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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" align="center"><font style="font-family:arial" size="5"><b>FORWARD FUNDS </b></font></p> <p style="line-height:4px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000"> </p> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><font size="1"> </font></p> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><font size="1"> </font></p> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" align="center"><font style="font-family:arial" size="2"><b>Supplement dated February 11, 2013 </b></font></p> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" align="center"><font style="font-family:arial" size="2"><b>to the </b></font></p> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><font size="1"> </font></p> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" align="center"><font style="font-family:arial" size="2"><i>Summary Prospectus for Investor Class and Institutional Class Shares of the Forward Extended MarketPlus Fund, Forward Funds Investor Class and Institutional Class Prospectus, Forward Funds Class A, Class B, Class C and Class M Prospectus, Forward Funds Class Z Prospectus, and the Forward Funds Statement of Additional Information </i></font></p> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><font size="1"> </font></p> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" align="center"><font style="font-family:arial" size="2"><b>each dated May 1, 2012, as supplemented </b></font></p> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><font size="1"> </font></p> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" align="center"><font style="font-family:arial" size="2"><b>IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING CHANGE IN FUND NAME </b></font></p> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><font size="1"> </font></p> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><font style="font-family:arial" size="2"><b>The following information applies to the Forward Extended MarketPlus Fund (the “Fund”) only: </b></font></p> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><font style="font-family:arial" size="2">Effective May 1, 2013, the name of the Fund will be changed to the “Forward Total MarketPlus Fund.” Accordingly, effective May 1, 2013, all references in each of the prospectuses and the statement of additional information to “Forward Extended MarketPlus Fund” shall be replaced with “Forward Total MarketPlus Fund.” </font></p> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><font size="1"> </font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" align="center"><font style="font-family:arial" size="5"><b>FORWARD FUNDS </b></font></p> <p style="line-height:4px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000"> </p> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><font size="1"> </font></p> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><font size="1"> </font></p> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" align="center"><font style="font-family:arial" size="2"><b>Supplement dated February 11, 2013 </b></font></p> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" align="center"><font style="font-family:arial" size="2"><b>to the </b></font></p> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><font size="1"> </font></p> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" align="center"><font style="font-family:arial" size="2"><i>Summary Prospectus for Investor Class and Institutional Class Shares of the Forward Extended MarketPlus Fund, Forward Funds Investor Class and Institutional Class Prospectus, Forward Funds Class A, Class B, Class C and Class M Prospectus, Forward Funds Class Z Prospectus, and the Forward Funds Statement of Additional Information </i></font></p> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><font size="1"> </font></p> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" align="center"><font style="font-family:arial" size="2"><b>each dated May 1, 2012, as supplemented </b></font></p> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><font size="1"> </font></p> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" align="center"><font style="font-family:arial" size="2"><b>IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING CHANGE IN FUND NAME </b></font></p> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><font size="1"> </font></p> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><font style="font-family:arial" size="2"><b>The following information applies to the Forward Extended MarketPlus Fund (the “Fund”) only: </b></font></p> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><font style="font-family:arial" size="2">Effective May 1, 2013, the name of the Fund will be changed to the “Forward Total MarketPlus Fund.” Accordingly, effective May 1, 2013, all references in each of the prospectuses and the statement of additional information to “Forward Extended MarketPlus Fund” shall be replaced with “Forward Total MarketPlus Fund.” </font></p> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><font size="1"> </font></p>