Forward Funds
101 California Street, 16th Floor
San Francisco, California 94111
November 6, 2012
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Investment Management
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549-1520
RE: Forward Funds (Registrant)
File Nos: 033-48940
811-06722
On behalf of the Registrant and pursuant to Rule 497(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, attached for filing are exhibits containing interactive data format risk/return summary information that mirrors the risk/return summary information in supplements, dated October 25, 2012, to the Prospectuses dated May 1, 2012, for Investor Class, Institutional Class, Class A and Class C shares of the Forward Aggressive Growth Allocation Fund, Forward Balanced Allocation Fund, Forward Growth & Income Allocation Fund, Forward Growth Allocation Fund and Forward Income & Growth Allocation Fund (collectively, Funds). The purpose of the filing is to submit the 497(c) filing dated October 25, 2012 in XBRL for the Funds.
If you have any questions regarding this filing, please contact Erin Douglas, Vice President and Sr. Associate Counsel with the Registrants service provider, ALPS Fund Services, Inc., at (720) 917-0602.
Sincerely,
| /s/ Robert S. Naka |
| Robert S. Naka Secretary |