AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2012
1933 Act File No. 333-40455
1940 Act File No. 811-08495
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 | x | |||
Post-Effective Amendment No. 135 | x |
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
Amendment No. 136 | x |
(Check appropriate box or boxes)
NATIONWIDE MUTUAL FUNDS
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN CHARTER)
1000 CONTINENTAL DRIVE, SUITE 400
KING OF PRUSSIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19406
(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICE) (ZIP CODE)
(610) 230-1300
Registrants Telephone Number, including Area Code:
Send Copies of Communications to:
ALLAN J. OSTER, ESQ. | BARBARA A. NUGENT, ESQ. | |
1000 CONTINENTAL DRIVE, SUITE 400 | STRADLEY RONON STEVENS & YOUNG, LLP | |
KING OF PRUSSIA, | 2600 ONE COMMERCE SQUARE | |
PENNSYLVANIA 19406 | PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19103 | |
(NAME AND ADDRESS OF AGENT FOR SERVICE) |
It is proposed that this filing will become effective: (check appropriate box)
x | immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) |
¨ | on [date] pursuant to paragraph (b) |
¨ | 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) |
¨ | on [date] pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) |
¨ | 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) |
¨ | on [date] pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of rule 485. |
If appropriate, check the following box:
¨ | This post-effective amendment designated a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, Nationwide Mutual Funds (a Delaware Statutory Trust) certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this registration statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment Nos. 135, 136 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Township of Upper Merion, and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on this 25th day of September, 2012.
NATIONWIDE MUTUAL FUNDS | ||
BY: | /s/ Allan J. Oster | |
Allan J. Oster, Attorney-In-Fact for Registrant |
PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, THIS POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NOS. 135, 136 TO THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT OF NATIONWIDE MUTUAL FUNDS HAS BEEN SIGNED BELOW BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS IN THE CAPACITIES INDICATED ON THE 25TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2012.
Signature & Title |
Principal Executive Officer |
/s/ Michael S. Spangler* |
Michael S. Spangler, President and Chief Executive Officer |
Principal Accounting and Financial Officer |
/s/ Joseph Finelli* |
Joseph Finelli, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer |
/s/ Charles E. Allen* |
Charles E. Allen, Trustee |
/s/ Paula H.J. Cholmondeley* |
Paula H.J. Cholmondeley, Trustee |
/s/ C. Brent Devore* |
C. Brent Devore, Trustee |
/s/ Phyllis Kay Dryden* |
Phyllis Kay Dryden, Trustee |
/s/ Barbara L. Hennigar* |
Barbara L. Hennigar, Trustee |
/s/ Barbara I. Jacobs* |
Barbara I. Jacobs, Trustee |
/s/ Keith F. Karlawish* |
Keith F. Karlawish, Trustee |
/s/ Douglas F. Kridler* |
Douglas F. Kridler, Trustee |
/s/ David C. Wetmore* |
David C. Wetmore, Trustee and Chairman |
*BY: | /s/ Allan J. Oster | |
Allan J. Oster, Attorney-In Fact |
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit No. |
Exhibit | |
EX-101.INS | XBRL Instance Document | |
EX-101.SCH | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document | |
EX-101.CALC | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase | |
EX-101.DEF | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase | |
EX-101.LAB | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase | |
EX-101.PRE | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase |
Nationwide Inflation-Protected Securities Fund | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FUND SUMMARY: NATIONWIDE INFLATION-PROTECTED SECURITIES FUND | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Objective | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Fund seeks to provide inflation protection and income consistent with investment in inflation-indexed securities. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fees and Expenses | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This table describes the fees and expenses you may pay when buying and holding shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in Nationwide Funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in “Investing with Nationwide Funds” commencing on page 9 of this Prospectus and in “Additional Information on Purchases and Sales” commencing on page 52 of the Statement of Additional Information. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Example | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This Example is intended to help you to 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 sell all of your shares at the end of those periods. It assumes a 5% return each year and no change in expenses. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be: |
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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. No portfolio turnover rate is disclosed as the Fund has not commenced operations as of the date of this Prospectus. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Principal Investment Strategies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in fixed-income securities that are indexed or linked to the rate of inflation in the United States. Such inflation-protected securities are designed to protect the future purchasing power of the money invested in them. For the foreseeable future, the Fund’s investment adviser and subadviser anticipate investing the Fund’s assets primarily in Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (“TIPS”), which are inflation-adjusted securities issued by the U.S. Treasury. Nevertheless, the Fund has the flexibility to invest in other inflation-linked U.S. government securities, as well as inflation-linked securities issued by entities such as domestic and foreign corporations and governments, so long as they are investment grade at the time of their purchase. The Fund may invest up to 20% of its net assets in fixed-income securities that are not linked to inflation. These securities may include other debt securities issued by the U.S. government, its agencies or instrumentalities, corporations or other non-governmental issuers. The Fund may invest in debt securities of any maturity, but is expected to maintain a dollar-weighted average maturity of between 5 and 15 years. The Fund’s subadviser may sell securities in order to buy others that it believes will better serve the Fund’s objective. |
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Principal Risks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Fund cannot guarantee that it will achieve its investment objective. As with any fund, the value of the Fund’s investments—and therefore, the value of Fund shares—may fluctuate. These changes may occur because of: Interest rate risk – generally, when interest rates go up, the value of fixed-income securities goes down. Credit risk – a bond issuer may be unable to pay the interest or principal when due. If an issuer defaults, the Fund may lose money. Changes in a bond issuer’s credit rating or the market’s perception of an issuer’s creditworthiness may also affect the value of a bond. Inflation-protected bonds risk – because of their inflation adjustment feature, inflation-protected bonds typically have lower yields than conventional fixed-rate bonds. Inflation protected bonds also normally decline in price when real interest rates (the interest rate minus the current inflation rate) rise. Interest payments on inflation-protected securities will fluctuate as the principal and/or interest is adjusted for inflation and can be unpredictable. The amounts of the Fund’s income distributions are likely to fluctuate considerably more than the income distribution amounts of a typical bond fund. There can be no assurance that the inflation index used will accurately measure the real rate of inflation in the prices of goods and services. The Fund’s investments in inflation-protected securities may lose value in the event that the actual rate of inflation is different than the rate of the inflation index. In the event of deflation, in which prices decline over time, the principal and income of inflation-protected bonds would likely decline. Prepayment and call risk – certain bonds will be paid off by the issuer more quickly than anticipated. If this happens, the Fund may be required to invest the proceeds in securities with lower yields. Liquidity risk – when there is little or no active trading market for specific types of securities, it can become more difficult to sell the securities at or near their perceived value. In such a market, the value of such securities and the Fund’s share price may fall dramatically. In addition to these risks, the Fund’s portfolio managers may select securities that underperform the bond market, the Fund’s benchmark or other mutual funds with similar investment objectives and strategies. If the value of the Fund’s investments goes down, you may lose money. |
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Performance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Performance information gives some indication of the risks of an investment in the Fund by comparing the Fund’s performance with a broad measure of market performance. Performance information is not provided because the Fund did not complete one full calendar year of operations as of the date of this Prospectus. |
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Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||||
Registrant Name | dei_EntityRegistrantName | NATIONWIDE MUTUAL FUNDS | ||||
Prospectus Date | rr_ProspectusDate | Sep. 17, 2012 | ||||
Nationwide Inflation-Protected Securities Fund
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Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||||
Risk/Return [Heading] | rr_RiskReturnHeading | FUND SUMMARY: NATIONWIDE INFLATION-PROTECTED SECURITIES FUND | ||||
Objective [Heading] | rr_ObjectiveHeading | Objective | ||||
Objective, Primary [Text Block] | rr_ObjectivePrimaryTextBlock | The Fund seeks to provide inflation protection and income consistent with investment in inflation-indexed securities. | ||||
Expense [Heading] | rr_ExpenseHeading | Fees and Expenses | ||||
Expense Narrative [Text Block] | rr_ExpenseNarrativeTextBlock | This table describes the fees and expenses you may pay when buying and holding shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in Nationwide Funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in “Investing with Nationwide Funds” commencing on page 9 of this Prospectus and in “Additional Information on Purchases and Sales” commencing on page 52 of the Statement of Additional Information. | ||||
Shareholder Fees Caption [Text] | rr_ShareholderFeesCaption | Shareholder Fees (paid directly from your investment) | ||||
Operating Expenses Caption [Text] | rr_OperatingExpensesCaption | Annual Fund Operating Expenses | ||||
Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination | rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssetsDateOfTermination | February 28, 2014 | ||||
Portfolio Turnover [Heading] | rr_PortfolioTurnoverHeading | Portfolio Turnover | ||||
Portfolio Turnover [Text Block] | rr_PortfolioTurnoverTextBlock | 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. No portfolio turnover rate is disclosed as the Fund has not commenced operations as of the date of this Prospectus. | ||||
Expense Breakpoint Discounts [Text] | rr_ExpenseBreakpointDiscounts | You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in Nationwide Funds. | ||||
Expense Breakpoint, Minimum Investment Required [Amount] | rr_ExpenseBreakpointMinimumInvestmentRequiredAmount | 100,000 | ||||
Other Expenses, New Fund, Based on Estimates [Text] | rr_OtherExpensesNewFundBasedOnEstimates | “Other Expenses” are estimated based on the Fund’s projected average net assets for the current fiscal year. | ||||
Expense Example [Heading] | rr_ExpenseExampleHeading | Example | ||||
Expense Example Narrative [Text Block] | rr_ExpenseExampleNarrativeTextBlock | This Example is intended to help you to 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 sell all of your shares at the end of those periods. It assumes a 5% return each year and no change in expenses. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be: |
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Strategy [Heading] | rr_StrategyHeading | Principal Investment Strategies | ||||
Strategy Narrative [Text Block] | rr_StrategyNarrativeTextBlock | Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in fixed-income securities that are indexed or linked to the rate of inflation in the United States. Such inflation-protected securities are designed to protect the future purchasing power of the money invested in them. For the foreseeable future, the Fund’s investment adviser and subadviser anticipate investing the Fund’s assets primarily in Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (“TIPS”), which are inflation-adjusted securities issued by the U.S. Treasury. Nevertheless, the Fund has the flexibility to invest in other inflation-linked U.S. government securities, as well as inflation-linked securities issued by entities such as domestic and foreign corporations and governments, so long as they are investment grade at the time of their purchase. The Fund may invest up to 20% of its net assets in fixed-income securities that are not linked to inflation. These securities may include other debt securities issued by the U.S. government, its agencies or instrumentalities, corporations or other non-governmental issuers. The Fund may invest in debt securities of any maturity, but is expected to maintain a dollar-weighted average maturity of between 5 and 15 years. The Fund’s subadviser may sell securities in order to buy others that it believes will better serve the Fund’s objective. |
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Risk [Heading] | rr_RiskHeading | Principal Risks | ||||
Risk Narrative [Text Block] | rr_RiskNarrativeTextBlock | The Fund cannot guarantee that it will achieve its investment objective. As with any fund, the value of the Fund’s investments—and therefore, the value of Fund shares—may fluctuate. These changes may occur because of: Interest rate risk – generally, when interest rates go up, the value of fixed-income securities goes down. Credit risk – a bond issuer may be unable to pay the interest or principal when due. If an issuer defaults, the Fund may lose money. Changes in a bond issuer’s credit rating or the market’s perception of an issuer’s creditworthiness may also affect the value of a bond. Inflation-protected bonds risk – because of their inflation adjustment feature, inflation-protected bonds typically have lower yields than conventional fixed-rate bonds. Inflation protected bonds also normally decline in price when real interest rates (the interest rate minus the current inflation rate) rise. Interest payments on inflation-protected securities will fluctuate as the principal and/or interest is adjusted for inflation and can be unpredictable. The amounts of the Fund’s income distributions are likely to fluctuate considerably more than the income distribution amounts of a typical bond fund. There can be no assurance that the inflation index used will accurately measure the real rate of inflation in the prices of goods and services. The Fund’s investments in inflation-protected securities may lose value in the event that the actual rate of inflation is different than the rate of the inflation index. In the event of deflation, in which prices decline over time, the principal and income of inflation-protected bonds would likely decline. Prepayment and call risk – certain bonds will be paid off by the issuer more quickly than anticipated. If this happens, the Fund may be required to invest the proceeds in securities with lower yields. Liquidity risk – when there is little or no active trading market for specific types of securities, it can become more difficult to sell the securities at or near their perceived value. In such a market, the value of such securities and the Fund’s share price may fall dramatically. In addition to these risks, the Fund’s portfolio managers may select securities that underperform the bond market, the Fund’s benchmark or other mutual funds with similar investment objectives and strategies. If the value of the Fund’s investments goes down, you may lose money. |
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Risk Lose Money [Text] | rr_RiskLoseMoney | If the value of the Fund’s investments goes down, you may lose money. | ||||
Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading] | rr_BarChartAndPerformanceTableHeading | Performance | ||||
Performance Narrative [Text Block] | rr_PerformanceNarrativeTextBlock | Performance information gives some indication of the risks of an investment in the Fund by comparing the Fund’s performance with a broad measure of market performance. Performance information is not provided because the Fund did not complete one full calendar year of operations as of the date of this Prospectus. | ||||
Performance One Year or Less [Text] | rr_PerformanceOneYearOrLess | Performance information is not provided because the Fund did not complete one full calendar year of operations as of the date of this Prospectus. | ||||
Nationwide Inflation-Protected Securities Fund | Class A Shares
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Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||||
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price) | rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice | 4.25% | ||||
Management Fees | rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets | 0.25% | ||||
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fee | rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets | 0.25% | ||||
Other Expenses | rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets | 0.35% | [1] | |||
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses | rr_ExpensesOverAssets | 0.85% | ||||
Fee Waiver/Expense Reimbursement | rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets | (0.05%) | [2] | |||
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver/Expense Reimbursement | rr_NetExpensesOverAssets | 0.80% | ||||
1 Year | rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 | 530 | ||||
3 Years | rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 | 680 | ||||
Nationwide Inflation-Protected Securities Fund | Institutional Class Shares
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Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||||
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price) | rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice | none | ||||
Management Fees | rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets | 0.25% | ||||
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fee | rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets | none | ||||
Other Expenses | rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets | 0.10% | [1] | |||
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses | rr_ExpensesOverAssets | 0.35% | ||||
Fee Waiver/Expense Reimbursement | rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets | (0.05%) | [2] | |||
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver/Expense Reimbursement | rr_NetExpensesOverAssets | 0.30% | ||||
1 Year | rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 | 31 | ||||
3 Years | rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 | 107 | ||||
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