PLPL Plandai Biotechnology Inc (PK)

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 14, 2014

File No. 333-02381/811-07589

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Preliminary Prospectus dated February 14, 2014

Subject to Completion

The information in the prospectus is not complete and may be changed.  We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective.  This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.

As with all mutual funds, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission have not approved or disapproved these securities or passed upon the adequacy of this Prospectus.  Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

Mutual funds are not bank deposits and are not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.  Because you could lose money by investing in the Fund, be sure to read all risk disclosures carefully before investing.

HARTFORD FUNDS

P.O. Box 55022

Boston, MA 02205-5022

HARTFORD MULTI-ASSET INCOME FUND

SUMMARY SECTION

INVESTMENT GOAL. The Fund seeks to provide a high level of current income consistent with growth of capital.

YOUR EXPENSES.   The table below 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 Hartford Funds.  More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in the “Sales Charge Reductions and Waivers” section beginning on page [] of the Fund’s prospectus and the “Purchase and Redemption of Shares” section beginning on page [] of the Fund’s statement of additional information.

(1)          For investments over $1 million, a 1.00% maximum deferred sales charge may apply.

(2)          Fees and expenses are estimated for the current fiscal year.

(3)          Hartford Funds Management Company, LLC (the “Investment Manager”) has contractually agreed to reimburse expenses (exclusive of taxes, interest expenses, brokerage commissions, acquired

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fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses) to the extent necessary to maintain total annual fund operating expenses as follows:  1.12% (Class A), 1.87% (Class C), 0.87% (Class I), 1.42% (Class R3), 1.12% (Class R4), 0.93% (Class R5) and 0.83% (Class Y).  In addition, Hartford Administrative Services Company (“HASCO”), the Fund’s transfer agent, has contractually agreed to reimburse any portion of the transfer agency fees over 0.30% of the average daily net assets per fiscal year for all classes.  Each contractual arrangement will remain in effect until February 28, 2015, and shall renew automatically for one-year terms thereafter unless the Investment Manager or HASCO, respectively, provides written notice of termination prior to the start of the next term or upon approval of the Board of Directors of the Fund.

(4)          Other expenses include an administrative services fee paid by the Fund for third party recordkeeping that is payable as a percentage of net assets in the amount of up to: 0.20% (Class R3), 0.15% (Class R4) and 0.10% (Class R5).

EXAMPLE.   The examples below are intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The examples assume that:

Your actual costs may be higher or lower. Based on these assumptions, for every $10,000 invested, you would pay the following expenses if you sell all of your shares at the end of each time period indicated:

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

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 when Fund shares are held in a taxable account.  These costs, which are not reflected in annual Fund operating expenses or in the examples, affect the Fund’s performance.  Because the Fund has been in operation for less than one full

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calendar year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate for the most recent fiscal year is not available.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGY.   The Fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing across a broad range of asset classes.  Under normal circumstances, the Fund targets a neutral allocation of approximately 30% in equity securities and 70% in fixed income securities.  The Fund’s sub-adviser, Wellington Management Company, LLP (“Wellington Management”), has the ability to adjust the Fund’s neutral allocations generally within a range of +/-20% to adapt the portfolio to various income and market conditions.  Included in the broader allocations are both traditional and nontraditional income asset classes, including, but not limited to, high yield debt securities, bank loans, emerging markets debt, securitized debt, investment grade debt, convertible securities, preferred securities, government bonds, currencies, income-oriented equities, and covered calls.  Allocation decisions within these bands will be made at the discretion of the sub-adviser and will be based on Wellington Management’s judgment of the market cycle, market risks, volatility, trends and valuations within each asset category and expected yield and total returns of each asset category.

The equity portion of the Fund’s portfolio invests primarily in common stock and depositary receipts.  In addition, the Fund may invest in other types of equity instruments including, but not limited to, real estate-related securities, convertible bonds, preferred stock, rights, warrants, exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), and similar liquid equity equivalents, cash and cash equivalents, master limited partnerships (“MLPs”), and derivative instruments.  The Fund may invest in equity securities of issuers with any market capitalization.  The fixed income portion of the Fund will invest primarily in U.S. Treasury bills, notes, and bonds; rated and unrated loan and debt obligations of corporations, including loans and other debt obligations of corporations in default or bankruptcy; and non-U.S. government and corporate securities, including emerging markets debt; securitized debt and currencies.  The fixed income portion of the Fund is also able to invest in hybrid high yield instruments, including zero coupon bonds, convertible bonds, and units or other securities with hybrid equity characteristics.  The Fund may invest in fixed-income securities of any maturity or duration.

The Fund may buy and sell exchange-traded and over-the-counter derivative instruments, including interest rate, credit, index, and currency futures; currency, interest rate, total rate of return, and credit default swaps; currency, bond, and swap options; deliverable and non-deliverable currency forward contracts; bonds for forward settlement; options, including buying and selling puts and calls; and other derivative instruments for risk management purposes and otherwise in pursuit of the Fund’s investment objective.

Wellington Management combines top-down global macroeconomic and currency views with bottom up fundamental research from specialized investment teams to seek to identify what Wellington Management believes to be the most attractive investment opportunities in the global fixed income and equity markets.

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MAIN RISKS.  The primary risks of investing in the Fund are described below.  When you sell your shares they may be worth more or less than what you paid for them, which means that you could lose money as a result of your investment.  An 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.   As with any fund, there is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its goal.  For more information regarding risks and investment matters please see “Additional Information Regarding Risks and Investment Strategies” in the Fund’s prospectus.

Asset Allocation Risk — The risk that if the Fund’s strategy for allocating assets among different asset classes does not work as intended, the Fund may not achieve its objective or may underperform other funds with similar investment strategies.  The investment styles employed by the portfolio managers may not be complementary, which could adversely affect the performance of the Fund.

Market Risk — Market risk is the risk that one or more markets in which the Fund invests will go down in value, including the possibility that the markets will go down sharply and unpredictably.  Securities may decline in value due to the activities and financial prospects of individual companies or to general market and economic movements and trends.

Credit Risk - Credit risk is the risk that the issuer of a security or other instrument will not be able to make principal and interest payments when due. 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 both the financial condition of the issuer and the terms of the obligation.

Interest Rate Risk - The risk that your investment may go down in value when interest rates rise, because when interest rates rise, the prices of bonds and fixed rate loans fall.  Generally, the longer the maturity of a bond or fixed rate loan, the more sensitive it is to this risk.  Falling interest rates also create the potential for a decline in the Fund’s income. These risks are greater during periods of rising inflation.

Loans and Loan Participations Risk — Loans and loan participations, including floating rate loans, are subject to credit risk, including the risk of nonpayment of principal or interest. Also, substantial increases in interest rates may cause an increase in loan defaults. Although the loans the Fund holds may be fully collateralized at the time of acquisition, the collateral may decline in value, be relatively illiquid, or lose all or substantially all of its value subsequent to investment. In addition, in the event an issuer becomes insolvent, a loan could be subject to settlement risks or administrative disruptions that could adversely affect the Fund’s investment. It may also be difficult to obtain reliable information about a loan or loan participation.

Many loans are relatively illiquid or are subject to restrictions on resale and may be difficult to value, which will have an adverse impact on the Fund’s ability to dispose of particular loans or loan participations when necessary to meet redemption requests or liquidity needs, or to respond to a specific economic event, such as deterioration in the creditworthiness of the borrower. Loans may also be

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subject to extension risk (the risk that borrowers will repay a loan more slowly in periods of rising interest rates) and prepayment risk (the risk that borrowers will repay a loan more quickly in periods of falling interest rates).

Investment Strategy Risk - The risk that, if the sub-adviser’s investment strategy does not perform as expected, the Fund could underperform its peers or lose money.  There is no guarantee that the Fund’s investment objective will be achieved.

Foreign Investments Risk — Investments in foreign securities may be riskier than investments in U.S. securities.  Differences between the U.S. and foreign regulatory regimes and securities markets, including the less stringent investor protection and disclosure standards of some foreign markets, as well as political and economic developments in foreign countries and regions, may affect the value of the Fund’s investments in foreign securities.  Changes in currency exchange rates may also adversely affect the Fund’s foreign investments.

Emerging Markets Risk - The risks related to investing in foreign securities are generally greater with respect to securities of companies that conduct their principal business activities in emerging markets or whose securities are traded principally on exchanges in emerging markets.  The risks of investing in emerging markets include risks of illiquidity, increased price volatility, smaller market capitalizations, less government regulation, less extensive and less frequent accounting, financial and other reporting requirements, risk of loss resulting from problems in share registration and custody and substantial economic and political disruptions.

Dividend Paying Security Investment Risk — Securities that pay high dividends as a group can fall out of favor with the market, causing the Fund during such periods to underperform funds that do not focus on dividends. The Fund’s focus on dividend paying investments may cause the Fund’s share price and total return to fluctuate more than the share price and total return of funds that do not focus their investments on dividend paying securities. In addition, income provided by the Fund may be affected by changes in the dividend policies of the companies in which the Fund invests and the capital resources available for such payments at such companies.

Junk Bond Risk - Investments rated below investment grade (also referred to as “junk bonds”) are considered to be speculative and are subject to heightened credit risk, which may make the fund more sensitive to adverse developments in the U.S. and abroad.  Lower rated debt securities generally involve greater risk of default or price changes due to changes in the issuer’s creditworthiness than higher rated debt securities.  The market prices of these securities may fluctuate more than higher quality securities and may decline significantly in periods of general economic difficulty.  There may be little trading in the secondary market for particular debt securities, which may make them more difficult to value or sell.

Derivatives Risk - Derivatives are instruments whose value depends on, or is derived from, the value of an underlying asset, reference rate or index.  Derivatives may be riskier than other types of investments because they may be more sensitive to changes in economic or market conditions than other types of investments and

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could result in losses that significantly exceed the Fund’s original investment.  Successful use of derivative instruments by the Fund depends on the sub-adviser’s judgment with respect to a number of factors and the Fund’s performance could be worse and/or more volatile than if it had not used these instruments.  In addition, the fluctuations in the value of derivatives may not correlate perfectly with the value of any portfolio assets being hedged, the performance of the asset class to which the sub-adviser seeks exposure, or the overall securities markets.

Futures and Options Risks - Futures and options may be more volatile than direct investments in the securities underlying the futures and options, may not correlate perfectly to the underlying securities, may involve additional costs, and may be illiquid.  Futures and options also may involve a small initial investment relative to the risk assumed, which could result in losses greater than if they had not been used.  Futures and options are also subject to the risk that the other party to the transaction defaults on its obligation.

Call Risk - Call risk is the risk that an issuer, especially during a period of falling interest rates, may redeem a security by repaying it early, which may reduce the Fund’s income if the proceeds are reinvested at lower interest rates.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk - Mortgage- and asset-backed securities represent interests in “pools” of mortgages or other assets, including consumer loans or receivables held in trust.  Mortgage-backed securities are subject to credit risk, interest rate risk, “prepayment risk” (the risk that borrowers will repay a loan more quickly in periods of falling interest rates) and “extension risk” (the risk that borrowers will repay a loan more slowly in periods of rising interest rates).  If the Fund invests in mortgage-backed or asset-backed securities that are subordinated to other interests in the same mortgage pool, the Fund may only receive payments after the pool’s obligations to other investors have been satisfied.  An unexpectedly high rate of defaults on the mortgages held by a mortgage pool may limit substantially the pool’s ability to make payments of principal or interest to the Fund, reducing the values of those securities or in some cases rendering them worthless.  The risk of such defaults is generally higher in the case of mortgage pools that include so-called “subprime” mortgages.

Sovereign Debt Risk — Sovereign debt instruments are subject to the risk that a governmental entity may delay or refuse to pay interest or repay principal on its sovereign debt due, for example, to cash flow problems, insufficient foreign currency reserves, political considerations, the relative size of the governmental entity’s debt position in relation to the economy or the failure to put in place economic reforms required by the International Monetary Fund or other multilateral agencies.  If a governmental entity defaults, it may ask for more time in which to pay or for further loans.  There is no legal process for collecting sovereign debt that a government does not pay nor are there bankruptcy proceedings through which all or part of the sovereign debt that a governmental entity has not repaid may be collected.

Active Trading Risk -  Active trading could increase the Fund’s transaction costs and may increase your taxable distributions.  These effects may also adversely affect Fund performance.

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Quantitative Investing Risk - The value of securities selected using quantitative analysis can react differently to issuer, political, market, and economic developments from the market as a whole or securities selected using only fundamental analysis.  The factors used in quantitative analysis and the weight placed on those factors may not be predictive of a security’s value.  In addition, factors that affect a security’s value can change over time and these changes may not be reflected in the quantitative model.

The Fund is subject to certain other risks, which are described elsewhere in this prospectus.

PAST PERFORMANCE.   Because the Fund has been in operation for less than one full calendar year, no performance history has been provided.

MANAGEMENT.  The Fund’s investment manager is Hartford Funds Management Company, LLC.  The Fund’s sub-adviser is Wellington Management.

PURCHASE AND SALE OF FUND SHARES.   Not all share classes are available for all investors.  Minimum investment amounts may be waived for certain accounts.

For more information, please see the “How To Buy And Sell Shares” section of the Fund’s prospectus.

You may sell your shares of the Fund on those days when the New York Stock Exchange is open, typically Monday through Friday.  You may sell your shares on the web at www.hartfordfunds.com, by phone by calling 1-888-843-7824, by

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electronic funds transfer, or by wire.  In certain circumstances you will need to write to Hartford Funds, P.O. Box 55022, Boston, MA 02205-5022 to request to sell your shares.  For overnight mail, please send the request to Hartford Funds, 30 Dan Road, Suite 55022, Canton, MA 02021-2809.

TAX INFORMATION.   The Fund’s distributions are taxable, and will be taxed as ordinary income or capital gains, 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 of monies from those arrangements.

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 or financial advisor), the Fund and its related companies 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 financial advisor or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.

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joined Wellington Management in 1995 and has been an investment professional since 1999.

Campe Goodman , CFA, Senior Vice President and Fixed Income Portfolio Manager of Wellington Management, has served as portfolio manager of the Fund since 2014. Mr. Goodman joined Wellington Management as an investment professional in 2000.

Soft Dollar Practices

The sub-adviser is responsible for the day-to-day portfolio management activities of the Fund, including effecting securities transactions. To the extent consistent with Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “1934 Act”), the sub-adviser may obtain “soft dollar” benefits in connection with the execution of transactions for the Fund. The sub-adviser may cause the Fund to pay a broker-dealer an amount in excess of the amount that another broker-dealer would have charged for the same transaction, in exchange for “brokerage and research services” (as defined in the 1934 Act). Neither the management fees nor the sub-advisory fees are reduced because the sub-adviser receives these products and services. These products and services may be of value to the sub-adviser in advising its clients (including the Fund), although not all of these products and services are necessarily useful and of value in managing the Fund. These products and services may include research reports, access to management personnel, financial newsletters and trade journals, seminar and conference fees, quantitative analytical software, data services, communication services relating to (or incidental to) the execution, clearing and settlement of securities transactions, post-trade services relating to functions incidental to trade execution, and other products and services that are permitted under Section 28(e), as interpreted by the SEC from time to time. In certain instances, these products and services may have additional uses that are not related to brokerage or research. For such “mixed use” items, in accordance with SEC guidance, the sub-adviser will make a reasonable allocation of the cost of the item according to its expected use, and will pay for that portion of the item that does not have a brokerage or research-related component out of its own pocket.

MANAGEMENT FEE. The Fund pays a monthly management fee to the Investment Manager at the annual rate, based on the Fund’s average daily net asset value, shown below.

The management fee set forth in the Fund’s investment advisory agreement is  0.7500% of the first $250 million, 0.7000% of the next $250 million, 0.6800% of the next $500 million, 0.6600% of the next $1.5 billion, 0.6500% of the next $2.5 billion, 0.6400% of the next 5 billion and 0.6350% in excess of $10 billion annually of the Fund’s average daily net assets.  The Investment Manager pays a sub-advisory fee to Wellington Management out of its advisory fee.

A discussion regarding the basis for the Board of Directors’ approval of the investment management agreement for the Fund with the Investment Manager, as well as the investment sub-advisory agreement between the Investment Manager and the Fund’s sub-adviser, will be available in the Fund’s annual report to shareholders for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2014.

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CLASSES OF SHARES

The Fund offers for sale seven classes of shares: Class A, Class C, Class I, Class R3, Class R4, Class R5 and Class Y.

Investor Requirements.

This section describes investor requirements for each class of shares offered by Hartford Funds.  The Fund may, in its sole discretion, modify or waive the eligibility requirements for purchases of any class of its shares.

Class A and Class C Shares — Class A and Class C shares are generally available for purchase by all investors.  However, Class A shares are not generally available to retirement plans.

Class I Shares — Class I shares are only offered:

·                   through advisory fee-based wrap programs sponsored by financial intermediaries, such as brokerage firms, investment advisers, financial planners, third-party administrators, insurance companies, and any other institutions that have a selling, administration or any similar agreement with the Fund, whose use of Class I shares will depend on the structure of the particular advisory fee-based wrap program, and

·                   to current or retired officers, directors and employees (and their families, as defined below under “Accumulation Privilege”) of the Fund, The Hartford, the sub-advisers to Hartford Funds, the transfer agent, and their affiliates.

These eligible investors may purchase Class I shares, which are offered at net asset value without any sales charge or any distribution or service fee.  Ineligible investors who select Class I shares will be issued Class A shares.  Class A shares are subject to a front-end sales charge and a distribution and service fee unless an investor qualifies for the waiver of the Class A front-end sales charge.

Class R3, Class R4 and Class R5 Shares — Class R3, R4 and R5 shares are available only to 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit-sharing and money purchase pension plans, defined benefit plans,  nonqualified deferred compensation plans and 529 college savings plans. Class R3, R4 and R5 shares also generally are available only to retirement plans where plan level or omnibus accounts are held on the books of the Fund; however, the Fund reserves the right in its sole discretion to waive this requirement. Class R3, R4 and R5 shares are not available to retail non-retirement accounts, Traditional and Roth Individual Retirement accounts (IRAs), Coverdell Education Savings Accounts, SEPs, SARSEPs, SIMPLE IRAs and individual 403(b) plans.

Class Y Shares — Class Y shares are available only to certain eligible investors, as set forth below.

·                   Class Y shares are offered to institutional investors, which include, but are not limited to:

·                   Certain qualified employee benefit plans and other retirement savings plans

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·                   Class Y shares are not available to individual investors, unless such investors purchased their shares prior to March 1, 2008 and wish to add to their existing account.  Class Y shares are also not available to retail, advisory fee-based wrap programs.

·                   Class Y shares are only available to those institutional investors that have invested or agree to invest at least $250,000 in Hartford Funds.  This investment minimum does not apply to qualified employee benefit plans and other retirement savings plans, foundations and endowments or to certain omnibus trades received through registered investment advisers.

Choosing a Share Class

Each share class has its own cost structure, allowing you to choose the one that best meets your needs. For estimated expenses of each share class, see the Fund information earlier in this prospectus. Your financial representative can help you decide.

In making your decision regarding which share class may be best for you to invest in, please keep in mind that your financial representative or plan administrator may receive different compensation depending on the share class you buy and different share classes may offer you different services. You should consult with your financial intermediary about the comparative pricing and features of each share class, the services available for shareholders in each share class, the compensation that your financial intermediary will receive in connection with each share class and other factors that may affect your decision about the best share class to buy.

Each class, except Class I, Class R5 and Class Y, has adopted a Rule 12b-1 plan that allows that class to pay distribution and service fees for the sale and distribution of its shares and for providing services to shareholders. Because these fees are paid out of the Fund’s assets on an ongoing basis, over time these fees will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more than paying other types of sales charges.

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(1)          As a percentage of the Fund’s average net assets.

(2)          No automatic conversion to Class A shares, so annual expenses continue at the Class C level throughout the life of your investment.

(1)          Investments of $1 million or more in Class A shares may be made with no front-end sales charge. However, if you qualify to purchase your Class A shares without any sales charge and you redeem those shares within 18 months of the purchase, you may pay a contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) of 1.00% on any Class A shares sold. For purposes of this CDSC, all purchases made during a calendar month are counted as having been made on the first day of that month. The amount of any  CDSC is based on the lesser of the original purchase cost or the current market value of the shares being sold and is not charged on shares you acquired by reinvesting your dividends and capital gains distributions. To keep your CDSC as low as possible, each time you place a request to sell shares, we will first sell any shares in your account that are not subject to a CDSC.

In order to determine the dollar amount of the sales charges you pay, we multiply the applicable percentage by the dollar amount of your desired investment. The total dollar amount of the sales charge is rounded to two decimal places using standard rounding criteria and is included in the public offering price of the Fund.  Your total purchase amount is then divided by the Fund’s per share public offering price to determine the number of shares you receive in the Fund. This number is rounded to three decimal places using standard rounding criteria.  Because of rounding discussed above, the front-end sales charge you pay, when expressed as a percentage of the offering price, may be higher or lower than the amount as stated in the Fund’s fee table (as illustrated in the table above).

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For example, you want to invest $100.00 in Class A shares of a Fund. Assume the shares have a public offering price of $15.72 (includes front-end sales charge), a total net asset value of $14.86, and a front-end sales charge of 5.5%.  The total dollar amount of the sales charge would be $5.48; the total net asset value of the shares purchased would be $94.52; and the total number of shares purchased would equal 6.361 shares.  Therefore, the calculated sales charge rate is 5.48% (sales charge paid divided by the net investment). Please note that this example is a hypothetical and is not intended to represent the value of any Hartford F und.

The distributor may pay up to the entire amount of the sales commission to particular broker-dealers. The distributor may pay dealers of record commissions on purchases over $1 million in an amount of up to 1.00% of the first $4 million, plus 0.50% of the next $6 million, plus 0.25% of share purchases over $10 million. This commission schedule may also apply to certain sales of Class A shares made to investors that qualify under any of the last four categories listed under “Waivers for Certain Investors.”

Class C deferred sales charges are listed below. No CDSC is charged on shares acquired through reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions. The CDSC is based on the original purchase cost or the current market value of the shares being sold, whichever is less. A front-end sales charge is not assessed on Class C shares.

For purposes of the Class C CDSC, all purchases made during a calendar month are counted as having been made on the first day of that month. To determine whether a CDSC applies, the Fund redeems shares in the following order: (1) shares acquired through reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions, and (2) shares held over 1 year.  Please note that for purposes of the expense examples  shown in this prospectus, the figures include the effect of Class C CDSC as if it had been incurred prior to the expiration of the applicable period.

When requesting a redemption, the amount withdrawn from your account will equal the specified dollar amount of the redemption request plus the dollar amount of any applicable CDSC.  If you do not want any additional amount withdrawn from your account to cover the CDSC due, please indicate that the applicable CDSC should be withdrawn from the total distribution amount requested.

Proceeds from the CDSC are paid to the distributor and are used in whole or in part by the distributor to defray its expenses related to providing distribution-related services to the Fund in connection with the sale of the Class A and Class C shares, such as the payment of compensation to select selling brokers for selling these classes of shares. The combination of the CDSC and the distribution and service fees facilitates the ability of the Fund to sell the Class C shares without a front-end sales charge being deducted, and to sell Class A shares with a 2.00%, 3.00%, 4.50% or 5.50% maximum sales charge, as applicable, at the time of the purchase.

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Although the Fund does not charge a transaction fee, you may be charged a fee by brokers or financial intermediaries for the purchase or sale of the Fund’s shares through that broker or financial intermediary. This transaction fee is separate from any sales charge that the Fund may apply.

Sales Charge Reductions And Waivers

Reducing Your Class A Sales Charges There are several ways you can combine multiple purchases of shares of the Fund to take advantage of the breakpoints in the Class A shares’ sales charge schedule. Please note that you or your broker must notify HASCO, the Fund’s transfer agent, that you are eligible for these breakpoints every time you have a qualifying transaction.

·                   Accumulation Privilege — lets you add the value of any shares of the Fund (excluding Class R3, Class R4 and Class R5 shares) you or members of your family already own to the amount of your next Class A shares investment for purposes of calculating the sales charge you will pay on that investment.  This Accumulation Privilege permits any qualifying investor to purchase Class A shares of any fund of The Hartford Mutual Funds, Inc., The Hartford Mutual Funds II, Inc. and 529 college savings plan accounts administered by The Hartford at the offering price that applies to the total of (a) the dollar amount then being purchased plus (b) an amount equal to the then-current net asset value of the purchaser’s holdings of all shares (other than Class R3, Class R4 and Class R5) of all funds of The Hartford Mutual Funds, Inc., The Hartford Mutual Funds II, Inc. and 529 college savings plan accounts administered by The Hartford. For purposes of the Accumulation Privilege, the purchaser may include all shares owned by family members. The definition of family member varies depending upon when the purchaser opened the account.

·                   For accounts opened on or after August 16, 2004 , a family member is the owner’s spouse (or legal equivalent recognized under state law) and any children under 21.

·                   For accounts opened before August 16, 2004 , a family member is an owner’s spouse (or legal equivalent recognized under state law), parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, brother, sister, step-family members and in-laws.

As of August 16, 2004, account values invested in fixed annuity, variable annuity and variable life insurance products will no longer be considered towards the Accumulation Privilege. Participants in retirement plans receive breakpoints at the plan level. Acceptance of the purchase order is subject to confirmation of qualification. The Accumulation Privilege may be amended or terminated at any time as to subsequent purchases.

·                   Letter Of Intent — lets you purchase Class A shares of the Fund over a 13-month period and receive the same sales charge as if all shares had been purchased at once.  Any person may use a Letter of Intent (“LOI”) to qualify for a reduced sales charge on purchases of Class A shares.  Please note : (i) retirement plans that receive breakpoints at the plan level do not qualify for the LOI privilege and (ii) Class A shares acquired through the reinvestment of distributions do not constitute purchases for purposes of

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the LOI.  A Class A shareholder may include, as an accumulation credit towards the completion of an LOI, the value of all shares of all funds of The Hartford Mutual Funds, Inc., The Hartford Mutual Funds II, Inc. and 529 college savings plan accounts administered by The Hartford owned by the shareholder as described above under “Accumulation Privilege.”  Such value is determined based on the public offering price on the date of the LOI.  During the term of a LOI, HASCO will hold shares in escrow to secure payment of the higher sales charge applicable for shares actually purchased if you do not purchase the amount indicated on the LOI.  Dividends and capital gains will be paid on all escrowed shares and these shares will be released when the amount indicated on the LOI has been purchased.  A LOI does not obligate you to buy or the Fund to sell the indicated amount of the LOI.  If a Class A shareholder exceeds the amount specified in the LOI and reaches an amount that would qualify for a further quantity discount, the applicable breakpoints in the Class A shares’ sales charge schedule will be applied to such additional Class A share purchases.  Any resulting difference in offering price will be used to purchase additional Class A shares for the shareholder’s account at the applicable offering price.  If the amount specified in the LOI is not purchased, the shareholder shall remit to HASCO an amount equal to the difference between the sales charge paid and the sales charge that would have been paid had the aggregate purchases been made at a single time.  If the Class A shareholder does not pay such difference in sales charge within twenty days after a written request by HASCO, HASCO will redeem an appropriate number of escrowed shares in order to realize such difference.  This redemption may be treated and reported as a taxable distribution to you, as discussed in the “Fund Distributions and Tax Matters” section of this prospectus.  Purchases based on a LOI may include holdings as described above under “Accumulation Privilege.”  Additional information about the terms of the LOI is available from your registered representative or from HASCO at 1-888-843-7824.

Waivers For Certain Investors

Front-End Sales Charge . The Class A shares front-end sales charge may be reduced or waived for the following individuals and institutions:

·                   selling broker dealers and their employees and sales representatives (and their families, as defined above under the “Accumulation Privilege” section) provided, however, that only those employees of such broker-dealers who, as a part of their usual duties, provide services related to transactions in Fund shares shall qualify,

·                   financial representatives utilizing Fund shares in fee-based investment products under a signed agreement with the Fund,

·                   current or retired officers, directors and employees (and their families, as defined above under the “Accumulation Privilege” section) of the Fund, The Hartford, the sub-advisers to Hartford Funds, the transfer agent, and their affiliates.  Such individuals may also purchase Class I shares at net asset value,

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·                   welfare benefit plans investing in Fund shares through group variable funding agreements issued by Hartford Life Insurance Company,

·                   participants in certain employer-sponsored retirement plans with at least 100 participants or $500,000 in plan assets, participants in retirement plans investing in Fund shares through group variable funding agreements issued by Hartford Life Insurance Company and participants in retirement plans where Hartford Life Insurance Company or an affiliate is the plan administrator that included (or were offered) the Fund as an investment option on or before June 30, 2007,

·                   college savings programs that are qualified state tuition programs under Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code, and

·                   investors purchasing through a financial intermediary that has entered into an agreement with the distributor to offer shares to self-directed investment brokerage accounts that may or may not charge a transaction fee to customers.

In order to receive the sales charge reductions or waivers, you must notify the transfer agent of the reduction or waiver request when you place your purchase order. The transfer agent may require evidence of your qualification for such reductions or waivers. Additional information about the sales charge reductions or waivers can be obtained from the transfer agent. The 1.00% CDSCs indicated above also may be waived where the distributor does not compensate the broker for the sale.

CDSC Waivers   As long as the transfer agent is notified at the time you sell, the CDSC for each applicable share class will generally be waived in the following cases:

·                   to make Systematic Withdrawal Plan payments that are limited annually to no more than 12% of the value of the account at the time the plan is initiated or updated,

·                   for retirement plans under the following circumstances:

(1)          to return excess contributions,

(2)          hardship withdrawals as defined in the plans,

(3)          under a Qualified Domestic Relations Order as defined in the Internal Revenue Code,

(4)          to meet minimum distribution requirements under the Internal Revenue Code,

(5)          to make “substantially equal payments” as described in Section 72(t) of the Internal Revenue Code,

(6)          after separation from service for employer sponsored retirement plans, and

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(7)          for Class C shares, the CDSC may be waived for withdrawals made pursuant to loans, as defined by the plan’s administrator at the time of withdrawal, taken from qualified retirement plans, such as 401 (k) plans, profit-sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans (excluding individual retirement accounts, such as Traditional, Roth, SEP or SIMPLE).

Reinstatement Privilege

If you sell shares of the Fund, you may reinvest some or all of the proceeds in shares of the Fund or any other Hartford Fund within 90 days without a sales charge, as long as the transfer agent is notified before you reinvest; except that, certain qualified plans may only reinvest as a rollover within 60 days of selling shares of the Fund.  In this case, once the 60 day rollover period has ended such qualified plans may reinvest only those funds that do not exceed the maximum qualified plan contribution amount for their account in that given tax year. If you sold Class A or C shares, you must reinvest in shares of the same class to take advantage of the reinstatement privilege.  If you paid a CDSC when you sold your Class A or Class C shares, you will be credited with the amount of that CDSC.  All accounts involved must have the same registration.

Information about sales charges and sales charge reductions or waivers are available, free of charge, on the Fund’s website at www.hartfordfunds.com . The website includes hyperlinks that facilitate access to this information.

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Taxability Of Dividends

Unless your shares are held in a tax-advantaged account, dividends and distributions you receive from the Fund, whether reinvested or taken as cash, are generally considered taxable.  Distributions from the Fund’s long-term capital gains are taxable as long-term capital gains, regardless of how long you held your shares.  Distributions from short-term capital gains and from ordinary income (other than certain qualified dividend income) are generally taxable as ordinary income.  A portion of dividends from ordinary income may qualify for the dividends-received deduction for corporations.  Distributions from certain qualified dividend income generally are taxable to individuals at the same rates that apply to long-term capital gains, if certain holding period and other requirements are met.  The maximum individual rate applicable to “qualified dividend income” and long-term capital gains is currently generally either 15% or 20%, depending on whether the individual’s income exceeds certain threshold amounts.

An additional 3.8% Medicare tax will be imposed on certain net investment income (including taxable distributions received from the Fund and net gains from redemptions of Fund shares) of individuals, estates and trusts to the extent that such person’s gross income, with certain adjustments, exceeds certain threshold amounts.

Some dividends paid in January may be taxable as if they had been paid the previous December.

Dividends and capital gains distributed by the Fund to tax-deferred retirement plan accounts are not taxable currently.

Taxability Of Transactions

Unless your shares are held in a tax-advantaged account, any time you sell or exchange shares, it is considered a taxable event for you.  You may have a capital gain or a loss on the transaction that will be long-term or short-term, depending upon how long you held your shares.  You are responsible for any tax liabilities generated by your transactions.  Consult your tax advisor if you sell shares held for less than six months at a loss after receiving a long-term capital gain distribution from the Fund.

Under certain limited circumstances, shareholder may be able to exchange one class of shares for another class of shares of the same Fund.  In general, exchanges of one share class for a different share class of the same fund should not result in the realization by the investor of a taxable capital gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes, provided that the transaction is undertaken and processed, with respect to any shareholder, as a direct exchange transaction. If the exchange results in a CDSC or sales charge, Fund shares may be redeemed to pay the charge, and that redemption would be taxable.  Shareholders should consult their tax advisors as to the federal, state, local and non-U.S. tax consequences of an intra-fund exchange .

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Exchanges within a tax-deferred retirement plan account will not result in a capital gain or loss for federal or state income tax purposes.  With limited exceptions, distributions from a retirement plan account are taxable as ordinary income.

your personal tax advisor about the potential tax consequences of an investment in the Fund under all applicable tax laws.

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LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

On February 25, 2011, Jennifer L. Kasilag, Louis Mellinger, Judith M. Menendez, Jacqueline M. Robinson, and Linda A. Russell filed a derivative lawsuit against Hartford Investment Financial Services, LLC (“HIFSCO”) (now known as Hartford Funds Distributors, LLC) on behalf of six Hartford retail mutual funds in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, alleging that HIFSCO received excessive advisory and distribution fees in violation of its statutory fiduciary duty under Section 36(b) of the 1940 Act when serving as investment manager and principal underwriter, respectively, to the Hartford retail mutual funds. Although this action was purportedly filed on behalf of certain of the Hartford Funds, none of the Hartford Funds is itself a defendant to the suit.  HIFSCO moved to dismiss and, in September 2011, the motion was granted in part and denied in part, with leave to amend the complaint. In November 2011, plaintiffs filed an amended complaint on behalf of certain Hartford retail mutual funds, The Hartford Global Health Fund (now known as The Hartford Healthcare Fund), The Hartford Conservative Allocation Fund, The Hartford Growth Opportunities Fund, The Hartford Inflation Plus Fund, The Hartford Advisers Fund (now known as The Hartford Balanced Fund), and The Hartford Capital Appreciation Fund. Plaintiffs seek to rescind the investment management agreements and distribution plans between HIFSCO and these funds and to recover the total fees charged thereunder or, in the alternative, to recover any improper compensation HIFSCO received, in addition to lost earnings. HIFSCO filed a partial motion to dismiss the amended complaint and, in December 2012, the court dismissed without prejudice the claims regarding distribution fees and denied the motion with respect to the advisory fees claims. HIFSCO disputes the allegations and intends to defend vigorously.

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PERFORMANCE NOTES

The following notes provide additional information for understanding how the Fund measures its performance. The Fund’s performance benchmarks are the MSCI All Country World Index, the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global High Yield Constrained Index, the JPM Emerging Markets Bond Index Plus, and the Credit Suisse Leveraged Loan Index.  [The Fund will also measure its performance against a custom blended benchmark consisting of these four indices as follows: MSCI All Country World Index (30%), the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global High Yield Constrained Index (23.4%), the JPM Emerging Markets Bond Index Plus (23.3%) and the Credit Suisse Leveraged Loan Index (23.3%).]

The MSCI All Country World Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that measures equity market performance in the global developed and emerging markets, consisting of 45 developed and emerging market country indices.  This index is unmanaged, and its results include reinvested dividends and/or distributions, but do not reflect the effect of sales charges, commissions, expenses or taxes.

The Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global High Yield Constrained Index tracks the performance of below investment grade bonds of corporate issuers domiciled in countries with an investment grade foreign currency long-term debt rating (based on a composite of Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services ).  The index is weighted by outstanding issuance, but constrained such that the percentage of any one issuer may not represent more than 2% of the Index.  It is not possible to invest directly in an index.

The Credit Suisse Leveraged Loan Index is a market value-weighted index designed to represent the investable universe of the U.S. dollar-denominated leveraged loan market.

The JPMorgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Plus (EMBI+) is JPMorgan’s most liquid U.S. dollar emerging markets debt benchmark, and tracks total returns for actively traded external debt instruments in emerging markets.  Included in the EMBI+ are U.S. dollar-denominated Brady bonds, Eurobonds, and traded loans issued by sovereign entities.

The returns of the indices include reinvested dividends and/or distributions, but do not reflect the effect of sales charges, commissions, expenses or taxes.

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GENERAL INFORMATION

The Company is an open-end management investment company consisting of fifty one separate investment portfolios or mutual funds. The separate investment portfolios of the Company and The Hartford Mutual Funds II, Inc. are collectively referred to herein as the “Hartford Funds.” The Hartford Mutual Funds, Inc. was organized as a Maryland corporation on March 21, 1996.  This SAI relates to Hartford Multi-Asset Income Fund, which commenced operations on [April 30], 2014.  The Company issues a series of shares of stock for the Fund representing a fractional undivided interest in the Fund. The Fund issues Class A, Class C, Class I, Class R3, Class R4, Class R5 and Class Y shares. The Fund is offered through a prospectus relating to the Fund and its classes. This SAI relates to Class A, C, I, R3, R4, R5 and Y shares.

The Fund is a diversified fund.

Hartford Funds Management Company, LLC (“HFMC”) is the investment manager to the Fund.  Hartford Funds Distributors, LLC (“HFD”) is the principal underwriter to the Fund. HFMC and HFD are indirect, wholly owned subsidiaries of The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (“The Hartford”), a Connecticut financial services company. In addition, Wellington Management Company, LLP (“Wellington Management”) is the sub-adviser to the Fund and provides the day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio (the “sub-adviser”).

Hartford Funds also sponsors a family of mutual funds that are primarily used as investment options for variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts issued by Hartford Life Insurance Company (“HLIC”) and its affiliates, for other insurance companies, and for certain retirement plans. HFMC is also the investment adviser to that family of funds.

5. will not purchase or sell real estate unless acquired as a result of ownership of securities or other instruments, although it may purchase securities secured by real estate or interests therein, or securities issued by companies which invest in real estate or interests therein; and

6. will not purchase or sell commodities or commodities contracts, except to the extent permitted by applicable law and as set forth in the Fund’s prospectus and SAI.

B.                             NON-FUNDAMENTAL INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS OF THE FUND

The following restrictions are non-fundamental restrictions and may be changed by the Board of Directors without shareholder approval.

The Fund may not:

1. Pledge its assets other than to secure permitted borrowings or to secure investments permitted by the Fund’s investment policies as set forth in its prospectus and this SAI, as they may be amended from time to time, and applicable law.

2. Purchase securities on margin except to the extent permitted by applicable law.

3. Purchase securities while outstanding borrowings exceed 5% of the Fund’s total assets, except where the borrowing is for temporary or emergency purposes.  Reverse repurchase agreements, dollar rolls, securities lending, and other investments or transactions described in the Fund’s prospectus and this SAI, as they may be amended from time to time, are not deemed to be borrowings for purposes of this restriction.

4. Make short sales of securities or maintain a short position, except to the extent permitted by the Fund’s prospectus and SAI, as amended from time to time, and applicable law.

5. Invest more than 15% of the Fund’s net assets in illiquid securities.

C.                             NON-FUNDAMENTAL TAX RESTRICTIONS OF THE FUND

The Fund must:

1. Maintain its assets so that, at the close of each quarter of its taxable year,

(a)                          at least 50 percent of the fair market value of its total assets is comprised of cash, cash items, U.S. Government securities, securities of other regulated investment companies and other securities (including bank loans), limited in respect of any one issuer to no more than 5 percent of the fair market value of the Fund’s total assets and 10 percent of the outstanding voting securities of such issuer, and

(b)                          no more than 25 percent of the fair market value of its total assets is invested in the securities (including bank loans) of any one issuer (other than U.S. Government securities and securities of other regulated investment companies), or of two or more issuers controlled by the Fund and engaged in the same, similar, or related trades or businesses, or of one or more qualified publicly traded partnerships.

These tax-related limitations are subject to cure provisions under applicable tax laws and may be changed by the Board of Directors to the extent appropriate in light of changes to applicable tax law requirements.

D.                             CLASSIFICATION

The Fund has elected to be classified as a diversified series of an open-end management investment company.  As a diversified fund, at least 75% of the value of the Fund’s total assets must be represented by cash and cash items (including receivables), U.S. Government securities, securities of other investment companies, and other securities for the purposes of this calculation limited in respect of any one issuer (i) to an amount not greater in value than 5% of the value of the total assets of the Fund and  (ii) to not more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of such issuer.

The Fund may not change its classification status from diversified to non-diversified without the prior approval of shareholders but may change its classification status from non-diversified to diversified without such approval.

in all markets.

Because the Fund is new and has limited operating history, an investment in the Fund gives rise to additional risks because there can be no assurance that the new Fund will grow to or maintain an economically viable size.  To the extent the new Fund fails to grow to and maintain an economically viable size, the Board of Directors may decide to liquidate the Fund.  While shareholder interests will be the paramount consideration, the timing of any liquidation may not be favorable to certain individual shareholders.

[The Fund has currently elected not to register with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission as a commodity pool.  As a result, the Fund will not purchase commodity futures, commodity options contracts, or swaps if, immediately after and as a result of such purchase, (i) the Fund’s aggregate initial margin and premiums posted for its non-bona fide hedging trading in these instruments exceeds 5% of the liquidation value of the Fund’s portfolio (after taking into account unrealized profits and losses and excluding the in the-money amount of an option at the time of purchase) or (ii) the aggregate net notional value of the Fund’s positions in such instruments not used solely for bona fide hedging purposes exceeds 100 percent of the liquidation value of the Fund’s portfolio (after taking into account unrealized profits and losses).  The Fund may choose to change this election at any time.]

credit laws, many of which give such debtors the right to set off amounts owed.  The ability of an issuer of asset-backed securities to enforce its security interest in the underlying securities may be limited, and recoveries on repossessed collateral may not, in some cases, be available to support payments on these securities.  If the Fund purchases asset-backed securities that are “subordinated” to other interests in the same asset-backed pool, the Fund as a holder of those securities may only receive payments after the pool’s obligations to other investors have been satisfied.

BORROWING.   The Fund may borrow money to the extent set forth under “Investment Objectives and Policies.”  The Fund does not intend to borrow for leverage purposes, except as may be set forth under “Investment Objectives and Policies.” Interest paid on borrowings will decrease the net earnings of the Fund and will not be available for investment.

BANK LOANS AND LOAN PARTICIPATIONS.   Commercial banks and other financial institutions or institutional investors make corporate loans to companies that need capital to grow or restructure.  Borrowers generally pay interest on corporate loans at rates that change in response to changes in market interest rates such as the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) or the prime rates of U.S. banks.  As a result, the value of corporate loan investments is generally less exposed to the adverse effects of shifts in market interest rates than investments that pay a fixed rate of interest.  However, because the trading market for certain corporate loans may be less developed than the secondary market for bonds and notes, the Fund may experience difficulties in selling its corporate loans.  The Fund may make certain corporate loan investments as part of a broader group of lenders (together often referred to as a “syndicate”) that is represented by a leading financial institution (or agent bank).  The syndicate’s agent arranges the corporate loans, holds collateral and accepts payments of principal and interest.  If the agent develops financial problems or is terminated, the Fund may not recover its investment or recovery may be delayed.  Corporate loans may be denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars and are subject to the credit risk of nonpayment of principal or interest.  Further, substantial increases in interest rates may cause an increase in loan defaults.  Although the loans will generally be fully collateralized at the time of acquisition, the collateral may decline in value, be relatively illiquid or lose all or substantially all of its value subsequent to investment.  If a borrower files for protection from its creditors under the U.S. bankruptcy laws, these laws may limit the Fund’s rights to the collateral.  In addition, the value of collateral may erode during a bankruptcy case.  In the event of a bankruptcy, the holder of a corporate loan may not recover its principal, may experience a long delay in recovering its investment and may not receive interest during the delay.

The Fund may also invest in second lien loans (secured loans with a claim on collateral subordinate to a senior lender’s claim on such collateral) and unsecured loans.  Holders’ claims under unsecured loans are subordinated to claims of creditors holding secured indebtedness and possibly other classes of creditors holding unsecured debt.  Unsecured loans have a greater risk of default than secured loans, particularly during periods of deteriorating economic conditions.  Also, since they do not afford the lender recourse to collateral, unsecured loans are subject to greater risk of nonpayment in the event of default than secured loans.  Many such loans are relatively illiquid and may be difficult to value.

Some bank loans are subject to the risk that a court, pursuant to fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws, could subordinate the bank loans to presently existing or future indebtedness of the borrower or take other action detrimental to the holders of the bank loans, including, in certain circumstances, invalidating such bank loans or causing interest previously paid to be refunded to the borrower.  If interest were required to be refunded, it could negatively affect Fund performance.

Indebtedness of companies whose creditworthiness is poor involves substantially greater risks and may be highly speculative.  Some companies may never pay off their indebtedness or pay only a small fraction of the amount owed.  Consequently, when investing in indebtedness of companies with poor credit, the Fund bears a substantial risk of losing the entire amount invested.

Investments in bank loans through a direct assignment of the financial institution’s interest with respect to the bank loan may involve additional risks.  For example, if a secured bank loan is foreclosed, the Fund could become part owner of any collateral, and would bear the costs and liabilities associated with owning and disposing of the collateral.  In addition, it is conceivable that under emerging legal theories of lender liability, the Fund could be held liable as a co-lender.

Bank loans may be structured to include both term loans, which are generally fully funded at the time of investment, and revolving credit facilities, which would require the Fund to make additional investments in the bank loans as required under the terms of the credit facility at the borrower’s demand.

A financial institution’s employment as agent bank may be terminated in the event that it fails to observe a requisite standard of care or becomes insolvent.  A successor agent bank would generally be appointed to replace the terminated agent bank, and assets held by the agent bank under the loan agreement would remain available to the holders of such indebtedness.  However, if assets held by the agent bank for the benefit of the Fund were determined to be subject to the claims of the agent bank’s general creditors, the Fund may incur certain costs and delays in realizing payments on a bank loan or loan participation and could suffer a loss of principal and/or interest.

LIBOR Risk.   According to various reports, certain financial institutions, commencing as early as 2005 and throughout the global financial crisis, routinely made artificially low submissions in the LIBOR rate setting process. Since the LIBOR scandal came to light, several financial institutions have been fined significant amounts by various financial regulators in connection with allegations of manipulation of LIBOR rates. Other financial institutions in various countries are being investigated for similar actions. These developments may have adversely affected the interest rates on securities whose interest payments were

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determined by reference to LIBOR. Any future similar developments could, in turn, reduce the value of such securities owned by the Fund.

Floating Rate Loans.   The Fund may invest in interests in floating rate loans (often referred to as “floaters”).  Senior floating rate loans hold the most senior position in the capital structure of a business entity (the “Borrower”), are typically secured by specific collateral and have a claim on the assets and/or stock of the Borrower that is senior to that held by subordinated debtholders and stockholders of the Borrower.  The Fund may also invest in second lien loans (secured loans with a claim on collateral subordinate to a senior lender’s claim on such collateral) and unsecured loans.  The Fund may also invest in companies whose financial condition is uncertain and that may be involved in bankruptcy proceedings, reorganizations or financial restructurings.  Floating rate loans typically have rates of interest that are reset or redetermined daily, monthly, quarterly or semi-annually by reference to a base lending rate, plus a spread.  The base lending rates are primarily the LIBOR, and secondarily the prime rate offered by one or more major United States banks (the “Prime Rate”) and the certificate of deposit (“CD”) rate or other base lending rates used by commercial lenders.  Floating rate loans are typically structured and administered by a financial institution that acts as the agent of the lenders participating in the floating rate loan.  Floating rate loans may be acquired directly through the agent, as an assignment from another lender who holds a direct interest in the floating rate loan or as a participation interest in another lender’s portion of the floating rate loan.

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 legal or 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.  For example, if the credit quality of a floating rate loan unexpectedly declines significantly, secondary market trading in that floating rate loan can also decline for a period of time.  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 be more difficult and delayed.  Difficulty in selling a floating rate loan can result in a loss.

Many loans in which the Fund may invest may not be rated by a rating agency, and many, if not all, loans will not be registered with the SEC or any state securities commission and will not be listed on any national securities exchange.  The amount of public information available with respect to loans will generally be less extensive than that available for registered or exchange-listed securities.  In evaluating the creditworthiness of Borrowers, the investment manager and/or sub-adviser considers, and may rely in part, on analyses performed by others.  In the event that loans are not rated, they are likely to be the equivalent of below investment grade quality.  Debt securities that are rated below-investment-grade and comparable unrated bonds are viewed by the rating agencies as having speculative characteristics and are commonly known as “junk bonds”.  Historically, senior-secured floating rate loans tend to have more favorable loss recovery rates than more junior types of below-investment-grade debt obligations.  The sub-adviser does not view ratings as the primary factor in its investment decisions and relies more upon its credit analysis abilities than upon ratings.

Loans and other corporate debt obligations are subject to the risk of non-payment of scheduled interest or principal.  Floating rate loans are rated below-investment-grade, which means that rating agencies view them as more likely to default in payment than investment-grade loans.  Such non-payment would result in a reduction of income to a Fund, a reduction in the value of the investment and a potential decrease in the net asset value of the Fund.  Some floating rate loans are also subject to the risk that a court, pursuant to fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws, could subordinate such floating rate loans to presently existing or future indebtedness of the Borrower or take other action detrimental to the holders of floating rate loans including, in certain circumstances, invalidating such floating rate loans or causing interest previously paid to be refunded to the Borrower.  If interest were required to be refunded, it could negatively affect the Fund’s performance.

Prepayment Risks.   Most floating rate loans and certain debt securities allow for prepayment of principal without penalty.  Loans and securities subject to prepayment risk generally offer less potential for gains when interest rates decline, and may offer a greater potential for loss when interest rates rise.  In addition, with respect to fixed-rate investments, rising interest rates may cause prepayments to occur at a slower than expected rate, thereby effectively lengthening the maturity of the investment and making the investment more sensitive to interest rate changes.  Accordingly, the potential for the value of a floating rate loan or security to increase in response to interest rate declines is limited.  Further, loans or debt securities purchased to replace a prepaid loan or debt security may have lower yields than the yield on the prepaid loan or debt security.

Market Risks.   Significant events, such as turmoil in the financial and credit markets, terrorist events, and other market disruption events, such as weather or infrastructure disruptions that affect the markets generally, can affect the liquidity of the markets and cause spreads to widen or interest rates to rise, resulting in a reduction in value of the Fund’s assets.  Other economic factors (such as a large downward movement in stock prices, a disparity in supply of and demand for certain loans and securities or market conditions that reduce liquidity) can also adversely affect the markets for debt obligations.  Rating downgrades of holdings or their issuers will generally reduce the value of such holdings.  The Fund is also subject to income risk, which is the potential for a decline in the Fund’s income due to falling interest rates or market reductions in spread.

Terrorist attacks and related events, including wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and their aftermath, and continuing occupation of Iraq by coalition forces, have led to increased short-term market volatility and may have long-term effects on U.S. and world economies and markets.  A similar disruption of the financial markets, such as the problems in the subprime market, could affect

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interest rates, auctions, secondary trading, ratings, credit risk, inflation and other factors relating to investments in floating rate loans.  In particular, junk bonds and floating rate loans tend to be more volatile than higher-rated fixed income securities; as such, these circumstances and any actions resulting from them may have a greater effect on the prices and volatility of junk bonds and floating rate loans than on higher-rated fixed income securities.  The Fund cannot predict the effects of similar events in the future on the U.S. economy.

Material Non-Public Information.   The Fund may be in possession of material non-public information about a Borrower or issuer as a result of its ownership of a loan or security of such Borrower or issuer.  Because of prohibitions on trading in securities of issuers while in possession of such information, the Fund may be unable to enter into a transaction in a loan or security of such a Borrower or issuer when it would otherwise be advantageous to do so.

Regulatory Risk.   To the extent that legislation or federal regulators impose additional requirements or restrictions on the ability of financial institutions to make loans, particularly in connection with highly leveraged transactions, floating rate loans for investment may become less available.  Any such legislation or regulation could also depress the market values of floating rate loans.

Loan Participations .  A participation interest is a fractional interest in a loan, issued by a lender or other financial institution.  The lender selling the participation interest remains the legal owner of the loan.  Where the Fund is a participant in a loan, it does not have any direct claim on the loan or any rights of set-off against the borrower and may not benefit directly from any collateral supporting the loan.    As a result, the Fund is subject to the credit risk of both the borrower and the lender that is selling the participation.  In the event of the insolvency of the lender selling a participation, the Fund may be treated as a general creditor of the lender and may not benefit from any set-off between the lender and the borrower.

The lack of a highly liquid secondary market may have an adverse impact on the ability to dispose of particular loan participations when necessary to meet redemption of the Fund’s shares, to meet the Fund’s liquidity needs or when necessary in response to a specific economic event, such as deterioration in the creditworthiness of the borrower.  The lack of a highly liquid secondary market for loan participations also may make it more difficult for the Fund to value these investments for purposes of calculating its net asset value.

Senior Loans.   Senior debt (frequently issued in the form of senior notes or referred to as senior loans) is debt that takes priority over other unsecured or otherwise more “junior” debt owed by the issuer.  Senior debt has greater seniority in the issuer’s capital structure than subordinated debt.  In the event the issuer goes bankrupt, senior debt theoretically must be repaid before other creditors receive any payment.  There is less readily available, reliable information about most senior loans than is the case for many other types of securities.  In addition, there is no minimum rating or other independent evaluation of a borrower or its securities limiting the Fund’s investments in senior loans, and thus the sub-adviser relies primarily on its own evaluation of a borrower’s credit quality rather than on any available independent sources.  As a result, to the extent the Fund invests in senior loans, the Fund is particularly dependent on the analytical abilities of its sub-adviser.

An economic downturn generally leads to a higher non-payment rate, and a senior loan may lose significant value even before a default occurs.  Further, any specific collateral used to secure a senior loan may decline in value or become illiquid, which would adversely affect a senior loan’s value.

No active trading market may exist for certain senior loans, which may impair the Fund’s ability to realize full value in the event that it needs to sell a senior loan and may make it difficult to value senior loans.  Adverse market conditions may impair the liquidity of some actively traded senior loans.  To the extent that a secondary market does exist for certain senior loans, the market may be subject to irregular trading activity, wide bid/ask spreads and extended trade settlement periods.

Although senior loans in which the Fund invests generally will be secured by specific collateral, there can be no assurance that liquidation of such collateral would satisfy the borrower’s obligation in the event of non-payment of scheduled interest or principal or that such collateral could be readily liquidated.  In the event of the bankruptcy of a borrower, the Fund could experience delays or limitations with respect to its ability to realize the benefits of the collateral securing a senior loan.  If the terms of a senior loan do not require the borrower to pledge additional collateral in the event of a decline in the value of the already pledged collateral, the Fund will be exposed to the risk that the value of the collateral will not at all times equal or exceed the amount of the borrowers’ obligations under the senior loans.  To the extent that a senior loan is collateralized by stock in the borrower or its subsidiaries, such stock may lose all of its value in the event of the bankruptcy of the borrower.  Uncollateralized senior loans involve a greater risk of loss.  Some senior loans are subject to the risk that a court, pursuant to fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws, could subordinate the senior loans to presently existing or future indebtedness of the borrower or take other action detrimental to lenders, including the Fund.  Such court action could under certain circumstances include the invalidation of senior loans.

If a senior loan is acquired through an assignment, a Fund may not be able unilaterally to enforce all rights and remedies under the loan and with regard to any associated collateral.  If a senior loan is acquired through a participation, the acquiring Fund generally will have no right to enforce compliance by the borrower with the terms of the loan agreement, and the Fund may not directly benefit from the collateral supporting the debt obligation in which it has purchased the participation.  As a result, the Fund will be exposed to the credit risk of both the borrower and the entity selling the participation.

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Senior loans in which the Fund may invest may be rated below investment grade.  The risks associated with these senior loans are similar to the risks of below investment grade securities, although senior loans are typically senior and secured in contrast to other below investment grade securities, which are often subordinated and unsecured.  This higher standing of senior loans has historically resulted in generally higher recoveries in the event of a corporate reorganization.  In addition, because their interest rates are typically adjusted for changes in short-term interest rates, senior loans generally are subject to less interest rate risk than other below investment grade securities ( which are typically fixed rate).

Unsecured Loans.   The claims of holders of unsecured loans are subordinated to, and thus lower in priority of payment to, claims of creditors holding secured indebtedness and possibly other classes of creditors holding unsecured debt.  Unsecured loans have a greater risk of default than secured loans, particularly during periods of deteriorating economic conditions.  In addition, since they do not afford the lender recourse to collateral, unsecured loans are subject to greater risk of nonpayment in the event of default than secured loans.

CALL RISK.   Call risk is the risk that an issuer, especially during a period of falling interest rates, may redeem a security by repaying it early, which may reduce the Fund’s income if the proceeds are then reinvested at lower interest rates.

CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES.   The market value of a convertible security performs like that of a regular debt security; this means that if market interest rates rise, the value of a convertible security usually falls.  Convertible securities are also subject to the risk that the issuer will not be able to pay interest or dividends when due, and their market value may change based on changes in the issuer’s credit rating or the market’s perception of the issuer’s creditworthiness.  Since it derives a portion of its value from the common stock into which it may be converted, a convertible security is also subject to the same types of market and issuer risk as its underlying common stock.

COUNTERPARTY RISK.   With respect to certain transactions, such as over-the-counter derivatives contracts or repurchase agreements, the Fund will be exposed to the risk that the counterparty to the transaction may be unable or unwilling to make timely principal, interest or settlement payments, or otherwise to honor its obligations.  In the event of a bankruptcy or insolvency of a counterparty, the Fund could experience delays in liquidating its positions and significant losses, including declines in the value of its investment during the period in which the Fund seeks to enforce its rights, the inability to realize any gains on its investment during such period and any fees and expenses incurred in enforcing its rights.  The Fund also bears the risk of loss of the amount expected to be received under a derivative transaction in the event of the default or bankruptcy of a counterparty.

CREDIT RISK.   Credit risk refers to the possibility that the issuer of a security will not be able to make timely principal and interest payments.  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 both the financial condition of the issuer and the terms of the obligation.  Securities issued by the U.S. Treasury historically have presented minimal credit risk.  However, recent events have led to a downgrade in the long-term U.S. credit rating by at least one major rating agency and have introduced greater uncertainty about the ability of the U.S. to repay its obligations.  A further credit rating downgrade or a U.S. credit default could decrease the value and increase the volatility of the Fund’s investments.

DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS (ADRs, EDRs and GDRs).   The Fund may invest in securities of foreign issuers in the form of depositary receipts or other securities that are convertible into securities of foreign issuers, including American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”), European Depositary Receipts (“EDRs”) and Global Depositary Receipts (“GDRs”).  ADRs are receipts typically issued by a U.S. bank or trust company that evidence underlying securities issued by a foreign corporation.  ADRs are traded on U.S. securities exchanges, or in over-the-counter markets, and are denominated in U.S. dollars.  EDRs and GDRs are similar instruments that are issued in Europe (EDRs) or globally (GDRs), traded on foreign securities exchanges and denominated in foreign currencies.  The value of a depositary receipt will fluctuate with the value of the underlying security, reflect changes in exchange rates and otherwise involve the same risks associated with the foreign securities that they evidence or into which they may be converted.  The Fund may also invest in unsponsored depositary receipts.  The issuers of unsponsored depositary receipts are not obligated to disclose information that would be considered material in the United States.  Therefore, there may be less information available regarding these issuers and there may not be a correlation between such information and the market value of the depositary receipts.  See also “Foreign Investments” below.

DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS

The Fund may use instruments called derivatives or derivative securities.  A derivative is a financial instrument the value of which is derived from the value of one or more underlying securities, commodities, currencies, indices, debt instruments, other derivatives or any other agreed upon pricing index or arrangement ( e.g. , the movement over time of the Consumer Price Index or freight rates) (each an “Underlying Instrument”).  Derivatives contracts are either physically settled, which means the parties trade the Underlying Instrument itself, or cash settled, which means the parties simply make cash payments based on the value of the Underlying Instrument (and do not actually deliver or receive the Underlying Instrument).  Derivatives may allow the Fund to increase or decrease the level of risk to which the Fund is exposed more quickly and efficiently than transactions in other types of instruments.

Many derivative contracts are traded on securities or commodities exchanges, the contract terms are generally standard, and the parties make payments due under the contracts through the exchange.  Most exchanges require the parties to post margin

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against their obligations under the contracts, and the performance of the parties’ obligations under such contracts is usually guaranteed by the exchange or a related clearing corporation.  Other derivative contracts are traded over-the-counter (“OTC”) in transactions negotiated directly between the counterparties.  OTC derivative contracts do not have standard terms, so they are generally less liquid and more difficult to value than exchange-traded contracts.  OTC derivatives also expose a Fund to additional credit risks to the extent a counterparty defaults on a contract.  See “Additional Risk Factors and Considerations of OTC Transactions” below.

Depending on how the Fund uses derivatives and the relationships between the market values of the derivative and the Underlying Instrument, derivatives could increase or decrease the Fund’s exposure to the risks of the Underlying Instrument.  Derivative contracts may also expose the Fund to additional liquidity and leverage risks.  See “Risk Factors in Derivative Instruments” below.

The Fund may use derivatives for hedging purposes.  The Fund may also use derivatives for cash flow management or, as part of its overall investment strategy, to seek to replicate the performance of a particular index or to enhance returns.  The use of derivatives to enhance returns is considered speculative because the Fund is primarily seeking to achieve gains rather than to offset, or hedge, the risks of other positions.  When the Fund invests in a derivative for speculative purposes, the Fund is fully exposed to the risks of loss of that derivative, which may sometimes be greater than the cost of the derivative itself.  The Fund may not use any derivative to gain exposure to an asset or class of assets that it would be prohibited by its investment restrictions from purchasing directly.

Hedging.   The Fund may use derivative instruments to offset the risks, or to “hedge” the risks, associated with other Fund holdings.  For example, derivatives may be used to hedge against movements in interest rates, currency exchange rates and the equity markets through the use of options, futures transactions and options on futures.  Derivatives may also be used to hedge against duration risk in fixed-income investments.  Losses on one Fund investment may be substantially reduced by gains on a derivative that reacts to the same market movements in an opposite manner.  However, while hedging can reduce losses, it can also reduce or eliminate gains or cause losses if the market moves in a manner different from that anticipated by the Fund or if the cost of the derivative offsets the advantage of the hedge.

Among other risks, hedging involves correlation risk, which is the risk that changes in the value of the derivative will not match ( i.e. , will not offset) changes in the value of the holdings being hedged as expected by the Fund.  In such a case, any losses on the Fund holdings being hedged may not be reduced or may even be increased as a result of the use of the derivative.  The inability to close options and futures positions also could have an adverse impact on the Fund’s ability effectively to hedge its portfolio.

There can be no assurance that the use of hedging transactions will be effective.  The Fund is not required to engage in hedging transactions, and the Fund may choose not to do so.  A decision as to whether, when and how to hedge involves the exercise of skill and judgment, and even a well-conceived hedge may be unsuccessful to some degree because of market behavior or unexpected interest rate trends.

The Fund might not employ any of the derivatives strategies described below, and there can be no assurance that any strategy used will succeed.  The Fund’s success in employing derivatives strategies may depend on the sub-adviser’s correctly forecasting interest rates, market values or other economic factors, and there can be no assurance that the sub-adviser’s forecasts will be accurate.  If the sub-adviser’s forecasts are not accurate, the Fund may end up in a worse position than if derivatives strategies had not been employed at all.  The Fund’s ability to use certain derivative transactions may be limited by tax considerations and certain other legal considerations.  Further, suitable derivative transactions might not be available at all times or in all circumstances.  Described below are certain derivative instruments and trading strategies the Fund may use (either separately or in combination) in seeking to achieve its overall investment objective.

Options Contracts

An options contract, or an “option,” is a type of derivative.  An option is an agreement between two parties in which one gives the other the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell an Underlying Instrument at a set price (the “exercise price” or “strike price”) for a specified period of time.  The buyer of an option pays a premium for the opportunity to decide whether to carry out the transaction (exercise the option) when it is beneficial.  The option seller (writer) receives the initial premium and is obligated to carry out the transaction if and when the buyer exercises the option.  Options can trade on exchanges or in the OTC market and may be bought or sold on a wide variety of Underlying Instruments.  Options that are written on futures contracts, or futures options (discussed below), are subject to margin requirements similar to those applied to futures contracts.  The Fund may engage in options transactions on any security or instrument in which it may invest, on any securities index based on securities in which it may invest or on any aggregates of equity and debt securities consisting of securities in which it may invest (aggregates are composites of equity or debt securities that are not tied to a commonly known index).  The Fund may also enter into options on foreign currencies.  As with futures and swaps (discussed below), the success of any strategy involving options depends on the sub-adviser’s analysis of many economic and mathematical factors, and the Fund’s return may be higher if it does not invest in such instruments at all.  The Fund may only write “covered” options.  The sections below describe certain types of options and related techniques that the Fund may use.

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Call Options.   A call option gives the holder the right to purchase the Underlying Instrument at the exercise price for a fixed period of time.  The Fund would typically purchase a call option in anticipation of an increase in value of the Underlying Instrument because owning the option allows the Fund to participate in price increases on a more limited risk basis than if the Fund had initially directly purchased the Underlying Instrument.  If, during the option period, the market value of the Underlying Instrument exceeds the exercise price, plus the option premium paid by the Fund and any transaction costs the Fund incurs in purchasing the option, the Fund realizes a gain upon exercise of the option.  Otherwise, the Fund realizes either no gain or a loss on its purchase of the option.

The Fund is also permitted to write ( i.e., sell) “covered” call options, which obligate the Fund, in return for the option premium, to sell the Underlying Instrument to the option holder for the exercise price if the option is exercised at any time before or on its expiration date.  In order for a call option to be covered, the Fund must have at least one of the following in place with respect to the option and for so long as the option is outstanding:  (i)  the Fund owns the Underlying Instrument subject to the option (or, in the case of an option on an index, owns securities whose price changes are expected to be similar to those of the underlying index), (ii) the Fund has an absolute and immediate right to acquire the Underlying Instrument without additional cash consideration (or for additional cash consideration so long as the Fund segregates such additional cash amount) upon conversion or exchange of other securities in its portfolio, (iii) the Fund enters into an offsetting forward contract and/or purchases an offsetting option or any other option that, by virtue of its exercise price or otherwise, reduces the Fund’s net exposure on its written option position, or (iv) the Fund segregates assets with an aggregate value equal to the exercise price of the option.

The Fund would typically write a call option to generate income from the option premium and/or in anticipation of a decrease, or only a limited increase ( i.e., an increase that is less than the option premium received by the Fund in writing the option), in the market value of the Underlying Instrument.  In writing a call option, however, the Fund would not profit if the market value of the Underlying Instrument increases to an amount that exceeds the sum of the exercise price plus the premium received by the Fund.  Also, the Fund cannot sell the Underlying Instrument while the option is in effect unless the Fund enters into a closing purchase transaction.  A closing purchase transaction cancels out the Fund’s position as option writer by means of an offsetting purchase of an identical option prior to the expiration or exercise of the option it has written.

Put Options.   A put option gives the holder the right to sell the Underlying Instrument at the exercise price for a fixed period of time.  The Fund would typically purchase a put option in anticipation of a decline in market values of securities.  This limits the Fund’s potential for loss in the event that the market value of the Underlying Instrument falls below the exercise price.

The Fund is also permitted to write covered put options on the securities or instruments in which it may invest.  In order for a put option to be covered, the Fund must have at least one of the following in place with respect to the option and for so long as the option is outstanding:  (i) the Fund enters into an offsetting forward contract and/or purchases an offsetting option or any other option that, by virtue of its exercise price or otherwise, reduces the Fund’s net exposure on its written option position or (ii) the Fund segregates assets or cash with an aggregate value equal to the exercise price of the option.

The Fund would typically write a put option on an Underlying Instrument to generate income from premiums and in anticipation of an increase or only a limited decrease in the value of the Underlying Instrument.  However, as writer of the put and in return for the option premium, the Fund takes the risk that it may be required to purchase the Underlying Instrument at a price in excess of its market value at the time of purchase.  Because the purchaser may exercise its right under the option contract at any time during the option period, the Fund has no control over when it may be required to purchase the Underlying Instrument unless it enters into a closing purchase transaction.

Collars and Straddles.   The Fund may employ collars, which are options strategies in which a call with an exercise price greater than the price of the Underlying Instrument (an “out-of-the-money call”) is sold and an in-the-money put (where the exercise price is again above the price of the Underlying Instrument) is purchased, to preserve a certain return within a predetermined range of values.  The Fund is also permitted to write covered straddles consisting of a combination of a call and a put written on the same Underlying Instrument.  A straddle is covered when sufficient assets are deposited to meet the Fund’s immediate obligations.  The Fund may use the same liquid assets to cover both the call and put options where the exercise price of the call and put are the same, or the exercise price of the call is higher than that of the put.  In such cases, the Fund will also segregate or designate on its books liquid assets equivalent to the amount, if any, by which the put is “in the money.”

Options on Indices.  The Fund is permitted to invest in options on any index made up of securities or other instruments in which the Fund itself may invest.  Options on indices are similar to options on securities except that index options are always cash settled, which means that upon exercise of the option the holder receives cash equal to the difference between the closing price of the index and the exercise price of the option times a specified multiple that determines the total monetary value for each point of such difference.  As with other written options, all index options written by the Fund must be covered.

Risks Associated with Options.   There are several risks associated with options transactions.  For example, there are significant differences between the options market and the securities markets that could result in imperfect correlation between the two markets.  Such imperfect correlation could then cause a given transaction to fail to achieve its objectives.  Options are also subject to the risks of an illiquid secondary market, whether those options are traded over-the-counter or on a national securities exchange.  There can be no assurance that a liquid secondary market on an options exchange will exist for any particular exchange-traded option at any particular time.  If the Fund is unable to effect a closing purchase transaction with respect to options it has written, the Fund will not be able to sell the Underlying Instruments or dispose of the segregated assets used to cover the options

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until the options expire or are exercised.  Similarly, if the Fund is unable to effect a closing sale transaction with respect to options it has purchased, it would have to exercise the options in order to realize any profit and would incur transaction costs upon the purchase or sale of the Underlying Instruments.  Moreover, the Fund’s ability to engage in options transactions may be limited by tax considerations and other legal considerations.

The presence of a liquid secondary market on an options exchange may dry up for any or all of the following reasons:  (i) there may be insufficient trading interest in certain options; (ii) the exchange may impose restrictions on opening or closing transactions or both; (iii) the exchange may halt or suspend trading, or impose other restrictions, on particular classes or series of options; (iv) unusual or unforeseen circumstances may interrupt normal exchange operations; (v) the facilities of the exchange or its related clearing corporation may at times be inadequate to handle trading volume; and/or (vi) one or more exchanges could, for economic or other reasons, decide or be compelled at some future date to discontinue the trading of options (or particular classes or series of options), in which event the secondary market on that exchange (or in such classes or series of options) would cease to exist.  However, if the secondary market on an exchange ceases to exist, it would be expected (though it cannot be guaranteed) that outstanding options on that exchange, if any, that had been issued as a result of trades on that exchange would continue to be exercisable in accordance with their terms.

The Fund’s options transactions will also be subject to limitations, established by exchanges, boards of trade or other trading facilities, governing the maximum number of options in each class that may be written or purchased by any single investor or a group in investors acting in concert.  As such, the number of options the Fund can write or purchase may be affected by options already written or purchased by other Hartford Funds.  An exchange, board of trade or other trading facility may order the liquidation of positions found to be in excess of these limits and/or impose sanctions.  Also, the hours of trading for options may not conform to the hours during which the Underlying Instruments are traded.  To the extent that the options markets close before the markets for the Underlying Instruments, significant price movements can take place in the underlying markets that would not be reflected in the options markets.

OTC options implicate additional liquidity and credit risks.  Unlike exchange-listed options, where an intermediary or clearing corporation assures that the options transactions are properly executed, the responsibility for performing OTC options transactions rests solely on the writer and holder of those options.  See “Additional Risk Factors and Considerations of OTC Transactions” below.

The writing and purchase of options is a highly specialized activity that involves investment techniques and risks different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions.  The successful use of options depends on the sub-adviser’s ability to predict correctly future price fluctuations and the degree of correlation between the options and securities markets.  See “Risk Factors in Derivative Instruments” below.

Additional Risk Associated with Options on Indices.  The writer’s payment obligation under an index option (which is a cash-settled option) usually equals a multiple of the difference between the exercise price, which was set at initiation of the option, and the closing index level on the date the option is exercised.  As such, index options implicate a “timing risk” that the value of the underlying index will change between the time the option is exercised by the option holder and the time the obligation thereunder is settled in cash by the option writer.

Futures Contracts and Options on Futures Contracts

A futures contract, which is a type of derivative, is a standardized, exchange-traded contract that obligates the purchaser to take delivery, and the seller to make delivery, of a specified quantity of an Underlying Instrument at a specified price and specified future time.  The Fund is generally permitted to invest in futures contracts and options on futures contracts with respect to, but not limited to, equity and debt securities and foreign currencies, aggregates of equity and debt securities (aggregates are composites of equity or debt securities that are not tied to a commonly known index), interest rates, indices, commodities and other financial instruments.

No price is paid upon entering into a futures contract.  Rather, when the Fund purchases or sells a futures contract it is required to post margin (“initial margin”) with the futures commission merchant (“FCM”) executing the transaction.  The margin required for a futures contract is usually less than ten percent of the contract value, but it is set by the exchange on which the contract is traded and may by modified during the term of the contract.  Subsequent payments, known as “variation margin,” to and from the FCM, will then be made daily as the currency, financial instrument or securities index underlying the futures contract fluctuates (a process known as “marking to market”).  If the Fund has insufficient cash available to meet daily variation margin requirements, it might need to sell securities at a time when such sales are disadvantageous.  Futures involve substantial leverage risk.

An option on a futures contract (“futures option”) gives the option holder the right (but not the obligation) to buy or sell its position in the underlying futures contract at a specified price on or before a specified expiration date.  As with a futures contract itself, the Fund is required to deposit and maintain margin with respect to futures options it writes.  Such margin deposits will vary depending on the nature of the underlying futures contract (and the related initial margin requirements), the current market value of the option and other futures positions held by the Fund.

The sale of a futures contract limits the Fund’s risk of loss, prior to the futures contract’s expiration date, from a decline in the market value of portfolio holdings correlated with the futures contract.  In the event the market values of the portfolio holdings

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correlated with the futures contract increase rather than decrease, however, a Fund will realize a loss on the futures position and a lower return on the portfolio than would have been realized without the purchase of the futures contract.

Positions taken in the futures markets are usually not held to maturity but instead liquidated through offsetting transactions that may result in a profit or loss.  While the Fund’s futures contracts will usually be liquidated in this manner, the Fund may instead make or take delivery of the Underlying Instrument whenever it appears economically advantageous to do so.

The Fund is permitted to enter into a variety of futures contracts, including interest rate futures, index futures, currency futures and commodity futures, and options on such futures contracts.  The Fund may also invest in instruments that have characteristics similar to futures contracts, such as debt securities with interest or principal payments determined by reference to the value of a security, an index of securities or a commodity or currency at a future point in time.  The risks of such investments reflect the risks of investing in futures and derivatives generally, including volatility and illiquidity.

Risks Associated with Futures and Futures Options.   The primary risks associated with the use of futures contracts and options are: (a) imperfect correlation between the change in market value of instruments held by the Fund and the price of the futures contract or option; (b) the possible lack of an active market for a futures contract or option, or the lack of a liquid secondary market for a futures option, and the resulting inability to close the futures contract or option when desired; (c) losses, which are potentially unlimited, caused by unanticipated market movements; (d) the sub-adviser’s failure to predict correctly the direction of securities prices, interest rates, currency exchange rates and other economic factors; and (e) the possibility that the counterparty will default in the performance in its obligations.  Futures contracts and futures options also involve brokerage costs, require margin deposits and, in the case of contracts and options obligating a Fund to purchase securities or currencies, require the fund to segregate assets to cover such contracts and options.  Moreover, futures are inherently volatile, and the Fund’s ability to engage in futures transactions may be limited by tax considerations and other legal considerations.

Additional Considerations of Commodity Futures Contracts.   In addition to the risks described above, there are several additional risks associated with transactions in commodity futures contracts.  In particular, the costs to store underlying physical commodities are reflected in the price of a commodity futures contract.  To the extent that storage costs for an underlying commodity change while a Fund is invested in futures contracts on that commodity, the value of the futures contract may change proportionately.  Further, the commodities that underlie commodity futures contracts may be subject to additional economic and non-economic variables, such as drought, floods, weather, livestock disease, embargoes, tariffs and international economic, political and regulatory developments and may be subject to broad price fluctuations.

Other Considerations Related to Options and Futures Options.   The Fund will engage in transactions in futures contracts and related options only to the extent such transactions are consistent with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, (the “Code”) for maintaining its qualification as a regulated investment company for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

Swap Agreements and Swaptions

A swap agreement, or a swap, is a type of derivative instrument.  Swap agreements are entered into for periods ranging from a few weeks to more than one year.  In a standard swap, two parties exchange the returns (or differentials in rates of return) earned or realized on an Underlying Instrument.  The gross returns to be exchanged (or “swapped”) between the parties are calculated with respect to a “notional amount,” which is a predetermined dollar principal that represents the hypothetical underlying quantity upon which the parties’ payment obligations are computed.  The notional amount may be, among other things, a specific dollar amount invested, for example, at a particular interest rate, in a particular foreign currency or in a “basket” of securities or commodities that represents a particular index.  The notional amount itself normally is not exchanged between the parties, but rather it serves as a reference amount from which to calculate the parties’ obligations under the swap.

The Fund will usually enter into swap agreements on a “net basis,” which means that the two payment streams are netted out with each party receiving or paying, as the case may be, only the net amount of the payments.  The Fund’s obligations under a swap agreement are generally accrued daily (offset against any amounts owing to the Fund), and accrued but unpaid net amounts owed to a counterparty are covered by segregating liquid assets, marked to market daily, to avoid leveraging the Fund’s portfolio.  If the Fund enters into a swap on other than a net basis, the Fund will segregate the full amount of its obligations under such swap.  The Fund may enter into swaps, caps, collars, floors and related instruments with member banks of the Federal Reserve System, members of the New York Stock Exchange or other entities determined by the sub-adviser to be creditworthy.  If a default occurs by the other party to such transaction, the Fund will have contractual remedies under the transaction documents, but such remedies may be subject to bankruptcy and insolvency laws that could affect the Fund’s rights as a creditor.

The Fund may engage in a wide variety of swap transactions, including, but not limited to, credit- and event-linked swaps, interest rate swaps, swaps on specific securities or indices, swaps on rates (such as mortgage prepayment rates) and other types of swaps, such as caps, collars, and floors.  In addition, to the extent the Fund is permitted to invest in foreign currency-denominated securities, it may invest in currency swaps.  The Fund may also enter into options on swap agreements (“swaptions”).  Depending on how they are used, swap agreements may increase or decrease the overall volatility of the Fund’s investments and its share price and yield.  The sections below describe certain swap arrangements and related techniques that the Fund may use.

Interest Rate Swaps, Caps, Floors and Collars.   An interest rate swap is an OTC contract in which the parties exchange interest rate exposures ( e.g. , exchange floating rate payments for fixed rate payments or vice versa).  For example, a $10 million LIBOR swap requires one party to pay the equivalent of the London Interbank Offered Rate of Interest (which fluctuates) on the $10

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million principal amount in exchange for the right to receive from the other party the equivalent of a stated fixed rate of interest on the $10 million principal amount.

Among other techniques, the Fund may use interest rate swaps to hedge interest rate and duration risk on fixed-income securities or portfolios, which can be particularly sensitive to interest rate changes.  Duration measures the sensitivity in prices of fixed-income securities to changes in interest rates; the duration of a portfolio or basket of bonds is the weighted average of the individual component durations.  Longer maturity bonds typically have a longer duration than shorter maturity bonds and, therefore, higher sensitivity to interest rate changes.  In an environment where interest rates are expected to rise, the Fund may use interest rate swaps to hedge interest rate and duration risk across a portfolio at particular duration points (such as two-, five- and 10- year duration points).

The Fund may also purchase or sell interest rate caps or floors.  In a typical interest rate cap, the buyer receives payments from the seller to the extent that a specified interest rate exceeds a predetermined level.  In a typical interest rate floor, the buyer receives payments from the seller to the extent that a specified interest rate falls below a predetermined level.  An interest rate collar combines elements of purchasing a cap and selling a floor and is usually employed to preserve a certain return within a predetermined range of values.

Commodity Swaps.   A commodity swap agreement is a contract in which one party agrees to make periodic payments to another party based on the change in market value of a commodity-based Underlying Instrument (such as a specific commodity or commodity index) in return for periodic payments based on a fixed or variable interest rate or the total return from another commodity-based Underlying Instrument.  In a total return commodity swap, the Fund receives the price appreciation of a commodity index, a portion of a commodity index or a single commodity in exchange for paying an agreed-upon fee.  As with other types of swap agreements, if the commodity swap lasts for a finite period of time, the swap may be structured such that the Fund pays a single fixed fee established at the outset of the swap.  However, if the term of the commodity swap is ongoing, with interim swap payments, the Fund may pay a variable or “floating” fee.  Such a variable fee may be pegged to a base rate, such as LIBOR, and is adjusted at specific intervals.  As such, if interest rates increase over the term of the swap contract, the Fund may be required to pay a higher fee at each swap reset date.  See “LIBOR Risk” above.

Currency Swaps.   A currency swap agreement is a contract in which two parties exchange one currency (e.g., U.S. dollars) for another currency (e.g., Japanese yen) on a specified schedule.  The currency exchange obligations under currency swaps could be either interest payments calculated on the notional amount or payments of the entire notional amount (or a combination of both).  The Fund may engage in currency swap agreements as a tool to protect against uncertainty and fluctuations in foreign exchange rates in the purchase and sale of securities.  However, the use of currency swap agreements does not eliminate, or even always mitigate, potential losses arising from fluctuations in exchange rates.  In the case of currency swaps that involve the delivery of the entire notional amount of currency in exchange for another currency, the entire notional principal of the currency swap is subject to the risk that the counterparty will default on its contractual delivery obligations.

Credit Default Swaps.   A credit default swap (“CDS”) is an agreement between two parties whereby one party (the “protection buyer”) makes an up-front payment or a stream of periodic payments over the term of the CDS to the other party (the “protection seller”), provided generally that no event of default or other credit-related event (a “credit event”) with respect to an Underlying Instrument occurs.  In return, the protection seller agrees to make a payment to the protection buyer if a credit event does occur with respect to the Underlying Instrument.  The CDS market allows the Fund to manage credit risk through buying and selling credit protection on a specific issuer, asset or basket of assets.  Credit default swaps typically last between six months and three years, provided that no credit event occurs.  Credit default swaps may be physically settled or cash settled.

The Fund may be either the protection buyer or the protection seller in a CDS.  The Fund generally will not buy protection on issuers that are not currently held by the Fund.  However, the Fund may engage in credit default swap trades on single names, indices and baskets to manage asset class exposure and to capitalize on spread differentials in instances where there is not complete overlap between such Fund’s holdings or exposures and the reference entities in the credit default swap.  If the Fund is the protection buyer and no credit event occurs, the Fund loses its entire investment in the CDS ( i.e., an amount equal to the aggregate amount of payments made by the Fund to the protection seller over the term of the CDS).  However, if a credit event does occur, the Fund (as protection buyer), will deliver the Underlying Instrument to the protection seller and is entitled to a payment from the protection seller equal to the full notional value of the Underlying Instrument, even though the Underlying Instrument at that time may have little or no value.  If the Fund is the protection seller and no credit event occurs, the Fund receives a fixed income throughout the term of the CDS (or an up-front payment at the beginning of the term of the CDS) in the form of payments from the protection buyer.  However, if the Fund is the protection seller and a credit event occurs, the Fund is obligated to pay the protection buyer the full notional value of the Underlying Instrument in return for the Underlying Instrument (which may at that time be of little or no value).

The Fund may also invest in the Dow Jones CDX (“CDX”), which is a family of indices that track credit derivative indices in various countries around the world.  The CDX provides investors with exposure to specific reference baskets of issuers of bonds or loans in certain segments, such as North American investment grade credit derivatives or emerging markets.  CDX reference baskets are generally priced daily and rebalanced every six months in conjunction with leading market makers in the credit industry.  While investing in CDXs increases the universe of bonds and loans to which a Fund is exposed, such investments entail risks that are not typically associated with investments in other debt instruments (rather, they entail risks more associated with

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derivative instruments).  The liquidity of the market for CDXs is also subject to liquidity in the secured loan and credit derivatives markets.

Total return swaps, asset swaps, inflation swaps and similar instruments.   The Fund may enter into total return swaps, assets swaps, inflation swaps and other types of swap agreements.  In a total return swap, the parties exchange the total return ( i.e., interest payments plus any capital gains or losses) of an Underlying Instrument (or basket of such instruments) for the proceeds of another Underlying Instrument (or basket of such instruments).  Asset swaps combine an interest rate swap with a bond and are generally used to alter the cash flow characteristics of the Underlying Instrument.  For example, the parties may exchange a fixed investment, such as a bond with guaranteed coupon payments, for a floating investment like an index.  Inflation swaps are generally used to transfer inflation risk.  See “Inflation-Linked Instruments” herein.

Swaptions.   The Fund may also enter into swap options, or “swaptions.”  A swaption is a contract that gives one party the right (but not the obligation), in return for payment of the option premium, to enter into a new swap agreement or to shorten, extend, cancel or otherwise modify an existing swap agreement at some designated future time and on specified terms.  The Fund may write (sell) and purchase put and call swaptions.  Depending on the terms of the particular option agreement, the Fund will generally incur a greater degree of risk when it writes a swaption than it will incur when it purchases a swaption.  When the Fund purchases a swaption, it risks losing only the option premium it paid should it decide not to exercise the option.  When the Fund writes a swaption, however, it is obligated according to the terms of the underlying agreement if the option holder exercises the option.

Asset Segregation.   As an investment company registered with the SEC, the Fund may “set aside” (often referred to as “asset segregation”) liquid assets, or otherwise “cover” its positions in a manner consistent with the 1940 Act or the rules and SEC interpretations thereunder.  The Fund reserves the right to modify its asset segregation policies in the future to comply with any changes in the SEC’s positions regarding asset segregation.

Risks Associated with Swaps and Swaptions.  Investing in swaps and swaptions, and utilizing these and related techniques in managing the Fund portfolio, are highly specialized activities that involve investment techniques and risks different from those associated with ordinary portfolio transactions.  These investments involve significant risk of loss.  Whether the Fund’s use of swaps will be successful in furthering its investment objective will depend on the sub-adviser’s ability to predict correctly whether certain types of investments are likely to produce greater returns than other investments.  If the sub-adviser is incorrect in its forecast of market values, the sub-adviser’s utilization of swap arrangements and related techniques could negatively impact the Fund’s performance.

The swaps market is largely unregulated.  It is possible that developments in the swaps market, including potential government regulation, could adversely affect the Fund’s ability to terminate existing swap agreements or to realize amounts to be received under such agreements.  Also, certain restrictions imposed by the Code may limit the Fund’s ability to use swap agreements.

If the creditworthiness of the Fund’s swap counterparty declines, it becomes more likely that the counterparty will fail to meet its obligations under the contract, and consequently the Fund will suffer losses.  Although there can be no assurance that the Fund will be able to do so, the Fund may be able to reduce or eliminate its exposure under a swap agreement either by assignment or other disposition, or by entering into an offsetting swap agreement with the same party or another creditworthy party.  However, the Fund may have limited ability to eliminate its exposure under a credit default swap if the credit of the reference entity or underlying asset has declined.  There can be no assurance that the Fund will be able to enter into swap transactions at prices or on terms the sub-adviser believes are advantageous to the Fund.  In addition, although the terms of swaps, caps, collars and floors may provide for termination, there can be no assurance that the Fund will be able to terminate a swap or to sell or offset caps, collars or floors that it has purchased.  Investing in swaps and related techniques involves the risks associated with investments in derivative instruments.  Please see “Risk Factors in Derivative Instruments” and “Additional Risk Factors and Considerations in OTC Transactions” below.

Inflation-Linked Instruments

The Fund is permitted to invest in a variety of inflation-linked instruments, such as inflation-indexed securities and inflation-linked derivatives, to manage inflation risk or to obtain inflation exposure.  Inflation — a general rise in the prices of goods and services — is measured by inflation indices like the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which is calculated monthly by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the Retail Prices Index (RPI), which is calculated by U.K. Office for National Statistics.  The CPI is a measurement of changes in the cost of living, made up of components such as housing, food, transportation and energy.

Inflation-linked derivatives are derivative instruments that tie payments to an inflation index.  Currently, most inflation derivatives are in the form of inflation swaps, such as CPI swaps.  A CPI swap is a fixed-maturity, over-the-counter derivative where one party pays a fixed rate in exchange for payments tied to the CPI.  The fixed rate, which is set by the parties at the initiation of the swap, is often referred to as the “breakeven inflation” rate and generally represents the current difference between Treasury yields and Treasury inflation protected securities (“TIPS”) yields of similar maturities at the initiation of the swap agreement.  CPI swaps are typically designated as “zero coupon,” where all cash flows are exchanged at maturity.  The value of a CPI swap is expected to fluctuate in response to changes in the relationship between nominal interest rates and the rate of inflation, as

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measured by the CPI.  A CPI swap can lose value if the realized rate of inflation over the life of the swap is less than the fixed market implied inflation rate (the breakeven inflation rate) the investor agreed to pay at the initiation of the swap.

Other types of inflation derivatives include inflation options and futures.  There can be no assurance that the CPI, or any foreign inflation index, will accurately measure the rate of inflation in the prices of consumer goods and services.  Further, there can be no assurance that the rate of inflation in a foreign country will be correlated to the rate of inflation in the United States.  Moreover, inflation-linked instruments are subject to the risks inherent in derivative transactions generally.  See “Risk Factors in Derivative Instruments” herein.   The market for inflation-linked instruments is still developing.  The sub-adviser reserves the right to use the instruments discussed above and similar instruments that may be available in the future.

Hybrid Instruments

A hybrid instrument is an interest in an issuer that combines the characteristics of an equity security, a debt security, a commodity and/or a derivative.  For example, an oil company might issue a commodity-linked bond that pays a fixed level of interest plus additional interest that accrues in correlation with the extent to which oil prices exceed a certain predetermined level.  This is a hybrid instrument combining a bond with an option on oil.

Depending on the types and terms of hybrid instruments, they present risks that may be similar to, different from or greater than those associated with traditional investments with similar characteristics.  Hybrid instruments are potentially more volatile than traditional investments and, depending on the structure of the particular hybrid, may expose the Fund to additional leverage and liquidity risks.  Moreover, the purchase of hybrids exposes the Fund to the credit risk of the issuers of the hybrids.  Described below are certain hybrid instruments the Fund may use in seeking to achieve its investment objective.  The sub-adviser reserves the right to use the instruments mentioned below and similar instruments that may be available in the future.

Credit-Linked Securities.   Credit-linked securities are issued by a limited purpose trust or other vehicle that, in turn, invests in a basket of derivative instruments, such as credit default swaps, interest rate swaps and other securities.  Investments in credit-linked securities normally consist of the right to receive periodic payments during the term and payment of principal at the end of the term.  However, these payments depend on the issuer’s own investments in derivative instruments and are, accordingly, subject to the risks associated with derivative instruments, which include volatility, illiquidity and counterparty risk.

Indexed Securities and Structured Notes.   Indexed securities are derivative securities the interest rate or principal of which is determined by an unrelated indicator ( e.g., a currency, security, commodity or index).  Structured notes are debt indexed securities.  Indexed securities implicate a high degree of leverage, which magnifies the potential for gain and the risk of loss, when they include a multiplier that multiplies the indexed element by a specific factor.

Structured notes and indexed securities can be very volatile investments because, depending on how they are structured, their value may either increase or decrease in response to the value of the Underlying Instruments.  The terms of these securities may also provide that in some instances no principal is due at maturity, which may result in a loss of invested capital.  These instruments also may entail a greater degree of market risk than other types of securities because the investor bears the risk not only of the instrument but also of the unrelated indicator.  Indexed securities may involve significant credit risk and liquidity risk and, as with other sophisticated strategies, a Fund’s use of these instruments may not work as intended.

Event-Linked Bonds.   The Fund may invest in “event-linked bonds” (or “catastrophe bonds”).  The event-linked bond market is a growing sector of the global fixed income market that provides investors with high return potentials in exchange for taking on “event risk,” such as the risk of a major hurricane, earthquake or pandemic.  If such trigger event occurs, the Fund may lose a portion of its entire principal invested in the bond.  Some event-linked bonds provide for an extension of maturity to process and audit loss claims if a trigger has, or possibly has, occurred.  Such extension may increase volatility.  Event-linked bonds may also expose the Fund to other unanticipated risks including credit risk, counterparty risk, liquidity risk, adverse regulatory or jurisdictional interpretations and adverse tax consequences.  Event-linked bonds are subject to the risks inherent in derivative transactions.  See “Derivative Instruments — Risk Factors in Derivative Instruments” below.

Foreign Currency Transactions

The Fund may purchase and sell foreign currency options and foreign currency futures contracts and futures options, and may engage in foreign currency transactions either on a spot (cash) basis at prevailing currency exchange rates or through forward currency contracts.  The Fund may engage in these transactions to hedge, directly or indirectly, against currency fluctuations, for other investment purposes and/or to seek to enhance returns.  The Fund may enter into currency transactions only with counterparties that the sub-adviser deems to be creditworthy.  Certain of the foreign currency transactions the Fund may use are described below.

Forward Currency Contracts.   The Fund may enter into forward currency contracts (“forwards”) in connection with settling purchases or sales of securities, to hedge the currency exposure associated with some or all of the Fund’s investments or as part of its investment strategy.  Forwards are OTC contracts to purchase or sell a specified amount of a specified currency or multinational currency unit at a set price on a future date.  The market value of a forward fluctuates with changes in foreign currency exchange rates.  Forwards are marked to market daily based upon foreign currency exchange rates from an independent pricing service, and the change in value is recorded as unrealized appreciation or depreciation.  The Fund will record a realized gain or loss when the forward is closed.  Forwards are highly volatile, involve substantial currency risk and may also involve credit and liquidity risks.

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The Fund may use a forward in a “settlement hedge,” or “transaction hedge,” to lock in the U.S. dollar price on the purchase or sale of securities denominated in a foreign currency between the time when the security is purchased or sold and the time at which payment is received.  Forward contracts on foreign currency may also be used by the Fund in anticipation generally of the Fund’s making investments denominated in a foreign currency, even if the specific investments have not yet been selected by the sub-adviser.

In a “position hedge,” the Fund uses a forward to hedge against a decline in the value of existing investments denominated in foreign currency.  For example, the Fund may enter into a forward contract to sell Japanese yen in return for U.S. dollars in order to hedge against a possible decline in the yen’s value.  Position hedges tend to offset both positive and negative currency fluctuations.  Alternately, the Fund could hedge its position by selling another currency expected to perform similarly to the Japanese yen.  This is called a “proxy hedge” and may offer advantages in terms of cost, yield or efficiency.  However, proxy hedges may result in losses if the currency used to hedge does not move in tandem with the currency in which the hedged securities are denominated.

The Fund may also engage in cross-hedging by entering into forward contracts in one currency against a different currency.  Cross-hedging may be used to limit or increase exposure to a particular currency or to establish active exposure to the exchange rate between the two currencies.

Currency Swaps, Options and Futures.  In order to protect against currency fluctuations and for other investment purposes, the Fund may enter into currency swaps, options and futures.  See “Swap Agreements and Swaptions — Currency Swaps,” “Options Contracts,” and “Futures Contracts and Options on Futures Contracts” herein.

Additional Risks Associated with Foreign Currency Transactions.

It is extremely difficult to forecast currency market movements, and whether any hedging or other investment strategy will be successful is highly uncertain.  Further, it is impossible to forecast with precision the market value of portfolio securities at the expiration of a foreign currency forward.  Therefore, a Fund may be required to buy or sell additional currency on the spot market (and bear the expense of such transaction) if the sub-adviser’s predictions regarding the movement of foreign currency or securities markets prove inaccurate.  To the extent the Fund hedges against anticipated currency movements that do not occur, the Fund may realize losses and decrease its total return as a result of its hedging transactions.  It is impossible to hedge fully or perfectly against the effects of currency fluctuations on the value of non-U.S. securities because currency movements impact the value of different securities in differing degrees.

The Fund may buy or sell foreign currency options either on exchanges or in the OTC market.  Foreign currency transactions on foreign exchanges may not be regulated to the same extent as similar transactions in the United States, may not involve a clearing mechanism and related guarantees and are subject to the risk of governmental actions affecting trading in, or the prices of, foreign securities.  The value of such positions also could be adversely affected by (i) other complex foreign political, legal and economic factors, (ii) lesser availability than in the United States of data on which to make trading decisions, (iii) delays in a Fund’s ability to act upon economic events occurring in foreign markets during non-business hours in the United States, (iv) the imposition of different exercise and settlement terms and procedures and margin requirements than in the United States and (v) lesser trading volume.  Foreign currency transactions are also subject to the risks inherent in investments in foreign markets.  Please see “Foreign Investments” below.

Risk Factors in Derivative Instruments

Derivatives are volatile and involve significant risks, including:

Correlation Risk — the risk that changes in the value of a derivative instrument will not match the changes in the value of the Fund holdings that are being hedged.

Counterparty Risk — the risk that the counterparty to an OTC derivatives contract or a borrower of the Fund’s securities may be unable or unwilling to make timely principal, interest or settlement payments, or otherwise to honor its obligations.

Credit Risk — the risk that the issuer of a security will not be able to make timely principal and interest payments.  Changes in an issuer’s credit rating or the market’s perception of an issuer’s creditworthiness may affect the value of the Fund’s investment in and/or exposure to that issuer.  The degree of credit risk depends on both the financial condition of the issuer and the terms of the obligation.

Currency Risk — the risk that changes in the exchange rate between currencies will adversely affect the value (in U.S. dollar terms) of an investment.

Index Risk — in respect of index-linked derivatives, the risks associated with changes in the underlying indices.  If an underlying index changes, the Fund may receive lower interest payments or experience a reduction in the value of the derivative to below what the Fund paid.  Certain indexed securities, including inverse securities (which move in an opposite direction from the reference index), may create leverage to the extent that they increase or decrease in value at a rate that is a multiple of the changes in the applicable index.

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Interest Rate Risk — the risk that the value of an investment may decrease when interest rates rise because when interest rates rise, the prices of bonds and fixed rate loans fall.  Generally, the longer the maturity of a bond or fixed rate loan, the more sensitive it is to this risk (interest rate risk is commonly measured by a fixed income investment’s duration).  Falling interest rates also create the potential for a decline in the Fund’s income.

Leverage Risk — the risk associated with certain types of investments or trading strategies (for example, borrowing money to increase the amount being invested) that relatively small market movements may result in large changes in the value of an investment.  Certain investments or trading strategies that involve leverage can result in losses that substantially exceed the amount originally invested.

Liquidity Risk — the risk that certain securities may be difficult or impossible to sell at the time that the seller would like to sell them or at the price the seller believes the security is currently worth.

The potential loss on derivative instruments may be substantial relative to the initial investment therein.  The Fund incurs transaction costs in opening and closing positions in derivative instruments.  There can be no assurance that the use of derivative instruments will be advantageous.

Regulatory Aspects of Derivatives and Hedging Instruments .

As a result of recent amendments to rules under the Commodity Exchange Act (“CEA”) by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”), HFMC must either operate within certain guidelines and restrictions with respect to the Fund’s use of futures, options on such futures, commodity options and certain swaps, or be subject to registration with the CFTC as a “commodity pool operator” (“CPO”) with respect to the Fund and be required to operate the Fund in compliance with certain disclosure, reporting, and recordkeeping requirements.

Previously, the CFTC permitted unlimited futures transactions and options thereon, so long as a fund had claimed an exclusion from registration as a CPO, and swap contracts were not formerly regulated by the CFTC.   Under the amended rules, the investment adviser of a registered investment company may claim an exemption from registration as a CPO only if the registered investment company that it advises uses futures contracts, options on such futures, commodity options and certain swaps solely for “bona fide hedging purposes,” or limits its use of such instruments for non-bona fide hedging purposes to certain de minimis amounts.

Consistent with the Funds’ investment strategies, HFMC intends to maintain the flexibility to utilize futures contracts, options on such futures, commodity options and certain swaps for non-bona fide hedging purposes beyond the de minimis amounts provided under the CFTC rules. As such, HFMC is subject to registration and regulation as a CPO under the CEA with respect to its service as investment adviser to the Funds.

There is no assurance that dollar rolls can be successfully employed.  In addition, the use of dollar rolls by a Fund while remaining substantially fully invested increases the amount of the Fund’s assets that are subject to market risk to an amount that is greater than the Fu n d’s net asset value, which could result in increased volatility of the price of the Fund’s shares.  Further, entering into dollar rolls involves potential risks that are different from those related to the securities underlying the transactions.  For example, if the counterparty becomes insolvent, the Fund’s right to purchase from the counterparty may be restricted.  Also, the value of the underlying security may change adversely before the Fund is able to purchase it, or the Fund may be required to purchase securities in connection with a dollar roll at a higher price than may be otherwise available on the open market.  Further, because the counterparty may deliver a similar, but not identical, security, the Fund may be required to buy a security under the dollar roll that may be of less value than an identical security would have been.

ETFs.   ETFs are registered investment companies that trade their shares on stock exchanges (such as the American Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange) at market prices (rather than net asset value) and only are redeemable from the fund itself in large increments or in exchange for baskets of securities.  As an exchange traded security, an ETF’s shares are priced continuously and trade throughout the day.  ETFs may track a securities index, a particular market sector, a particular segment of a securities index or market sector, or they may be actively managed.  An investment in an ETF generally implicates the following risks:  (i) the same primary risks as an investment in a fund that is not exchange-traded that has the same investment objectives, strategies and polices of the ETF; (ii) the risk that the ETF may fail to accurately track the market segment or index that underlies its investment objective; (iii) price fluctuation, resulting in a loss to the Fund; (iv) the risk that an ETF may trade at a price that is lower than its net asset value; and (v) the risk that an active market for the ETF’s shares may not develop or be maintained.  Also, the Fund will indirectly pay a proportional share of the asset-based fees of the ETFs in which it invests.  ETFs are also subject to specific risks depending on the nature of the ETF, such as liquidity risk, sector risk and foreign and emerging market risk, as well as risks associated with fixed income securities, real estate investments and commodities.  An investment in an ETF presents the risk that the ETF may no longer meet the listing requirements of any applicable exchanges on which the ETF is listed.  Further, trading in an ETF may be halted if the trading in one or more of the securities held by an ETF is halted.  Although expense ratios for ETFs are generally low, frequent trading of ETFs by the Fund can generate brokerage expenses.

Generally, the Fund will not purchase securities of an investment company (which would include an ETF) if, as a result:  (1) more than 10% of the Fund’s total assets would be invested in securities of other investment companies; (2) such purchase would result in more than 3% of the total outstanding voting securities of any such investment company being held by the Fund; or (3) more than 5% of the Fund’s total assets would be invested in any one such investment company.  Many ETFs have obtained exemptive relief from the SEC to permit unaffiliated funds sponsored by other fund families to invest in the ETF’s shares beyond the above statutory limitations, subject to certain conditions and pursuant to a contractual arrangement between the ETFs and the investing fund.  The Fund may rely on these exemptive orders to invest in ETFs.

ETNs.   ETNs are a type of unsecured, unsubordinated debt security that have characteristics and risks similar to those of fixed-income securities and trade on a major exchange similar to shares of ETFs. Unlike other types of fixed income securities, however, the performance of ETNs is based upon that of a market index or other reference asset minus fees and expenses, no coupon payments are made and no principal protection exists.  The value of an ETN may be affected by time to maturity, level of supply and demand for the ETN, volatility and lack of liquidity in underlying commodities or securities markets, changes in the applicable interest rates, changes in the issuer’s credit rating and economic, legal, political or geographic events that affect the referenced commodity or security. The Fund’s ability to sell its ETN holdings also may be limited by the availability of a secondary market and a Fund may have to sell such holdings at a discount. ETNs also are subject to counterparty credit risk, fixed-income risk and tracking error risk (where the ETN’s performance may not match or correlate to that of its market index). ETNs also incur certain expenses not incurred by their applicable index.

EVENT RISK.   Event risk is the risk that corporate issuers may undergo restructurings, such as mergers, leveraged buyouts, takeovers or similar events financed by the issuer’s taking on additional debt.  As a result of the added debt, the credit quality and market value of a company’s bonds and/or other debt securities may decline significantly.

FIXED INCOME SECURITIES.  The Fund is permitted to invest in fixed income securities including, but not limited to:  (1) securities issued or guaranteed as to principal or interest by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities; (2) non-convertible debt securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. corporations or other issuers (including foreign issuers); (3) asset-backed securities; (4) mortgage-related securities, including collateralized mortgage obligations (“CMOs”); (5) securities issued or guaranteed as to principal or interest by a foreign issuer, including supranational entities such as development banks, non-U.S. corporations, banks or bank holding companies or other foreign issuers; (6) commercial mortgage-backed securities; and (7) other capital securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. corporations or other issuers (including foreign issuers).

FOREIGN INVESTMENTS

The Fund may invest in foreign issuers and borrowers, which include:  (1) companies organized outside of the United States, including in emerging market countries; (2) foreign sovereign governments and their agencies, authorities, instrumentalities and political subdivisions, including foreign states, provinces or municipalities; and (3) issuers and borrowers whose economic fortunes and risks are primarily linked with markets outside the United States.  These securities may be denominated or quoted in, or pay income in, U.S. dollars or in a foreign currency. Certain companies organized outside the United States may not be deemed to be foreign issuers or borrowers if the issuer’s or borrower’s economic fortunes and risks are primarily linked with U.S. markets.

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Investing in securities of foreign issuers and loans to foreign borrowers involves considerations and potential risks not typically associated with investing in obligations issued by U.S. entities.  Less information may be available about foreign entities compared with U.S. entities.  For example, foreign issuers and borrowers generally are not subject to uniform accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards or to other regulatory practices and requirements comparable to those applicable to U.S. issuers and borrowers.  In addition, prices of foreign securities may fluctuate more than prices of securities traded in the United States.  Other potential foreign market risks include difficulties in pricing securities, defaults on foreign government securities, difficulties in enforcing favorable legal judgments in foreign courts and political and social conditions, such as diplomatic relations, confiscatory taxation, expropriation, limitation on the removal of funds or assets or imposition of (or change in) exchange control regulations.  Legal remedies available to investors in certain foreign countries may be less extensive than those available to investors in the United States or other foreign countries.  In addition, changes in government administrations or economic or monetary policies in the United States or abroad could result in appreciation or depreciation of portfolio securities.  Any of these actions could severely affect security prices, impair the Fund’s ability to purchase or sell foreign securities or transfer the Fund’s assets or income back into the United States, or otherwise adversely affect the Fund’s operations.

Currency Risk and Exchange Risk.   Because foreign securities generally are denominated and pay dividends or interest in foreign currencies, to the extent the Fund invests in foreign securities, the value of the Fund measured in U.S. dollars will be affected by changes in exchange rates.  Generally, when the U.S. dollar rises in value against a foreign currency, a security denominated in that currency loses value because the currency is worth fewer U.S. dollars.  Conversely, when the U.S. dollar decreases in value against a foreign currency, a security denominated in that currency gains value because the currency is worth more U.S. dollars.  This risk, generally known as “currency risk,” means that a stronger U.S. dollar will reduce returns for U.S. investors while a weak U.S. dollar will increase those returns.  Moreover, transaction costs are incurred in connection with conversions between currencies.

Linked Notes.   The Fund may invest in debt exchangeable for common stock, debt, currency or equity linked notes and similar linked securities ( e.g., zero-strike warrants) (“LNs”), which are derivative securities, typically issued by a financial institution or special purpose entity, the performance of which depends on the performance of a corresponding foreign security or index.  Upon redemption or maturity, the principal amount or redemption amount is payable based on the price level of the linked security or index at the time of redemption or maturity, or is exchanged for corresponding shares of common stock.  LNs are generally subject to the same risks as direct holdings of securities of foreign issuers and non-dollar securities, including currency risk and the risk that the amount payable at maturity or redemption will be less than the principal amount of a note because the price of the linked security or index has declined.  LNs are also subject to counterparty risk, which is the risk that the company issuing the LN may fail to pay the full amount due at maturity or redemption.  The Fund may also have difficulty disposing of LNs because there may be restrictions on redemptions and there may be no market or only a thin trading market in such securities.

Settlement Risk.   Settlement and clearance procedures in certain foreign markets differ significantly from those in the United States.  Foreign settlement procedures and trade regulations may involve certain risks (such as delays in payment for or delivery of securities) not typically generated in the settlement of U.S. investments.  Settlements in certain foreign countries at times have not kept pace with the number of securities transactions being undertaken; these problems may make it difficult for the Fund to carry out transactions.  If the Fund cannot settle or is delayed in settling a purchase of securities, it may miss attractive investment opportunities and certain of its assets may remain uninvested with no return earned thereon for some period.  There may also be the danger that, because of uncertainties in the operation of settlement systems in individual markets, competing claims may arise in respect of securities held by or to be transferred to the Fund.  Further, compensation schemes may be non-existent, limited or inadequate to meet the Fund’s claims in any of these events.  In connection with any of these events, and other similar circumstances, the Fund may experience losses because of failures of or defects in settlement systems.

There are additional and magnified risks involved with investments in emerging or developing markets, which may exhibit greater price volatility and risk of principal, have less liquidity and have settlement arrangements that are less efficient than in developed markets.  In addition, the economies of emerging market countries generally are heavily dependent on international trade and, accordingly, have been and may continue to be adversely affected by trade barriers, managed adjustments in relative currency values and other protectionist measures imposed or negotiated by the countries with which they trade.  Emerging market economies also have been and may continue to be adversely affected by economic conditions in the countries with which they trade.  See “Investments in Emerging Market Securities” below.

GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION IN FINANCIAL MARKETS.   Recent instability in the financial markets led the U.S. Government to take a number of unprecedented actions designed to support certain financial institutions and segments of the financial markets that experienced extreme volatility and, in some cases, a lack of liquidity.  Federal, state, and other governments, their regulatory agencies or self regulatory organizations may in the future take actions that affect the regulation of the instruments in which the Fund invests, or the issuers of such instruments, in ways that are unforeseeable.  Legislation or regulation may also change the way in which the Fund itself is regulated.  In particular, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank Act”) provides for widespread regulation of financial institutions, consumer financial products and services, broker-dealers, over-the-counter derivatives, investment advisers, credit rating agencies and mortgage lending, which expands federal oversight in the financial sector and may affect the investment management industry as a whole.  The Dodd-Frank Act leaves many issues to be resolved by regulatory studies and rulemakings, and in some cases further remedial legislation, by deferring their resolution to a

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future date.  This legislation, as well as additional legislation and regulatory changes that may be enacted in the future, could change the fund industry as a whole and limit or preclude the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

Governments or their agencies may also acquire distressed assets from financial institutions and acquire ownership interests in those institutions.  The implications of government ownership and disposition of these assets are unclear, and such programs may have positive or negative effects on the liquidity, valuation and performance of the Fund’s portfolio holdings.  Furthermore, volatile financial markets can expose the Fund to greater market and liquidity risk and potential difficulty in valuing portfolio instruments held by the Fund.  The Fund has established procedures to assess the liquidity of portfolio holdings and to value instruments for which market prices may not be readily available.  HFMC and the sub-adviser will monitor developments and seek to manage the Fund in a manner consistent with achieving the Fund’s investment objective, but there can be no assurance that they will be successful in doing so.

HIGH YIELD SECURITIES (“JUNK BONDS”).   Any security or loan with a long-term credit rating of “Ba” or lower by Moody’s, “BB” or lower by S&P or “BB” or lower by Fitch, as well as any security or loan that is unrated but determined by the sub-adviser to be of comparable quality, is below investment grade.

Securities and bank loans rated below investment grade are commonly referred to as “high yield-high risk debt securities,” “junk bonds,” “leveraged loans” or “emerging market debt,” as the case may be.  Each rating category has within it different gradations or sub-categories.  For instance the “Ba” rating for Moody’s includes “Ba3”, “Ba2” and “Ba1”.  Likewise the S&P and Fitch rating category of “BB” includes “BB+”, “BB” and “BB-”.  If the Fund is authorized to invest in a certain rating category, the Fund is also permitted to invest in any of the sub-categories or gradations within that rating category.  Descriptions of the debt securities and bank loans ratings system, including the speculative characteristics attributable to each ratings category, are set forth in Appendix A to this SAI.

Although junk bonds generally pay higher rates of interest than investment grade bonds, junk bonds are high risk investments that may cause income and principal losses for the Fund.  Junk bonds may be issued by less creditworthy issuers.  Issuers of junk bonds may have a larger amount of outstanding debt relative to their assets than issuers of investment grade bonds.  In the event of an issuer’s bankruptcy, claims of other creditors may have priority over the claims of junk bond holders, leaving few or no assets available to repay junk bond holders.  Junk bonds are also subject to extreme price fluctuations.  Adverse changes in an issuer’s industry and general economic conditions may have a greater impact on the prices of junk bonds than on other higher rated fixed income securities.  Further, issuers of junk bonds may be unable to meet their interest or principal payment obligations because of an economic downturn, specific issuer developments or the unavailability of additional financing.

In addition, junk bonds frequently have redemption features that permit an issuer to repurchase the security before it matures.  If an issuer redeems junk bonds owned by the Fund, the Fund may have to invest the proceeds in bonds with lower yields and may lose income.  Junk bonds may also be less liquid than higher rated fixed income securities, even under normal economic conditions.  Moreover, there are relatively few dealers in the junk bond market, and there may be significant differences among these dealers’ price quotes.  Because they are less liquid, judgment may play a greater role in valuing these securities than is the case with securities that trade in a more liquid market.

The Fund may incur expenses to the extent necessary to seek recovery upon default or to negotiate new terms with a defaulting issuer.  The credit rating of a junk bond does not necessarily take into account its market value risk.  Ratings and market value may change from time to time, positively or negatively, to reflect new developments regarding the issuer.  These securities and bank loans generally entail greater risk (including the possibility of default or bankruptcy of the issuer), involve greater volatility of price and risk to principal and income and may be less liquid than securities and bank loans in higher rating categories.  Securities and bank loans in the highest category below investment grade are considered to be of poor standing and predominantly speculative with respect to the issuer’s capacity to pay interest and repay principal in accordance with the terms of the obligations.  As such, these investments often have reduced values that, in turn, negatively impact the value of the Fund’s shares.  If a security or bank loan is downgraded to a rating category that does not qualify for investment, the sub-adviser will use its discretion on whether to hold or sell based upon its opinion on the best method to maximize value for shareholders over the long term.

ILLIQUID INVESTMENTS.   The Fund is permitted to invest in illiquid securities or other illiquid investments in an amount up to 15% of its net assets.  Illiquid investments are ones that may not be sold or disposed of in the ordinary course of business within seven days at approximately the price used for such investments in the determination of the Fund’s net asset value.  The Fund may not be able to sell illiquid securities or other investments when the sub-adviser considers it desirable to do so or may have to sell such securities or other investments at a price that is lower than the price that could be obtained if the securities or other investments were more liquid.  Illiquid securities also may be more difficult to value due to the lack of reliable market quotations for such securities or investments, and investments in them may have an adverse impact on the Fund’s net asset value.

Securities and other investments purchased by the Fund that are liquid at the time of purchase may subsequently become illiquid due to events relating to the issuer of the security, market events, economic conditions or investor perceptions.  Domestic and foreign markets are becoming more and more complex and interrelated such that events in one sector of the market or the economy, or in one geographical region, can reverberate and have negative consequences for other market, economic or regional sectors in a manner that may not be reasonably foreseen.  With respect to over-the-counter (“OTC”) securities, the continued

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viability of any OTC secondary market depends on the continued willingness of dealers and other participants to purchase the securities.

If one or more instruments in the Fund’s portfolio become illiquid, the Fund may exceed its limit on illiquid instruments.  If this occurs, the Fund must take steps to bring the aggregate amount of illiquid instruments back within the prescribed limitations as soon as reasonably practicable.  However, this requirement will not force the Fund to liquidate any portfolio instrument where the Fund would suffer a loss on the sale of that instrument.

Where no clear indication of the value of a particular investment is available, the investment will be valued at its fair value according to the valuation procedures approved by the Boards of Directors.  These cases include, among others, situations where the secondary markets on which a security has previously been traded are no longer viable for lack of liquidity.  The value of illiquid securities may reflect a discount, which may be significant, from the market price of comparable securities for which a liquid market exists and thus negatively affect the Fund’s net asset value.

Under interpretations of the SEC Staff, the following types of investments in which the Fund may invest are considered illiquid:  (i) repurchase agreements maturing in more than seven days; (ii) certain restricted securities (securities whose public resale is subject to legal or contractual restrictions); (iii) option contracts with respect to specific securities, that are not traded on a national securities exchange and not readily marketable; and (iv) any other securities or investments in which the Fund may invest that are not readily marketable.

INFLATION PROTECTED DEBT SECURITIES. The Fund may invest in inflation-protected debt securities, which are fixed income securities whose principal value is periodically adjusted according to the rate of inflation.  Two structures are common.  The U.S. Treasury and some other issuers use a structure that accrues inflation into the principal value of the security.  Most other issuers pay out the inflation accruals as part of a semiannual coupon.

The value of inflation protected securities generally fluctuates in response to changes in real interest rates, which are in turn tied to the relationship between nominal (or stated) interest rates and the rate of inflation.  Therefore, if inflation were to rise at a faster rate than nominal interest rates, real interest rates might decline, leading to an increase in the price of an inflation-protected debt security.  In contrast, if nominal interest rates increased at a faster rate than inflation, real interest rates might rise, leading to a decrease in the price of an inflation protected debt security.

Interest payments on inflation protected debt securities will fluctuate as the principal and/or interest is adjusted for inflation and can be unpredictable.  The U.S. Treasury only began issuing TIPS in 1997, and corporations began issuing corporate inflation protected securities (“CIPS”) even more recently.  As a result, the market for such securities may be less developed or liquid, and more volatile, than certain other securities markets.  Although corporate inflation protected securities with different maturities may be issued in the future, the U.S. Treasury currently issues TIPS in five-year, ten-year and twenty-year maturities, and CIPS are currently issued in five-year, seven-year and ten-year maturities.  Repayment of the original security principal upon maturity (as adjusted for inflation) is generally guaranteed in the case of TIPS, even during a period of deflation.  However, the current market value of the securities is not guaranteed and will fluctuate.  Other inflation related securities, such as CIPS, may not provide a similar guarantee.  If a guarantee of principal is not provided, the adjusted principal value of the security repaid at maturity may be less than the original principal.

While these securities are expected to be protected from long-term inflationary trends, short-term increases in inflation may lead to declines in value.  If interest rates rise due to reasons other than inflation (for example, due to changes in currency exchange rates), investors in these securities may not be protected to the extent that the increase is not reflected in the security’s inflation measure.

The periodic adjustment of U.S. inflation-protected debt securities is tied to the Consumer Price Index for Urban Consumers (“CPI-U”), which is calculated monthly by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.  The CPI-U is an index of changes in the cost of living, made up of components such as housing, food, transportation and energy.  Inflation-protected debt securities issued by a foreign government are generally adjusted to reflect a comparable inflation index calculated by that government.  There can be no assurance that the CPI-U or any foreign inflation index will accurately measure the real rate of inflation in the prices of goods and services.  Moreover, there can be no assurance that the rate of inflation in a foreign country will be correlated to the rate of inflation in the United States.

Any increase in the principal amount of an inflation-protected debt security will be considered taxable ordinary income, even though investors do not receive their principal until maturity.

INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERINGS.   The prices of securities purchased in initial public offerings (“IPOs”) can be very volatile and/or decline shortly after the IPO.  Securities issued in IPOs have no trading history, and information about the issuing companies may be available for only very limited periods.  The effect of IPOs on the Fund’s performance depends on a variety of factors, including the number of IPOs the Fund invests in relative to the size of the Fund and whether and to what extent a security purchased in an IPO appreciates and depreciates in value.

INTEREST RATE RISK.   Interest rate risk is the possibility an investment may go down in value when interest rates rise because when interest rates rise, the prices of bonds and fixed rate loans fall.  Generally, the longer the maturity of a bond or fixed rate loan, the more sensitive it is to this risk.  Falling interest rates also create the potential for a decline in the Fund’s income. 

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Interest rates in the United States are at, or near, historic lows, which may increase a Fund’s exposure to risks associated with rising rates. Moreover, rising interest rates may lead to decreased liquidity in the bond markets, making it more difficult for a Fund to value or sell some or all of its bond holdings at any given time.

INVERSE FLOATING RATE SECURITIES. Inverse floating rate securities, also called inverse floaters or residual interest bonds, are variable-rate securities whose coupon changes in a direction opposite from that of a specified interest rate.  Generally, income on inverse floaters decreases when interest rates rise and increases when interest rates fall.  Inverse floaters can have the effect of providing a degree of investment leverage because they may increase or decrease in value in response to changes ( e.g., changes in market interest rates) at a rate that is a multiple of the rate at which fixed-rate securities increase or decrease in response to the same changes.  Therefore, the market values of such securities are generally more volatile than the market values of fixed-rate securities (especially during periods when interest rates are fluctuating).  The Fund could lose money and its net asset value could decline if movements in interest rates are incorrectly anticipated.  Moreover, the markets for this type of security may be less developed and less liquid than the markets for traditional municipal securities.

The Fund may invest in municipal inverse floaters, which are a type of inverse floater in which a municipal bond is deposited with a special purpose vehicle (SPV), which issues, in return, the municipal inverse floater (which is comprised of a residual interest in the cash flows and assets of the SPV) plus proceeds from the issuance by the SPV of floating rate certificates to third parties.  This type of municipal inverse floater generally includes the right to “unwind” the transaction by (1) causing the holders of the floating rate certificates to tender their certificates at par and (2) returning the municipal inverse floater to the SPV in exchange for the original municipal bond.  If the holder of the inverse floater exercises this right, it would pay the par amount due on the floating rate certificates and exchange the municipal inverse floater for the underlying municipal bond.  The SPV may also be terminated for other reasons (as defined in its operative documents), such as a downgrade in the credit rating of the underlying municipal bond, a payment failure by or the bankruptcy of the issuer of the underlying municipal bond, the inability to remarket floating rate certificates or the SPV’s failure to obtain renewal of the liquidity agreement relating to the floating rate certificates.  In the event of such a termination, an investor, such as the Fund, shall have the option but not the obligation to effect the economic equivalent of an “unwind” of the transaction.  The holder of a municipal inverse floater generally bears all of the investment risk associated with the underlying bond.

Inverse floating rate securities are subject to the risks inherent in derivative instruments.  See “Derivative Instruments” herein.

INVESTMENT GRADE SECURITIES. The Fund is permitted to invest in debt securities rated within the four highest rating categories ( e.g., “Aaa”, “Aa”, “A” or “Baa” by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”), “AAA”, “AA”, “A” or “BBB” by Standard and Poor’s Corporation (“S&P”) or “AAA”, “AA”, “A” or “BBB” by Fitch, Inc. (“Fitch”)) (or, if unrated, securities of comparable quality as determined by the sub-adviser) (see Appendix A to this SAI for a description of applicable securities ratings).  These securities are generally referred to as “investment grade securities.” Each rating category has within it different gradations or sub-categories.  To the extent the Fund is authorized to invest in a certain rating category, the Fund is also permitted to invest in any of the sub-categories or gradations within that rating category.  If a security is downgraded to a rating category that does not qualify for investment, the sub-adviser will use its discretion on whether to hold or sell based upon its opinion on the best method to maximize value for shareholders over the long term.  Debt securities carrying the fourth highest rating ( e.g., “Baa” by Moody’s, “BBB” by S&P and “BBB” by Fitch) and unrated securities of comparable quality (as determined by the sub-adviser) are considered to have speculative characteristics with respect to the issuer’s continuing ability to meet principal and interest payments, involve a higher degree of risk and are more sensitive to economic change than higher rated securities.

INVESTMENT STRATEGY RISK.  Investment strategy risk is the risk that, if the sub-adviser’s investment strategy does not perform as expected, a Fund could underperform its peers or lose money.  There is no guarantee that a Fund’s investment objective will be achieved.

INVESTMENTS IN EMERGING MARKET SECURITIES. The Fund may invest in securities of issuers that conduct their principal business activities in, or whose securities are traded principally on exchanges located in, less developed countries considered to be “emerging markets.”  [ Emerging markets include those countries defined as emerging or developing by the World Bank, the International Finance Corporation or the United Nations. ]  Investing in emerging market securities involves not only the risks described above with respect to investing in foreign securities, but also other risks that may be more severe and pervasive than those present in foreign countries with more developed markets.  Emerging markets are riskier than more developed markets because they tend to develop unevenly and may never fully develop.  The value of the Fund’s investments in emerging markets securities may be adversely affected by changes in the political, economic or social conditions, expropriation, nationalization, limitation on the removal of funds or assets, controls, tax regulations and other restrictions in emerging market countries.  In the past, governments of such nations have expropriated substantial amounts of private property, and most claims of the property owners have never been fully settled.  There is no assurance that such expropriations will not reoccur.  In such circumstances, it is possible that the Fund could lose the entire amount of its investments in the affected market.

Some countries have pervasive corruption and crime that may hinder investments.  Certain emerging markets may also face other significant internal or external risks, including the risk of war and ethnic, religious and racial conflicts.  The Fund’s emerging market investments may introduce exposure to economic structures that are generally less diverse and mature than, and to political systems that can be expected to have less stability than, those of developed countries.  Other characteristics of emerging

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