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anything to the contrary set forth in the Fund&#x2019;s summary prospectus and prospectus, the seventh sentence of the third paragraph
set forth in the section entitled &#x201c;Principal Investment Strategies&#x201d; is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the
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0.10%.&lt;/p&gt;

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