497 1 d554592d497.htm FORM 497 FORM 497

Filed pursuant to Rule 497(e)

File Nos. 033-12608 and 811-05059

HighMark Funds

Equity Funds

Supplement dated June 18, 2013 to

the Retail Shares Prospectus and the Fiduciary Shares Prospectus,

dated December 1, 2012, as supplemented January 28, 2013 and April 3, 2013,

and the Class U Shares Prospectus, dated December 1, 2012, as supplemented April 3, 2013.

This supplement provides new and additional information beyond the information already contained in the Prospectuses and should be read in conjunction with the Prospectuses.

Effective June 18, 2013:

In addition to the portfolio managers listed in the Prospectuses for HighMark Balanced Fund, HighMark Large Cap Growth Fund and HighMark Value Fund, Derek Izuel, Vice President and Chief Equity Officer of HighMark Capital Management, Inc., is a portfolio manager of such funds. The Prospectuses are hereby modified accordingly.

In addition to the portfolio managers listed in the Prospectuses for HighMark Balanced Fund, HighMark Bond Fund, HighMark Short Term Bond Fund, HighMark California Intermediate Tax-Free Bond Fund and HighMark National Intermediate Tax-Free Bond Fund, David Wines, Vice President and Chief Fixed-Income Officer of HighMark Capital Management, Inc., is a portfolio manager of such funds. The Prospectuses are hereby modified accordingly.

The primary benchmark for HighMark Value Fund is hereby changed from the S&P 500 Index to the Russell 1000 Value Index to better match the investment strategies of HighMark Value Fund. The secondary benchmark is hereby changed from the Russell 1000 Value Index to the S&P 500 Index. The unmanaged Russell 1000 Value Index measures the performance of those Russell 1000 companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values. The unmanaged S&P 500 Index is a market-capitalization, value-weighted composite index of 500 large capitalization U.S. companies. The Prospectuses are hereby modified accordingly.

 

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Filed pursuant to Rule 497(e)

File Nos. 033-12608 and 811-05059

HighMark Funds

Equity Funds

Supplement dated June 18, 2013 to

the Statement of Additional Information,

dated December 1, 2012, as supplemented April 3, 2013.

This supplement provides new and additional information beyond the information already contained in the Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”) and should be read in conjunction with the SAI.

Effective June 18, 2013, the following information is hereby added to the “Other Accounts Managed by the Portfolio Managers” table in the “Portfolio Managers” section of the SAI. The table shows the number and assets of other investment accounts (or portions of investment accounts) that Derek Izuel, portfolio manager of HighMark Balanced Fund, HighMark Large Cap Core Equity Fund, HighMark Large Cap Growth Fund, HighMark Small Cap Core Fund, HighMark Value Fund, HighMark Tactical Growth & Income Allocation Fund and HighMark Tactical Capital Growth Allocation Fund, and David Wines, portfolio manager of HighMark Balanced Fund, HighMark Bond Fund, HighMark Short Term Bond Fund, HighMark California Intermediate Tax-Free Bond Fund, HighMark National Intermediate Tax-Free Bond Fund, HighMark Tactical Growth & Income Allocation Fund and HighMark Tactical Capital Growth Allocation Fund, managed as of April 30, 2013 as provided by HighMark Capital Management, Inc.

 

Portfolio Manager

 

  

Other SEC-

registered open-end
and closed-end

funds

  

Other pooled
investment vehicles

 

  

Other accounts

 

     Number of
Accounts
  Assets (in
thousands)
   Number of
Accounts
   Assets (in
thousands)
   Number of
Accounts
   Assets (in
thousands)

Derek Izuel

   4*   $276,018    0    $0    6    $1,487

David Wines

   2*   $112,063    0    $0    15    $880,233

* In addition to the four SEC-registered funds, Derek Izuel will manage HighMark Balanced Fund, HighMark Large Cap Growth Fund and HighMark Value Fund effective June 18, 2013. In addition to the two SEC-registered funds, David Wines will manage HighMark Balanced Fund, HighMark Bond Fund, HighMark Short Term Bond Fund, HighMark California Intermediate Tax-Free Bond Fund and HighMark National Intermediate Tax-Free Bond Fund effective June 18, 2013.

Effective June 18, 2013, the following information, as of April 30, 2013, is hereby added to the “Ownership of Securities” table in the “Portfolio Managers” section of the SAI:

 

        Portfolio Manager    Funds Managed   

Dollar Range of

Equity Securities

in the Fund

Beneficially Owned

         
         
         

Derek Izuel

   HighMark Balanced Fund    None
   HighMark Large Cap Growth Fund    None
   HighMark Value Fund    $10,001-$50,000

David Wines

   HighMark Balanced Fund    None
   HighMark Bond Fund    None
   HighMark Short Term Bond Fund    None
   HighMark California Intermediate Tax-Free Bond Fund    None
   HighMark National Intermediate Tax-Free Bond Fund    None

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