Cohen & Steers Real Assets Fund, Inc.

Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering : As soon as practicable after the effective date of this registration statement.

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The information in this Prospectus is not complete and may be changed. These securities may not be sold until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. The Prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

SUBJECT TO COMLETION

PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS DATED DECEMBER 16, 2016

Cohen & Steers Real Assets Fund

CLASS F ( ) AND CLASS T ( ) SHARES

280 PARK AVENUE

NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10017

PROSPECTUS

Advisor

Cohen & Steers Capital Management, Inc.
280 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10017
Telephone: (212) 832-3232

Transfer Agent

Boston Financial Data Services
P.O. Box 8123

Boston, Massachusetts 02266-8123
Telephone: (800) 437-9912

THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION HAVE NOT APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THE FUND’S SHARES OR DETERMINED WHETHER THIS PROSPECTUS IS TRUTHFUL OR COMPLETE. ANYONE WHO INDICATES OTHERWISE IS COMMITTING A CRIME.

March 1, 2017

Cohen & Steers Real Assets Fund

Summary Section

Investment Objectives

The investment objectives of Cohen & Steers Real Assets Fund (the “Fund”) are to achieve attractive total returns over the long-term and to maximize real returns during inflationary environments.

Fund Fees and Expenses

This table describes the fees and expenses that you could pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts on Class T shares if you invest at least $250,000 in the Fund. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial intermediary and in “How to Purchase, Exchange and Sell Fund Shares—Purchasing the Class of Fund Shares that is Best for You” in the Fund’s prospectus (the “Prospectus”) and “Reducing the Initial Sales Load on Class T Shares” in the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”).

	Class F	Class T
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment):
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed On Purchases (as % of offering price)	None	2.50%
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as % of the net asset value at the time of purchase or redemption, whichever is lower)	None	None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment):
Management Fee	0.75%	0.75%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees	None	0.25%
Other Expenses	[ ]%	[ ]%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses⁽¹⁾	[ ]%	[ ]%
Shareholder Service Fee	None	[ ]%
Total Other Expenses	[ ]%	[ ]%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses⁽²⁾	[ ]%	[ ]%
Fee Waiver/Expense Reimbursement⁽²⁾	[ ]%	[ ]%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (after fee waiver/expense reimbursement)⁽²⁾	[ ]%	[ ]%

(1)

The Fund may invest a portion of its assets in other investment companies (the “Acquired Funds”). The Fund’s shareholders indirectly bear a pro rata portion of the expenses of the Acquired Funds in which the Fund invests. “Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses” in the table is an estimate of those expenses. The estimate for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016 is based upon the average allocation of the Fund’s investments in the Acquired Funds and upon the actual total operating expenses of the Acquired Funds (including any current waivers and expense limitations) as disclosed in each Acquired Funds’ most recent prospectus. Actual Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses incurred by the Fund may vary with changes in the allocation of Fund assets among the Acquired Funds and with other events that directly affect the fees and expenses of the Acquired Funds. Since “Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses” are not directly borne by the Fund, they are not reflected in the Fund’s financial statements, with the result that the information presented in the table will differ from that presented in the Financial Highlights.

(2)

Cohen & Steers Capital Management, Inc., the Fund’s investment advisor (the “Advisor”), has contractually agreed to waive its fee and/or reimburse expenses through June 30, 2018 so that the Fund’s total annual operating expenses, which include the expenses of the subsidiary (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, taxes and extraordinary expenses), do not exceed [ ]% for Class F shares and [ ]% for Class T shares. This contractual agreement can be amended at any time by agreement of the Fund and the Advisor and will terminate automatically in the event of termination of the investment advisory agreement between the Advisor and the Fund.

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 either redeem or do not redeem 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 Advisor did not waive its fee and/or reimburse expenses after June 30, 2018 (through June 30, 2018, expenses are based on the net amount pursuant to the fee waiver/expense reimbursement agreement). Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
Class F Shares	$[ ]	$[ ]	$[ ]	$[ ]
Class T Shares	$[ ]	$[ ]	$[ ]	$[ ]

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 Fund’s most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was [ ]% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

The Fund seeks to achieve attractive total returns over the long-term and to maximize real returns during inflationary environments. “Real returns” are defined as total returns adjusted for the effects of inflation. The Fund pursues its objectives through investments offering exposure to “real assets,” which the Fund defines as (i) real estate, commodities, natural resources, infrastructure and gold and other precious metals; (ii) companies that own or derive a significant portion of their value from such real assets or the production thereof; and (iii) other assets expected to perform well during periods of high inflation. Under normal market conditions, the Fund seeks to achieve its investment objectives by allocating at least 80% of its net assets to U.S. and non-U.S. investments providing exposure to or investment in the following real asset classes: (i) real estate companies, including real estate investment trusts (“REITs”); (ii) commodities; (iii) natural resource companies; (iv) infrastructure companies; and (v) gold and other precious metals. The Fund may also invest in certain short-term fixed income securities to manage portfolio volatility.

The Fund is actively managed by Cohen & Steers Capital Management, Inc., the Fund’s investment advisor (the “Advisor”). To pursue its goal, the Fund combines a top-down approach, focused on identifying relative value across multiple classes of real assets, with bottom-up security selection based on fundamental research concentrated at the sector-, industry-, and security-levels.

maintaining a risk/return profile that is consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives. In choosing investments at the asset class level, the Advisor, through its specialized investment teams, follows an active fundamental approach focused on identifying what are believed to be securities or trading strategies possessing superior risk-adjusted return profiles. For each real asset allocation, the Advisor seeks to outperform a passive allocation to that asset class over a full market cycle. While the Fund is not constrained to allocate its investments among asset classes according to specific ranges, under normal circumstances the Advisor expects the Fund’s assets to be allocated to each asset class within the allocation ranges set forth in the table below. In addition, the Advisor has appointed a committee (the “Asset Allocation Committee”) consisting of a select group of the Advisor’s senior investment professionals, to periodically review the Fund’s asset allocation ranges and allocation targets. Actual allocations may vary at any time and may move and remain outside of these ranges for a variety of reasons, including, but not limited to, changes in investment outlook, market movements, cash flows into or out of the Fund and other factors.

Asset Class		Allocation Range
Real Estate Companies/REITs		20-35%
Commodities		20-35%
Natural Resource Companies		10-20%
Infrastructure Companies and MLPs		10-20%
Gold and Other Precious Metals		0-10%
Fixed Income Securities		0-20%

The Fund expects that it will achieve a significant portion of its exposure to commodities through investment in Cohen & Steers Real Assets Fund Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Fund organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Subsidiary”). The Fund’s investment in the Subsidiary is expected to provide the Fund with exposure to this asset class within the limits of the federal income tax requirements applicable to investment companies such as the Fund. Unlike the Fund, the Subsidiary may invest without limitation in commodities, including gold and other precious metals. See “Additional Information—Tax Considerations.” Except as otherwise noted, references to the investment strategies and risks of the Fund include the investment strategies and risks of the Subsidiary.

Real Estate Companies/Reits

The Fund will gain exposure to real estate by investing in securities issued by U.S. and non-U.S. real estate companies, including REITS and similar REIT-like entities.

A real estate company is one that (i) derives at least 50% of its revenue from the ownership, construction, financing, management or sale of commercial, industrial or residential real estate and land; or (ii) has at least 50% of its assets invested in such real estate. REITs are companies that own interests in real estate or in real estate related loans or other interests, and their revenue primarily consists of rent derived from owned, income producing real estate properties and capital gains from the sale of such properties. A REIT in the U.S. is generally not taxed on income distributed to shareholders so long as it meets certain tax related requirements, including the requirement that it distribute substantially all of its taxable income to such shareholders. Foreign REITs and REIT-like entities are organized outside of the U.S. and have operations and receive tax treatment similar to that of U.S. REITs in their respective countries.

Securities of real estate companies may include common stocks and other equity securities, preferred securities and debt securities (including convertible securities). The Fund may invest in global real estate companies of any market capitalization and in any geographic region.

The Fund may participate in the initial public offering (“IPO”) market of securities issued by real estate companies.

Commodities

Commodities are assets that have tangible properties and that are used in commerce, such as fuels (e.g., crude oil, natural gas and gasoline), precious and industrial metals, livestock and agricultural products. The Fund intends to have targeted exposure to commodities, diversified across various sectors and industries.

The Fund seeks to gain exposure to commodity markets, either directly or through the Subsidiary, by investing in derivatives, primarily in exchange traded commodity futures contracts and commodity swaps. The Fund may also invest in options and exchange traded products, such as exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), that have exposure to commodities and are primarily listed on U.S. exchanges when futures contracts are not warranted or available. As part of its investment strategy, the Fund, either directly or through the Subsidiary, will also hold cash or cash equivalents, fixed income securities or other assets to serve as margin or collateral for its positions in these derivative instruments. Generally, these derivative instruments produce leveraged exposure to the commodities markets.

The Fund strives to keep its Commodities allocation fully invested, except during periods of repositioning, to address settlement issues, to provide sufficient cash and cash equivalents for daily margin maintenance and in other appropriate circumstances as determined by the Advisor.

Natural Resource Companies

The Fund will gain exposure to natural resource companies by investing in securities of U.S. and non- U.S. companies with substantial natural resource assets or whose business activities are related to natural resource assets. Such securities may include, for example, common stocks and other equity securities, preferred securities and debt securities, or other securities or instruments. Natural resources may include materials with economic value that are derived from natural sources, either directly or indirectly, such as precious metals (e.g. gold, platinum, palladium or silver), non-precious metals (e.g. copper, zinc or iron ore), fuels (e.g. oil, natural gas or coal), minerals, timber and forestry products, food and agricultural products (e.g. fertilizer), farm machinery and chemicals. Natural resource companies will primarily be involved in exploring for, mining, extracting, producing, processing, transporting, or otherwise developing or providing goods and services with respect to, a natural resource. Natural resource companies may also include companies which provide services to such companies (e.g. equipment manufacturers).

The Fund may invest in natural resource companies of any market capitalization and in any geographic region. The Fund may participate in the IPO market of securities issued by natural resource companies.

Infrastructure Companies

The Fund may invest in common stocks and other equity securities, preferred securities and fixed income securities of U.S. and non-U.S. infrastructure companies. Infrastructure companies are

companies that derive at least 50% of their revenues from, or have at least 50% of their assets committed to, the management, ownership, operation, construction, development or financing of assets used in connection with: the generation, production, transmission, sale or distribution of electric energy, natural gas, natural gas liquids (including propane), crude oil, refined petroleum products, coal or other energy sources; the distribution, purification and treatment of water; provision of communications services, including cable television, satellite, microwave, radio, telephone and other communications media; or the provision of transportation services, including toll roads, airports, railroads or marine ports. Infrastructure companies also include companies organized as master limited partnerships (“MLPs”).

The Fund may invest in infrastructure companies of any market capitalization and in any geographic region. The Fund may participate in the IPO market of securities issued by infrastructure companies.

Gold and Other Precious Metals

The Fund seeks to gain exposure to gold and other precious metals, either directly or through the Subsidiary, through investments in bullion (e.g., bars and coins), and ETFs and other pooled investment vehicles that invest in gold and other precious metals and related instruments. The Fund, either directly or through the Subsidiary, may also invest in precious metal futures, forwards and swaps, and structured notes or Exchange Traded Notes (“ETN”) whose interest and/or principal payments are linked to the price of gold and other precious metals. The Fund currently expects that the majority of its precious metals exposure, if any, will be to gold.

Fixed Income Securities

The Fund may invest up to 20% of its net assets in fixed income securities, including preferred securities. Fixed income securities include those issued by U.S. and non-U.S. government, corporate and other issuers, Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (“TIPS”) and other inflation-linked fixed income securities and subordinated fixed income securities. The Fund intends to invest primarily in fixed income securities that are rated investment grade or, if unrated, are of equivalent credit quality as determined by the Advisor. The Fund intends to invest primarily in fixed income securities with maturities generally less than 10 years, but may invest in securities of any maturity. The Fund may invest in securities denominated in U.S. and foreign currencies. The Fund’s fixed income investments may have fixed or variable principal payments and all types of interest rate payment and reset terms, including but not limited to, fixed rate, floating rate, zero coupon, contingent, deferred and payment in kind. The Fund may purchase or sell securities on a when-issued, delayed delivery or forward commitment basis.

Additional Investments

The Fund may invest up to 20% of its net assets in equity securities, preferred securities, fixed income securities (including convertible securities) and ETNs, other than those set forth above. The Fund expects that the fixed income securities in which it will invest pursuant to this paragraph (other than convertible securities) will consist primarily of securities that are rated investment grade or, if unrated, are of equivalent credit quality as determined by the Advisor.

The Fund may invest in securities of other closed-end or open-end funds, including ETFs and other funds to the extent permitted under Section 12(d)(1) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and the rules thereunder, or any exemption granted under the 1940 Act.

The Fund may use exchange-traded and over-the-counter derivatives, including, but not limited to, options, futures, forwards, swaps or structured notes, for a variety of other purposes, including: as a hedge against adverse changes in the market price of securities, interest rates or currency exchange rates; as a substitute for purchasing or selling securities; and to increase the fund’s return as a non- hedging strategy that may be considered speculative. Subject to the limits described above, the Fund may invest without limit in derivative instruments.

Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund

Investment Risk

An investment in the Fund is subject to investment risk, including the possible loss of the entire principal amount that you invest.

Market Risk

Your investment in Fund shares represents an indirect investment in the securities owned by the Fund. The value of these securities, like other investments, may move up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. Your Fund shares at any point in time may be worth less than what you invested, even after taking into account the reinvestment of Fund dividends and distributions.

Asset Allocation Risk

The Fund is subject to the risk that its asset allocations may not achieve the desired risk-return characteristic or that they result in the Fund underperforming other similar funds or cause an investor to lose money.

Subsidiary Risk

By investing in the Subsidiary, the Fund is indirectly exposed to the risks associated with the Subsidiary’s investments. The types of derivatives and other investments held by the Subsidiary generally are similar to those that are permitted to be held by the Fund and are subject to the same risks that apply to similar investments if held directly by the Fund. The Subsidiary is not registered under the 1940 Act and is not subject to all of the investor protections of the 1940 Act.

Changes in the laws of the United States and/or the Cayman Islands, under which the Fund and the Subsidiary are organized, respectively, could result in the inability of the Fund and/or the Subsidiary to operate as described in this Prospectus and the SAI and could negatively affect the Fund and its shareholders. For example, Cayman Islands law does not currently impose any income, corporate or capital gains tax, estate duty, inheritance tax, gift tax or withholding tax on the Subsidiary. If Cayman Islands law changes such that the Subsidiary must pay Cayman Islands governmental authority taxes, the Fund’s shareholders would likely suffer decreased investment returns.

Real Estate Market Risk

Since the Fund has substantial exposure to companies engaged in the real estate industry, your investment in the Fund will be significantly affected by the performance of the real estate markets. Property values may fall due to increasing vacancies or declining rents resulting from unanticipated economic, legal, cultural or technological developments. Real estate company prices also may drop because of the failure of borrowers to pay their loans and poor management.

REIT Risk

REITs are dependent upon management skills and generally may not be diversified. REITs are also subject to heavy cash flow dependency, defaults by borrowers and self-liquidation. In addition, REITs could possibly fail to qualify for pass-through of income under applicable tax law. Various factors may also adversely affect a borrower’s or a lessee’s ability to meet its obligations to the REIT. In the event of a default by a borrower or lessee, the REIT may experience delays in enforcing its rights as a mortgagee or lessor and may incur substantial costs associated with protecting its investments.

Commodities Risk

Because the Fund will have significant investment exposure to commodity-related derivative instruments, developments affecting commodities may have a disproportionate impact on the Fund. The Fund’s investment in commodity-linked derivative instruments may subject the Fund to greater volatility than investments in traditional securities, particularly if the instruments involve leverage. Although the Fund’s commodity exposure as a whole will not typically be leveraged (i.e., the Fund’s commodity investments will have an aggregate notional value substantially equal to the net assets of the commodities allocation of the Fund), individual commodity-linked derivative instruments may employ leverage. The value of commodity-related derivative instruments may be affected by changes in overall market movements, commodity index volatility, changes in interest rates, or factors affecting a particular industry or commodity, such as drought, floods, weather, livestock disease, embargoes, tariffs and international economic, political and regulatory developments. The energy sector can be significantly affected by changes in the prices and supplies of oil and other energy fuels, energy conservation, the success of exploration projects, and tax and other government regulations, policies of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (“OPEC”) and relationships among OPEC members and between OPEC and oil importing nations. The metals sector can be affected by sharp price volatility over short periods caused by global economic, financial and political factors, resource availability, government regulation, economic cycles, changes in inflation or expectations about inflation in various countries, interest rates, currency fluctuations, metal sales by governments, central banks or international agencies, investment speculation and fluctuations in industrial and commercial supply and demand. In addition, the relationships between various commodities and related derivatives may not behave as expected. Use of leveraged commodity-related derivatives, if any, creates an opportunity for increased return but, at the same time, creates the possibility for greater loss (including the likelihood of greater volatility of the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”)), and there can be no assurance that the Fund’s use of leveraged commodity-related derivatives, if any, will be successful. Because certain natural resources and commodities may be closely related, the Fund’s investments in commodities may also be subject to the risks described under “Natural Resources Risk.”

Natural Resources Risk

confrontations or acts of terrorism) can affect the overall supply of a natural resource and the value of companies involved in such natural resource. Political risks and the other risks to which foreign securities are subject may also affect domestic natural resource companies if they have significant operations or investments in foreign countries. Rising interest rates and general economic conditions may also affect the demand for natural resources. In addition, because certain natural resources and commodities may be closely related, the Fund’s investments in natural resource companies may also be subject to the risks described under “Commodities Risk.”

Infrastructure Companies Risk

Securities and instruments of infrastructure companies are more susceptible to adverse economic or regulatory occurrences affecting their industries. Infrastructure companies may be subject to a variety of factors that may adversely affect their business or operations, including high interest costs in connection with capital construction and improvement programs, high leverage, costs associated with environmental and other regulations, the effects of economic slowdown, surplus capacity, increased competition from other providers of services, uncertainties concerning the availability of fuel at reasonable prices, the effects of energy conservation policies and other factors. Infrastructure companies may also be affected by or subject to:

•	high interest costs in connection with capital construction and improvement programs;
•	difficulty in raising capital in adequate amounts on reasonable terms in periods of high inflation and unsettled capital markets;
•	inexperience with and potential losses resulting from a developing deregulatory environment;
•	costs associated with compliance with and changes in environmental and other regulations;
•	regulation by various government authorities;
•	government regulation of rates charged to customers;
•	service interruption due to environmental, operational or other mishaps;
•	the imposition of special tariffs and changes in tax laws, regulatory policies and accounting standards;
•	technological innovations that may render existing plants, equipment or products obsolete; and
•	general changes in market sentiment towards infrastructure and utilities assets.

Master Limited Partnership Risk

An investment in MLP units involves some risks that differ from an investment in the common stock of a corporation. Holders of MLP units have limited control on matters affecting the partnership. Investing in MLPs involves certain risks related to investing in the underlying assets of the MLPs and risks associated with pooled investment vehicles. MLPs holding credit-related investments are subject to interest rate risk and the risk of default on payment obligations by debt issuers. MLPs that concentrate in a particular industry or a particular geographic region are subject to risks associated with such industry or region. The benefit derived from the Fund’s investment in MLPs is largely dependent on the MLPs being treated as partnerships for federal income tax purposes.

Derivatives Risk

The use of derivatives presents risks different from, and possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in traditional securities. Among the risks presented are market risk, credit risk, counterparty risk, leverage risk and liquidity risk. The use of derivatives can lead to losses because of adverse movements in the price or value of the underlying asset, index or rate, which may be magnified by certain features of the derivatives. In addition, the use of derivatives to hedge the Fund’s foreign currency risks may reduce returns or increase volatility, perhaps substantially.

Inflation/Deflation Risk

Although the Fund is intended to provide a measure of protection against inflation, it is possible that it will not do so to the extent intended. The Fund’s investments may be adversely affected to a greater extent than other investments during deflationary periods.

Leveraging Risk

The Fund’s use of derivatives may create leverage (i.e., the Fund’s investment exposures exceed its NAV). Leverage increases the magnitude of the Fund’s losses when the value of its investments declines. Because many derivatives have a leverage component (i.e., a notional value in excess of the assets needed to establish or maintain the derivative position), adverse changes in the value or level of the underlying asset, rate or index may result in a loss substantially greater than the amount invested in the derivative itself. The use of leverage is considered to be a speculative investment practice and may result in substantial and potentially unanticipated losses to the Fund or the Subsidiary. Some derivatives, such as derivatives that provide for short exposure, have the potential for unlimited loss, regardless of the size of the initial investment. The Fund may manage some of its derivative exposure by offsetting derivative positions against one another or against other assets. To the extent offsetting positions do not behave in relation to one another as expected, the Fund may perform as if it were leveraged to a greater extent than intended.

Regulatory Risk

The SEC has recently proposed regulations governing the use of derivatives by mutual funds. The impact of the new proposed regulations is still unknown, but these proposed regulations may adversely affect the performance of some derivative instruments used by the Fund as well as the Fund’s ability to pursue its investment objectives through the use of such instruments, may potentially increase the costs of using derivatives, and may limit the availability of some forms of derivatives or the Fund’s ability to use derivatives.

The Advisor is registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC") as a commodity pool operator (“CPO”) with respect to the Fund and the Subsidiary. Compliance with the CFTC’s disclosure, reporting and recordkeeping requirements may increase Fund expenses and may affect the ability of the Fund to use commodity interests (including futures, options on futures, commodities, and swaps) to the extent or in the manner desired.

Common Stock Risk

price volatility. An adverse event, such as an unfavorable earnings report, may depress the value of common stock held by the Fund. Also, the price of common stock is sensitive to general movements in the stock market. A drop in the stock market may depress the price of common stock held by the Fund.

Gold and Other Precious Metals Risk

Investments related to gold and other precious metals are considered speculative and are affected by a variety of worldwide economic, financial and political factors. The price of gold and other precious metals may fluctuate sharply over short periods of time due to changes in inflation or expectations regarding inflation in various countries, the availability of supplies of gold and other precious metals, changes in industrial and commercial demand, gold and other precious metals sales by governments, central banks or international agencies, investment speculation, monetary and other economic policies of various governments and government restrictions on private ownership of gold and other precious metals. No income is derived from holding physical gold or other precious metals, which is unlike securities that may pay dividends or make other current payments. Although the Fund has contractual protections with respect to the credit risk of their custodian, gold held in physical form (even in a segregated account) involves the risk of delay in obtaining the assets in the case of bankruptcy or insolvency of the custodian. This could impair disposition of the assets under those circumstances. If it holds physical gold, the Fund is also subject to an increased risk of loss and expense in connection with the transportation of such assets to and from the Fund’s custodian. In addition, income derived from trading in gold and other precious metals may result in negative tax consequences due to appreciation in value, which could limit the ability of the Fund to sell its holdings of physical gold and certain ETFs at the desired time.

Foreign (Non-U.S.) and Emerging Market Securities Risk

Risks of investing in foreign securities, which can be expected to be greater for investments in emerging markets, include currency risks, future political and economic developments and possible imposition of foreign withholding or other taxes on income or proceeds payable on the securities. In addition, there may be less publicly available information about a foreign issuer than about a domestic issuer, and foreign issuers may not be subject to the same accounting, auditing and financial recordkeeping standards and requirements as domestic issuers.

Securities of companies in emerging markets may be more volatile than those of companies in more developed markets. Emerging market countries generally have less developed markets and economies and in some countries, less mature governments and governmental institutions. Political developments in foreign countries or the United States may at times subject such countries to sanctions from the U.S. government, foreign governments and/or international institutions that could negatively affect a Fund’s investments in issuers located in, doing business in or with assets in such countries. Investing in securities of companies in emerging markets may entail special risks relating to potential economic, political or social instability and the risks of expropriation, nationalization, confiscation, trade sanctions or embargoes or the imposition of restrictions on foreign investment, the lack of hedging instruments, and repatriation of capital invested. The securities and markets of some emerging market countries have in the past experienced substantial market disruptions and may do so in the future. The economies of many emerging countries may be heavily dependent on

international trade and have thus been, and may continue to be, adversely affected by trade barriers, foreign exchange controls and other protectionist measures imposed or negotiated by the countries with which they wish to trade. Several of the asset classes in which the Fund invests (in particular, commodities, natural resources and precious metals) may be especially susceptible to developments in emerging markets, increasing the Fund’s exposure to this risk.

Fixed-Income Securities Risk

Fixed-income securities generally present three types of risk—interest rate risk, which is the risk that bond prices will decline because of rising interest rates, credit risk, which is the chance that a bond issuer will fail to timely pay interest and principal or that a bond's price declines because of negative perceptions of an issuer’s ability to pay interest and principal, and liquidity risk, which is the risk that securities will not be able to be sold at the time or price desired by the Fund.

Preferred Securities Risk

There are various risks associated with investing in preferred securities. These risks include deferral and omission of distributions; credit risk; subordination to bonds and other debt securities in a company’s capital structure; interest rate risk; liquidity risk; limited voting rights; special redemption rights and regulatory risk.

Below Investment Grade Securities Risk

Below investment grade securities, or equivalent unrated securities, generally involve greater volatility of price and risk of loss of income and principal, and may be more susceptible to real or perceived adverse economic and competitive industry conditions than higher grade securities. It is reasonable to expect that any adverse economic condition could disrupt the market for below investment grade securities, have an adverse impact on the value of those securities and adversely affect the ability of the issuers of those securities to repay principal and interest on those securities.

Other Investment Companies Risk

To the extent the Fund invests a portion of its assets in investment companies, including open-end funds, closed-end funds, ETFs and other types of investment companies, those assets will be subject to the risks of the purchased investment companies’ portfolio securities, and a shareholder in the Fund will bear not only his or her proportionate share of the Fund’s expenses, but also indirectly the expenses of the purchased investment companies. Shareholders would therefore be subject to duplicative expenses to the extent the Fund invests in other investment companies. Risks associated with investments in closed-end funds also generally include market risk, leverage risk, risk of market price discount from NAV, risk of anti-takeover provisions and non-diversification. The Fund may invest in exchange traded derivative products that are not registered under the 1940 Act.

Sector Focus Risk

The Fund may invest a substantial portion of its assets within one or more real asset sectors. To the extent the Fund focuses its investments in one or more sectors, market or economic factors impacting those sectors could have a significant effect on the value of the Fund’s investments. Additionally, the Fund’s performance may be more volatile when the Fund’s investments are less diversified across sectors.

Exchange-Traded Notes (ETNs) Risk

The value of an ETN may be influenced by, among other things, time to maturity, level of supply and demand for the ETN, volatility and lack of liquidity in underlying markets, changes in the applicable interest rates, the performance of the reference instrument, changes in the issuer’s credit rating and economic, legal, political or geographic events that affect the reference instrument. Because the return on the ETN is dependent on the issuer’s ability or willingness to meet its obligations, the value of the ETN may change due to a change in the issuer’s credit rating, despite no change in the underlying reference instrument. The market value of ETN shares may differ from the value of the reference instrument. This difference in price may be due to the fact that the supply and demand in the market for ETN shares at any point in time is not always identical to the supply and demand in the market for the assets underlying the reference instrument that the ETN seeks to track.

There may be restrictions on the Fund’s right to redeem its investment in an ETN, which are generally meant to be held until maturity. The Fund’s decision to sell its ETN holdings may be limited by the availability of a secondary market. An investor in an ETN could lose some or all of the amount invested.

Tax Risks

The Fund’s ability to make direct and indirect investments in the asset classes described herein, including commodities, gold and other precious metals, and certain related investments, is limited by the Fund’s intention to qualify as a “regulated investment company” (“RIC”) under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”); if the Fund does not appropriately limit such investments or if such investments are recharacterized for U.S. tax purposes, the Fund’s status as a RIC may be jeopardized. The Fund’s investment in the Subsidiary is intended to provide additional exposure to commodities, gold and other precious metals while allowing the Fund to satisfy the requirements applicable to RICs. If the Fund were to fail to qualify as a RIC in any taxable year, and were ineligible to or otherwise did not cure such failure, the Fund would be subject to tax on its taxable income at corporate rates, and all distributions from earnings and profits, including any distributions of net long-term capital gains, would be taxable to shareholders as dividend income. See “Additional Information—Tax Considerations.”

Your investment in the Fund is not a deposit of any bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.

Fund Performance

Because Class F shares and Class T shares have not commenced investment operations prior to the date of this Prospectus, no performance returns are presented in this part of the Prospectus. Annual performance returns provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in performance from year to year. Comparison of Fund performance to appropriate indexes indicates how the Fund’s average annual returns compare with those of broad measures of market performance. Performance information will be available at www.cohenandsteers.com or by calling (800) 330-7348. The Fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future.

Investment Management

Advisor

Cohen & Steers Capital Management, Inc. (the “Advisor”)

Subadvisors

Cohen & Steers Asia Limited (“CNS Asia”)

Cohen & Steers UK Limited (“CNS UK”)

Portfolio Managers

The Fund's portfolio managers are:

Vincent L. Childers, asset allocation—Senior Vice President of the Advisor. Mr. Childers has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since 2013.

Jon Cheigh, global real estate asset class—Executive Vice President of the Advisor. Mr. Cheigh has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since 2012.

Nicholas Koutsoftas, commodities asset class—Senior Vice President of the Advisor. Mr. Koutsoftas has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since 2013.

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

	Class F Shares	Class T Shares
Minimum Initial Investment	• No minimum	• No minimum
Minimum Subsequent Investment	• No minimum • $50 for Automatic Investment Plans	• No minimum • $100 for Automatic Investment Plans

You may purchase, redeem or exchange shares of the Fund on any business day, which is any day the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) is open for business, by written request, wire transfer (call (800) 437-9912 for instructions) or telephone. You may purchase, redeem or exchange shares of the Fund either through a financial intermediary or directly through Cohen & Steers Securities, LLC, the Fund’s distributor (the “Distributor”).

Tax Information

The Fund’s distributions may be comprised of taxable ordinary income, taxable capital gains and/or a non-taxable return of capital, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and/or its Advisor or Distributor 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 individual financial adviser to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your individual financial adviser or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.

Investment Objectives, Principal Investment Strategies and Related Risks

Objectives

The investment objectives of the Fund are to achieve attractive total returns over the long-term and to maximize real returns during inflationary environments. “Real returns” are defined as total returns adjusted for the effects of inflation. There can be no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objectives. The Fund may change its investment objectives without shareholder approval, although it has no current intention to do so. Shareholders will be provided with at least 60 days’ prior written notice of any change to the Fund’s investment objectives.

Principal Investment Strategies

The Fund pursues its objectives through investments offering exposure to “real assets,” which the Fund defines as (i) real estate, commodities, natural resources, infrastructure and gold and other precious metals; (ii) companies that own or derive a significant portion of their value from such real assets or the production thereof; and (iii) other assets expected to perform well during periods of high inflation. Under normal market conditions, the Fund seeks to achieve its investment objectives by allocating at least 80% of its net assets to U.S. and non-U.S. investments providing exposure to or investment in the following real asset classes: (i) real estate companies, including REITs; (ii) commodities; (iii) natural resource companies; (iv) infrastructure companies; and (v) gold and other precious metals. The Fund may also invest in certain short-term fixed income securities to manage portfolio volatility.

Investment Process

Asset Allocation

The Fund is actively managed by the Advisor. To pursue its goal, the Fund combines a top-down approach, focused on identifying relative value across multiple classes of real assets, with bottom-up security selection based on fundamental research concentrated at the sector-, industry-, and security-levels.

When making allocation decisions, the Advisor conducts quantitative and qualitative analysis, aiming to optimize the balance between relative return potential and risk across asset classes. The goal of this process is to establish a target asset allocation for the Fund intended to meet its objectives while maintaining a risk/return profile that is consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives. In choosing investments at the asset class level, the Advisor, through its specialized investment teams, follows an active fundamental approach focused on identifying what are believed to be securities or trading strategies possessing superior risk-adjusted return profiles. For each real asset allocation, the Advisor seeks to outperform a passive allocation to that asset class over a full market cycle. While the Fund is not constrained to allocate its investments among asset classes according to specific ranges, under normal circumstances the Advisor expects the Fund’s assets to be allocated to each asset class within the allocation ranges set forth in the table below. In addition, the Advisor has appointed the Allocation Committee, consisting of a select group of the Advisor’s senior investment professionals, to

periodically review the Fund’s asset allocation ranges and allocation targets. Actual allocations may vary at any time and may move and remain outside of these ranges for a variety of reasons, including, but not limited to, changes in investment outlook, market movements, cash flows into or out of the Fund and other factors.

Asset Class		Allocation Range
Real Estate Companies/REITs		20-35%
Commodities		20-35%
Natural Resource Companies		10-20%
Infrastructure Companies and MLPs		10-20%
Gold and Other Precious Metals		0-10%
Fixed Income Securities		0-20%

Upon determination of the Fund’s allocations, the investments within each allocation are then actively managed by one or more of the Fund’s portfolio managers, as described below. The Fund’s ability to gain exposure to each of these asset classes, the means by which it gains such exposure, and its ability to pursue its investment strategies as intended may be limited by its intention to qualify and be treated as a RIC for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

Real Estate Companies/REITs

The Advisor adheres to an integrated, bottom-up, relative value investment process when selecting publicly traded real estate securities. To guide the portfolio construction process, the Advisor utilizes a proprietary valuation model that quantifies relative valuation of real estate securities based on price-to-NAV and a dividend discount model (“DDM”). Analysts incorporate both quantitative and qualitative analysis in their NAV and DDM estimates. The company research process includes an evaluation of management, strategy, property quality, financial strength and corporate structure. Judgments with respect to global macroeconomic factors, risk control, diversification, liquidity and other factors are considered along with the models’ output and drive the portfolio managers’ investment decisions.

Commodities

The Advisor will actively manage the Fund’s and the Subsidiary’s commodity-related investments pursuant to its proprietary investment strategy. The Advisor seeks to generate attractive returns and deliver broad and diversified commodities exposure through a fundamental, bottom-up, research-driven approach. The Advisor adheres to a disciplined investment process that reflects the team’s research into key factors such as global supply and demand, inventory, valuation and technical trends for commodities. The sources for the team’s research include data on the production and consumption of commodities from public and licensed sources; primary research with market participants who generally take or make physical delivery of commodities; and analysis of historical price records for exchange-listed futures. The Advisor focuses on a diverse universe of commodities for which futures are traded on major global exchanges. In order to be considered for investment, a commodity must generally meet the Advisor’s criteria for liquidity.

Based on the Advisor’s fundamental analysis of each commodity in the investment universe, the portfolio managers seek to express their conviction level and active positioning in a commodity through over- and underweights relative to the strategy’s benchmark, out-of-benchmark positions,

relative long/short spread trades, dynamic rolling, and optimal curve positioning. At the discretion of the Advisor, the Fund and the Subsidiary (i) may purchase futures contracts (“Long Positions”), (ii) may sell futures contracts that it will repurchase at a later date (“Short Positions”) or (iii) may combine Long Positions and Short Positions in different futures contracts that the Advisor deems to be economically related (“Spread Trades”).

Under normal market conditions, the Advisor expects that the Fund’s gross notional value of its long positions may be up to 130% of the net assets of the commodities allocation of the Fund and its gross notional value of its short positions may be up to 30% of the net assets of the commodities allocation of the Fund. Occasionally, the Fund’s gross notional value of its long and short positions may be greater than 130% and 30% of the net asset value of the commodities allocation of the Fund, respectively, due to the accounting treatment of certain offsetting futures contracts. The Fund may, from time to time, be leveraged as a result of its investments in commodities so that the Fund’s (and the Subsidiary’s) net investments in commodities may exceed the net assets of the commodities allocation of the Fund (including its interest in the Subsidiary). The Advisor expects that, under normal market conditions, the Fund’s net notional value (long positions minus short positions) will equal approximately 100% of the net assets of the commodities allocation of the Fund. The Fund’s positions in commodity-related derivative instruments will be fully collateralized, which will reduce the leveraging effect of these instruments.

Natural Resources

In selecting the Fund’s investments in natural resource companies, the Advisor researches countries, industries, sectors and companies to identify potential investment targets. The Advisor applies quantitative and qualitative analysis to a universe of U.S. and non-U.S. natural resource companies of any market capitalization, including those located in emerging market countries. Proprietary screening tools are used to identify quantitative characteristics such as return on capital, cash flows, and balance sheet strength. The Advisor conducts in-depth bottom-up analysis on those companies which meet the initial criteria. The Advisor analyzes financial statements, evaluates management and corporate governance structures, and determines an outlook for a particular company or industry.

Infrastructure Companies

In managing the Fund’s allocation to infrastructure companies, the Advisor relies on a fundamental analysis of each company. Securities are evaluated for their potential to provide an attractive total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The Advisor reviews each company’s potential for success in light of general economic and industry trends, as well as the company’s quality of management, financial condition, business plan, industry and sector market position, dividend payout ratio and corporate governance. The Advisor utilizes a value-oriented approach, and evaluates each company’s valuation on the basis of relative price/cash flow and price/earnings multiples, earnings growth rate, dividend yield, and price/book value, among other metrics.

Gold and Other Precious Metals

In managing the Fund’s allocation to gold and other precious metals, the Advisor selects investments based upon macroeconomic conditions, supply/demand analysis, relative value assessments and general market and industry trends.

Fixed-Income Securities

In making investment decisions with respect to fixed-income securities, the Advisor seeks to select what it believes are undervalued securities on the basis of risk and return profiles. The Advisor, in making these determinations, evaluates the fundamental characteristics of an issuer, including an issuer’s creditworthiness, and also takes into account prevailing market factors and macroeconomic trends. In analyzing an issuer’s credit quality, the Advisor considers both revealed credit metrics, such as earnings, leverage and liquidity, as well as qualitative factors, such as the quality of management and industry trends. In addition, the Advisor considers security specific factors, such as placement of the securities within an issuer’s corporate and capital structure as well as call and other structural features. Also, the Advisor considers event risk, the likely directions of credit ratings and relative value versus other income security classes, among other factors.

Additional Information About The Fund’s Investments

The following provides additional information about the Principal Investment Strategies described in the Summary Section:

The Subsidiary

The Fund intends to gain exposure to commodities, in whole or in part, through investments in the Subsidiary, which may invest in commodity-related derivative instruments, gold bullion and other precious metals and certain commodity and precious metals related ETFs and pooled investment vehicles. In the past, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) issued private letter rulings to mutual funds to the effect that income a fund was deemed to earn from its wholly-owned subsidiary was qualifying income to the fund for purposes of the 90% gross income requirement for RIC qualification without regard to whether such income was currently paid to the parent mutual fund in the form of a cash dividend (“repatriated”). In 2011, the IRS suspended the issuance of such rulings. It is unclear whether or when the IRS will release published guidance on the issue, and whether such guidance would be favorable to mutual funds and, for example, eliminate the need for funds to seek their own rulings, or be unfavorable. In the absence of a private letter ruling to the effect described above or guidance issued by the IRS to the same or similar effect, the Fund employs other means of ensuring that this requirement is satisfied, including but not limited to collecting a distribution from the Subsidiary out of the Subsidiary’s earnings and profits at least once during every taxable year.

REITs and REIT-like Entities

The real estate companies in which the Fund invests include REITs and similar REIT-like entities. REITs are companies that own interests in real estate or in real estate related loans or other interests, and their revenue primarily consists of rent derived from owned, income producing real estate properties and capital gains from the sale of such properties. A REIT in the U.S. is generally not taxed on income distributed to shareholders so long as it meets certain tax related requirements, including the requirement that it distribute substantially all of its taxable income to such shareholders (other than net capital gains for each taxable year). As a result, REITs tend to pay relatively higher dividends than other types of companies. Dividends paid by REITs will not be eligible for the dividends received deduction and are generally not considered “qualified dividend income” (“QDI”) eligible for reduced rates of taxation for U.S. federal income tax purposes. See “Additional Information—Tax

Considerations.” REITs can generally be classified as equity REITs or mortgage REITs. Equity REITs, which invest the majority of their assets directly in real property, derive their income primarily from rents. Equity REITs can also realize capital gains by selling properties that have appreciated in value. Mortgage REITs, which invest the majority of their assets in real estate mortgages, derive their income primarily from interest payments. The Funds REIT investments will be primarily in equity REITs.

A REIT in the U.S. is generally not taxed on income distributed to shareholders so long as it meets certain tax related requirements, including the requirement that it distribute substantially all of its taxable income to such shareholders. A number of countries around the world have adopted, or are considering adopting, REIT-like structures similar to the U.S. that are not subject to corporate income tax in their home countries provided they distribute a significant percentage of their net income each year to shareholders and meet certain other requirements.

Commodity-related Derivatives

The commodity-related derivative instruments in which the Fund and the Subsidiary may invest include commodity futures and forwards, commodity swaps, options on commodity futures and commodity-linked structured notes. Commodity futures and forwards are financial instruments in which a buyer agrees to purchase and a seller agrees to sell a designated commodity for a fixed price at a specified future date. Commodity futures may be listed on an exchange and thus traded at market prices on an exchange pursuant to terms common to all market participants, while commodity forwards are typically privately negotiated between the Fund and a counterparty. A commodity swap is an agreement between two parties to exchange cash flows or returns (or differences in returns) on a commodity, commodity basket or commodity index. An option on a futures contract gives the holder the right to buy or sell that futures contract at the options strike price on a specified expiration date or upon early exercise. A structured note is a debt instrument the return on which is tied to a reference asset or rate, such as a commodity, commodity basket or commodity index. In accordance with Section 18 of the 1940 Act, the Subsidiary and/or the Fund, as applicable, will also hold cash or cash equivalents, fixed income securities and other instruments to serve as margin or collateral for its positions in certain of these derivative instruments.

Master Limited Partnerships

The infrastructure companies in which the Fund may invest may include those organized as MLPs. MLPs are generally publicly traded entities that are organized under state law as limited partnerships or limited liability companies and receive partnership or C corporation taxation treatment under the Code. MLPs may derive income and gains from the exploration, development, mining or production, processing, refining, transportation (including pipelines transporting gas, oil, or products thereof), or the marketing of any mineral or natural resource. MLPs generally have two classes of owners, the general partner and limited partners. The general partner of an MLP is typically owned by one or more of the following: a major energy company, an investment fund, or the direct management of the MLP. The general partner may be structured as a private or publicly traded corporation or other entity. The general partner typically controls the operations and management of the MLP through an up to 2% equity interest in the MLP plus, in many cases, ownership of common units and subordinated units. Limited partners own the remainder of the partnership, through ownership of common units, and have a limited role in the partnership’s operations and management.

Fixed-Income Securities

Although the Fund intends to invest primarily in investment grade fixed- income securities, the Fund may also invest in below-investment grade fixed-income securities. A security will be considered to be investment grade if it is rated as such by one nationally recognized statistical rating organization (“NRSRO”) (for example, minimum Baa3 or BBB- by Moody’s or S&P) or, if unrated, is judged to be investment grade by the Advisor or a Subadvisor.

Fixed-income securities in which the Fund may invest include those issued by U.S. and non-U.S. governmental, corporate and other issuers, floating and variable rate securities, Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (“TIPS”) and other inflation-linked fixed-income securities and subordinated fixed-income securities.

Generally, obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government, its agencies and instrumentalities include bills, notes and bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury, as well as “stripped” or “zero coupon” U.S. Treasury obligations representing future interest or principal payments on U.S. Treasury notes or bonds.

Floating and variable rate notes are debt obligations that have a variable coupon, equal to a money market reference rate, like the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) or federal funds rate, plus a spread.

Inflation-protected fixed-income securities, including TIPS, are securities designed to protect investors from a loss of value by periodically adjusting their principal and/or interest to track changes in an official inflation measure, such as the Consumer Price Index.

Subordinated fixed-income securities are securities with secondary or lesser claims to the issuer’s assets, should the issuer default on its obligations. The investor in a subordinated security of an issuer is entitled to payment after other holders of other fixed-income securities in that issuer.

Equity Securities

For purposes of the Fund’s investment strategies, the equity securities in which the Fund may invest can consist of (i) common stocks; (ii) rights or warrants to purchase common stocks; (iii) securities convertible into common stock; and (iv) preferred stocks.

Non-U.S. Companies and Emerging Market Companies

For purposes of the Fund’s investment strategies, a non-U.S. company is one that is (i) organized or located outside of the U.S.; (ii) the company’s securities are traded principally outside of the U.S.; or (iii) does a substantial amount of its business outside of the U.S. The Fund considers a company that derives at least 50% of its revenue from business outside the U.S. or has at least 50% of its assets outside the U.S. as doing a substantial amount of business outside the U.S.

The non-U.S. companies in which the Fund invests may include those located in emerging markets. Typically, emerging markets are in countries that are in the process of industrialization, with lower gross national products per capita than more developed countries. The Fund is not limited in the extent to which it may invest in emerging market companies. See “Foreign (Non-U.S.) and Emerging Markets Securities Risk” below.

The Fund may invest in non-U.S. companies, including emerging market companies, in the form of American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”), Global Depositary Receipts (“GDRs”) and European Depositary Receipts (“EDRs”). Generally, ADRs in registered form are dollar denominated securities designed for use in the U.S. securities markets, which represent and may be converted into an underlying foreign security. GDRs, in bearer form, are designed for use outside the United States. EDRs, in bearer form, are designed for use in the European securities markets. The Fund may invest in foreign issuers in both developed and emerging markets.

Other Investment Companies

The Fund may invest in securities of other open- or closed-end investment companies, including registered investment companies that are ETFs. ETFs trade on a securities exchange and their shares may, at times, trade at a premium or discount to their NAV. Most ETFs hold a portfolio of common stocks or bonds designed to track the performance of a securities index, including industry, sector, country and region indexes, but an ETF may not replicate exactly the performance of the index it seeks to track for a number of reasons, including transaction costs incurred by the ETF.

The Fund may also invest a portion of its assets in pooled investment vehicles other than registered investment companies. For example, some vehicles which are commonly referred to as “exchanged traded funds” may not be registered investment companies (and therefore not subject to the protections of the 1940 Act) because of the nature of their underlying investments. As a stockholder in an investment company or other pooled vehicle, the Fund will bear its ratable share of that investment company’s or vehicle’s expenses, and would remain subject to payment of the fund’s or vehicle’s advisory and administrative fees with respect to assets so invested. Shareholders would therefore be subject to duplicative expenses to the extent the Fund invests in other investment companies or vehicles. In addition, the securities of other investment companies or pooled vehicles may be leveraged and will therefore be subject to leverage risks (in addition to other risks of the investment company’s or pooled vehicle’s strategy). The Fund will also incur brokerage costs when purchasing and selling shares of ETFs and other pooled vehicles.

Exchange-Traded Notes (ETNs)

The Fund may invest in ETNs. ETNs are generally notes representing debt of the issuer, usually a financial institution. ETNs combine both aspects of fixed income securities and ETFs. An ETN’s returns are based on the performance of one or more underlying assets, reference rates or indexes, minus fees and expenses. Similar to ETFs, ETNs are listed on an exchange and traded in the secondary market. However, unlike an ETF, an ETN has a maturity, at which time the issuer will pay a return linked to the performance of the specific asset, index or rate to which the ETN is linked minus certain fees. Unlike traditional fixed income securities, ETNs do not make periodic interest payments, and principal is often not protected.

Other Derivatives Transactions

In addition to commodity-related derivatives instruments, the Fund may, but is not required to, use futures and options on securities, indices and currencies, forward foreign currency exchange contracts, swaps and other derivatives. A derivative is a security or instrument whose value is determined by reference to the value or the change in value of one or more securities, currencies,

indices or other financial instruments. In addition to the uses of derivatives discussed above, the Fund may use derivatives for a variety of other purposes, including:

•	as a hedge against adverse changes in the market prices of securities, interest rates or currency exchange rates;
•	as a substitute for purchasing or selling securities;
•	to increase the Fund’s return as a non-hedging strategy that may be considered speculative; or
•	to manage portfolio characteristics.

The Fund may enter into commodity-linked derivatives, commodity-linked notes, and other derivative instruments, such as swaps and futures, that provide exposure to commodities, as described above under “Commodity-related Derivatives.” The Fund also may enter into credit default swaps, which can be used to acquire or to transfer the credit risk of a security without buying or selling the security.

Currency Hedging Transactions

Derivatives transactions in which the Fund may engage include currency hedging transactions. In order to hedge against foreign currency exchange rate risks from adverse changes in the relationship between the U.S. dollar and foreign currencies (including to hedge against anticipated future changes which otherwise might adversely affect the prices of securities that the Fund intends to purchase at a later date), the Fund may enter into foreign currency forward contracts, foreign currency futures contracts and foreign currency swaps, as well as purchase put or call options on foreign currencies and engage in other similar strategic transactions. The Fund may also conduct its foreign currency exchange transactions on a spot (i.e., cash) basis at the spot rate prevailing in the foreign currency exchange market.

A foreign currency forward contract is an obligation to purchase or sell a specific currency for an agreed price on a future date which is individually negotiated and privately traded by currency traders and their customers. A foreign currency futures contract is an exchange-traded contract for the purchase or sale of a specified foreign currency at a specified price at a future date. A foreign currency swap is an agreement between two parties to exchange principal and interest payments on a loan made in one currency for principal and interest payments of a loan of equal value in another currency. The Fund may enter into a foreign currency forward contract, foreign currency futures contract or foreign currency swap, or purchase a currency option, for example, when it enters into a contract for the purchase or sale of a security denominated in a foreign currency or expects to receive a dividend or interest payment on a portfolio holding, in order to “lock in” the U.S. dollar value of the security or payment. In addition, the Fund may enter into a foreign currency forward contract, futures contract or swap or purchase a currency option in respect of a currency which acts as a proxy for a currency in which the Fund’s portfolio holdings or anticipated holdings are denominated. This second investment practice is generally referred to as “cross-hedging.”

To the extent any derivatives would be deemed to be illiquid, they will be included in the Fund’s maximum limitation of 15% of net assets invested in illiquid securities.

Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund

This section contains a discussion of the general risks of investing in the Fund. As with any fund, there can be no guarantee that the Fund will meet its investment objectives or that the Fund’s

performance will be positive for any period of time. An investment in the Fund is not a deposit in any bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or by any bank or governmental agency.

Investment Risk

An investment in the Fund is subject to investment risk, including the possible loss of the entire principal amount that you invest.

Market Risk

Asset Allocation Risk

Subsidiary Risk

Real Estate Market Risk

The Fund will not invest in real estate directly, but will invest in securities issued by real estate companies. The Fund is also subject to the risks associated with the direct ownership of real estate. These risks include:

•	declines in the value of real estate;
•	risks related to general and local economic conditions;
•	possible lack of availability of mortgage funds;
•	overbuilding;

•	extended vacancies of properties;
•	increased competition;
•	increases in property taxes and operating expenses;
•	changes in zoning laws;
•	losses due to costs resulting from the clean-up of environmental problems;
•	liability to third parties for damages resulting from environmental problems;
•	casualty or condemnation losses;
•	limitations on rents;
•	changes in neighborhood values and the appeal of properties to tenants;
•	changes in interest rates;
•	falling home prices;
•	failure of borrowers to pay their loans;
•	early payment or restructuring of mortgage loans;
•	slower mortgage origination; and
•	rising construction costs.

Thus, the value of the Fund’s shares may change at different rates compared to the value of shares of a mutual fund with investments in a mix of different industries.

REIT Risk

In addition to the risks of securities linked to the real estate industry, REITs are subject to certain other risks related to their structure and focus. REITs are dependent upon management skills and generally may not be diversified. REITs are also subject to heavy cash flow dependency, defaults by borrowers and self-liquidation. In addition, REITs could possibly fail to (i) qualify for pass-through of income under applicable tax law, or (ii) maintain their exemptions from registration under the 1940 Act. The above factors may also adversely affect a borrower’s or a lessee’s ability to meet its obligations to the REIT. In the event of a default by a borrower or lessee, the REIT may experience delays in enforcing its rights as a mortgagee or lessor and may incur substantial costs associated with protecting its investments.

Commodities Risk

Although the Fund’s commodity exposure as a whole will not typically be leveraged (i.e., the Fund’s commodity investments will have an aggregate notional value substantially equal to the net assets of the commodities allocation of the Fund), individual commodity-linked derivative instruments may employ leverage. The value of commodity-related derivative instruments may be affected by changes in overall market movements, commodity index volatility, changes in interest rates, or factors affecting a particular industry or commodity, such as drought, floods, weather, livestock disease, embargoes, tariffs and international economic, political and regulatory developments. The energy sector can be significantly affected by changes in the prices and supplies of oil and other energy fuels, energy conservation, the success of exploration projects, and tax and other government regulations, policies of OPEC and relationships among OPEC members and between OPEC and oil importing nations. The metals sector can be affected by sharp price volatility over short periods caused by global economic, financial and political factors, resource availability, government regulation, economic cycles, changes in inflation or expectations about inflation in various countries, interest rates, currency fluctuations, metal sales by governments, central banks or international agencies, investment speculation and fluctuations in industrial and commercial supply and demand.In addition, the relationships between various commodities and related derivatives may not behave as expected. Use of leveraged commodity-related derivatives, if any, creates an opportunity for increased return but, at the same time, creates the possibility for greater loss (including the likelihood of greater volatility of the Fund’s NAV), and there can be no assurance that the Fund’s use of leveraged commodity-related derivatives, if any, will be successful. Because certain natural resources and commodities may be closely related, the Fund’s investments in commodities may also be subject to the risks described under “Natural Resources Risk.”

Natural Resources Risk

The Fund’s investments in securities of natural resource companies involve risks. The market value of securities of natural resource companies may be affected by numerous factors, including events occurring in nature, inflationary pressures and international politics. Because the Fund invests significantly in natural resource companies, there is the risk that the Fund will perform poorly during a downturn in the natural resource sector. For example, events occurring in nature (such as earthquakes or fires in prime natural resource areas) and political events (such as coups, military confrontations or acts of terrorism) can affect the overall supply of a natural resource and the value of companies involved in such natural resource. Political risks and the other risks to which foreign securities are subject may also affect domestic natural resource companies if they have significant operations or investments in foreign countries. Rising interest rates and general economic conditions may also affect the demand for natural resources. In addition, because certain natural resources and commodities may be closely related, the Fund’s investments in natural resource companies may also be subject to the risks described under “Commodities Risk.”

Infrastructure Companies Risk

competition from other providers of services, uncertainties concerning the availability of fuel at reasonable prices, the effects of energy conservation policies and other factors. Infrastructure companies may also be affected by or subject to:

•	high interest costs in connection with capital construction and improvement programs;
•	difficulty in raising capital in adequate amounts on reasonable terms in periods of high inflation and unsettled capital markets;
•	inexperience with and potential losses resulting from a developing deregulatory environment;
•	costs associated with compliance with and changes in environmental and other regulations;
•	regulation by various government authorities;
•	government regulation of rates charged to customers;
•	service interruption due to environmental, operational or other mishaps;
•	the imposition of special tariffs and changes in tax laws, regulatory policies and accounting standards;
•	technological innovations that may render existing plants, equipment or products obsolete; and
•	general changes in market sentiment towards infrastructure and utilities assets.

Master Limited Partnership Risk

Derivatives Risk

The Fund may gain exposure to commodities through related derivative instruments, such as futures, options on futures, swaps, forwards and structured notes. Many of the risks applicable to trading the underlying asset are also applicable to derivatives trading, including regulatory risk. See “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund—Regulatory Risk.” However, there are a number of additional risks associated with derivatives trading. Transactions in certain derivatives are subject to clearance on a U.S. national exchange and to regulatory oversight, while other derivatives are subject to risks of trading in the over-the-counter markets or on non-U.S. exchanges. Additional risks associated with derivatives trading include:

•	Counterparty Risk. Because some of the derivative transactions in which the Fund may engage (for example, certain swaps) may involve instruments that are not traded on an exchange but are instead traded between counterparties based on contractual relationships, the Fund is subject to

	the risk that a counterparty will not perform its obligations under the related contracts. Although the Fund intends to enter into transactions only with counterparties which the Advisor believes to be creditworthy, there can be no assurance that a counterparty will not default and that the Fund will not sustain a loss on a transaction as a result.
	Some types of cleared derivatives are required to be executed on an exchange or on a swap execution facility. A swap execution facility is a trading platform where multiple market participants can execute derivatives by accepting bids and offers made by multiple other participants in the platform. While this execution requirement is designed to increase transparency and liquidity in the cleared derivatives market, trading on a swap execution facility can create additional costs and risks for the Fund.
	In the event of the counterparty’s bankruptcy or insolvency, the Fund’s collateral may be subject to the conflicting claims of the counterparty’s creditors, and the Fund may be exposed to the risk of a court treating the Fund as a general unsecured creditor of the counterparty, rather than as the owner of the collateral.
	The Fund is subject to the risk that issuers of the instruments in which it invests and trades may default on their obligations under those instruments, and that certain events may occur that have an immediate and significant adverse effect on the value of those instruments. There can be no assurance that an issuer of an instrument in which the Fund invests will not default, or that an event that has an immediate and significant adverse effect on the value of an instrument will not occur, and that the Fund will not sustain a loss on a transaction as a result.
•	Liquidity Risk. Derivative instruments, especially when traded in large amounts, may not be liquid in all circumstances, so that in volatile markets the Fund may not be able to close out a position without incurring a loss. In addition, daily limits on price fluctuations and speculative position limits on exchanges on which the Fund may conduct its transactions in derivative instruments may prevent profitable liquidation of positions, subjecting the Fund to the potential of greater losses.
•	Financial Leverage Risk. Trading in derivative instruments can result in large amounts of financial leverage. Thus, the leverage offered by trading in derivative instruments will magnify the gains and losses experienced by the Fund and could cause the value of the Fund’s net assets to be subject to wider fluctuations than would be the case if the Fund did not use the leverage feature of derivative instruments.
•	Over-the-Counter Trading Risk. Derivative instruments, such as swap agreements, that may be purchased or sold by the Fund may include instruments not traded on an exchange. The risk of nonperformance by the counterparty to an instrument may be greater than, and the ease with which the Fund can dispose of or enter into closing transactions with respect to an instrument may be less than, the risk associated with an exchange traded instrument. In addition, significant disparities may exist between “bid” and “asked” prices for derivative instruments that are not traded on an exchange. Derivative instruments not traded on exchanges also are not subject to the same type of government regulation as exchange traded instruments, and many of the protections afforded to participants in a regulated environment may not be available in connection with the transactions.
•	Tracking Risk. The value of the derivatives that the Fund uses to gain commodities exposure may not correlate to the values of the underlying physical commodities. When used for hedging

purposes, an imperfect or variable degree of correlation between price or rate movements of the derivative instrument and the underlying physical investment sought to be hedged may prevent the Fund from achieving the intended hedging effect or expose the Fund to risk of loss.

Inflation/Deflation Risk

Leveraging Risk

Regulatory Risk

The Advisor is registered with the CFTC as a CPO with respect to the Fund and the Subsidiary. Compliance with the CFTC’s disclosure, reporting and recordkeeping requirements may increase Fund expenses and may affect the ability of the Fund to use commodity interests (including futures, options on futures, commodities, and swaps) to the extent or in the manner desired.

Common Stock Risk

While common stocks have historically generated higher average returns than fixed income securities over the long-term, common stock has also experienced significantly more volatility in those returns, although under certain market conditions, fixed-income investments may have comparable or greater price volatility. An adverse event, such as an unfavorable earnings report, may depress the value of common stock held by the Fund. Also, the price of common stock is sensitive to general movements in the stock market. A drop in the stock market may depress the price of common stock held by the Fund.

Gold and Other Precious Metals Risk

Foreign (Non-U.S.) and Emerging Market Securities Risk

Investing in foreign securities involves certain risks not involved in domestic investments, including, but not limited to:

•	future foreign economic, financial, political and social developments;
•	different legal systems;
•	the possible imposition of exchange controls or other foreign governmental laws or restrictions;
•	less governmental supervision;
•	regulation changes;
•	less publicly available information about foreign companies due to less rigorous disclosure and accounting standards or regulatory practices;
•	high and volatile rates of inflation;
•	foreign currency devaluation;
•	fluctuating interest rates; and
•	different accounting, auditing and financial record-keeping standards and requirements.

governments and/or international institutions that could negatively affect the Fund’s investments in issuers located in, doing business in or with assets in such countries. Certain countries in which the Fund may invest, especially emerging market countries, have historically experienced, and may continue to experience, high rates of inflation, high interest rates, exchange rate fluctuations, large amounts of external debt, balance of payments and trade difficulties and extreme poverty and unemployment. Many of these countries are also characterized by political uncertainty and instability. The cost of servicing external debt will generally be adversely affected by rising international interest rates because many external debt obligations bear interest at rates which are adjusted based upon international interest rates. In addition, with respect to certain foreign countries, there is a risk of:

•	the possibility of expropriation of assets;
•	confiscatory taxation;
•	difficulty in obtaining or enforcing a court judgment;
•	economic, political or social instability; and
•	diplomatic developments that could affect investments in those countries.

In addition, individual foreign economies may differ favorably or unfavorably from the U.S. economy in such respects as:

•	growth of gross domestic product;
•	rates of inflation;
•	capital reinvestment;
•	resources;
•	self-sufficiency; and
•	balance of payments position.

To the extent the Fund’s investments are focused in a geographic region or country, the Fund will be subject, to a greater extent than if the Fund’s assets were less geographically focused, to the risks of adverse changes in that region or country. In addition, certain investments in foreign securities also may be subject to foreign withholding or other taxes, which would reduce the Fund’s return on those securities.

Securities of companies in emerging markets may be more volatile than those of companies in more developed markets. Emerging market countries generally have less developed markets and economies and, in some countries, less mature governments and governmental institutions. Investing in securities of companies in emerging markets may entail special risks relating to potential economic, political or social instability and the risks of expropriation, nationalization, confiscation, trade sanctions or embargoes or the imposition of restrictions on foreign investment, the lack of hedging instruments, and repatriation of capital invested. The securities and markets of some emerging market countries have in the past sometimes experienced substantial market disruptions and may do so in the future. The economies of many emerging markets countries may be heavily dependent on

international trade and, accordingly, have been and may continue to be adversely affected by trade barriers, foreign exchange controls and other protectionist measures imposed or negotiated by the countries with which they wish to trade. Several of the asset classes in which the Fund invests (in particular, commodities, natural resources and gold and other precious metals) may be especially susceptible to developments in emerging markets, increasing the Fund’s exposure to these risks.

As a result of these potential risks, the Advisor or a Subadvisor may determine that, notwithstanding otherwise favorable investment criteria, it may not be practicable or appropriate to invest in a particular country. The Fund may invest in countries in which foreign investors, including the Advisor or a Subadvisor, have had no or limited prior experience.

Fixed-Income Securities Risk

There are special risks associated with investing in fixed-income securities, including:

•	Credit Risk. Credit risk refers to the possibility that the issuer of a security will not be able to make payments of interest and principal when due because the issuer of the security experiences a decline in its financial status. Changes in an issuer’s credit rating or the market’s perception of an issuer’s creditworthiness may also affect the value of the Fund’s investment in that issuer.
•	Interest Rate Risk. Interest rate risk is the risk that debt securities will decline in value because of changes in market interest rates. When market interest rates rise, the market value of such securities generally will fall, and therefore the Fund may underperform during periods of rising interest rates. The Fund may be subject to a greater risk of rising interest rates than would normally be the case due to the current period of historically low rates and the effect of government monetary policy initiatives and resulting market reaction to those initiatives. Debt securities with longer periods before maturity may be more sensitive to interest rate changes.
•	Prepayment and Extension Risk. Prepayment risk is the risk that changes in interest rates, credit spreads or other factors will result in the call (repayment) of a debt security more quickly than expected, such that the Fund may have to invest the proceeds in lower yielding securities, or that expectations of such early call will negatively impact the market price of the security. Extension risk is the risk that changes in the interest rates or credit spreads may result in diminishing call expectations, which can cause prices to fall.
•	Call Risk. Call risk is the risk that, during a period of falling interest rates, the issuer may redeem a security by repaying it early, which may reduce the Fund’s income if the proceeds are reinvested at lower interest rates.
•	Liquidity Risk. Certain debt securities may be substantially less liquid than many other securities, such as common stocks or U.S. Government securities. Illiquid securities involve the risk that the securities will not be able to be sold at the time desired by the Fund or at prices approximating the value at which the Fund is carrying the securities on its books.
•	Convertible Securities Risk. The market value of a convertible security performs like that of a regular debt security; that is, if market interest rates rise, the value of a convertible security usually falls. In addition, convertible securities are subject to the risk that the issuer will not be able to pay interest or dividends when due, and their market value may change based on changes in the issuer’s credit

	rating or the market’s perception of the issuer’s creditworthiness. Because it derives a portion of its value from the common stock into which it may be converted, a convertible security is also subject to the same types of market and issuer risk as apply to the underlying common stock.
•	High Yield or “Junk Bond” Risk. Fixed-income securities that are below investment grade are speculative, have a higher risk of default, tend to be less liquid and may be harder to value.

Preferred Securities Risk

Preferred securities are subject to credit risk, which is the risk that a security will decline in price, or the issuer of the security will fail to make dividend, interest or principal payments when due, because the issuer experiences a decline in its financial status. Preferred securities are also subject to interest rate risk and may decline in value because of changes in market interest rates. The Fund may be subject to a greater risk of rising interest rates than would normally be the case due to the current period of historically low interest rates and the effect of potential government fiscal policy initiatives and resulting market reaction to those initiatives. In addition, an issuer may be permitted to defer or omit distributions. Preferred securities are also generally subordinated to bonds and other debt instruments in a company’s capital structure. During periods of declining interest rates, an issuer may be able to exercise an option to redeem (call) its issue at par earlier than scheduled, and the Fund may be forced to reinvest in lower yielding securities. Certain preferred securities may be substantially less liquid than many other securities, such as common stocks. Generally, preferred security holders have no voting rights with respect to the issuing company unless certain events occur. Certain preferred securities may give the issuers special redemption rights allowing the securities to be redeemed prior to a specified date if certain events occur, such as changes to tax or securities laws.

Below Investment Grade Securities Risk

Other Investment Companies Risk

Sector Focus Risk

those sectors could have a significant effect on the value of the Fund’s investments. Additionally, the Fund’s performance may be more volatile when the Fund’s investments are less diversified across sectors.

Exchange-Traded Notes (ETNs) Risk

The value of an ETN may be influenced by, among other things, time to maturity, level of supply and demand for the ETN, volatility and lack of liquidity in underlying markets, changes in the applicable interest rates, the performance of the reference instrument, changes in the issuer’s credit rating and economic, legal, political or geographic events that affect the reference instrument. An ETN that is tied to a reference instrument may not replicate the performance of the reference instrument. ETNs also incur certain expenses not incurred by their applicable reference instrument. Some ETNs that use leverage can, at times, be relatively illiquid and, thus, they may be difficult to purchase or sell at a fair price. Levered ETNs are subject to the same risk as other instruments that use leverage in any form. While leverage allows for greater potential return, the potential for loss is also greater. Finally, additional losses may be incurred if the investment loses value because, in addition to the money lost on the investment, the loan still needs to be repaid.

Because the return on the ETN is dependent on the issuer’s ability or willingness to meet its obligations, the value of the ETN may change due to a change in the issuer’s credit rating, despite no change in the underlying reference instrument. The market value of ETN shares may differ from the value of the reference instrument. This difference in price may be due to the fact that the supply and demand in the market for ETN shares at any point in time is not always identical to the supply and demand in the market for the assets underlying the reference instrument that the ETN seeks to track.

Tax Risks

The Fund’s ability to make direct and indirect investments in the asset classes described herein, including commodities, gold and other precious metals, and certain related investments, is limited by the Fund’s intention to qualify as a RIC under the Code; if the Fund does not appropriately limit such investments or if such investments are recharacterized for U.S. tax purposes, the Fund’s status as a RIC may be jeopardized. The Fund’s investment in the Subsidiary is intended to provide additional exposure to commodities, gold and other precious metals while allowing the Fund to satisfy the requirements applicable to RICs. If the Fund were to fail to qualify as a RIC in any taxable year, and were ineligible to or otherwise did not cure such failure, the Fund would be subject to tax on its taxable income at corporate rates, and all distributions from earnings and profits, including any distributions of net long-term capital gains, would be taxable to shareholders as dividend income. See “Additional Information—Tax Considerations.”

Additional Investment Information

In addition to the principal investment strategies described above, the Fund has other investment practices that are described here and in the SAI.

Illiquid Securities

The Fund will not invest more than 15% of its net assets in illiquid securities. Illiquid securities involve the risk that the securities will not be able to be sold promptly (e.g., within seven days) at the time desired by the Fund or at prices approximating the value at which the Fund is carrying the securities on its books and records. Restricted securities, which are securities that may not be resold to the public without an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, or, if they are unregistered, may be sold only in a privately negotiated transaction or pursuant to an exemption from registration, may be illiquid.

Defensive Position

When the Advisor or a Subadvisor believes that market or general economic conditions justify a temporary defensive position, the Fund may deviate from its investment objectives and invest all or any portion of its assets in short-term debt instruments, government securities, cash or cash equivalents. When and to the extent the Fund assumes a temporary defensive position, it may not pursue or achieve its investment objectives. In addition, the Fund may be required to hold more cash than anticipated to support its derivative positions, which could negatively impact returns.

Portfolio Holdings

A description of the Fund’s policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the Fund’s portfolio securities is available in the Fund’s SAI. The Fund also files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on Form N-Q as of the end of its first and third fiscal quarters. The Fund’s full portfolio holdings are published semi-annually in reports sent to shareholders and filed with the SEC on Form N-CSR and such reports are made available at www.cohenandsteers.com in the “Funds” section, generally within 70 days after the end of each semi-annual period. The Fund also posts an uncertified list of portfolio holdings on the website, no earlier than 15 days after the end of each calendar quarter. The holdings information remains available until the Fund files a report on Form N-Q or Form N-CSR for the period that includes the date as of which the information is current. In addition to information on portfolio holdings, other Fund statistical information may be found on www.cohenandsteers.com or by calling 800-330-7348.

Management of the Fund

The Advisor and Subadvisors

The Advisor, a registered investment advisor located at 280 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017, was formed in 1986 and its clients include pension plans, endowment funds and investment companies, including each of the open-end and closed-end Cohen & Steers funds. As of [ ], the Advisor managed approximately [ ] billion in assets. The Advisor is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cohen & Steers, Inc. (“CNS”), a publicly traded company whose common stock is listed on the NYSE under the symbol “CNS.”

The Advisor is responsible for the overall management of the Fund’s portfolio and for the supervision and ongoing monitoring of the Subadvisors.

CNS Asia, with offices located at 1201-2 Citibank Tower, Citibank Plaza, No. 3 Garden Road, Central Hong Kong, is a wholly owned subsidiary of CNS and serves as a Subadvisor pursuant to an agreement with the Advisor (a “Subadvisory Agreement”). CNS Asia provides investment research and advisory services with respect to Asia Pacific real estate securities and provides trade order execution services for the Fund. CNS Asia is a registered investment advisor and was formed in 2005.

CNS UK, with offices located at 21 Sackville Street, 4th Floor, London, W1S 3DN, U.K., is a wholly owned subsidiary of CNS and serves as a Subadvisor pursuant to a Subadvisory Agreement. CNS UK provides investment research and advisory services to the Advisor in connection with managing the Fund’s investments in Europe and provides trade order execution services for the Fund. CNS UK is a registered investment advisor and was formed in 2006.

The fees of the Subadvisors are paid by the Advisor (and not the Fund) out of its investment advisory fee received from the Fund.

References in this Prospectus to activities and responsibilities of the Advisor may be performed by one or more of the Subadvisors.

Under its investment advisory agreement (the “Investment Advisory Agreement”) with the Fund, the Advisor furnishes a continuous investment program for the Fund’s portfolio, makes the day-to-day investment decisions for the Fund and generally manages the Fund’s investments in accordance with the stated policies of the Fund, subject to the general supervision of the Board of Directors of the Fund. The Advisor also performs certain administrative services for the Fund and provides persons satisfactory to the Board of Directors of the Fund to serve as officers of the Fund. Such officers, as well as certain Directors of the Fund, may also be directors, officers, or employees of the Advisor. The Advisor and Subadvisors also select brokers and dealers to execute the Fund’s portfolio transactions.

For its services under the Investment Advisory Agreement, the Fund pays the Advisor a monthly investment advisory fee at the annual rate of 0.75% of the average daily net assets of the Fund. This fee is allocated among the separate classes based on the classes’ proportionate shares of such average daily net assets. The Fund's effective investment advisory fee during 2015 was 0.52% of average daily net assets.

In addition to this investment advisory fee, the Fund pays other operating expenses, which may include but are not limited to administrative, transfer agency, custodial, legal and accounting fees. The Fund pays the Advisor a monthly fee at the annual rate of 0.08% for administration services.

The Advisor has contractually agreed to waive its fee and/or reimburse expenses through June 30, 2018 so that the Fund’s total annual operating expenses, which include the expenses of the subsidiary (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, taxes and extraordinary expenses) do not exceed [ ]% for Class F shares and [ ]% for Class T shares. This contractual agreement can be amended at any time by agreement of the Fund and the Advisor and will terminate automatically in the event of termination of the investment advisory agreement between the Advisor and the Fund.

The Fund and the Advisor have obtained exemptive relief from the SEC to operate under a “Manager of Managers Structure” that permits the Advisor, subject to the oversight of the Board, to appoint and replace Subadvisors, enter into agreements with Subadvisors (each a “Subadvisory Agreement”) and materially amend Subadvisory Agreements on behalf of the Fund without shareholder approval.

Under the Manager of Managers Structure, the Advisor has ultimate responsibility, subject to oversight by the Board, for overseeing the Fund’s Subadvisors and recommending to the Board their hiring, termination, or replacement. The exemptive relief does not apply to Subadvisory Agreements with affiliated Subadvisors. The Manager of Managers Structure is intended to enable the Fund to operate with greater efficiency, without incurring the expense and delays associated with obtaining shareholder approvals for matters relating to Subadvisors or Subadvisory Agreements. The Manager of Managers Structure does not permit an increase in the overall management and advisory fees payable by the Fund without shareholder approval. The Fund and the Advisor are subject to certain conditions imposed by the relief, including the condition that the Fund’s shareholders be notified within 90 days when a Subadvisor is hired. Shareholders of the Fund retain the right to terminate a Subadvisory Agreement at any time by a vote of the majority of the outstanding securities of the Fund.

A discussion regarding the Board of Directors’ basis for approving the Investment Advisory Agreement and Subadvisory Agreements is available in the Fund’s semi-annual report to shareholders for the period ended June 30, 2016.

Portfolio Managers

Vince Childers leads a team of portfolio managers for each asset class and is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund. Mr. Childers determines the Fund’s asset allocation ranges by conducting quantitative and qualitative analysis and oversees the implementation of allocation decisions across the Fund. Each portfolio manager directs and supervises the execution of the allocation decision for his respective asset class, and leads and guides the other members of his investment team.

Vincent L. Childers—Mr. Childers joined the Advisor in 2013 and currently serves as Senior Vice President of the Advisor, and is a portfolio manager for Cohen & Steers’ real assets strategy. He has 14 years of investment experience. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Childers was a portfolio manager for real asset strategies at AllianceBernstein, where he co-managed a research team overseeing $2.3 billion in assets. Previously, Mr. Childers was an associate in the financial advisory services department of Houlihan Lokey. Mr. Childers has an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University and a BS from Vanderbilt University. He is based in New York.

Jon Cheigh—Mr. Cheigh joined the Advisor in 2005 and currently serves as Executive Vice President of the Advisor, and head of the global real estate investment team.

Nicholas Koutsoftas—Mr. Koutsoftas joined the Advisor in 2013 and currently serves as Senior Vice President of the Advisor. Mr. Koutsoftas was previously Senior Vice President and co-portfolio manager at GE Asset Management (“GEAM”) since its inception. He joined GEAM in 1999 and began his career at GE in 1995. Mr. Koutsoftas has a BSE degree from University of Massachusetts at Amherst and an MBA from NYU Stern School of Business.

The SAI contains additional information about the portfolio managers’ compensation, other accounts they manage, and their ownership of securities in the Fund.

Pricing of Fund Shares

The price at which you can purchase and redeem each class of the Fund’s shares is the NAV of that class of shares next determined after we receive your order in proper form, less any applicable sales

charge. Proper form means that your request includes the Fund name and account number, states the amount of the transaction (in dollars or shares), includes the signatures of all owners exactly as registered on the account, signature guarantees (if necessary), any supporting legal documentation that may be required and any outstanding certificates representing shares to be redeemed.

The Fund calculates its NAV per share as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE, generally 4:00 p.m. eastern time, on each day the NYSE is open for trading. Thus, purchase or redemption orders must be received in proper form by the close of regular trading on the NYSE in order to receive that day’s NAV; orders received after the close of regular trading on the NYSE will receive the NAV next determined. The Fund has authorized one or more brokers to accept on its behalf purchase and redemption orders, and these brokers are authorized to designate other intermediaries on the Fund’s behalf. The Fund will be deemed to have received a purchase or redemption order when an authorized broker, or that broker’s designee, accepts the order, and that order will be priced at the next computed NAV after this acceptance. The Fund determines NAV per share for each class by dividing that class’s share of the net assets of the Fund (i.e., its assets less liabilities) by the total number of outstanding shares of that class.

Investments in securities that are listed on the NYSE are valued, except as indicated below, at the last sale price reflected at the close of the NYSE on the business day as of which such value is being determined. If there has been no sale on such day, the securities are valued at the mean of the closing bid and asked prices for the day or, if no asked price is available, at the bid price. Futures contracts traded on a commodities exchange or board of trade are valued at their settlement price at the close of trading on such exchange or board of trade. Commodity swaps are valued based on the values of underlying futures contracts, using the settlement price from the principal exchange on which the contract is traded. Exchange traded options are valued at their last sale price as of the close of options trading on applicable exchanges on the valuation date. In the absence of a last sale price on such day, options are valued at the average of the quoted bid and ask prices as of the close of business. OTC options are valued based upon prices provided by the respective counterparty.

Securities not listed on the NYSE but listed on other domestic or foreign securities exchanges are valued in a similar manner. Securities traded on more than one securities exchange are valued at the last sale price on the business day as of which such value is being determined. If after the close of a foreign market, but prior to the close of business on the day the securities are being valued, market conditions change significantly, certain non-U.S. equity holdings may be fair valued pursuant to procedures established by the Board of Directors.

Readily marketable securities traded in the OTC market, including listed securities whose primary market is believed by the Advisor to be over-the-counter, are valued at the last sale price on the valuation date as reported by sources deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors to reflect their fair market value. If there has been no sale on such day, the securities are valued at the mean of the closing bid and asked prices for the day, or if no asked price is available, at the bid price. However, certain fixed-income securities may be valued on the basis of prices provided by a pricing service when such prices are believed by the Advisor, pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Directors, to reflect the fair market value of such securities. In addition, certain swap agreements may be valued on the basis of the prices of the underlying reference assets.

Securities for which market prices are unavailable, or securities for which the Advisor determines that bid and/or asked price or a counterparty valuation does not reflect market value, will be valued at fair value, as determined in good faith by the Valuation Committee, pursuant to procedures approved by

the Fund’s Board of Directors. Circumstances in which market prices may be unavailable include, but are not limited to, when trading in a security is suspended, the exchange on which the security is traded is subject to an unscheduled close or disruption or material events occur after the close of the exchange on which the security is principally traded. In these circumstances, the Fund determines fair value in a manner that fairly reflects the market value of the security on the valuation date based on consideration of any information or factors it deems appropriate. These may include, but are not limited to, recent transactions in comparable securities, information relating to the specific security and developments in the markets.

The Fund’s use of fair value pricing may cause the NAV of Fund shares to differ from the NAV that would be calculated using market quotations. Fair value pricing involves subjective judgments and it is possible that the fair value determined for a security may be materially different than the value that could be realized upon the sale of that security.

Short-term debt securities, which have a maturity date of 60 days or less, are valued at amortized cost, which approximates value. Investments in open-end mutual funds are valued at their closing NAV.

Because the Fund may hold securities that are primarily listed on foreign exchanges that trade on weekends or days when the Fund does not price its shares, the value of securities held in the Fund may change on days when you will not be able to purchase or redeem Fund shares.

How to Purchase, Exchange and Sell Fund Shares

Purchase Minimums

	Class F Shares	Class T Shares
Minimum Initial Investment	• No minimum	• No minimum
Minimum Subsequent Investment	• No minimum • $50 for Automatic Investment Plans	• No minimum • $100 for Automatic Investment Plans

The Fund reserves the right to change or waive its investment minimum requirements.

Purchasing the Class of Fund Shares that is Best for You

This Prospectus offers two separate classes of shares to give you flexibility in choosing a fee structure that is most beneficial to you. Each class represents an investment in the same portfolio of securities, but as described below, the classes utilize a combination of the fees listed below and other features to suit your investment needs. Because each investor’s financial considerations are different, you should speak with your financial advisor to help you decide which share class is best for you.

	Class F Shares	Class T Shares

Eligibility	Available through Financial Intermediaries with a selling agreement with the Distributor	Available through Financial Intermediaries with a selling agreement with the Distributor
Minimum Investment¹	Initial investment: • No minimum Subsequent investment:	Initial investment: • No minimum Subsequent investment:

	Class F Shares	Class T Shares

	• No minimum • $50 for Automatic Investment Plans	• No minimum • $100 for Automatic Investment Plans
Initial Sales Charge²	No. Full purchase price is invested in the Fund	Yes. Paid at the time you purchase your investment. Larger purchases may receive a lower sales charge
Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (“CDSC”)³	No	No
Distribution (12b-1)⁴ and Shareholder Service⁵ Fees	Distribution Fee: None Shareholder Service Fee: None	Distribution Fee: 0.25% Shareholder Service Fee: [ ]
Redemption Fee	No	No
Advantages	• No initial sales charge, so all of your assets are initially invested • No distribution or shareholder service fees	• Lower continuing fees benefit long-term investors • You may qualify for a reduced initial sales charge due to the size of your investment
Disadvantages	• Limited Availability	• You pay a sales charge up front and therefore own fewer shares initially • You will pay on-going distribution expenses, which may result in lower total performance than share classes that do not pay these fees

¹	The Fund reserves the right to waive or change its minimum investment requirements.
²	A percentage fee deducted from your initial investment.
³	A percentage fee deducted from your sale proceeds based on the length of time you own your shares.
⁴	An ongoing annual percentage fee used to pay for distribution expenses.
⁵	An ongoing annual percentage fee used to pay for the cost of servicing shareholder accounts.

The Fund may have shareholders investing in classes of Fund shares indirectly through an account, platform or program sponsored by a financial institution. Investment and asset allocation decisions by such financial institutions regarding the account, platform or program through which multiple shareholders invest may result in subscription and redemption decisions that have a significant impact on the assets, expenses and trading activities of the Fund. Such a decision may cause the Fund to sell assets at disadvantageous times or prices, and may negatively affect the Fund’s NAV.

The Fund does not accept investments from investors with non-U.S. addresses and dealer controlled accounts designated as foreign accounts. U.S. Armed Forces and Diplomatic post office addresses abroad are treated as U.S. addresses and can invest in the Fund. Addresses in U.S. territories, such as Guam and Puerto Rico, are also treated as U.S. addresses and can invest in the Fund.

The Fund reserves the right to reject or cancel any purchase order and to withdraw or suspend the offering of shares at any time. In addition, the Fund reserves the right to waive or change its minimum investment requirements. The Fund may also request additional information from you in order to verify your identity. If you do not provide this information or if such information cannot be verified, we reserve the right to close your account to the extent required or permitted by applicable law or regulations, including those relating to the prevention of money laundering.

The following pages will cover additional details of each share class, including the sales charge table for Class T shares.

Information about existing sales charge reductions is available free of charge in a clear and prominent format via hyperlink at www.cohenandsteers.com and in the SAI, which is available on the website or upon request.

class F shares

Types of Shareholders Qualified to Purchase

Class F shares are available for purchase by financial intermediaries permitted, by contract with the Distributor, to offer shares where neither the investor nor the intermediary will receive any commission payments, account servicing fees, record keeping fees, 12b-1 fees, sub-transfer agent fees, so called “finder’s fees,” administration fees or similar fees with respect to Class F shares.

Initial Sales Loads

There is no initial sales load for Class F shares.

CDSC

There is no CDSC for Class F shares.

Class T Shares

Types of Shareholders Qualified to Purchase

Class T shares are available for purchase by financial intermediaries, including retirement plans and individual retirement accounts (IRAs), permitted, by contract with the Distributor, to purchase Class T shares.

Initial Sales Loads

The following initial sales loads apply to Class T shares:

	SALES CHARGE AS A PERCENTAGE OF
INVESTMENT AMOUNT	OFFERING PRICE*	NET AMOUNT INVESTED
Less than $250,000	2.50%	[ ]%
$250,000 but less than $500,000	2.00%	[ ]%
$500,000 but less than $1 million	1.50%	[ ]%
$1 million or more	1.00%	[ ]%

*	“Offering Price” is the amount you actually pay for Fund shares; it includes the initial sales charge.

The initial sales charge does not apply to shares that are purchased with reinvested dividends or other distributions.

Higher Dividends

The net income attributable to, and dividends payable on, the shares of each class is reduced by the amount of annual distribution and other expenses of each class. Class T shares may pay higher dividends than other share classes because Class T shares have lower annual distribution and other expenses.

CDSC

There is no CDSC for Class T shares.

How to Purchase Fund Shares

Form of Payment

We will accept payment for shares in two forms:

1. A check drawn on any bank or domestic savings institution. Checks must be payable in U.S. dollars and will be accepted subject to collection at full face value.

2. A bank wire or Federal Reserve wire of federal funds.

Purchases of Fund Shares

Initial Purchase By Wire

1. Telephone toll free from any continental U.S. state: (800) 437-9912. When you contact the Transfer Agent, you will need the following information:

•	name of the Fund;
•	class of shares;
•	name(s) in which shares are to be registered;
•	address;
•	social security or tax identification number (where applicable);
•	dividend payment election;
•	amount to be wired;
•	name of the wiring bank; and
•	name and telephone number of the person to be contacted in connection with the order.

The Transfer Agent will assign you an account number.

2. Instruct the wiring bank to transmit at least the required minimum amount (see “Purchase Minimums” above) to the following:

State Street Bank and Trust Company
One Lincoln Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02111
ABA # 011000028
Account: DDA # 99055287
Attn: Cohen & Steers Real Assets Fund, Inc.
For further credit to: (Account Name)
Account Number: (provided by the Transfer Agent)

3. Complete the Subscription Agreement and mail the Subscription Agreement to the Transfer Agent:

Boston Financial Data Services
Attn: Cohen & Steers Funds

P.O. Box 8123
Boston, Massachusetts 02266-8123

Additional Purchases By Wire

1. Telephone toll free from any continental U.S. state: (800) 437-9912. When you contact the Transfer Agent, you will need the following information:

•	name of the Fund;
•	class of shares;
•	account number;
•	amount to be wired;
•	name of the wiring bank; and
•	name and telephone number of the person to be contacted in connection with the order.

2. Instruct the wiring bank to transmit at least the required minimum amount (see “Purchase Minimums” above) to the following:

Initial Purchase By Mail

1. Complete the Subscription Agreement.

2. Mail the Subscription Agreement and a check in at least the required minimum amount per class purchased (see “Purchase Minimums” above), payable to the Fund, to the Transfer Agent at the above address.

Additional Purchases By Mail

1. Make a check payable to the Fund in at least the required minimum amount (see “Purchase Minimums” above). Write your Fund account number and the class of shares to be purchased on the check.

2. Mail the check and the detachable stub from your account statement (or a letter providing your account number) to the Transfer Agent at the address set forth above.

Purchases Through Dealers and Intermediaries

You may purchase the Fund’s shares through authorized dealers and other financial intermediaries.

Financial service firms that do not have a sales agreement with the Distributor also may place orders for purchases of the Fund’s shares, but may charge you a transaction fee in addition to any applicable initial sales charge.

Dealers and financial service firms are responsible for promptly transmitting purchase orders to the Distributor. These dealers and financial service firms may also impose charges for handling transactions placed through them that are in addition to the sales charges or any other charges described in this Prospectus. Such charges may include processing or service fees, which are typically fixed dollar amounts. You should contact your dealer or financial service firm for more information about any additional charges that may apply.

Additional Information on Purchase of Fund Shares

Dealer Compensation

Dealers will be paid a commission when you buy shares and may also be compensated through the distribution and service fees paid by the Fund. In addition, dealers may charge fees for administrative and other services that such dealers provide to Fund shareholders. These fees may be paid by the Advisor (or an affiliate) out of its own resources and/or by the Fund pursuant to a networking, sub-transfer agency or other arrangements. See “Additional Information—Networking and Sub-Transfer Agency Fees.”

Automatic Investment Plan and Purchases by ACH

The Fund’s automatic investment plan (the “Plan”) provides a convenient way to invest in the Fund. Under the Plan, you can have money transferred automatically from your checking account to the Fund each month to buy additional shares. If you are interested in this Plan, please refer to the automatic investment plan section of the Subscription Agreement or contact your dealer. The market value of the Fund’s shares may fluctuate, and a systematic investment plan such as this will not assure a profit or protect against a loss. You may discontinue the Plan at any time by notifying the Fund by mail or telephone at the address or number on the back cover of this Prospectus.

You may purchase additional shares of the Fund by automated clearing house (“ACH”). To elect the Auto-Buy option, select it on your Subscription Agreement or call the Transfer Agent and request an optional shareholder services form. ACH is similar to the Plan, except that you may choose the date on which you want to make the purchase. We will need a voided check or deposit slip before you may purchase by ACH. If you are interested in this option, please call (800) 437-9912.

The Plan and purchases by ACH may not be available to customers of certain financial intermediaries. Please contact your dealer or financial service firm for more information.

Exchange Privilege

You may exchange some or all of your Fund shares for shares of other Cohen & Steers open-end funds, provided that you meet applicable investment minimums. The Fund allows you to exchange between share classes that impose a sales charge without paying a sales charge at the time of the exchange. Shares you acquire as part of an exchange will continue to be subject to any CDSC that

applies to the shares you originally purchased. In computing the holding period for the purpose of the CDSC, the length of time you have owned your shares will be measured from the date of original purchase and will not be affected by the permitted exchange.

You may, under certain circumstances, exchange Class I shares or shares of the Cohen & Steers no-load funds for shares that are subject to a sales charge.

You may, under certain circumstances, exchange Fund shares for a different class of shares of the same Fund, and move shares held in certain types of accounts to a different type of account or to a new account maintained by a financial intermediary. You are generally not permitted to exchange into or out of Class F, Class R, Class T and Class Z shares. You may exchange Class R and Class Z shares of one Cohen & Steers open-end fund for Class R and Class Z shares of another Cohen & Steers open-end fund or for Class I shares of the same Fund or of a different Cohen & Steers open-end fund, provided that you otherwise meet the requirements for investing in Class I (including the investment minimum). To qualify for a potential exchange, you must be eligible to purchase the class of shares you wish to exchange into (including satisfying any applicable investment minimum) and, if you invest in the Fund through an intermediary, your intermediary must have an arrangement with the Distributor to offer such class. No sales charges or other charges will apply to any such exchange.

Class A shares held in certain fee-based advisory program ("Advisory Program") accounts may be converted to Class I shares if such Advisory Program had previously offered only Class A shares and now offers only Class I shares. In addition, a shareholder holding Class A or Class C shares through a brokerage account may also convert its Class A or Class C shares to Class I shares if such shareholder transfers its Class A or Class C shares to an account within an Advisory Program that offers only Class I shares. Class A and Class C shares held through a brokerage account may be converted to Class T shares, if Class T shares are available through the shareholder’s brokerage account. Such conversions will be on the basis of the relative net asset values per share, without requiring any investment minimum to be met and without the imposition of any other charge on the conversion. In such situations, any applicable CDSC that would typically be incurred on a conversion may be waived at the discretion of the Distributor. Any sales charge or fees paid by a shareholder on the initial purchase or during the holding period of such shares will not be reimbursed upon conversion. The Fund reserves the right to allow additional conversions at its sole discretion. Contact your financial consultant, financial intermediary or institution for more information.

For federal income tax purposes, a same-fund share class exchange is not expected to result in the realization by the investor of a capital gain or loss; however, shareholders are advised to consult with their own tax advisors with respect to the particular tax consequences to them of an investment in the Fund. In addition, shareholders are advised to consult with their own tax advisors with respect to any tax consequences to them relating to an exchange of Fund shares for shares of a different Cohen & Steers fund. Please speak with your financial intermediary or tax advisor if you have any questions.

An exchange of shares may result in your realizing a taxable gain or loss for income tax purposes. See “Additional Information—Tax Considerations.” The exchange privilege is available to shareholders residing in any state in which the shares being acquired may be legally sold. Before you exercise the exchange privilege, you should read the prospectus of the fund whose shares you are acquiring, and all exchanges are subject to any other limits on sales for or exchanges into that fund. Certain dealers

and other financial intermediaries may limit or prohibit your right to use the exchange privilege and may charge you a fee for exchange transactions placed through them.

We have adopted reasonable procedures that are designed to ensure that any telephonic exchange instructions are genuine. Neither the Fund nor its agents will be liable for any loss or expenses if we act in accordance with these procedures. We may modify or suspend telephone privileges without notice during periods of drastic economic or market changes. We may modify or revoke the exchange privilege for all shareholders upon 60 days’ prior written notice and this privilege may be revoked immediately with respect to any shareholder if the Fund believes the shareholder is engaged in, or has engaged in, market timing or other abusive trading practices. For additional information concerning exchanges, or to make an exchange, please call the Transfer Agent at (800) 437-9912.

How to Sell Fund Shares

You may sell or redeem your shares through authorized dealers, or other financial intermediaries or through the Transfer Agent. If your shares are held by your dealer or intermediary in “street name,” you must redeem your shares through that dealer or intermediary.

Redemptions Through Dealers and Other Intermediaries

If you have an account with an authorized dealer or other intermediary, you may submit a redemption request to such dealer or intermediary. They are responsible for promptly transmitting redemption requests to the Distributor. Dealers and intermediaries may impose charges for handling redemption transactions placed through them that are in addition to the sales charges or any other charges described in this Prospectus. Such charges may include processing or service fees, which are typically fixed dollar amounts. You should contact your dealer or intermediary for more information about any additional charges that may apply.

Redemption By Telephone

To redeem shares by telephone, call the Transfer Agent at (800) 437-9912. In order to be honored at that day’s price, we must receive any telephone redemption requests by the close of regular trading on the NYSE that day, generally 4:00 p.m., eastern time. Orders received after the close of regular trading on the NYSE will receive the NAV next determined.

If you would like to change your telephone redemption instructions, you must send the Transfer Agent written notification signed by all of the account’s registered owners, accompanied by signature guarantee(s), as described below.

We may modify or suspend telephone redemption privileges without notice during periods of drastic economic or market changes. We have adopted reasonable procedures that are designed to ensure that any telephonic redemption instructions are genuine. Neither the Fund nor its agents will be liable for any loss or expenses if we act in accordance with these procedures. We may modify or terminate the telephone redemption privilege at any time on 30 days’ notice to shareholders.

Redemption By Mail

You can redeem Fund shares by sending a written request for redemption to the Transfer Agent:

Boston Financial Data Services

P.O. Box 8123
Boston, Massachusetts 02266-8123
Attn: Cohen & Steers Real Assets Fund, Inc.

A written redemption request must:

•	state the number of shares or dollar amount to be redeemed;
•	identify your account number and tax identification number; and
•	be signed by each registered owner exactly as the shares are registered.

If the shares to be redeemed were issued in certificate form, the certificate must be endorsed for transfer (or be accompanied by a duly executed stock power) and must be submitted to the Transfer Agent together with a redemption request.

For redemptions made by corporations, executors, administrators or guardians, the Transfer Agent may require additional supporting documents evidencing the authority of the person making the redemption (including evidence of appointment or incumbency). For additional information regarding the specific documentation required, contact the Transfer Agent at (800) 437-9912.

The Transfer Agent will not consider your redemption request to be properly made until it receives all required documentation in proper form.

Other Redemption Information

Payment of Redemption Proceeds

The Fund will send you redemption proceeds by check. However, if you made an election on the Subscription Agreement to receive redemption proceeds by wire, the Fund will send the proceeds by wire to your designated bank account. When proceeds of a redemption are to be paid to someone other than the shareholder, either by wire or check, you must send a letter of instruction and the signature(s) on the letter of instruction must be guaranteed, as described below, regardless of the amount of the redemption. The Transfer Agent will normally mail checks for redemption proceeds within five business days. Redemptions by wire will normally be sent within two business days. The Fund will delay the payment of redemption proceeds, however, if your check used to pay for the shares to be redeemed has not cleared, which may take up to 15 days or more. The Fund may suspend the right of redemption or postpone the date of payment if trading is halted or restricted on the NYSE or under other emergency conditions as permitted by the 1940 Act.

The Fund will pay redemption proceeds in cash, by check or wire, unless the Board of Directors believes that economic conditions exist which make redeeming in cash detrimental to the best interests of the Fund. In the event that this were to occur, all or a portion of your redemption proceeds would consist of readily marketable portfolio securities of the Fund transferred into your name. These securities are subject to market risk until they are sold. You would then incur brokerage costs, and could incur a taxable gain or loss for income tax purposes, in converting the securities to cash. The Fund has elected, however, to be governed by Rule 18f-1 under the 1940 Act, as a result of which the Fund is obligated to redeem shares, with respect to any one shareholder during any 90-day period, solely in cash up to the lesser of $250,000 or 1% of the Fund’s NAV at the beginning of the period.

Cost Basis Reporting

Upon the redemption or exchange of your shares in the Fund, the Fund or, if you purchase your shares through a financial intermediary, your financial intermediary will be required to provide you and the IRS with cost basis and certain other related tax information about the Fund shares you redeemed or exchanged. This cost basis reporting requirement is effective for shares purchased, including through dividend reinvestment, on or after January 1, 2012. Please see the Subscription Agreement or consult your financial intermediary, as appropriate, for more information regarding available methods for cost basis reporting and how to select or change a particular method. Please consult your tax advisor to determine which available cost basis method is best for you.

Signature Guarantee

You may need to have your signature guaranteed (STAMP 2000 Medallion) in certain situations, such as:

•	sending written requests to wire redemption proceeds (if not previously authorized on the Subscription Agreement);
•	sending redemption proceeds to any person, address or bank account not on record; and
•	transferring redemption proceeds to a Cohen & Steers fund account with a different registration (name/ownership) from yours.

You can obtain a signature guarantee from most banks, savings institutions, broker-dealers and other guarantors acceptable to the Fund. The Fund cannot accept guarantees from notaries public or organizations that do not provide reimbursement in the case of fraud. A Signature Validation Program stamp may be accepted for certain non-financial shareholder account changes.

Systematic Withdrawal Plan

Shareholders may redeem their shares through a Systematic Withdrawal Plan (“SWP”). Under the SWP, shareholders or their financial intermediaries may request that a payment drawn in a predetermined amount be sent to them on a monthly, quarterly or annual basis. If you elect this method of redemption, the Fund will send a check directly to your address of record or will send the payment directly to your bank account via electronic funds transfer through the ACH network. For payment through the ACH network, your bank must be an ACH member and your bank account information must be previously established on your account. For additional information on the SWP, please contact the Transfer Agent at (800) 437-9912. The SWP may be terminated at any time by the Fund.

Redemption of Small Accounts

If your Fund account value falls below $250 as the result of any voluntary redemption, we may redeem your remaining shares. We will, however, give you 30 days’ notice of our intention to do so. During this 30-day notice period, you may make additional investments to increase your account value above the minimum purchase amount and avoid having the Fund automatically liquidate your account.

Frequent Purchases and Redemptions of Fund Shares

The Fund is designed for long-term investors. Excessive trading, short-term market timing or other abusive trading practices may disrupt portfolio management strategies and harm portfolio

performance. For example, in order to handle large flows of cash into and out of the Fund, a portfolio manager may need to allocate more assets to cash or other short-term investments or sell securities. Transaction costs, such as brokerage commissions and market spreads, can detract from the Fund’s performance. Additionally, excessive trading is a concern for the Fund because the Fund’s portfolio will have foreign securities and therefore could be subject to time-zone arbitrage.

Because of potential harm to the Fund and its long-term investors, the Board of Directors of the Fund has adopted policies and procedures to discourage and prevent excessive trading and short-term market timing. As part of these policies and procedures, the Advisor monitors purchase, exchange and redemption activity in Fund shares. The intent is not to inhibit legitimate strategies such as asset allocation, dollar cost averaging or similar activities that may nonetheless result in frequent trading of the Fund’s shares. Under these procedures, the Fund generally prohibits more than two purchases and sales or exchanges of its shares within a 60 day calendar year period.

The following transactions are excluded when determining whether trading activity is excessive: (i) transfers associated with systematic purchases or redemptions; (ii) transactions through firm- sponsored, discretionary asset allocation or wrap programs; and (iii) transactions subject to the trading policy of an intermediary that the Fund deems materially similar to the Fund’s policy.

If, based on these procedures, the Advisor determines that a shareholder is engaged in, or has engaged in, market timing or excessive trading, we may place a temporary or permanent block on all further purchases or exchanges of Fund shares.

Multiple accounts under common ownership or control may be considered one account for the purpose of determining a pattern of excessive trading, short-term market timing or other abusive trading practices.

The Fund will also utilize fair value pricing in an effort to reduce arbitrage opportunities available to short-term traders.

Due to the complexity involved in identifying excessive trading and market timing activity, there can be no guarantee that the Fund will be able to identify and restrict such activity in all cases. Additionally, it is more difficult for the Fund to monitor the trading activity of beneficial owners of Fund shares who hold those shares through third-party 401(k) and other group retirement plans and other omnibus arrangements maintained by broker/dealers and other intermediaries. Omnibus account arrangements permit multiple investors to aggregate their respective share ownership positions and purchase, redeem and exchange Fund shares in a single account.

In certain circumstances the Fund may accept frequent trading restrictions of intermediaries that differ from the Fund’s policies. Since such intermediaries execute or administer transactions with many fund families, it may be impractical for them to enforce a particular fund’s frequent trading or exchange policy. These alternate trading restrictions would be authorized only if the Fund believes that the alternate restrictions would provide reasonable protection to the Fund and its shareholders.

Additional Information

Distribution Plan (Class T Shares Only)

The Fund has adopted a distribution plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act (a “Distribution Plan”), which allows the Fund to pay distribution fees for the sale and distribution of its Class T

shares. Under the Distribution Plan, the Fund may pay the Distributor a monthly distribution fee at an annual rate of up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets attributable to the Fund’s Class T shares. Because these fees are paid out of the Fund’s assets on an ongoing basis, over time these fees will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more than paying other types of sales charges.

The Distributor uses the amounts received under the Distribution Plan for payments to qualifying dealers for their assistance in the distribution of the Fund’s shares and for other expenses such as advertising costs and the payment for the printing and distribution of Prospectuses to prospective investors.

Although the Distributor may retain a portion of the distribution fee, payments received under the Distribution Plan will not be used to pay any interest expenses, carrying charges or other financing costs or allocation of overhead of the Distributor. The Distributor and/or the Advisor bears distribution expenses to the extent they are not covered by payments under the Distribution Plan. Any distribution expenses incurred by the Distributor in the current fiscal year of the Fund, which are not reimbursed from payments under the Distribution Plan accrued in the current fiscal year, will not be carried over for payment under the Distribution Plan in any subsequent year.

Shareholder Services Plan (CLASS T SHARES ONLY)

The Fund has also adopted a shareholder services plan, pursuant to which the Fund pays the Distributor a service fee at an annual rate of up to [ ]% of the average daily net assets attributable to the Fund’s Class T shares. Under this plan, the Fund or the Distributor may enter into agreements with qualified financial institutions to provide these shareholder services, and the Distributor is responsible for payment to the financial institutions. Services provided may include customer service and account maintenance, and may vary based on the services offered by your financial institution and the class of shares in which you invest. You should contact your financial institution about services offered and which share class is best for you.

Networking and Sub-Transfer Agency Fees

The Fund and/or the Distributor may also enter into agreements with financial intermediaries pursuant to which the Fund will pay financial intermediaries for services such as networking or sub-transfer agency. Payments made pursuant to such agreements are generally based on either (1) a percentage of the average daily net assets of Fund shareholders serviced by such financial intermediaries, or (2) per account fee based on the number of Fund shareholders serviced by such financial intermediaries. Currently, any payments made pursuant to such an agreement are paid under the shareholder services plan described above. From time to time, the Advisor may pay a portion of the fees for networking or sub-transfer agency services at its own expense and out of its own profits.

Other Compensation

The Advisor and the Distributor may make payments from their own resources to dealers and other financial intermediaries for distribution, administrative or other services. These payments may be significant to the dealers and the financial intermediaries, and may create an incentive for a dealer or

financial intermediary or their representatives to recommend or sell shares of a particular fund or share class over other mutual funds or share classes. Additionally, these payments may result in the Fund receiving certain marketing or servicing advantages that are not generally available to mutual funds that do not make such payments, including placement on a sales list, including a preferred or select sales list, or in other sales programs. These payments, which are in addition to any amounts you may pay your dealer or other financial intermediary, may create potential conflicts of interest between an investor and a dealer or other financial intermediary who is recommending a particular mutual fund over other mutual funds. Please contact your dealer or intermediary for details about payments it may receive. For further details, please consult the SAI.

Dividends and Distributions

The Fund intends to declare and pay dividends from its investment income semi-annually. The Fund intends to distribute net realized capital gains, if any, at least once each year, normally in December. The Transfer Agent will automatically reinvest your dividends and distributions in additional shares of the Fund unless you elected to have them paid to you in cash. If you elect to have dividends and distributions paid in cash and a dividend or distribution check mailed to you is returned as undeliverable or is not presented for payment within six months, the Transfer Agent will reinvest the dividend or distribution in additional shares of the Fund promptly and the check will be canceled. In addition, future dividends and distributions will be automatically reinvested in additional shares of the Fund unless you contact the Fund or Transfer Agent and request to receive distributions by check.

Tax Considerations

The following tax discussion offers only a brief outline of the U.S. federal income tax consequences of investing in the Fund and is based on the federal tax laws in effect on the date hereof. Such tax laws are subject to change by legislative, judicial or administrative action, possibly with retroactive effect. Further, this discussion does not address tax consequences to specific types of shareholders such as tax-advantaged retirement plans or foreign shareholders (defined below). In the SAI, we have provided more detailed information regarding the tax consequences of investing in the Fund. Investors should consult their own tax advisers for more detailed information and for information regarding the impact of state, local and foreign taxes on an investment in the Fund.

Dividends paid to you out of the Fund’s investment income will generally be taxable to you as ordinary income to the extent of the Fund’s current and accumulated earnings and profits. Taxes on distributions of capital gains are determined by how long the Fund owned or is considered to have owned the investments that generated them, rather than how long you have owned your shares. Distributions from the sale of investments that the Fund owned for more than one year and that are properly reported by the Fund as capital gain dividends are taxable to you as long-term capital gains includible in net capital gain and taxed to individuals at reduced rates. Distributions from the sale of investments that the Fund owned for one year or less are taxable to you as ordinary income.

If a portion of the Fund’s income consists of dividends paid by U.S. corporations, a portion of the dividends paid by the Fund may be eligible for the corporate dividends-received deduction for corporate shareholders. In addition, distributions reported by the Fund as derived from “qualified dividend income” (“QDI”) will be taxed in the hands of individuals at the reduced rates applicable to

net capital gain, provided certain holding period and other requirements are met by both the shareholder and the Fund. Dividend income that the Fund receives from REITs will generally not be treated as QDI and will not qualify for the dividends-received deduction. The Fund cannot predict at this time what portion, if any, of its dividends will qualify for the corporate dividends-received deduction or be eligible for the reduced rates of taxation applicable to QDI.

A 3.8% Medicare contribution tax is imposed on the net investment income of certain individuals, trusts and estates to the extent their income exceeds certain threshold amounts. Net investment income generally includes for this purpose dividends paid by the Fund, including any capital gain dividends, and net gains recognized on the sale, exchange or other taxable disposition of shares of the Fund. Shareholders are advised to consult their tax advisors regarding the possible implications of this additional tax on their investment in the Fund.

A distribution of an amount in excess of the Fund’s current and accumulated earnings and profits is treated as a non-taxable return of capital that reduces your tax basis in your Fund shares; any such distribution in excess of your tax basis is treated as gain from a sale of your shares. The tax treatment of your dividends and distributions will be the same regardless of whether they were paid to you in cash or reinvested in additional Fund shares. If you buy shares of the Fund when the Fund has realized but not yet distributed income or capital gains, you will be “buying a dividend” by paying the full price for the shares and then receiving a portion back in the form of a taxable distribution.

A distribution will be treated as paid to you on December 31 of the current calendar year if it is declared by the Fund in October, November or December with a record date in such a month and paid during January of the following year.

Each year, we will notify you of the tax status of dividends and other distributions.

The Fund has elected to be treated as, and intends to qualify each year to be treated as, a RIC under U.S. federal income tax law. In order to qualify and be treated as a RIC, the Fund must derive at least 90% of its gross income for each taxable year from “qualifying income” as defined in the Code and meet requirements with respect to diversification of assets and distribution of income and gains. If the Fund does so, the Fund generally will not be required to pay federal income taxes on any income it distributes to shareholders. If the Fund were to fail to meet any one of these requirements, the Fund could in some cases cure such failure, including by paying a Fund-level tax, paying interest, making additional distributions, or disposing of certain assets. If the Fund were ineligible to or otherwise did not cure such failure for any year, the Fund would be subject to tax on its taxable income and net capital gains at corporate rates, and all distributions from earnings and profits, including any distributions of net tax-exempt income and net long-term capital gains, would be taxable to shareholders as ordinary income.

The Fund intends to gain exposure to commodities and precious metals, in whole or in part, through investments in the Subsidiary. In the past, the IRS issued private letter rulings to RICs to the effect that income a fund was deemed to earn from its wholly-owned subsidiary was qualifying income to the fund for purposes of the 90% gross income requirement for RIC qualification without regard to whether such income was currently paid to the parent RIC in the form of a cash dividend (“repatriated”). In 2011, the IRS suspended the issuance of such rulings. It is unclear whether or when the IRS will release published guidance on the issue, and whether such guidance would be favorable to

RICs and, for example, eliminate the need for funds to seek their own rulings, or be unfavorable. In the absence of a private letter ruling to the effect described above or guidance issued by the IRS to the same or similar effect, the Fund employs other means of seeking to satisfy this requirement, including but not limited to receiving one or more distributions from the Subsidiary equal to the Subsidiary’s Subpart F income (as defined below) in a timely fashion.

The Subsidiary is wholly-owned by the Fund. A U.S. person who owns (directly, indirectly or constructively) 10 percent or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of a foreign corporation is a “U.S. Shareholder” for purposes of the controlled foreign corporation (“CFC”) provisions of the Code. A foreign corporation is a CFC if, on any day of its taxable year, more than 50 percent of the voting power or value of its stock is owned (directly, indirectly or constructively) by “U.S. Shareholders.” Because the Fund is a U.S. person that owns all of the stock of the Subsidiary, the Fund is a “U.S. Shareholder” and the Subsidiary is a CFC. As a “U.S. Shareholder,” the Fund is required to include in gross income for United States federal income tax purposes all of the Subsidiary’s “subpart F income” (defined, in part, below), whether or not such income is distributed by the Subsidiary. It is expected that all of the Subsidiary’s income will be “subpart F income.” “Subpart F income” generally includes interest, original issue discount, dividends, net gains from the disposition of stocks or securities, receipts with respect to securities loans and net payments received with respect to equity swaps and similar derivatives. “Subpart F income” also includes the excess of gains over losses from transactions (including futures, forward and similar transactions) in commodities. The Fund’s recognition of the Subsidiary’s “subpart F income” will increase the Fund’s tax basis in the Subsidiary. Distributions by the Subsidiary to the Fund will be tax-free, to the extent of its previously undistributed “subpart F income,” and will correspondingly reduce the Fund’s tax basis in the Subsidiary. “Subpart F income” is generally treated as ordinary income, regardless of the character of the Subsidiary’s underlying income. If a net loss is realized by the Subsidiary, such loss is generally not available to offset the income earned by the Fund.

Certain of the Fund’s investments, including investments in certain debt instruments, derivatives, the Subsidiary, ETNs and foreign securities or foreign currencies, could affect the amount, timing and character of distributions you receive and could cause the Fund to recognize taxable income in excess of the cash generated by such investments (which may require the Fund to liquidate other investments, including when it is not advantageous to do so, in order to make required distributions). Further, the application of the requirements for treatment as a RIC under the Code can be unclear with respect to certain of these investments. As a result, there can be no assurance that the Fund will be able to maintain its status as a RIC.

Certain income and proceeds received from sources outside the United States may be subject to withholding or other taxes imposed by other countries. In the event that more than 50% of the value of the total assets of the Fund at the close of the taxable year consists of stock or securities of foreign corporations, the Fund may make an election to pass through to its shareholders the amount of foreign income taxes paid by it. If the Fund makes this election, you will be required to include your share of those taxes in gross income as a distribution from the Fund and you generally will be allowed to claim a credit (or if you itemize deductions and so choose, a deduction) for such amounts on your U.S. federal income tax return, subject to certain limitations.

If you sell or redeem your Fund shares, or exchange them for shares of another Cohen & Steers open- end fund, you may realize a capital gain or loss (provided the shares are held as a capital asset) which will be long-term or short-term, depending generally on your holding period for the shares.

We may be required to withhold U.S. federal income tax on all taxable distributions and redemption proceeds payable if you:

•	fail to provide us with your correct taxpayer identification number;
•	fail to make required certifications; or
•	have been notified by the IRS that you are subject to backup withholding.

Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Any amounts withheld may be credited against your U.S. federal income tax liability.

Fund distributions also may be subject to state and local taxes. You should consult with your own tax advisor regarding the particular consequences of investing in the Fund.

Non-resident alien individuals, foreign trusts or estates, foreign corporations or foreign partnerships (foreign shareholders) are advised to consult their own tax advisors with respect to the particular tax consequences to them of an investment in the Fund.

Please see the SAI for more detailed tax information.

Cohen & Steers Real Assets Fund

To Obtain Additional Information about the Fund

If you would like additional information about Cohen & Steers Real Assets Fund, the following documents are available to you without any charge either upon request or at www.cohenandsteers.com:

•	Annual/Semi-Annual Reports—Additional information about the Fund’s investments is available in the Fund’s annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders. In these reports, you will find a discussion of the market conditions and investment strategies that significantly affected the Fund’s performance during its most recent fiscal period.
•	Statement of Additional Information—Additional information about the Fund’s investments, structure and operations can be found in the SAI. The information presented in the SAI is incorporated by reference into this Prospectus and is legally considered to be part of the Prospectus.

To request a free copy of any of the materials described above as well as other information, or to make any other inquiries, please contact us:

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This information may also be available from your broker or financial intermediary. In addition, information about the Fund (including the Fund’s SAI) may be obtained from the SEC:

•	By going to the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. where you can review and copy the information. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling the SEC at (202) 551-8090.
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•	By electronic request at the following e-mail address: publicinfo@sec.gov, or by writing to the Public Reference Section of the SEC, Washington, D.C. 20549-1520. Upon payment of a duplicating fee, copies of the information will be sent to you.

280 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10017

SEC File No. 811-22621

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The information in this Statement of Additional Information is not complete and may be changed. These securities may not be sold until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. The Prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

This Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”) is not a prospectus, but supplements and should be read in conjunction with the current Prospectus of each fund listed below (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”), as such Prospectuses may be supplemented from time to time:

This SAI is incorporated by reference in its entirety into each Prospectus. Copies of the SAI, the Prospectuses and each Fund’s Annual and Semi-Annual Reports may be obtained free of charge by writing to the address or calling the phone number shown above or by visiting cohenandsteers.com.

Each Fund is a diversified or non-diversified open-end management investment company, as indicated below, and is organized as a Maryland corporation on the following respective dates:

Much of the information contained in this SAI expands on subjects discussed in each Fund’s Prospectus. No investment in the shares of a Fund should be made without first reading the Prospectus.

The following chart, which supplements the information in each Fund’s Prospectus, indicates some of the specific investments and investment techniques applicable to each Fund. Additional policies and restrictions (including total or net asset limitations) are described in the Prospectus and below in this SAI. See the applicable Fund’s Prospectus and Additional Information Regarding Fund Investments in this SAI for more information, including important risk disclosure, about the investments and investment techniques applicable to your Fund.

The following descriptions supplement the information set forth in the Prospectuses and in the table above relating to each Fund’s investments and risks. Except as otherwise provided in the Prospectuses or as discussed below, each Fund’s investment objective, strategies and investment policies are not fundamental and may be changed by the Board of Directors of the Fund without the approval of the shareholders; however, the Fund will not change its investment objective or policies without written notice to shareholders. In addition, shareholders will be provided with at least 60 days prior written notice of any change to a Fund’s “80%” investment policy as described in that Fund’s Prospectus (e.g., Real Estate Securities Fund’s policy of investing at least 80% of its total assets in income-producing common stocks and other equity securities issued by real estate companies, such as real estate investment trusts).

For Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund, Active Commodities Strategy Fund, Dividend Value Fund, Global Realty Shares, MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund, Preferred Securities and Income Fund, Real Assets Fund and Real Estate Securities Fund: The Fund may invest in securities that are rated below investment grade. Securities rated below investment grade are regarded as having predominately speculative characteristics with respect to the issuer’s capacity to pay interest and repay principal, and these bonds are commonly referred to as “high yield” or “junk” securities. These securities are subject to a greater risk of default. The prices of these lower-grade securities are more sensitive to negative developments, such as a decline in the issuer’s revenues or a general economic downturn, than are the prices of higher-grade securities. Lower-grade securities tend to be less liquid than investment grade securities. The market values of lower-grade securities tend to be more volatile than investment grade securities. A security will be considered to be below investment grade if it is rated as such by one nationally recognized statistical rating organization (“NRSRO”) (for example, below Baa3 or BBB- by Moody’s Investors Services, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (“S&P”)) or, if unrated, are judged to be below investment grade by Cohen & Steers Capital Management, Inc. (the “Advisor”). Although a company’s senior debt rating may be, for example, BBB-, an underlying security issued by such company in which the Fund invests may have a lower rating. See Appendix B for a description of certain ratings.

Lower-rated securities, or equivalent unrated securities, may be considered speculative with respect to the issuer’s continuing ability to make principal and interest payments. Analysis of the creditworthiness of issuers of lower-rated securities may be more complex than for issuers of higher-quality debt securities, and a Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective may, to the

extent the Fund is invested in lower-rated securities, be more dependent upon such creditworthiness analysis than would be the case if the Fund were investing in higher quality securities. An issuer of these securities has a currently identifiable vulnerability to default and the issuer may be in default or there may be present elements of danger with respect to principal or interest.

The secondary markets in which lower-rated securities are traded may be less liquid than the market for higher grade securities. Less liquidity in the secondary trading markets could adversely affect the price at which the Fund could sell a particular lower-rated security when necessary to meet liquidity needs or in response to a specific economic event, such as a deterioration in the creditworthiness of the issuer, and could adversely affect and cause large fluctuations in the net asset value (“NAV”) of the Fund’s shares. Adverse publicity and investor perceptions may decrease the values and liquidity of high yield securities.

It is reasonable to expect that any adverse economic conditions could disrupt the market for lower-rated securities, have an adverse impact on the value of those securities and adversely affect the ability of the issuers of those securities to repay principal or interest on those securities. New laws and proposed new laws may adversely impact the market for lower-rated securities.

For Global Realty Shares: The Fund may not borrow money, except that it may borrow from banks to increase its holdings of portfolio securities in an amount not to exceed 30% of the value of its total assets and may borrow for temporary or emergency purposes from banks and entities other than banks in an amount not to exceed 5% of the value of its total assets; provided that aggregate borrowing at any time may not exceed 30% of the Fund’s total assets.

For Active Commodities Strategy Fund and Real Assets Fund: the Fund may borrow money to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act, which provides that the Fund may borrow from a bank provided that immediately after any such borrowing, total assets (including the amount borrowed) less liabilities other than debt obligations represent at least 300% of outstanding debt obligations.

For Global Infrastructure Fund, MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund and Real Assets Fund: The Fund may invest in Canadian royalty trusts. A Canadian royalty trust is a trust whose securities are listed on a Canadian stock exchange and which controls an underlying company whose business is the acquisition, exploitation, production and sale of oil and natural gas. These trusts generally pay out to unitholders the majority of the cash flow that they receive from the production and sale of underlying oil and natural gas reserves. The amount of distributions paid on a Canadian royalty trust’s units will vary from time to time based on production levels, commodity prices, royalty rates and certain expenses, deductions and costs, as well as on the distribution payout ratio policy adopted. As a result of distributing the bulk of their cash flow to unitholders, the ability of a Canadian royalty trust to finance internal growth through exploration is limited. Therefore, Canadian royalty trusts typically grow through acquisition of additional oil and gas properties or producing companies with proven reserves of oil and gas, funded through the issuance of additional equity or, where the trust is able, additional debt.

For Active Commodities Strategy Fund and Real Assets Fund: The Active Commodities Strategy Fund and the Real Assets Fund may invest up to 25% of their total assets in Cohen & Steers Active Commodities Strategy, Ltd. and Cohen & Steers Real Assets Fund Ltd., respectively, their wholly-owned subsidiaries organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Subsidiaries”). The Subsidiaries may invest in commodity-linked derivative instruments, as described under “Commodities” and “Derivatives Transactions” below, and investments related to gold and precious metals as described under “Gold and Precious Metals” below.

Since the Funds may invest a substantial portion of their assets in the Subsidiaries, which may hold certain of the investments described in the Funds’ Prospectuses and this SAI, the Funds may be considered to be investing indirectly in those investments through their Subsidiaries. Therefore, references in the Funds’ Prospectuses and in this SAI to investments by the Funds also may be deemed to include the Funds’ indirect investments through the Subsidiaries.

The Subsidiaries are not registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), and are not directly subject to its investor protections, except as noted in the Funds’ Prospectuses or this SAI. However, the Subsidiaries are wholly-owned and controlled by the Funds and managed by the Advisor. The Funds’ Board has oversight responsibility for the investment activities of the Funds, including their expected investment in the Subsidiaries, and the Funds’ role as the sole shareholder of the Subsidiaries. Also, in managing the Subsidiaries’ portfolios, the Advisor is subject to the same investment policies and restrictions that apply to the management of the Funds, and, in particular, to the requirements relating to portfolio leverage, liquidity, brokerage, and the timing and method of the valuation of the Subsidiaries’ portfolio investments and shares of the Subsidiaries.

Changes in the laws of the United States (where the Funds are organized) and/or the Cayman Islands (where the Subsidiaries are incorporated), could prevent the Funds and/or the Subsidiaries from operating as described in the Funds’ Prospectuses and this SAI and could negatively affect the Funds and their shareholders. For example, the Cayman Islands currently does not impose certain taxes on the Subsidiaries, including income and capital gains tax, among others. If Cayman Islands laws were changed to require the Subsidiaries to pay Cayman Islands taxes, the investment returns of the Funds would likely decrease.

For each Fund (other than Active Commodities Strategy Fund): Each Fund’s cash reserves, in each case held to provide sufficient flexibility to take advantage of new opportunities for investments and for other cash needs, will be invested in money market instruments and generally will not exceed 15% of a Fund’s total assets. If the Advisor has difficulty finding an adequate number of undervalued equity securities, all or any portion of a Fund’s assets may also be invested temporarily in money market instruments. Cash reserves in excess of 20% of a Fund’s total assets will be maintained for defensive purposes only. These limitations on cash reserves do not apply to cash set aside to satisfy any applicable margin or collateral requirements for a Fund’s derivative positions.

Money market instruments in which a Fund may invest its cash reserves may consist of obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities and such obligations which are subject to repurchase agreements (see “Debt Securities—U.S. Government Obligations” below regarding U.S. Government obligations and “Repurchase Agreements” below regarding repurchase agreements); commercial paper rated by any NRSRO, such as Moody’s Investors Moody’s

or S&P; certificates of deposit; bankers’ acceptances issued by domestic banks having total assets in excess of one billion dollars, and money market mutual funds (see “Other Investment Companies”). A certificate of deposit is a negotiable interest-bearing instrument with a specific maturity. Certificates of deposit are issued by banks and savings and loan institutions in exchange for the deposit of funds, and normally can be traded in the secondary market prior to maturity. A bankers’ acceptance is a bill of exchange or time draft drawn on and accepted by a commercial bank.

For Active Commodities Strategy Fund, Real Assets Fund and MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund: The Active Commodities Strategy Fund and the Real Assets Fund gain exposure to commodities, either directly or through the Subsidiaries, through commodity-linked derivative instruments such as commodity futures and forward contracts, commodity swaps agreements, options on commodity futures and structured notes linked to the value of commodities. Additional information on the Subsidiaries is set forth under “Cayman Subsidiary” above. Additional information regarding specific commodity-linked derivatives is set forth under “Derivatives Transactions” below. The MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund gains exposure to commodities through its investment in master limited partnerships (“MLPs”) and related companies that operate in the energy sector. The Funds, either directly or through the Subsidiaries for Active Commodities Strategy Fund and Real Assets Fund, may also gain exposure to commodities through investment in certain investment companies, including exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), and other pooled investment vehicles that invest primarily in commodities or commodity-related instruments, and in exchange-traded notes (“ETNs”) linked to the value of commodities. Active Commodities Strategy Fund and Real Assets Fund treat physically settled commodities contracts as cash-settled positions.

The prices of commodity-linked derivatives may move in different directions than investments in traditional equity and debt securities. For example, during periods of rising inflation, historically debt securities have tended to decline in value due to the general increase in prevailing interest rates. Conversely, during those same periods of rising inflation, historically the prices of certain commodities, such as oil and metals, have tended to increase. Of course, there cannot be any guarantee that these investments will perform in that manner in the future, and at certain times the price movements of commodity-linked investments have been parallel to debt and equity securities.

Historically, the correlation between the quarterly investment returns of commodities and the quarterly investment returns of traditional financial assets such as stocks and bonds generally was negative. This inverse relationship occurred generally because commodities have historically tended to increase and decrease in value during different parts of the business cycle than financial assets. Nevertheless, at various times, commodities prices may move in tandem with the prices of financial assets and thus may not provide overall portfolio diversification benefits.

The reverse may be true during “bull markets,” when the value of traditional securities such as stocks and bonds is increasing. The Funds’ commodity-related investments may be expected not to perform as well as an investment in traditional securities. Over the long term, the returns on the Funds’ commodity-related investments are expected to exhibit low or negative correlation with stocks and bonds.

For Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund, Active Commodities Strategy Fund, Dividend Value Fund, MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund, Preferred Securities and Income Fund and Real Assets Fund: Securities in which the Fund invests also may include securities of financial services companies. Companies in the financial services sector include commercial banks, industrial banks, insurance companies, savings institutions, finance companies, diversified financial services companies, investment banking firms, securities brokerage houses, investment advisory companies, leasing companies and companies providing similar services. The Funds may also have exposure to financial companies to the extent they are counterparties to the Funds’ derivative investments.

Events that affect the financial services industries will have a greater effect on these Funds than they would on a fund that is more widely diversified among a number of unrelated industries. For example, financial services companies can be significantly affected by availability and cost of capital and changes in interest rates, insurance claims activity and general economic conditions. Financial services companies are subject to extensive government regulations, which can limit the types and amounts of loans and other commitments they make and the interest rates and fees they charge and can have a significant impact on profitability. Losses resulting from financial difficulties of borrowers and declines in the value of assets can negatively impact the financial services industries.

The financial services industries are also subject to relatively rapid changes as a result of industry consolidation trends which may result in distinctions between different financial service segments (for example, banking, insurance and brokerage businesses) becoming less clear. In the recent past, the financial services industries have experienced considerable financial distress, which has led to the implementation of government programs designed to ease that distress.

For each Fund: Each Fund may invest in convertible securities. Convertible securities are preferred stocks or debt obligations that are convertible into common stock. They generally offer lower interest or dividend yields than non-convertible securities of similar quality. Convertible securities have both equity and fixed-income risk characteristics. Like all fixed-income securities, the value of convertible securities is susceptible to the risk of market losses attributable to changes in interest rates. Generally, the market value of convertible securities tends to decline as interest rates increase and, conversely, to increase as interest rates decline. However, when the market price of the common stock underlying a convertible security approaches or exceeds the conversion price of the convertible security, the convertible security tends to reflect the market price of the underlying common stock. As the market price of the underlying common stock declines, the convertible security, like a fixed-income security, tends to trade increasingly on a yield basis, and thus, may not decline in price to the same extent as the underlying common stock. The markets for convertible securities may be less liquid than markets for common stocks or bonds.

For each Fund: With the increased use of technologies such as the Internet and the dependence on computer systems to perform necessary business functions, each Fund is susceptible to operational and information security risks. In general, cyber incidents can result from deliberate attacks or

unintentional events. Cyber attacks include, but are not limited to, gaining unauthorized access to digital systems for purposes of misappropriating assets or sensitive information, corrupting data, or causing operational disruption. Cyber attacks may also be carried out in a manner that does not require gaining unauthorized access, such as causing denial-of-service attacks on websites. Cyber security failures or breaches of a Fund’s third party service provider (including, but not limited to, index providers, the administrator and transfer agent) or the issuers of securities in which the Funds invest, have the ability to cause disruptions and impact business operations, potentially resulting in financial losses, the inability of Fund shareholders to transact business, violations of applicable privacy and other laws, regulatory fines, penalties, reputational damage, reimbursement or other compensation costs, and/or additional compliance costs. In addition, substantial costs may be incurred in order to prevent any cyber incidents in the future. The Funds and their shareholders could be negatively impacted as a result. While the Funds have established business continuity plans and systems designed to prevent such cyber attacks, there are inherent limitations in such plans and systems including the possibility that certain risks have not been identified. Furthermore, the Funds cannot control the cyber security plans and systems put in place by issuers in which the Funds invest.

For Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund, Active Commodities Strategy Fund, Dividend Value Fund, Global Infrastructure Fund, Preferred Securities and Income Fund, MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund, Real Assets Fund and Real Estate Securities Fund: Each Fund may invest in debt securities (also referred to as “fixed-income” securities) to the extent described in its Prospectus.

Debt securities may pay fixed or variable rates of interest. Bonds and other debt securities generally are issued by corporations and other issuers to borrow money from investors. The value of debt securities may fluctuate based on changes in interest rates and the issuer’s financial condition. When interest rates rise or the issuer’s financial condition worsens or is perceived by the market to be at greater risk, the value of debt securities tends to decline.

Corporate Debt Obligations. The Funds may invest in investment grade or below investment grade U.S. dollar-denominated debt obligations issued or guaranteed by U.S. corporations or U.S. commercial banks, U.S. dollar-denominated obligations of foreign issuers and debt obligations of foreign issuers denominated in foreign currencies. Such debt obligations include, among others, bonds, notes, debentures and variable rate demand notes. In choosing corporate debt securities on behalf of a Fund, its portfolio managers may consider (i) general economic and financial conditions; (ii) the specific issuer’s (a) business and management, (b) cash flow, (c) earnings coverage of interest and dividends, (d) ability to operate under adverse economic conditions, (e) fair market value of assets, and (f) in the case of foreign issuers, unique political, economic or social conditions applicable to such issuer’s country; and, (iii) other considerations deemed appropriate.

U.S. Government Obligations. The Funds may invest in U.S. Government obligations. Obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies and instrumentalities include bills, notes and bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury, as well as “stripped” or “zero coupon” U.S. Treasury obligations representing future interest or principal payments on U.S. Treasury notes or bonds. Stripped securities are sold at a discount to their “face value,” and may exhibit greater price volatility than interest-bearing securities because investors receive no payment until maturity.

Obligations of certain agencies and instrumentalities of the U.S. Government are supported by the right of the issuer to borrow from the U.S. Treasury. Other obligations of certain agencies and instrumentalities of the U.S. Government are supported only by the credit of the instrumentality. The U.S. Government may choose not to provide financial support to U.S. Government-sponsored agencies or instrumentalities if it is not legally obligated to do so, in which case, if the issuer were to default, the Fund might not be able to recover their investment from the U.S. Government.

Mortgage-backed and Asset-backed Securities. Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund, Dividend Value Fund, MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund, Preferred Securities and Income Fund, Real Estate Securities Fund and Real Assets Fund may also invest in mortgage and asset-backed securities. Mortgage-backed securities are mortgage-related securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies and instrumentalities, or issued by non-government entities. Mortgage-related securities represent pools of mortgage loans assembled for sale to investors by various government agencies, as well as by non-government issuers such as commercial banks, savings and loan institutions, mortgage bankers and private mortgage insurance companies. Although certain mortgage-related securities are guaranteed by a third party or otherwise similarly secured, the market value of the security, which may fluctuate, is not guaranteed.

Other asset-backed securities are structured like mortgage-backed securities, but instead of mortgage loans or interests in mortgage loans, the underlying assets may include such items as motor vehicle installment sales or installment loan contracts, leases of various types of real and personal property, and receivables from credit card agreements and from sales of personal property. Regular payments received in respect of such securities include both interest and principal. Asset-backed securities typically have no U.S. Government backing. Additionally, the ability of an issuer of asset-backed securities to enforce its security interest in the underlying assets may be limited.

If a Fund purchases a mortgage-backed or other asset-backed security at a premium, that portion may be lost if there is a decline in the market value of the security whether resulting from changes in interest rates or prepayments in the underlying collateral. As with other interest-bearing securities, the prices of such securities are inversely affected by changes in interest rates. Although the value of a mortgage-backed or other asset-backed security may decline when interest rates rise, the converse is not necessarily true, since in periods of declining interest rates the mortgages and loans underlying the securities are prone to prepayment, thereby shortening the average life of the security and shortening the period of time over which income at the higher rate is received.

When interest rates are rising, the rate of prepayment tends to decrease, thereby lengthening the period of time over which income at the lower rate is received. For these and other reasons, a mortgage-backed or other asset-backed security’s average maturity may be shortened or lengthened as a result of interest rate fluctuations and, therefore, it is not possible to predict accurately the security’s return.

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (“CMOs”). Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund, Dividend Value Fund, MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund, Preferred Securities and Income Fund, Real Estate Securities Fund and Real Assets Fund may invest in CMOs. A CMO is a hybrid between a mortgage-backed bond and a mortgage pass-through security. A CMO is a type of mortgage-backed security that creates separate classes with varying maturities and interest rates, called tranches. Similar to a bond, interest and prepaid principal is paid, in most cases, semi-annually.

CMOs may be collateralized by whole mortgage loans, but are more typically collateralized by portfolios of mortgage pass-through securities guaranteed by the U.S. Government, and their income streams. CMOs are structured into multiple classes, each bearing a different stated maturity. Actual maturity and average life will depend upon the prepayment experience of the collateral. CMOs provide for a modified form of call protection through a de facto breakdown of the underlying pool of mortgages according to how quickly the loans are repaid. Monthly payment of principal received from the pool of underlying mortgages, including prepayments, is first returned to investors holding the shortest maturity class. Investors holding the longer maturity classes receive principal only after the first class has been retired. An investor is partially guarded against a sooner than desired return of principal because of the sequential payments.

In a typical CMO transaction, an issuer issues multiple series (e.g., Series A, B, C and Z) of CMO bonds (“Bonds”). Proceeds of the Bond offering are used to purchase mortgages or mortgage pass-through certificates (“Collateral”). The Collateral is pledged to a third party trustee as security for the Bonds. Principal and interest payments from the Collateral are used to pay principal on the Bonds in the following order: Series A, B, C and Z. The Series A, B, and C Bonds all bear current interest. Interest on a Series Z Bond is accrued and added to principal and a like amount is paid as principal on the Series A, B, or C Bond currently being paid off. Only after the Series A, B, and C Bonds are paid in full does the Series Z Bond begin to receive payment. With some CMOs, the issuer serves as a conduit to allow loan originators (primarily builders or savings and loan associations) to borrow against their loan portfolios.

Municipal Securities. Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund, MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund, Preferred Securities and Income Fund and Real Assets Fund may invest in “Municipal Securities,” which includes debt obligations of states, territories or possessions of the United States and the District of Columbia and their political subdivisions, agencies and instrumentalities. Municipal Securities are issued to obtain funds for various public purposes, including the construction of a wide range of public facilities such as airports, bridges, highways, housing, hospitals, mass transportation, schools, streets and water and sewer works. Other public purposes for which Municipal Securities may be issued include the refunding of outstanding obligations, obtaining funds for general operating expenses and lending such funds to other public institutions and facilities. In addition, certain types of industrial development bonds are issued by or on behalf of public authorities to obtain funds to provide for the construction, equipment, repair or improvement of privately operated housing facilities, airport, mass transit, industrial, port or parking facilities, air or water pollution control facilities and certain local facilities for water supply, gas, electricity or sewage or solid waste disposal. The principal and interest payments for industrial development bonds or pollution control bonds are often the sole responsibility of the industrial user and therefore may not be backed by the taxing power of the issuing municipality. The interest paid on such bonds may be exempt from federal income tax, although current federal tax laws place substantial limitations on the purposes and size of such issues. Such obligations are considered to be Municipal Securities provided that the interest paid thereon, in the opinion of bond counsel, qualifies as exempt from federal income tax. However, interest on Municipal Securities may give rise to a federal alternative minimum tax (“AMT”) liability and may have other collateral federal income tax consequences. The Funds do not anticipate meeting the requirements under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) to pass through income from municipal securities as tax-free to the Funds’ shareholders.

The two major classifications of Municipal Securities are bonds and notes. Bonds may be further classified as “general obligation” or “revenue” issues. General obligation bonds are secured by the issuer’s pledge of its full faith, credit and taxing power for the payment of principal and interest.

Revenue bonds are payable from the revenues derived from a particular facility or class of facilities, and in some cases, from the proceeds of a special excise or other specific revenue source, but not from the general taxing power. Tax exempt industrial development bonds are in most cases revenue bonds and do not generally carry the pledge of the credit of the issuing municipality. Notes are short term instruments which usually mature in less than two years. Most notes are general obligations of the issuing municipalities or agencies and are sold in anticipation of a bond sale, collection of taxes or receipt of other revenues. There are, of course, variations in the risks associated with Municipal Securities, both within a particular classification and between classifications.

Senior Secured Floating Rate Loans. Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund, MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund, Preferred Securities and Income Fund and Real Assets Fund may invest in senior secured floating rate loans (“Senior Loans”). Senior Loans generally are made to corporations, partnerships and other business entities (“Borrowers”) which operate in various industries and geographical regions. Senior Loans, which typically hold the most senior position in a Borrower’s capital structure, pay interest at rates that are re-determined periodically on the basis of a floating base lending rate, such as the London Inter-bank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”), plus a premium. This floating rate feature should help to minimize changes in the principal value of the Senior Loans resulting from interest rate changes. The Funds may invest in Senior Loans that are below investment grade quality and are speculative investments that are subject to credit risk.

Senior Loans in which Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund, MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund, Preferred Securities and Income Fund and Real Assets Fund may invest may not be rated by a rating agency, will not be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) or any state securities commission and generally will not be listed on any national securities exchange. Therefore, the amount of public information available about Senior Loans will be limited, and the performance of the Funds’ investments in Senior Loans will be more dependent on the analytical abilities of the Advisor than would be the case for investments in more widely rated, registered or exchange-listed securities. In evaluating the creditworthiness of Borrowers, the Advisor may consider, and may rely in part, on analyses performed by others. Moreover, certain Senior Loans will be subject to contractual restrictions on resale and, therefore, will be illiquid.

Bank Instruments. Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund, MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund, Preferred Securities and Income Fund and Real Assets Fund may invest in certificates of deposits, time deposits, and bankers’ acceptances from U.S. or foreign banks, including certificates of deposit (Eurodollar CDs) and time deposits (Eurodollar time deposits) of foreign branches of domestic banks. A time deposit is a non-negotiable receipt issued by a bank in exchange for the deposit of funds. Like a certificate of deposit, it earns a specified rate of interest over a definite period of time; however, it cannot be traded in the secondary market.

Inflation-Linked Fixed-Income Securities. Real Assets Fund may invest in inflation-linked fixed-income securities. Inflation-linked fixed-income securities are securities which have a principal value that is periodically adjusted according to the rate of inflation. If an index measuring inflation falls, the principal value of inflation-indexed bonds will typically be adjusted downward, and consequently the interest payable on these securities (calculated with respect to a smaller principal amount) will be reduced. In the case of Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities, also known as TIPS, repayment of original bond principal upon maturity (as adjusted for inflation) is guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury. The market for TIPS may be less developed or liquid, and more volatile, than certain other securities

markets. There can be no assurance that the inflation index used in these securities (i.e., the Consumer Price Index) will accurately measure the real rate of inflation. For inflation-linked bonds that do not provide a similar guarantee, the adjusted principal value of the inflation-linked bond repaid at maturity may be less than the original principal.

Such bonds may also be issued by or related to sovereign governments of developed countries, by countries deemed to be emerging markets, and inflation-linked bonds issued by or related to companies or other entities not affiliated with governments. Because of their inflation adjustment feature, inflation-linked bonds typically have lower yields than conventional fixed-rate bonds. In addition, inflation-linked bonds also normally decline in price when real interest rates rise. In the event of deflation, in which prices decline over time, the principal and income of inflation-linked bonds would likely decline, resulting in losses to the Fund.

A Fund’s investments in inflation-linked debt securities can cause the Fund to accrue income for tax purposes without a corresponding receipt of cash, which, because no cash is received at the time of accrual, may require the liquidation of assets (including when not advantageous to do so) to satisfy the Fund’s distribution obligations (see “Taxation” below).

For each Fund: Each Fund may purchase and sell financial futures contracts and options on such contracts. A financial futures contract is an agreement to buy or sell a specific security or financial instrument at a particular price on a stipulated future date. Although some financial futures contracts call for making or taking delivery of the underlying securities or instruments, in most cases these obligations are closed out before the settlement date. The closing of a contractual obligation may be accomplished by purchasing or selling an identical offsetting futures contract. Other financial futures contracts by their terms call for cash settlements.

Each Fund may also buy and sell index futures contracts with respect to any stock or bond index traded on a recognized stock exchange or board of trade. An index futures contract is a contract to buy or sell units of an index on a specified future date at a price agreed upon when the contract is made. The stock index futures contract specifies that no delivery of the actual stocks making up the index will take place. Instead, settlement in cash must occur upon the termination of the contract, with the settlement being the difference between the contract price and the actual level of the stock index at the expiration of the contract. In addition, a Fund may enter into foreign currency futures contracts as described below under “Foreign Currency and Currency Hedging Transactions.”

At the time a Fund purchases or sells a futures contract, it will designate on its records cash or liquid portfolio securities it believes to be adequate to ensure that it has sufficient liquid assets to meet its obligations under the contract. Depending on the nature of the transaction, the amounts that are designated may be based on the notional value of the futures contract or on the daily mark-to-market obligation under the futures contract and may be reduced by amounts on deposit with the broker. Alternatively, a Fund may “cover” its position by owning an offsetting position, for example, holding the instruments underlying the contract (or, in the case of an index futures contract, a portfolio with a volatility substantially similar to that of the index on which the futures contract is based), or holding a call option permitting a Fund to purchase the same futures contract at a price no higher than the price of the contract written by a Fund (or at a higher price if the difference is maintained in liquid assets with the Funds’ custodian).

Each Fund will be authorized to use financial futures contracts and related options for hedging and non-hedging purposes, for example to enhance total return or provide market exposure pending the investment of cash balances. A Fund may lose the expected benefit of transactions in financial contracts if currency exchange rates or securities prices change in an unanticipated manner. Such unanticipated changes in currency exchange rates or securities prices may also result in poorer overall performance than if a Fund had not entered into any futures transactions.

When purchasing stocks or bonds, the buyer acquires ownership in the security, however buyers of futures contracts are not entitled to ownership of the underlying asset until and unless they decide to accept delivery at expiration of the contract. In practice, delivery of the underlying asset to satisfy a futures contract rarely occurs because most futures traders use the liquidity of the central marketplace to sell their futures contract before expiration.

For Active Commodities Strategy Fund, Real Assets Fund and MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund: The Funds, either directly or through their Subsidiaries, as applicable, may also purchase and sell commodity futures contracts and can hold substantial positions in such contracts. The Funds’ investments in commodity futures contracts and related instruments may involve substantial risks. Some of the special characteristics and risks of these investments are described below.

Commodity futures contracts are agreements between two parties. One party agrees to buy a commodity from the other party at a later date at a price and quantity agreed-upon when the contract is made. Commodity futures contracts are traded on futures exchanges. These futures exchanges offer a central marketplace in which to transact futures contracts, a clearing corporation to process trades, a standardization of expiration dates and contract sizes, and the availability of a secondary market. Futures markets also specify the terms and conditions of delivery as well as the maximum permissible price movement during a trading session. Additionally, the commodity futures exchanges may have position limit rules that limit the amount of futures contracts that any one party may hold in a particular commodity at any point in time. These position limit rules are designed to prevent any one participant from controlling a significant portion of the market.

In the commodity futures markets, the exchange clearing corporation takes the other side in all transactions, either buying or selling directly to the market participants. The clearinghouse acts as the counterparty to all exchange-traded futures contracts. That is, the Fund’s obligation is to the clearinghouse, and the Fund will look to the clearinghouse to satisfy the Fund’s rights under the futures contract.

For each Fund: Each Fund may write covered call and put options and purchase call and put options on securities, stock indices or futures contracts (in the case of Active Commodities Strategy Fund and Real Assets Fund only). Real Assets Fund and Active Commodities Strategy Fund may also invest in options on commodities futures contracts. In addition, Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund, MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund, Preferred Securities and Income Fund and Real Assets Fund may enter into over-the-counter put and call options on securities and baskets of securities, indexes and other financial instruments.

An option is a contract that gives the purchaser of the option, in return for the premium paid, the right to buy (in the case of a call option) a specified security or futures contract, as applicable, or to sell (in the case of a put option) a specified security from or to the writer of the option at a designated price during the term of the option. An option on a securities index gives the purchaser of the option, in return for the premium paid, the right to receive from the seller cash equal to the difference between the closing price of the index and the exercise price of the option.

A Fund, other than Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund, MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund, Preferred Securities and Income Fund and Real Assets Fund, which are not required to cover written call options as discussed herein, may write a call or put option only if the option is “covered.” A call option on a security written by a Fund is covered if that Fund owns the underlying security covered by the call or has an absolute and immediate right to acquire that security without additional cash consideration (or for additional cash consideration held in a segregated account by its custodian) upon conversion or exchange of other securities held in its portfolio. A call option on a security is also covered if a Fund owns a call option on the same security and in the same principal amount as the call option written where the exercise price of the call option held (a) is equal to or less than the exercise price of the call option written or (b) is greater than the exercise price of the call option written if the

difference is maintained by that Fund in cash or liquid portfolio securities in a segregated account with its custodian. A put option on a security written by a Fund is “covered” if that Fund maintains similar liquid assets with a value equal to the exercise price designated as segregated at its custodian, or else owns a put option on the same security and in the same principal amount as the put option written where the exercise price of the put option held is equal to or greater than the exercise price of the put option written. The value of the underlying securities on which options may be written at any one time will not exceed 25% of the total assets of a Fund, and a Fund will not purchase put or call options if the aggregate premium paid for such options would exceed 5% of its total assets at the time of purchase. Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund, MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund, Preferred Securities and Income Fund and Real Assets Fund are not subject to these limitations.

A Fund, other than Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund, MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund, Preferred Securities and Income Fund and Real Assets Fund, will cover call options on stock indices by owning securities whose price changes, in the opinion of the Advisor, are expected to be similar to those of the index, or in such other manner as may be in accordance with the rules of the exchange on which the option is traded and applicable laws and regulations. Nevertheless, where a Fund covers a call option on a stock index through ownership of securities, such securities may not match the composition of the index. In that event, that Fund will not be fully covered and could be subject to risk of loss in the event of adverse changes in the value of the index. A Fund will cover put options on stock indices by segregating assets equal to the option’s exercise price, or in such other manner as may be in accordance with the rules of the exchange on which the option is traded and applicable laws and regulations.

A Fund will receive a premium for writing a put or call option, which will increase the Fund’s gross income in the event the option expires unexercised or is closed out at a profit. If the value of a security or an index on which a Fund has written a call option falls or remains the same, that Fund will realize a profit in the form of the premium received (less transaction costs) that could offset all or a portion of any decline in the value of any portfolio securities underlying the option. A rise in the value of the security or index underlying a call option written by a Fund, exposes that Fund to possible loss or loss of opportunity to realize appreciation in the value of any portfolio securities underlying or otherwise related to the call option. By writing a put option, a Fund assumes the risk of a decline in the underlying security or index. To the extent that the price changes of any portfolio securities being hedged correlate with changes in the value of the underlying security or index, writing put options on securities or indices will increase a Fund’s losses in the event of a market decline, although such losses will be offset in part by the premium received for writing the option.

A Fund may also purchase put options to hedge its investments against a decline in value. By purchasing a put option, a Fund will seek to offset a decline in the value of the portfolio securities being hedged through appreciation of the put option. If the value of a Fund’s investments does not decline as anticipated, that Fund’s loss will be limited to the premium paid for the option plus related transaction costs. The success of this strategy will depend, in part, on the accuracy of the correlation between the changes in value of the underlying security or index and the changes in value of that Fund’s security holdings being hedged.

A Fund may purchase call options on individual securities to hedge against an increase in the price of securities that the Fund anticipates purchasing in the future. Similarly, a Fund may purchase call options to attempt to reduce the risk of missing a broad market advance, or an advance in an industry

or market segment, at a time when that Fund holds uninvested cash or short-term debt securities awaiting investment. When purchasing call options, a Fund will bear the risk of losing all or a portion of the premium paid if the value of the underlying security or index does not rise.

There can be no assurance that a liquid market will exist when a Fund seeks to close out an option position, and for certain options not on an exchange no market usually exists. Trading could be interrupted, for example, because of supply and demand imbalances arising from a lack of either buyers or sellers, or the options exchange could suspend trading after the price has risen or fallen more than the maximum specified by the exchange. Although a Fund may be able to offset to some extent any adverse effects of being unable to liquidate an option position, that Fund may experience losses in some cases as a result of such inability.

For each Fund: In order to hedge against foreign currency exchange rate risks from adverse changes in the relationship between the U.S. dollar and foreign currencies (including to hedge against anticipated future changes which otherwise might adversely affect the prices of securities that the Fund intends to purchase at a later date), each Fund may enter into forward foreign currency exchange contracts (forward contracts), foreign currency futures contracts (foreign currency futures) and foreign currency swap agreements (foreign currency swaps), as well as purchase put or call options on foreign currencies, as described below. Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund and Preferred Securities and Income Fund also may enter into options on currency futures contracts and are not limited to entering into currency transactions for hedging purposes. Each Fund may also conduct its foreign currency exchange transactions on a spot (i.e., cash) basis at the spot rate prevailing in the foreign currency exchange market.

A forward currency contract is an obligation to purchase or sell a specific currency for an agreed price on a future date which is individually negotiated and privately traded by currency traders and their customers. A foreign currency future is an exchange-traded contract for the purchase or sale of a specified foreign currency at a specified price at a future date. A foreign currency swap is an agreement between two parties to exchange principal and interest payments on a loan made in one currency for principal and interest payments of a loan of equal value in another currency. The Fund may enter into a foreign currency forward contract, foreign currency futures contract or foreign currency swap, or purchase a currency option, for example, when it enters into a contract for the purchase or sale of a security denominated in a foreign currency or expects to receive a dividend or interest payment on a portfolio holding, in order to “lock in” the U.S. dollar value of the security or payment. In addition, the Fund may enter into a foreign currency forward contract, futures contract or swap or purchase a currency option in respect of a currency which acts as a proxy for a currency in which the Fund’s portfolio holdings or anticipated holdings are denominated. This second investment practice is generally referred to as “cross-hedging.” Because in connection with a Fund’s foreign currency transactions an amount of that Fund’s assets equal to the amount of that Fund’s current commitment will be segregated to be used to pay for the commitment, the Fund will always have cash or other liquid assets available that are sufficient to cover any commitments under these transactions. The segregated assets will be marked-to-market on a daily basis.

A Fund may enter into a forward contract to attempt to minimize the risk to that Fund from adverse changes in the relationship between the U.S. dollar and foreign currencies. Forward contracts may limit potential gain from a positive change in the relationship between the U.S. dollar and foreign currencies. Unanticipated changes in currency prices may result in poorer overall performance for a Fund than if it had not engaged in such contracts.

A Fund may enter into exchange-traded foreign currency futures for the purchase or sale for future delivery of foreign currencies. U.S. exchange-traded futures are regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”). This investment technique will be used only to hedge against anticipated future changes in exchange rates which otherwise might adversely affect the value of a Fund’s portfolio securities or adversely affect the prices of securities that a Fund intends to purchase at a later date.

A Fund may enter into foreign currency swaps to shift its currency exposure from one currency to another currency. See “Additional Derivatives Transactions—Swap Transactions” below regarding swap agreements.

A Fund may purchase and write put and call options on foreign currencies for the purpose of protecting against declines in the dollar value of foreign portfolio securities and against increases in the U.S. dollar cost of foreign securities to be acquired. As is the case with other kinds of options, however, the writing of an option on foreign currency will constitute only a partial hedge, up to the amount of the premium received, and that Fund could be required to purchase or sell foreign currencies at disadvantageous exchange rates, thereby incurring losses. The purchase of an option on foreign currency may constitute an effective hedge against fluctuation in exchange rates although, in the event of rate movements adverse to that Fund’s position, the Fund may forfeit the entire amount of the premium plus related transaction costs.

The successful use of foreign currency transactions will usually depend on the Advisor’s ability to forecast currency exchange rate movements correctly. Should exchange rates move in an unexpected manner, a Fund may not achieve the anticipated benefits of forward contracts, foreign currency futures or may realize losses.

For Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund, Active Commodities Strategy Fund, Dividend Value Fund, MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund, Preferred Securities and Income Fund and Real Assets Fund: The Fund may, but is not required to, use, without limit, various Derivatives Transactions (defined below) described in this SAI and in the Prospectus to seek to generate return, facilitate portfolio management and mitigate risks. Although the Advisor may seek to use these kinds of transactions to further the Fund’s investment objective, no assurance can be given that they will achieve this result.

Swap Transactions. Swap agreements are two party over-the-counter contracts entered into primarily by institutional investors that agree to exchange the returns (or differentials in rates of return) earned or realized on particular predetermined investments or instruments. The gross returns to be exchanged or “swapped” between the parties are generally calculated with respect to a “notional amount,” i.e., the return on or increase in value of a particular dollar amount invested at a particular interest rate, in a particular foreign currency, or in a “basket” of credit default swaps or securities representing a particular index. The “notional amount” of the swap agreement is only used as a basis upon which to calculate the obligations that the parties to a swap agreement have agreed to exchange.

Swap agreements will tend to shift investment exposure from one type of investment to another. For example, if the Fund agreed to exchange payments in U.S. dollars for payments in a foreign currency, the swap agreement would tend to decrease the Fund’s exposure to U.S. interest rates and increase its

exposure to foreign currency and interest rates. Depending on how they are used, swap agreements may increase or decrease the overall volatility of the Fund’s investments and its share price and yield. Caps and floors have an effect similar to buying or writing options.

Most swap agreements entered into are cash settled and calculate the obligations of the parties to the agreement on a “net basis.” Thus, the Fund’s current obligations (or rights) under a swap agreement generally will be equal only to the net amount to be paid or received under the agreement based on the relative values of the positions held by each party to the agreement (the “net amount”). The Fund’s current obligations under a swap agreement will be accrued daily (offset against any amounts owed to the Fund) and any accrued but unpaid net amounts owed to a swap counterparty will be covered by the segregation of permissible liquid assets of the Fund.

Specific swap agreements include foreign currency swaps (discussed above under “Foreign Currency Transactions and Currency Hedging Transactions”); index swaps; interest rate swaps (including interest rate locks, caps, floors and collars); credit default swaps; and total return swaps (including equity swaps).

Credit Derivatives (Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund, Active Commodities Strategy Fund, MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund, Preferred Securities and Income Fund and Real Assets Fund only). Credit derivative transactions include those involving default price risk derivatives and market spread derivatives. Default price risk derivatives are linked to the price of reference securities or loans after a default by the issuer or borrower, respectively. Market spread derivatives are based on the risk that changes in market factors, such as credit spreads, can cause a decline in the value of a security, loan or index. There are three basic transactional forms for credit derivatives: swaps, options and structured instruments. The use of credit derivatives is a highly specialized activity which involves strategies and risks different from those associated with ordinary portfolio security transactions. The risk of loss in a credit derivative transaction varies with the form of the transaction. For example, if the Fund purchases a default option on a security, and if no default occurs with respect to the security, the Fund’s loss is limited to the premium it paid for the default option. In contrast, if there is a default by the grantor of a default option, the Fund’s loss will include both the premium it paid for the option and the decline in value of the underlying security that the default option hedged. If the Fund is a buyer in a credit default swap agreement and no credit event occurs, the Fund recovers nothing if the swap is held through its termination date. However, if a credit event occurs, the Fund may elect to receive the full notional value of the swap in exchange for an equal face amount of deliverable obligations of the reference entity that may have little or no value. As a seller, the Fund generally receives an up front payment or a fixed rate of income throughout the term of the swap, which typically is between six months and three years, provided that there is no credit event. If a credit event occurs, generally the seller must pay the buyer the full notional value of the swap in exchange for an equal face amount of deliverable obligations of the reference entity that may have little or no value.

Structured Notes (Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund, Active Commodities Strategy Fund, MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund, Preferred Securities and Income Fund and Real Assets Fund only). Structured notes are privately negotiated debt obligations where the principal and/or interest is determined by reference to the performance of a benchmark asset, market or interest rate (an “embedded index”), such as selected securities or commodities, an index of securities or commodities or specified interest rates, or the differential performance of two assets or markets. When the Fund purchases a structured note, it will make a payment of principal to the counterparty. Some structured notes have a guaranteed repayment of principal while others place a portion (or all) of the principal at risk. The possibility of default by the counterparty or its credit provider may be greater for structured notes

than for other types of money market instruments. The terms of such structured instruments normally provide that their principal and/or interest payments are to be adjusted upwards or downwards (but not ordinarily below zero) to reflect changes in the embedded index while the structured instruments are outstanding. As a result, the interest and/or principal payments that may be made on a structured product may vary widely, depending upon a variety of factors, including the volatility of the embedded index and the effect of changes in the embedded index on principal and/or interest payments. The rate of return on structured notes may be determined by applying a multiplier to the performance or differential performance of the referenced index or indexes or other assets. Application of a multiplier involves leverage that will serve to magnify the potential for gain and the risk of loss. Structured notes may not have an active trading market.

Commodity Forward Contracts (Active Commodities Strategy Fund and Real Assets Fund only). A commodity forward contract, which may be standardized and exchange-traded or customized and privately negotiated, is an agreement for one party to buy, and the other party to sell, a specific quantity of an underlying commodity or other tangible asset for an agreed-upon price at a future date. A forward contract generally is settled by physical delivery of the commodity or other tangible asset underlying the forward contract to an agreed upon location at a future date (rather than settled by cash) or will be rolled forward into a new forward contract. Non-deliverable forwards (“NDFs”) specify a cash payment upon maturity. NDFs are normally used when the market for physical settlement of the currency is underdeveloped, heavily regulated or highly taxed.

For each Fund: “Derivatives Transactions” as discussed in this SAI include, as applicable to each Fund, options; futures contracts and options thereon; interest rate transactions, such as swaps, caps, floors or collars; credit transactions; swaps; forward contracts; and structured investments. For Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund, MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund, Preferred Securities and Income Fund, Real Assets Fund and Active Commodities Strategy Fund, Derivatives Transactions include transactions that combine features of the Derivatives Transactions described in this SAI and other types of derivatives, structured and similar instruments which are not currently available but which may be developed in the future. Derivatives Transactions can be highly volatile and involve various types and degrees of risk, depending upon the characteristics of the particular derivative, including the imperfect correlation between the value of such instruments and the underlying assets, the possible default of the other party to the transaction and illiquidity of the derivative instruments. Derivatives Transactions may entail investment exposures that are greater than their cost would suggest, meaning that a small investment in derivatives could have a large potential impact on the Fund’s performance, effecting a form of investment leverage on the Fund’s portfolio. In certain types of Derivatives Transactions the Fund could lose the entire amount of its investment; in other types of Derivatives Transactions the potential loss is theoretically unlimited. Derivatives Transactions are also subject to regulatory risk. The SEC recently proposed regulations governing the use of derivatives by mutual funds. While the impact of the new proposed regulations is still unknown, the regulations have the potential to increase the costs of using derivatives and may limit the availability of some forms of derivatives.

The market for many derivatives is, or suddenly can become, illiquid. Changes in liquidity may result in significant, rapid and unpredictable changes in the prices for Derivatives Transactions. A Fund could experience severe losses if it were unable to liquidate its position because of an illiquid

secondary market. Successful use of Derivatives Transactions also is subject to the ability of the Advisor or, if applicable, the Subadvisors (as defined below) to predict correctly movements in the direction of the relevant market and, to the extent the transaction is entered into for hedging purposes, to ascertain the appropriate correlation between the transaction being hedged and the price movements of the securities, currency, interest rate or other reference asset underlying the Derivatives Transactions. Derivatives Transactions entered into to seek to manage the risks of a Fund’s portfolio of securities may have the effect of limiting gains from otherwise favorable market movements. For example, the use of currency instruments for hedging purposes may limit gains from a change in the relationship between the U.S. dollar and foreign currencies. The use of Derivatives Transactions may result in losses greater than if they had not been used (and a loss on a Derivatives Transaction position may be larger than the gain in a portfolio position being hedged), may require a Fund to sell or purchase portfolio securities at inopportune times or for prices other than current market values, may limit the amount of appreciation a Fund can realize on an investment, or may cause a Fund to hold a security that it might otherwise sell. Amounts paid by a Fund as premiums and cash or other assets held as collateral with respect to Derivatives Transactions may not otherwise be available to the Fund for investment purposes. To the extent Derivatives Transactions would be deemed to be illiquid, they will be included in the maximum limitation of 15% of net assets invested in restricted or illiquid securities.

Some types of cleared derivatives are required to be executed on an exchange or on a swap execution facility. A swap execution facility is a trading platform where multiple market participants can execute derivatives by accepting bids and offers made by multiple other participants in the platform. While this execution requirement is designed to increase transparency and liquidity in the cleared derivatives market, trading on a swap execution facility can create additional costs and risks for the Funds. For example, swap execution facilities typically charge fees, and if a Fund executes derivatives on a swap execution facility through a broker intermediary, the intermediary may impose fees as well. Also, a Fund may indemnify a swap execution facility, or a broker intermediary who executes cleared derivatives on a swap execution facility on the Fund’s behalf, against any losses or costs that may be incurred as a result of the Fund’s transactions on the swap execution facility.

The use of currency transactions can result in a Fund incurring losses as a result of the imposition of exchange controls, political developments, government intervention or failure to intervene, suspension of settlements or the inability of the Fund to deliver or receive a specified currency.

Structured notes and other related instruments carry risks similar to those of more traditional derivatives such as futures, forward and option contracts. However, structured instruments may entail a greater degree of market risk and volatility than other types of debt obligations. A Fund will be subject to credit risk with respect to the counterparties to certain Derivatives Transactions entered into by the Fund. Derivatives may be purchased on established exchanges or, as described herein, through privately negotiated transactions referred to as over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives. Exchange-traded derivatives generally are guaranteed by the clearing agency which is the issuer or counterparty to such derivatives. However, many futures exchanges and boards of trade limit the amount of fluctuation permitted in futures contract prices during a single trading day and once the daily limit has been reached in a particular contract no trades may be made that day at a price beyond that limit or trading may be suspended. There also is no assurance that sufficient trading interest to create a liquid secondary market on an exchange will exist at any particular time and no such

secondary market may exist or may cease to exist. Each party to an OTC derivative bears the risk that the counterparty will default. OTC derivatives are less liquid than exchange-traded derivatives because the other party to the transaction may be the only investor with sufficient understanding of the derivative to be interested in bidding for it. If a counterparty becomes bankrupt or otherwise fails to perform its obligations under a derivative contract due to financial difficulties, the Fund may experience significant delays in obtaining any recovery under the derivative contract in bankruptcy or other reorganization proceeding. The Fund may obtain only a limited recovery or may obtain no recovery in such circumstances.

There is no limit on the amount of a Fund’s assets that can be put at risk through the use of futures contracts and the value of a Fund’s futures contracts and options thereon may equal or exceed 100% of that Fund’s total assets. Each Fund other than the Real Assets Fund and Active Commodities Strategy Fund (the “eligible Funds”) is operated by a person who has claimed an exclusion from the definition of the term “commodity pool operator” pursuant to Rule 4.5 under the Commodity Exchange Act (the “exclusion”). Accordingly, neither the eligible Funds nor the Adviser (with respect to the eligible Funds) is subject to registration or regulation as a “commodity pool operator” under the Commodity Exchange Act. To remain eligible for the exclusion, each of the eligible Funds will be limited in its ability to use certain financial instruments regulated under the Commodity Exchange Act (“commodity interests”), including futures and options on futures and certain swaps transactions. In the event that an eligible Fund’s investments in commodity interests are not within the thresholds set forth in the exclusion, the Adviser may be required to register as a “commodity pool operator” and/or “commodity trading advisor” with the CFTC with respect to that Fund. The Adviser’s eligibility to claim the exclusion with respect to a Fund will be based upon, among other things, the level and scope of the Fund’s investment in commodity interests, the purposes of such investments and the manner in which the Fund holds out its use of commodity interests. Each eligible Fund’s ability to invest in commodity interests (including, but not limited to, futures and swaps on broad-based securities indexes and interest rates) is limited by the Adviser’s intention to operate the Fund in a manner that would permit the Adviser to continue to claim the exclusion under Rule 4.5, which may adversely affect the Fund’s total return. In the event the Adviser becomes unable to rely on the exclusion and is required to register with the CFTC as a commodity pool operator with respect to a Fund, the Fund’s expenses may increase, adversely affecting that Fund’s total return.

The Active Commodities Strategy Fund, Real Assets Fund and the Subsidiaries are commodity pools under the Commodity Exchange Act. As a result of CFTC rule amendments, the Advisor has registered with the CFTC as a commodity pool operator with respect to the Active Commodities Strategy Fund, Real Assets Fund and the Subsidiaries. On August 13, 2013, the CFTC issued the final harmonization rule release with respect to disclosure, reporting and recordkeeping requirements that will apply to the Funds and the Subsidiaries. Compliance with the CFTC’s new disclosure, reporting and recordkeeping requirements could increase Fund expenses. The CFTC rule amendments also may affect the ability of the Active Commodities Strategy Fund, Real Assets Fund and the Subsidiaries to use commodity interests (including futures, options on futures, commodities, and swaps).

For Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund, Active Commodities Strategy Fund, Dividend Value Fund, Global Infrastructure Fund, Preferred Securities and Income Fund, MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund and Real Assets Fund: Energy companies in which the Funds may invest include companies in the discovery, development, production or distribution of energy or other natural resources, the development of technologies for the production or efficient use of energy and other natural resources, or the furnishing of related supplies or services. The energy industries can be significantly affected by fluctuations in energy prices and supply and demand of energy fuels, energy conservation, exploration and production spending, the success of exploration projects, tax and other government regulations, weather or meteorological events, world events and economic conditions. The energy industries also may be affected by fluctuations in energy prices, energy conservation, exploration and production spending, government regulations, weather, world events and economic conditions.

For Active Commodities Strategy Fund, MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund and Real Assets Fund: The Active Commodities Strategy Fund and Real Assets Fund may invest in ETNs linked to the value of commodities and the MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund may invest in ETNs linked to the value of master limited partnerships or master limited partnership indices. ETNs are generally notes representing debt of the issuer, usually a financial institution. ETNs combine both aspects of bonds and ETFs. An ETN’s returns are based on the performance of one or more underlying assets, reference rates or indexes, minus fees and expenses. Similar to ETFs, ETNs are listed on an exchange and traded in the secondary market. However, unlike an ETF, an ETN can be held until the ETN’s maturity, at which time the issuer will pay a return linked to the performance of the specific asset, index or rate to which the ETN is linked minus certain fees. Unlike regular bonds, ETNs do not make periodic interest payments, and principal is not protected.

The value of an ETN may be influenced by, among other things, time to maturity, level of supply and demand for the ETN, volatility and lack of liquidity in underlying markets, changes in the applicable interest rates, the performance of the reference instrument, changes in the issuer’s credit rating and economic, legal, political or geographic events that affect the reference instrument. An ETN that is tied to a reference instrument may not replicate the performance of the reference instrument. ETNs also incur certain expenses not incurred by their applicable reference instrument. Some ETNs that use leverage can, at times, be relatively illiquid and, thus, they may be difficult to purchase or sell at a fair price. Levered ETNs are subject to the same risk as other instruments that use leverage in any form. While leverage allows for greater potential return, the potential for loss is also greater. Finally, additional losses may be incurred if the investment loses value because, in addition to the money lost on the investment, the loan still needs to be repaid.

For each Fund: Each Fund may invest in foreign (non-U.S.) securities as described in its Prospectus. Investing in securities issued by foreign companies involves considerations and possible risks not typically associated with investing in securities issued by domestic corporations. The values of foreign investments are affected by changes in currency rates or exchange control regulations, application of foreign tax laws, including withholding or other taxes, changes in governmental administration or economic or monetary policy (in the United States or abroad) or changed circumstances in dealings between nations. Costs are incurred in connection with conversions between various currencies. In addition, foreign brokerage commissions are generally higher than in the United States, and foreign securities markets may be less liquid, more volatile and less subject to governmental supervision than in the United States. Investments in foreign countries could be affected by other factors not present in the United States, including expropriation, confiscatory taxation, lack of uniform accounting and auditing standards and potential difficulties in enforcing contractual obligations which could extend settlement periods.

Investments in foreign securities, especially in emerging market countries, will expose the Fund to the direct or indirect consequences of political, social or economic changes in the countries that issue the securities or in which the issuers are located. Certain countries in which the Fund may invest, especially emerging market countries, have historically experienced, and may continue to experience, high rates of inflation, high interest rates, exchange rate fluctuations, large amounts of external debt, balance of payments and trade difficulties, and extreme poverty and unemployment. Many of these countries are also characterized by political uncertainty and instability. The cost of servicing external debt will generally be adversely affected by rising international interest rates because many external debt obligations bear interest at rates that are adjusted based upon international interest rates. In addition, with respect to certain foreign countries, there is a risk of:

Continuing uncertainty as to the status of the Euro and the European Monetary Union and the potential for certain countries to withdraw from the institution has created significant volatility in currency and financial markets generally. Any partial or complete dissolution of the European Union (“EU”) could have significant adverse effects on currency and financial markets, and on the values of a Fund’s investments. In June 2016, the United Kingdom approved a referendum to leave the EU. Significant uncertainty remains in the market regarding the ramifications of that development, and the range and potential implications of possible political, regulatory, economic and market outcomes are difficult to predict.

Each Fund may invest in sponsored and unsponsored American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”), Global Depositary Receipts (“GDRs”) and similar depositary receipts. ADRs, typically issued by a financial institution (a depositary), evidence ownership interests in a security or a pool of securities

issued by a foreign company and deposited with the depositary. Prices of ADRs are quoted in U.S. dollars, and ADRs are traded in the United States. GDRs are receipts issued outside the United States, typically by non-United States banks and trust companies, that evidence ownership of either foreign or domestic securities. Generally, GDRs, in bearer form, are designated for use outside the United States. Ownership of ADRs and GDRs entails similar investment risks to direct ownership of foreign securities traded outside the U.S., including increased market liquidity, currency, political, information and other risks. Income and gains earned by a Fund in respect of foreign securities may be subject to foreign withholding and other taxes, which will reduce the Fund’s return on such securities.

For Active Commodities Strategy Fund and Real Assets Fund: The Real Assets Fund seeks to gain exposure to gold and other precious metals, either directly or through its Subsidiary, through investments in bullion (e.g., bars and coins) and precious metal futures and forwards. The Active Commodities Strategy Fund seeks to gain exposure to precious metals either directly or through its Subsidiary through futures contracts, options contracts and other derivative instruments. The Funds, either directly or through the Subsidiaries, may also invest in ETFs and other pooled investment vehicles that invest in gold and other precious metals and related instruments, and structured or exchange-traded notes whose interest and/or principal payments are linked to the price of gold and other precious metals. The Real Assets Fund currently expects that the majority of its precious metals exposure will be to gold.

For Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund, Dividend Value Fund and Preferred Securities and Income Fund: Healthcare companies in which the Fund may invest encompass two main groups. The first group includes companies that manufacture health care supplies or provide health care-related services, including distributors of products, providers of basic health care services and owners and operators of care facilities and organizations. The second group includes companies in the research, development, production and marketing of pharmaceuticals and biotechnology products. Events affecting the health care industries include technological advances that make existing products and services obsolete, and changes in regulatory policies concerning approvals of new drugs, medical devices or procedures. In addition, changes in governmental payment systems and private payment systems, such as increased use of managed care arrangements, are risks in investing in the health care industries.

For each Fund: Each Fund may invest in illiquid securities. A Fund will not invest in illiquid securities if immediately after such investment more than 15% of that Fund’s net assets (taken at market value) would be invested in such securities. For this purpose, illiquid securities include, among others, securities that are illiquid by virtue of the absence of a readily available market or legal or contractual restrictions on resale. Securities that have legal or contractual restrictions on resale but have a readily available market are not deemed illiquid for purposes of this limitation.

Historically, illiquid securities have included securities subject to contractual or legal restrictions on resale because they have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and securities which are otherwise not readily marketable. Securities which have not been registered under the Securities Act are referred to as private placements or restricted securities and are purchased directly from the issuer or in the secondary market. The Funds do not typically hold a significant amount of these restricted or other illiquid securities because of the potential for delays on resale and uncertainty in valuation. Limitations on resale may have an adverse effect on the marketability of portfolio securities, and a Fund might be unable to dispose of restricted or other illiquid securities promptly or at reasonable prices and might thereby experience difficulty satisfying redemptions within seven days. A Fund might also have to register such restricted securities in order to dispose of them, resulting in additional expense and delay. Adverse market conditions could impede such a public offering of securities.

In recent years, however, a large institutional market has developed for certain securities that are not registered under the Securities Act, including repurchase agreements, commercial paper, foreign securities, municipal securities and corporate bonds and notes. Institutional investors depend on an efficient institutional market in which the unregistered security can be readily resold or on an issuer’s ability to honor a demand for repayment. The fact that there are contractual or legal restrictions on resale to the general public or to certain institutions may not be indicative of the liquidity of such investments.

Rule 144A under the Securities Act allows a broader institutional trading market for securities otherwise subject to restriction on resale to the general public. Rule 144A establishes a safe harbor from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of resales of certain securities to qualified institutional buyers, which generally creates a more liquid market for securities eligible for resale under Rule 144A than other types of restricted securities. Similarly, Regulation S of the Securities Act provides an exclusion from the registration requirements of the Securities Act for offerings made outside of the U.S. by both U.S. and foreign issuers. A securities offering, whether public or private, made by an issuer outside of the U.S. in reliance on Regulation S need not be registered under the Securities Act.

The Advisor will monitor the liquidity of restricted securities in a Fund’s portfolio, under the supervision of the Board of Directors. In reaching liquidity decisions, the Advisor will consider, among other things, the following factors: (1) the frequency of trades and quotes for the security; (2) the number of dealers wishing to purchase or sell the security and the number of other potential purchasers; (3) dealer undertakings to make a market in the security; and (4) the nature of the security and the nature of the marketplace trades (e.g., the time needed to dispose of the security, the method of soliciting offers and the mechanics of the transfer).

For Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund, Dividend Value Fund, Global Infrastructure Fund, MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund, Preferred Securities and Income Fund and Real Assets Fund: Industrial companies that the Funds may invest in include companies involved in the research, development, manufacture, distribution, supply or sale of industrial products, services or equipment. These companies may include manufacturers of civil or military aerospace and defense equipment, building components and home improvement products and equipment, civil engineering firms and large-scale contractors, companies producing electrical components or equipment, manufacturers of industrial machinery and industrial components and products, providers of commercial printing services, and companies providing transportation services. A company is in industrial products, services or equipment industries if at the time of investment it is determine that at least 50% of the company’s assets, revenues or profits are derived from these industries.

The industrial products, services and equipment industries can be significantly affected by general economic trends, changes in consumer sentiment and spending, commodity prices, technological obsolescence, labor relations, legislation, government regulations and spending, import controls, and worldwide competition, and can be subject to liability for environmental damage, depletion of resources, and mandated expenditures for safety and pollution control.

For Dividend Value Fund, Global Infrastructure Fund, MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund and Real Assets Fund: The Fund may invest in equity securities of master limited partnerships (“MLPs”), and their affiliates. An MLP generally has two classes of partners, the general partner and the limited partners. The general partner normally controls the MLP through an equity interest plus units that are subordinated to the common (publicly traded) units for an initial period and then only converting to common if certain financial tests are met. As a motivation for the general partner to successfully manage the MLP and increase cash flows, the terms of most MLPs typically provide that the general partner receives a larger portion of the net income as distributions reach higher target levels. As cash flow grows, the general partner receives a greater interest in the incremental income compared to the interest of limited partners. The general partner’s incentive compensation typically increases to up to 50% of incremental income. Nevertheless, the aggregate amount distributed to limited partners will increase as MLP distributions reach higher target levels. Given this incentive structure, the general partner has an incentive to streamline operations and undertake acquisitions and growth projects in order to increase distributions to all partners.

MLP common units represent an equity ownership interest in a partnership, providing limited voting rights and entitling the holder to a share of the company’s success through distributions and/or capital appreciation. Unlike shareholders of a corporation, common unit holders do not elect directors annually and generally have the right to vote only on certain significant events, such as mergers, a sale of substantially all of the assets, removal of the general partner or material amendments to the partnership agreement. MLPs are required by their partnership agreements to distribute a large percentage of their current operating earnings. Common unit holders generally have first right to a minimum quarterly distribution prior to distributions to the convertible subordinated unit holders or the general partner (including incentive distributions). Common unit holders typically have arrearage rights if the minimum quarterly distribution is not met. In the event of liquidation, MLP common unit holders have first right to the partnership’s remaining assets after bondholders, other debt holders, and preferred unit holders have been paid in full. MLP common units trade on a national securities exchange or over-the-counter. Some limited liability companies (“LLCs”) may be treated as MLPs for federal income tax purposes. Similar to MLPs, LLCs typically do

not pay federal income tax at the entity level and are required by their operating agreements to distribute a large percentage of their current operating earnings. In contrast to MLPs, LLCs have no general partner and there may less frequently be incentives that entitle management or other unit holders to increased percentages of cash distributions as distributions reach higher target levels. In addition, LLC common unit holders typically have voting rights with respect to the LLC, whereas MLP common units have limited voting rights. MLP common units and other equity securities can be affected by macro-economic and other factors affecting the stock market in general, expectations of interest rates, investor sentiment towards MLPs or an MLP’s business sector, changes in a particular issuer’s financial condition, or unfavorable or unanticipated poor performance of a particular issuer (in the case of MLPs, generally measured in terms of distributable cash flow). Prices of common units of individual MLPs and other equity securities can also be affected by fundamentals unique to the partnership or company, including earnings power and coverage ratios.

MLP convertible subordinated units are typically issued by MLPs to founders, corporate general partners of MLPs, entities that sell assets to the MLP, and institutional investors, and may be purchased in direct placements from such persons. The purpose of the convertible subordinated units is to increase the likelihood that during the subordination period there will be available cash to be distributed to common unit holders. Convertible subordinated units generally are not entitled to distributions until holders of common units have received specified minimum quarterly distributions, plus any arrearages, and may receive less in distributions upon liquidation. Convertible subordinated unit holders generally are entitled to a minimum quarterly distribution prior to the payment of incentive distributions to the general partner, but are not entitled to arrearage rights. Therefore, they generally entail greater risk than MLP common units. They are generally convertible automatically into the senior common units of the same issuer at a one-to-one ratio upon the passage of time or the satisfaction of certain financial tests. These units do not trade on a national exchange or over-the-counter, and there is no active market for convertible subordinated units. The value of a convertible security is a function of its worth if converted into the underlying common units. Convertible subordinated units generally have similar voting rights to MLP common units. Because convertible subordinated units generally convert to common units on a one-to-one ratio, the price that the Fund could be expected to pay upon purchase or to realize upon resale is generally tied to the common unit price less a discount. The size of the discount varies depending on a variety of factors including the likelihood of conversion, and the length of time remaining to conversion, and the size of the block purchased.

MLP I-Shares represent an indirect investment in MLP I-units. I-units are equity securities issued to affiliates of MLPs, typically a limited liability company, that own an interest in and manage the MLP. The issuer has management rights but is not entitled to incentive distributions. The I-Share issuer’s assets consist exclusively of MLP I-units. Distributions by MLPs to I-unit holders are made in the form of additional I-units, generally equal in amount to the cash received by common unit holders of MLPs. Distributions to I-Share holders are made in the form of additional I-Shares, generally equal in amount to the I-units received by the I-Share issuer. The issuer of the I-Share is taxed as a corporation for federal income tax purposes; however, the MLP does not allocate income or loss to the I-Share issuer. Accordingly, investors receive a Form 1099, are not allocated their proportionate share of income of the MLPs and are not subject to state income tax filing obligations. The price of I-Shares and their volatility tend to be correlated to the price of common units, although the price correlation is not precise.

For Active Commodities Strategy Fund, MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund and Real Assets Fund: The Fund will gain exposure to natural resources by investing in U.S. and non-U.S. companies with substantial natural resource assets or whose business activities are related to natural resource asset. Natural resources may include materials with economic value that are derived from natural sources, either directly or indirectly, such as precious metals (e.g. gold, platinum, palladium or silver), non-precious metals (e.g. copper, zinc, or iron ore), fuels (e.g., oil, natural gas or coal), minerals, timber and forestry products, food and agricultural products (e.g., fertilizer) farm machinery and chemicals. Natural resource companies will primarily be involved in exploring, mining, extracting, producing, processing, transporting, or otherwise develop or provide goods and services with respect to, a natural resource. Natural resource companies may also include companies which provide services to such companies, (e.g., equipment manufacturers).

The Fund’s investments in securities of natural resource companies involve risks. The market value of securities of natural resource companies may be affected by numerous factors, including events occurring in nature, inflationary pressures and international politics. Because the Fund invests significantly in natural resource companies, there is the risk that the Fund will perform poorly during a downturn in the natural resource sector. For example, events occurring in nature (such as earthquakes or fires in prime natural resource areas) and political events (such as coups, military confrontations or acts of terrorism) can affect the overall supply of a natural resource and the value of companies involved in such natural resource. Political risks and the other risks to which foreign securities are subject may also affect domestic natural resource companies in if they have significant operations or investments in foreign countries. Rising interest rates and general economic conditions may also affect the demand for natural resources.

For each Fund: The Fund may invest in securities of other open- or closed-end investment companies, including registered investment companies that are ETFs. ETFs trade on a securities exchange and their shares may, at times, trade at a premium or discount to their NAV. Most ETFs hold a portfolio of common stocks or bonds designed to track the performance of a securities index, including industry, sector, country and region indexes, but an ETF may not replicate exactly the performance of the index it seeks to track for a number of reasons, including transaction costs incurred by the ETF.

The Fund may also invest a portion of its assets in pooled investment vehicles other than registered investment companies. For example, some vehicles which are commonly referred to as “exchanged traded funds” may not be registered investment companies because of the nature of their underlying investments. As a stockholder in an investment company or other pooled vehicle, the Fund will bear its ratable share of that investment company’s or vehicle’s expenses, and would remain subject to payment of the fund’s or vehicle’s advisory and administrative fees with respect to assets so invested. Shareholders would therefore be subject to duplicative expenses to the extent the Fund invests in other investment companies or vehicles. In addition, the securities of other investment companies or pooled vehicles may be leveraged and will therefore be subject to leverage risks (in addition to other risks of the investment company’s or pooled vehicle’s strategy). The Fund will also incur brokerage costs when purchasing and selling shares of ETFs and other pooled vehicles.

An investment in the shares of another fund is subject to the risks associated with that fund’s portfolio securities. To the extent the Fund invests in shares of another fund, Fund shareholders would indirectly pay a portion of that fund’s expenses, including advisory fees, brokerage and other distribution expenses. These fees and expenses are in addition to the direct expenses of the Fund’s own operations.

For each Fund: There are two basic types of preferred securities, traditional and hybrid-preferred securities. Traditional preferred securities consist of preferred stock issued by an entity taxable as a corporation. Preferred stocks, which may offer fixed or floating rate dividends, are perpetual instruments and considered equity securities. Preferred securities are subordinated to senior debt instruments in a company’s capital structure, in terms of priority to corporate income and claim to corporate assets, and therefore will be subject to greater credit risk than debt instruments. Alternatively, hybrid-preferred securities may be issued by corporations, generally in the form of interest-bearing notes with preferred securities characteristics, or by an affiliated trust or partnership of the corporation, generally in the form of preferred interests in subordinated debentures or similarly structured securities. The hybrid-preferred securities market consists of both fixed and adjustable coupon rate securities that are either perpetual in nature or have stated maturity dates. Hybrid-preferred securities are considered debt securities. Due to their similar attributes, the Advisor also considers senior debt perpetual issues, certain securities with convertible features as well as exchange-listed senior debt issues that trade with attributes of exchange-listed perpetual and hybrid-preferred securities to be part of the broader preferred securities market.

Traditional Preferred Securities. Traditional preferred securities pay fixed or floating dividends to investors and have “preference” over common stock in the payment of dividends and the liquidation of a company’s assets. This means that a company must pay dividends on preferred stock before paying any dividends on its common stock. In order to be payable, distributions on such preferred securities must be declared by the issuer’s board of directors. Income payments on preferred securities may be cumulative, causing dividends and distributions to accumulate even if not declared by the board of directors or otherwise made payable. In such a case, all accumulated dividends must be paid before any dividend on the common stock can be paid. However, many traditional preferred stocks are non-cumulative, in which case dividends do not accumulate and need not ever be paid. The Fund may invest in non-cumulative preferred securities, whereby the issuer does not have an obligation to make up any missed payments to its stockholders. There is no assurance that dividends or distributions on the traditional preferred securities in which the Fund invests will be declared or otherwise made payable. Preferred securities may also contain provisions under which payments must be stopped (i.e., stoppage is compulsory, not discretionary). The conditions under which this occurs may relate to, for instance, capitalization levels. Hence, if a company incurs significant losses that deplete retained earnings automatic payment stoppage could occur. In some cases the terms of the preferred securities provide that the issuer would be obligated to attempt to issue common shares to raise funds for the purpose of making the preferred payments. However, there is no guarantee that the issuer would be successful in placing common shares.

Preferred stockholders usually have no right to vote for corporate directors or on other matters. Shares of traditional preferred securities have a liquidation preference that generally equals the original purchase price at the date of issuance. The market value of preferred securities may be

affected by, among other factors, favorable and unfavorable changes impacting the issuer or industries in which they operate, movements in interest rates and inflation, and the broader economic and credit environments, and by actual and anticipated changes in tax laws, such as changes in corporate and individual income tax rates. Because the claim on an issuer’s earnings represented by traditional preferred securities may become onerous when interest rates fall below the rate payable on such securities, the issuer may redeem the securities. Thus, in declining interest rate environments in particular, the Fund’s holdings of higher rate-paying fixed rate preferred securities may be reduced, and the Fund may be unable to acquire securities of comparable credit quality paying comparable rates with the redemption proceeds.

Hybrid-preferred Securities. Hybrid-preferred securities are typically junior and fully subordinated liabilities of an issuer or the beneficiary of a guarantee that is junior and fully subordinated to the other liabilities of the guarantor. In addition, hybrid-preferred securities typically permit an issuer to defer the payment of income for eighteen months or more without triggering an event of default. Generally, the maximum deferral period is five years. Because of their subordinated position in the capital structure of an issuer, the ability to defer payments for extended periods of time without default consequences to the issuer, and certain other features (such as restrictions on common dividend payments by the issuer or ultimate guarantor when full cumulative payments on the hybrid preferred securities have not been made), these hybrid-preferred securities are often treated as close substitutes for traditional preferred securities, both by issuers and investors. Hybrid-preferred securities have many of the key characteristics of equity due to their subordinated position in an issuer’s capital structure and because their quality and value are heavily dependent on the profitability of the issuer rather than on any legal claims to specific assets or cash flows. Hybrid-preferred securities include, but are not limited to, trust preferred securities (TRUPS^®); enhanced trust preferred securities (Enhanced TRUPS^®); trust-originated preferred securities (TOPrS^®); monthly-income preferred securities (MIPS^®); quarterly-income bond securities (QUIBS^®); quarterly-income debt securities (QUIDS^®); quarterly-income preferred securities (QUIPS^SM); corporate trust securities (CorTS^®); public income notes (PINES^®); and other hybrid-preferred securities.⁽¹⁾

Hybrid-preferred securities are typically issued with a final maturity date. In certain instances, a final maturity date may be extended and/or the final payment of principal may be deferred at the issuer’s option for a specified time without default. No redemption can typically take place unless all cumulative payment obligations have been met, although issuers may be able to engage in open-market repurchases without regard to whether all payments have been paid.

Many hybrid-preferred securities are issued by trusts or other special purpose entities established by operating companies and are not a direct obligation of an operating company. At the time the trust or special purpose entity sells such preferred securities to investors, it purchases debt of the operating company (with terms comparable to those of the trust or special purpose entity securities), which enables the operating company to deduct for tax purposes the interest paid on the debt held by the trust or special purpose entity. The trust or special purpose entity is generally required to be treated as transparent for U.S. federal income tax purposes such that the holders of the trust preferred securities

are treated as owning beneficial interests in the underlying debt of the operating company. Accordingly, payments on the hybrid-preferred securities are generally treated as interest rather than dividends for U.S. federal income tax purposes and, as such, are not eligible for the dividends received deduction (“DRD”) or the reduced rates of tax that apply to qualified dividend income. The trust or special purpose entity in turn would be a holder of the operating company’s debt and would have priority with respect to the operating company’s earnings and profits over the operating company’s common stockholders, but would typically be subordinated to other classes of the operating company’s debt. Typically a preferred security has a credit rating that is lower than that of its corresponding operating company’s senior debt securities.

Within the category of hybrid-preferred securities are senior debt instruments that trade in the broader preferred securities market. These debt instruments, which are sources of long-term capital for the issuers, have structural features similar to other preferred securities such as maturities ranging from 30 years to perpetuity, call features, quarterly payments, exchange listings and the inclusion of accrued interest in the trading price.

Contingent Capital Securities. In some cases, debt and traditional and hybrid preferred securities can include loss absorption provisions that make the securities more like equity—these securities are generally referred to as contingent capital securities (sometimes referred to as “CoCos”). This is particularly true in the financials sector, the largest preferred issuer segment.

In one version of a CoCo, the security has loss absorption characteristics whereby the liquidation value of the security may be adjusted downward to below the original par value (even to zero) under certain circumstances. This may occur, for instance, in the event that business losses have eroded capital to a substantial extent. The write down of the par value would occur automatically and would not entitle the holders to seek bankruptcy of the company. In addition, an automatic write-down could result in a reduced income rate if the dividend or interest payment is based on the security’s par value. Such securities may, but are not required to, provide for circumstances under which the liquidation value may be adjusted back up to par, such as an improvement in capitalization and/or earnings.

Another version of a CoCo provides for mandatory conversion of the security into common shares of the issuer under certain circumstances. The mandatory conversion might relate, for instance, to maintenance of a capital minimum, whereby falling below the minimum would trigger automatic conversion. Since the common stock of the issuer may not pay a dividend, investors in these instruments could experience a reduced income rate, potentially to zero, and conversion would deepen the subordination of the investor, hence worsening the Fund’s standing in a bankruptcy. In addition, some such instruments also provide for an automatic write-down if the price of the common stock is below the conversion price on the conversion date.

An automatic write-down or conversion event is typically triggered by a reduction in the capital level of the issuer, but may also be triggered by regulatory actions (e.g., a change in capital requirements) or by other factors.

Convertible Preferred Securities. Some preferred securities, generally known as convertible preferred securities, provide for an investor option to convert their holdings into common shares of the issuer. These securities may have lower rates of income than other preferred securities, and the conversion option may cause them to trade more like equities than typical fixed income instruments.

Floating Rate Securities. The Funds may invest, and Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund and Preferred Securities and Income Fund may invest up to 100% of their total assets, in floating rate preferred securities, which provide for a periodic adjustment in the interest rate paid on the securities. The terms of such securities provide that interest rates are adjusted periodically based upon an interest rate adjustment index. The adjustment intervals may be regular, and range from daily up to annually, or may be event-based, such as a change in the prime rate. Because of the interest rate reset feature, floating rate securities provide the Fund with a certain degree of protection against rises in interest rates, although the interest rates of floating rate securities will participate in any declines in interest rates as well.

Preferred securities may be subject to changes in regulations and there can be no assurance that the current regulatory treatment of preferred securities will continue.

For each Fund (other than Active Commodities Strategy Fund and Global Infrastructure Fund): Each Fund may invest significantly in the securities of real estate companies and may be susceptible to adverse economic or regulatory occurrences affecting that sector. Real property investments are subject to varying degrees of risk. The yields available from investments in real estate depend on the amount of income and capital appreciation generated by the related properties. Income and real estate values may also be adversely affected by such factors as applicable laws (e.g., Americans with Disabilities Act and tax laws), interest rate levels and the availability of financing. If the properties do not generate sufficient income to meet operating expenses, including, where applicable, debt service, ground lease payments, tenant improvements, third-party leasing commissions and other capital expenditures, the income and ability of the real estate company to make payments of any interest and principal on its debt securities will be adversely affected. In addition, real property may be subject to the quality of credit extended and defaults by borrowers and tenants. The performance of the economy in each of the regions and countries in which the real estate owned by a portfolio company is located affects occupancy, market rental rates and expenses and, consequently, has an impact on the income from such properties and their underlying values. The financial results of major local employers also may have an impact on the cash flow and value of certain properties. In addition, real estate investments are relatively illiquid and, therefore, the ability of real estate companies to vary their portfolios promptly in response to changes in economic or other conditions is limited. A real estate company also may have joint venture investments in certain of its properties and, consequently, its ability to control decisions relating to these properties may be limited.

Real property investments are also subject to risks which are specific to the investment sector or type of property in which the real estate companies are investing.

For each Fund (other than Active Commodities Strategy Fund and Global Infrastructure Fund): Each Fund may invest in REITs. REITs are sometimes informally characterized as equity REITs, mortgage REITs and hybrid REITs. An equity REIT invests primarily in the fee ownership or leasehold ownership of land and buildings and derives its income primarily from rental income. An equity REIT may also realize capital gains (or losses) by selling real estate properties in its portfolio that have

appreciated (or depreciated) in value. A mortgage REIT invests primarily in mortgages on real estate, which may secure construction, development or long-term loans. A mortgage REIT generally derives its income primarily from interest payments on the credit it has extended. A hybrid REIT combines the characteristics of equity REITs and mortgage REITs, generally by holding both ownership interests and mortgage interests in real estate. It is anticipated, although not required, that under normal circumstances a majority of a Fund’s investments in REITs will consist of securities issued by equity REITs.

In addition to the risks of securities linked to the real estate industry, equity REITs may be affected by changes in the value of the underlying property owned by the trusts, while mortgage REITs may be affected by the quality of any credit extended. Further, REITs are dependent upon management skills and generally may not be diversified. REITs are also subject to heavy cash flow dependency, defaults by borrowers and self-liquidation. In addition, U.S. REITs could possibly fail to qualify for pass-through of income under the Code, or to maintain their exemptions from registration under the 1940 Act. The above factors may also adversely affect a borrower’s or a lessee’s ability to meet its obligations to the REIT. In the event of a default by a borrower or lessee, the REIT may experience delays in enforcing its rights as a mortgagee or lessor and may incur substantial costs associated with protecting its investments.

For each Fund: Each Fund may enter into repurchase agreements. A repurchase agreement is an instrument under which an investor, such as a Fund, purchases a U.S. Government security from a vendor, with an agreement by the vendor to repurchase the security at the same price, plus interest at a specified rate. In such a case, the security is held by that Fund, in effect, as collateral for the repurchase obligation. Repurchase agreements may be entered into with member banks of the Federal Reserve System or “primary dealers” (as designated by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York) in U.S. Government securities. Repurchase agreements usually have a short duration, often less than one week. In entering into the repurchase agreement for a Fund, the Advisor will evaluate and monitor the creditworthiness of the vendor. In the event that a vendor should default on its repurchase obligation, a Fund might suffer a loss to the extent that the proceeds from the sale of the collateral were less than the repurchase price. If the vendor becomes bankrupt, a Fund might be delayed, or may incur costs or possible losses of principal and income, in selling the collateral.

For each Fund: Each Fund may lend portfolio securities to broker/dealers or other institutions. The borrower must maintain with the Fund cash or equivalent collateral equal to at least 100% of the market value of the securities loaned. During the time portfolio securities are on loan, the borrower pays the lending Fund any dividends or interest paid on the securities. The Fund may invest the collateral and earn additional income or receive an agreed upon amount of interest income from the borrower. Loans are subject to termination at the option of the Fund or the borrower. The Fund may pay reasonable administrative and custodial fees in connection with a loan. The Fund does not have the right to vote securities on loan, but would terminate the loan and regain the right to vote if that were considered important with respect to the investment. The Fund may lose money if a borrower defaults on its obligation to return securities and the value of the collateral held by the Fund is insufficient to replace the loaned securities. In addition, the Fund is responsible for any loss that might result from its investment of the borrower’s collateral.

For Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund, Global Infrastructure Fund, Global Realty Shares, International Realty Fund, MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund, Preferred Securities and Income Fund and Real Estate Securities Fund: Each Fund may enter into short sales, provided the dollar amount of short sales at any one time would not exceed 25% of the net assets of that Fund, and the value of securities of any one issuer in which a Fund is short would not exceed the lesser of 2% of the value of a Fund’s net assets or 2% of the securities of any class of any issuer. A Fund must designate collateral consisting of cash or liquid portfolio securities with a value equal to the current market value of the shorted securities, which is marked-to-market daily. If a Fund owns an equal amount of such securities or securities convertible into or exchangeable for, without payment of any further consideration, securities of the same issuer as, and equal in amount to, the securities sold short (which sales are commonly referred to as short sales against the box), the above requirements are not applicable. These restrictions do not limit a Fund’s ability to take short positions through transactions other than short sales, such as futures, swaps or other derivatives.

For Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund, Dividend Value Fund, Global Infrastructure Fund, Preferred Securities and Income Fund and Real Assets Fund: The Funds may invest in telecommunications companies, which are companies principally engaged in the development, manufacture, or sale of communications services or communications equipment or provision of communications services, including cable television, satellite, microwave, radio, telephone and other communications media. Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund and Preferred Securities and Income Fund may also invest in media companies, which are companies that invest in, create, own, and distribute various forms of printed, visual, audio, and interactive content, as well as information databases that they sell or lease to others. Examples include the Internet, newspaper, magazine, and book publishers, movie and television studios, advertising agencies, radio and television broadcasters, as well as cable television and direct satellite broadcast system operators. Risks of investing in the telecommunications and media sector includes many of the risks of investing in the utilities sector, including government regulation of rates of return and services that may be offered. Telecommunications products and services also may be subject to rapid obsolescence resulting from changes in consumer tastes, intense competition and strong market reactions to technological development.

For Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund, Active Commodities Strategy Fund, Dividend Value Fund, Global Infrastructure Fund, Preferred Securities and Income Fund, MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund and Real Assets Fund: Utility companies in which the Funds may invest generally are involved in the generation, transmission, sale or distribution of electric energy; distribution, purification and treatment of water; or production, transmission or distribution of oil or natural gas. Global Infrastructure Fund and MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund, Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund, Dividend Value Fund, Preferred Securities and Income Fund, Real Assets Fund and Active Commodities Strategy Fund may invest significantly in securities of utility companies and may be susceptible to adverse economic or regulatory occurrences affecting that sector. Investing in the utility sector includes the following risks:

Issuers in the utility sector may be subject to regulation by various governmental authorities and may be affected by the imposition of special tariffs and changes in tax laws, regulatory policies and accounting standards. In addition, there are substantial differences between the regulatory practices and policies of various jurisdictions, and any given regulatory agency may make major shifts in policy from time to time. There is no assurance that regulatory authorities will, in the future, grant rate increases or that such increases will be adequate to permit the payment of dividends on preferred or common stocks. Prolonged changes in climatic conditions can also have a significant impact on both the revenues of an electric or gas utility as well as its expenses.

For each Fund: Warrants are options to buy a stated number of shares of common stock at a specified price at any time during the life of the warrant. Rights represent a privilege offered to holders of record of issued securities to subscribe (usually on a pro rata basis) for additional securities of the same class, of a different class or of a different issuer. The holders of warrants and rights have no voting rights, receive no dividends and have no rights with respect to the assets of the issuer. The value of a warrant or right may not necessarily change with the value of the underlying securities. Warrants and rights cease to have value if they are not exercised prior to their expiration date. Investments in warrants and rights are thus speculative and may result in a total loss of any money invested in their acquisition.

Each Fund has adopted policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the Fund’s portfolio holdings and ongoing arrangements to make available such information to the general public and to certain persons on a selective basis. Except as noted below, the Funds do not provide portfolio holdings to any third party until they are made available on the Cohen & Steers website at cohenandsteers.com or through some other means of public dissemination. Each Fund’s full portfolio holdings are published semi-annually in reports sent to shareholders and such reports are made available on the Cohen & Steers website, within 60 days after the end of each semi-annual period. These semi-annual holdings are also filed with the SEC within 70 days of the end of each semi-annual period, as part of Form N-CSR. Quarterly holdings reports are filed with the SEC within 60 days at the end of the first and third fiscal quarters, as part of Form N-Q. In addition, pursuant to policies and procedures approved by the Board of Directors of each Fund, each Fund posts a preliminary list of portfolio holdings on the website quarterly, no earlier than 15 days after the end of each calendar quarter. One day after the full holdings have been published, employees of the Advisor or a Subadvisor (if applicable) may freely distribute them to third parties. This information remains available until a Fund files a report on Form N-Q or Form N-CSR for the period that includes the date as of which the information is current. In addition to information on portfolio holdings, other Fund statistical information may be found on the Cohen & Steers Funds’ website or by calling 800-330-7348.

Pursuant to the Funds’ portfolio holdings disclosure policies and procedures, the following are exceptions to the general rule that holdings are not disclosed to third parties until posted to the website:

1. Each Fund’s portfolio holdings may be disclosed prior to public release to certain third parties (e.g., rating and ranking organizations, financial printers, pricing information vendors and other research firms) for legitimate business purposes. Disclosure is conditioned on receipt of a written confidentiality agreement, including an agreement not to trade on the basis of the information disclosed. The portfolio holdings may be disclosed to such third parties on an as-needed basis and such disclosure must be authorized by the President and Chief Executive Officer, Chief Compliance Officer, secretary, assistant secretary, treasurer or assistant treasurer of the Fund after the receipt of an executed confidentiality agreement. Under these circumstances, the Fund’s portfolio holdings may be disclosed, without limitation, to the following third parties: Bloomberg, Broadridge, Inc., RR Donnelley Financial, Merrill Corporation, Interactive Data Corporation, Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc., Investment Company Institute, Eze Software Group, Moody’s, S&P and Thomson Reuters. The third parties listed are as of December 31, 2015 and are subject to change.

2. Each Fund’s portfolio holdings may also be disclosed between and among each Fund’s Advisor, Subadvisors (if applicable), Distributor (as defined below), administrator, co-administrator, custodian, independent registered public accounting firm and outside legal counsel for legitimate business purposes within the scope of their official duties and responsibilities, subject to their continuing duty of confidentiality and duty not to trade on the basis of any material nonpublic information, as such duties are imposed under the Code of Ethics and the Inside Information Policies and Procedures applicable to the Advisor, Distributor and administrator, and as imposed on the other parties by agreement or under applicable laws, rules and regulations.

3. Each Fund’s Advisor, Subadvisors (if applicable), administrator, co-administrator or custodian may, for legitimate business purposes within the scope of their official duties and responsibilities, disclose portfolio holdings to one or more broker-dealers during the course of, or in connection with, normal day-to-day securities transactions with such broker-dealers, subject to the broker-dealer’s legal obligation not to use or disclose material nonpublic information concerning a Fund’s portfolio holdings.

4. Each Fund may provide certain information (other than complete portfolio holdings) related to its portfolio holdings or derived from its portfolio holdings to the media so long as the Funds’ Chief Compliance Officer, or his or her designated representative, determines that the Fund has a legitimate business purpose for disclosing the information and the dissemination cannot be reasonably seen to give the recipient of such information an advantage in trading Fund shares or in any other way harm the Fund or its shareholders. Such information may include a small number of portfolio holdings (including information that the Fund no longer holds a particular security) or general information about the Fund’s portfolio holdings that cannot be used to determine the Fund’s portfolio holdings or any portion thereof. Information about a security may not be released if it could reasonably be seen to interfere with the current or future purchase or sale activities of the Fund or is contrary to applicable law.

5. Fund portfolio holdings may also be disclosed to any person as required by applicable laws, rules and regulations. Examples of such required disclosure include, but are not limited to, disclosure (1) in a filing or submission with the SEC or another regulatory body, (2) in connection with a lawsuit, or (3) as required by court order.

6. In certain circumstances, Cohen & Steers may provide Fund portfolio holdings information on an accelerated basis outside of an ongoing arrangement. For example, from time to time Cohen & Steers may receive requests for proposals (“RFPs”) from consultants or potential clients that request information about a Fund’s holdings on an accelerated basis. As long as such requests are on a one time basis, and do not result in continued receipt of data, such information may be provided in the RFP as of the most recent month end regardless of lag time. The RFP will include a confidentiality legend stating that the information contained in the RFP is confidential and the recipient agrees not to trade on such information. Any information will only be provided in cases where Cohen & Steers has reason to believe that the data will be used only for legitimate business purposes.

7. Cohen & Steers occasionally may work with a transition manager to move a large account into or out of a Fund. To reduce the impact to the Fund, such transactions may be conducted on an in-kind basis using shares of portfolio securities rather than cash. Cohen & Steers may provide accelerated portfolio holdings disclosure to the transition manager with little or no lag time to facilitate such transactions, but only if the transition manager enters into an appropriate confidentiality agreement.

Each Fund may from time to time post portfolio holdings on the Cohen & Steers website on a more timely basis than 15 days after calendar quarter-end if warranted by market conditions or other circumstances.

The investment objective and the principal investment strategies and investment techniques of each Fund are described in each Fund’s Prospectus. Each Fund has also adopted certain investment restrictions limiting the following activities, except as specifically authorized.

The following restrictions have been adopted as fundamental policies by the Funds, as specified below. Under the 1940 Act, a fundamental policy may not be changed without the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of a Fund, as defined under the 1940 Act, to mean the lesser of (1) 67% or more of the shares present at a meeting of shareholders of a Fund, if the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of that Fund are present or represented by proxy, or (2) more than 50% of the outstanding shares of a Fund.

For each Fund (other than Active Commodities Strategy Fund, Global Realty Shares and Real Assets Fund): The Fund may not borrow money, or pledge its assets, except that the Fund may borrow money from banks for temporary or emergency purposes, including the meeting of redemption requests which might require the untimely disposition of securities.

Borrowing in the aggregate may not exceed 15%, and borrowing for purposes other than meeting redemptions may not exceed 5%, of the value of the Fund’s total assets (including the amount borrowed) less liabilities (not including the amount borrowed) at the time the borrowing is made. Outstanding borrowings in excess of 5% of the value of the Fund’s total assets will be repaid before any subsequent investments are made.

For Active Commodities Strategy Fund and Real Assets Fund: The Fund may borrow money to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act, which provides that the Fund may borrow from a bank provided that immediately after any such borrowing, total assets (including the amount borrowed) less liabilities other than debt obligations represent at least 300% of outstanding debt obligations.

For each Fund: The Fund may not issue any senior securities, except that collateral arrangements with respect to transactions such as forward contracts, futures contracts, short sales or options, including deposits of initial and variation margin, shall not be considered to be the issuance of a senior security for purposes of this restriction.

For each Fund: The Fund may not act as an underwriter of securities issued by other persons, except insofar as the Fund may be deemed an underwriter in connection with the disposition of securities.

For Global Realty Shares and Real Estate Securities Fund: The Fund may not purchase or sell real estate, except that the Fund may invest in securities of companies that deal in real estate or are engaged in the real estate business, including real estate investment trusts, and securities secured by real estate or interests therein and the Fund may hold and sell real estate acquired through default, liquidation, or other distributions of an interest in real estate as a result of the Fund’s ownership of such securities.

For Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund, Active Commodities Strategy Fund, Dividend Value Fund, Global Infrastructure Fund, International Realty Fund, MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund, Preferred Securities and Income Fund and Real Assets Fund: The Fund may not purchase or sell real estate or mortgages on real estate, except that the Fund may invest in securities of companies that deal in real estate or are engaged in the real estate business, including real estate investment trusts, and securities secured by real estate or interests therein and the Fund may hold and sell real estate or mortgages acquired on real estate acquired through default, liquidation, or other distributions of an interest in real estate as a result of the Fund’s ownership of such securities.

For purposes of the investment restrictions below, at the time of the establishment of the restriction, swap contracts on financial instruments or rates were not within the understanding of the terms “commodities” or “commodity futures contracts,” and notwithstanding any federal legislation or regulatory action by the CFTC that subjects such swaps to regulation by the CFTC, the Funds will not consider such instruments to be commodities or commodity futures contracts for purposes of the below restrictions.

For each Fund (other than Active Commodities Strategy Fund, MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund and Real Assets Fund): The Fund may not purchase or sell commodities or commodity futures contracts, except that the Fund may invest in financial futures contracts, options thereon and similar instruments.

For MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund: The Fund may purchase and sell commodities or commodity contracts, including futures contracts, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.

For Active Commodities Strategy Fund and Real Assets Fund: The Fund may purchase and sell commodities to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.

For each Fund: The Fund may not make loans to other persons except through the lending of securities held by it (but not to exceed a value of one-third of total assets), through the use of repurchase agreements, and by the purchase of debt securities, all in accordance with its investment policies.

For purposes of determining compliance with the investment restrictions below, the Advisor uses a customized set of industry groups for classifying securities based on classifications developed by third party providers. The set of industry groups used by the Advisor with respect to a particular Fund may change over time and without notice to investors, and in certain cases, may differ from the set of industry groups used by the Advisor with respect to other Funds. In addition, to the extent that any Fund listed below invests in securities of other open- or closed-end investment companies, including ETFs, that Fund will consider the investments of those underlying open- and closed-end investment companies, to the extent known by the Fund, in determining whether the Fund is concentrated in a particular industry.

For Active Commodities Strategy Fund: The Fund may not invest 25% or more of its net assets in securities of issuers in any particular industry, except that the Fund will invest at least 25% of the value of its net assets in investments offering exposure to commodities and provided that this limitation shall exclude securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government or any of its agencies or instrumentalities. For purposes of this limitation the Fund will generally value exchange-traded futures contracts and commodity-related derivative instruments at their notional value.

For Dividend Value Fund: The Fund may not invest 25% or more of its net assets in securities of issuers in any particular industry, this limitation shall exclude securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government or any of its agencies or instrumentalities.

For Global Infrastructure Fund: The Fund may not invest more than 25% of its net assets in securities of issuers in any one industry, except for securities in infrastructure companies.

For International Realty Fund: The Fund may not invest 25% or more of its net assets in securities of issuers in any particular industry, except that the Fund will invest at least 25% of the value of its net assets in securities of companies engaged in the real estate industry and provided that this limitation shall exclude securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government or any of its agencies or instrumentalities.

For MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund: The Fund may not invest more than 25% of its total assets in securities of issuers in any one industry except that the Fund will, under normal circumstances, invest more than 25% of its assets in the energy industry and may invest to an unlimited degree in securities issued or guaranteed by the United States Government or by its agencies or instrumentalities.

For Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund and Preferred Securities and Income Fund: The Fund may not invest 25% or more of its net assets in securities of issuers in any particular industry, except that the Fund will invest at least 25% of the value of its net assets in securities of companies engaged in the financials sector and provided that this limitation shall exclude securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government or any of its agencies or instrumentalities.

For Real Assets Fund: The Fund may not invest 25% or more of its net assets in securities of issuers in any particular industry, except that the Fund will invest at least 25% of the value of its net assets in investments offering exposure to real assets, which includes commodities, natural resources, precious metals, real estate and infrastructure and provided that this limitation shall exclude securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government or any of its agencies or instrumentalities.

The following investment restrictions have been adopted as non-fundamental policies by the Funds, as specified below. They may be changed at any time by vote of a majority of the Board of Directors of an applicable Fund.

For each Fund: The Fund may not purchase restricted or illiquid securities, including repurchase agreements maturing in more than seven days, if as a result, more than 15% of the Fund’s net assets would then be invested in such securities (excluding securities which are eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act and, for Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund, Active Commodities Strategy Fund, Dividend Value Fund, Global Infrastructure Fund, Global Realty Shares, MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund, Preferred Securities and Income Fund, Real Assets Fund and Real Estate Securities Fund, determined to be liquid).

For each Fund: The Fund may not acquire or retain securities of any investment company, except that the Fund may (a) acquire securities of investment companies up to the limits permitted by Section 12(d)(1) of the 1940 Act, and (b) acquire securities of any investment company as part of a merger, consolidation or similar transaction.

For each Fund (other than Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund, Active Commodities Strategy Fund, Preferred Securities and Income Fund and Real Assets Fund): The Fund may not make short sales whereby the dollar amount of short sales at any one time would exceed 25% of the net assets of the Fund; provided that the Fund maintains collateral in a segregated account consisting of cash or liquid portfolio securities with a value equal to the current market value of the shorted securities, which is marked to market daily. If the Fund owns an equal amount of such securities or securities convertible into or exchangeable for, without payment of any further consideration, securities of the same issuer as, and equal in amount to, the securities sold short (which sales are commonly referred to as “short sales against the box”), such restrictions shall not apply.

For each Fund (other than Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund, Active Commodities Strategy Fund, MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund, Preferred Securities and Income Fund, Real Assets Fund and Real Estate Securities Fund): The Fund may not invest in puts, calls, straddles, spreads or any combination thereof, except that the Fund may (a) purchase put and call options on securities and securities indexes, and (b) write covered put and call options on securities and securities indexes, provided that (i) the securities underlying such options are within the investment policies of the Fund; (ii) at the time of such investment, the value of the aggregate premiums paid for such securities does not exceed 5% of the Fund’s total assets; and (iii) the value of the underlying securities on which options may be written at any one time does not exceed 25% of total assets.

For each Fund (other than Active Commodities Strategy Fund, MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund and Real Assets Fund): The Fund may not invest in oil, gas or other mineral exploration programs, development programs or leases, except that the Fund may purchase securities of companies engaging in whole or in part in such activities.

For each Fund (other than Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund, Active Commodities Strategy Fund, MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund, Preferred Securities and Income Fund and Real Assets Fund): The Fund may not pledge, mortgage or hypothecate its assets except in connection with permitted borrowings. For the avoidance of doubt, the deposit or payment of initial or variation margin in connection with futures contracts or related options will not be deemed to be a pledge, mortgage or hypothecation of assets.

For each Fund (other than Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund, Active Commodities Strategy Fund, MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund, Preferred Securities and Income Fund and Real Assets Fund): The Fund may not purchase securities on margin, except short-term credits as are necessary for the purchase and sale of securities, provided that the deposit or payment of initial or variation margin in connection with futures contracts or related options will not be deemed to be a purchase on margin.

The business and affairs of each Fund are managed under the direction of its Board of Directors. Each Board of Directors approves all significant agreements between the Fund and persons or companies furnishing services to it, including the Fund’s agreements with its Advisor, subadvisors, administrator, co-administrator, custodian and Boston Financial Data Services, Inc. (the “Transfer Agent”). The Boards of Directors of Global Infrastructure Fund, Global Realty Shares, International Realty Fund, Real Assets Fund and MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund also approve agreements with Cohen & Steers Asia Limited (“CNS Asia”), and Cohen & Steers UK Limited (“CNS UK”), the investment sub-advisors for those respective Funds (each of CNS Asia and CNS UK are referred to in this SAI as a “Subadvisor” and collectively as the “Subadvisors”). The management of each Fund’s day-to-day operations is delegated to its officers, the Advisor, the Subadvisors (if applicable), the administrator and co-administrator, and Transfer Agent, subject always to the investment objective and policies of the Fund and to the general supervision of the Board of Directors. The Directors and officers of each Fund and their principal occupations during at least the past five years are set forth below. Each such Director and officer is also a Director or officer of some or all of the twenty-two funds in the Cohen & Steers Fund Complex.

Each Director, other than Messrs. Harvey, Junkans and Maginnis, and Ms. Magpiong, who were appointed to the Board in July 2014, January 2015, October 2015 and October 2015, respectively, has been a Director of the funds in the Cohen & Steers Fund Complex for at least five years. Additional information follows (supplementing the information provided in the table above) that describes some of the specific experiences, qualifications, attributes or skills that each Independent Director possesses which the Board believes has prepared him or her to be an effective Director.

The Boards believe that the significance of each Director’s experience, qualifications, attributes or skills is an individual matter (meaning that experience that is important for one Director may not have the same value for another) and that these factors are best evaluated at the board level, with no single Director, or particular factor, being indicative of board effectiveness. However, the Boards believe that Directors need to have the ability to critically review, evaluate, question and discuss information provided to them, and to interact effectively with Fund management, service providers and counsel, in order to exercise effective business judgment in the performance of their duties; the Boards believe that their members satisfy this standard. Experience relevant to having this ability may

be achieved through a Director’s educational background; business, professional training or practice (e.g., accounting or law), public service or academic positions; experience from service as a board member (including the Boards of the Funds) or as an executive of investment funds, public companies or significant private or not-for-profit entities or other organizations; and/or other life experiences. The charter for the Boards’ Nominating Committee contains certain other specific requirements and factors considered by the Committee in identifying and selecting Director candidates.

To assist them in evaluating matters under federal and state law, the Directors are counseled by their own independent legal counsel, who participates in Board meetings and interacts with the Advisor, and also may benefit from information provided by the Funds’ and the Advisor’s counsel; both Board and Fund counsel have significant experience advising funds and fund board members. Each Board and its committees have the ability to engage other experts as appropriate. Each Board evaluates its performance on an annual basis.

Board Composition and Leadership Structure. The 1940 Act requires that at least 40% of a Fund’s directors not be “interested persons” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Fund and, as such, not affiliated with the Advisor (“Independent Directors”). To rely on certain exemptive rules under the 1940 Act, a majority of a Fund’s Directors must be Independent Directors, and for certain important matters, such as the approval of investment advisory agreements or transactions with affiliates, the 1940 Act or the rules thereunder require the approval of a majority of the Independent Directors. Currently, over 75% of the Fund’s Directors are Independent Directors. The Chairman of the Boards is an interested person of the Funds, and the Independent Directors have designated a lead Independent Director who chairs meetings or executive sessions of the Independent Directors, reviews and comments on Board meeting agendas, represents the views of the Independent Directors to management and facilitates communication among the Independent Directors and their counsel. Each Board has determined that its leadership structure, in which the Independent Directors have designated Richard E. Kroon as lead Independent Director to function as described above, is appropriate in light of the services that the Advisor and its affiliates provide to the Funds and potential conflicts of interest that could arise from these relationships.

Officers of the Funds. The officers of the Funds (other than Messrs. Steers and Harvey, whose biographies are provided above) their addresses, their years of birth, and their principal occupations for at least the past five years are set forth below.

LOW DURATION PREFERRED AND INCOME FUND AND PREFERRED SECURITIES AND INCOME FUND

All of the officers of a Fund are officers or employees of the Advisor and its affiliates. Their affiliations with the Funds and with the Advisor are provided under their principal business occupations.

The following table provides information concerning the dollar range of each Fund’s equity securities owned by each Director and the aggregate dollar range of securities owned in the Cohen & Steers Fund Complex, each as of December 31, 2015.

Conflicts of Interest. No Independent Director and none of their immediate family members, own any securities issued by the Advisor or the Distributor, or any person or entity (other than a Fund and other funds in the Cohen & Steers Fund Complex) directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Advisor or the Distributor.

Committees. Each Fund’s Board of Directors has five standing committees, the Audit Committee, the Nominating Committee, the Contract Review Committee, the Governance Committee and the Dividend Committee. Each Committee is composed solely of Independent Directors. All of the Independent Directors are members of the Nominating and Contract Review Committees. The members of the Governance Committees are Messrs. Clark, Norman, Ward and Junkans and Ms. Magpiong. The members of the Audit Committees are Ms. Cohen and Messrs. Clark, Ross, Grossman and Maginnis. The members of the Dividend Committee are Ms. Cohen and Messrs. Clark, Kroon and Junkans.

For the fiscal years ended: (i) December 31, 2015 for each Fund other than Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund, Active Commodities Strategy Fund, Dividend Value Fund and MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund; (ii) April 30, 2016 for Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund and Active Commodities Strategy Fund; (iii) February 29, 2016 for Dividend Value Fund; and (iv) November 30, 2015 for MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund, the number of committee meetings was as follows:

The function of each Audit Committee is to assist the Board of Directors in its oversight of the Fund’s financial reporting process. The functions of each Nominating Committee are to identify individuals qualified to become members of the Board of Directors in the event that a position is vacated or created, to select the Director nominees for any future meeting of shareholders and to set any necessary standards or qualifications for service on the Board of Directors. Each Nominating Committee will consider nominees properly recommended by the Fund’s shareholders. Shareholders who wish to recommend a nominee should send nominations that include, among other things, biographical data and the qualifications of the proposed nominee to their Fund’s Secretary. The main functions of the Contract Review Committee are to make recommendations to the Board of Directors after reviewing advisory and other contracts that the Fund has with the Advisor and Subadvisors (if applicable) and to select third parties to provide evaluative reports and other information regarding the services provided by the Advisor to the Board. The main function of each Governance Committee is to assist the Board in the oversight of appropriate and effective governance of the Fund. Each Governance Committee will oversee, among other things, the structure and composition of the Board committees, the size of the Board and the compensation of Independent Directors for service on the Board and any Board committee. The main function of each Dividend Committee is to assist the Board in the oversight of the Funds’ process for determining distributions.

Board’s Oversight Role in Management. Each Board’s role in management of its Fund is oversight. As is the case with virtually all investment companies (as distinguished from operating companies), service providers to the Funds, primarily the Advisor and its affiliates, have responsibility for the day-to-day

management of the Funds, which includes responsibility for risk management (including management of investment performance and investment risk, valuation risk, issuer and counterparty credit risk, compliance risk and operational risk). As part of its oversight, each Board, acting at its scheduled meetings, or the lead Independent Director, acting between Board meetings, regularly interacts with and receives reports from senior personnel of service providers, including the Fund’s and the Advisor’s Chief Compliance Officer and portfolio management personnel. Each Board’s Audit Committee meets during its scheduled meetings, and between meetings the audit committee chair maintains contact, with the Fund’s independent registered public accounting firm and the Fund’s Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer. Each Board also receives periodic presentations from senior personnel of the Advisor or its affiliates regarding risk management generally, as well as periodic presentations regarding specific operational, compliance or investment areas such as business continuity, anti-money laundering, personal trading, valuation, credit, investment research and securities lending. Each Board has adopted policies and procedures designed to address certain risks to the Fund. In addition, the Advisor and certain service providers to the Funds have adopted a variety of policies, procedures and controls designed to address particular risks to the Funds. However, it is not possible to eliminate all of the risks to the Funds. Each Board also receives reports from counsel to the Funds and the Advisor and the Board’s own independent legal counsel regarding regulatory compliance and governance matters. Each Board’s oversight role does not make the Board a guarantor of the Fund’s investments or activities.

The following table sets forth information regarding compensation of the Directors and certain officers by the Funds as of the date of this SAI for the calendar year ended December 31, 2015. Officers of the Funds and Interested Directors do not receive any compensation from any Fund or any other fund in the Cohen & Steers Fund Complex, except for the Chief Compliance Officer, who receives less than $60,000 from any one Fund. The Independent Directors are paid an annual base retainer of $120,000, paid quarterly, and a $10,000 per meeting fee per quarter ($40,000 annually), and such fees are allocated over the Cohen & Steers Fund Complex based on average net assets of each fund. The Audit Committee Chairman is paid $25,000 per year in the aggregate for his service as Chairman of the Audit Committees of the Cohen & Steers Fund Complex, and the Contract Review and Governance Committee Chairmen are each paid $20,000 per year in the aggregate for their work in connection with the Cohen & Steers Fund Complex. The Nominating Committee Chairman is paid $20,000 per year, on an as needed basis, for his work in connection with the Cohen & Steers Fund Complex. The Chairperson of the Dividend Committee is paid $10,000 per year in the aggregate for her work in connection with the declaration of distributions for the Cohen & Steers funds. The lead Independent Director is paid $50,000 per year in the aggregate for his service as lead Independent Director of the Cohen & Steers Fund Complex. Directors also may be paid additional compensation for services related to the Board or its committees, as approved by the Board. The column headed “Total Compensation Paid to Directors by Fund Complex,” represents the compensation paid by the twenty-two funds that each Director served in the Fund Complex during

the calendar year ended December 31, 2015. The Directors do not receive any pension or retirement benefits from the Cohen & Steers Fund Complex.

A principal shareholder is any person who owns (either of record or beneficially) 5% or more of any class of outstanding shares of a Fund. A person who beneficially owns, either directly or indirectly, more than 25% of the voting securities of a Fund or acknowledges the existence of such control may be presumed to control the Fund. A control person could potentially control the outcome of any proposal submitted to the shareholders for approval, including changes to a Fund’s fundamental policies or terms of the investment advisory agreement with the Advisor. Certain of the investors below are believed to hold the indicated shares as nominee.

Additionally, the Advisor or an affiliate of the Advisor (the “seed investor”) may provide initial funding to or otherwise invest in a Fund. A seed investor may redeem its investment in a Fund at any time and without prior notice, which could adversely affect a Fund and its shareholders, such as by causing the Fund to realize taxable gains that will be distributed to other shareholders, and increasing Fund transaction costs and expense ratios.

As Class F shares and Class T shares have not yet commenced operations, there are no principal holders of securities.

As of [ ], with respect to all Funds except MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund, Dividend Value Fund, Real Assets Fund and Active Commodities Strategy Fund, Directors and officers of each Fund as a group owned less than 1% of their respective Fund’s outstanding shares. As of [ ], Directors and Officers owned [ ]% of Dividend Value Fund. As of [ ], Directors and Officers owned [ ]% of Real Assets Fund. As of [ ], Directors and Officers owned [ ]% of Active Commodities Strategy Fund. As of [ ], with respect to the MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund, Directors and Officers owned less than 1% of the Fund’s outstanding shares.

Cohen & Steers Capital Management, Inc., a registered investment advisor, located at 280 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017, is the investment advisor to the Funds. The Advisor is a wholly-owned subsidiary of CNS, a publicly traded company whose shares are listed on the NYSE under the symbol “CNS.” As of [ ], the Advisor managed approximately $[ ] billion in assets.

The Advisor was formed in 1986 and its current clients include pension plans of leading corporations, endowment funds and investment companies, including each of the open-end and closed-end Cohen & Steers funds. Messrs. Cohen and Steers are deemed “controlling persons” of the Advisor on the basis of their ownership of stock in CNS.

Pursuant to investment advisory agreements (each, an “Investment Advisory Agreement”) with each of Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund, Dividend Value Fund, Global Infrastructure Fund, Global Realty Shares, International Realty Fund, Preferred Securities and Income Fund, Real Assets Fund, Real Estate Securities Fund, MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund and Active Commodities Strategy Fund, the Advisor furnishes a continuous investment program for each Fund’s portfolio, and has overall responsibility for directing the investments of each Fund in accordance with each Funds’ investment objective, policies and limitations, subject to the general supervision of the Board of Directors of each Fund. With respect to Global Infrastructure Fund, Global Realty Shares, International Realty Fund, Real Assets Fund and MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund, the Advisor is also responsible for supervising the Subadvisors.

Under each Investment Advisory Agreement, the Fund pays the Advisor a monthly advisory fee equal to an annual percentage of the average daily net assets of the Fund. The fee that each Fund pays pursuant to its Investment Advisory Agreement, is set forth in the table below. In addition, the Advisor has made contractual commitments to certain of the Funds to waive its fee and/or reimburse such Funds for expenses to the extent necessary to maintain those Funds’

total annual operating expenses at or below certain levels. Such waiver/reimbursement arrangements are also set forth in the table below.

For the fiscal years ended: (i) December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 for each Fund other than Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund, Active Commodities Strategy Fund, Dividend Value Fund and MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund; (ii) April 30, 2016 for Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund; (iii) February 29, 2016 and February 28, 2015, 2014 and 2013 for Dividend Value Fund; (iv) April 30, 2016 and 2015 for Active Commodities Strategy Fund; and (v) November 30, 2015 and 2014 for MLP & Energy and Opportunity Fund, the Advisor received advisory or management fees in the following amounts:

For the fiscal years ended: (i) December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 for each of the following Funds other than Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund, Active Commodities Strategy Fund, Dividend Value Fund and MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund; (ii) April 30, 2016 for Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund; (iii) February 29, 2016 and February 28, 2015, 2014 and 2013 for Dividend Value Fund; (iv) April 30, 2016 and 2015 for Active Commodities Strategy Fund; and (v) November 30, 2015 and 2014 for MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund, the Advisor waived and/or reimbursed the following Funds the respective amounts set forth in the table below, pursuant to contractual agreements by the Advisor to limit expenses that were substantially the same as those described above:

Therefore, for the fiscal years ended: (i) December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 for each of the following Funds other than Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund, Active Commodities Strategy Fund, Dividend Value Fund and MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund; (ii) April 30, 2016 for Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund; (iii) February 29, 2016 and February 28, 2015, 2014 and 2013 for

Dividend Value Fund; (iv) April 30, 2016 and 2015 for Active Commodities Strategy Fund; and (v) November 30, 2015 and 2014 for MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund, the net management fee or advisory fees paid by these Funds were as follows:

The Advisor also provides the Funds with such personnel as the Funds may from time to time request for the performance of clerical, accounting and other office services, such as coordinating matters with the co-administrator, the Transfer Agent and the custodian, which the Advisor is not required to furnish under the Investment Advisory Agreements. The personnel rendering these services, who may act as officers of a Fund, may be employees of the Advisor or its affiliates. The cost to a Fund for these services must be agreed to by a Fund and is intended to be no higher than the actual cost to the Advisor or its affiliates of providing the services. A Fund may from time to time hire its own employees or contract to have services performed by third parties, and the management of the Funds intends to do so whenever it appears advantageous to a Fund.

With respect to Global Infrastructure Fund, Global Realty Shares, International Realty Fund, MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund and Real Assets Fund (each, a “Subadvised Fund” and collectively, the “Subadvised Funds”), the Advisor has entered into subadvisory agreements (each, a “Subadvisory Agreement”) with each of the Subadvisors. References in this SAI to activities and responsibilities of the Advisor with respect to a SubAdvised Fund may be performed by one or more of the Subadvisors pursuant to the Subadvisory Agreements with the Advisor.

Each of the Subadvisors provides investment advisory and research services in connection with managing the investments of the Subadvised Funds. CNS UK is located at 21 Sackville Street, 4th floor, London, U.K. and CNS Asia is located at 1201-2, Citibank Tower, Citibank Plaza, 3 Garden Road, Central, Hong Kong. As of [ ], CNS Asia and CNS UK managed approximately $[ ] billion and $[ ] billion, respectively.

Effective October 1, 2009, except with respect to Real Assets Fund and MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund, the Advisor allocates 50% of the advisory fee received from each subadvised Fund among itself and each of CNS Europe (until December 31, 2012), CNS Asia and CNS UK based on the portion of

each Fund’s average assets managed by the Advisor and each Subadvisor. The Advisor retains the remaining 50% of the advisory fee received from each Fund. Prior to October 1, 2009, the Advisor paid CNS Asia, CNS UK and CNS Europe 16.3%, 6.3% and 6.3%, respectively, of the advisory fee received by the Advisor from each Fund.

The Advisor allocates the advisory fee received from Real Assets Fund and MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund among itself and each of CNS Europe (until December 31, 2012) for Real Assets Fund, CNS Asia and CNS UK for both Real Assets Fund and MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund using the same methodology as set forth in the preceding paragraph.

For the fiscal years ended: (i) December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 for each of the following Funds other than MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund; and (ii) November 30, 2015 and 2014 for MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund, the Advisor paid each of CNS Asia and CNS UK the following subadvisory fees with respect to each Subadvised Fund.

Accounts Managed. The portfolio managers for each Fund are listed below. Each portfolio manager also manages other registered investment companies and/or other pooled investment vehicles and other accounts in addition to the Fund or Funds that they manage. The following tables show, as of the fiscal years ended: (i) December 31, 2015 for each of the following Funds other than Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund, Active Commodities Strategy Fund, Dividend Value Fund and MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund; (ii) April 30, 2016 for Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund; (iii) April 30, 2016 for Active Commodities Strategy Fund; (iv) February 29, 2016 for Dividend Value Fund; and (v) November 30, 2015 for MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund, the number of accounts

each portfolio manager managed in each of the listed categories and the total assets in the accounts managed within each category.

Share Ownership. The following table indicates the dollar range of securities of each Fund owned by each Fund’s portfolio managers as of (i) December 31, 2015 for each Fund other than Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund, Active Commodities Strategy Fund, Dividend Value Fund, and MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund, (ii) April 30, 2016 with respect to Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund, (iii) April 30, 2016 with respect to Active Commodities Strategy Fund, (iv) February 29, 2016 with respect to Dividend Value Fund and (v) November 30, 2015 with respect to MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund:

Advisor, CNS Asia and CNS UK. Although the potential for conflicts of interest exist when an investment adviser and portfolio managers manage other accounts that invest in securities in which a Fund may invest or that may pursue a strategy similar to one of the Fund’s strategies, the Advisor and CNS Asia and CNS UK have procedures in place that are designed to ensure that all accounts are treated fairly and that the Funds are not disadvantaged.

For example, a portfolio manager may have conflicts of interest in allocating management time, resources and investment opportunities among a Fund and the other accounts or vehicles he advises. In addition, due to differences in the investment strategies or restrictions among a Fund and the other accounts, a portfolio manager may take action with respect to another account that differs from the action taken with respect to a Fund. In some cases, another account managed by a portfolio manager may provide more revenue to the Advisor or CNS Asia and/or CNS UK, as applicable. While this may appear to create additional conflicts of interest for the portfolio manager in the allocation of management time, resources and investment opportunities, the Advisor and CNS Asia and CNS UK strive to ensure that portfolio managers endeavor to exercise their discretion in a manner that is equitable to all interested persons. In this regard, in the absence of specific account-related limitations (such as client-imposed restrictions or lack of available cash), for equity strategies it is the general policy of the Advisor and CNS Asia and CNS UK to allocate investment ideas pro rata to all accounts with the same primary investment strategy, except where an allocation would not produce a meaningful position size. Cohen & Steers generally attempts to allocate orders for the same fixed income security on a pro rata basis among participating eligible accounts. Purchases and sales of fixed income securities, including new issues and other limited investment opportunities may differ from a pro-rata allocation based on the investment objective, guideline restrictions, the benchmark and characteristics of the particular account. When determining which accounts will participate in a block trade, Cohen & Steers also takes into consideration factors that may include duration, sector and/or issuer weights relative to benchmark, cash flows / liquidity needs, style, maturity and credit quality. In addition, if the allocation process results in a very small allocation, or if there are minimum security requirements that are not achieved at our targeted position size, these amounts can be reallocated to other clients. To reach desired outcomes with regards to portfolio characteristics, certain portfolios may hold different securities with substantially similar investment characteristics to achieve its investment objective, such that comparable risk positioning, in accordance with guidelines and mandates, is realized over time. In addition, each Fund, as a registered investment company, is subject to different regulations than certain of the other accounts, and, consequently, may not be permitted to engage in all the investment techniques or transactions, or to engage in such techniques or transactions to the same degree, as the other accounts.

Certain of the portfolio managers may from time to time manage one or more accounts in which the Advisor or CNS Asia and/or CNS UK holds a substantial interest (the “CNS Accounts”). Certain securities held and traded in the CNS Accounts also may be held and traded in one or more client accounts. It is the policy of the Advisor and CNS Asia and CNS UK, however, not to put the interests of the CNS Accounts ahead of the interests of client accounts. The Advisor and CNS Asia and CNS UK may aggregate orders of client accounts with those of the CNS Accounts; however, under no circumstances will preferential treatment be given to the CNS Accounts. For all orders involving the CNS Accounts, purchases or sales will be allocated prior to trade placement, and orders that are only partially filled will be allocated across all accounts in proportion to the shares each account, including the CNS Accounts, was designated to receive prior to trading. As a result, it is expected that the CNS Accounts will receive the same average price as other accounts included in the aggregated order. Shares will not normally be allocated or re-allocated to the CNS Accounts after trade execution or after the average price is known. However, in the event so few shares of an order are executed that a pro-rata allocation is not practical, a rotational system of allocation may be used; however, the CNS Accounts will never be part of that rotation or receive shares of a partially filled order other than on a pro-rata basis.

Because certain CNS Accounts are managed with a cash management objective, it is possible that a security will be sold out of the CNS Accounts but continue to be held for one or more client accounts. In situations when this occurs, such security will remain in a client account only if the Advisor and CNS Asia and CNS UK, acting in their reasonable judgment and consistent with their fiduciary duties, believes this is appropriate for, and consistent with the objectives and profile of, the client account.

Certain accounts managed by the Advisor may compensate the Advisor using performance based fees. Orders for these accounts will be aggregated, to the extent possible, with any other account managed by the Advisor, regardless of the method of compensation. In the event such orders are aggregated, allocation of partially-filled orders will be made on a pro-rata basis in accordance with pre-trade indications. An account’s fee structure is not considered when making allocation decisions.

Certain of the portfolio managers may from time to time manage portfolios used in a unified managed account programs or other model portfolio arrangements (collectively, “Model Portfolios”) offered by various sponsors and/or other non-Cohen & Steers investment advisors. In connection with these Model Portfolios, portfolio managers provide investment recommendations in the form of model portfolios to a third party, who is responsible for executing trades for participating client accounts. The Advisor maintains procedures designed to deliver portfolios on a fair and equitable basis. Trades for Cohen & Steers discretionary managed accounts, including the Funds, are worked contemporaneously with the delivery of updated model information. The Model Portfolios may achieve a security weighting ahead of or after the weighting achieved in our Funds.

Finally, the structure of a portfolio manager’s compensation may give rise to potential conflicts of interest. A portfolio manager’s base pay and bonus tend to increase with additional and more complex responsibilities that include increased assets under management. As such, there may be an indirect relationship between a portfolio manager’s marketing or sales efforts and his or her bonus compensation.

The Advisor and CNS Asia and CNS UK, and the Funds, have adopted certain compliance procedures that are designed to address the above conflicts as well as other types of conflicts of interests. However, there is no guarantee that such procedures will detect each and every situation where a conflict arises.

Advisor, CNS Asia and CNS UK. Compensation of portfolio managers and other investment professionals has three primary components: (1) a base salary, (2) an annual cash bonus and (3) long-term stock-based compensation consisting generally of restricted stock units of, CNS, the parent company of the Advisor and CNS Asia and CNS. All investment professionals, including the portfolio managers, also receive certain retirement, insurance and other benefits that are broadly available to all of its employees. Compensation of investment professionals is reviewed primarily on an annual basis. Cash bonuses, stock-based compensation awards, and adjustments in base salary are typically paid or put into effect in the January following the fiscal year-end of CNS. The Advisor and CNS Asia and CNS UK compensate their portfolio managers based primarily on the scale and complexity of their portfolio responsibilities and the total return performance of funds and accounts managed by the portfolio manager compared with appropriate peer groups or benchmarks. The Advisor and CNS Asia and CNS UK use a variety of benchmarks to evaluate the portfolio managers’ performance for compensation purposes.

In evaluating the performance of a portfolio manager primary emphasis is normally placed on one- and three-year performance. Performance is evaluated on a pre-tax and pre-expense basis. In addition to rankings within peer groups of funds on the basis of absolute performance, consideration may also be given to risk-adjusted performance. For funds and accounts with a primary investment objective of high current income, consideration will also be given to the funds’ and accounts’ success in achieving this objective. For managers responsible for multiple funds and accounts, investment performance is evaluated on an aggregate basis. Portfolio managers are also evaluated on the basis of their success in managing their dedicated team of analysts. Base compensation for portfolio managers of the Advisor and CNS Asia and CNS UK varies in line with the portfolio manager’s seniority and position with the firm.

Salaries, bonuses and stock-based compensation are also influenced by the operating performance of the Advisor and CNS. The Advisor has accounts with performance based fees, and although portfolio managers do not directly receive a portion of these fees, performance based fees may contribute to the overall profitability of the Advisor. While the annual salaries of the Advisor’s and CNS Asia and CNS UK’s portfolio managers are fixed, cash bonuses and stock based compensation may fluctuate significantly from year-to-year, based on changes in manager performance and other factors.

Mr. Helm is entitled to additional compensation based on a percentage of revenues, less allocated expenses, associated with fees paid to Cohen & Steers with respect to all large cap value portfolios, including open- and closed-end funds, for which he serves as portfolio manager.

The Advisor performs certain administrative functions for each Fund, including (i) providing office space, telephone, office equipment and supplies for each Fund; (ii) paying the compensation of each Fund’s officers for services rendered as such; (iii) authorizing expenditures and approving bills for payment on behalf of each Fund; (iv) supervising preparation of the periodic updating of each Fund’s registration statement, including the Prospectuses and SAI, for the purpose of filings with the SEC and state securities administrators and monitoring and maintaining the effectiveness of such filings, as appropriate; (v) supervising preparation of quarterly reports to each Fund’s shareholders, notices

of dividends, capital gains distributions and tax credits, and attending to routine correspondence and other communications with individual shareholders; (vi) supervising the daily pricing of each Fund’s investment portfolio and the publication of the NAV of each Fund’s shares, earnings reports and other financial data; (vii) monitoring relationships with organizations providing services to each Fund, including the custodian, Transfer Agent and printers; (viii) providing trading desk facilities for each Fund; (ix) supervising compliance by each Fund with recordkeeping requirements under the 1940 Act and regulations thereunder, maintaining books and records for each Fund (other than those maintained by the custodian and Transfer Agent) and preparing and filing of tax reports other than each Fund’s income tax returns; and (x) providing executive, clerical and secretarial help needed to carry out these responsibilities.

The Advisor provides these administrative services to Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund, Active Commodities Strategy Fund, Dividend Value Fund, Global Infrastructure Fund, Global Realty Shares, International Realty Fund, MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund, Preferred Securities and Income Fund, Real Assets Fund and Real Estate Securities Fund pursuant to an administration agreement with each of these Funds (the “Administration Agreement”). For its services under the Administration Agreement, the Advisor receives a monthly fee from each of the foregoing Funds at the annual rate of 0.08% in the case of Active Commodities Strategy Fund and Real Assets Fund, 0.04% in the case of Dividend Value Fund, 0.06% in the case of International Realty Fund, 0.05% in the case of MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund, Preferred Securities and Income Fund and Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund and 0.02% in the case of all other Funds.

In accordance with the terms of the Administration Agreement and with the approval of each Fund’s Board of Directors, the Advisor has caused each Fund to retain State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street”) under a fund accounting and administration agreement (the “Co-Administration Agreement”) with each Fund. Under the Co-Administration Agreement, State Street has assumed responsibility for performing certain of the foregoing administrative functions, including (i) determining each Fund’s NAV and preparing these figures for publication; (ii) maintaining certain of each Fund’s books and records that are not maintained by the Advisor, custodian or Transfer Agent; (iii) preparing financial information for each Fund’s income tax returns, proxy statements, shareholders reports, and SEC filings and (iv) responding to shareholder inquiries.

Under the terms of the Co-Administration Agreement, Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund, Active Commodities Strategy Fund, Dividend Value Fund, Global Infrastructure Fund, Global Realty Shares, International Realty Fund, Preferred Securities and Income Fund, Real Assets Fund, MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund and Real Estate Securities Fund each pay State Street a monthly administration fee computed on the basis of the aggregate net assets of all the funds in the Cohen & Steers Fund Complex at an annual rate equal to 0.03% of the first $2.2 billion in assets, 0.02% of the next $2.2 billion, and 0.01% of assets in excess of $4.4 billion, with a minimum fee per fund of $120,000. The aggregate fee paid by

each Fund and the other funds in the Cohen & Steers Fund Complex to State Street is computed by calculating the effective rate for all the funds and multiplying the monthly average net assets of each respective fund in the complex by that effective rate. Each of MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund, Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund, Active Commodities Strategy Fund, Dividend Value Fund, Global Infrastructure Fund, Global Realty Shares, International Realty Fund, Preferred Securities and Income Fund, Real Assets Fund, and Real Estate Securities Fund is then responsible for its pro rata amount of the aggregate administration fee.

State Street also serves as each Fund’s custodian. See “Custodian and Transfer and Dividend Disbursing Agent,” below. The Transfer Agent, an affiliate of State Street, has been retained by each Fund to provide transfer agency services.

For the fiscal years ended: (i) December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 for each Fund other than Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund, Active Commodities Strategy Fund, Dividend Value Fund and MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund; (ii) April 30, 2016 for Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund; (iii) April 30, 2016 and 2015 for Active Commodities Strategy Fund; (iv) February 29, 2016 and February 28, 2015, 2014 and 2013 for Dividend Value Fund; and (v) November 30, 2015 and 2014 for MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund, the Advisor received administration fees from each Fund in the following amounts:

Cohen & Steers Securities, LLC located at 280 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10017 (the “Distributor”), serves as the Distributor of shares of each Fund.

For Class T shares of all of the Funds, the Distributor receives compensation as described below under each Fund’s Distribution Plan or Distribution and Service Plan.

The Distributor is not obligated to sell any specific amount of shares of any Fund and will sell shares, as agent for each Fund, on a continuous basis only against orders to purchase shares.

The Distributor is an “affiliated person” of the Advisor, which is itself an affiliated person of each Fund. The Distributor is a wholly-owned subsidiary of CNS. Those individuals identified above under “Management of the Fund” as Directors or officers of both the Funds and the Distributor are affiliated persons of both entities.

As Class T shares have not yet commenced operations, the Distributor has not yet received any commissions on sales of Class T shares.

State Street, which has its principal business at One Lincoln Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, has been retained to act as custodian of each Fund’s investments. The Transfer Agent, which has its principal business at P.O. Box 8123, Boston, Massachusetts 02266-8123 provides transfer and dividend disbursing agency services to each Fund.

Neither State Street nor the Transfer Agent has any part in deciding a Fund’s investment policies or which securities are to be purchased or sold for a Fund’s portfolio.

The Funds’ Boards of Directors have delegated to the Advisor and, as applicable, the Subadvisors the responsibility for voting proxies on behalf of each Fund, and have determined that the Advisor and, as applicable, the Subadvisors will vote proxies with respect to those portfolio securities for which they have investment responsibility. A summary of the proxy voting policies and procedures for the Advisor and each Subadvisor is set forth in Appendix A.

Each Fund is required to file Form N-PX, with its complete proxy voting record for the 12 months ended June 30th, no later than August 31st of each year. Each Fund’s Form N-PX filings are available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling toll-free at (800) 437-9912 and (ii) on the SEC’s website (http://www.sec.gov).

The Funds, the Advisor, the Subadvisors and the Distributor have adopted codes of ethics pursuant to Rule 17j-1 under the 1940 Act and with respect to the Advisor and Subadvisors, Rule 204A-1 under the Investment Advisers Acts of 1940, as amended, addressing personal securities transactions and other conduct by investment personnel and access persons who may have access to information about the Funds’ securities transactions. The codes are intended to address potential conflicts of interest that can arise in connection with personal trading activities of such persons. Persons subject to the codes are generally permitted to engage in personal securities transactions, including investing in securities eligible for investment by the Funds, subject to certain prohibitions, which may include prohibitions on investing in certain types of securities, pre-clearance requirements, blackout periods, annual and quarterly reporting of personal securities holdings and limitations on personal trading of initial public offerings. Violations of the codes are subject to review by the Board of Directors and could result in severe penalties.

The Advisor, CNS Asia and CNS UK. Subject to the supervision of the Board of Directors, decisions to buy and sell securities for a Fund and negotiation of its brokerage commission rates are made by the Advisor and, as applicable, each Subadvisor. Transactions on U.S. and, as applicable, non-U.S. stock exchanges involve the payment by a Fund of negotiated brokerage commissions. Generally, commissions relating to securities traded on foreign exchanges will be higher than commissions

relating to securities traded on U.S. exchanges. Fixed-income securities are purchased and sold (including certain preferred securities) through principal transactions, meaning the securities are normally purchased on a net basis directly from the issuer or a primary market-maker acting as principal for the securities. The Funds generally do not pay a stated brokerage commission on these transactions, although the purchase price for such securities usually includes an undisclosed compensation. Purchases of securities from underwriters typically include a commission or concession paid by the issuer to the underwriter, and purchases from dealers serving as market-makers typically include a dealer’s mark-up (i.e., a spread between the bid and asked prices). There is generally no stated commission in the case of equity securities traded in the over-the-counter market but the price paid by a Fund usually includes an undisclosed dealer commission or mark-up. In certain instances, a Fund may make purchases of underwritten or agency placed issues at prices that reflect underwriting or placement fees. The Advisor and each Subadvisor will only cause a Fund to engage in these transactions if they deem such participation to be in the best interests of the Fund. In certain circumstances, regulatory restrictions may prevent a Fund from purchasing securities in an offering in which an affiliate serves as placement agent of the issuer, and that Fund’s inability to participate could be deemed to be to the detriment of the Fund.

The Advisor and, as applicable, a Subadvisor, have the responsibility of selecting brokers and dealers to execute portfolio transactions. In selecting a broker to execute each particular transaction, the Advisor and each Subadvisor, generally will take the following into consideration (if and as relevant to the transaction): the best net price available; the reliability, integrity and financial condition of the broker; the size and difficulty in executing the order; and the value of the expected contribution of the broker to the investment performance of the Fund on a continuing basis. Accordingly, the cost of the brokerage commissions to a Fund in any transaction may be greater than that available from other brokers if the difference is reasonably justified by other aspects of the portfolio execution and other services offered, including research services. Research services include research reports and analyzed market data services.

In transactions to buy and sell fixed-income securities, the selection of the broker-dealer is determined by the availability of the desired security and its offering price, as well as the broker-dealer’s general execution and operational and financial capabilities in the type of transaction involved. The Advisor and, as applicable, a Subadvisor, will seek to obtain prompt execution of orders at the most favorable prices or yields and may consider other factors as appropriate.

The Advisor and each Subadvisor shall not be deemed to have acted unlawfully or to have breached any duty solely by reason of its having caused a Fund to pay a broker an amount of commission for effecting a portfolio investment transaction in excess of the amount of commission another broker would have charged solely for execution services for that transaction if the Advisor or a Subadvisor, as the case may be, determines in good faith that the commission was reasonable in relation to the value of the research service provided.

Research and investment information may be provided by brokers at no cost to the Advisor or a Subadvisor and available for the benefit of other accounts advised by the Advisor, a Subadvisor and their affiliates, and not all of the information will be used in connection with a Fund. While this information may be useful in varying degrees and may tend to reduce the Advisor’s or a Subadvisors’ expenses, it is not possible to estimate its value, and in the opinion of the Advisor or a Subadvisor, it does not reduce the Advisor’s or a Subadvisor’s expenses in a determinable amount.

The Advisor and each Subadvisor may take into account payments made by brokers effecting transactions for a Fund to other persons on behalf of a Fund for services provided to it for which it would be obligated to pay (such as custodial and professional fees).

Pursuant to its internal procedures, the Advisor regularly evaluates the brokerage and research services provided by each broker-dealer that it uses.

For the fiscal years ended: (i) December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 for each Fund other than Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund, Active Commodities Strategy Fund, Dividend Value Fund and MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund; (ii) April 30, 2016 for Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund; (iii) April 30, 2016 and 2015 for Active Commodities Strategy Fund; (iv) February 29, 2016 and February 28, 2015, 2014 and 2013 for Dividend Value Fund; and (v) November 30, 2015 and 2014 for MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund, each Fund paid total brokerage commissions in the following amounts:

Of the amounts listed above, brokerage commission paid to brokers or dealers for providing third party and proprietary research and investment information were as follows:

As of the close of the fiscal year ended: (i) December 31, 2015 for each Fund other than Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund, Active Commodities Strategy Fund, Dividend Value Fund and MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund; (ii) April 30, 2016 for Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund and Active Commodities Strategy Fund; (iii) February 29, 2016 for Dividend Value Fund; and (iv) November 30, 2015 for MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund, the Funds did not acquire securities of their regular brokers or dealers (as defined in Rule 10b-1 under the 1940 Act) or of their parents, with the exception of Preferred Securities and Income Fund, Real Assets Fund, Dividend Value Fund and Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund.

As of December 31, 2015, Preferred Securities and Income Fund and Real Assets Fund held securities of their regular brokers or dealers or of their parents as follows:

As of February 29, 2016, Dividend Value Fund held securities of its regular brokers or dealers or of their parents as follows:

As of April 30, 2016, Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund held securities of its regular brokers or dealers or of their parents as follows:

For the fiscal years ended: (i) December 31, 2015 and 2014 for each Fund other than Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund, Active Commodities Strategy Fund, Dividend Value Fund and MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund; (ii) April 30, 2016 for Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund; (iii) April 30, 2016 and 2015 for Active Commodities Strategy Fund; (iv) February 29, 2016 and February 28, 2015 and 2014 for Dividend Value Fund; and (v) November 30, 2015 and 2014 for MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund, each Fund’s portfolio turnover rates were as follows:

Each Fund is a Maryland corporation that is authorized to issue shares of Common Stock, $.001 par value per share, in the following respective amounts:

Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund, Dividend Value Fund, Global Infrastructure Fund, Global Realty Shares, International Realty Fund, Real Estate Securities Fund, Preferred Securities and Income Fund, Active Commodities Strategy Fund, MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund and Real Assets Fund are currently divided into five classes designated as Class A Common Stock, Class C Common Stock, Class I Common Stock, Class R Common Stock and Class Z Common Stock.

Effective [March 1, 2017], Class F Common Stock and Class T Common Stock will be offered for Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund, Active Commodities Strategy Fund, Dividend Value Fund, Global Infrastructure Fund, Global Realty Shares, International Realty Fund, MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund, Preferred Securities and Income Fund, Real Assets Fund and Real Estate Securities Fund, increasing the amount of authorized shares of Common Stock, $.001 per value per share, as follows:

Each Fund shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, have the right, at its option, at any time to redeem shares owned by any shareholder if its Board of Directors has determined that it is in the best interest of the Fund to redeem its shares. The Funds’ shares have no preemptive or conversion rights. With respect to each Fund, each class of shares represents an interest in the same assets of the Fund and is identical in all respects except that (i) each class is subject to different sales charges and distributions and service fees, which may affect performance, and (ii) each class has exclusive voting rights on any matter submitted to shareholders that affects only that class, including any matter that relates to that class’ Distribution Plan or Distribution and Service Plan and has separate voting rights on any matter submitted to shareholders in which the interests of one class differ from the interests of any other class. With the exceptions noted above, all shares of a Fund have equal voting, dividend, distribution and liquidation rights. All shares of the Funds, when duly issued, will be fully paid and nonassessable. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share. All voting rights for the election of Directors are noncumulative, which means that the holders of more than 50% of the shares outstanding can elect 100% of the Directors then nominated for election if they choose to do so and, in such event, the holders of the remaining shares will not be able to elect any Directors. The foregoing description is subject to the provisions contained in each Fund’s Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws as amended and supplemented from time-to-time.

The Board of Directors is authorized to reclassify and issue any unissued shares of a Fund without shareholder approval. Accordingly, in the future, the Board of Directors may create additional series of shares with different investment objectives, policies or restrictions. Any issuance of shares of another class would be governed by the 1940 Act and Maryland law.

With respect to Cohen & Steers Real Assets Fund, Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cohen & Steers Real Assets Fund, Inc., and Cohen & Steers Active Commodities Strategy, Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cohen & Steers Active Commodities Strategy Fund, Inc., CT Corporation System, located at 111 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10011, serves as agent in the United States for service of process in any suit, action or proceeding before the Securities and Exchange Commission or any appropriate court.

With respect to each Fund, effective March 1, 2017 dealers and financial advisors will receive a percentage of the initial sales charge on sales of Class T shares, as set forth below:

Each Fund, except Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund, has adopted a Distribution Plan and related agreements (the “Distribution Plan”) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, which provides that investment companies may pay distribution expenses, directly or indirectly, pursuant to a distribution plan adopted by the investment company’s Board of Directors. Under the Distribution Plan, effective March 1, 2017, each Fund, except Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund, will pay to the Distributor, as compensation for acting as principal underwriter of the Fund’s shares and as reimbursement of the distribution expenses incurred therewith, a fee at an annual rate not to exceed 0.25% of the average net assets of each Fund attributable to Class T shares. The Distributor may use such amounts to pay various distribution-related expenses, including (i) to make payments to brokers, financial institutions and other financial intermediaries (payee(s)) who have rendered distribution assistance and (ii) for other expenses such as advertising costs, payments to internal wholesalers and the payment for printing and distribution of Prospectuses to prospective investors.

Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund has adopted a distribution and service plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act (the “Distribution and Service Plan”) which allows the Fund to pay fees for the sale and distribution of its shares and for servicing of shareholder accounts. Effective March 1, 2017, Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund will pay to the Distributor a fee at an annual rate not to exceed [0.35%] of the average daily net assets attributable to it’s Class T shares. The Distributor may use such amounts to pay various distribution-related expenses, including but not limited to: (i) payments to brokers, financial institutions and other financial intermediaries (payee(s)) who have rendered distribution assistance, and (ii) for other expenses such as advertising costs, payments to internal wholesalers and the payment for printing and distribution of Prospectuses to prospective investors. The Distributor may also use such amounts to pay various shareholder service-related expenses, such as processing and mailing trade confirmations, monthly statements, prospectuses, annual reports, semi-annual reports, and shareholder notices and other SEC-required communications; capturing and processing tax data; issuing and mailing dividend checks to shareholders who have selected cash distributions; preparing record date shareholder lists for proxy solicitations; collecting and posting distributions to shareholder accounts; and establishing and maintaining systematic withdrawals and automated investment plans and shareholder account registrations.

Class F shares do not participate in the Distribution Plan or Distribution and Service Plan. In addition to the amounts required by the Distribution Plan or Distribution and Service Plan, the Distributor and/or the Advisor may, in their discretion, pay additional amounts from their own resources. The Board of Directors has determined that there is a reasonable likelihood the Distribution Plan or Distribution and Service Plan will benefit each Fund and its Class T shareholders. The expected benefits include greater sales and lower redemptions of Class T shares, which should allow Class T shares to maintain a consistent cash flow.

As Class T shares have not yet commenced investment operations, they have not paid distribution services fees for expenditures under the Distribution Plan (the Distribution and Service Plan for Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund).

Under the Distribution Plan and Distribution and Service Plan, the Treasurer for each Fund reports quarterly to the Board of Directors the amounts paid under the Distribution Plan and the Distribution and Service Plan. During the continuance of the Distribution Plan and Distribution and Service Plan the selection and nomination of the Independent Directors are at the discretion of the Independent Directors currently in office. The Distribution Plan and Distribution and Service Plan may be terminated at any time by a vote of the shareholders or by vote of the Independent Directors. The Distribution Plan and Distribution and Service Plan and related agreements may be renewed from year to year if approved by a vote of the majority of the Board of Directors, and by the vote of the Independent Directors cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such renewal. The Distribution Plan and Distribution and Service Plan may not be amended to increase materially the amount to be spent for distribution without shareholder approval. All material amendments to the Distribution Plan and Distribution and Service Plan must be approved by a vote of the Board of Directors and of the Independent Directors, cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of such vote.

Pursuant to the rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”), the Distributor is required to limit aggregate initial sales charges, deferred sales charges and asset-based sales charges to 6.25% of total gross sales of each class of shares. Interest charges on unreimbursed distribution expenses equal to the prime rate plus one percent per annum may be added to the 6.25% limitation. Sales from the reinvestment of dividends and distributions are not included in the calculation of the 6.25% limitation. The annual asset-based sales charge on shares of a Fund may not exceed 0.75 of 1% per class. The 6.25% limitation applies to each class of each Fund rather than on a per shareholder basis. If aggregate sales charges were to exceed 6.25% of total gross sales of any class, all sales charges on shares of that class would be suspended.

Each Fund has adopted a shareholder services plan. Effective March 1, 2017, each Fund, except Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund, will pay to the Distributor a fee at an annual rate of up to [ ]% of the average daily net assets of each Fund’s Class T shares. Under this plan, each Fund or the Distributor may enter into agreements with qualified financial institutions to provide shareholder services (such as processing and mailing trade confirmations, monthly statements, prospectuses, annual reports, semi-annual reports, and shareholder notices and other SEC-required communications; capturing and processing tax data; issuing and mailing dividend checks to shareholders who have selected cash distributions; preparing record date shareholder lists for proxy solicitations; collecting and posting distributions to shareholder accounts; and establishing

and maintaining systematic withdrawals and automated investment plans and shareholder account registrations) and the Distributor is responsible for payment to the financial institutions. Services provided may vary based on the services offered by your financial institution and the class of shares in which you invest.

As Class F and Class T shares have not yet commenced investment operations, they have not paid shareholder services fees for expenditures under the Shareholder Services Plan (the Distribution and Service Plan for Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund).

Under the shareholder services plans, each Fund’s Treasurer reports quarterly the amounts of the payments. During the continuance of the shareholder services plans the selection and nomination of the Independent Directors are at the discretion of the Independent Directors currently in office.

The Advisor and the Distributor may make payments from their own resources to dealers and other financial intermediaries as compensation for distribution, administrative or other services (“Additional Payments”). In the case of each Fund, these Additional Payments are in addition to the compensation these intermediaries receive from sales commissions, distribution fees and shareholder service fees, as described in the Prospectuses of each Fund. With respect to all Funds, these Additional Payments may take the form of, among other things, “due diligence” payments for an intermediary’s examination of a Fund and payments for providing extra employee training and information relating to a Fund; “listing” fees for the placement of a Fund on an intermediary’s list of mutual funds available for purchase by its customers; “marketing support” fees

for providing assistance in promoting the sale of a Funds’ shares; payments for the sale of shares and/or the maintenance of share balances; and fees for subaccounting, administrative and/or shareholder processing services that are in addition to the shareholder servicing fees and networking and sub-transfer agency fees paid by a Fund. The Additional Payments may be a fixed dollar amount, may be based on the number of customer accounts maintained by a dealer, or may be based on a percentage of the value of shares sold to, or held by, customers of the intermediary. The Advisor and Distributor may from time to time pay additional cash or non-cash incentives to intermediaries in connection with the sale of shares of a Fund, subject to applicable FINRA rules. Such additional amounts may be utilized, in whole or in part, in some cases together with other revenues of such dealers, to provide additional compensation to registered representatives who sell shares of a Fund. On some occasions, such cash or non-cash incentives may be offered only to certain dealers who have sold or may sell significant amounts of shares. Such incentives may include payment for attendance at seminars or payment for occasional meals, sporting events, theater performances or comparable entertainment. Such dealers may elect to receive cash incentives of equivalent amount in lieu of such payments.

As of December 31, 2015, the top dealers and other financial intermediaries and/or their affiliates (which may include broker-dealers) that offered shares of a Fund and received Additional Payments, revenue sharing or similar distribution-related payments included: Charles Schwab, Fidelity, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo, JP Morgan, UBS, Pershing, MG Trust and TD Ameritrade.

As discussed in the Prospectus of each Fund, the size of the total investment in Class T shares will affect your sales load. Class T shares do not offer rights of aggregation, rights of accumulation, Letter of Intention, or sales at net asset value.

Effective [March 1, 2017], each Fund will offer Class F shares and Class T shares, which will not be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge. Please see the Prospectus of each Fund for a further discussion of these share classes.

In addition to the circumstances listed in that Fund’s Prospectus, a Fund requires signature guarantees for the following:

3. To establish any ACH service or to amend banking information on an existing ACH service.*

4. When the authority of a representative of a corporation, partnership, trust, or other entity has not been satisfactorily established prior to the transaction request.

5. When an address is updated on an account which has been coded “Do Not Mail” because mail has been returned as undeliverable. A mailing address and residential address must be provided.*

6. For any other instance whereby a Fund or its transfer agent deems it necessary as a matter of prudence.

Each Fund reserves the right to require that instructions for any other transactions be in writing, signed by all owners, and signature guaranteed.

A Fund will accept a signature guarantee from its principal underwriter, or any eligible guarantor institution (including any bank, savings association, credit union, exchange, or broker firm) that is a member of the STAMP, the New York Exchange Medallion Signature Program, or the Stock Exchanges Medallion Program. The surety bond coverage amount of the guarantee must equal or exceed the amount of the transaction or transactions that are being authorized. If more than one signature is required, each signature must be signature guaranteed. A Fund will not accept a signature guarantee that has been amended or limited in any way. Please note that a notary public stamp or seal is not an acceptable substitute for a signature guarantee.

The signature guarantee requirements do not apply to transactions or instructions that are communicated to a Fund through NSCC Fund/SERV or Networking by broker-dealers or other financial institutions that have entered into a Fund/SERV or Networking Agreement with a Fund or a Fund’s agent. Broker-dealers and other institutions that process transactions through Fund/SERV or Networking are responsible for obtaining the permission of their clients to process such transactions and for ensuring that such transactions are processed properly. A Fund does not have any responsibility for obtaining any documentation from such financial institutions to demonstrate that their clients have authorized the transactions or instructions.

The signature guarantee policies of the Funds may be amended at any time without prior notice.

Purchases In Kind. Each Fund may, at the sole discretion of the Advisor, accept securities in exchange for shares of a Fund. Securities which may be accepted in exchange for shares of any Fund must: (1) be consistent with the investment objectives and policies of the Fund; (2) be acquired for investment and not for resale; (3) be liquid securities which are not restricted as to transfer either by law or liquidity of market (determined by reference to liquidity policies established by the Board of Directors); and (4) have a value which is readily ascertainable as evidenced by, for example, a listing on a recognized stock exchange.

Redemptions In Kind. If a Fund determines that it would be detrimental to the best interests of the remaining shareholders of a Fund to make a redemption payment wholly in cash, a Fund may pay, consistent with applicable law, any portion of a redemption by a distribution in kind of portfolio securities in lieu of cash. Shareholders receiving distributions in kind may incur brokerage commissions or other costs when subsequently disposing of those securities.

Each Fund has filed an election under Rule 18f-1 under the 1940 Act committing a Fund to pay all redemptions of Fund shares by a single shareholder during any 90-day period in cash, up to the lesser of (i) $250,000 or (ii) 1% of the Fund’s net assets measured as of the beginning of such 90-day period.

Set forth below is a discussion of certain U.S. federal income tax issues concerning each Fund and the purchase, ownership and disposition of Fund shares. This discussion does not purport to be complete or to deal with all aspects of federal income taxation that may be relevant to shareholders in light of their particular circumstances. This discussion is based upon present provisions of the Code, the regulations promulgated thereunder, and judicial and administrative ruling authorities, all of which are subject to change, which change may be retroactive. Prospective investors should consult their own tax advisors with regard to the federal tax consequences of the purchase, ownership, or disposition of Fund shares, as well as the tax consequences arising under the laws of any state, foreign country, or other taxing jurisdiction.

Each Fund has elected or intends to elect to be treated as, and intends to qualify annually as, a regulated investment company (“RIC”) under the Code.

To qualify for the favorable U.S. federal income tax treatment generally accorded to a RIC, a Fund must, among other things, (i) derive in each taxable year at least 90% of its gross income from: (a) dividends, interest, payments with respect to certain securities loans, and gains from the sale or other disposition of stock, securities or foreign currencies, or other income (including but not limited to gains from options, futures and forward contracts) derived with respect to its business of investing in such stock, securities or foreign currencies; and (b) net income derived from interests in certain “qualified publicly traded partnerships” (as defined below); and (ii) diversify its holdings so that, at the end of each quarter of each taxable year: (a) at least 50% of the value of the Fund’s total assets is represented by (I) cash and cash items, U.S. government securities, the securities of other RICs and (II) other securities, with such other securities limited, in respect of any one issuer, to an amount not greater than 5% of the value of the Fund’s total assets and not more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of such issuer and (b) not more than 25% of the value of the Fund’s total assets is invested, including through corporations in which the Fund owns a 20% or more voting stock interest, in the securities (other than U.S. government securities and the securities of other RICs) of (I) any one issuer, (II) any two or more issuers that the Fund controls and that are determined to be engaged in the same or similar trades or businesses or related trades or businesses or (III) any one or more qualified publicly traded partnerships.

In general, for purposes of the 90% gross income requirement described in (i) above, income derived from a partnership will be treated as qualifying income only to the extent such income is attributable to items of income of the partnership that would be qualifying income if realized directly by the RIC.

However, 100% of the net income derived from an interest in a qualified publicly traded partnership (a partnership (a) the interests in which are traded on an established securities market or are readily tradable on a secondary market or the substantial equivalent thereof and (b) that derives less than 90% of its income from the qualifying income described in (i) above) will be treated as qualifying income. In general, such entities will be treated as partnerships for U.S. federal income tax purposes because they meet the passive income requirement under Code Section 7704(c)(2). In addition, although in general the passive loss rules of the Code do not apply to RICs, such rules do apply to a RIC with respect to items attributable to an interest in a qualified publicly traded partnership.

For purposes of the diversification test described in (ii) above, the term “outstanding voting securities of such issuer” will include the equity securities of a qualified publicly traded partnership. Also, for purposes of the diversification test in (ii) above, the identification of the issuer (or, in some cases, issuers) of a particular investment can depend on the terms and conditions of that investment. In some cases, identification of the issuer (or issuers) is uncertain under current law, and an adverse determination or future guidance by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) with respect to issuer identification for a particular type of investment may adversely affect a Fund’s ability to meet the diversification test in (ii) above.

As a RIC, each Fund generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax on its investment company taxable income (which includes among other items, dividends, interest and net short-term capital gains in excess of net long-term capital losses, but determined without regard to the deduction for dividends paid) and net capital gains (the excess of net long-term capital gains over net short-term capital losses), if any, that it distributes to shareholders, provided that it distributes at least 90% of the sum of its investment company taxable income and any net tax-exempt income for such taxable year. Each Fund intends to distribute to its shareholders, at least annually, substantially all of its investment company taxable income, net tax-exempt income and net capital gains.

A Fund’s intention to qualify for treatment as a RIC may negatively affect the Fund’s return by limiting its ability to acquire or continue to hold positions that would otherwise be consistent with its investment strategy or by requiring it to engage in transactions it would otherwise not engage in, resulting in additional transaction costs.

In certain circumstances, it may be difficult for a Fund to meet the 90% gross income test and the diversification test described above. If a Fund were to fail to meet either of these tests, or the distribution test described above, the Fund could in some cases cure such failure, including in the case of a gross income test failure, by paying a Fund-level tax, paying interest, making additional distributions or disposing of certain assets. If the Fund were ineligible to or otherwise did not cure such failure for any year, or if the Fund were otherwise to fail to qualify as a RIC accorded special tax treatment for such year, the Fund would be subject to tax on its taxable income at corporate rates, and all distributions from earnings and profits, including any distributions of net tax-exempt income and net long-term capital gains, would be taxable to shareholders as dividend income. Some portions of such distributions may be eligible for the dividends received deduction in the case of corporate shareholders and to be treated as qualified dividend income in the case of individuals, provided, in both cases, that the shareholder meets certain holding period and other requirements in respect of Fund shares (as described below). In addition, a Fund could be required to recognize unrealized gains, pay substantial taxes and interest and make substantial distributions before re-qualifying as a RIC that is accorded special tax treatment. Thus failure to qualify as a RIC would likely materially reduce a Fund’s investment return to its shareholders.

If a Fund does retain any investment company taxable income, it will be subject to tax at regular corporate rates on the amount retained. If a Fund retains any net capital gain, it will also be subject to tax at regular corporate rates on the amount retained, but may designate the retained amount as undistributed capital gain in a notice to its shareholders who would then (i) be required to include in income for U.S. federal income tax purposes, as long-term capital gain, their shares of such undistributed amount, and (ii) be entitled to credit their proportionate shares of the tax paid by the Fund on such undistributed amount against their U.S. federal income tax liabilities, if any, and to claim such refunds on a properly filed U.S. tax return to the extent the credit exceeds such liabilities. If a Fund makes this designation, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the tax basis of a shareholder’s Fund shares will be increased by an amount equal under current law to the difference between the amount of undistributed capital gains included in the shareholder’s gross income under clause (i) of the preceding sentence and the tax deemed paid by the shareholder under clause (ii) of the preceding sentence. The Funds are not required to, and there can be no assurance that a Fund will, make this designation if it retains all or a portion of its net capital gain in a taxable year.

In determining its net capital gain, including in connection with determining the amount available to support a Capital Gain Dividend (as defined below), its taxable income and its earnings and profits, a RIC generally may elect to treat part or all of any post-October capital loss (defined as any net capital loss attributable to the portion of the taxable year after October 31 or, if there is no such loss, the net long-term capital loss or net short-term capital loss attributable to such portion of the taxable year) or late-year ordinary loss (generally, the sum of its (i) net ordinary loss from the sale, exchange or other taxable disposition of property, attributable to the portion of the taxable year after October 31), and its (ii) other net ordinary loss attributable to the portion of the taxable year after December 31) as if incurred in the succeeding taxable year.

Amounts not distributed on a timely basis in accordance with a calendar year distribution requirement, described below, are subject to a nondeductible 4% excise tax. To prevent imposition of the excise tax, each Fund must distribute during each calendar year an amount at least equal to the sum of (1) 98% of its ordinary income (not taking into account any capital gains or losses) for the calendar year, (2) 98.2% of its capital gains in excess of its capital losses (adjusted for certain ordinary losses) for the one-year period ending on October 31 (or a later date if a Fund is eligible to elect and so elects), and (3) any ordinary income and capital gain net income for previous years that was not distributed during those years. For purposes of the required excise tax distribution, a RIC’s ordinary gains and losses from the sale, exchange, or other taxable disposition of property that would otherwise be taken into account after October 31 (or a later date, if a RIC makes the election referred to above) generally are treated as arising on January 1 of the following calendar year. Also, for purposes of the excise tax, a Fund will be treated as having distributed any amount on which it is subject to corporate income tax for the taxable year ending within the calendar year. Each Fund intends to make distributions sufficient to avoid imposition of the excise tax, although there can be no assurance that it will be able to do so.

Capital losses in excess of capital gains (“net capital losses”) are not permitted to be deducted against a Fund’s net investment income. Instead, potentially subject to certain limitations, a Fund may carry net capital losses from any taxable year forward to subsequent taxable years to offset capital gains, if any, realized during such subsequent taxable years. Capital loss carryforwards are reduced to the extent they offset current-year net realized capital gains, whether a Fund retains or distributes such

gains. If a Fund incurs or has incurred net capital losses in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 (“post-2010 losses”), those losses will be carried forward to one or more subsequent taxable years without expiration to offset capital gains realized during such subsequent taxable years; any such carryforward losses will retain their character as short-term or long-term. If a Fund incurred net capital losses in a taxable year beginning on or before December 22, 2010 (“pre-2011 losses”), the Fund is permitted to carry such losses forward for eight taxable years; in the year to which they are carried forward, such losses are treated as short-term capital losses that first offset any short-term capital gains, and then offset any long-term capital gains. A Fund must use any post-2010 losses, which will not expire, before it uses any pre-2011 losses. This increases the likelihood that pre-2011 losses will expire unused at the conclusion of the eight-year carryforward period. Each Fund’s available capital loss carryforwards, if any, will be set forth in its annual shareholder report for each fiscal year.

Dividends paid out of a Fund’s current and accumulated earnings and profits will, except in the case of distributions of qualified dividend income and capital gain dividends described below, be taxable to a U.S. shareholder as ordinary income.

Taxes on distributions of capital gains are determined by how long a Fund owned the investments that generated the gains, rather than how long a shareholder has owned his or her shares. In general, a Fund will recognize long-term capital gain or loss on investments it has owned for more than one year, and short-term capital gain or loss on investments it has owned for one year or less. Tax rules can alter a Fund’s holding period in its investments and thereby affect the tax treatment of gain or loss on such investments. Distributions of net capital gain (that is, the excess of net long-term capital gain over net short-term capital loss, in each case determined with reference to any loss carryforwards) that are properly reported by a Fund as capital gain dividends (“Capital Gain Dividends”) will be taxable to shareholders as long-term capital gains includible in net capital gains and taxed to individuals at reduced rates. Distributions of net short-term capital gain (as reduced by any net long-term capital loss for the taxable year) will be taxable to shareholders as ordinary income. The Fund may report certain dividends as derived from “qualified dividend income” which, when received by an individual, will be taxed at the reduced rates applicable to net capital gain, provided holding period and other requirements are met at both the shareholder and Fund levels.

In order for some portion of the dividends received by a Fund shareholder to be qualified dividend income that is eligible for taxation at net capital gain rates, the Fund must meet holding period and other requirements with respect to some portion of the dividend-paying stocks in its portfolio and the shareholder must meet holding period and other requirements with respect to the Fund’s shares. In general, a dividend will not be treated as qualified dividend income (at either the Fund or shareholder level) (1) if the dividend is received with respect to any share of stock held for fewer than 61 days during the 121-day period beginning on the date which is 60 days before the date on which such share becomes ex-dividend with respect to such dividend (or, in the case of certain preferred stock, 91 days during the 181-day period beginning 90 days before such date), (2) to the extent that the recipient is under an obligation (whether pursuant to a short sale or otherwise) to make related payments with respect to positions in substantially similar or related property, (3) if the recipient elects to have the dividend income treated as investment income for purposes of the limitation on

deductibility of investment interest, or (4) if the dividend is received from a foreign corporation that is (a) not eligible for the benefits of a comprehensive income tax treaty with the United States (with the exception of dividends paid on stock of such a foreign corporation readily tradable on an established securities market in the United States) or (b) treated as a passive foreign investment company. Dividends paid by REITs will generally not qualify as qualified dividend income.

If the aggregate qualified dividends received by a Fund during a taxable year are 95% or more of its gross income (excluding net long-term capital gain over net short-term capital loss), then 100% of the Fund’s dividends (other than dividends properly reported as Capital Gain Dividends) will be eligible to be treated as qualified dividend income. In general, distributions of investment income reported by a Fund as derived from qualified dividend income will be treated as qualified dividend income in the hands of a shareholder taxed as an individual, provided the shareholder meets the holding period and other requirements described above with respect to the Fund’s shares.

Dividends received by corporate shareholders may qualify for the 70% dividends-received deduction to the extent of the amount of qualifying dividends received by a Fund from domestic corporations (other than REITs) and to the extent, if any, that a portion of interest paid or accrued on certain high yield discount obligations owned by a Fund is treated as a dividend. A dividend received by a Fund will not be treated as a dividend eligible for the dividends-received deduction (1) if it has been received with respect to any share of stock that the Fund has held for less than 46 days (91 days in the case of certain preferred stock) during the 91-day period beginning on the date which is 45 days before the date on which such share becomes ex-dividend with respect to such dividend (during the 181-day period beginning 90 days before such date in the case of certain preferred stock) or (2) to the extent that the Fund is under an obligation (pursuant to a short sale or otherwise) to make related payments with respect to positions in substantially similar or related property. Moreover, the dividends received deduction may otherwise be disallowed or reduced (1) if the corporate shareholder fails to satisfy the foregoing requirements with respect to its shares of the Fund or (2) by application of various provisions of the Code (for instance, the dividends-received deduction is reduced in the case of a dividend received on debt-financed portfolio stock (generally, stock acquired with borrowed funds)).

Any distribution of income that is attributable to (i) income received by a Fund in lieu of dividends with respect to securities on loan pursuant to a securities lending transaction or (ii) dividend income received by a Fund on securities it temporarily purchased from a counterparty pursuant to a repurchase agreement that is treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a loan by the Fund, will not constitute qualified dividend income to individual shareholders and will not be eligible for the dividends-received deduction for corporate shareholders.

Dividends and distributions on Fund shares are generally subject to U.S. federal income tax as described herein to the extent they do not exceed a Fund’s realized income and gains, even though such dividends and distributions may economically represent a return of a particular shareholder’s investment. Such distributions are likely to occur in respect of shares purchased at a time when a Fund’s net asset value reflects unrealized gains or income or gains that are realized but not yet distributed. Such realized income and gains may be required to be distributed even when a Fund’s net asset value also reflects unrealized losses.

A distribution will be treated as paid on December 31 of the current calendar year if it is declared by a Fund in October, November or December with a record date in such a month and paid by that Fund during January of the following calendar year. Such distributions will be taxable to shareholders in the calendar year in which the distributions are declared, rather than the calendar year in which the distributions are received.

A distribution of an amount in excess of a Fund’s current and accumulated earnings and profits in any taxable year will be treated as a return of capital to the extent of a shareholder’s tax basis in his or her shares, and thereafter as capital gain. A return of capital is not taxable, but it reduces a shareholder’s basis in his or her shares, thus reducing any loss or increasing any gain on a subsequent taxable disposition by the shareholder of such shares.

Distributions will be treated in the manner described above regardless of whether such distributions are paid in cash or invested in additional shares of a Fund.

Shareholders will be notified annually as to the U.S. federal income tax status of distributions.

Upon the sale or other disposition of shares of a Fund which a shareholder holds as a capital asset, including an exchange of shares in a Fund for shares of another Fund or another Cohen & Steers fund, such shareholder will generally realize a capital gain or loss which will be long-term or short-term, depending upon the shareholder’s holding period for the shares. A shareholder who exchanges shares in a Fund for shares of another Fund or another Cohen & Steers fund will have a tax basis in the newly-acquired fund shares equal to the amount invested and will begin a new holding period for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

If a shareholder exchanges shares in a Fund held for not more than 90 days for shares in another Fund or another Cohen & Steers fund pursuant to a reinvestment right, the sales charge incurred in the purchase of the Fund shares exchanged may not be added to the tax basis in determining gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes to the extent an otherwise applicable sales charge on the purchase of the newly-acquired shares is reduced pursuant to the reinvestment right. Instead, the sales charge for the exchanged fund shares shall be added to the cost basis of the newly-acquired shares for purposes of determining gain or loss on the disposition of such newly-acquired fund shares, if such newly-acquired fund shares are not disposed of in a similar exchange transaction within 90 days. Any loss realized on a sale or exchange will be disallowed to the extent the shares disposed of are replaced (including through reinvestment of dividends) with substantially similar shares within a period of 61 days beginning 30 days before and ending 30 days after disposition of the shares. In such a case, the basis of the shares acquired will be adjusted to reflect the disallowed loss. Any loss realized by a shareholder on a disposition of Fund shares held by the shareholder for six months or less will be treated as a long-term capital loss to the extent of any distributions of net capital gains received by the shareholder with respect to such shares.

Upon the redemption or exchange of Fund shares, the Fund or, in the case of shares purchased through a financial intermediary, the financial intermediary may be required to provide you and the IRS with cost basis and certain other related tax information about the Fund shares you redeemed or exchanged. See the Fund’s Prospectus for more information.

If a shareholder recognizes a loss with respect to shares of $2 million or more for an individual shareholder or $10 million or more for a corporate shareholder (or a greater loss over a combination of years), the shareholder must file with the IRS a disclosure statement on Form 8886. Significant

penalties may be imposed upon a failure to comply with this requirement. Direct shareholders of portfolio securities are in many cases excepted from this reporting requirement, but under current guidance, shareholders of a RIC are not excepted. Future guidance may extend the current exception from this reporting requirement to shareholders of most or all RICs. The fact that a loss is reportable under these regulations does not affect the legal determination of whether the taxpayer’s treatment of the loss is proper. Shareholders should consult their tax advisors to determine the applicability of these regulations in light of their individual circumstances.

The Code generally imposes a 3.8% Medicare contribution tax on the net investment income of certain individuals, trusts and estates to the extent their income exceeds certain threshold amounts. For these purposes, “net investment income” generally includes, among other things, (i) distributions paid by a Fund of net investment income and capital gains as described above, and (ii) any net gain from the sale, exchange or other taxable disposition of Fund shares. Shareholders are advised to consult their tax advisors regarding the possible implications of this additional tax on their investment in a Fund.

Certain of the Funds’ investment practices are subject to special and complex U.S. federal income tax provisions that may, among other things, (i) treat Fund investments as producing income that is not qualifying income for purposes of the 90% gross income requirement, (ii) disallow, suspend or otherwise limit the allowance of certain losses or deductions, (iii) convert lower taxed long-term capital gain into higher taxed short-term capital gain or ordinary income, (iv) convert an ordinary loss or a deduction into a capital loss (the deductibility of which is more limited), (v) cause a Fund to recognize income or gain without a corresponding receipt of cash, (vi) adversely affect the time as to when a purchase or sale of stock or securities is deemed to occur, and (vii) adversely alter the characterization of certain complex financial transactions.

The U.S. federal income tax treatment of certain Fund investments is unclear with respect to the timing and character of income recognized by a Fund. An adverse determination by the IRS could require a Fund to purchase or sell securities or to make additional distributions in order to comply with the tax rules applicable to RICs. Further, the application of the diversification, gross income and distribution requirements for treatment as a RIC under the Code can be unclear with respect to certain investments. As a result, there can be no assurance that each Fund will be able to maintain its status as a RIC.

Some debt obligations with a fixed maturity date of more than one year from the date of issuance (and zero-coupon debt obligations with a fixed maturity date of more than one year from the date of issuance) that are acquired by a Fund will be treated as debt obligations that are issued originally at a discount. Generally, the amount of the original issue discount (“OID”) is treated as interest income and is included in a Fund’s income (and required to be distributed by the Fund) over the term of the debt security, even though payment of that amount is not received until a later time, upon partial or

full repayment or disposition of the debt security. In addition, payment-in-kind securities will give rise to income which is required to be distributed and is taxable even though the Fund holding the security receives no interest payment in cash on the security during the year.

Some debt obligations with a fixed maturity date of more than one year from the date of issuance that are acquired by a Fund in the secondary market may be treated as having “market discount.” Very generally, market discount is the excess of the stated redemption price of a debt obligation (or in the case of an obligation issued with OID, its “revised issue price”) over the purchase price of such obligation. Generally, any gain recognized on the disposition of, and any partial payment of principal on, a debt security having market discount is treated as ordinary income to the extent the gain, or principal payment, does not exceed the “accrued market discount” on such debt security. Alternatively, a Fund may elect to accrue market discount currently, in which case the Fund will be required to include the accrued market discount in the Fund’s income (as ordinary income) and thus distribute it over the term of the debt security, even though payment of that amount is not received until a later time, upon partial or full repayment or disposition of the debt security. The rate at which the market discount accrues, and thus is included in the Fund’s income, will depend upon which of the permitted accrual methods the Fund elects.

Some debt obligations with a fixed maturity date of one year or less from the date of issuance that are acquired by a Fund may be treated as having OID or, in certain cases, “acquisition discount” (very generally, the excess of the stated redemption price over the purchase price). The Fund will be required to include the OID or acquisition discount in income (as ordinary income) and thus distribute it over the term of the debt security, even though payment of that amount is not received until a later time, upon partial or full repayment or disposition of the debt security. The rate at which OID or acquisition discount accrues, and thus is included in the Fund’s income, will depend upon which of the permitted accrual methods a Fund elects.

If a Fund holds the foregoing kinds of securities or other debt securities subject to special rules under the Code, it may be required to pay out as an income distribution each year an amount which is greater than the total amount of cash interest the Fund actually received. Such distributions may be made from the cash assets of the Fund or, if necessary, by disposition of portfolio securities including at a time when it may not be advantageous to do so. These dispositions may cause a Fund to realize higher amounts of short-term capital gains (generally taxed to shareholders at ordinary income tax rates) and, in the event the Fund realizes net capital gains from such transactions, its shareholders may receive a larger Capital Gain Dividend than if the Fund had not held such securities.

A portion of the OID accrued on certain high yield discount obligations may not be deductible to the issuer and will instead be treated as a dividend paid by the issuer for purposes of the dividends received deduction. In such cases, if the issuer of the high yield discount obligations is a domestic corporation, dividend payments by a Fund may be eligible for the dividends received deduction to the extent attributable to the deemed dividend portion of such OID.

Very generally, where a Fund purchases a bond at a price that exceeds the redemption price at maturity (i.e., a premium), the premium is amortizable over the remaining term of the bond. In the case of a taxable bond, if the Fund makes an election applicable to all such bonds it purchases, which

election is irrevocable without consent of the IRS, the Fund reduces the current taxable income from the bond by the amortized premium and reduces its tax basis in the bond by the amount of such offset; upon the disposition or maturity of such bonds acquired on or after January 4, 2013, a Fund is permitted to deduct any premium allocable to a prior period. In the case of a tax-exempt bond, tax rules require the Fund to reduce its tax basis by the amount of amortized premium.

Investments in debt obligations that are at risk of or in default present special tax issues for a Fund. Tax rules are not entirely clear about issues such as whether or to what extent a Fund should recognize market discount on a debt obligation, when a Fund may cease to accrue interest, OID or market discount, when and to what extent a Fund may take deductions for bad debts or worthless securities and how a Fund should allocate payments received on obligations in default between principal and income. These and other related issues will be addressed by the Funds when, as and if they invest in such securities, in order to seek to ensure that they distribute sufficient income to preserve their status as RICs and do not become subject to U.S. federal income or excise tax.

In general, option premiums received by a Fund are not immediately included in the income of the Fund. Instead, the premiums are recognized when the option contract expires, the option is exercised by the holder, or the Fund transfers or otherwise terminates the option (e.g., through a closing transaction). If a call option written by a Fund is exercised and the Fund sells or delivers the underlying stock, the Fund generally will recognize capital gain or loss equal to (a) the sum of the strike price and the option premium received by the Fund minus (b) the Fund’s basis in the stock. Such gain or loss generally will be short-term or long-term depending upon the holding period of the underlying stock. If securities are purchased by a Fund pursuant to the exercise of a put option written by it, the Fund generally will subtract the premium received for purposes of computing its cost basis in the securities purchased. Gain or loss arising in respect of a termination of a Fund’s obligation under an option other than through the exercise of the option will be short-term gain or loss depending on whether the premium income received by the Fund is greater or less than the amount paid by the Fund (if any) in terminating the transaction. Thus, for example, if an option written by a Fund expires unexercised, the Fund generally will recognize short-term gain equal to the premium received.

Certain covered call writing activities of a Fund may trigger the U.S. federal income tax straddle rules of Section 1092 of the Code, requiring that losses be deferred and holding periods be tolled on offsetting positions in options and stocks deemed to constitute substantially similar or related property. Options on single stocks that are not “deep in the money” may constitute qualified covered calls, which generally are not subject to the straddle rules; the holding period on stock underlying qualified covered calls that are “in the money” although not “deep in the money” will be suspended during the period that such calls are outstanding. These straddle rules and the rules governing qualified covered calls could cause gains that would otherwise constitute long-term capital gains to be treated as short-term capital gains, and distributions that would otherwise constitute “qualified dividend income” or qualify for the dividends-received deduction to fail to satisfy the holding period requirements and therefore to be taxed as ordinary income or to fail to qualify for the 70% dividends-received deduction, as the case may be.

The tax treatment of certain contracts (including regulated futures contracts and non-equity options) entered into by a Fund will be governed by section 1256 of the Code (“section 1256 contracts”). Gains or losses on section 1256 contracts generally are considered 60% long-term and 40% short-term capital gains or losses (“60/40”), although certain foreign currency gains and losses from such contracts may be treated as ordinary in character. Also, section 1256 contracts held by a Fund at the end of each taxable year (and, for purposes of the 4% excise tax, on certain other dates as prescribed under the Code) are “marked to market” with the result that unrealized gains or losses are treated as though they were realized and the resulting gain or loss is treated as ordinary or 60/40 gain or loss, as applicable.

In addition to the special rules described above, a Fund’s transactions in derivative instruments (e.g., forward contracts and swap agreements), as well as any of its hedging, short sale, securities loan or similar transactions, may be subject to one or more special tax rules (e.g., notional principal contract, straddle, constructive sale, wash sale and short sale rules). These rules may affect whether gains and losses recognized by a Fund are treated as ordinary or capital, accelerate the recognition of income or gains to a Fund, defer losses to a Fund, and cause adjustments in the holding periods of a Fund’s securities, thereby affecting whether capital gains and losses are treated as short-term or long-term. These rules could therefore affect the amount, timing and/or character of distributions to shareholders.

Because these and other tax rules applicable to these types of transactions are in some cases uncertain under current law, an adverse determination or future guidance by the IRS with respect to these rules (which determination or guidance could be retroactive) may affect whether a Fund has made sufficient distributions, and otherwise satisfied the relevant requirements, to maintain its qualification as a RIC and avoid a Fund-level tax.

A Fund’s investments in commodity-linked instruments can be limited by the Fund’s intention to qualify as a RIC. Income and gains from certain commodity-linked instruments does not constitute qualifying income to a RIC for purposes of the 90% gross income test described above. The tax treatment of certain other commodity-linked derivative instruments in which a Fund might invest is not certain, in particular with respect to whether income or gains from such instruments constitute qualifying income to a RIC. If a Fund were to treat income or gain from a particular instrument as qualifying income and the income or gain were later determined not to constitute qualifying income and, together with any other nonqualifying income, caused the Fund’s nonqualifying income to exceed 10% of its gross income in any taxable year, the Fund would fail to qualify as a RIC unless it is eligible to and does pay a tax at the Fund level.

Investment income and proceeds received by a Fund from sources within foreign countries may be subject to foreign taxes. The United States has entered into tax treaties with many foreign countries, which entitle a Fund to a reduced rate of, or exemption from, taxes on such income. If more than 50% of the value of a Fund’s total assets at the close of the taxable year consists of stock or securities of foreign corporations, the Fund may elect to “pass through” to its shareholders the amount of foreign taxes paid by the Fund. If the Fund so elects, each shareholder would be required to include in gross income, even though not actually received, his or her pro rata share of the foreign taxes paid by

the Fund, but would be treated as having paid his or her pro rata share of such foreign taxes and would therefore be allowed to either deduct such amount in computing taxable income or use such amount (subject to various Code limitations) as a foreign tax credit against federal income tax (but not both). For purposes of the foreign tax credit limitation rules of the Code, each shareholder would treat as foreign source income his or her pro rata share of such foreign taxes plus the portion of dividends received from the Fund representing income derived from foreign sources. No deduction for foreign taxes could be claimed by an individual shareholder who does not itemize deductions. In certain circumstances, a shareholder that (i) has held shares of the Fund for less than a specified minimum period during which it is not protected from risk of loss or (ii) is obligated to make payments related to the dividends will not be allowed a foreign tax credit for foreign taxes deemed imposed on dividends paid on such shares. Additionally, the Fund must also meet this holding period requirement with respect to its foreign stocks and securities in order for “creditable” taxes to flow-through. Shareholders that are not subject to U.S. federal income tax, and those who invest in the Fund through tax-exempt accounts (including those who invest through individual retirement accounts or other tax-advantaged retirement plans), generally will receive no benefit from any tax credit or deduction passed through by the Fund. Each shareholder should consult his or her own tax adviser regarding the potential application of foreign tax credits.

The tax status of certain non-U.S. entities in which a Fund may invest is unclear; an adverse determination by the IRS could alter the timing and character of a Fund’s income from such investments, as well as the application of the income, diversification and distribution requirements for RIC qualification.

Under Section 988 of the Code, gains or losses attributable to fluctuations in exchange rates between the time a Fund accrues income, receivables, expenses or other liabilities denominated in a foreign currency and the time that Fund actually collects such income or receivables or pays such liabilities are generally treated as ordinary income or loss. Similarly, gains or losses on foreign currency forward contracts and the disposition of debt securities denominated in a foreign currency, to the extent attributable to fluctuations in exchange rates between the acquisition and disposition dates, are also treated as ordinary income or loss. Any such net gains could require a larger dividend toward the end of the calendar year. Any such net losses will generally reduce and potentially require the recharacterization of prior ordinary income distributions. Such ordinary income treatment may accelerate Fund distributions to shareholders and increase the distributions taxed to shareholders as ordinary income. Any net ordinary losses so created cannot be carried forward by the Fund to offset income or gains earned in subsequent taxable years.

Certain of a Fund’s investments in derivative instruments and foreign currency-denominated instruments, and any of a Fund’s transactions in foreign currencies and hedging activities, are likely to produce a difference between its book income and the sum of its taxable income and net tax-exempt income (if any). If such a difference arises, and the Fund’s book income is less than the sum of its taxable income and net tax-exempt income, the Fund could be required to make distributions exceeding book income to either qualify as a RIC that is accorded special tax treatment or to eliminate

a Fund-level tax. In the alternative, if the Fund’s book income exceeds the sum of its taxable income (including realized capital gains) and net tax-exempt income, the distribution (if any) of such excess generally will be treated as (i) a dividend to the extent of the Fund’s remaining earnings and profits (including earnings and profits arising from tax-exempt income), (ii) thereafter, as a return of capital to the extent of the recipient’s basis in its shares, and (iii) thereafter as gain from the sale or exchange of a capital asset.

Any investment by a Fund in equity securities of REITs qualifying as such under Subchapter M of the Code may result in the Fund’s receipt of cash in excess of the REIT’s earnings; if the Fund distributes these amounts, these distributions could constitute a return of capital to Fund shareholders for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Investments in REIT equity securities also may require a Fund to accrue and distribute income not yet received. In such an event, to generate sufficient cash to make the requisite distributions, a Fund may be required to sell securities in its portfolio (including when it is not advantageous to do so) that it otherwise would have continued to hold. Dividends received by a Fund from a REIT will not qualify for the corporate dividends-received deduction and generally will not constitute qualified dividend income.

A Fund may invest directly or indirectly in residual interests in real estate mortgage investment conduits (“REMICs”) (including by investing in residual interests in collateralized mortgage obligations (“CMOs”) with respect to which an election to be treated as a REMIC is in effect) or equity interests in taxable mortgage pools (“TMPs”). Under a notice issued by the IRS in October 2006 and Treasury regulations that have yet to be issued but may apply retroactively, a portion of a Fund’s income (including income allocated to the Fund from a REIT or other pass-through entity) that is attributable to a residual interest in a REMIC or an equity interest in a TMP (referred to in the Code as an “excess inclusion”) will be subject to U.S. federal income tax in all events. This notice also provides, and the regulations are expected to provide, that excess inclusion income of a RIC will be allocated to shareholders of the RIC in proportion to the dividends received by such shareholders, with the same consequences as if the shareholders held the related interest directly. As a result, a Fund investing in such interests may not be a suitable investment for charitable remainder trusts. See “Investment by Tax-Exempt Shareholders” below.

In general, excess inclusion income allocated to shareholders (i) cannot be offset by net operating losses (subject to a limited exception for certain thrift institutions), (ii) will constitute unrelated business taxable income (“UBTI”) to entities (including a qualified pension plan, an individual retirement account, a 401(k) plan, a Keogh plan or other tax-exempt entity) subject to tax on UBTI, thereby potentially requiring such an entity that is allocated excess inclusion income, and otherwise might not be required to file a tax return, to file a tax return and pay tax on such income, and (iii) in the case of a non-U.S. shareholder, will not qualify for any reduction in U.S. federal withholding tax. A shareholder will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on such inclusions not withstanding any exemption from such income tax otherwise available under the Code.

The Active Commodities Strategy Fund’s and Real Assets Fund’s ability to make direct and indirect investments in the asset classes described herein, including commodities, gold and other precious metals, and certain related investments, is limited by the Funds’ intention to qualify as a RIC under the Code; if the Funds do not appropriately limit such investments or if such investments are recharacterized for U.S. tax purposes, the Funds’ status as RICs may be jeopardized. The Funds’ investments in the Subsidiaries are intended to provide additional exposure to commodities, gold and other precious metals while allowing the Funds to satisfy the requirements applicable to RICs. In the past, the IRS issued private letter rulings to mutual funds to the effect that income deemed to be received from their wholly-owned subsidiaries met the requirements of RIC qualifications without regard to whether it was currently paid to the parent mutual fund in the form of a cash dividend (“repatriated”). In 2011, the IRS suspended the issuance of such rulings. It is unclear whether or when the IRS will release published guidance on the issue, and whether such guidance would be favorable to mutual funds and, for example, eliminate the need for funds to seek their own rulings, or be unfavorable. In the absence of a private letter ruling to the effect described above or guidance to the same or similar effect, the Funds employ other means of seeking to satisfy the requirements applicable to RICs, including but not limited to receiving one or more distributions from the applicable Subsidiary equal to that Subsidiary’s Subpart F Income (as defined below) in a timely fasion. If the Funds were to fail to qualify as RICs in any taxable year, and were ineligible to or otherwise did not cure such failure, the Funds would be subject to tax on their taxable income at corporate rates, and all distributions from earnings and profits, including any distributions of net long-term capital gains, would be taxable to shareholders as dividend income.

A U.S. person, such as a Fund, who owns (directly or indirectly) 10% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of a foreign corporation is a “U.S. Shareholder” for purposes of the controlled foreign corporation (“CFC”) provisions of the Code. A CFC is a foreign corporation that, on any day of its taxable year, is owned (directly, indirectly, or constructively) more than 50% (measured by voting power or value) by U.S. Shareholders. The Real Assets Fund will be a U.S. Shareholder and the Subsidiary will be a CFC; it is also possible that another Fund will be a U.S. Shareholder in a CFC. As a U.S. Shareholder, a Fund is required to include in gross income for U.S. federal income tax purposes for each taxable year of the Fund its pro rata share of its CFC’s “subpart F income” for the CFC’s taxable year ending within the Fund’s taxable year, whether or not such income is actually distributed by the CFC, provided that the foreign corporation has been a CFC for at least 30 uninterrupted days in its taxable year. Subpart F income generally includes interest, OID, dividends, net gains from the disposition of stocks or securities, receipts with respect to securities loans, and net payments received with respect to equity swaps and similar derivatives. Subpart F income is treated as ordinary income, regardless of the character of the CFC’s underlying income. Net losses incurred by a CFC during a tax year do not flow through to the Fund and thus will not be available to offset income or capital gain generated from the Fund’s other investments. In addition, net losses incurred by a CFC during a tax year generally cannot be carried forward by the CFC to offset gains realized by it in subsequent taxable years. To the extent a Fund invests in a CFC and recognizes subpart F income in excess of actual cash distributions from the CFC, it may be required to sell assets (including when it is not advantageous to do so) to generate the cash necessary to distribute as dividends to its shareholders all of its income and gains and therefore to eliminate any tax liability at the Fund level.

Investments treated as equity investments for U.S. federal income tax purposes that a Fund makes in certain “passive foreign investment companies” (“PFICs”) could potentially subject the Fund to a U.S. federal income tax (including interest charges) on distributions received from the company or on proceeds received from the disposition of shares in the company. This tax cannot be eliminated by making distributions to Fund shareholders. However, a Fund may elect to avoid the imposition of that tax. For example, a Fund may elect to treat a PFIC as a “qualified electing fund” (i.e., make a “QEF election”), in which case the Fund will be required to include its share of the PFIC’s income and net capital gains annually, regardless of whether it receives any distribution from the PFIC. A Fund also may make an election to mark the gains (and to a limited extent losses) in such holdings “to the market” as though it had sold (and, solely for purposes of this mark-to-market election, repurchased) its holdings in those PFICs on the last day of the Fund’s taxable year. Such gains and losses are treated as ordinary income and loss. The QEF and mark-to-market elections may accelerate the recognition of income (without the receipt of cash) and increase the amount required to be distributed by a Fund to avoid taxation. Making either of these elections therefore may require a Fund to liquidate other investments (including when it is not advantageous to do so) to meet its distribution requirement, which also may accelerate the recognition of gain and affect the Fund’s total return. Dividends paid by PFICs will not be eligible to be treated as “qualified dividend income.”

Because it is not always possible to identify a foreign corporation as a PFIC, a Fund may incur the tax and interest charges described above in some instances.

A Fund’s investments in shares of a mutual fund, ETF or another company that qualifies as a RIC (each, an “investment company”) can cause the Fund to be required to distribute greater amounts of net investment income or net capital gain than the Fund would have distributed had it invested directly in the securities held by the investment company, rather than in shares of the investment company. Further, the amount or timing of distributions from the Fund qualifying for treatment as a particular character (for example, long-term capital gain, exempt interest, eligibility for dividends-received deduction, etc.) will not necessarily be the same as it would have been had the Fund invested directly in the securities held by the investment company.

If a Fund receives dividends from an investment company and the investment company reports such dividends as qualified dividend income, then the Fund is permitted in turn to report to its shareholders a portion of its distributions as qualified dividend income, provided the Fund meets holding period and other requirements with respect to shares of the investment company.

If a Fund receives dividends from an investment company and the investment company reports such dividends as eligible for the dividends-received deduction, then the Fund is permitted in turn to report to its shareholders its distributions derived from those dividends as eligible for the dividends-received deduction as well, provided the Fund meets holding period and other requirements with respect to shares of the investment company.

A Fund’s ability to make direct and indirect investments in MLPs and certain non-U.S. entities is limited by the Fund’s intention to qualify as a RIC, and if the Fund does not appropriately limit such investments or if such investments are recharacterized for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Fund’s status as a RIC may be jeopardized. Among other limitations, a Fund is permitted to have no more than 25% of the value of its total assets invested, including through corporations in which the Fund owns a 20% or more voting stock interest, in qualified publicly traded partnerships, including MLPs.

A Fund may be required to withhold U.S. federal income tax on all taxable distributions payable to shareholders who fail to provide that Fund with their correct taxpayer identification number or to make required certifications, or who have been notified by the IRS that they are subject to backup withholding. The backup withholding tax rate is 28%. Corporate shareholders and certain other shareholders specified in the Code generally are exempt from such backup withholding. Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Any amounts withheld may be credited against the shareholder’s U.S. federal income tax liability.

Income of a RIC that would be UBTI if earned directly by a tax-exempt entity will not generally be attributed as UBTI to a tax-exempt shareholder of the RIC. Notwithstanding this “blocking” effect, a tax-exempt shareholder could realize UBTI by virtue of its investment in a Fund if shares in the Fund constitute debt-financed property in the hands of the tax-exempt shareholder within the meaning of Code Section 514(b).

A tax-exempt shareholder may also recognize UBTI if a Fund recognizes “excess inclusion income” derived from direct or indirect investments in residual interests in REMICs or equity interests in TMPs as described above, if the amount of such income recognized by the Fund exceeds the Fund’s investment company taxable income (after taking into account deductions for dividends paid by the Fund).

In addition, special tax consequences apply to charitable remainder trusts (“CRTs”) that invest in RICs that invest directly or indirectly in residual interests in REMICs or equity interests in TMPs. Under legislation enacted in December 2006, a CRT (as defined in Section 664 of the Code) that realizes any UBTI for a taxable year must pay an excise tax annually of an amount equal to such UBTI. Under IRS guidance issued in October 2006, a CRT will not recognize UBTI as a result of investing in a Fund that recognizes “excess inclusion income.” Rather, if at any time during any taxable year a CRT (or one of certain other tax-exempt shareholders, such as the United States, a state or political subdivision, or an agency or instrumentality thereof, and certain energy cooperatives) is a record holder of a share in a Fund that recognizes “excess inclusion income,” then the Fund will be subject to a tax on that portion of its “excess inclusion income” for the taxable year that is allocable to such shareholders at the highest U.S. federal corporate income tax rate. The extent to which this IRS guidance remains applicable in light of the December 2006 legislation is unclear. To the extent permitted under the 1940 Act, each Fund may elect to specially allocate any such tax to the applicable CRT, or other shareholder, and thus reduce such shareholder’s distributions for the year by the amount of the tax that relates to such shareholder’s interest in the Fund.

CRTs and other tax-exempt investors are urged to consult their tax advisors concerning the consequences of investing in a Fund.

Distributions by a Fund to shareholders that are not “U.S. persons” within the meaning of the Code (“foreign shareholders”) properly reported by the Fund as (1) Capital Gain Dividends, (2) short-term capital gain dividends, and (3) interest-related dividends, each as defined and subject to certain conditions described below, generally are not subject to withholding of U.S. federal income tax.

In general, the Code defines (1) “short-term capital gain dividends” as distributions of net short-term capital gains in excess of net long-term capital losses and (2) “interest-related dividends” as distributions from U.S.-source interest income of types similar to those not subject to U.S. federal income tax if earned directly by an individual foreign shareholder, in each case to the extent such distributions are properly reported as such by the Fund in a written notice to shareholders. The exceptions to withholding for Capital Gain Dividends and short-term capital gain dividends do not apply to (A) distributions to an individual foreign shareholder who is present in the United States for a period or periods aggregating 183 days or more during the year of the distribution and (B) distributions attributable to gain that is treated as effectively connected with the conduct by the foreign shareholder of a trade or business within the United States, under special rules regarding the disposition of U.S. real property interests as described below. The exception to withholding for interest-related dividends does not apply to distributions to a foreign shareholder (A) that has not provided a satisfactory statement that the beneficial owner is not a U.S. person, (B) to the extent that the dividend is attributable to certain interest on an obligation if the foreign shareholder is the issuer or is a 10% shareholder of the issuer, (C) that is within certain foreign countries that have inadequate information exchange with the United States, or (D) to the extent the dividend is attributable to interest paid by a person that is a related person of the foreign shareholder and the foreign shareholder is a controlled foreign corporation.

If a Fund invests in a RIC that pays Capital Gain Dividends, short-term capital gain dividends or interest-related dividends to the Fund, such distributions retain their character as not subject to withholding if properly reported when paid by the Fund to foreign shareholders. The Fund is permitted to report such part of its dividends as interest-related and/or short-term capital gain dividends as are eligible, but is not required to do so.

In the case of shares held through an intermediary, the intermediary may withhold even if a Fund reports all or a portion of a payment as an interest-related or short-term capital gain dividend to shareholders. Foreign shareholders should contact their intermediaries regarding the application of these rules to their accounts.

Foreign shareholders with respect to whom income from a Fund is effectively connected with a trade or business conducted by the foreign shareholder within the United States will in general be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the income derived from the Fund at the graduated rates applicable to U.S. citizens, residents or domestic corporations, whether such income is received in cash or reinvested in shares of the Fund and, in the case of a foreign corporation, may also be subject to a branch profits tax. If a foreign shareholder is eligible for the benefits of a tax treaty, any effectively connected income or gain will generally be subject to U.S. federal income tax on a net basis only if it is also attributable to a permanent establishment maintained by the shareholder in the United States. More generally, foreign shareholders who are residents in a country with an income tax treaty with the United States may obtain different tax results than those described herein, and are urged to consult their tax advisors. Distributions by a Fund to foreign shareholders other than Capital Gain Dividends, short-term capital gain dividends, and interest-related dividends (e.g. dividends attributable to foreign-source dividend and interest income or to short-term capital gains or U.S. source interest income to which the exception from withholding described above does not apply) are generally subject to withholding of U.S. federal income tax at a rate of 30% (or lower applicable treaty rate).

A foreign shareholder is not, in general, subject to U.S. federal income tax on gains (and is not allowed a deduction for losses) realized on the sale of shares of a Fund unless (i) such gain is effectively connected with the conduct by the foreign shareholder of a trade or business within the United States, (ii) in the case of a foreign shareholder that is an individual, the shareholder is present in the United States for a period or periods aggregating 183 days or more during the year of the sale and certain other conditions are met, or (iii) the special rules relating to gain attributable to the sale or exchange of “U.S. real property interests” (“USRPIs”) apply to the foreign shareholder’s sale of shares of the Fund (as described below).

Special rules would apply if a Fund were a qualified investment entity (“QIE”) because it is either a “U.S. real property holding corporation” (“USRPHC”) or would be a USRPHC but for the operation of certain exceptions to the definition of USRPIs described below. Very generally, a USRPHC is a domestic corporation that holds USRPIs the fair market value of which equals or exceeds 50% of the sum of the fair market values of the corporation’s USRPIs, interests in real property located outside the United States, and other trade or business assets. USRPIs are generally defined as any interest in U.S. real property and any interest (other than solely as a creditor) in a USRPHC or, very generally, an entity that has been a USRPHC in the last five years. A Fund that holds, directly or indirectly, significant interests in real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) may be a USRPHC. Interests in domestically controlled QIEs, including REITs and RICs that are QIEs, not-greater-than 10% interests in publicly traded classes of stock in REITs and not-greater-than-5% interests in publicly traded classes of stock in RICs generally are not USRPIs, but these exceptions do not apply for purposes of determining whether the Fund is a QIE. If an interest in a Fund were a USRPI, the Fund would be required to withhold U.S. tax on the proceeds of a share redemption by a greater-than-5% foreign shareholder, in which case such foreign shareholder generally would also be required to file U.S. tax returns and pay any additional taxes due in connection with the redemption.

If a Fund were a QIE, under a special “look-through” rule, any distributions by the Fund to a foreign shareholder (including, in certain cases, distributions made by the Fund in redemption of its shares) attributable directly or indirectly to (i) distributions received by the Fund from a lower-tier RIC or REIT that the Fund is required to treat as USRPI gain in its hands, and (ii) gains realized on the disposition of USRPIs by a Fund would retain their character as gains realized from USRPIs in the hands of the Fund’s foreign shareholders and would be subject to U.S. tax withholding. In addition, such distributions could result in the foreign shareholder being required to file a U.S. tax return and pay tax on the distributions at regular U.S. federal income tax rates. The consequences to a foreign shareholder, including the rate of such withholding and character of such distributions (e.g., as ordinary income or USRPI gain), would vary depending upon the extent of the foreign shareholder’s current and past ownership of a Fund.

Foreign shareholders of the Fund also may be subject to “wash sale” rules to prevent the avoidance of the tax-filing and -payment obligations discussed above through the sale and repurchase of Fund shares.

Foreign shareholders should consult their tax advisers and, if holding shares through intermediaries, their intermediaries, concerning the application of these rules to their investment in a Fund.

In order to qualify for any exemptions from withholding described above or for lower withholding tax rates under income tax treaties, or to establish an exemption from backup withholding, a foreign shareholder must comply with special certification and filing requirements relating to its non-U.S. status (including, in general, furnishing an IRS Form W-8BEN, W-8BEN-E or substitute form). Foreign shareholders should consult their tax advisers in this regard.

Special rules (including withholding and reporting requirements) apply to foreign partnerships and those holding Fund shares through foreign partnerships. Additional considerations may apply to foreign trusts and estates. Investors holding Fund shares through foreign entities should consult their tax advisers about their particular situation.

A foreign shareholder may be subject to state and local tax and to the U.S. federal estate tax in addition to the U.S. federal income tax referred to above.

As of February 1, 2015, the Funds no longer accept investments from investors with non-U.S. addresses as well as dealer-controlled accounts designated as foreign accounts (“Restricted Accounts”). Existing Restricted Accounts can remain in a Fund, but will be prohibited from making further investments into their accounts. U.S. Armed Forces and Diplomatic post office addresses abroad will be treated as U.S. addresses and are able to invest in the Fund. For more information, please call (800) 437-9912.

Shareholders that are U.S. persons and own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of a Fund could be required to report annually their “financial interest” in the Fund’s “foreign financial accounts,” if any, on FinCEN Form 114, Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR). Shareholders should consult their tax advisor, and persons investing in a Fund through an intermediary should contact their intermediary, regarding the applicability to them of this reporting requirement.

Sections 1471-1474 of the Code and the U.S. Treasury and IRS guidance issued thereunder (collectively, “FATCA”) generally require a Fund to obtain information sufficient to identify the status of each of its shareholders under FATCA or under an applicable intergovernmental agreement (an “IGA”) between the United States and a foreign government. If a shareholder fails to provide the required information or otherwise fails to comply with FATCA or an IGA, a Fund may be required to withhold under FATCA at a rate of 30% with respect to that shareholder on ordinary dividends and, after December 31, 2016 (which date, under recent Treasury guidance, is expected to be delayed until on or after January 1, 2019), 30% of the gross proceeds of share redemptions or exchanges and certain capital gain dividends. If a payment by a Fund is subject to FATCA withholding, the Fund is required to withhold even if such payment would otherwise be exempt from withholding under the rules applicable to foreign shareholders described above (e.g., Capital Gain Dividends).

Each prospective investor is urged to consult its tax adviser regarding the applicability of FATCA and any other reporting requirements with respect to the prospective investor’s own situation, including investments through an intermediary.

Fund shareholders may be subject to state, local and foreign taxes on their Fund distributions. Shareholders are advised to consult their own tax advisors with respect to the particular tax consequences to them of an investment in a Fund.

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Class F shares and Class T shares are newly offered shares, so financial highlights are not yet available for these share classes.

A. Responsibility. The Advisor and the Subadvisors shall seek to ensure that there is an effective means in place to hold companies accountable for their actions. While management must be accountable to its board, the board must be accountable to a company’s shareholders. Although accountability can be promoted in a variety of ways, protecting shareholder voting rights may be among our most important tools.

B. Rationalizing Management and Shareholder Concerns. The Advisor and the Subadvisors seek to ensure that the interests of a company’s management and board are aligned with those of the company’s shareholders. In this respect, compensation must be structured to reward the creation of shareholder value.

C. Shareholder Communication. Since companies are owned by their shareholders, the Advisor and the Subadvisors seek to ensure that management effectively communicates with its owners about the company’s business operations and financial performance. It is only with effective communication that shareholders will be able to assess the performance of management and to make informed decisions on when to buy, sell or hold a company’s securities.

In exercising voting rights, the Advisor and the Subadvisors follow the general principles set forth below.

Set forth below are general guidelines followed by the Advisor and the Subadvisors in exercising proxy voting rights:

Prudence. In making a proxy voting decision, the Advisor and the Subadvisors shall give appropriate consideration to all relevant facts and circumstances, including the value of the securities to be voted and the likely effect any vote may have on that value. Since voting rights must be exercised on the basis of an informed judgment, investigation shall be a critical initial step.

Third Party Views. While the Advisor and the Subadvisors may consider the views of third parties, the Advisor and the Subadvisors shall never base a proxy voting decision solely on the opinion of a third party. Rather, decisions shall be based on a reasonable and good faith determination as to how best to maximize shareholder value.

Shareholder Value. Just as the decision whether to purchase or sell a security is a matter of judgment, determining whether a specific proxy resolution will increase the market value of a security is a matter of judgment as to which informed parties may differ. In determining how a proxy vote may affect the economic value of a security, the Advisor and the Subadvisors shall consider both short-term and long-term views about a company’s business and prospects, especially in light of its projected holding period on the stock (e.g., the Advisor may discount long-term views on a short-term holding).

Votes on director nominees should be made on a case-by-case basis using a “mosaic” approach, where all factors are considered in director elections and where no single issue is deemed to be determinative. For example, a nominee’s experience and business judgment may be critical to the long-term success of the portfolio company, notwithstanding the fact that he or she may serve on the board of more than four public companies. In evaluating nominees, the Advisor and the Subadvisors consider the following factors:

The Advisor and the Subadvisors recognize the importance of shareholder access to the ballot process as a means to ensure that boards do not become self-perpetuating and self-serving. However, they are also aware that some proposals may promote certain interest groups and could be disruptive to the nomination process. The Advisor and the Subadvisors vote on a case-by-case basis considering the proxy access terms in light of a company’s specific circumstances and the Advisor and the Subadvisors may support proxy access proposals when management and boards have displayed a lack of shareholder accountability. Director candidates nominated pursuant to proxy access will be considered in accordance with the contested election guidelines below.

Director Nominees in a Contested Election. This type of board candidate or slate runs for the purpose of seeking a significant change in corporate policy or control. Therefore, the economic impact of the vote in favor of or in opposition to that director or slate must be analyzed using a higher standard such as is normally applied to changes in control. Criteria for evaluating director nominees as a group or individually should also include: the underlying reason why the new slate (or individual director) is being proposed; performance; compensation; corporate governance provisions and takeover activity; criminal activity; attendance at meetings; investment in the company; interlocking directorships; inside, outside and independent directors; number of other board seats; and other experience.

Reimbursement of Proxy Solicitation Expenses. Decisions to provide full reimbursement for dissidents waging a proxy contest should be made on a case-by-case basis. In the absence of compelling reasons, the Advisor and the Subadvisors will generally not support such proposals.

The Advisor and the Subadvisors vote for proposals to ratify auditors, auditor remuneration and/or proposals authorizing the board to fix audit fees, unless:

Where fees for non-audit services include fees related to significant one-time capital structure events, initial public offerings, bankruptcy emergence, and spinoffs, and the company makes public disclosure of the amount and nature of those fees, then such fees may be excluded from the non-audit fees considered in determining whether non-audit related fees are excessive.

The Advisor and the Subadvisors vote on a case-by-case basis on auditor rotation proposals. Criteria for evaluating the rotation proposal include, but are not limited to: tenure of the audit firm; establishment and disclosure of a renewal process whereby the auditor is regularly evaluated for both audit quality and competitive price; length of the rotation period advocated in the proposal; and any significant audit related issues.

Generally, the Advisor and the Subadvisors vote against auditor indemnification and limitation of liability; however the Advisor and the Subadvisors recognize there may be situations where indemnification and limitations on liability may be appropriate.

While the Advisor and the Subadvisors recognize that a takeover attempt may be a significant distraction for the board and management, the possibility of a corporate takeover keeps management focused on maximizing shareholder value. As a result, Cohen & Steers opposes measures that are designed to prevent or obstruct corporate takeovers because they can entrench current management. The following are our guidelines on change of control issues:

Shareholder Rights Plans. The Advisor and the Subadvisors review on a case-by-case basis management proposals to ratify a poison pill. The Advisor and the Subadvisors generally look for shareholder friendly features including a two- to three-year sunset provision, a permitted bid provision and a 20 percent or higher flip-in provision.

Greenmail. The Advisor and the Subadvisors vote for proposals to adopt anti-greenmail charter or bylaw amendments or otherwise restrict a company’s ability to make greenmail payments.

Classified Boards. The Advisor and the Subadvisors generally vote in favor of shareholder proposals to declassify a board of directors. In voting on shareholder proposals to declassify a board of directors, the Advisor and the Subadvisors evaluate all facts and circumstances surrounding such proposal, including whether: (i) the current management and board have a track record of making good corporate or strategic decisions, (ii) the shareholder proposing the de-classification has an agenda in making such proposal that may be at odds with the long-term best interests of the shareholders of the company, or (iii) it would be in the best interests of the company to thwart a shareholder’s attempt to control the board of directors.

Cumulative Voting. Having the ability to cumulate votes for the election of directors – that is, cast more than one vote for a director– generally increases shareholders’ rights to effect change in the management of a corporation. However, the Advisor and the Subadvisors acknowledge that cumulative voting promotes special candidates who may not represent the interests of all, or even a majority, of shareholders. Therefore, when voting on proposals to institute cumulative voting, the Advisor and the Subadvisors evaluate all facts and circumstances surrounding such proposal and they generally vote against cumulative voting where the company has good corporate governance practices in place, including majority voting for board elections and de-classified boards.

Shareholder Ability to Call Special Meetings. Cohen & Steers votes on a case-by-case basis for shareholder proposals requesting companies to amend their governance documents (bylaws and/or charter) in order to allow shareholders to call special meetings.

Shareholder Ability to Act by Written Consent. The Advisor and the Subadvisors generally vote against proposals to allow or facilitate shareholder action by written consent. The requirement that all shareholders be given notice of a shareholders’ meeting and matters to be discussed therein seems to provide a reasonable protection of minority shareholder rights.

Shareholder Ability to Alter the Size of the Board. The Advisor and the Subadvisors generally vote for proposals that seek to fix the size of the board and vote against proposals that give the board the ability to alter the size of the board without shareholder approval. While the Advisor and the Subadvisors recognize the importance of such proposals, they are however also aware that these proposals are sometimes put forth in order to promote the agenda(s) of certain special interest groups and could be disruptive to the management of the company.

Independent Committees. The Advisor and the Subadvisors vote for shareholder proposals requesting that the board’s audit, compensation, and nominating committees consist exclusively of independent directors.

Separate Chairman and CEO Role. The Advisor and the Subadvisors will generally vote for proposals looking to separate the CEO and Chairman roles. The Advisor and the Subadvisors do acknowledge, however, that under certain circumstances, it may be reasonable for the CEO and Chairman roles to be held by a single person.

Independent Chairman. The Advisor and the Subadvisors review on a case-by-case basis proposals requiring that the chairman’s position be filled by an independent director, taking into consideration the company’s current board leadership and governance structure; company performance, and any other factors that may be applicable.

Lead Directors and Executive Sessions. In cases where the CEO and Chairman roles are combined or the Chairman is not independent, the Advisor and the Subadvisors will vote for the appointment of a lead independent director and for regular executive sessions (board meetings taking place without the CEO/Chairman present).

Board Independence. The Advisor and the Subadvisors believe that boards should have a majority of independent directors. Therefore, the Advisor and the Subadvisors vote for proposals that call for the board to be composed of a majority of independent directors.

Generally, the Advisor and the Subadvisors will consider a director independent if the director satisfies the independence definition set forth in local corporate governance codes and/or the applicable listing standards of the exchange on which the common stock is listed.

The Advisor and the Subadvisors also generally consider a director independent if the director has no significant financial, familial or other ties with the company which might pose a conflict, and has not been employed in an executive capacity by the company.

Stock Ownership Requirements. The Advisor and the Subadvisors support proposals requiring senior executives and directors to hold a minimum amount of stock in a company (often expressed as a percentage of annual compensation), which may include restricted stock or restricted stock units.

Stock Holding Periods. Generally vote against all proposals requiring executives to hold the stock received upon option exercise for a specific period of time.

Director and Officer Indemnification and Liability Protection. The Advisor and the Subadvisors vote in favor of proposals providing indemnification for directors and officers with respect to acts conducted in the normal course of business that is consistent with the law of the jurisdiction of formation. The Advisor and the Subadvisors also vote in favor of proposals that expand coverage for directors and officers where, despite an unsuccessful legal defense, the director or officer acted in good faith and in the best interests of the company. The Advisor and the Subadvisors vote against proposals that would expand indemnification beyond coverage of legal expenses to coverage of acts, such as gross negligence, that are more serious violations of fiduciary obligations.

Board Size. The Advisor and the Subadvisors generally vote for proposals to limit the size of the board to 15 members or less.

Majority Vote Standard. The Advisor and the Subadvisors generally vote for proposals asking for the board to initiate the appropriate process to amend the company’s governance documents (charter or bylaws) to provide that director nominees shall be elected by the affirmative vote of the majority of votes cast at an annual meeting of shareholders.

Supermajority Vote Requirements. The Advisor and the Subadvisors generally support proposals that seek to lower supermajority voting requirements.

Disclosure of Board Nominees. The Advisor and the Subadvisors generally vote against the election of directors at companies if the names of the director nominees are not disclosed in a timely manner prior to the meeting. However, the Advisor and the Subadvisors recognize that companies in certain emerging markets may have a legitimate reason for not disclosing nominee names. In such a rare case, if a company discloses a legitimate reason why such nominee names should not be disclosed, the Advisor and the Subadvisors may vote for the nominees even if nominee names are not disclosed in a timely manner.

Disclosure of Board Compensation. The Advisor and the Subadvisors generally vote against the election of directors at companies if the compensation paid to such directors is not disclosed in a timely manner prior to the meeting. However, the Advisor and the Subadvisors recognize that companies in certain emerging markets may have a legitimate reason for not disclosing such compensation information. In such a rare case, if a company discloses a legitimate reason why such compensation should not be disclosed, the Advisor and the Subadvisors may vote for the nominees even if compensation is not disclosed in a timely manner.

Confidential Voting. The Advisor and the Subadvisors vote for shareholder proposals requesting that companies adopt confidential voting, use independent tabulators, and use independent inspectors of election as long as the proposals include clauses for proxy contests as follows: in the case of a contested election, management should be permitted to request that the dissident group honor its confidential voting policy. If the dissidents agree, the policy remains in place. If the dissidents do not agree, the confidential voting policy is waived.

The Advisor and the Subadvisors also vote for management proposals to adopt confidential voting.

Bundled Proposals. the Advisor and the Subadvisors review on a case-by-case basis bundled or “conditioned” proxy proposals. In the case of items that are conditioned upon each other, the Advisor and the Subadvisors examine the benefits and costs of the packaged items. In instances where the combined effect of the conditioned items is not in shareholders’ best interests, the Advisor and the Subadvisors vote against the proposals. If the combined effect is positive, the Advisor and the Subadvisors support such proposals. In the case of bundled director proposals, the Advisor and the Subadvisors will vote for the entire slate only if the Advisor and the Subadvisors would have otherwise voted for each director on an individual basis.

Date/Location of Meeting. The Advisor and the Subadvisors vote against shareholder proposals to change the date or location of the shareholders’ meeting.

Adjourn Meeting if Votes are Insufficient. Open-end requests for adjournment of a shareholder meeting generally will not be supported. However, where management specifically states the reason for requesting an adjournment and the requested adjournment is necessary to permit a proposal that would otherwise be supported under this policy to be carried out, the adjournment request will be supported.

Disclosure of Shareholder Proponents. The Advisor and the Subadvisors vote for shareholder proposals requesting that companies disclose the names of shareholder proponents. Shareholders may wish to contact the proponents of a shareholder proposal for additional information.

Other Business. Cohen & Steers will generally vote against proposals to approve other business where the Advisor and the Subadvisors cannot determine the exact nature of the proposal to be voted on.

Increase Additional Common Stock. The Advisor and the Subadvisors generally vote for increases in authorized shares, provided that the increase is not greater than three times the number of shares outstanding and reserved for issuance (including shares reserved for stock-related plans and securities convertible into common stock, but not shares reserved for any poison pill plan).

The Advisor and the Subadvisors generally vote against proposals to authorize additional shares of stock where the proposal creates a blank check preferred stock or establishes classes of stock with superior voting rights.

Blank Check Preferred Stock. Votes generally are cast in opposition to management proposals authorizing the creation of new classes of preferred stock with unspecific voting, conversion, distribution and other rights, and management proposals to increase the number of authorized blank

check preferred shares. The Advisor and the Subadvisors may vote in favor of this type of proposal when the Advisor and the Subadvisors receive assurances to our reasonable satisfaction that (i) the preferred stock was authorized by the board for the use of legitimate capital formation purposes and not for anti-takeover purposes, and (ii) no preferred stock will be issued with voting power that is disproportionate to the economic interests of the preferred stock. These representations should be made either in the proxy statement or in a separate letter from the company to Cohen & Steers.

Pre-emptive Rights. The Advisor and the Subadvisors believe that the governance and regulation of public equity markets allow for adequate shareholder protection against dilution. Further, the Advisor and the Subadvisors believe that companies should have more flexibility to issue shares without costly and time constraining rights offerings. As such, the Advisor and the Subadvisors do not believe that pre-emptive rights are necessary and the Advisor and the Subadvisors generally vote for the issuance of equity shares without pre-emptive rights. On a limited basis, the Advisor and the Subadvisors will vote for shareholder pre-emptive rights where such pre-emptive rights are necessary, taking into account the best interests of the company’s shareholders.

The Advisor and the Subadvisors acknowledge that international local practices typically call for shareholder pre-emptive rights when a company seeks authority to issue shares (e.g., UK authority for the issuance of only up to 5% of outstanding shares without pre-emptive rights). While the Advisor and the Subadvisors would prefer that companies be permitted to issue shares without pre-emptive rights, in deference to international local practices, the Advisor and the Subadvisors will approve issuance requests with pre-emptive rights.

Dual Class Capitalizations. Because classes of common stock with unequal voting rights limit the rights of certain shareholders, we vote against adoption of a dual or multiple class capitalization structure. The Advisor and the Subadvisors support the one-share, one-vote principle for voting.

Restructurings/Recapitalizations. The Advisor and the Subadvisors review proposals to increase common and/or preferred shares and to issue shares as part of a debt restructuring plan on a case-by-case basis. In voting, the Advisor and the Subadvisors consider the following issues:

Share Repurchase Programs. Boards may institute share repurchase or stock buy-back programs for a number of reasons. The Advisor and the Subadvisors will generally vote in favor of such programs where the repurchase would be in the long-term best interests of shareholders, and where the Advisor and the Subadvisors believe that this is a good use of the company’s cash.

The Advisor and the Subadvisors will vote against such programs when shareholders’ interests could be better served by deployment of the cash for alternative uses, or where the repurchase is a defensive maneuver or an attempt to entrench management.

Targeted Share Placements. These shareholder proposals ask companies to seek stockholder approval before placing 10% or more of their voting stock with a single investor. The proposals are typically in reaction to the placement by various companies of a large block of their voting stock in an ESOP, parent capital fund or with a single friendly investor, with the aim of protecting themselves against a hostile tender offer. These proposals are voted on a case-by-case basis after reviewing the individual situation of the company receiving the proposal.

Executive Compensation (“Say on Pay”). Votes regarding shareholder “say on pay” are determined on a case-by-case basis considering the context of a company’s overall pay program and demonstrated pay-for-performance philosophy.

Generally, the Advisor and the Subadvisors believe that executive compensation should be tied to the long-term performance of the executive and the company both in absolute and relative to the peer group. The Advisor and the Subadvisors therefore monitor the compensation practices of portfolio companies to determine whether compensation to these executives is commensurate to the company’s total shareholder return (TSR) (i.e., we generally expect companies that pay their executives at the higher end of the pay range to also be performing commensurately well).

The following list highlights certain negative pay practices that carry significant weight in this overall consideration and may result in adverse vote recommendations:

CIC severance payments without involuntary job loss or substantial diminution of duties (“single” or “modified single” triggers); and

Also, the Advisor and the Subadvisors generally vote for shareholder proposals that seek additional disclosure of executive and director pay information.

Frequency of Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation (Frequency of “Say on Pay”). The Advisor and the Subadvisors generally vote for annual advisory votes on compensation as they note that executive compensation is also evaluated on an annual basis by the company’s compensation committee.

Stock-based Incentive Plans. Votes with respect to compensation plans should be determined on a case-by-case basis depending on a combination of certain plan features and equity grant practices, where positive factors may counterbalance negative factors, and vice versa, as evaluated in three pillars:

SVT based on new shares requested plus shares remaining for future grants, plus outstanding unvested/unexercised grants; and

The estimated duration of the plan based on the sum of shares remaining available and the new shares requested, divided by the average annual shares granted in the prior three years;

The proportion of the CEO’s most recent equity grants/awards subject to performance conditions;

Whether the company has established post exercise/vesting share-holding requirements.

The Advisor and the Subadvisors will generally vote against the plan proposal if the combination of factors indicates that the plan is not, overall, in the shareholders’ interest, or if any of the following apply:

Approval of Cash or Cash-and-Stock Bonus Plans. The Advisor and the Subadvisors vote for cash or cash-and-stock bonus plans to exempt the compensation from limits on deductibility under the provisions of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Reload/Evergreen Features. The Advisor and the Subadvisors will generally vote against plans that enable the issuance of reload options and that provide an automatic share replenishment (“evergreen”) feature.

Golden Parachutes. In general, the Advisor and the Subadvisors vote against golden parachute plans because they impede potential takeovers that shareholders should be free to consider. In particular, the Advisor and the Subadvisors oppose the use of employment contracts that result in cash grants of greater than three times annual compensation (salary and bonus) and generally withhold our votes at the next shareholder meeting for directors who to our knowledge approved golden parachutes.

In the context of an acquisition, merger, consolidation, or proposed sale, the Advisor and the Subadvisors vote on a case-by-case basis on proposals to approve the company’s golden parachute compensation. Features that may lead to a vote against include:

401(k) Employee Benefit Plans. The Advisor and the Subadvisors vote for proposals to implement a 401(k) savings plan for employees.

Employee Stock Purchase Plans. The Advisor and the Subadvisors support employee stock purchase plans, although the Advisor and the Subadvisors generally believe the discounted purchase price should not exceed 15% of the current market price.

Vesting. The Advisor and the Subadvisors believe that restricted stock awards normally should vest over at least a two-year period.

Option Expensing. The Advisor and the Subadvisors vote for shareholder proposals to expense fixed-price options.

Option Repricing. Cohen & Steers will vote against the election of any slate of directors that, to its knowledge, has authorized a company to re-price or replace underwater options during the most recent year without shareholder approval.

Transferable Stock Options. Review on a case-by-case basis proposals to grant transferable stock options or otherwise permit the transfer of outstanding stock options, including cost of proposal and alignment with shareholder interests.

Recoup Bonuses. The Advisor and the Subadvisors generally vote for shareholder proposals to recoup incentive bonuses or other incentive payments made to senior executives if it is later determined that fraud, misconduct, or negligence significantly contributed to a restatement of financial results that led to the awarding of incentive compensation.

Reincorporation Proposals. Proposals to change a company’s jurisdiction of incorporation are examined on a case-by-case basis. In making our decision, the Advisor and the Subadvisors review management’s rationale for the proposal, changes to the charter/bylaws, and differences in the applicable laws governing the companies.

Voting on State Takeover Statutes. The Advisor and the Subadvisors review on a case-by-case basis proposals to opt in or out of state takeover statutes (including control share acquisition statutes, control share cash-out statutes, freezeout provisions, fair price provisions, stakeholder laws, poison pill endorsements, severance pay and labor contract provisions, anti-greenmail provisions, and disgorgement provisions). In voting on these shareholder proposals, the Advisor and the Subadvisors evaluate all facts and circumstances surrounding such proposal, including whether the shareholder proposing such measure has an agenda in making such proposal that may be at odds with the long-term best interests of the company or whether it would be in the best interests of the company to thwart a shareholder’s attempt to control the board of directors.

Mergers and Acquisitions. Votes on mergers and acquisitions should be considered on a case-by-case basis, taking into account factors including the following: anticipated financial and operating benefits; offer price (cost vs. premium); prospects of the combined companies; how the deal was negotiated; and changes in corporate governance and their impact on shareholder rights.

The Advisor and the Subadvisors vote against proposals that require a super-majority of shareholders to approve a merger or other significant business combination.

Nonfinancial Effects of a Merger or Acquisition. Some companies have proposed a charter provision which specifies that the board of directors may examine the nonfinancial effect of a merger or acquisition on the company. This provision would allow the board to evaluate the impact a proposed change in control would have on employees, host communities, suppliers and/or others. The Advisor and the Subadvisors generally vote against proposals to adopt such charter provisions. Directors should base their decisions solely on the financial interests of the shareholders.

Corporate Restructuring. Votes on corporate restructuring proposals, including minority squeezeouts, leveraged buyouts, “going private” proposals, spin-offs, liquidations, and asset sales, should be considered on a case-by-case basis. In evaluating these proposals and determining our votes, the Advisor and the Subadvisors focus on maximizing long-term shareholder value.

Spin-offs. Votes on spin-offs should be considered on a case-by-case basis depending on the tax and regulatory advantages, planned use of sale proceeds, market focus, and managerial incentives.

Asset Sales. Votes on asset sales should be made on a case-by-case basis after considering the impact on the balance sheet/working capital, value received for the asset, and potential elimination of diseconomies.

Liquidations. Votes on liquidations should be made on a case-by-case basis after reviewing management’s efforts to pursue other alternatives, appraisal value of assets, and the compensation plan for executives managing the liquidation.

Appraisal Rights. The Advisor and the Subadvisors vote for proposals to restore, or provide shareholders with, rights of appraisal. Rights of appraisal provide shareholders who are not satisfied with the terms of certain corporate transactions the right to demand a judicial review in order to determine a fair value for their shares.

The Advisor and the Subadvisors recognize that the companies in which they invest can enhance shareholder value and long-term profitability by adopting policies and procedures that promote corporate social and environmental responsibility. Because of the diverse nature of environmental and social shareholder proposals and the myriad ways companies deal with them, these proposals should be considered on a case-by-case basis.

All such proposals are scrutinized based on whether they contribute to the creation of shareholder value, are reasonable and relevant, and provide adequate disclosure of key issues to shareholders. When evaluating social and environmental shareholder proposals, the Advisor and the Subadvisors consider the following factors (in the order of importance as set forth below):

The following is a description of certain ratings assigned by Standard & Poor (“S&P”), Moody’s and Fitch Ratings (“Fitch”).

An S&P issue credit rating is a forward-looking opinion about the creditworthiness of an obligor with respect to a specific financial obligation, a specific class of financial obligations or a specific financial program (including ratings on medium-term note programs and commercial paper programs). It takes into consideration the creditworthiness of guarantors, insurers or other forms of credit enhancement on the obligation and takes into account the currency in which the obligation is denominated. The opinion reflects S&P’s view of the obligor’s capacity and willingness to meet its financial commitments as they come due, and may assess terms, such as collateral security and subordination, which could affect ultimate payment in the event of default.

Issue credit ratings can be either long-term or short-term. Short-term ratings are generally assigned to those obligations considered short-term in the relevant market. In the U.S., for example, that means obligations with an original maturity of no more than 365 days, including commercial paper. Short-term ratings also are used to indicate the creditworthiness of an obligor with respect to put features on long-term obligations. The result is a dual rating, in which the short-term rating addresses the put feature, in addition to the usual long-term rating. Medium-term notes are assigned long-term ratings.

Issue credit ratings are based, in varying degrees, on S&P’s analysis of the following considerations:

Issue ratings are an assessment of default risk, but may incorporate an assessment of relative seniority or ultimate recovery in the event of default. Junior obligations are typically rated lower than senior obligations, to reflect the lower priority in bankruptcy, as noted above. (Such differentiation may apply when an entity has both senior and subordinated obligations, secured and unsecured obligations, or operating company and holding company obligations.)

An obligation rated “AAA” has the highest rating assigned by S&P. The obligor’s capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is extremely strong.

An obligation rated “AA” differs from the highest-rated obligations only to a small degree. The obligor’s capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is very strong.

An obligation rated “A” is somewhat more susceptible to the adverse effects of changes in circumstances and economic conditions than obligations in higher-rated categories. However, the obligor’s capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is still strong.

An obligation rated “BBB” exhibits adequate protection parameters. However, adverse economic conditions or changing circumstances are more likely to lead to a weakened capacity of the obligor to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.

Obligations rated “BB,” “B,” “CCC,” “CC” and “C” are regarded as having significant speculative characteristics. “BB” indicates the least degree of speculation and “C” the highest. While such obligations will likely have some quality and protective characteristics, these may be outweighed by large uncertainties or major exposures to adverse conditions.

An obligation rated “BB” is less vulnerable to nonpayment than other speculative issues. However, it faces major ongoing uncertainties or exposure to adverse business, financial or economic conditions which could lead to the obligor’s inadequate capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.

An obligation rated “B” is more vulnerable to nonpayment than obligations rated “BB,” but the obligor currently has the capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation. Adverse business, financial or economic conditions will likely impair the obligor’s capacity or willingness to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.

An obligation rated “CCC” is currently vulnerable to nonpayment, and is dependent upon favorable business, financial and economic conditions for the obligor to meet its financial commitment on the obligation. In the event of adverse business, financial or economic conditions, the obligor is not likely to have the capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.

An obligation rated “CC” is currently highly vulnerable to nonpayment. The “CC” rating is used when a default has not yet occurred, but S&P expects default to be a virtual certainty, regardless of the anticipated time to default.

An obligation rated “C” is currently highly vulnerable to nonpayment, and the obligation is expected to have lower relative seniority or lower ultimate recovery compared to obligations that are rated higher.

An obligation rated “D” is in default or in breach of an imputed promise. For non-hybrid capital instruments, the “D” rating category is used when payments on an obligation are not made on the date due, unless S&P believes that such payments will be made within five business days in the absence of a stated grace period or within the earlier of the stated grace period or 30 calendar days. The “D” rating also will be used upon the filing of a bankruptcy petition or the taking of similar action and where default on an obligation is a virtual certainty, for example due to automatic stay provisions. An obligation’s rating is lowered to “D” if it is subject to a distressed exchange offer.

An “NR” indicates that no rating has been requested, that there is insufficient information on which to base a rating, or that S&P does not rate a particular obligation as a matter of policy.

Note: The ratings from “AA” to “CCC” may be modified by the addition of a plus (+) or minus (-) sign to show relative standing within the major rating categories.

A short-term obligation rated “A-1” is rated in the highest category by S&P. The obligor’s capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is strong. Within this category, certain obligations are designated with a plus sign (+). This indicates that the obligor’s capacity to meet its financial commitment on these obligations is extremely strong.

A short-term obligation rated “A-2” is somewhat more susceptible to the adverse effects of changes in circumstances and economic conditions than obligations in higher rating categories. However, the obligor’s capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is satisfactory.

A short-term obligation rated “A-3” exhibits adequate protection parameters. However, adverse economic conditions or changing circumstances are more likely to lead to a weakened capacity of the obligor to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.

A short-term obligation rated “B” is regarded as vulnerable and has significant speculative characteristics. The obligor currently has the capacity to meet its financial commitments; however, it faces major ongoing uncertainties which could lead to the obligor’s inadequate capacity to meet its financial commitments.

A short-term obligation rated “C” is currently vulnerable to nonpayment and is dependent upon favorable business, financial and economic conditions for the obligor to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.

A short-term obligation rated “D” is in default or in breach of an imputed promise. For non-hybrid capital instruments, the “D” rating category is used when payments on an obligation are not made on the date due unless S&P believes that such payments will be made within any stated grace period. The “D” rating also will be used upon the filing of a bankruptcy petition or the taking of a similar action and where default on an obligation is a virtual certainty, for example due to automatic stay provisions. An obligation’s rating is lowered to “D” if it is subject to a distressed exchange offer.

An S&P U.S. municipal note rating reflects S&P’s opinion about the liquidity factors and market access risks unique to the notes. Notes due in three years or less will likely receive a note rating. Notes with an original maturity of more than three years will most likely receive a long-term debt rating. In determining which type of rating, if any, to assign, S&P analysis will review the following considerations:

Moody’s long-term obligation ratings are opinions of the relative credit risk of financial income obligations with an original maturity of one year or more. They address the possibility that a financial obligation will not be honored as promised. Such ratings reflect both the likelihood of default and any financial loss suffered in the event of default.

Obligations rated “Aaa” are judged to be of the highest quality, subject to the lowest level of credit risk.

Obligations rated “Aa” are judged to be of high quality and are subject to very low credit risk.

Obligations rated “A” are judged to be upper-medium grade and are subject to low credit risk.

Obligations rated “Baa” are judged to be medium-grade and subject to moderate credit risk and as such may possess certain speculative characteristics.

Obligations rated “Ba” are judged to be speculative and are subject to substantial credit risk.

Obligations rated “B” are considered speculative and are subject to high credit risk.

Obligations rated “Caa” are judged to be speculative of poor standing and are subject to very high credit risk.

Obligations rated “Ca” are highly speculative and are likely in, or very near, default, with some prospect of recovery of principal and interest.

Obligations rated “C” are the lowest rated and are typically in default, with little prospect for recovery of principal or interest.

Note: Moody’s appends numerical modifiers 1, 2, and 3 to each generic rating classification from Aa through Caa. The modifier 1 indicates that the obligation ranks in the higher end of its generic rating category; the modifier 2 indicates a mid-range ranking and the modifier 3 indicates a ranking in the lower end of that generic rating category. Additionally, a “(hyb)” indicator is appended to all ratings of hybrid securities issued by banks, insurers, finance companies and securities firms.

Moody’s short-term ratings are opinions of the ability of issuers to honor short-term financial obligations. Ratings may be assigned to issuers, short-term programs or to individual short-term debt instruments. Such obligations generally have an original maturity not exceeding thirteen months, unless explicitly noted.

Moody’s employs the following designations to indicate the relative repayment ability of rated issuers:

Ratings of individual securities or financial obligations of a corporate issuer address relative vulnerability to default on an ordinal scale. In addition, for financial obligations in corporate finance, a measure of recovery given default on that liability also is included in the rating assessment. This notably applies to covered bond ratings, which incorporate both an indication of the probability of default and of the recovery given a default of this debt instrument.

The relationship between issuer scale and obligation scale assumes an historical average recovery of between 30%–50% on the senior, unsecured obligations of an issuer. As a result, individual obligations of entities, such as corporations, are assigned ratings higher, lower or the same as that entity’s issuer rating.

AAA: Highest credit quality: “AAA” ratings denote the lowest expectation of default risk. They are assigned only in cases of exceptionally strong capacity for payment of financial commitments. This capacity is highly unlikely to be adversely affected by foreseeable events.

AA: Very high credit quality: “AA” ratings denote expectations of very low default risk. They indicate very strong capacity for payment of financial commitments. This capacity is not significantly vulnerable to foreseeable events.

A: High credit quality: “A” ratings denote expectations of low default risk. The capacity for payment of financial commitments is considered strong. This capacity may, nevertheless, be more vulnerable to adverse business or economic conditions than is the case for higher ratings.

BBB: Good credit quality: “BBB” ratings indicate that expectations of default risk are currently low. The capacity for payment of financial commitments is considered adequate but adverse business or economic conditions are more likely to impair this capacity.

BB: “BB” ratings indicate an elevated vulnerability to default risk, particularly in the event of adverse changes in business or economic conditions over time; however, business or financial flexibility exists which supports the servicing of financial commitments.

B: Highly speculative: “B” ratings indicate that material default risk is present, but a limited margin of safety remains. Financial commitments are currently being met; however, capacity for continued payment is vulnerable to deterioration in the business and economic environment.

C: Exceptionally high levels of credit risk: Default is imminent or inevitable, or the issuer is in standstill. Conditions that are indicative of a “C” category rating for an issuer include:

RD: Restricted default: “RD” ratings indicate an issuer that in Fitch’s opinion has experienced an uncured payment default on a bond, loan or other material financial obligation but which has not entered into bankruptcy filings, administration, receivership, liquidation or other formal winding-up procedure, and which has not otherwise ceased operating. This would include:

D: Default: “D” ratings indicate an issuer that in Fitch’s opinion has entered into bankruptcy filings, administration, receivership, liquidation or other formal winding-up procedure, or which has otherwise ceased business.

Default ratings are not assigned prospectively to entities or their obligations; within this context, non-payment on an instrument that contains a deferral feature or grace period will generally not be considered a default until after the expiration of the deferral or grace period, unless a default is otherwise driven by bankruptcy or other similar circumstance, or by a distressed debt exchange.

“Imminent” default typically refers to the occasion where a payment default has been intimated by the issuer, and is all but inevitable. This may, for example, be where an issuer has missed a scheduled payment, but (as is typical) has a grace period during which it may cure the payment default. Another alternative would be where an issuer has formally announced a distressed debt exchange, but the date of the exchange still lies several days or weeks in the immediate future.

In all cases, the assignment of a default rating reflects the agency’s opinion as to the most appropriate rating category consistent with the rest of its universe of ratings, and may differ from the definition of default under the terms of an issuer’s financial obligations or local commercial practice.

Note: The modifiers “+” or “-” may be appended to a rating to denote relative status within major rating categories. Such suffixes are not added to the “AAA” obligation rating category, or to corporate finance obligation ratings in the categories below “B.”

Ratings of structured finance, project finance and public finance obligations on the long-term scale, including the financial obligations of sovereigns, consider the obligations’ relative vulnerability to default. These ratings are typically assigned to an individual security or tranche in a transaction and not to an issuer.

BB: Speculative: “BB” ratings indicate an elevated vulnerability to default risk, particularly in the event of adverse changes in business or economic conditions over time.

C: Exceptionally high levels of credit risk: “C” indicates that default appears imminent or inevitable.

D: Default. Indicates a default. Default generally is defined as one of the following:

Short-Term Ratings Assigned to Issuers or Obligations in Corporate, Public and Structured Finance

A short-term issuer or obligation rating is based in all cases on the short-term vulnerability to default of the rated entity or security stream and relates to the capacity to meet financial obligations in accordance with the documentation governing the relevant obligation. Short-term ratings are assigned to obligations whose initial maturity is viewed as “short-term” based on market convention. Typically, this means up to 13 months for corporate, sovereign and structured obligations, and up to 36 months for obligations in U.S. public finance markets.

Highest short-term credit quality: “F1” indicates the strongest intrinsic capacity for timely payment of financial commitments; may have an added “+” to denote any exceptionally strong credit feature.

Good short-term credit quality: “F2” indicates good intrinsic capacity for timely payment of financial commitments.

Fair short-term credit quality: “F3” indicates that the intrinsic capacity for timely payment of financial commitments is adequate.

Speculative short-term credit quality: “B” indicates minimal capacity for timely payment of financial commitments, plus heightened vulnerability to near term adverse changes in financial and economic conditions.

High short-term default risk: “C” indicates that default is a real possibility.

Restricted default: “RD” indicates an entity that has defaulted on one or more of its financial commitments, although it continues to meet other financial obligations. Typically applicable to entity ratings only.

Default: “D” indicates a broad-based default event for an entity, or the default of a short-term obligation. default of a specific short-term obligation.

It is the Registrant’s policy to indemnify its directors, officers, employees and other agents to the maximum extent permitted by Section 2-418 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Maryland as set forth in Article EIGHTH of Registrant’s Articles of Incorporation, filed as Exhibit (a) to this Registration Statement, and Article VIII, of the Registrant’s By-Laws, filed as Exhibit (b) to this Registration Statement. The liability of the Registrant’s directors and officers is dealt with in Article EIGHTH of Registrant’s Articles of Incorporation. The liability of Cohen & Steers Capital Management, Inc., the Registrant’s investment advisor (the “Advisor”), for any loss suffered by the Registrant or its shareholders is set forth in Section 4 of the Investment Advisory Agreement, to be filed as Exhibit (d)(i) to this Registration Statement. The liability of Cohen & Steers Capital Management, Inc., the Registrant’s administrator, for any loss suffered by the Registrant or its shareholders is set forth in Section 6 of the Administration Agreement, to be filed as Exhibit (h)(i) to this Registration Statement. The liability of Cohen & Steers Securities, LLC, the Registrant’s distributor, for any loss suffered by the Registrant or its shareholders is set forth in Section 8 of the Underwriting Agreement and Distribution Agreement to be filed as Exhibits (e)(i) and (e)(ii), respectively, to this Registration Statement.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to the directors and officers, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in such Act and is therefore unenforceable. If a claim for indemnification against such liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933 (other than for expenses incurred in a successful defense) is asserted against the Registrant by the directors or officers in connection with the Registrant’s shares, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question of whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in such Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

This information is set forth under the caption “Management of the Fund” in the Prospectus and in the Statement of Additional Information constituting Parts A and B, respectively, of this Registration Statement.

The following is a list of the directors and officers of the Advisor. Unless otherwise indicated, none of the persons listed below has had other business connections of a substantial nature during the past two fiscal years other than as stated in the Prospectus forming Part A of this Registration Statement or in response to Item 32(b) below.

(a) Cohen & Steers Securities, LLC is the principal underwriter for the Registrant. The names of each investment company (in addition to the Registrant) for which Cohen & Steers Securities, LLC acts as principal underwriter are:

(b) The following are directors and officers of Cohen & Steers Securities, LLC. The principal address of these persons is 280 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017.

The majority of the accounts, books and other documents required to be maintained by Section 31(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules thereunder will be maintained as follows: journals, ledgers, securities records and other original records will be maintained principally at the offices of the Registrant’s Sub-Administrator and Custodian, State Street Bank and Trust Company, One Lincoln Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02111. All other records so required to be maintained will be maintained at the offices of Cohen & Steers Capital Management, Inc., 280 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York and the State of New York, on the 16^th day of December, 2016.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment to its Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.


*UNDER*
*THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933*		☒
PRE-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO.		☐
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 10		☒
and


*UNDER*
*THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940*		☒
AMENDMENT NO. 12		☒


	Page
Investment Strategies and Policies		1
Disclosure of Portfolio Holdings		38
Investment Restrictions		40
Management of the Funds		45
Compensation of Directors and Certain Officers		56
Principal Holders of Securities		58
Investment Advisory and Other Services		58
Portfolio Transactions and Brokerage		74
Organization and Description of Capital Stock		78
Dealer Reallowances		80
Distribution Plan		80
Shareholder Services Plan		82
Other Information		83
Reducing the Initial Sales Load on Class T Shares		84
Contingent Deferred Sales Charges		84
Signature Guarantees		84
Purchases and Redemptions in Kind		85
Taxation		86
Counsel and Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm		104
Financial Statements		105
Appendix A		106
Appendix B		119


Fund	Diversification Status	Date of Incorporation
Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund	Non-diversified	September 2, 2015
Active Commodities Strategy Fund	Non-diversified	February 11, 2014
Dividend Value Fund	Diversified	November 9, 2004
Global Infrastructure Fund	Diversified	January 13, 2004
Global Realty Shares	Non-diversified	February 14, 1997
International Realty Fund	Non-diversified	November 23, 2004
MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund	Non-diversified	July 8, 2013
Preferred Securities and Income Fund	Diversified	February 22, 2010
Real Assets Fund	Diversified	October 25, 2011
Real Estate Securities Fund	Non-diversified	July 3, 1997


Name, Address⁽¹⁾ and Year of Birth	Position(s) Held with Funds	Term of Office⁽²⁾	Principal Occupation During At Least The Past Five Years (Including Other Directorships Held)	Number of Funds Within Fund Complex Overseen by Director (Including the Funds)	Length of Time Served⁽³⁾
Interested Directors⁽⁴⁾
Robert H. Steers 1953	Director and Chairman	Until Next Election of Directors	Chief Executive Officer of the Advisor and its parent, Cohen & Steers, Inc. (CNS), since 2014. Prior to that, Co-Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer of the Advisor since 2003 and CNS since 2004.	22	Since 1991

Joseph M. Harvey 1963	Director	Until Next Election of Directors	President and Chief Investment Officer of the Advisor since 2003 and President of CNS since 2004.	22	Since 2014

	Page
Summary Section	1
Investment Objectives	1
Fund Fees and Expenses	1
Principal Investment Strategies	2
Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund	6
Fund Performance	12
Investment Management	12
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares	13
Tax Information	13
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries	13
Investment Objectives, Principal Investment Strategies and Related Risks	14
Objectives	14
Principal Investment Strategies	14
Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund	21
Additional Investment Information	32
Management of the Fund	33
The Advisor and Subadvisors	33
Portfolio Managers	35
Pricing of Fund Shares	35
How to Purchase, Exchange and Sell Fund Shares	37
Purchase Minimums	37
Purchasing the Class of Fund Shares that is Best for You	37
How to Purchase Fund Shares	40
Additional Information on Purchase of Fund Shares	42
Exchange Privilege	42
How to Sell Fund Shares	44
Frequent Purchases and Redemptions of Fund Shares	46
Additional Information	47
Distribution Plan	47
Shareholder Services Plan	48
Networking and Sub-Transfer Agency Fees	48
Other Compensation	48
Dividends and Distributions	49
Tax Considerations	49
Financial Highlights	53


Fund	Abbreviation	Share Class/Ticker	Fiscal Year End	Prospectus Date
Cohen & Steers Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund, Inc.	Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund	Class F/[ ] Class T/[ ]	April 30	March 1, 2017

Cohen & Steers Active Commodities Strategy Fund, Inc.	Active Commodities Strategy Fund	Class F/[ ] Class T/[ ]	April 30	March 1, 2017

Cohen & Steers Dividend Value Fund, Inc.	Dividend Value Fund	Class F/[ ] Class T/[ ]	February 29	March 1, 2017

Cohen & Steers Global Infrastructure Fund, Inc.	Global Infrastructure Fund	Class F/[ ] Class T/[ ]	December 31	March 1, 2017

Cohen & Steers Global Realty Shares, Inc.	Global Realty Shares	Class F/[ ] Class T/[ ]	December 31	March 1, 2017

Cohen & Steers International Realty Fund, Inc.	International Realty Fund	Class F/[ ] Class T/[ ]	December 31	March 1, 2017

Cohen & Steers MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund, Inc.	MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund	Class F/[ ] Class T/[ ]	November 30	March 1, 2017

Cohen & Steers Preferred Securities and Income Fund, Inc.	Preferred Securities and Income Fund	Class F/[ ] Class T/[ ]	December 31	March 1, 2017

Cohen & Steers Real Assets Fund, Inc.	Real Assets Fund	Class F/[ ] Class T/[ ]	December 31	March 1, 2017

Cohen & Steers Real Estate Securities Fund, Inc.	Real Estate Securities Fund	Class F/[ ] Class T/[ ]	December 31	March 1, 2017


Name, Address⁽¹⁾ and Year of Birth	Position(s) Held with the Funds⁽²⁾	Principal Occupation During at Least the Past Five Years	Length of Time Served⁽³⁾
Adam M. Derechin 1964	President and Chief Executive Officer	Chief Operating Officer of the Advisor since 2003 and prior to that, Senior Vice President of the Advisor.	2005
Tina M. Payne 1974	Secretary and Chief Legal Officer	Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel of the Advisor since 2010.	2007
James Giallanza 1966	Chief Financial Officer	Executive Vice President of the Advisor since 2014. Prior to that, Senior Vice President of the Advisor since 2006.	2006
Lisa Phelan 1968	Chief Compliance Officer	Executive Vice President of the Advisor since 2015. Prior to that, Senior Vice President of the Advisor since 2008. Chief Compliance Officer of the Advisor, the Cohen & Steers funds, Cohen & Steers Asia Limited and CSSL since 2007, 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively.	2006


Name, Address⁽¹⁾ and Year of Birth	Position(s) Held with the Funds⁽²⁾	Principal Occupation During Past Five Years	Length of Time Served⁽³⁾
Nicholas Koutsoftas 1973	Vice President	Senior Vice President of the Advisor since 2013. Prior to that, Senior Vice President, co-portfolio manager, and head of the Active Commodities strategy at GE Asset Management.	2013
Benjamin Ross 1971	Vice President	Senior Vice President of the Advisor since 2013. Prior to that, co-portfolio manager of the Active Commodities strategy at GE Asset Management since its 2006 inception.	2013


Name, Address⁽¹⁾ and Year of Birth	Position(s) Held with Fund⁽²⁾	Principal Occupation During Past Five Years	Length of Time Served⁽³⁾
Robert Becker 1969	Vice President	Senior Vice President of the Advisor since 2003.	2004
Benjamin Morton 1974	Vice President	Senior Vice President of the Advisor since 2003.	2004


Name, Address⁽¹⁾ and Year of Birth	Position(s) Held with Fund⁽²⁾	Principal Occupation During Past Five Years	Length of Time Served⁽³⁾
Yigal D. Jhirad 1964	Vice President	Senior Vice President of the Advisor since 2007.	2007
Jason Yablon 1979	Vice President	Senior Vice President of the Advisor since 2014. Prior to that, Vice President of the Advisor since 2008.	2015


	Contract Review Committee		Governance Committee		Nominating Committee		Audit Committee		Dividend Committee
Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund⁽¹⁾		0		2		0		2		2
Active Commodities Strategy Fund		1		4		3		3		1
Dividend Value Fund		1		4		4		3		2
Global Infrastructure Fund		1		4		4		3		1
Global Realty Shares		1		4		4		3		1
International Realty Fund		1		4		4		3		1
MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund		1		4		4		4		2
Preferred Securities and Income Fund		1		4		4		3		1
Real Assets Fund		1		4		4		3		1
Real Estate Securities Fund		1		4		4		3		2


Name of Person, Position	Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund⁽¹⁾		Active Commodities Strategy Fund		Dividend Value Fund		Global Infrastructure Fund			Global Realty Shares			International Realty Fund		MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund		Preferred Securities and Income Fund		Real Assets Fund		Real Estate Securities Fund			Total Compensation Paid to Director or Officer by Fund Complex⁽²⁾
Michael G. Clark, Director	$	143	$	54	$	1,720	$	1,895		$	3,289		$	6,140	$	625	$	29,247	$	1,357	$	9,212		$	175,000
Bonnie Cohen, Director	$	143	$	49	$	1,573	$	1,731		$	3,006		$	5,620	$	571	$	26,627	$	1,245	$	8,423		$	170,000
George Grossman, Director and Contract Review Committee Chairman	$	162	$	57	$	1,770	$	1,948		$	3,382		$	6,323	$	642	$	29,955	$	1,400	$	9,476		$	180,000
Joseph M. Harvey,⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾ Direct and Vice President	$	0	$	0	$	0	$	0		$	0		$	0	$	0	$	0	$	0	$	0		$	0
Dean Junkans,⁽⁴⁾ Director	$	143	$	49	$	1,573	$	1,488	⁽⁵⁾	$	2,923	⁽⁵⁾	$	5,620	$	571	$	26,627	$	1,245	$	9,650	⁽⁵⁾	$	160,000
Richard E. Kroon, Director and Lead Independent Director	$	192	$	65	$	2,065	$	2,273		$	3,946		$	7,376	$	750	$	34,948	$	1,634	$	11,055		$	210,000
Gerald J. Maginnis, Director,⁽⁶⁾	$	143	$	11	$	0	$	0		$	0		$	0	$	108	$	0	$	244	$	0		$	11,952
Jane F. Magpiong, Director,⁽⁶⁾	$	143	$	11	$	0	$	0		$	0		$	0	$	108	$	0	$	244	$	0		$	11.952
Richard J. Norman, Director and Governance Committee Chairman	$	162	$	56	$	1,770	$	1,948		$	3,382		$	6,323	$	642	$	29,955	$	1,400	$	9,476		$	180,000
Frank Ross, Director and Audit Committee Chairman	$	167	$	57	$	1,819	$	2,002		$	3,476		$	6,498	$	660	$	30,787	$	1,439	$	9,739		$	185,000
Robert H. Steers,⁽³⁾ Director and Chairman	$	0	$	0	$	0	$	0		$	0		$	0	$	0	$	0	$	0	$	0		$	0


Fund	Advisory/Management Fee	Waiver/ Reimbursement Arrangement
Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund*	0.65%	Effective [March 1, 2017] and through June 30, 2018, the Advisor has contractually agreed to waive its fee and/or reimburse the Fund so that the Fund’s total annual operating expenses do not exceed [ ]% for Class F shares and [ ]% for Class T shares, subject to the exclusions described in the Fund Prospectus.
Active Commodities Strategy Fund*	0.90%	Effective [March 1, 2017] and through June 30, 2018, the Advisor has contractually agreed to waive its fee and/or reimburse the Fund so that the Fund’s total annual operating expenses, which include the expenses of the subsidiary, do not exceed [ ]% for Class F shares and [ ]% for Class T shares, subject to the exclusions described in the Fund Prospectus.


	2016		2015		2014		2013
Active Commodities Strategy Fund⁽¹⁾	$	67,504	$	92,571		N/A		N/A
Global Infrastructure Fund		N/A	$	1,925,140	$	1,479,963	$	893,850
Global Realty Shares		N/A	$	4,067,127	$	3,817,399	$	4,089,791
International Realty Fund		N/A	$	7,979,678	$	8,598,186	$	9,030,797
Preferred Securities and Income Fund		N/A	$	27,264,832	$	18,963,142	$	15,811,716
Real Assets Fund		N/A	$	1,660,368	$	1,442,400	$	843,395	⁽²⁾
Real Estate Securities Fund		N/A	$	9,507,489	$	11,714,818	$	9,386,880
Dividend Value Fund	$	1,822,417	$	2,123,290	$	2,095,440	$	1,646,285
MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund⁽¹⁾		N/A	$	854,038	$	216,055		N/A
Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund⁽¹⁾	$	71,011		N/A		N/A		N/A


Fiscal Year Ended		Global Infrastructure Fund		Global Realty Shares		International Realty Fund		Real Assets Fund		MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund⁽¹⁾
	2015	$	178,384	$	571,837	$	2,303,954	$	84,917	$	265
	2014	$	139,463	$	612,696	$	2,664,245	$	62,445	$	1,145
	2013	$	107,489	$	747,367	$	2,987,096	$	25,997		N/A


	Number of Other Accounts Managed and Assets ($mm) by Account Type
	Registered Investment Companies			Other Pooled Vehicles			Other Accounts
	Number of Accounts	Total Assets		Number of Accounts	Total Assets		Number of Accounts	Total Assets
Active Commodities Strategy Fund
Nicholas Koutsoftas	1	$	132	3	$	520	–0–	$	–0–
Benjamin Ross	1	$	132	3	$	520	–0–	$	–0–
Dividend Value Fund
Richard E. Helm	2	$	292	2	$	640	4	$	131	⁽¹⁾
Christopher Rhine	2	$	406	–0–	$	–0–	6	$	196	⁽¹⁾
Anatoliy Cherevach	2	$	292	–0–	$	–0–	–0–	$	–0–
Jamelah Leddy	2	$	292	–0–	$	–0–	–0–	$	–0–
Global Infrastructure Fund
Robert Becker	5	$	3,698	10	$	839	9	$	183	⁽²⁾
Ben Morton	5	$	3,698	10	$	904	9	$	607	⁽²⁾
Global Realty Shares
Jon Cheigh	6	$	10,317	22	$	3,361	16	$	2,470
Luke Sullivan	2	$	1,222	25	$	5,320	11	$	1,788
Charles McKinley	1	$	499	23	$	4,678	9	$	1,001
William Leung	2	$	1,222	25	$	5,320	11	$	1,788
Rogier Quirijns	2	$	1,222	25	$	5,320	11	$	1,788
International Realty Fund
Jon Cheigh	6	$	10,021	22	$	3,361	16	$	2,470	⁽³⁾
Luke Sullivan	2	$	927	25	$	5,320	11	$	1,788
William Leung	2	$	927	25	$	5,320	11	$	1,788
Rogier Quirijns	2	$	927	25	$	5,320	11	$	1,788
MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund
Robert Becker	5	$	4,054	10	$	861	9	$	742	⁽⁴⁾
Ben Morton	5	$	4,054	10	$	861	9	$	742	⁽⁴⁾
Tyler Rosenlicht	1	$	574	–0–	$	–0–	–0–	$	–0–
Preferred Securities and Income Fund
William F. Scapell	9	$	8,348	5	$	10,955	8	$	946
Elaine Zaharis-Nikas	6	$	4,684	3	$	284	6	$	520
Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund
William F. Scapell	9	$	13,777	6	$	11,535	8	$	985
Elaine Zaharis-Nikas	6	$	10,077	4	$	374	6	$	539


	Dollar Value of Securities Owned
Preferred Securities and Income Fund
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.	$	215,018,627
Wells Fargo & Co.	$	220,654,895
Merrill Lynch & Co.	$	174,154,425
Barclays Bank PLC	$	173,894,494
Citigroup	$	119,968,850
Morgan Stanley	$	113,502,903
BNP Paribas	$	85,509,545
Goldman, Sachs & Co.	$	39,408,690
Real Assets Fund
Citigroup	$	519,800
Wells Fargo & Co.	$	272,376


	Dollar Value of Securities Owned
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.	$	5,669,410
Wells Fargo & Co.	$	5,667,936
Bank of America Corp.	$	4,603,604
Morgan Stanley	$	1,323,920


	Dollar Value of Securities Owned
Citigroup	$	1,529,480
Wells Fargo & Co.	$	1,145,375
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.	$	1,042,888
Merrill Lynch & Co.	$	940,500


Fund	Authorized Shares
Low Duration Preferred and Income Fund		1,000,000,000 shares
Active Commodities Strategy Fund		1,000,000,000 shares
Dividend Value Fund		300,000,000 shares
Global Infrastructure Fund		300,000,000 shares
Global Realty Shares		300,000,000 shares
International Realty Fund		1,300,000,000 shares
MLP & Energy Opportunity Fund		1,000,000,000 shares
Preferred Securities and Income Fund		1,000,000,000 shares
Real Assets Fund		1,000,000,000 shares
Real Estate Securities Fund		300,000,000 shares


Investment Amount	Sales Charge as a % of Offering Price⁽¹⁾			Sales Charge as a % of Net Amount Invested			Regular Dealer Reallowance as a % of Offering Price
Less than $250,000		2.50	%		[	]%		2.50	%
$250,000 but less than $500,000		2.00	%		[	]%		2.00	%
$500,000 but less than $1 million		1.50	%		[	]%		1.50	%
$1 million or more		1.00	%		[	]%		1.00	%


(a)	(i)	Articles of Incorporation⁽¹⁾

	(ii)	Articles Supplementary*

(b)	By-Laws⁽¹⁾

(c)	The rights of security holders are defined in the Registrant’s Articles of Incorporation (Article FIFTH and Article SEVENTH), filed as Exhibit (a) to this Registration Statement and the Registrant’s By-Laws (Article II and Article VI) filed as Exhibit (b) to this Registration Statement.

(d)	(i)	Form of Amended Investment Advisory Agreement**

	(ii)	Form of Investment Subadvisory Agreement with Cohen & Steers Europe S.A.⁽²⁾

	(iii)	Form of Investment Subadvisory Agreement with Cohen & Steers Asia Limited⁽²⁾

	(iv)	Form of Investment Subadvisory Agreement with Cohen & Steers UK Limited⁽²⁾

	(v)	Form of Investment Subadvisory Agreement with Investec Asset Management US Ltd⁽³⁾

	(vi)	Form of Investment Subadvisory Agreement with Gresham Investment Management LLC⁽³⁾

(e)	Form of Distribution Agreement⁽²⁾

(f)	Not Applicable

(g)	Form of Master Custodian Agreement⁽²⁾

(h)	(i)	Form of Administration Agreement between the Fund and the Advisor⁽²⁾

	(ii)	Form of Administration Agreement between the Fund and State Street Bank and Trust Company⁽²⁾

	(iii)	Form of Transfer Agency and Service Agreement⁽²⁾

	(iv)	Form of Shareholder Services Plan⁽²⁾

	(v)	Form of Amended Fee Waiver Agreement**

(i)	Opinion and Consent of Venable LLP⁽³⁾

(j)	Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm**

(k)	Not Applicable

(l)	Investment Representation Letter⁽³⁾

(m)	Amended Distribution and Service Plan**

(n)	Amended Multiple-Class Plan**

(p)	Code of Ethics of the Fund, amended September 2015⁽⁴⁾


Name	Title	Other Business/Position Held/Dates
Robert H. Steers	Chief Executive Officer, Director	*

Joseph M. Harvey	President	*

Adam M. Derechin	Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer	*

Matthew S. Stadler	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	*

Frank Poli	Executive Vice President, General Counsel	Quantum Sphere, Inc., Board of Directors, 2006 - present


Name	Position and Offices with Distributor	Position and Offices with Registrant
Robert H. Steers	Vice President	Chairman and Director

Joseph M. Harvey	None	Director

Adam M. Derechin	Vice President	President and Chief Executive Officer

Francis C. Poli	President and Chief Legal Officer	Assistant Secretary

Stephen Dunn	Vice President	None

David Edlin	Vice President	None

William Frischling	Vice President	None

Adam Johnson	Assistant Secretary	None

Matthew Stadler	Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer	None

Lisa D. Phelan	Vice President	Chief Compliance Officer

Tina M. Payne	Secretary	Secretary and Chief Legal Officer

Heather Kaden	Chief Compliance Officer	Deputy Chief Compliance Officer

James McAdams	Assistant Treasurer	None


COHEN & STEERS REAL ASSETS FUND, INC.

By:		/s/ ADAM M. DERECHIN
NAME:		ADAM M. DERECHIN
TITLE:		PRESIDENT


	SIGNATURE	TITLE	DATE

By:	/s/ ADAM M. DERECHIN (ADAM M. DERECHIN)	President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)	December 16, 2016

By:	/s/ JAMES GIALLANZA (JAMES GIALLANZA)	Principal Financial and Accounting Officer	December 16, 2016

By:	* (ROBERT H. STEERS)	Chairman and Director	December 16, 2016

By:	* JOSEPH M. HARVEY	Director	December 16, 2016

By:	* (MICHAEL G. CLARK)	Director	December 16, 2016

By:	* (BONNIE COHEN)	Director	December 16, 2016

By:	* (GEORGE GROSSMAN)	Director	December 16, 2016

By:	* (DEAN JUNKANS)	Director	December 16, 2016

By:	* (RICHARD E. KROON)	Director	December 16, 2016

By:	* (GERALD J. MAGINNIS)	Director	December 16, 2016

By:	* (JANE F. MAGPIONG)	Director	December 16, 2016

By:	* (RICHARD J. NORMAN)	Director	December 16, 2016

By:	* (FRANK K. ROSS)	Director	December 16, 2016

By:	* (C. EDWARD WARD, JR.)	Director	December 16, 2016

*By:	/s/ TINA M. PAYNE (TINA M. PAYNE) ATTORNEY-IN-FACT		December 16, 2016