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Summary Prospectus January 28, 2019
Virtus Duff  & Phelps Global Real Estate Securities Fund
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A: VGSAX
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C: VGSCX
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I: VGISX
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R6: VRGEX
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Before you invest, you may want to review the fund’s prospectus, which contains more information about the fund and its risks. You can find the fund’s prospectus, statement of additional information (SAI), annual report and other information about the fund online at virtus.com/​tools-resources/mutual-fund-documents.
You can also get this information at no cost by calling 800-243-1574 or by sending an e-mail to: virtus.investment.partners@virtus.com. If you purchase shares of the fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary such as a bank, the prospectus and other information will also be available from your financial intermediary.
The fund’s prospectus and SAI, both dated January 28, 2019, are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus.
Beginning on January 1, 2021, as permitted by regulations adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, paper copies of the fund’s shareholder reports will no longer be sent by mail, unless specifically requested from the fund or from your broker-dealer or financial intermediary. Instead, the reports will be made available on a website, and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website link to access the report.
You may elect at any time to receive not only shareholder reports but also certain other communications such as prospectuses from the fund electronically, or you may elect to receive all future shareholder reports in paper free of charge. If you own your shares directly with the fund, you may make such elections by calling the fund at 1-800-243-1574 or, with respect to requesting electronic delivery, by visiting www.virtus.com. An election made directly with the fund will apply to all Virtus Mutual Funds in which you own shares directly. If you own your shares through a financial intermediary, please contact your financial intermediary to make your request and to determine whether your election will apply to all funds in which you own shares through that intermediary.
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Investment Objective
The fund has a primary investment objective of long-term capital appreciation with a secondary investment objective of income.
Fees and Expenses
The tables below illustrate all fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts in Class A Shares if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in Virtus Funds. More information on these and other discounts is available: (i) from your financial advisor or other financial intermediary; (ii) under “Sales Charges” on page 176 of the fund’s prospectus; (iii) with respect to purchase of shares through specific intermediaries, in Appendix A to the fund’s prospectus, entitled “Intermediary Sales Charge Discounts and Waivers;” and (iv) under “Alternative Purchase Arrangements” on page 114 of the fund’s statement of additional information.
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Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
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Class A
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Class C
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Class I
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Class R6
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​ ​ Maximum Sales Charge (load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 5.75 % ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Non e ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Non e ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Non e ​ ​ ​
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Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (load) (as a percentage of the lesser of purchase price or redemption proceeds)
 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Non e ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 1.00 %(a) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Non e ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Non e ​ ​ ​
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Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of
the value of your investment)
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Class A
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Class C
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Class I
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Class R6
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​ ​ Management Fees ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 0.85 % ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 0.85 % ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 0.85 % ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 0.85 % ​ ​ ​
​ ​ Distribution and Shareholder Servicing (12b-1) fees ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 0.25 % ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 1.00 % ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Non e ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Non e ​ ​ ​
​ ​ Other Expenses ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 1.41 % ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 0.36 % ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 0.34 % ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 0.24 % ​ ​ ​
​ ​ Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 2.51 % ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 2.21 % ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 1.19 % ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 1.09 % ​ ​ ​
​ ​ Less: Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement(b) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ (1.11) % ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ (0.06) % ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ (0.04) % ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ (0.14) % ​ ​ ​
​ ​ Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Expense Reimbursement(b) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 1.40 % ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 2.15 % ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 1.15 % ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 0.95 % ​ ​ ​
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The deferred sales charge is imposed on Class C Shares redeemed during the first year only.
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(b)
The fund's investment adviser has contractually agreed to limit the fund's total operating expenses (excluding certain expenses, such as front-end or contingent deferred sales charges, taxes, leverage expenses, interest, brokerage commissions, expenses incurred in connection with any merger or reorganization, unusual or infrequently occurring expenses (such as litigation), acquired fund fees and expenses, and dividend expenses, if any) so that such expenses do not exceed 1.40% for Class A Shares, 2.15% for Class C Shares, 1.15% for Class I Shares and 0.95% for Class R6 Shares through January 31, 2020. Following the contractual period, the adviser may discontinue these expense reimbursement arrangements at any time. Under certain conditions, the adviser may recapture operating expenses reimbursed and/or fees waived under these arrangements for a period of three years following the date such waiver or reimbursement occurred, provided that the recapture does not cause the fund to exceed its expense limit in effect at the time of the waiver or reimbursement, or at the time of recapture.
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Example
This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the fund 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, that the fund’s operating expenses remain the same and that the expense reimbursement arrangement remains in place for the contractual period. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
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Share Status
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1 Year
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3 Years
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5 Years
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10 Years
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Sold or Held
 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ $709 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ $1,212 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ $1,740 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ $3,178 ​ ​ ​
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Class C
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Sold
 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ $318 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ $685 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ $1,179 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ $2,539 ​ ​ ​
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Held
 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ $218 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ $685 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ $1,179 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ $2,539 ​ ​ ​
​ ​ Class I ​ ​ ​
Sold or Held
 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ $117 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ $374 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ $650 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ $1,440 ​ ​ ​
​ ​ Class R6 ​ ​ ​
Sold or Held
 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ $97 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ $333 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ $587 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ $1,316 ​ ​ ​
Portfolio Turnover
The fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the fund's portfolio turnover rate was 41% of the average value of its portfolio.
Investments, Risks and Performance
Principal Investment Strategies
The fund provides global exposure to the real estate securities market, focusing exclusively on companies with a rental business profile. Rental companies derive 70% or more of total revenue from rental income and are most similar in business profile to U.S. real estate investment trusts (“REITs”).
Under normal circumstances, the fund invests at least 80% of its assets in equity securities issued by U.S. and non-U.S companies of any capitalization that are principally engaged in the real estate industry, including common stock, preferred stock and other equity securities issued by real estate companies, such as REITs and similar REIT-like entities. The fund, under normal market conditions, will hold at least 40% of its assets in non-U.S. issuers, unless market conditions outside of the U.S. are deemed less favorable by the portfolio manager, in which case the fund would invest at least 30% of its assets in securities of non-U.S. issuers. Additionally, the fund normally invests in real estate-related securities of issuers in developed countries; however it may invest up to 20% of its assets in issuers incorporated in emerging market countries. The fund concentrates its assets in the real estate industry.
Principal Risks
The fund may not achieve its objective(s), and it is not intended to be a complete investment program. The value of the fund’s investments that supports your share value may decrease. If between the time you purchase shares and the time you sell shares the value of the fund’s investments decreases, you will lose money. Investment values can decrease for a number of reasons. Conditions affecting the overall economy, specific industries or companies in which the fund invests can be worse than expected, and investments may fail to perform as the subadviser expects. As a result, the value of your shares may decrease. Purchase and redemption activities by fund shareholders may impact the management of the fund and its ability to achieve its investment objective(s). The principal risks of investing in the fund are:
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Emerging Market Investing Risk.  The risk that prices of emerging markets securities will be more volatile, or will be more greatly affected by negative conditions, than those of their counterparts in more established foreign markets.
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Equity Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) Securities Risk.  The risk that, in addition to the risks associated with investing in the real estate industry, the value of the fund’s shares will be negatively affected by factors specific to investing through a pooled vehicle, such as through poor management of the REIT or REIT-like entity, concentration risk, or other risks typically associated with investing in small or medium market capitalization companies.
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Equity Securities Risk.  The risk that events negatively affecting issuers, industries or financial markets in which the fund invests will impact the value of the stocks held by the fund and, thus, the value of the fund’s shares over short or extended periods. Investments in a particular style or in small or medium-sized companies may enhance that risk.
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Foreign Investing Risk.  The risk that the prices of foreign securities in the fund’s portfolio will be more volatile than those of domestic securities, or will be negatively affected by currency fluctuations, less regulated or liquid securities markets, or economic, political or other developments.
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Geographic Concentration Risk.  The risk that events negatively affecting the geographic location where the fund focuses its investments will cause the value of the fund’s shares to decrease, perhaps significantly.
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Industry/Sector Concentration Risk.  The risk that events negatively affecting real estate securities will cause the value of the fund’s shares to decrease, perhaps significantly. Since the fund concentrates its assets in real estate related securities, the fund is more vulnerable to conditions that negatively affect real estate related securities as compared to a fund that does not concentrate holdings in such securities.
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Market Volatility Risk.  The risk that the value of the securities in which the fund invests may go up or down in response to the prospects of individual issuers and/or general economic conditions. Such price changes may be temporary or may last for extended periods.
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Redemption Risk.  The risk that redemption by one or more large shareholders or groups of shareholders of their holdings in the fund has an adverse impact on the remaining shareholders in the fund by causing the fund to take actions it would not otherwise take at a given time.
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Performance Information
The bar chart and table below provide some indication of the potential risks of investing in the fund. The fund’s past performance, before and after taxes, is not necessarily an indication of how the fund will perform in the future.
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The bar chart shows changes in the fund’s performance from year to year over the life of the fund. The table shows how the fund’s average annual returns compare to those of a broad-based securities market index. Updated performance information is available at virtus.com or by calling 800-243-1574.
Calendar year total returns for Class I Shares
Returns do not reflect sales charges and would be lower if they did.
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Best Quarter:
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Q3/2010:
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17.81%
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Worst Quarter:
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Q3/2011:
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-16.90%
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Average Annual Total Returns (for the periods ended 12/31/18)
Returns reflect deduction of maximum sales charges and full redemption at end of periods shown.
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1 Year
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5 Year
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Class R6
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Inception
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​ ​ Class I ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​
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Return Before Taxes
 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ -4.65 % ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 7.06 % ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 15.85 % ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ — ​ ​ ​
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Return After Taxes on Distributions
 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ -5.75 % ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 5.94 % ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 14.22 % ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ — ​ ​ ​
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Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ -2.57 % ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 5.12 % ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 12.70 % ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ — ​ ​ ​
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Return Before Taxes
 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ -10.37 % ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 5.54 % ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 14.86 % ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ — ​ ​ ​
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Return Before Taxes
 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ -5.56 % ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 6.00 % ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 14.70 % ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ — ​ ​ ​
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Return Before Taxes
 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ -4.49 % ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ — ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ — ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 5.39 % ​ ​ ​
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FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Index (net) (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ -5.63 % ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 4.34 % ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 14.13 % ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 3.03 % ​ ​ ​
The FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Index (net) is a free-float market capitalization-weighted index measuring publicly traded equity REITs and listed property companies from developed markets, which meet minimum size and liquidity requirements. The index is calculated on a total return basis with net dividends reinvested. The index is unmanaged and not available for direct investment.
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. After-tax returns are shown only for Class I Shares; after-tax returns for other classes will vary. Actual after-tax returns depend on the investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold fund shares in tax-deferred accounts or to shares held by non-taxable entities. In certain cases, the Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares for a period may be higher than other return figures for the same period. This will occur when a capital loss is realized upon the sale of fund shares and provides an assumed tax benefit that increases the return.
Management
The fund’s investment adviser is Virtus Investment Advisers, Inc. (“VIA”).
The fund’s subadviser is Duff  & Phelps Investment Management Co. (“Duff  & Phelps”), an affiliate of VIA.
Portfolio Management
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Geoffrey P. Dybas, CFA,  Senior Managing Director, Global Real Estate Securities team head and Senior Portfolio Manager at Duff  & Phelps. Mr. Dybas has served as a Portfolio Manager of the fund since inception in March 2009.
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Frank J. Haggerty, Jr., CFA,  Senior Managing Director, Portfolio Manager and Senior Real Estate Securities Analyst at Duff  & Phelps. Mr. Haggerty has served as a Portfolio Manager of the fund since inception in March 2009.
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Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
Minimum initial investments applicable to Class A and Class C Shares:
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$2,500, generally
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$100 for Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs), systematic purchase or exchange accounts
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No minimum for defined contribution plans, asset-based fee programs, profit-sharing plans or employee benefit plans.
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Virtus Mutual Funds
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Minimum additional investments applicable to Class A and Class C Shares:
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$100, generally
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No minimum for defined contribution plans, asset-based fee programs, profit-sharing plans or employee benefit plans.
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For Class I Shares, the minimum initial purchase is $100,000; there is no minimum for additional purchases.
Class R6 Shares are available only to the following investors without a minimum initial investment or minimum additional purchases: certain employer-sponsored retirement plans, including Section 401(k), 403(b) and 457 plans, profit-sharing plans, money purchase pension and defined benefit plans, and non-qualified deferred compensation plans, in each case provided that plan level or omnibus accounts are held on the books of the fund. Other institutional investors may be permitted to purchase Class R6 Shares subject to the fund’s determination of eligibility and may be subject to a $2,500,000 minimum initial investment requirement.
In general, you may buy or sell shares of the fund by mail or telephone on any business day. You also may buy and sell shares through a financial advisor, broker-dealer or other financial intermediary.
Taxes
The fund’s distributions are taxable to you as either ordinary income or capital gains, except when your investment is through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account. Such tax-deferred arrangements may be taxed later upon withdrawal of monies from those arrangements.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase the fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your financial advisor to recommend the fund over another investment.
No compensation, administrative payments, sub-transfer agency payments or service payments are paid to brokers or other entities from fund assets or the Distributor’s or an affiliate’s resources on sales of or investments in Class R6 Shares. Class R6 Shares do not carry sales commissions or pay Rule 12b-1 fees, or make payments to brokers or other entities to assist in, or in connection with, the sale of the fund’s shares.
Ask your financial advisor or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.