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  <rr:RiskReturnHeading contextRef="CTXT_P0001S000028542member_S000028542member">MainStay 130/30 International Fund  &amp;nbsp;</rr:RiskReturnHeading>
  <ck0001469192:SupplementTextBlock contextRef="CTXT_P0001S000028542member_S000028542member">&lt;p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&apos;calibri&apos;,&apos;sans-serif&apos;;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style=&apos;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"&apos;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&apos;calibri&apos;,&apos;sans-serif&apos;;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style=&apos;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"&apos;&gt;THE MAINSTAY GROUP OF FUNDS&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&apos;calibri&apos;,&apos;sans-serif&apos;;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style=&apos;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"&apos;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&apos;calibri&apos;,&apos;sans-serif&apos;;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style=&apos;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"&apos;&gt;MainStay 130/30 International Fund&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&apos;calibri&apos;,&apos;sans-serif&apos;;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style=&apos;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"&apos;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&apos;calibri&apos;,&apos;sans-serif&apos;;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"&gt;&lt;font style=&apos;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"&apos;&gt;Supplement dated December 14, 2012 (&#8220;Supplement&#8221;) to the Summary Prospectus, Prospectus&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&apos;calibri&apos;,&apos;sans-serif&apos;;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"&gt;&lt;font style=&apos;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"&apos;&gt;and Statement of Additional Information, each dated February 28, 2012, as supplemented&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&apos;calibri&apos;,&apos;sans-serif&apos;;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"&gt;&lt;font style=&apos;font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"&apos;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&apos;calibri&apos;,&apos;sans-serif&apos;;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"&gt;&lt;font style=&apos;font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"&apos;&gt;This Supplement updates certain information contained in the Summary Prospectus, Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information for MainStay 130/30 International Fund (the &#8220;Fund&#8221;), a series of MainStay Funds Trust (the &#8220;Trust&#8221;). You may obtain copies of the Fund&#8217;s Summary Prospectus, Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information free of charge, upon request, by calling toll-free 800-MAINSTAY (624-6782), or by writing to NYLIFE Distributors LLC, Attn: MainStay Marketing Department, 169 Lackawanna Avenue, Parsippany, New Jersey 07054. These documents are also available on the Fund&#8217;s website at mainstayinvestments.com. 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  <rr:StrategyHeading contextRef="CTXT_P0001S000028542member_S000028542member">Principal Investment Strategy Change  &amp;nbsp;</rr:StrategyHeading>
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  <rr:RiskHeading contextRef="CTXT_P0001S000028542member_S000028542member">Principal Risks Change  &amp;nbsp;</rr:RiskHeading>
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