TCW Funds Inc.
02/27/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 02/27/2026 12:39
Summary Prospectus by Investment Company (Form 497K)
Summary
Prospectus
February 28, 2026
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TCW Conservative Allocation Fund Class I: TGPCX | Class N: TGPNX |
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 and other information about the Fund online at www.TCW.com. You can also get this information at no cost by calling 1-800-FUND-TCW (1-800-386-3829) or by sending an email request to [email protected]. The Fund's current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, both dated February 28, 2026, are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus. The Securities and Exchange Commission has not approved or disapproved these securities or passed on the adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
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TCW Conservative Allocation Fund
Investment Objective
The Fund's investment objective is to seek to provide current income and, secondarily, long-term capital appreciation. This investment objective may be changed without shareholder approval.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay additional fees or commissions to broker-dealers or other financial intermediaries for the purchase of Class I shares of the Fund, which are not reflected in the table below.
Shareholder Fees (Fees paid directly from your investment)
None.
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (Expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
| Share Classes | ||||||||||
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| Management Fees | None | None | ||||||||
| Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees | None | 0.25% | ||||||||
| Other Expenses1 | 0.31% | 4.67% | ||||||||
| Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses (Underlying Fund Fees and Expenses) | 0.60% | 0.60% | ||||||||
| Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses2 | 0.91% | 5.52% | ||||||||
| Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement3 | None | 4.24% | ||||||||
| Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement2,3 | 0.91% | 1.28% | ||||||||
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Other expenses includes payments that the Fund is authorized to make to compensate broker-dealers and other third-party intermediaries, up to 0.10% (10 basis points) of the Class I assets and 0.10% (10 basis points) of the Class N assets, serviced by those intermediaries for shareholder services. |
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The "Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses" and "Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement" do not correlate to the corresponding ratios included in the Fund's Financial Highlights for each class of shares because those ratios do not reflect indirect expenses, such as "Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses." |
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The Fund's investment advisor, TCW Investment Management Company LLC (the "Advisor"), has agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to limit the Fund's total annual operating expenses (excluding interest, brokerage, extraordinary expenses and acquired fund fees and expenses, if any) to 0.85% of average daily net assets with respect to both Class I and Class N shares. The Advisor may |
| recoup reduced fees and expenses within three years of the waiver or reimbursement, provided that the recoupment does not cause the Fund's annual expense ratio to exceed (i) the expense limitation applicable at the time of that fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement or (ii) the expense limitation in effect at the time of recoupment. This contractual fee waiver/expense reimbursement will remain in place through March 1, 2027 and before that date, the investment advisor may not terminate this arrangement without approval of the Board of Directors. At the conclusion of this period, the Fund's investment advisor may, in its sole discretion, terminate the contractual fee waiver/expense reimbursement or, with the Board of Directors' approval, extend or modify that arrangement. |
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.
This example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all 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. The cost of investing in the Fund reflects the net expenses of the Fund that result from the contractual expense limitation in the first year only (through March 1, 2027). Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:
| Share Classes | 1 Year | 3 Years | 5 Years | 10 Years | ||||||||||||||||
| I | $93 | $290 | $504 | $1,120 | ||||||||||||||||
| N | $551 | $1,643 | $2,724 | $5,379 | ||||||||||||||||
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 24.78% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests in a combination of (i) fixed income funds, (ii) equity funds that utilize diverse investment styles, such as growth and/or value investing, and (iii) alternative funds investing in asset classes other than equity and fixed income such as commodities or
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currencies. The Fund's emphasis on diversification is intended to temper volatility by lessening the effect of any one investment style. The Fund seeks to achieve this by investing in a combination of other funds - the "Underlying Funds" - through the implementation of a strategic asset allocation strategy. The Underlying Funds consist of the other series of TCW Funds, Inc., series of TCW ETF Trust, series of Metropolitan West Funds, and various unaffiliated funds. Metropolitan West Asset Management, LLC, investment advisor to the Metropolitan West Funds, and TCW Investment Management Company LLC, the Fund's investment advisor (the "Advisor") and the investment advisor to the TCW ETF Trust, are affiliated wholly-owned subsidiaries of the TCW Group, Inc.
The Fund invests in the Underlying Funds at levels that are determined by the Advisor's four-step process, whereby the Advisor develops a strategic allocation, ranks funds' forward-looking outlook, utilizes that input to construct fund allocations using quantitative optimization tools subject to a risk and turnover constraint, and monitors cross-asset risk of the overall portfolio.
The equity Underlying Funds invest principally in equity securities of large-capitalization companies, including common and preferred stock; rights, warrants or options to purchase common or preferred stock; securities that may be converted into or exchanged for common or preferred stock, such as convertible preferred stock, convertible debt and Eurodollar convertible securities; equity securities of foreign companies listed on established exchanges, including NASDAQ; American Depositary Receipts (ADRs); and other securities with equity characteristics. The Fund invests between 20% and 60% of its net assets in equity Underlying Funds, some of which may invest in international equity exchange-traded funds ("ETFs"). ETFs are typically open-end investment companies whose shares are listed for trading on a national securities exchange.
The fixed income Underlying Funds invest principally in fixed income securities, including securities issued or guaranteed by the United States government or its agencies, instrumentalities or sponsored corporations; corporate obligations (including convertible securities); mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities (which may be privately issued); local currency- or U.S. dollar-denominated foreign debt securities (government and corporate); money market instruments; and other securities bearing fixed or variable interest rates of any maturity. The fixed income Underlying Funds may invest in below investment grade bonds (commonly known as "junk bonds"), which are bonds rated
below BBB by Fitch Ratings, Inc., below BBB by S&P Global Ratings and below Baa by Moody's Investors Service, Inc., or, if unrated, bonds deemed by the investment advisor to be of comparable quality The fixed income Underlying funds may also invest in derivatives. The Fund invests between 40% and 80% of its net assets in fixed income Underlying Funds.
The Fund is a "fund of funds." The Fund is subject to the risks associated with each of the Underlying Funds. Additionally, the operating expenses incurred by each Underlying Fund are borne indirectly by shareholders of the Fund because the Fund not only directly bears its annual operating expenses but also indirectly bears the annual operating expenses of each of the Underlying Funds in proportion to its allocation. Each of the affiliated Underlying Funds pays a management fee to the Advisor or its affiliate and the management fees differ among the Underlying Funds. This may create a conflict of interest when the Advisor selects Underlying Funds for investment by the Fund.
The portfolio managers determine and monitor the combination and allocation to the Underlying Funds they believe will help the Fund to achieve its investment goal. While there is no cap on investing in any one Underlying Fund, the Fund, under normal market conditions, adheres to the asset class limitations described above. Asset allocations may differ from the targeted range due to the market fluctuations and other factors. After the initial allocation, the portfolio managers determine when the Fund's allocations to the Underlying Funds should be rebalanced to maintain the targeted allocations. The target allocation ranges may be modified due to a market action or a portfolio manager recommendation without advance notice to shareholders.
Principal Risks
Since the Fund holds securities with fluctuating market prices, the value of the Fund's shares will vary as its portfolio securities increase or decrease in value. Therefore, the value of your investment in the Fund could go down as well as up. You can lose money by investing in the Fund.
The principal risks of the Fund are (based on the risks of the Underlying Funds; references to investments and risks of the Fund should be understood as references to the investments and risks of the applicable Underlying Funds):
| • | Underlying Fund risk: the risk associated with the securities and other investments held by the Underlying Funds, which is closely related to the risk of investing in the Fund. |
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| • | Underlying Fund allocation risk: the risk that the Advisor will make less than optimal or poor asset allocation decisions on selecting the appropriate mix of the Underlying Funds. |
| • | affiliated funds risk: The Advisor or an affiliate of the Advisor serves as investment advisor to certain of the Underlying Funds. It is possible that a conflict of interest among the Fund and these affiliated funds could affect how the Advisor fulfills its fiduciary duties to the Fund and the affiliated funds. For example, the Advisor may have an incentive to select affiliated funds that will result in the greatest revenue to the Advisor and its affiliates, even if that results in increased expenses for the Fund. Similarly, the Advisor has an incentive to delay or decide against the sale of interests held by a Fund in affiliated funds. |
| • | equity risk: the risk that stocks and other equity securities generally fluctuate in value more than bonds and may decline in value over short or extended periods as a result of changes in a company's financial condition or in overall market, economic and political conditions. |
| • | debt securities risk: the risk that the value of a debt security may increase or decrease as a result of various factors, including changes in interest rates, actual or perceived inability or unwillingness of issuers to make principal or interest payments, market fluctuations and illiquidity in the debt securities market. |
| • | market risk: the risk that returns from the securities in which the Fund invests may underperform returns from the general securities markets or other types of securities. |
| • | market and geopolitical events risk: the risk that the increasing interconnectivity between global economies and financial markets increases the likelihood that events or conditions in one region or financial market may adversely impact issuers in a different country, region or financial market. Securities in the Fund's portfolio may underperform due to inflation (or expectations for inflation), interest rates, global demand for particular products or resources, natural disasters, climate change and climate-related events, pandemics, epidemics, terrorism, international conflicts, regulatory events and governmental or quasi-governmental actions. The occurrence of global events similar to those in recent years may result in market volatility and may have long term effects on both the U.S. and global financial markets. |
| • | interest rate risk: the risk that debt securities will decline in value because of changes in interest rates. This risk is greater during periods of rising inflation. |
| • | credit risk: the risk that an issuer will default in the payment of principal and/or interest on a security. |
| • | price volatility risk: the risk that the value of the Fund's investment portfolio will change as the prices of its investments go up or down. |
| • | issuer risk: the risk that the value of a security may decline for reasons directly related to the issuer such as management performance, financial leverage and reduced demand for the issuer's goods or services. |
| • | liquidity risk: the risk that lack of a ready market or restrictions on resale may limit the ability of the Fund to sell a security at an advantageous time or price. In addition, the Fund, by itself or together with other accounts managed by the investment advisor, may hold a position in a security that is large relative to the typical trading volume for that security, which can make it difficult for the Fund to dispose of the position at an advantageous time or price. Over recent years, the fixed-income markets have grown more than the ability of dealers to make markets, which can further constrain liquidity and increase the volatility of portfolio valuations. High levels of redemptions in bond funds in response to market conditions could cause greater losses as a result. Regulations such as the Volcker Rule or future regulations may further constrain the ability of market participants to create liquidity, particularly in times of increased market volatility. The liquidity of the Fund's assets may change over time. |
| • | valuation risk: the risk that the portfolio instruments may be sold at prices different from the values established by the Fund, particularly for investments that trade in low volume, in volatile markets or over the counter or that are fair valued. |
| • | derivatives risk: the risk of investing in derivative instruments, which includes liquidity, interest rate, market, credit and management risks as well as risks related to mispricing or improper valuation. Changes in the value of a derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying asset, reference rate or index, and the Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested. These investments can create investment leverage and may create additional risks that may subject the Fund to greater volatility and less liquidity than investments in more traditional securities. |
| • | leverage risk: the risk that leverage may result from certain transactions, including the use of derivatives and borrowing. This may impair the Fund's liquidity, cause it to liquidate positions at an unfavorable time, increase its volatility or otherwise cause it not to achieve its intended result. |
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| • | counterparty risk: the risk that the other party to a contract, such as a derivatives contract, will not fulfill its contractual obligations. |
| • | portfolio management risk: the risk that an investment strategy may fail to produce the intended results. |
| • | securities selection risk: the risk that the securities held by the Fund may underperform those held by other funds investing in the same asset class or benchmarks that are representative of the asset class because of the portfolio managers' choice of securities. |
| • | cybersecurity risk: the risk that, with the increased use of technology to conduct business, the Fund is susceptible to operational, information security, and related risks. Cyber incidents affecting the Fund or its service providers may cause disruptions and impact business operations, potentially resulting in financial losses, interference with the Fund's ability to calculate its net asset value, impediments to trading, the inability of shareholders to transact business, violations of applicable privacy and other laws, regulatory fines, penalties, reputational damage, reimbursement or other compensation costs, or additional compliance costs. |
| • | large-capitalization company risk: the risk that securities of large-capitalization companies may underperform securities of smaller capitalization companies or the market as a whole. Large-capitalization companies may adapt more slowly to new competitive challenges and be subject to slower growth during times of economic expansion, which may increase the risk of loss to the Fund. |
| • | growth investing risk: the risk of investing in growth stocks, which may be more volatile than other stocks because they are more sensitive to investor perceptions of the issuing company's growth potential. The growth investment style may be out of favor or may not produce the best results over short or longer time periods and may increase the volatility of the Fund's share price. Growth-oriented funds typically underperform when value investing is in favor. |
| • | value investing risk: the risk of investing in undervalued stocks, which may not realize their perceived value for extended periods of time or may never realize their perceived value. Value stocks may respond differently to market and other developments than other types of stocks. The value investment style may be out of favor or may not produce the best results over short or longer time periods and may increase the volatility of the Fund's share price. Value-oriented funds typically underperform when growth investing is in favor. |
| • | ETF risk: the risk that the value of the Fund's investments will fluctuate in response to the performance of the ETFs owned by the Fund. The lack of liquidity in an ETF could result in its value being more volatile than its portfolio securities, and an ETF's performance may not match the performance of a particular market segment or index it seeks to track. In addition, the Fund's shareholders will indirectly bear a proportionate share of an ETF's expenses, in addition to paying the Fund's expenses. |
| • | prepayment risk: the risk that in times of declining interest rates, the Fund's higher yielding securities may be prepaid and the Fund may have to replace them with securities having a lower yield. |
| • | extension risk: the risk that in times of rising interest rates, borrowers may pay off their debt obligations more slowly, causing securities considered short- or intermediate-term to become longer-term securities that fluctuate more widely in response to changes in interest rates than shorter-term securities. |
| • | mortgage-backed securities risk: the risk of investing in mortgage-backed securities, including prepayment risk and extension risk. Mortgage-backed securities react differently to changes in interest rates than other bonds, and some mortgage-backed securities are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government. |
| • | junk bond risk: the risk that junk bonds have a higher degree of default risk and may be less liquid and subject to greater price volatility than investment grade bonds. |
| • | foreign investing risk: the risk that Fund share prices will fluctuate with market conditions, currency exchange rates and the economic and political climates of the foreign countries in which the Fund invests or has exposure. Investments in foreign securities may involve greater risks than investing in U.S. securities due to, among other factors, less publicly available information, less stringent and less uniform accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards, less liquid and more volatile markets, higher transaction and custody costs, additional taxes, less investor protection, delayed or less frequent settlement, political or social instability, civil unrest, acts of terrorism, regional economic volatility, and the imposition of sanctions, confiscations, trade restrictions (including tariffs) and other government restrictions by the United States and/or other governments. |
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foreign currency risk: the risk that foreign currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar and affect the Fund's investments in foreign currencies, in securities that are denominated, trade, and/or receive revenues in foreign |
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currencies, or in derivatives that provide exposure to foreign currencies. |
| • | commodity risk: the risk that commodity prices may be volatile due to fluctuating demand, supply disruption, speculation, and other factors. Certain commodity investments may have no active trading market at times investing in commodity-linked derivative instruments, including commodity index-linked notes, may subject the Fund to greater volatility than investments in traditional securities. |
Please see "Principal Risks of the Funds" in the Fund's Prospectus for a more detailed description of the risks of investing in the Fund.
Your investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency entity or person.
Investment Results
The bar chart below shows how the Fund's investment results have varied from year to year and the table below shows how the Fund's average annual total returns for various periods compare with the Fund's primary and secondary benchmark indexes. This information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The bar chart shows performance of the Fund's Class I shares. Class N performance may be lower than Class I performance because of the potentially lower expenses paid by Class I shares. Past results (before and after taxes) are not predictive of future results. Updated information on the Fund's investment results can be obtained by visiting www.TCW.com.
Calendar Year Total Returns
For Class I Shares
Highest/Lowest quarterly results during this period were:
| Highest | 11.73% | (quarter ended 6/30/2020) | |||||
| Lowest | -10.01% | (quarter ended 6/30/2022) |
Average Annual Total Returns
(For the period ended December 31, 2025)
| Share Class | 1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years | ||||||||||||
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I - Before taxes |
9.19% | 4.03% | 5.51% | ||||||||||||
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- After taxes on distributions |
8.06% | 2.27% | 3.78% | ||||||||||||
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- After taxes on distributions and sale of fund shares |
6.26% | 2.64% | 3.78% | ||||||||||||
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N - Before taxes |
8.78% | 3.76% | 5.18% | ||||||||||||
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Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)1 |
7.30% | -0.36% | 2.01% | ||||||||||||
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S&P 500 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)1 |
17.88% | 14.42% | 14.82% | ||||||||||||
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40% S&P 500 Index/60% Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)2 |
11.58% | 5.51% | 7.21% | ||||||||||||
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The Fund has adopted these two broad-based indexes as its primary benchmark indexes in response to regulatory requirements. |
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The 40% S&P 500 Index/60% Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is the Fund's secondary benchmark index. The S&P 500 Index is a capitalization-weighted index of 500 U.S. leading companies designed to measure the performance of large-cap U.S. equities. The Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is a market capitalization-weighted index of investment grade, U.S. dollar-denominated, fixed-rate debt issues, including Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, mortgage-backed securities (agency fixed-rate and hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage), asset-backed securities and commercial mortgage-backed securities (agency and non-agency). |
After-tax returns are calculated using the highest individual federal income tax rates in effect each year and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns depend on your individual tax situation and likely will differ from the results shown above, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant if you hold your Fund shares through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or individual retirement account (IRA). After-tax returns are shown for only one class of shares, and after-tax returns for the other class of shares will vary.
Investment Advisor
TCW Investment Management Company LLC is the investment advisor to the Fund.
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Portfolio Managers
The portfolio managers for the Fund are:
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Experience with the Fund |
Primary Title with Investment Advisor |
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Ruben Hovhannisyan, CFA |
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2 years
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Group Managing Director |
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Michael P. Reilly, CFA |
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19 years
(Since inception |
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Group Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer - U.S. Equities |
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Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
You may purchase or redeem Fund shares on any business day (any day the New York Stock Exchange is open). Purchase and redemption orders for Fund shares are processed at the net asset value next calculated after an order is received by the Fund.
You may conduct transactions by mail (TCW Funds, Inc. c/o U.S. Bank Global Fund Services, P.O. Box 219252, Kansas City, MO 64121-9252), or by telephone at 1-800-248-4486. Redemptions by telephone are only permitted upon previously receiving appropriate authorization. You may also purchase, exchange or redeem Fund shares through your dealer or financial advisor.
Purchase Minimums for All Share Classes
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Share Class and Type of Account |
Minimum Initial Investment |
Subsequent Investments |
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| Class I & Class N Regular Account | $ | 2,000 | $ | 250 | ||||||
| Class I & Class N Individual/Retirement Account | $ | 500 | $ | 250 | ||||||
A broker-dealer or other financial intermediary may require a higher minimum initial investment, or may aggregate or combine accounts in order to allow its customers to apply a lower minimum investment.
Tax Information
Dividends and capital gains distributions you receive from the Fund are subject to federal income taxes and may also be subject to state and local taxes, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account. Such tax-deferred arrangements may be taxed later upon withdrawal from those arrangements.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase Fund shares through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and the Fund's distributor or its affiliates may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your financial advisor to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your individual financial advisor or visit your financial intermediary's website for more information.
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