Federated U.S. Government
Securities Fund: 1-3 Years
Federated U.S. Government
Securities Fund: 2-5 Years
FOR PURPOSES OF THIS
SUPPLEMENT, ALL SHARE CLASSES OF THE ABOVE-NAMED FUNDS ARE INCLUDED
SUPPLEMENT TO statements of
additional information DATED March 31, 2013 and April 30, 2013
Federated U.S. Government Securities
Fund: 1-3 Years
1. Under the heading entitled
“
Portfolio Manager Information
,” please add the following immediately following the information regarding Donald Ellenberger:
“Andrew Kirschler, Portfolio
Manager
Types of Accounts Managed
by Andrew Kirschler
|
Total Number of Additional Accounts
Managed/Total Assets*
|
|
Registered Investment Companies
|
0/$0
|
|
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles
|
0/$0
|
|
Other Accounts
|
0/$0
|
*
None of the Accounts has an
advisory fee that is based on the performance of the account.
Andrew Kirschler is paid a fixed
base salary and a variable annual incentive. Base salary is determined within a market competitive position-specific salary range, based on the portfolio manager's experience and performance. The annual incentive
amount is determined based primarily on Investment Product Performance (IPP) and, to a lesser extent, Financial Success, and may be paid entirely in cash, or in a combination of cash and restricted stock of Federated
Investors, Inc. (“Federated”). The total combined annual incentive opportunity is intended to be competitive in the market for this portfolio manager role.
IPP is measured on a rolling one,
three and five calendar year pre-tax gross total return basis vs. the Fund's benchmark (i.e., Bank of America Merrill Lynch 1-3 Year Treasury Index) and vs. the Fund's designated peer group of comparable accounts.
Performance periods are adjusted if a portfolio manager has been managing an account for less than five years; accounts with less than one year of performance history under a portfolio manager may be excluded. As
noted above, Mr. Kirschler is also the portfolio manager for other accounts in addition to the Fund. Such other accounts may have different benchmarks and performance measures. For purposes of calculating the annual
incentive amount, each fund or account is categorized into one of three IPP groups. Within each performance measurement period and IPP group, IPP is calculated on the basis of an assigned weighting to each account or
fund managed by the portfolio manager and included in the IPP groups. The weighting assigned to the Fund is greater than the weighting assigned to other accounts or funds used to determine IPP. In addition, Mr.
Kirschler serves on one or more Investment Teams that establish guidelines on various performance drivers (e.g., currency, duration, sector, volatility and/or yield curve) for taxable fixed income funds. A portion of
the IPP score is based on Federated's senior management's assessment of team contributions. A portion of the bonus tied to the IPP score may be adjusted based on management's assessment of overall contributions to
fund performance and any other factors as deemed relevant.
The Financial Success category is
designed to tie the portfolio manager's bonus, in part, to Federated's overall financial results. Funding for the Financial Success category may be determined on a product or asset class basis, as well as on corporate
financial results. Senior Management determines individual Financial Success bonuses on a discretionary basis, considering overall contributions and any other factors deemed relevant.
In addition, Andrew Kirschler was
awarded a grant of restricted Federated stock. Awards of restricted stock are discretionary and are made in variable amounts based on the subjective judgment of Federated's senior management.”
Federated U.S. Government Securities
Fund: 2-5 Years
2. Under the heading entitled
“
Portfolio Manager Information
,” please add the following immediately following the information regarding Donald Ellenberger:
“Andrew Kirschler, Portfolio
Manager
Types of Accounts Managed
by Andrew Kirschler
|
Total Number of Additional Accounts
Managed/Total Assets*
|
|
Registered Investment Companies
|
0/$0
|
|
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles
|
0/$0
|
|
Other Accounts
|
0/$0
|
*
None of the Accounts has an
advisory fee that is based on the performance of the account.