497K 1 d891120d497k.htm MANNING & NAPIER FUND, INC. Manning & Napier Fund, Inc.
Summary Prospectus | May 1, 2015
International Series - Class I & S
(Ticker): MNIIX & EXITX
This is the Summary Prospectus of the International Series - Class I & S Shares, a series of Manning & Napier Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”). Before you invest, you may want to review the prospectus of the Series, which contains more information about the Series and its risks. You can find the prospectus and other information about the Series, including the Series’ statement of additional information and most recent reports to shareholders, online at www.manning-napier.com/documents. You can also get this information at no cost from the Fund by calling 1-800-466-3863, by sending an email to orders@mysummaryprospectus.com, or from your financial intermediary. The prospectus and the statement of additional information of the Series, both dated May 1, 2015, are each incorporated into this Summary Prospectus.
Investment Goal
The Series’ investment objective is to provide long-term growth by investing principally in the common stocks of companies located outside the United States.
Fees and Expenses
This table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Series.
International Series CLASS I   CLASS S
Shareholder Fees (paid
directly from your investment)
None   None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Management Fees   0.75%   0.75%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees   None   None
Other Expenses   0.14%   0.39%
Shareholder Services Fee None   0.25%  
Remainder of Other Expenses 0.14%   0.14%  
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses   0.89%   1.14%
Less Fee Waivers and Expense Reimbursements   (0.04)%   (0.04)%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement1,2   0.85%   1.10%
1 The total annual fund operating expenses in this fee table may not correlate to the expense ratio in the financial highlights in the prospectus (and in the Series’ financial statements) because the financial highlights include only the Series’ direct operating expenses and do not include fees and expenses incurred indirectly
  by the Series through its investments in other investment companies.
2 Manning & Napier Advisors, LLC (the Advisor) has contractually agreed to limit its fees and reimburse expenses to the extent necessary so that the total direct annual fund operating expenses of each Class, exclusive of a Class’s Shareholder Services Fee, do not exceed 0.85% of each Class's average daily net assets. This contractual waiver will continue until at least April 30, 2016 and may not be amended or terminated by the Advisor prior to such date without the approval of the Series’ Board of Directors.
Example
The Example below is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Series with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Series for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Series’ operating expenses remain the same (taking into account the Advisor's contractual expense limitation for the first year only). Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
  AFTER 1
YEAR
AFTER 3
YEARS
AFTER 5
YEARS
AFTER 10
YEARS
Class I $87 $280 $489 $1,092
Class S $112 $358 $624 $1,383
Portfolio Turnover
The Series pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Series shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the performance of the Series. During the most recent fiscal year, the portfolio turnover rate of the Series was 22% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
The Series invests primarily in common stocks of foreign companies, which may be located both in developed and in emerging markets. The Series may also invest in American Depository Receipts (ADRs) and other U.S. dollar denominated securities of foreign issuers.


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The Advisor examines economic trends and industry-specific factors to identify investment opportunities, such as those being created by economic and political changes taking place around the world. This approach is often called a “top-down” strategy. The Series is different from many stock funds because the Advisor’s primary focus is not on individual stock selection. Rather, the Advisor seeks to identify broad themes that cut across countries or issuers and then implements each top-down theme by purchasing either individual securities or a basket of stocks in a selected country, region, sector, or industry in an attempt to benefit from those themes. For example, the Advisor sought to take advantage of the economic environment and the potential for corporate restructuring in Europe by investing in stocks of companies from a number of European countries.
The Series may invest in stocks of small-, large-, or mid-size companies. The Series may purchase shares of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), including to establish a diversified position in a particular sector of the market or to manage cash flows. The Advisor believes that purchasing ETFs may allow the Series to invest in a particular sector of the market more efficiently than would otherwise be possible. The Series may invest in cash and cash equivalents for defensive purposes or when seeking other investment opportunities.
The Series may, but is not required to, undertake hedging activities and may invest in forward foreign currency contracts to hedge currency risks associated with the purchase of individual securities denominated in a foreign currency.
Principal Risks of Investing in the Series
Management risk — The value of your investment may decline if the Advisor’s judgments about the attractiveness, relative value or potential appreciation of a particular security or strategy prove to be incorrect.
Market risk — Because the Series invests in stocks, the value of your investment will fluctuate in response to stock market movements. This means that you could lose money on your investment in the Series or the Series could underperform if any of the following occurs:
•  U.S. and/or foreign stock markets decline.
•  An adverse event, such as an unfavorable earnings report, depresses the value of one or more of the Series’ portfolio holdings.
Foreign securities risk — Because the Series may invest in securities of foreign issuers, the Series is subject to additional risks. These include risks of adverse changes in foreign economic, political, regulatory and other conditions. The prices of foreign common stocks may, at times, move in a different direction than the prices of U.S. stocks. The Series’ investments may be denominated in the currencies of the countries in which they are located; therefore, the value of the Series may be affected by changes in exchange rates between those foreign currencies and the U.S. dollar. The Advisor’s attempt to manage the currency risk described above may not accurately predict movements in currency exchange rates, which could cause the Series to sustain losses.
Emerging markets risk — The Series may also have special risks due to its investments in emerging market countries. In addition to the risks discussed above relating to investments in foreign companies located in developed countries, the Series’ investments in emerging market countries are subject to the following risks:
•  Emerging markets may be more likely to experience political turmoil or rapid changes in market or economic conditions than more developed countries.
•  Emerging market countries often have less uniformity in accounting and reporting requirements and unreliable securities valuation.
•  It is sometimes difficult to obtain and enforce court judgments in emerging market countries and there is often a greater potential for nationalization and/or expropriation of assets by the government of an emerging market country.
•  There will tend to be an increased risk of price volatility associated with the Series’ investments in emerging market countries, which may be magnified by currency fluctuations relative to the U.S. dollar.
Small- and mid-cap risk — The Series may also have special risks due to its investments in stocks of small- and mid-size companies. These risks include the following:
•  The stocks of small- and mid-size companies may be subject to more abrupt or erratic market movements than the stocks of larger companies.
•  The stocks of small- and mid-size companies may be less marketable than the stocks of larger companies.
•  Small- and mid-size companies may have limited product lines, markets, or financial resources, and they may depend on a small management group. As a result, they fail more often than larger companies.
Forward contracts risk — The Series is subject to the following risks due to its ability to invest in forward contracts:
•  Forwards, like all derivatives, can be extremely sensitive to changes in the market value of the underlying investment, and changes in the value of a forward contract may not correlate perfectly with the underlying investment.
•  The Series may not be able to receive amounts payable to it under its forward contracts as quickly as it may be able to sell or otherwise obtain payments from other investments, so the Series’ investments in such contracts may not be as liquid as the Series’ other investments.
•  The Series’ use of forwards is also subject to the risk that the counterparty to the forward contract will default or otherwise become unable to honor its obligation to the Series.
Risks related to ETFs — The risks of owning shares of an ETF generally reflect the risks of owning the underlying securities the ETF is designed to track, although lack of liquidity in an ETF could result in its value being more volatile than the underlying portfolio of securities. The Series will also bear its


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proportionate share of the expenses of the purchased ETF in addition to its own expenses.
Liquidity risk — The Series is subject to the risk that certain securities may be difficult or impossible to sell at the time and the price that the Series would like. The Series may have to lower the price, sell other securities instead or forego an investment opportunity, any of which could have a negative effect on the Series’ management or performance.
Large redemption risk — Certain institutions or individuals may from time to time own (beneficially or of record) or control a significant percentage of the Series’ shares. Redemptions by these institutions or individuals in the Series may impact the Series’ liquidity and net asset value (NAV). These redemptions may also force the Series to sell securities, which may cause the Series to experience a loss (particularly during periods of declining or illiquid markets), as well as cause the Series’ portfolio turnover rate and transaction costs to rise, which may negatively affect the Series’ performance and increase the likelihood of capital gain distributions for remaining shareholders.
The risks above could contribute to a decline in the value of the Series’ investments and, consequently, the share price of the Series.
Summary of Past Performance
The bar chart and average annual total return table provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Series. The bar chart shows the variability in the performance of the Series by showing changes in the performance of the Class S shares of the Series for each of the last ten calendar years. The total return table shows how the average annual total returns for the Class S and Class I shares for different periods compare to those of a broad-based securities index and the MSCI ACWI ex USA, a free float adjusted market-capitalization-weighted index that is designed to measure equity performance in the global developed and emerging markets and therefore provides information on the performance of foreign stocks. The Series’ Class I shares commenced operations on March 15, 2012, and all performance below for the periods prior to that date reflect the performance and average annual total returns of the Series’ Class S shares. Because Class I shares of the Series invest in the same portfolio of securities, returns for the Class I shares will be substantially similar to those of the Class S shares. Performance will be different only to the extent that the Class I shares have lower expenses. Past performance (both before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Series will perform in the future. Quarterly performance information of the Series is available at www.manning-napier.com.
Calendar Years Ended December 31
Quarterly Returns
Highest (quarter ended 09/30/09): 20.18%
Lowest (quarter ended 09/30/11): (21.17)%
Average Annual Total Returns
For Periods Ended December 31, 2014
  1 Year 5 Years 10 Years Since
Inception
Class S Shares        
Return Before Taxes (7.03)% 4.70% 5.88% 8.13%
Return After Taxes
on Distributions
(9.63)% 3.63% 4.53% 6.16%
Return After Taxes
on Distributions and
Sale of Series Shares
(1.75)% 3.81% 4.85% 6.39%
Class I Shares        
Return Before Taxes (6.27)% 4.87%% 5.97% 8.17%
Indices: (reflect no
deduction for fees,
expenses, or taxes)
S&P 500® Total Return Index 13.67% 15.45% 7.68% 9.60%
MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (3.87)% 4.43% 5.13% 6.36%


International Series - Class I & S (MNIIX & EXITX)
Performance numbers for the Series and the S&P 500 Total Return Index® are calculated from August 27, 1992, the inception date of the Series' Class S shares. Performance numbers for the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index are calculated from August 31, 1992. The after-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. The after-tax figures are shown for one share class only, and would be different for the other share class. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold their Series shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.
Investment Advisor
The investment advisor of the Series is Manning & Napier Advisors, LLC.
Portfolio Managers
A portfolio management team made up of investment professionals and analysts employed by the Advisor is jointly and primarily responsible for making all of the Series’ investment decisions. The following investment professionals serve on the Series’ management team:
Robert Crawford, CFA®
Junior Analyst, has managed the Series since 2015.
Ben V. Rozin
Senior Analyst, has managed the Series since 2009.
Scott T. Shattuck
Junior Analyst, has managed the Series since 2015.
Marc Tommasi
Head of Global Investment Strategy, Co-Head of Global Equities, Senior Analyst/Managing Director of Global Strategies Group, has managed the Series since 1992.
Purchase and Sale of Series Shares
You may purchase or redeem shares of the Series on any day the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is open. The minimum initial investment for the Class S shares of the Series is $2,000. This minimum is waived for certain qualified retirement plans and participants in an automatic investment program. The minimum initial investment for the Class I shares of the Series is $1,000,000. This minimum is waived for certain qualified retirement plans that are not discretionary investment clients of the Advisor or its affiliates. There is no minimum for subsequent investments. You may purchase or redeem shares of the Series by mail (Manning & Napier Fund, Inc., P.O. Box 9845, Providence, RI 02940-8045), by Internet (www.manning-napier.com), by telephone (1-800-466-3863) or by wire. Shareholders holding shares through a financial intermediary should contact their financial intermediary to learn how to place purchase and redemption orders.
Shares of the Series may be purchased from time to time by the Advisor for the accounts of its advisory clients who utilize discretionary account management services provided by the
Advisor or its affiliates. Purchases and sales of Series shares for these clients are made at the Advisor’s discretion pursuant to client authorization.
Tax Information
The distributions made by the Series generally are taxable, and will be taxed as ordinary income or capital gains. If you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or individual retirement account, you will generally not be subject to federal taxation on Series distributions until you begin receiving distributions from your tax-deferred arrangement.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase the Series shares through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Series and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Series shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Series over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.
MNIIX/EXITX Summ 5/1/2015