance. Morningstar or a subadviser may decide not to hedge, or may not be successful in hedging, its currency exposure.

Quantitative Models Risk-Morningstar may utilize quantitative models in managing all or a portion of the Fund. Such quantitative models may not perform as expected and may cause the Fund to underperform other investment strategies that do not use quantitative models. Flaws or errors in the quantitative model's assumptions, design, execution, or data inputs may adversely affect Fund performance. Due to the significant role technology plays in a quantitative model, use of a quantitative model carries the risk of potential issues with the design, coding, implementation, or maintenance of the technology used in the quantitative model. Quantitative models may underperform in certain market environments including in stressed or volatile market conditions. There can be no assurance that the use of quantitative models by Morningstar will enable the Fund to achieve its objective.

Smaller Companies Risk-The stocks of small- or mid-sized companies may be subject to more abrupt or erratic market movements than stocks of larger, more established companies. Small companies may have limited product lines or financial resources, and their securities may trade less frequently and in lower volume than the securities of larger companies, which could lead to higher transaction costs.

Cash/Cash Equivalents Risk-In rising markets, holding cash or cash equivalents will negatively affect the Fund's performance relative to its benchmark.

Derivatives Risk-A derivative is an instrument with a value based on the performance of an underlying currency, security, index, or other reference asset. Derivatives involve risks different from, or possibly greater than, the risks of investing in more traditional investments. Derivatives involve costs, may create leverage, and may be illiquid, volatile, or difficult to value. In addition, derivatives could cause losses if the counterparty to the transaction does not perform as promised. The investment results achieved by using derivatives may not match or fully offset changes in the value of the underlying currency, security, index, or other reference asset that the Fund was attempting to hedge or the investment opportunity it was trying to pursue. Derivatives also are susceptible to operational risks, such as system failures and inadequate controls, and legal risks, such as insufficient documentation and lack of enforceability of a contract.

Investment Company/ETF Risk-An investment company, including an open- or closed-end mutual fund or ETF, in which the Fund invests may not achieve its investment objective or execute its investment strategies effectively, or a large purchase or redemption activity by shareholders might negatively affect the value of the shares. The Fund must also pay its pro rata portion of an investment company's fees and expenses. Shares of ETFs trade on exchanges and may be bought and sold at market value. ETF shares may be thinly traded, making it difficult for the Fund to sell shares at a particular time or an anticipated price. ETF shares may also trade at a premium or discount to the net asset value of the ETF; at times, this premium or discount could be significant.

Private Placements Risk-Securities that are purchased in private placements are subject to restrictions on resale as a matter of contract or under federal securities laws. Because there may be relatively few potential purchasers for these investments, especially under adverse circumstances, a Fund could find it more difficult to sell private placements at an advisable time or attractive price. Additionally, such securities may not be listed on an exchange and may have no active trading market. Accordingly, many private placement securities may be illiquid. At times, it may also be more difficult to determine the fair value of such securities for purposes of computing a Fund's net asset value.

Valuation risk-The amount the Fund actually receives when selling (or otherwise disposing of) an investment may differ from the Fund's recorded valuation of that investment. This discrepancy is more likely for investments that trade infrequently, are valued using fair-value methods or third-party pricing vendors, or are held during periods of market stress or heightened volatility. Consequently, the Fund may realize a larger loss or a smaller gain than anticipated based on its stated valuation. Additionally, the Fund's valuation process could be disrupted by technology failures or errors originating from pricing vendors or other external service providers.

Cybersecurity Risk-The Fund, like all companies, may be susceptible to operational and information security risks. Cybersecurity failures or breaches of the Fund or its service providers or the issuers of securities in which a Fund invests, have the ability to cause disruptions and impact business operations, and the Fund and its shareholders could be negatively impacted as a result.

Performance

The bar chart and performance table that follow provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows the annual return for the Fund from year to year as of December 31. The table shows how the Fund's average annual returns for periods ended December 31, 2025 (1 year, 5 years and since inception) compare with those of a broad measure of market performance. You may obtain the Fund's updated performance information by visiting the website at http://connect.rightprospectus.com/Morningstar or by calling 877-626-3224. As with all mutual funds, the Fund's past performance (before and after taxes) does not predict how the Fund will perform in the future.

Calendar Year Total Return-Institutional

Morningstar International Equity Fund % Total Return

Year-to-Date Return as of

June 30, 2026 10.99 %

Best Quarter

4Q 2020 22.40 %

Worst Quarter

1Q 2020 -27.78 %

Morningstar International Equity Fund

Average Annual Total Return (For the period ended December 31, 2025)

1 Year 5 Years

Since

Inception

11/2/2018

Institutional
Return Before Taxes 29.85 % 6.68 % 8.05 %
Return After Taxes on Distributions 25.45 % 4.78 % 6.52 %
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares 19.86 % 4.97 % 6.21 %
Morningstar Global Markets ex U.S. Index (net)1
(reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes other than withholding taxes, as noted)
31.59 % 7.78 % 9.03 %
1

The Morningstar Global Markets ex U.S. Index (net) is a broad-based securities market index that measures the performance of large-, mid- and small-cap stocks in in developed and emerging markets outside of the U.S., representing the top 97% of the investable universe by market capitalization. Stocks in the index are weighted by their float capital, which removes corporate cross-ownership, government holdings and other locked-in shares. Net total return indices reinvest dividends after the deduction of withholding taxes, using a tax rate applicable to non-resident individuals who do not benefit from double taxation treaties.

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, and 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. The figures in Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares in the chart above may be higher than other returns for the same period because the calculation assumes that an investor will recognize a potential tax benefit from realizing a capital loss upon the taxable sale (or redemption) of shares.

Fund Management

Morningstar is the investment adviser for the Fund and has overall supervisory responsibility for the general management and investment of the Fund's portfolio. The Fund is managed in a multimanager structure. On behalf of Morningstar, the following persons have or will have primary responsibility for the Fund and, subject

to oversight by the board of trustees, are or will be responsible for selecting and overseeing the subadvisers listed below.

Portfolio Manager Position with Morningstar Start Date with the Fund
Morningstar Investment Management LLC
Douglas M. McGraw, CFA Portfolio Manager January 2023
Michael J. Budzinski Portfolio Manager February 2025
Vito D. Gala, PhD Global Head of Systematic Strategies September 2025

Subadvisers and Portfolio Managers

Morningstar currently allocates assets among the following subadvisers and may adjust these allocations at any time. The portfolio managers listed below are responsible for the day-to-day management of each subadviser's allocated portion of the Fund's portfolio:

Portfolio Manager Position with Subadviser Start Date with the Fund
Harding Loevner LP
Ferrill D. Roll, CFA Chief Investment Officer, Co-Lead Portfolio Manager, Analyst Since Inception (November 2018)
Andrew H. West, CFA Co-Lead Portfolio Manager, Analyst Since Inception (November 2018)
Harris Associates L.P.
David G. Herro, CFA Partner, Vice President, Co-Chief Investment Officer-International Equities, and Portfolio Manager Since Inception (November 2018)
Eric Liu, CFA Partner, Vice President, Portfolio Manager, and Analyst August 2023
Anthony P. Coniaris, CFA Partner, Chairman, Co-Chief Investment Officer-International Equities, and Portfolio Manager April 2025
Lazard Asset Management LLC
James Donald, CFA Managing Director, Portfolio Manager/Analyst, and Head of Emerging Markets Since Inception (November 2018)
Rohit Chopra Managing Director and Portfolio Manager/Analyst Since Inception (November 2018)
Monika Shrestha Director and Portfolio Manager/Analyst Since Inception (November 2018)
Ganesh Ramachandran Managing Director and Portfolio Manager/Analyst July 2020

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Fund shares are available through investment platforms provided by financial institutions on a stand-alone basis and/or as part of a model portfolio ("Solutions"). Such Solutions include, but are not limited to, investment advisory programs provided by unaffiliated financial advisers, managed account advisory services that certain third party retirement plan sponsors (e.g., employers) and/or retirement plan recordkeepers make available to their retirement plan participants and solutions provided in model portfolio marketplaces. There are no initial or subsequent minimum purchase amounts for the Institutional shares. Orders to sell or "redeem" shares must be placed through the financial institution providing the Solution to you and may trigger a purchase or sale of the Fund's underlying investments. Fund shares may be purchased or redeemed on any day the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is open. At any time that an investor in the Fund ceases to be eligible for a Solution, the provider of that Solution may direct the redemption of that investor's Fund shares and no further purchases will be allowed.

See the Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares section on page 127 of the prospectus for more information.

Tax Information

The Fund's distributions generally are taxable to you as ordinary income, capital gains, or some combination of both, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an IRA, in which case your distributions may be taxed as ordinary income when withdrawn from the tax-advantaged account.

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