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  Class C
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  Class D
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  Class I
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  Class R
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  Class S
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Fixed Income
                           
Janus Flexible Bond Fund*
  JDFAX   JFICX   JANFX   JFLEX   JDFRX   JADFX   JAFIX
Janus High-Yield Fund*
  JHYAX   JDHCX   JNHYX   JHYFX   JHYRX   JDHYX   JAHYX
Janus Short-Term Bond Fund*
  JSHAX   JSHCX   JNSTX   JSHIX   N/A   JSHSX   JASBX
Risk Managed
                           
INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund*
  JDOAX   JLCCX   JIRMX   JRMCX   N/A   JLCIX   JRMSX
INTECH Risk-Managed Growth Fund
  JDRAX   JCGCX   N/A   JRMGX   N/A   JCGIX   JDRTX
INTECH Risk-Managed International Fund
  JMIAX   JMICX   N/A   JMIIX   N/A   JMISX   JRMTX
INTECH Risk-Managed Value Fund
  JRSAX   JRSCX   N/A   JRSIX   N/A   JRSSX   JRSTX
Value
                           
Perkins Large Cap Value Fund
  JAPAX   JAPCX   JNPLX   JAPIX   N/A   JAPSX   JPLTX
Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund*
  JDPAX   JMVCX   JNMCX   JMVAX   JDPRX   JMVIX   JMCVX
Perkins Small Cap Value Fund*
  JDSAX   JCSCX   JNPSX   JSCOX   JDSRX   JISCX   JSCVX
Perkins Value Plus Income Fund
  JPVAX   JPVCX   JPVDX   JPVIX   N/A   JPVSX   JPVTX

 
 
Janus Investment Fund
 
Statement of Additional Information
 
 
This Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”) expands upon and supplements the information contained in the current Prospectuses for Class A Shares, Class C Shares, Class D Shares, Class I Shares, Class R Shares, Class S Shares, and Class T Shares (collectively, the “Shares”) of the Funds listed above, each of which is a separate series of Janus Investment Fund, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Trust”). Each of these series of the Trust represents shares of beneficial interest in a separate portfolio of securities and other assets with its own objective and policies. Janus Capital Management LLC (“Janus Capital”) is the investment adviser of each Fund. In addition, subadvisers are responsible for the day-to-day operations of certain Funds. Certain Funds do not offer all classes of the Shares.
 
This SAI is not a Prospectus and should be read in conjunction with the Funds’ Prospectuses dated October 28, 2010, and any supplements thereto, which are incorporated by reference into this SAI and may be obtained from your plan sponsor, broker-dealer, or other financial intermediary, or by contacting a Janus representative at 1-877-335-2687 (or 1-800-525-3713 if you hold Class D Shares). This SAI contains additional and more detailed information about the Funds’ operations and activities than the Prospectuses. The Annual and Semiannual Reports, which contain important financial information about the Funds, are incorporated by reference into this SAI and are also available, without charge, from your plan sponsor, broker-dealer, or other financial intermediary, at janus.com/info (or janus.com/reports if you hold Class D Shares), or by contacting a Janus representative at 1-877-335-2687 (or 1-800-525-3713 if you hold Class D Shares).
 
    Class D Shares are closed to new investors.
  The Fund’s Class T Shares were formerly named Class J Shares.
    The Fund is closed to new investors.


 

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Table of contents

 
     
Classification, Investment Policies and Restrictions, and Investment Strategies and Risks   2
     
Investment Adviser and Subadvisers   33
     
Custodian, Transfer Agent, and Certain Affiliations   53
     
Portfolio Transactions and Brokerage   56
     
Trustees and Officers   60
     
Shares of the Trust   75
Net Asset Value Determination
  75
Purchases
  76
Distribution and Shareholder Servicing Plans
  79
Redemptions
  81
     
Income Dividends, Capital Gains Distributions, and Tax Status   84
     
Principal Shareholders   86
     
Miscellaneous Information   99
Shares of the Trust
  100
Shareholder Meetings
  100
Voting Rights
  100
Master/Feeder Option
  101
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
  101
Registration Statement
  101
     
Financial Statements   102
     
Appendix A   103
Explanation of Rating Categories
  103
 
 
 
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Classification, investment policies and restrictions,
and investment strategies and risks

 
JANUS INVESTMENT FUND
 
This Statement of Additional Information includes information about 11 series of the Trust. Each Fund is a series of the Trust, an open-end, management investment company.
 
On July 6, 2009, as the result of the reorganization of funds of the Janus Adviser Series trust into the Trust, certain Funds discussed in this SAI assumed the assets and liabilities of the corresponding Janus Adviser Series funds (each, a “predecessor fund” and collectively, the “predecessor funds”). For this reason, certain historical information contained in this SAI for periods prior to July 6, 2009 is that of the predecessor funds.
 
Effective February 16, 2010, Class J Shares of the Funds that offered a Class J Shares (the initial share class) were restructured into two separate share classes. Shareholders who held their shares directly with Janus Capital were transitioned to a newly created share class called “Class D Shares.” Shareholders who held their shares through an intermediary remained in Class J Shares, which was renamed “Class T Shares.” As a result, certain historical information specific to Class D Shares and Class T Shares contained in this SAI for periods prior to February 16, 2010 (for those Funds that offered Class J Shares) is that of the initial share class.
 
Equity Funds. INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund, INTECH Risk-Managed Growth Fund, INTECH Risk-Managed International Fund, INTECH Risk-Managed Value Fund, Perkins Large Cap Value Fund, Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund, Perkins Small Cap Value Fund, and Perkins Value Plus Income Fund may be referred to collectively in this SAI as the “Equity Funds.”
 
Fixed-Income Funds. Janus Flexible Bond Fund, Janus High-Yield Fund, and Janus Short-Term Bond Fund are referred to collectively in this SAI as the “Fixed-Income Funds.”
 
CLASSIFICATION
 
The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”), classifies mutual funds as either diversified or nondiversified. Janus Flexible Bond Fund, Janus High-Yield Fund, Janus Short-Term Bond Fund, INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund, INTECH Risk-Managed Growth Fund, INTECH Risk-Managed International Fund, INTECH Risk-Managed Value Fund, Perkins Large Cap Value Fund, Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund, Perkins Small Cap Value Fund, and Perkins Value Plus Income Fund are classified as diversified.
 
SUBADVISERS
 
Funds subadvised by INTECH. INTECH Investment Management LLC (“INTECH”) is the investment subadviser for INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund, INTECH Risk-Managed Growth Fund, INTECH Risk-Managed International Fund, and INTECH Risk-Managed Value Fund (together, the “Risk-Managed Funds”).
 
Funds subadvised by Perkins. Perkins Investment Management LLC (“Perkins”) is the investment subadviser for Perkins Large Cap Value Fund, Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund, Perkins Small Cap Value Fund, and Perkins Value Plus Income Fund (together, the “Value Funds”).
 
INVESTMENT POLICIES AND RESTRICTIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL FUNDS
 
The Funds are subject to certain fundamental policies and restrictions that may not be changed without shareholder approval. Shareholder approval means approval by the lesser of: (i) more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities of the Trust (or a particular Fund or particular class of shares if a matter affects just that Fund or that class of shares) or (ii) 67% or more of the voting securities present at a meeting if the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities of the Trust (or a particular Fund or class of shares) are present or represented by proxy. The following policies are fundamental policies of the Funds. Unless otherwise noted, each of these policies applies to each Fund.
 
(1) With respect to 75% of its total assets, Janus Flexible Bond Fund, Janus High-Yield Fund, Janus Short-Term Bond Fund, INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund, INTECH Risk-Managed Growth Fund, INTECH Risk-Managed International Fund, INTECH Risk-Managed Value Fund, Perkins Large Cap Value Fund, Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund, Perkins Small Cap Value Fund, and Perkins Value Plus Income Fund may not purchase securities of an issuer (other than the U.S. Government, its agencies, instrumentalities or authorities, or repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. Government securities, and securities of other investment companies) if: (a) such purchase would, at the time, cause more than 5% of the Fund’s total assets taken at market value to be invested in the securities of such issuer or (b) such purchase would, at the time, result in more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of such issuer being held by the Fund.
 
 
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Each Fund may not:
 
(2) Invest 25% or more of the value of its total assets in any particular industry (other than U.S. Government securities).
 
(3) Purchase or sell physical commodities unless acquired as a result of ownership of securities or other instruments (but this limitation shall not prevent a Fund from purchasing or selling foreign currencies, options, futures, swaps, forward contracts, or other derivative instruments, or from investing in securities or other instruments backed by physical commodities).
 
(4) Lend any security or make any other loan if, as a result, more than one-third of a Fund’s total assets would be lent to other parties (but this limitation does not apply to investments in repurchase agreements, commercial paper, debt securities, or loans, including assignments and participation interests).
 
(5) Act as an underwriter of securities issued by others, except to the extent that a Fund may be deemed an underwriter in connection with the disposition of its portfolio securities.
 
(6) Borrow money except that a Fund may borrow money for temporary or emergency purposes (not for leveraging or investment). Borrowings from banks will not, in any event, exceed one-third of the value of a Fund’s total assets (including the amount borrowed). This policy shall not prohibit short sales transactions or futures, options, swaps, or forward transactions. The Funds may not issue “senior securities” in contravention of the 1940 Act.
 
(7) Invest directly in real estate or interests in real estate; however, a Fund may own debt or equity securities issued by companies engaged in those businesses.
 
As a fundamental policy, a Fund may, notwithstanding any other investment policy or limitation (whether or not fundamental), invest all of its assets in the securities of a single open-end management investment company with substantially the same fundamental investment objectives, policies, and limitations as such Fund.
 
The Board of Trustees (“Trustees”) has adopted additional investment restrictions for the Funds. These restrictions are operating policies of the Funds and may be changed by the Trustees without shareholder approval. The additional restrictions adopted by the Trustees to date include the following:
 
(1) If a Fund is an approved underlying fund in a Janus fund of funds, the Fund may not acquire the securities of other investment companies or registered unit investment trusts in excess of the limits of Section 12(d)(1) of the 1940 Act in reliance on subparagraph (F) or subparagraph (G) of Section 12(d)(1).
 
(2) The Funds may sell securities short if they own or have the right to obtain securities equivalent in kind and amount to the securities sold short without the payment of any additional consideration therefor (“short sales against the box”). In addition, each Fund may engage in short sales other than against the box, which involve selling a security that a Fund borrows and does not own. The Trustees may impose limits on a Fund’s investments in short sales, as described in the Fund’s Prospectuses. Transactions in futures, options, swaps, and forward contracts not involving short sales are not deemed to constitute selling securities short.
 
(3) The Funds do not intend to purchase securities on margin, except that the Funds may obtain such short-term credits as are necessary for the clearance of transactions, and provided that margin payments and other deposits in connection with transactions involving short sales, futures, options, swaps, forward contracts, and other permitted investment techniques shall not be deemed to constitute purchasing securities on margin.
 
(4) A Fund may not mortgage or pledge any securities owned or held by such Fund in amounts that exceed, in the aggregate, 15% of that Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”), provided that this limitation does not apply to: reverse repurchase agreements; deposits of assets to margin; guarantee positions in futures, options, swaps, or forward contracts; or the segregation of assets in connection with such contracts.
 
(5) The Funds do not currently intend to purchase any security or enter into a repurchase agreement if, as a result, more than 15% of their respective net assets would be invested in repurchase agreements not entitling the holder to payment of principal and interest within seven days and in securities that are illiquid by virtue of legal or contractual restrictions on resale or the absence of a readily available market. The Trustees, or the Funds’ investment adviser acting pursuant to authority delegated by the Trustees, may determine that a readily available market exists for: securities eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Rule 144A Securities”), or any successor to such rule; Section 4(2) commercial paper; and municipal lease obligations. Accordingly, such securities may not be subject to the foregoing limitation.

 
 
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(6) The Funds may not invest in companies for the purpose of exercising control of management.
 
Under the terms of an exemptive order received from the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), each Fund may borrow money from or lend money to other funds that permit such transactions and for which Janus Capital or one of its affiliates serves as investment adviser. All such borrowing and lending will be subject to the above limits and to the limits and other conditions in such exemptive order. A Fund will borrow money through the program only when the costs are equal to or lower than the cost of bank loans. Interfund loans and borrowings normally extend overnight, but can have a maximum duration of seven days. A Fund will lend through the program only when the returns are higher than those available from other short-term instruments (such as repurchase agreements). A Fund may have to borrow from a bank at a higher interest rate if an interfund loan is called or not renewed. Any delay in repayment to a lending Fund could result in a lost investment opportunity or additional borrowing costs.
 
For the purposes of these investment restrictions, the identification of the issuer of a municipal obligation depends on the terms and conditions of the security. When assets and revenues of a political subdivision are separate from those of the government that created the subdivision and the security is backed only by the assets and revenues of the subdivision, the subdivision is deemed to be the sole issuer. Similarly, in the case of an industrial development bond, if the bond is backed only by assets and revenues of a nongovernmental user, then the nongovernmental user would be deemed to be the sole issuer. If, however, in either case, the creating government or some other entity guarantees the security, the guarantee would be considered a separate security that would be treated as an issue of the guaranteeing entity.
 
For purposes of each Fund’s policies on investing in particular industries, the Funds will rely primarily on industry or industry group classifications as published by Bloomberg L.P. To the extent that Bloomberg L.P. industry classifications are so broad that the primary economic characteristics in a single class are materially different, the Funds may further classify issuers in accordance with industry classifications as published by the SEC. The Funds may change the source used for determining industry classifications without prior shareholder notice or approval.
 
INVESTMENT POLICY APPLICABLE TO JANUS SHORT-TERM BOND FUND
 
Janus Short-Term Bond Fund. As an operational policy, under normal circumstances, Janus Short-Term Bond Fund expects to maintain an average weighted effective maturity of three years or less. The portfolio managers may consider estimated prepayment dates or call dates of certain securities in computing the portfolio’s effective maturity.
 
INVESTMENT STRATEGIES AND RISKS
 
Diversification
Diversification is a way to reduce risk by investing in a broad range of stocks or other securities. A fund that is classified as “nondiversified” has the ability to take larger positions in a smaller number of issuers than a fund that is classified as “diversified.” This gives a fund which is classified as nondiversified more flexibility to focus its investments in companies that the portfolio managers and/or investment personnel have identified as the most attractive for the investment objective and strategy of the fund. However, because the appreciation or depreciation of a single security may have a greater impact on the NAV of a fund which is classified as nondiversified, its share price can be expected to fluctuate more than a comparable fund which is classified as diversified. This fluctuation, if significant, may affect the performance of a fund.
 
Cash Position
As discussed in the Prospectuses, a Fund’s cash position may temporarily increase under various circumstances. Securities that the Funds may invest in as a means of receiving a return on idle cash include domestic or foreign currency denominated commercial paper, certificates of deposit, repurchase agreements, or other short-term debt obligations. These securities may include U.S. and foreign short-term cash instruments. Each Fund may also invest in money market funds, including funds managed by Janus Capital. (Refer to “Investment Company Securities.”)
 
The Risk-Managed Funds, subadvised by INTECH, normally remain as fully invested as possible and do not seek to lessen the effects of a declining market through hedging or temporary defensive positions. These Funds may use exchange-traded funds as well as futures, options, and other derivatives, to gain exposure to the stock market pending investment of cash balances or to meet liquidity needs. These Funds may invest in U.S. Government securities and other short-term, interest-bearing securities without regard to the Funds’ otherwise applicable percentage limits, policies, or their normal investment emphasis, when INTECH believes market, economic, or political conditions warrant a temporary defensive position.

 
 
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Illiquid Investments
Each Fund may invest up to 15% of its net assets in illiquid investments (i.e., securities that are not readily marketable). The Trustees have authorized Janus Capital to make liquidity determinations with respect to certain securities, including Rule 144A Securities, commercial paper, and municipal lease obligations purchased by the Funds. Under the guidelines established by the Trustees, Janus Capital will consider the following factors: (i) the frequency of trades and quoted prices for the security; (ii) the number of dealers willing to purchase or sell the security and the number of other potential purchasers; (iii) the willingness of dealers to undertake to make a market in the security; and (iv) the nature of the security and the nature of the marketplace trades, including the time needed to dispose of the security, the method of soliciting offers, and the mechanics of the transfer. In the case of commercial paper, Janus Capital will also consider whether the paper is traded flat or in default as to principal and interest and any ratings of the paper by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization (“NRSRO”). Investments in Rule 144A Securities could have the effect of increasing the level of a Fund’s illiquidity to the extent that qualified institutional buyers become, for a time, uninterested in purchasing such securities. Certain securities previously deemed liquid may become illiquid in any subsequent assessment of the foregoing factors or other changes affecting the security. Foreign securities that may be freely traded on or through the facilities of an offshore exchange or other established offshore securities market are not restricted under the Funds’ liquidity procedures if traded in that market. Such securities will be treated as “restricted” if traded in the United States because foreign securities are not registered for sale under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”).
 
If illiquid securities exceed 15% of a Fund’s net assets after the time of purchase, the Fund will take steps to reduce in an orderly fashion its holdings of illiquid securities. Because illiquid securities may not be readily marketable, the portfolio managers and/or investment personnel may not be able to dispose of them in a timely manner. As a result, the Fund may be forced to hold illiquid securities while their price depreciates. Depreciation in the price of illiquid securities may cause the NAV of a Fund to decline.
 
Each Fund may invest up to 5% of its total assets in venture capital investments measured at the time of an investment. A later increase or decrease in this percentage resulting from changes in values of assets will not constitute a violation of such limitation. Each Fund may make an initial investment of up to 0.5% of its total assets in any one venture capital company. A Fund may not invest in aggregate more than 1% of its total assets, measured at the time of the subsequent purchase, in any one venture capital company.
 
Venture capital investments are investments in new and early stage companies whose securities are not publicly traded. These investments may present significant opportunities for capital appreciation but involve a high degree of risk that can result in substantial losses. The Funds may not be able to sell such investments when the portfolio managers and/or investment personnel deem it appropriate to do so due to restrictions on their sale. In addition, the Funds may be forced to sell their venture capital investments at less than fair market value. Where venture capital investments must be registered prior to their sale, the Funds may be obligated to pay all or part of the registration expenses. Any of these situations may result in a decrease in a Fund’s NAV.
 
Securities Lending
Under procedures adopted by the Trustees, the Funds may seek to earn additional income by lending securities to qualified parties (typically brokers or other financial institutions) who need to borrow securities in order to complete certain transactions such as covering short sales, avoiding failures to deliver securities, or completing arbitrage activities. There is the risk of delay in recovering a loaned security or the risk of loss in collateral rights if the borrower fails financially. In addition, Janus Capital makes efforts to balance the benefits and risks from granting such loans. The Funds do not have the right to vote on securities while they are being lent; however, the Funds may attempt to call back the loan and vote the proxy if time permits. All loans will be continuously secured by collateral which may consist of cash, U.S. Government securities, domestic and foreign short-term debt instruments, letters of credit, time deposits, repurchase agreements, money market mutual funds or other money market accounts, or such other collateral as permitted by the SEC. If a Fund is unable to recover a security on loan, the Fund may use the collateral to purchase replacement securities in the market. There is a risk that the value of the collateral could decrease below the value of the replacement security, resulting in a loss to the Fund.
 
Upon receipt of cash collateral, Janus Capital may invest it in affiliated or non-affiliated cash management vehicles, whether registered or unregistered entities, as permitted by the 1940 Act and rules promulgated thereunder. Janus Capital currently intends to invest the cash collateral in a cash management vehicle for which Janus Capital serves as investment adviser. An investment in a cash management vehicle is generally subject to the same risks that shareholders experience when investing in similarly structured vehicles, such as the potential for significant fluctuations in assets as a result of the purchase and

 
 
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redemption activity of the securities lending program, a decline in the value of the collateral and possible liquidity issues. Such risks may delay the return of the cash collateral and cause a Fund to violate its agreement to return the cash collateral to a borrower in a timely manner. As adviser to the Funds and the affiliated cash management vehicle in which the cash collateral is invested, Janus Capital has an inherent conflict of interest as a result of its fiduciary duties to both the Funds and the cash management vehicle. Additionally, Janus Capital receives an investment advisory fee for managing the cash management vehicle used for the securities lending program, but it may not receive a fee for managing certain other affiliated cash management vehicles, and therefore may have an incentive to allocate preferred investment opportunities to investment vehicles for which it is receiving a fee.
 
Equity Securities
The Funds may invest in equity securities, which include, but are not limited to, common and preferred stocks, securities convertible or exchangeable into common stock, and warrants.
 
Common Stock. Common stock represents a proportionate share of the ownership of a company. Common stocks sometimes are divided into several classes, with each class having different voting rights, dividend rights, or other differences in their rights and priorities. The value of a stock is based on the market’s assessment of the current and future success of a company’s business, any income paid to stockholders, the value of the company’s assets, and general market conditions. The value of a stock may also be adversely affected by other factors such as accounting irregularities, actual or perceived weaknesses in corporate governance practices of a company’s board or management, and changes in company management. Common stock values can fluctuate dramatically over short periods.
 
Preferred Stock. A preferred stock represents an ownership interest in a company, but pays dividends at a specific rate and has priority over common stock in payment of dividends and liquidation claims. Preferred stock dividends are generally cumulative, noncumulative, or participating. “Cumulative” dividend provisions require all or a portion of prior unpaid dividends to be paid before dividends can be paid to the issuer’s common stock. “Participating” preferred stock may be entitled to a dividend exceeding the stated dividend in certain cases. Like debt securities, the value of a preferred stock often fluctuates more in response to changes in interest rates and the creditworthiness of the issuer, rather than in response to changes in the issuer’s profitability and business prospects. Preferred stock is subject to similar risks as common stock and debt securities.
 
Convertible Security. A convertible security is generally a debt obligation or preferred stock that may be converted within a specified period of time into a certain amount of common stock of the same or a different issuer. A convertible security, such as a “convertible preferred stock,” provides a fixed-income stream and the opportunity, through its conversion feature, to participate in the capital appreciation resulting from a market price advance in its underlying common stock. Like a common stock, the value of a convertible security tends to increase as the market value of the underlying stock rises, and it tends to decrease as the market value of the underlying stock declines. As with a fixed-income security, a convertible security tends to increase in market value when interest rates decline and decrease in value when interest rates rise. Because both interest rate and market movements can influence its value, a convertible security is not as sensitive to interest rates as a similar fixed-income security, nor is it as sensitive to changes in share price as its underlying stock.
 
Convertible securities generally have less potential for gain or loss than common stocks. Convertible securities generally provide yields higher than the underlying common stocks, but generally lower than comparable non-convertible securities. Because of this higher yield, convertible securities generally sell at prices above their “conversion value,” which is the current market value of the stock to be received upon conversion. The difference between this conversion value and the price of convertible securities will vary over time depending on changes in the value of the underlying common stocks and interest rates.
 
A convertible security may also be called for redemption or conversion by the issuer after a particular date and under certain circumstances (including a specified price) established upon issue. If a convertible security held by a Fund is called for redemption or conversion, the Fund could be required to tender it for redemption, convert it into the underlying common stock, or sell it to a third party.
 
Warrants. Warrants constitute options to purchase equity securities at a specific price and are valid for a specific period of time. They do not represent ownership of the equity securities, but only the right to buy them. Warrants have no voting rights, pay no dividends, and have no rights with respect to the assets of the corporation issuing them. Warrants differ from call options in that warrants are issued by the issuer of the security that may be purchased on their exercise, whereas call options may be issued by anyone. The prices of warrants do not necessarily move parallel to the prices of the underlying equity securities. The price usually represents a premium over the applicable market value of the common stock at the time

 
 
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of the warrant’s issuance. Investments in warrants involve certain risks, including the possible lack of a liquid market for the resale of the warrants, potential price fluctuations as a result of speculation or other factors, and failure of the price of the common stock to rise. The price of a warrant may be more volatile than the price of its underlying security. A warrant becomes worthless if it is not exercised within the specified time period.
 
Foreign Securities
Within the parameters of its specific investment policies, each Fund, including each Risk-Managed Fund to the extent that foreign securities may be included in its respective benchmark index, may invest in foreign securities either indirectly (e.g., depositary receipts, depositary shares, and passive foreign investment companies) or directly in foreign markets, including emerging markets. Investments in foreign securities, including those of foreign governments, may involve greater risks than investing in domestic securities because a Fund’s performance may depend on factors other than the performance of a particular company. These factors include:
 
Currency Risk. As long as a Fund holds a foreign security, its value will be affected by the value of the local currency relative to the U.S. dollar. When a Fund sells a foreign currency denominated security, its value may be worth less in U.S. dollars even if the security increases in value in its home country. U.S. dollar-denominated securities of foreign issuers may also be affected by currency risk, as the value of these securities may also be affected by changes in the issuer’s local currency.
 
Political and Economic Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to heightened political and economic risks, particularly in emerging markets which may have relatively unstable governments, immature economic structures, national policies restricting investments by foreigners, different legal systems, and economies based on only a few industries. In some countries, there is the risk that the government may take over the assets or operations of a company or that the government may impose taxes or limits on the removal of a Fund’s assets from that country.
 
Regulatory Risk. There may be less government supervision of foreign markets. As a result, foreign issuers may not be subject to the uniform accounting, auditing, and financial reporting standards and practices applicable to domestic issuers, and there may be less publicly available information about foreign issuers.
 
Foreign Market Risk. Foreign securities markets, particularly those of emerging market countries, may be less liquid and more volatile than domestic markets. Certain markets may require payment for securities before delivery, and delays may be encountered in settling securities transactions. In some foreign markets, there may not be protection against failure by other parties to complete transactions. Such factors may hinder a Fund’s ability to buy and sell emerging market securities in a timely manner, affecting the Fund’s investment strategies and potentially affecting the value of the Fund.
 
Transaction Costs. Costs of buying, selling, and holding foreign securities, including brokerage, tax, and custody costs, may be higher than those involved in domestic transactions.
 
Emerging Markets. Within the parameters of its specific investment policies, each Fund may invest its assets in companies from one or more “developing countries” or “emerging markets.” Such countries include, but are not limited to, countries included in the Morgan Stanley Capital International (“MSCI”) Emerging Markets Indexsm. Investing in emerging markets involves certain risks not typically associated with investing in the United States and imposes risks greater than, or in addition to, risks of investing in more developed foreign countries. The price of investments in emerging markets can experience sudden and sharp price swings. In many developing markets, there is less government supervision and regulation of business and industry practices, stock exchanges, brokers, and listed companies than in more developed markets. There is a risk in developing countries that a future economic or political crisis could lead to price controls, forced mergers of companies, expropriation or confiscatory taxation, seizure, nationalization, or creation of government monopolies, any of which may have a detrimental effect on a Fund’s investments. Many emerging market countries have experienced substantial, and in some periods extremely high, rates of inflation or deflation for many years, and future inflation may adversely affect the economies and securities markets of such countries. The securities markets of many of the countries in which the Funds may invest may also be smaller, less liquid, and subject to greater price volatility than those in the United States. In the event of a default on any investments in foreign debt obligations, it may be more difficult for the Funds to obtain or to enforce a judgment against the issuers of such securities. In addition, there may be little financial or accounting information available with respect to issuers of emerging market securities, and it may be difficult as a result to assess the value of an investment in such securities. The Funds may be subject to emerging markets risk to the extent that they invest in companies which are not considered to be from emerging markets, but which have customers, products, or transactions associated with emerging markets. A summary of each Fund’s investments by country is contained in the Funds’ shareholder reports and Form N-Q reports, which are filed with the SEC.

 
 
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Short Sales
Each Fund, with the exception of the Risk-Managed Funds, may engage in “short sales against the box.” This technique involves either selling short a security that a Fund owns, or selling short a security that a Fund has the right to obtain, for delivery at a specified date in the future. A Fund does not deliver from its portfolio the securities sold short and does not immediately receive the proceeds of the short sale. A Fund borrows the securities sold short and receives proceeds from the short sale only when it delivers the securities to the lender. If the value of the securities sold short increases prior to the scheduled delivery date, a Fund loses the opportunity to participate in the gain.
 
Each Fund, with the exception of the Risk-Managed Funds, may also engage in other short sales. A Fund may engage in short sales when the portfolio managers and/or investment personnel anticipate that a security’s market purchase price will be less than its borrowing price. In a short sale transaction, a Fund sells a security it does not own to a purchaser at a specified price. To complete a short sale, the Fund must: (i) borrow the security to deliver it to the purchaser and (ii) buy that same security in the market to return it to the lender. Short sales involve the same fundamental risk as short sales against the box, as described in the previous paragraph. In addition, the Fund may incur a loss as a result of the short sale if the price of the security increases between the date of the short sale and the date on which the Fund replaces the borrowed security, and the Fund may realize a gain if the security declines in price between those same dates. Although a Fund’s potential for gain as a result of a short sale is limited to the price at which it sold the security short less the cost of borrowing the security, the potential for loss is theoretically unlimited because there is no limit to the cost of replacing the borrowed security. To borrow the security, the Fund may also be required to pay a premium, which would increase the cost of the security sold.
 
The Funds may not always be able to close out a short position at a particular time or at an acceptable price. A lender may request that the borrowed securities be returned to it on short notice, and a Fund may have to buy the borrowed securities at an unfavorable price. If this occurs at a time when other short sellers of the same security also want to close out their positions, it is more likely that a Fund will have to cover its short sale at an unfavorable price and potentially reduce or eliminate any gain, or cause a loss, as a result of the short sale.
 
Until a Fund closes its short position or replaces the borrowed security, the Fund may designate liquid assets it owns (other than the short sale proceeds) as segregated assets to the books of the broker and/or its custodian in an amount equal to its obligation to purchase the securities sold short, as required by the 1940 Act. The amount segregated in this manner is expected to be increased or decreased each business day equal to the change in market value of the Fund’s obligation to purchase the security sold short. The proceeds of the short sale will be retained by the broker, to the extent necessary to meet the margin requirements, until the short position is closed out. If the lending broker requires the Fund to deposit additional collateral (in addition to the short sales proceeds that the broker holds during the period of the short sale), which may be as much as 50% of the value of the securities sold short, the amount of the additional collateral may be deducted in determining the amount of cash or liquid assets the Fund is required to segregate to cover the short sale obligation pursuant to the 1940 Act. The amount segregated must be unencumbered by any other obligation or claim other than the obligation that is being covered. A Fund believes that short sale obligations that are covered, either by an offsetting asset or right (acquiring the security sold short or having an option to purchase the security sold short at an exercise price that covers the obligation), or by the Fund’s segregated asset procedures (or a combination thereof), are not senior securities under the 1940 Act and are not subject to the Fund’s borrowing restrictions. This requirement to segregate assets limits a Fund’s leveraging of its investments and the related risk of losses from leveraging. A Fund also is required to pay the lender of the security any dividends or interest that accrues on a borrowed security during the period of the loan. Depending on the arrangements made with the broker or custodian, a Fund may or may not receive any payments (including interest) on collateral it has deposited with the broker. A Fund’s ability to invest in short sales may be limited, as described in the Fund’s Prospectuses.
 
Zero Coupon, Step Coupon, and Pay-In-Kind Securities
Within the parameters of its specific investment policies, each Fund, with the exception of the Risk-Managed Funds, may invest up to 10% (without limit for Janus Flexible Bond Fund and Janus High-Yield Fund) of its net assets in zero coupon, step coupon, and pay-in-kind securities. Zero coupon bonds are issued and traded at a discount from their face value. They do not entitle the holder to any periodic payment of interest prior to maturity. Step coupon bonds are high-quality issues with above-market interest rates and a coupon that increases over the life of the bond. They may pay monthly, semiannual, or annual interest payments. On the date of each coupon payment, the issuer decides whether to call the bond at par or whether to extend it until the next payment date at the new coupon rate. Pay-in-kind bonds normally give the issuer an option to pay cash at a coupon payment date or give the holder of the security a similar bond with the same coupon rate and a face value equal to the amount of the coupon payment that would have been made. For the purposes of a Fund’s restriction on investing in income-producing securities, income-producing securities include securities that make periodic interest

 
 
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payments as well as those that make interest payments on a deferred basis or pay interest only at maturity (e.g., Treasury bills or zero coupon bonds).
 
For federal income tax purposes, holders of zero coupon securities and step coupon securities are required to recognize income even though the holders receive no cash payments of interest during the year. Similarly, holders of payment-in-kind securities must include in their gross income the value of securities they receive as “interest.” In order to qualify as a “regulated investment company” under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations thereunder, a Fund must distribute its investment company taxable income, including the original issue discount accrued on zero coupon or step coupon bonds and non-cash income from payment-in-kind securities. Because a Fund will not receive cash payments on a current basis with respect to accrued original-issue discount on zero coupon bonds or step coupon bonds during the period before interest payments begin or may receive non-cash interest payments, in some years that Fund may have to distribute cash obtained from other sources in order to satisfy the distribution requirements under the Internal Revenue Code. A Fund may obtain such cash from selling other portfolio holdings, which may cause that Fund to incur capital gains or losses on the sale. Additionally, these actions are likely to reduce the amount of cash available for investment by a Fund, to reduce the assets to which Fund expenses could be allocated, and to reduce the rate of return for that Fund. In some circumstances, such sales might be necessary in order to satisfy cash distribution requirements even though investment considerations might otherwise make it undesirable for a Fund to sell the securities at the time.
 
Generally, the market prices of zero coupon, step coupon, and pay-in-kind securities are more volatile than the prices of securities that pay interest periodically and in cash and are likely to respond to changes in interest rates to a greater degree than other types of debt securities having similar maturities and credit quality.
 
Pass-Through Securities
The Funds, with the exception of the Risk-Managed Funds, may invest in various types of pass-through securities, such as mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities, credit-linked trust certificates, traded custody receipts, and participation interests. A pass-through security is a share or certificate of interest in a pool of debt obligations that have been repackaged by an intermediary, such as a bank or broker-dealer. The purchaser of a pass-through security receives an undivided interest in the underlying pool of securities. The issuers of the underlying securities make interest and principal payments to the intermediary which are passed through to purchasers, such as the Funds. The most common type of pass-through securities are mortgage-backed securities. Government National Mortgage Association (“Ginnie Mae”) Certificates are mortgage-backed securities that evidence an undivided interest in a pool of mortgage loans. Ginnie Mae Certificates differ from bonds in that principal is paid back monthly by the borrowers over the term of the loan rather than returned in a lump sum at maturity. A Fund will generally purchase “modified pass-through” Ginnie Mae Certificates, which entitle the holder to receive a share of all interest and principal payments paid and owned on the mortgage pool, net of fees paid to the “issuer” and Ginnie Mae, regardless of whether or not the mortgagor actually makes the payment. Ginnie Mae Certificates are backed as to the timely payment of principal and interest by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.
 
The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”) issues two types of mortgage pass-through securities: mortgage participation certificates (“PCs”) and guaranteed mortgage certificates (“GMCs”). PCs resemble Ginnie Mae Certificates in that each PC represents a pro rata share of all interest and principal payments made and owned on the underlying pool. Freddie Mac guarantees timely payments of interest on PCs and the full return of principal. GMCs also represent a pro rata interest in a pool of mortgages. However, these instruments pay interest semiannually and return principal once a year in guaranteed minimum payments. This type of security is guaranteed by Freddie Mac as to timely payment of principal and interest, but it is not guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.
 
The Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”) issues guaranteed mortgage pass-through certificates (“Fannie Mae Certificates”). Fannie Mae Certificates resemble Ginnie Mae Certificates in that each Fannie Mae Certificate represents a pro rata share of all interest and principal payments made and owned on the underlying pool. This type of security is guaranteed by Fannie Mae as to timely payment of principal and interest, but it is not guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.
 
In September 2008, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (“FHFA”), an agency of the U.S. Government, placed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac under conservatorship to provide stability in the financial markets, mortgage availability and taxpayer protection by preserving Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s assets, and placing them in a sound and solvent condition. Under the conservatorship, the management of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac was replaced. The effect that the FHFA’s conservatorship will have on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s debt and equities is unclear.

 
 
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Except for GMCs, each of the mortgage-backed securities described above is characterized by monthly payments to the holder, reflecting the monthly payments made by the borrowers who received the underlying mortgage loans. The payments to the security holders (such as the Funds), like the payments on the underlying loans, represent both principal and interest. Although the underlying mortgage loans are for specified periods of time, such as 20 or 30 years, the borrowers can, and typically do, pay them off sooner. Thus, the security holders frequently receive prepayments of principal in addition to the principal that is part of the regular monthly payments. The portfolio managers and/or investment personnel will consider estimated prepayment rates in calculating the average-weighted maturity of a Fund. A borrower is more likely to prepay a mortgage that bears a relatively high rate of interest. This means that in times of declining interest rates, higher yielding mortgage-backed securities held by a Fund might be converted to cash, and the Fund will be forced to accept lower interest rates when that cash is used to purchase additional securities in the mortgage-backed securities sector or in other investment sectors. Additionally, prepayments during such periods will limit a Fund’s ability to participate in as large a market gain as may be experienced with a comparable security not subject to prepayment.
 
The Funds’ investments in mortgage-backed securities may be backed by subprime mortgages. Subprime mortgages are loans made to borrowers with weakened credit histories or with a lower capacity to make timely payments on their mortgages. Investments in mortgage-backed securities comprised of subprime mortgages may be subject to a higher degree of credit risk, valuation risk, and liquidity risk.
 
Asset-backed securities represent interests in pools of consumer loans and are backed by paper or accounts receivables originated by banks, credit card companies, or other providers of credit. Generally, the originating bank or credit provider is neither the obligor nor the guarantor of the security, and interest and principal payments ultimately depend upon payment of the underlying loans by individuals. Tax-exempt asset-backed securities include units of beneficial interests in pools of purchase contracts, financing leases, and sales agreements that may be created when a municipality enters into an installment purchase contract or lease with a vendor. Such securities may be secured by the assets purchased or leased by the municipality; however, if the municipality stops making payments, there generally will be no recourse against the vendor. The market for tax-exempt, asset-backed securities is still relatively new. These obligations are likely to involve unscheduled prepayments of principal.
 
The Funds, with the exception of the Risk-Managed Funds, also may invest in other types of pass-through securities, such as credit-linked trust certificates, traded custody receipts, and participation interests. Holders of the interests are entitled to receive distributions of interest, principal, and other payments on each of the underlying debt securities (less expenses), and in some cases distributions of the underlying debt securities. The underlying debt securities have a specified maturity but are subject to prepayment risk because if an issuer prepays the principal, a Fund may have additional cash to invest at a time when prevailing interest rates have declined and reinvestment of such additional funds is made at a lower rate. The value of the underlying debt securities may change due to changes in market interest rates. If interest rates rise, the value of the underlying debt securities, and therefore the value of the pass-through security, may decline. If the underlying debt securities are high-yield securities, the risks associated with high-yield/high-risk securities discussed in this SAI and in the Funds’ Prospectuses may apply.
 
Investment Company Securities
From time to time, the Funds may invest in securities of other investment companies, subject to the provisions of the 1940 Act and any applicable SEC exemptive orders. Section 12(d)(1) of the 1940 Act prohibits a Fund from acquiring: (i) more than 3% of another investment company’s voting stock; (ii) securities of another investment company with a value in excess of 5% of a Fund’s total assets; or (iii) securities of such other investment company and all other investment companies owned by a Fund having a value in excess of 10% of the Fund’s total assets. In addition, Section 12(d)(1) prohibits another investment company from selling its shares to a Fund if, after the sale: (i) the Fund owns more than 3% of the other investment company’s voting stock or (ii) the Fund and other investment companies, and companies controlled by them, own more than 10% of the voting stock of such other investment company. If a Fund is an approved underlying fund in a Janus fund of funds, the Fund may not acquire the securities of other investment companies or registered unit investment trusts in excess of the limits of Section 12(d)(1) of the 1940 Act in reliance on subparagraph (F) or subparagraph (G) of Section 12(d)(1). The Funds may invest their cash holdings in affiliated or non-affiliated money market funds as part of a cash sweep program. The Funds may purchase unlimited shares of affiliated or non-affiliated money market funds and of other funds managed by Janus Capital, whether registered or unregistered entities, as permitted by the 1940 Act and rules promulgated thereunder and/or an SEC exemptive order. To the extent the Funds invest in money market funds or other funds, the Funds will be subject to the same risks that investors experience when investing in such other funds. These risks may include the impact of significant fluctuations in assets as a result of the cash sweep program or purchase and redemption

 
 
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activity by affiliated or non-affiliated shareholders in such other funds. Additionally, as the adviser to the Funds and the money market funds or other funds or investment vehicles in which the Funds may invest, Janus Capital has an inherent conflict of interest because it has fiduciary duties to both the Funds and the money market funds and other funds.
 
Investment companies may include index-based investments such as exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), which hold substantially all of their assets in investments representing specific indices. The main risk of investing in index-based investments is the same as investing in a portfolio of investments comprising the index. As a shareholder of another investment company, a Fund would bear its pro rata portion of the other investment company’s expenses, including advisory fees, in addition to the expenses the Fund bears directly in connection with its own operation. The market prices of index-based investments will fluctuate in accordance with both changes in the market value of their underlying portfolio investments and due to supply and demand for the instruments on the exchanges on which they are traded (which may result in their trading at a discount or premium to their NAVs). Index-based investments may not replicate exactly the performance of their specific index because of transaction costs and because of the temporary unavailability of certain component securities of the index. Some ETFs have obtained exemptive orders permitting other investment companies, such as the Funds, to acquire their securities in excess of the limits of the 1940 Act.
 
Exchange-Traded Notes
The Funds may invest in exchange-traded notes (“ETNs”), which are senior, unsecured, unsubordinated debt securities whose returns are linked to a particular index and provide exposure to the total returns of various market indices, including indices linked to stocks, bonds, commodities and currencies. This type of debt security differs from other types of bonds and notes. ETN returns are based upon the performance of a market index minus applicable fees; no period coupon payments are distributed and no principal protections exist. ETNs do not pay cash distributions. Instead, the value of dividends, interest, and investment gains are captured in a Fund’s total return. A Fund may invest in these securities when desiring exposure to debt securities or commodities. When evaluating ETNs for investment, Janus Capital or the subadviser, as applicable, will consider the potential risks involved, expected tax efficiency, rate of return, and credit risk. When a Fund invests in ETNs, it will bear its proportionate share of any fees and expenses borne by the ETN. There may be restrictions on a Fund’s right to redeem its investment in an ETN, which are meant to be held until maturity. A Fund’s decision to sell its ETN holdings may be limited by the availability of a secondary market.
 
Depositary Receipts
Each Fund, including each Risk-Managed Fund to the extent that they may be included in its benchmark index, may invest in sponsored and unsponsored American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”), which are receipts issued by an American bank or trust company evidencing ownership of underlying securities issued by a foreign issuer. ADRs, in registered form, are designed for use in U.S. securities markets. Unsponsored ADRs may be created without the participation of the foreign issuer. Holders of these ADRs generally bear all the costs of the ADR facility, whereas foreign issuers typically bear certain costs in a sponsored ADR. The bank or trust company depositary of an unsponsored ADR may be under no obligation to distribute shareholder communications received from the foreign issuer or to pass through voting rights. The Funds may also invest in European Depositary Receipts (“EDRs”), Global Depositary Receipts (“GDRs”), and in other similar instruments representing securities of foreign companies. EDRs and GDRs are securities that are typically issued by foreign banks or foreign trust companies, although U.S. banks or U.S. trust companies may issue them. EDRs and GDRs are structured similarly to the arrangements of ADRs. EDRs, in bearer form, are designed for use in European securities markets.
 
Depositary Receipts are generally subject to the same sort of risks as direct investments in a foreign country, such as currency risk, political and economic risk, and market risk, because their values depend on the performance of a foreign security denominated in its home currency. The risks of foreign investing are addressed in some detail in the Funds’ Prospectuses.
 
U.S. Government Securities
To the extent permitted by its investment objective and policies, each Fund, particularly Janus Flexible Bond Fund, Janus Short-Term Bond Fund, and Perkins Value Plus Income Fund, may invest in U.S. Government securities. The 1940 Act defines U.S. Government securities to include securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies, and its instrumentalities. U.S. Government securities may also include repurchase agreements collateralized by and municipal securities escrowed with or refunded with U.S. Government securities. U.S. Government securities in which a Fund may invest include U.S. Treasury securities, including Treasury Inflation Protection Securities (“TIPS”), and obligations issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies and instrumentalities that are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government, such as those issued or guaranteed by the Small Business Administration, Maritime Administration, Export-Import Bank of the United States, Farmers Home Administration, Federal Housing Administration, and Ginnie Mae.

 
 
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In addition, U.S. Government securities in which a Fund may invest include securities backed only by the rights of the issuers to borrow from the U.S. Treasury, such as those issued by the Federal Farm Credit Bank, Federal Intermediate Credit Banks, Tennessee Valley Authority, and Freddie Mac. Securities issued by Fannie Mae, the Federal Home Loan Banks, and the Student Loan Marketing Association (“Sallie Mae”) are supported by the discretionary authority of the U.S. Government to purchase the obligations. There is no guarantee that the U.S. Government will support securities not backed by its full faith and credit. Accordingly, although these securities have historically involved little risk of loss of principal if held to maturity, they may involve more risk than securities backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government because the Funds must look principally to the agency or instrumentality issuing or guaranteeing the securities for repayment and may not be able to assert a claim against the United States if the agency or instrumentality does not meet its commitment.
 
Municipal Obligations
The Funds, with the exception of the Risk-Managed Funds, may invest in municipal obligations issued by states, territories, and possessions of the United States and the District of Columbia. The value of municipal obligations can be affected by changes in their actual or perceived credit quality. The credit quality of municipal obligations can be affected by, among other things, the financial condition of the issuer or guarantor, the issuer’s future borrowing plans and sources of revenue, the economic feasibility of the revenue bond project or general borrowing purpose, political or economic developments in the region where the security is issued, and the liquidity of the security. Because municipal securities are generally traded over-the-counter, the liquidity of a particular issue often depends on the willingness of dealers to make a market in the security. The liquidity of some municipal obligations may be enhanced by demand features, which would enable a Fund to demand payment on short notice from the issuer or a financial intermediary.
 
Other Income-Producing Securities
Other types of income-producing securities that the Funds, with the exception of the Risk-Managed Funds, may purchase include, but are not limited to, the following types of securities:
 
Inverse floaters. Inverse floaters are debt instruments whose interest bears an inverse relationship to the interest rate on another security. No Fund will invest more than 5% of its assets in inverse floaters. Similar to variable and floating rate obligations, effective use of inverse floaters requires skills different from those needed to select most portfolio securities. If movements in interest rates are incorrectly anticipated, a Fund could lose money, or its NAV could decline by the use of inverse floaters.
 
Standby commitments. Standby commitments are the rights to sell a specified underlying security or securities within a specified period of time and at an exercise price equal to the amortized cost of the underlying security or securities plus accrued interest, if any, at the time of exercise, that may be sold, transferred, or assigned only with the underlying security or securities. A standby commitment entitles the holder to receive same day settlement and will be considered to be from the party to whom the investment company will look for payment of the exercise price.
 
Strip bonds. Strip bonds are debt securities that are stripped of their interest (usually by a financial intermediary) after the securities are issued. The market value of these securities generally fluctuates more in response to changes in interest rates than interest-paying securities of comparable maturity.
 
Tender option bonds. Tender option bonds are relatively long-term bonds that are coupled with the option to tender the securities to a bank, broker-dealer, or other financial institution at periodic intervals and receive the face value of the bonds. This investment structure is commonly used as a means of enhancing a security’s liquidity.
 
The Funds will purchase standby commitments, tender option bonds, and instruments with demand features primarily for the purpose of increasing the liquidity of their portfolio holdings.
 
Variable and floating rate obligations. These types of securities have variable or floating rates of interest and, under certain limited circumstances, may have varying principal amounts. Variable and floating rate securities pay interest at rates that are adjusted periodically according to a specified formula, usually with reference to some interest rate index or market interest rate (the “underlying index”). The floating rate tends to decrease the security’s price sensitivity to changes in interest rates. These types of securities are relatively long-term instruments that often carry demand features permitting the holder to demand payment of principal at any time or at specified intervals prior to maturity.
 
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portfolio managers and/or investment personnel incorrectly forecast such movements, a Fund could be adversely affected by the use of variable or floating rate obligations.
 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (“REITs”)
Within the parameters of its specific investment policies, each Fund may invest in REITs. REITs are sometimes informally characterized as equity REITs, mortgage REITs, and hybrid REITs. Investment in REITs may subject a Fund to risks associated with the direct ownership of real estate, such as decreases in real estate values, overbuilding, increased competition, and other risks related to local or general economic conditions, increases in operating costs and property taxes, changes in zoning laws, casualty or condemnation losses, possible environmental liabilities, regulatory limitations on rent, and fluctuations in rental income. Equity REITs generally experience these risks directly through fee or leasehold interests, whereas mortgage REITs generally experience these risks indirectly through mortgage interests, unless the mortgage REIT forecloses on the underlying real estate. Changes in interest rates may also affect the value of a Fund’s investment in REITs. For instance, during periods of declining interest rates, certain mortgage REITs may hold mortgages that the mortgagors elect to prepay, and prepayment may diminish the yield on securities issued by those REITs.
 
Certain REITs have relatively small market capitalizations, which may tend to increase the volatility of the market price of their securities. Furthermore, REITs are dependent upon specialized management skills, have limited diversification and are, therefore, subject to risks inherent in operating and financing a limited number of projects. REITs are also subject to heavy cash flow dependency, defaults by borrowers, and the possibility of failing to qualify for tax-free pass-through of income under the Internal Revenue Code and to maintain exemption from the registration requirements of the 1940 Act. By investing in REITs indirectly through a Fund, a shareholder will bear not only his or her proportionate share of the expenses of a Fund, but also, indirectly, similar expenses of the REITs. In addition, REITs depend generally on their ability to generate cash flow to make distributions to shareholders.
 
Repurchase and Reverse Repurchase Agreements
In a repurchase agreement, a Fund purchases a security and simultaneously commits to resell that security to the seller at an agreed upon price on an agreed upon date within a number of days (usually not more than seven) from the date of purchase. The resale price consists of the purchase price plus an agreed upon incremental amount that is unrelated to the coupon rate or maturity of the purchased security. A repurchase agreement involves the obligation of the seller to pay the agreed upon price, which obligation is in effect secured by the value (at least equal to the amount of the agreed upon resale price and marked-to-market daily) of the underlying security or “collateral.” A risk associated with repurchase agreements is the failure of the seller to repurchase the securities as agreed, which may cause a Fund to suffer a loss if the market value of such securities declines before they can be liquidated on the open market. In the event of bankruptcy or insolvency of the seller, a Fund may encounter delays and incur costs in liquidating the underlying security. In addition, the collateral received in the repurchase transaction may become worthless. To the extent a Fund’s collateral focuses in one or more sectors, such as banks and financial services, the Fund is subject to increased risk as a result of that exposure. Repurchase agreements that mature in more than seven days are subject to the 15% limit on illiquid investments. While it is not possible to eliminate all risks from these transactions, it is the policy of the Funds to limit repurchase agreements to those parties whose creditworthiness has been reviewed and found satisfactory by Janus Capital. There is no guarantee that Janus Capital’s analysis of the creditworthiness of the counterparty will be accurate, and the underlying collateral involved in the transaction can expose a Fund to additional risk regardless of the creditworthiness of the parties involved in the transaction.
 
Reverse repurchase agreements are transactions in which a Fund sells a security and simultaneously commits to repurchase that security from the buyer, such as a bank or broker-dealer, at an agreed upon price on an agreed upon future date. The resale price in a reverse repurchase agreement reflects a market rate of interest that is not related to the coupon rate or maturity of the sold security. For certain demand agreements, there is no agreed upon repurchase date and interest payments are calculated daily, often based upon the prevailing overnight repurchase rate. The Funds will use the proceeds of reverse repurchase agreements only to satisfy unusually heavy redemption requests or for other temporary or emergency purposes without the necessity of selling portfolio securities, or to earn additional income on portfolio securities, such as Treasury bills or notes.
 
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agreements to earn additional income involves the risk that the interest earned on the invested proceeds is less than the expense of the reverse repurchase agreement transaction. This technique may also have a leveraging effect on a Fund’s portfolio, although a Fund’s intent to segregate assets in the amount of the reverse repurchase agreement minimizes this effect. While a reverse repurchase agreement is outstanding, a Fund will maintain cash and appropriate liquid assets in a segregated custodial account to cover its obligation under the agreement. A Fund will enter into reverse repurchase agreements only with parties that Janus Capital deems creditworthy.
 
Mortgage Dollar Rolls
Certain Funds, particularly the Fixed-Income Funds, may enter into “mortgage dollar rolls,” which are similar to reverse repurchase agreements in certain respects. In a “mortgage dollar roll” transaction, a Fund sells a mortgage-related security (such as a Ginnie Mae security) to a dealer and simultaneously agrees to repurchase a similar security (but not the same security) in the future at a predetermined price. A “dollar roll” can be viewed, like a reverse repurchase agreement, as a collateralized borrowing in which a Fund pledges a mortgage-related security to a dealer to obtain cash. Unlike in the case of reverse repurchase agreements, the dealer with which a Fund enters into a dollar roll transaction is not obligated to return the same securities as those originally sold by the Fund, but only securities which are “substantially identical.” To be considered “substantially identical,” the securities returned to a Fund generally must: (i) be collateralized by the same types of underlying mortgages; (ii) be issued by the same agency and be part of the same program; (iii) have a similar original stated maturity; (iv) have identical net coupon rates; (v) have similar market yields (and, therefore, price); and (vi) satisfy “good delivery” requirements, meaning that the aggregate principal amounts of the securities delivered and received back must be within 2.5% of the initial amount delivered.
 
A Fund’s obligations under a dollar roll agreement must be covered by cash, U.S. Government securities, or other liquid high grade debt obligations equal in value to the securities subject to repurchase by a Fund, maintained in a segregated account. To the extent that the Fund collateralizes its obligations under a dollar roll agreement, the asset coverage requirements of the 1940 Act will not apply to such transactions. Furthermore, under certain circumstances, an underlying mortgage-backed security that is part of a dollar roll transaction may be considered illiquid. During the roll period, a Fund foregoes principal and interest paid on the mortgage-backed security. A Fund is compensated by the difference between the current sale price and the lower forward purchase price, often referred to as the “drop,” as well as the interest earned on the cash proceeds of the initial sale.
 
Successful use of mortgage dollar rolls depends on a Fund’s ability to predict interest rates and mortgage payments. Dollar roll transactions involve the risk that the market value of the securities a Fund is required to purchase may decline below the agreed upon repurchase price.
 
Bank Loans
Certain Funds may invest in bank loans, particularly the Fixed-Income Funds and Perkins Value Plus Income Fund (no more than 20% of each Fund’s total assets), which include institutionally traded floating rate securities.
 
Bank loans, which include institutionally traded floating rate securities, are obligations of companies or other entities that are typically issued in connection with recapitalizations, acquisitions, and refinancings. Bank loans often involve borrowers whose financial conditions are troubled or uncertain and companies that are highly leveraged. Borrowers may include companies who are involved in bankruptcy proceedings. The Funds generally invest in bank loans directly through an agent, either by assignment from another holder of the loan or as a participation interest in another holder’s portion of the loan. Assignments and participations involve credit risk, interest rate risk, and liquidity risk.
 
When a Fund purchases an assignment, the Fund generally assumes all the rights and obligations under the loan agreement and will generally become a “lender” for purposes of the particular loan agreement. The rights and obligations acquired by a Fund under an assignment may be different, and be more limited, than those held by an assigning lender. Subject to the terms of a loan agreement, a Fund may enforce compliance by a borrower with the terms of the loan agreement and may have rights with respect to any funds acquired by other lenders through set-off. If a loan is foreclosed, a Fund may become part owner of any collateral securing the loan and may bear the costs and liabilities associated with owning and disposing of any collateral. A Fund could be held liable as a co-lender. In addition, there is no assurance that the liquidation of collateral from a secured loan would satisfy a borrower’s obligations or that the collateral could be liquidated.
 
If a Fund purchases a participation interest, it typically will have a contractual relationship with the lender and not with the borrower. A Fund may only be able to enforce its rights through the lender and may assume the credit risk of both the borrower and the lender, or any other intermediate participant. A Fund may have the right to receive payments of principal,

 
 
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interest, and any fees to which it is entitled only from the lender and only upon receipt by the lender of the payments from the borrower. The failure by a Fund to receive scheduled interest or principal payments may adversely affect the income of the Fund and may likely reduce the value of its assets, which would be reflected by a reduction in the Fund’s NAV.
 
The borrower of a loan in which a Fund holds an assignment or participation interest may, either at its own election or pursuant to the terms of the loan documentation, prepay amounts of the loan from time to time. There is no assurance that a Fund will be able to reinvest the proceeds of any loan prepayment at the same interest rate or on the same terms as those of the original loan participation. This may result in a Fund realizing less income on a particular investment and replacing the loan with a less attractive security, which may provide less return to the Fund.
 
Floating Rate Loans
Floating rate loans typically are negotiated, structured, and originated by a bank or other financial institution (an “agent”) for a lending group or “syndicate” of financial institutions. In most cases, a Fund relies on the agent to assert appropriate creditor remedies against the borrower. The agent may not have the same interests as the Fund, and the agent may determine to waive certain covenants contained in the loan agreement that the Fund would not otherwise have determined to waive. The typical practice of an agent relying on reports from a borrower about its financial condition may involve a risk of fraud by a borrower. In addition, if an agent becomes insolvent or carries out its duties improperly, the Fund may experience delays in realizing payment and/or risk loss of principal and/or income on its floating rate loan investments. The investment team performs a credit analysis on the borrower but typically does not perform credit analysis on the agent or other intermediate participants.
 
Floating rate loans have interest rates which adjust periodically and are tied to a benchmark lending rate such as the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”). LIBOR is a short-term interest rate that banks charge one another and is generally representative of the most competitive and current cash rates. In other cases, the lending rate could be tied to the prime rate offered by one or more major U.S. banks (“Prime Rate”) or the rate paid on large certificates of deposit traded in the secondary markets (“CD rate”). The interest rate on Prime Rate based loans and corporate debt securities may float daily as the Prime Rate changes, while the interest rate on LIBOR or CD rate based loans and corporate debt securities may reset periodically. If the benchmark lending rate changes, the rate payable to lenders under the loan will change at the next scheduled adjustment date specified in the loan agreement. Investing in floating rate loans with longer interest rate reset periods may increase fluctuations in a Fund’s net asset value as a result of changes in interest rates. The Fund may attempt to hedge against interest rate fluctuations by entering into interest rate swaps or by using other hedging techniques.
 
While the Funds generally expect to invest in fully funded term loans, certain of the loans in which the Funds may invest include revolving loans and delayed draw term loans. Such loans generally obligate the lender (and those with an interest in the loan) to fund the loan at the borrower’s discretion. As such, a Fund would need to maintain amounts sufficient to meet its contractual obligations. In cases where a Fund invests in revolving loans and delayed draw term loans, the Fund will maintain high quality liquid assets in an amount at least equal to its obligations under the loans. Amounts maintained in high-quality liquid assets may provide less return to a Fund than investments in floating rate loans. Loans involving revolving credit facilities or delayed terms may require a Fund to increase its investment in a particular floating rate loan when it otherwise would not have done so. Further, a Fund may be obligated to do so even if it may be unlikely that the borrower will repay amounts due.
 
Purchasers of floating rate loans may pay and/or receive certain fees. The Funds may receive fees such as covenant waiver fees or prepayment penalty fees. A Fund may pay fees such as facility fees. Such fees may affect the Fund’s return.
 
The Funds do not intend to purchase floating rate loans through private placements or other transactions that may involve confidential information. Such a policy may place a Fund at a disadvantage relative to other investors in floating rate loans who do not follow such a policy, as the Fund may be limited in its available investments or unable to make accurate assessments related to certain investments.
 
Notwithstanding its intention to generally not receive material, nonpublic information with respect to its management of investments in floating rate loans, Janus Capital may from time to time come into possession of material, nonpublic information about the issuers of loans that may be held in a Fund’s holdings. To the extent required by applicable law, Janus Capital’s ability to trade in these loans for the account of a Fund could potentially be limited by its possession of such information, which could have an adverse effect on a Fund by, for example, preventing the Fund from selling a loan that is experiencing a material decline in value. In some instances, these trading restrictions could continue in effect for a substantial period of time.

 
 
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The secondary market on which floating rate loans are traded may be less liquid than the market for investment grade securities or other types of income-producing securities, which may have an adverse impact on their market price. There is also a potential that there is no active market to trade floating rate loans and that there may be restrictions on their transfer. As a result, a Fund may be unable to sell assignments or participations at the desired time or may be able to sell only at a price less than fair market value. The secondary market may also be subject to irregular trading activity, wide price spreads, and extended trade settlement periods. With respect to below-investment grade or unrated securities, it also may be more difficult to value the securities because valuation may require more research, and elements of judgment may play a larger role in the valuation because there is less reliable, objective data available.
 
Other floating rate securities
The Funds may invest in other types of securities including, but not limited to, unsecured floating rate loans, subordinated or junior debt, corporate bonds, U.S. Government securities, mortgage-backed and other asset-backed securities, repurchase agreements, certain money market instruments, high-risk/high-yield bonds, and other instruments (including synthetic or hybrid) that pay interest at rates that adjust whenever a specified interest rate changes and/or resets on predetermined dates.
 
High-Yield/High-Risk Bonds
Within the parameters of its specific investment policies, each Fund may invest in bonds that are rated below investment grade (i.e., bonds rated BB+ or lower by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service and Fitch, Inc., or Ba or lower by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.). Janus High-Yield Fund may invest without limit in such bonds. Under normal circumstances, each of the Funds indicated will limit its investments in such bonds to 35% or less of its net assets (Janus Flexible Bond Fund and Janus Short-Term Bond Fund), 20% or less of its net assets (Perkins Large Cap Value Fund, Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund, and Perkins Small Cap Value Fund), or 50% or less of the fixed-income portion of its net assets (Perkins Value Plus Income Fund). The Risk-Managed Funds do not intend to invest in high-yield/high-risk bonds.
 
Lower rated bonds involve a higher degree of credit risk, which is the risk that the issuer will not make interest or principal payments when due. In the event of an unanticipated default, a Fund would experience a reduction in its income, and could expect a decline in the market value of the bonds so affected.
 
A Fund may also invest in unrated bonds of foreign and domestic issuers. For the Funds subject to such limit, unrated bonds will be included in the Fund’s limit, as applicable, on investments in bonds rated below investment grade unless its portfolio managers and/or investment personnel deem such securities to be the equivalent of investment grade bonds. Unrated bonds, while not necessarily of lower quality than rated bonds, may not have as broad a market. Because of the size and perceived demand of the issue, among other factors, certain municipalities may not incur the costs of obtaining a rating. A Fund’s portfolio managers and/or investment personnel will analyze the creditworthiness of the issuer, as well as any financial institution or other party responsible for payments on the bond, in determining whether to purchase unrated municipal bonds.
 
The secondary market on which high-yield securities are traded may be less liquid than the market for investment grade securities. The lack of a liquid secondary market may have an adverse impact on the market price of the security. Secondary markets for high-yield securities are less liquid than the market for investment grade securities; therefore, it may be more difficult to value the securities because valuation may require more research, and elements of judgment may play a larger role in the valuation because there is less reliable, objective data available.
 
Please refer to the “Explanation of Rating Categories” section of this SAI for a description of bond rating categories.
 
Defaulted Securities
A Fund may hold defaulted securities if the portfolio managers and/or investment personnel believe, based upon an analysis of the financial condition, results of operations, and economic outlook of an issuer, that there is potential for resumption of income payments and that the securities offer an unusual opportunity for capital appreciation. For the Funds subject to such limit, defaulted securities will be included in each Fund’s limit on investments in bonds rated below investment grade. Notwithstanding the portfolio managers’ and/or investment personnel’s belief about the resumption of income, however, the purchase of any security on which payment of interest or dividends is suspended involves a high degree of risk. Such risk includes, among other things, the following:
 
Financial and Market Risks. Investments in securities that are in default involve a high degree of financial and market risks that can result in substantial or, at times, even total losses. Issuers of defaulted securities may have substantial capital needs and may become involved in bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings. Among the problems involved in investments in such issuers is the fact that it may be difficult to obtain information about the condition of such issuers. The market prices of such

 
 
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securities also are subject to abrupt and erratic movements and above average price volatility, and the spread between the bid and asked prices of such securities may be greater than normally expected.
 
Disposition of Portfolio Securities. Although the Funds generally will purchase securities for which the portfolio managers and/or investment personnel expect an active market to be maintained, defaulted securities may be less actively traded than other securities, and it may be difficult to dispose of substantial holdings of such securities at prevailing market prices. The Funds will limit holdings of any such securities to amounts that the portfolio managers and/or investment personnel believe could be readily sold, and holdings of such securities would, in any event, be limited so as not to limit a Fund’s ability to readily dispose of securities to meet redemptions.
 
Other. Defaulted securities require active monitoring and may, at times, require participation in bankruptcy or receivership proceedings on behalf of the Funds.
 
Futures, Options, and Other Derivative Instruments
The Funds may invest in various types of derivatives, which may at times result in significant derivative exposure. A derivative is a financial instrument whose performance is derived from the performance of another asset. The Funds may invest in derivative instruments including, but not limited to: futures contracts, put options, call options, options on future contracts, options on foreign currencies, swaps, forward contracts, structured investments, and other equity-linked derivatives.
 
A Fund may use derivative instruments for hedging (to offset risks associated with an investment, currency exposure, or market conditions) or for speculative (to seek to enhance returns) purposes. When a Fund invests in a derivative for speculative purposes, the Fund will be fully exposed to the risks of loss of that derivative, which may sometimes be greater than the derivative’s cost. The Funds may not use any derivative to gain exposure to an asset or class of assets that they would be prohibited by their investment restrictions from purchasing directly. A Fund’s ability to use derivative instruments may also be limited by tax considerations. (See “Income Dividends, Capital Gains Distributions, and Tax Status.”)
 
Investments in derivatives in general are subject to market risks that may cause their prices to fluctuate over time. Investments in derivatives may not directly correlate with the price movements of the underlying instrument. As a result, the use of derivatives may expose a Fund to additional risks that it would not be subject to if it invested directly in the securities underlying those derivatives. The use of derivatives may result in larger losses or smaller gains than otherwise would be the case. Derivatives can be volatile and may involve significant risks, including:
 
Counterparty risk – the risk that the counterparty (the party on the other side of the transaction) on a derivative transaction will be unable to honor its financial obligation to the Fund.
 
Currency risk – the risk that changes in the exchange rate between currencies will adversely affect the value (in U.S. dollar terms) of an investment.
 
Leverage risk – the risk associated with certain types of leveraged investments or trading strategies pursuant to which relatively small market movements may result in large changes in the value of an investment. A Fund creates leverage by using borrowed capital to increase the amount invested, or investing in instruments, including derivatives, where the investment loss can exceed the original amount invested. Certain investments or trading strategies that involve leverage can result in losses that greatly exceed the amount originally invested.
 
Liquidity risk – the risk that certain securities may be difficult or impossible to sell at the time that the seller would like or at the price that the seller believes the security is currently worth.
 
Index risk – if the derivative is linked to the performance of an index, it will be subject to the risks associated with changes in that index. If the index changes, the Fund could receive lower interest payments or experience a reduction in the value of the derivative to below what the Fund paid. Certain indexed securities, including inverse securities (which move in an opposite direction to the index), may create leverage, to the extent that they increase or decrease in value at a rate that is a multiple of the changes in the applicable index.
 
Derivatives may generally be traded over-the-counter (“OTC”) or on an exchange. Derivatives traded OTC, such as structured notes, are agreements that are individually negotiated between parties and can be tailored to meet a purchaser’s needs. OTC derivatives are not guaranteed by a clearing agency and may be subject to increased credit risk.
 
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counterparty to post collateral if the Fund has a net aggregate unrealized gain on all OTC derivative contracts with a particular counterparty. There is no guarantee that counterparty exposure is reduced and these arrangements are dependent on Janus Capital’s ability to establish and maintain appropriate systems and trading.
 
Futures Contracts. The Funds may enter into contracts for the purchase or sale for future delivery of equity securities, fixed-income securities, foreign currencies, commodities, and commodity-linked derivatives (to the extent permitted by the Fund and the Internal Revenue Code), or contracts based on financial indices, including indices of U.S. Government securities, foreign government securities, commodities, and equity or fixed-income securities. U.S. futures contracts are traded on exchanges which have been designated “contract markets” by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) and must be executed through a futures commission merchant (“FCM”) or brokerage firm, which are members of a relevant contract market. Through their clearing corporations, the exchanges guarantee performance of the contracts as between the clearing members of the exchange.
 
The buyer or seller of a futures contract is not required to deliver or pay for the underlying instrument unless the contract is held until the delivery date. However, both the buyer and seller are required to deposit “initial margin” for the benefit of the FCM when the contract is entered into. Initial margin deposits are equal to a percentage of the contract’s value, as set by the exchange on which the contract is traded, and currently are maintained in cash or certain other liquid assets held by the Funds. Initial margin payments are similar to good faith deposits or performance bonds. Unlike margin extended by a securities broker, initial margin payments do not constitute purchasing securities on margin for purposes of a Fund’s investment limitations. If the value of either party’s position declines, that party will be required to make additional “variation margin” payments for the benefit of the FCM to settle the change in value on a daily basis. The party that has a gain may be entitled to receive all or a portion of this amount. In the event of the bankruptcy of the FCM that holds margin on behalf of a Fund, that Fund may be entitled to return of margin owed to such Fund only in proportion to the amount received by the FCM’s other customers. Janus Capital or the subadviser will attempt to minimize the risk by careful monitoring of the creditworthiness of the FCMs with which the Funds do business.
 
The Funds may enter into futures contracts and related options as permitted under CFTC Rule 4.5. The Funds have claimed exclusion from the definition of the term “commodity pool operator” adopted by the CFTC and the National Futures Association, which regulate trading in the futures markets. Therefore, the Funds are not subject to commodity pool operator registration and regulation under the Commodity Exchange Act.
 
Although a Fund will segregate cash and liquid assets in an amount sufficient to cover its open futures obligations, the segregated assets would be available to that Fund immediately upon closing out the futures position; however, closing out open futures positions through customary settlement procedures could take several days. Because a Fund’s cash that may otherwise be invested would be held uninvested or invested in other liquid assets so long as the futures position remains open, such Fund’s return could be diminished due to the opportunity losses of foregoing other potential investments.
 
The Funds may enter into futures contracts to gain exposure to the stock market or other markets pending investment of cash balances or to meet liquidity needs. A Fund may also enter into futures contracts to protect itself from fluctuations in the value of individual securities, the securities markets generally, or interest rate fluctuations, without actually buying or selling the underlying debt or equity security. For example, if the Fund anticipates an increase in the price of stocks, and it intends to purchase stocks at a later time, that Fund could enter into a futures contract to purchase a stock index as a temporary substitute for stock purchases. If an increase in the market occurs that influences the stock index as anticipated, the value of the futures contracts will increase, thereby serving as a hedge against that Fund not participating in a market advance. This technique is sometimes known as an anticipatory hedge. A Fund may also use this technique with respect to an individual company’s stock. To the extent a Fund enters into futures contracts for this purpose, the segregated assets maintained to cover such Fund’s obligations with respect to the futures contracts will consist of liquid assets from its portfolio in an amount equal to the difference between the contract price and the aggregate value of the initial and variation margin payments made by that Fund with respect to the futures contracts. Conversely, if a Fund holds stocks and seeks to protect itself from a decrease in stock prices, the Fund might sell stock index futures contracts, thereby hoping to offset the potential decline in the value of its portfolio securities by a corresponding increase in the value of the futures contract position. Similarly, if a Fund holds an individual company’s stock and expects the price of that stock to decline, the Fund may sell a futures contract on that stock in hopes of offsetting the potential decline in the company’s stock price. A Fund could protect against a decline in stock prices by selling portfolio securities and investing in money market instruments, but the use of futures contracts enables it to maintain a defensive position without having to sell portfolio securities.

 
 
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With the exception of the Risk-Managed Funds, if a Fund owns interest rate sensitive securities and the portfolio managers and/or investment personnel expect interest rates to increase, that Fund may take a short position in interest rate futures contracts. Taking such a position would have much the same effect as that Fund selling such securities in its portfolio. If interest rates increase as anticipated, the value of the securities would decline, but the value of that Fund’s interest rate futures contract would increase, thereby keeping the NAV of that Fund from declining as much as it may have otherwise. If, on the other hand, the portfolio managers and/or investment personnel expect interest rates to decline, that Fund may take a long position in interest rate futures contracts in anticipation of later closing out the futures position and purchasing the securities. Although a Fund can accomplish similar results by buying securities with long maturities and selling securities with short maturities, given the greater liquidity of the futures market than the cash market, it may be possible to accomplish the same result more easily and more quickly by using futures contracts as an investment tool to reduce risk.
 
The ordinary spreads between prices in the cash and futures markets, due to differences in the nature of those markets, are subject to distortions. First, all participants in the futures market are subject to initial margin and variation margin requirements. Rather than meeting additional variation margin requirements, investors may close out futures contracts through offsetting transactions which could distort the normal price relationship between the cash and futures markets. Second, the liquidity of the futures market depends on participants entering into offsetting transactions rather than making or taking delivery of the instrument underlying a futures contract. To the extent participants decide to make or take delivery, liquidity in the futures market could be reduced and prices in the futures market distorted. Third, from the point of view of speculators, the margin deposit requirements in the futures market are less onerous than margin requirements in the securities market. Therefore, increased participation by speculators in the futures market may cause temporary price distortions. Due to the possibility of the foregoing distortions, a correct forecast of general price trends by the portfolio managers and/or investment personnel still may not result in a successful use of futures.
 
Futures contracts entail risks. There is no guarantee that derivative investments will benefit the Funds. A Fund’s performance could be worse than if the Fund had not used such instruments. For example, if a Fund has hedged against the effects of a possible decrease in prices of securities held in its portfolio and prices increase instead, that Fund will lose part or all of the benefit of the increased value of these securities because of offsetting losses in its futures positions. This risk may be magnified for single stock futures transactions, as the portfolio managers and/or investment personnel must predict the direction of the price of an individual stock, as opposed to securities prices generally. In addition, if a Fund has insufficient cash, it may have to sell securities from its portfolio to meet daily variation margin requirements. Those sales may be, but will not necessarily be, at increased prices which reflect the rising market and may occur at a time when the sales are disadvantageous to such Fund.
 
The prices of futures contracts depend primarily on the value of their underlying instruments. Because there are a limited number of types of futures contracts, it is possible that the standardized futures contracts available to a Fund will not match exactly such Fund’s current or potential investments. A Fund may buy and sell futures contracts based on underlying instruments with different characteristics from the securities in which it typically invests – for example, by hedging investments in portfolio securities with a futures contract based on a broad index of securities – which involves a risk that the futures position will not correlate precisely with the performance of such Fund’s investments.
 
Futures prices can also diverge from the prices of their underlying instruments, even if the underlying instruments closely correlate with a Fund’s investments, such as with a single stock futures contract. Futures prices are affected by factors such as current and anticipated short-term interest rates, changes in volatility of the underlying instruments, and the time remaining until expiration of the contract. Those factors may affect securities prices differently from futures prices. Imperfect correlations between a Fund’s investments and its futures positions also may result from differing levels of demand in the futures markets and the securities markets, from structural differences in how futures and securities are traded, and from imposition of daily price fluctuation limits for futures contracts. A Fund may buy or sell futures contracts with a greater or lesser value than the securities it wishes to hedge or is considering purchasing in order to attempt to compensate for differences in historical volatility between the futures contract and the securities, although this may not be successful in all cases. If price changes in a Fund’s futures positions are poorly correlated with its other investments, its futures positions may fail to produce desired gains or result in losses that are not offset by the gains in that Fund’s other investments.
 
Because futures contracts are generally settled within a day from the date they are closed out, compared with a settlement period of three days for some types of securities, the futures markets can provide superior liquidity to the securities markets. Nevertheless, there is no assurance that a liquid secondary market will exist for any particular futures contract at any particular time. In addition, futures exchanges may establish daily price fluctuation limits for futures contracts and may halt trading if a contract’s price moves upward or downward more than the limit in a given day. On volatile trading days when

 
 
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the price fluctuation limit is reached, it may be impossible for a Fund to enter into new positions or close out existing positions. If the secondary market for a futures contract is not liquid because of price fluctuation limits or otherwise, a Fund may not be able to promptly liquidate unfavorable futures positions and potentially could be required to continue to hold a futures position until the delivery date, regardless of changes in its value. As a result, such Fund’s access to other assets held to cover its futures positions also could be impaired.
 
Options on Futures Contracts. The Funds may buy and write put and call options on futures contracts. A purchased option on a future gives a Fund the right (but not the obligation) to buy or sell a futures contract at a specified price on or before a specified date. The purchase of a call option on a futures contract is similar in some respects to the purchase of a call option on an individual security. As with other option transactions, securities will be segregated to cover applicable margin or segregation requirements on open futures contracts. Depending on the pricing of the option compared to either the price of the futures contract upon which it is based or the price of the underlying instrument, ownership of the option may or may not be less risky than ownership of the futures contract or the underlying instrument. As with the purchase of futures contracts, when a Fund is not fully invested, it may buy a call option on a futures contract to hedge against a market advance.
 
The writing of a call option on a futures contract constitutes a partial hedge against declining prices of a security, commodity, or foreign currency which is deliverable under, or of the index comprising, the futures contract. If the futures price at the expiration of the option is below the exercise price, a Fund will retain the full amount of the option premium which provides a partial hedge against any decline that may have occurred in that Fund’s portfolio holdings. The writing of a put option on a futures contract constitutes a partial hedge against increasing prices of a security, commodity, or foreign currency which is deliverable under, or of the index comprising, the futures contract. If the futures price at expiration of the option is higher than the exercise price, a Fund will retain the full amount of the option premium which provides a partial hedge against any increase in the price of securities which that Fund is considering buying. If a call or put option a Fund has written is exercised, such Fund will incur a loss which will be reduced by the amount of the premium it received. Depending on the degree of correlation between the change in the value of its portfolio securities and changes in the value of the futures positions, a Fund’s losses from existing options on futures may to some extent be reduced or increased by changes in the value of portfolio securities.
 
The purchase of a put option on a futures contract is similar in some respects to the purchase of protective put options on portfolio securities. For example, a Fund may buy a put option on a futures contract to hedge its portfolio against the risk of falling prices or rising interest rates.
 
The amount of risk a Fund assumes when it buys an option on a futures contract is the premium paid for the option plus related transaction costs. In addition to the correlation risks discussed above, the purchase of an option also entails the risk that changes in the value of the underlying futures contract will not be fully reflected in the value of the options bought.
 
Forward Contracts. A forward contract is an agreement between two parties in which one party is obligated to deliver a stated amount of a stated asset at a specified time in the future and the other party is obligated to pay a specified amount for the asset at the time of delivery. The Funds, with the exception of the Risk-Managed Funds, may enter into forward contracts to purchase and sell government securities, equity or income securities, foreign currencies, or other financial instruments. Currently, the Funds do not intend to invest in forward contracts other than forward currency contracts. Forward contracts generally are traded in an interbank market conducted directly between traders (usually large commercial banks) and their customers. Unlike futures contracts, which are standardized contracts, forward contracts can be specifically drawn to meet the needs of the parties that enter into them. The parties to a forward contract may agree to offset or terminate the contract before its maturity, or may hold the contract to maturity and complete the contemplated exchange.
 
The following discussion summarizes the Funds’ principal uses of forward foreign currency exchange contracts (“forward currency contracts”). A Fund may enter into forward currency contracts with stated contract values of up to the value of that Fund’s assets. A forward currency contract is an obligation to buy or sell an amount of a specified currency for an agreed price (which may be in U.S. dollars or a foreign currency). A Fund may invest in forward currency contracts for nonhedging purposes such as seeking to enhance return. A Fund will exchange foreign currencies for U.S. dollars and for other foreign currencies in the normal course of business and may buy and sell currencies through forward currency contracts in order to fix a price for securities it has agreed to buy or sell (“transaction hedge”). A Fund also may hedge some or all of its investments denominated in a foreign currency or exposed to foreign currency fluctuations against a decline in the value of that currency relative to the U.S. dollar by entering into forward currency contracts to sell an amount of that currency (or a proxy currency whose performance is expected to replicate or exceed the performance of that currency relative to the U.S.

 
 
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dollar) approximating the value of some or all of its portfolio securities denominated in or exposed to that currency (“position hedge”) or by participating in options or futures contracts with respect to the currency. A Fund also may enter into a forward currency contract with respect to a currency where the Fund is considering the purchase or sale of investments denominated in that currency but has not yet selected the specific investments (“anticipatory hedge”). In any of these circumstances a Fund may, alternatively, enter into a forward currency contract to purchase or sell one foreign currency for a second currency that is expected to perform more favorably relative to the U.S. dollar if the portfolio managers and/or investment personnel believe there is a reasonable degree of correlation between movements in the two currencies (“cross-hedge”).
 
These types of hedging minimize the effect of currency appreciation as well as depreciation, but do not eliminate fluctuations in the underlying U.S. dollar equivalent value of the proceeds of or rates of return on a Fund’s foreign currency denominated portfolio securities. The matching of the increase in value of a forward contract and the decline in the U.S. dollar equivalent value of the foreign currency denominated asset that is the subject of the hedge generally will not be precise. Shifting a Fund’s currency exposure from one foreign currency to another removes that Fund’s opportunity to profit from increases in the value of the original currency and involves a risk of increased losses to such Fund if the portfolio managers’ and/or investment personnel’s projection of future exchange rates is inaccurate. Proxy hedges and cross-hedges may result in losses if the currency used to hedge does not perform similarly to the currency in which hedged securities are denominated. Unforeseen changes in currency prices may result in poorer overall performance for a Fund than if it had not entered into such contracts.
 
In general, the Funds cover outstanding forward currency contracts by maintaining liquid portfolio securities denominated in, or whose value is tied to, the currency underlying the forward contract or the currency being hedged. To the extent that a Fund is not able to cover its forward currency positions with underlying portfolio securities, the Fund’s custodian segregates cash or other liquid assets having a value equal to the aggregate amount of such Fund’s commitments under forward contracts entered into with respect to position hedges, cross-hedges, and anticipatory hedges. If the value of the securities used to cover a position or the value of segregated assets declines, a Fund will find alternative cover or segregate additional cash or other liquid assets on a daily basis so that the value of the covered and segregated assets will be equal to the amount of such Fund’s commitments with respect to such contracts. As an alternative to segregating assets, a Fund may buy call options permitting such Fund to buy the amount of foreign currency being hedged by a forward sale contract, or a Fund may buy put options permitting it to sell the amount of foreign currency subject to a forward buy contract.
 
While forward contracts are not currently regulated by the CFTC, the CFTC may in the future assert authority to regulate forward contracts. In such event, the Funds’ ability to utilize forward contracts may be restricted. In addition, a Fund may not always be able to enter into forward contracts at attractive prices and may be limited in its ability to use these contracts to hedge Fund assets.
 
Options on Foreign Currencies. The Funds, with the exception of the Risk-Managed Funds, may buy and write options on foreign currencies in a manner similar to that in which futures or forward contracts on foreign currencies will be utilized. For example, a decline in the U.S. dollar value of a foreign currency in which portfolio securities are denominated will reduce the U.S. dollar value of such securities, even if their value in the foreign currency remains constant. In order to protect against such diminutions in the value of portfolio securities, a Fund may buy put options on the foreign currency. If the value of the currency declines, such Fund will have the right to sell such currency for a fixed amount in U.S. dollars, thereby offsetting, in whole or in part, the adverse effect on its portfolio.
 
Conversely, when a rise in the U.S. dollar value of a currency in which securities to be acquired are denominated is projected, thereby increasing the cost of such securities, a Fund may buy call options on the foreign currency. The purchase of such options could offset, at least partially, the effects of the adverse movements in exchange rates. As in the case of other types of options, however, the benefit to a Fund from purchases of foreign currency options will be reduced by the amount of the premium and related transaction costs. In addition, if currency exchange rates do not move in the direction or to the extent projected, a Fund could sustain losses on transactions in foreign currency options that would require such Fund to forego a portion or all of the benefits of advantageous changes in those rates.
 
The Funds may also write options on foreign currencies. For example, to hedge against a potential decline in the U.S. dollar value of foreign currency denominated securities due to adverse fluctuations in exchange rates, a Fund could, instead of purchasing a put option, write a call option on the relevant currency. If the expected decline occurs, the option will most likely not be exercised, and the decline in value of portfolio securities will be offset by the amount of the premium received.
 
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expire unexercised and allow that Fund to hedge the increased cost up to the amount of the premium. As in the case of other types of options, however, the writing of a foreign currency option will constitute only a partial hedge up to the amount of the premium. If exchange rates do not move in the expected direction, the option may be exercised, and a Fund would be required to buy or sell the underlying currency at a loss which may not be offset by the amount of the premium. Through the writing of options on foreign currencies, a Fund also may lose all or a portion of the benefits which might otherwise have been obtained from favorable movements in exchange rates.
 
The Funds may write covered call options on foreign currencies. A call option written on a foreign currency by a Fund is “covered” if that Fund owns the foreign currency underlying the call or has an absolute and immediate right to acquire that foreign currency without additional cash consideration (or for additional cash consideration held in a segregated account by its custodian) upon conversion or exchange of other foreign currencies held in its portfolio. A call option is also covered if a Fund has a call on the same foreign currency in the same principal amount as the call written if the exercise price of the call held: (i) is equal to or less than the exercise price of the call written or (ii) is greater than the exercise price of the call written, if the difference is maintained by such Fund in cash or other liquid assets in a segregated account with the Fund’s custodian.
 
The Funds also may write call options on foreign currencies for cross-hedging purposes. A call option on a foreign currency is for cross-hedging purposes if it is designed to provide a hedge against a decline due to an adverse change in the exchange rate in the U.S. dollar value of a security which a Fund owns or has the right to acquire and which is denominated in the currency underlying the option. Call options on foreign currencies which are entered into for cross-hedging purposes are not covered. However, in such circumstances, a Fund will collateralize the option by segregating cash or other liquid assets in an amount not less than the value of the underlying foreign currency in U.S. dollars marked-to-market daily.
 
Eurodollar Instruments. Each Fund, with the exception of the Risk-Managed Funds, may make investments in Eurodollar instruments. Eurodollar instruments are U.S. dollar-denominated futures contracts or options thereon which are linked to the LIBOR, although foreign currency denominated instruments are available from time to time. Eurodollar futures contracts enable purchasers to obtain a fixed rate for the lending of funds and sellers to obtain a fixed rate for borrowings. A Fund might use Eurodollar futures contracts and options thereon to hedge against changes in LIBOR, to which many interest rate swaps and fixed-income instruments are linked.
 
Additional Risks of Options on Foreign Currencies, Forward Contracts, and Foreign Instruments. Unlike transactions entered into by the Funds in futures contracts, options on foreign currencies and forward contracts are not traded on contract markets regulated by the CFTC or (with the exception of certain foreign currency options) by the SEC. To the contrary, such instruments are traded through financial institutions acting as market-makers, although foreign currency options are also traded on certain Exchanges, such as the Philadelphia Stock Exchange and the Chicago Board Options Exchange, subject to SEC regulation.
 
Similarly, options on currencies may be traded over-the-counter. In an OTC trading environment, many of the protections afforded to Exchange participants will not be available. For example, there are no daily price fluctuation limits, and adverse market movements could therefore continue to an unlimited extent over a period of time. Although the buyer of an option cannot lose more than the amount of the premium plus related transaction costs, this entire amount could be lost. Moreover, an option writer and a buyer or seller of futures or forward contracts could lose amounts substantially in excess of any premium received or initial margin or collateral posted due to the potential additional margin and collateral requirements associated with such positions.
 
Options on foreign currencies traded on Exchanges are within the jurisdiction of the SEC, as are other securities traded on Exchanges. As a result, many of the protections provided to traders on organized Exchanges will be available with respect to such transactions. In particular, all foreign currency option positions entered into on an Exchange are cleared and guaranteed by the Options Clearing Corporation (“OCC”), thereby reducing the risk of credit default. Further, a liquid secondary market in options traded on an Exchange may be more readily available than in the OTC market, potentially permitting a Fund to liquidate open positions at a profit prior to exercise or expiration or to limit losses in the event of adverse market movements.
 
The purchase and sale of exchange-traded foreign currency options, however, is subject to the risks of the availability of a liquid secondary market described above, as well as the risks regarding adverse market movements, margining of options written, the nature of the foreign currency market, possible intervention by governmental authorities, and the effects of other political and economic events. In addition, exchange-traded options on foreign currencies involve certain risks not presented by the OTC market. For example, exercise and settlement of such options must be made exclusively through the OCC, which

 
 
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has established banking relationships in applicable foreign countries for this purpose. As a result, the OCC may, if it determines that foreign governmental restrictions or taxes would prevent the orderly settlement of foreign currency option exercises, or would result in undue burdens on the OCC or its clearing member, impose special procedures on exercise and settlement, such as technical changes in the mechanics of delivery of currency, the fixing of dollar settlement prices, or prohibitions on exercise.
 
In addition, options on U.S. Government securities, futures contracts, options on futures contracts, forward contracts, and options on foreign currencies may be traded on foreign exchanges and OTC in foreign countries. Such transactions are subject to the risk of governmental actions affecting trading in or the prices of foreign currencies or securities. The value of such positions also could be adversely affected by: (i) other complex foreign political and economic factors; (ii) lesser availability than in the United States of data on which to make trading decisions; (iii) delays in a Fund’s ability to act upon economic events occurring in foreign markets during nonbusiness hours in the United States; (iv) the imposition of different exercise and settlement terms and procedures and margin requirements than in the United States; and (v) low trading volume.
 
A Fund, with the exception of the Risk-Managed Funds, may from time to time participate on committees formed by creditors to negotiate with the management of financially troubled issuers of securities held by that Fund. Such participation may subject a Fund to expenses such as legal fees and may make that Fund an “insider” of the issuer for purposes of the federal securities laws, which may restrict that Fund’s ability to trade in or acquire additional positions in a particular security or other securities of the issuer when it might otherwise desire to do so. Participation by a Fund on such committees also may expose that Fund to potential liabilities under the federal bankruptcy laws or other laws governing the rights of creditors and debtors. A Fund would participate on such committees only when Janus Capital believes that such participation is necessary or desirable to enforce that Fund’s rights as a creditor or to protect the value of securities held by that Fund.
 
Options on Securities. In an effort to increase current income and to reduce fluctuations in NAV, the Funds, with the exception of the Risk-Managed Funds, may write covered and uncovered put and call options and buy put and call options on securities that are traded on U.S. and foreign securities exchanges and OTC. Examples of covering transactions include: (i) for a written put, selling short the underlying instrument at the same or higher price than the put’s exercise price; and (ii) for a written call, owning the underlying instrument. The Funds may write and buy options on the same types of securities that the Funds may purchase directly. The Funds may utilize American-style and European-style options. An American-style option is an option contract that can be exercised at any time between the time of purchase and the option’s expiration date. A European-style option is an option contract that can only be exercised on the option’s expiration date.
 
A Fund may cover its obligations on a put option by segregating cash or other liquid assets with the Fund’s custodian for a value equal to: (i) the full notional value of the put for physically settled options; or (ii) the in-the-money value of the put for cash settled options. A Fund may also cover its obligations on a put option by holding a put on the same security and in the same principal amount as the put written where the exercise price of the put held: (i) is equal to or greater than the exercise price of the put written; or (ii) is less than the exercise price of the put written if the difference is maintained by that Fund in cash or other liquid assets in a segregated account with its custodian. The premium paid by the buyer of an option will normally reflect, among other things, the relationship of the exercise price to the market price and the volatility of the underlying security, the remaining term of the option, supply and demand, and interest rates.
 
A Fund may cover its obligations on a call option by segregating cash or other liquid assets with the Fund’s custodian for a value equal to: (i) the full notional value of the call for physically settled options; or (ii) the in-the-money value of the call for cash settled options. A Fund may also cover its obligations on a written call option by (i) owning the underlying security covered by the call or having an absolute and immediate right to acquire that security without additional cash consideration (or for additional cash consideration held in a segregated account by the Fund’s custodian) upon conversion or exchange of other securities held in its portfolio; or (ii) holding a call on the same security and in the same principal amount as the call written where the exercise price of the call held: (a) is equal to or less than the exercise price of the call written; or (b) is greater than the exercise price of the call written if the difference is maintained by that Fund in cash or other liquid assets in a segregated account with its custodian.
 
A Fund would write a call option for hedging purposes, instead of writing a covered call option, when the premium to be received from the cross-hedge transaction would exceed that which would be received from writing a covered call option and the portfolio managers and/or investment personnel believe that writing the option would achieve the desired hedge.

 
 
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The premium paid by the buyer of an option will normally reflect, among other things, the relationship of the exercise price to the market price and the volatility of the underlying security, the remaining term of the option, supply and demand, and interest rates.
 
The writer of an option may have no control over when the underlying securities must be sold, in the case of a call option, or bought, in the case of a put option, since with regard to certain options, the writer may be assigned an exercise notice at any time prior to the termination of the obligation. Whether or not an option expires unexercised, the writer retains the amount of the premium. This amount, of course, may, in the case of a covered call option, be offset by a decline in the market value of the underlying security during the option period. If a call option is exercised, the writer experiences a profit or loss from the sale of the underlying security. If a put option is exercised, the writer must fulfill the obligation to buy the underlying security at the exercise price, which will usually exceed the then market value of the underlying security.
 
The writer of an option that wishes to terminate its obligation may effect a “closing purchase transaction.” This is accomplished by buying an option of the same series as the option previously written. The effect of the purchase is that the writer’s position will be canceled by the clearing corporation. However, a writer may not effect a closing purchase transaction after being notified of the exercise of an option. Likewise, an investor who is the holder of an option may liquidate its position by effecting a “closing sale transaction.” This is accomplished by selling an option of the same series as the option previously bought. There is no guarantee that either a closing purchase or a closing sale transaction can be effected.
 
In the case of a written call option, effecting a closing transaction will permit a Fund to write another call option on the underlying security with either a different exercise price or expiration date or both. In the case of a written put option, such transaction will permit a Fund to write another put option to the extent that the exercise price is secured by deposited liquid assets. Effecting a closing transaction also will permit a Fund to use the cash or proceeds from the concurrent sale of any securities subject to the option for other investments. If a Fund desires to sell a particular security from its portfolio on which it has written a call option, such Fund will effect a closing transaction prior to or concurrent with the sale of the security.
 
A Fund will realize a profit from a closing transaction if the price of the purchase transaction is less than the premium received from writing the option or the price received from a sale transaction is more than the premium paid to buy the option. A Fund will realize a loss from a closing transaction if the price of the purchase transaction is more than the premium received from writing the option or the price received from a sale transaction is less than the premium paid to buy the option. Because increases in the market price of a call option generally will reflect increases in the market price of the underlying security, any loss resulting from the repurchase of a call option is likely to be offset in whole or in part by appreciation of the underlying security owned by a Fund.
 
An option position may be closed out only where a secondary market for an option of the same series exists. If a secondary market does not exist, a Fund may not be able to effect closing transactions in particular options and that Fund would have to exercise the options in order to realize any profit. If a Fund is unable to effect a closing purchase transaction in a secondary market, it will not be able to sell the underlying security until the option expires or it delivers the underlying security upon exercise. The absence of a liquid secondary market may be due to the following: (i) insufficient trading interest in certain options; (ii) restrictions imposed by a national securities exchange (“Exchange”) on which the option is traded on opening or closing transactions or both; (iii) trading halts, suspensions, or other restrictions imposed with respect to particular classes or series of options or underlying securities; (iv) unusual or unforeseen circumstances that interrupt normal operations on an Exchange; (v) the facilities of an Exchange or of the OCC may not at all times be adequate to handle current trading volume; or (vi) one or more Exchanges could, for economic or other reasons, decide or be compelled at some future date to discontinue the trading of options (or a particular class or series of options), in which event the secondary market on that Exchange (or in that class or series of options) would cease to exist, although outstanding options on that Exchange that had been issued by the OCC as a result of trades on that Exchange would continue to be exercisable in accordance with their terms.
 
A Fund may write options in connection with buy-and-write transactions. In other words, a Fund may buy a security and then write a call option against that security. The exercise price of such call will depend upon the expected price movement of the underlying security. The exercise price of a call option may be below (“in-the-money”), equal to (“at-the-money”), or above (“out-of-the-money”) the current value of the underlying security at the time the option is written. Buy-and-write transactions using in-the-money call options may be used when it is expected that the price of the underlying security will remain flat or decline moderately during the option period. Buy-and-write transactions using at-the-money call options may be used when it is expected that the price of the underlying security will remain fixed or advance moderately during the

 
 
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option period. Buy-and-write transactions using out-of-the-money call options may be used when it is expected that the premiums received from writing the call option plus the appreciation in the market price of the underlying security up to the exercise price will be greater than the appreciation in the price of the underlying security alone. If the call options are exercised in such transactions, a Fund’s maximum gain will be the premium received by it for writing the option, adjusted upwards or downwards by the difference between that Fund’s purchase price of the security and the exercise price. If the options are not exercised and the price of the underlying security declines, the amount of such decline will be offset by the amount of premium received.
 
The writing of covered put options is similar in terms of risk and return characteristics to buy-and-write transactions. If the market price of the underlying security rises or otherwise is above the exercise price, the put option will expire worthless and a Fund’s gain will be limited to the premium received. If the market price of the underlying security declines or otherwise is below the exercise price, a Fund may elect to close the position or take delivery of the security at the exercise price and that Fund’s return will be the premium received from the put options minus the amount by which the market price of the security is below the exercise price.
 
A Fund may buy put options to hedge against a decline in the value of its portfolio. By using put options in this way, a Fund will reduce any profit it might otherwise have realized in the underlying security by the amount of the premium paid for the put option and by transaction costs.
 
A Fund may buy call options to hedge against an increase in the price of securities that it may buy in the future. The premium paid for the call option plus any transaction costs will reduce the benefit, if any, realized by such Fund upon exercise of the option, and, unless the price of the underlying security rises sufficiently, the option may expire worthless to that Fund.
 
A Fund may write straddles (combinations of put and call options on the same underlying security), which are generally a nonhedging technique used for purposes such as seeking to enhance return. Because combined options positions involve multiple trades, they result in higher transaction costs and may be more difficult to open and close out than individual options contracts. The straddle rules of the Internal Revenue Code require deferral of certain losses realized on positions of a straddle to the extent that a Fund has unrealized gains in offsetting positions at year end. The holding period of the securities comprising the straddle will be suspended until the straddle is terminated.
 
Options on Securities Indices. The Funds may also purchase and write exchange-listed and OTC put and call options on securities indices. A securities index measures the movement of a certain group of securities by assigning relative values to the securities. The index may fluctuate as a result of changes in the market values of the securities included in the index. Some securities index options are based on a broad market index, such as the New York Stock Exchange Composite Index, or a narrower market index such as the Standard & Poor’s 100. Indices may also be based on a particular industry, market segment, or certain currencies such as the U.S. Dollar Index or DXY Index.
 
Options on securities indices are similar to options on securities except that (1) the expiration cycles of securities index options are monthly, while those of securities options are currently quarterly, and (2) the delivery requirements are different. Instead of giving the right to take or make delivery of securities at a specified price, an option on a securities index gives the holder the right to receive a cash “exercise settlement amount” equal to (a) the amount, if any, by which the fixed exercise price of the option exceeds (in the case of a put) or is less than (in the case of a call) the closing value of the underlying index on the date of exercise, multiplied by (b) a fixed “index multiplier.” Receipt of this cash amount will depend upon the closing level of the securities index upon which the option is based being greater than, in the case of a call, or less than, in the case of a put, the exercise price of the index and the exercise price of the option times a specified multiple. The writer of the option is obligated, in return for the premium received, to make delivery of this amount. Securities index options may be offset by entering into closing transactions as described above for securities options.
 
Options on Non-U.S. Securities Indices. The Funds may purchase and write put and call options on foreign securities indices listed on domestic and foreign securities exchanges. The Funds may also purchase and write OTC options on foreign securities indices.
 
The Funds may, to the extent allowed by federal and state securities laws, invest in options on non-U.S. securities indices instead of investing directly in individual non-U.S. securities. The Funds may also use foreign securities index options for bona fide hedging and non-hedging purposes.
 
Options on securities indices entail risks in addition to the risks of options on securities. The absence of a liquid secondary market to close out options positions on securities indices may be more likely to occur, although the Funds generally will

 
 
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only purchase or write such an option if Janus Capital or the subadviser, as applicable, believes the option can be closed out. Use of options on securities indices also entails the risk that trading in such options may be interrupted if trading in certain securities included in the index is interrupted. The Funds will not purchase such options unless Janus Capital or the subadviser believes the market is sufficiently developed such that the risk of trading in such options is no greater than the risk of trading in options on securities.
 
Price movements in a Fund’s portfolio may not correlate precisely with movements in the level of an index and, therefore, the use of options on indices cannot serve as a complete hedge. Because options on securities indices require settlement in cash, the portfolio managers and/or investment personnel may be forced to liquidate portfolio securities to meet settlement obligations. A Fund’s activities in index options may also be restricted by the requirements of the Code for qualification as a regulated investment company.
 
In addition, the hours of trading for options on the securities indices may not conform to the hours during which the underlying securities are traded. To the extent that the option markets close before the markets for the underlying securities, significant price and rate movements can take place in the underlying securities markets that cannot be reflected in the option markets. It is impossible to predict the volume of trading that may exist in such options, and there can be no assurance that viable exchange markets will develop or exist.
 
Other Options. In addition to the option strategies described above and in the Prospectuses, a Fund, with the exception of the Risk-Managed Funds, may purchase and sell a variety of options with non-standard payout structures or other features (“exotic options”). Exotic options are traded OTC and typically have price movements that can vary markedly from simple put or call options. The risks associated with exotic options are that they cannot be as easily priced and may be subject to liquidity risk. While some exotic options have fairly active markets others are mostly thinly traded instruments. Some options are pure two-party transactions and may have no liquidity. Each Fund may treat such instruments as illiquid and will limit its investments in such instruments to no more than 15% of its net assets, when combined with all other illiquid investments of the Fund. A Fund may use exotic options to the extent that they are consistent with the Fund’s investment objective and investment policies, and applicable regulations.
 
The Funds may purchase and sell exotic options that have values which are determined by the correlation of two or more underlying assets. These types of options include, but are not limited to, outperformance options, yield curve options, or other spread options.
 
Outperformance Option – An option that pays the holder the difference in the performance of two assets. The value of an outperformance option is based on the relative difference, i.e. the percentage outperformance of one underlying security or index compared to another. Outperformance options allow the Fund to gain leveraged exposure to the percentage price performance of one security or index over another. The holder of an outperformance option will only receive payment under the option contract if a designated underlying asset outperforms the other underlying asset. If outperformance does not occur, the holder will not receive payment. The option may expire worthless despite positive performance by the designated underlying asset. Outperformance options are typically cash settled and have European-style exercise provisions.
 
Yield Curve Options – An option whose value is based on the yield spread or yield differential between two securities. In contrast to other types of options, a yield curve option is based on the difference between the yields of designated securities, rather than the prices of the individual securities, and is settled through cash payments. Accordingly, a yield curve option is profitable to the holder if this differential widens (in the case of a call) or narrows (in the case of a put), regardless of whether the yields of the underlying securities increase or decrease.
 
Spread Option – A type of option that derives its value from the price differential between two or more assets, or the same asset at different times or places. Spread options can be written on all types of financial products including equities, bonds and currencies.
 
Swaps and Swap-Related Products. The Funds, with the exception of the Risk-Managed Funds, may enter into swap agreements or utilize swap-related products, including, but not limited to, total return swaps, equity swaps, interest rate swaps, caps, and floors (either on an asset-based or liability-based basis, depending upon whether it is hedging its assets or its liabilities). Swap agreements are two-party contracts entered into primarily by institutional investors for periods ranging from a day to more than one year. A Fund may enter into swap agreements in an attempt to gain exposure to the stocks making up an index of securities in a market without actually purchasing those stocks, or to hedge a position. The most significant factor in the performance of swap agreements is the change in value of the specific index, security, or currency, or other factors that determine the amounts of payments due to and from a Fund. The Funds will usually enter into interest rate

 
 
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swaps on a net basis (i.e., the two payment streams are netted out, with a Fund receiving or paying, as the case may be, only the net amount of the two payments). The net amount of the excess, if any, of a Fund’s obligations over its entitlement with respect to each swap will be calculated on a daily basis, and an amount of cash or other liquid assets having an aggregate NAV at least equal to the accrued excess will be maintained in a segregated account by the Fund’s custodian. If a Fund enters into a swap on other than a net basis, it would maintain a segregated account in the full amount accrued on a daily basis of its obligations with respect to the swap.
 
Swap agreements entail the risk that a party will default on its payment obligations to the Fund. If there is a default by the other party to such a transaction, a Fund normally will have contractual remedies pursuant to the agreements related to the transaction. Swap agreements also bear the risk that a Fund will not be able to meet its obligation to the counterparty.
 
A Fund normally will not enter into any total return, equity, or interest rate swap, cap, or floor transaction unless the claims-paying ability of the other party thereto meets guidelines established by Janus Capital. Janus Capital’s guidelines may be adjusted in accordance with market conditions. Janus Capital or the subadviser will monitor the creditworthiness of all counterparties on an ongoing basis. Generally, parties that are rated in the highest short-term rating category by an NRSRO will meet Janus Capital’s guidelines. The ratings of NRSROs represent their opinions of the claims-paying ability of entities rated by them. NRSRO ratings are general and are not absolute standards of quality.
 
The swap market has grown substantially in recent years, with a large number of banks and investment banking firms acting both as principals and as agents utilizing standardized swap documentation. Janus Capital has determined that, as a result, the swap market has become relatively liquid. Caps and floors are more recent innovations for which standardized documentation has not yet been developed and, accordingly, they are less liquid than swaps. To the extent a Fund sells (i.e., writes) caps and floors, it will segregate cash or other liquid assets having an aggregate NAV at least equal to the full amount, accrued on a daily basis, of its obligations with respect to any caps or floors.
 
There is no limit on the amount of total return, equity, or interest rate swap transactions that may be entered into by a Fund. The use of equity swaps is a highly specialized activity which involves investment techniques and risks different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. Swap transactions may in some instances involve the delivery of securities or other underlying assets by a Fund or its counterparty to collateralize obligations under the swap. Under the documentation currently used in those markets, the risk of loss with respect to swaps is limited to the net amount of the payments that a Fund is contractually obligated to make. If the other party to a swap that is not collateralized defaults, a Fund would risk the loss of the net amount of the payments that it contractually is entitled to receive. A Fund may buy and sell (i.e., write) caps and floors, without limitation, subject to the segregation requirement described above.
 
Another form of a swap agreement is the credit default swap. A Fund may enter into various types of credit default swap agreements (with values not to exceed 10% of the net assets of the Fund) for investment purposes and to add leverage to its portfolio. As the seller in a credit default swap contract, the Fund would be required to pay the par value (the “notional value”) (or other agreed-upon value) of a referenced debt obligation to the counterparty in the event of a default by a third party, such as a U.S. or foreign corporate issuer, on the debt obligation. In return, the Fund would receive from the counterparty a periodic stream of payments over the term of the contract provided that no event of default has occurred. If no default occurs, the Fund would keep the stream of payments and would have no payment obligations. As the seller, the Fund would effectively add leverage to its portfolio because, in addition to its total net assets, that Fund would be subject to investment exposure on the notional value of the swap. The maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) that the Fund as a seller in a credit default transaction would be the notional amount of the agreement. A Fund may also purchase credit default swap contracts in order to hedge against the risk of default of debt securities held in its portfolio, in which case the Fund would function as the counterparty referenced in the preceding paragraph. Credit default swaps could result in losses if the Fund does not correctly evaluate the creditworthiness of the company or companies on which the credit default swap is based.
 
Credit default swap agreements may involve greater risks than if a Fund had invested in the reference obligation directly since, in addition to risks relating to the reference obligation, credit default swaps are subject to illiquidity risk, counterparty risk, and credit risk. A Fund will generally incur a greater degree of risk when it sells a credit default swap option than when it purchases a credit default swap. As a buyer of a credit default swap, the Fund may lose its investment and recover nothing should no credit event occur and the swap is held to its termination date. As seller of a credit default swap, if a credit event were to occur, the value of any deliverable obligation received by the Fund, coupled with the upfront or periodic payments previously received, may be less than what it pays to the buyer, resulting in a loss of value to the Fund.

 
 
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A Fund may invest in funded (notional value of contract paid up front) or unfunded (notional value only paid in case of default) credit default swaps that are based on an index of credit default swaps (“CDXs”) or other similarly structured products. CDXs are designed to track segments of the credit default swap market and provide investors with exposure to specific reference baskets of issuers of bonds or loans. These instruments have the potential to allow an investor to obtain the same investment exposure as an investor who invests in an individual credit default swap, but with the potential added benefit of diversification. The CDX reference baskets are normally priced daily and rebalanced every six months in conjunction with leading market makers in the credit industry. The liquidity of the market for CDXs is normally subject to liquidity in the secured loan and credit derivatives markets.
 
A Fund investing in CDXs is normally only permitted to take long positions in these instruments. A Fund holding a long position in CDXs typically receives income from principal or interest paid on the underlying securities. A Fund also normally indirectly bears its proportionate share of any expenses paid by a CDX in addition to the expenses of the Fund. By investing in CDXs, a Fund could be exposed to risks relating to, among other things, the reference obligation, illiquidity risk, counterparty risk, and credit risk.
 
Structured Investments. A structured investment is a security having a return tied to an underlying index or other security or asset class. Structured investments generally are individually negotiated agreements and may be traded over-the-counter. Structured investments are organized and operated to restructure the investment characteristics of the underlying security. This restructuring involves the deposit with or purchase by an entity, such as a corporation or trust, or specified instruments (such as commercial bank loans) and the issuance by that entity of one or more classes of securities (“structured securities”) backed by, or representing interests in, the underlying instruments. The cash flow on the underlying instruments may be apportioned among the newly issued structured securities to create securities with different investment characteristics, such as varying maturities, payment priorities, and interest rate provisions, and the extent of such payments made with respect to structured securities is dependent on the extent of the cash flow on the underlying instruments. Because structured securities typically involve no credit enhancement, their credit risk generally will be equivalent to that of the underlying instruments. Investments in structured securities are generally of a class of structured securities that is either subordinated or unsubordinated to the right of payment of another class. Subordinated structured securities typically have higher yields and present greater risks than unsubordinated structured securities. Structured securities are typically sold in private placement transactions, and there currently is no active trading market for structured securities.
 
Investments in government and government-related restructured debt instruments are subject to special risks, including the inability or unwillingness to repay principal and interest, requests to reschedule or restructure outstanding debt, and requests to extend additional loan amounts. Structured investments include a wide variety of instruments which are also subject to special risk such as inverse floaters and collateralized debt obligations. Inverse floaters involve leverage which may magnify a Fund’s gains or losses. The risk of collateral debt obligations depends largely on the type of collateral securing the obligations. There is a risk that the collateral will not be adequate to make interest or other payments related to the debt obligation the collateral supports.
 
Structured instruments that are registered under the federal securities laws may be treated as liquid. In addition, many structured instruments may not be registered under the federal securities laws. In that event, a Fund’s ability to resell such a structured instrument may be more limited than its ability to resell other Fund securities. The Funds may treat such instruments as illiquid and will limit their investments in such instruments to no more than 15% of each Fund’s net assets, when combined with all other illiquid investments of each Fund. The Risk-Managed Funds do not intend to invest in structured investments.
 
PORTFOLIO TURNOVER
 
As a reference point, a portfolio turnover rate of 100% would mean that a Fund had sold or purchased securities valued at 100% of its average net assets within a one-year period. A Fund cannot accurately predict its turnover rate. Variations in portfolio turnover rates shown may be due to market conditions, changes in the size of a Fund, fluctuating volume of shareholder purchase and redemption orders, the nature of a Fund’s investments, and the investment style and/or outlook of the portfolio managers and/or investment personnel. A Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher when a Fund finds it necessary to significantly change its portfolio to adopt a temporary defensive position or respond to economic or market events. Higher levels of portfolio turnover may result in higher costs for brokerage commissions, dealer mark-ups, and other transaction costs, and may also result in taxable capital gains. Higher costs associated with increased portfolio turnover may offset gains in Fund performance. The following tables summarize the portfolio turnover rates for the Funds for the fiscal years or periods noted. Each Fund has changed its fiscal year end to June 30.

 
 
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    Portfolio Turnover Rate for
  Portfolio Turnover Rate for
  Portfolio Turnover Rate for
    the fiscal period ended
  the fiscal year ended
  the fiscal year ended
Fund Name   June 30, 2010(1)   July 31, 2009(1)   July 31, 2008
Fixed Income
                       
Janus Flexible Bond Fund
    130% (2)     N/A       N/A  
Janus High-Yield Fund
    91% (2)     N/A       N/A  
Janus Short-Term Bond Fund
    50% (2)     N/A       N/A  
Risk Managed
                       
INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund
    120% (2)     N/A       N/A  
INTECH Risk-Managed Growth Fund
    128% (3)     119% (4)     125% (4)
INTECH Risk-Managed International Fund
    130% (3)     115% (4)     105% (4)
INTECH Risk-Managed Value Fund
    101% (3)     100% (4)     78% (4)
Value
                       
Perkins Large Cap Value Fund
    35% (3)     57% (5)     N/A  
Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund
    66% (2)     N/A       N/A  
Perkins Small Cap Value Fund
    59% (2)     N/A       N/A  
Perkins Value Plus Income Fund(6)
    N/A       N/A       N/A  
 
(1)  Annualized for periods of less than one full year.
(2)  For the fiscal period November 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010 (the Fund’s new fiscal year end).
(3)  For the fiscal period August 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010 (the Fund’s new fiscal year end).
(4)  The Fund’s or predecessor fund’s previous fiscal year end.
(5)  December 31, 2008 (effective date) to July 31, 2009 (the Fund’s or predecessor fund’s previous fiscal year end).
(6)  Commenced operations on July 30, 2010.
 
                 
    Portfolio Turnover Rate for
  Portfolio Turnover Rate for
    the fiscal year ended
  the fiscal year ended
Fund Name   October 31, 2009(1)   October 31, 2008(1)
Fixed Income
               
Janus Flexible Bond Fund
    215%       185%  
Janus High-Yield Fund
    97%       109%  
Janus Short-Term Bond Fund
    57%       127%  
Risk Managed
               
INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund
    111%       74%  
Value
               
Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund
    88%       103%  
Perkins Small Cap Value Fund
    85%       112% (2)
 
(1)  The Funds’ previous fiscal year end.
(2)  The increase in portfolio turnover rate was due to changes in the portfolio in response to extremely volatile market conditions and fluctuating shareholder transactions.
 
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS DISCLOSURE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
 
The Mutual Fund Holdings Disclosure Policies and Procedures adopted by Janus Capital and all mutual funds managed within the Janus fund complex are designed to be in the best interests of the funds and to protect the confidentiality of the funds’ portfolio holdings. The following describes policies and procedures with respect to disclosure of portfolio holdings.
 
•  Full Holdings. Each Fund is required to disclose its complete holdings in the quarterly holdings report on Form N-Q within 60 days of the end of each fiscal quarter, and in the annual report and semiannual report to Fund shareholders. These reports (i) are available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov; (ii) may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. (information on the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330); and (iii) are available without charge, upon request, by calling a Janus representative at 1-800-525-0020 (toll free). With the exception of Funds subadvised by INTECH, portfolio holdings (excluding derivatives, short positions, and other investment positions), consisting of at least the names of the holdings, are generally available on a calendar quarter-end basis with a 30-day lag. Portfolio holdings of Funds subadvised by INTECH are generally available on a

 
 
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calendar quarter-end basis with a 60-day lag. Holdings are generally posted approximately two business days thereafter under the Holdings & Details tab of each Fund at janus.com/advisor/mutual-funds (or janus.com/allfunds if you hold Class D Shares).
 
Each Fund, with the exception of Funds subadvised by INTECH, may provide, upon request, historical full holdings on a monthly basis for periods prior to the previous quarter-end subject to a written confidentiality agreement. Funds subadvised by INTECH may provide upon request, historical full holdings at any time subject to a written confidentiality agreement.
 
•  Top Holdings. Each Fund’s (with the exception of Funds subadvised by INTECH) top portfolio holdings, in order of position size and as a percentage of a Fund’s total portfolio, are available monthly with a 15-day lag and on a calendar quarter-end basis with a 15-day lag. Top holdings of Funds subadvised by INTECH, consisting of security names only in alphabetical order and aggregate percentage of a Fund’s total portfolio, are available monthly with a 15-day lag and on a calendar quarter-end basis with a 15-day lag. Most Janus funds disclose their top ten portfolio holdings. However, certain Janus funds disclose only their top five portfolio holdings.
 
•  Other Information. Each Fund may occasionally provide security breakdowns (e.g., industry, sector, regional, market capitalization, and asset allocation), top performance contributors/detractors (consisting of security names in alphabetical order for all Funds except those subadvised by INTECH), and specific portfolio level performance attribution information and statistics monthly with a 15-day lag (30-day lag for Funds subadvised by INTECH) and on a calendar quarter-end basis with a 15-day lag. Top performance contributors/detractors provided at calendar quarter-end (for all Funds except those subadvised by INTECH) may include the percentage of contribution/detraction to Fund performance.
 
Full portfolio holdings will remain available on the Janus websites at least until a Form N-CSR or Form N-Q is filed with the SEC for the period that includes the date as of which the website information is current. Funds disclose their short positions, if applicable, only to the extent required in regulatory reports. Janus Capital may exclude from publication all or any portion of portfolio holdings or change the time periods of disclosure as deemed necessary to protect the interests of the Janus funds.
 
The Janus funds’ Trustees, officers, and primary service providers, including investment advisers, distributors, administrators, transfer agents, custodians, and their respective personnel, may receive or have access to nonpublic portfolio holdings information. In addition, third parties, including but not limited to those that provide services to the Janus funds, Janus Capital, and its affiliates, such as trade execution measurement systems providers, independent pricing services, proxy voting service providers, the funds’ insurers, computer systems service providers, lenders, counsel, accountants/auditors, and rating and ranking organizations may also receive or have access to nonpublic portfolio holdings information. Other recipients of nonpublic portfolio holdings information may include, but may not be limited to, third parties such as consultants, data aggregators, and asset allocation services which calculate information derived from holdings for use by Janus Capital, and which supply their analyses (but not the holdings themselves) to their clients. Such parties, either by agreement or by virtue of their duties, are required to maintain confidentiality with respect to such nonpublic portfolio holdings.
 
Nonpublic portfolio holdings information may be disclosed to certain third parties upon a good faith determination made by Janus Capital’s Chief Compliance Officer or Ethics Committee that a Fund has a legitimate business purpose for such disclosure and the recipient agrees to maintain confidentiality. Preapproval by the Chief Compliance Officer or Ethics Committee is not required for certain routine service providers and in response to regulatory, administrative, and judicial requirements. The Chief Compliance Officer reports to the Janus funds’ Trustees regarding material compliance matters with respect to the portfolio holdings disclosure policies and procedures.
 
Under extraordinary circumstances, Janus Capital’s Chief Investment Officer(s) or their delegates have the authority to waive one or more provisions of, or make exceptions to, the Mutual Fund Holdings Disclosure Policies and Procedures when in the best interest of the Janus funds and when such waiver or exception is consistent with federal securities laws and applicable fiduciary duties. The frequency with which portfolio holdings are disclosed, as well as the lag time associated with such disclosure, may vary as deemed appropriate under the circumstances. All waivers and exceptions involving any of the Janus funds shall be pre-approved by the Chief Compliance Officer or a designee.

 
 
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As of the date of this SAI, the following non-affiliated third parties, which consist of service providers and consultants as described above, receive or may have access to nonpublic portfolio holdings information, which may include the full holdings of a fund. Certain of the arrangements below reflect relationships of an affiliated subadviser, INTECH, and its products.
 
         
Name   Frequency   Lag Time
ACA Compliance Group
  As needed   Current
Axioma Inc.
  Daily   Current
Barclays Capital Inc.
  Daily   Current
BNY Mellon Performance and Risk Analytics, LLC
  Monthly   Current
Bowne & Company Inc. 
  Daily   Current
Brockhouse & Cooper Inc.
  Quarterly   Current
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
  Daily   Current
Callan Associates Inc.
  As needed   Current
Cambridge Associates LLC
  Quarterly   Current
Canterbury Consulting Inc. 
  Monthly   Current
Charles River Systems, Inc.
  As needed   Current
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. 
  As needed   Current
CMS BondEdge
  As needed   Current
Consulting Services Group, LLC
  As needed   Current
Deloitte & Touche LLP
  As needed   Current
Deloitte Tax LLP
  As needed   Current
Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch
  As needed   Current
Eagle Investment Systems Corp.
  As needed   Current
Eaton Vance Management
  As needed   Current
Ennis, Knupp & Associates, Inc.
  As needed   Current
Envestnet Asset Management Inc.
  As needed   Current
Ernst & Young LLP
  As needed   Current
FactSet Research Systems, Inc. 
  As needed   Current
Financial Models Company, Inc. 
  As needed   Current
FlexTrade LLC
  Daily   Current
FT Interactive Data Corporation
  Daily   Current
Hewitt Associates LLC
  As needed   Current
Imagine Software Inc.
  As needed   Current
Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc.
  Daily   Current
International Data Corporation
  Daily   Current
Investment Technology Group, Inc.
  Daily   Current
Jeffrey Slocum & Associates, Inc.
  As needed   Current
Lipper Inc.
  Quarterly   Current
Marco Consulting Group, Inc.
  Monthly   Current
Marquette Associates
  As needed   Current
Markit Loans, Inc. 
  Daily   Current
Mercer Investment Consulting, Inc. 
  As needed   Current
Merrill Communications LLC 
  Semi-annually   5 days
Moody’s Investors Service Inc. 
  Weekly   7 days or more
New England Pension Consultants
  Monthly   Current
Nikko AM Americas
  As needed   Current
Nomura Funds Research & Technologies America Inc.
  As needed   Current
Olmstead Associates, Inc.
  Daily   Current
Omgeo LLC
  Daily   Current
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
  As needed   Current

 
 
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Name   Frequency   Lag Time
Prima Capital Holding, Inc.
  As needed   Current
Prima Capital Management, Inc.
  Quarterly   15 days
R.V. Kuhns & Associates
  As needed   Current
Reuters America Inc. 
  Daily   Current
Rocaton Investment Advisors, LLC
  As needed   Current
Rogerscasey, Inc.
  Quarterly   Current
Russell/Mellon Analytical Services, LLC
  Monthly   Current
Sapient Corporation
  As needed   Current
SEI Investments
  As needed   Current
SimCorp USA, Inc.
  As needed   Current
Standard & Poor’s
  Daily   Current
Standard & Poor’s Financial Services
  Weekly   2 days or more
Standard & Poor’s Securities Evaluation
  Daily   Current
State Street Bank and Trust Company
  Daily   Current
State Street Global Advisors
  Monthly   Current
Stratford Advisory Group, Inc.
  As needed   Current
Summit Strategies Group
  Monthly; Quarterly   Current
The Yield Book Inc.
  Daily   Current
Tower Investment
  As needed   30 days
Wachovia Securities LLC
  As needed   Current
Wall Street On Demand, Inc. 
  Monthly; Quarterly   30 days; 15 days
Wilshire Associates Incorporated
  As needed   Current
Yanni Partners, Inc.
  Quarterly   Current
Zephyr Associates, Inc. 
  Quarterly   Current
 
In addition to the categories of persons and names of persons described above who may receive nonpublic portfolio holdings information, brokers executing portfolio trades on behalf of the funds may receive nonpublic portfolio holdings information.
 
Janus Capital manages other accounts such as separate accounts, unregistered products, and funds sponsored by companies other than Janus Capital. These other accounts may be managed in a similar fashion to certain Janus funds and thus may have similar portfolio holdings. Such accounts may be subject to different portfolio holdings disclosure policies that permit public disclosure of portfolio holdings information in different forms and at different times than the Funds’ portfolio holdings disclosure policies. Additionally, clients of such accounts have access to their portfolio holdings, and may not be subject to the Funds’ portfolio holdings disclosure policies.

 
 
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Investment adviser and subadvisers

 
INVESTMENT ADVISER – JANUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
 
As stated in the Prospectuses, each Fund has an Investment Advisory Agreement with Janus Capital Management LLC, 151 Detroit Street, Denver, Colorado 80206-4805. Janus Capital is a direct subsidiary of Janus Capital Group Inc. (“JCGI”), a publicly traded company with principal operations in financial asset management businesses. JCGI owns approximately 95% of Janus Capital, with the remaining 5% held by Janus Management Holdings Corporation.
 
Each Advisory Agreement provides that Janus Capital will furnish continuous advice and recommendations concerning the Funds’ investments, provide office space for the Funds, and pay the salaries, fees, and expenses of all Fund officers (with some shared expenses with the Funds of compensation payable to the Funds’ Chief Compliance Officer and compliance staff) and of those Trustees who are considered to be interested persons of Janus Capital. As of the date of this SAI, none of the members of the Board of Trustees are “interested persons” of Janus Capital as that term is defined by the 1940 Act. Janus Capital also serves as administrator and is authorized to perform the management and administration services necessary for the operation of the Funds, including, but not limited to, NAV determination, portfolio accounting, recordkeeping, and blue sky registration and monitoring services, and other services for which the Funds may reimburse Janus Capital for its costs. Each Fund pays custodian fees and expenses, brokerage commissions and dealer spreads, and other expenses in connection with the execution of portfolio transactions, legal and accounting expenses, interest and taxes, a portion of trade or other investment company dues and expenses, registration fees, expenses of shareholders’ meetings and reports to shareholders, fees and expenses of Fund Trustees who are not interested persons of Janus Capital, other costs of complying with applicable laws regulating the sale of Fund shares, and compensation to the Funds’ transfer agent and other shareholder servicing costs. Many of these costs vary from year to year which can make it difficult to predict the total impact to your Fund’s expense ratio, in particular during times of declining asset values of a Fund. As discussed in this section, Janus Capital has delegated certain management duties for certain Funds to INTECH and Perkins pursuant to subadvisory agreements (“Sub-Advisory Agreements”) between Janus Capital and each Subadviser.
 
Each Fund’s Advisory Agreement continues in effect from year to year so long as such continuance is approved annually by a majority of the Funds’ Trustees who are not parties to the Advisory Agreements or “interested persons” (as defined by the 1940 Act) of any such party (the “Independent Trustees”), and by either a majority of the outstanding voting shares of each Fund or the Trustees of the Funds. Each Advisory Agreement: (i) may be terminated without the payment of any penalty by a Fund or Janus Capital on 60 days’ written notice; (ii) terminates automatically in the event of its assignment; and (iii) generally, may not be amended without the approval by vote of a majority of the Trustees of the affected Fund, including a majority of the Independent Trustees and, to the extent required by the 1940 Act, the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of that Fund.
 
A discussion regarding the basis for the Trustees’ approval of the Funds’ Investment Advisory Agreements and Sub-Advisory Agreements (as applicable) will be included in the Funds’ next annual or semiannual report to shareholders, following such approval. You can request the Funds’ annual or semiannual reports (as they become available), free of charge, by contacting your plan sponsor, broker-dealer, or financial intermediary, or by contacting a Janus representative at 1-877-335-2687 (or 1-800-525-3713 if you hold Class D Shares). The reports are also available, free of charge, on janus.com/info (or janus.com/reports if you hold Class D Shares).
 
 
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The Funds pay a monthly investment advisory fee to Janus Capital for its services. The fee is based on the average daily net assets of each Fund for Funds with an annual fixed-rate fee, and is calculated at the annual rate. The detail for Funds with this fee structure is shown below under “Average Daily Net Assets of Fund.” Funds that pay a fee that may adjust up or down based on the Fund’s performance relative to its benchmark index over the performance measurement period have “N/A” in the “Average Daily Net Assets of Fund” column below. The following table also reflects the Funds’ contractual fixed-rate investment advisory fee rate for Funds with an annual fee based on average daily net assets and the “base fee” rate prior to any performance fee adjustment for Funds that have a performance fee structure.
 
             
        Contractual
        Investment Advisory
    Average Daily Net 
  Fees/Base Fees (%)
Fund Name   Assets of Fund    (annual rate)
Fixed Income
           
             
Janus Flexible Bond Fund(1)
  First $300 Million     0.50  
    Over $300 Million     0.40  
             
Janus High-Yield Fund
  First $300 Million     0.65  
    Over $300 Million     0.55  
             
Janus Short-Term Bond Fund
  First $300 Million     0.64  
    Over $300 Million     0.54  
             
Risk Managed
           
             
INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund
  N/A     0.50  
             
INTECH Risk-Managed Growth Fund
  All Asset Levels     0.50  
             
INTECH Risk-Managed International Fund
  All Asset Levels     0.55  
             
INTECH Risk-Managed Value Fund
  All Asset Levels     0.50  
             
Value
           
             
Perkins Large Cap Value Fund
  N/A     0.64  
             
Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund
  N/A     0.64  
             
Perkins Small Cap Value Fund
  N/A     0.72  
             
Perkins Value Plus Income Fund
  All Asset Levels     0.60  
             
 
(1)  Prior to July 6, 2009, the Fund’s investment advisory rate was based on a breakpoint schedule of 0.58% on the first $300 million of the average daily closing net asset value, and 0.48% on assets in excess of $300 million.
 
PERFORMANCE-BASED INVESTMENT ADVISORY FEE
 
Applies to INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund, Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund, Perkins Large Cap Value Fund, and Perkins Small Cap Value Fund only
Effective on the dates shown below, each of INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund, Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund, Perkins Large Cap Value Fund, and Perkins Small Cap Value Fund implemented an investment advisory fee rate that adjusts up or down based upon each Fund’s performance relative to the cumulative investment record of its respective benchmark index over the performance measurement period. Any performance adjustment commenced on the date shown below. Prior to the effective date of the performance adjustment, only the base fee applied.
 
             
    Effective Date of
  Effective Date of
    Performance Fee
  First Adjustment
Fund Name   Arrangement   to Advisory Fee
INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund
  01/01/06     01/01/07  
Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund
  02/01/06     02/01/07  
Perkins Large Cap Value Fund
  01/01/09     01/01/10  
Perkins Small Cap Value Fund
  01/01/09     01/01/10  
             
 
Under the performance-based fee structure, the investment advisory fee paid to Janus Capital by each Fund consists of two components: (1) a base fee calculated by applying the contractual fixed rate of the advisory fee to the Fund’s average daily net assets during the previous month (“Base Fee Rate”), plus or minus (2) a performance-fee adjustment (“Performance Adjustment”) calculated by applying a variable rate of up to 0.15% (positive or negative) to the Fund’s average daily net

 
 
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assets during the applicable performance measurement period. The performance measurement period generally is the previous 36 months, although no Performance Adjustment will be made until the performance-based fee structure has been in effect for at least 12 months and, accordingly, only the Fund’s Base Fee Rate applies for the initial 12 months. When the performance-based fee structure has been in effect for at least 12 months, but less than 36 months, the performance measurement period will be equal to the time that has elapsed since the performance-based fee structure took effect. The Base Fee Rate is calculated and accrued daily. The Performance Adjustment is calculated monthly in arrears and is accrued throughout the month. The investment advisory fee is paid monthly in arrears.
 
The Performance Adjustment may result in an increase or decrease in the investment advisory fee paid by a Fund, depending upon the investment performance of the Fund relative to its benchmark index over the performance measurement period. No Performance Adjustment is applied unless the difference between the Fund’s investment performance and the cumulative investment record of the Fund’s benchmark index is 0.50% or greater (positive or negative) during the applicable performance measurement period. The Base Fee Rate is subject to an upward or downward Performance Adjustment for every full 0.50% increment by which the Fund outperforms or underperforms its benchmark index. Because the Performance Adjustment is tied to a Fund’s performance relative to its benchmark index (and not its absolute performance), the Performance Adjustment could increase Janus Capital’s fee even if the Fund’s shares lose value during the performance measurement period and could decrease Janus Capital’s fee even if the Fund’s shares increase in value during the performance measurement period. For purposes of computing the Base Fee Rate and the Performance Adjustment, net assets are averaged over different periods (average daily net assets during the previous month for the Base Fee Rate, versus average daily net assets during the performance measurement period for the Performance Adjustment). Performance of a Fund is calculated net of expenses, whereas a Fund’s benchmark index does not have any fees or expenses. Reinvestment of dividends and distributions is included in calculating both the performance of a Fund and the Fund’s benchmark index. Under extreme circumstances involving underperformance by a rapidly shrinking Fund, the dollar amount of the Performance Adjustment could be more than the dollar amount of the Base Fee Rate. In such circumstances, Janus Capital would reimburse the applicable Fund.
 
The application of an expense limit, if any, will have a positive effect upon a Fund’s performance and may result in an increase in the Performance Adjustment. It is possible that the cumulative dollar amount of additional compensation ultimately payable to Janus Capital may, under some circumstances, exceed the cumulative dollar amount of management fees waived by Janus Capital.
 
The investment performance of a Fund’s Class A Shares (waiving the upfront sales load) for the performance measurement period is used to calculate the Performance Adjustment. For performance measurement periods prior to July 6, 2009, certain Funds calculated their Performance Adjustment by comparing the performance of Class T Shares (formerly named Class J Shares) against the investment record of each Fund’s respective benchmark index. For periods beginning July 6, 2009, the investment performance of each Fund’s Class A Shares (waiving the upfront sales load) for the performance measurement period is used to calculate the Performance Adjustment. After Janus Capital determines whether a particular Fund’s performance was above or below its benchmark index by comparing the investment performance of the Fund’s load-waived Class A Shares, or Class T Shares (formerly named Class J Shares) as the case may be, against the cumulative investment record of that Fund’s benchmark index, Janus Capital applies the same Performance Adjustment (positive or negative) across each other class of shares of the Fund.
 
As noted, for certain Funds, effective July 6, 2009, the investment performance of the Fund’s load-waived Class A Shares is used to calculate the Performance Adjustment. However, because the Fund’s Performance Adjustment is based upon a rolling 36-month performance measurement period, calculations based on the Fund’s load-waived Class A Shares will not be fully implemented for 36 months after July 6, 2009. During this transition period, the Fund’s performance will be compared to a blended investment performance record that includes the Fund’s Class T Shares (formerly named Class J Shares) performance (the prior share class used for performance calculations) for the portion of the performance measurement period prior to July 6, 2009, and the Fund’s load-waived Class A Shares for the remainder of the period. At the conclusion of the transition period, the Fund’s Class T Shares will be eliminated from the Performance Adjustment calculation, and the calculation will be based solely upon the Fund’s load-waived Class A Shares.
 
The Trustees may determine that a class of shares of a Fund other than Class A Shares is the most appropriate for use in calculating the Performance Adjustment. If a different class of shares is substituted in calculating the Performance Adjustment, the use of that successor class of shares may apply to the entire performance measurement period so long as the successor class was outstanding at the beginning of such period. If the successor class of shares was not outstanding for all or a portion of the performance measurement period, it may only be used in calculating that portion of the Performance Adjustment

 
 
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attributable to the period during which the successor class was outstanding, and any prior portion of the performance measurement period would be calculated using the class of shares previously designated. Any change to the class of shares used to calculate the Performance Adjustment is subject to applicable law. It is currently the position of the staff of the SEC (the “Staff”) that any changes to a class of shares selected for purposes of calculating the Performance Adjustment will require shareholder approval. If there is a change in the Staff’s position, the Trustees intend to notify shareholders of such change in position at such time as the Trustees may determine that a change in such selected class is appropriate.
 
The Trustees may from time to time determine that another securities index for a Fund is a more appropriate benchmark index for purposes of evaluating the performance of that Fund. In that event, the Trustees may approve the substitution of a successor index for the Fund’s benchmark index. However, the calculation of the Performance Adjustment for any portion of the performance measurement period prior to the adoption of the successor index will still be based upon the Fund’s performance compared to its former benchmark index. Any change to a particular Fund’s benchmark index for purposes of calculating the Performance Adjustment is subject to applicable law. It is currently the position of the Staff that any changes to a Fund’s benchmark index will require shareholder approval. If there is a change in the Staff’s position, the Trustees intend to notify shareholders of such change in position at such time as the Trustees may determine that a change in a Fund’s benchmark index is appropriate.
 
It is not possible to predict the effect of the Performance Adjustment on future overall compensation to Janus Capital since it will depend on the performance of each Fund relative to the record of the Fund’s benchmark index and future changes to the size of each Fund.
 
If the average daily net assets of a Fund remain constant during a 36-month performance measurement period, current net assets will be the same as average net assets over the performance measurement period and the maximum Performance Adjustment will be equivalent to 0.15% of current net assets. When current net assets vary from net assets over the 36-month performance measurement period, the Performance Adjustment, as a percentage of current assets, may vary significantly, including at a rate more or less than 0.15%, depending upon whether the net assets of the Fund had been increasing or decreasing (and the amount of such increase or decrease) during the performance measurement period. Note that if net assets for a Fund were increasing during the performance measurement period, the total performance fee paid, measured in dollars, would be more than if that Fund had not increased its net assets during the performance measurement period.
 
Suppose, for example, that the Performance Adjustment was being computed after the assets of a Fund had been shrinking. Assume its monthly Base Fee Rate was 1/12th of 0.60% of average daily net assets during the previous month. Assume also that average daily net assets during the 36-month performance measurement period were $500 million, but that average daily net assets during the preceding month were just $200 million.
 
The Base Fee Rate would be computed as follows:
 
$200 million x 0.60% ¸ 12 = $100,000
 
If the Fund outperformed or underperformed its benchmark index by an amount which triggered the maximum Performance Adjustment, the Performance Adjustment would be computed as follows:
 
$500 million x 0.15% ¸ 12 = $62,500, which is approximately 1/12th of 0.375% of $200 million.
 
If the Fund had outperformed its benchmark index, the total advisory fee rate for that month would be $162,500, which is approximately 1/12th of 0.975% of $200 million.
 
If the Fund had underperformed its benchmark index, the total advisory fee rate for that month would be $37,500, which is approximately 1/12th of 0.225% of $200 million.
 
Therefore, the total advisory fee rate for that month, as a percentage of average net assets during the preceding month, would be approximately 1/12th of 0.975% in the case of outperformance, or approximately 1/12th of 0.225% in the case of underperformance. Under extreme circumstances involving underperformance by a rapidly shrinking Fund, the dollar amount of the Performance Adjustment could be more than the dollar amount of the Base Fee Rate. In such circumstances, Janus Capital would reimburse the applicable Fund.
 
By contrast, the Performance Adjustment would be a smaller percentage of current assets if the net assets of the Fund were increasing during the performance measurement period. Suppose, for example, that the Performance Adjustment was being

 
 
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computed after the assets of a Fund had been growing. Assume its average daily net assets during the 36-month performance measurement period were $500 million, but that average daily net assets during the preceding month were $800 million.
 
The Base Fee Rate would be computed as follows:
 
$800 million x 0.60% ¸ 12 = $400,000
 
If the Fund outperformed or underperformed its benchmark index by an amount which triggered the maximum Performance Adjustment, the Performance Adjustment would be computed as follows:
 
$500 million x 0.15% ¸ 12 = $62,500, which is approximately 1/12th of 0.094% of $800 million.
 
If the Fund had outperformed its benchmark index, the total advisory fee rate for that month would be $462,500, which is approximately 1/12th of 0.694% of $800 million.
 
If the Fund had underperformed its benchmark index, the total advisory fee rate for that month would be $337,500, which is approximately 1/12th of 0.506% of $800 million.
 
Therefore, the total advisory fee rate for that month, as a percentage of average net assets during the preceding month, would be approximately 1/12th of 0.694% in the case of outperformance, or approximately 1/12th of 0.506% in the case of underperformance.
 
The Base Fee Rate for each Fund and the Fund’s benchmark index used for purposes of calculating the Performance Adjustment are shown in the following table:
 
               
        Base Fee Rate (%)
Fund Name   Benchmark Index   (annual rate)
INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund
  S&P 500® Index(1)     0.50 (2 )
Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund
  Russell Midcap® Value Index(3)     0.64 (4 )
Perkins Large Cap Value Fund
  Russell 1000® Value Index(5)     0.64 (4 )
Perkins Small Cap Value Fund
  Russell 2000® Value Index(6)     0.72 (4 )
               
 
(1)  The Standard & Poor’s (“S&P”) 500® Index is a commonly recognized market-capitalization weighted index of 500 widely held equity securities, designed to measure broad U.S. equity performance.
(2)  Janus Capital pays INTECH, the Fund’s subadviser, a fee for its services provided pursuant to a Sub-Advisory Agreement between Janus Capital, on behalf of the Fund, and INTECH. The subadvisory fee paid by Janus Capital to INTECH adjusts up or down based on the Fund’s performance relative to its benchmark index over the performance measurement period. Under the Sub-Advisory Agreement, Janus Capital pays INTECH a fee equal to 50% of the investment advisory fee paid by the Fund to Janus Capital (net of any performance fee adjustments).
(3)  The Russell Midcap® Value Index measures the performance of those Russell Midcap® companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values. The stocks are also members of the Russell 1000® Value Index.
(4)  Janus Capital pays Perkins, the Fund’s subadviser, a fee for its services provided pursuant to a Sub-Advisory Agreement between Janus Capital, on behalf of the Fund, and Perkins. The subadvisory fee paid by Janus Capital to Perkins adjusts up or down based on the Fund’s performance relative to its benchmark index over the performance measurement period. Under the Sub-Advisory Agreement, Janus Capital pays Perkins a fee equal to 50% of the investment advisory fee paid by the Fund to Janus Capital (net of any performance fee adjustments and reimbursements of expenses incurred or fees waived by Janus Capital).
(5)  The Russell 1000® Value Index measures the performance of those Russell 1000® companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values.
(6)  The Russell 2000® Value Index measures the performance of those Russell 2000® companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values.
 
The following hypothetical examples illustrate the application of the Performance Adjustment for each Fund. The examples assume that the average daily net assets of the Fund remain constant during a 36-month performance measurement period. The Performance Adjustment would be a smaller percentage of current assets if the net assets of the Fund were increasing during the performance measurement period, and a greater percentage of current assets if the net assets of the Fund were decreasing during the performance measurement period. All numbers in the examples are rounded to the nearest hundredth percent. The net assets of each Fund as of the fiscal period ended June 30, 2010 are shown below. Each Fund has changed its fiscal year end to June 30.
 
         
Fund Name   Net Assets (000s)
INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund
  $ 266,382  
Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund
  $ 11,764,746  
Perkins Large Cap Value Fund
  $ 75,826  
Perkins Small Cap Value Fund
  $ 2,464,473  

 
 
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Examples: INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund
The monthly maximum positive or negative Performance Adjustment of 1/12th of 0.15% of average net assets during the prior 36 months occurs if the Fund outperforms or underperforms its benchmark index by 4.00% over the same period. The Performance Adjustment is made in even increments for every 0.50% difference in the investment performance of the Fund’s Class A Shares (waiving the upfront sales load) compared to the cumulative investment record of the S&P 500® Index.
 
Example 1: Fund Outperforms Its Benchmark Index By 4.00%
 
If the Fund has outperformed the S&P 500® Index by 4.00% during the preceding 36 months, the Fund would calculate the investment advisory fee as follows:
 
         
        Total Advisory Fee Rate
Base Fee Rate   Performance Adjustment Rate   for that Month
1/12th of 0.50%
  1/12th of 0.15%   1/12th of 0.65%
 
Example 2: Fund Performance Tracks Its Benchmark Index
 
If the Fund performance has tracked the performance of the S&P 500® Index during the preceding 36 months, the Fund would calculate the investment advisory fee as follows:
 
         
        Total Advisory Fee Rate
Base Fee Rate   Performance Adjustment Rate   for that Month
1/12th of 0.50%
  0.00   1/12th of 0.50%
 
Example 3: Fund Underperforms Its Benchmark Index By 4.00%
 
If the Fund has underperformed the S&P 500® Index by 4.00% during the preceding 36 months, the Fund would calculate the investment advisory fee as follows:
 
         
        Total Advisory Fee Rate
Base Fee Rate   Performance Adjustment Rate   for that Month
1/12th of 0.50%
  1/12th of -0.15%   1/12th of 0.35%
 
Under the terms of the current Sub-Advisory Agreement between Janus Capital, on behalf of INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund, and INTECH, Janus Capital pays INTECH a fee equal to 50% of the advisory fee paid by the Fund to Janus Capital (plus or minus half of any performance fee adjustment). This means that the subadvisory fee rate for fees paid by Janus Capital to INTECH will adjust up or down in line with the advisory fee rate for fees paid by the Fund to Janus Capital based on INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund’s Class A Shares’ (waiving the upfront sales load) performance compared to the investment record of the S&P 500® Index.
 
Examples: Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund
The monthly maximum positive or negative Performance Adjustment of 1/12th of 0.15% of average net assets during the prior 36 months occurs if the Fund outperforms or underperforms its benchmark index by 4.00% over the same period. The Performance Adjustment is made in even increments for every 0.50% difference in the investment performance of the Fund’s Class A Shares (waiving the upfront sales load) compared to the cumulative investment record of the Russell Midcap® Value Index.
 
Example 1: Fund Outperforms Its Benchmark Index By 4.00%
 
If the Fund has outperformed the Russell Midcap® Value Index by 4.00% during the preceding 36 months, the Fund would calculate the investment advisory fee as follows:
 
         
        Total Advisory Fee Rate
Base Fee Rate   Performance Adjustment Rate   for that Month
1/12th of 0.64%
  1/12th of 0.15%   1/12th of 0.79%
 
Example 2: Fund Performance Tracks Its Benchmark Index
 
If the Fund performance has tracked the performance of the Russell Midcap® Value Index during the preceding 36 months, the Fund would calculate the investment advisory fee as follows:
 
         
        Total Advisory Fee Rate
Base Fee Rate   Performance Adjustment Rate   for that Month
1/12th of 0.64%
  0.00   1/12th of 0.64%

 
 
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Example 3: Fund Underperforms Its Benchmark Index By 4.00%
 
If the Fund has underperformed the Russell Midcap® Value Index by 4.00% during the preceding 36 months, the Fund would calculate the investment advisory fee as follows:
 
         
        Total Advisory Fee Rate
Base Fee Rate   Performance Adjustment Rate   for that Month
1/12th of 0.64%
  1/12th of -0.15%   1/12th of 0.49%
 
Under the terms of the current Sub-Advisory Agreement between Janus Capital, on behalf of Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund, and Perkins, Janus Capital pays Perkins a fee equal to 50% of the advisory fee paid by the Fund to Janus Capital (plus or minus half of any performance fee adjustment, and net of any reimbursement of expenses incurred or fees waived by Janus Capital). This means that the subadvisory fee rate for fees paid by Janus Capital to Perkins will adjust up or down in line with the advisory fee rate for fees paid by the Fund to Janus Capital based on Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund’s Class A Shares’ (waiving the upfront sales load) performance compared to the investment record of the Russell Midcap® Value Index.
 
Examples: Perkins Large Cap Value Fund
The monthly maximum positive or negative Performance Adjustment of 1/12th of 0.15% of average net assets during the prior 36 months occurs if the Fund outperforms or underperforms its benchmark index by 3.50% over the same period. The Performance Adjustment is made in even increments for every 0.50% difference in the investment performance of the Fund’s Class A Shares (waiving the upfront sales load) compared to the cumulative investment record of the Russell 1000® Value Index.
 
Example 1: Fund Outperforms Its Benchmark Index By 3.50%
 
If the Fund has outperformed the Russell 1000® Value Index by 3.50% during the preceding 36 months, the Fund would calculate the investment advisory fee as follows:
 
         
        Total Advisory Fee Rate
Base Fee Rate   Performance Adjustment Rate   for that Month
1/12th of 0.64%
  1/12th of 0.15%   1/12th of 0.79%
 
Example 2: Fund Performance Tracks Its Benchmark Index
 
If the Fund performance has tracked the performance of the Russell 1000® Value Index during the preceding 36 months, the Fund would calculate the investment advisory fee as follows:
 
         
        Total Advisory Fee Rate
Base Fee Rate   Performance Adjustment Rate   for that Month
1/12th of 0.64%
  0.00   1/12th of 0.64%
 
Example 3: Fund Underperforms Its Benchmark Index By 3.50%
 
If the Fund has underperformed the Russell 1000® Value Index by 3.50% during the preceding 36 months, the Fund would calculate the investment advisory fee as follows:
 
         
        Total Advisory Fee Rate
Base Fee Rate   Performance Adjustment Rate   for that Month
1/12th of 0.64%
  1/12th of -0.15%   1/12th of 0.49%
 
Because the Fund is a newer fund that commenced operations on December 31, 2008, the net assets of the Fund are expected to be increasing during the performance measurement period, which is likely to result in a Performance Adjustment that will be a smaller percentage of the Fund’s current assets than would be the case if the Fund’s net assets remained constant during the entire performance measurement period.
 
Under the terms of the current Sub-Advisory Agreement between Janus Capital, on behalf of Perkins Large Cap Value Fund, and Perkins, Janus Capital pays Perkins a fee equal to 50% of the advisory fee paid by the Fund to Janus Capital (plus or minus half of any performance fee adjustment, and net of any reimbursement of expenses incurred or fees waived by Janus Capital). This means that the subadvisory fee rate for fees paid by Janus Capital to Perkins will adjust up or down in line with the advisory fee rate for fees paid by the Fund to Janus Capital based on the Fund’s Class A Shares’ (waiving the upfront sales load) performance compared to the investment record of the Russell 1000® Value Index.

 
 
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Examples: Perkins Small Cap Value Fund
The monthly maximum positive or negative Performance Adjustment of 1/12th of 0.15% of average net assets during the prior 36 months occurs if the Fund outperforms or underperforms its benchmark index by 5.50% over the same period. The Performance Adjustment is made in even increments for every 0.50% difference in the investment performance of the Fund’s Class A Shares (waiving the upfront sales load) compared to the cumulative investment record of the Russell 2000® Value Index.
 
Example 1: Fund Outperforms Its Benchmark Index By 5.50%
 
If the Fund has outperformed the Russell 2000® Value Index by 5.50% during the preceding 36 months, the Fund would calculate the investment advisory fee as follows:
 
         
        Total Advisory Fee Rate
Base Fee Rate   Performance Adjustment Rate   for that Month
1/12th of 0.72%
  1/12th of 0.15%   1/12th of 0.87%
 
Example 2:  Fund Performance Tracks Its Benchmark Index
 
If the Fund performance has tracked the performance of the Russell 2000® Value Index during the preceding 36 months, the Fund would calculate the investment advisory fee as follows:
 
         
        Total Advisory Fee Rate
Base Fee Rate   Performance Adjustment Rate   for that Month
1/12th of 0.72%
  0.00   1/12th of 0.72%
 
Example 3: Fund Underperforms Its Benchmark Index By 5.50%
 
If the Fund has underperformed the Russell 2000® Value Index by 5.50% during the preceding 36 months, the Fund would calculate the investment advisory fee as follows:
 
         
        Total Advisory Fee Rate
Base Fee Rate   Performance Adjustment Rate   for that Month
1/12th of 0.72%
  1/12th of -0.15%   1/12th of 0.57%
 
Under the terms of the current Sub-Advisory Agreement between Janus Capital, on behalf of Perkins Small Cap Value Fund, Janus Capital pays Perkins a fee equal to 50% of the advisory fee otherwise paid by the Fund to Janus Capital (plus or minus half of any performance fee adjustment, and net of any reimbursement of expenses incurred or fees waived by Janus Capital). This means that the subadvisory fee rate for fees paid by Janus Capital to Perkins will adjust up or down in line with the advisory fee rate for fees paid by the Fund to Janus Capital based on Perkins Small Cap Value Fund’s Class A Shares (waiving the upfront sales load) performance compared to the investment record of the Russell 2000® Value Index.
 
EXPENSE LIMITATIONS
 
Janus Capital agreed by contract to waive the advisory fee payable by each Fund in an amount equal to the amount, if any, that such Fund’s normal operating expenses in any fiscal year, including the investment advisory fee, but excluding any performance adjustments to management fees, distribution and shareholder servicing fees (12b-1) applicable to Class A Shares, Class C Shares, Class R Shares, and Class S Shares, the administrative services fees payable pursuant to the Transfer Agency Agreement applicable to Class D Shares, Class R Shares, Class S Shares, and Class T Shares, brokerage commissions, interest, dividends, taxes, and extraordinary expenses including, but not limited to, acquired fund fees and expenses, exceed the annual rate shown below. For information about how these expense limits affect the total expenses of each class of the Funds, refer to the “Fees and Expenses of the Fund” table in each Fund Summary of each Prospectus. Provided that Janus Capital remains investment adviser to the Funds, Janus Capital has agreed to continue each waiver until at least November 1, 2011.

 
 
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    Expense Limit
Fund Name   Percentage (%)
Fixed Income
       
Janus Flexible Bond Fund
    0.55  
Janus High-Yield Fund
    0.78  
Janus Short-Term Bond Fund
    0.55  
Risk Managed
       
INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund
    0.89 (1)
INTECH Risk-Managed Growth Fund
    0.90  
INTECH Risk-Managed International Fund
    1.00  
INTECH Risk-Managed Value Fund
    0.75  
Value
       
Perkins Large Cap Value Fund
    1.00 (1)
Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund
    0.86 (1)
Perkins Small Cap Value Fund
    0.96 (1)
Perkins Value Plus Income Fund(2)
    0.76  
         
 
(1)  Effective January 1, 2006 for INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund, February 1, 2006 for Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund, and January 1, 2009 for Perkins Large Cap Value Fund and Perkins Small Cap Value Fund, each Fund has a performance-based investment advisory fee with a rate that adjusts up or down based upon each Fund’s performance relative to its respective benchmark index over the performance measurement period. Additional details are included in the “Performance-Based Investment Advisory Fee” section of this SAI. Because a fee waiver will have a positive effect upon the Fund’s performance, a fee waiver that is in place during the period when the performance adjustment applies may affect the performance adjustment in a way that is favorable to Janus Capital. Unless terminated, revised, or extended, each Fund’s expense limit will be in effect until November 1, 2011.
(2)  Janus Capital will be entitled to recoup such reimbursement or fee reduction from the Fund for a three-year period commencing with the operations of the Fund, provided that at no time during such period shall the normal operating expenses allocated to the Fund, with the exceptions previously noted, exceed the percentages stated.
 
The following tables summarize the investment advisory fees paid by each Fund and any advisory fee waivers pursuant to the investment advisory fee agreement in effect during the fiscal years or periods noted. Each Fund has changed its fiscal year end to June 30.
 
                                                                 
    June 30, 2010   July 31, 2009(1)   July 31, 2008(1)   July 31, 2007(1)
    Advisory
      Advisory
      Advisory
      Advisory
   
Fund Name   Fees   Waivers(−)   Fees   Waivers(−)   Fees   Waivers(−)   Fees   Waivers(−)
Fixed Income
                                                               
Janus Flexible Bond Fund
  $ 6,364,011 (2)   −$ 179,947 (2)     N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
Janus High-Yield Fund
  $ 4,480,844 (2)   $ (2)     N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
Janus Short-Term Bond Fund
  $ 7,361,259 (2)   −$ 570,075 (2)     N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
Risk Managed
                                                               
INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund
  $ 830,292 (2)   −$ 7,649 (2)     N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
INTECH Risk-Managed Growth Fund
  $ 3,698,748 (3)   −$ 129,889 (3)   $ 4,612,250     −$ 2,604     $ 7,314,142     $     $ 5,897,087     $  
INTECH Risk-Managed International Fund
  $ 39,202 (3)   −$ 39,202 (3)(4)   $ 36,666     −$ 36,666 (4)   $ 55,815     −$ 55,815 (4)   $ 13,494 (5)   −$ 13,494 (4)(5)
INTECH Risk-Managed Value Fund
  $ 338,054 (3)   −$ 11,059 (3)   $ 279,014     −$ 197,488     $ 297,969     −$ 180,009     $ 164,724     −$ 159,469  
Value
                                                               
Perkins Large Cap Value Fund
  $ 354,559 (3)   −$ 22,159 (3)   $ 70,147 (6)   −$ 70,147 (4)(6)     N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund
  $ 57,481,696 (2)   $ (2)     N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
Perkins Small Cap Value Fund
  $ 11,529,805 (2)   $ (2)     N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
Perkins Value Plus Income Fund(7)
    N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
 
(1)  Previous fiscal year end for INTECH Risk-Managed Growth Fund, INTECH Risk-Managed International Fund, INTECH Risk-Managed Value Fund, and Perkins Large Cap Value Fund.
(2)  For the fiscal period November 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010 (the Fund’s new fiscal year end).
(3)  For the fiscal period August 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010 (the Fund’s new fiscal year end).

 
 
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(4)  The fee waiver by Janus Capital exceeded the advisory fee.
(5)  May 2, 2007 (effective date) to July 31, 2007.
(6)  December 31, 2008 (effective date) to July 31, 2009.
(7)  Commenced operations on July 30, 2010.
 
                                                 
    October 31, 2009(1)   October 31, 2008(1)   October 31, 2007(1)
    Advisory
      Advisory
      Advisory
   
Fund Name   Fees   Waivers(−)   Fees   Waivers(−)   Fees   Waivers(−)
Fixed Income
                                               
Janus Flexible Bond Fund
  $ 5,220,426     −$ 7,147     $ 4,367,518     $     $ 3,916,059     $  
Janus High-Yield Fund
  $ 3,697,666     $     $ 3,059,869     $     $ 3,456,782     $  
Janus Short-Term Bond Fund
  $ 3,524,357     −$ 915,142     $ 1,231,818     −$ 635,453     $ 1,097,006     −$ 618,372  
Risk Managed
                                               
INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund
  $ 896,665     −$ 16,018     $ 1,282,129       N/A     $ 2,175,835       N/A  
Value
                                               
Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund
  $ 54,312,622     −$ 881,432     $ 52,609,154       N/A     $ 38,796,970       N/A  
Perkins Small Cap Value Fund
  $ 7,805,774     −$ 1,531,360     $ 9,539,483       N/A     $ 12,859,291       N/A  
 
(1)  The Funds’ previous fiscal year end.
 
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES FEES
 
Prior to February 1, 2010, Janus Capital received an administrative services fee at an annual rate of up to 0.05% of the average daily net assets of Class J Shares, the initial share class, of INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund, Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund, and Perkins Small Cap Value Fund for providing certain administrative services including, but not limited to, recordkeeping and registration functions.
 
The following table summarizes the administrative services fees paid by each Fund for the fiscal years or period noted.
 
                                 
    2010(1)
  2009(2)
  2008(2)
  2007(2)
    Administrative
  Administrative
  Administrative
  Administrative
Fund Name   Services Fees   Services Fees   Services Fees   Service Fees
Risk Managed
                               
INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund
  $ 29,379     $ 107,977     $ 193,124     $ 271,966  
Value
                               
Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund
  $ 971,036     $ 2,953,987     $ 3,004,544     $ 2,855,014  
Perkins Small Cap Value Fund
  $ 96,584     $ 220,909     $ 331,018     $ 487,202  
 
(1)  For the fiscal period November 1, 2009 to January 31, 2010.
(2)  For the fiscal year ended October 31 (the Funds’ previous fiscal year end).
 
SUBADVISERS
 
Janus Capital has entered into Sub-Advisory Agreements on behalf of INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund, INTECH Risk-Managed Growth Fund, INTECH Risk-Managed International Fund, INTECH Risk-Managed Value Fund, Perkins Large Cap Value Fund, Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund, Perkins Small Cap Value Fund, and Perkins Value Plus Income Fund.
 
INTECH INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC
 
Janus Capital has entered into Sub-Advisory Agreements with INTECH Investment Management LLC, CityPlace Tower, 525 Okeechobee Boulevard, Suite 1800, West Palm Beach, Florida 33401, on behalf of INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund, INTECH Risk-Managed Growth Fund, INTECH Risk-Managed International Fund, and INTECH Risk-Managed Value Fund.
 
INTECH and its predecessors have been in the investment advisory business since 1987. INTECH also serves as investment adviser or subadviser to other U.S. registered and unregistered investment companies, offshore investment funds, and other institutional accounts. Janus Capital owns approximately 95% of INTECH.
 
Under the Sub-Advisory Agreements between Janus Capital and INTECH, INTECH is responsible for the day-to-day investment operations of INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund, INTECH Risk-Managed Growth Fund, INTECH Risk-Managed International Fund, and INTECH Risk-Managed Value Fund. Investments will be acquired, held, disposed of or loaned, consistent with the investment objectives, policies and restrictions established by the Trustees and set forth in the Trust’s

 
 
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registration statement. INTECH is also obligated to: (i) place all orders for the purchase and sale of investments for the Funds with brokers or dealers selected by INTECH; (ii) perform certain limited related administrative functions; (iii) provide the Trustees with oral or written reports regarding the investment portfolio of the Funds; and (iv) maintain all books and records required under federal securities law relating to day-to-day portfolio management of the Funds. The Sub-Advisory Agreements provide that INTECH shall not be liable for any error of judgment or mistake of law or for any loss arising out of any investment or for any act or omission taken with respect to the Funds, except for willful malfeasance, bad faith, or gross negligence in the performance of its duties, or by reason of reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under the Sub-Advisory Agreements and except to the extent otherwise provided by law.
 
Under the Amended Sub-Advisory Agreements, Janus Capital pays INTECH a fee equal to 50% of the advisory fee payable by each of INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund, INTECH Risk-Managed Growth Fund, INTECH Risk-Managed International Fund, and INTECH Risk-Managed Value Fund to Janus Capital (calculated after any applicable performance fee adjustment for INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund; and after any fee waiver and expense reimbursements for INTECH Risk-Managed International Fund and INTECH Risk-Managed Value Fund).
 
The Sub-Advisory Agreements will continue in effect from year to year if such continuation is specifically approved at least annually by the Trustees or by vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Funds and in either case by vote of a majority of the Independent Trustees of the Funds. The Sub-Advisory Agreements are subject to termination by the Funds or the subadviser on 60 days’ written notice and terminates automatically in the event of its assignment and in the event of termination of the Investment Advisory Agreements.
 
PERFORMANCE-BASED SUB-ADVISORY FEE
 
Applies to INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund
Effective January 1, 2008, the subadvisory fee rate paid under the Amended Sub-Advisory Agreement was restructured so that the fee rate paid by Janus Capital to INTECH is equal to 50% of the advisory fee payable by the Fund to Janus Capital (net of any performance fee adjustment). Effective January 1, 2006, the subadvisory fee rate for INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund changed from a fixed rate to a rate that adjusts up or down based upon the performance of the Fund’s load-waived Class A Shares relative to the S&P 500® Index. Any performance adjustment commenced January 2007. Until that time, only the previous fixed rate applied. Janus Capital, and not INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund, pays this fee. The following discussion provides additional details regarding this change.
 
On December 29, 2005, shareholders of INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund approved an Amended Sub-Advisory Agreement between Janus Capital, on behalf of the Fund, and INTECH that introduced a performance incentive subadvisory fee structure. The subadvisory fee rate payable by Janus Capital to INTECH changed from a fixed rate to a rate that adjusts up or down based upon the performance of the Fund’s load-waived Class A Shares relative to its benchmark index, the S&P 500® Index.
 
PERKINS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC
 
Janus Capital has entered into Sub-Advisory Agreements with Perkins Investment Management LLC, 311 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 6000, Chicago, Illinois 60606, on behalf of Perkins Large Cap Value Fund, Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund, Perkins Small Cap Value Fund, and Perkins Value Plus Income Fund.
 
Perkins and its predecessors have been in the investment advisory business since 1984. Perkins also serves as investment adviser or subadviser to separately managed accounts and other registered investment companies. Janus Capital owns approximately 78% of Perkins.
 
Under the Sub-Advisory Agreements between Janus Capital and Perkins, Perkins is responsible for the day-to-day investment operations of Perkins Large Cap Value Fund, Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund, Perkins Small Cap Value Fund, and the equity portion of Perkins Value Plus Income Fund. Investments will be acquired, held, disposed of or loaned, consistent with the investment objectives, policies and restrictions established by the Trustees and set forth in the Trust’s registration statement. Perkins: (i) manages the investment operations of the Funds; (ii) keeps Janus Capital fully informed as to the valuation of assets of the Funds, their condition, investment decisions and considerations; (iii) maintains all books and records required under federal securities law relating to day-to-day portfolio management of the Funds; (iv) performs certain limited related administrative functions; and (v) provides the Trustees and Janus Capital with economic, operational, and investment data and reports. The Sub-Advisory Agreements provide that Perkins shall not be liable for any error of judgment or mistake of law or for any loss arising out of any investment or for any act or omission taken with respect to the Funds, except for

 
 
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willful malfeasance, bad faith, or gross negligence in the performance of its duties, or by reason of reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under the Sub-Advisory Agreements and except to the extent otherwise provided by law.
 
Under the Sub-Advisory Agreements, Janus Capital pays Perkins a fee equal to 50% of the advisory fee payable by each of Perkins Large Cap Value Fund, Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund, and Perkins Small Cap Value Fund to Janus Capital (calculated after any applicable performance fee adjustment, fee waivers, and expense reimbursements) and 50% of the advisory fee payable by the equity portion of Perkins Value Plus Income Fund to Janus Capital (net of any fee waivers or expense reimbursements).
 
The Sub-Advisory Agreements with Perkins will continue in effect from year to year if such continuation is specifically approved at least annually by the Trustees or by vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Funds, and in either case by vote of a majority of the Independent Trustees of the Funds. The Sub-Advisory Agreements are subject to termination at any time by Janus Capital or Perkins by giving 90 days’ advance written notice to the other party (Perkins shall allow up to an additional 90 days at the request of Janus Capital or the Trust in order to find a replacement for Perkins) or by Janus Capital or the Trust without advance notice if Perkins is unable to discharge its duties and obligations. Each Fund’s Sub-Advisory Agreement terminates automatically in the event of the assignment or termination of each Fund’s respective Investment Advisory Agreement.
 
PERFORMANCE-BASED SUB-ADVISORY FEE
 
Applies to Perkins Large Cap Value Fund
Perkins Large Cap Value Fund has an investment advisory fee rate that adjusts up or down based upon the Fund’s performance of the Fund’s Class A Shares (waiving the upfront sales load) relative to the cumulative performance of its benchmark index over the performance measurement period. Any performance adjustment commenced January 2010. Until that time, only the fixed rate applied. In accordance with the Sub-Advisory Agreement, Perkins receives a fee from Janus Capital equal to 50% of the advisory fee payable to Janus Capital from the Fund (net of any applicable performance fee adjustments, reimbursement of expenses incurred, or fees waived by Janus Capital).
 
Applies to Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund and Perkins Small Cap Value Fund
As a result of shareholder approval of Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund’s and Perkins Small Cap Value Fund’s amended investment advisory agreement between Janus Capital and the Trust, on behalf of each Fund, effective February 1, 2006 for Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund and January 1, 2009 for Perkins Small Cap Value Fund, the subadvisory fee paid to Perkins changed from a fixed-rate fee to a fee that adjusts up or down based upon the performance of each Fund’s Class A Shares (waiving the upfront sales load) relative to the Russell Midcap® Value Index for Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund and the Russell 2000® Value Index for Perkins Small Cap Value Fund, each Fund’s respective benchmark index. Any performance adjustment commenced February 2007 for Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund and January 2010 for Perkins Small Cap Value Fund. Until that time, only the previous fixed rates applied. In accordance with the Sub-Advisory Agreement, Perkins receives a fee from Janus Capital equal to 50% of the advisory fee payable to Janus Capital from each Fund (net of any applicable performance fee adjustments, reimbursement of expenses incurred, or fees waived by Janus Capital).
 
Under each Sub-Advisory Agreement, the respective subadviser was compensated according to the following schedule for the fiscal period ended June 30, 2010. Each Fund has changed its fiscal year end to June 30.
 
             
        Contractual
Fund Name   Subadviser   Rate (%)
INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund
  INTECH     0.25 (1)
INTECH Risk-Managed Growth Fund
  INTECH     0.25  
INTECH Risk-Managed International Fund
  INTECH     0.275 (2)
INTECH Risk-Managed Value Fund
  INTECH     0.25 (2)
Perkins Large Cap Value Fund
  Perkins     0.32 (1)(2)
Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund
  Perkins     0.32 (1)(2)
Perkins Small Cap Value Fund
  Perkins     0.36 (1)(2)(3)
Perkins Value Plus Income Fund
  Perkins     0.15 (2)
 
(1)  Prior to any performance adjustment, if applicable.
(2)  Prior to any fee reimbursement, if applicable.
(3)  Effective January 1, 2009, the subadvisory fee rate paid by Janus Capital changed from a fixed rate based on the Fund’s annual average daily net assets to a fee equal to 50% of the investment advisory fee rate paid by the Fund to Janus Capital (net of any applicable performance fee adjustment).

 
 
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The Risk-Managed Funds pay no fees directly to INTECH, and the Value Funds pay no fees directly to Perkins. Janus Capital pays these subadvisory fees out of each Fund’s respective advisory fees. With respect to INTECH Risk-Managed International Fund and INTECH Risk-Managed Value Fund, INTECH has agreed to waive, in whole or in part, the subadvisory fees paid by Janus Capital.
 
For the fiscal period ended June 30, 2010, Janus Capital paid subadvisory fees to INTECH in the amount of $415,209 for INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund, $1,849,529 for INTECH Risk-Managed Growth Fund, and $168,658 for INTECH Risk-Managed Value Fund. After reimbursement of expenses and fees waived, Janus Capital paid no subadvisory fees to INTECH for INTECH Risk-Managed International Fund.
 
For the fiscal period ended June 30, 2010, Janus Capital paid subadvisory fees to Perkins in the amount of $176,135 for Perkins Large Cap Value Fund, $28,816,821 for Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund, and $5,862,284 for Perkins Small Cap Value Fund. For the fiscal period ended June 30, 2010, Janus Capital paid no subadvisory fees to Perkins for Perkins Value Plus Income Fund because the Fund is new.
 
PAYMENTS TO FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES BY JANUS CAPITAL OR ITS AFFILIATES
 
Class A Shares and Class C Shares
In addition to payments made under 12b-1 plans, Janus Capital and its affiliates also may make payments out of their own assets to selected broker-dealer firms or other financial intermediaries that sell Class A and Class C Shares of Janus funds for distribution, marketing, promotional, or related services. Such payments may be based on gross sales, assets under management, or transactional charges, or on a combination of these factors. Payments based primarily on sales create an incentive to make new sales of shares, while payments based on assets create an incentive to retain previously sold shares. Payments based on transactional charges may include the payment or reimbursement of all or a portion of “ticket charges.” Ticket charges are fees charged to salespersons purchasing through a financial intermediary firm in connection with mutual fund purchases, redemptions, or exchanges. The payment or reimbursement of ticket charges creates an incentive for salespersons of an intermediary to sell shares of Janus funds over shares of funds for which there is lesser or no payment or reimbursement of any applicable ticket charge. Janus Capital and its affiliates consider a number of factors in making payments to financial intermediaries. Criteria may include, but are not limited to, the distribution capabilities of the intermediary, the overall quality of the relationship, expected gross and/or net sales generated by the relationship, redemption and retention rates of assets held through the intermediary, the willingness to cooperate with Janus Capital’s marketing efforts, access to sales personnel, and the anticipated profitability of sales through the institutional relationship. These factors and their weightings may differ from one intermediary to another and may change from time to time. As of the date of this SAI, the broker-dealer firms with which Janus Capital or its affiliates have agreements or are currently negotiating agreements to make payments out of their own assets related to the acquisition or retention of shareholders for Class A and Class C Shares are AIG Advisor Group, Inc. and its broker-dealer subsidiaries; Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.; Citigroup Global Markets Inc.; Lincoln Financial Advisors Corporation; LPL Financial Corporation; Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated; Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.; Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, LLC; Oppenheimer & Co., Inc.; Raymond James & Associates, Inc.; Raymond James Financial Services, Inc.; UBS Financial Services Inc.; Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC; and Wells Fargo Investments, LLC. These fees may be in addition to fees paid from a Fund’s assets to them or other financial intermediaries. Any additions, modifications, or deletions to the broker-dealer firms identified that have occurred since that date are not reflected.
 
In addition, from their own assets, Janus Capital, Janus Distributors LLC (“Janus Distributors”), or their affiliates may pay brokerage firms, banks, financial advisors, retirement plan service providers, and other financial intermediaries’ fees for providing other marketing or distribution-related services, as well as recordkeeping, subaccounting, transaction processing, and other shareholder or administrative services in connection with investments in the Janus funds. These fees are in addition to any fees that may be paid from a Fund’s assets to these financial intermediaries. Janus Capital or its affiliates may have numerous agreements to make payments to financial institutions which perform recordkeeping or other administrative services with respect to shareholder accounts. Contact your financial intermediary if you wish to determine whether it receives such payments.
 
Class I Shares, Class R Shares, Class S Shares, and Class T Shares
Janus Capital, Janus Distributors, or their affiliates may pay, from their own assets, financial intermediaries fees for providing other marketing or distribution-related services (with the exception of Class I Shares, Class R Shares, and Class S Shares), as well as recordkeeping, subaccounting, transaction processing, and other shareholder or administrative services in connection

 
 
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with investments in the Janus funds. These fees are in addition to any fees that may be paid by the Janus funds for these types of services or other services.
 
All Share Classes
Janus Capital or its affiliates may also share certain marketing expenses with, or pay for or sponsor informational meetings, seminars, client awareness events, support for marketing materials, sales reporting, or business building programs for financial intermediaries to raise awareness of the Funds. Such payments may be in addition to, or in lieu of, the payments described above. These payments are intended to promote the sales of Janus funds and to reimburse financial intermediaries, directly or indirectly, for the costs that they or their salespersons incur in connection with educational seminars, meetings, and training efforts about the Janus funds to enable the intermediaries and their salespersons to make suitable recommendations, provide useful services, and maintain the necessary infrastructure to make the Janus funds available to their customers.
 
The receipt of (or prospect of receiving) payments, reimbursements, and other forms of compensation described above may provide a financial intermediary and its salespersons with an incentive to favor sales of Janus funds’ shares over sales of other mutual funds (or non-mutual fund investments) or to favor sales of one class of Janus funds’ shares over sales of another Janus funds’ share class, with respect to which the financial intermediary does not receive such payments or receives them in a lower amount. The receipt of these payments may cause certain financial intermediaries to elevate the prominence of the Janus funds within such financial intermediary’s organization by, for example, placement on a list of preferred or recommended funds and/or the provision of preferential or enhanced opportunities to promote the Janus funds in various ways within such financial intermediary’s organization.
 
The payment arrangements described above will not change the price an investor pays for Shares nor the amount that a Janus fund receives to invest on behalf of the investor. You should consider whether such arrangements exist when evaluating any recommendations from an intermediary to purchase or sell Shares of the Funds and, if applicable, when considering which share class of a Fund is most appropriate for you.
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT JANUS CAPITAL AND THE SUBADVISERS
 
Janus Capital acts as subadviser for a number of private-label mutual funds and provides separate account advisory services for institutional accounts. Janus Capital may also manage its own proprietary accounts. Investment decisions for each account managed by Janus Capital, including the Funds, are made independently from those for any other account that is or may in the future become managed by Janus Capital or its affiliates. If, however, a number of accounts managed by Janus Capital are contemporaneously engaged in the purchase or sale of the same security, the orders may be aggregated and/or the transactions may be averaged as to price and allocated to each account in accordance with allocation procedures adopted by Janus Capital. Partial fills for the accounts of two or more portfolio managers and/or investment personnel will be allocated pro rata under procedures adopted by Janus Capital. Circumstances may arise under which Janus Capital may determine that, although it may be desirable and/or suitable that a particular security or other investment be purchased or sold for more than one account, there exists a limited supply or demand for the security or other investment. Janus Capital seeks to allocate the opportunity to purchase or sell that security or other investment among accounts on an equitable basis by taking into consideration factors including, but not limited to, size of the portfolio, concentration of holdings, investment objectives and guidelines, purchase costs, and cash availability. Janus Capital, however, cannot assure equality of allocations among all its accounts, nor can it assure that the opportunity to purchase or sell a security or other investment will be proportionally allocated among accounts according to any particular or predetermined standards or criteria. In some cases, these allocation procedures may adversely affect the price paid or received by an account or the size of the position obtained or liquidated for an account. In others, however, the accounts’ ability to participate in volume transactions may produce better executions and prices for the accounts.
 
With respect to allocations of initial public offerings (“IPOs”), under IPO allocation procedures adopted by Janus Capital and Perkins, accounts will participate in an IPO if the portfolio managers and/or investment personnel believe the IPO is an appropriate investment based on the account’s investment restrictions, risk profile, asset composition, and/or cash levels. These IPO allocation procedures require that each account be assigned to a pre-defined group (“IPO Group”) based on objective criteria set forth in the procedures such as the investment strategy of the account. If the portfolio managers and/or investment personnel indicate an interest in participating in an IPO for an account within a particular IPO group, all accounts managed by the same portfolio managers and/or investment personnel within that IPO group must participate unless they qualify for an exception as outlined within the procedures. All shares of an IPO purchased will be allocated on a pro rata basis to all participating accounts based upon the total assets of each account. A “de minimis” exception to the IPO allocation procedures has been established to recognize that, generally, smaller positions are not economical to an account. As such, an

 
 
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account with an IPO allocation resulting in a position of less than 0.25% of an account’s total assets may be excluded from the allocation as a de minimis position. Therefore, the IPO allocation procedures may result in certain accounts, particularly larger accounts, participating in fewer IPOs than other accounts, which may impact performance. Other exceptions from the IPO allocation procedures are permitted provided that they are properly documented and, if necessary, approved by senior management.
 
Janus Capital is permitted to adjust its allocation procedures to eliminate fractional shares or odd lots and has the discretion to deviate from its allocation procedures in certain circumstances. For example, additional securities may be allocated to the portfolio managers and/or investment personnel who are instrumental in originating or developing an investment opportunity or to comply with the portfolio managers’ and/or investment personnel’s request to ensure that their accounts receive sufficient securities to satisfy specialized investment objectives.
 
Janus Capital manages long and short portfolios. The simultaneous management of long and short portfolios creates potential conflicts of interest in fund management and creates potential risks such as the risk that short sale activity could adversely affect the market value of long positions in one or more Janus funds (and vice versa), the risk arising from the sequential orders in long and short positions, and the risks associated with the trade desk receiving opposing orders in the same security at the same time.
 
Janus Capital has adopted procedures that it believes are reasonably designed to mitigate these potential conflicts and risks. Among other things, Janus Capital has trade allocation procedures in place as previously described. In addition, procedures prohibit a portfolio manager from executing a short sale on a security held long in any other portfolio that he or she manages but not held long in the account the manager is placing the short in. Note this does not prohibit shorting against the box. The procedures also require approvals of Janus Capital senior management in other situations that raise potential conflicts of interest, as well as periodic monitoring of long and short trading activity of the Janus funds and accounts.
 
INTECH has adopted its own allocation procedures, which apply to the Risk-Managed Funds. INTECH, the subadviser for INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund, INTECH Risk-Managed Growth Fund, INTECH Risk-Managed International Fund, and INTECH Risk-Managed Value Fund, generates daily trades for all of its clients, including the Risk-Managed Funds, using proprietary trade system software. Before submission for execution, trades are reviewed by the trader for errors or discrepancies. Trades are submitted to designated brokers in a single electronic file at one time during the day, pre-allocated to individual clients. If an order is not completely filled, executed shares are allocated to client accounts in proportion to the order.
 
Perkins, the subadviser for Perkins Large Cap Value Fund, Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund, Perkins Small Cap Value Fund, and for approximately half of Perkins Value Plus Income Fund, may buy and sell securities or engage in other investments on behalf of multiple clients, including the Value Funds. Perkins seeks to allocate trades among its clients on an equitable basis, taking into consideration such factors as the size of the client’s portfolio, concentration of holdings, investment objectives and guidelines, purchase costs, and cash availability.
 
The Funds and other funds advised by Janus Capital or its affiliates may also transfer daily uninvested cash balances into one or more joint trading accounts. Assets in the joint trading accounts are invested in money market instruments and the proceeds are allocated to the participating funds on a pro rata basis.
 
Pursuant to the provisions of the 1940 Act, Janus mutual funds may participate in an affiliated or non-affiliated cash sweep program. In the cash sweep program, uninvested cash balances of Janus funds may be used to purchase shares of affiliated or non-affiliated money market funds or cash management pooled investment vehicles. All Janus funds are eligible to participate in the cash sweep program (the “Investing Funds”). As adviser, Janus Capital has an inherent conflict of interest because of its fiduciary duties to the affiliated money market funds or cash management pooled investment vehicles and the Investing Funds. In addition, Janus Capital receives an investment advisory fee for managing the cash management vehicle used for its securities lending program, but it may not receive a fee for managing certain other affiliated cash management vehicles, and therefore may have an incentive to allocate preferred investment opportunities to investment vehicles for which it is receiving a fee.
 
Each account managed by Janus Capital or the subadvisers has its own investment objective and policies and is managed accordingly by the respective portfolio managers and/or investment personnel. As a result, from time to time, two or more different managed accounts may pursue divergent investment strategies with respect to investments or categories of investments.

 
 
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The officers and Trustees of the Funds may also serve as officers and Trustees of the Janus “funds of funds,” which are funds that primarily invest in other mutual funds. Conflicts may arise as the officers and Trustees seek to fulfill their fiduciary responsibilities to both the Janus funds of funds and the Funds. The Trustees intend to address any such conflicts as deemed appropriate.
 
Janus Ethics Rules
Janus Capital, INTECH, Perkins, and Janus Distributors currently have in place Ethics Rules, which are comprised of the Personal Trading Code of Ethics, Gift Policy, Portfolio Holdings Disclosure Policy, and Outside Employment Policy. The Ethics Rules are designed to ensure Janus Capital, INTECH, Perkins, and Janus Distributors personnel: (i) observe applicable legal (including compliance with applicable federal securities laws) and ethical standards in the performance of their duties; (ii) at all times place the interests of the Fund shareholders first; (iii) disclose all actual or potential conflicts; (iv) adhere to the highest standards of loyalty, candor, and care in all matters relating to the Fund shareholders; (v) conduct all personal trading, including transactions in the Funds and other securities, consistent with the Ethics Rules and in such a manner as to avoid any actual or potential conflict of interest or any abuse of their position of trust and responsibility; and (vi) do not use any material nonpublic information in securities trading. The Ethics Rules are on file with and available from the SEC through the SEC website at http://www.sec.gov.
 
Under the Personal Trading Code of Ethics (the “Code of Ethics”), all Janus Capital, INTECH, Perkins, and Janus Distributors personnel, as well as the Trustees and Officers of the Funds, are required to conduct their personal investment activities in a manner that Janus Capital believes is not detrimental to the Funds. In addition, Janus Capital, INTECH, Perkins, and Janus Distributors personnel are not permitted to transact in securities held by the Funds for their personal accounts except under circumstances specified in the Code of Ethics. All personnel of Janus Capital, INTECH, Perkins, Janus Distributors, and the Funds, as well as certain other designated employees deemed to have access to current trading information, are required to pre-clear all transactions in securities not otherwise exempt. Requests for trading authorization will be denied when, among other reasons, the proposed personal transaction would be contrary to the provisions of the Code of Ethics.
 
In addition to the pre-clearance requirement described above, the Code of Ethics subjects such personnel to various trading restrictions and reporting obligations. All reportable transactions are reviewed for compliance with the Code of Ethics and under certain circumstances Janus Capital, INTECH, Perkins, and Janus Distributors personnel may be required to forfeit profits made from personal trading.
 
PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
 
Each Fund’s Trustees have delegated to Janus Capital or the Fund’s subadviser, as applicable, the authority to vote all proxies relating to such Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with Janus Capital’s or the applicable subadviser’s own policies and procedures. Summaries of Janus Capital’s or the applicable subadviser’s policies and procedures are available without charge: (i) upon request, by calling 1-800-525-0020; (ii) on the Funds’ website at janus.com/proxyvoting; and (iii) on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
 
A complete copy of Janus Capital’s proxy voting policies and procedures, including specific guidelines, is available at janus.com/proxyvoting.
 
Each Fund’s proxy voting record for the one-year period ending each June 30th is available, free of charge, through janus.com/proxyvoting and from the SEC through the SEC website at http://www.sec.gov.
 
JANUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
PROXY VOTING SUMMARY FOR MUTUAL FUNDS
 
Janus Capital votes proxies in the best interest of its shareholders and without regard to any other Janus Capital relationship (business or otherwise). Janus Capital will not accept direction as to how to vote individual proxies for which it has voting responsibility from any other person or organization other than the research and information provided by its independent proxy voting service (“Proxy Voting Service”).
 
Proxy Voting Procedures
Janus Capital has developed proxy voting guidelines (the “Janus Guidelines”) that outline how Janus Capital generally votes proxies on securities held by the portfolios Janus Capital manages. The Janus Guidelines, which include recommendations on most major corporate issues, have been developed by the Janus Proxy Voting Committee (the “Proxy Voting Committee”) in consultation with Janus Capital’s portfolio managers. In creating proxy voting recommendations, the Proxy Voting Committee

 
 
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analyzes proxy proposals, from the Proxy Voting Service, from the prior year and evaluates whether those proposals would adversely or beneficially affect shareholders’ interests. Once the Proxy Voting Committee establishes its recommendations, they are distributed to Janus Capital’s portfolio managers for input. Following portfolio manager input on the recommendations, they are implemented as the Janus Guidelines. While the Proxy Voting Committee sets the Janus Guidelines and serves as a resource for Janus Capital’s portfolio managers, it does not have proxy voting authority for any proprietary or non-proprietary mutual fund. Janus Capital’s portfolio managers are responsible for proxy votes on securities they own in the portfolios they manage. The portfolio managers do not have the right to vote on securities while they are being lent; however, the portfolio managers may attempt to call back the loan and vote the proxy if time permits. Most portfolio managers vote consistently with the Janus Guidelines; however, a portfolio manager may choose to vote differently than the Janus Guidelines. Additionally, Janus Capital has engaged the Proxy Voting Service to assist in the voting of proxies. The Proxy Voting Service also provides research and recommendations on proxy issues.
 
The role of the Proxy Voting Committee is to work with Janus Capital’s portfolio management to develop the Janus Guidelines. The Proxy Voting Committee also serves as a resource to portfolio management with respect to proxy voting and oversees the proxy voting process. The Proxy Voting Committee’s oversight responsibilities include monitoring for, and resolving, material conflicts of interest with respect to proxy voting. Janus Capital believes that application of the Janus Guidelines to vote mutual fund proxies should, in most cases, adequately address any possible conflicts of interest since the Janus Guidelines are predetermined. However, for proxy votes that are inconsistent with the Janus Guidelines, the Proxy Voting Committee will review the proxy votes in order to determine whether a portfolio manager’s voting rationale appears reasonable. If the Proxy Voting Committee does not agree that a portfolio manager’s rationale is reasonable, the Proxy Voting Committee will refer the matter to Janus Capital’s Chief Investment Officer(s) (or Director of Research).
 
Proxy Voting Policies
As discussed above, the Proxy Voting Committee has developed the Janus Guidelines for use in voting proxies. Below is a summary of some of the Janus Guidelines.
 
Board of Directors Issues
Janus Capital will generally vote in favor of slates of director candidates that are comprised of a majority of independent directors. Janus Capital will generally vote in favor of proposals to increase the minimum number of independent directors. Janus Capital will generally oppose non-independent directors who serve on the audit, compensation, and/or nominating committees of the board.
 
Auditor Issues
Janus Capital will generally oppose proposals asking for approval of auditors that have a financial interest in or association with the company and are therefore not independent.
 
Executive Compensation Issues
Janus Capital reviews executive compensation plans on a case-by-case basis using research provided by the Proxy Voting Service. The research is designed to estimate the total cost of a proposed plan. If the proposed cost is above an allowable cap, Janus Capital will generally oppose the proposed equity-based compensation plan. In addition, Janus Capital will generally oppose proposals regarding the re-pricing of underwater options (stock options in which the price the employee is contracted to buy shares is higher than the current market price) and the issuance of reload options (stock options that are automatically granted if outstanding stock options are exercised during a window period).
 
General Corporate Issues
Janus Capital will generally oppose proposals regarding supermajority voting rights (for example, to approve acquisitions or mergers). Janus Capital will generally oppose proposals for different classes of stock with different voting rights. Janus Capital will generally oppose proposals seeking to implement measures designed to prevent or obstruct corporate takeovers, unless such measures are designed primarily as a short-term means to protect a tax benefit. Janus Capital will review proposals relating to mergers, acquisitions, tender offers, and other similar actions on a case-by-case basis.
 
Shareholder Proposals
If a shareholder proposal is specifically addressed by the Janus Guidelines, Janus Capital will generally vote pursuant to that Janus Guideline. Janus Capital will generally abstain from voting shareholder proposals that are social, moral, or ethical in nature or place arbitrary constraints on the board or management of a company. Janus Capital will solicit additional research from its Proxy Voting Service for proposals outside the scope of the Janus Guidelines.

 
 
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INTECH INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC
PROXY VOTING PROCEDURES
 
The following are the procedures for INTECH with respect to the voting of proxies on behalf of all clients for which INTECH has been delegated the responsibility for voting proxies and the keeping of records relating to proxy voting.
 
General Policy. INTECH’s investment process involves buy and sell decisions that are determined solely by a mathematical formula that selects target holdings and weightings without any consideration of the fundamentals of individual companies or other company-specific factors. As such, extensive corporate research analysis is not performed. Accordingly, INTECH has engaged RiskMetrics Group, ISS Governance Services (“ISS”) to vote all proxies on behalf of client accounts in accordance, at the client’s discretion, with ISS’ Benchmark Proxy Voting Guidelines, Taft-Hartley Proxy Voting Guidelines, Public Fund Proxy Voting Guidelines, Social Proxy Voting Guidelines, or Catholic Proxy Voting Guidelines (collectively referred to as “ISS Recommendations”). The ISS Recommendations are designed with the intent of maximizing the long-term economic benefits to shareholders.
 
INTECH will vote all proxies on behalf of client’s accounts in accordance with ISS Recommendations that best represent the client type. Specifically, unless otherwise directed by the client, INTECH will vote:
 
•  Corporate, Mutual Fund/Sub-Advised, and Commingled Pool clients in accordance with ISS’ Benchmark (“BENCHMARK”) Proxy Voting Guidelines, which were developed by ISS to increase total shareholder value and risk mitigation and are generally management oriented.
 
•  Union and Union Taft-Hartley clients in accordance with ISS’ Taft-Hartley (“TAFT-HARTLEY”) Proxy Voting Guidelines (formerly known as the ISS Proxy Voting Service or PVS Guidelines), which were developed by ISS, in conjunction with the AFL-CIO, with a worker-owner view of long-term corporate value.
 
•  Public Fund clients in accordance with ISS’ Public Fund (“PUBLIC”) Proxy Voting Guidelines, which were developed by ISS to help ensure that public funds fulfill all statutory and common law obligations governing proxy voting with the intent of maximizing long-term economic benefits of its plan participants and beneficiaries.
 
•  Not-For-Profit (including Endowments and Foundations) clients in accordance with ISS’ Social (“SOCIAL”) Proxy Voting Guidelines, which were developed by ISS to recognize that socially responsible institutional shareholders are concerned with economic returns to shareholders and sound corporate governance, along with the ethical behavior of corporations and the social and environmental impact of their actions. ISS’ Catholic Proxy Voting Guidelines (“CATHOLIC”) are also available to clients.
 
Concurrent with the adoption of these procedures, INTECH will not accept direction in the voting of proxies for which it has voting responsibility from any person or organization other than the ISS Recommendations. Additional information about ISS and the ISS Recommendations is available at http://www.riskmetrics.com/policy/2010/policy_information. INTECH will only accept direction from a client to vote proxies for the client’s account pursuant to ISS’ BENCHMARK, TAFT-HARTLEY, PUBLIC, SOCIAL, or CATHOLIC Proxy Voting Guidelines.
 
INTECH takes its responsibility to exercise clients’ votes seriously and will use best efforts to exercise this right in all cases. However, in some circumstances it may be impractical or impossible for INTECH to vote. For example, with respect to clients that have elected to participate in securities lending it is impractical for INTECH to call back securities in order to vote proxies. In addition, in international markets where share blocking† applies, INTECH will not vote due to liquidity constraints.
 
Delegation of Proxy Voting Administration. INTECH has engaged the services of the Janus Investment Accounting Operations Group to provide the administration for its proxy voting.
 
Janus Investment Accounting Operations Group. The Janus Investment Accounting Operations Group works with ISS and is responsible to INTECH for ensuring that all proxies are voted consistent with ISS’ BENCHMARK, TAFT-HARTLEY, PUBLIC, SOCIAL, or CATHOLIC Proxy Voting Guidelines.

 
 
† Share blocking is a mechanism used by certain foreign jurisdictions whereby shares to be voted are frozen and may not be traded for a specified period of time prior to a shareholder meeting. Share blocking is intended to facilitate the voting process; however, it also imposes constraints as a pending trade may fail if it settles during the blocked period.
 
 
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Voting and Use of Proxy Voting Service. Pursuant to its relationship with Janus Capital, INTECH has engaged ISS, an independent Proxy Voting Service, to assist in the voting of proxies. ISS is responsible for coordinating with the clients’ custodians to ensure that all proxy materials received by the custodians relating to the clients’ portfolio securities are processed in a timely fashion. ISS is responsible for working with the Janus Investment Accounting Operations Group to coordinate the actual votes cast. In addition, ISS is responsible for maintaining copies of all proxy statements received by issuers and to promptly provide such materials to INTECH or Janus Capital upon request. ISS will process all proxy votes in accordance with the BENCHMARK, TAFT-HARTLEY, PUBLIC, SOCIAL, or CATHOLIC Proxy Voting Guidelines. In absence of specific client direction, INTECH will direct ISS to vote proxies in accordance with the ISS Recommendations that best represents the client type. Janus Capital has instructed ISS to vote all Janus mutual fund proxies, for which INTECH has voting authority, in accordance with ISS’ BENCHMARK Proxy Voting Guidelines.
 
Conflicts of Interest. INTECH has adopted the following procedures and controls to avoid conflicts of interest that may arise in connection with proxy voting:
 
•  ISS shall vote all proxies on INTECH’s behalf in accordance with ISS’ BENCHMARK, TAFT-HARTLEY, PUBLIC, SOCIAL, or CATHOLIC Proxy Voting Guidelines. In its capacity as administrator, Janus Capital shall conduct periodic reviews of proxy voting records on a sample basis to ensure that all votes are actually cast in accordance with this policy.
 
•  The Janus Investment Accounting Operations Group is not authorized to override any recommendation except upon the receipt of express written authorization from INTECH’s Chief Compliance Officer. The Janus Investment Accounting Operations Group shall maintain records of all overrides, including all required authorizations.
 
•  Without limiting the foregoing, the Janus Investment Accounting Operations Group shall not give any consideration to the manner in which votes are being cast on behalf of Janus Capital or its affiliates with respect to a particular matter.
 
•  Any attempts to influence the proxy voting process shall be reported immediately to the INTECH Chief Compliance Officer.
 
•  All client accounts are prohibited from investing in securities of Janus Capital or securities of its publicly traded affiliates. INTECH maintains a Restricted List of securities that may not be purchased on behalf of individual accounts which includes, among other things, affiliates of such accounts. The trading system is designed to prohibit transactions in all securities on the Restricted List.
 
•  At least annually, INTECH reviews ISS’ Policies, Procedures, and Practices Regarding Potential Conflicts of Interest (“ISS’ Conflict Policy”), which addresses conflicts of interest that could arise in connection with advisory services provided by ISS or its affiliates, to ensure ISS’ Conflict Policy is reasonably designed to minimize any such potential conflicts of interest.
 
In light of the foregoing policies, it is not expected that any conflicts will arise in the proxy voting process. In the unusual circumstance that ISS seeks direction on any matter or INTECH is otherwise in a position of evaluating a proposal on a case-by-case basis, the matter shall be referred to the INTECH Chief Compliance Officer to determine whether a material conflict exists. The matter will be reviewed by INTECH’s General Counsel, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Compliance Officer (“Proxy Review Group”). To the extent that a conflict of interest is identified, INTECH will vote the proxy according to the ISS recommendation unless otherwise determined by the Proxy Review Group.
 
Reporting and Record Retention. On a quarterly basis, INTECH will provide its clients with the proxy voting record for that client’s account. Janus Capital, on INTECH’s behalf, retains proxy statements received regarding client securities, records of votes cast on behalf of clients, and records of client requests for proxy voting information. In addition, INTECH will retain copies of its Proxy Voting Procedures and ISS’ BENCHMARK, TAFT-HARTLEY, PUBLIC, SOCIAL, and CATHOLIC Proxy Voting Guidelines. Proxy statements received from issuers are either available on the SEC’s EDGAR database or are kept by a third party voting service and are available on request. All proxy voting materials and supporting documentation are retained for a minimum of 6 years.
 
Review of Policy. INTECH shall periodically review this policy and the services provided by ISS to determine whether the continued use of ISS and the ISS Recommendations is in the best interest of clients.
 
PERKINS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC
PROXY VOTING SUMMARY FOR MUTUAL FUNDS
 
Perkins votes proxies in the best interest of its shareholders and without regard to any other Perkins relationship (business or otherwise). Perkins will not accept direction as to how to vote individual proxies for which it has voting responsibility from any other person or organization (other than the research and information provided by the Proxy Voting Service).

 
 
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Proxy Voting Procedures
Perkins has developed proxy voting guidelines (the “Perkins Guidelines”) that outline how Perkins generally votes proxies on securities held by the portfolios Perkins manages. The Perkins Guidelines, which include recommendations on most major corporate issues, have been developed by the Perkins Proxy Voting Committee. Perkins portfolio managers are responsible for proxy votes on securities they own in the portfolios they manage. Most portfolio managers vote consistently with the Perkins Guidelines; however, a portfolio manager may choose to vote differently than the Perkins Guidelines. Perkins has delegated the administration of its proxy voting to Janus Capital. Janus Capital, on Perkins’ behalf, has engaged the Proxy Voting Service to assist in the voting of proxies. The Proxy Voting Service also provides research and recommendations on proxy issues.
 
The role of the Perkins Proxy Voting Committee is to develop the Perkins Guidelines. The Perkins Proxy Voting Committee also serves as a resource to portfolio management with respect to proxy voting and oversees the proxy voting process. The Perkins Proxy Voting Committee’s oversight responsibilities include monitoring for and resolving material conflicts of interest with respect to proxy voting. Perkins believes that application of the Perkins Guidelines to vote mutual fund proxies should, in most cases, adequately address any possible conflicts of interest since the Perkins Guidelines are predetermined. However, for proxy votes that are inconsistent with the Perkins Guidelines, the Perkins Proxy Voting Committee will review the proxy votes in order to determine whether the portfolio manager’s voting rationale appears reasonable. If the Perkins Proxy Voting Committee does not agree that the portfolio manager’s rationale is reasonable, the Perkins Proxy Voting Committee will refer the matter to the Chief Investment Officer(s) (or the Director of Research).
 
Proxy Voting Policies
As discussed above, the Perkins Proxy Voting Committee has developed the Perkins Guidelines for use in voting proxies. Below is a summary of some of the Perkins Guidelines.
 
Board of Directors Issues
Perkins will generally vote in favor of slates of director candidates that are comprised of a majority of independent directors. Perkins will generally vote in favor of proposals to increase the minimum number of independent directors. Perkins will generally oppose non-independent directors who serve on the audit, compensation, and/or nominating committees of the board.
 
Auditor Issues
Perkins will generally oppose proposals asking for approval of auditors that have a financial interest in or association with the company and are therefore not independent.
 
Executive Compensation Issues
Perkins reviews executive compensation plans on a case-by-case basis using research provided by the Proxy Voting Service. The research is designed to estimate the total cost of a proposed plan. If the proposed cost is above an allowable cap, Perkins will generally oppose the proposed equity-based compensation plan. In addition, Perkins will generally oppose proposals regarding the re-pricing of underwater options (stock options in which the price the employee is contracted to buy shares is higher than the current market price) and the issuance of reload options (stock options that are automatically granted if outstanding stock options are exercised during a window period).
 
General Corporate Issues
Perkins will generally oppose proposals regarding supermajority voting rights (for example, to approve acquisitions or mergers). Perkins will generally oppose proposals for different classes of stock with different voting rights. Perkins will generally oppose proposals seeking to implement measures designed to prevent or obstruct corporate takeovers, unless such measures are designed primarily as a short-term means to protect a tax benefit. Perkins will review proposals relating to mergers, acquisitions, tender offers, and other similar actions on a case-by-case basis.
 
Shareholder Proposals
If a shareholder proposal is specifically addressed by the Perkins Guidelines, Perkins will generally vote pursuant to that Perkins Guideline. Perkins will generally abstain from voting shareholder proposals that are social, moral, or ethical in nature or place arbitrary constraints on the board or management of a company. Perkins will solicit additional research from its Proxy Voting Service for proposals outside the scope of the Perkins Guidelines.

 
 
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Custodian, transfer agent, and certain affiliations

 
State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street”), P.O. Box 0351, Boston, Massachusetts 02117-0351 is the custodian of the domestic securities and cash of the Funds. State Street is the designated Foreign Custody Manager (as the term is defined in Rule 17f-5 under the 1940 Act) of the Funds’ securities and cash held outside the United States. The Funds’ Trustees have delegated to State Street certain responsibilities for such assets, as permitted by Rule 17f-5. State Street and the foreign subcustodians selected by it hold the Funds’ assets in safekeeping and collect and remit the income thereon, subject to the instructions of each Fund.
 
Janus Services LLC (“Janus Services”), P.O. Box 173375, Denver, Colorado 80217-3375, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Janus Capital, is the Funds’ transfer agent. In addition, Janus Services provides or arranges for the provision of certain other administrative services including, but not limited to, recordkeeping, accounting, order processing, and other shareholder services for the Funds.
 
Certain, but not all, intermediaries may charge administrative fees to investors in Class A Shares, Class C Shares, and Class I Shares for administrative services provided on behalf of such investors. These administrative fees are paid by the Class A Shares, Class C Shares, and Class I Shares of the Funds to Janus Services, which uses such fees to reimburse intermediaries. Consistent with the Transfer Agency Agreement between Janus Services and the Funds, Janus Services may negotiate the level, structure, and/or terms of the administrative fees with intermediaries requiring such fees on behalf of the Funds. Janus Capital and its affiliates benefit from an increase in assets that may result from such relationships.
 
Class D Shares of the Funds pay an annual administrative fee of 0.12% of net assets. These administrative fees are paid by the Shares of each Fund for shareholder services provided by Janus Services.
 
Janus Services receives an administrative services fee at an annual rate of up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of Class R Shares, Class S Shares, and Class T Shares of each Fund for providing or procuring administrative services to investors in Class R Shares, Class S Shares, and Class T Shares of the Funds. Janus Services expects to use all or a significant portion of this fee to compensate retirement plan service providers, broker-dealers, bank trust departments, financial advisors, and other financial intermediaries for providing these services. Services provided by these financial intermediaries may include, but are not limited to, recordkeeping, subaccounting, order processing, providing periodic statements, forwarding prospectuses, shareholder reports, and other materials to existing customers, and other administrative services. Order processing includes the submission of transactions through the National Securities Clearing Corporation (“NSCC”) or similar systems, or those processed on a manual basis with Janus. Janus Services or its affiliates may also pay fees for services provided by intermediaries to the extent the fees charged by intermediaries exceed the 0.25% of net assets charged to the Funds.
 
For the fiscal years or periods noted, the total amounts paid by Class D Shares, Class R Shares, Class S Shares, and Class T Shares of the Funds to Janus Services for administrative services are summarized below. For Class R Shares, Class S Shares, and Class T Shares, Janus Services pays out all or substantially all of the amount reflected as compensation to broker-dealers and service providers. Each Fund has changed its fiscal year end to June 30.
 
                                 
    Administrative
  Administrative
  Administrative
  Administrative
    Fees
  Fees
  Fees
  Fees
Fund Name   June 30, 2010   2009   2008   2007
Fixed Income
                               
                                 
Janus Flexible Bond Fund
                               
Class D Shares
  $ 278,808 (1)     N/A       N/A       N/A  
Class R Shares
  $ 7,748 (2)   $ 2,182 (3)     N/A       N/A  
Class S Shares
  $ 110,193 (2)   $ 54,628 (3)     N/A       N/A  
Class T Shares
  $ 1,147,940 (4)   $ 1,660,613 (5)   $ 1,563,373 (5)   $ 1,683,706 (5)
                                 
Janus High-Yield Fund
                               
Class D Shares
  $ 108,293 (1)     N/A       N/A       N/A  
Class R Shares
  $ 1,815 (2)   $ 715 (3)     N/A       N/A  
Class S Shares
  $ 11,228 (2)   $ 4,194 (3)     N/A       N/A  
Class T Shares
  $ 1,265,237 (4)   $ 1,218,603 (5)   $ 992,881 (5)   $ 1,258,946 (5)
                                 
Janus Short-Term Bond Fund
                               
Class D Shares
  $ 97,649 (1)     N/A       N/A       N/A  
Class S Shares
  $ 8,168 (2)   $ 2,055 (3)     N/A       N/A  
Class T Shares
  $ 2,620,838 (4)   $ 1,202,582 (5)   $ 350,739 (5)   $ 430,609 (5)
                                 
 
 
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    Administrative
  Administrative
  Administrative
  Administrative
    Fees
  Fees
  Fees
  Fees
Fund Name   June 30, 2010   2009   2008   2007
Risk Managed
                               
                                 
INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund
                               
Class D Shares
  $ 66,269 (1)     N/A       N/A       N/A  
Class S Shares
  $ 7,753 (2)   $ 4,185 (3)     N/A       N/A  
Class T Shares
  $ 176,083 (4)   $ 410,378 (5)   $ 730,697 (5)   $ 1,248,150 (5)
                                 
INTECH Risk-Managed Growth Fund
                               
Class S Shares
  $ 42,338 (6)   $ 100,144 (7)   $ 293,088 (7)   $ 378,840 (7)
Class T Shares
  $ 24 (6)   $ (8)     N/A       N/A  
                                 
INTECH Risk-Managed International Fund
                               
Class S Shares
  $ 4,189 (6)   $ 3,877 (7)   $ 6,193 (7)   $ 1,551 (9)
Class T Shares
  $ 19 (6)   $ (8)     N/A       N/A  
                                 
INTECH Risk-Managed Value Fund
                               
Class S Shares
  $ 515 (6)   $ 480 (7)   $ 710 (7)   $ 736 (7)
Class T Shares
  $ 46 (6)   $ (8)     N/A       N/A  
                                 
Value
                               
                                 
Perkins Large Cap Value Fund
                               
Class D Shares
  $ 687 (1)     N/A       N/A       N/A  
Class S Shares
  $ 1,409 (6)   $ 707 (10)     N/A       N/A  
Class T Shares
  $ 326 (6)   $ (8)     N/A       N/A  
                                 
Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund
                               
Class D Shares
  $ 382,584 (1)     N/A       N/A       N/A  
Class R Shares
  $ 156,079 (2)   $ 51,782 (3)     N/A       N/A  
Class S Shares
  $ 927,421 (2)   $ 321,358 (3)     N/A       N/A  
Class T Shares
  $ 12,138,488 (4)   $ 13,788,844 (5)   $ 13,523,015 (5)   $ 13,629,015 (5)
                                 
Perkins Small Cap Value Fund
                               
Class D Shares
  $ 32,985 (1)     N/A       N/A       N/A  
Class R Shares
  $ 13,870 (2)   $ 2,718 (3)     N/A       N/A  
Class S Shares
  $ 73,009 (2)   $ 20,038 (3)     N/A       N/A  
Class T Shares
  $ 1,625,103 (4)   $ 1,061,597 (5)   $ 2,662,026 (5)   $ 3,546,521 (5)
                                 
Perkins Value Plus Income Fund(11)
                               
Class D Shares
    N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
Class S Shares
    N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
Class T Shares
    N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
                                 
 
 (1)  For the fiscal period February 16, 2010 (commencement of Class D Shares) to June 30, 2010 (the Fund’s new fiscal year end).
 (2)  For the fiscal period November 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010 (the Fund’s new fiscal year end).
 (3)  For the fiscal period July 6, 2009 (commencement of Class R Shares (if applicable) and Class S Shares) to October 31, 2009 (the Fund’s previous fiscal year end).
 (4)  For the fiscal period November 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010 (the Fund’s new fiscal year end); the amount shown includes a blended annual rate, which was in effect prior to the restructuring of Class J Shares, the Fund’s initial share class, on February 16, 2010.
 (5)  Amounts reflect the blended annual rates, as well as a $4 per open account fee, in effect during the fiscal year ended October 31 (the Fund’s previous fiscal year end).
 (6)  For the fiscal period August 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010 (the Fund’s new fiscal year end).
 (7)  For the fiscal year ended July 31 (the Fund’s or predecessor fund’s previous fiscal year end).
 (8)  For the fiscal period July 6, 2009 (commencement of Class T Shares) to July 31, 2009 (the Fund’s previous fiscal year end); amounts paid were de minimis.
 (9)  May 2, 2007 (effective date) to July 31, 2007 (the predecessor fund’s fiscal year end).
(10)  December 31, 2008 (effective date) to July 31, 2009 (the Fund’s or predecessor fund’s previous fiscal year end).
(11)  Commenced operations on July 30, 2010.
 
Janus Services is not compensated for its services related to Class A Shares, Class C Shares, and Class I Shares, except for out-of-pocket expenses. Included in out-of-pocket expenses are the fees charged by certain intermediaries for administrative services including, but not limited to, recordkeeping, subaccounting, order processing for omnibus or networking accounts, or other shareholder services provided by intermediaries on behalf of the shareholders of the Funds. Order processing includes the submission of transactions through the NSCC or similar systems or those processed on a manual basis by Janus Services.

 
 
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Through Janus Services, the Funds pay DST Systems, Inc. (“DST”) fees for the use of DST’s shareholder accounting system, as well as for certain broker-controlled accounts and closed accounts. These fees are in addition to any transfer agency fees paid to Janus Services. The Funds also use and pay for DST systems to track and process redemption fees and contingent deferred sales charges. These fees are only charged to classes of the Funds with redemption fees or contingent deferred sales charges, as applicable.
 
Janus Distributors, 151 Detroit Street, Denver, Colorado 80206-4805, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Janus Capital, is the principal underwriter for the Funds. Janus Distributors is registered as a broker-dealer under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. Janus Distributors acts as the agent of the Funds in connection with the sale of their Shares in all states in which such Shares are registered and in which Janus Distributors is qualified as a broker-dealer. Under the Distribution Agreement, Janus Distributors continuously offers each Fund’s Shares and accepts orders at NAV per share of the relevant class. The cash-compensation rate at which Janus Distributors’ registered representatives are paid for sales of institutional products may differ based on a type of fund or a specific trust. The receipt of (or prospect of receiving) compensation described above may provide an incentive for a registered representative to favor sales of funds, or certain share classes of a fund, for which they receive a higher compensation rate. You should consider these arrangements when evaluating any recommendations of your registered representative.

 
 
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Portfolio transactions and brokerage

 
Janus Capital places all portfolio transactions of the Funds, except for the Risk-Managed Funds. With respect to the Risk-Managed Funds, INTECH places portfolio transactions using its proprietary trade system software. With respect to Perkins Large Cap Value Fund, Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund, and Perkins Small Cap Value Fund, Janus Capital places all portfolio transactions solely upon Perkins’ direction. With respect to Perkins Value Plus Income Fund, Janus Capital places all portfolio transactions for the fixed-income portion of the Fund and, for the equity portion of the Fund, places all portfolio transactions solely upon Perkins’ direction.
 
Janus Capital and Perkins have a policy of seeking to obtain the “best execution” of all portfolio transactions (the best net prices under the circumstances based upon a number of factors including and subject to the factors discussed below) provided that Janus Capital and Perkins may occasionally pay higher commissions for research services as described below. The Funds may trade foreign securities in foreign countries because the best available market for these securities is often on foreign exchanges. In transactions on foreign stock exchanges, brokers’ commissions are frequently fixed and are often higher than in the United States, where commissions are negotiated.
 
Janus Capital considers a number of factors in seeking best execution in selecting brokers and dealers and in negotiating commissions on agency transactions. In seeking best execution on trades for funds subadvised by Perkins, Janus Capital acts on behalf of and in consultation with Perkins. Those factors include, but are not limited to: Janus Capital’s and Perkins’ knowledge of currently available negotiated commission rates or prices of securities currently available and other current transaction costs; the nature of the security being traded; the size and type of the transaction; the nature and character of the markets for the security to be purchased or sold; the desired timing of the trade; the activity existing and expected in the market for the particular security; confidentiality, including trade anonymity; liquidity; the quality of the execution, clearance, and settlement services; financial stability of the broker or dealer; the existence of actual or apparent operational problems of any broker or dealer; rebates of commissions by a broker to a Fund or to a third party service provider to the Fund to pay Fund expenses; and the value of research products or services provided by brokers. In recognition of the value of the foregoing factors, and as permitted by Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, Janus Capital may place portfolio transactions with a broker or dealer with whom it has negotiated a commission that is in excess of the commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if Janus Capital (or Janus Capital acting on behalf of and in consultation with Perkins) determines in good faith that such amount of commission was reasonable in light of the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or of the overall responsibilities of Janus Capital or Perkins, as applicable. To constitute eligible “research services,” such services must qualify as “advice,” “analyses,” or “reports.” To determine that a service constitutes research services, Janus Capital or Perkins, as applicable, must conclude that it reflects the “expression of reasoning or knowledge” relating to the value of securities, advisability of effecting transactions in securities or analyses, or reports concerning issuers, securities, economic factors, investment strategies, or the performance of accounts. To constitute eligible “brokerage services,” such services must effect securities transactions and functions incidental thereto, and include clearance, settlement, and the related custody services. Additionally, brokerage services have been interpreted to include services relating to the execution of securities transactions. Research received from brokers or dealers is supplemental to Janus Capital’s and Perkins’ own research efforts. Because Janus Capital and Perkins receive a benefit from research they receive from broker-dealers, Janus Capital and Perkins may have an incentive to continue to use those broker-dealers to effect transactions. Janus Capital and Perkins do not consider a broker-dealer’s sale of Fund shares when choosing a broker-dealer to effect transactions.
 
“Cross trades,” in which one Janus Capital account sells a particular security to another account (potentially saving transaction costs for both accounts), may also pose a potential conflict of interest. Cross trades may be seen to involve a potential conflict of interest if, for example, one account is permitted to sell a security to another account at a higher price than an independent third party would pay. Janus Capital and the funds’ Trustees have adopted compliance procedures that provide that any transactions between the Fund and another Janus-advised account are to be made at an independent current market price, as required by law. There is also a potential conflict of interest when cross trades involve a Janus fund that has substantial ownership by Janus Capital. At times, Janus Capital may have a controlling interest of a fund involved in a cross trade.
 
 
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For the fiscal years or periods noted, the total brokerage commissions paid by the Funds to brokers and dealers in transactions identified for execution primarily on the basis of research and other services provided to the Funds are summarized below. Each Fund has changed its fiscal year end to June 30.
 
                                 
    June 30, 2010   July 31, 2009
Fund Name   Commissions   Transactions   Commissions   Transactions
Fixed Income
                               
                                 
Janus Flexible Bond Fund
  $ 4,825 (1)   $ 220,732,868 (1)     N/A       N/A  
                                 
Janus High-Yield Fund
  $ 29,753 (1)   $ 10,334,251 (1)     N/A       N/A  
                                 
Janus Short-Term Bond Fund
  $ 4,964 (1)   $ 263,000,237 (1)     N/A       N/A  
                                 
Value
                               
                                 
Perkins Large Cap Value Fund
  $ 24,245 (2)   $ 79,085,255 (2)   $ 9,487 (3)   $ 34,027,735 (3)
                                 
Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund
  $ 4,434,811 (1)   $ 4,568,222,263 (1)     N/A       N/A  
                                 
Perkins Small Cap Value Fund
  $ 1,148,763 (1)   $ 876,798,493 (1)     N/A       N/A  
                                 
Perkins Value Plus Income Fund(4)
    N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
                                 
 
(1)  For the fiscal period November 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010 (the Fund’s new fiscal year end).
(2)  For the fiscal period August 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010 (the Fund’s new fiscal year end).
(3)  For the fiscal period December 31, 2008 (effective date) to July 31, 2009 (the Fund’s or predecessor fund’s previous fiscal year end).
(4)  Commenced operations on July 30, 2010.
 
                                 
            October 31, 2009(1)
Fund Name           Commissions   Transactions
Fixed Income
                               
                                 
Janus Flexible Bond Fund
                  $     $  
                                 
Janus High-Yield Fund
                  $ 1,272     $ 1,674,492  
                                 
Janus Short-Term Bond Fund
                  $     $  
                                 
Value
                               
                                 
Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund
                  $ 6,049,831     $ 5,564,348,498  
                                 
Perkins Small Cap Value Fund
                  $ 1,068,855     $ 716,914,702  
                                 
 
(1)  The Funds’ previous fiscal year end.
 
Note: Funds that are not included in the tables did not pay any commissions related to research for the stated periods.
 
Janus Capital and Perkins do not guarantee any broker the placement of a predetermined amount of securities transactions in return for the research or brokerage services it provides. Janus Capital and Perkins do, however, have internal procedures for allocating transactions in a manner consistent with their execution policies to brokers that they have identified as providing research, research-related products or services, or execution-related services of a particular benefit to their clients. Janus Capital and Perkins have entered into client commission agreements (“CCAs”) with certain broker-dealers under which the broker-dealers may use a portion of their commissions to pay third-parties or other broker-dealers that provide Janus Capital and Perkins with research or brokerage services, as permitted under Section 28(e) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934. CCAs allow Janus Capital and Perkins to direct broker-dealers to pool commissions that are generated from orders executed at that broker-dealer, and then periodically direct the broker-dealer to pay third parties or other broker-dealers for research or brokerage services. All uses of CCAs by Janus Capital and Perkins are subject to applicable law and their best execution obligations. Brokerage and research products and services furnished by brokers may be used in servicing any or all of the clients of Janus Capital or Perkins and such research may not necessarily be used by Janus Capital or Perkins in connection with the accounts which paid commissions to the broker providing such brokerage and research products and services. Similarly, research and brokerage services paid for with commissions generated by equity trades may be used for fixed-income clients that normally do not pay brokerage commissions or other clients whose commissions are generally not used to obtain such research and brokerage services. Perkins may make its own separate arrangements with and maintain internal allocation procedures for allocating transactions to brokers who provide research products and services to encourage them to provide services expected to be useful to Perkins’ clients, including Perkins Large Cap Value Fund, Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund, Perkins Small Cap Value Fund, and Perkins Value Plus Income Fund.

 
 
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Janus Capital and Perkins may also use step-out transactions in order to receive research products and related services. In a step-out transaction, Janus Capital or Perkins directs trades to a broker-dealer with the instruction that the broker-dealer execute the transaction, but “step-out” all or a portion of the transaction or commission in favor of another broker-dealer that provides such products and/or services. The second broker-dealer may clear and settle and receive commissions for the stepped-in portion. In a new issue designation, Janus Capital or Perkins directs purchase orders to a broker-dealer that is a selling group member or underwriter of an equity or fixed-income new issue offering. Janus Capital or Perkins directs that broker-dealer to designate a portion of the broker-dealer’s commission on the new issue purchase to a second broker-dealer(s) that provides such products and/or services. Given Janus Capital’s and Perkins’ receipt of such products and services in connection with step-out transactions and new issue designations, Janus Capital and Perkins have an incentive to continue to engage in such transactions; however, Janus Capital and Perkins only intend to utilize step-out transactions and new issue designations when they believe that doing so would not hinder best execution efforts.
 
INTECH has a policy of seeking to obtain best execution (obtaining the most favorable price and efficient execution). INTECH seeks to effect each transaction at a price and commission, if any, that provides the most favorable total cost or proceeds reasonably attainable in the circumstances. INTECH may, however, pay a higher commission than would otherwise be necessary for a particular transaction when, in INTECH’s opinion, to do so will further the goal of obtaining the best available execution. Commissions are negotiated with the broker on the basis of the quality and quantity of execution services that the broker provides, in light of generally prevailing commission rates with respect to any securities transactions involving a commission payment. Periodically, reviews are conducted of the allocation among brokers of orders for equity securities and the commissions that were paid.
 
INTECH does not consider research services in selecting brokers. For the Risk-Managed Funds, regular daily trades are generated by INTECH using proprietary trade system software. Before submission for execution, trades are reviewed by the trader for errors or discrepancies. Trades are submitted to designated brokers at one time during the day, to the extent possible, pre-allocated to individual clients. In the event that an order is not completely filled, executed shares are allocated to client accounts in proportion to the order.
 
When the Funds purchase or sell a security in the over-the-counter market, the transaction takes place directly with a principal market-maker, without the use of a broker, except in those circumstances where, in the opinion of Janus Capital or the subadviser, better prices and executions will be achieved through the use of a broker.
 
The following tables list the total amount of brokerage commissions paid by each Fund for the fiscal years or periods noted. Each Fund has changed its fiscal year end to June 30.
 
                                 
Fund Name   June 30, 2010   July 31, 2009(1)   July 31, 2008(1)   July 31, 2007(1)
Fixed Income
                               
                                 
Janus Flexible Bond Fund
  $ 5,399 (2)     N/A       N/A       N/A  
                                 
Janus High-Yield Fund
  $ 77,537 (2)     N/A       N/A       N/A  
                                 
Janus Short-Term Bond Fund
  $ 5,009 (2)     N/A       N/A       N/A  
                                 
Risk Managed
                               
                                 
INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund
  $ 587,118 (2)     N/A       N/A       N/A  
                                 
INTECH Risk-Managed Growth Fund
  $ 2,405,808 (3)   $ 2,843,128     $ 2,641,732     $ 1,609,247  
                                 
INTECH Risk-Managed International Fund
  $ 11,489 (3)   $ 9,541     $ 12,781     $ 8,646 (4)
                                 
INTECH Risk-Managed Value Fund
  $ 186,128 (3)   $ 215,648     $ 108,028     $ 31,632  
                                 
Value
                               
                                 
Perkins Large Cap Value Fund
  $ 49,266 (3)   $ 22,971 (5)     N/A       N/A  
                                 
Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund
  $ 9,910,170 (2)     N/A       N/A       N/A  
                                 
Perkins Small Cap Value Fund
  $ 2,548,354 (2)     N/A       N/A       N/A  
                                 
Perkins Value Plus Income Fund(6)
    N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
                                 
 
(1)  The Funds’ or predecessor funds’ previous fiscal year end.
(2)  For the fiscal period November 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010 (the Fund’s new fiscal year end).
(3)  For the fiscal period August 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010 (the Fund’s new fiscal year end).
(4)  May 2, 2007 (effective date) to July 31, 2007.
(5)  December 31, 2008 (effective date) to July 31, 2009.
(6)  Commenced operations on July 30, 2010.

 
 
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Fund Name   October 31, 2009(1)   October 31, 2008(1)   October 31, 2007(1)
Fixed Income
                       
                         
Janus Flexible Bond Fund
  $     $ 4,704     $ 3,882  
                         
Janus High-Yield Fund
  $ 2,120     $ 4,487     $ 11,971  
                         
Janus Short-Term Bond Fund
  $     $     $  
                         
Risk Managed
                       
                         
INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund
  $ 976,866     $ 619,570     $ 525,765  
                         
Value
                       
                         
Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund
  $ 14,261,959     $ 11,715,427     $ 11,054,464  
                         
Perkins Small Cap Value Fund
  $ 2,640,400     $ 3,523,048     $ 3,278,110  
                         
 
(1)  The Funds’ previous fiscal year end.
 
Brokerage commissions paid by a Fund may vary significantly from year to year because of portfolio turnover rates, shareholder, broker-dealer, or other financial intermediary purchase/redemption activity, varying market conditions, changes to investment strategies or processes, and other factors.
 
As of June 30, 2010, unless otherwise noted, certain Funds owned securities of their regular broker-dealers (or parents) as shown below:
 
             
        Value of
    Name of
  Securities
Fund Name   Broker-Dealer   Owned
Fixed Income
           
             
Janus Flexible Bond Fund
 
Credit Suisse
  $ 22,393,991  
   
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
    15,137,979  
   
Jefferies & Co., Inc.
    8,303,145  
   
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
    9,762,542  
             
Janus Short-Term Bond Fund
 
Bank of America Corp.
  $ 2,023,576  
   
Credit Suisse
    8,673,724  
   
Jefferies & Co., Inc.
    4,128,743  
   
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
    3,779,192  
             
Risk Managed
           
             
INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund
 
Bank of America Corp.
  $ 1,043,348  
   
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
    406,937  
   
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
    1,922,977  
             
INTECH Risk-Managed International Fund
 
HSBC Holdings PLC
  $ 45,427  
             
INTECH Risk-Managed Value Fund
 
Bank of America Corp.
  $ 679,773  
   
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
    774,493  
   
Jefferies & Co., Inc.
    31,620  
   
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
    1,310,638  
             
Value
           
             
Perkins Large Cap Value Fund
 
Bank of America Corp.
  $ 919,680  
   
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
    590,715  
   
HSBC Holdings PLC
    478,695  
   
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
    1,464,400  
   
RBC Capital Markets Corp.
    10,400,000  
             
Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund
 
Calyon Corp. & Inv. Bank
  $ 643,393,000  
   
Deutsche Bank Group
    125,000,000  
   
HSBC Holdings PLC
    75,223,500  
   
ING Financial Markets
    400,000,000  
             
Perkins Small Cap Value Fund
 
Calyon Corp. & Inv. Bank
  $ 376,002,000  
             

 
 
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Trustees and officers

 
The following are the Trustees and officers of the Trust, together with a brief description of their principal occupations during the last five years (principal occupations for certain Trustees may include periods over five years).
 
Each Trustee has served in that capacity since he or she was originally elected or appointed. The Trustees do not serve a specified term of office. Each Trustee will hold office until the termination of the Trust or his or her earlier death, resignation, retirement, incapacity, or removal. Pursuant to the Funds’ Governance Procedures and Guidelines, Trustees are required to retire no later than the end of the calendar year in which the Trustee turns 72. The Trustees review the Funds’ Governance Procedures and Guidelines from time to time and may make changes they deem appropriate. The Funds’ Nominating and Governance Committee will consider nominees for the position of Trustee recommended by shareholders. Shareholders may submit the name of a candidate for consideration by the Committee by submitting their recommendations to the Trust’s Secretary. Each Trustee is currently a Trustee of one other registered investment company advised by Janus Capital: Janus Aspen Series. As of the date of this SAI, collectively, the two registered investment companies consist of 48 series or funds.
 
The Trust’s officers are elected annually by the Trustees for a one-year term. Certain officers also serve as officers of Janus Aspen Series. Certain officers of the Funds may also be officers and/or directors of Janus Capital. Fund officers receive no compensation from the Funds, except for the Funds’ Chief Compliance Officer, as authorized by the Trustees.
 
                               
                               
TRUSTEES
                               



Name, Address,
and Age
    Positions
Held with
the Trust
    Length of
Time Served
    Principal Occupations During the Past Five Years     Number of
Portfolios/Funds
in Fund Complex
Overseen by Trustee
    Other Directorships Held by Trustee During the Past Five Years
                               
Independent Trustees
                               
William F. McCalpin
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1957
    Chairman

Trustee
    1/08-Present

6/02-Present
    Managing Director, Holos Consulting LLC (provides consulting services to foundations and other nonprofit organizations). Formerly, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of The Rockefeller Brothers Fund (a private family foundation) (1998-2006).     48     Chairman of the Board and Director of The Investment Fund for Foundations Investment Program (TIP) (consisting of 4 funds); and Director of the F.B. Heron Foundation (a private grantmaking foundation).
                               
Jerome S. Contro
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1956
    Trustee     11/05-Present     General partner of Crosslink Capital, a private investment firm (since 2008). Formerly, partner of Tango Group, a private investment firm (1999-2008).     48     Formerly, Director of Envysion, Inc. (internet technology), Lijit Networks, Inc. (internet technology), LogRhythm Inc. (software solutions), IZZE Beverages, Ancestry.com, Inc. (genealogical research website), and Trustee and Chairman of RS Investment Trust.
                               
John W. McCarter, Jr.
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1938
    Trustee     6/02-Present     President, Trustee Emeritus, and Chief Executive Officer of The Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago, IL) (since 1996).     48     Chairman of the Board and Director of Divergence Inc. (biotechnology firm); Director of W.W. Grainger, Inc. (industrial distributor); Trustee of WTTW (Chicago public television station) and the University of Chicago; Regent, Smithsonian Institution; and Member of the Board of Governors for Argonne National Laboratory.
                               
 
 
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TRUSTEES
                               



Name, Address,
and Age
    Positions
Held with
the Trust
    Length of
Time Served
    Principal Occupations During the Past Five Years     Number of
Portfolios/Funds
in Fund Complex
Overseen by Trustee
    Other Directorships Held by Trustee During the Past Five Years
                               
Independent Trustees (cont’d.)
                               
John P. McGonigle
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1955
    Trustee     6/10-Present     Formerly, Vice President, Senior Vice President, and Executive Vice President of Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (1989-2006).     48     Trustee of PayPal Funds (since 2008). Formerly, Director of Charles Schwab International Holdings (a brokerage service division for joint ventures outside the U.S.) (1999-2006).
                               
Dennis B. Mullen
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1943
    Trustee     2/71-Present     Formerly, Chief Executive Officer of Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. (2005-2010). Formerly, private investor.     48*     Director of Janus Capital Funds Plc (Dublin-based, non-U.S. funds). Formerly, Chairman of the Board (2005-2010) and Director (2002-2010) of Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. (RRGB).
                               
James T. Rothe
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1943
    Trustee     1/97-Present     Co-founder and Managing Director of Roaring Fork Capital SBIC, LP (SBA SBIC fund focusing on private investment in public equity firms), and Professor Emeritus of Business of the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO (since 2004). Formerly, Professor of Business of the University of Colorado (2002-2004); and Distinguished Visiting Professor of Business (2001-2002) of Thunderbird (American Graduate School of International Management), Glendale, AZ.     48     Director of Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. (RRGB).
                               
William D. Stewart
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1944
    Trustee     6/84-Present     Corporate Vice President and General Manager of MKS Instruments – HPS Products, Boulder, CO (a manufacturer of vacuum fittings and valves) and PMFC Division, Andover, MA (manufacturing pressure measurement and flow products).     48     None
                               
Martin H. Waldinger
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1938
    Trustee     8/69-Present     Private investor and Consultant to California Planned Unit Developments (since 1994). Formerly, CEO and President of Marwal, Inc. (homeowner association management company).     48     None
                               
 *  Mr. Mullen also serves as director of Janus Capital Funds Plc, an offshore product, consisting of 19 funds. Including Janus Capital Funds Plc and the 48 funds comprising the Janus funds, Mr. Mullen oversees 67 funds.

 
 
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TRUSTEES
                               



Name, Address,
and Age
    Positions
Held with
the Trust
    Length of
Time Served
    Principal Occupations During the Past Five Years     Number of
Portfolios/Funds
in Fund Complex
Overseen by Trustee
    Other Directorships Held by Trustee During the Past Five Years
                               
Independent Trustees (cont’d.)
                               
Linda S. Wolf
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1947
    Trustee     11/05-Present     Retired. Formerly, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Leo Burnett (Worldwide) (advertising agency) (2001-2005).     48     Director of Wal-Mart, The Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago, IL), Children’s Memorial Hospital (Chicago, IL), Chicago Council on Global Affairs, and InnerWorkings (U.S. provider of print procurement solutions to corporate clients).
                               

 
 
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OFFICERS
                   


Name, Address,
and Age
    Positions Held with the Trust     Term of
Office* and
Length of
Time Served
    Principal Occupations During the Past Five Years
                   
Gibson Smith
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1968
    Executive Vice President and Co-Portfolio Manager
Janus High-Yield Fund

Executive Vice President and Co-Portfolio Manager
Janus Flexible Bond Fund

Executive Vice President and Co-Portfolio Manager
Janus Short-Term Bond Fund

Executive Vice President and Co-Portfolio Manager
Perkins Value Plus Income Fund
    12/03-Present


5/07-Present


7/10-Present


7/10-Present
    Co-Chief Investment Officer and Executive Vice President of Janus Capital; Executive Vice President of Janus Distributors LLC and Janus Services LLC; Director of Perkins Investment Management LLC; and Portfolio Manager for other Janus accounts. Formerly, Vice President (2003-2006) of Janus Capital.
                   
Darrell Watters
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1963
    Executive Vice President and Co-Portfolio Manager
Janus Flexible Bond Fund and Janus Short-Term Bond Fund

Executive Vice President and Co-Portfolio Manager Janus High-Yield Fund

Executive Vice President and Co-Portfolio Manager
Perkins Value Plus Income Fund
    5/07-Present



7/08-Present


7/10-Present
    Vice President and Research Analyst for Janus Capital and Portfolio Manager for other Janus accounts.
                   
Robin C. Beery
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1967
    President and Chief Executive Officer     4/08-Present     Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer, and Head of Intermediary Distribution, Global Marketing and Product of Janus Capital Group Inc. and Janus Capital; Executive Vice President, and Head of Intermediary Distribution, Global Marketing and Product of Janus Distributors LLC and Janus Services LLC; Director of Perkins Investment Management LLC; and Working Director of INTECH Investment Management LLC. Formerly, President (2002-2007) and Director (2000-2007) of The Janus Foundation; President (2004-2006) of Janus Services LLC; and Senior Vice President (2003-2005) of Janus Capital Group Inc. and Janus Capital.
                   
Stephanie Grauerholz-Lofton
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1970
    Chief Legal Counsel and Secretary

Vice President
    1/06-Present

3/06-Present
    Vice President and Assistant General Counsel of Janus Capital, and Vice President and Assistant Secretary of Janus Distributors LLC. Formerly, Assistant Vice President of Janus Capital and Janus Distributors LLC (2006).
                   
David R. Kowalski
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1957
    Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer, and
Anti-Money Laundering Officer
    6/02-Present     Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of Janus Capital, Janus Distributors LLC, and Janus Services LLC; and Vice President of INTECH Investment Management LLC and Perkins Investment Management LLC. Formerly, Chief Compliance Officer of Bay Isle Financial LLC (2003-2008) and INTECH Investment Management LLC (2003-2005); and Vice President of Janus Capital (2000-2005) and Janus Services LLC (2004-2005).
                   
 *  Officers are elected at least annually by the Trustees for a one-year term and may also be elected from time to time by the Trustees for an interim period.

 
 
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OFFICERS
                   


Name, Address,
and Age
    Positions Held with the Trust     Term of
Office* and
Length of
Time Served
    Principal Occupations During the Past Five Years
                   
Jesper Nergaard
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1962
    Chief Financial Officer

Vice President, Treasurer, and Principal Accounting Officer
    3/05-Present

2/05-Present
    Vice President of Janus Capital. Formerly, Director of Financial Reporting for OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (2004-2005).
                   
 *  Officers are elected at least annually by the Trustees for a one-year term and may also be elected from time to time by the Trustees for an interim period.
 
As discussed below, the Board’s Nominating and Governance Committee is responsible for identifying and recommending candidates for nomination or election by the Board based on a variety of diverse criteria. In its most recent evaluation of the qualifications of each Trustee prior to the Trustee’s election in 2010, the Committee and the Board considered the totality of the information available to them, including the specific experience, qualifications, attributes or skills, as noted below, and concluded that each of the Trustees should serve as members of the Board of Trustees based on the Trust’s business structure. In reaching these conclusions, the Committee and the Board, in the exercise of their reasonable business judgment, evaluated each Trustee based on their specific experience, qualifications, attributes and/or skills on an individual basis and in combination with the other Trustees, none of which by itself was considered dispositive.
 
Jerome S. Contro: General Partner in private investment firms, service on multiple corporate boards, and a Fund Independent Trustee since 2005.
 
William F. McCalpin: Service as Chief Operating Officer of a large private family foundation, Chairman and Director of an unaffiliated fund complex, and a Fund Independent Trustee since 2002 and Independent Chairman of the Board of Trustees since 2008.
 
John W. McCarter, Jr.: President and CEO of large non-profit organization, service on multiple corporate and non-profit boards, and a Fund Independent Trustee since 2002.
 
John P. McGonigle: Service in multiple capacities with a leading financial services firm, including as Head of Mutual Funds and Asset Management, as an independent trustee of a money market fund, and a Fund Independent Trustee since 2010.
 
Dennis B. Mullen: Chairman of the Board and CEO of NASDAQ-listed company, director of off-shore fund complex, and a Fund Independent Trustee since 1971 and Independent Chairman of the Board of Trustees from 2004 to 2007.
 
James T. Rothe: Co-founder and Managing Director of a private investment firm, former business school professor, service as a corporate director, and a Fund Independent Trustee since 1997.
 
William D. Stewart: Corporate vice-president of a NASDAQ-listed industrial manufacturer, and a Fund Independent Trustee since 1984.
 
Martin H. Waldinger: Service as CEO of a homeowner association management company, and a Fund Independent Trustee since 1969.
 
Linda S. Wolf: Service as Chairman and CEO of a global advertising firm, service on multiple corporate and non-profit boards, and a Fund Independent Trustee since 2005.
 
General Information Regarding the Board of Trustees and Leadership Structure
The Trust is governed by the Board of Trustees, which is responsible for and oversees the management and operations of the Trust and each of the Janus funds on behalf of fund shareholders. Each member of the Board is an Independent Trustee, including the Board’s Chairman. The Board’s responsibilities include, but are not limited to, oversight of the Janus funds’ officers and service providers, including Janus Capital, which is responsible for the Trust’s day-to-day operations. The Trustees approve all of the agreements entered into with the Janus funds’ service providers, including the investment management agreements with Janus Capital and any applicable subadviser. The Trustees are also responsible for determining or changing each Janus fund’s investment objective, policies, and available investment techniques, as well as for overseeing the fund’s Chief Compliance Officer. In carrying out these responsibilities, the Trustees are assisted by the Trust’s independent auditor (who reports directly to the Trust’s Audit Committee), independent counsel, an independent fee consultant, and other specialists as appropriate, all of whom are selected by the Trustees. The Trustees also meet regularly without representatives of Janus Capital or its affiliates present.

 
 
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The Trustees discharge their responsibilities collectively as a Board, as well as through Board committees, each of which operates pursuant to a Board-approved charter that delineates the specific responsibilities of that committee. For example, the Board as a whole is responsible for oversight of the annual process by which the Board considers and approves each fund’s investment advisory agreement with Janus Capital, but specific matters related to oversight of the Janus funds’ independent auditors have been delegated by the Board to its Audit Committee, subject to approval of the Audit Committee’s recommendations by the Board. The members and responsibilities of each Board committee are summarized below. In addition to serving on certain committees, the Chairman of the Board (“Board Chairman”) is responsible for presiding at all meetings of the Board, and has other duties as may be assigned by the Trustees from time to time. The Board Chairman also serves as the Board’s liaison to Janus Capital with respect to all matters related to the Janus funds that are not otherwise delegated to the chair of a Board committee. The Board has determined that this leadership structure is appropriate based on (1) the number of Janus funds overseen and the various investment objectives of those funds; (2) the manner in which the Janus funds’ shares are marketed and distributed; and (3) the responsibilities entrusted to Janus Capital and its affiliates to oversee the Trust’s day-to-day operations, including the management of each Janus fund’s holdings and the distribution of fund shares. On an annual basis, the Board conducts a self-evaluation that considers, among other matters, whether the Board and its committees are functioning effectively and whether, given the size and composition of the Board and each of its committees, the Trustees are able to oversee effectively the number of Janus funds in the complex.
 
Committees of the Board
The Board of Trustees has seven standing committees that each perform specialized functions: an Audit Committee, Brokerage Committee, Investment Oversight Committee, Legal and Regulatory Committee, Money Market Committee, Nominating and Governance Committee, and Pricing Committee. Each committee is comprised entirely of Independent Trustees. Information about each committee’s functions is provided in the following table:
 
                   
                  Number of Meetings
            Members(1)
    Held During Last
      Summary of Functions     (Independent Trustees)     Fiscal Period(2)
Audit Committee     Reviews the financial reporting process, the system of internal controls over financial reporting, disclosure controls and procedures, Form N-CSR filings, and the audit process. The Committee’s review of the audit process includes, among other things, the appointment, compensation, and oversight of the Trust’s independent auditor and pre-approval of all audit and nonaudit services.     Jerome S. Contro (Chair)
John W. McCarter, Jr.
Dennis B. Mullen
    6
                   
Brokerage Committee     Reviews and makes recommendations regarding matters related to the Trust’s use of brokerage commissions and placement of portfolio transactions.     James T. Rothe (Chair)
Jerome S. Contro
Martin H. Waldinger
    4
                   
Investment Oversight Committee     Oversees the investment activities of the Trust’s non-money market funds.     Dennis B. Mullen (Chair)
Jerome S. Contro
William F. McCalpin
John W. McCarter, Jr.
James T. Rothe
William D. Stewart
Martin H. Waldinger
Linda S. Wolf
    5
                   
Legal and Regulatory Committee     Oversees compliance with various procedures adopted by the Trust, reviews certain regulatory filings made with the SEC, oversees the implementation and administration of the Trust’s Proxy Voting Guidelines.     Linda S. Wolf (Chair)
William F. McCalpin
William D. Stewart
    10
                   
Money Market Committee     Reviews various matters related to the operations of the Janus money market funds, including compliance with their Money Market Fund Procedures.     Jerome S. Contro (Chair)
James T. Rothe
Martin H. Waldinger
    5
                   

 
 
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                  Number of Meetings
            Members(1)
    Held During Last
      Summary of Functions     (Independent Trustees)     Fiscal Period(2)
Nominating and
Governance Committee
    Identifies and recommends individuals for election as Trustee, consults with Management in planning Trustee meetings, and oversees the administration of, and ensures compliance with, the Trust’s Governance Procedures and Guidelines, which includes review of and proposed changes to Trustee compensation.     John W. McCarter, Jr. (Chair)
William F. McCalpin
Dennis B. Mullen
    9
                   
Pricing Committee     Determines a fair value of restricted and other securities for which market quotations are not readily available or are deemed not to be reliable, pursuant to procedures adopted by the Trustees and reviews other matters related to the pricing of securities.     William D. Stewart (Chair)
James T. Rothe
Linda S. Wolf
    14
                   
(1)  Effective June 24, 2010, the composition of certain Committees changed as follows: members of the Brokerage Committee include James T. Rothe as Chair, John P. McGonigle, William D. Stewart, and Martin H. Waldinger; members of the Investment Oversight Committee include William F. McCalpin as Chair, Jerome S. Contro, John W. McCarter, Jr., John P. McGonigle, Dennis B. Mullen, James T. Rothe, William D. Stewart, Martin H. Waldinger, and Linda S. Wolf; members of the Legal and Regulatory Committee include Linda S. Wolf as Chair, William F. McCalpin, and John P. McGonigle; members of the Money Market Committee include John P. McGonigle as Chair, Jerome S. Contro, William D. Stewart, and Martin H. Waldinger; and members of the Nominating and Governance Committee include Dennis B. Mullen as Chair, William F. McCalpin, and James T. Rothe.
(2)  For the fiscal period August 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010.
 
Board Oversight of Risk Management
Janus Capital, as part of its responsibilities for the day-to-day operations of the Janus funds, is responsible for day-to-day risk management for the funds. The Board, as part of its overall oversight responsibilities for the funds’ operations, oversees Janus Capital’s risk management efforts with respect to the funds. The Board, in the exercise of its reasonable business judgment, also separately considers potential risks that may impact the Janus funds. The Board discharges its oversight duties and considers potential risks in a number of different ways, including, but not limited to, receiving reports on a regular basis, either directly or through an appropriate committee, from Janus Capital and its officers. Reports received include those from, among others, Janus Capital’s (1) senior managers responsible for oversight of global risk; (2) senior managers responsible for oversight of fund construction and trading risk; (3) Chief Compliance Officer; and (4) Director of Internal Audit. At the time these reports are presented, the Board or the committee receiving the report will, as it deems necessary, invite the presenter to participate in an executive session to discuss matters outside the presence of any other officers or representatives of Janus Capital or its affiliates. The Board also receives reports from other entities and individuals unaffiliated with Janus Capital, including reports from the Janus funds’ other service providers and from independent consultants hired by the Board.
 
Various Board committees also will consider particular risk items as the committee addresses items and issues specific to the jurisdiction of that committee. For example, the Pricing Committee will consider valuation risk as part of its regular oversight responsibilities, and similarly, the Brokerage Committee will consider counterparty risk associated with Janus fund transactions. The Board also may be apprised of particular risk management matters in connection with its general oversight and approval of various Janus fund matters brought before the Board. The Board has appointed a Chief Compliance Officer for the Janus funds (“Fund CCO”) who (1) reports directly to the Board and (2) provides a comprehensive written report annually and presents quarterly at the Board’s regular meetings. The Fund CCO, who also serves as Janus Capital’s Chief Compliance Officer, discusses relevant risk issues that may impact the Janus funds and/or Janus Capital’s services to the funds, and routinely meets with the Board in private without representatives of Janus Capital or its affiliates present. The Fund CCO also provides the Board with updates on the application of the Janus funds’ compliance policies and procedures, including how these procedures are designed to mitigate risk and what, if any, changes have been made to enhance the procedures. The Fund CCO may also report to the Board on an ad hoc basis in the event that he identifies issues associated with the Janus funds’ compliance policies and procedures that could expose the funds to additional risk or adversely impact the ability of Janus Capital to provide services to the funds.
 
The Board believes that its leadership structure permits it to effectively discharge its oversight responsibilities with respect to the Janus funds’ risk management process.
 
Additional Information About Trustees
Under the Trust’s Governance Procedures and Guidelines, the Trustees are expected to invest in one or more (but not necessarily all) funds advised by Janus Capital for which they serve as Trustee, to the extent they are directly eligible to do

 
 
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so. These investments may include amounts held under a deferred compensation plan that are valued based on “shadow investments” in such funds. Such investments, including the amount and which funds, are dictated by each Trustee’s individual financial circumstances and investment goals. The table below gives the dollar range of shares of the Funds that the Trustees own and which are described in this SAI, as well as the aggregate dollar range of shares of all mutual funds advised by Janus Capital and overseen by the Trustees (collectively, the “Janus Funds”), owned by each Trustee as of December 31, 2009.
 
                 
                 
Name of Trustee
    Dollar Range of Equity Securities in the Funds     Aggregate Dollar Range of Equity Securities in All Registered Investment Companies Overseen by Trustee in Janus Funds
                 
Independent Trustees
                 
William F. McCalpin
    INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund   $10,001-$50,000     Over $100,000   
      Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund   $10,001-$50,000      
                 
Jerome S. Contro
    Janus Flexible Bond Fund   Over $100,000     Over $100,000(1)
      Janus High-Yield Fund   Over $100,000      
      Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund   $50,001-$100,000      
                 
John W. McCarter, Jr. 
    INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund   $10,001-$50,000     Over $100,000   
      Janus High-Yield Fund   $50,001-$100,000      
                 
John P. McGonigle(2)
    None         Over $100,000   
                 
Dennis B. Mullen
    None         Over $100,000(1)
                 
James T. Rothe
    INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund   $10,001-$50,000     Over $100,000   
      Janus Flexible Bond Fund   $10,001-$50,000      
                 
William D. Stewart
    INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund   $50,001-$100,000     Over $100,000   
      Janus Flexible Bond Fund   $1-$10,000      
                 
Martin H. Waldinger
    None         Over $100,000(1)
                 
Linda S. Wolf
    None         Over $100,000(1)
                 
(1)  Ownership shown includes amounts held under a deferred compensation plan that are valued based on “shadow investments” in one or more funds.
(2)  At a Special Meeting of Shareholders on June 10, 2010, John P. McGonigle was elected as a new Trustee.
 
The Trust pays each Independent Trustee an annual retainer plus a fee for each regular in-person meeting of the Trustees attended, a fee for in-person meetings of committees attended if convened on a date other than that of a regularly scheduled meeting, and a fee for telephone meetings of the Trustees and committees. In addition, committee chairs and the Chairman of the Board of Trustees receive an additional supplemental retainer. Each current Independent Trustee also receives fees from other Janus funds for serving as Trustee of those funds. Janus Capital pays persons who are directors, officers, or employees of Janus Capital or any affiliate thereof, or any Trustee considered an “interested” Trustee, for their services as Trustees or officers. The Trust and other funds managed by Janus Capital may pay all or a portion of the compensation and related expenses of the Funds’ Chief Compliance Officer and compliance staff, as authorized from time to time by the Trustees.
 
The following table shows the aggregate compensation paid to each Independent Trustee by the Funds described in this SAI and all Janus Funds for the periods indicated. None of the Trustees receives any pension or retirement benefits from the Funds or the Janus Funds. Effective January 1, 2006, the Trustees established a deferred compensation plan under which the Trustees may elect to defer receipt of all, or a portion, of the compensation they earn for their services to the Funds, in lieu of receiving current payments of such compensation. Any deferred amount is treated as though an equivalent dollar amount has been invested in shares of one or more funds advised by Janus Capital (“shadow investments”).
 

 
 
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    Aggregate
  Total
    Compensation from
  Compensation from
    the Funds for
  the Janus Funds for
    fiscal period ended
  calendar year ended
Name of Person, Position   June 30, 2010   December 31, 2009(1)(2)
Independent Trustees
               
                 
William F. McCalpin, Chairman and Trustee(3)
  $ 73,074     $ 376,000  
                 
Jerome S. Contro, Trustee(4)
  $ 50,545     $ 305,500  
                 
John W. McCarter, Jr., Trustee(4)
  $ 58,140     $ 300,750  
                 
John P. McGonigle, Trustee(5)
  $ 7,648       N/A  
                 
Dennis B. Mullen, Trustee(4)
  $ 53,973     $ 328,661  
                 
James T. Rothe, Trustee(4)
  $ 57,886     $ 312,750  
                 
William D. Stewart, Trustee(4)
  $ 56,153     $ 296,750  
                 
Martin H. Waldinger, Trustee
  $ 48,948     $ 267,000  
                 
Linda S. Wolf, Trustee(4)
  $ 51,821     $ 273,750  
                 
(1)  For all Trustees (with the exception of John P. McGonigle), includes compensation for service on the boards of three Janus trusts (the Trust, Janus Adviser Series, and Janus Aspen Series), for the period January 1, 2009 to July 2, 2009, comprised of 68 portfolios, and for two trusts (the Trust and Janus Aspen Series) from July 2, 2009 to December 31, 2009, comprised of 52 portfolios. In addition, Mr. Mullen’s compensation includes service on the board of an additional trust, Janus Capital Funds Plc (an offshore product), comprised of 17 portfolios.
(2)  Total compensation received from the Janus Funds includes any amounts deferred under the deferred compensation plan. The deferred compensation amounts for the period shown are as follows: Jerome S. Contro $123,750; Martin H. Waldinger $54,375; and Linda S. Wolf $59,938.
(3)  Aggregate Compensation received from the Funds and Total Compensation received from all Janus Funds includes additional compensation paid for service as Independent Chairman of the Board of Trustees.
(4)  Aggregate Compensation received from the Funds and Total Compensation received from all Janus Funds includes additional compensation paid for service as chair of one or more committees of the Board of Trustees.
(5)  At a Special Meeting of Shareholders on June 10, 2010, John P. McGonigle was elected as a new Trustee. Prior to such election, Mr. McGonigle was a consultant to the Trustees and was paid by the Trust in this capacity. As of the fiscal period ended June 30, 2010, Mr. McGonigle received aggregate compensation of $15,510 from the Funds for serving as a consultant to the Trustees. Mr. McGonigle did not receive any compensation from the Janus Funds as of the calendar year ended December 31, 2009.

 
 
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Other Accounts Managed
The following table provides information relating to other accounts managed by the portfolio managers as of June 30, 2010. No accounts included in the totals listed below have a performance-based advisory fee.
 
                             
        Other Registered
  Other Pooled
   
        Investment
  Investment
   
        Companies   Vehicles   Other Accounts
Gibson Smith
  Number of Other Accounts Managed     10       None       6  
    Assets in Other Accounts Managed   $ 5,516,972,667       None     $ 740,847,683  
Darrell Watters
  Number of Other Accounts Managed     6       None       5  
    Assets in Other Accounts Managed   $ 2,050,689,693       None     $ 705,804,692  
 
Material Conflicts
As shown in the table above, certain portfolio managers may manage other accounts with investment strategies similar to the Funds. Those other accounts may include other Janus funds, private-label mutual funds for which Janus Capital serves as subadviser, and separately managed accounts or other unregistered products. Fees earned by Janus Capital may vary among these accounts, the portfolio managers may personally invest in some but not all of these accounts, and certain of these accounts may have a greater impact on their compensation than others. In addition, certain portfolio managers may also have roles as research analysts for one or more Janus funds and receive compensation with respect to the analyst role. These factors could create conflicts of interest because a portfolio manager may have incentives to favor certain accounts over others, resulting in the potential for other accounts outperforming a Fund. A conflict may also exist if a portfolio manager identifies a limited investment opportunity that may be appropriate for more than one account, but a Fund is not able to take full advantage of that opportunity due to the need to allocate that opportunity among multiple accounts. In addition, the portfolio manager may execute transactions for another account that may adversely impact the value of securities held by the Fund. However, Janus Capital believes that these conflicts may be mitigated to a certain extent by the fact that accounts with like investment strategies managed by a particular portfolio manager are generally managed in a similar fashion, subject to a variety of exceptions, for example, to account for particular investment restrictions or policies applicable only to certain accounts, certain portfolio holdings that may be transferred in-kind when an account is opened, differences in cash flows and account sizes, and similar factors. In addition, Janus Capital has adopted trade allocation procedures that govern allocation of securities among various Janus accounts. Trade allocation and personal trading are described in further detail under “Additional Information About Janus Capital and the Subadvisers.”
 
Janus Capital is the adviser to the Funds and the Janus “funds of funds,” which are funds that invest primarily in other Janus Capital mutual funds. Because Janus Capital is the adviser to the Janus “funds of funds” and the Funds, it is subject to certain potential conflicts of interest when allocating the assets of a Janus “fund of funds” among such Funds. In addition, the Janus “funds of funds” portfolio manager, who also serves as Senior Vice President and Chief Risk Officer of Janus Capital, has regular and continuous access to information regarding the holdings of the Funds, as well as knowledge of, and potential impact on, investment strategies and techniques of the Funds. Janus Capital believes these potential conflicts may be mitigated through its compliance monitoring, including that of asset allocations by the portfolio manager. In addition, Janus Capital has retained an independent consultant to provide research and consulting services with respect to asset allocation and investments for Janus Conservative Allocation Fund, Janus Moderate Allocation Fund, and Janus Growth Allocation Fund, which are “funds of funds” offered by Janus Capital.
 
Compensation Information
The following describes the structure and method of calculating a portfolio manager’s compensation as of June 30, 2010.
 
Portfolio managers and, if applicable, co-portfolio managers (“portfolio manager” or “portfolio managers”) are compensated for managing a Fund and any other funds, portfolios, or accounts for which they have exclusive or shared responsibilities (collectively, the “Managed Funds”) through two components: fixed compensation and variable compensation. Certain portfolio managers are eligible to receive additional discretionary compensation in recognition of their continued analyst responsibilities, and the Chief Investment Officers (“CIO”) of Janus Capital are eligible for additional variable compensation in recognition of their CIO roles, each as noted below. In addition, certain portfolio managers who have an ownership interest or profits interest in Perkins may receive compensation through those interests.

 
 
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Fixed Compensation: Fixed compensation is paid in cash and is comprised of an annual base salary established based on factors such as the complexity of managing funds and other accounts and scope of responsibility (including assets under management).
 
Variable Compensation: Variable compensation is paid in the form of cash and long-term incentive awards (consisting of a mixture of JCGI restricted stock, stock options, and a cash-deferred award that is credited with income, gains, and losses based on the performance of Janus mutual fund investments selected by the portfolio manager). Variable compensation is calculated based on pre-tax performance of the Managed Funds.
 
Variable compensation is structured to pay a portfolio manager primarily on the Managed Funds’ performance, with additional discretionary compensation available from one or more bonus pools as discussed below.
 
Aggregate compensation derived from the Managed Funds’ performance is calculated based upon a percentage of the total revenue received on the Managed Funds adjusted to reflect the actual performance of such Managed Funds. Actual performance is calculated based on the Managed Funds’ aggregate asset-weighted Lipper peer group performance ranking on a one-, three-, and five-year rolling period basis with a predominant weighting on the Managed Funds’ performance in the three- and five-year periods. The compensation determined from the Managed Funds’ performance is then allocated to the respective portfolio manager(s).
 
A portfolio manager is also eligible to participate in a portfolio manager discretionary bonus pool. The size of the portfolio manager bonus pool fluctuates depending on both the revenue derived from firm-wide managed assets (excluding assets managed by subadvisers) and the investment performance of such firm-wide managed assets. Compensation from the portfolio manager bonus pool is then allocated among the eligible respective participants at the discretion of Janus Capital based upon, among other things: (i) teamwork and support of team culture; (ii) mentoring of analysts; (iii) contributions to the sales process; and (iv) client relationships.
 
Analyst Variable Compensation: If a portfolio manager also has analyst responsibilities, then such portfolio manager is eligible to participate in a discretionary analyst team pool. The aggregate compensation available under the analyst team pool is determined from a certain percentage of revenue derived from firm-wide managed assets (excluding assets managed by subadvisers). The aggregate compensation in the analyst team pool is then allocated among the eligible analysts at the discretion of Janus Capital based on factors which may include performance of investment recommendations, individual and team contributions, scope of coverage, and other subjective criteria. The analyst compensation pool is subject to a reduction in the event of absolute negative performance at the discretion of Janus Capital.
 
CIO Variable Compensation: The CIOs are entitled to additional compensation in consideration of their role as CIO of Janus Capital that is generally based on firm-wide investment performance (excluding assets managed by subadvisers), Janus-managed net long-term flows (excluding assets managed by subadvisers and money market funds), investment team leadership factors, and overall corporate leadership factors. Variable compensation from firm-wide investment performance is calculated based upon the firm-wide aggregate asset-weighted Lipper peer group performance ranking on a one- and three-year rolling period basis.
 
Portfolio managers may elect to defer payment of a designated percentage of their fixed compensation and/or up to all of their variable compensation in accordance with JCGI’s Executive Income Deferral Program.
 
Each Fund’s Lipper peer group for compensation purposes is shown in the following table:
 
     
Fund Name   Lipper Peer Group
Fixed Income
   
Janus Flexible Bond Fund
  Intermediate Investment Grade Debt Funds
Janus High-Yield Fund
  High Current Yield Funds
Janus Short-Term Bond Fund
  Short Investment Grade Debt Funds
Value
   
Perkins Value Plus Income Fund
  Mixed-Asset Target Allocation Moderate Funds
     

 
 
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Other Accounts Managed
The following table provides information relating to other accounts managed by the investment personnel as of June 30, 2010. To the extent that any of the accounts pay advisory fees based on account performance, information on those accounts is separately listed.
 
                             
        Other Registered
  Other Pooled
   
        Investment
  Investment
   
        Companies   Vehicles   Other Accounts(1)
E. Robert Fernholz
  Number of Other Accounts Managed     13       33       258  
    Assets in Other Accounts Managed   $ 4,327,706,767     $ 6,373,387,012     $ 28,314,758,107  
Adrian Banner
  Number of Other Accounts Managed     13       33       258  
    Assets in Other Accounts Managed   $ 4,327,706,767     $ 6,373,387,012     $ 28,314,758,107  
Joseph Runnels
  Number of Other Accounts Managed     13       33       258  
    Assets in Other Accounts Managed   $ 4,327,706,767     $ 6,373,387,012     $ 28,314,758,107  
 
(1)  Forty-one of the accounts included in the totals, consisting of $6,031,752,058 of the total assets in the category, have performance-based advisory fees.
 
Material Conflicts
As shown in the table above, the Risk-Managed Funds investment personnel may manage other accounts with investment strategies similar to the Funds. Fees earned by the adviser may vary among these accounts, the investment personnel may personally invest in some but not all of these accounts, and certain of these accounts may have a greater impact on the investment personnel’s compensation than others. These factors could create conflicts of interest because the investment personnel may have incentives to favor certain accounts over others, resulting in the potential for other accounts outperforming the Funds. A conflict may also exist if the investment personnel identifies a limited investment opportunity that may be appropriate for more than one account, but a Fund is not able to take full advantage of that opportunity due to the need to allocate that opportunity among multiple accounts. In addition, the investment personnel may execute transactions for another account that may adversely impact the value of securities held by the Funds. However, INTECH believes that these conflicts may be mitigated to a certain extent by the fact that accounts with like investment strategies managed by the investment personnel are generally managed in a similar fashion, subject to a variety of exceptions, for example, to account for particular investment restrictions or policies applicable only to certain accounts, portfolio holdings that may be transferred in-kind when an account is opened, differences in cash flows and account sizes, and similar factors. In addition, INTECH generates regular daily trades for all of its clients using proprietary trade system software. Trades are submitted to designated brokers in a single electronic file at one time during the day, preallocated to individual clients. If an order is not completely filled, executed shares are allocated to client accounts in proportion to the order. These procedures are described in further detail under “Additional Information About Janus Capital and the Subadvisers.”
 
Compensation Information
As described under “Investment Adviser and Subadvisers,” Janus Capital has entered into Sub-Advisory Agreements on behalf of INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund, INTECH Risk-Managed Growth Fund, INTECH Risk-Managed International Fund, and INTECH Risk-Managed Value Fund. The compensation structure of the investment personnel is determined by INTECH and is summarized by INTECH below. The following describes the structure and method of calculating the investment personnel’s compensation as of June 30, 2010.
 
For managing the Funds and all other accounts, the investment personnel receive base pay in the form of a fixed annual salary paid by INTECH, which is not based on performance or assets of the Funds or other accounts. The investment personnel are also eligible for a cash bonus as determined by INTECH, and which is not necessarily based on performance or assets of the Funds or other accounts. The investment personnel, as part owners of INTECH, also receive compensation by virtue of their ownership interest in INTECH.
 
The investment personnel may elect to defer payment of a designated percentage of their fixed compensation and/or up to all of their variable compensation in accordance with JCGI’s Executive Income Deferral Program.

 
 
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Other Accounts Managed
The following table provides information relating to other accounts managed by the portfolio managers as of June 30, 2010. To the extent that any of the accounts pay advisory fees based on account performance, information on those accounts is separately listed.
 
                             
        Other Registered
  Other Pooled
   
        Investment
  Investment
   
        Companies   Vehicles   Other Accounts
Jeffrey R. Kautz
  Number of Other Accounts Managed     4 (1)     None       17  
    Assets in Other Accounts Managed   $ 1,102,151,445       None     $ 679,795,667  
Robert H. Perkins
  Number of Other Accounts Managed     1       None       121  
    Assets in Other Accounts Managed   $ 21,900,583       None     $ 207,450,717  
Thomas M. Perkins
  Number of Other Accounts Managed     5 (1)     None       13  
    Assets in Other Accounts Managed   $ 1,146,056,067       None     $ 693,289,971  
Todd H. Perkins
  Number of Other Accounts Managed     1       None       4  
    Assets in Other Accounts Managed   $ 21,900,583       None     $ 46,400,305  
Kevin Preloger
  Number of Other Accounts Managed     1       None       16  
    Assets in Other Accounts Managed   $ 43,904,622       None     $ 23,990,141  
Theodore M. Thome
  Number of Other Accounts Managed     None       None       None  
    Assets in Other Accounts Managed     None       None       None  
Justin Tugman
  Number of Other Accounts Managed     1       None       4  
    Assets in Other Accounts Managed   $ 21,900,583       None     $ 46,400,305  
 
(1)  One of the accounts included in the total, consisting of $103,143,302 of the total assets in the category, has a performance-based advisory fee.
 
Material Conflicts
As shown in the table above, the Value Funds’ portfolio managers may manage other funds and accounts with investment strategies similar to the Funds. Fees earned by the adviser may vary among these accounts, the portfolio managers may personally invest in some but not all of these accounts, and certain of these accounts may have a greater impact on the portfolio managers’ compensation than others. These factors could create conflicts of interest because a portfolio manager may have incentives to favor certain accounts over others, resulting in the potential for other accounts outperforming the Funds. A conflict may also exist if a portfolio manager identifies a limited investment opportunity that may be appropriate for more than one account, but the Funds are not able to take full advantage of that opportunity due to the need to allocate that opportunity among multiple accounts. In addition, the portfolio managers may execute transactions for another account that may adversely impact the value of securities held by the Funds. However, Perkins believes that these conflicts may be mitigated to a certain extent by the fact that accounts with like investment strategies managed by the portfolio managers are generally managed in a similar fashion, subject to a variety of exceptions, for example, to account for particular investment restrictions or policies applicable only to certain accounts, certain portfolio holdings that may be transferred in-kind when an account is opened, differences in cash flows and account sizes, and similar factors. Information regarding Perkins’ trade allocation procedures is described under “Additional Information About Janus Capital and the Subadvisers.”
 
Compensation Information
As described under “Investment Adviser and Subadvisers,” Janus Capital has entered into Sub-Advisory Agreements on behalf of Perkins Large Cap Value Fund, Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund, Perkins Small Cap Value Fund, and Perkins Value Plus Income Fund. The following describes the structure and method of calculating a portfolio manager’s compensation as of June 30, 2010.
 
Portfolio managers and, if applicable, co-portfolio managers (“portfolio manager” or “portfolio managers”) are compensated for managing a Fund and any other funds, portfolios, or accounts for which they have exclusive or shared responsibilities (collectively, the “Managed Funds”) through two components: fixed compensation and variable compensation. Certain portfolio managers are eligible to receive additional discretionary compensation in recognition of their continued analyst responsibilities, and the Chief Investment Officer (“CIO”) of Perkins is eligible for additional variable compensation in recognition of his CIO role. In addition, certain portfolio managers who have an ownership interest or profits interest in Perkins may receive compensation through those interests.

 
 
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Fixed Compensation: Fixed compensation is paid in cash and is comprised of an annual base salary established based on factors such as the complexity of managing funds and other accounts and scope of responsibility (including assets under management).
 
Variable Compensation: Variable compensation is paid in cash and long-term incentive awards (consisting of a mixture of JCGI restricted stock, stock options, and a cash-deferred award that is credited with income, gains, and losses based on the performance of mutual fund investments selected by the portfolio manager). Variable compensation is calculated based on pre-tax performance of the Managed Funds.
 
Variable compensation is structured to pay a portfolio manager primarily on the Managed Funds’ performance, with additional discretionary compensation available from a discretionary bonus pool.
 
Aggregate compensation derived from the Managed Funds’ performance is calculated based upon a percentage of the total revenue received on the Managed Funds adjusted to reflect the actual performance of such Managed Funds. Actual performance is calculated based on the Managed Funds’ aggregate asset-weighted Lipper peer group performance ranking on a one-, three-, and five-year rolling period basis with a predominant weighting on the Managed Funds’ performance in the three- and five-year periods. The compensation determined from the Managed Funds’ performance is then allocated to the respective portfolio manager(s).
 
A portfolio manager is also eligible to participate in a Perkins discretionary bonus pool. The size of the discretionary bonus pool fluctuates depending on both the revenue derived from firm-wide managed assets and the investment performance of such firm-wide managed assets. Compensation from the discretionary bonus pool is then allocated among the eligible respective participants at the discretion of Perkins based upon, among other things: (i) teamwork and support of team culture; (ii) mentoring of analysts; (iii) contributions to the sales process; and (iv) client relationships.
 
Analyst Variable Compensation: If a portfolio manager also has analyst responsibilities, then such portfolio manager is further eligible to participate in the Perkins discretionary bonus pool. The discretionary bonus pool is allocated among the eligible analysts at the discretion of Perkins based on factors which may include performance of investment recommendations, performance of an analyst run paper-based portfolio, individual and team contributions, scope of coverage, and other subjective criteria.
 
Each Fund’s Lipper peer group for compensation purposes is shown in the following table:
 
     
Fund Name   Lipper Peer Group
Value
   
Perkins Large Cap Value Fund
  Large-Cap Value Funds
Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund
  Mid Cap Value Funds
Perkins Small Cap Value Fund
  Small-Cap Core Funds
Perkins Value Plus Income Fund
  Mixed-Asset Target Allocation Moderate Funds

 
 
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As of June 30, 2010, the portfolio managers and/or investment personnel of the Funds beneficially owned securities of the Fund(s) they manage in the dollar range shown in the following table. The last column of the table also reflects each individual’s aggregate beneficial ownership of all mutual funds advised by Janus Capital within the Janus family of funds (collectively, the “Janus Funds”).
 
                 
                 
Investment Personnel
    Dollar Range of Securities in the Fund(s) Managed     Aggregate Dollar Range of Securities
in Janus Funds
                 
Janus Capital
                 
Gibson Smith
    Janus Flexible Bond Fund   Over $1,000,000     Over $1,000,000
      Janus High-Yield Fund   Over $1,000,000      
      Janus Short-Term Bond Fund   $50,001-$100,000      
      Perkins Value Plus Income Fund   None*      
                 
Darrell Watters
    Janus Flexible Bond Fund   $100,001-$500,000     Over $1,000,000
      Janus High-Yield Fund   $100,001-$500,000      
      Janus Short-Term Bond Fund   Over $1,000,000      
      Perkins Value Plus Income Fund   None*      
                 
INTECH
                 
E. Robert Fernholz
    INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund   Over $1,000,000     Over $1,000,000
      INTECH Risk-Managed Growth Fund   None      
      INTECH Risk-Managed International Fund   None      
      INTECH Risk-Managed Value Fund   None      
                 
Adrian Banner
    INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund   None     $50,001-$100,000
      INTECH Risk-Managed Growth Fund   None      
      INTECH Risk-Managed International Fund   None      
      INTECH Risk-Managed Value Fund   None      
                 
Joseph Runnels
    INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund   $50,001-$100,000     $50,001-$100,000
      INTECH Risk-Managed Growth Fund   None      
      INTECH Risk-Managed International Fund   None      
      INTECH Risk-Managed Value Fund   None      
                 
Perkins
                 
Jeffrey Kautz
    Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund   Over $1,000,000     Over $1,000,000
      Perkins Value Plus Income Fund   None*      
                 
Robert Perkins
    Perkins Small Cap Value Fund   Over $1,000,000     Over $1,000,000
                 
Thomas Perkins
    Perkins Large Cap Value Fund   Over $1,000,000     Over $1,000,000
      Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund   Over $1,000,000      
                 
Todd H. Perkins
    Perkins Small Cap Value Fund   $500,001-$1,000,000     Over $1,000,000
                 
Kevin Preloger
    Perkins Large Cap Value Fund   $500,001-$1,000,000     Over $1,000,000
                 
Theodore Thome
    Perkins Value Plus Income Fund   None*     $100,001-$500,000
                 
Justin Tugman
    Perkins Small Cap Value Fund   $50,001-$100,000     $500,001-$1,000,000
                 
Commenced operations on July 30, 2010.

 
 
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Shares of the trust

 
Although Perkins Small Cap Value Fund is closed, certain investors may continue to invest in the Fund and/or open new Fund accounts as described in the Fund’s Prospectuses. The “Shareholder’s Manual” or “Shareholder’s Guide” section of the Fund’s Prospectuses contains detailed information about the purchase of shares.
 
NET ASSET VALUE DETERMINATION
 
As stated in the Funds’ Prospectuses, the net asset value (“NAV”) of the Shares of each class of each Fund is determined once each day the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) is open, as of the close of its regular trading session (normally 4:00 p.m., New York time, Monday through Friday). The per share NAV for each class of each Fund is computed by dividing the total value of securities and other assets allocated to the class, less liabilities allocated to that class, by the total number of outstanding shares for the class. In determining NAV, securities listed on an Exchange, the Nasdaq National Market, and foreign markets are generally valued at the closing prices on such markets. If such price is lacking for the trading period immediately preceding the time of determination, such securities are valued at their current bid price. Municipal securities held by the Funds are traded primarily in the over-the-counter markets. Valuations of such securities are furnished by one or more pricing services employed by the Funds and approved by the Trustees and are based upon a computerized matrix system or appraisals obtained by a pricing service, in each case in reliance upon information concerning market transactions and quotations from recognized municipal securities dealers. Other securities that are traded on the over-the-counter markets are generally valued at their closing bid prices. Foreign securities and currencies are converted to U.S. dollars using the applicable exchange rate in effect at the close of the NYSE. Each Fund will determine the market value of individual securities held by it by using prices provided by one or more professional pricing services which may provide market prices to other funds or, as needed, by obtaining market quotations from independent broker-dealers. Short-term securities maturing within 60 days or less are valued on an amortized cost basis. Debt securities with a remaining maturity of greater than 60 days are valued in accordance with the evaluated bid price supplied by the pricing service. The evaluated bid price supplied by the pricing service is an evaluation that reflects such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, and ratings.
 
Securities for which market quotations are not readily available or are deemed unreliable are valued at fair value determined in good faith under procedures established by and under the supervision of the Trustees (the “Valuation Procedures”). Circumstances in which fair value pricing may be utilized include, but are not limited to: (i) a significant event that may affect the securities of a single issuer, such as a merger, bankruptcy, or significant issuer specific development; (ii) an event that may affect an entire market, such as a natural disaster or significant governmental action; (iii) a nonsignificant event such as a market closing early or not opening, or a security trading halt; and (iv) pricing of a non-valued security and a restricted or non-public security. The Funds may use a systematic fair valuation model provided by an independent third party to value international equity securities in order to adjust for stale pricing, which may occur between the close of certain foreign exchanges and the NYSE.
 
Trading in securities on European and Far Eastern securities exchanges and over-the-counter markets is normally completed well before the close of business on each business day in New York (i.e., a day on which the NYSE is open). In addition, European or Far Eastern securities trading generally or in a particular country or countries may not take place on all business days in New York. Furthermore, trading takes place in Japanese markets on certain Saturdays and in various foreign markets on days which are not business days in New York and on which a Fund’s NAV is not calculated. A Fund calculates its NAV per share, and therefore effects sales, redemptions, and repurchases of its shares, as of the close of the NYSE once each day on which the NYSE is open. Such calculation may not take place contemporaneously with the determination of the prices of the foreign portfolio securities used in such calculation. If an event that is expected to affect the value of a portfolio security occurs after the close of the principal exchange or market on which that security is traded, and before the close of the NYSE, then that security may be valued in good faith under the Valuation Procedures.
 
To the extent there are any errors in a Fund’s NAV calculation, Janus Capital may, at its discretion, reprocess individual shareholder transactions so that each shareholder’s account reflects the accurate corrected NAV.
 
 
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PURCHASES
 
With the exception of Class D Shares and Class I Shares, Shares of the Funds can generally be purchased only through institutional channels such as financial intermediaries and retirement platforms. Class D Shares and Class I Shares may be purchased directly with the Funds in certain circumstances as provided in the Funds’ Prospectuses. Not all financial intermediaries offer all classes. Shares or classes of the Funds may be purchased without upfront sales charges by certain retirement plans and clients of investment advisers, but these clients will typically pay asset-based fees for their investment advisers’ advice, which are on top of the Funds’ expenses. Certain Shares or classes of the Funds may also be purchased without upfront sales charges or transactional charges by persons who invest through mutual fund “supermarket” programs of certain financial intermediaries that typically do not provide investment recommendations or the assistance of an investment professional.
 
Certain designated organizations are authorized to receive purchase orders on the Funds’ behalf and those organizations are authorized to designate their agents and affiliates as intermediaries to receive purchase orders. Purchase orders are deemed received by a Fund when authorized organizations, their agents, or affiliates receive the order provided that such designated organizations or their agents or affiliates transmit the order to the Fund within contractually specified periods. The Funds are not responsible for the failure of any designated organization or its agents or affiliates to carry out its obligations to its customers. In order to receive a day’s price, your order for any class of Shares must be received in good order by the close of the regular trading session of the NYSE as described above in “Net Asset Value Determination.” Your financial intermediary may charge you a separate or additional fee for processing purchases of Shares. Your financial intermediary, plan documents, or the Funds’ Prospectuses will provide you with detailed information about investing in the Funds.
 
The Trust has established an Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Program (the “Program”) as required by the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (“USA PATRIOT Act”). In order to ensure compliance with this law, the Trust’s Program provides for the development of internal practices, procedures and controls, designation of anti-money laundering compliance officers, an ongoing training program, and an independent audit function to determine the effectiveness of the Program.
 
Procedures to implement the Program include, but are not limited to, determining that financial intermediaries have established proper anti-money laundering procedures, reporting suspicious and/or fraudulent activity, checking shareholder names against designated government lists, including the Office of Foreign Asset Control (“OFAC”), and a review of all new account applications. The Trust does not intend to transact business with any person or entity whose identity cannot be adequately verified under the provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act.
 
Class A Shares
The price you pay for Class A Shares is the public offering price, which is the NAV next determined after a Fund or its agent receives in good order your order plus an initial sales charge, if applicable, based on the amount invested as set forth in the table. The Fund receives the NAV. The sales charge is allocated between your financial intermediary and Janus Distributors, the Trust’s distributor, as shown in the table, except where Janus Distributors, in its discretion, allocates up to the entire amount to your financial intermediary. Sales charges, as expressed as a percentage of offering price, a percentage of your net investment, and as a percentage of the sales charge reallowed to financial intermediaries, are shown in the table. The dollar amount of your initial sales charge is calculated as the difference between the public offering price and the NAV of those shares. Since the offering price is calculated to two decimal places using standard rounding criteria, the number of shares purchased and the dollar amount of your sales charge as a percentage of the offering price and of your net investment may be higher or lower than the amounts set forth in the table depending on whether there was a downward or upward rounding. Although you pay no initial sales charge on purchases of $1,000,000 or more, Janus Distributors may pay, from its own resources, a commission to your financial intermediary on such investments.

 
 
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    Sales Charge as a
  Sales Charge as a
  Amount of Sales Charge Reallowed
    Percentage of
  Percentage of Net
  to Financial Intermediaries as a
Amount of Purchase at Offering Price   Offering Price*   Amount Invested   Percentage of Offering Price
Equity Funds
                       
                         
Under $50,000
    5.75 %     6.10 %     5.00 %
                         
$50,000 but under $100,000
    4.50 %     4.71 %     3.75 %
                         
$100,000 but under $250,000
    3.50 %     3.63 %     2.75 %
                         
$250,000 but under $500,000
    2.50 %     2.56 %     2.00 %
                         
$500,000 but under $1,000,000
    2.00 %     2.04 %     1.60 %
                         
$1,000,000 and above
    None **     None       None  
                         
Janus Flexible Bond Fund and Janus High-Yield Fund
                       
                         
Under $50,000
    4.75 %     4.99 %     4.25 %
                         
$50,000 but under $100,000
    4.50 %     4.71 %     4.00 %
                         
$100,000 but under $250,000
    3.50 %     3.63 %     3.00 %
                         
$250,000 but under $500,000
    2.50 %     2.56 %     2.25 %
                         
$500,000 but under $1,000,000
    2.00 %     2.04 %     1.75 %
                         
$1,000,000 and above
    None **     None       None  
                         
Janus Short-Term Bond Fund***
                       
                         
Under $50,000
    2.50 %     2.56 %     2.00 %
                         
$50,000 but under $100,000
    2.25 %     2.30 %     1.75 %
                         
$100,000 but under $250,000
    2.00 %     2.04 %     1.50 %
                         
$250,000 but under $500,000
    1.50 %     1.52 %     1.25 %
                         
$500,000 but under $1,000,000
    1.00 %     1.01 %     0.75 %
                         
$1,000,000 and above
    None **     None       None  
                         
  *  Offering Price includes the initial sales charge.
 **  A contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% may apply to Class A Shares purchased without an initial sales charge if redeemed within 12 months of purchase.
***  A shareholder who exchanges Shares into a Fund with a higher sales charge may be required to pay the new Fund’s initial sales charge or the difference between the Fund’s sales charge and the sales charge applicable to the new Fund.
 
As described in the Prospectus, there are several ways you can combine multiple purchases of Class A Shares of the Funds and other Janus funds that are offered with a sales charge to take advantage of lower sales charges.
 
The following table shows the aggregate amount of underwriting commissions paid to Janus Distributors from proceeds of initial sales charges paid by investors on Class A Shares (substantially all of which was paid out to financial intermediaries) for the fiscal years or periods noted. Each Fund has changed its fiscal year end to June 30.
 
                                 
    Aggregate Sales Commissions
Fund Name   2010   2009   2008   2007
Fixed Income
                               
                                 
Janus Flexible Bond Fund
                               
Class A Shares
  $ 843,864 (1)   $ 1,177,591 (2)     N/A       N/A  
                                 
Janus High-Yield Fund
                               
Class A Shares
  $ 546,049 (1)   $ 1,109,132 (2)     N/A       N/A  
                                 
Janus Short-Term Bond Fund
                               
Class A Shares
  $ 365,858 (1)   $ 481,130 (2)     N/A       N/A  
                                 

 
 
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    Aggregate Sales Commissions
Fund Name   2010   2009   2008   2007
Risk Managed
                               
                                 
INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund
                               
Class A Shares
  $ 547 (1)   $ 18,954 (2)     N/A       N/A  
                                 
INTECH Risk-Managed Growth Fund
                               
Class A Shares
  $ 3,342 (3)   $ 7,146 (4)   $ 11,595 (4)   $ 106,751 (4)
                                 
INTECH Risk-Managed International Fund
                               
Class A Shares
  $ 128 (3)   $ 2,384 (4)   $ 2,540 (4)   $ (5)
                                 
INTECH Risk-Managed Value Fund
                               
Class A Shares
  $ 1,058 (3)   $ 1,928 (4)   $ 2,521 (4)   $ 6,847 (4)
                                 
Value
                               
                                 
Perkins Large Cap Value Fund
                               
Class A Shares
  $ 5,794 (3)   $ 697 (6)     N/A       N/A  
                                 
Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund
                               
Class A Shares
  $ 603,842 (1)   $ 642,046 (2)     N/A       N/A  
                                 
Perkins Small Cap Value Fund
                               
Class A Shares
  $ 365,198 (1)   $ 67,090 (2)     N/A       N/A  
                                 
Perkins Value Plus Income Fund(7)
                               
Class A Shares
    N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
                                 
 
(1)  For the fiscal period November 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010 (the Fund’s new fiscal year end).
(2)  For the fiscal period July 6, 2009 (inception of the Fund’s Class A Shares) to October 31, 2009 (the Fund’s previous fiscal year end).
(3)  For the fiscal period August 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010 (the Fund’s new fiscal year end).
(4)  For the fiscal year ended July 31 (the Fund’s or predecessor fund’s previous fiscal year end).
(5)  For the fiscal period May 2, 2007 (effective date) to July 31, 2007.
(6)  For the fiscal period December 31, 2008 (effective date) to July 31, 2009 (the Fund’s or predecessor fund’s previous fiscal year end).
(7)  Commenced operations on July 30, 2010.
 
During the fiscal years or periods noted, Janus Distributors retained the following upfront sales charges. Each Fund has changed its fiscal year end to June 30.
 
                 
    Upfront Sales Charges
Fund Name   2010   2009
Fixed Income
               
                 
Janus Flexible Bond Fund
               
Class A Shares
  $ 59,637 (1)   $ 30,148 (2)
                 
Janus High-Yield Fund
               
Class A Shares
  $ 33,991 (1)   $ 47,181 (2)
                 
Janus Short-Term Bond Fund
               
Class A Shares
  $ 13,818 (1)   $ 7,165 (2)
                 
Risk Managed
               
                 
INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund
               
Class A Shares
  $ 103 (1)   $ 15 (2)
                 
INTECH Risk-Managed Growth Fund
               
Class A Shares
  $ 523 (3)   $ 1,135 (4)
                 
INTECH Risk-Managed International Fund
               
Class A Shares
  $ 21 (3)   $ 333 (4)
                 
INTECH Risk-Managed Value Fund
               
Class A Shares
  $ 144 (3)   $ 308 (4)
                 

 
 
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    Upfront Sales Charges
Fund Name   2010   2009
Value
               
                 
Perkins Large Cap Value Fund
               
Class A Shares
  $ 789 (3)   $ 117 (5)
                 
Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund
               
Class A Shares
  $ 68,442 (1)   $ 33,599 (2)
                 
Perkins Small Cap Value Fund
               
Class A Shares
  $ 45,002 (1)   $ 7,404 (2)
                 
Perkins Value Plus Income Fund(6)
               
Class A Shares
    N/A       N/A  
                 
 
(1)  For the fiscal period November 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010 (the Fund’s new fiscal year end).
(2)  For the fiscal period July 6, 2009 (inception of the Fund’s Class A Shares) to October 31, 2009 (the Fund’s previous fiscal year end).
(3)  For the fiscal period August 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010 (the Fund’s new fiscal year end).
(4)  For the fiscal period August 1, 2008 to July 31, 2009 (the Fund’s or predecessor fund’s previous fiscal year end).
(5)  For the fiscal period December 31, 2008 (effective date) to July 31, 2009 (the Fund’s or predecessor fund’s previous fiscal year end).
(6)  Commenced operations on July 30, 2010.
 
Class C Shares, Class D Shares, Class I Shares, Class R Shares, Class S Shares, and Class T Shares
Class C Shares, Class D Shares, Class I Shares, Class R Shares, Class S Shares, and Class T Shares of the Funds are purchased at the NAV per share as determined at the close of the regular trading session of the NYSE next occurring after a purchase order is received in good order by a Fund or its authorized agent.
 
Janus Distributors also receives amounts pursuant to Class A Share, Class C Share, Class R Share, and Class S Share 12b-1 plans and, from Class A Shares and Class C Shares, proceeds of contingent deferred sales charges paid by investors upon certain redemptions, as detailed in the “Distribution and Shareholder Servicing Plans” and “Redemptions” sections, respectively, of this SAI.
 
Commission on Class C Shares
Janus Distributors may compensate your financial intermediary at the time of sale at a commission rate of up to 1.00% of the NAV of the Class C Shares purchased. Service providers to qualified plans will not receive this amount if they receive 12b-1 fees from the time of initial investment of qualified plan assets in Class C Shares.
 
DISTRIBUTION AND SHAREHOLDER SERVICING PLANS
 
Class A Shares, Class R Shares, and Class S Shares
As described in the Prospectuses, Class A Shares, Class R Shares, and Class S Shares have each adopted distribution and shareholder servicing plans (the “Class A Plan,” “Class R Plan,” and “Class S Plan,” respectively) in accordance with Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. The Plans are compensation type plans and permit the payment at an annual rate of up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of Class A Shares and Class S Shares and at an annual rate of up to 0.50% of the average daily net assets of Class R Shares of a Fund for activities that are primarily intended to result in the sale and/or shareholder servicing of Class A Shares, Class R Shares, or Class S Shares of such Fund, including, but not limited to, printing and delivering prospectuses, statements of additional information, shareholder reports, proxy statements, and marketing materials related to Class A Shares, Class R Shares, and Class S Shares to prospective and existing investors; providing educational materials regarding Class A Shares, Class R Shares, and Class S Shares; providing facilities to answer questions from prospective and existing investors about the Funds; receiving and answering correspondence; complying with federal and state securities laws pertaining to the sale of Class A Shares, Class R Shares, and Class S Shares; assisting investors in completing application forms and selecting dividend and other account options; and any other activities for which “service fees” may be paid under Rule 2830 of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) Conduct Rules. Payments under the Plans are not tied exclusively to actual distribution and shareholder service expenses, and the payments may exceed distribution and shareholder service expenses actually incurred. Payments are made to Janus Distributors, the Funds’ distributor, who may make ongoing payments to financial intermediaries based on the value of Fund shares held by such intermediaries’ customers. On December 5, 2008, the Trustees unanimously approved a distribution plan with respect to each of the Class A Shares, Class R Shares, and Class S Shares, which became effective on July 6, 2009.

 
 
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Class C Shares
As described in the Prospectus, Class C Shares have adopted a distribution and shareholder servicing plan (the “Class C Plan”) in accordance with Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. The Class C Plan is a compensation type plan and permits the payment at an annual rate of up to 0.75% of the average daily net assets of Class C Shares of a Fund for activities which are primarily intended to result in the sale of Class C Shares of such Fund. In addition, the Plan permits the payment of up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of Class C Shares of a Fund for shareholder servicing activities including, but not limited to, providing facilities to answer questions from existing investors about the Funds; receiving and answering correspondence; assisting investors in changing dividend and other account options and any other activities for which “service fees” may be paid under Rule 2830 of the FINRA Conduct Rules. Payments under the Class C Plan are not tied exclusively to actual distribution and shareholder service expenses, and the payments may exceed distribution and shareholder service expenses actually incurred. On December 5, 2008, the Trustees unanimously approved the Class C Plan, which became effective on July 6, 2009.
 
The Plans and any Rule 12b-1 related agreement that is entered into by the Funds or Janus Distributors in connection with the Plans will continue in effect for a period of more than one year only so long as continuance is specifically approved at least annually by a vote of a majority of the Trustees, and of a majority of the Trustees who are not interested persons (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust and who have no direct or indirect financial interest in the operation of the Plans or any related agreements (“12b-1 Trustees”). All material amendments to any Plan must be approved by a majority vote of the Trustees, including a majority of the 12b-1 Trustees, at a meeting called for that purpose. In addition, any Plan may be terminated as to a Fund at any time, without penalty, by vote of a majority of the outstanding Shares of that Class of that Fund or by vote of a majority of the 12b-1 Trustees.
 
Janus Distributors is entitled to retain all fees paid under the Class C Plan for the first 12 months on any investment in Class C Shares to recoup its expenses with respect to the payment of commissions on sales of Class C Shares. Financial intermediaries will become eligible for compensation under the Class C Plan beginning in the 13th month following the purchase of Class C Shares, although Janus Distributors may, pursuant to a written agreement between Janus Distributors and a particular financial intermediary, pay such financial intermediary 12b-1 fees prior to the 13th month following the purchase of Class C Shares.
 
For the fiscal periods ended June 30, 2010, the total amounts paid by the Class A Shares, Class C Shares, Class R Shares, and Class S Shares of the Funds to Janus Distributors (substantially all of which Janus Distributors paid out as compensation to broker-dealers and other service providers) under each Class’ respective Plan are summarized below. Each Fund has changed its fiscal year end to June 30.
 
                                         
        Prospectus
           
        Preparation,
           
    Advertising and
  Printing
  Payment to
  Compensation to
  Total Fund 12b-1
Fund Name   Literature   and Mailing   Brokers   Sales Personnel   Payments
Fixed Income
                                       
                                         
Janus Flexible Bond Fund(1)
                                       
Class A Shares
  $ 8,178     $ 4,910     $ 429,448     $ 318,886     $ 440,569  
Class C Shares
  $ 5,968     $ 4,436     $ 547,824     $ 197,477     $ 1,298,350  
Class R Shares
  $ 136     $ 533     $ 13,426     $ 4,058     $ 15,497  
Class S Shares
  $ 2,158     $ 1,591     $ 107,937     $ 27,094     $ 110,193  
                                         
Janus High-Yield Fund(1)
                                       
Class A Shares
  $ 3,012     $ 1,825     $ 159,623     $ 105,852     $ 163,458  
Class C Shares
  $ 2,086     $ 1,529     $ 166,696     $ 42,201     $ 447,977  
Class R Shares
  $ 28     $ 89     $ 3,134     $ 512     $ 3,327  
Class S Shares
  $ 200     $ 162     $ 9,492     $ 7,227     $ 11,074  
                                         
Janus Short-Term Bond Fund(1)
                                       
Class A Shares
  $ 2,355     $ 1,491     $ 132,071     $ 191,989     $ 137,312  
Class C Shares
  $ 1,242     $ 975     $ 62,680     $ 80,715     $ 284,313  
Class S Shares
  $ 148     $ 123     $ 6,894     $ 9,433     $ 8,312  
                                         

 
 
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        Prospectus
           
        Preparation,
           
    Advertising and
  Printing
  Payment to
  Compensation to
  Total Fund 12b-1
Fund Name   Literature   and Mailing   Brokers   Sales Personnel   Payments
Risk Managed
                                       
                                         
INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund(1)
                                       
Class A Shares
  $ 412     $ 1,427     $ 21,140     $ 2,783     $ 21,290  
Class C Shares
  $ 244     $ 1,809     $ 47,638     $ 2,811     $ 50,907  
Class S Shares
  $ 151     $ 3,660     $ 7,302     $ 959     $ 7,753  
                                         
INTECH Risk-Managed Growth Fund(2)
                                       
Class A Shares
  $ 981     $ 1,706     $ 40,993     $ 10,926     $ 39,156  
Class C Shares
  $ 268     $ 1,079     $ 34,502     $ 3,166     $ 41,831  
Class S Shares
  $ 1,095     $ 4,661     $ 41,655     $ 2,754     $ 42,338  
                                         
INTECH Risk-Managed International Fund(2)
                                       
Class A Shares
  $ 95     $ 201     $ 150     $ 80     $ 4,347  
Class C Shares
  $ 91     $ 430     $ 88     $ 21     $ 16,717  
Class S Shares
  $ 91     $ 3,297     $ 10     $ 0     $ 4,189  
                                         
INTECH Risk-Managed Value Fund(2)
                                       
Class A Shares
  $ 209     $ 450     $ 8,714     $ 1,318     $ 8,729  
Class C Shares
  $ 16     $ 81     $ 934     $ 69     $ 2,962  
Class S Shares
  $ 11     $ 3,173     $ 1     $ 0     $ 515  
                                         
Value
                                       
                                         
Perkins Large Cap Value Fund(2)
                                       
Class A Shares
  $ 71     $ 25     $ 2,134     $ 3,603     $ 3,461  
Class C Shares
  $ 43     $ 43     $ 1,140     $ 855     $ 8,485  
Class S Shares
  $ 31     $ 9     $ 3     $ 0     $ 1,405  
                                         
Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund(1)
                                       
Class A Shares
  $ 30,873     $ 14,911     $ 1,536,162     $ 713,077     $ 1,602,073  
Class C Shares
  $ 4,926     $ 6,123     $ 541,603     $ 145,082     $ 1,028,865  
Class R Shares
  $ 2,978     $ 4,904     $ 301,157     $ 53,938     $ 312,158  
Class S Shares
  $ 17,820     $ 11,465     $ 938,804     $ 285,768     $ 927,421  
                                         
Perkins Small Cap Value Fund(1)
                                       
Class A Shares
  $ 1,577     $ 871     $ 85,156     $ 129,197     $ 87,499  
Class C Shares
  $ 488     $ 817     $ 24,720     $ 42,362     $ 109,666  
Class R Shares
  $ 254     $ 701     $ 26,673     $ 13,706     $ 27,740  
Class S Shares
  $ 1,309     $ 938     $ 66,710     $ 40,101     $ 73,009  
                                         
Perkins Value Plus Income Fund(3)
                                       
Class A Shares
    N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
Class C Shares
    N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
Class S Shares
    N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
                                         
 
(1)  For the fiscal period November 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010 (the Fund’s new fiscal year end).
(2)  For the fiscal period August 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010 (the Fund’s new fiscal year end).
(3)  Commenced operations on July 30, 2010.
 
REDEMPTIONS
 
Redemptions, like purchases, may generally be effected only through institutional channels such as financial intermediaries and retirement platforms. Class D Shares and, in certain circumstances, Class I Shares may be redeemed directly with the Funds. Certain designated organizations are authorized to receive redemption orders on the Funds’ behalf and those organizations are authorized to designate their agents and affiliates as intermediaries to receive redemption orders. Redemption orders are deemed received by a Fund when authorized organizations, their agents, or affiliates receive the order. The Funds are not responsible for the failure of any designated organization or its agents or affiliates to carry out its obligations to its customers.

 
 
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Certain accounts or Janus affiliates may from time to time own (beneficially or of record) or control a significant percentage of the Funds’ Shares. Redemptions by these accounts of their holdings in the Funds may impact the Funds’ liquidity and NAV. These redemptions may also force the Funds to sell securities, which may negatively impact the Funds’ brokerage costs.
 
Shares normally will be redeemed for cash, although each Fund retains the right to redeem some or all of its shares in-kind under unusual circumstances, in order to protect the interests of remaining shareholders, to accommodate a request by a particular shareholder that does not adversely affect the interests of the remaining shareholders, or in connection with the liquidation of a Fund, by delivery of securities selected from its assets at its discretion. However, the Funds are governed by Rule 18f-1 under the 1940 Act, which requires each Fund to redeem shares solely for cash up to the lesser of $250,000 or 1% of the NAV of that Fund during any 90-day period for any one shareholder. Should redemptions by any shareholder exceed such limitation, a Fund will have the option of redeeming the excess in cash or in-kind. If shares are redeemed in-kind, the redeeming shareholder may incur brokerage costs in converting the assets to cash, whereas such costs are borne by the Fund for cash redemptions. The method of valuing securities used to make redemptions in-kind will be the same as the method of valuing portfolio securities described under “Shares of the Trust – Net Asset Value Determination” and such valuation will be made as of the same time the redemption price is determined.
 
The Funds reserve the right to postpone payment of redemption proceeds for up to seven calendar days. Additionally, the right to require the Funds to redeem their Shares may be suspended, or the date of payment may be postponed beyond seven calendar days, whenever: (i) trading on the NYSE is restricted, as determined by the SEC, or the NYSE is closed (except for holidays and weekends); (ii) the SEC permits such suspension and so orders; or (iii) an emergency exists as determined by the SEC so that disposal of securities or determination of NAV is not reasonably practicable.
 
Class A Shares
A contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) of 1.00% will be deducted with respect to Class A Shares purchased without a sales load and redeemed within 12 months of purchase, unless waived, as discussed in the Prospectus. Any applicable CDSC will be 1.00% of the lesser of the original purchase price or the value of the redemption of the Class A Shares redeemed.
 
Class C Shares
A CDSC of 1.00% will be deducted with respect to Class C Shares redeemed within 12 months of purchase, unless waived, as discussed in the Prospectus. Any applicable CDSC will be 1.00% of the lesser of the original purchase price or the value of the redemption of the Class C Shares redeemed.
 
For the fiscal periods noted, the total amounts received by Janus Distributors from the proceeds of contingent deferred sales charges paid by investors upon certain redemptions of Class A Shares and Class C Shares are summarized below. Each Fund has changed its fiscal year end to June 30.
 
                 
    Contingent Deferred
    Sales Charge
Fund Name   2010   2009
Fixed Income
               
                 
Janus Flexible Bond Fund
               
Class A Shares
  $ (1)   $ (2)
Class C Shares
  $ 21,526 (1)   $ 8,174 (2)
                 
Janus High-Yield Fund
               
Class A Shares
  $ (1)   $ (2)
Class C Shares
  $ 11,520 (1)   $ 9,401 (2)
                 
Janus Short-Term Bond Fund
               
Class A Shares
  $ 1,141 (1)   $ (2)
Class C Shares
  $ 7,855 (1)   $ 135 (2)
                 
Risk Managed
               
                 
INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund
               
Class A Shares
  $ (1)   $ (2)
Class C Shares
  $ (1)   $ 30 (2)
                 
INTECH Risk-Managed Growth Fund
               
Class A Shares
  $ (3)   $ (4)
Class C Shares
  $ 264 (3)   $ 358 (4)
                 

 
 
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    Contingent Deferred
    Sales Charge
Fund Name   2010   2009
INTECH Risk-Managed International Fund
               
Class A Shares
  $ (3)   $ (4)
Class C Shares
  $ (3)   $ (4)
                 
INTECH Risk-Managed Value Fund
               
Class A Shares
  $ (3)   $ (4)
Class C Shares
  $ (3)   $ (4)
                 
Value
               
                 
Perkins Large Cap Value Fund
               
Class A Shares
  $ (3)   $ (5)
Class C Shares
  $ 16 (3)   $ (5)
                 
Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund
               
Class A Shares
  $ (1)   $ (2)
Class C Shares
  $ 10,018 (1)   $ 5,000 (2)
                 
Perkins Small Cap Value Fund
               
Class A Shares
  $ (1)   $ (2)
Class C Shares
  $ 1,755 (1)   $ 15 (2)
                 
Perkins Value Plus Income Fund(6)
               
Class A Shares
    N/A       N/A  
Class C Shares
    N/A       N/A  
                 
 
(1)  For the fiscal period November 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010 (the Fund’s new fiscal year end).
(2)  For the fiscal period July 6, 2009 to October 1, 2009 (the Fund’s previous fiscal year end).
(3)  For the fiscal period August 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010 (the Fund’s new fiscal year end).
(4)  For the fiscal period August 1, 2008 to July 31, 2009 (the Fund’s or predecessor fund’s previous fiscal year end).
(5)  For the fiscal period December 31, 2008 (effective date) to July 31, 2009 (the Fund’s or predecessor fund’s previous fiscal year end).
(6)  Commenced operations on July 30, 2010.
 
Class D Shares, Class I Shares, Class R Shares, Class S Shares, and Class T Shares
A redemption fee of 2.00% will be deducted from a shareholder’s redemption proceeds with respect to Class D Shares, Class I Shares, Class R Shares, Class S Shares, and Class T Shares of Janus High-Yield Fund and the Risk-Managed Funds redeemed within 90 days of purchase, unless waived, as discussed in the Prospectuses.
 
Processing or Service Fees
Broker-dealers may charge their customers a processing or service fee in connection with the purchase or redemption of Fund shares. Each individual dealer determines and should disclose to its customers the amount and applicability of such a fee. Processing or service fees typically are fixed, nominal dollar amounts and are in addition to the sales and other charges described in the Prospectuses and this SAI. Consult your broker-dealer for specific information about any processing or service fees you may be charged.

 
 
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Income dividends, capital gains distributions, and tax status

 
The following is intended to be a general summary of certain U.S. federal income tax consequences of investing in the Funds. It is not intended to be a complete discussion of all such federal income tax consequences, nor does it purport to deal with all categories of investors. This discussion reflects applicable tax laws of the United States as of the date of this SAI. However, tax laws may change or be subject to new interpretation by the courts or the IRS, possibly with retroactive effect. Investors are therefore advised to consult with their own tax advisers before making an investment in the Funds.
 
It is a policy of the Funds’ Shares to make distributions of substantially all of their respective investment income and any net realized capital gains. Any capital gains realized during each fiscal year, as defined by the Internal Revenue Code, are normally declared and payable to shareholders in December but, if necessary, may be distributed at other times as well. INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund, INTECH Risk-Managed Growth Fund, INTECH Risk-Managed International Fund, INTECH Risk-Managed Value Fund, Perkins Large Cap Value Fund, Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund, and Perkins Small Cap Value Fund declare and make annual distributions of income (if any). Janus Flexible Bond Fund, Janus High-Yield Fund, and Janus Short-Term Bond Fund declare dividends daily and make monthly distributions of income. Perkins Value Plus Income Fund declares and makes monthly distributions of income. If a month begins on a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday, dividends for daily dividend Funds for those days are declared at the end of the preceding month.
 
The Funds intend to qualify as regulated investment companies by satisfying certain requirements prescribed by Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code. If a Fund failed to qualify as a regulated investment company in any taxable year, the Fund may be subject to federal income tax on its taxable income at corporate rates. In addition, all distributions from earnings and profits, including any distributions of net tax-exempt income and net long-term capital gains, would generally be taxable to shareholders as ordinary income but may, at least in part, qualify for the dividends received deduction applicable to corporations or the reduced rate of taxation applicable to noncorporate holders for “qualified dividend income.” In addition, the Funds could be required to recognize unrealized gains, pay taxes and interest, and make distributions before requalifying as regulated investment companies that are accorded special tax treatment.
 
All income dividends and capital gains distributions, if any, on a Fund’s Shares are reinvested automatically in additional shares of the same class of Shares of that Fund at the NAV determined on the first business day following the record date.
 
The Funds may purchase securities of certain foreign corporations considered to be passive foreign investment companies by the Internal Revenue Code. In order to avoid taxes and interest that must be paid by the Funds, the Funds may make various elections permitted by the tax laws. However, these elections could require that the Funds recognize taxable income, which in turn must be distributed even though the Funds may not have received any income upon such an event.
 
Some foreign securities purchased by the Funds may be subject to foreign taxes which could reduce the yield on such securities. If the amount of foreign taxes is significant in a particular year, the Funds that qualify under Section 853 of the Internal Revenue Code may elect to pass through such taxes to shareholders, who will each decide whether to deduct such taxes or claim a foreign tax credit. If such election is not made by a Fund, any foreign taxes paid or accrued will represent an expense to the Fund, which will reduce its investment company taxable income.
 
A Fund’s investments in REIT equity securities may require the Fund to accrue and distribute income not yet received. In order to generate sufficient cash to make the requisite distributions, the Fund may be required to sell securities at a time when fundamental investment considerations would not favor such sales. The Fund’s investments in REIT equity securities may result in the receipt of cash in excess of the REIT’s earnings. If a Fund distributes such amounts, such distribution could constitute a return of capital to shareholders for federal income tax purposes.
 
Some REITs are permitted to hold “residual interests” in real estate mortgage investment conduits (REMICs). Pursuant to the Internal Revenue Service rules, a portion of a Fund’s income from a REIT or “excess inclusion income” that is attributable to the REIT may be subject to federal income tax. Excess inclusion income will normally be allocated to shareholders in proportion to the dividends received by such shareholders. There may be instances in which the Fund may be unaware of a REIT’s excess inclusion income.
 
As a result of excess inclusion income, the Fund may be subject to additional tax depending on the type of record holder of Fund shares, such as certain federal, state, and foreign governmental entities, tax exempt organizations, and certain rural electrical and telephone cooperatives (“disqualified organizations”). This may impact the Fund’s performance.
 
Please consult a tax adviser regarding tax consequences of Fund distributions and to determine whether you will need to file a tax return.
 
 
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Certain fund transactions involving short sales, futures, options, swap agreements, hedged investments, and other similar transactions, if any, may be subject to special provisions of the Internal Revenue Code that, among other things, may affect the character, amount, and timing of distributions to shareholders. The Funds will monitor their transactions and may make certain tax elections where applicable in order to mitigate the effect of these provisions, if possible. Certain transactions or strategies utilized by a Fund may generate nonqualified income that can impact an investor’s taxes.

 
 
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Principal shareholders

 
As of September 30, 2010, the officers and Trustees as a group owned approximately 5.2% of Class I Shares of Perkins Large Cap Value Fund, 4.1% of Class S Shares of Perkins Small Cap Value Fund, and less than 1% of the outstanding Shares of any class of each of the other Funds in this SAI. As of September 30, 2010, the percentage ownership of any person or entity owning 5% or more of the outstanding Shares of any class of the Funds is listed below. In addition, the percentage ownership of any person or entity owning 25% or more of the outstanding Shares of any class of the Funds is listed below. Any person who owns, directly or through one or more controlled companies, more than 25% of the voting securities of a company is presumed to “control” such company. Accordingly, to the extent that a person is identified as the beneficial owner of more than 25% of a Fund, or is identified as the record owner of more than 25% of a Fund and has voting and/or investment powers, that person may be presumed to control such Fund. A controlling person’s vote could have a more significant effect on matters presented to shareholders for approval than the vote of other Fund shareholders.
 
To the best knowledge of the Trust, as of September 30, 2010, no other person or entity owned beneficially more than 5% of the outstanding Shares of any class of the Funds, except as shown. Additionally, to the best knowledge of the Trust, except for JCM’s or JCGI’s ownership in a Fund, no other person or entity beneficially owned 25% or more of the outstanding Shares of any class of the Funds, except as shown. In certain circumstances, JCM’s or JCGI’s ownership may not represent beneficial ownership. To the best knowledge of the Trust, other entities shown as owning more than 25% of the outstanding Shares of a class of a Fund are not the beneficial owners of such Shares, unless otherwise indicated.
 
             
Fund Name   Shareholder and Address of Record   Percentage Ownership
Janus Flexible Bond Fund
  American Enterprise Investment Svc     43.11%  
Class A Shares
  FBO 890000611
Minneapolis, MN
       
             
    UBS WM USA     14.89%  
    0O0 11011 6100
Omni account M/F
Jersey City, NJ
       
             
    Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.     8.33%  
    For the Sole Benefit of Customers
Jacksonville, FL
       
             
    Morgan Stanley & Co     5.81%  
    Jersey City, NJ        
             
    Raymond James     5.29%  
    House Acct Firm #92500015
Omnibus for Mutual Funds
St. Petersburg, FL
       
             
Janus High-Yield Fund
  American Enterprise Investment Svc     36.28%  
Class A Shares
  FBO 890000611
Minneapolis, MN
       
             
    UBS WM USA     26.17%  
    0O0 11011 6100
Omni account M/F
Jersey City, NJ
       
             
Janus Short-Term Bond Fund
  American Enterprise Investment Svc     51.49%  
Class A Shares
  FBO 890000611
Minneapolis, MN
       
             
    Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.     9.93%  
    For the Sole Benefit of Customers
Jacksonville, FL
       
             
    Raymond James     6.90%  
    House Acct Firm #92500015
Omnibus for Mutual Funds
St. Petersburg, FL
       
             
    Morgan Stanley & Co     5.32%  
    Jersey City, NJ        
             
 
 
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Fund Name   Shareholder and Address of Record   Percentage Ownership
INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund
  Mercer Trust Company TR     33.26%  
Class A Shares
  FBO Securitas Security Services USA
Incentive Savings & Retirement Plan
Norwood, MA
       
             
    American Enterprise Investment Svc     26.56%  
    FBO 890000611
Minneapolis, MN
       
             
    Deutz Corporation     12.00%  
    Executive Income
Norcross, GA
       
             
INTECH Risk-Managed Growth Fund
  NFS LLC     29.12%  
Class A Shares
  FEBO State Street Bank Trust Co
Trustee Various Retirement Plans
Purchase, NY
       
             
    Pershing LLC     20.18%  
    Jersey City, NJ        
             
    American Enterprise Investment Svc     9.61%  
    FBO 890000611
Minneapolis, MN
       
             
    UBS WM USA     8.66%  
    0O0 11011 6100
Omni account M/F
Jersey City, NJ
       
             
    Mitra & Co     7.76%  
    FBO 98
Milwaukee, WI
       
             
    Hartford Life Insurance Company     7.42%  
    Separate Account
Hartford, CT
       
             
    PIMS/Prudential Retirement     5.21%  
    As Nominee for the Ttee/Cust PL 764 IBEW - Local 98
Philadelphia, PA
       
             
INTECH Risk-Managed International Fund
Class A Shares
  Janus Capital Group Inc.
Denver, CO
    98.37% *
             
INTECH Risk-Managed Value Fund
  Wilmington Trust Company Cust     85.37%  
Class A Shares
  FBO Blanchard Valley Health Assoc 403b
Wilmington, DE
       
             
    American Enterprise Investment Svc     8.88%  
    FBO 890000611
Minneapolis, MN
       
             
Perkins Large Cap Value Fund
  American Enterprise Investment Svc     53.49%  
Class A Shares
  FBO 890000611
Minneapolis, MN
       
             
    LPL Financial     13.98%  
    Account 4973-8353
San Diego, CA
       
             
    Pershing LLC     9.73%  
    Jersey City, NJ        
             
    American Enterprise Investment Svc     9.69%  
    FBO 41999970
Minneapolis, MN
       
             
 
This ownership represents seed capital that Janus Capital or an affiliate provided for the Fund.

 
 
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Fund Name   Shareholder and Address of Record   Percentage Ownership
Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund
  Raymond James     36.29%  
Class A Shares
  House Acct Firm #92500015
Omnibus for Mutual Funds
St. Petersburg, FL
       
             
    American Enterprise Investment Svc     12.82%  
    FBO 890000611
Minneapolis, MN
       
             
    Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.     12.40%  
    For the Sole Benefit of Customers
Jacksonville, FL
       
             
    UBS WM USA     7.06%  
    0O0 11011 6100
Omni account M/F
Jersey City, NJ
       
             
    Morgan Stanley & Co     6.64%  
    Jersey City, NJ        
             
Perkins Small Cap Value Fund
  PIMS/Prudential Retirement     17.49%  
Class A Shares
  As Nominee for the Ttee/Cust PL 763
Newport News, VA
       
             
    Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.     15.57%  
    For the Sole Benefit of Customers
Jacksonville, FL
       
             
    American Enterprise Investment Svc     11.31%  
    FBO 890000611
Minneapolis, MN
       
             
    UBS WM USA     9.91%  
    0O0 11011 6100
Omni account M/F
Jersey City, NJ
       
             
    Raymond James     9.29%  
    House Acct Firm #92500015
Omnibus for Mutual Funds
St. Petersburg, FL
       
             
Perkins Value Plus Income Fund
  Janus Capital Group Inc.     98.37% *
Class A Shares
  Denver, CO        
             
Janus Flexible Bond Fund
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.     37.25%  
Class C Shares
  For the Sole Benefit of Customers
Jacksonville, FL
       
             
    Citigroup Global Markets     12.22%  
    House Account
Owings Mills, MD
       
             
    American Enterprise Investment Svc     6.10%  
    FBO 890000611
Minneapolis, MN
       
             
    UBS WM USA     5.07%  
    0O0 11011 6100
Omni account M/F
Jersey City, NJ
       
             
 
This ownership represents seed capital that Janus Capital or an affiliate provided for the Fund.

 
 
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Fund Name   Shareholder and Address of Record   Percentage Ownership
Janus High-Yield Fund
  Citigroup Global Markets     26.23%  
Class C Shares
  House Account
Owings Mills, MD
       
             
    Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.     10.36%  
    For the Sole Benefit of Customers
Jacksonville, FL
       
             
    American Enterprise Investment Svc     10.28%  
    FBO 890000611
Minneapolis, MN
       
             
    UBS WM USA     8.70%  
    0O0 11011 6100
Omni account M/F
Jersey City, NJ
       
             
    Pershing LLC     7.52%  
    Jersey City, NJ        
             
Janus Short-Term Bond Fund
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.     26.17%  
Class C Shares
  For the Sole Benefit of Customers
Jacksonville, FL
       
             
    Citigroup Global Markets     13.12%  
    House Account
Owings Mills, MD
       
             
    American Enterprise Investment Svc     12.46%  
    FBO 890000611
Minneapolis, MN
       
             
    UBS WM USA     8.76%  
    0O0 11011 6100
Omni account M/F
Jersey City, NJ
       
             
    Morgan Stanley & Co     6.29%  
    Jersey City, NJ        
             
    Raymond James     5.32%  
    House Acct Firm #92500015
Omnibus for Mutual Funds
St. Petersburg, FL
       
             
INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.     56.52%  
Class C Shares
  For the Sole Benefit of Customers
Jacksonville, FL
       
             
    Pershing LLC     11.11%  
    Jersey City, NJ        
             
INTECH Risk-Managed Growth Fund
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.     43.68%  
Class C Shares
  For the Sole Benefit of Customers
Jacksonville, FL
       
             
    Pershing LLC     11.97%  
    Jersey City, NJ        
             
    UBS WM USA     6.57%  
    0O0 11011 6100
Omni account M/F
Jersey City, NJ
       
             
INTECH Risk-Managed International Fund
  Janus Capital Group Inc.     99.29% *
Class C Shares
  Denver, CO        
             
 
This ownership represents seed capital that Janus Capital or an affiliate provided for the Fund.

 
 
  89


 

             
Fund Name   Shareholder and Address of Record   Percentage Ownership
INTECH Risk-Managed Value Fund
  Janus Capital Group Inc.     64.64% *
Class C Shares
  Denver, CO        
             
    Pershing LLC     9.76%  
    Jersey City, NJ        
             
    American Enterprise Investment Svc     8.44%  
    FBO 41999970
Minneapolis, MN
       
             
    UBS WM USA     7.41%  
    0O0 11011 6100
Omni account M/F
Jersey City, NJ
       
             
    Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.     6.01%  
    For the Sole Benefit of Customers
Jacksonville, FL
       
             
Perkins Large Cap Value Fund
  Janus Capital Group Inc.     38.97% *
Class C Shares
  Denver, CO        
             
    Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.     16.80%  
    For the Sole Benefit of Customers
Jacksonville, FL
       
             
Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.     30.25%  
Class C Shares
  For the Sole Benefit of Customers
Jacksonville, FL
       
             
    Raymond James     12.42%  
    House Acct Firm #92500015
Omnibus for Mutual Funds
St. Petersburg, FL
       
             
    Citigroup Global Markets     6.43%  
    House Account
Owings Mills, MD
       
             
    Morgan Stanley & Co     5.37%  
    Jersey City, NJ        
             
    Pershing LLC     5.14%  
    Jersey City, NJ        
             
Perkins Small Cap Value Fund
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.     25.84%  
Class C Shares
  For the Sole Benefit of Customers
Jacksonville, FL
       
             
    Pershing LLC     8.18%  
    Jersey City, NJ        
             
    Morgan Stanley & Co     6.71%  
    Jersey City, NJ        
             
    Citigroup Global Markets     6.65%  
    House Account
Owings Mills, MD
       
             
    Raymond James     5.84%  
    House Acct Firm #92500015
Omnibus for Mutual Funds
St. Petersburg, FL
       
             
Perkins Value Plus Income Fund
  Janus Capital Group Inc.     100.00% *
Class C Shares
  Denver, CO        
             
 
This ownership represents seed capital that Janus Capital or an affiliate provided for the Fund.

 
 
90  


 

             
Fund Name   Shareholder and Address of Record   Percentage Ownership
Perkins Value Plus Income Fund
  Janus Capital Group Inc.     85.17% *
Class D Shares
  Denver, CO        
             
    State Street Cust IRA     5.11%  
    A/C Theodore M. Thome
Chicago, IL
       
             
Janus Flexible Bond Fund
  Prudential Investment Mgmt Service     46.32%  
Class I Shares
  FBO Mutual Fund Clients/PruChoice
Newark, NJ
       
             
    Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.     13.80%  
    For the Sole Benefit of Customers
Jacksonville, FL
       
             
    Janus Conservative Allocation Fund     8.63%  
    Flexible Bond Fund Omnibus Account
Denver, CO
       
             
    Janus Moderate Allocation Fund     7.21%  
    Flexible Bond Fund Omnibus Account
Denver, CO
       
             
    Citigroup Global Markets Inc.     5.98%  
    109801250        
    New York, NY        
             
Janus High-Yield Fund
  Pershing LLC     40.31%  
Class I Shares
  Jersey City, NJ        
             
    Citigroup Global Markets Inc.     23.07%  
    109801250        
    New York, NY        
             
    NFS LLC     6.81%  
    FEBO US Bank National Association 19-3839
Milwaukee, WI
       
             
    Prudential Investment Mgmt Service     6.52%  
    FBO Mutual Fund Clients/PruChoice
Newark, NJ
       
             
    Charles Schwab & Co Inc.     5.48%  
    Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
Reinvest Account
San Francisco, CA
       
             
Janus Short-Term Bond Fund
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.     35.18%  
Class I Shares
  For the Sole Benefit of Customers
Jacksonville, FL
       
             
    Citigroup Global Markets Inc.     21.25%  
    Account 001-098-01250
New York, NY
       
             
    Prudential Investment Mgmt Service     11.26%  
    FBO Mutual Fund Clients/PruChoice
Newark, NJ
       
             
    Charles Schwab & Co Inc.     8.42%  
    Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
Reinvest Account
San Francisco, CA
       
             
 
This ownership represents seed capital that Janus Capital or an affiliate provided for the Fund.

 
 
  91


 

             
Fund Name   Shareholder and Address of Record   Percentage Ownership
INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.     27.58%  
Class I Shares
  Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
Reinvest Account
San Francisco, CA
       
             
    Minnesota Life Insurance Company     10.75%  
    St. Paul, MN        
             
    NFS LLC     9.10%  
    FEBO Bankers TrustCO
Des Moines, IA
       
             
    CHEMBACO     7.84%  
    C/O Chemical Bank & Trust
Midland, MI
       
             
    State Street Bank & Trust Ttee     6.21%  
    Plantation Pipe Line Co Employees Annuity Plan
Kansas City, MO
       
             
    Mercer Trust Company Ttee     5.65%  
    FBO IBEW Local Union No 126 Retirement Plan
Norwood, MA
       
             
    The Northern Trust Company Custodian     5.23%  
    WEL FD ENGR Local 513 Account 2616283
Chicago, IL
       
             
INTECH Risk-Managed Growth Fund
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.     18.67%  
Class I Shares
  For the Sole Benefit of Customers
Jacksonville, FL
       
             
    Charles Schwab & Co Inc.     16.36%  
    Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
Reinvest Account
San Francisco, CA
       
             
INTECH Risk-Managed International Fund
  Janus Capital Group Inc.     48.04% *
Class I Shares
  Denver, CO        
             
    Charles Schwab & Co Inc.     38.16%  
    Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
Reinvest Account
San Francisco, CA
       
             
    Janus MPC Fund     12.25%  
    INTECH Risk-Managed International Fund
Denver, CO
       
             
INTECH Risk-Managed Value Fund
  Janus Growth Allocation Fund     30.21%  
Class I Shares
  Risk-Managed Value Omnibus Account
Denver, CO
       
             
    Janus Moderate Allocation Fund     27.00%  
    Risk-Managed Value Omnibus Account
Denver, CO
       
             
    Janus Conservative Allocation Fund     16.32%  
    Risk-Managed Value Omnibus Account
Denver, CO
       
             
    Wells Fargo Bank NA     12.67%  
    FBO TC Hosp Workers Pen-Misc Assets
Minneapolis, MN
       
             
 
This ownership represents seed capital that Janus Capital or an affiliate provided for the Fund.

 
 
92  


 

             
Fund Name   Shareholder and Address of Record   Percentage Ownership
Perkins Large Cap Value Fund
  Janus Growth Allocation Fund     19.60%  
Class I Shares
  Large Cap Value Omnibus Account
Denver, CO
       
             
    Janus Moderate Allocation Fund     16.80%  
    Large Cap Value Omnibus Account
Denver, CO
       
             
    Janus Conservative Allocation Fund     11.24%  
    Large Cap Value Omnibus Account
Denver, CO
       
             
    PWMCO LLC     10.25%  
    FBO 101081
Chicago, IL
       
             
    Charles Schwab & Co Inc.     6.64%  
    Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
Reinvest Account
San Francisco, CA
       
             
    PWMCO LLC     6.10%  
    FBO 101326
Chicago, IL
       
             
Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund
  NFS LLC     17.84%  
Class I Shares
  FEBO FIIOC As Agent for Qualified Employee Benefit Plans
401k FINOPS-IC Funds
Covington, KY
       
             
    Prudential Investment Mgmt Service     17.34%  
    FBO Mutual Fund Clients/PruChoice
Newark, NJ
       
             
    Edward Jones & Co     11.25%  
    Maryland Heights, MO        
             
    Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.     7.93%  
    For the Sole Benefit of Customers
Jacksonville, FL
       
             
    Wells Fargo Bank NA     7.75%  
    FBO Omnibus Account Cash/Cash
Minneapolis, MN
       
             
Perkins Small Cap Value Fund
  SEI Private Trust Company     17.71%  
Class I Shares
  C/O SunTrust Bank ID866
Oaks, PA
       
             
    JP Morgan Chase Bank Trustee     16.68%  
    For the Super Saver Capital Accumulation Plan for Employees
Participating AMR Corp Subsidiaries
New York, NY
       
             
    Prudential Investment Mgmt Service     12.64%  
    FBO Mutual Fund Clients/PruChoice
Newark, NJ
       
             
    Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.     7.94%  
    For the Sole Benefit of Customers
Jacksonville, FL
       
             
    Charles Schwab & Co Inc.     6.67%  
    Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
Reinvest Account
San Francisco, CA
       
             

 
 
  93


 

             
Fund Name   Shareholder and Address of Record   Percentage Ownership
Perkins Value Plus Income Fund
  Janus Capital Group Inc.     75.47% *
Class I Shares
  Denver, CO        
             
    PWMCO LLC     11.19%  
    FBO 101134
Chicago, IL
       
             
Janus Flexible Bond Fund
  Capital Bank & Trust Company Trustee     15.93%  
Class R Shares
  For Seattle Mariners 401k
Greenwood Vlg, CO
       
             
    Orchard Trust Co LLC Cust     9.40%  
    Opp Funds Recordk Pro Ret Pl
Greenwood Vlg, CO
       
             
    Merrill Lynch     7.28%  
    Jacksonville, FL        
             
    Orchard Trust Co Trustee     6.67%  
    Employee Benefits Clients
Greenwood Vlg, CO
       
             
Janus High-Yield Fund
  Herbert Yentis & Company Inc. Trustee     16.49%  
Class R Shares
  C/O Fascore LLC
Herbert Yentis & Company Inc. 401k Plan
Greenwood Vlg, CO
       
             
    DWS Trust Co Trustee     14.06%  
    FBO Chander Chicco Agency 401k Savings Plan
Salem, NH
       
             
    Merrill Lynch     12.36%  
    Jacksonville, FL        
             
    Charles Schwab Trust Co Trustee     11.74%  
    Schwarz Partners LP 401k PSP
Phoenix, AZ
       
             
    Counsel Trust DBA MATC     10.61%  
    FBO Engineering Surveys & Services 401k Plan
Pittsburgh, PA
       
             
    Frontier Trust Company     10.54%  
    FBO Lombardo Management Inc. 401k Plan
Fargo, ND
       
             
    Frontier Trust Company     8.30%  
    FBO Petitpren Inc. Employee’s Salary
Fargo, ND
       
             
Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund
  Merrill Lynch     13.50%  
Class R Shares
  Jacksonville, FL        
             
    Hartford Life Insurance Co     7.74%  
    Separate Account DC IV
Hartford, CT
       
             
    State Street Corporation Trustee     7.25%  
    FBO ADP Access
Boston, MA
       
             
    AUL Group Retirement Account     5.06%  
    Separate Accounts Administration
Indianapolis, IN
       
             
Perkins Small Cap Value Fund
  Merrill Lynch     26.19%  
Class R Shares
  Jacksonville, FL        
             
    State Street Corporation Trustee     7.06%  
    FBO ADP Access
Boston, MA
       
             
 
This ownership represents seed capital that Janus Capital or an affiliate provided for the Fund.

 
 
94  


 

             
Fund Name   Shareholder and Address of Record   Percentage Ownership
Janus Flexible Bond Fund
  LPL Financial     17.42%  
Class S Shares
  FBO Customer Accounts
San Diego, CA
       
             
    National Financial Services LLC Trustee     15.75%  
    For Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
New York, NY
       
             
    Hartford Life Insurance Co     11.06%  
    Separate Account DC IV
Hartford, CT
       
             
    Saxon & Co     10.61%  
    FBO 91 Vested Interest Omnibus Asset
A/C #20-01-302-9912426
Philadelphia, PA
       
             
    Reliance Trust Company     7.81%  
    Sisters Of Mercy Of The Americas 401k
C/O Fascorp
Atlanta, GA
       
             
    Nationwide Trust Co Trust FSB     5.27%  
    Columbus, OH        
             
Janus High-Yield Fund
  LPL Financial     75.16%  
Class S Shares
  FBO Customer Accounts
San Diego, CA
       
             
    Wachovia Bank     8.89%  
    FBO Various Retirement Plans
A/C #9888888836 NC 1076
Charlotte, NC
       
             
    DWS Trust Co Trustee     5.02%  
    FBO Iridium Satellite 401k Plans
Salem, NH
       
             
Janus Short-Term Bond Fund
  LPL Financial     42.92%  
Class S Shares
  FBO Customer Accounts
San Diego, CA
       
             
    National Financial Services LLC Trustee     22.25%  
    For Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
New York, NY
       
             
    Pershing LLC     13.16%  
    Jersey City, NJ        
             
    Charles Schwab & Co Inc.     12.62%  
    Special Custody Account
FBO Institutional Client Accounts
San Francisco, CA
       
             
    NFS LLC FIIOC     8.48%  
    FBO ZIM Industries Inc. 401k Profit Sharing Plan
Covington, KY
       
             
INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund
  Nationwide Trust Company FSB     53.87%  
Class S Shares
  Columbus, OH        
             
    Saxon & Co     8.25%  
    FBO 20-01-302-9912426
Philadelphia, PA
       
             
    UMB Bank NA     14.58%  
    FBO Fiduciary for Tax Deferred Accounts
Topeka, KS
       
             

 
 
  95


 

             
Fund Name   Shareholder and Address of Record   Percentage Ownership
INTECH Risk-Managed Growth Fund
  American United Life Insurance Co     34.45%  
Class S Shares
  Unit Investment Trust
Indianapolis, IN
       
             
    Wachovia Bank     28.21%  
    FBO Various Retirement Plans
A/C #9888888836 NC 1076
Charlotte, NC
       
             
    Charles Schwab & Co Inc.     25.21%  
    Special Custody Account
FBO Institutional Client Accounts
San Francisco, CA
       
             
INTECH Risk-Managed International Fund
  Janus Capital Group Inc.     100.00% *
Class S Shares
  Denver, CO        
             
INTECH Risk-Managed Value Fund
  Janus Capital Group Inc.     100.00% *
Class S Shares
  Denver, CO        
             
Perkins Large Cap Value Fund
  Janus Capital Group Inc.     100.00% *
Class S Shares
  Denver, CO        
             
Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund
  Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company     9.78%  
Class S Shares
  Springfield, MA        
             
    Orchard Trust Company LLC Trustee     7.95%  
    FBO Employee Benefits Clients
Greenwood Vlg, CO
       
             
    Taynik & Co     5.61%  
    Boston, MA        
             
    Wachovia Bank     5.39%  
    FBO Various Retirement Plans
A/C #9888888836 NC 1076
Charlotte, NC
       
             
Perkins Small Cap Value Fund
  ING National Trust Trustee     10.73%  
Class S Shares
  Core Market Retirement Plans
North Quincy, MA
       
             
    Wachovia Bank     8.79%  
    FBO Various Retirement Plans
A/C #9888888836 NC 1151
Charlotte, NC
       
             
    State Street Bank & Trust     7.45%  
    FBO ADP Daily Valuation B 401k Product
North Quincy, MA
       
             
    American United Life Insurance Co     7.32%  
    Group Retirement Annuity
Indianapolis, IN
       
             
    Nationwide Trust Company FSB     6.09%  
    Columbus, OH        
             
    Saxon & Co     5.08%  
    A/C #20-01-302-9912426
Philadelphia, PA
       
             
Perkins Value Plus Income Fund
  Janus Capital Group Inc.     100.00% *
Class S Shares
  Denver, CO        
             
 
This ownership represents seed capital that Janus Capital or an affiliate provided for the Fund.

 
 
96  


 

             
Fund Name   Shareholder and Address of Record   Percentage Ownership
Janus Flexible Bond Fund
  National Financial Services Co     44.36%  
Class T Shares
  For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
New York, NY
       
             
    Charles Schwab & Co Inc.     30.52%  
    Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
Reinvest Account
San Francisco, CA
       
             
    TD Ameritrade Inc.     5.45%  
    For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Clients
Omaha, NE
       
             
Janus High-Yield Fund
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.     43.51%  
Class T Shares
  Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
Reinvest Account
San Francisco, CA
       
             
    National Financial Services Co     34.65%  
    For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
New York, NY
       
             
Janus Short-Term Bond Fund
  National Financial Services Co     43.95%  
Class T Shares
  For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
New York, NY
       
             
    Charles Schwab & Co Inc.     37.36%  
    Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
Reinvest Account
San Francisco, CA
       
             
    TD Ameritrade Inc.     5.01%  
    For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Clients
Omaha, NE
       
             
INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.     43.45%  
Class T Shares
  Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
Reinvest Account
San Francisco, CA
       
             
    National Financial Services Co     39.45%  
    For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
New York, NY
       
             
INTECH Risk-Managed Growth Fund
  Janus Capital Group Inc.     80.83% *
Class T Shares
  Denver, CO        
             
    Charles Schwab & Co Inc.     19.17%  
    Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
Reinvest Account
San Francisco, CA
       
             
INTECH Risk-Managed International Fund
  Janus Capital Group Inc.     100.00% *
Class T Shares
  Denver, CO        
             
INTECH Risk-Managed Value Fund
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.     39.03%  
Class T Shares
  Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
Reinvest Account
San Francisco, CA
       
             
    Janus Capital Group Inc.     33.56% *
    Denver, CO        
             
    Edward Jones & Co Custodian     27.41%  
    FBO Niles R. Jacobs IRA
Sullivan, WI
       
             
 
This ownership represents seed capital that Janus Capital or an affiliate provided for the Fund.

 
 
  97


 

             
Fund Name   Shareholder and Address of Record   Percentage Ownership
Perkins Large Cap Value Fund
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.     32.33%  
Class T Shares
  Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
Reinvest Account
San Francisco, CA
       
             
    National Financial Services Co     25.33%  
    For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
New York, NY
       
             
    LPL Financial     21.40%  
    FBO Customer Accounts
San Diego, CA
       
             
    TD Ameritrade Inc.     18.15%  
    For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Clients
Omaha, NE
       
             
Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund
  National Financial Services Co     39.19%  
Class T Shares
  For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
New York, NY
       
             
    Charles Schwab & Co Inc.     27.25%  
    Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
Reinvest Account
San Francisco, CA
       
             
    Pershing LLC     5.94%  
    Jersey City, NJ        
             
Perkins Small Cap Value Fund
  National Financial Services Co     30.07%  
Class T Shares
  For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
New York, NY
       
             
    Charles Schwab & Co Inc.     29.35%  
    Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
Reinvest Account
San Francisco, CA
       
             
Perkins Value Plus Income Fund
  Janus Capital Group Inc.     99.19% *
Class T Shares
  Denver, CO        
             
 
This ownership represents seed capital that Janus Capital or an affiliate provided for the Fund.

 
 
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Miscellaneous information

 
Each Fund is a series of the Trust, an open-end management investment company registered under the 1940 Act and organized as a Massachusetts business trust on February 11, 1986. As of the date of this SAI, the Trust offers thirty-eight series of shares, known as “Funds.” Each Fund presently offers interests in different classes of shares as described in the table below.
 
                                                                 
    Class A
  Class C
  Class D
  Class I
  Class L
  Class R
  Class S
  Class T
Fund Name   Shares   Shares   Shares   Shares   Shares   Shares   Shares   Shares
INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
INTECH Risk-Managed Growth Fund
    x       x               x                       x       x  
INTECH Risk-Managed International Fund
    x       x               x                       x       x  
INTECH Risk-Managed Value Fund
    x       x               x                       x       x  
Janus Balanced Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Janus Conservative Allocation Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
Janus Contrarian Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Janus Dynamic Allocation Fund
    x       x               x                       x       x  
Janus Enterprise Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Janus Flexible Bond Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Janus Forty Fund
    x       x               x               x       x       x  
Janus Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Janus Global Life Sciences Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
Janus Global Real Estate Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
Janus Global Research Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
Janus Global Select Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Janus Global Technology Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
Janus Government Money Market Fund
                    x                                       x  
Janus Growth Allocation Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
Janus Growth and Income Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Janus High-Yield Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Janus International Equity Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Janus Long/Short Fund
    x       x               x               x       x       x  
Janus Moderate Allocation Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
Janus Money Market Fund
                    x                                       x  
Janus Overseas Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Janus Research Core Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Janus Research Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
Janus Short-Term Bond Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
Janus Triton Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Janus Twenty Fund
                    x                                       x  
Janus Venture Fund
                    x                                       x  
Janus Worldwide Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Perkins Global Value Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
Perkins Large Cap Value Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund
    x       x       x       x       x       x       x       x  
Perkins Small Cap Value Fund
    x       x       x       x       x       x       x       x  
Perkins Value Plus Income Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
 
On July 6, 2009, the funds of the Janus Adviser Series trust reorganized into the Trust. As a result, certain Funds described in this SAI assumed the assets and liabilities of the corresponding Janus Adviser Series funds. For this reason, certain historical information contained in this SAI for periods prior to July 6, 2009 is that of the predecessor funds. Prior to the reorganizations, the Funds had a fiscal year end of either October 31 or July 31. Each Fund described in this SAI has subsequently changed its fiscal year end to June 30.
 
 
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Janus Capital reserves the right to the name “Janus.” In the event that Janus Capital does not continue to provide investment advice to the Funds, the Funds must cease to use the name “Janus” as soon as reasonably practicable.
 
Under Massachusetts law, shareholders of the Funds could, under certain circumstances, be held liable for the obligations of their Fund. However, the Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust disclaims shareholder liability for acts or obligations of the Funds and requires that notice of this disclaimer be given in each agreement, obligation, or instrument entered into or executed by the Funds or the Trustees. The Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust also provides for indemnification from the assets of the Funds for all losses and expenses of any Fund shareholder held liable for the obligations of their Fund. Thus, the risk of shareholders incurring a financial loss on account of their liability as a shareholder of one of the Funds is limited to circumstances in which their Fund would be unable to meet its obligations. The possibility that these circumstances would occur is remote. The Trustees intend to conduct the operations of the Funds to avoid, to the extent possible, liability of shareholders for liabilities of their Fund.
 
It is important to know that, pursuant to the Trust’s Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust and in accordance with any applicable regulations and laws, such as the 1940 Act, the Trustees have the authority to merge, liquidate, and/or reorganize a Fund into another fund without seeking shareholder vote or consent. Any such consolidation, merger, or reorganization may be authorized at any time by a vote of a majority of the Trustees then in office.
 
SHARES OF THE TRUST
 
The Trust is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest with a par value of one cent per share for each series of the Trust. Shares of each series of the Trust are fully paid and nonassessable when issued. Shares of a Fund participate equally in dividends and other distributions by the Shares of the same class of that Fund, and in residual assets of that class of that Fund in the event of liquidation. Shares of each Fund have no preemptive, conversion, or subscription rights. Shares of each Fund may be transferred by endorsement or stock power as is customary, but a Fund is not bound to recognize any transfer until it is recorded on its books.
 
SHAREHOLDER MEETINGS
 
The Trust does not intend to hold annual or regular shareholder meetings unless otherwise required by the Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust or the 1940 Act. Special meetings may be called for a specific Fund or for the Trust as a whole for purposes such as changing fundamental policies, electing or removing Trustees, making any changes to the Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust that would materially adversely affect shareholders’ rights, determining whether to bring certain derivative actions, or for any other purpose requiring a shareholder vote under applicable law or the Trust’s governing documents, or as the Trustees consider necessary or desirable. Commencing in 2005 and not less than every fifth calendar year thereafter, a meeting of shareholders shall be held to elect Trustees.
 
Under the Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust, special meetings of shareholders of the Trust or of any Fund shall be called subject to certain conditions, upon written request of shareholders owning shares representing at least 10% of the shares then outstanding. The Funds will assist these shareholders in communicating with other shareholders in connection with such a meeting similar to that referred to in Section 16(c) of the 1940 Act.
 
VOTING RIGHTS
 
The Trustees of the Trust (including Mr. McGonigle, a new Trustee) were elected at a Special Meeting of Shareholders on June 10, 2010. Under the Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust, each Trustee will continue in office until the termination of the Trust or his or her earlier death, retirement, resignation, incapacity, or removal. Vacancies will be filled by appointment by a majority of the remaining Trustees, subject to the 1940 Act.
 
As a shareholder, you are entitled to one vote for each whole dollar and a proportionate fractional vote for each fractional dollar of NAV of the Fund that you own. Generally, all funds and classes vote together as a single group, except where a separate vote of one or more funds or classes is required by law or where the interests of one or more funds or classes are affected differently from other funds or classes. Shares of all series of the Trust have noncumulative voting rights, which means that the holders of more than 50% of the value of shares of all series of the Trust voting for the election of Trustees can elect 100% of the Trustees if they choose to do so. In such event, the holders of the remaining value of shares will not be able to elect any Trustees.

 
 
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MASTER/FEEDER OPTION
 
The Trust may in the future seek to achieve a fund’s objective by investing all of that fund’s assets in another investment company having the same investment objective and substantially the same investment policies and restrictions as those applicable to that fund. Unless otherwise required by law, this policy may be implemented by the Trustees without shareholder approval.
 
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
 
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, 1670 Broadway, Suite 1000, Denver, Colorado 80202, the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Funds, audits the Funds’ annual financial statements and compiles their tax returns.
 
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
 
The Trust has filed with the SEC, Washington, D.C., a Registration Statement under the 1933 Act with respect to the securities to which this SAI relates. If further information is desired with respect to the Funds or such securities, reference is made to the Registration Statement and the exhibits filed as a part thereof.

 
 
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Financial statements

 
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE TO THE BOND & MONEY MARKET, RISK-MANAGED,
AND VALUE FUNDS ANNUAL REPORTS OF JANUS INVESTMENT FUND (AUDITED)
 
The following audited financial statements for the period ended June 30, 2010 are hereby incorporated into this SAI by reference to the Annual Reports dated June 30, 2010, as applicable.
 
•  Schedules of Investments as of June 30, 2010
 
•  Statements of Operations for the periods indicated
 
•  Statements of Assets and Liabilities as of June 30, 2010
 
•  Statements of Changes in Net Assets for the periods indicated
 
•  Financial Highlights for each of the periods indicated
 
•  Notes to Financial Statements
 
•  Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE TO THE BOND & MONEY MARKET, RISK-MANAGED,
AND VALUE FUNDS SEMIANNUAL REPORTS OF JANUS INVESTMENT FUND (UNAUDITED)
 
The following unaudited financial statements for the period ended December 31, 2009 are hereby incorporated into this SAI by reference to the Semiannual Reports dated December 31, 2009.
 
•  Schedules of Investments as of December 31, 2009
 
•  Statements of Operations for the period ended December 31, 2009
 
•  Statements of Assets and Liabilities as of December 31, 2009
 
•  Statements of Changes in Net Assets for each of the periods indicated
 
•  Financial Highlights for each of the periods indicated
 
•  Notes to Financial Statements
 
The portions of the Annual and Semiannual Reports that are not specifically listed above are not incorporated by reference into this SAI and are not part of the Registration Statement.
 
 
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Appendix A

 
EXPLANATION OF RATING CATEGORIES
 
The following is a description of credit ratings issued by three of the major credit rating agencies. Credit ratings evaluate only the safety of principal and interest payments, not the market value risk of lower quality securities. Credit rating agencies may fail to change credit ratings to reflect subsequent events on a timely basis. Although Janus Capital and Perkins consider security ratings when making investment decisions, they also perform their own investment analyses and do not rely solely on the ratings assigned by credit agencies.
 
STANDARD & POOR’S RATINGS SERVICE
 
     
Bond Rating
  Explanation
Investment Grade
   
AAA
  Highest rating; extremely strong capacity to pay principal and interest.
AA
  High quality; very strong capacity to pay principal and interest.
A
  Strong capacity to pay principal and interest; somewhat more susceptible to the adverse effects of changing circumstances and economic conditions.
BBB
  Adequate capacity to pay principal and interest; normally exhibit adequate protection parameters, but adverse economic conditions or changing circumstances more likely to lead to a weakened capacity to pay principal and interest than for higher rated bonds.
Non-Investment Grade
   
BB
  Less vulnerable to nonpayment than other speculative issues; 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.
B
  More vulnerable to nonpayment than obligations rated ‘BB’, but 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.
CCC
  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.
CC
  Currently highly vulnerable to nonpayment.
C
  Currently highly vulnerable to nonpayment; a bankruptcy petition may have been filed or similar action taken, but payments on the obligation are being continued.
D
  In default.
 
 
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FITCH, INC.
 
     
Long-Term Bond Rating
  Explanation
Investment Grade
   
AAA
  Highest credit quality. Denotes the lowest expectation of credit risk. Exceptionally strong capacity for payment of financial commitments.
AA
  Very high credit quality. Denotes expectations of very low credit risk. Very strong capacity for payment of financial commitments.
A
  High credit quality. Denotes expectations of low credit risk. Strong capacity for payment of financial commitments. May be more vulnerable to changes in circumstances or in economic conditions than is the case for higher ratings.
BBB
  Good credit quality. Currently expectations of low credit risk. Capacity for payment of financial commitments is considered adequate, but adverse changes in circumstances and economic conditions are more likely to impair this capacity than is the case for higher ratings.
Non-Investment Grade
   
BB
  Speculative. Indicates possibility of credit risk developing, particularly as the result of adverse economic change over time. Business or financial alternatives may be available to allow financial commitments to be met.
B
  Highly speculative. May indicate distressed or defaulted obligations with potential for extremely high recoveries.
CCC
  May indicate distressed or defaulted obligations with potential for superior to average levels of recovery.
CC
  May indicate distressed or defaulted obligations with potential for average or below-average levels of recovery.
C
  May indicate distressed or defaulted obligations with potential for below-average to poor recoveries.
D
  In default.
 
FITCH, INC.
 
     
Short-Term Bond Rating
  Explanation
F-1+
  Exceptionally strong credit quality. Issues assigned this rating are regarded as having the strongest degree of assurance for timely payment.
F-1
  Very strong credit quality. Issues assigned this rating reflect an assurance for timely payment only slightly less in degree than issues rated F-1+.
F-2
  Good credit quality. Issues assigned this rating have a satisfactory degree of assurance for timely payments, but the margin of safety is not as great as the F-1+ and F-1 ratings.

 
 
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MOODY’S INVESTORS SERVICE, INC.
 
     
Bond Rating
  Explanation
Investment Grade
   
Aaa
  Highest quality, smallest degree of investment risk.
Aa
  High quality; together with Aaa bonds, they compose the high-grade bond group.
A
  Upper to medium-grade obligations; many favorable investment attributes.
Baa
  Medium-grade obligations; neither highly protected nor poorly secured. Interest and principal appear adequate for the present but certain protective elements may be lacking or may be unreliable over any great length of time.
Non-Investment Grade
   
Ba
  More uncertain, with speculative elements. Protection of interest and principal payments not well safeguarded during good and bad times.
B
  Lack characteristics of desirable investment; potentially low assurance of timely interest and principal payments or maintenance of other contract terms over time.
Caa
  Poor standing, may be in default; elements of danger with respect to principal or interest payments.
Ca
  Speculative in a high degree; could be in default or have other marked shortcomings.
C
  Lowest rated; extremely poor prospects of ever attaining investment standing.
 
 
Unrated securities will be treated as non-investment grade securities unless the portfolio managers and/or investment personnel determine that such securities are the equivalent of investment grade securities. When calculating the quality assigned to securities that receive different ratings from two or more agencies (“split rated securities”), the security will receive: (i) the middle rating from the three reporting agencies if three agencies provide a rating for the security or (ii) the lowest rating if only two agencies provide a rating for the security.

 
 
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(JANUS LOGO)
 
janus.com
 
151 Detroit Street
Denver, Colorado 80206-4805
1-877-335-2687
 
 


 

                                                                                                                                        6 October 28, 2010

                         
    Class A
Shares
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  Class C
Shares
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  Class D
Shares

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  Class I
Shares
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  Class S
Shares
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  Class T
Shares*
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Asset Allocation
                       
Janus Conservative Allocation Fund
  JCAAX   JCACX   JMSCX   JCAIX   JCASX   JSPCX
(formerly named Janus Smart Portfolio – Conservative)
                       
Janus Moderate Allocation Fund
  JMOAX   JMOCX   JNSMX   JMOIX   JMOSX   JSPMX
(formerly named Janus Smart Portfolio – Moderate)
                       
Janus Growth Allocation Fund
  JGCAX   JGCCX   JNSGX   JGCIX   JGCSX   JSPGX
(formerly named Janus Smart Portfolio – Growth)
                       

 
 
Janus Investment Fund
 
Statement of Additional Information
 
 
This Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”) expands upon and supplements the information contained in the current Prospectuses for Class A Shares, Class C Shares, Class D Shares, Class I Shares, Class S Shares, and Class T Shares (collectively, the “Shares”) of the Funds listed above, each of which is a separate series of Janus Investment Fund, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Trust”). Each of these series of the Trust represents shares of beneficial interest in a separate portfolio of securities and other assets with its own objective and policies. Janus Capital Management LLC (“Janus Capital”) is the investment adviser of each Fund. In addition, subadvisers are responsible for the day-to-day operations of certain underlying funds. The name change for the Funds was effective August 2, 2010.
 
This SAI is not a Prospectus and should be read in conjunction with the Funds’ Prospectuses dated October 28, 2010, and any supplements thereto, which are incorporated by reference into this SAI and may be obtained from your plan sponsor, broker-dealer, or other financial intermediary, or by contacting a Janus representative at 1-877-335-2687 (or 1-800-525-3713 if you hold Class D Shares). This SAI contains additional and more detailed information about the Funds’ operations and activities than the Prospectuses. The Annual and Semiannual Reports, which contain important financial information about the Funds, are incorporated by reference into this SAI and are also available, without charge, from your plan sponsor, broker-dealer, or other financial intermediary, at janus.com/info (or janus.com/reports if you hold Class D Shares), or by contacting a Janus representative at 1-877-335-2687 (or 1-800-525-3713 if you hold Class D Shares).
 
    Class D Shares are closed to new investors.
  Class T Shares were formerly named Class J Shares.


 

(JANUS LOGO)

 


 

Table of contents

 
     
     
Classification, Investment Policies and Restrictions, and Investment Strategies and Risks   2
     
Investment Adviser   39
     
Custodian, Transfer Agent, and Certain Affiliations   46
     
Portfolio Transactions and Brokerage   48
     
Trustees and Officers   49
     
Shares of the Trust   58
Net Asset Value Determination
  58
Purchases
  58
Distribution and Shareholder Servicing Plans
  60
Redemptions
  62
     
Income Dividends, Capital Gains Distributions, and Tax Status   64
     
Principal Shareholders   66
     
Miscellaneous Information   69
Shares of the Trust
  70
Shareholder Meetings
  70
Voting Rights
  70
Master/Feeder Option
  71
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
  71
Registration Statement
  71
     
Financial Statements   72
     
Appendix A   73
Explanation of Rating Categories
  73
 
 
 
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Classification, investment policies and restrictions,
and investment strategies and risks

 
JANUS INVESTMENT FUND
 
This Statement of Additional Information includes information about 3 series of the Trust, Janus Conservative Allocation Fund, Janus Moderate Allocation Fund, and Janus Growth Allocation Fund (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”). Each Fund is a series of the Trust, an open-end, management investment company.
 
The Funds’ adviser, Janus Capital, intends to operate each Fund as a “fund of funds,” meaning that substantially all of the Funds’ assets will primarily be invested in other Janus mutual funds it advises (the “underlying funds”), as described in the Funds’ Prospectuses. Additional detail about each of the underlying funds is available in their respective Prospectuses and SAIs.
 
Effective February 16, 2010, Class J Shares of the Funds (the initial share class) were restructured into two separate share classes. Shareholders who held their shares directly with Janus Capital were transitioned to a newly created share class called “Class D Shares.” Shareholders who held their shares through an intermediary remained in Class J Shares, which was renamed “Class T Shares.” As a result, certain historical information specific to Class D Shares and Class T Shares contained in this SAI for periods prior to February 16, 2010 is that of the initial share class.
 
CLASSIFICATION
 
The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”), classifies mutual funds as either diversified or nondiversified. Janus Conservative Allocation Fund, Janus Moderate Allocation Fund, and Janus Growth Allocation Fund are classified as diversified.
 
SUBADVISERS OF CERTAIN UNDERLYING FUNDS
 
Underlying funds subadvised by INTECH. INTECH Investment Management LLC (“INTECH”) is the investment subadviser for INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund, INTECH Risk-Managed Growth Fund, INTECH Risk-Managed International Fund, and INTECH Risk-Managed Value Fund (together, the “Risk-Managed Funds”).
 
Underlying funds subadvised by Perkins. Perkins Investment Management LLC (“Perkins”) is the investment subadviser for Perkins Global Value Fund, Perkins Large Cap Value Fund, Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund, Perkins Small Cap Value Fund, and Perkins Value Plus Income Fund (together, the “Value Funds”).
 
INVESTMENT POLICIES AND RESTRICTIONS APPLICABLE TO THE FUNDS
 
The Funds are subject to certain fundamental policies and restrictions that may not be changed without shareholder approval. Shareholder approval means approval by the lesser of: (i) more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities of the Trust (or a particular Fund or particular class of shares if a matter affects just that Fund or that class of shares) or (ii) 67% or more of the voting securities present at a meeting if the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities of the Trust (or a particular Fund or class of shares) are present or represented by proxy. The following policies are fundamental policies of the Funds.
 
(1) With respect to 75% of its total assets, a Fund may not purchase securities of an issuer (other than the U.S. Government, its agencies, instrumentalities or authorities, or repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. Government securities) if: (a) such purchase would, at the time, cause more than 5% of the Fund’s total assets taken at market value to be invested in the securities of such issuer or (b) such purchase would, at the time, result in more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of such issuer being held by the Fund.
 
Each Fund may not:
 
(2) Invest 25% or more of the value of its total assets in any particular industry (other than U.S. Government securities) provided that investments in other investment companies shall not be considered an investment in any particular industry for purposes of this investment limitation.
 
(3) Purchase or sell physical commodities unless acquired as a result of ownership of securities or other instruments (but this limitation shall not prevent a Fund from purchasing or selling foreign currencies, options, futures, swaps, forward contracts, or other derivative instruments, or from investing in securities or other instruments backed by physical commodities).
 
 
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(4) Lend any security or make any other loan if, as a result, more than one-third of a Fund’s total assets would be lent to other parties (but this limitation does not apply to investments in repurchase agreements, commercial paper, debt securities, or loans, including assignments and participation interests).
 
(5) Act as an underwriter of securities issued by others, except to the extent that a Fund may be deemed an underwriter in connection with the disposition of its portfolio securities.
 
(6) Borrow money except that a Fund may borrow money for temporary or emergency purposes (not for leveraging or investment). Borrowings from banks will not, in any event, exceed one-third of the value of a Fund’s total assets (including the amount borrowed). This policy shall not prohibit short sales transactions or futures, options, swaps, or forward transactions. The Funds may not issue “senior securities” in contravention of the 1940 Act.
 
(7) Invest directly in real estate or interests in real estate; however, a Fund may own debt or equity securities issued by companies engaged in those businesses.
 
As a fundamental policy, a Fund may, notwithstanding any other investment policy or limitation (whether or not fundamental), invest all of its assets in the securities of a single open-end management investment company with substantially the same fundamental investment objectives, policies, and limitations as such Fund.
 
The Board of Trustees (“Trustees”) has adopted additional investment restrictions for the Funds. These restrictions are operating policies of the Funds and may be changed by the Trustees without shareholder approval. The additional restrictions adopted by the Trustees to date include the following:
 
(1) The Funds may sell securities short if they own or have the right to obtain securities equivalent in kind and amount to the securities sold short without the payment of any additional consideration therefor (“short sales against the box”). In addition, each Fund may engage in short sales other than against the box, which involve selling a security that a Fund borrows and does not own. The Trustees may impose limits on a Fund’s investments in short sales, as described in the Fund’s Prospectuses. Transactions in futures, options, swaps, and forward contracts not involving short sales are not deemed to constitute selling securities short.
 
(2) The Funds do not intend to purchase securities on margin, except that a Fund may obtain such short-term credits as are necessary for the clearance of transactions, and provided that margin payments and other deposits in connection with transactions involving short sales, futures, options, swaps, forward contracts, and other permitted investment techniques shall not be deemed to constitute purchasing securities on margin.
 
(3) A Fund may not mortgage or pledge any securities owned or held by such Fund in amounts that exceed, in the aggregate, 15% of that Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”), provided that this limitation does not apply to: reverse repurchase agreements; deposits of assets to margin; guarantee positions in futures, options, swaps, or forward contracts; or the segregation of assets in connection with such contracts.
 
(4) The Funds do not currently intend to purchase any security or enter into a repurchase agreement if, as a result, more than 15% of their respective net assets would be invested in repurchase agreements not entitling the holder to payment of principal and interest within seven days and in securities that are illiquid by virtue of legal or contractual restrictions on resale or the absence of a readily available market. The Trustees, or the Funds’ investment adviser acting pursuant to authority delegated by the Trustees, may determine that a readily available market exists for: securities eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Rule 144A Securities”), or any successor to such rule; Section 4(2) commercial paper; and municipal lease obligations. Accordingly, such securities may not be subject to the foregoing limitation.
 
(5) The Funds may not invest in companies for the purpose of exercising control of management.
 
Unless otherwise stated, except for the policies with respect to investments in illiquid securities and borrowing, the percentage limitations included in these policies and elsewhere in the SAI and Prospectuses normally apply only at the time of purchase of a security. So, for example, if a Fund or an underlying fund exceeds a limit as a result of market fluctuations or the sale of other securities, it will not be required to dispose of any securities.
 
Under the terms of an exemptive order received from the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), each Fund may borrow money from or lend money to other funds that permit such transactions and for which Janus Capital or one of its affiliates serves as investment adviser. All such borrowing and lending will be subject to the above limits and to the limits and other conditions in such exemptive order. A Fund will borrow money through the program only when the costs are

 
 
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equal to or lower than the cost of bank loans. Interfund loans and borrowings normally extend overnight, but can have a maximum duration of seven days. A Fund will lend through the program only when the returns are higher than those available from other short-term instruments (such as repurchase agreements). A Fund may have to borrow from a bank at a higher interest rate if an interfund loan is called or not renewed. Any delay in repayment to a lending Fund could result in a lost investment opportunity or additional borrowing costs.
 
For the purposes of these investment restrictions, the identification of the issuer of a municipal obligation depends on the terms and conditions of the security. When assets and revenues of a political subdivision are separate from those of the government that created the subdivision and the security is backed only by the assets and revenues of the subdivision, the subdivision is deemed to be the sole issuer. Similarly, in the case of an industrial development bond, if the bond is backed only by assets and revenues of a nongovernmental user, then the nongovernmental user would be deemed to be the sole issuer. If, however, in either case, the creating government or some other entity guarantees the security, the guarantee would be considered a separate security that would be treated as an issue of the guaranteeing entity.
 
For purposes of each Fund’s policies on investing in particular industries, the Funds invest in underlying funds that rely primarily on industry or industry group classifications as published by Bloomberg L.P. To the extent that Bloomberg L.P. industry classifications are so broad that the primary economic characteristics in a single class are materially different, the underlying funds may further classify issuers in accordance with industry classifications as published by the SEC. The Funds may change the source used for determining industry classifications without prior shareholder notice or approval.
 
INVESTMENT STRATEGIES AND RISKS OF THE FUNDS AND THE UNDERLYING FUNDS
 
This section discusses investment strategies of the Funds. These strategies may also apply to the underlying funds in which the Funds may invest. This section also details the risks associated with each investment strategy because each investment vehicle and technique contributes to the Funds’ overall risk profile.
 
Diversification
Diversification is a way to reduce risk by investing in a broad range of stocks or other securities. An underlying fund that is classified as “nondiversified” has the ability to take larger positions in a smaller number of issuers than an underlying fund that is classified as “diversified.” This gives an underlying fund which is classified as nondiversified more flexibility to focus its investments in companies that the portfolio managers and/or investment personnel have identified as the most attractive for the investment objective and strategy of the underlying fund. However, because the appreciation or depreciation of a single security may have a greater impact on the NAV of an underlying fund which is classified as nondiversified, its share price can be expected to fluctuate more than a comparable underlying fund which is classified as diversified. This fluctuation, if significant, may affect the performance of an underlying fund.
 
Cash Position
As discussed in the Funds’ Prospectuses and the underlying funds’ Prospectuses, a Fund’s or an underlying fund’s cash position may temporarily increase under various circumstances. Securities that the Funds or the underlying funds may invest in as a means of receiving a return on idle cash include domestic or foreign currency denominated commercial paper, certificates of deposit, repurchase agreements, or other short-term debt obligations. These securities may include U.S. and foreign short-term cash instruments. Each Fund or underlying fund may also invest in money market funds, including funds managed by Janus Capital. (Refer to “Investment Company Securities.”)
 
The underlying Risk-Managed Funds, subadvised by INTECH, normally remain as fully invested as possible and do not seek to lessen the effects of a declining market through hedging or temporary defensive positions. These underlying funds may use exchange-traded funds as well as futures, options, and other derivatives, to gain exposure to the stock market pending investment of cash balances or to meet liquidity needs. These underlying funds may invest in U.S. Government securities and other short-term, interest-bearing securities without regard to the underlying funds’ otherwise applicable percentage limits, policies, or their normal investment emphasis, when INTECH believes market, economic, or political conditions warrant a temporary defensive position.
 
Repurchase and Reverse Repurchase Agreements
In a repurchase agreement, a Fund or an underlying fund purchases a security and simultaneously commits to resell that security to the seller at an agreed upon price on an agreed upon date within a number of days (usually not more than seven) from the date of purchase. The resale price consists of the purchase price plus an agreed upon incremental amount that is unrelated to the coupon rate or maturity of the purchased security. A repurchase agreement involves the obligation of the

 
 
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seller to pay the agreed upon price, which obligation is in effect secured by the value (at least equal to the amount of the agreed upon resale price and marked-to-market daily) of the underlying security or “collateral.” A risk associated with repurchase agreements is the failure of the seller to repurchase the securities as agreed, which may cause a Fund or an underlying fund to suffer a loss if the market value of such securities declines before they can be liquidated on the open market. In the event of bankruptcy or insolvency of the seller, a Fund or an underlying fund may encounter delays and incur costs in liquidating the underlying security. In addition, the collateral received in the repurchase transaction may become worthless. To the extent a Fund’s or an underlying fund’s collateral focuses in one or more sectors, such as banks and financial services, the Fund is subject to increased risk as a result of that exposure. Repurchase agreements that mature in more than seven days are subject to the 15% limit on illiquid investments. While it is not possible to eliminate all risks from these transactions, it is the policy of the Funds and the underlying funds to limit repurchase agreements to those parties whose creditworthiness has been reviewed and found satisfactory by Janus Capital. There is no guarantee that Janus Capital’s analysis of the creditworthiness of the counterparty will be accurate, and the underlying collateral involved in the transaction can expose a Fund or an underlying fund to additional risk regardless of the creditworthiness of the parties involved in the transaction.
 
Reverse repurchase agreements are transactions in which a Fund or an underlying fund sells a security and simultaneously commits to repurchase that security from the buyer, such as a bank or broker-dealer, at an agreed upon price on an agreed upon future date. The resale price in a reverse repurchase agreement reflects a market rate of interest that is not related to the coupon rate or maturity of the sold security. For certain demand agreements, there is no agreed upon repurchase date and interest payments are calculated daily, often based upon the prevailing overnight repurchase rate. A Fund or an underlying fund will use the proceeds of reverse repurchase agreements only to satisfy unusually heavy redemption requests or for other temporary or emergency purposes without the necessity of selling portfolio securities, or to earn additional income on portfolio securities, such as Treasury bills or notes.
 
Generally, a reverse repurchase agreement enables a Fund or an underlying fund to recover for the term of the reverse repurchase agreement all or most of the cash invested in the portfolio securities sold and to keep the interest income associated with those portfolio securities. Such transactions are only advantageous if the interest cost to a Fund or an underlying fund of the reverse repurchase transaction is less than the cost of obtaining the cash otherwise. In addition, interest costs on the money received in a reverse repurchase agreement may exceed the return received on the investments made by a Fund or an underlying fund with those monies. Using reverse repurchase agreements to earn additional income involves the risk that the interest earned on the invested proceeds is less than the expense of the reverse repurchase agreement transaction. This technique may also have a leveraging effect on a Fund’s or an underlying fund’s portfolio, although the Fund’s or the underlying fund’s intent to segregate assets in the amount of the reverse repurchase agreement minimizes this effect. While a reverse repurchase agreement is outstanding, the Fund or the underlying fund will maintain cash and appropriate liquid assets in a segregated custodial account to cover its obligation under the agreement. The Fund or the underlying fund will enter into reverse repurchase agreements only with parties that Janus Capital deems creditworthy.
 
INVESTMENT STRATEGIES AND RISKS OF THE UNDERLYING FUNDS
 
The Funds are “funds of funds” that invest in other underlying funds and do not directly invest in the securities or use the investment techniques described in this section. This section discusses investment strategies of the underlying funds in which the Funds may invest. This section also details the risks associated with each investment strategy, because each investment vehicle and technique contributes to the Funds’ overall risk profile.
 
Illiquid Investments
Each underlying fund (except money market funds) may invest up to 15% of its net assets in illiquid investments (i.e., securities that are not readily marketable). Each money market fund may only invest up to 5% of its total assets in illiquid securities. The Trustees have authorized Janus Capital to make liquidity determinations with respect to certain securities, including Rule 144A Securities, commercial paper, and municipal lease obligations purchased by the underlying funds. Under the guidelines established by the Trustees, Janus Capital will consider the following factors: (i) the frequency of trades and quoted prices for the security; (ii) the number of dealers willing to purchase or sell the security and the number of other potential purchasers; (iii) the willingness of dealers to undertake to make a market in the security; and (iv) the nature of the security and the nature of the marketplace trades, including the time needed to dispose of the security, the method of soliciting offers, and the mechanics of the transfer. In the case of commercial paper, Janus Capital will also consider whether the paper is traded flat or in default as to principal and interest and any ratings of the paper by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization (“NRSRO”). Investments in Rule 144A Securities could have the effect of increasing

 
 
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the level of a fund’s illiquidity to the extent that qualified institutional buyers become, for a time, uninterested in purchasing such securities. Certain securities previously deemed liquid may become illiquid in any subsequent assessment of the foregoing factors or other changes affecting the security. Foreign securities that may be freely traded on or through the facilities of an offshore exchange or other established offshore securities market are not restricted under the underlying funds’ liquidity procedures if traded in that market. Such securities will be treated as “restricted” if traded in the United States because foreign securities are not registered for sale under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”).
 
If illiquid securities exceed 15% of an underlying fund’s net assets after the time of purchase, the underlying fund will take steps to reduce in an orderly fashion its holdings of illiquid securities. Because illiquid securities may not be readily marketable, the portfolio managers and/or investment personnel may not be able to dispose of them in a timely manner. As a result, the underlying fund may be forced to hold illiquid securities while their price depreciates. Depreciation in the price of illiquid securities may cause the NAV of an underlying fund to decline.
 
Each underlying fund may invest up to 5% of its total assets in venture capital investments measured at the time of an investment. A later increase or decrease in this percentage resulting from changes in values of assets will not constitute a violation of such limitation. Each underlying fund may make an initial investment of up to 0.5% of its total assets in any one venture capital company. An underlying fund may not invest in aggregate more than 1% of its total assets, measured at the time of the subsequent purchase, in any one venture capital company.
 
Venture capital investments are investments in new and early stage companies whose securities are not publicly traded. These investments may present significant opportunities for capital appreciation but involve a high degree of risk that can result in substantial losses. The underlying funds may not be able to sell such investments when the portfolio managers and/or investment personnel deem it appropriate to do so due to restrictions on their sale. In addition, the underlying funds may be forced to sell their venture capital investments at less than fair market value. Where venture capital investments must be registered prior to their sale, the underlying funds may be obligated to pay all or part of the registration expenses. Any of these situations may result in a decrease in an underlying fund’s NAV.
 
Securities Lending
Under procedures adopted by its Trustees, an underlying fund may seek to earn additional income by lending securities to qualified parties (typically brokers or other financial institutions) who need to borrow securities in order to complete certain transactions such as covering short sales, avoiding failures to deliver securities, or completing arbitrage activities. There is the risk of delay in recovering a loaned security or the risk of loss in collateral rights if the borrower fails financially. In addition, Janus Capital makes efforts to balance the benefits and risks from granting such loans. The underlying fund does not have the right to vote on securities while they are being lent; however, the underlying fund may attempt to call back the loan and vote the proxy if time permits. All loans will be continuously secured by collateral which may consist of cash, U.S. Government securities, domestic and foreign short-term debt instruments, letters of credit, time deposits, repurchase agreements, money market mutual funds or other money market accounts, or such other collateral as permitted by the SEC. If an underlying fund is unable to recover a security on loan, the underlying fund may use the collateral to purchase replacement securities in the market. There is a risk that the value of the collateral could decrease below the value of the replacement security, resulting in a loss to the underlying fund.
 
Upon receipt of cash collateral, Janus Capital may invest it in affiliated or non-affiliated cash management vehicles, whether registered or unregistered entities, as permitted by the 1940 Act and rules promulgated thereunder. Janus Capital currently intends to invest the cash collateral in a cash management vehicle for which Janus Capital serves as investment adviser. An investment in a cash management vehicle is generally subject to the same risks that shareholders experience when investing in similarly structured vehicles, such as the potential for significant fluctuations in assets as a result of the purchase and redemption activity of the securities lending program, a decline in the value of the collateral and possible liquidity issues. Such risks may delay the return of the cash collateral and cause an underlying fund to violate its agreement to return the cash collateral to a borrower in a timely manner. As adviser to the underlying funds and the affiliated cash management vehicle in which the cash collateral is invested, Janus Capital has an inherent conflict of interest as a result of its fiduciary duties to both the underlying funds and the cash management vehicle. Additionally, Janus Capital receives an investment advisory fee for managing the cash management vehicle used for the securities lending program, but it may not receive a fee for managing certain other affiliated cash management vehicles, and therefore may have an incentive to allocate preferred investment opportunities to investment vehicles for which it is receiving a fee.

 
 
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Equity Securities
The underlying funds may invest in equity securities, which include, but are not limited to, common and preferred stocks, securities convertible or exchangeable into common stock, and warrants.
 
Common Stock. Common stock represents a proportionate share of the ownership of a company. Common stocks sometimes are divided into several classes, with each class having different voting rights, dividend rights, or other differences in their rights and priorities. The value of a stock is based on the market’s assessment of the current and future success of a company’s business, any income paid to stockholders, the value of the company’s assets, and general market conditions. The value of a stock may also be adversely affected by other factors such as accounting irregularities, actual or perceived weaknesses in corporate governance practices of a company’s board or management, and changes in company management. Common stock values can fluctuate dramatically over short periods.
 
Preferred Stock. A preferred stock represents an ownership interest in a company, but pays dividends at a specific rate and has priority over common stock in payment of dividends and liquidation claims. Preferred stock dividends are generally cumulative, noncumulative, or participating. “Cumulative” dividend provisions require all or a portion of prior unpaid dividends to be paid before dividends can be paid to the issuer’s common stock. “Participating” preferred stock may be entitled to a dividend exceeding the stated dividend in certain cases. Like debt securities, the value of a preferred stock often fluctuates more in response to changes in interest rates and the creditworthiness of the issuer, rather than in response to changes in the issuer’s profitability and business prospects. Preferred stock is subject to similar risks as common stock and debt securities.
 
Convertible Security. A convertible security is generally a debt obligation or preferred stock that may be converted within a specified period of time into a certain amount of common stock of the same or a different issuer. A convertible security, such as a “convertible preferred stock,” provides a fixed-income stream and the opportunity, through its conversion feature, to participate in the capital appreciation resulting from a market price advance in its underlying common stock. Like a common stock, the value of a convertible security tends to increase as the market value of the underlying stock rises, and it tends to decrease as the market value of the underlying stock declines. As with a fixed-income security, a convertible security tends to increase in market value when interest rates decline and decrease in value when interest rates rise. Because both interest rate and market movements can influence its value, a convertible security is not as sensitive to interest rates as a similar fixed-income security, nor is it as sensitive to changes in share price as its underlying stock.
 
Convertible securities generally have less potential for gain or loss than common stocks. Convertible securities generally provide yields higher than the underlying common stocks, but generally lower than comparable non-convertible securities. Because of this higher yield, convertible securities generally sell at prices above their “conversion value,” which is the current market value of the stock to be received upon conversion. The difference between this conversion value and the price of convertible securities will vary over time depending on changes in the value of the underlying common stocks and interest rates.
 
A convertible security may also be called for redemption or conversion by the issuer after a particular date and under certain circumstances (including a specified price) established upon issue. If a convertible security held by the underlying funds is called for redemption or conversion, the underlying funds could be required to tender it for redemption, convert it into the underlying common stock, or sell it to a third party.
 
Warrants. Warrants constitute options to purchase equity securities at a specific price and are valid for a specific period of time. They do not represent ownership of the equity securities, but only the right to buy them. Warrants have no voting rights, pay no dividends, and have no rights with respect to the assets of the corporation issuing them. Warrants differ from call options in that warrants are issued by the issuer of the security that may be purchased on their exercise, whereas call options may be issued by anyone. The prices of warrants do not necessarily move parallel to the prices of the underlying equity securities. The price usually represents a premium over the applicable market value of the common stock at the time of the warrant’s issuance. Investments in warrants involve certain risks, including the possible lack of a liquid market for the resale of the warrants, potential price fluctuations as a result of speculation or other factors, and failure of the price of the common stock to rise. The price of a warrant may be more volatile than the price of its underlying security. A warrant becomes worthless if it is not exercised within the specified time period.
 
Foreign Securities
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indirectly (e.g., depositary receipts, depositary shares, and passive foreign investment companies) or directly in foreign markets, including emerging markets. Investments in foreign securities, including those of foreign governments, may involve greater risks than investing in domestic securities because an underlying fund’s performance may depend on factors other than the performance of a particular company. These factors include:
 
Currency Risk. As long as an underlying fund holds a foreign security, its value will be affected by the value of the local currency relative to the U.S. dollar. When an underlying fund sells a foreign currency denominated security, its value may be worth less in U.S. dollars even if the security increases in value in its home country. U.S. dollar-denominated securities of foreign issuers may also be affected by currency risk, as the value of these securities may also be affected by changes in the issuer’s local currency.
 
Political and Economic Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to heightened political and economic risks, particularly in emerging markets which may have relatively unstable governments, immature economic structures, national policies restricting investments by foreigners, different legal systems, and economies based on only a few industries. In some countries, there is the risk that the government may take over the assets or operations of a company or that the government may impose taxes or limits on the removal of an underlying fund’s assets from that country.
 
Regulatory Risk. There may be less government supervision of foreign markets. As a result, foreign issuers may not be subject to the uniform accounting, auditing, and financial reporting standards and practices applicable to domestic issuers, and there may be less publicly available information about foreign issuers.
 
Foreign Market Risk. Foreign securities markets, particularly those of emerging market countries, may be less liquid and more volatile than domestic markets. Certain markets may require payment for securities before delivery, and delays may be encountered in settling securities transactions. In some foreign markets, there may not be protection against failure by other parties to complete transactions. Such factors may hinder an underlying fund’s ability to buy and sell emerging market securities in a timely manner, affecting the underlying fund’s investment strategies and potentially affecting the value of the underlying fund.
 
Transaction Costs. Costs of buying, selling, and holding foreign securities, including brokerage, tax, and custody costs, may be higher than those involved in domestic transactions.
 
Emerging Markets. Within the parameters of its specific investment policies, each underlying fund, particularly Janus Global Life Sciences Fund, Janus Global Research Fund, Janus Global Select Fund, Janus Global Technology Fund, Janus Overseas Fund, Janus Worldwide Fund, and Perkins Global Value Fund, may invest their assets in companies from one or more “developing countries” or “emerging markets.” Such countries include, but are not limited to, countries included in the Morgan Stanley Capital International (“MSCI”) Emerging Markets Indexsm. Each of the underlying Janus Global Real Estate Fund and Janus International Equity Fund will normally limit its investments in emerging market countries to 15% and 20%, respectively, of its net assets. The underlying Janus Contrarian Fund, Janus Forty Fund, Janus Long/Short Fund, and Janus Twenty Fund have each, at times, invested a significant portion of its assets in emerging markets and may continue to do so. Investing in emerging markets involves certain risks not typically associated with investing in the United States and imposes risks greater than, or in addition to, risks of investing in more developed foreign countries. The price of investments in emerging markets can experience sudden and sharp price swings. In many developing markets, there is less government supervision and regulation of business and industry practices, stock exchanges, brokers, and listed companies than in more developed markets. There is a risk in developing countries that a future economic or political crisis could lead to price controls, forced mergers of companies, expropriation or confiscatory taxation, seizure, nationalization, or creation of government monopolies, any of which may have a detrimental effect on an underlying fund’s investments. Many emerging market countries have experienced substantial, and in some periods extremely high, rates of inflation or deflation for many years, and future inflation may adversely affect the economies and securities markets of such countries. The securities markets of many of the countries in which the underlying funds may invest may also be smaller, less liquid, and subject to greater price volatility than those in the United States. In the event of a default on any investments in foreign debt obligations, it may be more difficult for the underlying funds to obtain or to enforce a judgment against the issuers of such securities. In addition, there may be little financial or accounting information available with respect to issuers of emerging market securities, and it may be difficult as a result to assess the value of an investment in such securities. The underlying funds may be subject to emerging markets risk to the extent that they invest in companies which are not considered to be from emerging markets, but which have customers, products, or transactions associated with emerging markets. A summary of each underlying fund’s investments by country is contained in the underlying funds’ shareholder reports and Form N-Q reports, which are filed with the SEC.

 
 
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Borrowing
The underlying Janus Long/Short Fund may borrow money from banks for investment purposes to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act. This practice is known as leverage. Currently, under the 1940 Act, a fund may borrow from banks up to one-third of its total assets (including the amount borrowed) provided that it maintains continuous asset coverage of 300% with respect to such borrowings and sells (within three days) sufficient portfolio holdings to restore such coverage if it should decline to less than 300% due to market fluctuations or otherwise, even if disadvantageous from an investment standpoint. Each underlying fund may borrow money to meet redemptions in order to avoid forced, unplanned sales of portfolio securities or for other temporary or emergency purposes. This allows an underlying fund greater flexibility to buy and sell portfolio securities for investment or tax considerations, rather than for cash flow considerations.
 
The use of borrowing by the underlying Janus Long/Short Fund involves special risk considerations that may not be associated with other underlying funds that may only borrow for temporary or emergency purposes. Because substantially all of an underlying fund’s assets fluctuate in value, whereas the interest obligation resulting from a borrowing will be fixed by the terms of the underlying fund’s agreement with its lender, the NAV per share of the underlying fund will tend to increase more when its portfolio securities increase in value and decrease more when its portfolio securities decrease in value than would otherwise be the case if the underlying fund did not borrow funds. In addition, interest costs on borrowings may fluctuate with changing market rates of interest and may partially offset or exceed the return earned on borrowed funds. Under adverse market conditions, an underlying fund might have to sell portfolio securities to meet interest or principal payments at a time when fundamental investment considerations would not favor such sales. The interest that the underlying fund must pay on borrowed money, together with any additional fees to maintain a line of credit or any minimum average balances required to be maintained, are additional costs that will reduce or eliminate any net investment income and may also offset any potential capital gains. Unless the appreciation and income, if any, on assets acquired with borrowed funds exceed the costs of borrowing, the use of leverage will diminish the investment performance of an underlying fund compared with what it would have been without leverage.
 
Short Sales
Each underlying fund, with the exception of the Risk-Managed Funds, may engage in “short sales against the box.” This technique involves either selling short a security that an underlying fund owns, or selling short a security that the underlying fund has the right to obtain, for delivery at a specified date in the future. An underlying fund does not deliver from its portfolio the securities sold short and does not immediately receive the proceeds of the short sale. An underlying fund borrows the securities sold short and receives proceeds from the short sale only when it delivers the securities to the lender. If the value of the securities sold short increases prior to the scheduled delivery date, an underlying fund loses the opportunity to participate in the gain.
 
Each underlying fund, with the exception of the Risk-Managed Funds, may also engage in other short sales. An underlying fund may engage in short sales when the portfolio managers and/or investment personnel anticipate that a security’s market purchase price will be less than its borrowing price. In a short sale transaction, an underlying fund sells a security it does not own to a purchaser at a specified price. To complete a short sale, an underlying fund must: (i) borrow the security to deliver it to the purchaser and (ii) buy that same security in the market to return it to the lender. Short sales involve the same fundamental risk as short sales against the box, as described in the previous paragraph. In addition, an underlying fund may incur a loss as a result of the short sale if the price of the security increases between the date of the short sale and the date on which the underlying fund replaces the borrowed security, and the underlying fund may realize a gain if the security declines in price between those same dates. Although an underlying fund’s potential for gain as a result of a short sale is limited to the price at which it sold the security short less the cost of borrowing the security, the potential for loss is theoretically unlimited because there is no limit to the cost of replacing the borrowed security. To borrow the security, an underlying fund may also be required to pay a premium, which would increase the cost of the security sold.
 
The underlying funds may not always be able to close out a short position at a particular time or at an acceptable price. A lender may request that the borrowed securities be returned to it on short notice, and an underlying fund may have to buy the borrowed securities at an unfavorable price. If this occurs at a time when other short sellers of the same security also want to close out their positions, it is more likely that an underlying fund will have to cover its short sale at an unfavorable price and potentially reduce or eliminate any gain, or cause a loss, as a result of the short sale.
 
Until an underlying fund closes its short position or replaces the borrowed security, the underlying fund may designate liquid assets it owns (other than the short sale proceeds) as segregated assets to the books of the broker and/or its custodian in an amount equal to its obligation to purchase the securities sold short, as required by the 1940 Act. The amount segregated in

 
 
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this manner is expected to be increased or decreased each business day equal to the change in market value of the underlying fund’s obligation to purchase the security sold short. The proceeds of the short sale will be retained by the broker, to the extent necessary to meet the margin requirements, until the short position is closed out. If the lending broker requires the underlying fund to deposit additional collateral (in addition to the short sales proceeds that the broker holds during the period of the short sale), which may be as much as 50% of the value of the securities sold short, the amount of the additional collateral may be deducted in determining the amount of cash or liquid assets the underlying fund is required to segregate to cover the short sale obligation pursuant to the 1940 Act. The amount segregated must be unencumbered by any other obligation or claim other than the obligation that is being covered. The underlying funds believe that short sale obligations that are covered, either by an offsetting asset or right (acquiring the security sold short or having an option to purchase the security sold short at an exercise price that covers the obligation), or by an underlying fund’s segregated asset procedures (or a combination thereof), are not senior securities under the 1940 Act and are not subject to the underlying fund’s borrowing restrictions. This requirement to segregate assets limits an underlying fund’s leveraging of its investments and the related risk of losses from leveraging. An underlying fund also is required to pay the lender of the security any dividends or interest that accrues on a borrowed security during the period of the loan. Depending on the arrangements made with the broker or custodian, an underlying fund may or may not receive any payments (including interest) on collateral it has deposited with the broker. An underlying fund’s ability to invest in short sales may be limited, as described in the underlying fund’s Prospectuses.
 
Zero Coupon, Step Coupon, and Pay-In-Kind Securities
Within the parameters of its specific investment policies, each underlying fund, with the exception of the Risk-Managed Funds, may invest up to 10% (without limit for Janus Flexible Bond Fund and Janus High-Yield Fund) of its net assets in zero coupon, step coupon, and pay-in-kind securities. Zero coupon bonds are issued and traded at a discount from their face value. They do not entitle the holder to any periodic payment of interest prior to maturity. Step coupon bonds are high-quality issues with above-market interest rates and a coupon that increases over the life of the bond. They may pay monthly, semiannual, or annual interest payments. On the date of each coupon payment, the issuer decides whether to call the bond at par or whether to extend it until the next payment date at the new coupon rate. Pay-in-kind bonds normally give the issuer an option to pay cash at a coupon payment date or give the holder of the security a similar bond with the same coupon rate and a face value equal to the amount of the coupon payment that would have been made. For the purposes of any underlying fund’s restriction on investing in income-producing securities, income-producing securities include securities that make periodic interest payments as well as those that make interest payments on a deferred basis or pay interest only at maturity (e.g., Treasury bills or zero coupon bonds).
 
For federal income tax purposes, holders of zero coupon securities and step coupon securities are required to recognize income even though the holders receive no cash payments of interest during the year. Similarly, holders of payment-in-kind securities must include in their gross income the value of securities they receive as “interest.” In order to qualify as a “regulated investment company” under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations thereunder, an underlying fund must distribute its investment company taxable income, including the original issue discount accrued on zero coupon or step coupon bonds and non-cash income from payment-in-kind securities. Because an underlying fund will not receive cash payments on a current basis with respect to accrued original-issue discount on zero coupon bonds or step coupon bonds during the period before interest payments begin or may receive non-cash interest payments, in some years that underlying fund may have to distribute cash obtained from other sources in order to satisfy the distribution requirements under the Internal Revenue Code. An underlying fund may obtain such cash from selling other portfolio holdings, which may cause that underlying fund to incur capital gains or losses on the sale. Additionally, these actions are likely to reduce the amount of cash available for investment by an underlying fund, to reduce the assets to which underlying fund expenses could be allocated, and to reduce the rate of return for that underlying fund. In some circumstances, such sales might be necessary in order to satisfy cash distribution requirements even though investment considerations might otherwise make it undesirable for an underlying fund to sell the securities at the time.
 
Generally, the market prices of zero coupon, step coupon, and pay-in-kind securities are more volatile than the prices of securities that pay interest periodically and in cash and are likely to respond to changes in interest rates to a greater degree than other types of debt securities having similar maturities and credit quality.
 
Pass-Through Securities
The underlying funds, with the exception of the Risk-Managed Funds, may invest in various types of pass-through securities, such as mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities, credit-linked trust certificates, traded custody receipts, and participation interests. A pass-through security is a share or certificate of interest in a pool of debt obligations that have been

 
 
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repackaged by an intermediary, such as a bank or broker-dealer. The purchaser of a pass-through security receives an undivided interest in the underlying pool of securities. The issuers of the underlying securities make interest and principal payments to the intermediary which are passed through to purchasers, such as the underlying funds. The most common type of pass-through securities are mortgage-backed securities. Government National Mortgage Association (“Ginnie Mae”) Certificates are mortgage-backed securities that evidence an undivided interest in a pool of mortgage loans. Ginnie Mae Certificates differ from bonds in that principal is paid back monthly by the borrowers over the term of the loan rather than returned in a lump sum at maturity. An underlying fund will generally purchase “modified pass-through” Ginnie Mae Certificates, which entitle the holder to receive a share of all interest and principal payments paid and owned on the mortgage pool, net of fees paid to the “issuer” and Ginnie Mae, regardless of whether or not the mortgagor actually makes the payment. Ginnie Mae Certificates are backed as to the timely payment of principal and interest by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.
 
The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”) issues two types of mortgage pass-through securities: mortgage participation certificates (“PCs”) and guaranteed mortgage certificates (“GMCs”). PCs resemble Ginnie Mae Certificates in that each PC represents a pro rata share of all interest and principal payments made and owned on the underlying pool. Freddie Mac guarantees timely payments of interest on PCs and the full return of principal. GMCs also represent a pro rata interest in a pool of mortgages. However, these instruments pay interest semiannually and return principal once a year in guaranteed minimum payments. This type of security is guaranteed by Freddie Mac as to timely payment of principal and interest, but it is not guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.
 
The Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”) issues guaranteed mortgage pass-through certificates (“Fannie Mae Certificates”). Fannie Mae Certificates resemble Ginnie Mae Certificates in that each Fannie Mae Certificate represents a pro rata share of all interest and principal payments made and owned on the underlying pool. This type of security is guaranteed by Fannie Mae as to timely payment of principal and interest, but it is not guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.
 
In September 2008, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (“FHFA”), an agency of the U.S. Government, placed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac under conservatorship to provide stability in the financial markets, mortgage availability and taxpayer protection by preserving Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s assets, and placing them in a sound and solvent condition. Under the conservatorship, the management of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac was replaced. The effect that the FHFA’s conservatorship will have on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s debt and equities is unclear.
 
Except for GMCs, each of the mortgage-backed securities described above is characterized by monthly payments to the holder, reflecting the monthly payments made by the borrowers who received the underlying mortgage loans. The payments to the security holders (such as the underlying funds), like the payments on the underlying loans, represent both principal and interest. Although the underlying mortgage loans are for specified periods of time, such as 20 or 30 years, the borrowers can, and typically do, pay them off sooner. Thus, the security holders frequently receive prepayments of principal in addition to the principal that is part of the regular monthly payments. The portfolio managers and/or investment personnel will consider estimated prepayment rates in calculating the average-weighted maturity of an underlying fund. A borrower is more likely to prepay a mortgage that bears a relatively high rate of interest. This means that in times of declining interest rates, higher yielding mortgage-backed securities held by an underlying fund might be converted to cash, and the underlying fund will be forced to accept lower interest rates when that cash is used to purchase additional securities in the mortgage-backed securities sector or in other investment sectors. Additionally, prepayments during such periods will limit an underlying fund’s ability to participate in as large a market gain as may be experienced with a comparable security not subject to prepayment.
 
The underlying funds’ investments in mortgage-backed securities may be backed by subprime mortgages. Subprime mortgages are loans made to borrowers with weakened credit histories or with a lower capacity to make timely payments on their mortgages. Investments in mortgage-backed securities comprised of subprime mortgages may be subject to a higher degree of credit risk, valuation risk, and liquidity risk.
 
Asset-backed securities represent interests in pools of consumer loans and are backed by paper or accounts receivables originated by banks, credit card companies, or other providers of credit. Generally, the originating bank or credit provider is neither the obligor nor the guarantor of the security, and interest and principal payments ultimately depend upon payment of the underlying loans by individuals. Tax-exempt asset-backed securities include units of beneficial interests in pools of purchase contracts, financing leases, and sales agreements that may be created when a municipality enters into an installment purchase contract or lease with a vendor. Such securities may be secured by the assets purchased or leased by the municipality; however, if the municipality stops making payments, there generally will be no recourse against the vendor.

 
 
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The market for tax-exempt, asset-backed securities is still relatively new. These obligations are likely to involve unscheduled prepayments of principal.
 
The underlying funds, with the exception of the Risk-Managed Funds, also may invest in other types of pass-through securities, such as credit-linked trust certificates, traded custody receipts, and participation interests. Holders of the interests are entitled to receive distributions of interest, principal, and other payments on each of the underlying debt securities (less expenses), and in some cases distributions of the underlying debt securities. The underlying debt securities have a specified maturity but are subject to prepayment risk because if an issuer prepays the principal, an underlying fund may have additional cash to invest at a time when prevailing interest rates have declined and reinvestment of such additional funds is made at a lower rate. The value of the underlying debt securities may change due to changes in market interest rates. If interest rates rise, the value of the underlying debt securities, and therefore the value of the pass-through security, may decline. If the underlying debt securities are high-yield securities, the risks associated with high-yield/high-risk securities discussed in this SAI and in the underlying funds’ Prospectuses may apply.
 
Investment Company Securities
Each Fund may invest up to 100% of its total assets in other Janus funds in reliance on Section 12(d)(1)(G) and Rule 12d1-2 of the 1940 Act.
 
From time to time, the underlying funds may invest in securities of other investment companies, subject to the provisions of the 1940 Act and any applicable SEC exemptive orders. Section 12(d)(1) of the 1940 Act prohibits an underlying fund from acquiring: (i) more than 3% of another investment company’s voting stock; (ii) securities of another investment company with a value in excess of 5% of an underlying fund’s total assets; or (iii) securities of such other investment company and all other investment companies owned by an underlying fund having a value in excess of 10% of the underlying fund’s total assets. In addition, Section 12(d)(1) prohibits another investment company from selling its shares to an underlying fund if, after the sale: (i) the underlying fund owns more than 3% of the other investment company’s voting stock or (ii) the underlying fund and other investment companies, and companies controlled by them, own more than 10% of the voting stock of such other investment company. The underlying funds may not acquire the securities of other investment companies or registered unit investment trusts in excess of the limits of Section 12(d)(1) of the 1940 Act in reliance on subparagraph (F) or subparagraph (G) of Section 12(d)(1). The underlying funds may invest their cash holdings in affiliated or non-affiliated money market funds as part of a cash sweep program. The underlying funds may purchase unlimited shares of affiliated or non-affiliated money market funds and of other funds managed by Janus Capital, whether registered or unregistered entities, as permitted by the 1940 Act and rules promulgated thereunder and/or an SEC exemptive order. To the extent the underlying funds invest in money market funds or other funds, the underlying funds will be subject to the same risks that investors experience when investing in such other funds. These risks may include the impact of significant fluctuations in assets as a result of the cash sweep program or purchase and redemption activity by affiliated or non-affiliated shareholders in such other funds. Additionally, as the adviser to the underlying funds and the money market funds or other funds or investment vehicles in which the underlying funds may invest, Janus Capital has an inherent conflict of interest because it has fiduciary duties to both the underlying funds and the money market funds and other funds.
 
Investment companies may include index-based investments such as exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), which hold substantially all of their assets in investments representing specific indices. The main risk of investing in index-based investments is the same as investing in a portfolio of investments comprising the index. As a shareholder of another investment company, an underlying fund would bear its pro rata portion of the other investment company’s expenses, including advisory fees, in addition to the expenses the underlying fund bears directly in connection with its own operation. The market prices of index-based investments will fluctuate in accordance with both changes in the market value of their underlying portfolio investments and due to supply and demand for the instruments on the exchanges on which they are traded (which may result in their trading at a discount or premium to their NAVs). Index-based investments may not replicate exactly the performance of their specific index because of transaction costs and because of the temporary unavailability of certain component securities of the index. Some ETFs have obtained exemptive orders permitting other investment companies, such as the underlying funds, to acquire their securities in excess of the limits of the 1940 Act.
 
Exchange-Traded Notes
Certain underlying funds may invest in exchange-traded notes (“ETNs”), which are senior, unsecured, unsubordinated debt securities whose returns are linked to a particular index and provide exposure to the total returns of various market indices, including indices linked to stocks, bonds, commodities and currencies. This type of debt security differs from other types of bonds and notes. ETN returns are based upon the performance of a market index minus applicable fees; no period coupon

 
 
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payments are distributed and no principal protections exist. ETNs do not pay cash distributions. Instead, the value of dividends, interest, and investment gains are captured in the funds’ total return. An underlying fund may invest in these securities when desiring exposure to debt securities or commodities. When evaluating ETNs for investment, Janus Capital or any applicable underlying subadviser, will consider the potential risks involved, expected tax efficiency, rate of return, and credit risk. When an underlying fund invests in ETNs, it will bear its proportionate share of any fees and expenses borne by the ETN. There may be restrictions on an underlying fund’s right to redeem its investment in an ETN, which are meant to be held until maturity. An underlying fund’s decision to sell its ETN holdings may be limited by the availability of a secondary market.
 
Depositary Receipts
The underlying funds, including the Risk-Managed Funds to the extent that they may be included in their respective benchmark index, may invest in sponsored and unsponsored American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”), which are receipts issued by an American bank or trust company evidencing ownership of underlying securities issued by a foreign issuer. ADRs, in registered form, are designed for use in U.S. securities markets. Unsponsored ADRs may be created without the participation of the foreign issuer. Holders of these ADRs generally bear all the costs of the ADR facility, whereas foreign issuers typically bear certain costs in a sponsored ADR. The bank or trust company depositary of an unsponsored ADR may be under no obligation to distribute shareholder communications received from the foreign issuer or to pass through voting rights. The underlying funds may also invest in European Depositary Receipts (“EDRs”), Global Depositary Receipts (“GDRs”), and in other similar instruments representing securities of foreign companies. EDRs and GDRs are securities that are typically issued by foreign banks or foreign trust companies, although U.S. banks or U.S. trust companies may issue them. EDRs and GDRs are structured similarly to the arrangements of ADRs. EDRs, in bearer form, are designed for use in European securities markets.
 
Depositary Receipts are generally subject to the same sort of risks as direct investments in a foreign country, such as currency risk, political and economic risk, and market risk, because their values depend on the performance of a foreign security denominated in its home currency. The risks of foreign investing are addressed in some detail in the underlying funds’ Prospectuses.
 
U.S. Government Securities
To the extent permitted by its investment objective and policies, each underlying fund, particularly Janus Balanced Fund, Janus Flexible Bond Fund, Janus Short-Term Bond Fund, and Perkins Value Plus Income Fund, may invest in U.S. Government securities. The 1940 Act defines U.S. Government securities to include securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies, and its instrumentalities. U.S. Government securities may also include repurchase agreements collateralized by and municipal securities escrowed with or refunded with U.S. Government securities. U.S. Government securities in which an underlying fund may invest include U.S. Treasury securities, including Treasury Inflation Protection Securities (“TIPS”), and obligations issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies and instrumentalities that are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government, such as those issued or guaranteed by the Small Business Administration, Maritime Administration, Export-Import Bank of the United States, Farmers Home Administration, Federal Housing Administration, and Ginnie Mae. In addition, U.S. Government securities in which an underlying fund may invest include securities backed only by the rights of the issuers to borrow from the U.S. Treasury, such as those issued by the Federal Farm Credit Bank, Federal Intermediate Credit Banks, Tennessee Valley Authority, and Freddie Mac. Securities issued by Fannie Mae, the Federal Home Loan Banks, and the Student Loan Marketing Association (“Sallie Mae”) are supported by the discretionary authority of the U.S. Government to purchase the obligations. There is no guarantee that the U.S. Government will support securities not backed by its full faith and credit. Accordingly, although these securities have historically involved little risk of loss of principal if held to maturity, they may involve more risk than securities backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government because the underlying funds must look principally to the agency or instrumentality issuing or guaranteeing the securities for repayment and may not be able to assert a claim against the United States if the agency or instrumentality does not meet its commitment.
 
Municipal Obligations
The underlying funds, with the exception of the Risk-Managed Funds, may invest in municipal obligations issued by states, territories, and possessions of the United States and the District of Columbia. The value of municipal obligations can be affected by changes in their actual or perceived credit quality. The credit quality of municipal obligations can be affected by, among other things, the financial condition of the issuer or guarantor, the issuer’s future borrowing plans and sources of revenue, the economic feasibility of the revenue bond project or general borrowing purpose, political or economic developments in the region where the security is issued, and the liquidity of the security. Because municipal securities are

 
 
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generally traded over-the-counter, the liquidity of a particular issue often depends on the willingness of dealers to make a market in the security. The liquidity of some municipal obligations may be enhanced by demand features, which would enable an underlying fund to demand payment on short notice from the issuer or a financial intermediary.
 
Other Income-Producing Securities
Other types of income-producing securities that the underlying funds, with the exception of the Risk-Managed Funds, may purchase include, but are not limited to, the following types of securities:
 
Inverse floaters. Inverse floaters are debt instruments whose interest bears an inverse relationship to the interest rate on another security. No underlying fund will invest more than 5% of its assets in inverse floaters. Similar to variable and floating rate obligations, effective use of inverse floaters requires skills different from those needed to select most portfolio securities. If movements in interest rates are incorrectly anticipated, an underlying fund could lose money, or its NAV could decline by the use of inverse floaters.
 
Standby commitments. Standby commitments are the rights to sell a specified underlying security or securities within a specified period of time and at an exercise price equal to the amortized cost of the underlying security or securities plus accrued interest, if any, at the time of exercise, that may be sold, transferred, or assigned only with the underlying security or securities. A standby commitment entitles the holder to receive same day settlement and will be considered to be from the party to whom the investment company will look for payment of the exercise price.
 
Strip bonds. Strip bonds are debt securities that are stripped of their interest (usually by a financial intermediary) after the securities are issued. The market value of these securities generally fluctuates more in response to changes in interest rates than interest-paying securities of comparable maturity.
 
Tender option bonds. Tender option bonds are relatively long-term bonds that are coupled with the option to tender the securities to a bank, broker-dealer, or other financial institution at periodic intervals and receive the face value of the bonds. This investment structure is commonly used as a means of enhancing a security’s liquidity.
 
The underlying funds will purchase standby commitments, tender option bonds, and instruments with demand features primarily for the purpose of increasing the liquidity of their portfolio holdings.
 
Variable and floating rate obligations. These types of securities have variable or floating rates of interest and, under certain limited circumstances, may have varying principal amounts. Variable and floating rate securities pay interest at rates that are adjusted periodically according to a specified formula, usually with reference to some interest rate index or market interest rate (the “underlying index”). The floating rate tends to decrease the security’s price sensitivity to changes in interest rates. These types of securities are relatively long-term instruments that often carry demand features permitting the holder to demand payment of principal at any time or at specified intervals prior to maturity.
 
In order to most effectively use these investments, the portfolio managers and/or investment personnel must correctly assess probable movements in interest rates. This involves different skills than those used to select most portfolio securities. If the portfolio managers and/or investment personnel incorrectly forecast such movements, an underlying fund could be adversely affected by the use of variable or floating rate obligations.
 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (“REITs”)
Within the parameters of its specific investment policies, each of the underlying funds may invest in REITs. The underlying Janus Global Real Estate Fund may invest a significant amount of its assets in these types of securities. REITs are sometimes informally characterized as equity REITs, mortgage REITs, and hybrid REITs. Investment in REITs may subject an underlying fund to risks associated with the direct ownership of real estate, such as decreases in real estate values, overbuilding, increased competition, and other risks related to local or general economic conditions, increases in operating costs and property taxes, changes in zoning laws, casualty or condemnation losses, possible environmental liabilities, regulatory limitations on rent, and fluctuations in rental income. Equity REITs generally experience these risks directly through fee or leasehold interests, whereas mortgage REITs generally experience these risks indirectly through mortgage interests, unless the mortgage REIT forecloses on the underlying real estate. Changes in interest rates may also affect the value of an underlying fund’s investment in REITs. For instance, during periods of declining interest rates, certain mortgage REITs may hold mortgages that the mortgagors elect to prepay, and prepayment may diminish the yield on securities issued by those REITs.
 
Certain REITs have relatively small market capitalizations, which may tend to increase the volatility of the market price of their securities. Furthermore, REITs are dependent upon specialized management skills, have limited diversification and are, therefore, subject to risks inherent in operating and financing a limited number of projects. REITs are also subject to heavy

 
 
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cash flow dependency, defaults by borrowers, and the possibility of failing to qualify for tax-free pass-through of income under the Internal Revenue Code and to maintain exemption from the registration requirements of the 1940 Act. By investing in REITs indirectly through an underlying fund, a shareholder will bear not only his or her proportionate share of the expenses of an underlying fund, but also, indirectly, similar expenses of the REITs. In addition, REITs depend generally on their ability to generate cash flow to make distributions to shareholders.
 
Mortgage Dollar Rolls
Certain underlying funds, particularly Janus Flexible Bond Fund, Janus Global Real Estate Fund, Janus High-Yield Fund, Janus Long/Short Fund, and Janus Short-Term Bond Fund, may enter into “mortgage dollar rolls,” which are similar to reverse repurchase agreements in certain respects. In a “mortgage dollar roll” transaction, an underlying fund sells a mortgage-related security (such as a Ginnie Mae security) to a dealer and simultaneously agrees to repurchase a similar security (but not the same security) in the future at a predetermined price. A “dollar roll” can be viewed, like a reverse repurchase agreement, as a collateralized borrowing in which an underlying fund pledges a mortgage-related security to a dealer to obtain cash. Unlike in the case of reverse repurchase agreements, the dealer with which an underlying fund enters into a dollar roll transaction is not obligated to return the same securities as those originally sold by the underlying fund, but only securities which are “substantially identical.” To be considered “substantially identical,” the securities returned to an underlying fund generally must: (i) be collateralized by the same types of underlying mortgages; (ii) be issued by the same agency and be part of the same program; (iii) have a similar original stated maturity; (iv) have identical net coupon rates; (v) have similar market yields (and, therefore, price); and (vi) satisfy “good delivery” requirements, meaning that the aggregate principal amounts of the securities delivered and received back must be within 2.5% of the initial amount delivered.
 
An underlying fund’s obligations under a dollar roll agreement must be covered by cash, U.S. Government securities, or other liquid high grade debt obligations equal in value to the securities subject to repurchase by an underlying fund, maintained in a segregated account. To the extent that the underlying fund collateralizes its obligations under a dollar roll agreement, the asset coverage requirements of the 1940 Act will not apply to such transactions. Furthermore, under certain circumstances, an underlying mortgage-backed security that is part of a dollar roll transaction may be considered illiquid. During the roll period, an underlying fund foregoes principal and interest paid on the mortgage-backed security. An underlying fund is compensated by the difference between the current sale price and the lower forward purchase price, often referred to as the “drop,” as well as the interest earned on the cash proceeds of the initial sale.
 
Successful use of mortgage dollar rolls depends on an underlying fund’s ability to predict interest rates and mortgage payments. Dollar roll transactions involve the risk that the market value of the securities an underlying fund is required to purchase may decline below the agreed upon repurchase price.
 
Bank Loans
Certain underlying funds may invest in bank loans, particularly Janus Balanced Fund, Janus Flexible Bond Fund, Janus High-Yield Fund, Janus Short-Term Bond Fund, Perkins Value Plus Income Fund (no more than 20% of an underlying fund’s total assets), and Janus Long/Short Fund (no more than 5% of the underlying fund’s total assets), which include institutionally traded floating rate securities.
 
Bank loans, which include institutionally traded floating rate securities, are obligations of companies or other entities that are typically issued in connection with recapitalizations, acquisitions, and refinancings. Bank loans often involve borrowers whose financial conditions are troubled or uncertain and companies that are highly leveraged. Borrowers may include companies who are involved in bankruptcy proceedings. The underlying funds generally invest in bank loans directly through an agent, either by assignment from another holder of the loan or as a participation interest in another holder’s portion of the loan. Assignments and participations involve credit risk, interest rate risk, and liquidity risk.
 
When an underlying fund purchases an assignment, the underlying fund generally assumes all the rights and obligations under the loan agreement and will generally become a “lender” for purposes of the particular loan agreement. The rights and obligations acquired by an underlying fund under an assignment may be different, and be more limited, than those held by an assigning lender. Subject to the terms of a loan agreement, an underlying fund may enforce compliance by a borrower with the terms of the loan agreement and may have rights with respect to any funds acquired by other lenders through set-off. If a loan is foreclosed, an underlying fund may become part owner of any collateral securing the loan and may bear the costs and liabilities associated with owning and disposing of any collateral. An underlying fund could be held liable as a co-lender. In addition, there is no assurance that the liquidation of collateral from a secured loan would satisfy the borrower’s obligations or that the collateral could be liquidated.

 
 
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If an underlying fund purchases a participation interest, it typically will have a contractual relationship with the lender and not with the borrower. An underlying fund may only be able to enforce its rights through the lender and may assume the credit risk of both the borrower and the lender, or any other intermediate participant. An underlying fund may have the right to receive payments of principal, interest, and any fees to which it is entitled only from the lender and only upon receipt by the lender of the payments from the borrower. The failure by an underlying fund to receive scheduled interest or principal payments may adversely affect the income of the underlying fund and may likely reduce the value of its assets, which would be reflected by a reduction in the underlying fund’s NAV.
 
The borrower of a loan in which an underlying fund holds an assignment or participation interest may, either at its own election or pursuant to the terms of the loan documentation, prepay amounts of the loan from time to time. There is no assurance that an underlying fund will be able to reinvest the proceeds of any loan prepayment at the same interest rate or on the same terms as those of the original loan participation. This may result in an underlying fund realizing less income on a particular investment and replacing the loan with a less attractive security, which may provide less return to the underlying fund.
 
Floating Rate Loans
Floating rate loans typically are negotiated, structured, and originated by a bank or other financial institution (an “agent”) for a lending group or “syndicate” of financial institutions. In most cases, an underlying fund relies on the agent to assert appropriate creditor remedies against the borrower. The agent may not have the same interests as an underlying fund, and the agent may determine to waive certain covenants contained in the loan agreement that an underlying fund would not otherwise have determined to waive. The typical practice of an agent relying on reports from a borrower about its financial condition may involve a risk of fraud by a borrower. In addition, if an agent becomes insolvent or carries out its duties improperly, an underlying fund may experience delays in realizing payment and/or risk loss of principal and/or income on its floating rate loan investments. The investment team performs a credit analysis on the borrower but typically does not perform credit analysis on the agent or other intermediate participants.
 
Floating rate loans have interest rates which adjust periodically and are tied to a benchmark lending rate such as the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”). LIBOR is a short-term interest rate that banks charge one another and is generally representative of the most competitive and current cash rates. In other cases, the lending rate could be tied to the prime rate offered by one or more major U.S. banks (“Prime Rate”) or the rate paid on large certificates of deposit traded in the secondary markets (“CD rate”). The interest rate on Prime Rate based loans and corporate debt securities may float daily as the Prime Rate changes, while the interest rate on LIBOR or CD rate based loans and corporate debt securities may reset periodically. If the benchmark lending rate changes, the rate payable to lenders under the loan will change at the next scheduled adjustment date specified in the loan agreement. Investing in floating rate loans with longer interest rate reset periods may increase fluctuations in an underlying fund’s net asset value as a result of changes in interest rates. An underlying fund may attempt to hedge against interest rate fluctuations by entering into interest rate swaps or by using other hedging techniques.
 
While the underlying funds generally expect to invest in fully funded term loans, certain of the loans in which the underlying funds may invest include revolving loans and delayed draw term loans. Such loans generally obligate the lender (and those with an interest in the loan) to fund the loan at the borrower’s discretion. As such, an underlying fund would need to maintain amounts sufficient to meet its contractual obligations. In cases where an underlying fund invests in revolving loans and delayed draw term loans, the underlying fund will maintain high quality liquid assets in an amount at least equal to its obligations under the loans. Amounts maintained in high-quality liquid assets may provide less return to an underlying fund than investments in floating rate loans. Loans involving revolving credit facilities or delayed terms may require an underlying fund to increase its investment in a particular floating rate loan when it otherwise would not have done so. Further, an underlying fund may be obligated to do so even if it may be unlikely that the borrower will repay amounts due.
 
Purchasers of floating rate loans may pay and/or receive certain fees. The underlying funds may receive fees such as covenant waiver fees or prepayment penalty fees. An underlying fund may pay fees such as facility fees. Such fees may affect an underlying fund’s return.
 
The underlying funds do not intend to purchase floating rate loans through private placements or other transactions that may involve confidential information. Such a policy may place an underlying fund at a disadvantage relative to other investors in floating rate loans who do not follow such a policy, as an underlying fund may be limited in its available investments or unable to make accurate assessments related to certain investments.

 
 
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Notwithstanding its intention to generally not receive material, nonpublic information with respect to its management of investments in floating rate loans, Janus Capital may from time to time come into possession of material, nonpublic information about the issuers of loans that may be held in an underlying fund’s holdings. To the extent required by applicable law, Janus Capital’s ability to trade in these loans for the account of an underlying fund could potentially be limited by its possession of such information, which could have an adverse effect on an underlying fund by, for example, preventing the underlying fund from selling a loan that is experiencing a material decline in value. In some instances, these trading restrictions could continue in effect for a substantial period of time.
 
The secondary market on which floating rate loans are traded may be less liquid than the market for investment grade securities or other types of income-producing securities, which may have an adverse impact on their market price. There is also a potential that there is no active market to trade floating rate loans and that there may be restrictions on their transfer. As a result, an underlying fund may be unable to sell assignments or participations at the desired time or may be able to sell only at a price less than fair market value. The secondary market may also be subject to irregular trading activity, wide price spreads, and extended trade settlement periods. With respect to below-investment grade or unrated securities, it also may be more difficult to value the securities because valuation may require more research, and elements of judgment may play a larger role in the valuation because there is less reliable, objective data available.
 
Other floating rate securities
The underlying funds may invest in other types of securities including, but not limited to, unsecured floating rate loans, subordinated or junior debt, corporate bonds, U.S. Government securities, mortgage-backed and other asset-backed securities, repurchase agreements, certain money market instruments, high-risk/high-yield bonds, and other instruments (including synthetic or hybrid) that pay interest at rates that adjust whenever a specified interest rate changes and/or resets on predetermined dates.
 
High-Yield/High-Risk Bonds
Within the parameters of its specific investment policies, each underlying fund may invest in bonds that are rated below investment grade (i.e., bonds rated BB+ or lower by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service and Fitch, Inc., or Ba or lower by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.). The underlying Janus High-Yield Fund may invest without limit in such bonds. Under normal circumstances, each of the underlying funds indicated will limit its investments in such bonds to 35% or less of its net assets (Janus Balanced Fund, Janus Enterprise Fund, Janus Flexible Bond Fund, Janus Forty Fund, Janus Fund, Janus Global Life Sciences Fund, Janus Global Real Estate Fund, Janus Global Research Fund, Janus Global Select Fund, Janus Global Technology Fund, Janus Growth and Income Fund, Janus Long/Short Fund, Janus Overseas Fund, Janus Research Core Fund, Janus Research Fund, Janus Short-Term Bond Fund, Janus Triton Fund, Janus Twenty Fund, Janus Venture Fund, Janus Worldwide Fund, and Perkins Global Value Fund), 20% or less of its net assets (Janus Contrarian Fund, Janus International Equity Fund, Perkins Large Cap Value Fund, Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund, and Perkins Small Cap Value Fund), or 50% or less of the fixed-income portion of its net assets (Perkins Value Plus Income Fund only). The underlying Risk-Managed Funds do not intend to invest in high-yield/high-risk bonds.
 
Lower rated bonds involve a higher degree of credit risk, which is the risk that the issuer will not make interest or principal payments when due. In the event of an unanticipated default, an underlying fund would experience a reduction in its income, and could expect a decline in the market value of the bonds so affected.
 
An underlying fund may also invest in unrated bonds of foreign and domestic issuers. For the underlying funds subject to such limit, unrated bonds will be included in each underlying fund’s limit, as applicable, on investments in bonds rated below investment grade unless its portfolio managers and/or investment personnel deem such securities to be the equivalent of investment grade bonds. Unrated bonds, while not necessarily of lower quality than rated bonds, may not have as broad a market. Because of the size and perceived demand of the issue, among other factors, certain municipalities may not incur the costs of obtaining a rating. An underlying fund’s portfolio managers and/or investment personnel will analyze the creditworthiness of the issuer, as well as any financial institution or other party responsible for payments on the bond, in determining whether to purchase unrated municipal bonds.
 
The secondary market on which high-yield securities are traded may be less liquid than the market for investment grade securities. The lack of a liquid secondary market may have an adverse impact on the market price of the security. Secondary markets for high-yield securities are less liquid than the market for investment grade securities; therefore, it may be more difficult to value the securities because valuation may require more research, and elements of judgment may play a larger role in the valuation because there is less reliable, objective data available.

 
 
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Please refer to the “Explanation of Rating Categories” section of this SAI for a description of bond rating categories.
 
Defaulted Securities
An underlying fund may hold defaulted securities if its portfolio managers and/or investment personnel believe, based upon an analysis of the financial condition, results of operations, and economic outlook of an issuer, that there is potential for resumption of income payments and that the securities offer an unusual opportunity for capital appreciation. For the underlying funds subject to such limit, defaulted securities will be included in each underlying fund’s limit on investments in bonds rated below investment grade. Notwithstanding the portfolio managers’ and/or investment personnel’s belief about the resumption of income, however, the purchase of any security on which payment of interest or dividends is suspended involves a high degree of risk. Such risk includes, among other things, the following:
 
Financial and Market Risks. Investments in securities that are in default involve a high degree of financial and market risks that can result in substantial or, at times, even total losses. Issuers of defaulted securities may have substantial capital needs and may become involved in bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings. Among the problems involved in investments in such issuers is the fact that it may be difficult to obtain information about the condition of such issuers. The market prices of such securities also are subject to abrupt and erratic movements and above average price volatility, and the spread between the bid and asked prices of such securities may be greater than normally expected.
 
Disposition of Portfolio Securities. Although the underlying funds generally will purchase securities for which the portfolio managers and/or investment personnel expect an active market to be maintained, defaulted securities may be less actively traded than other securities, and it may be difficult to dispose of substantial holdings of such securities at prevailing market prices. The underlying funds will limit holdings of any such securities to amounts that the portfolio managers and/or investment personnel believe could be readily sold, and holdings of such securities would, in any event, be limited so as not to limit an underlying fund’s ability to readily dispose of securities to meet redemptions.
 
Other. Defaulted securities require active monitoring and may, at times, require participation in bankruptcy or receivership proceedings on behalf of the underlying funds.
 
Futures, Options, and Other Derivative Instruments
The underlying funds may invest in various types of derivatives, which may at times result in significant derivative exposure. A derivative is a financial instrument whose performance is derived from the performance of another asset. The underlying funds may invest in derivative instruments including, but not limited to: futures contracts, put options, call options, options on future contracts, options on foreign currencies, swaps, forward contracts, structured investments, and other equity-linked derivatives.
 
An underlying fund may use derivative instruments for hedging (to offset risks associated with an investment, currency exposure, or market conditions) or for speculative (to seek to enhance returns) purposes. When an underlying fund invests in a derivative for speculative purposes, the underlying fund will be fully exposed to the risks of loss of that derivative, which may sometimes be greater than the derivative’s cost. An underlying fund may not use any derivative to gain exposure to an asset or class of assets that it would be prohibited by its investment restrictions from purchasing directly. An underlying fund’s ability to use derivative instruments may also be limited by tax considerations. (See “Income Dividends, Capital Gains Distributions, and Tax Status.”)
 
Investments in derivatives in general are subject to market risks that may cause their prices to fluctuate over time. Investments in derivatives may not directly correlate with the price movements of the underlying instrument. As a result, the use of derivatives may expose an underlying fund to additional risks that it would not be subject to if it invested directly in the securities underlying those derivatives. The use of derivatives may result in larger losses or smaller gains than otherwise would be the case. Derivatives can be volatile and may involve significant risks, including:
 
Counterparty risk – the risk that the counterparty (the party on the other side of the transaction) on a derivative transaction will be unable to honor its financial obligation to the underlying fund.
 
Currency risk – the risk that changes in the exchange rate between currencies will adversely affect the value (in U.S. dollar terms) of an investment.
 
Leverage risk – the risk associated with certain types of leveraged investments or trading strategies pursuant to which relatively small market movements may result in large changes in the value of an investment. An underlying fund creates leverage by using borrowed capital to increase the amount invested, or investing in instruments, including derivatives, where the

 
 
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investment loss can exceed the original amount invested. Certain investments or trading strategies that involve leverage can result in losses that greatly exceed the amount originally invested.
 
Liquidity risk – the risk that certain securities may be difficult or impossible to sell at the time that the seller would like or at the price that the seller believes the security is currently worth.
 
Index risk – if the derivative is linked to the performance of an index, it will be subject to the risks associated with changes in that index. If the index changes, the underlying fund could receive lower interest payments or experience a reduction in the value of the derivative to below what the underlying fund paid. Certain indexed securities, including inverse securities (which move in an opposite direction to the index), may create leverage, to the extent that they increase or decrease in value at a rate that is a multiple of the changes in the applicable index.
 
Derivatives may generally be traded over-the-counter (“OTC”) or on an exchange. Derivatives traded OTC, such as structured notes, are agreements that are individually negotiated between parties and can be tailored to meet a purchaser’s needs. OTC derivatives are not guaranteed by a clearing agency and may be subject to increased credit risk.
 
In an effort to mitigate credit risk associated with derivatives traded OTC, the underlying funds may enter into collateral agreements with certain counterparties whereby, subject to certain minimum exposure requirements, an underlying fund may require the counterparty to post collateral if the underlying fund has a net aggregate unrealized gain on all OTC derivative contracts with a particular counterparty. There is no guarantee that counterparty exposure is reduced and these arrangements are dependent on Janus Capital’s ability to establish and maintain appropriate systems and trading.
 
Futures Contracts. The underlying funds may enter into contracts for the purchase or sale for future delivery of equity securities, fixed-income securities, foreign currencies, commodities, and commodity-linked derivatives (to the extent permitted by an underlying fund and the Internal Revenue Code), or contracts based on financial indices, including indices of U.S. Government securities, foreign government securities, commodities, and equity or fixed-income securities. U.S. futures contracts are traded on exchanges which have been designated “contract markets” by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) and must be executed through a futures commission merchant (“FCM”) or brokerage firm, which are members of a relevant contract market. Through their clearing corporations, the exchanges guarantee performance of the contracts as between the clearing members of the exchange.
 
The buyer or seller of a futures contract is not required to deliver or pay for the underlying instrument unless the contract is held until the delivery date. However, both the buyer and seller are required to deposit “initial margin” for the benefit of the FCM when the contract is entered into. Initial margin deposits are equal to a percentage of the contract’s value, as set by the exchange on which the contract is traded, and currently are maintained in cash or certain other liquid assets held by the underlying funds. Initial margin payments are similar to good faith deposits or performance bonds. Unlike margin extended by a securities broker, initial margin payments do not constitute purchasing securities on margin for purposes of an underlying fund’s investment limitations. If the value of either party’s position declines, that party will be required to make additional “variation margin” payments for the benefit of the FCM to settle the change in value on a daily basis. The party that has a gain may be entitled to receive all or a portion of this amount. In the event of the bankruptcy of the FCM that holds margin on behalf of an underlying fund, that underlying fund may be entitled to return of margin owed to such underlying fund only in proportion to the amount received by the FCM’s other customers. Janus Capital or the subadviser will attempt to minimize the risk by careful monitoring of the creditworthiness of the FCMs with which the underlying funds do business.
 
The underlying funds may enter into futures contracts and related options as permitted under CFTC Rule 4.5. The underlying funds have claimed exclusion from the definition of the term “commodity pool operator” adopted by the CFTC and the National Futures Association, which regulate trading in the futures markets. Therefore, the underlying funds are not subject to commodity pool operator registration and regulation under the Commodity Exchange Act.
 
Although an underlying fund will segregate cash and liquid assets in an amount sufficient to cover its open futures obligations, the segregated assets would be available to that underlying fund immediately upon closing out the futures position; however, closing out open futures positions through customary settlement procedures could take several days. Because an underlying fund’s cash that may otherwise be invested would be held uninvested or invested in other liquid assets so long as the futures position remains open, such underlying fund’s return could be diminished due to the opportunity losses of foregoing other potential investments.
 
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itself from fluctuations in the value of individual securities, the securities markets generally, or interest rate fluctuations, without actually buying or selling the underlying debt or equity security. For example, if the underlying fund anticipates an increase in the price of stocks, and it intends to purchase stocks at a later time, that underlying fund could enter into a futures contract to purchase a stock index as a temporary substitute for stock purchases. If an increase in the market occurs that influences the stock index as anticipated, the value of the futures contracts will increase, thereby serving as a hedge against that underlying fund not participating in a market advance. This technique is sometimes known as an anticipatory hedge. An underlying fund may also use this technique with respect to an individual company’s stock. To the extent an underlying fund enters into futures contracts for this purpose, the segregated assets maintained to cover such underlying fund’s obligations with respect to the futures contracts will consist of liquid assets from its portfolio in an amount equal to the difference between the contract price and the aggregate value of the initial and variation margin payments made by that underlying fund with respect to the futures contracts. Conversely, if an underlying fund holds stocks and seeks to protect itself from a decrease in stock prices, the underlying fund might sell stock index futures contracts, thereby hoping to offset the potential decline in the value of its portfolio securities by a corresponding increase in the value of the futures contract position. Similarly, if an underlying fund holds an individual company’s stock and expects the price of that stock to decline, the underlying fund may sell a futures contract on that stock in hopes of offsetting the potential decline in the company’s stock price. An underlying fund could protect against a decline in stock prices by selling portfolio securities and investing in money market instruments, but the use of futures contracts enables it to maintain a defensive position without having to sell portfolio securities.
 
If an underlying fund, with the exception of the Risk-Managed Funds, owns interest rate sensitive securities and the portfolio managers and/or investment personnel expect interest rates to increase, that underlying fund may take a short position in interest rate futures contracts. Taking such a position would have much the same effect as that underlying fund selling such securities in its portfolio. If interest rates increase as anticipated, the value of the securities would decline, but the value of the underlying fund’s interest rate futures contract would increase, thereby keeping the NAV of the underlying fund from declining as much as it may have otherwise. If, on the other hand, the portfolio managers and/or investment personnel expect interest rates to decline, an underlying fund may take a long position in interest rate futures contracts in anticipation of later closing out the futures position and purchasing the securities. Although an underlying fund can accomplish similar results by buying securities with long maturities and selling securities with short maturities, given the greater liquidity of the futures market than the cash market, it may be possible to accomplish the same result more easily and more quickly by using futures contracts as an investment tool to reduce risk.
 
The ordinary spreads between prices in the cash and futures markets, due to differences in the nature of those markets, are subject to distortions. First, all participants in the futures market are subject to initial margin and variation margin requirements. Rather than meeting additional variation margin requirements, investors may close out futures contracts through offsetting transactions which could distort the normal price relationship between the cash and futures markets. Second, the liquidity of the futures market depends on participants entering into offsetting transactions rather than making or taking delivery of the instrument underlying a futures contract. To the extent participants decide to make or take delivery, liquidity in the futures market could be reduced and prices in the futures market distorted. Third, from the point of view of speculators, the margin deposit requirements in the futures market are less onerous than margin requirements in the securities market. Therefore, increased participation by speculators in the futures market may cause temporary price distortions. Due to the possibility of the foregoing distortions, a correct forecast of general price trends by the portfolio managers and/or investment personnel still may not result in a successful use of futures.
 
Futures contracts entail risks. There is no guarantee that derivative investments will benefit the underlying funds. An underlying fund’s performance could be worse than if that underlying fund had not used such instruments. For example, if an underlying fund has hedged against the effects of a possible decrease in prices of securities held in its portfolio and prices increase instead, that underlying fund will lose part or all of the benefit of the increased value of these securities because of offsetting losses in its futures positions. This risk may be magnified for single stock futures transactions, as the underlying fund’s portfolio managers and/or investment personnel must predict the direction of the price of an individual stock, as opposed to securities prices generally. In addition, if an underlying fund has insufficient cash, it may have to sell securities from its portfolio to meet daily variation margin requirements. Those sales may be, but will not necessarily be, at increased prices which reflect the rising market and may occur at a time when the sales are disadvantageous to such underlying fund.
 
The prices of futures contracts depend primarily on the value of their underlying instruments. Because there are a limited number of types of futures contracts, it is possible that the standardized futures contracts available to an underlying fund will not match exactly such underlying fund’s current or potential investments. An underlying fund may buy and sell futures

 
 
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contracts based on underlying instruments with different characteristics from the securities in which it typically invests – for example, by hedging investments in portfolio securities with a futures contract based on a broad index of securities – which involves a risk that the futures position will not correlate precisely with the performance of such underlying fund’s investments.
 
Futures prices can also diverge from the prices of their underlying instruments, even if the underlying instruments closely correlate with an underlying fund’s investments, such as with a single stock futures contract. Futures prices are affected by factors such as current and anticipated short-term interest rates, changes in volatility of the underlying instruments, and the time remaining until expiration of the contract. Those factors may affect securities prices differently from futures prices. Imperfect correlations between an underlying fund’s investments and its futures positions also may result from differing levels of demand in the futures markets and the securities markets, from structural differences in how futures and securities are traded, and from imposition of daily price fluctuation limits for futures contracts. An underlying fund may buy or sell futures contracts with a greater or lesser value than the securities it wishes to hedge or is considering purchasing in order to attempt to compensate for differences in historical volatility between the futures contract and the securities, although this may not be successful in all cases. If price changes in an underlying fund’s futures positions are poorly correlated with its other investments, its futures positions may fail to produce desired gains or result in losses that are not offset by the gains in that underlying fund’s other investments.
 
Because futures contracts are generally settled within a day from the date they are closed out, compared with a settlement period of three days for some types of securities, the futures markets can provide superior liquidity to the securities markets. Nevertheless, there is no assurance that a liquid secondary market will exist for any particular futures contract at any particular time. In addition, futures exchanges may establish daily price fluctuation limits for futures contracts and may halt trading if a contract’s price moves upward or downward more than the limit in a given day. On volatile trading days when the price fluctuation limit is reached, it may be impossible for an underlying fund to enter into new positions or close out existing positions. If the secondary market for a futures contract is not liquid because of price fluctuation limits or otherwise, an underlying fund may not be able to promptly liquidate unfavorable futures positions and potentially could be required to continue to hold a futures position until the delivery date, regardless of changes in its value. As a result, such underlying fund’s access to other assets held to cover its futures positions also could be impaired.
 
Options on Futures Contracts. The underlying funds may buy and write put and call options on futures contracts. A purchased option on a future gives an underlying fund the right (but not the obligation) to buy or sell a futures contract at a specified price on or before a specified date. The purchase of a call option on a futures contract is similar in some respects to the purchase of a call option on an individual security. As with other option transactions, securities will be segregated to cover applicable margin or segregation requirements on open futures contracts. Depending on the pricing of the option compared to either the price of the futures contract upon which it is based or the price of the underlying instrument, ownership of the option may or may not be less risky than ownership of the futures contract or the underlying instrument. As with the purchase of futures contracts, when an underlying fund is not fully invested, it may buy a call option on a futures contract to hedge against a market advance.
 
The writing of a call option on a futures contract constitutes a partial hedge against declining prices of a security, commodity, or foreign currency which is deliverable under, or of the index comprising, the futures contract. If the futures price at the expiration of the option is below the exercise price, an underlying fund will retain the full amount of the option premium which provides a partial hedge against any decline that may have occurred in that underlying fund’s portfolio holdings. The writing of a put option on a futures contract constitutes a partial hedge against increasing prices of a security, commodity, or foreign currency which is deliverable under, or of the index comprising, the futures contract. If the futures price at expiration of the option is higher than the exercise price, an underlying fund will retain the full amount of the option premium which provides a partial hedge against any increase in the price of securities which that underlying fund is considering buying. If a call or put option an underlying fund has written is exercised, such underlying fund will incur a loss which will be reduced by the amount of the premium it received. Depending on the degree of correlation between the change in the value of its portfolio securities and changes in the value of the futures positions, an underlying fund’s losses from existing options on futures may to some extent be reduced or increased by changes in the value of portfolio securities.
 
The purchase of a put option on a futures contract is similar in some respects to the purchase of protective put options on portfolio securities. For example, an underlying fund may buy a put option on a futures contract to hedge its portfolio against the risk of falling prices or rising interest rates.

 
 
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The amount of risk an underlying fund assumes when it buys an option on a futures contract is the premium paid for the option plus related transaction costs. In addition to the correlation risks discussed above, the purchase of an option also entails the risk that changes in the value of the underlying futures contract will not be fully reflected in the value of the options bought.
 
Forward Contracts. A forward contract is an agreement between two parties in which one party is obligated to deliver a stated amount of a stated asset at a specified time in the future and the other party is obligated to pay a specified amount for the asset at the time of delivery. The underlying funds, with the exception of the Risk-Managed Funds, may enter into forward contracts to purchase and sell government securities, equity or income securities, foreign currencies, or other financial instruments. Currently, the underlying funds do not intend to invest in forward contracts other than forward currency contracts. Forward contracts generally are traded in an interbank market conducted directly between traders (usually large commercial banks) and their customers. Unlike futures contracts, which are standardized contracts, forward contracts can be specifically drawn to meet the needs of the parties that enter into them. The parties to a forward contract may agree to offset or terminate the contract before its maturity, or may hold the contract to maturity and complete the contemplated exchange.
 
The following discussion summarizes the underlying funds’ principal uses of forward foreign currency exchange contracts (“forward currency contracts”). An underlying fund may enter into forward currency contracts with stated contract values of up to the value of that underlying fund’s assets. A forward currency contract is an obligation to buy or sell an amount of a specified currency for an agreed price (which may be in U.S. dollars or a foreign currency). An underlying fund may invest in forward currency contracts for nonhedging purposes such as seeking to enhance return. An underlying fund will exchange foreign currencies for U.S. dollars and for other foreign currencies in the normal course of business and may buy and sell currencies through forward currency contracts in order to fix a price for securities it has agreed to buy or sell (“transaction hedge”). An underlying fund also may hedge some or all of its investments denominated in a foreign currency or exposed to foreign currency fluctuations against a decline in the value of that currency relative to the U.S. dollar by entering into forward currency contracts to sell an amount of that currency (or a proxy currency whose performance is expected to replicate or exceed the performance of that currency relative to the U.S. dollar) approximating the value of some or all of its portfolio securities denominated in or exposed to that currency (“position hedge”) or by participating in options or futures contracts with respect to the currency. An underlying fund also may enter into a forward currency contract with respect to a currency where the underlying fund is considering the purchase or sale of investments denominated in that currency but has not yet selected the specific investments (“anticipatory hedge”). In any of these circumstances an underlying fund may, alternatively, enter into a forward currency contract to purchase or sell one foreign currency for a second currency that is expected to perform more favorably relative to the U.S. dollar if the portfolio managers and/or investment personnel believe there is a reasonable degree of correlation between movements in the two currencies (“cross-hedge”).
 
These types of hedging minimize the effect of currency appreciation as well as depreciation, but do not eliminate fluctuations in the underlying U.S. dollar equivalent value of the proceeds of or rates of return on an underlying fund’s foreign currency denominated portfolio securities. The matching of the increase in value of a forward contract and the decline in the U.S. dollar equivalent value of the foreign currency denominated asset that is the subject of the hedge generally will not be precise. Shifting an underlying fund’s currency exposure from one foreign currency to another removes that underlying fund’s opportunity to profit from increases in the value of the original currency and involves a risk of increased losses to such underlying fund if its portfolio managers’ and/or investment personnel’s projection of future exchange rates is inaccurate. Proxy hedges and cross-hedges may result in losses if the currency used to hedge does not perform similarly to the currency in which hedged securities are denominated. Unforeseen changes in currency prices may result in poorer overall performance for an underlying fund than if it had not entered into such contracts.
 
In general, the underlying funds cover outstanding forward currency contracts by maintaining liquid portfolio securities denominated in, or whose value is tied to, the currency underlying the forward contract or the currency being hedged. To the extent that an underlying fund is not able to cover its forward currency positions with underlying portfolio securities, the underlying fund’s custodian segregates cash or other liquid assets having a value equal to the aggregate amount of such underlying fund’s commitments under forward contracts entered into with respect to position hedges, cross-hedges, and anticipatory hedges. If the value of the securities used to cover a position or the value of segregated assets declines, an underlying fund will find alternative cover or segregate additional cash or other liquid assets on a daily basis so that the value of the covered and segregated assets will be equal to the amount of such underlying fund’s commitments with respect to such contracts. As an alternative to segregating assets, an underlying fund may buy call options permitting such underlying fund

 
 
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to buy the amount of foreign currency being hedged by a forward sale contract, or an underlying fund may buy put options permitting it to sell the amount of foreign currency subject to a forward buy contract.
 
While forward contracts are not currently regulated by the CFTC, the CFTC may in the future assert authority to regulate forward contracts. In such event, the underlying funds’ ability to utilize forward contracts may be restricted. In addition, an underlying fund may not always be able to enter into forward contracts at attractive prices and may be limited in its ability to use these contracts to hedge underlying fund assets.
 
Options on Foreign Currencies. The underlying funds, with the exception of the Risk-Managed Funds, may buy and write options on foreign currencies in a manner similar to that in which futures or forward contracts on foreign currencies will be utilized. For example, a decline in the U.S. dollar value of a foreign currency in which portfolio securities are denominated will reduce the U.S. dollar value of such securities, even if their value in the foreign currency remains constant. In order to protect against such diminutions in the value of portfolio securities, an underlying fund may buy put options on the foreign currency. If the value of the currency declines, such underlying fund will have the right to sell such currency for a fixed amount in U.S. dollars, thereby offsetting, in whole or in part, the adverse effect on its portfolio.
 
Conversely, when a rise in the U.S. dollar value of a currency in which securities to be acquired are denominated is projected, thereby increasing the cost of such securities, an underlying fund may buy call options on the foreign currency. The purchase of such options could offset, at least partially, the effects of the adverse movements in exchange rates. As in the case of other types of options, however, the benefit to an underlying fund from purchases of foreign currency options will be reduced by the amount of the premium and related transaction costs. In addition, if currency exchange rates do not move in the direction or to the extent projected, an underlying fund could sustain losses on transactions in foreign currency options that would require such underlying fund to forego a portion or all of the benefits of advantageous changes in those rates.
 
The underlying funds may also write options on foreign currencies. For example, to hedge against a potential decline in the U.S. dollar value of foreign currency denominated securities due to adverse fluctuations in exchange rates, an underlying fund could, instead of purchasing a put option, write a call option on the relevant currency. If the expected decline occurs, the option will most likely not be exercised, and the decline in value of portfolio securities will be offset by the amount of the premium received.
 
Similarly, instead of purchasing a call option to hedge against a potential increase in the U.S. dollar cost of securities to be acquired, an underlying fund could write a put option on the relevant currency which, if rates move in the manner projected, should expire unexercised and allow that underlying fund to hedge the increased cost up to the amount of the premium. As in the case of other types of options, however, the writing of a foreign currency option will constitute only a partial hedge up to the amount of the premium. If exchange rates do not move in the expected direction, the option may be exercised, and an underlying fund would be required to buy or sell the underlying currency at a loss which may not be offset by the amount of the premium. Through the writing of options on foreign currencies, an underlying fund also may lose all or a portion of the benefits which might otherwise have been obtained from favorable movements in exchange rates.
 
The underlying funds may write covered call options on foreign currencies. A call option written on a foreign currency by an underlying fund is “covered” if that underlying fund owns the foreign currency underlying the call or has an absolute and immediate right to acquire that foreign currency without additional cash consideration (or for additional cash consideration held in a segregated account by its custodian) upon conversion or exchange of other foreign currencies held in its portfolio. A call option is also covered if an underlying fund has a call on the same foreign currency in the same principal amount as the call written if the exercise price of the call held: (i) is equal to or less than the exercise price of the call written or (ii) is greater than the exercise price of the call written, if the difference is maintained by such underlying fund in cash or other liquid assets in a segregated account with the underlying fund’s custodian.
 
The underlying funds also may write call options on foreign currencies for cross-hedging purposes. A call option on a foreign currency is for cross-hedging purposes if it is designed to provide a hedge against a decline due to an adverse change in the exchange rate in the U.S. dollar value of a security which an underlying fund owns or has the right to acquire and which is denominated in the currency underlying the option. Call options on foreign currencies which are entered into for cross-hedging purposes are not covered. However, in such circumstances, an underlying fund will collateralize the option by segregating cash or other liquid assets in an amount not less than the value of the underlying foreign currency in U.S. dollars marked-to-market daily.
 
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linked to the LIBOR, although foreign currency denominated instruments are available from time to time. Eurodollar futures contracts enable purchasers to obtain a fixed rate for the lending of funds and sellers to obtain a fixed rate for borrowings. An underlying fund might use Eurodollar futures contracts and options thereon to hedge against changes in LIBOR, to which many interest rate swaps and fixed-income instruments are linked.
 
Additional Risks of Options on Foreign Currencies, Forward Contracts, and Foreign Instruments. Unlike transactions entered into by the underlying funds in futures contracts, options on foreign currencies and forward contracts are not traded on contract markets regulated by the CFTC or (with the exception of certain foreign currency options) by the SEC. To the contrary, such instruments are traded through financial institutions acting as market-makers, although foreign currency options are also traded on certain Exchanges, such as the Philadelphia Stock Exchange and the Chicago Board Options Exchange, subject to SEC regulation.
 
Similarly, options on currencies may be traded over-the-counter. In an OTC trading environment, many of the protections afforded to Exchange participants will not be available. For example, there are no daily price fluctuation limits, and adverse market movements could therefore continue to an unlimited extent over a period of time. Although the buyer of an option cannot lose more than the amount of the premium plus related transaction costs, this entire amount could be lost. Moreover, an option writer and a buyer or seller of futures or forward contracts could lose amounts substantially in excess of any premium received or initial margin or collateral posted due to the potential additional margin and collateral requirements associated with such positions.
 
Options on foreign currencies traded on Exchanges are within the jurisdiction of the SEC, as are other securities traded on Exchanges. As a result, many of the protections provided to traders on organized Exchanges will be available with respect to such transactions. In particular, all foreign currency option positions entered into on an Exchange are cleared and guaranteed by the Options Clearing Corporation (“OCC”), thereby reducing the risk of credit default. Further, a liquid secondary market in options traded on an Exchange may be more readily available than in the OTC market, potentially permitting an underlying fund to liquidate open positions at a profit prior to exercise or expiration or to limit losses in the event of adverse market movements.
 
The purchase and sale of exchange-traded foreign currency options, however, is subject to the risks of the availability of a liquid secondary market described above, as well as the risks regarding adverse market movements, margining of options written, the nature of the foreign currency market, possible intervention by governmental authorities, and the effects of other political and economic events. In addition, exchange-traded options on foreign currencies involve certain risks not presented by the OTC market. For example, exercise and settlement of such options must be made exclusively through the OCC, which has established banking relationships in applicable foreign countries for this purpose. As a result, the OCC may, if it determines that foreign governmental restrictions or taxes would prevent the orderly settlement of foreign currency option exercises, or would result in undue burdens on the OCC or its clearing member, impose special procedures on exercise and settlement, such as technical changes in the mechanics of delivery of currency, the fixing of dollar settlement prices, or prohibitions on exercise.
 
In addition, options on U.S. Government securities, futures contracts, options on futures contracts, forward contracts, and options on foreign currencies may be traded on foreign exchanges and OTC in foreign countries. Such transactions are subject to the risk of governmental actions affecting trading in or the prices of foreign currencies or securities. The value of such positions also could be adversely affected by: (i) other complex foreign political and economic factors; (ii) lesser availability than in the United States of data on which to make trading decisions; (iii) delays in an underlying fund’s ability to act upon economic events occurring in foreign markets during nonbusiness hours in the United States; (iv) the imposition of different exercise and settlement terms and procedures and margin requirements than in the United States; and (v) low trading volume.
 
An underlying fund, with the exception of the Risk-Managed Funds, may from time to time participate on committees formed by creditors to negotiate with the management of financially troubled issuers of securities held by that underlying fund. Such participation may subject an underlying fund to expenses such as legal fees and may make that underlying fund an “insider” of the issuer for purposes of the federal securities laws, which may restrict that underlying fund’s ability to trade in or acquire additional positions in a particular security or other securities of the issuer when it might otherwise desire to do so. Participation by an underlying fund on such committees also may expose that underlying fund to potential liabilities under the federal bankruptcy laws or other laws governing the rights of creditors and debtors. An underlying fund would participate on such committees only when Janus Capital believes that such participation is necessary or desirable to enforce that underlying fund’s rights as a creditor or to protect the value of securities held by that underlying fund.

 
 
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Options on Securities. In an effort to increase current income and to reduce fluctuations in NAV, the underlying funds, with the exception of the Risk-Managed Funds, may write covered and uncovered put and call options and buy put and call options on securities that are traded on U.S. and foreign securities exchanges and OTC. Examples of covering transactions include: (i) for a written put, selling short the underlying instrument at the same or higher price than the put’s exercise price; and (ii)  for a written call, owning the underlying instrument. The underlying funds may write and buy options on the same types of securities that the underlying funds may purchase directly. The underlying funds may utilize American-style and European-style options. An American-style option is an option contract that can be exercised at any time between the time of purchase and the option’s expiration date. A European-style option is an option contract that can only be exercised on the option’s expiration date.
 
An underlying fund may cover its obligations on a put option by segregating cash or other liquid assets with the underlying fund’s custodian for a value equal to: (i) the full notional value of the put for physically settled options; or (ii) the in-the-money value of the put for cash settled options. An underlying fund may also cover its obligations on a put option by holding a put on the same security and in the same principal amount as the put written where the exercise price of the put held: (i) is equal to or greater than the exercise price of the put written; or (ii) is less than the exercise price of the put written if the difference is maintained by the underlying fund in cash or other liquid assets in a segregated account with its custodian. The premium paid by the buyer of an option will normally reflect, among other things, the relationship of the exercise price to the market price and the volatility of the underlying security, the remaining term of the option, supply and demand, and interest rates.
 
An underlying fund may cover its obligations on a call option by segregating cash or other liquid assets with the fund’s custodian for a value equal to: (i) the full notional value of the call for physically settled options; or (ii) the in-the-money value of the call for cash settled options. An underlying fund may also cover its obligations on a written call option by (i) owning the underlying security covered by the call or having an absolute and immediate right to acquire that security without additional cash consideration (or for additional cash consideration held in a segregated account by the underlying fund’s custodian) upon conversion or exchange of other securities held in its portfolio; or (ii) holding a call on the same security and in the same principal amount as the call written where the exercise price of the call held: (a) is equal to or less than the exercise price of the call written; or (b) is greater than the exercise price of the call written if the difference is maintained by that underlying fund in cash or other liquid assets in a segregated account with its custodian.
 
An underlying fund would write a call option for hedging purposes, instead of writing a covered call option, when the premium to be received from the cross-hedge transaction would exceed that which would be received from writing a covered call option and the portfolio managers and/or investment personnel believe that writing the option would achieve the desired hedge.
 
The premium paid by the buyer of an option will normally reflect, among other things, the relationship of the exercise price to the market price and the volatility of the underlying security, the remaining term of the option, supply and demand, and interest rates.
 
The writer of an option may have no control over when the underlying securities must be sold, in the case of a call option, or bought, in the case of a put option, since with regard to certain options, the writer may be assigned an exercise notice at any time prior to the termination of the obligation. Whether or not an option expires unexercised, the writer retains the amount of the premium. This amount, of course, may, in the case of a covered call option, be offset by a decline in the market value of the underlying security during the option period. If a call option is exercised, the writer experiences a profit or loss from the sale of the underlying security. If a put option is exercised, the writer must fulfill the obligation to buy the underlying security at the exercise price, which will usually exceed the then market value of the underlying security.
 
The writer of an option that wishes to terminate its obligation may effect a “closing purchase transaction.” This is accomplished by buying an option of the same series as the option previously written. The effect of the purchase is that the writer’s position will be canceled by the clearing corporation. However, a writer may not effect a closing purchase transaction after being notified of the exercise of an option. Likewise, an investor who is the holder of an option may liquidate its position by effecting a “closing sale transaction.” This is accomplished by selling an option of the same series as the option previously bought. There is no guarantee that either a closing purchase or a closing sale transaction can be effected.
 
In the case of a written call option, effecting a closing transaction will permit an underlying fund to write another call option on the underlying security with either a different exercise price or expiration date or both. In the case of a written put option, such transaction will permit an underlying fund to write another put option to the extent that the exercise price is secured by deposited liquid assets. Effecting a closing transaction also will permit an underlying fund to use the cash or

 
 
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proceeds from the concurrent sale of any securities subject to the option for other investments. If an underlying fund desires to sell a particular security from its portfolio on which it has written a call option, such underlying fund will effect a closing transaction prior to or concurrent with the sale of the security.
 
An underlying fund will realize a profit from a closing transaction if the price of the purchase transaction is less than the premium received from writing the option or the price received from a sale transaction is more than the premium paid to buy the option. An underlying fund will realize a loss from a closing transaction if the price of the purchase transaction is more than the premium received from writing the option or the price received from a sale transaction is less than the premium paid to buy the option. Because increases in the market price of a call option generally will reflect increases in the market price of the underlying security, any loss resulting from the repurchase of a call option is likely to be offset in whole or in part by appreciation of the underlying security owned by an underlying fund.
 
An option position may be closed out only where a secondary market for an option of the same series exists. If a secondary market does not exist, an underlying fund may not be able to effect closing transactions in particular options and that underlying fund would have to exercise the options in order to realize any profit. If an underlying fund is unable to effect a closing purchase transaction in a secondary market, it will not be able to sell the underlying security until the option expires or it delivers the underlying security upon exercise. The absence of a liquid secondary market may be due to the following: (i) insufficient trading interest in certain options; (ii) restrictions imposed by a national securities exchange (“Exchange”) on which the option is traded on opening or closing transactions or both; (iii) trading halts, suspensions, or other restrictions imposed with respect to particular classes or series of options or underlying securities; (iv) unusual or unforeseen circumstances that interrupt normal operations on an Exchange; (v) the facilities of an Exchange or of the OCC may not at all times be adequate to handle current trading volume; or (vi) one or more Exchanges could, for economic or other reasons, decide or be compelled at some future date to discontinue the trading of options (or a particular class or series of options), in which event the secondary market on that Exchange (or in that class or series of options) would cease to exist, although outstanding options on that Exchange that had been issued by the OCC as a result of trades on that Exchange would continue to be exercisable in accordance with their terms.
 
An underlying fund may write options in connection with buy-and-write transactions. In other words, an underlying fund may buy a security and then write a call option against that security. The exercise price of such call will depend upon the expected price movement of the underlying security. The exercise price of a call option may be below (“in-the-money”), equal to (“at-the-money”), or above (“out-of-the-money”) the current value of the underlying security at the time the option is written. Buy-and-write transactions using in-the-money call options may be used when it is expected that the price of the underlying security will remain flat or decline moderately during the option period. Buy-and-write transactions using at-the-money call options may be used when it is expected that the price of the underlying security will remain fixed or advance moderately during the option period. Buy-and-write transactions using out-of-the-money call options may be used when it is expected that the premiums received from writing the call option plus the appreciation in the market price of the underlying security up to the exercise price will be greater than the appreciation in the price of the underlying security alone. If the call options are exercised in such transactions, an underlying fund’s maximum gain will be the premium received by it for writing the option, adjusted upwards or downwards by the difference between that underlying fund’s purchase price of the security and the exercise price. If the options are not exercised and the price of the underlying security declines, the amount of such decline will be offset by the amount of premium received.
 
The writing of covered put options is similar in terms of risk and return characteristics to buy-and-write transactions. If the market price of the underlying security rises or otherwise is above the exercise price, the put option will expire worthless and an underlying fund’s gain will be limited to the premium received. If the market price of the underlying security declines or otherwise is below the exercise price, an underlying fund may elect to close the position or take delivery of the security at the exercise price and that underlying fund’s return will be the premium received from the put options minus the amount by which the market price of the security is below the exercise price.
 
An underlying fund may buy put options to hedge against a decline in the value of its portfolio. By using put options in this way, an underlying fund will reduce any profit it might otherwise have realized in the underlying security by the amount of the premium paid for the put option and by transaction costs.
 
An underlying fund may buy call options to hedge against an increase in the price of securities that it may buy in the future. The premium paid for the call option plus any transaction costs will reduce the benefit, if any, realized by such underlying fund upon exercise of the option, and, unless the price of the underlying security rises sufficiently, the option may expire worthless to that underlying fund.

 
 
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An underlying fund may write straddles (combinations of put and call options on the same underlying security), which are generally a nonhedging technique used for purposes such as seeking to enhance return. Because combined options positions involve multiple trades, they result in higher transaction costs and may be more difficult to open and close out than individual options contracts. The straddle rules of the Internal Revenue Code require deferral of certain losses realized on positions of a straddle to the extent that an underlying fund has unrealized gains in offsetting positions at year end. The holding period of the securities comprising the straddle will be suspended until the straddle is terminated.
 
Options on Securities Indices. The underlying funds may also purchase and write exchange-listed and OTC put and call options on securities indices. A securities index measures the movement of a certain group of securities by assigning relative values to the securities. The index may fluctuate as a result of changes in the market values of the securities included in the index. Some securities index options are based on a broad market index, such as the New York Stock Exchange Composite Index, or a narrower market index such as the Standard & Poor’s 100. Indices may also be based on a particular industry, market segment, or certain currencies such as the U.S. Dollar Index or DXY Index.
 
Options on securities indices are similar to options on securities except that (1) the expiration cycles of securities index options are monthly, while those of securities options are currently quarterly, and (2) the delivery requirements are different. Instead of giving the right to take or make delivery of securities at a specified price, an option on a securities index gives the holder the right to receive a cash “exercise settlement amount” equal to (a) the amount, if any, by which the fixed exercise price of the option exceeds (in the case of a put) or is less than (in the case of a call) the closing value of the underlying index on the date of exercise, multiplied by (b) a fixed “index multiplier.” Receipt of this cash amount will depend upon the closing level of the securities index upon which the option is based being greater than, in the case of a call, or less than, in the case of a put, the exercise price of the index and the exercise price of the option times a specified multiple. The writer of the option is obligated, in return for the premium received, to make delivery of this amount. Securities index options may be offset by entering into closing transactions as described above for securities options.
 
Options on Non-U.S. Securities Indices. The underlying funds may purchase and write put and call options on foreign securities indices listed on domestic and foreign securities exchanges. The underlying funds may also purchase and write OTC options on foreign securities indices.
 
The underlying funds may, to the extent allowed by federal and state securities laws, invest in options on non-U.S. securities indices instead of investing directly in individual non-U.S. securities. The underlying funds may also use foreign securities index options for bona fide hedging and non-hedging purposes.
 
Options on securities indices entail risks in addition to the risks of options on securities. The absence of a liquid secondary market to close out options positions on securities indices may be more likely to occur, although the underlying funds generally will only purchase or write such an option if Janus Capital or the subadviser, as applicable, believes the option can be closed out. Use of options on securities indices also entails the risk that trading in such options may be interrupted if trading in certain securities included in the index is interrupted. The underlying funds will not purchase such options unless Janus Capital or the subadviser, as applicable, believes the market is sufficiently developed such that the risk of trading in such options is no greater than the risk of trading in options on securities.
 
Price movements in an underlying fund’s portfolio may not correlate precisely with movements in the level of an index and, therefore, the use of options on indices cannot serve as a complete hedge. Because options on securities indices require settlement in cash, the portfolio managers and/or investment personnel may be forced to liquidate portfolio securities to meet settlement obligations. An underlying fund’s activities in index options may also be restricted by the requirements of the Code for qualification as a regulated investment company.
 
In addition, the hours of trading for options on the securities indices may not conform to the hours during which the underlying securities are traded. To the extent that the option markets close before the markets for the underlying securities, significant price and rate movements can take place in the underlying securities markets that cannot be reflected in the option markets. It is impossible to predict the volume of trading that may exist in such options, and there can be no assurance that viable exchange markets will develop or exist.
 
Other Options. In addition to the option strategies described above and in the Prospectus, an underlying fund, with the exception of the Risk-Managed Funds, may purchase and sell a variety of options with non-standard payout structures or other features (“exotic options”). Exotic options are traded OTC and typically have price movements that can vary markedly from simple put or call options. The risks associated with exotic options are that they cannot be as easily priced and may be subject to liquidity risk. While some exotic options have fairly active markets others are mostly thinly traded instruments.

 
 
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Some options are pure two-party transactions and may have no liquidity. Each underlying fund may treat such instruments as illiquid and will limit its investments in such instruments to no more than 15% of its net assets, when combined with all other illiquid investments of the underlying fund. An underlying fund may use exotic options to the extent that they are consistent with the underlying fund’s investment objective and investment policies, and applicable regulations.
 
An underlying fund may purchase and sell exotic options that have values which are determined by the correlation of two or more underlying assets. These types of options include, but are not limited to, outperformance options, yield curve options, or other spread options.
 
Outperformance Option – An option that pays the holder the difference in the performance of two assets. The value of an outperformance option is based on the relative difference, i.e. the percentage outperformance of one underlying security or index compared to another. Outperformance options allow the underlying fund to gain leveraged exposure to the percentage price performance of one security or index over another. The holder of an outperformance option will only receive payment under the option contract if a designated underlying asset outperforms the other underlying asset. If outperformance does not occur, the holder will not receive payment. The option may expire worthless despite positive performance by the designated underlying asset. Outperformance options are typically cash settled and have European-style exercise provisions.
 
Yield Curve Options – An option whose value is based on the yield spread or yield differential between two securities. In contrast to other types of options, a yield curve option is based on the difference between the yields of designated securities, rather than the prices of the individual securities, and is settled through cash payments. Accordingly, a yield curve option is profitable to the holder if this differential widens (in the case of a call) or narrows (in the case of a put), regardless of whether the yields of the underlying securities increase or decrease.
 
Spread Option – A type of option that derives its value from the price differential between two or more assets, or the same asset at different times or places. Spread options can be written on all types of financial products including equities, bonds and currencies.
 
Swaps and Swap-Related Products. The underlying funds, with the exception of the Risk-Managed Funds, may enter into swap agreements or utilize swap-related products, including, but not limited to, total return swaps, equity swaps, interest rate swaps, caps, and floors (either on an asset-based or liability-based basis, depending upon whether it is hedging its assets or its liabilities). Swap agreements are two-party contracts entered into primarily by institutional investors for periods ranging from a day to more than one year. An underlying fund may enter into swap agreements in an attempt to gain exposure to the stocks making up an index of securities in a market without actually purchasing those stocks, or to hedge a position. The most significant factor in the performance of swap agreements is the change in value of the specific index, security, or currency, or other factors that determine the amounts of payments due to and from an underlying fund. The underlying funds will usually enter into interest rate swaps on a net basis (i.e., the two payment streams are netted out, with an underlying fund receiving or paying, as the case may be, only the net amount of the two payments). The net amount of the excess, if any, of an underlying fund’s obligations over its entitlement with respect to each swap will be calculated on a daily basis, and an amount of cash or other liquid assets having an aggregate NAV at least equal to the accrued excess will be maintained in a segregated account by the underlying fund’s custodian. If an underlying fund enters into a swap on other than a net basis, it would maintain a segregated account in the full amount accrued on a daily basis of its obligations with respect to the swap.
 
Swap agreements entail the risk that a party will default on its payment obligations to the underlying fund. If there is a default by the other party to such a transaction, an underlying fund normally will have contractual remedies pursuant to the agreements related to the transaction. Swap agreements also bear the risk that an underlying fund will not be able to meet its obligation to the counterparty.
 
An underlying fund normally will not enter into any total return, equity, or interest rate swap, cap, or floor transaction unless the claims-paying ability of the other party thereto meets guidelines established by Janus Capital. Janus Capital’s guidelines may be adjusted in accordance with market conditions. Janus Capital (or the subadviser, as applicable) will monitor the creditworthiness of all counterparties on an ongoing basis. Generally, parties that are rated in the highest short-term rating category by an NRSRO will meet Janus Capital’s guidelines. The ratings of NRSROs represent their opinions of the claims-paying ability of entities rated by them. NRSRO ratings are general and are not absolute standards of quality.
 
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documentation has not yet been developed and, accordingly, they are less liquid than swaps. To the extent an underlying fund sells (i.e., writes) caps and floors, it will segregate cash or other liquid assets having an aggregate NAV at least equal to the full amount, accrued on a daily basis, of its obligations with respect to any caps or floors.
 
There is no limit on the amount of total return, equity, or interest rate swap transactions that may be entered into by an underlying fund. The use of equity swaps is a highly specialized activity which involves investment techniques and risks different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. Swap transactions may in some instances involve the delivery of securities or other underlying assets by an underlying fund or its counterparty to collateralize obligations under the swap. Under the documentation currently used in those markets, the risk of loss with respect to swaps is limited to the net amount of the payments that an underlying fund is contractually obligated to make. If the other party to a swap that is not collateralized defaults, an underlying fund would risk the loss of the net amount of the payments that it contractually is entitled to receive. An underlying fund may buy and sell (i.e., write) caps and floors, without limitation, subject to the segregation requirement described above.
 
Another form of a swap agreement is the credit default swap. An underlying fund may enter into various types of credit default swap agreements (with values not to exceed 10% of the net assets of the underlying fund) for investment purposes and to add leverage to its portfolio. As the seller in a credit default swap contract, an underlying fund would be required to pay the par value (the “notional value”) (or other agreed-upon value) of a referenced debt obligation to the counterparty in the event of a default by a third party, such as a U.S. or foreign corporate issuer, on the debt obligation. In return, an underlying fund would receive from the counterparty a periodic stream of payments over the term of the contract provided that no event of default has occurred. If no default occurs, an underlying fund would keep the stream of payments and would have no payment obligations. As the seller, an underlying fund would effectively add leverage to its portfolio because, in addition to its total net assets, that underlying fund would be subject to investment exposure on the notional value of the swap. The maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) that an underlying fund as a seller in a credit default transaction would be the notional amount of the agreement. An underlying fund may also purchase credit default swap contracts in order to hedge against the risk of default of debt securities held in its portfolio, in which case the underlying fund would function as the counterparty referenced in the preceding paragraph. Credit default swaps could result in losses if the underlying fund does not correctly evaluate the creditworthiness of the company or companies on which the credit default swap is based.
 
Credit default swap agreements may involve greater risks than if an underlying fund had invested in the reference obligation directly since, in addition to risks relating to the reference obligation, credit default swaps are subject to illiquidity risk, counterparty risk, and credit risk. An underlying fund will generally incur a greater degree of risk when it sells a credit default swap option than when it purchases a credit default swap. As a buyer of a credit default swap, an underlying fund may lose its investment and recover nothing should no credit event occur and the swap is held to its termination date. As seller of a credit default swap, if a credit event were to occur, the value of any deliverable obligation received by an underlying fund, coupled with the upfront or periodic payments previously received, may be less than what it pays to the buyer, resulting in a loss of value to an underlying fund.
 
An underlying fund may invest in funded (notional value of contract paid up front) or unfunded (notional value only paid in case of default) credit default swaps that are based on an index of credit default swaps (“CDXs”) or other similarly structured products. CDXs are designed to track segments of the credit default swap market and provide investors with exposure to specific reference baskets of issuers of bonds or loans. These instruments have the potential to allow an investor to obtain the same investment exposure as an investor who invests in an individual credit default swap, but with the potential added benefit of diversification. The CDX reference baskets are normally priced daily and rebalanced every six months in conjunction with leading market makers in the credit industry. The liquidity of the market for CDXs is normally subject to liquidity in the secured loan and credit derivatives markets.
 
An underlying fund investing in CDXs is normally only permitted to take long positions in these instruments. An underlying fund holding a long position in CDXs typically receives income from principal or interest paid on the underlying securities. An underlying fund also normally indirectly bears its proportionate share of any expenses paid by a CDX in addition to the expenses of the underlying fund. By investing in CDXs, an underlying fund could be exposed to risks relating to, among other things, the reference obligation, illiquidity risk, counterparty risk, and credit risk.
 
Structured Investments. A structured investment is a security having a return tied to an underlying index or other security or asset class. Structured investments generally are individually negotiated agreements and may be traded over-the-counter. Structured investments are organized and operated to restructure the investment characteristics of the underlying security.

 
 
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This restructuring involves the deposit with or purchase by an entity, such as a corporation or trust, or specified instruments (such as commercial bank loans) and the issuance by that entity of one or more classes of securities (“structured securities”) backed by, or representing interests in, the underlying instruments. The cash flow on the underlying instruments may be apportioned among the newly issued structured securities to create securities with different investment characteristics, such as varying maturities, payment priorities, and interest rate provisions, and the extent of such payments made with respect to structured securities is dependent on the extent of the cash flow on the underlying instruments. Because structured securities typically involve no credit enhancement, their credit risk generally will be equivalent to that of the underlying instruments. Investments in structured securities are generally of a class of structured securities that is either subordinated or unsubordinated to the right of payment of another class. Subordinated structured securities typically have higher yields and present greater risks than unsubordinated structured securities. Structured securities are typically sold in private placement transactions, and there currently is no active trading market for structured securities.
 
Investments in government and government-related restructured debt instruments are subject to special risks, including the inability or unwillingness to repay principal and interest, requests to reschedule or restructure outstanding debt, and requests to extend additional loan amounts. Structured investments include a wide variety of instruments which are also subject to special risk such as inverse floaters and collateralized debt obligations. Inverse floaters involve leverage which may magnify an underlying fund’s gains or losses. The risk of collateral debt obligations depends largely on the type of collateral securing the obligations. There is a risk that the collateral will not be adequate to make interest or other payments related to the debt obligation the collateral supports.
 
Structured instruments that are registered under the federal securities laws may be treated as liquid. In addition, many structured instruments may not be registered under the federal securities laws. In that event, an underlying fund’s ability to resell such a structured instrument may be more limited than its ability to resell other underlying fund securities. The underlying funds may treat such instruments as illiquid and will limit their investments in such instruments to no more than 15% of each underlying fund’s net assets, when combined with all other illiquid investments of such underlying fund. The underlying Risk-Managed Funds do not intend to invest in structured investments.
 
Investment Strategies and Risks Applicable only to an Affiliated Underlying Money Market Fund
An affiliated underlying money market fund (“underlying money market fund”) may invest only in “eligible securities” as defined in Rule 2a-7 adopted under the 1940 Act. Generally, an eligible security is a security that: (i) is denominated in U.S. dollars and has a remaining maturity of 397 days or less (as calculated pursuant to Rule 2a-7); (ii) is rated, or is issued by an issuer with short-term debt outstanding that is rated, in one of the two highest rating categories by any two NRSROs or, if only one NRSRO has issued a rating, by that NRSRO (the “Requisite NRSROs”) or is unrated and of comparable quality to a rated security, as determined by Janus Capital; and (iii) has been determined by Janus Capital to present minimal credit risks pursuant to procedures approved by the Trustees. In addition, an underlying money market fund will maintain a dollar-weighted average portfolio maturity of 60 days or less and maintain a dollar-weighted average portfolio life (portfolio maturity measured without reference to any maturity shortening provisions of adjustable rate securities by reference to their interest rate reset dates) of 120 days or less. A description of the ratings of some NRSROs appears in Appendix A.
 
Under Rule 2a-7, an underlying money market fund may not invest more than 5% of its total assets in the securities of any one issuer other than U.S. Government securities, provided that in certain cases the underlying money market fund may invest more than 5% of its assets in a single issuer for a period of up to three business days. Investment in demand features, guarantees, and other types of instruments or features are subject to the diversification limits under Rule 2a-7.
 
Pursuant to Rule 2a-7, an underlying money market fund will invest at least 97% of its total assets in “first-tier” securities. First-tier securities are eligible securities that are rated, or are issued by an issuer with short-term debt outstanding that is rated, in the highest rating category by the Requisite NRSROs or are unrated and of comparable quality to a rated security. In addition, an underlying money market fund may invest in “second-tier” securities, which are eligible securities that are not first-tier securities. However, the underlying money market fund may not invest in a second-tier security if, immediately after the acquisition thereof, it would have invested more than: (i) 1/2 of 1% of its total assets in second-tier securities issued by any single issuer or (ii) 3% of its total assets in second-tier securities. Immediately after the acquisition of any demand feature or guarantee that is a second-tier security, an underlying money market fund cannot have invested more than 2.5% of its total assets in securities issued by or subject to the demand features or guarantees from the entity that issued the demand feature or guarantee. The underlying money market funds also cannot purchase second-tier securities with a remaining maturity of more than 45 days.

 
 
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The following is a discussion regarding types of securities in which an underlying money market fund may invest. This information supplements and should be read in conjunction with the underlying money market fund’s Prospectus.
 
Participation Interests
An underlying money market fund may purchase participation interests in loans or securities in which the underlying money market fund may invest directly. Participation interests are generally sponsored or issued by banks or other financial institutions. A participation interest gives an underlying money market fund an undivided interest in the underlying loans or securities in the proportion that the underlying money market fund’s interest bears to the total principal amount of the underlying loans or securities. Participation interests, which may have fixed, floating, or variable rates, may carry a demand feature backed by a letter of credit or guarantee of a bank or institution permitting the holder to tender them back to the bank or other institution. For certain participation interests, an underlying money market fund will have the right to demand payment, on not more than seven days’ notice, for all or a part of the underlying money market fund’s participation interest. An underlying money market fund intends to exercise any demand rights it may have upon default under the terms of the loan or security to provide liquidity or to maintain or improve the quality of the underlying money market fund’s investment portfolio. An underlying money market fund will only purchase participation interests that Janus Capital determines present minimal credit risks.
 
Variable and Floating Rate Notes
An underlying money market fund also may purchase variable and floating rate demand notes of corporations and other entities, which are unsecured obligations redeemable upon not more than 30 days’ notice. These obligations include master demand notes that permit investment of fluctuating amounts at varying rates of interest pursuant to direct arrangements with the issuer of the instrument. The issuer of these obligations often has the right, after a given period, to prepay the outstanding principal amount of the obligations upon a specified number of days’ notice. These obligations generally are not traded, nor generally is there an established secondary market for these obligations. To the extent a demand note does not have a seven day or shorter demand feature and there is no readily available market for the obligation, it is treated as an illiquid investment.
 
Securities with ultimate maturities of greater than 397 days may be purchased only pursuant to Rule 2a-7. Under that Rule, only those long-term instruments that have demand features which comply with certain requirements and certain variable rate U.S. Government securities may be purchased. The rate of interest on securities purchased by an underlying money market fund may be tied to short-term Treasury or other government securities or indices on securities that are permissible investments of an underlying money market fund, as well as other money market rates of interest. An underlying money market fund will not purchase securities whose values are tied to interest rates or indices that are not appropriate for the duration and volatility standards of a money market fund.
 
Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities
An underlying money market fund may invest in mortgage-backed securities, which represent an interest in a pool of mortgages made by lenders such as commercial banks, savings and loan institutions, mortgage bankers, mortgage brokers, and savings banks. Mortgage-backed securities may be issued by governmental or government-related entities or by nongovernmental entities such as banks, savings and loan institutions, private mortgage insurance companies, mortgage bankers, and other secondary market issuers.
 
Interests in pools of mortgage-backed securities differ from other forms of debt securities, which normally provide for periodic payment of interest in fixed amounts with principal payments at maturity or specified call dates. In contrast, mortgage-backed securities provide periodic payments, which consist of interest and, in most cases, principal. In effect, these payments are a “pass-through” of the periodic payments and optional prepayments made by the individual borrowers on their mortgage loans, net of any fees paid to the issuer or guarantor of such securities. Additional payments to holders of mortgage-backed securities are caused by prepayments resulting from the sale of the underlying residential property, refinancing, or foreclosure, net of fees or costs which may be incurred.
 
As prepayment rates of individual pools of mortgage loans vary widely, it is not possible to predict accurately the average life of a particular security. Although mortgage-backed securities are issued with stated maturities of up to forty years, unscheduled or early payments of principal and interest on the underlying mortgages may shorten considerably the effective maturities. Mortgage-backed securities may have varying assumptions for average life. The volume of prepayments of principal on a pool of mortgages underlying a particular security will influence the yield of that security, and the principal returned to an underlying money market fund may be reinvested in instruments whose yield may be higher or lower than that which might have been obtained had the prepayments not occurred. When interest rates are declining, prepayments

 
 
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usually increase, with the result that reinvestment of principal prepayments will be at a lower rate than the rate applicable to the original mortgage-backed security.
 
In addition to interest rate risk, investments in mortgage-backed securities including those comprised of subprime mortgages may be subject to a higher degree of credit risk, valuation risk, and liquidity risk. Subprime mortgages refer to loans made to borrowers with weakened credit histories or with a lower capacity to make timely payments on their mortgages. Thus, if borrowers are unable to make their payments, the mortgages underlying mortgage-backed securities may have higher default rates.
 
An underlying money market fund may invest in mortgage-backed securities that are issued by agencies or instrumentalities of the U.S. Government. Ginnie Mae is the principal federal government guarantor of mortgage-backed securities. Ginnie Mae is a wholly-owned U.S. Government corporation within the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Ginnie Mae Certificates are debt securities which represent an interest in one mortgage or a pool of mortgages, which are insured by the Federal Housing Administration or the Farmers Home Administration or are guaranteed by the Veterans Administration. An underlying money market fund may also invest in pools of conventional mortgages which are issued or guaranteed by agencies of the U.S. Government. Ginnie Mae pass-through securities are considered to be riskless with respect to default in that: (i) the underlying mortgage loan portfolio is comprised entirely of government-backed loans and (ii) the timely payment of both principal and interest on the securities is guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government, regardless of whether or not payments have been made on the underlying mortgages. Ginnie Mae pass-through securities are, however, subject to the same market risk as comparable debt securities. Therefore, the market value of an underlying money market fund’s Ginnie Mae securities can be expected to fluctuate in response to changes in prevailing interest rate levels.
 
Residential mortgage loans are pooled also by Freddie Mac. Freddie Mac is a privately managed, publicly chartered agency created by Congress in 1970 for the purpose of increasing the availability of mortgage credit for residential housing. Freddie Mac issues participation certificates (“PCs”) which represent interests in mortgages from Freddie Mac’s national portfolio. The mortgage loans in Freddie Mac’s portfolio are not U.S. Government backed; rather, the loans are either uninsured with loan-to-value ratios of 80% or less, or privately insured if the loan-to-value ratio exceeds 80%. Freddie Mac guarantees the timely payment of interest and ultimate collection of principal on Freddie Mac PCs; the U.S. Government does not guarantee any aspect of Freddie Mac PCs.
 
Fannie Mae is a government-sponsored corporation owned entirely by private shareholders. It is subject to general regulation by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Fannie Mae purchases residential mortgages from a list of approved seller/servicers, which include savings and loan associations, savings banks, commercial banks, credit unions, and mortgage bankers. Fannie Mae guarantees the timely payment of principal and interest on the pass-through securities issued by Fannie Mae; the U.S. Government does not guarantee any aspect of the Fannie Mae pass-through securities.
 
In September 2008, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (“FHFA”), an agency of the U.S. Government, placed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac under conservatorship to provide stability in the financial markets, mortgage availability and taxpayer protection by preserving Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s assets, and placing them in a sound and solvent condition. Under the conservatorship, the management of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac was replaced. The effect that the FHFA’s conservatorship will have on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s debt and equities is unclear.
 
An underlying money market fund may also invest in privately-issued mortgage-backed securities to the extent permitted by its investment restrictions. Mortgage-backed securities offered by private issuers include pass-through securities comprised of pools of conventional residential mortgage loans; mortgage-backed bonds, which are considered to be debt obligations of the institution issuing the bonds and which are collateralized by mortgage loans; and collateralized mortgage obligations (“CMOs”), which are collateralized by mortgage-backed securities issued by Ginnie Mae, Freddie Mac, or Fannie Mae, or by pools of conventional mortgages.
 
Asset-backed securities represent direct or indirect participation in, or are secured by and payable from, assets other than mortgage-backed assets such as motor vehicle installment sales contracts, installment loan contracts, leases of various types of real and personal property, and receivables from revolving credit agreements (credit cards). Asset-backed securities have yield characteristics similar to those of mortgage-backed securities and, accordingly, are subject to many of the same risks.
 
Structured investment vehicles and other similar vehicles (“structured vehicles”) issue a combination of senior and subordinate debt to fund the purchase of finance company and structured finance debt. Structured vehicle debt is usually composed of a senior debt tranche made up of commercial paper and longer maturity medium term notes and one to two tranches of subordinate notes. Structured vehicle portfolios generally consist of finance company debt and structured finance

 
 
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assets. A structured vehicle purchases mostly highly rated medium- and long-term, fixed income assets and issues shorter-term, highly rated commercial paper and medium-term notes at lower rates to investors. Structured vehicles typically purchase finance company debt which is focused in large banks and may also include exposure to investment banks, insurance, and other finance companies. Structured vehicles also invest in credit card, residential mortgage-backed securities, commercial mortgage-backed securities, collateralized loan obligations, and other asset-backed securities.
 
Because structured vehicles depend on short-term funding through the issuance of new debt, if there is a slowdown in issuing new debt or a smaller market of purchasers of the new debt, the structured vehicles may have to liquidate assets at a loss. Also, with respect to structured vehicles’ assets in finance companies, an underlying money market fund may have significant exposure to the financial services market which, depending on market conditions, could have a negative impact on the underlying money market fund.
 
Repurchase and Reverse Repurchase Agreements
In a repurchase agreement, an underlying money market fund purchases a security and simultaneously commits to resell that security to the seller at an agreed upon price on an agreed upon date within a number of days (usually not more than seven) from the date of purchase. The resale price consists of the purchase price plus an agreed upon incremental amount that is unrelated to the coupon rate or maturity of the purchased security. A repurchase agreement involves the obligation of the seller to pay the agreed upon price, which obligation is in effect secured by the value (at least equal to the amount of the agreed upon resale price and marked-to-market daily) of the underlying security or “collateral.” A risk associated with repurchase agreements is the failure of the seller to repurchase the securities as agreed, which may cause an underlying money market fund to suffer a loss if the market value of such securities declines before they can be liquidated on the open market. In the event of bankruptcy or insolvency of the seller, an underlying money market fund may encounter delays and incur costs in liquidating the underlying security. In addition, the collateral received in the repurchase transaction may become worthless. To the extent an underlying money market fund’s collateral focuses in one or more sectors, such as banks and financial services, that underlying money market fund is subject to increased risk as a result of that exposure. Repurchase agreements that mature in more than seven days are subject to the 5% limit on illiquid securities. While it is not possible to eliminate all risks from these transactions, it is the policy of an underlying money market fund to limit repurchase agreements to those parties whose creditworthiness has been reviewed and found satisfactory by Janus Capital. There is no guarantee that Janus Capital’s analysis of the creditworthiness of the counterparty will be accurate and the underlying collateral involved in the transaction can expose an underlying money market fund to additional risk regardless of the creditworthiness of the parties involved in the transaction.
 
Reverse repurchase agreements are transactions in which an underlying money market fund sells a security and simultaneously commits to repurchase that security from the buyer, such as a bank or broker-dealer, at an agreed upon price on an agreed upon future date. The resale price in a reverse repurchase agreement reflects a market rate of interest that is not related to the coupon rate or maturity of the sold security. For certain demand agreements, there is no agreed upon repurchase date and interest payments are calculated daily, often based upon the prevailing overnight repurchase rate. An underlying money market fund will use the proceeds of reverse repurchase agreements only to satisfy unusually heavy redemption requests or for other temporary or emergency purposes without the necessity of selling portfolio securities, or to earn additional income on portfolio securities, such as Treasury bills or notes.
 
Generally, a reverse repurchase agreement enables an underlying money market fund to recover for the term of the reverse repurchase agreement all or most of the cash invested in the portfolio securities sold and to keep the interest income associated with those portfolio securities. Such transactions are only advantageous if the interest cost to an underlying money market fund of the reverse repurchase transaction is less than the cost of obtaining the cash otherwise. In addition, interest costs on the money received in a reverse repurchase agreement may exceed the return received on the investments made by an underlying money market fund with those monies. Using reverse repurchase agreements to earn additional income involves the risk that the interest earned on the invested proceeds is less than the expense for the reverse repurchase agreement transaction. This technique may also have a leveraging effect on an underlying money market fund’s portfolio, although an underlying money market fund’s intent to segregate assets in the amount of the reverse repurchase agreement minimizes this effect. While a reverse repurchase agreement is outstanding, an underlying money market fund will maintain cash and appropriate liquid assets in a segregated custodial account to cover its obligation under the agreement. An underlying money market fund will enter into reverse repurchase agreements only with parties that Janus Capital deems creditworthy.

 
 
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When-Issued and Delayed Delivery Securities
An underlying money market fund may purchase securities on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis. An underlying money market fund will enter into such transactions only when it has the intention of actually acquiring the securities. On delivery dates for such transactions, an underlying money market fund will meet its obligations from maturities, sales of securities, or from other available sources of cash. If it chooses to dispose of the right to acquire a when-issued security prior to its acquisition, an underlying money market fund could, as with the disposition of any other portfolio obligation, incur a gain or loss due to market fluctuation. At the time it makes the commitment to purchase securities on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis, an underlying money market fund will record the transaction as a purchase and thereafter reflect the value of such securities in determining its NAV.
 
Debt Obligations
An underlying money market fund may invest in U.S. dollar-denominated debt obligations. In general, sales of these securities may not be made absent registration under the 1933 Act or the availability of an appropriate exemption. Pursuant to Section 4(2) of the 1933 Act or Rule 144A adopted under the 1933 Act, however, some of these securities are eligible for resale to institutional investors, and accordingly, Janus Capital may determine that a liquid market exists for such a security pursuant to guidelines adopted by the Trustees.
 
Auction Market and Remarketed Preferred Stock
An underlying money market fund may purchase certain types of auction market preferred stock (“AMPS”) or remarketed preferred stock (“RPS”) subject to a demand feature. These purchases may include AMPS and RPS issued by closed-end investment companies. AMPS and RPS may be deemed to meet the maturity and quality requirements of money market funds if they are structured to comply with conditions established by the SEC. AMPS and RPS subject to a demand feature, despite their status as equity securities, are economically similar to variable rate debt securities subject to a demand feature. Both AMPS and RPS allow the holder to sell the stock at a liquidation preference value at specified periods, provided that the auction or remarketing is successful. If the auction or remarketing fails, the holder of certain types of AMPS and RPS may exercise a demand feature and has the right to sell the AMPS or RPS to a third party guarantor or counterparty at a price that can reasonably be expected to approximate its amortized cost. The ability of a bank or other financial institution providing the demand feature to fulfill its obligations might be affected by possible financial difficulties of its borrowers, adverse interest rate or economic conditions, regulatory limitations, or other factors.
 
Obligations of Financial Institutions
An underlying money market fund may invest in obligations of financial institutions. Examples of obligations in which an underlying money market fund may invest include negotiable certificates of deposit, bankers’ acceptances, time deposits, and other obligations of U.S. banks (including savings and loan associations) having total assets in excess of one billion dollars and U.S. branches of foreign banks having total assets in excess of ten billion dollars. An underlying money market fund may also invest in Eurodollar and Yankee bank obligations as discussed below and other U.S. dollar-denominated obligations of foreign banks having total assets in excess of ten billion dollars that Janus Capital believes are of an investment quality comparable to obligations of U.S. banks in which an underlying money market fund may invest.
 
Certificates of deposit represent an institution’s obligation to repay funds deposited with it that earn a specified interest rate over a given period. Bankers’ acceptances are negotiable obligations of a bank to pay a draft which has been drawn by a customer and are usually backed by goods in international trade. Time deposits are non-negotiable deposits with a banking institution that earn a specified interest rate over a given period. Fixed time deposits, which are payable at a stated maturity date and bear a fixed rate of interest, generally may be withdrawn on demand by an underlying money market fund but may be subject to early withdrawal penalties that could reduce that underlying money market fund’s yield. Unless there is a readily available market for them, time deposits that are subject to early withdrawal penalties and that mature in more than seven days will be treated as illiquid securities.
 
Eurodollar bank obligations are dollar-denominated certificates of deposit or time deposits issued outside the U.S. capital markets by foreign branches of U.S. banks and by foreign banks. Yankee bank obligations are dollar-denominated obligations issued in the U.S. capital markets by foreign banks.
 
Foreign, Eurodollar, and, to a limited extent, Yankee bank obligations are subject to certain sovereign risks. One such risk is the possibility that a foreign government might prevent dollar-denominated funds from flowing across its borders. Other risks include: adverse political and economic developments in a foreign country; the extent and quality of government regulation of financial markets and institutions; the imposition of foreign withholding taxes; and expropriation or nationalization of foreign issuers.

 
 
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Municipal Leases
An underlying money market fund may invest in municipal leases. Municipal leases frequently have special risks not normally associated with general obligation or revenue bonds. Municipal leases are municipal securities which may take the form of a lease or an installment purchase or conditional sales contract. Municipal leases are issued by state and local governments and authorities to acquire a wide variety of equipment and facilities. Leases and installment purchase or conditional sale contracts (which normally provide for title to the leased asset to pass eventually to the government issuer) have evolved as a means for governmental issuers to acquire property and equipment without meeting the constitutional and statutory requirements for the issuance of debt. The debt-issuance limitations of many state constitutions and statutes are deemed to be inapplicable because of the inclusion in many leases or contracts of “non-appropriation” clauses that provide that the governmental issuer has no obligation to make future payments under the lease or contract unless money is appropriated for such purpose by the appropriate legislative body on a yearly or other periodic basis. An underlying money market fund will only purchase municipal leases subject to a non-appropriation clause when the payment of principal and accrued interest is backed by an unconditional, irrevocable letter of credit, or guarantee of a bank or other entity that meets certain criteria.
 
In evaluating municipal lease obligations, Janus Capital will consider such factors as it deems appropriate, including: (i) whether the lease can be canceled; (ii) the ability of the lease obligee to direct the sale of the underlying assets; (iii) the general creditworthiness of the lease obligor; (iv) the likelihood that the municipality will discontinue appropriating funding for the leased property in the event such property is no longer considered essential by the municipality; (v) the legal recourse of the lease obligee in the event of such a failure to appropriate funding; (vi) whether the security is backed by a credit enhancement such as insurance; and (vii) any limitations which are imposed on the lease obligor’s ability to utilize substitute property or services other than those covered by the lease obligation. If a lease is backed by an unconditional letter of credit or other unconditional credit enhancement, Janus Capital may determine that a lease is an eligible security solely on the basis of its evaluation of the credit enhancement.
 
Municipal leases, like other municipal debt obligations, are subject to the risk of nonpayment. The ability of issuers of municipal leases to make timely lease payments may be adversely impacted in general economic downturns and as relative governmental cost burdens are allocated and reallocated among federal, state, and local governmental units. Such nonpayment would result in a reduction of income to an underlying money market fund, and could result in a reduction in the value of the municipal lease experiencing nonpayment and a potential decrease in the NAV of that underlying money market fund.
 
PORTFOLIO TURNOVER
 
As a reference point, a portfolio turnover rate of 100% would mean that a Fund had sold or purchased securities valued at 100% of its average net assets within a one-year period. A Fund cannot accurately predict its turnover rate. Variations in portfolio turnover rates shown may be due to market conditions, changes in the size of a Fund, fluctuating volume of shareholder purchase and redemption orders, the nature of a Fund’s investments, and the investment style and/or outlook of the portfolio manager. A Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher when a Fund finds it necessary to significantly change its portfolio to adopt a temporary defensive position or respond to economic or market events. Higher levels of portfolio turnover may result in higher costs for brokerage commissions, dealer mark-ups, and other transaction costs, and may also result in taxable capital gains. Higher costs associated with increased portfolio turnover may offset gains in Fund performance. The following table summarizes the portfolio turnover rates for the Funds for the fiscal years or period noted. Each Fund has changed its fiscal year end to June 30.
 
                         
    Portfolio Turnover Rate for
  Portfolio Turnover Rate for
  Portfolio Turnover Rate for
    the fiscal period ended
  the fiscal year ended
  the fiscal year ended
Fund Name   June 30, 2010(1)(2)   October 31, 2009(3)   October 31, 2008(3)
Janus Conservative Allocation Fund
    18%       21%       90%  
Janus Moderate Allocation Fund
    17%       19%       71%  
Janus Growth Allocation Fund
    20%       23%       55%  
 
(1)  Annualized for periods of less than one full year.
(2)  For the fiscal period November 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010 (the Funds’ new fiscal year end).
(3)  The Funds’ previous fiscal year end.

 
 
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PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS DISCLOSURE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
 
The Mutual Fund Holdings Disclosure Policies and Procedures adopted by Janus Capital and all mutual funds managed within the Janus fund complex are designed to be in the best interests of the funds and to protect the confidentiality of the funds’ portfolio holdings. The following describes policies and procedures with respect to disclosure of portfolio holdings.
 
•  Full Holdings. Each Fund is required to disclose its complete holdings in the quarterly holdings report on Form N-Q within 60 days of the end of each fiscal quarter, and in the annual report and semiannual report to Fund shareholders. These reports (i) are available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov; (ii) may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. (information on the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330); and (iii) are available without charge, upon request, by calling a Janus representative at 1-800-525-0020 (toll free). Portfolio holdings (excluding derivatives, short positions, and other investment positions), consisting of at least the names of the holdings, are generally available on a calendar quarter-end basis with a 30-day lag. Holdings are generally posted approximately two business days thereafter under the Holdings & Details tab of each Fund at janus.com/advisor/mutual-funds (or janus.com/allfunds if you hold Class D Shares).
 
   Each Fund may provide, upon request, historical full holdings on a monthly basis for periods prior to the previous quarter-end subject to a written confidentiality agreement.
 
•  Top Holdings. Each Fund’s top portfolio holdings, in order of position size and as a percentage of a Fund’s total portfolio, are available monthly with a 15-day lag and on a calendar quarter-end basis with a 15-day lag.
 
•  Other Information. Each Fund may occasionally provide security breakdowns (e.g., industry, sector, regional, market capitalization, and asset allocation), top performance contributors/detractors (consisting of security names in alphabetical order), and specific portfolio level performance attribution information and statistics monthly with a 15-day lag and on a calendar quarter-end basis with a 15-day lag. Top performance contributors/detractors provided at calendar quarter-end may include the percentage of contribution/detraction to Fund performance.
 
Full portfolio holdings will remain available on the Janus websites at least until a Form N-CSR or Form N-Q is filed with the SEC for the period that includes the date as of which the website information is current. Funds disclose their short positions, if applicable, only to the extent required in regulatory reports. Janus Capital may exclude from publication all or any portion of portfolio holdings or change the time periods of disclosure as deemed necessary to protect the interests of the Janus funds.
 
The Janus funds’ Trustees, officers, and primary service providers, including investment advisers, distributors, administrators, transfer agents, custodians, and their respective personnel, may receive or have access to nonpublic portfolio holdings information. In addition, third parties, including but not limited to those that provide services to the Janus funds, Janus Capital, and its affiliates, such as trade execution measurement systems providers, independent pricing services, proxy voting service providers, the funds’ insurers, computer systems service providers, lenders, counsel, accountants/auditors, and rating and ranking organizations may also receive or have access to nonpublic portfolio holdings information. Other recipients of nonpublic portfolio holdings information may include, but may not be limited to, third parties such as consultants, data aggregators, and asset allocation services which calculate information derived from holdings for use by Janus Capital, and which supply their analyses (but not the holdings themselves) to their clients. Such parties, either by agreement or by virtue of their duties, are required to maintain confidentiality with respect to such nonpublic portfolio holdings.
 
Nonpublic portfolio holdings information may be disclosed to certain third parties upon a good faith determination made by Janus Capital’s Chief Compliance Officer or Ethics Committee that a Fund has a legitimate business purpose for such disclosure and the recipient agrees to maintain confidentiality. Preapproval by the Chief Compliance Officer or Ethics Committee is not required for certain routine service providers and in response to regulatory, administrative, and judicial requirements. The Chief Compliance Officer reports to the Janus funds’ Trustees regarding material compliance matters with respect to the portfolio holdings disclosure policies and procedures.
 
Under extraordinary circumstances, Janus Capital’s Chief Investment Officer(s) or their delegates have the authority to waive one or more provisions of, or make exceptions to, the Mutual Fund Holdings Disclosure Policies and Procedures when in the best interest of the Janus funds and when such waiver or exception is consistent with federal securities laws and applicable fiduciary duties. The frequency with which portfolio holdings are disclosed, as well as the lag time associated with such disclosure, may vary as deemed appropriate under the circumstances. All waivers and exceptions involving any of the Janus funds shall be pre-approved by the Chief Compliance Officer or a designee.

 
 
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As of the date of this SAI, the following non-affiliated third parties, which consist of service providers and consultants as described above, receive or may have access to nonpublic portfolio holdings information, which may include the full holdings of a fund. Certain of the arrangements below reflect relationships of an affiliated subadviser, INTECH, and its products.
 
         
Name   Frequency   Lag Time
ACA Compliance Group
  As needed   Current
Axioma Inc.
  Daily   Current
Barclays Capital Inc.
  Daily   Current
BNY Mellon Performance and Risk Analytics, LLC
  Monthly   Current
Bowne & Company Inc.
  Daily   Current
Brockhouse & Cooper Inc.
  Quarterly   Current
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
  Daily   Current
Callan Associates Inc.
  As needed   Current
Cambridge Associates LLC
  Quarterly   Current
Canterbury Consulting Inc.
  Monthly   Current
Charles River Systems, Inc.
  As needed   Current
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
  As needed   Current
CMS BondEdge
  As needed   Current
Consulting Services Group, LLC
  As needed   Current
Deloitte & Touche LLP
  As needed   Current
Deloitte Tax LLP
  As needed   Current
Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch
  As needed   Current
Eagle Investment Systems Corp.
  As needed   Current
Eaton Vance Management
  As needed   Current
Ennis, Knupp & Associates, Inc.
  As needed   Current
Envestnet Asset Management Inc.
  As needed   Current
Ernst & Young LLP
  As needed   Current
FactSet Research Systems, Inc. 
  As needed   Current
Financial Models Company, Inc. 
  As needed   Current
FlexTrade LLC
  Daily   Current
FT Interactive Data Corporation
  Daily   Current
Hewitt Associates LLC
  As needed   Current
Imagine Software Inc.
  As needed   Current
Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc.
  Daily   Current
International Data Corporation
  Daily   Current
Investment Technology Group, Inc.
  Daily   Current
Jeffrey Slocum & Associates, Inc.
  As needed   Current
Lipper Inc.
  Quarterly   Current
Marco Consulting Group, Inc.
  Monthly   Current
Marquette Associates
  As needed   Current
Markit Loans, Inc. 
  Daily   Current
Mercer Investment Consulting, Inc.
  As needed   Current
Merrill Communications LLC
  Semi-annually   5 days
Moody’s Investors Service Inc. 
  Weekly   7 days or more
New England Pension Consultants
  Monthly   Current
Nikko AM Americas
  As needed   Current
Nomura Funds Research & Technologies America Inc.
  As needed   Current
Olmstead Associates, Inc.
  Daily   Current
Omgeo LLC
  Daily   Current
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
  As needed   Current
Prima Capital Holding, Inc.
  As needed   Current

 
 
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Name   Frequency   Lag Time
Prima Capital Management, Inc.
  Quarterly   15 days
R.V. Kuhns & Associates
  As needed   Current
Reuters America Inc. 
  Daily   Current
Rocaton Investment Advisors, LLC
  As needed   Current
Rogerscasey, Inc. 
  Quarterly   Current
Russell/Mellon Analytical Services, LLC
  Monthly   Current
Sapient Corporation
  As needed   Current
SEI Investments
  As needed   Current
SimCorp USA, Inc. 
  As needed   Current
Standard & Poor’s
  Daily   Current
Standard & Poor’s Financial Services
  Weekly   2 days or more
Standard & Poor’s Securities Evaluation
  Daily   Current
State Street Bank and Trust Company
  Daily   Current
State Street Global Advisors
  Monthly   Current
Stratford Advisory Group, Inc.
  As needed   Current
Summit Strategies Group
  Monthly; Quarterly   Current
The Yield Book Inc.
  Daily   Current
Tower Investment
  As needed   30 days
Wachovia Securities LLC
  As needed   Current
Wall Street On Demand, Inc. 
  Monthly; Quarterly   30 days; 15 days
Wilshire Associates Incorporated
  As needed   Current
Yanni Partners, Inc.
  Quarterly   Current
Zephyr Associates, Inc. 
  Quarterly   Current
 
In addition to the categories of persons and names of persons described above who may receive nonpublic portfolio holdings information, brokers executing portfolio trades on behalf of the funds may receive nonpublic portfolio holdings information.
 
Janus Capital manages other accounts such as separate accounts, unregistered products, and funds sponsored by companies other than Janus Capital. These other accounts may be managed in a similar fashion to certain Janus funds and thus may have similar portfolio holdings. Such accounts may be subject to different portfolio holdings disclosure policies that permit public disclosure of portfolio holdings information in different forms and at different times than the Funds’ portfolio holdings disclosure policies. Additionally, clients of such accounts have access to their portfolio holdings, and may not be subject to the Funds’ portfolio holdings disclosure policies.

 
 
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Investment adviser

 
INVESTMENT ADVISER – JANUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
 
As stated in the Prospectuses, each Fund and each underlying fund has an Investment Advisory Agreement with Janus Capital Management LLC, 151 Detroit Street, Denver, Colorado 80206-4805. Janus Capital is a direct subsidiary of Janus Capital Group Inc. (“JCGI”), a publicly traded company with principal operations in financial asset management businesses. JCGI owns approximately 95% of Janus Capital, with the remaining 5% held by Janus Management Holdings Corporation.
 
Each Advisory Agreement provides that Janus Capital will furnish continuous advice and recommendations concerning the Funds’ investments, provide office space for the Funds, and pay the salaries, fees, and expenses of all Fund officers (with some shared expenses with the funds of compensation payable to the funds’ Chief Compliance Officer and compliance staff) and of those Trustees who are considered to be interested persons of Janus Capital. As of the date of this SAI, none of the members of the Board of Trustees are “interested persons” of Janus Capital as that term is defined by the 1940 Act. Janus Capital also serves as administrator and is authorized to perform the management and administration services necessary for the operation of the Funds, including, but not limited to, NAV determination, portfolio accounting, recordkeeping, and blue sky registration and monitoring services, and other services for which the Funds may reimburse Janus Capital for its costs. Each Fund pays custodian fees and expenses, brokerage commissions and dealer spreads, and other expenses in connection with the execution of portfolio transactions, legal and accounting expenses, interest and taxes, a portion of trade or other investment company dues and expenses, registration fees, expenses of shareholders’ meetings and reports to shareholders, fees and expenses of Fund Trustees who are not interested persons of Janus Capital, other costs of complying with applicable laws regulating the sale of Fund shares, and compensation to the Funds’ transfer agent and other shareholder servicing costs. Many of these costs vary from year to year which can make it difficult to predict the total impact to your Fund’s expense ratio, in particular during times of declining asset values of a Fund. As discussed in this section, Janus Capital has delegated certain management duties for certain underlying funds to INTECH and Perkins pursuant to subadvisory agreements (“Sub-Advisory Agreements”) between Janus Capital and each Subadviser.
 
Each Fund’s Advisory Agreement continues in effect from year to year so long as such continuance is approved annually by a majority of the Funds’ Trustees who are not parties to the Advisory Agreements or “interested persons” (as defined by the 1940 Act) of any such party (the “Independent Trustees”), and by either a majority of the outstanding voting shares of each Fund or the Trustees of the Funds. Each Advisory Agreement: (i) may be terminated without the payment of any penalty by a Fund or Janus Capital on 60 days’ written notice; (ii) terminates automatically in the event of its assignment; and (iii) generally, may not be amended without the approval by vote of a majority of the Trustees of the affected Fund, including a majority of the Independent Trustees and, to the extent required by the 1940 Act, the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of that Fund.
 
A discussion regarding the basis for the Trustees’ approval of the Funds’ Investment Advisory Agreements will be included in the Funds’ next annual or semiannual report to shareholders, following such approval. You can request the Funds’ annual or semiannual reports (as they become available), free of charge, by contacting your plan sponsor, broker-dealer, or financial intermediary, or by contacting a Janus representative at 1-877-335-2687 (or 1-800-525-3713 if you hold Class D Shares). The reports are also available, free of charge, on janus.com/info (or janus.com/reports if you hold Class D Shares).
 
The Funds pay a monthly investment advisory fee to Janus Capital for its services. The fee is based on the average daily net assets of each Fund and is calculated at the annual rate of 0.05%.
 
Janus Capital has agreed to bear certain expenses incurred in connection with the operation of the Funds. The Funds will pay those expenses not assumed by Janus Capital, including interest and taxes, brokerage commissions and all other expenses in connection with execution of portfolio transactions, fees and expenses of Independent Trustees and their legal counsel, fees and expenses of consultants to the Funds, audit fees, extraordinary costs and expenses of shareholder meetings and reports to shareholders, and transfer agency fees and expenses.
 
Janus Capital has entered into an agreement with Wilshire Associates Inc. (“Wilshire”), a global investment technology, investment consulting, and investment management firm, to act as a consultant to Janus Capital. Wilshire provides research and advice regarding asset allocation methodologies, which Janus Capital may use when determining asset class allocations for the Funds. Based upon information provided by Janus Capital, Wilshire also provides quantitative and qualitative evaluations of the investment style of the underlying funds’ portfolio managers and/or investment personnel. Janus Capital may use these evaluations in its decisions to allocate assets among underlying funds. For its consulting services, Janus Capital pays Wilshire an annual fee, payable monthly, that is comprised of a combination of an initial program establishment fee, fixed fee, and an asset-based fee.
 
 
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EXPENSE LIMITATIONS
 
Janus Capital agreed by contract to waive the advisory fee payable by each Fund in an amount equal to the amount, if any, that such Fund’s normal operating expenses in any fiscal year, including the investment advisory fee, but excluding any expenses of an underlying fund (acquired fund fees and expenses), distribution and shareholder servicing fees (12b-1) applicable to Class A Shares, Class C Shares, and Class S Shares, the administrative services fees payable pursuant to the Transfer Agency Agreement applicable to Class D Shares, Class S Shares, and Class T Shares, brokerage commissions, interest, dividends, taxes, and extraordinary expenses exceed the annual rate shown below. For information about how these expense limits affect the total expenses of each class of the Funds, refer to the “Fees and Expenses of the Fund” table in each Fund Summary of each Prospectus. Provided that Janus Capital remains investment adviser to the Funds, Janus Capital has agreed to continue each waiver until at least November 1, 2011.
 
         
    Expense Limit
Fund Name   Percentage (%)
Janus Conservative Allocation Fund
    0.40  
Janus Moderate Allocation Fund
    0.39  
Janus Growth Allocation Fund
    0.45  
 
The Funds benefit from the investment advisory services provided to the underlying funds and, as shareholders of those underlying funds, indirectly bear a proportionate share of those underlying funds’ advisory fees.
 
The following table summarizes the investment advisory fees paid by each Fund and any advisory fee waivers pursuant to the investment advisory fee agreement in effect during the fiscal years or period noted. Each Fund has changed its fiscal year end to June 30.
 
                                                                 
    June 30, 2010(1)   October 31, 2009(2)   October 31, 2008(2)   October 31, 2007(2)
    Advisory
      Advisory
      Advisory
      Advisory
   
Fund Name   Fees   Waivers(−)   Fees   Waivers(−)   Fees   Waivers(−)   Fees   Waivers(−)
Janus Conservative Allocation Fund
  $ 44,825     $     $ 45,167     −$ 19,123     $ 44,173     −$ 44,173 (3)   $ 20,756     −$ 20,756 (3)
Janus Moderate Allocation Fund
  $ 62,953     $     $ 62,546     $     $ 66,325     −$ 48,798     $ 43,731     −$ 43,731 (3)
Janus Growth Allocation Fund
  $ 69,412     $     $ 77,469     $     $ 91,546     −$ 24,015     $ 62,354     −$ 35,502  
 
(1)  For the fiscal period November 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010 (the Funds’ new fiscal year end).
(2)  The Funds’ previous fiscal year end.
(3)  The fee waiver by Janus Capital exceeded the advisory fee.
 
UNDERLYING FUNDS
 
Janus Capital also receives an investment advisory fee for managing the underlying funds. Each underlying fund pays a monthly investment advisory fee to Janus Capital for its services. For those with an annual fixed-rate fee, the fee is based on the average daily net assets of each underlying fund and is calculated at an annual rate for each underlying fund. Certain underlying funds have a performance-based fee structure. These underlying funds pay a fee that may adjust up or down based on the underlying fund’s performance relative to its benchmark index. For more information regarding the underlying funds’ investment advisory fees and expense limitations, please refer to the underlying funds’ Prospectuses and statements of additional information.
 
SUBADVISERS OF CERTAIN UNDERLYING FUNDS
 
Janus Capital has entered into Sub-Advisory Agreements on behalf of the underlying INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund, INTECH Risk-Managed Growth Fund, INTECH Risk-Managed International Fund, and INTECH Risk-Managed Value Fund with INTECH Investment Management LLC (“INTECH”). Janus Capital, not the underlying funds, pays INTECH a subadvisory fee for services provided to the underlying Risk-Managed Funds. Janus Capital has entered into Sub-Advisory Agreements, on behalf of the underlying Perkins Global Value Fund, Perkins Large Cap Value Fund, Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund, Perkins Small Cap Value Fund, and Perkins Value Plus Income Fund, with Perkins Investment Management LLC

 
 
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(“Perkins”). Janus Capital, not the underlying funds, pays Perkins a subadvisory fee for services provided to the underlying Value Funds.
 
PAYMENTS TO FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES BY JANUS CAPITAL OR ITS AFFILIATES
 
Class A Shares and Class C Shares
In addition to payments made under 12b-1 plans, Janus Capital and its affiliates also may make payments out of their own assets to selected broker-dealer firms or other financial intermediaries that sell Class A and Class C Shares of Janus funds for distribution, marketing, promotional, or related services. Such payments may be based on gross sales, assets under management, or transactional charges, or on a combination of these factors. Payments based primarily on sales create an incentive to make new sales of shares, while payments based on assets create an incentive to retain previously sold shares. Payments based on transactional charges may include the payment or reimbursement of all or a portion of “ticket charges.” Ticket charges are fees charged to salespersons purchasing through a financial intermediary firm in connection with mutual fund purchases, redemptions, or exchanges. The payment or reimbursement of ticket charges creates an incentive for salespersons of an intermediary to sell shares of Janus funds over shares of funds for which there is lesser or no payment or reimbursement of any applicable ticket charge. Janus Capital and its affiliates consider a number of factors in making payments to financial intermediaries. Criteria may include, but are not limited to, the distribution capabilities of the intermediary, the overall quality of the relationship, expected gross and/or net sales generated by the relationship, redemption and retention rates of assets held through the intermediary, the willingness to cooperate with Janus Capital’s marketing efforts, access to sales personnel, and the anticipated profitability of sales through the institutional relationship. These factors and their weightings may differ from one intermediary to another and may change from time to time. As of the date of this SAI, the broker-dealer firms with which Janus Capital or its affiliates have agreements or are currently negotiating agreements to make payments out of their own assets related to the acquisition or retention of shareholders for Class A and Class C Shares are AIG Advisor Group, Inc. and its broker-dealer subsidiaries; Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.; Citigroup Global Markets Inc.; Lincoln Financial Advisors Corporation; LPL Financial Corporation; Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated; Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.; Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, LLC; Oppenheimer & Co., Inc.; Raymond James & Associates, Inc.; Raymond James Financial Services, Inc.; UBS Financial Services Inc.; Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC; and Wells Fargo Investments, LLC. These fees may be in addition to fees paid from a Fund’s assets to them or other financial intermediaries. Any additions, modifications, or deletions to the broker-dealer firms identified that have occurred since that date are not reflected.
 
In addition, from their own assets, Janus Capital, Janus Distributors LLC (“Janus Distributors”), or their affiliates may pay brokerage firms, banks, financial advisors, retirement plan service providers, and other financial intermediaries’ fees for providing other marketing or distribution-related services, as well as recordkeeping, subaccounting, transaction processing, and other shareholder or administrative services in connection with investments in the Janus funds. These fees are in addition to any fees that may be paid from a Fund’s assets to these financial intermediaries. Janus Capital or its affiliates may have numerous agreements to make payments to financial institutions which perform recordkeeping or other administrative services with respect to shareholder accounts. Contact your financial intermediary if you wish to determine whether it receives such payments.
 
Class I Shares, Class S Shares, and Class T Shares
Janus Capital, Janus Distributors, or their affiliates may pay, from their own assets, financial intermediaries fees for providing other marketing or distribution-related services (with the exception of Class I Shares and Class S Shares), as well as recordkeeping, subaccounting, transaction processing, and other shareholder or administrative services in connection with investments in the Janus funds. These fees are in addition to any fees that may be paid by the Janus funds for these types of services or other services.
 
All Share Classes
Janus Capital or its affiliates may also share certain marketing expenses with, or pay for or sponsor informational meetings, seminars, client awareness events, support for marketing materials, sales reporting, or business building programs for financial intermediaries to raise awareness of the Funds. Such payments may be in addition to, or in lieu of, the payments described above. These payments are intended to promote the sales of Janus funds and to reimburse financial intermediaries, directly or indirectly, for the costs that they or their salespersons incur in connection with educational seminars, meetings, and training efforts about the Janus funds to enable the intermediaries and their salespersons to make suitable recommendations, provide useful services, and maintain the necessary infrastructure to make the Janus funds available to their customers.

 
 
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The receipt of (or prospect of receiving) payments, reimbursements, and other forms of compensation described above may provide a financial intermediary and its salespersons with an incentive to favor sales of Janus funds’ shares over sales of other mutual funds (or non-mutual fund investments) or to favor sales of one class of Janus funds’ shares over sales of another Janus funds’ share class, with respect to which the financial intermediary does not receive such payments or receives them in a lower amount. The receipt of these payments may cause certain financial intermediaries to elevate the prominence of the Janus funds within such financial intermediary’s organization by, for example, placement on a list of preferred or recommended funds and/or the provision of preferential or enhanced opportunities to promote the Janus funds in various ways within such financial intermediary’s organization.
 
The payment arrangements described above will not change the price an investor pays for Shares nor the amount that a Janus fund receives to invest on behalf of the investor. You should consider whether such arrangements exist when evaluating any recommendations from an intermediary to purchase or sell Shares of the Funds and, if applicable, when considering which share class of a Fund is most appropriate for you.
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT JANUS CAPITAL
 
Janus Capital acts as subadviser for a number of private-label mutual funds and provides separate account advisory services for institutional accounts. Janus Capital may also manage its own proprietary accounts. Investment decisions for each account managed by Janus Capital, including the Funds, are made independently from those for any other account that is or may in the future become managed by Janus Capital or its affiliates. If, however, a number of accounts managed by Janus Capital are contemporaneously engaged in the purchase or sale of the same security, the orders may be aggregated and/or the transactions may be averaged as to price and allocated to each account in accordance with allocation procedures adopted by Janus Capital. Partial fills for the accounts of two or more portfolio managers and/or investment personnel will be allocated pro rata under procedures adopted by Janus Capital. Circumstances may arise under which Janus Capital may determine that, although it may be desirable and/or suitable that a particular security or other investment be purchased or sold for more than one account, there exists a limited supply or demand for the security or other investment. Janus Capital seeks to allocate the opportunity to purchase or sell that security or other investment among accounts on an equitable basis by taking into consideration factors including, but not limited to, size of the portfolio, concentration of holdings, investment objectives and guidelines, purchase costs, and cash availability. Janus Capital, however, cannot assure equality of allocations among all its accounts, nor can it assure that the opportunity to purchase or sell a security or other investment will be proportionally allocated among accounts according to any particular or predetermined standards or criteria. In some cases, these allocation procedures may adversely affect the price paid or received by an account or the size of the position obtained or liquidated for an account. In others, however, the accounts’ ability to participate in volume transactions may produce better executions and prices for the accounts.
 
With respect to allocations of initial public offerings (“IPOs”), under IPO allocation procedures adopted by Janus Capital and Perkins, accounts will participate in an IPO if the portfolio managers and/or investment personnel believe the IPO is an appropriate investment based on the account’s investment restrictions, risk profile, asset composition, and/or cash levels. These IPO allocation procedures require that each account be assigned to a pre-defined group (“IPO Group”) based on objective criteria set forth in the procedures such as the investment strategy of the account. If the portfolio managers and/or investment personnel indicate an interest in participating in an IPO for an account within a particular IPO group, all accounts managed by the same portfolio managers and/or investment personnel within that IPO group must participate unless they qualify for an exception as outlined within the procedures. All shares of an IPO purchased will be allocated on a pro rata basis to all participating accounts based upon the total assets of each account. A “de minimis” exception to the IPO allocation procedures has been established to recognize that, generally, smaller positions are not economical to an account. As such, an account with an IPO allocation resulting in a position of less than 0.25% of an account’s total assets may be excluded from the allocation as a de minimis position. Therefore, the IPO allocation procedures may result in certain accounts, particularly larger accounts, participating in fewer IPOs than other accounts, which may impact performance. Other exceptions from the IPO allocation procedures are permitted provided that they are properly documented and, if necessary, approved by senior management.
 
Janus Capital is permitted to adjust its allocation procedures to eliminate fractional shares or odd lots and has the discretion to deviate from its allocation procedures in certain circumstances. For example, additional securities may be allocated to the portfolio managers and/or investment personnel who are instrumental in originating or developing an investment opportunity or to comply with the portfolio managers’ and/or investment personnel’s request to ensure that their accounts receive sufficient securities to satisfy specialized investment objectives.

 
 
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Janus Capital manages long and short portfolios. The simultaneous management of long and short portfolios creates potential conflicts of interest in fund management and creates potential risks such as the risk that short sale activity could adversely affect the market value of long positions in one or more Janus funds (and vice versa), the risk arising from the sequential orders in long and short positions, and the risks associated with the trade desk receiving opposing orders in the same security at the same time.
 
Janus Capital has adopted procedures that it believes are reasonably designed to mitigate these potential conflicts and risks. Among other things, Janus Capital has trade allocation procedures in place as previously described. In addition, procedures prohibit a portfolio manager from executing a short sale on a security held long in any other portfolio that he or she manages but not held long in the account the manager is placing the short in. Note this does not prohibit shorting against the box. The procedures also require approvals of Janus Capital senior management in other situations that raise potential conflicts of interest, as well as periodic monitoring of long and short trading activity of the Janus funds and accounts.
 
The Funds and other funds advised by Janus Capital or its affiliates may also transfer daily uninvested cash balances into one or more joint trading accounts. Assets in the joint trading accounts are invested in money market instruments and the proceeds are allocated to the participating funds on a pro rata basis.
 
Pursuant to the provisions of the 1940 Act, Janus mutual funds may participate in an affiliated or non-affiliated cash sweep program. In the cash sweep program, uninvested cash balances of Janus funds may be used to purchase shares of affiliated or non-affiliated money market funds or cash management pooled investment vehicles. All Janus funds are eligible to participate in the cash sweep program (the “Investing Funds”). As adviser, Janus Capital has an inherent conflict of interest because of its fiduciary duties to the affiliated money market funds or cash management pooled investment vehicles and the Investing Funds. In addition, Janus Capital receives an investment advisory fee for managing the cash management vehicle used for its securities lending program, but it may not receive a fee for managing certain other affiliated cash management vehicles, and therefore may have an incentive to allocate preferred investment opportunities to investment vehicles for which it is receiving a fee.
 
Each account managed by Janus Capital or the subadvisers has its own investment objective and policies and is managed accordingly by the respective portfolio managers and/or investment personnel. As a result, from time to time, two or more different managed accounts may pursue divergent investment strategies with respect to investments or categories of investments.
 
The officers and Trustees of the Funds may also serve as officers and Trustees of the underlying funds. Conflicts may arise as the officers and Trustees seek to fulfill their fiduciary responsibilities to both the Funds and the underlying funds. The Trustees intend to address any such conflicts as deemed appropriate.
 
Janus Ethics Rules
Janus Capital and Janus Distributors currently have in place Ethics Rules, which are comprised of the Personal Trading Code of Ethics, Gift Policy, Portfolio Holdings Disclosure Policy, and Outside Employment Policy. The Ethics Rules are designed to ensure Janus Capital and Janus Distributors personnel: (i) observe applicable legal (including compliance with applicable federal securities laws) and ethical standards in the performance of their duties; (ii) at all times place the interests of the Fund shareholders first; (iii) disclose all actual or potential conflicts; (iv) adhere to the highest standards of loyalty, candor, and care in all matters relating to the Fund shareholders; (v) conduct all personal trading, including transactions in the Funds and other securities, consistent with the Ethics Rules and in such a manner as to avoid any actual or potential conflict of interest or any abuse of their position of trust and responsibility; and (vi) do not use any material nonpublic information in securities trading. The Ethics Rules are on file with and available from the SEC through the SEC website at http://www.sec.gov.
 
Under the Personal Trading Code of Ethics (the “Code of Ethics”), all Janus Capital and Janus Distributors personnel, as well as the Trustees and Officers of the Funds, are required to conduct their personal investment activities in a manner that Janus Capital believes is not detrimental to the Funds. In addition, Janus Capital and Janus Distributors personnel are not permitted to transact in securities held by the Funds for their personal accounts except under circumstances specified in the Code of Ethics. All personnel of Janus Capital, Janus Distributors, and the Funds, as well as certain other designated employees deemed to have access to current trading information, are required to pre-clear all transactions in securities not otherwise exempt. Requests for trading authorization will be denied when, among other reasons, the proposed personal transaction would be contrary to the provisions of the Code of Ethics.

 
 
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In addition to the pre-clearance requirement described above, the Code of Ethics subjects such personnel to various trading restrictions and reporting obligations. All reportable transactions are reviewed for compliance with the Code of Ethics and under certain circumstances Janus Capital and Janus Distributors personnel may be required to forfeit profits made from personal trading.
 
PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
 
Each Fund’s Trustees have delegated to Janus Capital the authority to vote all proxies relating to such Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with Janus Capital’s own policies and procedures. A summary of Janus Capital’s policies and procedures is available without charge: (i) upon request, by calling 1-800-525-0020; (ii) on the Funds’ website at janus.com/proxyvoting; and (iii) on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
 
A complete copy of Janus Capital’s proxy voting policies and procedures, including specific guidelines, is available at janus.com/proxyvoting.
 
Each Fund’s proxy voting record for the one-year period ending each June 30th is available, free of charge, through janus.com/proxyvoting and from the SEC through the SEC website at http://www.sec.gov.
 
JANUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
PROXY VOTING SUMMARY FOR MUTUAL FUNDS
 
Janus Capital votes proxies in the best interest of its shareholders and without regard to any other Janus Capital relationship (business or otherwise). Janus Capital will not accept direction as to how to vote individual proxies for which it has voting responsibility from any other person or organization other than the research and information provided by its independent proxy voting service (“Proxy Voting Service”).
 
Proxy Voting Procedures
Janus Capital has developed proxy voting guidelines (the “Janus Guidelines”) that outline how Janus Capital generally votes proxies on securities held by the portfolios Janus Capital manages. The Janus Guidelines, which include recommendations on most major corporate issues, have been developed by the Janus Proxy Voting Committee (the “Proxy Voting Committee”) in consultation with Janus Capital’s portfolio managers. In creating proxy voting recommendations, the Proxy Voting Committee analyzes proxy proposals, from the Proxy Voting Service, from the prior year and evaluates whether those proposals would adversely or beneficially affect shareholders’ interests. Once the Proxy Voting Committee establishes its recommendations, they are distributed to Janus Capital’s portfolio managers for input. Following portfolio manager input on the recommendations, they are implemented as the Janus Guidelines. While the Proxy Voting Committee sets the Janus Guidelines and serves as a resource for Janus Capital’s portfolio managers, it does not have proxy voting authority for any proprietary or non-proprietary mutual fund. Janus Capital’s portfolio managers are responsible for proxy votes on securities they own in the portfolios they manage. The portfolio managers do not have the right to vote on securities while they are being lent; however, the portfolio managers may attempt to call back the loan and vote the proxy if time permits. Most portfolio managers vote consistently with the Janus Guidelines; however, a portfolio manager may choose to vote differently than the Janus Guidelines. Additionally, Janus Capital has engaged the Proxy Voting Service to assist in the voting of proxies. The Proxy Voting Service also provides research and recommendations on proxy issues.
 
The role of the Proxy Voting Committee is to work with Janus Capital’s portfolio management to develop the Janus Guidelines. The Proxy Voting Committee also serves as a resource to portfolio management with respect to proxy voting and oversees the proxy voting process. The Proxy Voting Committee’s oversight responsibilities include monitoring for, and resolving, material conflicts of interest with respect to proxy voting. Janus Capital believes that application of the Janus Guidelines to vote mutual fund proxies should, in most cases, adequately address any possible conflicts of interest since the Janus Guidelines are predetermined. However, for proxy votes that are inconsistent with the Janus Guidelines, the Proxy Voting Committee will review the proxy votes in order to determine whether a portfolio manager’s voting rationale appears reasonable. If the Proxy Voting Committee does not agree that a portfolio manager’s rationale is reasonable, the Proxy Voting Committee will refer the matter to Janus Capital’s Chief Investment Officer(s) (or Director of Research).
 
The Funds own shares in underlying funds. If an underlying fund has a shareholder meeting, the Funds normally would vote their shares in the underlying fund in the same proportion as the votes of the other shareholders of the underlying fund.

 
 
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Proxy Voting Policies
As discussed above, the Proxy Voting Committee has developed the Janus Guidelines for use in voting proxies. Below is a summary of some of the Janus Guidelines.
 
Board of Directors Issues
Janus Capital will generally vote in favor of slates of director candidates that are comprised of a majority of independent directors. Janus Capital will generally vote in favor of proposals to increase the minimum number of independent directors. Janus Capital will generally oppose non-independent directors who serve on the audit, compensation, and/or nominating committees of the board.
 
Auditor Issues
Janus Capital will generally oppose proposals asking for approval of auditors that have a financial interest in or association with the company and are therefore not independent.
 
Executive Compensation Issues
Janus Capital reviews executive compensation plans on a case-by-case basis using research provided by the Proxy Voting Service. The research is designed to estimate the total cost of a proposed plan. If the proposed cost is above an allowable cap, Janus Capital will generally oppose the proposed equity-based compensation plan. In addition, Janus Capital will generally oppose proposals regarding the re-pricing of underwater options (stock options in which the price the employee is contracted to buy shares is higher than the current market price) and the issuance of reload options (stock options that are automatically granted if outstanding stock options are exercised during a window period).
 
General Corporate Issues
Janus Capital will generally oppose proposals regarding supermajority voting rights (for example, to approve acquisitions or mergers). Janus Capital will generally oppose proposals for different classes of stock with different voting rights. Janus Capital will generally oppose proposals seeking to implement measures designed to prevent or obstruct corporate takeovers, unless such measures are designed primarily as a short-term means to protect a tax benefit. Janus Capital will review proposals relating to mergers, acquisitions, tender offers, and other similar actions on a case-by-case basis.
 
Shareholder Proposals
If a shareholder proposal is specifically addressed by the Janus Guidelines, Janus Capital will generally vote pursuant to that Janus Guideline. Janus Capital will generally abstain from voting shareholder proposals that are social, moral, or ethical in nature or place arbitrary constraints on the board or management of a company. Janus Capital will solicit additional research from its Proxy Voting Service for proposals outside the scope of the Janus Guidelines.

 
 
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Custodian, transfer agent, and certain affiliations

 
State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street”), P.O. Box 0351, Boston, Massachusetts 02117-0351 is the custodian of the domestic securities and cash of the Funds, the underlying funds, and an affiliated cash management pooled investment vehicle. State Street is the designated Foreign Custody Manager (as the term is defined in Rule 17f-5 under the 1940 Act) of the Funds’ securities and cash held outside the United States. The Funds’ Trustees have delegated to State Street certain responsibilities for such assets, as permitted by Rule 17f-5. State Street and the foreign subcustodians selected by it hold the Funds’ assets in safekeeping and collect and remit the income thereon, subject to the instructions of each Fund.
 
Janus Services LLC (“Janus Services”), P.O. Box 173375, Denver, Colorado 80217-3375, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Janus Capital, is the Funds’ and the underlying funds’ transfer agent. In addition, Janus Services provides or arranges for the provision of certain other administrative services including, but not limited to, recordkeeping, accounting, order processing, and other shareholder services for the Funds.
 
Certain, but not all, intermediaries may charge administrative fees to investors in Class A Shares, Class C Shares, and Class I Shares for administrative services provided on behalf of such investors. These administrative fees are paid by the Class A Shares, Class C Shares, and Class I Shares of the Funds to Janus Services, which uses such fees to reimburse intermediaries. Consistent with the Transfer Agency Agreement between Janus Services and the Funds, Janus Services may negotiate the level, structure, and/or terms of the administrative fees with intermediaries requiring such fees on behalf of the Funds. Janus Capital and its affiliates benefit from an increase in assets that may result from such relationships.
 
Class D Shares of the Funds pay an annual administrative fee of 0.12% of net assets. These administrative fees are paid by the Shares of each Fund for shareholder services provided by Janus Services.
 
Janus Services receives an administrative services fee at an annual rate of up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of Class S Shares and Class T Shares of the Funds for providing or procuring administrative services to investors in Class S Shares and Class T Shares of the Funds. Janus Services expects to use all or a significant portion of this fee to compensate retirement plan service providers, broker-dealers, bank trust departments, financial advisors, and other financial intermediaries for providing these services. Services provided by these financial intermediaries may include, but are not limited to, recordkeeping, subaccounting, order processing, providing periodic statements, forwarding prospectuses, shareholder reports, and other materials to existing customers, and other administrative services. Order processing includes the submission of transactions through the National Securities Clearing Corporation (“NSCC”) or similar systems, or those processed on a manual basis with Janus. Janus Services or its affiliates may also pay fees for services provided by intermediaries to the extent the fees charged by intermediaries exceed the 0.25% of net assets charged to the Funds.
 
For the fiscal periods noted, the total amounts paid by Class D Shares, Class S Shares, and Class T Shares of the Funds to Janus Services for administrative services are summarized below. For Class S Shares and Class T Shares, Janus Services pays out all or substantially all of the amount reflected as compensation to broker-dealers and service providers. Each Fund has changed its fiscal year end to June 30.
 
                                 
    Administrative Fees
  Administrative Fees
  Administrative Fees
  Administrative Fees
Fund Name   June 30, 2010   October 31, 2009   October 31, 2008   October 31, 2007
Janus Conservative Allocation Fund
                               
Class D Shares
  $ 57,471(1 )     N/A       N/A       N/A  
Class S Shares
  $ 208(2 )   $ 102 (3)     N/A       N/A  
Class T Shares
  $ 56,175(4 )   $ 123,843 (5)   $ 54,622 (5)   $ 50,575 (5)
                                 
Janus Moderate Allocation Fund
                               
Class D Shares
  $ 81,279(1 )     N/A       N/A       N/A  
Class S Shares
  $ 43(2 )   $ 1 (3)     N/A       N/A  
Class T Shares
  $ 75,229(4 )   $ 178,281 (5)   $ 85,754 (5)   $ 105,399 (5)
                                 
Janus Growth Allocation Fund
                               
Class D Shares
  $ 87,964(1 )     N/A       N/A       N/A  
Class S Shares
  $ 32(2 )   $ 1 (3)     N/A       N/A  
Class T Shares
  $ 87,914(4 )   $ 236,833 (5)   $ 125,463 (5)   $ 170,944 (5)
                                 
 
(1)  For the fiscal period February 16, 2010 (commencement of Class D Shares) to June 30, 2010 (the Fund’s new fiscal year end).
(2)  For the fiscal period November 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010 (the Fund’s new fiscal year end).
(3)  For the fiscal period July 6, 2009 (commencement of Class S Shares) to October 31, 2009 (the Fund’s previous fiscal year end).
(4)  For the fiscal period November 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010 (the Fund’s new fiscal year end); the amount shown includes the blended annual rate, which was in effect prior to the restructuring of Class J Shares, the Fund’s initial share class, on February 16, 2010.
(5)  Amounts reflect the blended annual rates, as well as a $4 per open account fee, in effect during the fiscal year ended October 31 (the Fund’s previous fiscal year end).
 
 
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Janus Services is not compensated for its services related to Class A Shares, Class C Shares, and Class I Shares, except for out-of-pocket expenses. Included in out-of-pocket expenses are the fees charged by certain intermediaries for administrative services including, but not limited to, recordkeeping, subaccounting, order processing for omnibus or networking accounts, or other shareholder services provided by intermediaries on behalf of the shareholders of the Funds. Order processing includes the submission of transactions through the NSCC or similar systems or those processed on a manual basis by Janus Services.
 
Through Janus Services, the Funds pay DST Systems, Inc. (“DST”) fees for the use of DST’s shareholder accounting system, as well as for certain broker-controlled accounts and closed accounts. These fees are in addition to any transfer agency fees paid to Janus Services. The Funds also use and pay for DST systems to track and process redemption fees and contingent deferred sales charges. These fees are only charged to classes of the Funds with redemption fees or contingent deferred sales charges, as applicable.
 
Janus Distributors, 151 Detroit Street, Denver, Colorado 80206-4805, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Janus Capital, is the principal underwriter for the Funds and the underlying funds. Janus Distributors is registered as a broker-dealer under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. Janus Distributors acts as the agent of the Funds in connection with the sale of their Shares in all states in which such Shares are registered and in which Janus Distributors is qualified as a broker-dealer. Under the Distribution Agreement, Janus Distributors continuously offers each Fund’s Shares and accepts orders at NAV per share of the relevant class. The cash-compensation rate at which Janus Distributors’ registered representatives are paid for sales of institutional products may differ based on a type of fund or a specific trust. The receipt of (or prospect of receiving) compensation described above may provide an incentive for a registered representative to favor sales of funds, or certain share classes of a fund, for which they receive a higher compensation rate. You should consider these arrangements when evaluating any recommendations of your registered representative.

 
 
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Portfolio transactions and brokerage

 
The Funds will purchase and sell the principal portion of their Fund securities (i.e., shares of the underlying funds) by dealing directly with the issuer of the underlying funds. As such, the Funds are not expected to incur brokerage commissions.
 
Except for the underlying subadvised funds, Janus Capital places all portfolio transactions of the underlying funds and has a policy of seeking to obtain the “best execution” of all portfolio transactions (the best net prices under the circumstances based upon a number of factors including and subject to the factors discussed in the underlying funds’ statements of additional information) provided that Janus Capital may occasionally pay higher commissions for research services. For more information regarding the brokerage commissions paid by the underlying funds, please refer to the underlying funds’ Prospectuses and statements of additional information.
 
 
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Trustees and officers

 
The following are the Trustees and officers of the Trust, together with a brief description of their principal occupations during the last five years (principal occupations for certain Trustees may include periods over five years).
 
Each Trustee has served in that capacity since he or she was originally elected or appointed. The Trustees do not serve a specified term of office. Each Trustee will hold office until the termination of the Trust or his or her earlier death, resignation, retirement, incapacity, or removal. Pursuant to the Funds’ Governance Procedures and Guidelines, Trustees are required to retire no later than the end of the calendar year in which the Trustee turns 72. The Trustees review the Funds’ Governance Procedures and Guidelines from time to time and may make changes they deem appropriate. The Funds’ Nominating and Governance Committee will consider nominees for the position of Trustee recommended by shareholders. Shareholders may submit the name of a candidate for consideration by the Committee by submitting their recommendations to the Trust’s Secretary. Each Trustee is currently a Trustee of one other registered investment company advised by Janus Capital: Janus Aspen Series. As of the date of this SAI, collectively, the two registered investment companies consist of 48 series or funds.
 
The Trust’s officers are elected annually by the Trustees for a one-year term. Certain officers also serve as officers of Janus Aspen Series. Certain officers of the Funds may also be officers and/or directors of Janus Capital. Fund officers receive no compensation from the Funds, except for the Funds’ Chief Compliance Officer, as authorized by the Trustees.
 
                               
                               
TRUSTEES
                               



Name, Address,
and Age
    Positions
Held with
the Trust
    Length of
Time Served
    Principal Occupations During the Past Five Years     Number of
Portfolios/Funds
in Fund Complex
Overseen by Trustee
    Other Directorships Held by Trustee During the Past
Five Years
                               
Independent Trustees
                               
William F. McCalpin
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1957
    Chairman

Trustee
    1/08-Present

6/02-Present
    Managing Director, Holos Consulting LLC (provides consulting services to foundations and other nonprofit organizations). Formerly, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of The Rockefeller Brothers Fund (a private family foundation) (1998-2006).     48     Chairman of the Board and Director of The Investment Fund for Foundations Investment Program (TIP) (consisting of 4 funds); and Director of the F.B. Heron Foundation (a private grantmaking foundation).
                               
Jerome S. Contro
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1956
    Trustee     11/05-Present     General partner of Crosslink Capital, a private investment firm (since 2008). Formerly, partner of Tango Group, a private investment firm (1999-2008).     48     Formerly, Director of Envysion, Inc. (internet technology), Lijit Networks, Inc. (internet technology), LogRhythm Inc. (software solutions), IZZE Beverages, Ancestry.com, Inc. (genealogical research website), and Trustee and Chairman of RS Investment Trust.
                               
John W. McCarter, Jr.
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1938
    Trustee     6/02-Present     President, Trustee Emeritus, and Chief Executive Officer of The Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago, IL)
(since 1996).
    48     Chairman of the Board and Director of Divergence Inc. (biotechnology firm); Director of W.W. Grainger, Inc. (industrial distributor); Trustee of WTTW (Chicago public television station) and the University of Chicago; Regent, Smithsonian Institution; and Member of the Board of Governors for Argonne National Laboratory.
                               
John P. McGonigle
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1955
    Trustee     6/10-Present     Formerly, Vice President, Senior Vice President, and Executive Vice President of Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (1989-2006).     48     Trustee of PayPal Funds (since 2008). Formerly, Director of Charles Schwab International Holdings (a brokerage service division for joint ventures outside the U.S.) (1999-2006).
                               
 
 
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TRUSTEES
                               



Name, Address,
and Age
    Positions
Held with
the Trust
    Length of
Time Served
    Principal Occupations During the Past Five Years     Number of
Portfolios/Funds
in Fund Complex
Overseen by Trustee
    Other Directorships Held by Trustee During the Past
Five Years
                               
Independent Trustees (cont’d.)
                               
Dennis B. Mullen
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1943
    Trustee     2/71-Present     Formerly, Chief Executive Officer of Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. (2005-2010). Formerly, private investor.     48*     Director of Janus Capital Funds Plc (Dublin-based, non-U.S. funds). Formerly, Chairman of the Board (2005-2010) and Director (2002-2010) of Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. (RRGB).
                               
James T. Rothe
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1943
    Trustee     1/97-Present     Co-founder and Managing Director of Roaring Fork Capital SBIC, LP (SBA SBIC fund focusing on private investment in public equity firms), and Professor Emeritus of Business of the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO (since 2004). Formerly, Professor of Business of the University of Colorado (2002-2004); and Distinguished Visiting Professor of Business (2001-2002) of Thunderbird (American Graduate School of International Management), Glendale, AZ.     48     Director of Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. (RRGB).
                               
William D. Stewart
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1944
    Trustee     6/84-Present     Corporate Vice President and General Manager of MKS Instruments – HPS Products, Boulder, CO (a manufacturer of vacuum fittings and valves) and PMFC Division, Andover, MA (manufacturing pressure measurement and flow products).     48     None
                               
Martin H. Waldinger
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1938
    Trustee     8/69-Present     Private investor and Consultant to California Planned Unit Developments (since 1994). Formerly, CEO and President of Marwal, Inc. (homeowner association management company).     48     None
                               
Linda S. Wolf
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1947
    Trustee     11/05-Present     Retired. Formerly, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Leo Burnett (Worldwide) (advertising agency) (2001-2005).     48     Director of Wal-Mart, The Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago, IL), Children’s Memorial Hospital (Chicago, IL), Chicago Council on Global Affairs, and InnerWorkings (U.S. provider of print procurement solutions to corporate clients).
                               
 *  Mr. Mullen also serves as director of Janus Capital Funds Plc, an offshore product, consisting of 19 funds. Including Janus Capital Funds Plc and the 48 funds comprising the Janus funds, Mr. Mullen oversees 67 funds.

 
 
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OFFICERS
                   


Name, Address,
and Age
    Positions Held with the Trust     Term of
Office* and
Length of
Time Served
    Principal Occupations During the Past Five Years
                   
Daniel Scherman
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1961
    Executive Vice President and Portfolio Manager
Janus Conservative Allocation Fund,
Janus Moderate Allocation Fund,
Janus Growth Allocation Fund
    12/05-Present     Senior Vice President and Chief Risk Officer of Janus Capital and Portfolio Manager for other Janus accounts. Formerly, Vice President and Director of Risk and Trading for Janus Capital (2006), and Senior Quantitative Analyst and Portfolio Manager (2001-2005) for MFS Investment Management.
                   
Robin C. Beery
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1967
    President and Chief Executive Officer     4/08-Present     Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer, and Head of Intermediary Distribution, Global Marketing and Product of Janus Capital Group Inc. and Janus Capital; Executive Vice President, and Head of Intermediary Distribution, Global Marketing and Product of Janus Distributors LLC and Janus Services LLC; Director of Perkins Investment Management LLC; and Working Director of INTECH Investment Management LLC. Formerly, President (2002-2007) and Director (2000-2007) of The Janus Foundation; President (2004-2006) of Janus Services LLC; and Senior Vice President (2003-2005) of Janus Capital Group Inc. and Janus Capital.
                   
Stephanie Grauerholz-Lofton
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1970
    Chief Legal Counsel and Secretary

Vice President
    1/06-Present

3/06-Present
    Vice President and Assistant General Counsel of Janus Capital, and Vice President and Assistant Secretary of Janus Distributors LLC. Formerly, Assistant Vice President of Janus Capital and Janus Distributors LLC (2006).
                   
David R. Kowalski
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1957
    Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer, and
Anti-Money Laundering Officer
    6/02-Present     Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of Janus Capital, Janus Distributors LLC, and Janus Services LLC; and Vice President of INTECH Investment Management LLC and Perkins Investment Management LLC. Formerly, Chief Compliance Officer of Bay Isle Financial LLC (2003-2008) and INTECH Investment Management LLC (2003-2005); and Vice President of Janus Capital (2000-2005) and Janus Services LLC (2004-2005).
                   
Jesper Nergaard
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1962
    Chief Financial Officer

Vice President, Treasurer, and Principal Accounting Officer
    3/05-Present

2/05-Present
    Vice President of Janus Capital. Formerly, Director of Financial Reporting for OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (2004-2005).
                   
Officers are elected at least annually by the Trustees for a one-year term and may also be elected from time to time by the Trustees for an interim period.
 
As discussed below, the Board’s Nominating and Governance Committee is responsible for identifying and recommending candidates for nomination or election by the Board based on a variety of diverse criteria. In its most recent evaluation of the qualifications of each Trustee prior to the Trustee’s election in 2010, the Committee and the Board considered the totality of the information available to them, including the specific experience, qualifications, attributes or skills, as noted below, and concluded that each of the Trustees should serve as members of the Board of Trustees based on the Trust’s business structure. In reaching these conclusions, the Committee and the Board, in the exercise of their reasonable business judgment, evaluated each Trustee based on their specific experience, qualifications, attributes and/or skills on an individual basis and in combination with the other Trustees, none of which by itself was considered dispositive.

 
 
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Jerome S. Contro: General Partner in private investment firms, service on multiple corporate boards, and a Fund Independent Trustee since 2005.
 
William F. McCalpin: Service as Chief Operating Officer of a large private family foundation, Chairman and Director of an unaffiliated fund complex, and a Fund Independent Trustee since 2002 and Independent Chairman of the Board of Trustees since 2008.
 
John W. McCarter, Jr.: President and CEO of large non-profit organization, service on multiple corporate and non-profit boards, and a Fund Independent Trustee since 2002.
 
John P. McGonigle: Service in multiple capacities with a leading financial services firm, including as Head of Mutual Funds and Asset Management, as an independent trustee of a money market fund, and a Fund Independent Trustee since 2010.
 
Dennis B. Mullen: Chairman of the Board and CEO of NASDAQ-listed company, director of off-shore fund complex, and a Fund Independent Trustee since 1971 and Independent Chairman of the Board of Trustees from 2004 to 2007.
 
James T. Rothe: Co-founder and Managing Director of a private investment firm, former business school professor, service as a corporate director, and a Fund Independent Trustee since 1997.
 
William D. Stewart: Corporate vice-president of a NASDAQ-listed industrial manufacturer, and a Fund Independent Trustee since 1984.
 
Martin H. Waldinger: Service as CEO of a homeowner association management company, and a Fund Independent Trustee since 1969.
 
Linda S. Wolf: Service as Chairman and CEO of a global advertising firm, service on multiple corporate and non-profit boards, and a Fund Independent Trustee since 2005.
 
General Information Regarding the Board of Trustees and Leadership Structure
The Trust is governed by the Board of Trustees, which is responsible for and oversees the management and operations of the Trust and each of the Janus funds on behalf of fund shareholders. Each member of the Board is an Independent Trustee, including the Board’s Chairman. The Board’s responsibilities include, but are not limited to, oversight of the Janus funds’ officers and service providers, including Janus Capital, which is responsible for the Trust’s day-to-day operations. The Trustees approve all of the agreements entered into with the Janus funds’ service providers, including the investment management agreements with Janus Capital and any applicable subadviser. The Trustees are also responsible for determining or changing each Janus fund’s investment objective, policies, and available investment techniques, as well as for overseeing the fund’s Chief Compliance Officer. In carrying out these responsibilities, the Trustees are assisted by the Trust’s independent auditor (who reports directly to the Trust’s Audit Committee), independent counsel, an independent fee consultant, and other specialists as appropriate, all of whom are selected by the Trustees. The Trustees also meet regularly without representatives of Janus Capital or its affiliates present.
 
The Trustees discharge their responsibilities collectively as a Board, as well as through Board committees, each of which operates pursuant to a Board-approved charter that delineates the specific responsibilities of that committee. For example, the Board as a whole is responsible for oversight of the annual process by which the Board considers and approves each fund’s investment advisory agreement with Janus Capital, but specific matters related to oversight of the Janus funds’ independent auditors have been delegated by the Board to its Audit Committee, subject to approval of the Audit Committee’s recommendations by the Board. The members and responsibilities of each Board committee are summarized below. In addition to serving on certain committees, the Chairman of the Board (“Board Chairman”) is responsible for presiding at all meetings of the Board, and has other duties as may be assigned by the Trustees from time to time. The Board Chairman also serves as the Board’s liaison to Janus Capital with respect to all matters related to the Janus funds that are not otherwise delegated to the chair of a Board committee. The Board has determined that this leadership structure is appropriate based on (1) the number of Janus funds overseen and the various investment objectives of those funds; (2) the manner in which the Janus funds’ shares are marketed and distributed; and (3) the responsibilities entrusted to Janus Capital and its affiliates to oversee the Trust’s day-to-day operations, including the management of each Janus fund’s holdings and the distribution of fund shares. On an annual basis, the Board conducts a self-evaluation that considers, among other matters, whether the Board and its committees are functioning effectively and whether, given the size and composition of the Board and each of its committees, the Trustees are able to oversee effectively the number of Janus funds in the complex.

 
 
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Committees of the Board
The Board of Trustees has seven standing committees that each perform specialized functions: an Audit Committee, Brokerage Committee, Investment Oversight Committee, Legal and Regulatory Committee, Money Market Committee, Nominating and Governance Committee, and Pricing Committee. Each committee is comprised entirely of Independent Trustees. Information about each committee’s functions is provided in the following table:
 
                   
                  Number of Meetings
            Members(1)
    Held During Last
      Summary of Functions     (Independent Trustees)     Fiscal Period(2)
Audit Committee     Reviews the financial reporting process, the system of internal controls over financial reporting, disclosure controls and procedures, Form N-CSR filings, and the audit process. The Committee’s review of the audit process includes, among other things, the appointment, compensation, and oversight of the Trust’s independent auditor and pre-approval of all audit and nonaudit services.     Jerome S. Contro (Chair)
John W. McCarter, Jr.
Dennis B. Mullen
    4
                   
Brokerage Committee     Reviews and makes recommendations regarding matters related to the Trust’s use of brokerage commissions and placement of portfolio transactions.     James T. Rothe (Chair)
Jerome S. Contro
Martin H. Waldinger
    3
                   
Investment Oversight Committee     Oversees the investment activities of the Trust’s non-money market funds.     Dennis B. Mullen (Chair)
Jerome S. Contro
William F. McCalpin
John W. McCarter, Jr.
James T. Rothe
William D. Stewart
Martin H. Waldinger
Linda S. Wolf
    4
                   
Legal and Regulatory Committee     Oversees compliance with various procedures adopted by the Trust, reviews certain regulatory filings made with the SEC, oversees the implementation and administration of the Trust’s Proxy Voting Guidelines.     Linda S. Wolf (Chair)
William F. McCalpin
William D. Stewart
    9
                   
Money Market Committee     Reviews various matters related to the operations of the Janus money market funds, including compliance with their Money Market Fund Procedures.     Jerome S. Contro (Chair)
James T. Rothe
Martin H. Waldinger
    4
                   
Nominating and
Governance Committee
    Identifies and recommends individuals for election as Trustee, consults with Management in planning Trustee meetings, and oversees the administration of, and ensures compliance with, the Trust’s Governance Procedures and Guidelines, which includes review of and proposed changes to Trustee compensation.     John W. McCarter, Jr. (Chair)
William F. McCalpin
Dennis B. Mullen
    6
                   
Pricing Committee     Determines a fair value of restricted and other securities for which market quotations are not readily available or are deemed not to be reliable, pursuant to procedures adopted by the Trustees and reviews other matters related to the pricing of securities.     William D. Stewart (Chair)
James T. Rothe
Linda S. Wolf
    6
                   
(1)  Effective June 24, 2010, the composition of certain Committees changed as follows: members of the Brokerage Committee include James T. Rothe as Chair, John P. McGonigle, William D. Stewart, and Martin H. Waldinger; members of the Investment Oversight Committee include William F. McCalpin as Chair, Jerome S. Contro, John W. McCarter, Jr., John P. McGonigle, Dennis B. Mullen, James T. Rothe, William D. Stewart, Martin H. Waldinger, and Linda S. Wolf; members of the Legal and Regulatory Committee include Linda S. Wolf as Chair, William F. McCalpin, and John P. McGonigle; members of the Money Market Committee include John P. McGonigle as Chair, Jerome S. Contro, William D. Stewart, and Martin H. Waldinger; and members of the Nominating and Governance Committee include Dennis B. Mullen as Chair, William F. McCalpin, and James T. Rothe.
(2)  For the fiscal period November 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010.

 
 
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Board Oversight of Risk Management
Janus Capital, as part of its responsibilities for the day-to-day operations of the Janus funds, is responsible for day-to-day risk management for the funds. The Board, as part of its overall oversight responsibilities for the funds’ operations, oversees Janus Capital’s risk management efforts with respect to the funds. The Board, in the exercise of its reasonable business judgment, also separately considers potential risks that may impact the Janus funds. The Board discharges its oversight duties and considers potential risks in a number of different ways, including, but not limited to, receiving reports on a regular basis, either directly or through an appropriate committee, from Janus Capital and its officers. Reports received include those from, among others, Janus Capital’s (1) senior managers responsible for oversight of global risk; (2) senior managers responsible for oversight of fund construction and trading risk; (3) Chief Compliance Officer; and (4) Director of Internal Audit. At the time these reports are presented, the Board or the committee receiving the report will, as it deems necessary, invite the presenter to participate in an executive session to discuss matters outside the presence of any other officers or representatives of Janus Capital or its affiliates. The Board also receives reports from other entities and individuals unaffiliated with Janus Capital, including reports from the Janus funds’ other service providers and from independent consultants hired by the Board.
 
Various Board committees also will consider particular risk items as the committee addresses items and issues specific to the jurisdiction of that committee. For example, the Pricing Committee will consider valuation risk as part of its regular oversight responsibilities, and similarly, the Brokerage Committee will consider counterparty risk associated with Janus fund transactions. The Board also may be apprised of particular risk management matters in connection with its general oversight and approval of various Janus fund matters brought before the Board. The Board has appointed a Chief Compliance Officer for the Janus funds (“Fund CCO”) who (1) reports directly to the Board and (2) provides a comprehensive written report annually and presents quarterly at the Board’s regular meetings. The Fund CCO, who also serves as Janus Capital’s Chief Compliance Officer, discusses relevant risk issues that may impact the Janus funds and/or Janus Capital’s services to the funds, and routinely meets with the Board in private without representatives of Janus Capital or its affiliates present. The Fund CCO also provides the Board with updates on the application of the Janus funds’ compliance policies and procedures, including how these procedures are designed to mitigate risk and what, if any, changes have been made to enhance the procedures. The Fund CCO may also report to the Board on an ad hoc basis in the event that he identifies issues associated with the Janus funds’ compliance policies and procedures that could expose the funds to additional risk or adversely impact the ability of Janus Capital to provide services to the funds.
 
The Board believes that its leadership structure permits it to effectively discharge its oversight responsibilities with respect to the Janus funds’ risk management process.
 
Additional Information About Trustees
Under the Trust’s Governance Procedures and Guidelines, the Trustees are expected to invest in one or more (but not necessarily all) funds advised by Janus Capital for which they serve as Trustee, to the extent they are directly eligible to do so. These investments may include amounts held under a deferred compensation plan that are valued based on “shadow investments” in such funds. Such investments, including the amount and which funds, are dictated by each Trustee’s individual financial circumstances and investment goals. The table below gives the dollar range of shares of the Funds that the Trustees own and which are described in this SAI, as well as the aggregate dollar range of shares of all mutual funds advised by Janus Capital and overseen by the Trustees (collectively, the “Janus Funds”), owned by each Trustee as of December 31, 2009.
 

 
 
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Name of Trustee
    Dollar Range of Equity Securities in the Funds     Aggregate Dollar Range of Equity Securities in All Registered Investment Companies Overseen by Trustee in Janus Funds
                 
Independent Trustees
                 
William F. McCalpin
    Janus Growth Allocation Fund   $10,001-$50,000     Over $100,000   
                 
Jerome S. Contro
    Janus Conservative Allocation Fund   Over $100,000     Over $100,000(1)
                 
John W. McCarter, Jr.
    None         Over $100,000   
                 
John P. McGonigle(2)
    None         Over $100,000   
                 
Dennis B. Mullen
    None         Over $100,000(1)
                 
James T. Rothe
    Janus Conservative Allocation Fund   $50,001-$100,000     Over $100,000   
                 
William D. Stewart
    Janus Growth Allocation Fund   $1-$10,000     Over $100,000   
      Janus Moderate Allocation Fund   $10,001-$50,000      
                 
Martin H. Waldinger
    None         Over $100,000(1)
                 
Linda S. Wolf
    None         Over $100,000(1)
                 
(1)  Ownership shown includes amounts held under a deferred compensation plan that are valued based on “shadow investments” in one or more funds.
(2)  At a Special Meeting of Shareholders on June 10, 2010, John P. McGonigle was elected as a new Trustee.
 
The Trust pays each Independent Trustee an annual retainer plus a fee for each regular in-person meeting of the Trustees attended, a fee for in-person meetings of committees attended if convened on a date other than that of a regularly scheduled meeting, and a fee for telephone meetings of the Trustees and committees. In addition, committee chairs and the Chairman of the Board of Trustees receive an additional supplemental retainer. Each current Independent Trustee also receives fees from other Janus funds for serving as Trustee of those funds. Janus Capital pays persons who are directors, officers, or employees of Janus Capital or any affiliate thereof, or any Trustee considered an “interested” Trustee, for their services as Trustees or officers. The Trust and other funds managed by Janus Capital may pay all or a portion of the compensation and related expenses of the Funds’ Chief Compliance Officer and compliance staff, as authorized from time to time by the Trustees.

 
 
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The following table shows the aggregate compensation paid to each Independent Trustee by the Funds described in this SAI and all Janus Funds for the periods indicated. None of the Trustees receives any pension or retirement benefits from the Funds or the Janus Funds. Effective January 1, 2006, the Trustees established a deferred compensation plan under which the Trustees may elect to defer receipt of all, or a portion, of the compensation they earn for their services to the Funds, in lieu of receiving current payments of such compensation. Any deferred amount is treated as though an equivalent dollar amount has been invested in shares of one or more funds advised by Janus Capital (“shadow investments”).
 
                 
    Aggregate
  Total
    Compensation from
  Compensation from
    the Funds for
  the Janus Funds for
    fiscal period ended
  calendar year ended
Name of Person, Position   June 30, 2010   December 31, 2009(1)(2)
Independent Trustees
               
                 
William F. McCalpin, Chairman and Trustee(3)
  $ 2,004     $ 376,000  
                 
Jerome S. Contro, Trustee(4)
  $ 1,392     $ 305,500  
                 
John W. McCarter, Jr., Trustee(4)
  $ 1,597     $ 300,750  
                 
John P. McGonigle, Trustee(5)
  $ 200       N/A  
                 
Dennis B. Mullen, Trustee(4)
  $ 1,479     $ 328,661  
                 
James T. Rothe, Trustee(4)
  $ 1,590     $ 312,750  
                 
William D. Stewart, Trustee(4)
  $ 1,538     $ 296,750  
                 
Martin H. Waldinger, Trustee
  $ 1,340     $ 267,000  
                 
Linda S. Wolf, Trustee(4)
  $ 1,418     $ 273,750  
                 
(1)  For all Trustees (with the exception of John P. McGonigle), includes compensation for service on the boards of three Janus trusts (the Trust, Janus Adviser Series, and Janus Aspen Series), for the period January 1, 2009 to July 2, 2009, comprised of 68 portfolios, and for two trusts (the Trust and Janus Aspen Series) from July 2, 2009 to December 31, 2009, comprised of 52 portfolios. In addition, Mr. Mullen’s compensation includes service on the board of an additional trust, Janus Capital Funds Plc (an offshore product), comprised of 17 portfolios.
(2)  Total compensation received from the Janus Funds includes any amounts deferred under the deferred compensation plan. The deferred compensation amounts for the period shown are as follows: Jerome S. Contro $123,750; Martin H. Waldinger $54,375; and Linda S. Wolf $59,938.
(3)  Aggregate Compensation received from the Funds and Total Compensation received from all Janus Funds includes additional compensation paid for service as Independent Chairman of the Board of Trustees.
(4)  Aggregate Compensation received from the Funds and Total Compensation received from all Janus Funds includes additional compensation paid for service as chair of one or more committees of the Board of Trustees.
(5)  At a Special Meeting of Shareholders on June 10, 2010, John P. McGonigle was elected as a new Trustee. Prior to such election, Mr. McGonigle was a consultant to the Trustees and was paid by the Trust in this capacity. As of the fiscal period ended June 30, 2010, Mr. McGonigle received aggregate compensation of $412 from the Funds for serving as a consultant to the Trustees. Mr. McGonigle did not receive any compensation from the Janus Funds as of the calendar year ended December 31, 2009.
 
JANUS INVESTMENT PERSONNEL
 
Other Accounts Managed
The following table provides information relating to other accounts managed by the portfolio manager as of June 30, 2010. No accounts included in the totals listed below have a performance-based advisory fee.
 
                             
        Other Registered
  Other Pooled
   
        Investment
  Investment
   
        Companies   Vehicles   Other Accounts
Daniel Scherman
  Number of Other Accounts Managed                None              None                 None  
    Assets in Other Accounts Managed     None       None       None  
 
Material Conflicts
As shown in the table above, the Funds’ portfolio manager may manage other accounts with investment strategies similar to the Funds. Those other accounts may include other Janus funds, private-label mutual funds for which Janus Capital serves as subadviser, and separately managed accounts or other unregistered products. Fees earned by Janus Capital may vary among these accounts, and the portfolio manager may personally invest in some but not all of these accounts. These factors could create conflicts of interest because the portfolio manager may have incentives to favor certain accounts over others, resulting in the potential for other accounts outperforming the Fund. A conflict may also exist if the portfolio manager identifies a limited investment opportunity that may be appropriate for more than one account, but a Fund is not able to take full advantage of that opportunity due to the need to allocate that opportunity among multiple accounts. In addition, the portfolio manager may execute transactions for another account that may adversely impact the value of securities held by a

 
 
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Fund. However, Janus Capital believes that these conflicts may be mitigated to a certain extent by the fact that accounts with like investment strategies managed by a particular portfolio manager are generally managed in a similar fashion, subject to a variety of exceptions, for example, to account for particular investment restrictions or policies applicable only to certain accounts, certain portfolio holdings that may be transferred in-kind when an account is opened, differences in cash flows and account sizes, and similar factors. In addition, Janus Capital has adopted trade allocation procedures that govern allocation of securities among various Janus accounts. Trade allocation and personal trading are described in further detail under “Additional Information About Janus Capital.”
 
Because Janus Capital is the adviser to the Funds and the underlying funds, it is subject to certain potential conflicts of interest when allocating the assets of the Funds among such underlying funds. In addition, the Funds’ portfolio manager, who also serves as Senior Vice President and Chief Risk Officer of Janus Capital, has regular and continuous access to information regarding the holdings of the underlying funds, as well as knowledge of, and potential impact on, investment strategies and techniques of the underlying funds. Janus Capital believes these potential conflicts may be mitigated through its compliance monitoring, including that of asset allocations by the portfolio manager. In addition, Janus Capital has retained an independent consultant to provide research and consulting services with respect to asset allocation and investments for the Funds.
 
Compensation Information
The following describes the structure and method of calculating the portfolio manager’s compensation as of June 30, 2010.
 
The portfolio manager is compensated for his role at Janus Capital as Senior Vice President and Chief Risk Officer, and for his management of the Funds and any other funds, portfolios, or accounts managed by the portfolio manager (collectively, the “Managed Funds”) through two components: fixed compensation and variable compensation.
 
Fixed Compensation: Fixed compensation is paid in cash and is comprised of an annual base salary. Fixed compensation is based on the portfolio manager’s experience and is designed to be industry competitive.
 
Variable Compensation: Variable compensation is paid in the form of cash and long-term incentive awards (consisting of Janus Capital Group Inc. (“JCGI”) restricted stock and stock options). The funding of the portfolio manager’s variable compensation is based on JCGI meeting performance goals and strategic objectives, with actual variable compensation based on individual performance as determined by Janus Capital management. The JCGI goals and objectives that determine the variable compensation funding level include operating margin, asset flows in Janus funds, product line and distribution expansion, brand reinforcement and human capital initiatives. Although certain of the factors are quantitative in nature, the overall assessment of the JCGI goals and objectives is at the discretion of JCGI’s Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors.
 
The portfolio manager may elect to defer payment of a designated percentage of his fixed compensation and/or up to all of his variable compensation in accordance with JCGI’s Executive Income Deferral Program.
 
OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
 
As of June 30, 2010, the portfolio manager of the Funds beneficially owned securities of the Fund(s) in the dollar range shown in the following table. The last column of the table also reflects the portfolio manager’s aggregate beneficial ownership of all mutual funds advised by Janus Capital within the Janus family of funds (collectively, the “Janus Funds”).
 
                 
                 
Investment Personnel
    Dollar Range of Equity
Securities in the Fund(s) Managed
    Aggregate Dollar Range of Equity
Securities in Janus Funds
                 
Janus Capital
                 
Daniel Scherman
    Janus Conservative Allocation Fund   None     $500,001-$1,000,000
      Janus Moderate Allocation Fund   None      
      Janus Growth Allocation Fund   $100,001-$500,000      
                 

 
 
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Shares of the trust

 
NET ASSET VALUE DETERMINATION
 
As stated in the Funds’ Prospectuses, the net asset value (“NAV”) of the Shares of each class of each Fund is determined once each day the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) is open, as of the close of its regular trading session (normally 4:00 p.m., New York time, Monday through Friday). The assets of the Funds consist primarily of shares of the underlying funds, which are valued at their respective NAVs. The per share NAV for each class of each underlying fund is computed by dividing the total value of an underlying fund’s securities and other assets allocated to the class, less liabilities allocated to the class, attributable to the underlying fund, by the total number of outstanding shares for the class. In determining NAV, securities listed on an Exchange, the Nasdaq National Market, and foreign markets are generally valued at the closing prices on such markets. If such price is lacking for the trading period immediately preceding the time of determination, such securities are valued at their current bid price. Municipal securities held by the underlying funds are traded primarily in the over-the-counter markets. Valuations of such securities are furnished by one or more pricing services employed by the underlying funds and approved by the Trustees and are based upon a computerized matrix system or appraisals obtained by a pricing service, in each case in reliance upon information concerning market transactions and quotations from recognized municipal securities dealers. Other securities that are traded on the over-the-counter markets are generally valued at their closing bid prices. Foreign securities and currencies are converted to U.S. dollars using the applicable exchange rate in effect at the close of the NYSE. Each underlying fund will determine the market value of individual securities held by it by using prices provided by one or more professional pricing services which may provide market prices to other funds or, as needed, by obtaining market quotations from independent broker-dealers. Short-term securities maturing within 60 days or less are valued on an amortized cost basis. Debt securities with a remaining maturity of greater than 60 days are valued in accordance with the evaluated bid price supplied by the pricing service. The evaluated bid price supplied by the pricing service is an evaluation that reflects such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, and ratings.
 
Securities for which market quotations are not readily available or are deemed unreliable are valued at fair value determined in good faith under procedures established by and under the supervision of the Trustees (the “Valuation Procedures”). Circumstances in which fair value pricing may be utilized include, but are not limited to: (i) a significant event that may affect the securities of a single issuer, such as a merger, bankruptcy, or significant issuer specific development; (ii) an event that may affect an entire market, such as a natural disaster or significant governmental action; (iii) a nonsignificant event such as a market closing early or not opening, or a security trading halt; and (iv) pricing of a non-valued security and a restricted or non-public security. The underlying funds may use a systematic fair valuation model provided by an independent third party to value international equity securities in order to adjust for stale pricing, which may occur between the close of certain foreign exchanges and the NYSE.
 
Trading in securities on European and Far Eastern securities exchanges and over-the-counter markets is normally completed well before the close of business on each business day in New York (i.e., a day on which the NYSE is open). In addition, European or Far Eastern securities trading generally or in a particular country or countries may not take place on all business days in New York. Furthermore, trading takes place in Japanese markets on certain Saturdays and in various foreign markets on days which are not business days in New York and on which a Fund’s NAV is not calculated. A Fund calculates its NAV per share, and therefore effects sales, redemptions, and repurchases of its shares, as of the close of the NYSE once each day on which the NYSE is open. Such calculation may not take place contemporaneously with the determination of the prices of the foreign portfolio securities used in such calculation. If an event that is expected to affect the value of a portfolio security occurs after the close of the principal exchange or market on which that security is traded, and before the close of the NYSE, then that security may be valued in good faith under the Valuation Procedures.
 
To the extent there are any errors in a Fund’s NAV calculation, Janus Capital may, at its discretion, reprocess individual shareholder transactions so that each shareholder’s account reflects the accurate corrected NAV.
 
PURCHASES
 
With the exception of Class D Shares and Class I Shares, Shares of the Funds can generally be purchased only through institutional channels such as financial intermediaries and retirement platforms. Class D Shares and Class I Shares may be purchased directly with the Funds in certain circumstances as provided in the Funds’ Prospectuses. Not all financial intermediaries offer all classes. Shares or classes of the Funds may be purchased without upfront sales charges by certain retirement plans and clients of investment advisers, but these clients will typically pay asset-based fees for their investment advisers’ advice, which are on top of the Funds’ expenses. Certain Shares or classes of the Funds may also be purchased without upfront sales charges or transactional charges by persons who invest through mutual fund “supermarket” programs
 
 
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of certain financial intermediaries that typically do not provide investment recommendations or the assistance of an investment professional.
 
Certain designated organizations are authorized to receive purchase orders on the Funds’ behalf and those organizations are authorized to designate their agents and affiliates as intermediaries to receive purchase orders. Purchase orders are deemed received by a Fund when authorized organizations, their agents, or affiliates receive the order provided that such designated organizations or their agents or affiliates transmit the order to the Fund within contractually specified periods. A Fund is not responsible for the failure of any designated organization or its agents or affiliates to carry out its obligations to its customers. In order to receive a day’s price, your order for any class of Shares must be received in good order by the close of the regular trading session of the NYSE as described above in “Net Asset Value Determination.” Your financial intermediary may charge you a separate or additional fee for processing purchases of Shares. Your financial intermediary, plan documents, or the Funds’ Prospectuses will provide you with detailed information about investing in a Fund.
 
The Trust has established an Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Program (the “Program”) as required by the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (“USA PATRIOT Act”). In order to ensure compliance with this law, the Trust’s Program provides for the development of internal practices, procedures and controls, designation of anti-money laundering compliance officers, an ongoing training program, and an independent audit function to determine the effectiveness of the Program.
 
Procedures to implement the Program include, but are not limited to, determining that financial intermediaries have established proper anti-money laundering procedures, reporting suspicious and/or fraudulent activity, checking shareholder names against designated government lists, including the Office of Foreign Asset Control (“OFAC”), and a review of all new account applications. The Trust does not intend to transact business with any person or entity whose identity cannot be adequately verified under the provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act.
 
Class A Shares
The price you pay for Class A Shares is the public offering price, which is the NAV next determined after a Fund or its agent receives in good order your order plus an initial sales charge, if applicable, based on the amount invested as set forth in the table. The Fund receives the NAV. The sales charge is allocated between your financial intermediary and Janus Distributors, the Trust’s distributor, as shown in the table, except where Janus Distributors, in its discretion, allocates up to the entire amount to your financial intermediary. Sales charges, as expressed as a percentage of offering price, a percentage of your net investment, and as a percentage of the sales charge reallowed to financial intermediaries, are shown in the table. The dollar amount of your initial sales charge is calculated as the difference between the public offering price and the NAV of those shares. Since the offering price is calculated to two decimal places using standard rounding criteria, the number of shares purchased and the dollar amount of your sales charge as a percentage of the offering price and of your net investment may be higher or lower than the amounts set forth in the table depending on whether there was a downward or upward rounding. Although you pay no initial sales charge on purchases of $1,000,000 or more, Janus Distributors may pay, from its own resources, a commission to your financial intermediary on such investments.
 
                         
    Sales Charge as a
  Sales Charge as a
  Amount of Sales Charge Reallowed
    Percentage of
  Percentage of Net
  to Financial Intermediaries as a
Amount of Purchase at Offering Price   Offering Price*   Amount Invested   Percentage of Offering Price
Under $50,000
    5.75 %     6.10 %     5.00 %
                         
$50,000 but under $100,000
    4.50 %     4.71 %     3.75 %
                         
$100,000 but under $250,000
    3.50 %     3.63 %     2.75 %
                         
$250,000 but under $500,000
    2.50 %     2.56 %     2.00 %
                         
$500,000 but under $1,000,000
    2.00 %     2.04 %     1.60 %
                         
$1,000,000 and above
    None **     None       None  
                         
 *  Offering Price includes the initial sales charge.
**  A contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% may apply to Class A Shares purchased without an initial sales charge if redeemed within 12 months of purchase.
 
As described in the Prospectus, there are several ways you can combine multiple purchases of Class A Shares of the Funds and other Janus funds that are offered with a sales charge to take advantage of lower sales charges.

 
 
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The following table shows the aggregate amount of underwriting commissions paid to Janus Distributors from proceeds of initial sales charges paid by investors on Class A Shares (substantially all of which was paid out to financial intermediaries) for the fiscal periods noted. Each Fund has changed its fiscal year end to June 30.
 
                 
    Aggregate Sales Commissions
Fund Name   2010(1)   2009(2)
Janus Conservative Allocation Fund
               
Class A Shares
  $ 34,862     $ 10,541  
                 
Janus Moderate Allocation Fund
               
Class A Shares
  $ 26,917     $ 34,765  
                 
Janus Growth Allocation Fund
               
Class A Shares
  $ 19,712     $ 6,120  
                 
 
(1)  For the fiscal period November 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010 (the Funds’ new fiscal year end).
(2)  For the fiscal period July 6, 2009 (inception of the Funds’ Class A Shares) to October 31, 2009 (the Funds’ previous fiscal year end).
 
During the fiscal periods noted, Janus Distributors retained the following upfront sales charges.
 
                 
    Upfront Sales Charges
Fund Name   2010(1)   2009(2)
Janus Conservative Allocation Fund
               
Class A Shares
  $ 5,378     $ 1,558  
                 
Janus Moderate Allocation Fund
               
Class A Shares
  $ 4,300     $ 5,195  
                 
Janus Growth Allocation Fund
               
Class A Shares
  $ 3,325     $ 1,133  
                 
 
(1)  For the fiscal period November 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010 (the Funds’ new fiscal year end).
(2)  For the fiscal period July 6, 2009 (inception of the Funds’ Class A Shares) to October 31, 2009 (the Funds’ previous fiscal year end).
 
Class C Shares, Class D Shares, Class I Shares, Class S Shares, and Class T Shares
Class C Shares, Class D Shares, Class I Shares, Class S Shares, and Class T Shares of the Funds are purchased at the NAV per share as determined at the close of the regular trading session of the NYSE next occurring after a purchase order is received in good order by a Fund or its authorized agent.
 
Janus Distributors also receives amounts pursuant to Class A Share, Class C Share, and Class S Share 12b-1 plans and, from Class A Shares and Class C Shares, proceeds of contingent deferred sales charges paid by investors upon certain redemptions, as detailed in the “Distribution and Shareholder Servicing Plans” and “Redemptions” sections, respectively, of this SAI.
 
Commission on Class C Shares
Janus Distributors may compensate your financial intermediary at the time of sale at a commission rate of up to 1.00% of the NAV of the Class C Shares purchased. Service providers to qualified plans will not receive this amount if they receive 12b-1 fees from the time of initial investment of qualified plan assets in Class C Shares.
 
DISTRIBUTION AND SHAREHOLDER SERVICING PLANS
 
Class A Shares and Class S Shares
As described in the Prospectuses, Class A Shares and Class S Shares have each adopted distribution and shareholder servicing plans (the “Class A Plan” and “Class S Plan,” respectively) in accordance with Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. The Plans are compensation type plans and permit the payment at an annual rate of up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of Class A Shares and Class S Shares of a Fund for activities that are primarily intended to result in the sale and/or shareholder servicing of Class A Shares or Class S Shares of such Fund, including, but not limited to, printing and delivering prospectuses, statements of additional information, shareholder reports, proxy statements, and marketing materials related to Class A Shares and Class S Shares to prospective and existing investors; providing educational materials regarding Class A Shares and Class S Shares; providing facilities to answer questions from prospective and existing investors about the Funds; receiving and answering correspondence; complying with federal and state securities laws pertaining to the sale of Class A Shares and Class S Shares; assisting investors in completing application forms and selecting dividend and other account options; and any other activities for which “service fees” may be paid under Rule 2830 of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.

 
 
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(“FINRA”) Conduct Rules. Payments under the Plans are not tied exclusively to actual distribution and shareholder service expenses, and the payments may exceed distribution and shareholder service expenses actually incurred. Payments are made to Janus Distributors, the Funds’ distributor, who may make ongoing payments to financial intermediaries based on the value of Fund shares held by such intermediaries’ customers. On December 5, 2008, the Trustees unanimously approved a distribution plan with respect to each of the Class A Shares and Class S Shares, which became effective on July 6, 2009.
 
Class C Shares
As described in the Prospectus, Class C Shares have adopted a distribution and shareholder servicing plan (the “Class C Plan”) in accordance with Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. The Class C Plan is a compensation type plan and permits the payment at an annual rate of up to 0.75% of the average daily net assets of Class C Shares of a Fund for activities which are primarily intended to result in the sale of Class C Shares of such Fund. In addition, the Plan permits the payment of up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of Class C Shares of a Fund for shareholder servicing activities including, but not limited to, providing facilities to answer questions from existing investors about the Funds; receiving and answering correspondence; assisting investors in changing dividend and other account options and any other activities for which “service fees” may be paid under Rule 2830 of the FINRA Conduct Rules. Payments under the Class C Plan are not tied exclusively to actual distribution and shareholder service expenses, and the payments may exceed distribution and shareholder service expenses actually incurred. On December 5, 2008, the Trustees unanimously approved the Class C Plan, which became effective on July 6, 2009.
 
The Plans and any Rule 12b-1 related agreement that is entered into by the Funds or Janus Distributors in connection with the Plans will continue in effect for a period of more than one year only so long as continuance is specifically approved at least annually by a vote of a majority of the Trustees, and of a majority of the Trustees who are not interested persons (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust and who have no direct or indirect financial interest in the operation of the Plans or any related agreements (“12b-1 Trustees”). All material amendments to any Plan must be approved by a majority vote of the Trustees, including a majority of the 12b-1 Trustees, at a meeting called for that purpose. In addition, any Plan may be terminated as to a Fund at any time, without penalty, by vote of a majority of the outstanding Shares of that Class of that Fund or by vote of a majority of the 12b-1 Trustees.
 
Janus Distributors is entitled to retain all fees paid under the Class C Plan for the first 12 months on any investment in Class C Shares to recoup its expenses with respect to the payment of commissions on sales of Class C Shares. Financial intermediaries will become eligible for compensation under the Class C Plan beginning in the 13th month following the purchase of Class C Shares, although Janus Distributors may, pursuant to a written agreement between Janus Distributors and a particular financial intermediary, pay such financial intermediary 12b-1 fees prior to the 13th month following the purchase of Class C Shares.
 
For the fiscal period ended June 30, 2010, the total amounts paid by the Class A Shares, Class C Shares, and Class S Shares of the Funds to Janus Distributors (substantially all of which Janus Distributors paid out as compensation to broker-dealers and other service providers) under each Class’ respective Plan are summarized below. Each Fund has changed its fiscal year end to June 30.
 
                                         
        Prospectus
           
        Preparation,
           
    Advertising and
  Printing
  Payment to
  Compensation to
  Total Fund 12b-1
Fund Name   Literature   and Mailing   Brokers   Sales Personnel   Payments
Janus Conservative Allocation Fund(1)
                                       
Class A Shares
  $ 0     $ 0     $ 994     $ 66     $ 1,177  
Class C Shares
  $ 0     $ 0     $ 2,368     $ 0     $ 6,316  
Class S Shares
  $ 0     $ 0     $ 204     $ 12     $ 208  
                                         
Janus Moderate Allocation Fund(1)
                                       
Class A Shares
  $ 0     $ 0     $ 2,282     $ 0     $ 2,778  
Class C Shares
  $ 0     $ 0     $ 1,948     $ 0     $ 9,737  
Class S Shares
  $ 0     $ 0     $ 29     $ 0     $ 43  
                                         
Janus Growth Allocation Fund(1)
                                       
Class A Shares
  $ 0     $ 0     $ 513     $ 0     $ 568  
Class C Shares
  $ 0     $ 0     $ 1,171     $ 0     $ 2,640  
Class S Shares
  $ 0     $ 0     $ 28     $ 0     $ 31  
                                         
 
(1)  For the fiscal period November 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010 (the Fund’s new fiscal year end).

 
 
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REDEMPTIONS
 
Redemptions, like purchases, may generally be effected only through institutional channels such as financial intermediaries and retirement platforms. Class D Shares and, in certain circumstances, Class I Shares may be redeemed directly with the Funds. Certain designated organizations are authorized to receive redemption orders on the Funds’ behalf and those organizations are authorized to designate their agents and affiliates as intermediaries to receive redemption orders. Redemption orders are deemed received by a Fund when authorized organizations, their agents, or affiliates receive the order. The Funds are not responsible for the failure of any designated organization or its agents or affiliates to carry out its obligations to its customers.
 
Certain accounts or Janus affiliates may from time to time own (beneficially or of record) or control a significant percentage of the Funds’ Shares. Redemptions by these accounts of their holdings in the Funds may impact the Funds’ liquidity and NAV. These redemptions may also force the Funds to sell securities, which may negatively impact the Funds’ brokerage costs.
 
Shares normally will be redeemed for cash, although each Fund retains the right to redeem some or all of its shares in-kind under unusual circumstances, in order to protect the interests of remaining shareholders, to accommodate a request by a particular shareholder that does not adversely affect the interests of the remaining shareholders, or in connection with the liquidation of a Fund, by delivery of securities selected from its assets at its discretion. However, the Funds are governed by Rule 18f-1 under the 1940 Act, which requires each Fund to redeem shares solely for cash up to the lesser of $250,000 or 1% of the NAV of that Fund during any 90-day period for any one shareholder. Should redemptions by any shareholder exceed such limitation, a Fund will have the option of redeeming the excess in cash or in-kind. If shares are redeemed in-kind, the redeeming shareholder may incur brokerage costs in converting the assets to cash, whereas such costs are borne by the Fund for cash redemptions. The method of valuing securities used to make redemptions in-kind will be the same as the method of valuing portfolio securities described under “Shares of the Trust – Net Asset Value Determination” and such valuation will be made as of the same time the redemption price is determined.
 
The Funds reserve the right to postpone payment of redemption proceeds for up to seven calendar days. Additionally, the right to require the Funds to redeem their Shares may be suspended, or the date of payment may be postponed beyond seven calendar days, whenever: (i) trading on the NYSE is restricted, as determined by the SEC, or the NYSE is closed (except for holidays and weekends); (ii) the SEC permits such suspension and so orders; or (iii) an emergency exists as determined by the SEC so that disposal of securities or determination of NAV is not reasonably practicable.
 
Class A Shares
A contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) of 1.00% will be deducted with respect to Class A Shares purchased without a sales load and redeemed within 12 months of purchase, unless waived, as discussed in the Prospectus. Any applicable CDSC will be 1.00% of the lesser of the original purchase price or the value of the redemption of the Class A Shares redeemed.
 
Class C Shares
A CDSC of 1.00% will be deducted with respect to Class C Shares redeemed within 12 months of purchase, unless waived, as discussed in the Prospectus. Any applicable CDSC will be 1.00% of the lesser of the original purchase price or the value of the redemption of the Class C Shares redeemed.
 
For the fiscal periods noted, the total amounts received by Janus Distributors from the proceeds of contingent deferred sales charges paid by investors upon certain redemptions of Class A Shares and Class C Shares are summarized below. Each Fund has changed its fiscal year end to June 30.
 

 
 
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    Contingent Deferred
    Sales Charge
Fund Name   2010(1)   2009(2)
Janus Conservative Allocation Fund
               
Class A Shares
  $     $  
Class C Shares
  $ 1,160     $  
                 
Janus Moderate Allocation Fund
               
Class A Shares
  $     $  
Class C Shares
  $ 490     $  
                 
Janus Growth Allocation Fund
               
Class A Shares
  $     $  
Class C Shares
  $ 291     $  
                 
 
(1)  For the fiscal period November 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010 (the Funds’ new fiscal year end).
(2)  For the fiscal period July 6, 2009 to October 31, 2009 (the Funds’ previous fiscal year end).
 
Processing or Service Fees
Broker-dealers may charge their customers a processing or service fee in connection with the purchase or redemption of Fund shares. Each individual dealer determines and should disclose to its customers the amount and applicability of such a fee. Processing or service fees typically are fixed, nominal dollar amounts and are in addition to the sales and other charges described in the Prospectuses and this SAI. Consult your broker-dealer for specific information about any processing or service fees you may be charged.

 
 
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Income dividends, capital gains distributions, and tax status

 
The following is intended to be a general summary of certain U.S. federal income tax consequences of investing in the Funds. It is not intended to be a complete discussion of all such federal income tax consequences, nor does it purport to deal with all categories of investors. This discussion reflects applicable tax laws of the United States as of the date of this SAI. However, tax laws may change or be subject to new interpretation by the courts or the IRS, possibly with retroactive effect. Investors are therefore advised to consult with their own tax advisers before making an investment in the Funds.
 
It is a policy of the Funds’ Shares to make distributions of substantially all of their respective investment income and any net realized capital gains. Any capital gains realized during each fiscal year, as defined by the Internal Revenue Code, are normally declared and payable to shareholders in December but, if necessary, may be distributed at other times as well. The Funds declare and make annual distributions of income (if any).
 
The Funds intend to qualify as regulated investment companies by satisfying certain requirements prescribed by Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code. If a Fund failed to qualify as a regulated investment company in any taxable year, the Fund may be subject to federal income tax on its taxable income at corporate rates. In addition, all distributions from earnings and profits, including any distributions of net tax-exempt income and net long-term capital gains, would generally be taxable to shareholders as ordinary income but may, at least in part, qualify for the dividends received deduction applicable to corporations or the reduced rate of taxation applicable to noncorporate holders for “qualified dividend income.” In addition, the Funds could be required to recognize unrealized gains, pay taxes and interest, and make distributions before requalifying as regulated investment companies that are accorded special tax treatment.
 
All income dividends and capital gains distributions, if any, on a Fund’s Shares are reinvested automatically in additional shares of the same class of Shares of the Fund at the NAV determined on the first business day following the record date.
 
A Fund will invest its assets in shares of the underlying funds, cash, and money market instruments. Accordingly, a Fund’s income will consist of distributions from the underlying funds, net gains realized from the disposition of underlying fund shares, and interest. If an underlying fund qualifies for treatment as a regulated investment company under the Internal Revenue Code – each has done so for its past taxable years and intends to continue to do so for its current and future taxable years – (i) dividends paid to a Fund from such underlying fund’s investment company taxable income (which may include net gains from certain foreign currency transactions) will be taxable to a Fund as ordinary income; (ii) dividends paid to a Fund that an underlying fund designates as capital gain dividends (as discussed below) will be taxable to a Fund as long-term capital gains; (iii) dividends paid to a Fund that an underlying fund designates as qualifying dividends from domestic corporations (as discussed below) will be treated as dividends eligible for the dividends received deduction; and (iv) dividends paid to a Fund that an underlying fund designates as qualified dividend income (as discussed below) will be treated by the Fund as qualifying dividends taxable at a maximum rate of 15% to individuals and other noncorporate taxpayers. If shares of an underlying fund are purchased within 30 days before or after redeeming other shares of that underlying fund at a loss (whether pursuant to a rebalancing of a Fund’s holdings or otherwise), all or a part of the loss will not be deductible by a Fund and instead will increase its basis for the newly purchased shares.
 
Although an underlying fund will be eligible to elect to “pass-through” to its shareholders (including a Fund) the benefit of the foreign tax credit if more than 50% of the value of its total assets at the close of any taxable year consists of securities of foreign corporations, a Fund will not qualify to pass that benefit through to its shareholders because of its inability to satisfy the asset test. Accordingly, a Fund will deduct the amount of any foreign taxes passed through by an underlying fund in determining its investment in company taxable income.
 
An underlying fund’s investments in REIT equity securities may require the underlying fund to accrue and distribute income not yet received. In order to generate sufficient cash to make the requisite distributions, the underlying fund may be required to sell securities at a time when fundamental investment considerations would not favor such sales. The underlying fund’s investments in REIT equity securities may result in the receipt of cash in excess of the REIT’s earnings. If an underlying fund distributes such amounts, such distribution could constitute a return of capital to shareholders (including the Funds) for federal income tax purposes.
 
Some REITs are permitted to hold “residual interests” in real estate mortgage investment conduits (REMICs). Pursuant to the Internal Revenue Service rules, a portion of an underlying fund’s income from a REIT or “excess inclusion income” that is attributable to the REIT may be subject to federal income tax. Excess inclusion income will normally be allocated to shareholders in proportion to the dividends received by such shareholders. There may be instances in which the underlying fund may be unaware of a REIT’s excess inclusion income.
 
 
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As a result of excess inclusion income, the underlying fund may be subject to additional tax depending on the type of record holder of underlying fund shares, such as certain federal, state, and foreign governmental entities, tax exempt organizations, and certain rural electrical and telephone cooperatives (“disqualified organizations”). This may impact the underlying fund’s performance.
 
Please consult a tax adviser regarding tax consequences of underlying fund distributions and to determine whether you will need to file a tax return.
 
Certain fund transactions involving short sales, futures, options, swap agreements, hedged investments, and other similar transactions, if any, may be subject to special provisions of the Internal Revenue Code that, among other things, may affect the character, amount, and timing of distributions to shareholders. The Funds will monitor their transactions and may make certain tax elections where applicable in order to mitigate the effect of these provisions, if possible. Certain transactions or strategies utilized by a Fund or underlying fund may generate nonqualified income that can impact an investor’s taxes.
 
Certain fund transactions in commodities-linked investments may be subject to special provisions under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code. Subchapter M requires, among other things, that a fund derive at least 90% of gross income from dividends, interest, and gains from the sale of securities (typically referred to as “qualifying income”). Income from investment in commodities and commodities-linked derivatives is not considered “qualifying income.” As a part of the fund’s investment strategy, the fund may attempt to gain exposure to the commodities markets by entering into commodity-linked derivatives and instruments, including options, futures contracts, options on futures contracts, and commodity-linked structured notes. In order for the fund to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M, the Fund will monitor and attempt to restrict its income from commodity-linked instruments that do not generate qualifying income.

 
 
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Principal shareholders

 
As of September 30, 2010, the officers and Trustees as a group owned less than 1% of the outstanding Shares of any class of each of the Funds in this SAI. As of September 30, 2010, the percentage ownership of any person or entity owning 5% or more of the outstanding Shares of any class of the Funds is listed below. In addition, the percentage ownership of any person or entity owning 25% or more of the outstanding Shares of any class of the Funds is listed below. Any person who owns, directly or through one or more controlled companies, more than 25% of the voting securities of a company is presumed to “control” such company. Accordingly, to the extent that a person is identified as the beneficial owner of more than 25% of a Fund, or is identified as the record owner of more than 25% of a Fund and has voting and/or investment powers, that person may be presumed to control such Fund. A controlling person’s vote could have a more significant effect on matters presented to shareholders for approval than the vote of other Fund shareholders.
 
To the best knowledge of the Trust, as of September 30, 2010, no other person or entity owned beneficially more than 5% of the outstanding Shares of any class of the Funds, except as shown. Additionally, to the best knowledge of the Trust, no other person or entity beneficially owned 25% or more of the outstanding Shares of any class of the Funds, except as shown. To the best knowledge of the Trust, entities shown as owning more than 25% of the outstanding Shares of a class of a Fund are not the beneficial owners of such Shares, unless otherwise indicated.
 
             
Fund Name   Shareholder and Address of Record   Percentage Ownership
Janus Conservative Allocation Fund
Class A Shares
  American Enterprise Investment Svc
FBO 890000611
Minneapolis, MN
    28.56%  
             
    Pershing LLC
Jersey City, NJ
    12.14%  
             
    First Clearing LLC
Account 5062-0791
St. Louis, MO
    6.82%  
             
    UBS WM USA
0O0 11011 6100
Omni account M/F
Jersey City, NJ
    6.48%  
             
    LPL Financial
Account 7041-0733
San Diego, CA
    5.15%  
             
Janus Moderate Allocation Fund
Class A Shares
  American Enterprise Investment Svc
FBO 890000611
Minneapolis, MN
    27.03%  
             
    Raymond James
House Acct Firm #92500015
Omnibus for Mutual Funds
St. Petersburg, FL
    19.42%  
             
    Pershing LLC
Jersey City, NJ
    19.09%  
             
Janus Growth Allocation Fund
Class A Shares
  Pershing LLC
Jersey City, NJ
    45.29%  
             
    American Enterprise Investment Svc
FBO 890000611
Minneapolis, MN
    37.88%  
             
 
 
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Fund Name   Shareholder and Address of Record   Percentage Ownership
Janus Conservative Allocation Fund
Class C Shares
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.
For the Sole Benefit of Customers
Jacksonville, FL
    23.33%  
             
    American Enterprise Investment Svc
FBO 890000611
Minneapolis, MN
    20.19%  
             
    Pershing LLC
Jersey City, NJ
    12.49%  
             
    UBS WM USA
0O0 11011 6100
Omni account M/F
Jersey City, NJ
    10.64%  
             
    Raymond James
House Acct Firm #92500015
Omnibus for Mutual Funds
St. Petersburg, FL
    7.59%  
             
Janus Moderate Allocation Fund
Class C Shares
  Raymond James
House Acct Firm #92500015
Omnibus for Mutual Funds
St. Petersburg, FL
    24.69%  
             
    American Enterprise Investment Svc
FBO 890000611
Minneapolis, MN
    18.71%  
             
    Pershing LLC
Jersey City, NJ
    15.12%  
             
Janus Growth Allocation Fund
Class C Shares
  American Enterprise Investment Svc
FBO 890000611
Minneapolis, MN
    27.06%  
             
    Raymond James
House Acct Firm #92500015
Omnibus for Mutual Funds
St. Petersburg, FL
    17.99%  
             
    Pershing LLC
Jersey City, NJ
    12.78%  
             
Janus Conservative Allocation Fund
Class I Shares
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.
Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
Reinvest Account
San Francisco, CA
    79.99%  
             
    Pershing LLC
Jersey City, NJ
    10.71%  
             
Janus Moderate Allocation Fund
Class I Shares
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.
Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
Reinvest Account
San Francisco, CA
    59.71%  
             
    Pershing LLC
Jersey City, NJ
    34.34%  
             
Janus Growth Allocation Fund
Class I Shares
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.
Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
Reinvest Account
San Francisco, CA
    87.70%  
             
    Pershing LLC
Jersey City, NJ
    5.99%  
             

 
 
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Fund Name   Shareholder and Address of Record   Percentage Ownership
Janus Conservative Allocation Fund
Class S Shares
  Wilmington Trust RISC As Trustee
FBO Cherryroad Technologies 401K PSP
Phoenix, AZ
    61.25%  
             
    Ameritrade Inc.
FBO 9399171901
Omaha, NE
    21.72%  
             
Janus Moderate Allocation Fund
Class S Shares
  Wilmington Trust RISC As Trustee
FBO Cherryroad Technologies 401K PSP
Phoenix, AZ
    82.86%  
             
    LPL Financial
FBO Customer Accounts
San Diego, CA
    12.09%  
             
Janus Growth Allocation Fund
Class S Shares
  Wilmington Trust RISC As Trustee
FBO Cherryroad Technologies 401K PSP
Phoenix, AZ
    93.99%  
             
Janus Conservative Allocation Fund
Class T Shares
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.
Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
Reinvest Account
San Francisco, CA
    28.12%  
             
    National Financial Services Co
For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
New York, NY
    19.53%  
             
    TD Ameritrade Inc.
For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Clients
Omaha, NE
    12.75%  
             
    Brown Brothers Harriman and Company
As Custodian for 2700037
Jersey City, NJ
    10.22%  
             
Janus Moderate Allocation Fund
Class T Shares
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.
Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
Reinvest Account
San Francisco, CA
    33.39%  
             
    National Financial Services Co
For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
New York, NY
    28.45%  
             
    TD Ameritrade Inc.
For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Clients
Omaha, NE
    11.01%  
             
Janus Growth Allocation Fund
Class T Shares
  National Financial Services Co
For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
New York, NY
    30.44%  
             
    Charles Schwab & Co Inc.
Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
Reinvest Account
San Francisco, CA
    26.99%  
             
    TD Ameritrade Inc.
For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Clients
Omaha, NE
    14.02%  
             

 
 
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Miscellaneous information

 
Each Fund is a series of the Trust, an open-end management investment company registered under the 1940 Act and organized as a Massachusetts business trust on February 11, 1986. As of the date of this SAI, the Trust offers thirty-eight series of shares, known as “Funds.” Each Fund presently offers interests in different classes of shares as described in the table below.
 
                                                                 
    Class A
  Class C
  Class D
  Class I
  Class L
  Class R
  Class S
  Class T
Fund Name   Shares   Shares   Shares   Shares   Shares   Shares   Shares   Shares
INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
INTECH Risk-Managed Growth Fund
    x       x               x                       x       x  
INTECH Risk-Managed International Fund
    x       x               x                       x       x  
INTECH Risk-Managed Value Fund
    x       x               x                       x       x  
Janus Balanced Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Janus Conservative Allocation Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
Janus Contrarian Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Janus Dynamic Allocation Fund
    x       x               x                       x       x  
Janus Enterprise Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Janus Flexible Bond Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Janus Forty Fund
    x       x               x               x       x       x  
Janus Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Janus Global Life Sciences Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
Janus Global Real Estate Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
Janus Global Research Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
Janus Global Select Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Janus Global Technology Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
Janus Government Money Market Fund
                    x                                       x  
Janus Growth Allocation Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
Janus Growth and Income Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Janus High-Yield Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Janus International Equity Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Janus Long/Short Fund
    x       x               x               x       x       x  
Janus Moderate Allocation Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
Janus Money Market Fund
                    x                                       x  
Janus Overseas Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Janus Research Core Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Janus Research Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
Janus Short-Term Bond Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
Janus Triton Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Janus Twenty Fund
                    x                                       x  
Janus Venture Fund
                    x                                       x  
Janus Worldwide Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Perkins Global Value Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
Perkins Large Cap Value Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund
    x       x       x       x       x       x       x       x  
Perkins Small Cap Value Fund
    x       x       x       x       x       x       x       x  
Perkins Value Plus Income Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
 
On July 6, 2009, as a result of the reorganization of funds of the Janus Adviser Series trust into the Trust, certain underlying funds noted above assumed the assets and liabilities of the corresponding Janus Adviser Series fund. Each Fund has changed its fiscal year end to June 30.
 
Janus Capital reserves the right to the name “Janus.” In the event that Janus Capital does not continue to provide investment advice to the Funds, the Funds must cease to use the name “Janus” as soon as reasonably practicable.
 
 
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Under Massachusetts law, shareholders of the Funds could, under certain circumstances, be held liable for the obligations of their Fund. However, the Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust disclaims shareholder liability for acts or obligations of the Funds and requires that notice of this disclaimer be given in each agreement, obligation, or instrument entered into or executed by the Funds or the Trustees. The Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust also provides for indemnification from the assets of the Funds for all losses and expenses of any Fund shareholder held liable for the obligations of their Fund. Thus, the risk of shareholders incurring a financial loss on account of their liability as a shareholder of one of the Funds is limited to circumstances in which their Fund would be unable to meet its obligations. The possibility that these circumstances would occur is remote. The Trustees intend to conduct the operations of the Funds to avoid, to the extent possible, liability of shareholders for liabilities of their Fund.
 
It is important to know that, pursuant to the Trust’s Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust and in accordance with any applicable regulations and laws, such as the 1940 Act, the Trustees have the authority to merge, liquidate, and/or reorganize a Fund into another fund without seeking shareholder vote or consent. Any such consolidation, merger, or reorganization may be authorized at any time by a vote of a majority of the Trustees then in office.
 
SHARES OF THE TRUST
 
The Trust is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest with a par value of one cent per share for each series of the Trust. Shares of each series of the Trust are fully paid and nonassessable when issued. Shares of a Fund participate equally in dividends and other distributions by the Shares of the same class of that Fund, and in residual assets of that class of that Fund in the event of liquidation. Shares of each Fund have no preemptive, conversion, or subscription rights. Shares of each Fund may be transferred by endorsement or stock power as is customary, but a Fund is not bound to recognize any transfer until it is recorded on its books.
 
SHAREHOLDER MEETINGS
 
The Trust does not intend to hold annual or regular shareholder meetings unless otherwise required by the Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust or the 1940 Act. Special meetings may be called for a specific Fund or for the Trust as a whole for purposes such as changing fundamental policies, electing or removing Trustees, making any changes to the Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust that would materially adversely affect shareholders’ rights, determining whether to bring certain derivative actions, or for any other purpose requiring a shareholder vote under applicable law or the Trust’s governing documents, or as the Trustees consider necessary or desirable. Commencing in 2005 and not less than every fifth calendar year thereafter, a meeting of shareholders shall be held to elect Trustees.
 
Under the Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust, special meetings of shareholders of the Trust or of any Fund shall be called subject to certain conditions, upon written request of shareholders owning shares representing at least 10% of the shares then outstanding. The Funds will assist these shareholders in communicating with other shareholders in connection with such a meeting similar to that referred to in Section 16(c) of the 1940 Act.
 
VOTING RIGHTS
 
The Trustees of the Trust (including Mr. McGonigle, a new Trustee) were elected at a Special Meeting of Shareholders on June 10, 2010. Under the Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust, each Trustee will continue in office until the termination of the Trust or his or her earlier death, retirement, resignation, incapacity, or removal. Vacancies will be filled by appointment by a majority of the remaining Trustees, subject to the 1940 Act.
 
As a shareholder, you are entitled to one vote for each whole dollar and a proportionate fractional vote for each fractional dollar of NAV of the Fund that you own. Generally, all funds and classes vote together as a single group, except where a separate vote of one or more funds or classes is required by law or where the interests of one or more funds or classes are affected differently from other funds or classes. Shares of all series of the Trust have noncumulative voting rights, which means that the holders of more than 50% of the value of shares of all series of the Trust voting for the election of Trustees can elect 100% of the Trustees if they choose to do so. In such event, the holders of the remaining value of shares will not be able to elect any Trustees.

 
 
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MASTER/FEEDER OPTION
 
The Trust may in the future seek to achieve a fund’s objective by investing all of that fund’s assets in another investment company having the same investment objective and substantially the same investment policies and restrictions as those applicable to that fund. Unless otherwise required by law, this policy may be implemented by the Trustees without shareholder approval.
 
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
 
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, 1670 Broadway, Suite 1000, Denver, Colorado 80202, the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Funds, audits the Funds’ annual financial statements and compiles their tax returns.
 
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
 
The Trust has filed with the SEC, Washington, D.C., a Registration Statement under the 1933 Act with respect to the securities to which this SAI relates. If further information is desired with respect to the Funds or such securities, reference is made to the Registration Statement and the exhibits filed as a part thereof.

 
 
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Financial statements

 
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE TO THE SMART PORTFOLIOS ANNUAL REPORT OF
JANUS INVESTMENT FUND (AUDITED)
 
The following audited financial statements for the period ended June 30, 2010 are hereby incorporated into this SAI by reference to the Annual Report dated June 30, 2010.
 
•  Schedules of Investments as of June 30, 2010
 
•  Statements of Operations for the periods indicated
 
•  Statements of Assets and Liabilities as of June 30, 2010
 
•  Statements of Changes in Net Assets for the periods indicated
 
•  Financial Highlights for each of the periods indicated
 
•  Notes to Financial Statements
 
•  Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE TO THE SMART PORTFOLIOS SEMIANNUAL REPORT
OF JANUS INVESTMENT FUND (UNAUDITED)
 
The following unaudited financial statements for the period ended December 31, 2009 are hereby incorporated into this SAI by reference to the Semiannual Report dated December 31, 2009.
 
•  Schedules of Investments as of December 31, 2009
 
•  Statements of Operations for the period ended December 31, 2009
 
•  Statements of Assets and Liabilities as of December 31, 2009
 
•  Statements of Changes in Net Assets for each of the periods indicated
 
•  Financial Highlights for each of the periods indicated
 
•  Notes to Financial Statements
 
The portions of the Annual and Semiannual Reports that are not specifically listed above are not incorporated by reference into this SAI and are not part of the Registration Statement.
 
 
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Appendix A

 
EXPLANATION OF RATING CATEGORIES
 
The following is a description of credit ratings issued by three of the major credit rating agencies. Credit ratings evaluate only the safety of principal and interest payments, not the market value risk of lower quality securities. Credit rating agencies may fail to change credit ratings to reflect subsequent events on a timely basis. Although Janus Capital considers security ratings when making investment decisions, it also performs its own investment analysis and does not rely solely on the ratings assigned by credit agencies.
 
STANDARD & POOR’S RATINGS SERVICE
 
     
Bond Rating
  Explanation
Investment Grade
   
AAA
  Highest rating; extremely strong capacity to pay principal and interest.
AA
  High quality; very strong capacity to pay principal and interest.
A
  Strong capacity to pay principal and interest; somewhat more susceptible to the adverse effects of changing circumstances and economic conditions.
BBB
  Adequate capacity to pay principal and interest; normally exhibit adequate protection parameters, but adverse economic conditions or changing circumstances more likely to lead to a weakened capacity to pay principal and interest than for higher rated bonds.
Non-Investment Grade
   
BB
  Less vulnerable to nonpayment than other speculative issues; 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.
B
  More vulnerable to nonpayment than obligations rated ‘BB’, but 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.
CCC
  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.
CC
  Currently highly vulnerable to nonpayment.
C
  Currently highly vulnerable to nonpayment; a bankruptcy petition may have been filed or similar action taken, but payments on the obligation are being continued.
D
  In default.
 
 
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FITCH, INC.
 
     
Long-Term Bond Rating
  Explanation
Investment Grade
   
AAA
  Highest credit quality. Denotes the lowest expectation of credit risk. Exceptionally strong capacity for payment of financial commitments.
AA
  Very high credit quality. Denotes expectations of very low credit risk. Very strong capacity for payment of financial commitments.
A
  High credit quality. Denotes expectations of low credit risk. Strong capacity for payment of financial commitments. May be more vulnerable to changes in circumstances or in economic conditions than is the case for higher ratings.
BBB
  Good credit quality. Currently expectations of low credit risk. Capacity for payment of financial commitments is considered adequate, but adverse changes in circumstances and economic conditions are more likely to impair this capacity than is the case for higher ratings.
Non-Investment Grade
   
BB
  Speculative. Indicates possibility of credit risk developing, particularly as the result of adverse economic change over time. Business or financial alternatives may be available to allow financial commitments to be met.
B
  Highly speculative. May indicate distressed or defaulted obligations with potential for extremely high recoveries.
CCC
  May indicate distressed or defaulted obligations with potential for superior to average levels of recovery.
CC
  May indicate distressed or defaulted obligations with potential for average or below-average levels of recovery.
C
  May indicate distressed or defaulted obligations with potential for below-average to poor recoveries.
D
  In default.
 
FITCH, INC.
 
     
Short-Term Bond Rating
  Explanation
F-1+
  Exceptionally strong credit quality. Issues assigned this rating are regarded as having the strongest degree of assurance for timely payment.
F-1
  Very strong credit quality. Issues assigned this rating reflect an assurance for timely payment only slightly less in degree than issues rated F-1+.
F-2
  Good credit quality. Issues assigned this rating have a satisfactory degree of assurance for timely payments, but the margin of safety is not as great as the F-1+ and F-1 ratings.

 
 
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MOODY’S INVESTORS SERVICE, INC.
 
     
Bond Rating
  Explanation
Investment Grade
   
Aaa
  Highest quality, smallest degree of investment risk.
Aa   High quality; together with Aaa bonds, they compose the high-grade bond group.
A
  Upper to medium-grade obligations; many favorable investment attributes.
Baa
  Medium-grade obligations; neither highly protected nor poorly secured. Interest and principal appear adequate for the present but certain protective elements may be lacking or may be unreliable over any great length of time.
Non-Investment Grade
   
Ba
  More uncertain, with speculative elements. Protection of interest and principal payments not well safeguarded during good and bad times.
B
  Lack characteristics of desirable investment; potentially low assurance of timely interest and principal payments or maintenance of other contract terms over time.
Caa
  Poor standing, may be in default; elements of danger with respect to principal or interest payments.
Ca
  Speculative in a high degree; could be in default or have other marked shortcomings.
C
  Lowest rated; extremely poor prospects of ever attaining investment standing.
 
Unrated securities will be treated as non-investment grade securities unless the portfolio managers and/or investment personnel determine that such securities are the equivalent of investment grade securities. When calculating the quality assigned to securities that receive different ratings from two or more agencies (“split rated securities”), the security will receive: (i) the middle rating from the three reporting agencies if three agencies provide a rating for the security or (ii) the lowest rating if only two agencies provide a rating for the security.
 
Other Short-Term Debt Securities
Prime-1 and Prime-2 are the two highest ratings assigned by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) for other short-term debt securities and commercial paper, and A-1 and A-2 are the two highest ratings for commercial paper assigned by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (“S&P”). Moody’s uses the numbers 1, 2, and 3 to denote relative strength within its highest classification of Prime, while S&P uses the numbers 1, 2, and 3 to denote relative strength within its highest classification of A. Issuers rated Prime-1 by Moody’s have a superior ability for repayment of senior short-term debt obligations and have many of the following characteristics: leading market positions in well-established industries, high rates of return on funds employed, conservative capitalization structure with moderate reliance on debt and ample asset protection, broad margins in earnings coverage of fixed financial charges and high internal cash generation, and well established access to a range of financial markets and assured sources of alternate liquidity. Issuers rated Prime-2 by Moody’s have a strong ability for repayment of senior short-term debt obligations and display many of the same characteristics displayed by issuers rated Prime-1, but to a lesser degree. Issuers rated A-1 by S&P carry a strong degree of safety regarding timely repayment. Those issues determined to possess extremely strong safety characteristics are denoted with a plus (+) designation. Issuers rated A-2 by S&P carry a satisfactory degree of safety regarding timely repayment.

 
 
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Janus Dynamic Allocation Fund
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(formerly named Janus Modular Portfolio Construction Fund)
                   

 
 
Janus Investment Fund
 
Statement of Additional Information
 
 
This Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”) expands upon and supplements the information contained in the current Prospectuses for Class A Shares, Class C Shares, Class I Shares, Class S Shares, and Class T Shares (collectively, the “Shares”) of Janus Dynamic Allocation Fund, which is a separate series of Janus Investment Fund, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Trust”). This series of the Trust represents shares of beneficial interest in a separate portfolio of securities and other assets with its own objective and policies. Janus Capital Management LLC (“Janus Capital”) is the investment adviser of the Fund. In addition, subadvisers are responsible for the day-to-day operations of certain underlying funds. The name change for the Fund was effective September 15, 2010.
 
This SAI is not a Prospectus and should be read in conjunction with the Fund’s Prospectuses dated October 28, 2010, and any supplements thereto, which are incorporated by reference into this SAI and may be obtained from your plan sponsor, broker-dealer, or other financial intermediary, or by contacting a Janus representative at 1-877-335-2687. This SAI contains additional and more detailed information about the Fund’s operations and activities than the Prospectuses. The Annual and Semiannual Reports, which contain important financial information about the Fund, are incorporated by reference into this SAI and are also available, without charge, from your plan sponsor, broker-dealer, or other financial intermediary, at janus.com/info, or by contacting a Janus representative at 1-877-335-2687.


 

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Table of contents

 
     
Classification, Investment Policies and Restrictions, and Investment Strategies and Risks   2
     
Investment Adviser   39
     
Custodian, Transfer Agent, and Certain Affiliations   46
     
Portfolio Transactions and Brokerage   48
     
Trustees and Officers   50
     
Shares of the Trust   60
Net Asset Value Determination
  60
Purchases
  60
Distribution and Shareholder Servicing Plans
  62
Redemptions
  63
     
Income Dividends, Capital Gains Distributions, and Tax Status   65
     
Principal Shareholders   67
     
Miscellaneous Information   68
Shares of the Trust
  69
Shareholder Meetings
  69
Voting Rights
  69
Master/Feeder Option
  70
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
  70
Registration Statement
  70
     
Financial Statements   71
     
Appendix A   72
Explanation of Rating Categories
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Classification, investment policies and restrictions,
and investment strategies and risks

 
JANUS INVESTMENT FUND
 
This Statement of Additional Information includes information about Janus Dynamic Allocation Fund (the “Fund”), which is a series of the Trust, an open-end, management investment company.
 
On July 6, 2009, as the result of the reorganization of funds of the Janus Adviser Series trust into the Trust, the Fund assumed the assets and liabilities of the corresponding Janus Adviser Series fund (the “predecessor fund”). For this reason, historical information contained in this SAI for periods prior to July 6, 2009 is that of the predecessor fund.
 
The Fund’s adviser, Janus Capital, intends to operate the Fund as a “fund of funds,” meaning that substantially all of the Fund’s assets will be invested in other Janus mutual funds it advises (the “underlying funds”), as described in the Fund’s Prospectuses. Additional detail about each of the underlying funds is available in their respective Prospectuses and SAIs.
 
CLASSIFICATION
 
The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”), classifies mutual funds as either diversified or nondiversified. The Fund is classified as diversified.
 
SUBADVISERS OF CERTAIN UNDERLYING FUNDS
 
Underlying funds subadvised by INTECH. INTECH Investment Management LLC (“INTECH”) is the investment subadviser for INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund, INTECH Risk-Managed Growth Fund, INTECH Risk-Managed International Fund, and INTECH Risk-Managed Value Fund (together, the “Risk-Managed Funds”).
 
Underlying funds subadvised by Perkins. Perkins Investment Management LLC (“Perkins”) is the investment subadviser for Perkins Global Value Fund, Perkins Large Cap Value Fund, Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund, Perkins Small Cap Value Fund, and Perkins Value Plus Income Fund (together, the “Value Funds”).
 
INVESTMENT POLICIES AND RESTRICTIONS APPLICABLE TO THE FUND
 
The Fund is subject to certain fundamental policies and restrictions that may not be changed without shareholder approval. Shareholder approval means approval by the lesser of: (i) more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities of the Trust (or the Fund or class of shares if a matter affects just the Fund or that class of shares) or (ii) 67% or more of the voting securities present at a meeting if the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities of the Trust (or the Fund or class of shares) are present or represented by proxy. The following policies are fundamental policies of the Fund.
 
(1) With respect to 75% of its total assets, the Fund may not purchase securities of an issuer (other than the U.S. Government, its agencies, instrumentalities or authorities, or repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. Government securities, and securities of other investment companies) if: (a) such purchase would, at the time, cause more than 5% of the Fund’s total assets taken at market value to be invested in the securities of such issuer or (b) such purchase would, at the time, result in more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of such issuer being held by the Fund.
 
The Fund may not:
 
(2) Invest 25% or more of the value of its total assets in any particular industry (other than U.S. Government securities) provided that investments in other investment companies shall not be considered an investment in any particular industry for purposes of this investment limitation.
 
(3) Purchase or sell physical commodities unless acquired as a result of ownership of securities or other instruments (but this limitation shall not prevent the Fund from purchasing or selling foreign currencies, options, futures, swaps, forward contracts, or other derivative instruments, or from investing in securities or other instruments backed by physical commodities).
 
(4) Lend any security or make any other loan if, as a result, more than one-third of the Fund’s total assets would be lent to other parties (but this limitation does not apply to investments in repurchase agreements, commercial paper, debt securities, or loans, including assignments and participation interests).
 
(5) Act as an underwriter of securities issued by others, except to the extent that the Fund may be deemed an underwriter in connection with the disposition of its portfolio securities.
 
 
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(6) Borrow money except that the Fund may borrow money for temporary or emergency purposes (not for leveraging or investment). Borrowings from banks will not, in any event, exceed one-third of the value of the Fund’s total assets (including the amount borrowed). This policy shall not prohibit short sales transactions or futures, options, swaps, or forward transactions. The Fund may not issue “senior securities” in contravention of the 1940 Act.
 
(7) Invest directly in real estate or interests in real estate; however, the Fund may own debt or equity securities issued by companies engaged in those businesses.
 
As a fundamental policy, the Fund may, notwithstanding any other investment policy or limitation (whether or not fundamental), invest all of its assets in the securities of a single open-end management investment company with substantially the same fundamental investment objectives, policies, and limitations as the Fund.
 
The Board of Trustees (“Trustees”) has adopted additional investment restrictions for the Fund. These restrictions are operating policies of the Fund and may be changed by the Trustees without shareholder approval. The additional restrictions adopted by the Trustees to date include the following:
 
(1) The Fund may sell securities short if it owns or has the right to obtain securities equivalent in kind and amount to the securities sold short without the payment of any additional consideration therefor (“short sales against the box”). In addition, the Fund may engage in short sales other than against the box, which involve selling a security that the Fund borrows and does not own. The Trustees may impose limits on the Fund’s investments in short sales, as described in the Fund’s Prospectuses. Transactions in futures, options, swaps, and forward contracts not involving short sales are not deemed to constitute selling securities short.
 
(2) The Fund does not intend to purchase securities on margin, except that the Fund may obtain such short-term credits as are necessary for the clearance of transactions, and provided that margin payments and other deposits in connection with transactions involving short sales, futures, options, swaps, forward contracts, and other permitted investment techniques shall not be deemed to constitute purchasing securities on margin.
 
(3) The Fund may not mortgage or pledge any securities owned or held by the Fund in amounts that exceed, in the aggregate, 15% of the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”), provided that this limitation does not apply to: reverse repurchase agreements; deposits of assets to margin; guarantee positions in futures, options, swaps, or forward contracts; or the segregation of assets in connection with such contracts.
 
(4) The Fund does not currently intend to purchase any security or enter into a repurchase agreement if, as a result, more than 15% of its net assets would be invested in repurchase agreements not entitling the holder to payment of principal and interest within seven days and in securities that are illiquid by virtue of legal or contractual restrictions on resale or the absence of a readily available market. The Trustees, or the Fund’s investment adviser acting pursuant to authority delegated by the Trustees, may determine that a readily available market exists for: securities eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Rule 144A Securities”), or any successor to such rule; Section 4(2) commercial paper; and municipal lease obligations. Accordingly, such securities may not be subject to the foregoing limitation.
 
(5) The Fund may not invest in companies for the purpose of exercising control of management.
 
Unless otherwise stated, except for the policies with respect to investments in illiquid securities and borrowing, the percentage limitations included in these policies and elsewhere in the SAI and Prospectuses normally apply only at the time of purchase of a security. So, for example, if the Fund or an underlying fund exceeds a limit as a result of market fluctuations or the sale of other securities, it will not be required to dispose of any securities.
 
Under the terms of an exemptive order received from the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), the Fund may borrow money from or lend money to other funds that permit such transactions and for which Janus Capital or one of its affiliates serves as investment adviser. All such borrowing and lending will be subject to the above limits and to the limits and other conditions in such exemptive order. The Fund will borrow money through the program only when the costs are equal to or lower than the cost of bank loans. Interfund loans and borrowings normally extend overnight, but can have a maximum duration of seven days. The Fund will lend through the program only when the returns are higher than those available from other short-term instruments (such as repurchase agreements). The Fund may have to borrow from a bank at a higher interest rate if an interfund loan is called or not renewed. Any delay in repayment to a lending Fund could result in a lost investment opportunity or additional borrowing costs.

 
 
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For the purposes of these investment restrictions, the identification of the issuer of a municipal obligation depends on the terms and conditions of the security. When assets and revenues of a political subdivision are separate from those of the government that created the subdivision and the security is backed only by the assets and revenues of the subdivision, the subdivision is deemed to be the sole issuer. Similarly, in the case of an industrial development bond, if the bond is backed only by assets and revenues of a nongovernmental user, then the nongovernmental user would be deemed to be the sole issuer. If, however, in either case, the creating government or some other entity guarantees the security, the guarantee would be considered a separate security that would be treated as an issue of the guaranteeing entity.
 
For purposes of the Fund’s policies on investing in particular industries, the Fund invests in underlying funds that rely primarily on industry or industry group classifications as published by Bloomberg L.P. To the extent that Bloomberg L.P. industry classifications are so broad that the primary economic characteristics in a single class are materially different, the underlying funds may further classify issuers in accordance with industry classifications as published by the SEC. The Fund may change the source used for determining industry classifications without prior shareholder notice or approval.
 
INVESTMENT STRATEGIES AND RISKS OF THE FUND AND THE UNDERLYING FUNDS
 
This section discusses investment strategies of the Fund. These strategies may also apply to the underlying funds in which the Fund may invest. This section also details the risks associated with each investment strategy because each investment vehicle and technique contributes to the Fund’s overall risk profile.
 
Diversification
Diversification is a way to reduce risk by investing in a broad range of stocks or other securities. An underlying fund that is classified as “nondiversified” has the ability to take larger positions in a smaller number of issuers than an underlying fund that is classified as “diversified.” This gives an underlying fund which is classified as nondiversified more flexibility to focus its investments in companies that the portfolio managers and/or investment personnel have identified as the most attractive for the investment objective and strategy of the underlying fund. However, because the appreciation or depreciation of a single security may have a greater impact on the NAV of an underlying fund which is classified as nondiversified, its share price can be expected to fluctuate more than a comparable underlying fund which is classified as diversified. This fluctuation, if significant, may affect the performance of an underlying fund.
 
Cash Position
As discussed in the Fund’s Prospectuses and the underlying funds’ Prospectuses, the Fund’s or an underlying fund’s cash position may temporarily increase under various circumstances. Securities that the Fund or the underlying funds may invest in as a means of receiving a return on idle cash include domestic or foreign currency denominated commercial paper, certificates of deposit, repurchase agreements, or other short-term debt obligations. These securities may include U.S. and foreign short-term cash instruments. The Fund or underlying fund may also invest in money market funds, including funds managed by Janus Capital. (Refer to “Investment Company Securities.”)
 
The underlying Risk-Managed Funds, subadvised by INTECH, normally remain as fully invested as possible and do not seek to lessen the effects of a declining market through hedging or temporary defensive positions. These underlying funds may use exchange-traded funds as well as futures, options, and other derivatives, to gain exposure to the stock market pending investment of cash balances or to meet liquidity needs. These underlying funds may invest in U.S. Government securities and other short-term, interest-bearing securities without regard to the underlying funds’ otherwise applicable percentage limits, policies, or their normal investment emphasis, when INTECH believes market, economic, or political conditions warrant a temporary defensive position.
 
Exchange-Traded Notes
The Fund and certain underlying funds may invest directly in exchange-traded notes (“ETNs”), which are senior, unsecured, unsubordinated debt securities whose returns are linked to a particular index and provide exposure to the total returns of various market indices, including indices linked to stocks, bonds, commodities and currencies. This type of debt security differs from other types of bonds and notes. ETN returns are based upon the performance of a market index minus applicable fees; no period coupon payments are distributed and no principal protections exist. ETNs do not pay cash distributions. Instead, the value of dividends, interest, and investment gains are captured in the funds’ total return. The Fund or an underlying fund may invest in these securities when desiring exposure to debt securities or commodities. When evaluating ETNs for investment, Janus Capital or any applicable underlying subadviser, will consider the potential risks involved, expected tax efficiency, rate of return, and credit risk. When the Fund or an underlying fund invests in ETNs, it will bear its proportionate share of any fees and expenses borne by the ETN. There may be restrictions on the Fund’s or an

 
 
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underlying fund’s right to redeem its investment in an ETN, which are meant to be held until maturity. The Fund’s or an underlying fund’s decision to sell its ETN holdings may be limited by the availability of a secondary market.
 
Repurchase and Reverse Repurchase Agreements
In a repurchase agreement, the Fund or an underlying fund purchases a security and simultaneously commits to resell that security to the seller at an agreed upon price on an agreed upon date within a number of days (usually not more than seven) from the date of purchase. The resale price consists of the purchase price plus an agreed upon incremental amount that is unrelated to the coupon rate or maturity of the purchased security. A repurchase agreement involves the obligation of the seller to pay the agreed upon price, which obligation is in effect secured by the value (at least equal to the amount of the agreed upon resale price and marked-to-market daily) of the underlying security or “collateral.” A risk associated with repurchase agreements is the failure of the seller to repurchase the securities as agreed, which may cause the Fund or an underlying fund to suffer a loss if the market value of such securities declines before they can be liquidated on the open market. In the event of bankruptcy or insolvency of the seller, the Fund or an underlying fund may encounter delays and incur costs in liquidating the underlying security. In addition, the collateral received in the repurchase transaction may become worthless. To the extent the Fund’s or an underlying fund’s collateral focuses in one or more sectors, such as banks and financial services, the Fund is subject to increased risk as a result of that exposure. Repurchase agreements that mature in more than seven days are subject to the 15% limit on illiquid investments. While it is not possible to eliminate all risks from these transactions, it is the policy of the Fund and the underlying funds to limit repurchase agreements to those parties whose creditworthiness has been reviewed and found satisfactory by Janus Capital. There is no guarantee that Janus Capital’s analysis of the creditworthiness of the counterparty will be accurate, and the underlying collateral involved in the transaction can expose the Fund or an underlying fund to additional risk regardless of the creditworthiness of the parties involved in the transaction.
 
Reverse repurchase agreements are transactions in which the Fund or an underlying fund sells a security and simultaneously commits to repurchase that security from the buyer, such as a bank or broker-dealer, at an agreed upon price on an agreed upon future date. The resale price in a reverse repurchase agreement reflects a market rate of interest that is not related to the coupon rate or maturity of the sold security. For certain demand agreements, there is no agreed upon repurchase date and interest payments are calculated daily, often based upon the prevailing overnight repurchase rate. The Fund or an underlying fund will use the proceeds of reverse repurchase agreements only to satisfy unusually heavy redemption requests or for other temporary or emergency purposes without the necessity of selling portfolio securities, or to earn additional income on portfolio securities, such as Treasury bills or notes.
 
Generally, a reverse repurchase agreement enables the Fund or an underlying fund to recover for the term of the reverse repurchase agreement all or most of the cash invested in the portfolio securities sold and to keep the interest income associated with those portfolio securities. Such transactions are only advantageous if the interest cost to the Fund or the underlying fund of the reverse repurchase transaction is less than the cost of obtaining the cash otherwise. In addition, interest costs on the money received in a reverse repurchase agreement may exceed the return received on the investments made by the Fund or the underlying fund with those monies. Using reverse repurchase agreements to earn additional income involves the risk that the interest earned on the invested proceeds is less than the expense of the reverse repurchase agreement transaction. This technique may also have a leveraging effect on the Fund’s or the underlying fund’s portfolio, although the Fund’s or the underlying fund’s intent to segregate assets in the amount of the reverse repurchase agreement minimizes this effect. While a reverse repurchase agreement is outstanding, the Fund or the underlying fund will maintain cash and appropriate liquid assets in a segregated custodial account to cover its obligation under the agreement. The Fund or the underlying fund will enter into reverse repurchase agreements only with parties that Janus Capital deems creditworthy.
 
INVESTMENT STRATEGIES AND RISKS OF THE UNDERLYING FUNDS
 
The Fund is a “fund of funds” that invests primarily in underlying funds and normally does not directly invest in the securities or use the investment techniques described in this section. The Fund may, to a limited extent, invest in other securities. This section discusses investment strategies of the underlying funds in which the Fund may invest. This section also details the risks associated with each investment strategy, because each investment vehicle and technique contributes to the Fund’s overall risk profile.
 
Illiquid Investments
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securities. The Trustees have authorized Janus Capital to make liquidity determinations with respect to certain securities, including Rule 144A Securities, commercial paper, and municipal lease obligations purchased by the underlying funds. Under the guidelines established by the Trustees, Janus Capital will consider the following factors: (i) the frequency of trades and quoted prices for the security; (ii) the number of dealers willing to purchase or sell the security and the number of other potential purchasers; (iii) the willingness of dealers to undertake to make a market in the security; and (iv) the nature of the security and the nature of the marketplace trades, including the time needed to dispose of the security, the method of soliciting offers, and the mechanics of the transfer. In the case of commercial paper, Janus Capital will also consider whether the paper is traded flat or in default as to principal and interest and any ratings of the paper by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization (“NRSRO”). Investments in Rule 144A Securities could have the effect of increasing the level of a fund’s illiquidity to the extent that qualified institutional buyers become, for a time, uninterested in purchasing such securities. Certain securities previously deemed liquid may become illiquid in any subsequent assessment of the foregoing factors or other changes affecting the security. Foreign securities that may be freely traded on or through the facilities of an offshore exchange or other established offshore securities market are not restricted under the underlying funds’ liquidity procedures if traded in that market. Such securities will be treated as “restricted” if traded in the United States because foreign securities are not registered for sale under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”).
 
If illiquid securities exceed 15% of an underlying fund’s net assets after the time of purchase, the underlying fund will take steps to reduce in an orderly fashion its holdings of illiquid securities. Because illiquid securities may not be readily marketable, the portfolio managers and/or investment personnel may not be able to dispose of them in a timely manner. As a result, the underlying fund may be forced to hold illiquid securities while their price depreciates. Depreciation in the price of illiquid securities may cause the NAV of an underlying fund to decline.
 
Each underlying fund may invest up to 5% of its total assets in venture capital investments measured at the time of an investment. A later increase or decrease in this percentage resulting from changes in values of assets will not constitute a violation of such limitation. Each underlying fund may make an initial investment of up to 0.5% of its total assets in any one venture capital company. An underlying fund may not invest in aggregate more than 1% of its total assets, measured at the time of the subsequent purchase, in any one venture capital company.
 
Venture capital investments are investments in new and early stage companies whose securities are not publicly traded. These investments may present significant opportunities for capital appreciation but involve a high degree of risk that can result in substantial losses. The underlying funds may not be able to sell such investments when the portfolio managers and/or investment personnel deem it appropriate to do so due to restrictions on their sale. In addition, the underlying funds may be forced to sell their venture capital investments at less than fair market value. Where venture capital investments must be registered prior to their sale, the underlying funds may be obligated to pay all or part of the registration expenses. Any of these situations may result in a decrease in an underlying fund’s NAV.
 
Securities Lending
Under procedures adopted by its Trustees, an underlying fund may seek to earn additional income by lending securities to qualified parties (typically brokers or other financial institutions) who need to borrow securities in order to complete certain transactions such as covering short sales, avoiding failures to deliver securities, or completing arbitrage activities. There is the risk of delay in recovering a loaned security or the risk of loss in collateral rights if the borrower fails financially. In addition, Janus Capital makes efforts to balance the benefits and risks from granting such loans. The underlying fund does not have the right to vote on securities while they are being lent; however, the underlying fund may attempt to call back the loan and vote the proxy if time permits. All loans will be continuously secured by collateral which may consist of cash, U.S. Government securities, domestic and foreign short-term debt instruments, letters of credit, time deposits, repurchase agreements, money market mutual funds or other money market accounts, or such other collateral as permitted by the SEC. If an underlying fund is unable to recover a security on loan, the underlying fund may use the collateral to purchase replacement securities in the market. There is a risk that the value of the collateral could decrease below the value of the replacement security, resulting in a loss to the underlying fund.
 
Upon receipt of cash collateral, Janus Capital may invest it in affiliated or non-affiliated cash management vehicles, whether registered or unregistered entities, as permitted by the 1940 Act and rules promulgated thereunder. Janus Capital currently intends to invest the cash collateral in a cash management vehicle for which Janus Capital serves as investment adviser. An investment in a cash management vehicle is generally subject to the same risks that shareholders experience when investing in similarly structured vehicles, such as the potential for significant fluctuations in assets as a result of the purchase and redemption activity of the securities lending program, a decline in the value of the collateral and possible liquidity issues. Such risks may delay the return of the cash collateral and cause an underlying fund to violate its agreement to return the

 
 
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cash collateral to a borrower in a timely manner. As adviser to the underlying funds and the affiliated cash management vehicle in which the cash collateral is invested, Janus Capital has an inherent conflict of interest as a result of its fiduciary duties to both the underlying funds and the cash management vehicle. Additionally, Janus Capital receives an investment advisory fee for managing the cash management vehicle used for the securities lending program, but it may not receive a fee for managing certain other affiliated cash management vehicles, and therefore may have an incentive to allocate preferred investment opportunities to investment vehicles for which it is receiving a fee.
 
Equity Securities
The underlying funds may invest in equity securities, which include, but are not limited to, common and preferred stocks, securities convertible or exchangeable into common stock, and warrants.
 
Common Stock. Common stock represents a proportionate share of the ownership of a company. Common stocks sometimes are divided into several classes, with each class having different voting rights, dividend rights, or other differences in their rights and priorities. The value of a stock is based on the market’s assessment of the current and future success of a company’s business, any income paid to stockholders, the value of the company’s assets, and general market conditions. The value of a stock may also be adversely affected by other factors such as accounting irregularities, actual or perceived weaknesses in corporate governance practices of a company’s board or management, and changes in company management. Common stock values can fluctuate dramatically over short periods.
 
Preferred Stock. A preferred stock represents an ownership interest in a company, but pays dividends at a specific rate and has priority over common stock in payment of dividends and liquidation claims. Preferred stock dividends are generally cumulative, noncumulative, or participating. “Cumulative” dividend provisions require all or a portion of prior unpaid dividends to be paid before dividends can be paid to the issuer’s common stock. “Participating” preferred stock may be entitled to a dividend exceeding the stated dividend in certain cases. Like debt securities, the value of a preferred stock often fluctuates more in response to changes in interest rates and the creditworthiness of the issuer, rather than in response to changes in the issuer’s profitability and business prospects. Preferred stock is subject to similar risks as common stock and debt securities.
 
Convertible Security. A convertible security is generally a debt obligation or preferred stock that may be converted within a specified period of time into a certain amount of common stock of the same or a different issuer. A convertible security, such as a “convertible preferred stock,” provides a fixed-income stream and the opportunity, through its conversion feature, to participate in the capital appreciation resulting from a market price advance in its underlying common stock. Like a common stock, the value of a convertible security tends to increase as the market value of the underlying stock rises, and it tends to decrease as the market value of the underlying stock declines. As with a fixed-income security, a convertible security tends to increase in market value when interest rates decline and decrease in value when interest rates rise. Because both interest rate and market movements can influence its value, a convertible security is not as sensitive to interest rates as a similar fixed-income security, nor is it as sensitive to changes in share price as its underlying stock.
 
Convertible securities generally have less potential for gain or loss than common stocks. Convertible securities generally provide yields higher than the underlying common stocks, but generally lower than comparable non-convertible securities. Because of this higher yield, convertible securities generally sell at prices above their “conversion value,” which is the current market value of the stock to be received upon conversion. The difference between this conversion value and the price of convertible securities will vary over time depending on changes in the value of the underlying common stocks and interest rates.
 
A convertible security may also be called for redemption or conversion by the issuer after a particular date and under certain circumstances (including a specified price) established upon issue. If a convertible security held by the underlying funds is called for redemption or conversion, the underlying funds could be required to tender it for redemption, convert it into the underlying common stock, or sell it to a third party.
 
Warrants. Warrants constitute options to purchase equity securities at a specific price and are valid for a specific period of time. They do not represent ownership of the equity securities, but only the right to buy them. Warrants have no voting rights, pay no dividends, and have no rights with respect to the assets of the corporation issuing them. Warrants differ from call options in that warrants are issued by the issuer of the security that may be purchased on their exercise, whereas call options may be issued by anyone. The prices of warrants do not necessarily move parallel to the prices of the underlying equity securities. The price usually represents a premium over the applicable market value of the common stock at the time of the warrant’s issuance. Investments in warrants involve certain risks, including the possible lack of a liquid market for the resale of the warrants, potential price fluctuations as a result of speculation or other factors, and failure of the price of the

 
 
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common stock to rise. The price of a warrant may be more volatile than the price of its underlying security. A warrant becomes worthless if it is not exercised within the specified time period.
 
Foreign Securities
Within the parameters of its specific investment policies, each underlying fund, including each Risk-Managed Fund to the extent that foreign securities may be included in its respective benchmark index, may invest in foreign securities either indirectly (e.g., depositary receipts, depositary shares, and passive foreign investment companies) or directly in foreign markets, including emerging markets. Investments in foreign securities, including those of foreign governments, may involve greater risks than investing in domestic securities because an underlying fund’s performance may depend on factors other than the performance of a particular company. These factors include:
 
Currency Risk. As long as an underlying fund holds a foreign security, its value will be affected by the value of the local currency relative to the U.S. dollar. When an underlying fund sells a foreign currency denominated security, its value may be worth less in U.S. dollars even if the security increases in value in its home country. U.S. dollar-denominated securities of foreign issuers may also be affected by currency risk, as the value of these securities may also be affected by changes in the issuer’s local currency.
 
Political and Economic Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to heightened political and economic risks, particularly in emerging markets which may have relatively unstable governments, immature economic structures, national policies restricting investments by foreigners, different legal systems, and economies based on only a few industries. In some countries, there is the risk that the government may take over the assets or operations of a company or that the government may impose taxes or limits on the removal of an underlying fund’s assets from that country.
 
Regulatory Risk. There may be less government supervision of foreign markets. As a result, foreign issuers may not be subject to the uniform accounting, auditing, and financial reporting standards and practices applicable to domestic issuers, and there may be less publicly available information about foreign issuers.
 
Foreign Market Risk. Foreign securities markets, particularly those of emerging market countries, may be less liquid and more volatile than domestic markets. Certain markets may require payment for securities before delivery, and delays may be encountered in settling securities transactions. In some foreign markets, there may not be protection against failure by other parties to complete transactions. Such factors may hinder an underlying fund’s ability to buy and sell emerging market securities in a timely manner, affecting the underlying fund’s investment strategies and potentially affecting the value of the underlying fund.
 
Transaction Costs. Costs of buying, selling, and holding foreign securities, including brokerage, tax, and custody costs, may be higher than those involved in domestic transactions.
 
Emerging Markets. Within the parameters of its specific investment policies, each underlying fund, particularly Janus Global Life Sciences Fund, Janus Global Research Fund, Janus Global Select Fund, Janus Global Technology Fund, Janus Overseas Fund, Janus Worldwide Fund, and Perkins Global Value Fund, may invest their assets in companies from one or more “developing countries” or “emerging markets.” Such countries include, but are not limited to, countries included in the Morgan Stanley Capital International (“MSCI”) Emerging Markets Indexsm. Each of the underlying Janus Global Real Estate Fund and Janus International Equity Fund will normally limit its investments in emerging market countries to 15% and 20%, respectively, of its net assets. The underlying Janus Contrarian Fund, Janus Forty Fund, Janus Long/Short Fund, and Janus Twenty Fund have each, at times, invested a significant portion of its assets in emerging markets and may continue to do so. Investing in emerging markets involves certain risks not typically associated with investing in the United States and imposes risks greater than, or in addition to, risks of investing in more developed foreign countries. The price of investments in emerging markets can experience sudden and sharp price swings. In many developing markets, there is less government supervision and regulation of business and industry practices, stock exchanges, brokers, and listed companies than in more developed markets. There is a risk in developing countries that a future economic or political crisis could lead to price controls, forced mergers of companies, expropriation or confiscatory taxation, seizure, nationalization, or creation of government monopolies, any of which may have a detrimental effect on an underlying fund’s investments. Many emerging market countries have experienced substantial, and in some periods extremely high, rates of inflation or deflation for many years, and future inflation may adversely affect the economies and securities markets of such countries. The securities markets of many of the countries in which the underlying funds may invest may also be smaller, less liquid, and subject to greater price volatility than those in the United States. In the event of a default on any investments in foreign debt obligations, it may be more difficult for the underlying funds to obtain or to enforce a judgment against the issuers of such securities. In addition, there may be little financial or accounting information available with respect to issuers of emerging market

 
 
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securities, and it may be difficult as a result to assess the value of an investment in such securities. The underlying funds may be subject to emerging markets risk to the extent that they invest in companies which are not considered to be from emerging markets, but which have customers, products, or transactions associated with emerging markets. A summary of each underlying fund’s investments by country is contained in the underlying funds’ shareholder reports and Form N-Q reports, which are filed with the SEC.
 
Borrowing
The underlying Janus Long/Short Fund may borrow money from banks for investment purposes to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act. This practice is known as leverage. Currently, under the 1940 Act, a fund may borrow from banks up to one-third of its total assets (including the amount borrowed) provided that it maintains continuous asset coverage of 300% with respect to such borrowings and sells (within three days) sufficient portfolio holdings to restore such coverage if it should decline to less than 300% due to market fluctuations or otherwise, even if disadvantageous from an investment standpoint. Each underlying fund may borrow money to meet redemptions in order to avoid forced, unplanned sales of portfolio securities or for other temporary or emergency purposes. This allows an underlying fund greater flexibility to buy and sell portfolio securities for investment or tax considerations, rather than for cash flow considerations.
 
The use of borrowing by the underlying Janus Long/Short Fund involves special risk considerations that may not be associated with other underlying funds that may only borrow for temporary or emergency purposes. Because substantially all of an underlying fund’s assets fluctuate in value, whereas the interest obligation resulting from a borrowing will be fixed by the terms of the underlying fund’s agreement with its lender, the NAV per share of the underlying fund will tend to increase more when its portfolio securities increase in value and decrease more when its portfolio securities decrease in value than would otherwise be the case if the underlying fund did not borrow funds. In addition, interest costs on borrowings may fluctuate with changing market rates of interest and may partially offset or exceed the return earned on borrowed funds. Under adverse market conditions, an underlying fund might have to sell portfolio securities to meet interest or principal payments at a time when fundamental investment considerations would not favor such sales. The interest that the underlying fund must pay on borrowed money, together with any additional fees to maintain a line of credit or any minimum average balances required to be maintained, are additional costs that will reduce or eliminate any net investment income and may also offset any potential capital gains. Unless the appreciation and income, if any, on assets acquired with borrowed funds exceed the costs of borrowing, the use of leverage will diminish the investment performance of an underlying fund compared with what it would have been without leverage.
 
Short Sales
Each underlying fund, with the exception of the Risk-Managed Funds, may engage in “short sales against the box.” This technique involves either selling short a security that an underlying fund owns, or selling short a security that the underlying fund has the right to obtain, for delivery at a specified date in the future. An underlying fund does not deliver from its portfolio the securities sold short and does not immediately receive the proceeds of the short sale. An underlying fund borrows the securities sold short and receives proceeds from the short sale only when it delivers the securities to the lender. If the value of the securities sold short increases prior to the scheduled delivery date, an underlying fund loses the opportunity to participate in the gain.
 
Each underlying fund, with the exception of the Risk-Managed Funds, may also engage in other short sales. An underlying fund may engage in short sales when the portfolio managers and/or investment personnel anticipate that a security’s market purchase price will be less than its borrowing price. In a short sale transaction, an underlying fund sells a security it does not own to a purchaser at a specified price. To complete a short sale, an underlying fund must: (i) borrow the security to deliver it to the purchaser and (ii) buy that same security in the market to return it to the lender. Short sales involve the same fundamental risk as short sales against the box, as described in the previous paragraph. In addition, an underlying fund may incur a loss as a result of the short sale if the price of the security increases between the date of the short sale and the date on which the underlying fund replaces the borrowed security, and the underlying fund may realize a gain if the security declines in price between those same dates. Although an underlying fund’s potential for gain as a result of a short sale is limited to the price at which it sold the security short less the cost of borrowing the security, the potential for loss is theoretically unlimited because there is no limit to the cost of replacing the borrowed security. To borrow the security, an underlying fund may also be required to pay a premium, which would increase the cost of the security sold.
 
The underlying funds may not always be able to close out a short position at a particular time or at an acceptable price. A lender may request that the borrowed securities be returned to it on short notice, and an underlying fund may have to buy the borrowed securities at an unfavorable price. If this occurs at a time when other short sellers of the same security also

 
 
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want to close out their positions, it is more likely that an underlying fund will have to cover its short sale at an unfavorable price and potentially reduce or eliminate any gain, or cause a loss, as a result of the short sale.
 
Until an underlying fund closes its short position or replaces the borrowed security, the underlying fund may designate liquid assets it owns (other than the short sale proceeds) as segregated assets to the books of the broker and/or its custodian in an amount equal to its obligation to purchase the securities sold short, as required by the 1940 Act. The amount segregated in this manner is expected to be increased or decreased each business day equal to the change in market value of the underlying fund’s obligation to purchase the security sold short. The proceeds of the short sale will be retained by the broker, to the extent necessary to meet the margin requirements, until the short position is closed out. If the lending broker requires the underlying fund to deposit additional collateral (in addition to the short sales proceeds that the broker holds during the period of the short sale), which may be as much as 50% of the value of the securities sold short, the amount of the additional collateral may be deducted in determining the amount of cash or liquid assets the underlying fund is required to segregate to cover the short sale obligation pursuant to the 1940 Act. The amount segregated must be unencumbered by any other obligation or claim other than the obligation that is being covered. The underlying funds believe that short sale obligations that are covered, either by an offsetting asset or right (acquiring the security sold short or having an option to purchase the security sold short at an exercise price that covers the obligation), or by an underlying fund’s segregated asset procedures (or a combination thereof), are not senior securities under the 1940 Act and are not subject to the underlying fund’s borrowing restrictions. This requirement to segregate assets limits an underlying fund’s leveraging of its investments and the related risk of losses from leveraging. An underlying fund also is required to pay the lender of the security any dividends or interest that accrues on a borrowed security during the period of the loan. Depending on the arrangements made with the broker or custodian, an underlying fund may or may not receive any payments (including interest) on collateral it has deposited with the broker. An underlying fund’s ability to invest in short sales may be limited, as described in the underlying fund’s Prospectuses.
 
Zero Coupon, Step Coupon, and Pay-In-Kind Securities
Within the parameters of its specific investment policies, each underlying fund, with the exception of the Risk-Managed Funds, may invest up to 10% (without limit for Janus Flexible Bond Fund and Janus High-Yield Fund) of its net assets in zero coupon, step coupon, and pay-in-kind securities. Zero coupon bonds are issued and traded at a discount from their face value. They do not entitle the holder to any periodic payment of interest prior to maturity. Step coupon bonds are high-quality issues with above-market interest rates and a coupon that increases over the life of the bond. They may pay monthly, semiannual, or annual interest payments. On the date of each coupon payment, the issuer decides whether to call the bond at par or whether to extend it until the next payment date at the new coupon rate. Pay-in-kind bonds normally give the issuer an option to pay cash at a coupon payment date or give the holder of the security a similar bond with the same coupon rate and a face value equal to the amount of the coupon payment that would have been made. For the purposes of any underlying fund’s restriction on investing in income-producing securities, income-producing securities include securities that make periodic interest payments as well as those that make interest payments on a deferred basis or pay interest only at maturity (e.g., Treasury bills or zero coupon bonds).
 
For federal income tax purposes, holders of zero coupon securities and step coupon securities are required to recognize income even though the holders receive no cash payments of interest during the year. Similarly, holders of payment-in-kind securities must include in their gross income the value of securities they receive as “interest.” In order to qualify as a “regulated investment company” under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations thereunder, an underlying fund must distribute its investment company taxable income, including the original issue discount accrued on zero coupon or step coupon bonds and non-cash income from payment-in-kind securities. Because an underlying fund will not receive cash payments on a current basis with respect to accrued original-issue discount on zero coupon bonds or step coupon bonds during the period before interest payments begin or may receive non-cash interest payments, in some years that underlying fund may have to distribute cash obtained from other sources in order to satisfy the distribution requirements under the Internal Revenue Code. An underlying fund may obtain such cash from selling other portfolio holdings, which may cause that underlying fund to incur capital gains or losses on the sale. Additionally, these actions are likely to reduce the amount of cash available for investment by an underlying fund, to reduce the assets to which underlying fund expenses could be allocated, and to reduce the rate of return for that underlying fund. In some circumstances, such sales might be necessary in order to satisfy cash distribution requirements even though investment considerations might otherwise make it undesirable for an underlying fund to sell the securities at the time.

 
 
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Generally, the market prices of zero coupon, step coupon, and pay-in-kind securities are more volatile than the prices of securities that pay interest periodically and in cash and are likely to respond to changes in interest rates to a greater degree than other types of debt securities having similar maturities and credit quality.
 
Pass-Through Securities
The underlying funds, with the exception of the Risk-Managed Funds, may invest in various types of pass-through securities, such as mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities, credit-linked trust certificates, traded custody receipts, and participation interests. A pass-through security is a share or certificate of interest in a pool of debt obligations that have been repackaged by an intermediary, such as a bank or broker-dealer. The purchaser of a pass-through security receives an undivided interest in the underlying pool of securities. The issuers of the underlying securities make interest and principal payments to the intermediary which are passed through to purchasers, such as the underlying funds. The most common type of pass-through securities are mortgage-backed securities. Government National Mortgage Association (“Ginnie Mae”) Certificates are mortgage-backed securities that evidence an undivided interest in a pool of mortgage loans. Ginnie Mae Certificates differ from bonds in that principal is paid back monthly by the borrowers over the term of the loan rather than returned in a lump sum at maturity. An underlying fund will generally purchase “modified pass-through” Ginnie Mae Certificates, which entitle the holder to receive a share of all interest and principal payments paid and owned on the mortgage pool, net of fees paid to the “issuer” and Ginnie Mae, regardless of whether or not the mortgagor actually makes the payment. Ginnie Mae Certificates are backed as to the timely payment of principal and interest by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.
 
The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”) issues two types of mortgage pass-through securities: mortgage participation certificates (“PCs”) and guaranteed mortgage certificates (“GMCs”). PCs resemble Ginnie Mae Certificates in that each PC represents a pro rata share of all interest and principal payments made and owned on the underlying pool. Freddie Mac guarantees timely payments of interest on PCs and the full return of principal. GMCs also represent a pro rata interest in a pool of mortgages. However, these instruments pay interest semiannually and return principal once a year in guaranteed minimum payments. This type of security is guaranteed by Freddie Mac as to timely payment of principal and interest, but it is not guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.
 
The Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”) issues guaranteed mortgage pass-through certificates (“Fannie Mae Certificates”). Fannie Mae Certificates resemble Ginnie Mae Certificates in that each Fannie Mae Certificate represents a pro rata share of all interest and principal payments made and owned on the underlying pool. This type of security is guaranteed by Fannie Mae as to timely payment of principal and interest, but it is not guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.
 
In September 2008, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (“FHFA”), an agency of the U.S. Government, placed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac under conservatorship to provide stability in the financial markets, mortgage availability and taxpayer protection by preserving Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s assets, and placing them in a sound and solvent condition. Under the conservatorship, the management of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac was replaced. The effect that the FHFA’s conservatorship will have on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s debt and equities is unclear.
 
Except for GMCs, each of the mortgage-backed securities described above is characterized by monthly payments to the holder, reflecting the monthly payments made by the borrowers who received the underlying mortgage loans. The payments to the security holders (such as the underlying funds), like the payments on the underlying loans, represent both principal and interest. Although the underlying mortgage loans are for specified periods of time, such as 20 or 30 years, the borrowers can, and typically do, pay them off sooner. Thus, the security holders frequently receive prepayments of principal in addition to the principal that is part of the regular monthly payments. The portfolio managers and/or investment personnel will consider estimated prepayment rates in calculating the average-weighted maturity of an underlying fund. A borrower is more likely to prepay a mortgage that bears a relatively high rate of interest. This means that in times of declining interest rates, higher yielding mortgage-backed securities held by an underlying fund might be converted to cash, and the underlying fund will be forced to accept lower interest rates when that cash is used to purchase additional securities in the mortgage-backed securities sector or in other investment sectors. Additionally, prepayments during such periods will limit an underlying fund’s ability to participate in as large a market gain as may be experienced with a comparable security not subject to prepayment.
 
The underlying funds’ investments in mortgage-backed securities may be backed by subprime mortgages. Subprime mortgages are loans made to borrowers with weakened credit histories or with a lower capacity to make timely payments on their mortgages. Investments in mortgage-backed securities comprised of subprime mortgages may be subject to a higher degree of credit risk, valuation risk, and liquidity risk.

 
 
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Asset-backed securities represent interests in pools of consumer loans and are backed by paper or accounts receivables originated by banks, credit card companies, or other providers of credit. Generally, the originating bank or credit provider is neither the obligor nor the guarantor of the security, and interest and principal payments ultimately depend upon payment of the underlying loans by individuals. Tax-exempt asset-backed securities include units of beneficial interests in pools of purchase contracts, financing leases, and sales agreements that may be created when a municipality enters into an installment purchase contract or lease with a vendor. Such securities may be secured by the assets purchased or leased by the municipality; however, if the municipality stops making payments, there generally will be no recourse against the vendor. The market for tax-exempt, asset-backed securities is still relatively new. These obligations are likely to involve unscheduled prepayments of principal.
 
The underlying funds, with the exception of the Risk-Managed Funds, also may invest in other types of pass-through securities, such as credit-linked trust certificates, traded custody receipts, and participation interests. Holders of the interests are entitled to receive distributions of interest, principal, and other payments on each of the underlying debt securities (less expenses), and in some cases distributions of the underlying debt securities. The underlying debt securities have a specified maturity but are subject to prepayment risk because if an issuer prepays the principal, an underlying fund may have additional cash to invest at a time when prevailing interest rates have declined and reinvestment of such additional funds is made at a lower rate. The value of the underlying debt securities may change due to changes in market interest rates. If interest rates rise, the value of the underlying debt securities, and therefore the value of the pass-through security, may decline. If the underlying debt securities are high-yield securities, the risks associated with high-yield/high-risk securities discussed in this SAI and in the underlying funds’ Prospectuses may apply.
 
Investment Company Securities
The Fund may invest up to 100% of its total assets in other Janus funds in reliance on Section 12(d)(1)(G) and Rule 12d1-2 of the 1940 Act.
 
From time to time, the underlying funds may invest in securities of other investment companies, subject to the provisions of the 1940 Act and any applicable SEC exemptive orders. Section 12(d)(1) of the 1940 Act prohibits an underlying fund from acquiring: (i) more than 3% of another investment company’s voting stock; (ii) securities of another investment company with a value in excess of 5% of an underlying fund’s total assets; or (iii) securities of such other investment company and all other investment companies owned by an underlying fund having a value in excess of 10% of the underlying fund’s total assets. In addition, Section 12(d)(1) prohibits another investment company from selling its shares to an underlying fund if, after the sale: (i) the underlying fund owns more than 3% of the other investment company’s voting stock or (ii) the underlying fund and other investment companies, and companies controlled by them, own more than 10% of the voting stock of such other investment company. The underlying funds may not acquire the securities of other investment companies or registered unit investment trusts in excess of the limits of Section 12(d)(1) of the 1940 Act in reliance on subparagraph (F) or subparagraph (G) of Section 12(d)(1). The underlying funds may invest their cash holdings in affiliated or non-affiliated money market funds as part of a cash sweep program. The underlying funds may purchase unlimited shares of affiliated or non-affiliated money market funds and of other funds managed by Janus Capital, whether registered or unregistered entities, as permitted by the 1940 Act and rules promulgated thereunder and/or an SEC exemptive order. To the extent the underlying funds invest in money market funds or other funds, the underlying funds will be subject to the same risks that investors experience when investing in such other funds. These risks may include the impact of significant fluctuations in assets as a result of the cash sweep program or purchase and redemption activity by affiliated or non-affiliated shareholders in such other funds. Additionally, as the adviser to the underlying funds and the money market funds or other funds or investment vehicles in which the underlying funds may invest, Janus Capital has an inherent conflict of interest because it has fiduciary duties to both the underlying funds and the money market funds and other funds.
 
Investment companies may include index-based investments such as exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), which hold substantially all of their assets in investments representing specific indices. The main risk of investing in index-based investments is the same as investing in a portfolio of investments comprising the index. As a shareholder of another investment company, an underlying fund would bear its pro rata portion of the other investment company’s expenses, including advisory fees, in addition to the expenses the underlying fund bears directly in connection with its own operation. The market prices of index-based investments will fluctuate in accordance with both changes in the market value of their underlying portfolio investments and due to supply and demand for the instruments on the exchanges on which they are traded (which may result in their trading at a discount or premium to their NAVs). Index-based investments may not replicate exactly the performance of their specific index because of transaction costs and because of the temporary unavailability of certain

 
 
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component securities of the index. Some ETFs have obtained exemptive orders permitting other investment companies, such as the underlying funds, to acquire their securities in excess of the limits of the 1940 Act.
 
Depositary Receipts
The underlying funds, including the Risk-Managed Funds to the extent that they may be included in their respective benchmark index, may invest in sponsored and unsponsored American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”), which are receipts issued by an American bank or trust company evidencing ownership of underlying securities issued by a foreign issuer. ADRs, in registered form, are designed for use in U.S. securities markets. Unsponsored ADRs may be created without the participation of the foreign issuer. Holders of these ADRs generally bear all the costs of the ADR facility, whereas foreign issuers typically bear certain costs in a sponsored ADR. The bank or trust company depositary of an unsponsored ADR may be under no obligation to distribute shareholder communications received from the foreign issuer or to pass through voting rights. The underlying funds may also invest in European Depositary Receipts (“EDRs”), Global Depositary Receipts (“GDRs”), and in other similar instruments representing securities of foreign companies. EDRs and GDRs are securities that are typically issued by foreign banks or foreign trust companies, although U.S. banks or U.S. trust companies may issue them. EDRs and GDRs are structured similarly to the arrangements of ADRs. EDRs, in bearer form, are designed for use in European securities markets.
 
Depositary Receipts are generally subject to the same sort of risks as direct investments in a foreign country, such as currency risk, political and economic risk, and market risk, because their values depend on the performance of a foreign security denominated in its home currency. The risks of foreign investing are addressed in some detail in the underlying funds’ Prospectuses.
 
U.S. Government Securities
To the extent permitted by its investment objective and policies, each underlying fund, particularly Janus Balanced Fund, Janus Flexible Bond Fund, Janus Short-Term Bond Fund, and Perkins Value Plus Income Fund, may invest in U.S. Government securities. The 1940 Act defines U.S. Government securities to include securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies, and its instrumentalities. U.S. Government securities may also include repurchase agreements collateralized by and municipal securities escrowed with or refunded with U.S. Government securities. U.S. Government securities in which an underlying fund may invest include U.S. Treasury securities, including Treasury Inflation Protection Securities (“TIPS”), and obligations issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies and instrumentalities that are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government, such as those issued or guaranteed by the Small Business Administration, Maritime Administration, Export-Import Bank of the United States, Farmers Home Administration, Federal Housing Administration, and Ginnie Mae. In addition, U.S. Government securities in which an underlying fund may invest include securities backed only by the rights of the issuers to borrow from the U.S. Treasury, such as those issued by the Federal Farm Credit Bank, Federal Intermediate Credit Banks, Tennessee Valley Authority, and Freddie Mac. Securities issued by Fannie Mae, the Federal Home Loan Banks, and the Student Loan Marketing Association (“Sallie Mae”) are supported by the discretionary authority of the U.S. Government to purchase the obligations. There is no guarantee that the U.S. Government will support securities not backed by its full faith and credit. Accordingly, although these securities have historically involved little risk of loss of principal if held to maturity, they may involve more risk than securities backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government because the underlying funds must look principally to the agency or instrumentality issuing or guaranteeing the securities for repayment and may not be able to assert a claim against the United States if the agency or instrumentality does not meet its commitment.
 
Municipal Obligations
The underlying funds, with the exception of the Risk-Managed Funds, may invest in municipal obligations issued by states, territories, and possessions of the United States and the District of Columbia. The value of municipal obligations can be affected by changes in their actual or perceived credit quality. The credit quality of municipal obligations can be affected by, among other things, the financial condition of the issuer or guarantor, the issuer’s future borrowing plans and sources of revenue, the economic feasibility of the revenue bond project or general borrowing purpose, political or economic developments in the region where the security is issued, and the liquidity of the security. Because municipal securities are generally traded over-the-counter, the liquidity of a particular issue often depends on the willingness of dealers to make a market in the security. The liquidity of some municipal obligations may be enhanced by demand features, which would enable an underlying fund to demand payment on short notice from the issuer or a financial intermediary.

 
 
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Other Income-Producing Securities
Other types of income-producing securities that the underlying funds, with the exception of the Risk-Managed Funds, may purchase include, but are not limited to, the following types of securities:
 
Inverse floaters. Inverse floaters are debt instruments whose interest bears an inverse relationship to the interest rate on another security. No underlying fund will invest more than 5% of its assets in inverse floaters. Similar to variable and floating rate obligations, effective use of inverse floaters requires skills different from those needed to select most portfolio securities. If movements in interest rates are incorrectly anticipated, an underlying fund could lose money, or its NAV could decline by the use of inverse floaters.
 
Standby commitments. Standby commitments are the rights to sell a specified underlying security or securities within a specified period of time and at an exercise price equal to the amortized cost of the underlying security or securities plus accrued interest, if any, at the time of exercise, that may be sold, transferred, or assigned only with the underlying security or securities. A standby commitment entitles the holder to receive same day settlement and will be considered to be from the party to whom the investment company will look for payment of the exercise price.
 
Strip bonds. Strip bonds are debt securities that are stripped of their interest (usually by a financial intermediary) after the securities are issued. The market value of these securities generally fluctuates more in response to changes in interest rates than interest-paying securities of comparable maturity.
 
Tender option bonds. Tender option bonds are relatively long-term bonds that are coupled with the option to tender the securities to a bank, broker-dealer, or other financial institution at periodic intervals and receive the face value of the bonds. This investment structure is commonly used as a means of enhancing a security’s liquidity.
 
The underlying funds will purchase standby commitments, tender option bonds, and instruments with demand features primarily for the purpose of increasing the liquidity of their portfolio holdings.
 
Variable and floating rate obligations. These types of securities have variable or floating rates of interest and, under certain limited circumstances, may have varying principal amounts. Variable and floating rate securities pay interest at rates that are adjusted periodically according to a specified formula, usually with reference to some interest rate index or market interest rate (the “underlying index”). The floating rate tends to decrease the security’s price sensitivity to changes in interest rates. These types of securities are relatively long-term instruments that often carry demand features permitting the holder to demand payment of principal at any time or at specified intervals prior to maturity.
 
In order to most effectively use these investments, the portfolio managers and/or investment personnel must correctly assess probable movements in interest rates. This involves different skills than those used to select most portfolio securities. If the portfolio managers and/or investment personnel incorrectly forecast such movements, an underlying fund could be adversely affected by the use of variable or floating rate obligations.
 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (“REITs”)
Within the parameters of its specific investment policies, each of the underlying funds may invest in REITs. The underlying Janus Global Real Estate Fund may invest a significant amount of its assets in these types of securities. REITs are sometimes informally characterized as equity REITs, mortgage REITs, and hybrid REITs. Investment in REITs may subject an underlying fund to risks associated with the direct ownership of real estate, such as decreases in real estate values, overbuilding, increased competition, and other risks related to local or general economic conditions, increases in operating costs and property taxes, changes in zoning laws, casualty or condemnation losses, possible environmental liabilities, regulatory limitations on rent, and fluctuations in rental income. Equity REITs generally experience these risks directly through fee or leasehold interests, whereas mortgage REITs generally experience these risks indirectly through mortgage interests, unless the mortgage REIT forecloses on the underlying real estate. Changes in interest rates may also affect the value of an underlying fund’s investment in REITs. For instance, during periods of declining interest rates, certain mortgage REITs may hold mortgages that the mortgagors elect to prepay, and prepayment may diminish the yield on securities issued by those REITs.
 
Certain REITs have relatively small market capitalizations, which may tend to increase the volatility of the market price of their securities. Furthermore, REITs are dependent upon specialized management skills, have limited diversification and are, therefore, subject to risks inherent in operating and financing a limited number of projects. REITs are also subject to heavy cash flow dependency, defaults by borrowers, and the possibility of failing to qualify for tax-free pass-through of income under the Internal Revenue Code and to maintain exemption from the registration requirements of the 1940 Act. By investing in REITs indirectly through an underlying fund, a shareholder will bear not only his or her proportionate share of the

 
 
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expenses of an underlying fund, but also, indirectly, similar expenses of the REITs. In addition, REITs depend generally on their ability to generate cash flow to make distributions to shareholders.
 
Mortgage Dollar Rolls
Certain underlying funds, particularly Janus Flexible Bond Fund, Janus Global Real Estate Fund, Janus High-Yield Fund, Janus Long/Short Fund, and Janus Short-Term Bond Fund, may enter into “mortgage dollar rolls,” which are similar to reverse repurchase agreements in certain respects. In a “mortgage dollar roll” transaction, an underlying fund sells a mortgage-related security (such as a Ginnie Mae security) to a dealer and simultaneously agrees to repurchase a similar security (but not the same security) in the future at a predetermined price. A “dollar roll” can be viewed, like a reverse repurchase agreement, as a collateralized borrowing in which an underlying fund pledges a mortgage-related security to a dealer to obtain cash. Unlike in the case of reverse repurchase agreements, the dealer with which an underlying fund enters into a dollar roll transaction is not obligated to return the same securities as those originally sold by the underlying fund, but only securities which are “substantially identical.” To be considered “substantially identical,” the securities returned to an underlying fund generally must: (i) be collateralized by the same types of underlying mortgages; (ii) be issued by the same agency and be part of the same program; (iii) have a similar original stated maturity; (iv) have identical net coupon rates; (v) have similar market yields (and, therefore, price); and (vi) satisfy “good delivery” requirements, meaning that the aggregate principal amounts of the securities delivered and received back must be within 2.5% of the initial amount delivered.
 
An underlying fund’s obligations under a dollar roll agreement must be covered by cash, U.S. Government securities, or other liquid high grade debt obligations equal in value to the securities subject to repurchase by an underlying fund, maintained in a segregated account. To the extent that the underlying fund collateralizes its obligations under a dollar roll agreement, the asset coverage requirements of the 1940 Act will not apply to such transactions. Furthermore, under certain circumstances, an underlying mortgage-backed security that is part of a dollar roll transaction may be considered illiquid. During the roll period, an underlying fund foregoes principal and interest paid on the mortgage-backed security. An underlying fund is compensated by the difference between the current sale price and the lower forward purchase price, often referred to as the “drop,” as well as the interest earned on the cash proceeds of the initial sale.
 
Successful use of mortgage dollar rolls depends on an underlying fund’s ability to predict interest rates and mortgage payments. Dollar roll transactions involve the risk that the market value of the securities an underlying fund is required to purchase may decline below the agreed upon repurchase price.
 
Bank Loans
Certain underlying funds may invest in bank loans, particularly Janus Balanced Fund, Janus Flexible Bond Fund, Janus High-Yield Fund, Janus Short-Term Bond Fund, Perkins Value Plus Income Fund (no more than 20% of an underlying fund’s total assets), and Janus Long/Short Fund (no more than 5% of the underlying fund’s total assets), which include institutionally traded floating rate securities.
 
Bank loans, which include institutionally traded floating rate securities, are obligations of companies or other entities that are typically issued in connection with recapitalizations, acquisitions, and refinancings. Bank loans often involve borrowers whose financial conditions are troubled or uncertain and companies that are highly leveraged. Borrowers may include companies who are involved in bankruptcy proceedings. The underlying funds generally invest in bank loans directly through an agent, either by assignment from another holder of the loan or as a participation interest in another holder’s portion of the loan. Assignments and participations involve credit risk, interest rate risk, and liquidity risk.
 
When an underlying fund purchases an assignment, the underlying fund generally assumes all the rights and obligations under the loan agreement and will generally become a “lender” for purposes of the particular loan agreement. The rights and obligations acquired by an underlying fund under an assignment may be different, and be more limited, than those held by an assigning lender. Subject to the terms of a loan agreement, an underlying fund may enforce compliance by a borrower with the terms of the loan agreement and may have rights with respect to any funds acquired by other lenders through set-off. If a loan is foreclosed, an underlying fund may become part owner of any collateral securing the loan and may bear the costs and liabilities associated with owning and disposing of any collateral. An underlying fund could be held liable as a co-lender. In addition, there is no assurance that the liquidation of collateral from a secured loan would satisfy the borrower’s obligations or that the collateral could be liquidated.
 
If an underlying fund purchases a participation interest, it typically will have a contractual relationship with the lender and not with the borrower. An underlying fund may only be able to enforce its rights through the lender and may assume the credit risk of both the borrower and the lender, or any other intermediate participant. An underlying fund may have the right

 
 
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to receive payments of principal, interest, and any fees to which it is entitled only from the lender and only upon receipt by the lender of the payments from the borrower. The failure by an underlying fund to receive scheduled interest or principal payments may adversely affect the income of the underlying fund and may likely reduce the value of its assets, which would be reflected by a reduction in the underlying fund’s NAV.
 
The borrower of a loan in which an underlying fund holds an assignment or participation interest may, either at its own election or pursuant to the terms of the loan documentation, prepay amounts of the loan from time to time. There is no assurance that an underlying fund will be able to reinvest the proceeds of any loan prepayment at the same interest rate or on the same terms as those of the original loan participation. This may result in an underlying fund realizing less income on a particular investment and replacing the loan with a less attractive security, which may provide less return to the underlying fund.
 
Floating Rate Loans
Floating rate loans typically are negotiated, structured, and originated by a bank or other financial institution (an “agent”) for a lending group or “syndicate” of financial institutions. In most cases, an underlying fund relies on the agent to assert appropriate creditor remedies against the borrower. The agent may not have the same interests as an underlying fund, and the agent may determine to waive certain covenants contained in the loan agreement that an underlying fund would not otherwise have determined to waive. The typical practice of an agent relying on reports from a borrower about its financial condition may involve a risk of fraud by a borrower. In addition, if an agent becomes insolvent or carries out its duties improperly, an underlying fund may experience delays in realizing payment and/or risk loss of principal and/or income on its floating rate loan investments. The investment team performs a credit analysis on the borrower but typically does not perform credit analysis on the agent or other intermediate participants.
 
Floating rate loans have interest rates which adjust periodically and are tied to a benchmark lending rate such as the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”). LIBOR is a short-term interest rate that banks charge one another and is generally representative of the most competitive and current cash rates. In other cases, the lending rate could be tied to the prime rate offered by one or more major U.S. banks (“Prime Rate”) or the rate paid on large certificates of deposit traded in the secondary markets (“CD rate”). The interest rate on Prime Rate based loans and corporate debt securities may float daily as the Prime Rate changes, while the interest rate on LIBOR or CD rate based loans and corporate debt securities may reset periodically. If the benchmark lending rate changes, the rate payable to lenders under the loan will change at the next scheduled adjustment date specified in the loan agreement. Investing in floating rate loans with longer interest rate reset periods may increase fluctuations in an underlying fund’s net asset value as a result of changes in interest rates. An underlying fund may attempt to hedge against interest rate fluctuations by entering into interest rate swaps or by using other hedging techniques.
 
While the underlying funds generally expect to invest in fully funded term loans, certain of the loans in which the underlying funds may invest include revolving loans and delayed draw term loans. Such loans generally obligate the lender (and those with an interest in the loan) to fund the loan at the borrower’s discretion. As such, an underlying fund would need to maintain amounts sufficient to meet its contractual obligations. In cases where an underlying fund invests in revolving loans and delayed draw term loans, the underlying fund will maintain high quality liquid assets in an amount at least equal to its obligations under the loans. Amounts maintained in high-quality liquid assets may provide less return to an underlying fund than investments in floating rate loans. Loans involving revolving credit facilities or delayed terms may require an underlying fund to increase its investment in a particular floating rate loan when it otherwise would not have done so. Further, an underlying fund may be obligated to do so even if it may be unlikely that the borrower will repay amounts due.
 
Purchasers of floating rate loans may pay and/or receive certain fees. The underlying funds may receive fees such as covenant waiver fees or prepayment penalty fees. An underlying fund may pay fees such as facility fees. Such fees may affect an underlying fund’s return.
 
The underlying funds do not intend to purchase floating rate loans through private placements or other transactions that may involve confidential information. Such a policy may place an underlying fund at a disadvantage relative to other investors in floating rate loans who do not follow such a policy, as an underlying fund may be limited in its available investments or unable to make accurate assessments related to certain investments.
 
Notwithstanding its intention to generally not receive material, nonpublic information with respect to its management of investments in floating rate loans, Janus Capital may from time to time come into possession of material, nonpublic information about the issuers of loans that may be held in an underlying fund’s holdings. To the extent required by applicable law, Janus Capital’s ability to trade in these loans for the account of an underlying fund could potentially be limited by its

 
 
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possession of such information, which could have an adverse effect on an underlying fund by, for example, preventing the underlying fund from selling a loan that is experiencing a material decline in value. In some instances, these trading restrictions could continue in effect for a substantial period of time.
 
The secondary market on which floating rate loans are traded may be less liquid than the market for investment grade securities or other types of income-producing securities, which may have an adverse impact on their market price. There is also a potential that there is no active market to trade floating rate loans and that there may be restrictions on their transfer. As a result, an underlying fund may be unable to sell assignments or participations at the desired time or may be able to sell only at a price less than fair market value. The secondary market may also be subject to irregular trading activity, wide price spreads, and extended trade settlement periods. With respect to below-investment grade or unrated securities, it also may be more difficult to value the securities because valuation may require more research, and elements of judgment may play a larger role in the valuation because there is less reliable, objective data available.
 
Other floating rate securities
The underlying funds may invest in other types of securities including, but not limited to, unsecured floating rate loans, subordinated or junior debt, corporate bonds, U.S. Government securities, mortgage-backed and other asset-backed securities, repurchase agreements, certain money market instruments, high-risk/high-yield bonds, and other instruments (including synthetic or hybrid) that pay interest at rates that adjust whenever a specified interest rate changes and/or resets on predetermined dates.
 
High-Yield/High-Risk Bonds
Within the parameters of its specific investment policies, each underlying fund may invest in bonds that are rated below investment grade (i.e., bonds rated BB+ or lower by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service and Fitch, Inc., or Ba or lower by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.). The underlying Janus High-Yield Fund may invest without limit in such bonds. Under normal circumstances, each of the underlying funds indicated will limit its investments in such bonds to 35% or less of its net assets (Janus Balanced Fund, Janus Enterprise Fund, Janus Flexible Bond Fund, Janus Forty Fund, Janus Fund, Janus Global Life Sciences Fund, Janus Global Real Estate Fund, Janus Global Research Fund, Janus Global Select Fund, Janus Global Technology Fund, Janus Growth and Income Fund, Janus Long/Short Fund, Janus Overseas Fund, Janus Research Core Fund, Janus Research Fund, Janus Short-Term Bond Fund, Janus Triton Fund, Janus Twenty Fund, Janus Venture Fund, Janus Worldwide Fund, and Perkins Global Value Fund), 20% or less of its net assets (Janus Contrarian Fund, Janus International Equity Fund, Perkins Large Cap Value Fund, Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund, and Perkins Small Cap Value Fund), or 50% or less of the fixed-income portion of its net assets (Perkins Value Plus Income Fund only). The underlying Risk-Managed Funds do not intend to invest in high-yield/high-risk bonds.
 
Lower rated bonds involve a higher degree of credit risk, which is the risk that the issuer will not make interest or principal payments when due. In the event of an unanticipated default, an underlying fund would experience a reduction in its income, and could expect a decline in the market value of the bonds so affected.
 
An underlying fund may also invest in unrated bonds of foreign and domestic issuers. For the underlying funds subject to such limit, unrated bonds will be included in each underlying fund’s limit, as applicable, on investments in bonds rated below investment grade unless its portfolio managers and/or investment personnel deem such securities to be the equivalent of investment grade bonds. Unrated bonds, while not necessarily of lower quality than rated bonds, may not have as broad a market. Because of the size and perceived demand of the issue, among other factors, certain municipalities may not incur the costs of obtaining a rating. An underlying fund’s portfolio managers and/or investment personnel will analyze the creditworthiness of the issuer, as well as any financial institution or other party responsible for payments on the bond, in determining whether to purchase unrated municipal bonds.
 
The secondary market on which high-yield securities are traded may be less liquid than the market for investment grade securities. The lack of a liquid secondary market may have an adverse impact on the market price of the security. Secondary markets for high-yield securities are less liquid than the market for investment grade securities; therefore, it may be more difficult to value the securities because valuation may require more research, and elements of judgment may play a larger role in the valuation because there is less reliable, objective data available.
 
Please refer to the “Explanation of Rating Categories” section of this SAI for a description of bond rating categories.
 
Defaulted Securities
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resumption of income payments and that the securities offer an unusual opportunity for capital appreciation. For the underlying funds subject to such limit, defaulted securities will be included in each underlying fund’s limit on investments in bonds rated below investment grade. Notwithstanding the portfolio managers’ and/or investment personnel’s belief about the resumption of income, however, the purchase of any security on which payment of interest or dividends is suspended involves a high degree of risk. Such risk includes, among other things, the following:
 
Financial and Market Risks. Investments in securities that are in default involve a high degree of financial and market risks that can result in substantial or, at times, even total losses. Issuers of defaulted securities may have substantial capital needs and may become involved in bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings. Among the problems involved in investments in such issuers is the fact that it may be difficult to obtain information about the condition of such issuers. The market prices of such securities also are subject to abrupt and erratic movements and above average price volatility, and the spread between the bid and asked prices of such securities may be greater than normally expected.
 
Disposition of Portfolio Securities. Although the underlying funds generally will purchase securities for which the portfolio managers and/or investment personnel expect an active market to be maintained, defaulted securities may be less actively traded than other securities, and it may be difficult to dispose of substantial holdings of such securities at prevailing market prices. The underlying funds will limit holdings of any such securities to amounts that the portfolio managers and/or investment personnel believe could be readily sold, and holdings of such securities would, in any event, be limited so as not to limit an underlying fund’s ability to readily dispose of securities to meet redemptions.
 
Other. Defaulted securities require active monitoring and may, at times, require participation in bankruptcy or receivership proceedings on behalf of the underlying funds.
 
Futures, Options, and Other Derivative Instruments
The Fund and underlying funds may invest in various types of derivatives, which may at times result in significant derivative exposure. A derivative is a financial instrument whose performance is derived from the performance of another asset. The Fund and underlying funds may invest in derivative instruments including, but not limited to: futures contracts, put options, call options, options on future contracts, options on foreign currencies, swaps, forward contracts, structured investments, and other equity-linked derivatives.
 
The Fund and underlying funds may use derivative instruments for hedging (to offset risks associated with an investment, currency exposure, or market conditions) or for speculative (to seek to enhance returns) purposes. When the Fund or an underlying fund invests in a derivative for speculative purposes, the Fund or underlying fund will be fully exposed to the risks of loss of that derivative, which may sometimes be greater than the derivative’s cost. The Fund or an underlying fund may not use any derivative to gain exposure to an asset or class of assets that it would be prohibited by its investment restrictions from purchasing directly. The Fund’s or an underlying fund’s ability to use derivative instruments may also be limited by tax considerations. (See “Income Dividends, Capital Gains Distributions, and Tax Status.”)
 
Investments in derivatives in general are subject to market risks that may cause their prices to fluctuate over time. Investments in derivatives may not directly correlate with the price movements of the underlying instrument. As a result, the use of derivatives may expose the Fund or an underlying fund to additional risks that it would not be subject to if it invested directly in the securities underlying those derivatives. The use of derivatives may result in larger losses or smaller gains than otherwise would be the case. Derivatives can be volatile and may involve significant risks, including:
 
Counterparty risk – the risk that the counterparty (the party on the other side of the transaction) on a derivative transaction will be unable to honor its financial obligation to the Fund or underlying fund.
 
Currency risk – the risk that changes in the exchange rate between currencies will adversely affect the value (in U.S. dollar terms) of an investment.
 
Leverage risk – the risk associated with certain types of leveraged investments or trading strategies pursuant to which relatively small market movements may result in large changes in the value of an investment. An underlying fund creates leverage by using borrowed capital to increase the amount invested, or investing in instruments, including derivatives, where the investment loss can exceed the original amount invested. Certain investments or trading strategies that involve leverage can result in losses that greatly exceed the amount originally invested.
 
Liquidity risk – the risk that certain securities may be difficult or impossible to sell at the time that the seller would like or at the price that the seller believes the security is currently worth.

 
 
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Index risk – if the derivative is linked to the performance of an index, it will be subject to the risks associated with changes in that index. If the index changes, the Fund or underlying fund could receive lower interest payments or experience a reduction in the value of the derivative to below what the Fund or underlying fund paid. Certain indexed securities, including inverse securities (which move in an opposite direction to the index), may create leverage, to the extent that they increase or decrease in value at a rate that is a multiple of the changes in the applicable index.
 
Derivatives may generally be traded over-the-counter (“OTC”) or on an exchange. Derivatives traded OTC, such as structured notes, are agreements that are individually negotiated between parties and can be tailored to meet a purchaser’s needs. OTC derivatives are not guaranteed by a clearing agency and may be subject to increased credit risk.
 
In an effort to mitigate credit risk associated with derivatives traded OTC, the Fund or an underlying fund may enter into collateral agreements with certain counterparties whereby, subject to certain minimum exposure requirements, the Fund or underlying fund may require the counterparty to post collateral if the Fund or underlying fund has a net aggregate unrealized gain on all OTC derivative contracts with a particular counterparty. There is no guarantee that counterparty exposure is reduced and these arrangements are dependent on Janus Capital’s ability to establish and maintain appropriate systems and trading.
 
Futures Contracts. The Fund and underlying funds may enter into contracts for the purchase or sale for future delivery of equity securities, fixed-income securities, foreign currencies, commodities, and commodity-linked derivatives (to the extent permitted by the Fund and the Internal Revenue Code), or contracts based on financial indices, including indices of U.S. Government securities, foreign government securities, commodities, and equity or fixed-income securities. U.S. futures contracts are traded on exchanges which have been designated “contract markets” by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) and must be executed through a futures commission merchant (“FCM”) or brokerage firm, which are members of a relevant contract market. Through their clearing corporations, the exchanges guarantee performance of the contracts as between the clearing members of the exchange.
 
The buyer or seller of a futures contract is not required to deliver or pay for the underlying instrument unless the contract is held until the delivery date. However, both the buyer and seller are required to deposit “initial margin” for the benefit of the FCM when the contract is entered into. Initial margin deposits are equal to a percentage of the contract’s value, as set by the exchange on which the contract is traded, and currently are maintained in cash or certain other liquid assets held by the Fund or underlying funds. Initial margin payments are similar to good faith deposits or performance bonds. Unlike margin extended by a securities broker, initial margin payments do not constitute purchasing securities on margin for purposes of the Fund’s or underlying fund’s investment limitations. If the value of either party’s position declines, that party will be required to make additional “variation margin” payments for the benefit of the FCM to settle the change in value on a daily basis. The party that has a gain may be entitled to receive all or a portion of this amount. In the event of the bankruptcy of the FCM that holds margin on behalf of the Fund or an underlying fund, the Fund or underlying fund may be entitled to return of margin owed to such underlying fund only in proportion to the amount received by the FCM’s other customers. Janus Capital or the subadviser will attempt to minimize the risk by careful monitoring of the creditworthiness of the FCMs with which the Fund and underlying funds do business.
 
The Fund and underlying funds may enter into futures contracts and related options as permitted under CFTC Rule 4.5. The Fund and underlying funds have claimed exclusion from the definition of the term “commodity pool operator” adopted by the CFTC and the National Futures Association, which regulate trading in the futures markets. Therefore, the Fund and underlying funds are not subject to commodity pool operator registration and regulation under the Commodity Exchange Act.
 
Although the Fund or an underlying fund will segregate cash and liquid assets in an amount sufficient to cover its open futures obligations, the segregated assets would be available to the Fund or underlying fund immediately upon closing out the futures position; however, closing out open futures positions through customary settlement procedures could take several days. Because the Fund or an underlying fund’s cash that may otherwise be invested would be held uninvested or invested in other liquid assets so long as the futures position remains open, the Fund or the underlying fund’s return could be diminished due to the opportunity losses of foregoing other potential investments.
 
The Fund and underlying funds may enter into futures contracts to gain exposure to the stock market or other markets pending investment of cash balances or to meet liquidity needs. An underlying fund may also enter into futures contracts to protect itself from fluctuations in the value of individual securities, the securities markets generally, or interest rate fluctuations, without actually buying or selling the underlying debt or equity security. For example, if a fund anticipates an increase in the price of stocks, and it intends to purchase stocks at a later time, that fund could enter into a futures contract

 
 
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to purchase a stock index as a temporary substitute for stock purchases. If an increase in the market occurs that influences the stock index as anticipated, the value of the futures contracts will increase, thereby serving as a hedge against that fund not participating in a market advance. This technique is sometimes known as an anticipatory hedge. An underlying fund may also use this technique with respect to an individual company’s stock. To the extent the underlying fund enters into futures contracts for this purpose, the segregated assets maintained to cover such fund’s obligations with respect to the futures contracts will consist of liquid assets from its portfolio in an amount equal to the difference between the contract price and the aggregate value of the initial and variation margin payments made by that fund with respect to the futures contracts. Conversely, if a fund holds stocks and seeks to protect itself from a decrease in stock prices, the fund might sell stock index futures contracts, thereby hoping to offset the potential decline in the value of its portfolio securities by a corresponding increase in the value of the futures contract position. Similarly, if a fund holds an individual company’s stock and expects the price of that stock to decline, the fund may sell a futures contract on that stock in hopes of offsetting the potential decline in the company’s stock price. An underlying fund could protect against a decline in stock prices by selling portfolio securities and investing in money market instruments, but the use of futures contracts enables it to maintain a defensive position without having to sell portfolio securities.
 
If an underlying fund, with the exception of the Risk-Managed Funds, owns interest rate sensitive securities and the portfolio managers and/or investment personnel expect interest rates to increase, that fund may take a short position in interest rate futures contracts. Taking such a position would have much the same effect as that fund selling such securities in its portfolio. If interest rates increase as anticipated, the value of the securities would decline, but the value of the fund’s interest rate futures contract would increase, thereby keeping the NAV of the fund from declining as much as it may have otherwise. If, on the other hand, the portfolio managers and/or investment personnel expect interest rates to decline, the underlying fund may take a long position in interest rate futures contracts in anticipation of later closing out the futures position and purchasing the securities. Although an underlying fund can accomplish similar results by buying securities with long maturities and selling securities with short maturities, given the greater liquidity of the futures market than the cash market, it may be possible to accomplish the same result more easily and more quickly by using futures contracts as an investment tool to reduce risk.
 
The ordinary spreads between prices in the cash and futures markets, due to differences in the nature of those markets, are subject to distortions. First, all participants in the futures market are subject to initial margin and variation margin requirements. Rather than meeting additional variation margin requirements, investors may close out futures contracts through offsetting transactions which could distort the normal price relationship between the cash and futures markets. Second, the liquidity of the futures market depends on participants entering into offsetting transactions rather than making or taking delivery of the instrument underlying a futures contract. To the extent participants decide to make or take delivery, liquidity in the futures market could be reduced and prices in the futures market distorted. Third, from the point of view of speculators, the margin deposit requirements in the futures market are less onerous than margin requirements in the securities market. Therefore, increased participation by speculators in the futures market may cause temporary price distortions. Due to the possibility of the foregoing distortions, a correct forecast of general price trends by the portfolio managers and/or investment personnel still may not result in a successful use of futures.
 
Futures contracts entail risks. There is no guarantee that derivative investments will benefit the Fund or underlying funds. The Fund or underlying fund’s performance could be worse than if such fund had not used such instruments. For example, if the Fund or an underlying fund has hedged against the effects of a possible decrease in prices of securities held in its portfolio and prices increase instead, that fund will lose part or all of the benefit of the increased value of these securities because of offsetting losses in its futures positions. This risk may be magnified for single stock futures transactions, as the portfolio managers and/or investment personnel must predict the direction of the price of an individual stock, as opposed to securities prices generally. In addition, if the Fund or an underlying fund has insufficient cash, it may have to sell securities from its portfolio to meet daily variation margin requirements. Those sales may be, but will not necessarily be, at increased prices which reflect the rising market and may occur at a time when the sales are disadvantageous to such fund.
 
The prices of futures contracts depend primarily on the value of their underlying instruments. Because there are a limited number of types of futures contracts, it is possible that the standardized futures contracts available to the Fund or an underlying fund will not match exactly such fund’s current or potential investments. The Fund or an underlying fund may buy and sell futures contracts based on underlying instruments with different characteristics from the securities in which it typically invests – for example, by hedging investments in portfolio securities with a futures contract based on a broad index of securities – which involves a risk that the futures position will not correlate precisely with the performance of such fund’s investments.

 
 
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Futures prices can also diverge from the prices of their underlying instruments, even if the underlying instruments closely correlate with the Fund’s or underlying fund’s investments, such as with a single stock futures contract. Futures prices are affected by factors such as current and anticipated short-term interest rates, changes in volatility of the underlying instruments, and the time remaining until expiration of the contract. Those factors may affect securities prices differently from futures prices. Imperfect correlations between the Fund’s or underlying fund’s investments and its futures positions also may result from differing levels of demand in the futures markets and the securities markets, from structural differences in how futures and securities are traded, and from imposition of daily price fluctuation limits for futures contracts. A fund may buy or sell futures contracts with a greater or lesser value than the securities it wishes to hedge or is considering purchasing in order to attempt to compensate for differences in historical volatility between the futures contract and the securities, although this may not be successful in all cases. If price changes in the Fund’s or underlying fund’s futures positions are poorly correlated with its other investments, its futures positions may fail to produce desired gains or result in losses that are not offset by the gains in that fund’s other investments.
 
Because futures contracts are generally settled within a day from the date they are closed out, compared with a settlement period of three days for some types of securities, the futures markets can provide superior liquidity to the securities markets. Nevertheless, there is no assurance that a liquid secondary market will exist for any particular futures contract at any particular time. In addition, futures exchanges may establish daily price fluctuation limits for futures contracts and may halt trading if a contract’s price moves upward or downward more than the limit in a given day. On volatile trading days when the price fluctuation limit is reached, it may be impossible for the Fund or an underlying fund to enter into new positions or close out existing positions. If the secondary market for a futures contract is not liquid because of price fluctuation limits or otherwise, the Fund or an underlying fund may not be able to promptly liquidate unfavorable futures positions and potentially could be required to continue to hold a futures position until the delivery date, regardless of changes in its value. As a result, such fund’s access to other assets held to cover its futures positions also could be impaired.
 
Options on Futures Contracts. The Fund or underlying funds may buy and write put and call options on futures contracts. A purchased option on a future gives the Fund or an underlying fund the right (but not the obligation) to buy or sell a futures contract at a specified price on or before a specified date. The purchase of a call option on a futures contract is similar in some respects to the purchase of a call option on an individual security. As with other option transactions, securities will be segregated to cover applicable margin or segregation requirements on open futures contracts. Depending on the pricing of the option compared to either the price of the futures contract upon which it is based or the price of the underlying instrument, ownership of the option may or may not be less risky than ownership of the futures contract or the underlying instrument. As with the purchase of futures contracts, when the Fund or an underlying fund is not fully invested, it may buy a call option on a futures contract to hedge against a market advance.
 
The writing of a call option on a futures contract constitutes a partial hedge against declining prices of a security, commodity, or foreign currency which is deliverable under, or of the index comprising, the futures contract. If the futures price at the expiration of the option is below the exercise price, the Fund or underlying fund will retain the full amount of the option premium which provides a partial hedge against any decline that may have occurred in that fund’s portfolio holdings. The writing of a put option on a futures contract constitutes a partial hedge against increasing prices of a security, commodity, or foreign currency which is deliverable under, or of the index comprising, the futures contract. If the futures price at expiration of the option is higher than the exercise price, the Fund or underlying fund will retain the full amount of the option premium which provides a partial hedge against any increase in the price of securities which that fund is considering buying. If a call or put option the Fund or an underlying fund has written is exercised, such fund will incur a loss which will be reduced by the amount of the premium it received. Depending on the degree of correlation between the change in the value of its portfolio securities and changes in the value of the futures positions, the Fund or an underlying fund’s losses from existing options on futures may to some extent be reduced or increased by changes in the value of portfolio securities.
 
The purchase of a put option on a futures contract is similar in some respects to the purchase of protective put options on portfolio securities. For example, the Fund or an underlying fund may buy a put option on a futures contract to hedge its portfolio against the risk of falling prices or rising interest rates.
 
The amount of risk the Fund or an underlying fund assumes when it buys an option on a futures contract is the premium paid for the option plus related transaction costs. In addition to the correlation risks discussed above, the purchase of an option also entails the risk that changes in the value of the underlying futures contract will not be fully reflected in the value of the options bought.

 
 
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Forward Contracts. A forward contract is an agreement between two parties in which one party is obligated to deliver a stated amount of a stated asset at a specified time in the future and the other party is obligated to pay a specified amount for the asset at the time of delivery. The Fund and underlying funds, with the exception of the Risk-Managed Funds, may enter into forward contracts to purchase and sell government securities, equity or income securities, foreign currencies, or other financial instruments. Currently, the Fund and underlying funds do not intend to invest in forward contracts other than forward currency contracts. Forward contracts generally are traded in an interbank market conducted directly between traders (usually large commercial banks) and their customers. Unlike futures contracts, which are standardized contracts, forward contracts can be specifically drawn to meet the needs of the parties that enter into them. The parties to a forward contract may agree to offset or terminate the contract before its maturity, or may hold the contract to maturity and complete the contemplated exchange.
 
The following discussion summarizes the Fund’s and underlying funds’ principal uses of forward foreign currency exchange contracts (“forward currency contracts”). The Fund or an underlying fund may enter into forward currency contracts with stated contract values of up to the value of that fund’s assets. A forward currency contract is an obligation to buy or sell an amount of a specified currency for an agreed price (which may be in U.S. dollars or a foreign currency). The Fund or an underlying fund may invest in forward currency contracts for nonhedging purposes such as seeking to enhance return. The Fund or an underlying fund will exchange foreign currencies for U.S. dollars and for other foreign currencies in the normal course of business and may buy and sell currencies through forward currency contracts in order to fix a price for securities it has agreed to buy or sell (“transaction hedge”). The Fund or an underlying fund also may hedge some or all of its investments denominated in a foreign currency or exposed to foreign currency fluctuations against a decline in the value of that currency relative to the U.S. dollar by entering into forward currency contracts to sell an amount of that currency (or a proxy currency whose performance is expected to replicate or exceed the performance of that currency relative to the U.S. dollar) approximating the value of some or all of its portfolio securities denominated in or exposed to that currency (“position hedge”) or by participating in options or futures contracts with respect to the currency. The Fund or an underlying fund also may enter into a forward currency contract with respect to a currency where the Fund or underlying fund is considering the purchase or sale of investments denominated in that currency but has not yet selected the specific investments (“anticipatory hedge”). In any of these circumstances the Fund or an underlying fund may, alternatively, enter into a forward currency contract to purchase or sell one foreign currency for a second currency that is expected to perform more favorably relative to the U.S. dollar if the portfolio managers and/or investment personnel believe there is a reasonable degree of correlation between movements in the two currencies (“cross-hedge”).
 
These types of hedging minimize the effect of currency appreciation as well as depreciation, but do not eliminate fluctuations in the underlying U.S. dollar equivalent value of the proceeds of or rates of return on the Fund’s or an underlying fund’s foreign currency denominated portfolio securities. The matching of the increase in value of a forward contract and the decline in the U.S. dollar equivalent value of the foreign currency denominated asset that is the subject of the hedge generally will not be precise. Shifting the Fund’s or an underlying fund’s currency exposure from one foreign currency to another removes that fund’s opportunity to profit from increases in the value of the original currency and involves a risk of increased losses to such fund if its portfolio managers’ and/or investment personnel’s projection of future exchange rates is inaccurate. Proxy hedges and cross-hedges may result in losses if the currency used to hedge does not perform similarly to the currency in which hedged securities are denominated. Unforeseen changes in currency prices may result in poorer overall performance for the Fund or an underlying fund than if it had not entered into such contracts.
 
In general, the Fund and underlying funds cover outstanding forward currency contracts by maintaining liquid portfolio securities denominated in, or whose value is tied to, the currency underlying the forward contract or the currency being hedged. To the extent that the Fund or an underlying fund is not able to cover its forward currency positions with underlying portfolio securities, the underlying fund’s custodian segregates cash or other liquid assets having a value equal to the aggregate amount of such fund’s commitments under forward contracts entered into with respect to position hedges, cross-hedges, and anticipatory hedges. If the value of the securities used to cover a position or the value of segregated assets declines, the Fund or an underlying fund will find alternative cover or segregate additional cash or other liquid assets on a daily basis so that the value of the covered and segregated assets will be equal to the amount of such fund’s commitments with respect to such contracts. As an alternative to segregating assets, the Fund or an underlying fund may buy call options permitting such fund to buy the amount of foreign currency being hedged by a forward sale contract, or the Fund or an underlying fund may buy put options permitting it to sell the amount of foreign currency subject to a forward buy contract.
 
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addition, the Fund or an underlying fund may not always be able to enter into forward contracts at attractive prices and may be limited in its ability to use these contracts to hedge fund assets.
 
Options on Foreign Currencies. The Fund and underlying funds, with the exception of the Risk-Managed Funds, may buy and write options on foreign currencies in a manner similar to that in which futures or forward contracts on foreign currencies will be utilized. For example, a decline in the U.S. dollar value of a foreign currency in which portfolio securities are denominated will reduce the U.S. dollar value of such securities, even if their value in the foreign currency remains constant. In order to protect against such diminutions in the value of portfolio securities, the Fund or an underlying fund may buy put options on the foreign currency. If the value of the currency declines, such fund will have the right to sell such currency for a fixed amount in U.S. dollars, thereby offsetting, in whole or in part, the adverse effect on its portfolio.
 
Conversely, when a rise in the U.S. dollar value of a currency in which securities to be acquired are denominated is projected, thereby increasing the cost of such securities, the Fund or an underlying fund may buy call options on the foreign currency. The purchase of such options could offset, at least partially, the effects of the adverse movements in exchange rates. As in the case of other types of options, however, the benefit to the Fund or an underlying fund from purchases of foreign currency options will be reduced by the amount of the premium and related transaction costs. In addition, if currency exchange rates do not move in the direction or to the extent projected, an underlying fund could sustain losses on transactions in foreign currency options that would require such fund to forego a portion or all of the benefits of advantageous changes in those rates.
 
The Fund and underlying funds may also write options on foreign currencies. For example, to hedge against a potential decline in the U.S. dollar value of foreign currency denominated securities due to adverse fluctuations in exchange rates, a fund could, instead of purchasing a put option, write a call option on the relevant currency. If the expected decline occurs, the option will most likely not be exercised, and the decline in value of portfolio securities will be offset by the amount of the premium received.
 
Similarly, instead of purchasing a call option to hedge against a potential increase in the U.S. dollar cost of securities to be acquired, the Fund or an underlying fund could write a put option on the relevant currency which, if rates move in the manner projected, should expire unexercised and allow that underlying fund to hedge the increased cost up to the amount of the premium. As in the case of other types of options, however, the writing of a foreign currency option will constitute only a partial hedge up to the amount of the premium. If exchange rates do not move in the expected direction, the option may be exercised, and the Fund or underlying fund would be required to buy or sell the underlying currency at a loss which may not be offset by the amount of the premium. Through the writing of options on foreign currencies, the Fund or underlying fund also may lose all or a portion of the benefits which might otherwise have been obtained from favorable movements in exchange rates.
 
The Fund and underlying funds may write covered call options on foreign currencies. A call option written on a foreign currency by the Fund or an underlying fund is “covered” if that fund owns the foreign currency underlying the call or has an absolute and immediate right to acquire that foreign currency without additional cash consideration (or for additional cash consideration held in a segregated account by its custodian) upon conversion or exchange of other foreign currencies held in its portfolio. A call option is also covered if the Fund or an underlying fund has a call on the same foreign currency in the same principal amount as the call written if the exercise price of the call held: (i) is equal to or less than the exercise price of the call written or (ii) is greater than the exercise price of the call written, if the difference is maintained by such fund in cash or other liquid assets in a segregated account with the fund’s custodian.
 
The Fund and underlying funds also may write call options on foreign currencies for cross-hedging purposes. A call option on a foreign currency is for cross-hedging purposes if it is designed to provide a hedge against a decline due to an adverse change in the exchange rate in the U.S. dollar value of a security which the Fund or an underlying fund owns or has the right to acquire and which is denominated in the currency underlying the option. Call options on foreign currencies which are entered into for cross-hedging purposes are not covered. However, in such circumstances, the Fund or underlying fund will collateralize the option by segregating cash or other liquid assets in an amount not less than the value of the underlying foreign currency in U.S. dollars marked-to-market daily.
 
Eurodollar Instruments. The Fund and underlying funds, with the exception of the Risk-Managed Funds, may make investments in Eurodollar instruments. Eurodollar instruments are U.S. dollar-denominated futures contracts or options thereon which are linked to the LIBOR, although foreign currency denominated instruments are available from time to time. Eurodollar futures contracts enable purchasers to obtain a fixed rate for the lending of funds and sellers to obtain a fixed rate

 
 
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for borrowings. The Fund or underlying fund might use Eurodollar futures contracts and options thereon to hedge against changes in LIBOR, to which many interest rate swaps and fixed-income instruments are linked.
 
Additional Risks of Options on Foreign Currencies, Forward Contracts, and Foreign Instruments. Unlike transactions entered into by the underlying funds in futures contracts, options on foreign currencies and forward contracts are not traded on contract markets regulated by the CFTC or (with the exception of certain foreign currency options) by the SEC. To the contrary, such instruments are traded through financial institutions acting as market-makers, although foreign currency options are also traded on certain Exchanges, such as the Philadelphia Stock Exchange and the Chicago Board Options Exchange, subject to SEC regulation.
 
Similarly, options on currencies may be traded over-the-counter. In an OTC trading environment, many of the protections afforded to Exchange participants will not be available. For example, there are no daily price fluctuation limits, and adverse market movements could therefore continue to an unlimited extent over a period of time. Although the buyer of an option cannot lose more than the amount of the premium plus related transaction costs, this entire amount could be lost. Moreover, an option writer and a buyer or seller of futures or forward contracts could lose amounts substantially in excess of any premium received or initial margin or collateral posted due to the potential additional margin and collateral requirements associated with such positions.
 
Options on foreign currencies traded on Exchanges are within the jurisdiction of the SEC, as are other securities traded on Exchanges. As a result, many of the protections provided to traders on organized Exchanges will be available with respect to such transactions. In particular, all foreign currency option positions entered into on an Exchange are cleared and guaranteed by the Options Clearing Corporation (“OCC”), thereby reducing the risk of credit default. Further, a liquid secondary market in options traded on an Exchange may be more readily available than in the OTC market, potentially permitting the Fund or an underlying fund to liquidate open positions at a profit prior to exercise or expiration or to limit losses in the event of adverse market movements.
 
The purchase and sale of exchange-traded foreign currency options, however, is subject to the risks of the availability of a liquid secondary market described above, as well as the risks regarding adverse market movements, margining of options written, the nature of the foreign currency market, possible intervention by governmental authorities, and the effects of other political and economic events. In addition, exchange-traded options on foreign currencies involve certain risks not presented by the OTC market. For example, exercise and settlement of such options must be made exclusively through the OCC, which has established banking relationships in applicable foreign countries for this purpose. As a result, the OCC may, if it determines that foreign governmental restrictions or taxes would prevent the orderly settlement of foreign currency option exercises, or would result in undue burdens on the OCC or its clearing member, impose special procedures on exercise and settlement, such as technical changes in the mechanics of delivery of currency, the fixing of dollar settlement prices, or prohibitions on exercise.
 
In addition, options on U.S. Government securities, futures contracts, options on futures contracts, forward contracts, and options on foreign currencies may be traded on foreign exchanges and OTC in foreign countries. Such transactions are subject to the risk of governmental actions affecting trading in or the prices of foreign currencies or securities. The value of such positions also could be adversely affected by: (i) other complex foreign political and economic factors; (ii) lesser availability than in the United States of data on which to make trading decisions; (iii) delays in the Fund’s or an underlying fund’s ability to act upon economic events occurring in foreign markets during nonbusiness hours in the United States; (iv) the imposition of different exercise and settlement terms and procedures and margin requirements than in the United States; and (v) low trading volume.
 
An underlying fund, with the exception of the Risk-Managed Funds, may from time to time participate on committees formed by creditors to negotiate with the management of financially troubled issuers of securities held by that fund. Such participation may subject the underlying fund to expenses such as legal fees and may make that fund an “insider” of the issuer for purposes of the federal securities laws, which may restrict that fund’s ability to trade in or acquire additional positions in a particular security or other securities of the issuer when it might otherwise desire to do so. Participation by a fund on such committees also may expose that fund to potential liabilities under the federal bankruptcy laws or other laws governing the rights of creditors and debtors. The underlying fund would participate on such committees only when Janus Capital believes that such participation is necessary or desirable to enforce that fund’s rights as a creditor or to protect the value of securities held by that fund.
 
Options on Securities. In an effort to increase current income and to reduce fluctuations in NAV, the Fund and underlying funds, with the exception of the Risk-Managed Funds, may write covered and uncovered put and call options and buy put

 
 
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and call options on securities that are traded on U.S. and foreign securities exchanges and OTC. Examples of covering transactions include: (i) for a written put, selling short the underlying instrument at the same or higher price than the put’s exercise price; and (ii) for a written call, owning the underlying instrument. The Fund and underlying funds may write and buy options on the same types of securities that the Fund and underlying funds may purchase directly. The Fund and underlying funds may utilize American-style and European-style options. An American-style option is an option contract that can be exercised at any time between the time of purchase and the option’s expiration date. A European-style option is an option contract that can only be exercised on the option’s expiration date.
 
The Fund or an underlying fund may cover its obligations on a put option by segregating cash or other liquid assets with the funds’ custodian for a value equal to: (i) the full notional value of the put for physically settled options; or (ii) the in-the-money value of the put for cash settled options. The Fund or an underlying fund may also cover its obligations on a put option by holding a put on the same security and in the same principal amount as the put written where the exercise price of the put held: (i) is equal to or greater than the exercise price of the put written; or (ii) is less than the exercise price of the put written if the difference is maintained by the Fund or underlying fund in cash or other liquid assets in a segregated account with its custodian. The premium paid by the buyer of an option will normally reflect, among other things, the relationship of the exercise price to the market price and the volatility of the underlying security, the remaining term of the option, supply and demand, and interest rates.
 
A Fund or an underlying fund may cover its obligations on a call option by segregating cash or other liquid assets with the funds’ custodian for a value equal to: (i) the full notional value of the call for physically settled options; or (ii) the in-the-money value of the call for cash settled options. The Fund or an underlying fund may also cover its obligations on a written call option by (i) owning the underlying security covered by the call or having an absolute and immediate right to acquire that security without additional cash consideration (or for additional cash consideration held in a segregated account by the fund’s custodian) upon conversion or exchange of other securities held in its portfolio; or (ii) holding a call on the same security and in the same principal amount as the call written where the exercise price of the call held: (a) is equal to or less than the exercise price of the call written; or (b) is greater than the exercise price of the call written if the difference is maintained by that fund in cash or other liquid assets in a segregated account with its custodian.
 
The Fund or an underlying fund would write a call option for hedging purposes, instead of writing a covered call option, when the premium to be received from the cross-hedge transaction would exceed that which would be received from writing a covered call option and the portfolio managers and/or investment personnel believe that writing the option would achieve the desired hedge.
 
The premium paid by the buyer of an option will normally reflect, among other things, the relationship of the exercise price to the market price and the volatility of the underlying security, the remaining term of the option, supply and demand, and interest rates.
 
The writer of an option may have no control over when the underlying securities must be sold, in the case of a call option, or bought, in the case of a put option, since with regard to certain options, the writer may be assigned an exercise notice at any time prior to the termination of the obligation. Whether or not an option expires unexercised, the writer retains the amount of the premium. This amount, of course, may, in the case of a covered call option, be offset by a decline in the market value of the underlying security during the option period. If a call option is exercised, the writer experiences a profit or loss from the sale of the underlying security. If a put option is exercised, the writer must fulfill the obligation to buy the underlying security at the exercise price, which will usually exceed the then market value of the underlying security.
 
The writer of an option that wishes to terminate its obligation may effect a “closing purchase transaction.” This is accomplished by buying an option of the same series as the option previously written. The effect of the purchase is that the writer’s position will be canceled by the clearing corporation. However, a writer may not effect a closing purchase transaction after being notified of the exercise of an option. Likewise, an investor who is the holder of an option may liquidate its position by effecting a “closing sale transaction.” This is accomplished by selling an option of the same series as the option previously bought. There is no guarantee that either a closing purchase or a closing sale transaction can be effected.
 
In the case of a written call option, effecting a closing transaction will permit the Fund or an underlying fund to write another call option on the underlying security with either a different exercise price or expiration date or both. In the case of a written put option, such transaction will permit the Fund or an underlying fund to write another put option to the extent that the exercise price is secured by deposited liquid assets. Effecting a closing transaction also will permit the Fund or an underlying fund to use the cash or proceeds from the concurrent sale of any securities subject to the option for other

 
 
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investments. If the Fund or an underlying fund desires to sell a particular security from its portfolio on which it has written a call option, such fund will effect a closing transaction prior to or concurrent with the sale of the security.
 
The Fund or an underlying fund will realize a profit from a closing transaction if the price of the purchase transaction is less than the premium received from writing the option or the price received from a sale transaction is more than the premium paid to buy the option. The Fund or an underlying fund will realize a loss from a closing transaction if the price of the purchase transaction is more than the premium received from writing the option or the price received from a sale transaction is less than the premium paid to buy the option. Because increases in the market price of a call option generally will reflect increases in the market price of the underlying security, any loss resulting from the repurchase of a call option is likely to be offset in whole or in part by appreciation of the underlying security owned by the Fund or an underlying fund.
 
An option position may be closed out only where a secondary market for an option of the same series exists. If a secondary market does not exist, the Fund or an underlying fund may not be able to effect closing transactions in particular options and that fund would have to exercise the options in order to realize any profit. If the Fund or an underlying fund is unable to effect a closing purchase transaction in a secondary market, it will not be able to sell the underlying security until the option expires or it delivers the underlying security upon exercise. The absence of a liquid secondary market may be due to the following: (i) insufficient trading interest in certain options; (ii) restrictions imposed by a national securities exchange (“Exchange”) on which the option is traded on opening or closing transactions or both; (iii) trading halts, suspensions, or other restrictions imposed with respect to particular classes or series of options or underlying securities; (iv) unusual or unforeseen circumstances that interrupt normal operations on an Exchange; (v) the facilities of an Exchange or of the OCC may not at all times be adequate to handle current trading volume; or (vi) one or more Exchanges could, for economic or other reasons, decide or be compelled at some future date to discontinue the trading of options (or a particular class or series of options), in which event the secondary market on that Exchange (or in that class or series of options) would cease to exist, although outstanding options on that Exchange that had been issued by the OCC as a result of trades on that Exchange would continue to be exercisable in accordance with their terms.
 
The Fund or an underlying fund may write options in connection with buy-and-write transactions. In other words, the Fund or an underlying fund may buy a security and then write a call option against that security. The exercise price of such call will depend upon the expected price movement of the underlying security. The exercise price of a call option may be below (“in-the-money”), equal to (“at-the-money”), or above (“out-of-the-money”) the current value of the underlying security at the time the option is written. Buy-and-write transactions using in-the-money call options may be used when it is expected that the price of the underlying security will remain flat or decline moderately during the option period. Buy-and-write transactions using at-the-money call options may be used when it is expected that the price of the underlying security will remain fixed or advance moderately during the option period. Buy-and-write transactions using out-of-the-money call options may be used when it is expected that the premiums received from writing the call option plus the appreciation in the market price of the underlying security up to the exercise price will be greater than the appreciation in the price of the underlying security alone. If the call options are exercised in such transactions, the Fund’s or an underlying fund’s maximum gain will be the premium received by it for writing the option, adjusted upwards or downwards by the difference between that fund’s purchase price of the security and the exercise price. If the options are not exercised and the price of the underlying security declines, the amount of such decline will be offset by the amount of premium received.
 
The writing of covered put options is similar in terms of risk and return characteristics to buy-and-write transactions. If the market price of the underlying security rises or otherwise is above the exercise price, the put option will expire worthless and the Fund’s or an underlying fund’s gain will be limited to the premium received. If the market price of the underlying security declines or otherwise is below the exercise price, the Fund or underlying fund may elect to close the position or take delivery of the security at the exercise price and that fund’s return will be the premium received from the put options minus the amount by which the market price of the security is below the exercise price.
 
The Fund or an underlying fund may buy put options to hedge against a decline in the value of its portfolio. By using put options in this way, the Fund or underlying fund will reduce any profit it might otherwise have realized in the underlying security by the amount of the premium paid for the put option and by transaction costs.
 
The Fund or an underlying fund may buy call options to hedge against an increase in the price of securities that it may buy in the future. The premium paid for the call option plus any transaction costs will reduce the benefit, if any, realized by such fund upon exercise of the option, and, unless the price of the underlying security rises sufficiently, the option may expire worthless to that fund.

 
 
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The Fund or an underlying fund may write straddles (combinations of put and call options on the same underlying security), which are generally a nonhedging technique used for purposes such as seeking to enhance return. Because combined options positions involve multiple trades, they result in higher transaction costs and may be more difficult to open and close out than individual options contracts. The straddle rules of the Internal Revenue Code require deferral of certain losses realized on positions of a straddle to the extent that the Fund or an underlying fund has unrealized gains in offsetting positions at year end. The holding period of the securities comprising the straddle will be suspended until the straddle is terminated.
 
Options on Securities Indices. The Fund and underlying funds may also purchase and write exchange-listed and OTC put and call options on securities indices. A securities index measures the movement of a certain group of securities by assigning relative values to the securities. The index may fluctuate as a result of changes in the market values of the securities included in the index. Some securities index options are based on a broad market index, such as the New York Stock Exchange Composite Index, or a narrower market index such as the Standard & Poor’s 100. Indices may also be based on a particular industry, market segment, or certain currencies such as the U.S. Dollar Index or DXY Index.
 
Options on securities indices are similar to options on securities except that (1) the expiration cycles of securities index options are monthly, while those of securities options are currently quarterly, and (2) the delivery requirements are different. Instead of giving the right to take or make delivery of securities at a specified price, an option on a securities index gives the holder the right to receive a cash “exercise settlement amount” equal to (a) the amount, if any, by which the fixed exercise price of the option exceeds (in the case of a put) or is less than (in the case of a call) the closing value of the underlying index on the date of exercise, multiplied by (b) a fixed “index multiplier.” Receipt of this cash amount will depend upon the closing level of the securities index upon which the option is based being greater than, in the case of a call, or less than, in the case of a put, the exercise price of the index and the exercise price of the option times a specified multiple. The writer of the option is obligated, in return for the premium received, to make delivery of this amount. Securities index options may be offset by entering into closing transactions as described above for securities options.
 
Options on Non-U.S. Securities Indices. The Fund and underlying funds may purchase and write put and call options on foreign securities indices listed on domestic and foreign securities exchanges. The Fund and underlying funds may also purchase and write OTC options on foreign securities indices.
 
The Fund and underlying funds may, to the extent allowed by federal and state securities laws, invest in options on non-U.S. securities indices instead of investing directly in individual non-U.S. securities. The Fund and underlying funds may also use foreign securities index options for bona fide hedging and non-hedging purposes.
 
Options on securities indices entail risks in addition to the risks of options on securities. The absence of a liquid secondary market to close out options positions on securities indices may be more likely to occur, although the Fund and underlying funds generally will only purchase or write such an option if Janus Capital or the subadviser, as applicable, believes the option can be closed out. Use of options on securities indices also entails the risk that trading in such options may be interrupted if trading in certain securities included in the index is interrupted. The Fund and underlying funds will not purchase such options unless Janus Capital or the subadviser, as applicable, believes the market is sufficiently developed such that the risk of trading in such options is no greater than the risk of trading in options on securities.
 
Price movements in the Fund’s or an underlying fund’s portfolio may not correlate precisely with movements in the level of an index and, therefore, the use of options on indices cannot serve as a complete hedge. Because options on securities indices require settlement in cash, the portfolio managers and/or investment personnel may be forced to liquidate portfolio securities to meet settlement obligations. The Fund’s or an underlying fund’s activities in index options may also be restricted by the requirements of the Code for qualification as a regulated investment company.
 
In addition, the hours of trading for options on the securities indices may not conform to the hours during which the underlying securities are traded. To the extent that the option markets close before the markets for the underlying securities, significant price and rate movements can take place in the underlying securities markets that cannot be reflected in the option markets. It is impossible to predict the volume of trading that may exist in such options, and there can be no assurance that viable exchange markets will develop or exist.
 
Other Options. In addition to the option strategies described above and in the Prospectus, the Fund or an underlying fund, with the exception of the Risk-Managed Funds, may purchase and sell a variety of options with non-standard payout structures or other features (“exotic options”). Exotic options are traded OTC and typically have price movements that can vary markedly from simple put or call options. The risks associated with exotic options are that they cannot be as easily priced and may be subject to liquidity risk. While some exotic options have fairly active markets others are mostly thinly

 
 
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traded instruments. Some options are pure two-party transactions and may have no liquidity. The Fund or an underlying fund may treat such instruments as illiquid and will limit its investments in such instruments to no more than 15% of the Fund or underlying fund’s net assets, when combined with all other illiquid investments of the underlying fund. The Fund or an underlying fund may use exotic options to the extent that they are consistent with the Fund’s or the underlying fund’s investment objective and investment policies, and applicable regulations.
 
The Fund or an underlying fund may purchase and sell exotic options that have values which are determined by the correlation of two or more underlying assets. These types of options include, but are not limited to, outperformance options, yield curve options, or other spread options.
 
Outperformance Option – An option that pays the holder the difference in the performance of two assets. The value of an outperformance option is based on the relative difference, i.e. the percentage outperformance of one underlying security or index compared to another. Outperformance options allow the Fund or underlying fund to gain leveraged exposure to the percentage price performance of one security or index over another. The holder of an outperformance option will only receive payment under the option contract if a designated underlying asset outperforms the other underlying asset. If outperformance does not occur, the holder will not receive payment. The option may expire worthless despite positive performance by the designated underlying asset. Outperformance options are typically cash settled and have European-style exercise provisions.
 
Yield Curve Options – An option whose value is based on the yield spread or yield differential between two securities. In contrast to other types of options, a yield curve option is based on the difference between the yields of designated securities, rather than the prices of the individual securities, and is settled through cash payments. Accordingly, a yield curve option is profitable to the holder if this differential widens (in the case of a call) or narrows (in the case of a put), regardless of whether the yields of the underlying securities increase or decrease.
 
Spread Option – A type of option that derives its value from the price differential between two or more assets, or the same asset at different times or places. Spread options can be written on all types of financial products including equities, bonds and currencies.
 
Swaps and Swap-Related Products. The underlying funds, with the exception of the Risk-Managed Funds, may enter into swap agreements or utilize swap-related products, including, but not limited to, total return swaps, equity swaps, interest rate swaps, caps, and floors (either on an asset-based or liability-based basis, depending upon whether it is hedging its assets or its liabilities). Swap agreements are two-party contracts entered into primarily by institutional investors for periods ranging from a day to more than one year. The Fund or an underlying fund may enter into swap agreements in an attempt to gain exposure to the stocks making up an index of securities in a market without actually purchasing those stocks, or to hedge a position. The most significant factor in the performance of swap agreements is the change in value of the specific index, security, or currency, or other factors that determine the amounts of payments due to and from the Fund or underlying fund. The Fund and underlying funds will usually enter into interest rate swaps on a net basis (i.e., the two payment streams are netted out, with the Fund or underlying fund receiving or paying, as the case may be, only the net amount of the two payments). The net amount of the excess, if any, of the Fund’s or an underlying fund’s obligations over its entitlement with respect to each swap will be calculated on a daily basis, and an amount of cash or other liquid assets having an aggregate NAV at least equal to the accrued excess will be maintained in a segregated account by the Fund’s or underlying fund’s custodian. If the Fund or an underlying fund enters into a swap on other than a net basis, it would maintain a segregated account in the full amount accrued on a daily basis of its obligations with respect to the swap.
 
Swap agreements entail the risk that a party will default on its payment obligations to the Fund or underlying fund. If there is a default by the other party to such a transaction, the Fund or underlying fund normally will have contractual remedies pursuant to the agreements related to the transaction. Swap agreements also bear the risk that the Fund or underlying fund will not be able to meet its obligation to the counterparty.
 
The Fund or an underlying fund normally will not enter into any total return, equity, or interest rate swap, cap, or floor transaction unless the claims-paying ability of the other party thereto meets guidelines established by Janus Capital. Janus Capital’s guidelines may be adjusted in accordance with market conditions. Janus Capital (or the subadviser, as applicable) will monitor the creditworthiness of all counterparties on an ongoing basis. Generally, parties that are rated in the highest short-term rating category by an NRSRO will meet Janus Capital’s guidelines. The ratings of NRSROs represent their opinions of the claims-paying ability of entities rated by them. NRSRO ratings are general and are not absolute standards of quality.
 
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the swap market has become relatively liquid. Caps and floors are more recent innovations for which standardized documentation has not yet been developed and, accordingly, they are less liquid than swaps. To the extent the Fund or an underlying fund sells (i.e., writes) caps and floors, it will segregate cash or other liquid assets having an aggregate NAV at least equal to the full amount, accrued on a daily basis, of its obligations with respect to any caps or floors.
 
There is no limit on the amount of total return, equity, or interest rate swap transactions that may be entered into by the Fund or an underlying fund. The use of equity swaps is a highly specialized activity which involves investment techniques and risks different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. Swap transactions may in some instances involve the delivery of securities or other underlying assets by the Fund or an underlying fund or its counterparty to collateralize obligations under the swap. Under the documentation currently used in those markets, the risk of loss with respect to swaps is limited to the net amount of the payments that the Fund or an underlying fund is contractually obligated to make. If the other party to a swap that is not collateralized defaults, the Fund or underlying fund would risk the loss of the net amount of the payments that it contractually is entitled to receive. The Fund or an underlying fund may buy and sell (i.e., write) caps and floors, without limitation, subject to the segregation requirement described above.
 
Another form of a swap agreement is the credit default swap. An underlying fund may enter into various types of credit default swap agreements (with values not to exceed 10% of the net assets of such fund) for investment purposes and to add leverage to its portfolio. As the seller in a credit default swap contract, an underlying fund would be required to pay the par value (the “notional value”) (or other agreed-upon value) of a referenced debt obligation to the counterparty in the event of a default by a third party, such as a U.S. or foreign corporate issuer, on the debt obligation. In return, the underlying fund would receive from the counterparty a periodic stream of payments over the term of the contract provided that no event of default has occurred. If no default occurs, the underlying fund would keep the stream of payments and would have no payment obligations. As the seller, the underlying fund would effectively add leverage to its portfolio because, in addition to its total net assets, that fund would be subject to investment exposure on the notional value of the swap. The maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) that an underlying fund as a seller in a credit default transaction would be the notional amount of the agreement. An underlying fund may also purchase credit default swap contracts in order to hedge against the risk of default of debt securities held in its portfolio, in which case that fund would function as the counterparty referenced in the preceding paragraph. Credit default swaps could result in losses if the underlying fund does not correctly evaluate the creditworthiness of the company or companies on which the credit default swap is based.
 
Credit default swap agreements may involve greater risks than if an underlying fund had invested in the reference obligation directly since, in addition to risks relating to the reference obligation, credit default swaps are subject to illiquidity risk, counterparty risk, and credit risk. An underlying fund will generally incur a greater degree of risk when it sells a credit default swap option than when it purchases a credit default swap. As a buyer of a credit default swap, the underlying fund may lose its investment and recover nothing should no credit event occur and the swap is held to its termination date. As seller of a credit default swap, if a credit event were to occur, the value of any deliverable obligation received by the underlying fund, coupled with the upfront or periodic payments previously received, may be less than what it pays to the buyer, resulting in a loss of value to the underlying fund.
 
The Fund or an underlying fund may invest in funded (notional value of contract paid up front) or unfunded (notional value only paid in case of default) credit default swaps that are based on an index of credit default swaps (“CDXs”) or other similarly structured products. CDXs are designed to track segments of the credit default swap market and provide investors with exposure to specific reference baskets of issuers of bonds or loans. These instruments have the potential to allow an investor to obtain the same investment exposure as an investor who invests in an individual credit default swap, but with the potential added benefit of diversification. The CDX reference baskets are normally priced daily and rebalanced every six months in conjunction with leading market makers in the credit industry. The liquidity of the market for CDXs is normally subject to liquidity in the secured loan and credit derivatives markets.
 
A fund investing in CDXs is normally only permitted to take long positions in these instruments. A fund holding a long position in CDXs typically receives income from principal or interest paid on the underlying securities. A fund also normally indirectly bears its proportionate share of any expenses paid by a CDX in addition to the expenses of the fund. By investing in CDXs, a fund could be exposed to risks relating to, among other things, the reference obligation, illiquidity risk, counterparty risk, and credit risk.
 
Structured Investments. A structured investment is a security having a return tied to an underlying index or other security or asset class. Structured investments generally are individually negotiated agreements and may be traded over-the-counter. Structured investments are organized and operated to restructure the investment characteristics of the underlying security.

 
 
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This restructuring involves the deposit with or purchase by an entity, such as a corporation or trust, or specified instruments (such as commercial bank loans) and the issuance by that entity of one or more classes of securities (“structured securities”) backed by, or representing interests in, the underlying instruments. The cash flow on the underlying instruments may be apportioned among the newly issued structured securities to create securities with different investment characteristics, such as varying maturities, payment priorities, and interest rate provisions, and the extent of such payments made with respect to structured securities is dependent on the extent of the cash flow on the underlying instruments. Because structured securities typically involve no credit enhancement, their credit risk generally will be equivalent to that of the underlying instruments. Investments in structured securities are generally of a class of structured securities that is either subordinated or unsubordinated to the right of payment of another class. Subordinated structured securities typically have higher yields and present greater risks than unsubordinated structured securities. Structured securities are typically sold in private placement transactions, and there currently is no active trading market for structured securities.
 
The Fund may invest in commodity-linked or commodity index-linked securities which have principal and/or coupon payments linked to the value of commodities, commodity futures contracts, or the performance of commodity indices, such as the Goldman Sachs Commodities Index. They are sometimes referred to as structured investments because the terms of the instrument may be structured by the issuer of the instrument and the purchaser of the instrument. The value of these instruments will rise or fall in response to changes in the underlying commodity or related index or investment. The Fund’s investment in these instruments expose the Fund to the commodities market and the risks associated with commodities underlying the instrument without investing directly in physical commodities. The Fund’s indirect exposure to commodities may be limited by the Fund’s intention to qualify as a regulated investment company under the Internal Revenue Code.
 
Investments in government and government-related restructured debt instruments are subject to special risks, including the inability or unwillingness to repay principal and interest, requests to reschedule or restructure outstanding debt, and requests to extend additional loan amounts. Structured investments include a wide variety of instruments which are also subject to special risk such as inverse floaters and collateralized debt obligations. Inverse floaters involve leverage which may magnify a fund’s gains or losses. The risk of collateral debt obligations depends largely on the type of collateral securing the obligations. There is a risk that the collateral will not be adequate to make interest or other payments related to the debt obligation the collateral supports.
 
Structured instruments that are registered under the federal securities laws may be treated as liquid. In addition, many structured instruments may not be registered under the federal securities laws. In that event, the Fund’s or an underlying fund’s ability to resell such a structured instrument may be more limited than its ability to resell other fund securities. The Fund and underlying funds may treat such instruments as illiquid and will limit their investments in such instruments to no more than 15% of a fund’s net assets, when combined with all other illiquid investments of such fund. The underlying Risk-Managed Funds do not intend to invest in structured investments.
 
Investment Strategies and Risks Applicable only to an Affiliated Underlying Money Market Fund
An affiliated underlying money market fund (“underlying money market fund”) may invest only in “eligible securities” as defined in Rule 2a-7 adopted under the 1940 Act. Generally, an eligible security is a security that: (i) is denominated in U.S. dollars and has a remaining maturity of 397 days or less (as calculated pursuant to Rule 2a-7); (ii) is rated, or is issued by an issuer with short-term debt outstanding that is rated, in one of the two highest rating categories by any two NRSROs or, if only one NRSRO has issued a rating, by that NRSRO (the “Requisite NRSROs”) or is unrated and of comparable quality to a rated security, as determined by Janus Capital; and (iii) has been determined by Janus Capital to present minimal credit risks pursuant to procedures approved by the Trustees. In addition, an underlying money market fund will maintain a dollar-weighted average portfolio maturity of 60 days or less and maintain a dollar-weighted average portfolio life (portfolio maturity measured without reference to any maturity shortening provisions of adjustable rate securities by reference to their interest rate reset dates) of 120 days or less. A description of the ratings of some NRSROs appears in Appendix A.
 
Under Rule 2a-7, an underlying money market fund may not invest more than 5% of its total assets in the securities of any one issuer other than U.S. Government securities, provided that in certain cases the underlying money market fund may invest more than 5% of its assets in a single issuer for a period of up to three business days. Investment in demand features, guarantees, and other types of instruments or features are subject to the diversification limits under Rule 2a-7.
 
Pursuant to Rule 2a-7, an underlying money market fund will invest at least 97% of its total assets in “first-tier” securities. First-tier securities are eligible securities that are rated, or are issued by an issuer with short-term debt outstanding that is rated, in the highest rating category by the Requisite NRSROs or are unrated and of comparable quality to a rated security. In addition, an underlying money market fund may invest in “second-tier” securities, which are eligible securities that are not

 
 
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first-tier securities. However, the underlying money market fund may not invest in a second-tier security if, immediately after the acquisition thereof, it would have invested more than: (i) 1/2 of 1% of its total assets in second-tier securities issued by any single issuer or (ii) 3% of its total assets in second-tier securities. Immediately after the acquisition of any demand feature or guarantee that is a second-tier security, an underlying money market fund cannot have invested more than 2.5% of its total assets in securities issued by or subject to the demand features or guarantees from the entity that issued the demand feature or guarantee. The underlying money market funds also cannot purchase second-tier securities with a remaining maturity of more than 45 days.
 
The following is a discussion regarding types of securities in which an underlying money market fund may invest. This information supplements and should be read in conjunction with the underlying money market fund’s Prospectus.
 
Participation Interests
An underlying money market fund may purchase participation interests in loans or securities in which the underlying money market fund may invest directly. Participation interests are generally sponsored or issued by banks or other financial institutions. A participation interest gives an underlying money market fund an undivided interest in the underlying loans or securities in the proportion that the underlying money market fund’s interest bears to the total principal amount of the underlying loans or securities. Participation interests, which may have fixed, floating, or variable rates, may carry a demand feature backed by a letter of credit or guarantee of a bank or institution permitting the holder to tender them back to the bank or other institution. For certain participation interests, an underlying money market fund will have the right to demand payment, on not more than seven days’ notice, for all or a part of the underlying money market fund’s participation interest. An underlying money market fund intends to exercise any demand rights it may have upon default under the terms of the loan or security to provide liquidity or to maintain or improve the quality of the underlying money market fund’s investment portfolio. An underlying money market fund will only purchase participation interests that Janus Capital determines present minimal credit risks.
 
Variable and Floating Rate Notes
An underlying money market fund also may purchase variable and floating rate demand notes of corporations and other entities, which are unsecured obligations redeemable upon not more than 30 days’ notice. These obligations include master demand notes that permit investment of fluctuating amounts at varying rates of interest pursuant to direct arrangements with the issuer of the instrument. The issuer of these obligations often has the right, after a given period, to prepay the outstanding principal amount of the obligations upon a specified number of days’ notice. These obligations generally are not traded, nor generally is there an established secondary market for these obligations. To the extent a demand note does not have a seven day or shorter demand feature and there is no readily available market for the obligation, it is treated as an illiquid investment.
 
Securities with ultimate maturities of greater than 397 days may be purchased only pursuant to Rule 2a-7. Under that Rule, only those long-term instruments that have demand features which comply with certain requirements and certain variable rate U.S. Government securities may be purchased. The rate of interest on securities purchased by an underlying money market fund may be tied to short-term Treasury or other government securities or indices on securities that are permissible investments of an underlying money market fund, as well as other money market rates of interest. An underlying money market fund will not purchase securities whose values are tied to interest rates or indices that are not appropriate for the duration and volatility standards of a money market fund.
 
Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities
An underlying money market fund may invest in mortgage-backed securities, which represent an interest in a pool of mortgages made by lenders such as commercial banks, savings and loan institutions, mortgage bankers, mortgage brokers, and savings banks. Mortgage-backed securities may be issued by governmental or government-related entities or by nongovernmental entities such as banks, savings and loan institutions, private mortgage insurance companies, mortgage bankers, and other secondary market issuers.
 
Interests in pools of mortgage-backed securities differ from other forms of debt securities, which normally provide for periodic payment of interest in fixed amounts with principal payments at maturity or specified call dates. In contrast, mortgage-backed securities provide periodic payments, which consist of interest and, in most cases, principal. In effect, these payments are a “pass-through” of the periodic payments and optional prepayments made by the individual borrowers on their mortgage loans, net of any fees paid to the issuer or guarantor of such securities. Additional payments to holders of mortgage-backed securities are caused by prepayments resulting from the sale of the underlying residential property, refinancing, or foreclosure, net of fees or costs which may be incurred.

 
 
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As prepayment rates of individual pools of mortgage loans vary widely, it is not possible to predict accurately the average life of a particular security. Although mortgage-backed securities are issued with stated maturities of up to forty years, unscheduled or early payments of principal and interest on the underlying mortgages may shorten considerably the effective maturities. Mortgage-backed securities may have varying assumptions for average life. The volume of prepayments of principal on a pool of mortgages underlying a particular security will influence the yield of that security, and the principal returned to an underlying money market fund may be reinvested in instruments whose yield may be higher or lower than that which might have been obtained had the prepayments not occurred. When interest rates are declining, prepayments usually increase, with the result that reinvestment of principal prepayments will be at a lower rate than the rate applicable to the original mortgage-backed security.
 
In addition to interest rate risk, investments in mortgage-backed securities including those comprised of subprime mortgages may be subject to a higher degree of credit risk, valuation risk, and liquidity risk. Subprime mortgages refer to loans made to borrowers with weakened credit histories or with a lower capacity to make timely payments on their mortgages. Thus, if borrowers are unable to make their payments, the mortgages underlying mortgage-backed securities may have higher default rates.
 
An underlying money market fund may invest in mortgage-backed securities that are issued by agencies or instrumentalities of the U.S. Government. Ginnie Mae is the principal federal government guarantor of mortgage-backed securities. Ginnie Mae is a wholly-owned U.S. Government corporation within the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Ginnie Mae Certificates are debt securities which represent an interest in one mortgage or a pool of mortgages, which are insured by the Federal Housing Administration or the Farmers Home Administration or are guaranteed by the Veterans Administration. An underlying money market fund may also invest in pools of conventional mortgages which are issued or guaranteed by agencies of the U.S. Government. Ginnie Mae pass-through securities are considered to be riskless with respect to default in that: (i) the underlying mortgage loan portfolio is comprised entirely of government-backed loans and (ii) the timely payment of both principal and interest on the securities is guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government, regardless of whether or not payments have been made on the underlying mortgages. Ginnie Mae pass-through securities are, however, subject to the same market risk as comparable debt securities. Therefore, the market value of an underlying money market fund’s Ginnie Mae securities can be expected to fluctuate in response to changes in prevailing interest rate levels.
 
Residential mortgage loans are pooled also by Freddie Mac. Freddie Mac is a privately managed, publicly chartered agency created by Congress in 1970 for the purpose of increasing the availability of mortgage credit for residential housing. Freddie Mac issues participation certificates (“PCs”) which represent interests in mortgages from Freddie Mac’s national portfolio. The mortgage loans in Freddie Mac’s portfolio are not U.S. Government backed; rather, the loans are either uninsured with loan-to-value ratios of 80% or less, or privately insured if the loan-to-value ratio exceeds 80%. Freddie Mac guarantees the timely payment of interest and ultimate collection of principal on Freddie Mac PCs; the U.S. Government does not guarantee any aspect of Freddie Mac PCs.
 
Fannie Mae is a government-sponsored corporation owned entirely by private shareholders. It is subject to general regulation by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Fannie Mae purchases residential mortgages from a list of approved seller/servicers, which include savings and loan associations, savings banks, commercial banks, credit unions, and mortgage bankers. Fannie Mae guarantees the timely payment of principal and interest on the pass-through securities issued by Fannie Mae; the U.S. Government does not guarantee any aspect of the Fannie Mae pass-through securities.
 
In September 2008, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (“FHFA”), an agency of the U.S. Government, placed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac under conservatorship to provide stability in the financial markets, mortgage availability and taxpayer protection by preserving Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s assets, and placing them in a sound and solvent condition. Under the conservatorship, the management of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac was replaced. The effect that the FHFA’s conservatorship will have on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s debt and equities is unclear.
 
An underlying money market fund may also invest in privately-issued mortgage-backed securities to the extent permitted by its investment restrictions. Mortgage-backed securities offered by private issuers include pass-through securities comprised of pools of conventional residential mortgage loans; mortgage-backed bonds, which are considered to be debt obligations of the institution issuing the bonds and which are collateralized by mortgage loans; and collateralized mortgage obligations (“CMOs”), which are collateralized by mortgage-backed securities issued by Ginnie Mae, Freddie Mac or Fannie Mae, or by pools of conventional mortgages.
 
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real and personal property, and receivables from revolving credit agreements (credit cards). Asset-backed securities have yield characteristics similar to those of mortgage-backed securities and, accordingly, are subject to many of the same risks.
 
Structured investment vehicles and other similar vehicles (“structured vehicles”) issue a combination of senior and subordinate debt to fund the purchase of finance company and structured finance debt. Structured vehicle debt is usually composed of a senior debt tranche made up of commercial paper and longer maturity medium term notes and one to two tranches of subordinate notes. Structured vehicle portfolios generally consist of finance company debt and structured finance assets. A structured vehicle purchases mostly highly rated medium- and long-term, fixed income assets and issues shorter-term, highly rated commercial paper and medium-term notes at lower rates to investors. Structured vehicles typically purchase finance company debt which is focused in large banks and may also include exposure to investment banks, insurance, and other finance companies. Structured vehicles also invest in credit card, residential mortgage-backed securities, commercial mortgage-backed securities, collateralized loan obligations, and other asset-backed securities.
 
Because structured vehicles depend on short-term funding through the issuance of new debt, if there is a slowdown in issuing new debt or a smaller market of purchasers of the new debt, the structured vehicles may have to liquidate assets at a loss. Also, with respect to structured vehicles’ assets in finance companies, an underlying money market fund may have significant exposure to the financial services market which, depending on market conditions, could have a negative impact on the underlying money market fund.
 
Repurchase and Reverse Repurchase Agreements
In a repurchase agreement, an underlying money market fund purchases a security and simultaneously commits to resell that security to the seller at an agreed upon price on an agreed upon date within a number of days (usually not more than seven) from the date of purchase. The resale price consists of the purchase price plus an agreed upon incremental amount that is unrelated to the coupon rate or maturity of the purchased security. A repurchase agreement involves the obligation of the seller to pay the agreed upon price, which obligation is in effect secured by the value (at least equal to the amount of the agreed upon resale price and marked-to-market daily) of the underlying security or “collateral.” A risk associated with repurchase agreements is the failure of the seller to repurchase the securities as agreed, which may cause an underlying money market fund to suffer a loss if the market value of such securities declines before they can be liquidated on the open market. In the event of bankruptcy or insolvency of the seller, an underlying money market fund may encounter delays and incur costs in liquidating the underlying security. In addition, the collateral received in the repurchase transaction may become worthless. To the extent an underlying money market fund’s collateral focuses in one or more sectors, such as banks and financial services, that underlying money market fund is subject to increased risk as a result of that exposure. Repurchase agreements that mature in more than seven days are subject to the 5% limit on illiquid securities. While it is not possible to eliminate all risks from these transactions, it is the policy of an underlying money market fund to limit repurchase agreements to those parties whose creditworthiness has been reviewed and found satisfactory by Janus Capital. There is no guarantee that Janus Capital’s analysis of the creditworthiness of the counterparty will be accurate and the underlying collateral involved in the transaction can expose an underlying money market fund to additional risk regardless of the creditworthiness of the parties involved in the transaction.
 
Reverse repurchase agreements are transactions in which an underlying money market fund sells a security and simultaneously commits to repurchase that security from the buyer, such as a bank or broker-dealer, at an agreed upon price on an agreed upon future date. The resale price in a reverse repurchase agreement reflects a market rate of interest that is not related to the coupon rate or maturity of the sold security. For certain demand agreements, there is no agreed upon repurchase date and interest payments are calculated daily, often based upon the prevailing overnight repurchase rate. An underlying money market fund will use the proceeds of reverse repurchase agreements only to satisfy unusually heavy redemption requests or for other temporary or emergency purposes without the necessity of selling portfolio securities, or to earn additional income on portfolio securities, such as Treasury bills or notes.
 
Generally, a reverse repurchase agreement enables an underlying money market fund to recover for the term of the reverse repurchase agreement all or most of the cash invested in the portfolio securities sold and to keep the interest income associated with those portfolio securities. Such transactions are only advantageous if the interest cost to an underlying money market fund of the reverse repurchase transaction is less than the cost of obtaining the cash otherwise. In addition, interest costs on the money received in a reverse repurchase agreement may exceed the return received on the investments made by an underlying money market fund with those monies. Using reverse repurchase agreements to earn additional income involves the risk that the interest earned on the invested proceeds is less than the expense for the reverse repurchase agreement transaction. This technique may also have a leveraging effect on an underlying money market fund’s portfolio, although an underlying money market fund’s intent to segregate assets in the amount of the reverse repurchase agreement

 
 
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minimizes this effect. While a reverse repurchase agreement is outstanding, an underlying money market fund will maintain cash and appropriate liquid assets in a segregated custodial account to cover its obligation under the agreement. An underlying money market fund will enter into reverse repurchase agreements only with parties that Janus Capital deems creditworthy.
 
When-Issued and Delayed Delivery Securities
An underlying money market fund may purchase securities on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis. An underlying money market fund will enter into such transactions only when it has the intention of actually acquiring the securities. On delivery dates for such transactions, an underlying money market fund will meet its obligations from maturities, sales of securities, or from other available sources of cash. If it chooses to dispose of the right to acquire a when-issued security prior to its acquisition, an underlying money market fund could, as with the disposition of any other portfolio obligation, incur a gain or loss due to market fluctuation. At the time it makes the commitment to purchase securities on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis, an underlying money market fund will record the transaction as a purchase and thereafter reflect the value of such securities in determining its NAV.
 
Debt Obligations
An underlying money market fund may invest in U.S. dollar-denominated debt obligations. In general, sales of these securities may not be made absent registration under the 1933 Act or the availability of an appropriate exemption. Pursuant to Section 4(2) of the 1933 Act or Rule 144A adopted under the 1933 Act, however, some of these securities are eligible for resale to institutional investors, and accordingly, Janus Capital may determine that a liquid market exists for such a security pursuant to guidelines adopted by the Trustees.
 
Auction Market and Remarketed Preferred Stock
An underlying money market fund may purchase certain types of auction market preferred stock (“AMPS”) or remarketed preferred stock (“RPS”) subject to a demand feature. These purchases may include AMPS and RPS issued by closed-end investment companies. AMPS and RPS may be deemed to meet the maturity and quality requirements of money market funds if they are structured to comply with conditions established by the SEC. AMPS and RPS subject to a demand feature, despite their status as equity securities, are economically similar to variable rate debt securities subject to a demand feature. Both AMPS and RPS allow the holder to sell the stock at a liquidation preference value at specified periods, provided that the auction or remarketing is successful. If the auction or remarketing fails, the holder of certain types of AMPS and RPS may exercise a demand feature and has the right to sell the AMPS or RPS to a third party guarantor or counterparty at a price that can reasonably be expected to approximate its amortized cost. The ability of a bank or other financial institution providing the demand feature to fulfill its obligations might be affected by possible financial difficulties of its borrowers, adverse interest rate or economic conditions, regulatory limitations, or other factors.
 
Obligations of Financial Institutions
An underlying money market fund may invest in obligations of financial institutions. Examples of obligations in which an underlying money market fund may invest include negotiable certificates of deposit, bankers’ acceptances, time deposits, and other obligations of U.S. banks (including savings and loan associations) having total assets in excess of one billion dollars and U.S. branches of foreign banks having total assets in excess of ten billion dollars. An underlying money market fund may also invest in Eurodollar and Yankee bank obligations as discussed below and other U.S. dollar-denominated obligations of foreign banks having total assets in excess of ten billion dollars that Janus Capital believes are of an investment quality comparable to obligations of U.S. banks in which an underlying money market fund may invest.
 
Certificates of deposit represent an institution’s obligation to repay funds deposited with it that earn a specified interest rate over a given period. Bankers’ acceptances are negotiable obligations of a bank to pay a draft which has been drawn by a customer and are usually backed by goods in international trade. Time deposits are non-negotiable deposits with a banking institution that earn a specified interest rate over a given period. Fixed time deposits, which are payable at a stated maturity date and bear a fixed rate of interest, generally may be withdrawn on demand by an underlying money market fund but may be subject to early withdrawal penalties that could reduce that underlying money market fund’s yield. Unless there is a readily available market for them, time deposits that are subject to early withdrawal penalties and that mature in more than seven days will be treated as illiquid securities.
 
Eurodollar bank obligations are dollar-denominated certificates of deposit or time deposits issued outside the U.S. capital markets by foreign branches of U.S. banks and by foreign banks. Yankee bank obligations are dollar-denominated obligations issued in the U.S. capital markets by foreign banks.

 
 
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Foreign, Eurodollar, and, to a limited extent, Yankee bank obligations are subject to certain sovereign risks. One such risk is the possibility that a foreign government might prevent dollar-denominated funds from flowing across its borders. Other risks include: adverse political and economic developments in a foreign country; the extent and quality of government regulation of financial markets and institutions; the imposition of foreign withholding taxes; and expropriation or nationalization of foreign issuers.
 
Municipal Leases
An underlying money market fund may invest in municipal leases. Municipal leases frequently have special risks not normally associated with general obligation or revenue bonds. Municipal leases are municipal securities which may take the form of a lease or an installment purchase or conditional sales contract. Municipal leases are issued by state and local governments and authorities to acquire a wide variety of equipment and facilities. Leases and installment purchase or conditional sale contracts (which normally provide for title to the leased asset to pass eventually to the government issuer) have evolved as a means for governmental issuers to acquire property and equipment without meeting the constitutional and statutory requirements for the issuance of debt. The debt-issuance limitations of many state constitutions and statutes are deemed to be inapplicable because of the inclusion in many leases or contracts of “non-appropriation” clauses that provide that the governmental issuer has no obligation to make future payments under the lease or contract unless money is appropriated for such purpose by the appropriate legislative body on a yearly or other periodic basis. An underlying money market fund will only purchase municipal leases subject to a non-appropriation clause when the payment of principal and accrued interest is backed by an unconditional, irrevocable letter of credit, or guarantee of a bank or other entity that meets certain criteria.
 
In evaluating municipal lease obligations, Janus Capital will consider such factors as it deems appropriate, including: (i) whether the lease can be canceled; (ii) the ability of the lease obligee to direct the sale of the underlying assets; (iii) the general creditworthiness of the lease obligor; (iv) the likelihood that the municipality will discontinue appropriating funding for the leased property in the event such property is no longer considered essential by the municipality; (v) the legal recourse of the lease obligee in the event of such a failure to appropriate funding; (vi) whether the security is backed by a credit enhancement such as insurance; and (vii) any limitations which are imposed on the lease obligor’s ability to utilize substitute property or services other than those covered by the lease obligation. If a lease is backed by an unconditional letter of credit or other unconditional credit enhancement, Janus Capital may determine that a lease is an eligible security solely on the basis of its evaluation of the credit enhancement.
 
Municipal leases, like other municipal debt obligations, are subject to the risk of nonpayment. The ability of issuers of municipal leases to make timely lease payments may be adversely impacted in general economic downturns and as relative governmental cost burdens are allocated and reallocated among federal, state, and local governmental units. Such nonpayment would result in a reduction of income to an underlying money market fund, and could result in a reduction in the value of the municipal lease experiencing nonpayment and a potential decrease in the NAV of that underlying money market fund.
 
PORTFOLIO TURNOVER
 
As a reference point, a portfolio turnover rate of 100% would mean that the Fund had sold or purchased securities valued at 100% of its average net assets within a one-year period. The Fund cannot accurately predict its turnover rate. Variations in portfolio turnover rates shown may be due to market conditions, changes in the size of the Fund, fluctuating volume of shareholder purchase and redemption orders, the nature of the Fund’s investments, and the investment style and/or outlook of the portfolio manager. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher when the Fund finds it necessary to significantly change its portfolio to adopt a temporary defensive position or respond to economic or market events. Higher levels of portfolio turnover may result in higher costs for brokerage commissions, dealer mark-ups, and other transaction costs, and may also result in taxable capital gains. Higher costs associated with increased portfolio turnover may offset gains in Fund performance. The following table summarizes the portfolio turnover rates for the Fund for the fiscal periods noted. The Fund has changed its fiscal year end to June 30.
 
                 
    Portfolio Turnover Rate for
  Portfolio Turnover Rate for
    the fiscal period ended
  the fiscal period ended
Fund Name   June 30, 2010(1)   July 31, 2009(1)
Janus Dynamic Allocation Fund
    51% (2)     78% (3)
 
(1)  Annualized for periods of less than one full year.
(2)  For the fiscal period August 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010 (the Fund’s new fiscal year end).
(3)  September 3, 2008 (effective date) to July 31, 2009 (the Fund’s or predecessor fund’s previous fiscal year end).

 
 
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PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS DISCLOSURE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
 
The Mutual Fund Holdings Disclosure Policies and Procedures adopted by Janus Capital and all mutual funds managed within the Janus fund complex are designed to be in the best interests of the funds and to protect the confidentiality of the funds’ portfolio holdings. The following describes policies and procedures with respect to disclosure of portfolio holdings.
 
•  Full Holdings. The Fund is required to disclose its complete holdings in the quarterly holdings report on Form N-Q within 60 days of the end of each fiscal quarter, and in the annual report and semiannual report to Fund shareholders. These reports (i) are available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov; (ii) may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. (information on the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330); and (iii) are available without charge, upon request, by calling a Janus representative at 1-800-525-0020 (toll free). Portfolio holdings (excluding derivatives, short positions, and other investment positions), consisting of at least the names of the holdings, are generally available on a calendar quarter-end basis with a 30-day lag. Holdings are generally posted approximately two business days thereafter under the Holdings & Details tab at janus.com/advisor/mutual-funds.
 
   The Fund may provide, upon request, historical full holdings on a monthly basis for periods prior to the previous quarter-end subject to a written confidentiality agreement.
 
•  Top Holdings. The Fund’s top portfolio holdings, in order of position size and as a percentage of the Fund’s total portfolio, are available monthly with a 15-day lag and on a calendar quarter-end basis with a 15-day lag.
 
•  Other Information. The Fund may occasionally provide security breakdowns (e.g., industry, sector, regional, market capitalization, and asset allocation), top performance contributors/detractors (consisting of security names in alphabetical order), and specific portfolio level performance attribution information and statistics monthly with a 15-day lag and on a calendar quarter-end basis with a 15-day lag. Top performance contributors/detractors provided at calendar quarter-end may include the percentage of contribution/detraction to Fund performance.
 
Full portfolio holdings will remain available on the Janus websites at least until a Form N-CSR or Form N-Q is filed with the SEC for the period that includes the date as of which the website information is current. Funds disclose their short positions, if applicable, only to the extent required in regulatory reports. Janus Capital may exclude from publication all or any portion of portfolio holdings or change the time periods of disclosure as deemed necessary to protect the interests of the Janus funds.
 
The Janus funds’ Trustees, officers, and primary service providers, including investment advisers, distributors, administrators, transfer agents, custodians, and their respective personnel, may receive or have access to nonpublic portfolio holdings information. In addition, third parties, including but not limited to those that provide services to the Janus funds, Janus Capital, and its affiliates, such as trade execution measurement systems providers, independent pricing services, proxy voting service providers, the funds’ insurers, computer systems service providers, lenders, counsel, accountants/auditors, and rating and ranking organizations may also receive or have access to nonpublic portfolio holdings information. Other recipients of nonpublic portfolio holdings information may include, but may not be limited to, third parties such as consultants, data aggregators, and asset allocation services which calculate information derived from holdings for use by Janus Capital, and which supply their analyses (but not the holdings themselves) to their clients. Such parties, either by agreement or by virtue of their duties, are required to maintain confidentiality with respect to such nonpublic portfolio holdings.
 
Nonpublic portfolio holdings information may be disclosed to certain third parties upon a good faith determination made by Janus Capital’s Chief Compliance Officer or Ethics Committee that the Fund has a legitimate business purpose for such disclosure and the recipient agrees to maintain confidentiality. Preapproval by the Chief Compliance Officer or Ethics Committee is not required for certain routine service providers and in response to regulatory, administrative, and judicial requirements. The Chief Compliance Officer reports to the Janus funds’ Trustees regarding material compliance matters with respect to the portfolio holdings disclosure policies and procedures.
 
Under extraordinary circumstances, Janus Capital’s Chief Investment Officer(s) or their delegates have the authority to waive one or more provisions of, or make exceptions to, the Mutual Fund Holdings Disclosure Policies and Procedures when in the best interest of the Janus funds and when such waiver or exception is consistent with federal securities laws and applicable fiduciary duties. The frequency with which portfolio holdings are disclosed, as well as the lag time associated with such disclosure, may vary as deemed appropriate under the circumstances. All waivers and exceptions involving any of the Janus funds shall be pre-approved by the Chief Compliance Officer or a designee.

 
 
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As of the date of this SAI, the following non-affiliated third parties, which consist of service providers and consultants as described above, receive or may have access to nonpublic portfolio holdings information, which may include the full holdings of a fund. Certain of the arrangements below reflect relationships of an affiliated subadviser, INTECH, and its products.
 
         
Name   Frequency   Lag Time
ACA Compliance Group
  As needed   Current
Axioma Inc. 
  Daily   Current
Barclays Capital Inc. 
  Daily   Current
BNY Mellon Performance and Risk Analytics, LLC 
  Monthly   Current
Bowne & Company Inc. 
  Daily   Current
Brockhouse & Cooper Inc.
  Quarterly   Current
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
  Daily   Current
Callan Associates Inc.
  As needed   Current
Cambridge Associates LLC
  Quarterly   Current
Canterbury Consulting Inc.
  Monthly   Current
Charles River Systems, Inc.
  As needed   Current
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. 
  As needed   Current
CMS BondEdge
  As needed   Current
Consulting Services Group, LLC
  As needed   Current
Deloitte & Touche LLP
  As needed   Current
Deloitte Tax LLP
  As needed   Current
Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch
  As needed   Current
Eagle Investment Systems Corp.
  As needed   Current
Eaton Vance Management
  As needed   Current
Ennis, Knupp & Associates, Inc.
  As needed   Current
Envestnet Asset Management Inc.
  As needed   Current
Ernst & Young LLP
  As needed   Current
FactSet Research Systems, Inc. 
  As needed   Current
Financial Models Company, Inc. 
  As needed   Current
FlexTrade LLC
  Daily   Current
FT Interactive Data Corporation
  Daily   Current
Hewitt Associates LLC
  As needed   Current
Imagine Software Inc.
  As needed   Current
Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc.
  Daily   Current
International Data Corporation
  Daily   Current
Investment Technology Group, Inc.
  Daily   Current
Jeffrey Slocum & Associates, Inc.
  As needed   Current
Lipper Inc.
  Quarterly   Current
Marco Consulting Group, Inc.
  Monthly   Current
Marquette Associates
  As needed   Current
Markit Loans, Inc. 
  Daily   Current
Mercer Investment Consulting, Inc.
  As needed   Current
Merrill Communications LLC 
  Semi-annually   5 days
Moody’s Investors Service Inc. 
  Weekly   7 days or more
New England Pension Consultants
  Monthly   Current
Nikko AM Americas
  As needed   Current
Nomura Funds Research & Technologies America Inc.
  As needed   Current
Olmstead Associates, Inc.
  Daily   Current
Omgeo LLC
  Daily   Current
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
  As needed   Current
Prima Capital Holding, Inc.
  As needed   Current

 
 
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Name   Frequency   Lag Time
Prima Capital Management, Inc.
  Quarterly   15 days
R.V. Kuhns & Associates
  As needed   Current
Reuters America Inc. 
  Daily   Current
Rocaton Investment Advisors, LLC
  As needed   Current
Rogerscasey, Inc.
  Quarterly   Current
Russell/Mellon Analytical Services, LLC
  Monthly   Current
Sapient Corporation
  As needed   Current
SEI Investments
  As needed   Current
SimCorp USA, Inc.
  As needed   Current
Standard & Poor’s
  Daily   Current
Standard & Poor’s Financial Services
  Weekly   2 days or more
Standard & Poor’s Securities Evaluation
  Daily   Current
State Street Bank and Trust Company
  Daily   Current
State Street Global Advisors
  Monthly   Current
Stratford Advisory Group, Inc.
  As needed   Current
Summit Strategies Group
  Monthly; Quarterly   Current
The Yield Book Inc.
  Daily   Current
Tower Investment
  As needed   30 days
Wachovia Securities LLC
  As needed   Current
Wall Street On Demand, Inc. 
  Monthly; Quarterly   30 days; 15 days
Wilshire Associates Incorporated
  As needed   Current
Yanni Partners, Inc.
  Quarterly   Current
Zephyr Associates, Inc. 
  Quarterly   Current
 
In addition to the categories of persons and names of persons described above who may receive nonpublic portfolio holdings information, brokers executing portfolio trades on behalf of the funds may receive nonpublic portfolio holdings information.
 
Janus Capital manages other accounts such as separate accounts, unregistered products, and funds sponsored by companies other than Janus Capital. These other accounts may be managed in a similar fashion to certain Janus funds and thus may have similar portfolio holdings. Such accounts may be subject to different portfolio holdings disclosure policies that permit public disclosure of portfolio holdings information in different forms and at different times than the Fund’s portfolio holdings disclosure policies. Additionally, clients of such accounts have access to their portfolio holdings, and may not be subject to the Fund’s portfolio holdings disclosure policies.

 
 
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Investment adviser

 
INVESTMENT ADVISER – JANUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
 
As stated in the Prospectuses, the Fund and each underlying fund has an Investment Advisory Agreement with Janus Capital Management LLC, 151 Detroit Street, Denver, Colorado 80206-4805. Janus Capital is a direct subsidiary of Janus Capital Group Inc. (“JCGI”), a publicly traded company with principal operations in financial asset management businesses. JCGI owns approximately 95% of Janus Capital, with the remaining 5% held by Janus Management Holdings Corporation.
 
Each Advisory Agreement provides that Janus Capital will furnish continuous advice and recommendations concerning the Fund’s investments, provide office space for the Fund, and pay the salaries, fees, and expenses of all Fund officers (with some shared expenses with the funds of compensation payable to the funds’ Chief Compliance Officer and compliance staff) and of those Trustees who are considered to be interested persons of Janus Capital. As of the date of this SAI, none of the members of the Board of Trustees are “interested persons” of Janus Capital as that term is defined by the 1940 Act. Janus Capital also serves as administrator and is authorized to perform the management and administration services necessary for the operation of the Fund, including, but not limited to, NAV determination, portfolio accounting, recordkeeping, and blue sky registration and monitoring services, and other services for which the Fund may reimburse Janus Capital for its costs. The Fund pays custodian fees and expenses, brokerage commissions and dealer spreads, and other expenses in connection with the execution of portfolio transactions, legal and accounting expenses, interest and taxes, a portion of trade or other investment company dues and expenses, registration fees, expenses of shareholders’ meetings and reports to shareholders, fees and expenses of Fund Trustees who are not interested persons of Janus Capital, other costs of complying with applicable laws regulating the sale of Fund shares, and compensation to the Fund’s transfer agent and other shareholder servicing costs. Many of these costs vary from year to year which can make it difficult to predict the total impact to your Fund’s expense ratio, in particular during times of declining asset values of the Fund. As discussed in this section, Janus Capital has delegated certain management duties for certain underlying funds to INTECH and Perkins pursuant to subadvisory agreements (“Sub-Advisory Agreements”) between Janus Capital and each Subadviser.
 
The Fund’s Advisory Agreement continues in effect from year to year so long as such continuance is approved annually by a majority of the Fund’s Trustees who are not parties to the Advisory Agreement or “interested persons” (as defined by the 1940 Act) of any such party (the “Independent Trustees”), and by either a majority of the outstanding voting shares of the Fund or the Trustees of the Fund. The Advisory Agreement: (i) may be terminated without the payment of any penalty by the Fund or Janus Capital on 60 days’ written notice; (ii) terminates automatically in the event of its assignment; and (iii) generally, may not be amended without the approval by vote of a majority of the Trustees, including a majority of the Independent Trustees and, to the extent required by the 1940 Act, the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund.
 
A discussion regarding the basis for the Trustees’ approval of the Fund’s Investment Advisory Agreement will be included in the Fund’s next annual or semiannual report to shareholders, following such approval. You can request the Fund’s annual or semiannual reports (as they become available), free of charge, by contacting your plan sponsor, broker-dealer, or financial intermediary, at janus.com/info, or by contacting a Janus representative at 1-877-335-2687.
 
The Fund pays a monthly investment advisory fee to Janus Capital for its services. The fee is based on the average daily net assets of the Fund and is calculated at the annual rate of 0.07%.
 
EXPENSE LIMITATION
 
Janus Capital agreed by contract to waive the advisory fee payable by the Fund in an amount equal to the amount, if any, that the Fund’s normal operating expenses in any fiscal year, including the investment advisory fee, but excluding any expenses of an underlying fund (acquired fund fees and expenses), distribution and shareholder servicing fees (12b-1) applicable to Class A Shares, Class C Shares, and Class S Shares, the administrative services fees payable pursuant to the Transfer Agency Agreement applicable to Class S Shares and Class T Shares, brokerage commissions, interest, dividends, taxes, and extraordinary expenses exceed the annual rate shown below. For information about how this expense limit affects the total expenses of each class of the Fund, refer to the “Fees and Expenses of the Fund” table in the Fund Summary of each Prospectus. Provided that Janus Capital remains investment adviser to the Fund, Janus Capital has agreed to continue such waiver until at least November 1, 2011.
 
         
    Expense Limit
Fund Name   Percentage (%)
Janus Dynamic Allocation Fund
    0.45  
 
 
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Janus Capital will be entitled to recoup such reimbursement or fee reduction from the Fund for a three-year period commencing with the operations of the predecessor fund (September 3, 2008), provided that at no time during such period shall the normal operating expenses allocated to any class of the Fund, with the exceptions noted above, exceed the percentages stated.
 
The Fund benefits from the investment advisory services provided to the underlying funds and, as a shareholder of those underlying funds, indirectly bears a proportionate share of those underlying funds’ advisory fees.
 
The following table summarizes the investment advisory fees paid by the Fund and any advisory fee waivers pursuant to the investment advisory fee agreement in effect during the fiscal periods noted. The Fund has changed its fiscal year end to June 30.
 
                                 
    June 30, 2010(1)   July 31, 2009(2)(3)
    Advisory
      Advisory
   
Fund Name   Fees   Waivers(−)   Fees   Waivers(−)
Janus Dynamic Allocation Fund
  $ 4,380     −$ 4,380(4 )   $ 1,144     −$ 1,144(4 )
 
(1)  For the fiscal period August 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010 (the Fund’s new fiscal year end).
(2)  The Fund’s or predecessor fund’s previous fiscal year end.
(3)  September 3, 2008 (effective date) to July 31, 2009.
(4)  The fee waiver by Janus Capital exceeded the advisory fee.
 
UNDERLYING FUNDS
 
Janus Capital also receives an investment advisory fee for managing the underlying funds. Each underlying fund pays a monthly investment advisory fee to Janus Capital for its services. For those with an annual fixed-rate fee, the fee is based on the average daily net assets of each underlying fund and is calculated at an annual rate for each underlying fund. Certain underlying funds have a performance-based fee structure. These underlying funds pay a fee that may adjust up or down based on the underlying fund’s performance relative to its benchmark index. For more information regarding the underlying funds’ investment advisory fees and expense limitations, please refer to the underlying funds’ Prospectuses and statements of additional information.
 
SUBADVISERS OF CERTAIN UNDERLYING FUNDS
 
Janus Capital has entered into Sub-Advisory Agreements on behalf of the underlying INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund, INTECH Risk-Managed Growth Fund, INTECH Risk-Managed International Fund, and INTECH Risk-Managed Value Fund with INTECH Investment Management LLC (“INTECH”). Janus Capital, not the underlying funds, pays INTECH a subadvisory fee for services provided to the underlying Risk-Managed Funds. Janus Capital has entered into Sub-Advisory Agreements, on behalf of the underlying Perkins Global Value Fund, Perkins Large Cap Value Fund, Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund, Perkins Small Cap Value Fund, and Perkins Value Plus Income Fund, with Perkins Investment Management LLC (“Perkins”). Janus Capital, not the underlying funds, pays Perkins a subadvisory fee for services provided to the underlying Value Funds.
 
PAYMENTS TO FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES BY JANUS CAPITAL OR ITS AFFILIATES
 
Class A Shares and Class C Shares
In addition to payments made under 12b-1 plans, Janus Capital and its affiliates also may make payments out of their own assets to selected broker-dealer firms or other financial intermediaries that sell Class A and Class C Shares of Janus funds for distribution, marketing, promotional, or related services. Such payments may be based on gross sales, assets under management, or transactional charges, or on a combination of these factors. Payments based primarily on sales create an incentive to make new sales of shares, while payments based on assets create an incentive to retain previously sold shares. Payments based on transactional charges may include the payment or reimbursement of all or a portion of “ticket charges.” Ticket charges are fees charged to salespersons purchasing through a financial intermediary firm in connection with mutual fund purchases, redemptions, or exchanges. The payment or reimbursement of ticket charges creates an incentive for salespersons of an intermediary to sell shares of Janus funds over shares of funds for which there is lesser or no payment or reimbursement of any applicable ticket charge. Janus Capital and its affiliates consider a number of factors in making payments to financial intermediaries. Criteria may include, but are not limited to, the distribution capabilities of the intermediary, the overall quality of the relationship, expected gross and/or net sales generated by the relationship, redemption and retention rates of assets held through the intermediary, the willingness to cooperate with Janus Capital’s marketing efforts,

 
 
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access to sales personnel, and the anticipated profitability of sales through the institutional relationship. These factors and their weightings may differ from one intermediary to another and may change from time to time. As of the date of this SAI, the broker-dealer firms with which Janus Capital or its affiliates have agreements or are currently negotiating agreements to make payments out of their own assets related to the acquisition or retention of shareholders for Class A and Class C Shares are AIG Advisor Group, Inc. and its broker-dealer subsidiaries; Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.; Citigroup Global Markets Inc.; Lincoln Financial Advisors Corporation; LPL Financial Corporation; Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated; Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.; Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, LLC; Oppenheimer & Co., Inc.; Raymond James & Associates, Inc.; Raymond James Financial Services, Inc.; UBS Financial Services Inc.; Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC; and Wells Fargo Investments, LLC. These fees may be in addition to fees paid from the Fund’s assets to them or other financial intermediaries. Any additions, modifications, or deletions to the broker-dealer firms identified that have occurred since that date are not reflected.
 
In addition, from their own assets, Janus Capital, Janus Distributors LLC (“Janus Distributors”), or their affiliates may pay brokerage firms, banks, financial advisors, retirement plan service providers, and other financial intermediaries’ fees for providing other marketing or distribution-related services, as well as recordkeeping, subaccounting, transaction processing, and other shareholder or administrative services in connection with investments in the Janus funds. These fees are in addition to any fees that may be paid from the Fund’s assets to these financial intermediaries. Janus Capital or its affiliates may have numerous agreements to make payments to financial institutions which perform recordkeeping or other administrative services with respect to shareholder accounts. Contact your financial intermediary if you wish to determine whether it receives such payments.
 
Class I Shares, Class S Shares, and Class T Shares
Janus Capital, Janus Distributors, or their affiliates may pay, from their own assets, financial intermediaries fees for providing other marketing or distribution-related services (with the exception of Class I Shares and Class S Shares), as well as recordkeeping, subaccounting, transaction processing, and other shareholder or administrative services in connection with investments in the Janus funds. These fees are in addition to any fees that may be paid by the Janus funds for these types of services or other services.
 
All Share Classes
Janus Capital or its affiliates may also share certain marketing expenses with, or pay for or sponsor informational meetings, seminars, client awareness events, support for marketing materials, sales reporting, or business building programs for financial intermediaries to raise awareness of the Fund. Such payments may be in addition to, or in lieu of, the payments described above. These payments are intended to promote the sales of Janus funds and to reimburse financial intermediaries, directly or indirectly, for the costs that they or their salespersons incur in connection with educational seminars, meetings, and training efforts about the Janus funds to enable the intermediaries and their salespersons to make suitable recommendations, provide useful services, and maintain the necessary infrastructure to make the Janus funds available to their customers.
 
The receipt of (or prospect of receiving) payments, reimbursements, and other forms of compensation described above may provide a financial intermediary and its salespersons with an incentive to favor sales of Janus funds’ shares over sales of other mutual funds (or non-mutual fund investments) or to favor sales of one class of Janus funds’ shares over sales of another Janus funds’ share class, with respect to which the financial intermediary does not receive such payments or receives them in a lower amount. The receipt of these payments may cause certain financial intermediaries to elevate the prominence of the Janus funds within such financial intermediary’s organization by, for example, placement on a list of preferred or recommended funds and/or the provision of preferential or enhanced opportunities to promote the Janus funds in various ways within such financial intermediary’s organization.
 
The payment arrangements described above will not change the price an investor pays for Shares nor the amount that a Janus fund receives to invest on behalf of the investor. You should consider whether such arrangements exist when evaluating any recommendations from an intermediary to purchase or sell Shares of the Fund and, if applicable, when considering which share class of the Fund is most appropriate for you.
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT JANUS CAPITAL
 
Janus Capital acts as subadviser for a number of private-label mutual funds and provides separate account advisory services for institutional accounts. Janus Capital may also manage its own proprietary accounts. Investment decisions for each account managed by Janus Capital, including the Fund, are made independently from those for any other account that is or may in the future become managed by Janus Capital or its affiliates. If, however, a number of accounts managed by Janus Capital are

 
 
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contemporaneously engaged in the purchase or sale of the same security, the orders may be aggregated and/or the transactions may be averaged as to price and allocated to each account in accordance with allocation procedures adopted by Janus Capital. Partial fills for the accounts of two or more portfolio managers and/or investment personnel will be allocated pro rata under procedures adopted by Janus Capital. Circumstances may arise under which Janus Capital may determine that, although it may be desirable and/or suitable that a particular security or other investment be purchased or sold for more than one account, there exists a limited supply or demand for the security or other investment. Janus Capital seeks to allocate the opportunity to purchase or sell that security or other investment among accounts on an equitable basis by taking into consideration factors including, but not limited to, size of the portfolio, concentration of holdings, investment objectives and guidelines, purchase costs, and cash availability. Janus Capital, however, cannot assure equality of allocations among all its accounts, nor can it assure that the opportunity to purchase or sell a security or other investment will be proportionally allocated among accounts according to any particular or predetermined standards or criteria. In some cases, these allocation procedures may adversely affect the price paid or received by an account or the size of the position obtained or liquidated for an account. In others, however, the accounts’ ability to participate in volume transactions may produce better executions and prices for the accounts.
 
With respect to allocations of initial public offerings (“IPOs”), under IPO allocation procedures adopted by Janus Capital and Perkins, accounts will participate in an IPO if the portfolio managers and/or investment personnel believe the IPO is an appropriate investment based on the account’s investment restrictions, risk profile, asset composition, and/or cash levels. These IPO allocation procedures require that each account be assigned to a pre-defined group (“IPO Group”) based on objective criteria set forth in the procedures such as the investment strategy of the account. If the portfolio managers and/or investment personnel indicate an interest in participating in an IPO for an account within a particular IPO group, all accounts managed by the same portfolio managers and/or investment personnel within that IPO group must participate unless they qualify for an exception as outlined within the procedures. All shares of an IPO purchased will be allocated on a pro rata basis to all participating accounts based upon the total assets of each account. A “de minimis” exception to the IPO allocation procedures has been established to recognize that, generally, smaller positions are not economical to an account. As such, an account with an IPO allocation resulting in a position of less than 0.25% of an account’s total assets may be excluded from the allocation as a de minimis position. Therefore, the IPO allocation procedures may result in certain accounts, particularly larger accounts, participating in fewer IPOs than other accounts, which may impact performance. Other exceptions from the IPO allocation procedures are permitted provided that they are properly documented and, if necessary, approved by senior management.
 
Janus Capital is permitted to adjust its allocation procedures to eliminate fractional shares or odd lots and has the discretion to deviate from its allocation procedures in certain circumstances. For example, additional securities may be allocated to the portfolio managers and/or investment personnel who are instrumental in originating or developing an investment opportunity or to comply with the portfolio managers’ and/or investment personnel’s request to ensure that their accounts receive sufficient securities to satisfy specialized investment objectives.
 
Janus Capital manages long and short portfolios. The simultaneous management of long and short portfolios creates potential conflicts of interest in fund management and creates potential risks such as the risk that short sale activity could adversely affect the market value of long positions in one or more Janus funds (and vice versa), the risk arising from the sequential orders in long and short positions, and the risks associated with the trade desk receiving opposing orders in the same security at the same time.
 
Janus Capital has adopted procedures that it believes are reasonably designed to mitigate these potential conflicts and risks. Among other things, Janus Capital has trade allocation procedures in place as previously described. In addition, procedures prohibit a portfolio manager from executing a short sale on a security held long in any other portfolio that he or she manages but not held long in the account the manager is placing the short in. Note this does not prohibit shorting against the box. The procedures also require approvals of Janus Capital senior management in other situations that raise potential conflicts of interest, as well as periodic monitoring of long and short trading activity of the Janus funds and accounts.
 
The Fund and other funds advised by Janus Capital or its affiliates may also transfer daily uninvested cash balances into one or more joint trading accounts. Assets in the joint trading accounts are invested in money market instruments and the proceeds are allocated to the participating funds on a pro rata basis.
 
Pursuant to the provisions of the 1940 Act, Janus mutual funds may participate in an affiliated or non-affiliated cash sweep program. In the cash sweep program, uninvested cash balances of Janus funds may be used to purchase shares of affiliated or non-affiliated money market funds or cash management pooled investment vehicles. All Janus funds are eligible to participate

 
 
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in the cash sweep program (the “Investing Funds”). As adviser, Janus Capital has an inherent conflict of interest because of its fiduciary duties to the affiliated money market funds or cash management pooled investment vehicles and the Investing Funds. In addition, Janus Capital receives an investment advisory fee for managing the cash management vehicle used for its securities lending program, but it may not receive a fee for managing certain other affiliated cash management vehicles, and therefore may have an incentive to allocate preferred investment opportunities to investment vehicles for which it is receiving a fee.
 
Each account managed by Janus Capital or the subadvisers has its own investment objective and policies and is managed accordingly by the respective portfolio managers and/or investment personnel. As a result, from time to time, two or more different managed accounts may pursue divergent investment strategies with respect to investments or categories of investments.
 
The officers and Trustees of the Fund may also serve as officers and Trustees of the underlying funds. Conflicts may arise as the officers and Trustees seek to fulfill their fiduciary responsibilities to both the Fund and the underlying funds. The Trustees intend to address any such conflicts as deemed appropriate.
 
Janus Ethics Rules
Janus Capital and Janus Distributors currently have in place Ethics Rules, which are comprised of the Personal Trading Code of Ethics, Gift Policy, Portfolio Holdings Disclosure Policy, and Outside Employment Policy. The Ethics Rules are designed to ensure Janus Capital and Janus Distributors personnel: (i) observe applicable legal (including compliance with applicable federal securities laws) and ethical standards in the performance of their duties; (ii) at all times place the interests of the Fund shareholders first; (iii) disclose all actual or potential conflicts; (iv) adhere to the highest standards of loyalty, candor, and care in all matters relating to the Fund shareholders; (v) conduct all personal trading, including transactions in the Fund and other securities, consistent with the Ethics Rules and in such a manner as to avoid any actual or potential conflict of interest or any abuse of their position of trust and responsibility; and (vi) do not use any material nonpublic information in securities trading. The Ethics Rules are on file with and available from the SEC through the SEC website at http://www.sec.gov.
 
Under the Personal Trading Code of Ethics (the “Code of Ethics”), all Janus Capital and Janus Distributors personnel, as well as the Trustees and Officers of the Fund, are required to conduct their personal investment activities in a manner that Janus Capital believes is not detrimental to the Fund. In addition, Janus Capital and Janus Distributors personnel are not permitted to transact in securities held by the Fund for their personal accounts except under circumstances specified in the Code of Ethics. All personnel of Janus Capital, Janus Distributors, and the Fund, as well as certain other designated employees deemed to have access to current trading information, are required to pre-clear all transactions in securities not otherwise exempt. Requests for trading authorization will be denied when, among other reasons, the proposed personal transaction would be contrary to the provisions of the Code of Ethics.
 
In addition to the pre-clearance requirement described above, the Code of Ethics subjects such personnel to various trading restrictions and reporting obligations. All reportable transactions are reviewed for compliance with the Code of Ethics and under certain circumstances Janus Capital and Janus Distributors personnel may be required to forfeit profits made from personal trading.
 
PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
 
The Fund’s Trustees have delegated to Janus Capital the authority to vote all proxies relating to the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with Janus Capital’s own policies and procedures. A summary of Janus Capital’s policies and procedures is available without charge: (i) upon request, by calling 1-800-525-0020; (ii) on the Fund’s website at janus.com/proxyvoting; and (iii) on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
 
A complete copy of Janus Capital’s proxy voting policies and procedures, including specific guidelines, is available at janus.com/proxyvoting.
 
The Fund’s proxy voting record for the one-year period ending each June 30th is available, free of charge, through janus.com/proxyvoting and from the SEC through the SEC website at http://www.sec.gov.

 
 
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JANUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
PROXY VOTING SUMMARY FOR MUTUAL FUNDS
 
Janus Capital votes proxies in the best interest of its shareholders and without regard to any other Janus Capital relationship (business or otherwise). Janus Capital will not accept direction as to how to vote individual proxies for which it has voting responsibility from any other person or organization other than the research and information provided by its independent proxy voting service (“Proxy Voting Service”).
 
Proxy Voting Procedures
Janus Capital has developed proxy voting guidelines (the “Janus Guidelines”) that outline how Janus Capital generally votes proxies on securities held by the portfolios Janus Capital manages. The Janus Guidelines, which include recommendations on most major corporate issues, have been developed by the Janus Proxy Voting Committee (the “Proxy Voting Committee”) in consultation with Janus Capital’s portfolio managers. In creating proxy voting recommendations, the Proxy Voting Committee analyzes proxy proposals, from the Proxy Voting Service, from the prior year and evaluates whether those proposals would adversely or beneficially affect shareholders’ interests. Once the Proxy Voting Committee establishes its recommendations, they are distributed to Janus Capital’s portfolio managers for input. Following portfolio manager input on the recommendations, they are implemented as the Janus Guidelines. While the Proxy Voting Committee sets the Janus Guidelines and serves as a resource for Janus Capital’s portfolio managers, it does not have proxy voting authority for any proprietary or non-proprietary mutual fund. Janus Capital’s portfolio managers are responsible for proxy votes on securities they own in the portfolios they manage. The portfolio managers do not have the right to vote on securities while they are being lent; however, the portfolio managers may attempt to call back the loan and vote the proxy if time permits. Most portfolio managers vote consistently with the Janus Guidelines; however, a portfolio manager may choose to vote differently than the Janus Guidelines. Additionally, Janus Capital has engaged the Proxy Voting Service to assist in the voting of proxies. The Proxy Voting Service also provides research and recommendations on proxy issues. The role of the Proxy Voting Committee is to work with Janus Capital’s portfolio management to develop the Janus Guidelines. The Proxy Voting Committee also serves as a resource to portfolio management with respect to proxy voting and oversees the proxy voting process. The Proxy Voting Committee’s oversight responsibilities include monitoring for, and resolving, material conflicts of interest with respect to proxy voting. Janus Capital believes that application of the Janus Guidelines to vote mutual fund proxies should, in most cases, adequately address any possible conflicts of interest since the Janus Guidelines are predetermined. However, for proxy votes that are inconsistent with the Janus Guidelines, the Proxy Voting Committee will review the proxy votes in order to determine whether a portfolio manager’s voting rationale appears reasonable. If the Proxy Voting Committee does not agree that a portfolio manager’s rationale is reasonable, the Proxy Voting Committee will refer the matter to Janus Capital’s Chief Investment Officer(s) (or Director of Research).
 
The Fund owns shares in underlying funds. If an underlying fund has a shareholder meeting, the Fund normally would vote its shares in the underlying fund in the same proportion as the votes of the other shareholders of the underlying fund.
 
Proxy Voting Policies
As discussed above, the Proxy Voting Committee has developed the Janus Guidelines for use in voting proxies. Below is a summary of some of the Janus Guidelines.
 
Board of Directors Issues
Janus Capital will generally vote in favor of slates of director candidates that are comprised of a majority of independent directors. Janus Capital will generally vote in favor of proposals to increase the minimum number of independent directors. Janus Capital will generally oppose non-independent directors who serve on the audit, compensation, and/or nominating committees of the board.
 
Auditor Issues
Janus Capital will generally oppose proposals asking for approval of auditors that have a financial interest in or association with the company and are therefore not independent.
 
Executive Compensation Issues
Janus Capital reviews executive compensation plans on a case-by-case basis using research provided by the Proxy Voting Service. The research is designed to estimate the total cost of a proposed plan. If the proposed cost is above an allowable cap, Janus Capital will generally oppose the proposed equity-based compensation plan. In addition, Janus Capital will generally oppose proposals regarding the re-pricing of underwater options (stock options in which the price the employee is contracted

 
 
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to buy shares is higher than the current market price) and the issuance of reload options (stock options that are automatically granted if outstanding stock options are exercised during a window period).
 
General Corporate Issues
Janus Capital will generally oppose proposals regarding supermajority voting rights (for example, to approve acquisitions or mergers). Janus Capital will generally oppose proposals for different classes of stock with different voting rights. Janus Capital will generally oppose proposals seeking to implement measures designed to prevent or obstruct corporate takeovers, unless such measures are designed primarily as a short-term means to protect a tax benefit. Janus Capital will review proposals relating to mergers, acquisitions, tender offers, and other similar actions on a case-by-case basis.
 
Shareholder Proposals
If a shareholder proposal is specifically addressed by the Janus Guidelines, Janus Capital will generally vote pursuant to that Janus Guideline. Janus Capital will generally abstain from voting shareholder proposals that are social, moral, or ethical in nature or place arbitrary constraints on the board or management of a company. Janus Capital will solicit additional research from its Proxy Voting Service for proposals outside the scope of the Janus Guidelines.

 
 
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Custodian, transfer agent, and certain affiliations

 
State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street”), P.O. Box 0351, Boston, Massachusetts 02117-0351 is the custodian of the domestic securities and cash of the Fund, the underlying funds, and an affiliated cash management pooled investment vehicle. State Street is the designated Foreign Custody Manager (as the term is defined in Rule 17f-5 under the 1940 Act) of the Fund’s securities and cash held outside the United States. The Fund’s Trustees have delegated to State Street certain responsibilities for such assets, as permitted by Rule 17f-5. State Street and the foreign subcustodians selected by it hold the Fund’s assets in safekeeping and collect and remit the income thereon, subject to the instructions of the Fund.
 
Janus Services LLC (“Janus Services”), P.O. Box 173375, Denver, Colorado 80217-3375, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Janus Capital, is the Fund’s and the underlying funds’ transfer agent. In addition, Janus Services provides or arranges for the provision of certain other administrative services including, but not limited to, recordkeeping, accounting, order processing, and other shareholder services for the Fund.
 
Certain, but not all, intermediaries may charge administrative fees to investors in Class A Shares, Class C Shares, and Class I Shares for administrative services provided on behalf of such investors. These administrative fees are paid by the Class A Shares, Class C Shares, and Class I Shares of the Fund to Janus Services, which uses such fees to reimburse intermediaries. Consistent with the Transfer Agency Agreement between Janus Services and the Fund, Janus Services may negotiate the level, structure, and/or terms of the administrative fees with intermediaries requiring such fees on behalf of the Fund. Janus Capital and its affiliates benefit from an increase in assets that may result from such relationships.
 
Janus Services receives an administrative services fee at an annual rate of up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of Class S Shares and Class T Shares of the Fund for providing or procuring administrative services to investors in Class S Shares and Class T Shares of the Fund. Janus Services expects to use all or a significant portion of this fee to compensate retirement plan service providers, broker-dealers, bank trust departments, financial advisors, and other financial intermediaries for providing these services. Services provided by these financial intermediaries may include, but are not limited to, recordkeeping, subaccounting, order processing, providing periodic statements, forwarding prospectuses, shareholder reports, and other materials to existing customers, and other administrative services. Order processing includes the submission of transactions through the National Securities Clearing Corporation (“NSCC”) or similar systems, or those processed on a manual basis with Janus. Janus Services or its affiliates may also pay fees for services provided by intermediaries to the extent the fees charged by intermediaries exceed the 0.25% of net assets charged to the Fund.
 
For the fiscal periods noted, the total amounts paid by Class S Shares and Class T Shares of the Fund to Janus Services for administrative services are summarized below. For Class S Shares and Class T Shares, Janus Services pays out all or substantially all of the amount reflected as compensation to broker-dealers and service providers. The Fund has changed its fiscal year end to June 30.
 
                 
    Administrative
  Administrative
    Fees(1)
  Fees
Fund Name   June 30, 2010   July 31, 2009
Janus Dynamic Allocation Fund
               
Class S Shares
  $ 812     $ 622(2 )
Class T Shares
  $ 61     $ (3 )
                 
 
(1)  For the fiscal period August 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010 (the Fund’s new fiscal year end).
(2)  September 3, 2008 (effective date) to July 31, 2009 (the Fund’s or predecessor fund’s previous fiscal year end).
(3)  Class T Shares commenced operations on July 6, 2009; amount paid was de minimis.
 
Janus Services is not compensated for its services related to Class A Shares, Class C Shares, and Class I Shares, except for out-of-pocket expenses. Included in out-of-pocket expenses are the fees charged by certain intermediaries for administrative services including, but not limited to, recordkeeping, subaccounting, order processing for omnibus or networking accounts, or other shareholder services provided by intermediaries on behalf of the shareholders of the Fund. Order processing includes the submission of transactions through the NSCC or similar systems or those processed on a manual basis by Janus Services.
 
Through Janus Services, the Fund pays DST Systems, Inc. (“DST”) fees for the use of DST’s shareholder accounting system, as well as for certain broker-controlled accounts and closed accounts. These fees are in addition to any transfer agency fees paid to Janus Services. The Fund also uses and pays for DST systems to track and process redemption fees and contingent deferred sales charges. These fees are only charged to classes of the Fund with redemption fees or contingent deferred sales charges, as applicable.
 
 
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Janus Distributors, 151 Detroit Street, Denver, Colorado 80206-4805, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Janus Capital, is the principal underwriter for the Fund and the underlying funds. Janus Distributors is registered as a broker-dealer under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. Janus Distributors acts as the agent of the Fund in connection with the sale of its Shares in all states in which such Shares are registered and in which Janus Distributors is qualified as a broker-dealer. Under the Distribution Agreement, Janus Distributors continuously offers the Fund’s Shares and accepts orders at NAV per share of the relevant class. The cash-compensation rate at which Janus Distributors’ registered representatives are paid for sales of institutional products may differ based on a type of fund or a specific trust. The receipt of (or prospect of receiving) compensation described above may provide an incentive for a registered representative to favor sales of funds, or certain share classes of a fund, for which they receive a higher compensation rate. You should consider these arrangements when evaluating any recommendations of your registered representative.

 
 
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Portfolio transactions and brokerage

 
The Fund will purchase and sell the principal portion of its Fund securities (i.e., shares of the underlying funds) by dealing directly with the issuer of the underlying funds. Except for the underlying subadvised funds, Janus Capital places all portfolio transactions of the underlying funds and has a policy of seeking to obtain the “best execution” of all portfolio transactions (the best net prices under the circumstances based upon a number of factors including and subject to the factors discussed below and further in the underlying funds’ statements of additional information) provided that Janus Capital may occasionally pay higher commissions for research services as described below. For more information regarding the brokerage commissions paid by the underlying funds, please refer to the underlying funds’ Prospectuses and statements of additional information.
 
Janus Capital considers a number of factors in seeking best execution in selecting brokers and dealers and in negotiating commissions on agency transactions. Those factors include, but are not limited to: Janus Capital’s knowledge of currently available negotiated commission rates or prices of securities currently available and other current transaction costs; the nature of the security being traded; the size and type of the transaction; the nature and character of the markets for the security to be purchased or sold; the desired timing of the trade; the activity existing and expected in the market for the particular security; confidentiality, including trade anonymity; liquidity; the quality of the execution, clearance, and settlement services; financial stability of the broker or dealer; the existence of actual or apparent operational problems of any broker or dealer; rebates of commissions by a broker to a fund or to a third party service provider to the fund to pay fund expenses; and the value of research products or services provided by brokers. In recognition of the value of the foregoing factors, and as permitted by Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, Janus Capital may place portfolio transactions with a broker or dealer with whom it has negotiated a commission that is in excess of the commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if Janus Capital determines in good faith that such amount of commission was reasonable in light of the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or of the overall responsibilities of Janus Capital. To constitute eligible “research services,” such services must qualify as “advice,” “analyses,” or “reports.” To determine that a service constitutes research services, Janus Capital must conclude that it reflects the “expression of reasoning or knowledge” relating to the value of securities, advisability of effecting transactions in securities or analyses, or reports concerning issuers, securities, economic factors, investment strategies, or the performance of accounts. To constitute eligible “brokerage services,” such services must effect securities transactions and functions incidental thereto, and include clearance, settlement, and the related custody services. Additionally, brokerage services have been interpreted to include services relating to the execution of securities transactions. Research received from brokers or dealers is supplemental to Janus Capital’s own research efforts. Because Janus Capital receives a benefit from research it receives from broker-dealers, Janus Capital may have an incentive to continue to use those broker-dealers to effect transactions. Janus Capital does not consider a broker-dealer’s sale of fund shares when choosing a broker-dealer to effect transactions.
 
“Cross trades,” in which one Janus Capital account sells a particular security to another account (potentially saving transaction costs for both accounts), may also pose a potential conflict of interest. Cross trades may be seen to involve a potential conflict of interest if, for example, one account is permitted to sell a security to another account at a higher price than an independent third party would pay. Janus Capital and the funds’ Trustees have adopted compliance procedures that provide that any transactions between the Fund and another Janus-advised account are to be made at an independent current market price, as required by law. There is also a potential conflict of interest when cross trades involve a Janus fund that has substantial ownership by Janus Capital. At times, Janus Capital may have a controlling interest of a fund involved in a cross trade.
 
For the fiscal periods noted, the total broker commissions paid by the Fund to brokers and dealers in transactions identified for execution primarily on the basis of research and other services provided to the Fund are summarized below. The Fund has changed its fiscal year end to June 30.
 
                                                 
        June 30, 2010(1)   July 31, 2009(2)    
Fund Name       Commissions   Transactions   Commissions   Transactions    
Janus Dynamic Allocation Fund
          $ 212     $ 246,179     $ 145     $ 157,400          
                                                 
 
(1)  For the fiscal period August 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010 (the Fund’s new fiscal year end).
(2)  September 3, 2008 (effective date) to July 31, 2009 (the Fund’s or predecessor fund’s previous fiscal year end).
 
Janus Capital does not guarantee any broker the placement of a predetermined amount of securities transactions in return for the research or brokerage services it provides. Janus Capital does, however, have internal procedures for allocating transactions in a manner consistent with its execution policies to brokers that it has identified as providing research, research-related products or services, or execution-related services of a particular benefit to its clients. Janus Capital has
 
 
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entered into client commission agreements (“CCAs”) with certain broker-dealers under which the broker-dealers may use a portion of their commissions to pay third-parties or other broker-dealers that provide Janus Capital with research or brokerage services, as permitted under Section 28(e) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934. CCAs allow Janus Capital to direct broker-dealers to pool commissions that are generated from orders executed at that broker-dealer, and then periodically direct the broker-dealer to pay third parties or other broker-dealers for research or brokerage services. All uses of CCAs by Janus Capital are subject to applicable law and their best execution obligations. Brokerage and research products and services furnished by brokers may be used in servicing any or all of the clients of Janus Capital and such research may not necessarily be used by Janus Capital in connection with the accounts which paid commissions to the broker providing such brokerage and research products and services. Similarly, research and brokerage services paid for with commissions generated by equity trades may be used for fixed-income clients that normally do not pay brokerage commissions or other clients whose commissions are generally not used to obtain such research and brokerage services.
 
Janus Capital may also use step-out transactions in order to receive research products and related services. In a step-out transaction, Janus Capital directs trades to a broker-dealer with the instruction that the broker-dealer execute the transaction, but “step-out” all or a portion of the transaction or commission in favor of another broker-dealer that provides such products and/or services. The second broker-dealer may clear and settle and receive commissions for the stepped-in portion. In a new issue designation, Janus Capital directs purchase orders to a broker-dealer that is a selling group member or underwriter of an equity or fixed-income new issue offering. Janus Capital directs that broker-dealer to designate a portion of the broker-dealer’s commission on the new issue purchase to a second broker-dealer(s) that provides such products and/or services. Given Janus Capital’s receipt of such products and services in connection with step-out transactions and new issue designations, Janus Capital has an incentive to continue to engage in such transactions; however, Janus Capital only intends to utilize step-out transactions and new issue designations when it believes that doing so would not hinder best execution efforts.
 
When a fund purchases or sells a security in the over-the-counter market, the transaction takes place directly with a principal market-maker, without the use of a broker, except in those circumstances where, in the opinion of Janus Capital or a subadviser, as applicable, better prices and executions will be achieved through the use of a broker.
 
The following table lists the total amount of brokerage commissions paid by the Fund for the fiscal periods noted. The Fund has changed its fiscal year end to June 30.
 
                 
Fund Name   June 30, 2010   July 31, 2009
Janus Dynamic Allocation Fund
  $ 448(1)     $ 320(2)  
                 
 
(1)  For the fiscal period August 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010 (the Fund’s new fiscal year end).
(2)  September 3, 2008 (effective date) to July 31, 2009 (the Fund’s or predecessor fund’s previous fiscal year end).
 
Brokerage commissions paid by a fund may vary significantly from year to year because of portfolio turnover rates, shareholder, broker-dealer, or other financial intermediary purchase/redemption activity, varying market conditions, changes to investment strategies or processes, and other factors.
 
As of June 30, 2010, unless otherwise noted, the Fund owned securities of its regular broker-dealers (or parents) as shown below:
 
             
        Value of
    Name of
  Securities
Fund Name   Broker-Dealer   Owned
Janus Dynamic Allocation Fund
 
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
  $ 61,750  
             

 
 
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Trustees and officers

 
The following are the Trustees and officers of the Trust, together with a brief description of their principal occupations during the last five years (principal occupations for certain Trustees may include periods over five years).
 
Each Trustee has served in that capacity since he or she was originally elected or appointed. The Trustees do not serve a specified term of office. Each Trustee will hold office until the termination of the Trust or his or her earlier death, resignation, retirement, incapacity, or removal. Pursuant to the Fund’s Governance Procedures and Guidelines, Trustees are required to retire no later than the end of the calendar year in which the Trustee turns 72. The Trustees review the Fund’s Governance Procedures and Guidelines from time to time and may make changes they deem appropriate. The Fund’s Nominating and Governance Committee will consider nominees for the position of Trustee recommended by shareholders. Shareholders may submit the name of a candidate for consideration by the Committee by submitting their recommendations to the Trust’s Secretary. Each Trustee is currently a Trustee of one other registered investment company advised by Janus Capital: Janus Aspen Series. As of the date of this SAI, collectively, the two registered investment companies consist of 48 series or funds.
 
The Trust’s officers are elected annually by the Trustees for a one-year term. Certain officers also serve as officers of Janus Aspen Series. Certain officers of the Fund may also be officers and/or directors of Janus Capital. Fund officers receive no compensation from the Fund, except for the Fund’s Chief Compliance Officer, as authorized by the Trustees.
 
                               
                               
TRUSTEES
                               



Name, Address,
and Age
    Positions
Held with
the Trust
    Length of
Time Served
    Principal Occupations During the Past Five Years     Number of
Portfolios/Funds
in Fund Complex
Overseen by Trustee
    Other Directorships Held by Trustee During the Past Five Years
                               
Independent Trustees
                               
William F. McCalpin
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1957
    Chairman

Trustee
    1/08-Present

6/02-Present
    Managing Director, Holos Consulting LLC (provides consulting services to foundations and other nonprofit organizations). Formerly, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of The Rockefeller Brothers Fund (a private family foundation) (1998-2006).     48     Chairman of the Board and Director of The Investment Fund for Foundations Investment Program (TIP) (consisting of 4 funds); and Director of the F.B. Heron Foundation (a private grantmaking foundation).
                               
Jerome S. Contro
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1956
    Trustee     11/05-Present     General partner of Crosslink Capital, a private investment firm (since 2008). Formerly, partner of Tango Group, a private investment firm (1999-2008).     48     Formerly, Director of Envysion, Inc. (internet technology), Lijit Networks, Inc. (internet technology), LogRhythm Inc. (software solutions), IZZE Beverages, Ancestry.com, Inc. (genealogical research website), and Trustee and Chairman of RS Investment Trust.
                               
John W. McCarter, Jr.
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1938
    Trustee     6/02-Present     President, Trustee Emeritus, and Chief Executive Officer of The Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago, IL) (since 1996).     48     Chairman of the Board and Director of Divergence Inc. (biotechnology firm); Director of W.W. Grainger, Inc. (industrial distributor); Trustee of WTTW (Chicago public television station) and the University of Chicago; Regent, Smithsonian Institution; and Member of the Board of Governors for Argonne National Laboratory.
                               
 
 
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TRUSTEES
                               



Name, Address,
and Age
    Positions
Held with
the Trust
    Length of
Time Served
    Principal Occupations During the Past Five Years     Number of
Portfolios/Funds
in Fund Complex
Overseen by Trustee
    Other Directorships Held by Trustee During the Past Five Years
                               
Independent Trustees (cont’d.)
                               
John P. McGonigle
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1955
    Trustee     6/10-Present     Formerly, Vice President, Senior Vice President, and Executive Vice President of Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (1989-2006).     48     Trustee of PayPal Funds (since 2008). Formerly, Director of Charles Schwab International Holdings (a brokerage service division for joint ventures outside the U.S.) (1999-2006).
                               
Dennis B. Mullen
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1943
    Trustee    
2/71-Present


    Formerly, Chief Executive Officer of Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. (2005-2010). Formerly, private investor.     48*     Director of Janus Capital Funds Plc (Dublin-based, non-U.S. funds). Formerly, Chairman of the Board (2005-2010) and Director (2002-2010) of Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. (RRGB).
                               
James T. Rothe
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1943
    Trustee     1/97-Present     Co-founder and Managing Director of Roaring Fork Capital SBIC, LP (SBA SBIC fund focusing on private investment in public equity firms), and Professor Emeritus of Business of the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO (since 2004). Formerly, Professor of Business of the University of Colorado (2002-2004); and Distinguished Visiting Professor of Business (2001-2002) of Thunderbird (American Graduate School of International Management), Glendale, AZ.     48     Director of Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. (RRGB).
                               
William D. Stewart
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1944
    Trustee     6/84-Present     Corporate Vice President and General Manager of MKS Instruments – HPS Products, Boulder, CO (a manufacturer of vacuum fittings and valves) and PMFC Division, Andover, MA (manufacturing pressure measurement and flow products).     48     None
                               
Martin H. Waldinger
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1938
    Trustee     8/69-Present     Private investor and Consultant to California Planned Unit Developments (since 1994). Formerly, CEO and President of Marwal, Inc. (homeowner association management company).     48     None
                               
 *  Mr. Mullen also serves as director of Janus Capital Funds Plc, an offshore product, consisting of 19 funds. Including Janus Capital Funds Plc and the 48 funds comprising the Janus funds, Mr. Mullen oversees 67 funds.

 
 
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TRUSTEES
                               



Name, Address,
and Age
    Positions
Held with
the Trust
    Length of
Time Served
    Principal Occupations During the Past Five Years     Number of
Portfolios/Funds
in Fund Complex
Overseen by Trustee
    Other Directorships Held by Trustee During the Past Five Years
                               
Independent Trustees (cont’d.)
                               
Linda S. Wolf
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1947
    Trustee     11/05-Present     Retired. Formerly, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Leo Burnett (Worldwide) (advertising agency) (2001-2005).     48     Director of Wal-Mart, The Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago, IL), Children’s Memorial Hospital (Chicago, IL), Chicago Council on Global Affairs, and InnerWorkings (U.S. provider of print procurement solutions to corporate clients).
                               

 
 
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OFFICERS
                   


Name, Address,
and Age
    Positions Held with the Trust     Term of
Office* and
Length of
Time Served
    Principal Occupations During the Past Five Years
                   
Daniel Scherman
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1961
    Executive Vice President and Portfolio Manager
Janus Dynamic Allocation Fund
    9/08-Present     Senior Vice President and Chief Risk Officer of Janus Capital and Portfolio Manager for other Janus accounts. Formerly, Vice President and Director of Risk and Trading for Janus Capital (2006), and Senior Quantitative Analyst and Portfolio Manager (2001-2005) for MFS Investment Management.
                   
Robin C. Beery
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1967
    President and Chief Executive Officer     4/08-Present     Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer, and Head of Intermediary Distribution, Global Marketing and Product of Janus Capital Group Inc. and Janus Capital; Executive Vice President, and Head of Intermediary Distribution, Global Marketing and Product of Janus Distributors LLC and Janus Services LLC; Director of Perkins Investment Management LLC; and Working Director of INTECH Investment Management LLC. Formerly, President (2002-2007) and Director (2000-2007) of The Janus Foundation; President (2004-2006) of Janus Services LLC; and Senior Vice President (2003-2005) of Janus Capital Group Inc. and Janus Capital.
                   
Stephanie Grauerholz-Lofton
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1970
    Chief Legal Counsel and Secretary

Vice President
    1/06-Present

3/06-Present
    Vice President and Assistant General Counsel of Janus Capital, and Vice President and Assistant Secretary of Janus Distributors LLC. Formerly, Assistant Vice President of Janus Capital and Janus Distributors LLC (2006).
                   
David R. Kowalski
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1957
    Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer, and Anti-Money Laundering Officer     6/02-Present     Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of Janus Capital, Janus Distributors LLC, and Janus Services LLC; and Vice President of INTECH Investment Management LLC and Perkins Investment Management LLC. Formerly, Chief Compliance Officer of Bay Isle Financial LLC (2003-2008) and INTECH Investment Management LLC (2003-2005); and Vice President of Janus Capital (2000-2005) and Janus Services LLC (2004-2005).
                   
Jesper Nergaard
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1962
   
Chief Financial Officer

Vice President, Treasurer, and Principal Accounting Officer
   
3/05-Present

2/05-Present
    Vice President of Janus Capital. Formerly, Director of Financial Reporting for OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (2004-2005).
                   
Officers are elected at least annually by the Trustees for a one-year term and may also be elected from time to time by the Trustees for an interim period.
 
As discussed below, the Board’s Nominating and Governance Committee is responsible for identifying and recommending candidates for nomination or election by the Board based on a variety of diverse criteria. In its most recent evaluation of the qualifications of each Trustee prior to the Trustee’s election in 2010, the Committee and the Board considered the totality of the information available to them, including the specific experience, qualifications, attributes or skills, as noted below, and concluded that each of the Trustees should serve as members of the Board of Trustees based on the Trust’s business structure. In reaching these conclusions, the Committee and the Board, in the exercise of their reasonable business judgment, evaluated each Trustee based on their specific experience, qualifications, attributes and/or skills on an individual basis and in combination with the other Trustees, none of which by itself was considered dispositive.

 
 
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Jerome S. Contro: General Partner in private investment firms, service on multiple corporate boards, and a Fund Independent Trustee since 2005.
 
William F. McCalpin: Service as Chief Operating Officer of a large private family foundation, Chairman and Director of an unaffiliated fund complex, and a Fund Independent Trustee since 2002 and Independent Chairman of the Board of Trustees since 2008.
 
John W. McCarter, Jr.: President and CEO of large non-profit organization, service on multiple corporate and non-profit boards, and a Fund Independent Trustee since 2002.
 
John P. McGonigle: Service in multiple capacities with a leading financial services firm, including as Head of Mutual Funds and Asset Management, as an independent trustee of a money market fund, and a Fund Independent Trustee since 2010.
 
Dennis B. Mullen: Chairman of the Board and CEO of NASDAQ-listed company, director of off-shore fund complex, and a Fund Independent Trustee since 1971 and Independent Chairman of the Board of Trustees from 2004 to 2007.
 
James T. Rothe: Co-founder and Managing Director of a private investment firm, former business school professor, service as a corporate director, and a Fund Independent Trustee since 1997.
 
William D. Stewart: Corporate vice-president of a NASDAQ-listed industrial manufacturer, and a Fund Independent Trustee since 1984.
 
Martin H. Waldinger: Service as CEO of a homeowner association management company, and a Fund Independent Trustee since 1969.
 
Linda S. Wolf: Service as Chairman and CEO of a global advertising firm, service on multiple corporate and non-profit boards, and a Fund Independent Trustee since 2005.
 
General Information Regarding the Board of Trustees and Leadership Structure
The Trust is governed by the Board of Trustees, which is responsible for and oversees the management and operations of the Trust and each of the Janus funds on behalf of fund shareholders. Each member of the Board is an Independent Trustee, including the Board’s Chairman. The Board’s responsibilities include, but are not limited to, oversight of the Janus funds’ officers and service providers, including Janus Capital, which is responsible for the Trust’s day-to-day operations. The Trustees approve all of the agreements entered into with the Janus funds’ service providers, including the investment management agreements with Janus Capital and any applicable subadviser. The Trustees are also responsible for determining or changing each Janus fund’s investment objective, policies, and available investment techniques, as well as for overseeing the fund’s Chief Compliance Officer. In carrying out these responsibilities, the Trustees are assisted by the Trust’s independent auditor (who reports directly to the Trust’s Audit Committee), independent counsel, an independent fee consultant, and other specialists as appropriate, all of whom are selected by the Trustees. The Trustees also meet regularly without representatives of Janus Capital or its affiliates present.
 
The Trustees discharge their responsibilities collectively as a Board, as well as through Board committees, each of which operates pursuant to a Board-approved charter that delineates the specific responsibilities of that committee. For example, the Board as a whole is responsible for oversight of the annual process by which the Board considers and approves each fund’s investment advisory agreement with Janus Capital, but specific matters related to oversight of the Janus funds’ independent auditors have been delegated by the Board to its Audit Committee, subject to approval of the Audit Committee’s recommendations by the Board. The members and responsibilities of each Board committee are summarized below. In addition to serving on certain committees, the Chairman of the Board (“Board Chairman”) is responsible for presiding at all meetings of the Board, and has other duties as may be assigned by the Trustees from time to time. The Board Chairman also serves as the Board’s liaison to Janus Capital with respect to all matters related to the Janus funds that are not otherwise delegated to the chair of a Board committee. The Board has determined that this leadership structure is appropriate based on (1) the number of Janus funds overseen and the various investment objectives of those funds; (2) the manner in which the Janus funds’ shares are marketed and distributed; and (3) the responsibilities entrusted to Janus Capital and its affiliates to oversee the Trust’s day-to-day operations, including the management of each Janus fund’s holdings and the distribution of fund shares. On an annual basis, the Board conducts a self-evaluation that considers, among other matters, whether the Board and its committees are functioning effectively and whether, given the size and composition of the Board and each of its committees, the Trustees are able to oversee effectively the number of Janus funds in the complex.

 
 
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Committees of the Board
The Board of Trustees has seven standing committees that each perform specialized functions: an Audit Committee, Brokerage Committee, Investment Oversight Committee, Legal and Regulatory Committee, Money Market Committee, Nominating and Governance Committee, and Pricing Committee. Each committee is comprised entirely of Independent Trustees. Information about each committee’s functions is provided in the following table:
 
                   
                  Number of Meetings
            Members(1)
    Held During Last
      Summary of Functions     (Independent Trustees)     Fiscal Period(2)
Audit Committee     Reviews the financial reporting process, the system of internal controls over financial reporting, disclosure controls and procedures, Form N-CSR filings, and the audit process. The Committee’s review of the audit process includes, among other things, the appointment, compensation, and oversight of the Trust’s independent auditor and pre-approval of all audit and nonaudit services.     Jerome S. Contro (Chair)
John W. McCarter, Jr.
Dennis B. Mullen
    6
                   
Brokerage Committee     Reviews and makes recommendations regarding matters related to the Trust’s use of brokerage commissions and placement of portfolio transactions.     James T. Rothe (Chair)
Jerome S. Contro
Martin H. Waldinger
    4
                   
Investment Oversight Committee     Oversees the investment activities of the Trust’s non-money market funds.     Dennis B. Mullen (Chair)
Jerome S. Contro
William F. McCalpin
John W. McCarter, Jr.
James T. Rothe
William D. Stewart
Martin H. Waldinger
Linda S. Wolf
    5
                   
Legal and Regulatory Committee     Oversees compliance with various procedures adopted by the Trust, reviews certain regulatory filings made with the SEC, oversees the implementation and administration of the Trust’s Proxy Voting Guidelines.     Linda S. Wolf (Chair)
William F. McCalpin
William D. Stewart
    10
                   
Money Market Committee     Reviews various matters related to the operations of the Janus money market funds, including compliance with their Money Market Fund Procedures.     Jerome S. Contro (Chair)
James T. Rothe
Martin H. Waldinger
    5
                   
Nominating and
Governance Committee
    Identifies and recommends individuals for election as Trustee, consults with Management in planning Trustee meetings, and oversees the administration of, and ensures compliance with, the Trust’s Governance Procedures and Guidelines, which includes review of and proposed changes to Trustee compensation.     John W. McCarter, Jr. (Chair)
William F. McCalpin
Dennis B. Mullen
    9
                   
Pricing Committee     Determines a fair value of restricted and other securities for which market quotations are not readily available or are deemed not to be reliable, pursuant to procedures adopted by the Trustees and reviews other matters related to the pricing of securities.     William D. Stewart (Chair)
James T. Rothe
Linda S. Wolf
    14
                   
(1)  Effective June 24, 2010, the composition of certain Committees changed as follows: members of the Brokerage Committee include James T. Rothe as Chair, John P. McGonigle, William D. Stewart, and Martin H. Waldinger; members of the Investment Oversight Committee include William F. McCalpin as Chair, Jerome S. Contro, John W. McCarter, Jr., John P. McGonigle, Dennis B. Mullen, James T. Rothe, William D. Stewart, Martin H. Waldinger, and Linda S. Wolf; members of the Legal and Regulatory Committee include Linda S. Wolf as Chair, William F. McCalpin, and John P. McGonigle; members of the Money Market Committee include John P. McGonigle as Chair, Jerome S. Contro, William D. Stewart, and Martin H. Waldinger; and members of the Nominating and Governance Committee include Dennis B. Mullen as Chair, William F. McCalpin, and James T. Rothe.
(2)  For the fiscal period August 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010.

 
 
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Board Oversight of Risk Management
Janus Capital, as part of its responsibilities for the day-to-day operations of the Janus funds, is responsible for day-to-day risk management for the funds. The Board, as part of its overall oversight responsibilities for the Janus funds’ operations, oversees Janus Capital’s risk management efforts with respect to the funds. The Board, in the exercise of its reasonable business judgment, also separately considers potential risks that may impact the Janus funds. The Board discharges its oversight duties and considers potential risks in a number of different ways, including, but not limited to, receiving reports on a regular basis, either directly or through an appropriate committee, from Janus Capital and its officers. Reports received include those from, among others, Janus Capital’s (1) senior managers responsible for oversight of global risk; (2) senior managers responsible for oversight of fund construction and trading risk; (3) Chief Compliance Officer; and (4) Director of Internal Audit. At the time these reports are presented, the Board or the committee receiving the report will, as it deems necessary, invite the presenter to participate in an executive session to discuss matters outside the presence of any other officers or representatives of Janus Capital or its affiliates. The Board also receives reports from other entities and individuals unaffiliated with Janus Capital, including reports from the Janus funds’ other service providers and from independent consultants hired by the Board.
 
Various Board committees also will consider particular risk items as the committee addresses items and issues specific to the jurisdiction of that committee. For example, the Pricing Committee will consider valuation risk as part of its regular oversight responsibilities, and similarly, the Brokerage Committee will consider counterparty risk associated with Janus fund transactions. The Board also may be apprised of particular risk management matters in connection with its general oversight and approval of various Janus fund matters brought before the Board. The Board has appointed a Chief Compliance Officer for the Janus funds (“Fund CCO”) who (1) reports directly to the Board and (2) provides a comprehensive written report annually and presents quarterly at the Board’s regular meetings. The Fund CCO, who also serves as Janus Capital’s Chief Compliance Officer, discusses relevant risk issues that may impact the Janus funds and/or Janus Capital’s services to the funds, and routinely meets with the Board in private without representatives of Janus Capital or its affiliates present. The Fund CCO also provides the Board with updates on the application of the Janus funds’ compliance policies and procedures, including how these procedures are designed to mitigate risk and what, if any, changes have been made to enhance the procedures. The Fund CCO may also report to the Board on an ad hoc basis in the event that he identifies issues associated with the Janus funds’ compliance policies and procedures that could expose the funds to additional risk or adversely impact the ability of Janus Capital to provide services to the funds.
 
The Board believes that its leadership structure permits it to effectively discharge its oversight responsibilities with respect to the Janus funds’ risk management process.
 
Additional Information About Trustees
Under the Trust’s Governance Procedures and Guidelines, the Trustees are expected to invest in one or more (but not necessarily all) funds advised by Janus Capital for which they serve as Trustee, to the extent they are directly eligible to do so. These investments may include amounts held under a deferred compensation plan that are valued based on “shadow investments” in such funds. Such investments, including the amount and which funds, are dictated by each Trustee’s individual financial circumstances and investment goals. The table below gives the dollar range of shares of the Fund that the Trustees own and which is described in this SAI, as well as the aggregate dollar range of shares of all mutual funds advised

 
 
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by Janus Capital and overseen by the Trustees (collectively, the “Janus Funds”), owned by each Trustee as of December 31, 2009.
 
                 
                 
Name of Trustee
    Dollar Range of Equity Securities in the Fund     Aggregate Dollar Range of Equity Securities in All Registered Investment Companies Overseen by Trustee in Janus Funds
                 
Independent Trustees
                 
William F. McCalpin
    None         Over $100,000   
                 
Jerome S. Contro
    None         Over $100,000(1)
                 
John W. McCarter, Jr.
    None         Over $100,000   
                 
John P. McGonigle(2)
    None         Over $100,000   
                 
Dennis B. Mullen
    None         Over $100,000(1)
                 
James T. Rothe
    None         Over $100,000   
                 
William D. Stewart
    None         Over $100,000   
                 
Martin H. Waldinger
    None         Over $100,000(1)
                 
Linda S. Wolf
    None         Over $100,000(1)
                 
(1)  Ownership shown includes amounts held under a deferred compensation plan that are valued based on “shadow investments” in one or more funds.
(2)  At a Special Meeting of Shareholders on June 10, 2010, John P. McGonigle was elected as a new Trustee.
 
The Trust pays each Independent Trustee an annual retainer plus a fee for each regular in-person meeting of the Trustees attended, a fee for in-person meetings of committees attended if convened on a date other than that of a regularly scheduled meeting, and a fee for telephone meetings of the Trustees and committees. In addition, committee chairs and the Chairman of the Board of Trustees receive an additional supplemental retainer. Each current Independent Trustee also receives fees from other Janus funds for serving as Trustee of those funds. Janus Capital pays persons who are directors, officers, or employees of Janus Capital or any affiliate thereof, or any Trustee considered an “interested” Trustee, for their services as Trustees or officers. The Trust and other funds managed by Janus Capital may pay all or a portion of the compensation and related expenses of the Fund’s Chief Compliance Officer and compliance staff, as authorized from time to time by the Trustees.
 
The following table shows the aggregate compensation paid to each Independent Trustee by the Fund described in this SAI and all Janus Funds for the periods indicated. None of the Trustees receives any pension or retirement benefits from the Fund or the Janus Funds. Effective January 1, 2006, the Trustees established a deferred compensation plan under which the Trustees may elect to defer receipt of all, or a portion, of the compensation they earn for their services to the Fund, in lieu of receiving current payments of such compensation. Any deferred amount is treated as though an equivalent dollar amount has been invested in shares of one or more funds advised by Janus Capital (“shadow investments”).
 
                 
    Aggregate
  Total
    Compensation from
  Compensation from
    the Fund for
  the Janus Funds for
    fiscal period ended
  calendar year ended
Name of Person, Position   June 30, 2010   December 31, 2009(1)(2)
Independent Trustees
               
                 
William F. McCalpin, Chairman and Trustee(3)
  $ 26     $ 376,000  
                 
Jerome S. Contro, Trustee(4)
  $ 18     $ 305,500  
                 
John W. McCarter, Jr., Trustee(4)
  $ 21     $ 300,750  
                 
John P. McGonigle, Trustee(5)
  $ 3       N/A  
                 
Dennis B. Mullen, Trustee(4)
  $ 19     $ 328,661  
                 
James T. Rothe, Trustee(4)
  $ 21     $ 312,750  
                 
William D. Stewart, Trustee(4)
  $ 20     $ 296,750  
                 
Martin H. Waldinger, Trustee
  $ 18     $ 267,000  
                 
Linda S. Wolf, Trustee(4)
  $ 19     $ 273,750  
                 
(1)  For all Trustees (with the exception of John P. McGonigle), includes compensation for service on the boards of three Janus trusts (the Trust, Janus Adviser Series, and Janus Aspen Series), for the period January 1, 2009 to July 2, 2009, comprised of 68 portfolios, and for two trusts (the Trust and Janus Aspen Series) from July 2, 2009 to December 31, 2009, comprised of 52 portfolios. In addition, Mr. Mullen’s compensation includes service on the board of an additional trust, Janus Capital Funds Plc (an offshore product), comprised of 17 portfolios.

 
 
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(2)  Total compensation received from the Janus Funds includes any amounts deferred under the deferred compensation plan. The deferred compensation amounts for the period shown are as follows: Jerome S. Contro $123,750; Martin H. Waldinger $54,375; and Linda S. Wolf $59,938.
(3)  Aggregate Compensation received from the Fund and Total Compensation received from all Janus Funds includes additional compensation paid for service as Independent Chairman of the Board of Trustees.
(4)  Aggregate Compensation received from the Fund and Total Compensation received from all Janus Funds includes additional compensation paid for service as chair of one or more committees of the Board of Trustees.
(5)  At a Special Meeting of Shareholders on June 10, 2010, John P. McGonigle was elected as a new Trustee. Prior to such election, Mr. McGonigle was a consultant to the Trustees and was paid by the Trust in this capacity. As of the fiscal period ended June 30, 2010, Mr. McGonigle received aggregate compensation of $6 from the Fund for serving as a consultant to the Trustees. Mr. McGonigle did not receive any compensation from the Janus Funds as of the calendar year ended December 31, 2009.
 
JANUS INVESTMENT PERSONNEL
 
Other Accounts Managed
The following table provides information relating to other accounts managed by the portfolio manager as of June 30, 2010. No accounts included in the totals listed below have a performance-based advisory fee.
 
                             
        Other Registered
  Other Pooled
   
        Investment
  Investment
   
        Companies   Vehicles   Other Accounts
Daniel Scherman
  Number of Other Accounts Managed     None       None       None  
    Assets in Other Accounts Managed     None       None       None  
 
 
Material Conflicts
As shown in the table above, the Fund’s portfolio manager may manage other accounts with investment strategies similar to the Fund. Those other accounts may include other Janus funds, private-label mutual funds for which Janus Capital serves as subadviser, and separately managed accounts or other unregistered products. Fees earned by Janus Capital may vary among these accounts, and the portfolio manager may personally invest in some but not all of these accounts. These factors could create conflicts of interest because the portfolio manager may have incentives to favor certain accounts over others, resulting in the potential for other accounts outperforming the Fund. A conflict may also exist if the portfolio manager identifies a limited investment opportunity that may be appropriate for more than one account, but the Fund is not able to take full advantage of that opportunity due to the need to allocate that opportunity among multiple accounts. In addition, the portfolio manager may execute transactions for another account that may adversely impact the value of securities held by the Fund. However, Janus Capital believes that these conflicts may be mitigated to a certain extent by the fact that accounts with like investment strategies managed by a particular portfolio manager are generally managed in a similar fashion, subject to a variety of exceptions, for example, to account for particular investment restrictions or policies applicable only to certain accounts, certain portfolio holdings that may be transferred in-kind when an account is opened, differences in cash flows and account sizes, and similar factors. In addition, Janus Capital has adopted trade allocation procedures that govern allocation of securities among various Janus accounts. Trade allocation and personal trading are described in further detail under “Additional Information About Janus Capital.”
 
Because Janus Capital is the adviser to the Fund and the underlying funds, it is subject to certain potential conflicts of interest when allocating the assets of the Fund among such underlying funds. In addition, the Fund’s portfolio manager, who also serves as Senior Vice President and Chief Risk Officer of Janus Capital, has regular and continuous access to information regarding the holdings of the underlying funds, as well as knowledge of, and potential impact on, investment strategies and techniques of the underlying funds. Janus Capital believes these potential conflicts may be mitigated through its compliance monitoring, including that of asset allocations by the portfolio manager. In addition, Janus Capital has retained an independent consultant to provide research and consulting services with respect to asset allocation and investments for Janus Conservative Allocation Fund, Janus Moderate Allocation Fund, and Janus Growth Allocation Fund, which are other “funds of funds” offered by Janus Capital.
 
Compensation Information
The following describes the structure and method of calculating the portfolio manager’s compensation as of June 30, 2010.
 
The portfolio manager is compensated for his role at Janus Capital as Senior Vice President and Chief Risk Officer, and for his management of the Fund and any other funds, portfolios, or accounts managed by the portfolio manager (collectively, the “Managed Funds”) through two components: fixed compensation and variable compensation.

 
 
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Fixed Compensation: Fixed compensation is paid in cash and is comprised of an annual base salary established based on factors such as the complexity of managing funds and other accounts and scope of responsibility (including assets under management). Fixed compensation is based on the portfolio manager’s experience and is designed to be industry competitive.
 
Variable Compensation: Variable compensation is paid in the form of cash and long-term incentive awards (consisting of a mixture of JCGI restricted stock, stock options, and a cash-deferred award that is credited with income, gains, and losses based on the performance of Janus mutual fund investments selected by the portfolio manager). Variable compensation is calculated based on pre-tax performance of the Managed Funds.
 
The portfolio manager may elect to defer payment of a designated percentage of his fixed compensation and/or up to all of his variable compensation in accordance with JCGI’s Executive Income Deferral Program.
 
OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
 
As of June 30, 2010, the portfolio manager beneficially owned securities of the Fund in the dollar range shown in the following table. The last column of the table also reflects the portfolio manager’s aggregate beneficial ownership of all mutual funds advised by Janus Capital within the Janus family of funds (collectively, the “Janus Funds”).
 
                 
                 
Investment Personnel
    Dollar Range of Equity
Securities in the Fund Managed
    Aggregate Dollar Range of Equity
Securities in Janus Funds
                 
Janus Capital
                 
Daniel Scherman
    Janus Dynamic Allocation Fund   $100,001-$500,000     $500,001-$1,000,000
                 

 
 
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Shares of the trust

 
NET ASSET VALUE DETERMINATION
 
As stated in the Fund’s Prospectuses, the net asset value (“NAV”) of the Shares of each class of the Fund is determined once each day the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) is open, as of the close of its regular trading session (normally 4:00 p.m., New York time, Monday through Friday). The per share NAV for each class of the Fund is computed by dividing the total value of securities and other assets allocated to the class, less liabilities allocated to that class, by the total number of outstanding shares for the class. In determining NAV, securities listed on an Exchange, the Nasdaq National Market, and foreign markets are generally valued at the closing prices on such markets. If such price is lacking for the trading period immediately preceding the time of determination, such securities are valued at their current bid price. Municipal securities held by the Fund are traded primarily in the over-the-counter markets. Valuations of such securities are furnished by one or more pricing services employed by the Fund and approved by the Trustees and are based upon a computerized matrix system or appraisals obtained by a pricing service, in each case in reliance upon information concerning market transactions and quotations from recognized municipal securities dealers. Other securities that are traded on the over-the-counter markets are generally valued at their closing bid prices. Foreign securities and currencies are converted to U.S. dollars using the applicable exchange rate in effect at the close of the NYSE. The Fund will determine the market value of individual securities held by it by using prices provided by one or more professional pricing services which may provide market prices to other funds or, as needed, by obtaining market quotations from independent broker-dealers. Short-term securities maturing within 60 days or less are valued on an amortized cost basis. Debt securities with a remaining maturity of greater than 60 days are valued in accordance with the evaluated bid price supplied by the pricing service. The evaluated bid price supplied by the pricing service is an evaluation that reflects such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, and ratings.
 
Securities for which market quotations are not readily available or are deemed unreliable are valued at fair value determined in good faith under procedures established by and under the supervision of the Trustees (the “Valuation Procedures”). Circumstances in which fair value pricing may be utilized include, but are not limited to: (i) a significant event that may affect the securities of a single issuer, such as a merger, bankruptcy, or significant issuer specific development; (ii) an event that may affect an entire market, such as a natural disaster or significant governmental action; (iii) a nonsignificant event such as a market closing early or not opening, or a security trading halt; and (iv) pricing of a non-valued security and a restricted or non-public security. The Fund may use a systematic fair valuation model provided by an independent third party to value international equity securities in order to adjust for stale pricing, which may occur between the close of certain foreign exchanges and the NYSE.
 
Trading in securities on European and Far Eastern securities exchanges and over-the-counter markets is normally completed well before the close of business on each business day in New York (i.e., a day on which the NYSE is open). In addition, European or Far Eastern securities trading generally or in a particular country or countries may not take place on all business days in New York. Furthermore, trading takes place in Japanese markets on certain Saturdays and in various foreign markets on days which are not business days in New York and on which the Fund’s NAV is not calculated. The Fund calculates its NAV per share, and therefore effects sales, redemptions, and repurchases of its shares, as of the close of the NYSE once each day on which the NYSE is open. Such calculation may not take place contemporaneously with the determination of the prices of the foreign portfolio securities used in such calculation. If an event that is expected to affect the value of a portfolio security occurs after the close of the principal exchange or market on which that security is traded, and before the close of the NYSE, then that security may be valued in good faith under the Valuation Procedures.
 
To the extent there are any errors in the Fund’s NAV calculation, Janus Capital may, at its discretion, reprocess individual shareholder transactions so that each shareholder’s account reflects the accurate corrected NAV.
 
PURCHASES
 
With the exception of Class I Shares, Shares of the Fund can generally be purchased only through institutional channels such as financial intermediaries and retirement platforms. Class I Shares may be purchased directly with the Fund in certain circumstances as provided in the Fund’s Prospectus. Not all financial intermediaries offer all classes. Shares or classes of the Fund may be purchased without upfront sales charges by clients of investment advisers, but these clients will typically pay asset-based fees for their investment advisers’ advice, which are on top of the Fund’s expenses. Certain Shares or classes of the Fund may also be purchased without upfront sales charges or transactional charges by persons who invest through mutual fund “supermarket” programs of certain financial intermediaries that typically do not provide investment recommendations or the assistance of an investment professional.
 
 
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Certain designated organizations are authorized to receive purchase orders on the Fund’s behalf and those organizations are authorized to designate their agents and affiliates as intermediaries to receive purchase orders. Purchase orders are deemed received by the Fund when authorized organizations, their agents, or affiliates receive the order provided that such designated organizations or their agents or affiliates transmit the order to the Fund within contractually specified periods. The Fund is not responsible for the failure of any designated organization or its agents or affiliates to carry out its obligations to its customers. In order to receive a day’s price, your order for any class of Shares must be received in good order by the close of the regular trading session of the NYSE as described above in “Net Asset Value Determination.” Your financial intermediary may charge you a separate or additional fee for processing purchases of Shares. Your financial intermediary, plan documents, or the Fund’s Prospectuses will provide you with detailed information about investing in the Fund.
 
The Trust has established an Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Program (the “Program”) as required by the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (“USA PATRIOT Act”). In order to ensure compliance with this law, the Trust’s Program provides for the development of internal practices, procedures and controls, designation of anti-money laundering compliance officers, an ongoing training program, and an independent audit function to determine the effectiveness of the Program.
 
Procedures to implement the Program include, but are not limited to, determining that financial intermediaries have established proper anti-money laundering procedures, reporting suspicious and/or fraudulent activity, checking shareholder names against designated government lists, including the Office of Foreign Asset Control (“OFAC”), and a review of all new account applications. The Trust does not intend to transact business with any person or entity whose identity cannot be adequately verified under the provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act.
 
Class A Shares
The price you pay for Class A Shares is the public offering price, which is the NAV next determined after the Fund or its agent receives in good order your order plus an initial sales charge, if applicable, based on the amount invested as set forth in the table. The Fund receives the NAV. The sales charge is allocated between your financial intermediary and Janus Distributors, the Trust’s distributor, as shown in the table, except where Janus Distributors, in its discretion, allocates up to the entire amount to your financial intermediary. Sales charges, as expressed as a percentage of offering price, a percentage of your net investment, and as a percentage of the sales charge reallowed to financial intermediaries, are shown in the table. The dollar amount of your initial sales charge is calculated as the difference between the public offering price and the NAV of those shares. Since the offering price is calculated to two decimal places using standard rounding criteria, the number of shares purchased and the dollar amount of your sales charge as a percentage of the offering price and of your net investment may be higher or lower than the amounts set forth in the table depending on whether there was a downward or upward rounding. Although you pay no initial sales charge on purchases of $1,000,000 or more, Janus Distributors may pay, from its own resources, a commission to your financial intermediary on such investments.
 
                         
    Sales Charge as a
  Sales Charge as a
  Amount of Sales Charge Reallowed
    Percentage of
  Percentage of Net
  to Financial Intermediaries as a
Amount of Purchase at Offering Price   Offering Price*   Amount Invested   Percentage of Offering Price
Under $50,000
    5.75 %     6.10 %     5.00 %
                         
$50,000 but under $100,000
    4.50 %     4.71 %     3.75 %
                         
$100,000 but under $250,000
    3.50 %     3.63 %     2.75 %
                         
$250,000 but under $500,000
    2.50 %     2.56 %     2.00 %
                         
$500,000 but under $1,000,000
    2.00 %     2.04 %     1.60 %
                         
$1,000,000 and above
    None **     None       None  
                         
 *  Offering Price includes the initial sales charge.
**  A contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% may apply to Class A Shares purchased without an initial sales charge if redeemed within 12 months of purchase.
 
As described in the Prospectus, there are several ways you can combine multiple purchases of Class A Shares of the Fund and other Janus funds that are offered with a sales charge to take advantage of lower sales charges.

 
 
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The following table shows the aggregate amount of underwriting commissions paid to Janus Distributors from proceeds of initial sales charges paid by investors on Class A Shares (substantially all of which was paid out to financial intermediaries) for the fiscal periods noted. The Fund has changed its fiscal year end to June 30.
 
                 
   
Aggregate Sales Commissions
Fund Name   2010(1)   2009(2)
Janus Dynamic Allocation Fund
               
Class A Shares
  $ 23,691     $ 34,448  
                 
 
(1)  For the fiscal period August 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010 (the Fund’s new fiscal year end).
(2)  For the fiscal period September 3, 2008 (effective date) to July 31, 2009 (the Fund’s or predecessor fund’s previous fiscal year end).
 
During the fiscal periods noted, Janus Distributors retained the following upfront sales charges.
 
                 
   
Upfront Sales Charges
Fund Name   2010(1)   2009(2)
Janus Dynamic Allocation Fund – Class A Shares
  $ 3,488     $ 5,428  
                 
 
(1)  For the fiscal period August 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010 (the Fund’s new fiscal year end).
(2)  For the fiscal period September 3, 2008 (effective date) to July 31, 2009 (the Fund’s or predecessor fund’s previous fiscal year end).
 
Class C Shares, Class I Shares, Class S Shares, and Class T Shares
Class C Shares, Class I Shares, Class S Shares, and Class T Shares of the Fund are purchased at the NAV per share as determined at the close of the regular trading session of the NYSE next occurring after a purchase order is received in good order by the Fund or its authorized agent.
 
Janus Distributors also receives amounts pursuant to Class A Share, Class C Share, and Class S Share 12b-1 plans and, from Class A Shares and Class C Shares, proceeds of contingent deferred sales charges paid by investors upon certain redemptions, as detailed in the “Distribution and Shareholder Servicing Plans” and “Redemptions” sections, respectively, of this SAI.
 
Commission on Class C Shares
Janus Distributors may compensate your financial intermediary at the time of sale at a commission rate of up to 1.00% of the NAV of the Class C Shares purchased. Service providers to qualified plans will not receive this amount if they receive 12b-1 fees from the time of initial investment of qualified plan assets in Class C Shares.
 
DISTRIBUTION AND SHAREHOLDER SERVICING PLANS
 
Class A Shares and Class S Shares
As described in the Prospectuses, Class A Shares and Class S Shares have each adopted distribution and shareholder servicing plans (the “Class A Plan” and “Class S Plan,” respectively) in accordance with Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. The Plans are compensation type plans and permit the payment at an annual rate of up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of Class A Shares and Class S Shares of the Fund for activities that are primarily intended to result in the sale and/or shareholder servicing of Class A Shares or Class S Shares of the Fund, including, but not limited to, printing and delivering prospectuses, statements of additional information, shareholder reports, proxy statements, and marketing materials related to Class A Shares and Class S Shares to prospective and existing investors; providing educational materials regarding Class A Shares and Class S Shares; providing facilities to answer questions from prospective and existing investors about the Fund; receiving and answering correspondence; complying with federal and state securities laws pertaining to the sale of Class A Shares and Class S Shares; assisting investors in completing application forms and selecting dividend and other account options; and any other activities for which “service fees” may be paid under Rule 2830 of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) Conduct Rules. Payments under the Plans are not tied exclusively to actual distribution and shareholder service expenses, and the payments may exceed distribution and shareholder service expenses actually incurred. Payments are made to Janus Distributors, the Fund’s distributor, who may make ongoing payments to financial intermediaries based on the value of Fund shares held by such intermediaries’ customers. On December 5, 2008, the Trustees unanimously approved a distribution plan with respect to each of the Class A Shares and Class S Shares, which became effective on July 6, 2009.

 
 
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Class C Shares
As described in the Prospectus, Class C Shares have adopted a distribution and shareholder servicing plan (the “Class C Plan”) in accordance with Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. The Class C Plan is a compensation type plan and permits the payment at an annual rate of up to 0.75% of the average daily net assets of Class C Shares of the Fund for activities which are primarily intended to result in the sale of Class C Shares of the Fund. In addition, the Plan permits the payment of up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of Class C Shares of the Fund for shareholder servicing activities including, but not limited to, providing facilities to answer questions from existing investors about the Fund; receiving and answering correspondence; assisting investors in changing dividend and other account options and any other activities for which “service fees” may be paid under Rule 2830 of the FINRA Conduct Rules. Payments under the Class C Plan are not tied exclusively to actual distribution and shareholder service expenses, and the payments may exceed distribution and shareholder service expenses actually incurred. On December 5, 2008, the Trustees unanimously approved the Class C Plan, which became effective on July 6, 2009.
 
The Plans and any Rule 12b-1 related agreement that is entered into by the Fund or Janus Distributors in connection with the Plans will continue in effect for a period of more than one year only so long as continuance is specifically approved at least annually by a vote of a majority of the Trustees, and of a majority of the Trustees who are not interested persons (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust and who have no direct or indirect financial interest in the operation of the Plans or any related agreements (“12b-1 Trustees”). All material amendments to any Plan must be approved by a majority vote of the Trustees, including a majority of the 12b-1 Trustees, at a meeting called for that purpose. In addition, any Plan may be terminated as to the Fund at any time, without penalty, by vote of a majority of the outstanding Shares of that Class of the Fund or by vote of a majority of the 12b-1 Trustees.
 
Janus Distributors is entitled to retain all fees paid under the Class C Plan for the first 12 months on any investment in Class C Shares to recoup its expenses with respect to the payment of commissions on sales of Class C Shares. Financial intermediaries will become eligible for compensation under the Class C Plan beginning in the 13th month following the purchase of Class C Shares, although Janus Distributors may, pursuant to a written agreement between Janus Distributors and a particular financial intermediary, pay such financial intermediary 12b-1 fees prior to the 13th month following the purchase of Class C Shares.
 
For the fiscal period ended June 30, 2010, the total amounts paid by the Class A Shares, Class C Shares, and Class S Shares of the Fund to Janus Distributors (substantially all of which Janus Distributors paid out as compensation to broker-dealers and other service providers) under each Class’ respective Plan are summarized below. The Fund has changed its fiscal year end to June 30.
 
                                         
        Prospectus
           
        Preparation,
           
    Advertising and
  Printing
  Payment to
  Compensation to
  Total Fund 12b-1
Fund Name   Literature   and Mailing   Brokers   Sales Personnel   Payments
Janus Dynamic Allocation Fund(1)
                                       
Class A Shares
  $ 0     $ 0     $ 4,729     $ 530     $ 6,764  
Class C Shares
  $ 0     $ 0     $ 12,946     $ 0     $ 19,839  
Class S Shares
  $ 0     $ 0     $ 488     −$ 656     $ 812  
                                         
 
(1)  For the fiscal period August 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010 (the Fund’s new fiscal year end).
 
REDEMPTIONS
 
Redemptions, like purchases, may generally be effected only through institutional channels such as financial intermediaries and retirement platforms. In certain circumstances, Class I Shares may be redeemed directly with the Fund. Certain designated organizations are authorized to receive redemption orders on the Fund’s behalf and those organizations are authorized to designate their agents and affiliates as intermediaries to receive redemption orders. Redemption orders are deemed received by the Fund when authorized organizations, their agents, or affiliates receive the order. The Fund is not responsible for the failure of any designated organization or its agents or affiliates to carry out its obligations to its customers.
 
Certain accounts or Janus affiliates may from time to time own (beneficially or of record) or control a significant percentage of the Fund’s Shares. Redemptions by these accounts of their holdings in the Fund may impact the Fund’s liquidity and NAV. These redemptions may also force the Fund to sell securities, which may negatively impact the Fund’s brokerage costs.

 
 
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Shares normally will be redeemed for cash, although the Fund retains the right to redeem some or all of its shares in-kind under unusual circumstances, in order to protect the interests of remaining shareholders, to accommodate a request by a particular shareholder that does not adversely affect the interests of the remaining shareholders, or in connection with the liquidation of a fund, by delivery of securities selected from its assets at its discretion. However, the Fund is governed by Rule 18f-1 under the 1940 Act, which requires the Fund to redeem shares solely for cash up to the lesser of $250,000 or 1% of the NAV of the Fund during any 90-day period for any one shareholder. Should redemptions by any shareholder exceed such limitation, the Fund will have the option of redeeming the excess in cash or in-kind. If shares are redeemed in-kind, the redeeming shareholder may incur brokerage costs in converting the assets to cash, whereas such costs are borne by the Fund for cash redemptions. The method of valuing securities used to make redemptions in-kind will be the same as the method of valuing portfolio securities described under “Shares of the Trust – Net Asset Value Determination” and such valuation will be made as of the same time the redemption price is determined.
 
The Fund reserves the right to postpone payment of redemption proceeds for up to seven calendar days. Additionally, the right to require the Fund to redeem its Shares may be suspended, or the date of payment may be postponed beyond seven calendar days, whenever: (i) trading on the NYSE is restricted, as determined by the SEC, or the NYSE is closed (except for holidays and weekends); (ii) the SEC permits such suspension and so orders; or (iii) an emergency exists as determined by the SEC so that disposal of securities or determination of NAV is not reasonably practicable.
 
Class A Shares
A contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) of 1.00% will be deducted with respect to Class A Shares purchased without a sales load and redeemed within 12 months of purchase, unless waived, as discussed in the Prospectus. Any applicable CDSC will be 1.00% of the lesser of the original purchase price or the value of the redemption of the Class A Shares redeemed.
 
Class C Shares
A CDSC of 1.00% will be deducted with respect to Class C Shares redeemed within 12 months of purchase, unless waived, as discussed in the Prospectus. Any applicable CDSC will be 1.00% of the lesser of the original purchase price or the value of the redemption of the Class C Shares redeemed.
 
For the fiscal periods noted, the total amounts received by Janus Distributors from the proceeds of contingent deferred sales charges paid by investors upon certain redemptions of Class A Shares and Class C Shares are summarized below. The Fund has changed its fiscal year end to June 30.
 
                 
    Contingent Deferred
   
Sales Charge
Fund Name   2010(1)   2009(2)
Janus Dynamic Allocation Fund
               
Class A Shares
  $     $  
Class C Shares
  $ 1,018     $ 14  
                 
 
(1)  For the fiscal period August 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010 (the Fund’s new fiscal year end).
(2)  For the fiscal period September 3, 2008 (effective date) to July 31, 2009 (the Fund’s or predecessor fund’s previous fiscal year end).
 
Processing or Service Fees
Broker-dealers may charge their customers a processing or service fee in connection with the purchase or redemption of Fund shares. Each individual dealer determines and should disclose to its customers the amount and applicability of such a fee. Processing or service fees typically are fixed, nominal dollar amounts and are in addition to the sales and other charges described in the Prospectuses and this SAI. Consult your broker-dealer for specific information about any processing or service fees you may be charged.

 
 
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Income dividends, capital gains distributions, and tax status

 
The following is intended to be a general summary of certain U.S. federal income tax consequences of investing in the Fund. It is not intended to be a complete discussion of all such federal income tax consequences, nor does it purport to deal with all categories of investors. This discussion reflects applicable tax laws of the United States as of the date of this SAI. However, tax laws may change or be subject to new interpretation by the courts or the IRS, possibly with retroactive effect. Investors are therefore advised to consult with their own tax advisers before making an investment in the Fund.
 
It is a policy of the Fund’s Shares to make distributions of substantially all of their respective investment income and any net realized capital gains. Any capital gains realized during each fiscal year, as defined by the Internal Revenue Code, are normally declared and payable to shareholders in December but, if necessary, may be distributed at other times as well. The Fund declares and makes annual distributions of income (if any).
 
The Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company by satisfying certain requirements prescribed by Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code. If the Fund failed to qualify as a regulated investment company in any taxable year, the Fund may be subject to federal income tax on its taxable income at corporate rates. In addition, all distributions from earnings and profits, including any distributions of net tax-exempt income and net long-term capital gains, would generally be taxable to shareholders as ordinary income but may, at least in part, qualify for the dividends received deduction applicable to corporations or the reduced rate of taxation applicable to noncorporate holders for “qualified dividend income.” In addition, the Fund could be required to recognize unrealized gains, pay taxes and interest, and make distributions before requalifying as a regulated investment company that is accorded special tax treatment.
 
All income dividends and capital gains distributions, if any, on the Fund’s Shares are reinvested automatically in additional shares of the same class of Shares of the Fund at the NAV determined on the first business day following the record date.
 
The Fund will primarily invest its assets in shares of the underlying funds, cash, and money market instruments. Accordingly, the Fund’s income will consist of distributions from the underlying funds, net gains realized from the disposition of underlying fund shares, and interest. If an underlying fund qualifies for treatment as a regulated investment company under the Internal Revenue Code – each has done so for its past taxable years and intends to continue to do so for its current and future taxable years – (i) dividends paid to the Fund from such underlying fund’s investment company taxable income (which may include net gains from certain foreign currency transactions) will be taxable to the Fund as ordinary income; (ii) dividends paid to the Fund that an underlying fund designates as capital gain dividends (as discussed below) will be taxable to the Fund as long-term capital gains; (iii) dividends paid to the Fund that an underlying fund designates as qualifying dividends from domestic corporations (as discussed below) will be treated as dividends eligible for the dividends received deduction; and (iv) dividends paid to the Fund that an underlying fund designates as qualified dividend income (as discussed below) will be treated by the Fund as qualifying dividends taxable at a maximum rate of 15% to individuals and other noncorporate taxpayers. If shares of an underlying fund are purchased within 30 days before or after redeeming other shares of that underlying fund at a loss (whether pursuant to a rebalancing of the Fund’s holdings or otherwise), all or a part of the loss will not be deductible by the Fund and instead will increase its basis for the newly purchased shares.
 
Although an underlying fund will be eligible to elect to “pass-through” to its shareholders (including the Fund) the benefit of the foreign tax credit if more than 50% of the value of its total assets at the close of any taxable year consists of securities of foreign corporations, the Fund will not qualify to pass that benefit through to its shareholders because of its inability to satisfy the asset test. Accordingly, the Fund will deduct the amount of any foreign taxes passed through by an underlying fund in determining its investment in company taxable income.
 
An underlying fund’s investments in REIT equity securities may require the underlying fund to accrue and distribute income not yet received. In order to generate sufficient cash to make the requisite distributions, the underlying fund may be required to sell securities at a time when fundamental investment considerations would not favor such sales. The underlying fund’s investments in REIT equity securities may result in the receipt of cash in excess of the REIT’s earnings. If an underlying fund distributes such amounts, such distribution could constitute a return of capital to shareholders (including the Fund) for federal income tax purposes.
 
Some REITs are permitted to hold “residual interests” in real estate mortgage investment conduits (REMICs). Pursuant to the Internal Revenue Service rules, a portion of an underlying fund’s income from a REIT or “excess inclusion income” that is attributable to the REIT may be subject to federal income tax. Excess inclusion income will normally be allocated to shareholders in proportion to the dividends received by such shareholders. There may be instances in which the underlying fund may be unaware of a REIT’s excess inclusion income.
 
 
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As a result of excess inclusion income, the underlying fund may be subject to additional tax depending on the type of record holder of underlying fund shares, such as certain federal, state, and foreign governmental entities, tax exempt organizations, and certain rural electrical and telephone cooperatives (“disqualified organizations”). This may impact the underlying fund’s performance.
 
Please consult a tax adviser regarding tax consequences of underlying fund distributions and to determine whether you will need to file a tax return.
 
Certain fund transactions involving short sales, futures, options, swap agreements, hedged investments, and other similar transactions, if any, may be subject to special provisions of the Internal Revenue Code that, among other things, may affect the character, amount, and timing of distributions to shareholders. The Fund will monitor its transactions and may make certain tax elections where applicable in order to mitigate the effect of these provisions, if possible. Certain transactions or strategies utilized by the Fund or underlying fund may generate nonqualified income that can impact an investor’s taxes.
 
Certain Fund transactions in commodities-linked investments may be subject to special provisions under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code. Subchapter M requires, among other things, that a fund derive at least 90% of gross income from dividends, interest, and gains from the sale of securities (typically referred to as “qualifying income”). Income from investment in commodities and commodities-linked derivatives is not considered “qualifying income.” As a part of the Fund’s investment strategy, the Fund may attempt to gain exposure to the commodities markets by entering into commodity-linked derivatives and instruments, including options, futures contracts, options on futures contracts, and commodity-linked structured notes. In order for the Fund to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M, the Fund will monitor and attempt to restrict its income from commodity-linked instruments that do not generate qualifying income.

 
 
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Principal shareholders

 
As of September 30, 2010, the officers and Trustees as a group owned less than 1% of the outstanding Shares of any class of the Fund. As of September 30, 2010, the percentage ownership of any person or entity owning 5% or more of the outstanding Shares of any class of the Fund is listed below. In addition, the percentage ownership of any person or entity owning 25% or more of the outstanding Shares of any class of the Fund is listed below. Any person who owns, directly or through one or more controlled companies, more than 25% of the voting securities of a company is presumed to “control” such company. Accordingly, to the extent that a person is identified as the beneficial owner of more than 25% of the Fund, or is identified as the record owner of more than 25% of the Fund and has voting and/or investment powers, that person may be presumed to control the Fund. A controlling person’s vote could have a more significant effect on matters presented to shareholders for approval than the vote of other Fund shareholders.
 
To the best knowledge of the Trust, as of September 30, 2010, no other person or entity owned beneficially more than 5% of the outstanding Shares of any class of the Fund, except as shown. Additionally, to the best knowledge of the Trust, except for JCM’s or JCGI’s ownership in a Fund, no other person or entity beneficially owned 25% or more of the outstanding Shares of any class of the Fund, except as shown. In certain circumstances, JCM’s or JCGI’s ownership may not represent beneficial ownership. To the best knowledge of the Trust, other entities shown as owning more than 25% of the outstanding Shares of a class of the Fund are not the beneficial owners of such Shares, unless otherwise indicated.
 
             
Fund Name   Shareholder and Address of Record   Percentage Ownership
Janus Dynamic Allocation Fund
Class A Shares
  Pershing LLC
Jersey City, NJ
    30.66%  
             
    American Enterprise Investment Svc
FBO 890000611
Minneapolis, MN
    22.03%  
             
Janus Dynamic Allocation Fund
Class C Shares
  American Enterprise Investment Svc
FBO 890000611
Minneapolis, MN
    54.53%  
             
    Pershing LLC
Jersey City, NJ
    9.14%  
             
Janus Dynamic Allocation Fund
Class I Shares
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.
Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
Reinvest Account
San Francisco, CA
    91.60%  
             
    LPL Financial
FBO Customer Accounts
San Diego, CA
    6.13%  
             
Janus Dynamic Allocation Fund
Class S Shares
  Janus Capital Group Inc.
Denver, CO
    78.52% *
             
    Charles Schwab & Co Inc.
Special Custody Account
FBO Institutional Client Accounts
San Francisco, CA
    17.95%  
             
Janus Dynamic Allocation Fund
Class T Shares
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.
Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
Reinvest Account
San Francisco, CA
    72.28%  
             
    Janus Capital Group Inc.
Denver, CO
    27.72% *
             
 *  This ownership represents seed capital that Janus Capital or an affiliate provided for the Fund.
 
 
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Miscellaneous information

 
The Fund is a series of the Trust, an open-end management investment company registered under the 1940 Act and organized as a Massachusetts business trust on February 11, 1986. As of the date of this SAI, the Trust offers thirty-eight series of shares, known as “Funds.” Each Fund presently offers interests in different classes of shares as described in the table below.
 
                                                                 
    Class A
  Class C
  Class D
  Class I
  Class L
  Class R
  Class S
  Class T
Fund Name   Shares   Shares   Shares   Shares   Shares   Shares   Shares   Shares
INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
INTECH Risk-Managed Growth Fund
    x       x               x                       x       x  
INTECH Risk-Managed International Fund
    x       x               x                       x       x  
INTECH Risk-Managed Value Fund
    x       x               x                       x       x  
Janus Balanced Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Janus Conservative Allocation Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
Janus Contrarian Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Janus Dynamic Allocation Fund
    x       x               x                       x       x  
Janus Enterprise Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Janus Flexible Bond Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Janus Forty Fund
    x       x               x               x       x       x  
Janus Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Janus Global Life Sciences Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
Janus Global Real Estate Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
Janus Global Research Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
Janus Global Select Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Janus Global Technology Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
Janus Government Money Market Fund
                    x                                       x  
Janus Growth Allocation Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
Janus Growth and Income Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Janus High-Yield Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Janus International Equity Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Janus Long/Short Fund
    x       x               x               x       x       x  
Janus Moderate Allocation Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
Janus Money Market Fund
                    x                                       x  
Janus Overseas Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Janus Research Core Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Janus Research Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
Janus Short-Term Bond Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
Janus Triton Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Janus Twenty Fund
                    x                                       x  
Janus Venture Fund
                    x                                       x  
Janus Worldwide Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Perkins Global Value Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
Perkins Large Cap Value Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund
    x       x       x       x       x       x       x       x  
Perkins Small Cap Value Fund
    x       x       x       x       x       x       x       x  
Perkins Value Plus Income Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
 
On July 6, 2009, as a result of the reorganization of funds of the Janus Adviser Series trust into the Trust, the Fund assumed the assets and liabilities of the corresponding Janus Adviser Series fund (the “predecessor fund”). For this reason, historical information contained in this SAI for periods prior to July 6, 2009 is that of the predecessor fund. Prior to the reorganization, the predecessor fund had a fiscal year end of July 31. The Fund has subsequently changed its fiscal year end to June 30.
 
 
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Janus Capital reserves the right to the name “Janus.” In the event that Janus Capital does not continue to provide investment advice to the Fund, the Fund must cease to use the name “Janus” as soon as reasonably practicable.
 
Under Massachusetts law, shareholders of the Fund could, under certain circumstances, be held liable for the obligations of their Fund. However, the Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust disclaims shareholder liability for acts or obligations of the Fund and requires that notice of this disclaimer be given in each agreement, obligation, or instrument entered into or executed by the Fund or the Trustees. The Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust also provides for indemnification from the assets of the Fund for all losses and expenses of any Fund shareholder held liable for the obligations of their Fund. Thus, the risk of shareholders incurring a financial loss on account of their liability as a shareholder of the Fund is limited to circumstances in which their Fund would be unable to meet its obligations. The possibility that these circumstances would occur is remote. The Trustees intend to conduct the operations of the Fund to avoid, to the extent possible, liability of shareholders for liabilities of their Fund.
 
It is important to know that, pursuant to the Trust’s Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust and in accordance with any applicable regulations and laws, such as the 1940 Act, the Trustees have the authority to merge, liquidate, and/or reorganize a fund into another fund without seeking shareholder vote or consent. Any such consolidation, merger, or reorganization may be authorized at any time by a vote of a majority of the Trustees then in office.
 
SHARES OF THE TRUST
 
The Trust is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest with a par value of one cent per share for each series of the Trust. Shares of each series of the Trust are fully paid and nonassessable when issued. Shares of a Fund participate equally in dividends and other distributions by the Shares of the same class of such Fund, and in residual assets of that class of the Fund in the event of liquidation. Shares of the Fund have no preemptive, conversion, or subscription rights. Shares of the Fund may be transferred by endorsement or stock power as is customary, but the Fund is not bound to recognize any transfer until it is recorded on its books.
 
SHAREHOLDER MEETINGS
 
The Trust does not intend to hold annual or regular shareholder meetings unless otherwise required by the Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust or the 1940 Act. Special meetings may be called for a specific Fund or for the Trust as a whole for purposes such as changing fundamental policies, electing or removing Trustees, making any changes to the Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust that would materially adversely affect shareholders’ rights, determining whether to bring certain derivative actions, or for any other purpose requiring a shareholder vote under applicable law or the Trust’s governing documents, or as the Trustees consider necessary or desirable. Commencing in 2005 and not less than every fifth calendar year thereafter, a meeting of shareholders shall be held to elect Trustees.
 
Under the Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust, special meetings of shareholders of the Trust or of the Fund shall be called subject to certain conditions, upon written request of shareholders owning shares representing at least 10% of the shares then outstanding. The Fund will assist these shareholders in communicating with other shareholders in connection with such a meeting similar to that referred to in Section 16(c) of the 1940 Act.
 
VOTING RIGHTS
 
The Trustees of the Trust (including Mr. McGonigle, a new Trustee) were elected at a Special Meeting of Shareholders on June 10, 2010. Under the Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust, each Trustee will continue in office until the termination of the Trust or his or her earlier death, retirement, resignation, incapacity, or removal. Vacancies will be filled by appointment by a majority of the remaining Trustees, subject to the 1940 Act.
 
As a shareholder, you are entitled to one vote for each whole dollar and a proportionate fractional vote for each fractional dollar of NAV of the Fund that you own. Generally, all funds and classes vote together as a single group, except where a separate vote of one or more funds or classes is required by law or where the interests of one or more funds or classes are affected differently from other funds or classes. Shares of all series of the Trust have noncumulative voting rights, which means that the holders of more than 50% of the value of shares of all series of the Trust voting for the election of Trustees can elect 100% of the Trustees if they choose to do so. In such event, the holders of the remaining value of shares will not be able to elect any Trustees.

 
 
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MASTER/FEEDER OPTION
 
The Trust may in the future seek to achieve a fund’s objective by investing all of that fund’s assets in another investment company having the same investment objective and substantially the same investment policies and restrictions as those applicable to that fund. Unless otherwise required by law, this policy may be implemented by the Trustees without shareholder approval.
 
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
 
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, 1670 Broadway, Suite 1000, Denver, Colorado 80202, the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Fund, audits the Fund’s annual financial statements and compiles its tax returns.
 
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
 
The Trust has filed with the SEC, Washington, D.C., a Registration Statement under the 1933 Act with respect to the securities to which this SAI relates. If further information is desired with respect to the Fund or such securities, reference is made to the Registration Statement and the exhibits filed as a part thereof.

 
 
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Financial statements

 
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE TO THE JANUS MODULAR PORTFOLIO
CONSTRUCTION® FUND ANNUAL REPORT OF JANUS INVESTMENT FUND
(AUDITED)
 
The following audited financial statements for the period ended June 30, 2010 are hereby incorporated into this SAI by reference to the Annual Report dated June 30, 2010.
 
•  Schedule of Investments as of June 30, 2010
 
•  Statement of Operations for the periods indicated
 
•  Statement of Assets and Liabilities as of June 30, 2010
 
•  Statement of Changes in Net Assets for the periods indicated
 
•  Financial Highlights for each of the periods indicated
 
•  Notes to Financial Statements
 
•  Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE TO THE JANUS MODULAR PORTFOLIO
CONSTRUCTION® FUND REPORTS OF JANUS INVESTMENT FUND (UNAUDITED)
 
The following unaudited financial statements for the period ended December 31, 2009 are hereby incorporated into this SAI by reference to the Semiannual Report dated December 31, 2009.
 
•  Schedule of Investments as of December 31, 2009
 
•  Statement of Operations for the period ended December 31, 2009
 
•  Statement of Assets and Liabilities as of December 31, 2009
 
•  Statement of Changes in Net Assets for the periods indicated
 
•  Financial Highlights for each of the periods indicated
 
•  Notes to Financial Statements
 
The portions of the Annual and Semiannual Reports that are not specifically listed above are not incorporated by reference into this SAI and are not part of the Registration Statement.
 
 
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Appendix A

 
EXPLANATION OF RATING CATEGORIES
 
The following is a description of credit ratings issued by three of the major credit rating agencies. Credit ratings evaluate only the safety of principal and interest payments, not the market value risk of lower quality securities. Credit rating agencies may fail to change credit ratings to reflect subsequent events on a timely basis. Although Janus Capital considers security ratings when making investment decisions, it also performs its own investment analysis and does not rely solely on the ratings assigned by credit agencies.
 
STANDARD & POOR’S RATINGS SERVICE
 
     
Bond Rating
  Explanation
Investment Grade
   
AAA
  Highest rating; extremely strong capacity to pay principal and interest.
AA
  High quality; very strong capacity to pay principal and interest.
A
  Strong capacity to pay principal and interest; somewhat more susceptible to the adverse effects of changing circumstances and economic conditions.
BBB
  Adequate capacity to pay principal and interest; normally exhibit adequate protection parameters, but adverse economic conditions or changing circumstances more likely to lead to a weakened capacity to pay principal and interest than for higher rated bonds.
Non-Investment Grade
   
BB
  Less vulnerable to nonpayment than other speculative issues; 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.
     
     
B
  More vulnerable to nonpayment than obligations rated ‘BB’, but 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.
     
     
CCC
  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.
     
     
CC
  Currently highly vulnerable to nonpayment.
     
     
C
  Currently highly vulnerable to nonpayment; a bankruptcy petition may have been filed or similar action taken, but payments on the obligation are being continued.
     
     
D
  In default.
 
 
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FITCH, INC.
 
     
Long-Term Bond Rating
  Explanation
Investment Grade
   
AAA
  Highest credit quality. Denotes the lowest expectation of credit risk. Exceptionally strong capacity for payment of financial commitments.
AA
  Very high credit quality. Denotes expectations of very low credit risk. Very strong capacity for payment of financial commitments.
A
  High credit quality. Denotes expectations of low credit risk. Strong capacity for payment of financial commitments. May be more vulnerable to changes in circumstances or in economic conditions than is the case for higher ratings.
BBB
  Good credit quality. Currently expectations of low credit risk. Capacity for payment of financial commitments is considered adequate, but adverse changes in circumstances and economic conditions are more likely to impair this capacity than is the case for higher ratings.
Non-Investment Grade
   
BB
  Speculative. Indicates possibility of credit risk developing, particularly as the result of adverse economic change over time. Business or financial alternatives may be available to allow financial commitments to be met.
B
  Highly speculative. May indicate distressed or defaulted obligations with potential for extremely high recoveries.
CCC
  May indicate distressed or defaulted obligations with potential for superior to average levels of recovery.
CC
  May indicate distressed or defaulted obligations with potential for average or below-average levels of recovery.
C
  May indicate distressed or defaulted obligations with potential for below-average to poor recoveries.
D
  In default.
 
 
FITCH, INC.
 
     
Short-Term Bond Rating
  Explanation
F-1+
  Exceptionally strong credit quality. Issues assigned this rating are regarded as having the strongest degree of assurance for timely payment.
F-1
  Very strong credit quality. Issues assigned this rating reflect an assurance for timely payment only slightly less in degree than issues rated F-1+.
F-2
  Good credit quality. Issues assigned this rating have a satisfactory degree of assurance for timely payments, but the margin of safety is not as great as the F-1+ and F-1 ratings.

 
 
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MOODY’S INVESTORS SERVICE, INC.
 
     
Bond Rating
  Explanation
Investment Grade
   
Aaa
  Highest quality, smallest degree of investment risk.
Aa
  High quality; together with Aaa bonds, they compose the high-grade bond group.
A
  Upper to medium-grade obligations; many favorable investment attributes.
Baa
  Medium-grade obligations; neither highly protected nor poorly secured. Interest and principal appear adequate for the present but certain protective elements may be lacking or may be unreliable over any great length of time.
Non-Investment Grade
   
Ba
  More uncertain, with speculative elements. Protection of interest and principal payments not well safeguarded during good and bad times.
B
  Lack characteristics of desirable investment; potentially low assurance of timely interest and principal payments or maintenance of other contract terms over time.
Caa
  Poor standing, may be in default; elements of danger with respect to principal or interest payments.
Ca
  Speculative in a high degree; could be in default or have other marked shortcomings.
C
  Lowest rated; extremely poor prospects of ever attaining investment standing.
 
 
Unrated securities will be treated as non-investment grade securities unless the portfolio managers and/or investment personnel determine that such securities are the equivalent of investment grade securities. When calculating the quality assigned to securities that receive different ratings from two or more agencies (“split rated securities”), the security will receive: (i) the middle rating from the three reporting agencies if three agencies provide a rating for the security or (ii) the lowest rating if only two agencies provide a rating for the security.
 
Other Short-Term Debt Securities
Prime-1 and Prime-2 are the two highest ratings assigned by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) for other short-term debt securities and commercial paper, and A-1 and A-2 are the two highest ratings for commercial paper assigned by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (“S&P”). Moody’s uses the numbers 1, 2, and 3 to denote relative strength within its highest classification of Prime, while S&P uses the numbers 1, 2, and 3 to denote relative strength within its highest classification of A. Issuers rated Prime-1 by Moody’s have a superior ability for repayment of senior short-term debt obligations and have many of the following characteristics: leading market positions in well-established industries, high rates of return on funds employed, conservative capitalization structure with moderate reliance on debt and ample asset protection, broad margins in earnings coverage of fixed financial charges and high internal cash generation, and well established access to a range of financial markets and assured sources of alternate liquidity. Issuers rated Prime-2 by Moody’s have a strong ability for repayment of senior short-term debt obligations and display many of the same characteristics displayed by issuers rated Prime-1, but to a lesser degree. Issuers rated A-1 by S&P carry a strong degree of safety regarding timely repayment. Those issues determined to possess extremely strong safety characteristics are denoted with a plus (+) designation. Issuers rated A-2 by S&P carry a satisfactory degree of safety regarding timely repayment.

 
 
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janus.com
 
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                                                                                                                     6 October 28, 2010

         
    Class D
Shares

Ticker
  Class T
Shares
Ticker
Money Market
       
Janus Government Money Market Fund
  JGVXX   JAGXX
Janus Money Market Fund
  JNMXX   JAMXX
 
 
Janus Investment Fund
 
Statement of Additional Information
 
 
This Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”) expands upon and supplements the information contained in the current Prospectuses for Class D Shares and Class T Shares (formerly named Class J Shares) (collectively, the “Shares”) of Janus Government Money Market Fund and Janus Money Market Fund (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”). The Funds are each a separate series of Janus Investment Fund, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Trust”), and are managed by Janus Capital Management LLC (“Janus Capital”).
 
This SAI is not a Prospectus and should be read in conjunction with the Funds’ Prospectuses dated October 28, 2010, and any supplements thereto, which are incorporated by reference into this SAI and may be obtained from your plan sponsor, broker-dealer, or other financial intermediary, or by contacting a Janus representative at 1-877-335-2687 (or 1-800-525-3713 if you hold Class D Shares). This SAI contains additional and more detailed information about the Funds’ operations and activities than the Prospectuses. The Annual and Semiannual Reports, which contain important financial information about the Funds, are incorporated by reference into this SAI and are also available, without charge, from your plan sponsor, broker-dealer, or other financial intermediary, at janus.com/info (or janus.com/reports if you hold Class D Shares), or by contacting a Janus representative at 1-877-335-2687 (or 1-800-525-3713 if you hold Class D Shares).
 
    Class D Shares are closed to new investors.


 

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Table of contents

 
     
Investment Policies and Restrictions, and Investment Strategies and Risks   2
     
Investment Adviser and Administrator   13
     
Custodian, Transfer Agent, and Certain Affiliations   18
     
Portfolio Transactions and Brokerage   19
     
Trustees and Officers   21
     
Purchase of Shares   30
     
Redemption of Shares   31
     
Shareholder Accounts   32
     
Tax-Deferred Accounts   33
     
Dividends and Tax Status   34
     
Principal Shareholders   35
     
Miscellaneous Information   36
     
Financial Statements   39
     
Appendix A   40
Description of Securities Ratings
  40
     
Appendix B   41
Description of Municipal Securities
  41
 
 
 
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Investment policies and restrictions,
and investment strategies and risks

 
JANUS INVESTMENT FUND
 
This Statement of Additional Information includes information about 2 series of the Trust. Each Fund is a series of the Trust, an open-end, management investment company.
 
Effective February 16, 2010, Class J Shares of the Funds (the initial share class) were restructured into two separate share classes. Shareholders who held their shares directly with Janus Capital were transitioned to a newly created share class called “Class D Shares.” Shareholders who held their shares through an intermediary remained in Class J Shares, which was renamed “Class T Shares.” As a result, certain historical information specific to Class D Shares and Class T Shares contained in this SAI for periods prior to February 16, 2010 is that of the initial share class.
 
INVESTMENT POLICIES AND RESTRICTIONS APPLICABLE TO THE FUNDS
 
Each Fund has adopted certain fundamental investment policies and restrictions that may not be changed without shareholder approval. Shareholder approval means approval by the lesser of: (i) more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities of the Trust (or a particular Fund or particular class of shares if a matter affects just that Fund or that class of shares) or (ii) 67% or more of the voting securities present at a meeting if the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities of the Trust (or a particular Fund or class of shares) are present or represented by proxy.
 
As used in the policies and restrictions set forth below and as used elsewhere in this SAI, the term “U.S. Government securities” shall have the meaning set forth in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). The 1940 Act defines U.S. Government securities as securities issued or guaranteed by the United States Government, its agencies, or instrumentalities. U.S. Government securities may also include repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. Government securities and municipal securities escrowed with or refunded with escrowed U.S. Government securities.
 
Each Fund has adopted the following fundamental policies and restrictions:
 
(1) With respect to 75% of its total assets, a Fund may not purchase securities of an issuer (other than a U.S. Government security or securities of another investment company) if: (a) such purchase would, at the time, cause more than 5% of the Fund’s total assets taken at market value to be invested in the securities of such issuer (except as allowed under Rule 2a-7) or (b) such purchase would, at the time, result in more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of such issuer being held by the Fund.
 
Each Fund may not:
 
(2) Purchase securities if 25% or more of the value of a Fund’s total assets would be invested in the securities of issuers conducting their principal business activities in the same industry; provided that: (i) there is no limit on investments in U.S. Government securities or in obligations of domestic commercial banks (including U.S. branches of foreign banks subject to regulations under U.S. laws applicable to domestic banks and, to the extent that its parent is unconditionally liable for the obligation, foreign branches of U.S. banks); (ii) this limitation shall not apply to a Fund’s investments in municipal securities; (iii) there is no limit on investments in issuers domiciled in a single country; (iv) financial service companies are classified according to the end users of their services (for example, automobile finance, bank finance, and diversified finance are each considered to be a separate industry); and (v) utility companies are classified according to their services (for example, gas, gas transmission, electric, and telephone are each considered to be a separate industry).
 
(3) Act as an underwriter of securities issued by others, except to the extent that a Fund may be deemed an underwriter in connection with the disposition of its portfolio securities.
 
(4) Lend any security or make any other loan if, as a result, more than one-third of a Fund’s total assets would be lent to other parties (but this limitation does not apply to investments in repurchase agreements, commercial paper, debt securities, or loans, including assignments and participation interests).
 
(5) Purchase or sell real estate or any interest therein, except that a Fund may invest in debt obligations secured by real estate or interests therein or securities issued by companies that invest in real estate or interests therein.
 
(6) Purchase or sell physical commodities unless acquired as a result of ownership of securities or other instruments (but this limitation shall not prevent a Fund from purchasing or selling foreign currencies, options, futures, swaps, forward contracts, or other derivative instruments, or from investing in securities or other instruments backed by physical commodities).
 
 
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(7) Borrow money except that a Fund may borrow money for temporary or emergency purposes (not for leveraging or investment). Borrowings from banks will not, in any event, exceed one-third of the value of a Fund’s total assets (including the amount borrowed). This policy shall not prohibit short sales transactions or futures, options, swaps, or forward transactions. The Funds may not issue “senior securities” in contravention of the 1940 Act.
 
Each Fund may, notwithstanding any other investment policy or restriction (whether or not fundamental), invest all of its assets in the securities of a single open-end management investment company with substantially the same fundamental investment objectives, policies, and restrictions as that Fund.
 
Investment restriction (1) is intended to reflect the requirements under Section 5(b)(1) of the 1940 Act for a diversified fund. Rule 2a-7 provides that money market funds that comply with the diversification limits of Rule 2a-7 are deemed to comply with the diversification limits of Section 5(b)(1). Thus, each Fund interprets restriction (1) in accordance with Rule 2a-7. Accordingly, if securities are subject to a guarantee provided by a noncontrolled person, the Rule 2a-7 diversification tests apply to the guarantor, and the diversification test in restriction (1) does not apply to the issuer.
 
Each Fund has adopted the following nonfundamental investment restrictions that may be changed by the Board of Trustees (“Trustees”) without shareholder approval:
 
(1) If a Fund is an approved underlying fund in a Janus fund of funds, the Fund may not acquire the securities of other investment companies or registered unit investment trusts in excess of the limits of Section 12(d)(1) of the 1940 Act in reliance on subparagraph (F) or subparagraph (G) of Section 12(d)(1).
 
(2) A Fund may not invest in securities or enter into repurchase agreements with respect to any securities if, as a result, more than 5% of its net assets would be invested in securities, including repurchase agreements, which cannot be sold or disposed of in the ordinary course of business within seven days at approximately the value ascribed to it by the Fund (“illiquid securities”). The Trustees, or the Fund’s investment adviser acting pursuant to authority delegated by the Trustees, may determine that a readily available market exists for: securities eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Rule 144A Securities”), or any successor to such rule; Section 4(2) commercial paper; and municipal lease obligations. Accordingly, such securities may not be subject to the foregoing limitation.
 
(3) A Fund may not purchase securities on margin or make short sales of securities, except for short sales against the box and the use of short-term credit necessary for the clearance of purchases and sales of portfolio securities.
 
(4) A Fund may not pledge, mortgage, hypothecate, or encumber any of its assets except to secure permitted borrowings or in connection with permitted short sales.
 
(5) The Funds may not invest in companies for the purpose of exercising control of management.
 
Under the terms of an exemptive order received from the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), each Fund may borrow money from or lend money to other funds that permit such transactions and for which Janus Capital or one of its affiliates serves as investment adviser. All such borrowing and lending will be subject to the above limits and to the limits and other conditions in such exemptive order. A Fund will borrow money through the program only when the costs are equal to or lower than the cost of bank loans. Interfund loans and borrowings normally extend overnight, but can have a maximum duration of seven days. A Fund will lend through the program only when the returns are higher than those available from other short-term instruments (such as repurchase agreements). A Fund may have to borrow from a bank at a higher interest rate if an interfund loan is called or not renewed. Any delay in repayment to a lending Fund could result in a lost investment opportunity or additional borrowing costs.
 
For purposes of each Fund’s policies on investing in particular industries, the Funds will rely primarily on industry or industry group classifications as published by Bloomberg L.P. To the extent that Bloomberg L.P. industry classifications are so broad that the primary economic characteristics in a single class are materially different, the Funds may further classify issuers in accordance with industry classifications as published by the SEC. The Funds may change the source used for determining industry classifications without prior shareholder notice or approval.
 
INVESTMENT STRATEGIES AND RISKS
 
Each Fund may invest only in “eligible securities” as defined in Rule 2a-7 adopted under the 1940 Act. Generally, an eligible security is a security that: (i) is denominated in U.S. dollars and has a remaining maturity of 397 days or less (as calculated pursuant to Rule 2a-7); (ii) is rated, or is issued by an issuer with short-term debt outstanding that is rated, in one of the two highest rating categories by any two nationally recognized statistical rating organizations (“NRSROs”) or, if only one

 
 
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NRSRO has issued a rating, by that NRSRO (the “Requisite NRSROs”) or is unrated and of comparable quality to a rated security, as determined by Janus Capital; and (iii) has been determined by Janus Capital to present minimal credit risks pursuant to procedures approved by the Trustees. In addition, each Fund will maintain a dollar-weighted average portfolio maturity of 60 days or less and maintain a dollar-weighted average portfolio life (portfolio maturity measured without reference to any maturity shortening provisions of adjustable rate securities by reference to their interest rate reset dates) of 120 days or less. A description of the ratings of some NRSROs appears in Appendix A.
 
Under Rule 2a-7, a Fund may not invest more than 5% of its total assets in the securities of any one issuer other than U.S. Government securities, provided that in certain cases a Fund may invest more than 5% of its assets in a single issuer for a period of up to three business days. Investment in demand features, guarantees, and other types of instruments or features are subject to the diversification limits under Rule 2a-7.
 
Pursuant to Rule 2a-7, each Fund will invest at least 97% of its total assets in “first-tier” securities. First-tier securities are eligible securities that are rated, or are issued by an issuer with short-term debt outstanding that is rated, in the highest rating category by the Requisite NRSROs or are unrated and of comparable quality to a rated security. In addition, a Fund may invest in “second-tier” securities, which are eligible securities that are not first-tier securities. However, a Fund may not invest in a second-tier security if, immediately after the acquisition thereof, it would have invested more than: (i) 1/2 of 1% of its total assets in second-tier securities issued by any single issuer or (ii) 3% of its total assets in second-tier securities. Immediately after the acquisition of any demand feature or guarantee that is a second-tier security, a Fund cannot have invested more than 2.5% of its total assets in securities issued by or subject to the demand features or guarantees from the entity that issued the demand feature or guarantee. The Funds also cannot purchase second-tier securities with a remaining maturity of more than 45 days.
 
The following is a discussion regarding types of securities in which a Fund may invest. This information supplements and should be read in conjunction with the Prospectuses.
 
Participation Interests
Each Fund may purchase participation interests in loans or securities in which the Funds may invest directly. Participation interests are generally sponsored or issued by banks or other financial institutions. A participation interest gives a Fund an undivided interest in the underlying loans or securities in the proportion that the Fund’s interest bears to the total principal amount of the underlying loans or securities. Participation interests, which may have fixed, floating, or variable rates, may carry a demand feature backed by a letter of credit or guarantee of a bank or institution permitting the holder to tender them back to the bank or other institution. For certain participation interests, a Fund will have the right to demand payment, on not more than seven days’ notice, for all or a part of the Fund’s participation interest. The Funds intend to exercise any demand rights they may have upon default under the terms of the loan or security, to provide liquidity or to maintain or improve the quality of the Funds’ investment portfolios. A Fund will only purchase participation interests that Janus Capital determines present minimal credit risks.
 
Variable and Floating Rate Notes
Janus Money Market Fund also may purchase variable and floating rate demand notes of corporations and other entities, which are unsecured obligations redeemable upon not more than 30 days’ notice. Janus Government Money Market Fund may purchase variable and floating rate demand notes of U.S. Government issuers. These obligations include master demand notes that permit investment of fluctuating amounts at varying rates of interest pursuant to direct arrangements with the issuer of the instrument. The issuer of these obligations often has the right, after a given period, to prepay the outstanding principal amount of the obligations upon a specified number of days’ notice. These obligations generally are not traded, nor generally is there an established secondary market for these obligations. To the extent a demand note does not have a seven day or shorter demand feature and there is no readily available market for the obligation, it is treated as an illiquid investment.
 
Securities with ultimate maturities of greater than 397 days may be purchased only pursuant to Rule 2a-7. Under that Rule, only those long-term instruments that have demand features which comply with certain requirements and certain variable rate U.S. Government securities may be purchased. The rate of interest on securities purchased by a Fund may be tied to short-term Treasury or other government securities or indices on securities that are permissible investments of the Funds, as well as other money market rates of interest. The Funds will not purchase securities whose values are tied to interest rates or indices that are not appropriate for the duration and volatility standards of a money market fund.

 
 
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Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities
The Funds may invest in mortgage-backed securities, which represent an interest in a pool of mortgages made by lenders such as commercial banks, savings and loan institutions, mortgage bankers, mortgage brokers, and savings banks. Mortgage-backed securities may be issued by governmental or government-related entities or by nongovernmental entities such as banks, savings and loan institutions, private mortgage insurance companies, mortgage bankers, and other secondary market issuers.
 
Interests in pools of mortgage-backed securities differ from other forms of debt securities, which normally provide for periodic payment of interest in fixed amounts with principal payments at maturity or specified call dates. In contrast, mortgage-backed securities provide periodic payments, which consist of interest and, in most cases, principal. In effect, these payments are a “pass-through” of the periodic payments and optional prepayments made by the individual borrowers on their mortgage loans, net of any fees paid to the issuer or guarantor of such securities. Additional payments to holders of mortgage-backed securities are caused by prepayments resulting from the sale of the underlying residential property, refinancing, or foreclosure, net of fees or costs which may be incurred.
 
As prepayment rates of individual pools of mortgage loans vary widely, it is not possible to predict accurately the average life of a particular security. Although mortgage-backed securities are issued with stated maturities of up to forty years, unscheduled or early payments of principal and interest on the underlying mortgages may shorten considerably the effective maturities. Mortgage-backed securities may have varying assumptions for average life. The volume of prepayments of principal on a pool of mortgages underlying a particular security will influence the yield of that security, and the principal returned to a Fund may be reinvested in instruments whose yield may be higher or lower than that which might have been obtained had the prepayments not occurred. When interest rates are declining, prepayments usually increase, with the result that reinvestment of principal prepayments will be at a lower rate than the rate applicable to the original mortgage-backed security.
 
In addition to interest rate risk, investments in mortgage-backed securities including those comprised of subprime mortgages may be subject to a higher degree of credit risk, valuation risk, and liquidity risk. Subprime mortgages refer to loans made to borrowers with weakened credit histories or with a lower capacity to make timely payments on their mortgages. Thus, if borrowers are unable to make their payments, the mortgages underlying mortgage-backed securities may have higher default rates.
 
The Funds may invest in mortgage-backed securities that are issued by agencies or instrumentalities of the U.S. Government. The Government National Mortgage Association (“Ginnie Mae”) is the principal federal government guarantor of mortgage-backed securities. Ginnie Mae is a wholly-owned U.S. Government corporation within the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Ginnie Mae Certificates are debt securities which represent an interest in one mortgage or a pool of mortgages, which are insured by the Federal Housing Administration or the Farmers Home Administration or are guaranteed by the Veterans Administration. The Funds may also invest in pools of conventional mortgages which are issued or guaranteed by agencies of the U.S. Government. Ginnie Mae pass-through securities are considered to be riskless with respect to default in that: (i) the underlying mortgage loan portfolio is comprised entirely of government-backed loans and (ii) the timely payment of both principal and interest on the securities is guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government, regardless of whether or not payments have been made on the underlying mortgages. Ginnie Mae pass-through securities are, however, subject to the same market risk as comparable debt securities. Therefore, the market value of a Fund’s Ginnie Mae securities can be expected to fluctuate in response to changes in prevailing interest rate levels.
 
Residential mortgage loans are pooled also by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”). Freddie Mac is a privately managed, publicly chartered agency created by Congress in 1970 for the purpose of increasing the availability of mortgage credit for residential housing. Freddie Mac issues participation certificates (“PCs”) which represent interests in mortgages from Freddie Mac’s national portfolio. The mortgage loans in Freddie Mac’s portfolio are not U.S. Government backed; rather, the loans are either uninsured with loan-to-value ratios of 80% or less, or privately insured if the loan-to-value ratio exceeds 80%. Freddie Mac guarantees the timely payment of interest and ultimate collection of principal on Freddie Mac PCs; the U.S. Government does not guarantee any aspect of Freddie Mac PCs.
 
The Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”) is a government-sponsored corporation owned entirely by private shareholders. It is subject to general regulation by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Fannie Mae purchases residential mortgages from a list of approved seller/servicers, which include savings and loan associations, savings banks, commercial banks, credit unions, and mortgage bankers. Fannie Mae guarantees the timely payment of principal and interest

 
 
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on the pass-through securities issued by Fannie Mae; the U.S. Government does not guarantee any aspect of the Fannie Mae pass-through securities.
 
In September 2008, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (“FHFA”), an agency of the U.S. Government, placed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac under conservatorship to provide stability in the financial markets, mortgage availability and taxpayer protection by preserving Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s assets, and placing them in a sound and solvent condition. Under the conservatorship, the management of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac was replaced. The effect that the FHFA’s conservatorship will have on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s debt and equities is unclear.
 
The Funds may also invest in privately-issued mortgage-backed securities to the extent permitted by their investment restrictions. Mortgage-backed securities offered by private issuers include pass-through securities comprised of pools of conventional residential mortgage loans; mortgage-backed bonds, which are considered to be debt obligations of the institution issuing the bonds and which are collateralized by mortgage loans; and collateralized mortgage obligations (“CMOs”), which are collateralized by mortgage-backed securities issued by Ginnie Mae, Freddie Mac, or Fannie Mae, or by pools of conventional mortgages.
 
Asset-backed securities represent direct or indirect participation in, or are secured by and payable from, assets other than mortgage-backed assets such as motor vehicle installment sales contracts, installment loan contracts, leases of various types of real and personal property, and receivables from revolving credit agreements (credit cards). Asset-backed securities have yield characteristics similar to those of mortgage-backed securities and, accordingly, are subject to many of the same risks.
 
Structured investment vehicles and other similar vehicles (“structured vehicles”) issue a combination of senior and subordinate debt to fund the purchase of finance company and structured finance debt. Structured vehicle debt is usually composed of a senior debt tranche made up of commercial paper and longer maturity medium term notes and one to two tranches of subordinate notes. Structured vehicle portfolios generally consist of finance company debt and structured finance assets. A structured vehicle purchases mostly highly rated medium- and long-term, fixed income assets and issues shorter-term, highly rated commercial paper and medium-term notes at lower rates to investors. Structured vehicles typically purchase finance company debt which is focused in large banks and may also include exposure to investment banks, insurance, and other finance companies. Structured vehicles also invest in credit card, residential mortgage-backed securities, commercial mortgage-backed securities, collateralized loan obligations, and other asset-backed securities.
 
Because structured vehicles depend on short-term funding through the issuance of new debt, if there is a slowdown in issuing new debt or a smaller market of purchasers of the new debt, the structured vehicles may have to liquidate assets at a loss. Also, with respect to structured vehicles’ assets in finance companies, the Funds may have significant exposure to the financial services market which, depending on market conditions, could have a negative impact on the Funds.
 
Securities Lending
Under procedures adopted by the Trustees, the Funds may seek to earn additional income by lending securities to qualified parties (typically brokers or other financial institutions) who need to borrow securities in order to complete certain transactions such as covering short sales, avoiding failures to deliver securities, or completing arbitrage activities. There is the risk of delay in recovering a loaned security or the risk of loss in collateral rights if the borrower fails financially. In addition, Janus Capital makes efforts to balance the benefits and risks from granting such loans. The Funds do not have the right to vote on securities while they are being lent; however, the Funds may attempt to call back the loan and vote the proxy if time permits. All loans will be continuously secured by collateral which may consist of cash, U.S. Government securities, domestic and foreign short-term debt instruments, letters of credit, time deposits, repurchase agreements, money market mutual funds or other money market accounts, or such other collateral as permitted by the SEC. If a Fund is unable to recover a security on loan, the Fund may use the collateral to purchase replacement securities in the market. There is a risk that the value of the collateral could decrease below the value of the replacement security, resulting in a loss to the Fund.
 
Upon receipt of cash collateral, Janus Capital may invest it in affiliated or non-affiliated cash management vehicles, whether registered or unregistered entities, as permitted by the 1940 Act and rules promulgated thereunder. Janus Capital currently intends to invest the cash collateral in a cash management vehicle for which Janus Capital serves as investment adviser. An investment in a cash management vehicle is generally subject to the same risks that shareholders experience when investing in similarly structured vehicles, such as the potential for significant fluctuations in assets as a result of the purchase and redemption activity of the securities lending program, a decline in the value of the collateral and possible liquidity issues. Such risks may delay the return of the cash collateral and cause a Fund to violate its agreement to return the cash collateral to a borrower in a timely manner. As adviser to the Funds and the affiliated cash management vehicle in which the cash collateral is invested, Janus Capital has an inherent conflict of interest as a result of its fiduciary duties to both the Funds and

 
 
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the cash management vehicle. Additionally, Janus Capital receives an investment advisory fee for managing the cash management vehicle used for the securities lending program, but it may not receive a fee for managing certain other affiliated cash management vehicles, and therefore may have an incentive to allocate preferred investment opportunities to investment vehicles for which it is receiving a fee.
 
Repurchase and Reverse Repurchase Agreements
In a repurchase agreement, a Fund purchases a security and simultaneously commits to resell that security to the seller at an agreed upon price on an agreed upon date within a number of days (usually not more than seven) from the date of purchase. The resale price consists of the purchase price plus an agreed upon incremental amount that is unrelated to the coupon rate or maturity of the purchased security. A repurchase agreement involves the obligation of the seller to pay the agreed upon price, which obligation is in effect secured by the value (at least equal to the amount of the agreed upon resale price and marked-to-market daily) of the underlying security or “collateral.” A risk associated with repurchase agreements is the failure of the seller to repurchase the securities as agreed, which may cause a Fund to suffer a loss if the market value of such securities declines before they can be liquidated on the open market. In the event of bankruptcy or insolvency of the seller, a Fund may encounter delays and incur costs in liquidating the underlying security. In addition, the collateral received in the repurchase transaction may become worthless. To the extent a Fund’s collateral focuses in one or more sectors, such as banks and financial services, the Fund is subject to increased risk as a result of that exposure. Repurchase agreements that mature in more than seven days are subject to the 5% limit on illiquid securities. While it is not possible to eliminate all risks from these transactions, it is the policy of the Funds to limit repurchase agreements to those parties whose creditworthiness has been reviewed and found satisfactory by Janus Capital. There is no guarantee that Janus Capital’s analysis of the creditworthiness of the counterparty will be accurate, and the underlying collateral involved in the transaction can expose a Fund to additional risk regardless of the creditworthiness of the parties involved in the transaction.
 
Reverse repurchase agreements are transactions in which a Fund sells a security and simultaneously commits to repurchase that security from the buyer, such as a bank or broker-dealer, at an agreed upon price on an agreed upon future date. The resale price in a reverse repurchase agreement reflects a market rate of interest that is not related to the coupon rate or maturity of the sold security. For certain demand agreements, there is no agreed upon repurchase date and interest payments are calculated daily, often based upon the prevailing overnight repurchase rate. The Funds will use the proceeds of reverse repurchase agreements only to satisfy unusually heavy redemption requests or for other temporary or emergency purposes without the necessity of selling portfolio securities, or to earn additional income on portfolio securities, such as Treasury bills or notes.
 
Generally, a reverse repurchase agreement enables a Fund to recover for the term of the reverse repurchase agreement all or most of the cash invested in the portfolio securities sold and to keep the interest income associated with those portfolio securities. Such transactions are only advantageous if the interest cost to a Fund of the reverse repurchase transaction is less than the cost of obtaining the cash otherwise. In addition, interest costs on the money received in a reverse repurchase agreement may exceed the return received on the investments made by a Fund with those monies. Using reverse repurchase agreements to earn additional income involves the risk that the interest earned on the invested proceeds is less than the expense of the reverse repurchase agreement transaction. This technique may also have a leveraging effect on a Fund’s portfolio, although a Fund’s intent to segregate assets in the amount of the reverse repurchase agreement minimizes this effect. While a reverse repurchase agreement is outstanding, a Fund will maintain cash and appropriate liquid assets in a segregated custodial account to cover its obligation under the agreement. A Fund will enter into reverse repurchase agreements only with parties that Janus Capital deems creditworthy.
 
When-Issued and Delayed Delivery Securities
Each Fund may purchase securities on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis. A Fund will enter into such transactions only when it has the intention of actually acquiring the securities. On delivery dates for such transactions, the Fund will meet its obligations from maturities, sales of securities, or from other available sources of cash. If it chooses to dispose of the right to acquire a when-issued security prior to its acquisition, a Fund could, as with the disposition of any other portfolio obligation, incur a gain or loss due to market fluctuation. At the time it makes the commitment to purchase securities on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis, a Fund will record the transaction as a purchase and thereafter reflect the value of such securities in determining its net asset value (“NAV”).
 
Investment Company Securities
From time to time, the Funds may invest in securities of other investment companies, subject to the provisions of the 1940 Act and any applicable SEC exemptive orders. Section 12(d)(1) of the 1940 Act prohibits a Fund from acquiring: (i) more

 
 
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than 3% of another investment company’s voting stock; (ii) securities of another investment company with a value in excess of 5% of a Fund’s total assets; or (iii) securities of such other investment company and all other investment companies owned by a Fund having a value in excess of 10% of the Fund’s total assets. In addition, Section 12(d)(1) prohibits another investment company from selling its shares to a Fund if, after the sale: (i) the Fund owns more than 3% of the other investment company’s voting stock or (ii) the Fund and other investment companies, and companies controlled by them, own more than 10% of the voting stock of such other investment company. If a Fund is an approved underlying fund in a Janus fund of funds, the Fund may not acquire the securities of other investment companies or registered unit investment trusts in excess of the limits of Section 12(d)(1) of the 1940 Act in reliance on subparagraph (F) or subparagraph (G) of Section 12(d)(1).
 
Debt Obligations
Janus Money Market Fund may invest in U.S. dollar-denominated debt obligations. In general, sales of these securities may not be made absent registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), or the availability of an appropriate exemption. Pursuant to Section 4(2) of the 1933 Act or Rule 144A adopted under the 1933 Act, however, some of these securities are eligible for resale to institutional investors, and accordingly, Janus Capital may determine that a liquid market exists for such a security pursuant to guidelines adopted by the Trustees.
 
Auction Market and Remarketed Preferred Stock
The Funds may purchase certain types of auction market preferred stock (“AMPS”) or remarketed preferred stock (“RPS”) subject to a demand feature. These purchases may include AMPS and RPS issued by closed-end investment companies. AMPS and RPS may be deemed to meet the maturity and quality requirements of money market funds if they are structured to comply with conditions established by the SEC. AMPS and RPS subject to a demand feature, despite their status as equity securities, are economically similar to variable rate debt securities subject to a demand feature. Both AMPS and RPS allow the holder to sell the stock at a liquidation preference value at specified periods, provided that the auction or remarketing is successful. If the auction or remarketing fails, the holder of certain types of AMPS and RPS may exercise a demand feature and has the right to sell the AMPS or RPS to a third party guarantor or counterparty at a price that can reasonably be expected to approximate its amortized cost. The ability of a bank or other financial institution providing the demand feature to fulfill its obligations might be affected by possible financial difficulties of its borrowers, adverse interest rate or economic conditions, regulatory limitations, or other factors.
 
Obligations of Financial Institutions
Janus Money Market Fund may invest in obligations of financial institutions. Examples of obligations in which the Fund may invest include negotiable certificates of deposit, bankers’ acceptances, time deposits, and other obligations of U.S. banks (including savings and loan associations) having total assets in excess of one billion dollars and U.S. branches of foreign banks having total assets in excess of ten billion dollars. The Fund may also invest in Eurodollar and Yankee bank obligations as discussed below and other U.S. dollar-denominated obligations of foreign banks having total assets in excess of ten billion dollars that Janus Capital believes are of an investment quality comparable to obligations of U.S. banks in which the Fund may invest.
 
Certificates of deposit represent an institution’s obligation to repay funds deposited with it that earn a specified interest rate over a given period. Bankers’ acceptances are negotiable obligations of a bank to pay a draft which has been drawn by a customer and are usually backed by goods in international trade. Time deposits are non-negotiable deposits with a banking institution that earn a specified interest rate over a given period. Fixed time deposits, which are payable at a stated maturity date and bear a fixed rate of interest, generally may be withdrawn on demand by the Fund but may be subject to early withdrawal penalties that could reduce the Fund’s yield. Unless there is a readily available market for them, time deposits that are subject to early withdrawal penalties and that mature in more than seven days will be treated as illiquid securities.
 
Eurodollar bank obligations are dollar-denominated certificates of deposit or time deposits issued outside the U.S. capital markets by foreign branches of U.S. banks and by foreign banks. Yankee bank obligations are dollar-denominated obligations issued in the U.S. capital markets by foreign banks.
 
Foreign, Eurodollar, and to a limited extent, Yankee bank obligations are subject to certain sovereign risks. One such risk is the possibility that a foreign government might prevent dollar-denominated funds from flowing across its borders. Other risks include: adverse political and economic developments in a foreign country; the extent and quality of government regulation of financial markets and institutions; the imposition of foreign withholding taxes; and expropriation or nationalization of foreign issuers.

 
 
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U.S. Government Securities
To the extent permitted by its investment objective and policies, each Fund, particularly Janus Government Money Market Fund and, to a lesser extent, Janus Money Market Fund, may invest in U.S. Government securities. The 1940 Act defines U.S. Government securities to include securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies, and its instrumentalities. U.S. Government securities may also include repurchase agreements collateralized by and municipal securities escrowed with or refunded with U.S. Government securities. U.S. Government securities in which a Fund may invest include U.S. Treasury securities, including Treasury Inflation Protection Securities (“TIPS”), and obligations issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies and instrumentalities that are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government, such as those issued or guaranteed by the Small Business Administration, Maritime Administration, Export-Import Bank of the United States, Farmers Home Administration, Federal Housing Administration, and Ginnie Mae. In addition, U.S. Government securities in which a Fund may invest include securities backed only by the rights of the issuers to borrow from the U.S. Treasury, such as those issued by the Federal Farm Credit Bank, Federal Intermediate Credit Banks, Tennessee Valley Authority, and Freddie Mac. Securities issued by Fannie Mae, the Federal Home Loan Banks, and the Student Loan Marketing Association (“Sallie Mae”) are supported by the discretionary authority of the U.S. Government to purchase the obligations. There is no guarantee that the U.S. Government will support securities not backed by its full faith and credit. Accordingly, although these securities have historically involved little risk of loss of principal if held to maturity, they may involve more risk than securities backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government because the Funds must look principally to the agency or instrumentality issuing or guaranteeing the securities for repayment and may not be able to assert a claim against the United States if the agency or instrumentality does not meet its commitment.
 
Municipal Securities
When the assets and revenues of an agency, authority, instrumentality, or other political subdivision are separate from those of the government creating the issuing entity and a security is backed only by the assets and revenues of the issuing entity, that entity will be deemed to be the sole issuer of the security. Similarly, in the case of an industrial development bond backed only by the assets and revenues of the nongovernmental issuer, the nongovernmental issuer will be deemed to be the sole issuer of the bond.
 
Municipal Leases
Janus Money Market Fund may invest in municipal leases. Municipal leases frequently have special risks not normally associated with general obligation or revenue bonds. Municipal leases are municipal securities which may take the form of a lease or an installment purchase or conditional sales contract. Municipal leases are issued by state and local governments and authorities to acquire a wide variety of equipment and facilities. Leases and installment purchase or conditional sale contracts (which normally provide for title to the leased asset to pass eventually to the government issuer) have evolved as a means for governmental issuers to acquire property and equipment without meeting the constitutional and statutory requirements for the issuance of debt. The debt-issuance limitations of many state constitutions and statutes are deemed to be inapplicable because of the inclusion in many leases or contracts of “non-appropriation” clauses that provide that the governmental issuer has no obligation to make future payments under the lease or contract unless money is appropriated for such purpose by the appropriate legislative body on a yearly or other periodic basis. The Fund will only purchase municipal leases subject to a non-appropriation clause when the payment of principal and accrued interest is backed by an unconditional, irrevocable letter of credit, or guarantee of a bank or other entity that meets certain criteria.
 
In evaluating municipal lease obligations, Janus Capital will consider such factors as it deems appropriate, including: (i) whether the lease can be canceled; (ii) the ability of the lease obligee to direct the sale of the underlying assets; (iii) the general creditworthiness of the lease obligor; (iv) the likelihood that the municipality will discontinue appropriating funding for the leased property in the event such property is no longer considered essential by the municipality; (v) the legal recourse of the lease obligee in the event of such a failure to appropriate funding; (vi) whether the security is backed by a credit enhancement such as insurance; and (vii) any limitations which are imposed on the lease obligor’s ability to utilize substitute property or services other than those covered by the lease obligation. If a lease is backed by an unconditional letter of credit or other unconditional credit enhancement, Janus Capital may determine that a lease is an eligible security solely on the basis of its evaluation of the credit enhancement.
 
Municipal leases, like other municipal debt obligations, are subject to the risk of nonpayment. The ability of issuers of municipal leases to make timely lease payments may be adversely impacted in general economic downturns and as relative governmental cost burdens are allocated and reallocated among federal, state, and local governmental units. Such nonpayment would result in a reduction of income to a Fund and could result in a reduction in the value of the municipal lease experiencing nonpayment and a potential decrease in the NAV of the Fund.

 
 
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PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS DISCLOSURE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
 
The Mutual Fund Holdings Disclosure Policies and Procedures adopted by Janus Capital and all mutual funds managed within the Janus fund complex are designed to be in the best interests of the funds and to protect the confidentiality of the funds’ portfolio holdings. The following describes policies and procedures with respect to disclosure of portfolio holdings.
 
•  Full Holdings. Each Fund is required to disclose its complete holdings in the quarterly holdings report on Form N-Q within 60 days of the end of each fiscal quarter, and in the annual report and semiannual report to Fund shareholders. In addition, beginning in December 2010, each Fund is required to disclose its complete holdings in a monthly report on Form N-MFP within 5 business days after each month end. These reports (i) are available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov; (ii) may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. (information on the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330); and (iii) are available without charge, upon request, by calling a Janus representative at 1-800-525-0020 (toll free). Portfolio holdings for the money market funds are generally available monthly with no lag. Holdings are generally posted approximately five business days thereafter under the Holdings & Details tab of each Fund at janus.com/advisor/mutual-funds (or janus.com/allfunds if you hold Class D Shares).
 
•  Top Holdings. Each Fund’s top portfolio holdings, in order of position size and as a percentage of a Fund’s total portfolio, are available monthly with a 15-day lag and on a calendar quarter-end basis with a 15-day lag. Most Janus funds disclose their top ten portfolio holdings. However, certain Janus funds disclose only their top five portfolio holdings.
 
•  Other Information. Each Fund may occasionally provide security breakdowns (e.g., industry, sector, regional, market capitalization, and asset allocation), top performance contributors/detractors, and specific portfolio level performance attribution information and statistics monthly with a 15-day lag and on a calendar quarter-end basis with a 15-day lag.
 
Full portfolio holdings will be available monthly and will remain on the Janus websites for at least 6 months on a rolling basis and will link to each Fund’s Form N-MFP filing available on the SEC website. Janus Capital may exclude from publication all or any portion of portfolio holdings or change the time periods of disclosure as deemed necessary to protect the interests of the Janus funds.
 
The Janus funds’ Trustees, officers, and primary service providers, including investment advisers, distributors, administrators, transfer agents, custodians, and their respective personnel, may receive or have access to nonpublic portfolio holdings information. In addition, third parties, including but not limited to those that provide services to the Janus funds, Janus Capital, and its affiliates, such as trade execution measurement systems providers, independent pricing services, proxy voting service providers, the funds’ insurers, computer systems service providers, lenders, counsel, accountants/auditors, and rating and ranking organizations may also receive or have access to nonpublic portfolio holdings information. Other recipients of nonpublic portfolio holdings information may include, but may not be limited to, third parties such as consultants, data aggregators, and asset allocation services which calculate information derived from holdings for use by Janus Capital, and which supply their analyses (but not the holdings themselves) to their clients. Such parties, either by agreement or by virtue of their duties, are required to maintain confidentiality with respect to such nonpublic portfolio holdings.
 
Nonpublic portfolio holdings information may be disclosed to certain third parties upon a good faith determination made by Janus Capital’s Chief Compliance Officer or Ethics Committee that a Fund has a legitimate business purpose for such disclosure and the recipient agrees to maintain confidentiality. Preapproval by the Chief Compliance Officer or Ethics Committee is not required for certain routine service providers and in response to regulatory, administrative, and judicial requirements. The Chief Compliance Officer reports to the Janus funds’ Trustees regarding material compliance matters with respect to the portfolio holdings disclosure policies and procedures.
 
Under extraordinary circumstances, Janus Capital’s Chief Investment Officer(s) or their delegates have the authority to waive one or more provisions of, or make exceptions to, the Mutual Fund Holdings Disclosure Policies and Procedures when in the best interest of the Janus funds and when such waiver or exception is consistent with federal securities laws and applicable fiduciary duties. The frequency with which portfolio holdings are disclosed, as well as the lag time associated with such disclosure, may vary as deemed appropriate under the circumstances. All waivers and exceptions involving any of the Janus funds shall be pre-approved by the Chief Compliance Officer or a designee.
 
As of the date of this SAI, the following non-affiliated third parties, which consist of service providers and consultants as described above, receive or may have access to nonpublic portfolio holdings information, which may include the full holdings of a fund. Certain of the arrangements below reflect relationships of an affiliated subadviser, INTECH Investment Management LLC, and its products.

 
 
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Name   Frequency   Lag Time
ACA Compliance Group
  As needed   Current
Axioma Inc.
  Daily   Current
Barclays Capital Inc.
  Daily   Current
BNY Mellon Performance and Risk Analytics, LLC
  Monthly   Current
Bowne & Company Inc. 
  Daily   Current
Brockhouse & Cooper Inc.
  Quarterly   Current
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
  Daily   Current
Callan Associates Inc.
  As needed   Current
Cambridge Associates LLC
  Quarterly   Current
Canterbury Consulting Inc. 
  Monthly   Current
Charles River Systems, Inc.
  As needed   Current
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. 
  As needed   Current
CMS BondEdge
  As needed   Current
Consulting Services Group, LLC
  As needed   Current
Deloitte & Touche LLP
  As needed   Current
Deloitte Tax LLP
  As needed   Current
Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch
  As needed   Current
Eagle Investment Systems Corp.
  As needed   Current
Eaton Vance Management
  As needed   Current
Ennis, Knupp & Associates, Inc.
  As needed   Current
Envestnet Asset Management Inc.
  As needed   Current
Ernst & Young LLP
  As needed   Current
FactSet Research Systems, Inc. 
  As needed   Current
Financial Models Company, Inc. 
  As needed   Current
FlexTrade LLC
  Daily   Current
FT Interactive Data Corporation
  Daily   Current
Hewitt Associates LLC
  As needed   Current
Imagine Software Inc.
  As needed   Current
Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc.
  Daily   Current
International Data Corporation
  Daily   Current
Investment Technology Group, Inc.
  Daily   Current
Jeffrey Slocum & Associates, Inc.
  As needed   Current
Lipper Inc.
  Quarterly   Current
Marco Consulting Group, Inc.
  Monthly   Current
Marquette Associates
  As needed   Current
Markit Loans, Inc. 
  Daily   Current
Mercer Investment Consulting, Inc. 
  As needed   Current
Merrill Communications LLC 
  Semi-annually   5 days
Moody’s Investors Service Inc. 
  Weekly   7 days or more
New England Pension Consultants
  Monthly   Current
Nikko AM Americas
  As needed   Current
Nomura Funds Research & Technologies America Inc.
  As needed   Current
Olmstead Associates, Inc.
  Daily   Current
Omgeo LLC
  Daily   Current
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
  As needed   Current
Prima Capital Holding, Inc.
  As needed   Current
Prima Capital Management, Inc.
  Quarterly   15 days
R.V. Kuhns & Associates
  As needed   Current
Reuters America Inc. 
  Daily   Current

 
 
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Name   Frequency   Lag Time
Rocaton Investment Advisors, LLC
  As needed   Current
Rogerscasey, Inc.
  Quarterly   Current
Russell/Mellon Analytical Services, LLC
  Monthly   Current
Sapient Corporation
  As needed   Current
SEI Investments
  As needed   Current
SimCorp USA, Inc.
  As needed   Current
Standard & Poor’s
  Daily   Current
Standard & Poor’s Financial Services
  Weekly   2 days or more
Standard & Poor’s Securities Evaluation
  Daily   Current
State Street Bank and Trust Company
  Daily   Current
State Street Global Advisors
  Monthly   Current
Stratford Advisory Group, Inc.
  As needed   Current
Summit Strategies Group
  Monthly; Quarterly   Current
The Yield Book Inc.
  Daily   Current
Tower Investment
  As needed   30 days
Wachovia Securities LLC
  As needed   Current
Wall Street On Demand, Inc. 
  Monthly; Quarterly   30 days; 15 days
Wilshire Associates Incorporated
  As needed   Current
Yanni Partners, Inc.
  Quarterly   Current
Zephyr Associates, Inc. 
  Quarterly   Current
 
In addition to the categories of persons and names of persons described above who may receive nonpublic portfolio holdings information, brokers executing portfolio trades on behalf of the funds may receive nonpublic portfolio holdings information.
 
Janus Capital manages other accounts such as separate accounts, unregistered products, and funds sponsored by companies other than Janus Capital. These other accounts may be managed in a similar fashion to certain Janus funds and thus may have similar portfolio holdings. Such accounts may be subject to different portfolio holdings disclosure policies that permit public disclosure of portfolio holdings information in different forms and at different times than the Funds’ portfolio holdings disclosure policies. Additionally, clients of such accounts have access to their portfolio holdings, and may not be subject to the Funds’ portfolio holdings disclosure policies.

 
 
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Investment adviser and administrator

 
INVESTMENT ADVISER – JANUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
 
As stated in the Prospectuses, each Fund has an Investment Advisory Agreement with Janus Capital Management LLC, 151 Detroit Street, Denver, Colorado 80206-4805. Janus Capital is a direct subsidiary of Janus Capital Group Inc. (“JCGI”), a publicly traded company with principal operations in financial asset management businesses. JCGI owns approximately 95% of Janus Capital, with the remaining 5% held by Janus Management Holdings Corporation.
 
Each Advisory Agreement provides that Janus Capital will furnish continuous advice and recommendations concerning the Funds’ investments. Janus Capital is also authorized to perform the management and administrative services necessary for the operation of the Funds. In addition, each Fund pays brokerage commissions or dealer spreads and other expenses in connection with the execution of portfolio transactions.
 
Each Fund’s Advisory Agreement continues in effect from year to year so long as such continuance is approved annually by a majority of the Funds’ Trustees who are not parties to the Advisory Agreements or “interested persons” (as defined by the 1940 Act) of any such party (the “Independent Trustees”), and by either a majority of the outstanding voting shares of each Fund or the Trustees of the Funds. Each Advisory Agreement: (i) may be terminated without the payment of any penalty by a Fund or Janus Capital on 60 days’ written notice; (ii) terminates automatically in the event of its assignment; and (iii) generally, may not be amended without the approval by vote of a majority of the Trustees of the affected Fund, including a majority of the Independent Trustees and, to the extent required by the 1940 Act, the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of that Fund.
 
A discussion regarding the basis for the Trustees’ approval of the Funds’ Investment Advisory Agreements will be included in the Funds’ next annual or semiannual report to shareholders, following such approval. You can request the Funds’ annual or semiannual reports (as they become available), free of charge, by contacting your plan sponsor, broker-dealer, or financial intermediary, or by contacting a Janus representative at 1-877-335-2687 (or 1-800-525-3713 if you hold Class D Shares). The reports are also available, free of charge, on janus.com/info (or janus.com/reports if you hold Class D Shares).
 
Each Fund has agreed to compensate Janus Capital for its advisory services by the monthly payment of an advisory fee at the annual rate of 0.20% of the average daily net assets of each Fund. However, Janus Capital has voluntarily agreed to reduce the advisory fee to an annual rate of 0.10% of the value of each Fund’s average daily net assets. The waiver is voluntary, and could change or be terminated at any time at the discretion of Janus Capital.
 
The following table summarizes the advisory fees paid by the Funds for the fiscal years or period noted. Each Fund has changed its fiscal year end to June 30.
 
                                                                 
    June 30, 2010(1)   October 31, 2009(2)   October 31, 2008(2)   October 31, 2007(2)
    Advisory
  Advisory
  Advisory
  Advisory
  Advisory
  Advisory
  Advisory
  Advisory
    Fees Prior
  Fees After
  Fees Prior
  Fees After
  Fees Prior
  Fees After
  Fees Prior
  Fees After
Fund Name   to Reduction   Reduction   to Reduction   Reduction   to Reduction   Reduction   to Reduction   Reduction
Janus Government Money Market Fund
  $ 288,976     $ 144,880     $ 547,799     $ 273,898     $ 450,589     $ 225,293     $ 355,310     $ 177,655  
Janus Money Market Fund
  $ 1,907,608     $ 955,880     $ 3,570,942     $ 1,785,459     $ 3,863,567     $ 1,931,668     $ 3,155,901     $ 1,577,950  
                                                                 
 
(1)  For the fiscal period November 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010 (the Funds’ new fiscal year end).
(2)  The Funds’ previous fiscal year end.
 
Each Fund has also entered into an Administration Agreement with Janus Capital. Under the terms of the Administration Agreement, Janus Capital provides administration services, including, but not limited to, recordkeeping, fund accounting, preparation of reports and prospectuses distributed to current shareholders, and registration functions. With the administration fee, Janus Capital pays for other services for the Funds, including custody, transfer agent fees and expenses, NAV determination, blue sky monitoring services, reports to shareholders, costs of preparing the Shares’ Prospectuses and Statements of Additional Information to current shareholders, and other costs of complying with applicable laws regulating the sale of Shares. Each Fund will pay those expenses not assumed by Janus Capital, including interest and taxes, fees and expenses of Trustees who are not interested persons of Janus Capital, audit fees and expenses, compensation and related expenses of the Fund’s Chief Compliance Officer and compliance staff, printing, mailing, and extraordinary costs.
 
The following table summarizes the administration fees paid for the fiscal years or period noted. Each Fund has changed its fiscal year end to June 30. Effective February 16, 2010, Class D Shares of each Fund compensated Janus Capital at an annual rate of 0.46% and Class T Shares of each Fund compensated Janus Capital at an annual rate of 0.48%. Prior to February 16, 2010, the administration fees were paid at an annual rate of 0.50% of the value of the average daily net assets. Janus Capital
 
 
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may voluntarily waive administration fees to the extent necessary to assist the Funds in attempting to maintain a yield of at least 0.00%. These reimbursements are voluntary and could change or be terminated at any time at the discretion of Janus Capital. There is no guarantee that the Funds will maintain a positive yield.
 
                                                 
    June 30, 2010(1)   October 31, 2009(2)   October 31, 2008(2)   October 31, 2007(2)
    Administration
      Administration
      Administration
  Administration
Fund Name   Fees   Waivers(−)   Fees   Waivers(−)   Fees   Fees
Janus Government Money Market Fund
Class D Shares(3)
  $ 356,932     −$ 249,077       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
Class T Shares
  $ 335,597     −$ 251,719     $ 1,369,663     −$ 204,197     $ 1,126,481     $ 888,274  
Janus Money Market Fund
Class D Shares(3)
  $ 2,117,126     −$ 1,546,392       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
Class T Shares
  $ 2,465,800     −$ 1,805,394     $ 8,922,453     −$ 1,610,225     $ 9,659,497     $ 7,889,751  
 
(1)  The Funds’ new fiscal year end.
(2)  The Funds’ previous fiscal year end.
(3)  For the period February 16, 2010 (commencement of Class D Shares) to June 30, 2010.
 
PAYMENTS TO FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES BY JANUS CAPITAL OR ITS AFFILIATES
 
With respect to other share classes not offered in this SAI, Janus Capital or its affiliates may pay, from their own assets, selected brokerage firms or other financial intermediaries that sell the Janus funds for distribution, marketing, promotional, or related services. Such payments may be based on gross sales, assets under management, or transactional charges, or on a combination of these factors. The amount of these payments is determined from time to time by Janus Capital, may be substantial, and may differ for different financial intermediaries. Janus Capital and its affiliates consider a number of factors in making payments to financial intermediaries.
 
With respect to Class T Shares, Janus Capital and its affiliates may make payments out of their own assets to financial intermediaries for providing other marketing or distribution-related services, as well as recordkeeping, subaccounting, transaction processing, and other shareholder or administrative services in connection with investments in the Janus funds. These fees are in addition to any fees that may be paid by the Janus funds for these types of services or other services.
 
In addition, Janus Capital or its affiliates may also share certain marketing expenses with intermediaries, or pay for or sponsor informational meetings, seminars, client awareness events, support for marketing materials, sales reporting, or business building programs for financial intermediaries, to raise awareness of the Funds. Such payments may be in addition to, or in lieu of, the payments described above. These payments are intended to promote the sales of Janus funds and to reimburse financial intermediaries, directly or indirectly, for the costs that they or their salespersons incur in connection with educational seminars, meetings, and training efforts about the Janus funds to enable the intermediaries and their salespersons to make suitable recommendations, provide useful services, and maintain the necessary infrastructure to make the Janus funds available to their customers.
 
The receipt of (or prospect of receiving) payments described above may provide a financial intermediary and its salespersons with an incentive to favor sales of Janus funds’ shares over sales of other mutual funds (or non-mutual fund investments) or to favor sales of one class of Janus funds’ shares over sales of another Janus funds’ share class, with respect to which the financial intermediary does not receive such payments or receives them in a lower amount. The receipt of these payments may cause certain financial intermediaries to elevate the prominence of the Janus funds within such financial intermediary’s organization by, for example, placement on a list of preferred or recommended funds and/or the provision of preferential or enhanced opportunities to promote the Janus funds in various ways within such financial intermediary’s organization.
 
The payment arrangements described above will not change the price an investor pays for Shares nor the amount that a Janus fund receives to invest on behalf of the investor. You should consider whether such arrangements exist when evaluating any recommendations from an intermediary to purchase or sell Shares of the Funds and, if applicable, when considering which share class of a Fund is most appropriate for you.
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT JANUS CAPITAL
 
Janus Capital acts as subadviser for a number of private-label mutual funds and provides separate account advisory services for institutional accounts. Janus Capital may also manage its own proprietary accounts. Investment decisions for each account managed by Janus Capital, including the Funds, are made independently from those for any other account that is or may in

 
 
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the future become managed by Janus Capital or its affiliates. If, however, a number of accounts managed by Janus Capital are contemporaneously engaged in the purchase or sale of the same security, the orders may be aggregated and/or the transactions may be averaged as to price and allocated to each account in accordance with allocation procedures adopted by Janus Capital. Partial fills for the accounts of two or more portfolio managers will be allocated pro rata under procedures adopted by Janus Capital. Circumstances may arise under which Janus Capital may determine that, although it may be desirable and/or suitable that a particular security or other investment be purchased or sold for more than one account, there exists a limited supply or demand for the security or other investment. Janus Capital seeks to allocate the opportunity to purchase or sell that security or other investment among accounts on an equitable basis by taking into consideration factors including, but not limited to, size of the portfolio, concentration of holdings, investment objectives and guidelines, purchase costs, and cash availability. Janus Capital, however, cannot assure equality of allocations among all its accounts, nor can it assure that the opportunity to purchase or sell a security or other investment will be proportionally allocated among accounts according to any particular or predetermined standards or criteria. In some cases, these allocation procedures may adversely affect the price paid or received by an account or the size of the position obtained or liquidated for an account. In others, however, the accounts’ ability to participate in volume transactions may produce better executions and prices for the accounts.
 
Janus Capital is permitted to adjust its allocation procedures to eliminate fractional shares or odd lots and has the discretion to deviate from its allocation procedures in certain circumstances. For example, additional securities may be allocated to the portfolio managers who are instrumental in originating or developing an investment opportunity or to comply with the portfolio managers’ request to ensure that their accounts receive sufficient securities to satisfy specialized investment objectives.
 
The Funds and other funds advised by Janus Capital or its affiliates may also transfer daily uninvested cash balances into one or more joint trading accounts. Assets in the joint trading accounts are invested in money market instruments and the proceeds are allocated to the participating funds on a pro rata basis.
 
Pursuant to the provisions of the 1940 Act, Janus mutual funds may participate in an affiliated or non-affiliated cash sweep program. In the cash sweep program, uninvested cash balances of Janus funds may be used to purchase shares of affiliated or non-affiliated money market funds or cash management pooled investment vehicles. All Janus funds are eligible to participate in the cash sweep program (the “Investing Funds”). As adviser, Janus Capital has an inherent conflict of interest because of its fiduciary duties to the affiliated money market funds or cash management pooled investment vehicles and the Investing Funds. In addition, Janus Capital receives an investment advisory fee for managing the cash management vehicle used for its securities lending program, but it may not receive a fee for managing certain other affiliated cash management vehicles, and therefore may have an incentive to allocate preferred investment opportunities to investment vehicles for which it is receiving a fee.
 
Each account managed by Janus Capital has its own investment objective and policies and is managed accordingly by the respective portfolio managers. As a result, from time to time, two or more different managed accounts may pursue divergent investment strategies with respect to investments or categories of investments.
 
The officers and Trustees of the Funds may also serve as officers and Trustees of the Janus “funds of funds,” which are funds that primarily invest in other mutual funds. Conflicts may arise as the officers and Trustees seek to fulfill their fiduciary responsibilities to both the Janus funds of funds and the Funds. The Trustees intend to address any such conflicts as deemed appropriate.
 
Janus Ethics Rules
Janus Capital and Janus Distributors currently have in place Ethics Rules, which are comprised of the Personal Trading Code of Ethics, Gift Policy, Portfolio Holdings Disclosure Policy, and Outside Employment Policy. The Ethics Rules are designed to ensure Janus Capital and Janus Distributors personnel: (i) observe applicable legal (including compliance with applicable federal securities laws) and ethical standards in the performance of their duties; (ii) at all times place the interests of the Fund shareholders first; (iii) disclose all actual or potential conflicts; (iv) adhere to the highest standards of loyalty, candor, and care in all matters relating to the Fund shareholders; (v) conduct all personal trading, including transactions in the Funds and other securities, consistent with the Ethics Rules and in such a manner as to avoid any actual or potential conflict of interest or any abuse of their position of trust and responsibility; and (vi) do not use any material nonpublic information in securities trading. The Ethics Rules are on file with and available from the SEC through the SEC website at http://www.sec.gov.
 
Under the Personal Trading Code of Ethics (the “Code of Ethics”), all Janus Capital and Janus Distributors personnel, as well as the Trustees and Officers of the Funds, are required to conduct their personal investment activities in a manner that Janus

 
 
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Capital believes is not detrimental to the Funds. In addition, Janus Capital and Janus Distributors personnel are not permitted to transact in securities held by the Funds for their personal accounts except under circumstances specified in the Code of Ethics. All personnel of Janus Capital, Janus Distributors, and the Funds, as well as certain other designated employees deemed to have access to current trading information, are required to pre-clear all transactions in securities not otherwise exempt. Requests for trading authorization will be denied when, among other reasons, the proposed personal transaction would be contrary to the provisions of the Code of Ethics.
 
In addition to the pre-clearance requirement described above, the Code of Ethics subjects such personnel to various trading restrictions and reporting obligations. All reportable transactions are reviewed for compliance with the Code of Ethics and under certain circumstances Janus Capital and Janus Distributors personnel may be required to forfeit profits made from personal trading.
 
PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
 
Each Fund’s Trustees have delegated to Janus Capital the authority to vote all proxies relating to such Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with Janus Capital’s own policies and procedures. A summary of Janus Capital’s policies and procedures is available without charge: (i) upon request, by calling 1-800-525-0020; (ii) on the Funds’ website at janus.com/proxyvoting; and (iii) on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
 
A complete copy of Janus Capital’s proxy voting policies and procedures, including specific guidelines, is available at janus.com/proxyvoting.
 
Each Fund’s proxy voting record for the one-year period ending each June 30th is available, free of charge, through janus.com/proxyvoting and from the SEC through the SEC website at http://www.sec.gov.
 
JANUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
PROXY VOTING SUMMARY FOR MUTUAL FUNDS
 
Janus Capital votes proxies in the best interest of its shareholders and without regard to any other Janus Capital relationship (business or otherwise). Janus Capital will not accept direction as to how to vote individual proxies for which it has voting responsibility from any other person or organization other than the research and information provided by its independent proxy voting service (“Proxy Voting Service”).
 
Proxy Voting Procedures
Janus Capital has developed proxy voting guidelines (the “Janus Guidelines”) that outline how Janus Capital generally votes proxies on securities held by the portfolios Janus Capital manages. The Janus Guidelines, which include recommendations on most major corporate issues, have been developed by the Janus Proxy Voting Committee (the “Proxy Voting Committee”) in consultation with Janus Capital’s portfolio managers. In creating proxy voting recommendations, the Proxy Voting Committee analyzes proxy proposals, from the Proxy Voting Service, from the prior year and evaluates whether those proposals would adversely or beneficially affect shareholders’ interests. Once the Proxy Voting Committee establishes its recommendations, they are distributed to Janus Capital’s portfolio managers for input. Following portfolio manager input on the recommendations, they are implemented as the Janus Guidelines. While the Proxy Voting Committee sets the Janus Guidelines and serves as a resource for Janus Capital’s portfolio managers, it does not have proxy voting authority for any proprietary or non-proprietary mutual fund. Janus Capital’s portfolio managers are responsible for proxy votes on securities they own in the portfolios they manage. The portfolio managers do not have the right to vote on securities while they are being lent; however, the portfolio managers may attempt to call back the loan and vote the proxy if time permits. Most portfolio managers vote consistently with the Janus Guidelines; however, a portfolio manager may choose to vote differently than the Janus Guidelines. Additionally, Janus Capital has engaged the Proxy Voting Service to assist in the voting of proxies. The Proxy Voting Service also provides research and recommendations on proxy issues.
 
The role of the Proxy Voting Committee is to work with Janus Capital’s portfolio management to develop the Janus Guidelines. The Proxy Voting Committee also serves as a resource to portfolio management with respect to proxy voting and oversees the proxy voting process. The Proxy Voting Committee’s oversight responsibilities include monitoring for, and resolving, material conflicts of interest with respect to proxy voting. Janus Capital believes that application of the Janus Guidelines to vote mutual fund proxies should, in most cases, adequately address any possible conflicts of interest since the Janus Guidelines are predetermined. However, for proxy votes that are inconsistent with the Janus Guidelines, the Proxy Voting Committee will review the proxy votes in order to determine whether a portfolio manager’s voting rationale appears

 
 
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reasonable. If the Proxy Voting Committee does not agree that a portfolio manager’s rationale is reasonable, the Proxy Voting Committee will refer the matter to Janus Capital’s Chief Investment Officer(s) (or Director of Research).
 
Proxy Voting Policies
As discussed above, the Proxy Voting Committee has developed the Janus Guidelines for use in voting proxies. Below is a summary of some of the Janus Guidelines.
 
Board of Directors Issues
Janus Capital will generally vote in favor of slates of director candidates that are comprised of a majority of independent directors. Janus Capital will generally vote in favor of proposals to increase the minimum number of independent directors. Janus Capital will generally oppose non-independent directors who serve on the audit, compensation, and/or nominating committees of the board.
 
Auditor Issues
Janus Capital will generally oppose proposals asking for approval of auditors that have a financial interest in or association with the company and are therefore not independent.
 
Executive Compensation Issues
Janus Capital reviews executive compensation plans on a case-by-case basis using research provided by the Proxy Voting Service. The research is designed to estimate the total cost of a proposed plan. If the proposed cost is above an allowable cap, Janus Capital will generally oppose the proposed equity-based compensation plan. In addition, Janus Capital will generally oppose proposals regarding the re-pricing of underwater options (stock options in which the price the employee is contracted to buy shares is higher than the current market price) and the issuance of reload options (stock options that are automatically granted if outstanding stock options are exercised during a window period).
 
General Corporate Issues
Janus Capital will generally oppose proposals regarding supermajority voting rights (for example, to approve acquisitions or mergers). Janus Capital will generally oppose proposals for different classes of stock with different voting rights. Janus Capital will generally oppose proposals seeking to implement measures designed to prevent or obstruct corporate takeovers, unless such measures are designed primarily as a short-term means to protect a tax benefit. Janus Capital will review proposals relating to mergers, acquisitions, tender offers, and other similar actions on a case-by-case basis.
 
Shareholder Proposals
If a shareholder proposal is specifically addressed by the Janus Guidelines, Janus Capital will generally vote pursuant to that Janus Guideline. Janus Capital will generally abstain from voting shareholder proposals that are social, moral, or ethical in nature or place arbitrary constraints on the board or management of a company. Janus Capital will solicit additional research from its Proxy Voting Service for proposals outside the scope of the Janus Guidelines.

 
 
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Custodian, transfer agent, and certain affiliations

 
State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street”), P.O. Box 0351, Boston, Massachusetts 02117-0351 is the Funds’ custodian. The custodian holds the Funds’ assets in safekeeping and collects and remits the income thereon, subject to the instructions of each Fund.
 
Janus Services LLC (“Janus Services”), P.O. Box 173375, Denver, Colorado 80217-3375, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Janus Capital, is the Funds’ transfer agent. In addition, Janus Services provides or arranges for the provision of certain other administrative services including, but not limited to, recordkeeping, accounting, order processing, and other shareholder services for the Funds. The Funds do not pay a fee to Janus Services.
 
Janus Distributors, 151 Detroit Street, Denver, Colorado 80206-4805, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Janus Capital, is the principal underwriter for the Funds. Janus Distributors is registered as a broker-dealer under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. Janus Distributors acts as the agent of the Funds in connection with the sale of their Shares in all states in which such Shares are registered and in which Janus Distributors is qualified as a broker-dealer. Under the Distribution Agreement, Janus Distributors continuously offers each Fund’s Shares and accepts orders at NAV per share of the relevant class. The cash-compensation rate at which Janus Distributors’ registered representatives are paid for sales of institutional products may differ based on a type of fund or a specific trust. The receipt of (or prospect of receiving) compensation described above may provide an incentive for a registered representative to favor sales of funds, or certain share classes of a fund, for which they receive a higher compensation rate. You should consider these arrangements when evaluating any recommendations of your registered representative.
 
 
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Portfolio transactions and brokerage

 
Decisions as to the assignment of portfolio business for the Funds and negotiation of its commission rates are made by Janus Capital, whose policy is to seek to obtain the “best execution” of all portfolio transactions (the best net prices under the circumstances based upon a number of factors including and subject to the factors discussed below) provided that Janus Capital may occasionally pay higher commissions for research services as described below.
 
Janus Capital considers a number of factors in seeking best execution in selecting brokers and dealers and in negotiating commissions on agency transactions. Those factors include, but are not limited to: Janus Capital’s knowledge of currently available negotiated commission rates or prices of securities currently available and other current transaction costs; the nature of the security being traded; the size and type of the transaction; the nature and character of the markets for the security to be purchased or sold; the desired timing of the trade; the activity existing and expected in the market for the particular security; confidentiality, including trade anonymity; liquidity; the quality of the execution, clearance, and settlement services; financial stability of the broker or dealer; the existence of actual or apparent operational problems of any broker or dealer; rebates of commissions by a broker to a Fund or to a third party service provider to the Fund to pay Fund expenses; and the value of research products or services provided by brokers. In recognition of the value of the foregoing factors, and as permitted by Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, Janus Capital may place portfolio transactions with a broker or dealer with whom it has negotiated a commission that is in excess of the commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if Janus Capital determines in good faith that such amount of commission was reasonable in light of the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or of the overall responsibilities of Janus Capital. To constitute eligible “research services,” such services must qualify as “advice,” “analyses,” or “reports.” To determine that a service constitutes research services, Janus Capital must conclude that it reflects the “expression of reasoning or knowledge” relating to the value of securities, advisability of effecting transactions in securities or analyses, or reports concerning issuers, securities, economic factors, investment strategies, or the performance of accounts. To constitute eligible “brokerage services,” such services must effect securities transactions and functions incidental thereto, and include clearance, settlement, and the related custody services. Additionally, brokerage services have been interpreted to include services relating to the execution of securities transactions. Research received from brokers or dealers is supplemental to Janus Capital’s own research efforts. Because Janus Capital receives a benefit from research it receives from broker-dealers, Janus Capital may have an incentive to continue to use those broker-dealers to effect transactions. Janus Capital does not consider a broker-dealer’s sale of Fund shares when choosing a broker-dealer to effect transactions.
 
“Cross trades,” in which one Janus Capital account sells a particular security to another account (potentially saving transaction costs for both accounts), may also pose a potential conflict of interest. Cross trades may be seen to involve a potential conflict of interest if, for example, one account is permitted to sell a security to another account at a higher price than an independent third party would pay. Janus Capital and the funds’ Trustees have adopted compliance procedures that provide that any transactions between the Fund and another Janus-advised account are to be made at an independent current market price, as required by law. There is also a potential conflict of interest when cross trades involve a Janus fund that has substantial ownership by Janus Capital. At times, Janus Capital may have a controlling interest of a fund involved in a cross trade.
 
The Funds generally buy and sell securities in principal and agency transactions in which no brokerage commissions are paid. However, the Funds may engage an agent and pay commissions for such transactions if Janus Capital believes that the net result of the transaction to the respective Fund will be no less favorable than that of contemporaneously available principal transactions. For the fiscal years or period ended June 30, 2010, October 31, 2009, October 31, 2008, and October 31, 2007, the Funds did not incur any brokerage commissions. Each Fund has changed its fiscal year end to June 30.
 
For the fiscal period ended June 30, 2010, the Funds paid no brokerage commissions to brokers and dealers in transactions identified for execution primarily on the basis of research and other services provided to the Funds.
 
When the Funds purchase or sell a security in the over-the-counter market, the transaction takes place directly with a principal market-maker, without the use of a broker, except in those circumstances where, in the opinion of Janus Capital, better prices and executions will be achieved through the use of a broker.
 
 
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As of June 30, 2010, certain Funds owned securities of their regular broker-dealers (or parents) as shown below:
 
             
        Value of
    Name of
  Securities
Fund Name   Broker-Dealer   Owned
Janus Government Money Market Fund
 
Credit Suisse
  $ 30,700,000  
   
HSBC Holdings PLC
    50,000,000  
   
RBC Capital Markets Corp.
    7,600,000  
             
Janus Money Market Fund
 
Bank of America Corp.
  $ 30,000,000  
   
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
    150,000,000  
   
HSBC Holdings PLC
    100,000,000  
   
ING Financial Markets
    200,000,000  
   
RBC Capital Markets Corp.
    96,500,000  
             

 
 
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Trustees and officers

 
The following are the Trustees and officers of the Trust, together with a brief description of their principal occupations during the last five years (principal occupations for certain Trustees may include periods over five years).
 
Each Trustee has served in that capacity since he or she was originally elected or appointed. The Trustees do not serve a specified term of office. Each Trustee will hold office until the termination of the Trust or his or her earlier death, resignation, retirement, incapacity, or removal. Pursuant to the Funds’ Governance Procedures and Guidelines, Trustees are required to retire no later than the end of the calendar year in which the Trustee turns 72. The Trustees review the Funds’ Governance Procedures and Guidelines from time to time and may make changes they deem appropriate. The Funds’ Nominating and Governance Committee will consider nominees for the position of Trustee recommended by shareholders. Shareholders may submit the name of a candidate for consideration by the Committee by submitting their recommendations to the Trust’s Secretary. Each Trustee is currently a Trustee of one other registered investment company advised by Janus Capital: Janus Aspen Series. As of the date of this SAI, collectively, the two registered investment companies consist of 48 series or funds.
 
The Trust’s officers are elected annually by the Trustees for a one-year term. Certain officers also serve as officers of Janus Aspen Series. Certain officers of the Funds may also be officers and/or directors of Janus Capital. Fund officers receive no compensation from the Funds, except for the Funds’ Chief Compliance Officer, as authorized by the Trustees.
 
                               
                               
TRUSTEES
                               



Name, Address,
and Age
    Positions
Held with
the Trust
    Length of
Time Served
    Principal Occupations During the Past Five Years     Number of
Portfolios/Funds
in Fund Complex
Overseen by Trustee
    Other Directorships Held by Trustee During the Past Five Years
                               
Independent Trustees
                               
William F. McCalpin
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1957
    Chairman

Trustee
    1/08-Present

6/02-Present
    Managing Director, Holos Consulting LLC (provides consulting services to foundations and other nonprofit organizations). Formerly, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of The Rockefeller Brothers Fund (a private family foundation) (1998-2006).     48     Chairman of the Board and Director of The Investment Fund for Foundations Investment Program (TIP) (consisting of 4 funds); and Director of the F.B. Heron Foundation (a private grantmaking foundation).
                               
Jerome S. Contro
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1956
    Trustee     11/05-Present     General partner of Crosslink Capital, a private investment firm (since 2008). Formerly, partner of Tango Group, a private investment firm (1999-2008).     48     Formerly, Director of Envysion, Inc. (internet technology), Lijit Networks, Inc. (internet technology), LogRhythm Inc. (software solutions), IZZE Beverages, Ancestry.com, Inc. (genealogical research website), and Trustee and Chairman of RS Investment Trust.
                               
John W. McCarter, Jr.
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1938
    Trustee     6/02-Present     President, Trustee Emeritus, and Chief Executive Officer of The Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago, IL) (since 1996).     48     Chairman of the Board and Director of Divergence Inc. (biotechnology firm); Director of W.W. Grainger, Inc. (industrial distributor); Trustee of WTTW (Chicago public television station) and the University of Chicago; Regent, Smithsonian Institution; and Member of the Board of Governors for Argonne National Laboratory.
                               
 
 
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TRUSTEES
                               



Name, Address,
and Age
    Positions
Held with
the Trust
    Length of
Time Served
    Principal Occupations During the Past Five Years     Number of
Portfolios/Funds
in Fund Complex
Overseen by Trustee
    Other Directorships Held by Trustee During the Past Five Years
                               
Independent Trustees (cont’d.)
                               
John P. McGonigle
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1955
    Trustee     6/10-Present     Formerly, Vice President, Senior Vice President, and Executive Vice President of Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (1989-2006).     48     Trustee of PayPal Funds (since 2008). Formerly, Director of Charles Schwab International Holdings (a brokerage service division for joint ventures outside the U.S.) (1999-2006).
                               
Dennis B. Mullen
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1943
    Trustee     2/71-Present     Formerly, Chief Executive Officer of Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. (2005-2010). Formerly, private investor.     48*     Director of Janus Capital Funds Plc (Dublin-based, non-U.S. funds). Formerly, Chairman of the Board (2005-2010) and Director (2002-2010) of Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. (RRGB).
                               
James T. Rothe
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1943
    Trustee     1/97-Present     Co-founder and Managing Director of Roaring Fork Capital SBIC, LP (SBA SBIC fund focusing on private investment in public equity firms), and Professor Emeritus of Business of the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO (since 2004). Formerly, Professor of Business of the University of Colorado (2002-2004); and Distinguished Visiting Professor of Business (2001-2002) of Thunderbird (American Graduate School of International Management), Glendale, AZ.     48     Director of Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. (RRGB).
                               
William D. Stewart
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1944
    Trustee     6/84-Present     Corporate Vice President and General Manager of MKS Instruments – HPS Products, Boulder, CO (a manufacturer of vacuum fittings and valves) and PMFC Division, Andover, MA (manufacturing pressure measurement and flow products).     48     None
                               
 *  Mr. Mullen also serves as director of Janus Capital Funds Plc, an offshore product, consisting of 19 funds. Including Janus Capital Funds Plc and the 48 funds comprising the Janus funds, Mr. Mullen oversees 67 funds.

 
 
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TRUSTEES
                               



Name, Address,
and Age
    Positions
Held with
the Trust
    Length of
Time Served
    Principal Occupations During the Past Five Years     Number of
Portfolios/Funds
in Fund Complex
Overseen by Trustee
    Other Directorships Held by Trustee During the Past Five Years
                               
Independent Trustees (cont’d.)
                               
Martin H. Waldinger
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1938
    Trustee     8/69-Present     Private investor and Consultant to California Planned Unit Developments (since 1994). Formerly, CEO and President of Marwal, Inc. (homeowner association management company).     48     None
                               
Linda S. Wolf
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1947
    Trustee     11/05-Present     Retired. Formerly, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Leo Burnett (Worldwide) (advertising agency) (2001-2005).     48     Director of Wal-Mart, The Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago, IL), Children’s Memorial Hospital (Chicago, IL), Chicago Council on Global Affairs, and InnerWorkings (U.S. provider of print procurement solutions to corporate clients).
                               

 
 
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OFFICERS
                   


Name, Address,
and Age
    Positions Held with the Trust     Term of
Office* and
Length of
Time Served
    Principal Occupations During the Past Five Years
                   
David Spilsted
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1963
    Executive Vice President and Co-Portfolio Manager
Janus Government Money Market Fund

Executive Vice President and Co-Portfolio Manager Janus Money Market Fund
    9/09-Present     Portfolio Manager for other Janus accounts.
                   
J. Eric Thorderson
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1961
    Executive Vice President and Co-Portfolio Manager
Janus Government Money Market Fund

Executive Vice President and Co-Portfolio Manager Janus Money Market Fund
    2/99-Present


2/04-Present
    Vice President of Janus Capital and Portfolio Manager for other Janus accounts.
                   
Robin C. Beery
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1967
    President and Chief Executive Officer     4/08-Present     Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer, and Head of Intermediary Distribution, Global Marketing and Product of Janus Capital Group Inc. and Janus Capital; Executive Vice President, and Head of Intermediary Distribution, Global Marketing and Product of Janus Distributors LLC and Janus Services LLC; Director of Perkins Investment Management LLC; and Working Director of INTECH Investment Management LLC. Formerly, President (2002-2007) and Director (2000-2007) of The Janus Foundation; President (2004-2006) of Janus Services LLC; and Senior Vice President (2003-2005) of Janus Capital Group Inc. and Janus Capital.
                   
Stephanie Grauerholz-Lofton
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1970
    Chief Legal Counsel and Secretary

Vice President
    1/06-Present

3/06-Present
    Vice President and Assistant General Counsel of Janus Capital, and Vice President and Assistant Secretary of Janus Distributors LLC. Formerly, Assistant Vice President of Janus Capital and Janus Distributors LLC (2006).
                   
David R. Kowalski
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1957
    Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer, and
Anti-Money Laundering Officer
    6/02-Present     Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of Janus Capital, Janus Distributors LLC, and Janus Services LLC; and Vice President of INTECH Investment Management LLC and Perkins Investment Management LLC. Formerly, Chief Compliance Officer of Bay Isle Financial LLC (2003-2008) and INTECH Investment Management LLC (2003-2005); and Vice President of Janus Capital (2000-2005) and Janus Services LLC (2004-2005).
                   
Jesper Nergaard
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1962
    Chief Financial Officer

Vice President, Treasurer, and Principal Accounting Officer
    3/05-Present

2/05-Present
    Vice President of Janus Capital. Formerly, Director of Financial Reporting for OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (2004-2005).
                   
 *  Officers are elected at least annually by the Trustees for a one-year term and may also be elected from time to time by the Trustees for an interim period.
 
As discussed below, the Board’s Nominating and Governance Committee is responsible for identifying and recommending candidates for nomination or election by the Board based on a variety of diverse criteria. In its most recent evaluation of the qualifications of each Trustee prior to the Trustee’s election in 2010, the Committee and the Board considered the totality of the information available to them, including the specific experience, qualifications, attributes or skills, as noted below, and concluded that each of the Trustees should serve as members of the Board of Trustees based on the Trust’s business structure. In reaching these conclusions, the Committee and the Board, in the exercise of their reasonable business judgment, evaluated

 
 
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each Trustee based on their specific experience, qualifications, attributes and/or skills on an individual basis and in combination with the other Trustees, none of which by itself was considered dispositive.
 
Jerome S. Contro: General Partner in private investment firms, service on multiple corporate boards, and a Fund Independent Trustee since 2005.
 
William F. McCalpin: Service as Chief Operating Officer of a large private family foundation, Chairman and Director of an unaffiliated fund complex, and a Fund Independent Trustee since 2002 and Independent Chairman of the Board of Trustees since 2008.
 
John W. McCarter, Jr.: President and CEO of large non-profit organization, service on multiple corporate and non-profit boards, and a Fund Independent Trustee since 2002.
 
John P. McGonigle: Service in multiple capacities with a leading financial services firm, including as Head of Mutual Funds and Asset Management, as an independent trustee of a money market fund, and a Fund Independent Trustee since 2010.
 
Dennis B. Mullen: Chairman of the Board and CEO of NASDAQ-listed company, director of off-shore fund complex, and a Fund Independent Trustee since 1971 and Independent Chairman of the Board of Trustees from 2004 to 2007.
 
James T. Rothe: Co-founder and Managing Director of a private investment firm, former business school professor, service as a corporate director, and a Fund Independent Trustee since 1997.
 
William D. Stewart: Corporate vice-president of a NASDAQ-listed industrial manufacturer, and a Fund Independent Trustee since 1984.
 
Martin H. Waldinger: Service as CEO of a homeowner association management company, and a Fund Independent Trustee since 1969.
 
Linda S. Wolf: Service as Chairman and CEO of a global advertising firm, service on multiple corporate and non-profit boards, and a Fund Independent Trustee since 2005.
 
General Information Regarding the Board of Trustees and Leadership Structure
The Trust is governed by the Board of Trustees, which is responsible for and oversees the management and operations of the Trust and each of the Janus funds on behalf of fund shareholders. Each member of the Board is an Independent Trustee, including the Board’s Chairman. The Board’s responsibilities include, but are not limited to, oversight of the Janus funds’ officers and service providers, including Janus Capital, which is responsible for the Trust’s day-to-day operations. The Trustees approve all of the agreements entered into with the Janus funds’ service providers, including the investment management agreements with Janus Capital and any applicable subadviser. The Trustees are also responsible for determining or changing each Janus fund’s investment objective, policies, and available investment techniques, as well as for overseeing the fund’s Chief Compliance Officer. In carrying out these responsibilities, the Trustees are assisted by the Trust’s independent auditor (who reports directly to the Trust’s Audit Committee), independent counsel, an independent fee consultant, and other specialists as appropriate, all of whom are selected by the Trustees. The Trustees also meet regularly without representatives of Janus Capital or its affiliates present.
 
The Trustees discharge their responsibilities collectively as a Board, as well as through Board committees, each of which operates pursuant to a Board-approved charter that delineates the specific responsibilities of that committee. For example, the Board as a whole is responsible for oversight of the annual process by which the Board considers and approves each fund’s investment advisory agreement with Janus Capital, but specific matters related to oversight of the Janus funds’ independent auditors have been delegated by the Board to its Audit Committee, subject to approval of the Audit Committee’s recommendations by the Board. The members and responsibilities of each Board committee are summarized below. In addition to serving on certain committees, the Chairman of the Board (“Board Chairman”) is responsible for presiding at all meetings of the Board, and has other duties as may be assigned by the Trustees from time to time. The Board Chairman also serves as the Board’s liaison to Janus Capital with respect to all matters related to the Janus funds that are not otherwise delegated to the chair of a Board committee. The Board has determined that this leadership structure is appropriate based on (1) the number of Janus funds overseen and the various investment objectives of those funds; (2) the manner in which the Janus funds’ shares are marketed and distributed; and (3) the responsibilities entrusted to Janus Capital and its affiliates to oversee the Trust’s day-to-day operations, including the management of each Janus fund’s holdings and the distribution of fund shares. On an annual basis, the Board conducts a self-evaluation that considers, among other matters, whether the Board and its committees are functioning effectively and whether, given the size and composition of the Board and each of its committees, the Trustees are able to oversee effectively the number of Janus funds in the complex.

 
 
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Committees of the Board
The Board of Trustees has seven standing committees that each perform specialized functions: an Audit Committee, Brokerage Committee, Investment Oversight Committee, Legal and Regulatory Committee, Money Market Committee, Nominating and Governance Committee, and Pricing Committee. Each committee is comprised entirely of Independent Trustees. Information about each committee’s functions is provided in the following table:
 
                   
                  Number of Meetings
            Members(1)
    Held During Last
      Summary of Functions     (Independent Trustees)     Fiscal Period(2)
Audit Committee     Reviews the financial reporting process, the system of internal controls over financial reporting, disclosure controls and procedures, Form N-CSR filings, and the audit process. The Committee’s review of the audit process includes, among other things, the appointment, compensation, and oversight of the Trust’s independent auditor and pre-approval of all audit and nonaudit services.     Jerome S. Contro (Chair)
John W. McCarter, Jr.
Dennis B. Mullen
    4
                   
Brokerage Committee     Reviews and makes recommendations regarding matters related to the Trust’s use of brokerage commissions and placement of portfolio transactions.     James T. Rothe (Chair)
Jerome S. Contro
Martin H. Waldinger
    3
                   
Investment Oversight Committee     Oversees the investment activities of the Trust’s non-money market funds.     Dennis B. Mullen (Chair)
Jerome S. Contro
William F. McCalpin
John W. McCarter, Jr.
James T. Rothe
William D. Stewart
Martin H. Waldinger
Linda S. Wolf
    4
                   
Legal and Regulatory Committee     Oversees compliance with various procedures adopted by the Trust, reviews certain regulatory filings made with the SEC, oversees the implementation and administration of the Trust’s Proxy Voting Guidelines.     Linda S. Wolf (Chair)
William F. McCalpin
William D. Stewart
    9
                   
Money Market Committee     Reviews various matters related to the operations of the Janus money market funds, including compliance with their Money Market Fund Procedures.     Jerome S. Contro (Chair)
James T. Rothe
Martin H. Waldinger
    4
                   
Nominating and
Governance Committee
    Identifies and recommends individuals for election as Trustee, consults with Management in planning Trustee meetings, and oversees the administration of, and ensures compliance with, the Trust’s Governance Procedures and Guidelines, which includes review of and proposed changes to Trustee compensation.     John W. McCarter, Jr. (Chair)
William F. McCalpin
Dennis B. Mullen
    6
                   
Pricing Committee     Determines a fair value of restricted and other securities for which market quotations are not readily available or are deemed not to be reliable, pursuant to procedures adopted by the Trustees and reviews other matters related to the pricing of securities.     William D. Stewart (Chair)
James T. Rothe
Linda S. Wolf
    6
                   
(1)  Effective June 24, 2010, the composition of certain Committees changed as follows: members of the Brokerage Committee include James T. Rothe as Chair, John P. McGonigle, William D. Stewart, and Martin H. Waldinger; members of the Investment Oversight Committee include William F. McCalpin as Chair, Jerome S. Contro, John W. McCarter, Jr., John P. McGonigle, Dennis B. Mullen, James T. Rothe, William D. Stewart, Martin H. Waldinger, and Linda S. Wolf; members of the Legal and Regulatory Committee include Linda S. Wolf as Chair, William F. McCalpin, and John P. McGonigle; members of the Money Market Committee include John P. McGonigle as Chair, Jerome S. Contro, William D. Stewart, and Martin H. Waldinger; and members of the Nominating and Governance Committee include Dennis B. Mullen as Chair, William F. McCalpin, and James T. Rothe.
(2)  For the fiscal period November 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010.

 
 
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Board Oversight of Risk Management
Janus Capital, as part of its responsibilities for the day-to-day operations of the Janus funds, is responsible for day-to-day risk management for the funds. The Board, as part of its overall oversight responsibilities for the funds’ operations, oversees Janus Capital’s risk management efforts with respect to the funds. The Board, in the exercise of its reasonable business judgment, also separately considers potential risks that may impact the Janus funds. The Board discharges its oversight duties and considers potential risks in a number of different ways, including, but not limited to, receiving reports on a regular basis, either directly or through an appropriate committee, from Janus Capital and its officers. Reports received include those from, among others, Janus Capital’s (1) senior managers responsible for oversight of global risk; (2) senior managers responsible for oversight of fund construction and trading risk; (3) Chief Compliance Officer; and (4) Director of Internal Audit. At the time these reports are presented, the Board or the committee receiving the report will, as it deems necessary, invite the presenter to participate in an executive session to discuss matters outside the presence of any other officers or representatives of Janus Capital or its affiliates. The Board also receives reports from other entities and individuals unaffiliated with Janus Capital, including reports from the Janus funds’ other service providers and from independent consultants hired by the Board.
 
Various Board committees also will consider particular risk items as the committee addresses items and issues specific to the jurisdiction of that committee. For example, the Pricing Committee will consider valuation risk as part of its regular oversight responsibilities, and similarly, the Brokerage Committee will consider counterparty risk associated with Janus fund transactions. The Board also may be apprised of particular risk management matters in connection with its general oversight and approval of various Janus fund matters brought before the Board. The Board has appointed a Chief Compliance Officer for the Janus funds (“Fund CCO”) who (1) reports directly to the Board and (2) provides a comprehensive written report annually and presents quarterly at the Board’s regular meetings. The Fund CCO, who also serves as Janus Capital’s Chief Compliance Officer, discusses relevant risk issues that may impact the Janus funds and/or Janus Capital’s services to the funds, and routinely meets with the Board in private without representatives of Janus Capital or its affiliates present. The Fund CCO also provides the Board with updates on the application of the Janus funds’ compliance policies and procedures, including how these procedures are designed to mitigate risk and what, if any, changes have been made to enhance the procedures. The Fund CCO may also report to the Board on an ad hoc basis in the event that he identifies issues associated with the Janus funds’ compliance policies and procedures that could expose the funds to additional risk or adversely impact the ability of Janus Capital to provide services to the funds.
 
The Board believes that its leadership structure permits it to effectively discharge its oversight responsibilities with respect to the Janus funds’ risk management process.
 
Additional Information About Trustees
Under the Trust’s Governance Procedures and Guidelines, the Trustees are expected to invest in one or more (but not necessarily all) funds advised by Janus Capital for which they serve as Trustee, to the extent they are directly eligible to do so. These investments may include amounts held under a deferred compensation plan that are valued based on “shadow investments” in such funds. Such investments, including the amount and which funds, are dictated by each Trustee’s individual financial circumstances and investment goals. The table below gives the dollar range of shares of the Funds that the Trustees own and which are described in this SAI, as well as the aggregate dollar range of shares of all mutual funds advised by Janus Capital and overseen by the Trustees (collectively, the “Janus Funds”), owned by each Trustee as of December 31, 2009.

 
 
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Name of Trustee
    Dollar Range of Equity Securities in the Funds     Aggregate Dollar Range of Equity Securities in All Registered Investment Companies Overseen by Trustee in Janus Funds
                 
Independent Trustees
                 
William F. McCalpin
    Janus Money Market Fund   $50,001-$100,000     Over $100,000   
                 
Jerome S. Contro
    Janus Government Money Market Fund   Over $100,000     Over $100,000(1)
                 
John W. McCarter, Jr.
    None         Over $100,000   
                 
John P. McGonigle(2)
    None         Over $100,000   
                 
Dennis B. Mullen
    None         Over $100,000(1)
                 
James T. Rothe
    Janus Money Market Fund   $50,001-$100,000     Over $100,000   
                 
William D. Stewart
    Janus Money Market Fund   Over $100,000     Over $100,000   
                 
Martin H. Waldinger
    None         Over $100,000(1)
                 
Linda S. Wolf
    None         Over $100,000(1)
                 
(1)  Ownership shown includes amounts held under a deferred compensation plan that are valued based on “shadow investments” in one or more funds.
(2)  At a Special Meeting of Shareholders on June 10, 2010, John P. McGonigle was elected as a new Trustee.
 
The Trust pays each Independent Trustee an annual retainer plus a fee for each regular in-person meeting of the Trustees attended, a fee for in-person meetings of committees attended if convened on a date other than that of a regularly scheduled meeting, and a fee for telephone meetings of the Trustees and committees. In addition, committee chairs and the Chairman of the Board of Trustees receive an additional supplemental retainer. Each current Independent Trustee also receives fees from other Janus funds for serving as Trustee of those funds. Janus Capital pays persons who are directors, officers, or employees of Janus Capital or any affiliate thereof, or any Trustee considered an “interested” Trustee, for their services as Trustees or officers. The Trust and other funds managed by Janus Capital may pay all or a portion of the compensation and related expenses of the Funds’ Chief Compliance Officer and compliance staff, as authorized from time to time by the Trustees.
 
The following table shows the aggregate compensation paid to each Independent Trustee by the Funds described in this SAI and all Janus Funds for the periods indicated. None of the Trustees receives any pension or retirement benefits from the Funds or the Janus Funds. Effective January 1, 2006, the Trustees established a deferred compensation plan under which the Trustees may elect to defer receipt of all, or a portion, of the compensation they earn for their services to the Funds, in lieu of receiving current payments of such compensation. Any deferred amount is treated as though an equivalent dollar amount has been invested in shares of one or more funds advised by Janus Capital (“shadow investments”).
 
                 
    Aggregate
  Total
    Compensation from
  Compensation from
    the Funds for
  the Janus Funds for
    fiscal period ended
  calendar year ended
Name of Person, Position   June 30, 2010   December 31, 2009(1)(2)
Independent Trustees
               
                 
William F. McCalpin, Chairman and Trustee(3)
  $ 13,493     $ 376,000  
                 
Jerome S. Contro, Trustee(4)
  $ 10,093     $ 305,500  
                 
John W. McCarter, Jr., Trustee(4)
  $ 10,751     $ 300,750  
                 
John P. McGonigle, Trustee(5)
  $ 1,309       N/A  
                 
Dennis B. Mullen, Trustee(4)
  $ 9,898     $ 328,661  
                 
James T. Rothe, Trustee(4)
  $ 10,969     $ 312,750  
                 
William D. Stewart, Trustee(4)
  $ 10,357     $ 296,750  
                 
Martin H. Waldinger, Trustee
  $ 9,428     $ 267,000  
                 
Linda S. Wolf, Trustee(4)
  $ 9,493     $ 273,750  
                 
(1)  For all Trustees (with the exception of John P. McGonigle), includes compensation for service on the boards of three Janus trusts (the Trust, Janus Adviser Series, and Janus Aspen Series), for the period January 1, 2009 to July 2, 2009, comprised of 68 portfolios, and for two trusts (the Trust and Janus Aspen Series) from July 2, 2009 to December 31, 2009, comprised of 52 portfolios. In addition, Mr. Mullen’s compensation includes service on the board of an additional trust, Janus Capital Funds Plc (an offshore product), comprised of 17 portfolios.
(2)  Total compensation received from the Janus Funds includes any amounts deferred under the deferred compensation plan. The deferred compensation amounts for the period shown are as follows: Jerome S. Contro $123,750; Martin H. Waldinger $54,375; and Linda S. Wolf $59,938.
(3)  Aggregate Compensation received from the Funds and Total Compensation received from all Janus Funds includes additional compensation paid for service as Independent Chairman of the Board of Trustees.

 
 
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(4)  Aggregate Compensation received from the Funds and Total Compensation received from all Janus Funds includes additional compensation paid for service as chair of one or more committees of the Board of Trustees.
(5)  At a Special Meeting of Shareholders on June 10, 2010, John P. McGonigle was elected as a new Trustee. Prior to such election, Mr. McGonigle was a consultant to the Trustees and was paid by the Trust in this capacity. As of the fiscal period ended June 30, 2010, Mr. McGonigle received aggregate compensation of $2,607 from the Funds for serving as a consultant to the Trustees. Mr. McGonigle did not receive any compensation from the Janus Funds as of the calendar year ended December 31, 2009.

 
 
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Purchase of shares

 
As stated in the Funds’ Prospectuses, purchase requests must be received in good order by a Fund or its agent prior to the close of the regular trading session of the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) (normally 4:00 p.m. New York time) in order to receive that day’s NAV. The Funds reserve the right to require purchase requests prior to this time on days when the bond market or the NYSE close early. Janus Government Money Market Fund reserves the right to close in conjunction with the closure of the bond markets (i.e., when the bond markets are closed or close early). Shares are purchased at the NAV per share as determined as of the close of the regular trading session of the NYSE next occurring after a purchase order is received in good order by a Fund or its agent. A Fund’s NAV is calculated each day that the NYSE is open. The Funds each seek to maintain a stable NAV per share of $1.00. The “Shareholder’s Manual” or “Shareholder’s Guide” section of the Funds’ Prospectuses contains detailed information about the purchase of Shares.
 
NET ASSET VALUE DETERMINATION
 
Pursuant to SEC rules, the Trustees have established procedures to stabilize each Fund’s NAV at $1.00 per Share. These procedures include a review of the extent of any deviation of NAV per Share as a result of fluctuating interest rates, based on available market rates, from the Fund’s $1.00 amortized cost price per Share. Should that deviation exceed 1/2 of 1%, the Trustees will consider whether any action should be initiated to eliminate or reduce material dilution or other unfair results to shareholders. Such action may include redemption of shares in-kind, selling portfolio securities prior to maturity, reducing or withholding dividends, and utilizing an NAV per share as determined by using available market quotations. Each Fund: (i) will maintain a dollar-weighted average portfolio maturity of 60 days or less and maintain a dollar-weighted average portfolio life (portfolio maturity measured without reference to any maturity shortening provisions of adjustable rate securities by reference to their interest rate reset dates) of 120 days or less; (ii) will not purchase any instrument with a remaining maturity greater than 397 days or subject to a repurchase agreement having a duration of greater than 397 days; (iii) will limit portfolio investments, including repurchase agreements, to those U.S. dollar-denominated instruments that Janus Capital has determined present minimal credit risks pursuant to procedures established by the Trustees; and (iv) will comply with certain reporting and recordkeeping procedures. The Trust has also established procedures to ensure that portfolio securities meet the Funds’ high quality criteria.
 
REINVESTMENT OF DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS
 
If investors of Class D Shares do not elect online at janus.com, in writing, or by phone to receive their dividends and distributions in cash, all income dividends and capital gains distributions, if any, on Shares are reinvested automatically in additional Shares of that Fund at the NAV determined on the payment date. Checks for cash dividends and distributions and confirmations of reinvestments are usually sent to shareholders within ten days after the record date. Any election of the manner in which a shareholder wishes to receive dividends and distributions (which may be made online at janus.com or by phone) will apply to dividends and distributions the record dates of which fall on or after the date that a Fund receives such notice. Changes to distribution options must be received at least three days prior to the record date to be effective for such date. Investors receiving cash distributions and dividends may elect online at janus.com, in writing, or by phone to change back to automatic reinvestment at any time. For investors of Class T Shares, distributions of net investment income and net capital gains are automatically reinvested in additional Shares of the Fund. To receive distributions in cash, contact your financial intermediary. Whether reinvested or paid in cash, the distributions may be subject to taxes, unless your shares are held in a qualified tax-deferred plan or account.
 
 
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Redemption of shares

 
As stated in the Funds’ Prospectuses, redemption requests must be received in good order by a Fund or its agent prior to the close of the regular trading session of the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) (normally 4:00 p.m. New York time) in order to receive that day’s NAV. The Funds reserve the right to require redemption requests prior to this time on days when the bond market or the NYSE close early. Janus Government Money Market Fund reserves the right to close in conjunction with the closure of the bond markets (i.e., when the bond markets are closed or close early). Procedures for redeeming Shares are set forth in the “Shareholder’s Manual” or “Shareholder’s Guide” section of the Funds’ Prospectuses.
 
Certain accounts or Janus affiliates may from time to time own (beneficially or of record) or control a significant percentage of the Funds’ Shares. Redemptions by these accounts of their holdings in the Funds may impact the Funds’ liquidity and NAV. These redemptions may also force the Funds to sell securities, which may negatively impact the Funds’ brokerage costs.
 
Shares normally will be redeemed for cash, although each Fund retains the right to redeem some or all of its shares in-kind under unusual circumstances, in order to protect the interests of remaining shareholders, to accommodate a request by a particular shareholder that does not adversely affect the interests of the remaining shareholders, or in connection with the liquidation of a Fund, by delivery of securities selected from its assets at its discretion. However, each Fund is governed by Rule 18f-1 under the 1940 Act, which requires each Fund to redeem shares solely for cash up to the lesser of $250,000 or 1% of the NAV of that Fund during any 90-day period for any one shareholder. Should redemptions by any shareholder exceed such limitation, a Fund will have the option of redeeming the excess in cash or in-kind. If shares are redeemed in-kind, the redeeming shareholder may incur brokerage costs in converting the assets to cash, whereas such costs are borne by the Fund for cash redemptions. The method of valuing securities used to make redemptions in-kind will be the same as the method of valuing portfolio securities described under “Purchase of Shares – Determination of Net Asset Value,” and such valuation will be made as of the same time the redemption price is determined.
 
The Funds reserve the right to postpone payment of redemption proceeds for up to seven calendar days. Additionally, the right to require the Funds to redeem their Shares may be suspended, or the date of payment may be postponed beyond seven calendar days, whenever: (i) trading on the NYSE is restricted, as determined by the SEC, or the NYSE is closed (except for holidays and weekends); (ii) the SEC permits such suspension and so orders; or (iii) an emergency exists as determined by the SEC so that disposal of securities or determination of NAV is not reasonably practicable.
 
Suspension of Redemptions
In the event that the Funds’ Trustees determine that a deviation between a Fund’s amortized cost price per share and the market-based net asset value per share may result in a material dilution or other unfair results to the Fund’s shareholders, the Trustees will take such action as they deem appropriate including, but not limited to, suspending redemptions and the payment of redemption proceeds, in order to facilitate the liquidation of the Fund.
 
 
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Shareholder accounts

 
Detailed information about the general procedures for shareholder accounts and specific types of accounts is set forth in the Funds’ Prospectuses and at janus.com. Applications for specific types of accounts may be obtained by visiting janus.com, calling a Janus representative, or writing to the Funds at P.O. Box 173375, Denver, Colorado 80217-3375.
 
The Trust has established an Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Program (the “Program”) as required by the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (“USA PATRIOT Act”). In order to ensure compliance with this law, the Trust’s Program provides for the development of internal practices, procedures and controls, designation of anti-money laundering compliance officers, an ongoing training program, and an independent audit function to determine the effectiveness of the Program.
 
Procedures to implement the Program include, but are not limited to, determining that financial intermediaries have established proper anti-money laundering procedures, reporting suspicious and/or fraudulent activity, checking shareholder names against designated government lists, including the Office of Foreign Asset Control (“OFAC”), and a review of all new account applications. The Trust does not intend to transact business with any person or entity whose identity cannot be adequately verified under the provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act.
 
ONLINE AND TELEPHONE TRANSACTIONS
 
As stated in the Prospectuses, shareholders may initiate a number of transactions at janus.com and by telephone. The Funds, their transfer agent, and their distributor disclaim responsibility for the authenticity of instructions received at janus.com and by telephone. Such entities will employ reasonable procedures to confirm that instructions communicated online and by telephone are genuine. Such procedures may include, among others, requiring personal identification prior to acting upon online and telephone instructions, providing written confirmation of online and telephone transactions, and tape recording telephone conversations. Your account information should be kept private, and you should immediately review any account statements that you receive from Janus Capital. Someone other than you could act on your account if they are able to provide the required identifying information. Contact Janus Capital immediately about any transactions you believe to be unauthorized.
 
SYSTEMATIC REDEMPTIONS
 
As stated in the “Shareholder’s Manual” or “Shareholder’s Guide” section of the Prospectuses, if you have a regular account or are eligible for distributions from a retirement plan, you may establish a systematic redemption option. The payments will be made from the proceeds of periodic redemptions of Shares in the account at the NAV. Depending on the size or frequency of the disbursements requested, and the fluctuation in value of a Fund’s portfolio holdings, redemptions for the purpose of making such disbursements may reduce or even exhaust the shareholder’s account.
 
Information about requirements to establish a systematic redemption option may be obtained by visiting janus.com, calling a Janus representative, or writing the Funds.
 
 
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Tax-deferred accounts

 
The Funds offer several different types of tax-deferred accounts that an investor may establish to invest in Fund Shares, depending on rules prescribed by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations thereunder. Traditional and Roth Individual Retirement Accounts (“IRAs”) may be used by most individuals who have taxable compensation. Simplified Employee Pensions (“SEPs”) and Defined Contribution Plans (Profit Sharing or Money Purchase Pension Plans) may be used by most employers, including corporations, partnerships, and small business owners (including sole proprietors), for the benefit of business owners and their employees. Investors should consult their tax adviser or legal counsel before selecting a tax-deferred account.
 
Contributions under Traditional and Roth IRAs, SEPs, and Defined Contribution Plans are subject to specific contribution limitations. Generally, such contributions may be invested at the direction of the participant.
 
Distributions from tax-deferred retirement accounts may be subject to ordinary income tax and may be subject to an additional 10% tax if withdrawn prior to age 591/2 or used for a nonqualifying purpose. Additionally, with the exception of Roth IRAs, shareholders generally must start withdrawing retirement plan assets no later than April 1 of the year after they reach age 701/2. Several exceptions to these general rules may apply and several methods exist to determine the amount and timing of the minimum annual distribution (if any). Shareholders should consult with their tax adviser or legal counsel prior to receiving any distribution from any tax-deferred account, in order to determine the income tax impact of any such distribution.
 
Coverdell Education Savings Accounts (formerly Education IRAs) allow individuals, subject to certain income limitations, to contribute up to $2,000 annually on behalf of any child under the age of 18. Contributions are also allowed on behalf of children with special needs beyond age 18. Distributions are generally subject to income tax if not used for qualified education expenses.
 
To receive additional information about Traditional and Roth IRAs, SEPs, Defined Contribution Plans, and Coverdell Education Savings Accounts, along with the necessary materials to establish an account, please visit janus.com, call a Janus representative, or write to the Funds at P.O. Box 173375, Denver, Colorado 80217-3375. No contribution to a Traditional or Roth IRA, SEP, Defined Contribution Plan, or Coverdell Education Savings Account can be made until the appropriate forms to establish any such plan have been completed.
 
 
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Dividends and tax status

 
The following is intended to be a general summary of certain U.S. federal income tax consequences of investing in the Funds. It is not intended to be a complete discussion of all such federal income tax consequences, nor does it purport to deal with all categories of investors. This discussion reflects applicable tax laws of the United States as of the date of this SAI. However, tax laws may change or be subject to new interpretation by the courts or the IRS, possibly with retroactive effect. Investors are therefore advised to consult with their own tax advisers before making an investment in the Funds.
 
Dividends representing substantially all of the net investment income and any net realized gains on sales of securities are declared daily, Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays included, and distributed on the last business day of each month. If a month begins on a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday, dividends for those days are declared at the end of the preceding month.
 
Orders for purchase will be accepted and effected as of the close of the regular trading session of the NYSE (normally 4:00 p.m. New York time) on the business day of receipt and such Shares will begin to accrue dividends on the first bank business day following receipt of the order. Requests for redemption of Shares of a Fund will be effected as of the close of the NYSE, and such redemption will generally include dividends declared through the day of redemption. If Shares of a Fund were originally purchased by check or through an Automated Investment Program, the Fund may delay transmittal of redemption proceeds up to 15 days in order to ensure that purchase funds have been collected. Closing times for purchase and redemption of Shares may be changed for days on which the bond markets or the NYSE close early. The Funds reserve the right to require purchase and redemption requests prior to 4:00 p.m. (New York time) on days when the bond markets or NYSE close early. Janus Government Money Market Fund reserves the right to close in conjunction with the closure of the bond markets (i.e., when the bond markets are closed or close early).
 
Distributions for the Funds are taxable income and are subject to federal income tax (except for shareholders exempt from income tax and except for Shares held in a qualified retirement account), whether such distributions are received in cash or are reinvested in additional Shares. Full information regarding the tax status of income dividends and any capital gains distributions will be available to shareholders for tax purposes on or before January 31st of each year.
 
The Funds intend to qualify as regulated investment companies by satisfying certain requirements prescribed by Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code. Accordingly, each Fund will invest no more than 25% of its total assets in a single issuer (other than U.S. Government securities). If a Fund failed to qualify as a regulated investment company in any taxable year, the Fund may be subject to federal income tax on its taxable income at corporate rates. In addition, all distributions from earnings and profits, including any distributions of net tax-exempt income and net long-term capital gains, would generally be taxable to shareholders as ordinary income but may, at least in part, qualify for the dividends received deduction applicable to corporations or the reduced rate of taxation applicable to noncorporate holders for “qualified dividend income.” In addition, the Funds could be required to recognize unrealized gains, pay taxes and interest, and make distributions before requalifying as regulated investment companies that are accorded special tax treatment. Because the Funds are money market funds, they do not anticipate distributing capital gains or qualified dividend income.
 
Some money market securities employ a trust or other similar structure to modify the maturity, price characteristics, or quality of financial assets. For example, put features can be used to modify the maturity of a security, or interest rate adjustment features can be used to enhance price stability. If the structure does not perform as intended, adverse tax or investment consequences may result. Neither the Internal Revenue Service nor any other regulatory authority has ruled definitively on certain legal issues presented by structured securities. Future tax or other regulatory determinations could adversely affect the value, liquidity, or tax treatment of the income received from these securities or the nature and timing of distributions made by a Fund.
 
 
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Principal shareholders

 
As of September 30, 2010, the officers and Trustees as a group owned less than 1% of the outstanding Shares of any class of the Funds. As of September 30, 2010, the percentage ownership of any person or entity owning 5% or more of the outstanding Shares of any class of the Funds is listed below. In addition, the percentage ownership of any person or entity owning 25% or more of the outstanding Shares of any class of the Funds is listed below. Any person who owns, directly or through one or more controlled companies, more than 25% of the voting securities of a company is presumed to “control” such company. Accordingly, to the extent that a person is identified as the beneficial owner of more than 25% of a Fund, or is identified as the record owner of more than 25% of a Fund and has voting and/or investment powers, that person may be presumed to control such Fund. A controlling person’s vote could have a more significant effect on matters presented to shareholders for approval than the vote of other Fund shareholders.
 
To the best knowledge of the Trust, as of September 30, 2010, no other person or entity owned beneficially more than 5% of the outstanding Shares of any class of the Funds, except as shown. Additionally, to the best knowledge of the Trust, no other person or entity beneficially owned 25% or more of the outstanding Shares of any class of the Funds, except as shown. To the best knowledge of the Trust, entities shown as owning more than 25% of the outstanding Shares of a class of a Fund are not the beneficial owners of such Shares, unless otherwise indicated.
 
             
Fund Name   Shareholder and Address of Record   Percentage Ownership
Janus Government Money Market Fund
Class T Shares
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.
Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
Reinvest Account
San Francisco, CA
    42.99%  
             
    TD Ameritrade Inc.
For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Clients
Omaha, NE
    19.05%  
             
Janus Money Market Fund
Class T Shares
  Bank of New York As Custodian
For Mass Mutual Life Insurance Co
New York, NY
    29.55%  
             
    Bank of New York Mellon Custodian
For NY Life Insurance Co Depositor
New York, NY
    29.55%  
             
    PFPC Inc As Agent for PFPC Trust
FBO Morningstar Wrap Program Customers
King of Prussia, PA
    18.73%  
             
    Charles Schwab & Co Inc.
Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
Reinvest Account
San Francisco, CA
    11.36%  
             
 
 
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Miscellaneous information

 
Each Fund is a series of the Trust, an open-end management investment company registered under the 1940 Act and organized as a Massachusetts business trust on February 11, 1986. As of the date of this SAI, the Trust offers thirty-eight series of shares, known as “Funds.” Each Fund presently offers interests in different classes of shares as described in the table below.
 
                                                                 
    Class A
  Class C
  Class D
  Class I
  Class L
  Class R
  Class S
  Class T
Fund Name   Shares   Shares   Shares   Shares   Shares   Shares   Shares   Shares
INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
INTECH Risk-Managed Growth Fund
    x       x               x                       x       x  
INTECH Risk-Managed International Fund
    x       x               x                       x       x  
INTECH Risk-Managed Value Fund
    x       x               x                       x       x  
Janus Balanced Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Janus Conservative Allocation Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
Janus Contrarian Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Janus Dynamic Allocation Fund
    x       x               x                       x       x  
Janus Enterprise Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Janus Flexible Bond Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Janus Forty Fund
    x       x               x               x       x       x  
Janus Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Janus Global Life Sciences Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
Janus Global Real Estate Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
Janus Global Research Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
Janus Global Select Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Janus Global Technology Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
Janus Government Money Market Fund
                    x                                       x  
Janus Growth Allocation Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
Janus Growth and Income Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Janus High-Yield Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Janus International Equity Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Janus Long/Short Fund
    x       x               x               x       x       x  
Janus Moderate Allocation Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
Janus Money Market Fund
                    x                                       x  
Janus Overseas Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Janus Research Core Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Janus Research Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
Janus Short-Term Bond Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
Janus Triton Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Janus Twenty Fund
                    x                                       x  
Janus Venture Fund
                    x                                       x  
Janus Worldwide Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Perkins Global Value Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
Perkins Large Cap Value Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund
    x       x       x       x       x       x       x       x  
Perkins Small Cap Value Fund
    x       x       x       x       x       x       x       x  
Perkins Value Plus Income Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
 
On July 6, 2009, as a result of the reorganization of funds of the Janus Adviser Series trust into the Trust, certain Funds noted above assumed the assets and liabilities of the corresponding Janus Adviser Series fund. Each Fund has changed its fiscal year end to June 30.
 
Janus Capital reserves the right to the name “Janus.” In the event that Janus Capital does not continue to provide investment advice to the Funds, the Funds must cease to use the name “Janus” as soon as reasonably practicable.
 
 
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Under Massachusetts law, shareholders of the Funds could, under certain circumstances, be held liable for the obligations of their Fund. However, the Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust disclaims shareholder liability for acts or obligations of the Funds and requires that notice of this disclaimer be given in each agreement, obligation, or instrument entered into or executed by the Funds or the Trustees. The Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust also provides for indemnification from the assets of the Funds for all losses and expenses of any Fund shareholder held liable for the obligations of their Fund. Thus, the risk of shareholders incurring a financial loss on account of their liability as a shareholder of one of the Funds is limited to circumstances in which their Fund would be unable to meet its obligations. The possibility that these circumstances would occur is remote. The Trustees intend to conduct the operations of the Funds to avoid, to the extent possible, liability of shareholders for liabilities of their Fund.
 
It is important to know that, pursuant to the Trust’s Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust and in accordance with any applicable regulations and laws, such as the 1940 Act, the Trustees have the authority to merge, liquidate, and/or reorganize a Fund into another fund without seeking shareholder vote or consent. Any such consolidation, merger, or reorganization may be authorized at any time by a vote of a majority of the Trustees then in office.
 
SHARES OF THE TRUST
 
The Trust is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest with a par value of one cent per share for each series of the Trust. Shares of each series of the Trust are fully paid and nonassessable when issued. Shares of a Fund participate equally in dividends and other distributions by the Shares of the same class of that Fund, and in residual assets of that class of that Fund in the event of liquidation. Shares of each Fund have no preemptive, conversion, or subscription rights. Shares of each Fund may be transferred by endorsement or stock power as is customary, but a Fund is not bound to recognize any transfer until it is recorded on its books.
 
SHAREHOLDER MEETINGS
 
The Trust does not intend to hold annual or regular shareholder meetings unless otherwise required by the Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust or the 1940 Act. Special meetings may be called for a specific Fund or for the Trust as a whole for purposes such as changing fundamental policies, electing or removing Trustees, making any changes to the Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust that would materially adversely affect shareholders’ rights, determining whether to bring certain derivative actions, or for any other purpose requiring a shareholder vote under applicable law or the Trust’s governing documents, or as the Trustees consider necessary or desirable. Commencing in 2005 and not less than every fifth calendar year thereafter, a meeting of shareholders shall be held to elect Trustees.
 
Under the Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust, special meetings of shareholders of the Trust or of any Fund shall be called subject to certain conditions, upon written request of shareholders owning shares representing at least 10% of the shares then outstanding. The Funds will assist these shareholders in communicating with other shareholders in connection with such a meeting similar to that referred to in Section 16(c) of the 1940 Act.
 
VOTING RIGHTS
 
The Trustees of the Trust (including Mr. McGonigle, a new Trustee) were elected at a Special Meeting of Shareholders on June 10, 2010. Under the Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust, each Trustee will continue in office until the termination of the Trust or his or her earlier death, retirement, resignation, incapacity, or removal. Vacancies will be filled by appointment by a majority of the remaining Trustees, subject to the 1940 Act.
 
As a shareholder, you are entitled to one vote for each whole dollar and a proportionate fractional vote for each fractional dollar of NAV of the Fund that you own. Generally, all funds and classes vote together as a single group, except where a separate vote of one or more funds or classes is required by law or where the interests of one or more funds or classes are affected differently from other funds or classes. Shares of all series of the Trust have noncumulative voting rights, which means that the holders of more than 50% of the value of shares of all series of the Trust voting for the election of Trustees can elect 100% of the Trustees if they choose to do so. In such event, the holders of the remaining value of shares will not be able to elect any Trustees.
 
MASTER/FEEDER OPTION
 
The Trust may in the future seek to achieve a fund’s objective by investing all of that fund’s assets in another investment company having the same investment objective and substantially the same investment policies and restrictions as those

 
 
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applicable to that fund. Unless otherwise required by law, this policy may be implemented by the Trustees without shareholder approval.
 
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
 
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, 1670 Broadway, Suite 1000, Denver, Colorado 80202, the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Funds, audits the Funds’ annual financial statements and compiles their tax returns.
 
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
 
The Trust has filed with the SEC, Washington, D.C., a Registration Statement under the 1933 Act with respect to the securities to which this SAI relates. If further information is desired with respect to the Funds or such securities, reference is made to the Registration Statement and the exhibits filed as a part thereof.

 
 
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Financial statements

 
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE TO THE BOND & MONEY MARKET ANNUAL
REPORT OF JANUS INVESTMENT FUND (AUDITED)
 
The following audited financial statements for the period ended June 30, 2010 are hereby incorporated into this SAI by reference to the Annual Report dated June 30, 2010, as applicable.
 
•  Schedules of Investments as of June 30, 2010
 
•  Statements of Operations for the periods indicated
 
•  Statements of Assets and Liabilities as of June 30, 2010
 
•  Statements of Changes in Net Assets for the periods indicated
 
•  Financial Highlights for each of the periods indicated
 
•  Notes to Financial Statements
 
•  Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE TO THE BOND & MONEY MARKET SEMIANNUAL
REPORT OF JANUS INVESTMENT FUND (UNAUDITED)
 
The following unaudited financial statements for the period ended December 31, 2009 are hereby incorporated into this SAI by reference to the Semiannual Report dated December 31, 2009.
 
•  Schedules of Investments as of December 31, 2009
 
•  Statements of Operations for the period ended December 31, 2009
 
•  Statements of Assets and Liabilities as of December 31, 2009
 
•  Statements of Changes in Net Assets for each of the periods indicated
 
•  Financial Highlights for each of the periods indicated
 
•  Notes to Financial Statements
 
The portions of the Annual and Semiannual Reports that are not specifically listed above are not incorporated by reference into this SAI and are not part of the Registration Statement.
 
 
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Appendix A

 
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES RATINGS
 
MOODY’S AND STANDARD & POOR’S
 
Municipal and Corporate Bonds and Municipal Loans
The two highest ratings of Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service (“S&P”) for municipal and corporate bonds are AAA and AA. Bonds rated AAA have the highest rating assigned by S&P to a debt obligation. Capacity to pay interest and repay principal is extremely strong. Bonds rated AA have a very strong capacity to pay interest and repay principal and differ from the highest rated issues only in a small degree. The AA rating may be modified by the addition of a plus (+) or minus (–) sign to show relative standing within that rating category.
 
The two highest ratings of Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) for municipal and corporate bonds are Aaa and Aa. Bonds rated Aaa are judged by Moody’s to be of the best quality. Bonds rated Aa are judged to be of high quality by all standards. Together with the Aaa group, they comprise what are generally known as high-grade bonds. Moody’s states that Aa bonds are rated lower than the best bonds because margins of protection or other elements make long-term risks appear somewhat larger than Aaa securities. The generic rating Aa may be modified by the addition of the numerals 1, 2, or 3. The modifier 1 indicates that the security ranks in the higher end of the Aa rating category; the modifier 2 indicates a mid-range ranking; and the modifier 3 indicates that the issue ranks in the lower end of such rating category.
 
Short-Term Municipal Loans
S&P’s highest rating for short-term municipal loans is SP-1. S&P states that short-term municipal securities bearing the SP-1 designation have a strong capacity to pay principal and interest. Those issues rated SP-1 which are determined to possess a very strong capacity to pay debt service will be given a plus (+) designation. Issues rated SP-2 have satisfactory capacity to pay principal and interest with some vulnerability to adverse financial and economic changes over the term of the notes.
 
Moody’s highest rating for short-term municipal loans is MIG-1/VMIG-1. Moody’s states that short-term municipal securities rated MIG-1/VMIG-1 are of the best quality, enjoying strong protection from established cash flows of funds for their servicing or from established and broad-based access to the market for refinancing, or both. Loans bearing the MIG-2/VMIG-2 designation are of high quality, with margins of protection ample although not so large as in the MIG-1/VMIG-1 group.
 
Other Short-Term Debt Securities
Prime-1 and Prime-2 are the two highest ratings assigned by Moody’s for other short-term debt securities and commercial paper, and A-1 and A-2 are the two highest ratings for commercial paper assigned by S&P. Moody’s uses the numbers 1, 2, and 3 to denote relative strength within its highest classification of Prime, while S&P uses the numbers 1, 2, and 3 to denote relative strength within its highest classification of A. Issuers rated Prime-1 by Moody’s have a superior ability for repayment of senior short-term debt obligations and have many of the following characteristics: leading market positions in well-established industries, high rates of return on funds employed, conservative capitalization structure with moderate reliance on debt and ample asset protection, broad margins in earnings coverage of fixed financial charges and high internal cash generation, and well established access to a range of financial markets and assured sources of alternate liquidity. Issuers rated Prime-2 by Moody’s have a strong ability for repayment of senior short-term debt obligations and display many of the same characteristics displayed by issuers rated Prime-1, but to a lesser degree. Issuers rated A-1 by S&P carry a strong degree of safety regarding timely repayment. Those issues determined to possess extremely strong safety characteristics are denoted with a plus (+) designation. Issuers rated A-2 by S&P carry a satisfactory degree of safety regarding timely repayment.
 
FITCH, INC.
 
     
Short-Term Bond Rating
  Explanation
F-1+
  Exceptionally strong credit quality. Issues assigned this rating are regarded as having the strongest degree of assurance for timely payment.
F-1
  Very strong credit quality. Issues assigned this rating reflect an assurance for timely payment only slightly less in degree than issues rated F-1+.
F-2
  Good credit quality. Issues assigned this rating have a satisfactory degree of assurance for timely payments, but the margin of safety is not as great as the F-1+ and F-1 ratings.
 
 
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Appendix B

 
DESCRIPTION OF MUNICIPAL SECURITIES
 
Municipal Notes generally are used to provide for short-term capital needs and usually have maturities of one year or less. They include the following:
 
1. Project Notes, which carry a U.S. Government guarantee, are issued by public bodies (called “local issuing agencies”) created under the laws of a state, territory, or U.S. possession. They have maturities that range up to one year from the date of issuance. Project Notes are backed by an agreement between the local issuing agency and the Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development. These Notes provide financing for a wide range of financial assistance programs for housing, redevelopment, and related needs (such as low-income housing programs and renewal programs).
 
2. Tax Anticipation Notes are issued to finance working capital needs of municipalities. Generally, they are issued in anticipation of various seasonal tax revenues, such as income, sales, use and business taxes, and are payable from these specific future taxes.
 
3. Revenue Anticipation Notes are issued in expectation of receipt of other types of revenues, such as federal revenues available under the Federal Revenue Sharing Programs.
 
4. Bond Anticipation Notes are issued to provide interim financing until long-term financing can be arranged. In most cases, the long-term bonds then provide the money for the repayment of the Notes.
 
5. Construction Loan Notes are sold to provide construction financing. After successful completion and acceptance, many projects receive permanent financing through the Federal Housing Administration under Fannie Mae or Ginnie Mae.
 
6. Tax-Exempt Commercial Paper is a short-term obligation with a stated maturity of 365 days or less. It is issued by agencies of state and local governments to finance seasonal working capital needs or as short-term financing in anticipation of longer term financing.
 
Municipal Bonds, which meet longer-term capital needs and generally have maturities of more than one year when issued, have three principal classifications:
 
1. General Obligation Bonds are issued by such entities as states, counties, cities, towns, and regional districts. The proceeds of these obligations are used to fund a wide range of public projects, including construction or improvement of schools, highways and roads, and water and sewer systems. The basic security behind General Obligation Bonds is the issuer’s pledge of its full faith and credit and taxing power for the payment of principal and interest. The taxes that can be levied for the payment of debt service may be limited or unlimited as to the rate or amount of special assessments.
 
2. Revenue Bonds in recent years have come to include an increasingly wide variety of types of municipal obligations. As with other kinds of municipal obligations, the issuers of revenue bonds may consist of virtually any form of state or local governmental entity, including states, state agencies, cities, counties, authorities of various kinds such as public housing or redevelopment authorities, and special districts such as water, sewer or sanitary districts. Generally, revenue bonds are secured by the revenues or net revenues derived from a particular facility, group of facilities, or, in some cases, the proceeds of a special excise or other specific revenue source. Revenue bonds are issued to finance a wide variety of capital projects including electric, gas, water and sewer systems; highways, bridges, and tunnels; port and airport facilities; colleges and universities; and hospitals. Many of these bonds provide additional security in the form of a debt service reserve fund to be used to make principal and interest payments. Various forms of credit enhancement, such as a bank letter of credit or municipal bond insurance, may also be employed in revenue bond issues. Housing authorities have a wide range of security, including partially or fully insured mortgages, rent subsidized and/or collateralized mortgages, and/or the net revenues from housing or other public projects. Some authorities provide further security in the form of a state’s ability (without obligation) to make up deficiencies in the debt service reserve fund.
 
In recent years, revenue bonds have been issued in large volumes for projects that are privately owned and operated (refer to 3 below).
 
3. Private Activity Bonds are considered municipal bonds if the interest paid thereon is exempt from federal income tax and are issued by or on behalf of public authorities to raise money to finance various privately operated facilities for business and manufacturing, housing and health. These bonds are also used to finance public facilities such as airports, mass transit systems and ports. The payment of the principal and interest on such bonds is dependent solely on the ability of the facility’s user to meet its financial obligations and the pledge, if any, of real and personal property as security for such payment.
 
 
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While, at one time, the pertinent provisions of the Internal Revenue Code permitted private activity bonds to bear tax-exempt interest in connection with virtually any type of commercial or industrial project (subject to various restrictions as to authorized costs, size limitations, state per capita volume restrictions, and other matters), the types of qualifying projects under the Internal Revenue Code have become increasingly limited, particularly since the enactment of the Tax Reform Act of 1986. Under current provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, tax-exempt financing remains available, under prescribed conditions, for certain privately owned and operated rental multi-family housing facilities, nonprofit hospital and nursing home projects, airports, docks and wharves, mass commuting facilities, and solid waste disposal projects, among others, and for the refunding (that is, the tax-exempt refinancing) of various kinds of other private commercial projects originally financed with tax-exempt bonds. In future years, the types of projects qualifying under the Internal Revenue Code for tax-exempt financing are expected to become increasingly limited.
 
Because of terminology formerly used in the Internal Revenue Code, virtually any form of private activity bond may still be referred to as an “industrial development bond,” but more and more frequently revenue bonds have become classified according to the particular type of facility being financed, such as hospital revenue bonds, nursing home revenue bonds, multi-family housing revenue bonds, single family housing revenue bonds, industrial development revenue bonds, solid waste resource recovery revenue bonds, and so on.
 
Other Municipal Obligations, incurred for a variety of financing purposes, include: municipal leases, which may take the form of a lease or an installment purchase or conditional sale contract, are issued by state and local governments and authorities to acquire a wide variety of equipment and facilities such as fire and sanitation vehicles, telecommunications equipment and other capital assets. Municipal leases frequently have special risks not normally associated with general obligation or revenue bonds. Leases and installment purchase or conditional sale contracts (which normally provide for title to the leased asset to pass eventually to the government issuer) have evolved as a means for governmental issuers to acquire property and equipment without meeting the constitutional and statutory requirements for the issuance of debt. The debt-issuance limitations of many state constitutions and statutes are deemed to be inapplicable because of the inclusion in many leases or contracts of “non-appropriation” clauses that provide that the governmental issuer has no obligation to make future payments under the lease or contract unless money is appropriated for such purpose by the appropriate legislative body on a yearly or other periodic basis. To reduce this risk, a Fund will only purchase municipal leases subject to a non-appropriation clause when the payment of principal and accrued interest is backed by an unconditional irrevocable letter of credit, or guarantee of a bank or other entity that meets the criteria described in the Prospectuses.
 
Tax-exempt bonds are also categorized according to whether the interest is or is not includible in the calculation of alternative minimum taxes imposed on individuals, according to whether the costs of acquiring or carrying the bonds are or are not deductible in part by banks and other financial institutions, and according to other criteria relevant for federal income tax purposes. Due to the increasing complexity of Internal Revenue Code and related requirements governing the issuance of tax-exempt bonds, industry practice has uniformly required, as a condition to the issuance of such bonds, but particularly for revenue bonds, an opinion of nationally recognized bond counsel as to the tax-exempt status of interest on the bonds.

 
 
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                                                                                                               6 October 28, 2010

     
    Class L
Shares
*
Ticker
Value
   
Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund
  JMIVX
Perkins Small Cap Value Fund
  JSIVX
 
 
Janus Investment Fund
 
Statement of Additional Information
 
 
This Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”) expands upon and supplements the information contained in the current Prospectuses for Class L Shares (the “Shares”) of Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund and Perkins Small Cap Value Fund (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”). The Funds are each a separate series of Janus Investment Fund, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Trust”). Each of these series of the Trust represents shares of beneficial interest in a separate portfolio of securities and other assets with its own objective and policies. Janus Capital Management LLC (“Janus Capital”) is the investment adviser of each Fund. In addition, a subadviser is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Funds.
 
This SAI is not a Prospectus and should be read in conjunction with the Funds’ Prospectuses dated October 28, 2010, and any supplements thereto, which are incorporated by reference into this SAI and may be obtained from your plan sponsor, broker-dealer, or other financial intermediary, or by contacting a Janus representative at 1-877-335-2687. This SAI contains additional and more detailed information about the Funds’ operations and activities than the Prospectuses. The Annual and Semiannual Reports, which contain important financial information about the Funds, are incorporated by reference into this SAI and are also available, without charge, from your plan sponsor, broker-dealer, or other financial intermediary, at janus.com/info, or by contacting a Janus representative at 1-877-335-2687.
 
* Class L Shares (formerly named Institutional Shares) are closed to new investors.
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Table of contents

 
     
Classification, Investment Policies and Restrictions, and Investment Strategies and Risks   2
     
Investment Adviser and Subadviser   29
     
Custodian, Transfer Agent, and Certain Affiliations   42
     
Portfolio Transactions and Brokerage   43
     
Trustees and Officers   46
     
Shares of the Trust   56
Net Asset Value Determination
  56
Purchases
  56
Redemptions
  57
     
Income Dividends, Capital Gains Distributions, and Tax Status   59
     
Principal Shareholders   60
     
Miscellaneous Information   61
Shares of the Trust
  62
Shareholder Meetings
  62
Voting Rights
  62
Master/Feeder Option
  63
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
  63
Registration Statement
  63
     
Financial Statements   64
     
Appendix A   65
Explanation of Rating Categories
  65
 
 
 
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Classification, investment policies and restrictions,
and investment strategies and risks

 
JANUS INVESTMENT FUND
 
This Statement of Additional Information includes information about 2 series of the Trust. Each Fund is a series of the Trust, an open-end, management investment company.
 
CLASSIFICATION
 
The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”), classifies mutual funds as either diversified or nondiversified. The Funds are classified as diversified.
 
SUBADVISER
 
Perkins Investment Management LLC (“Perkins”) is the investment subadviser for the Funds.
 
INVESTMENT POLICIES AND RESTRICTIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL FUNDS
 
The Funds are subject to certain fundamental policies and restrictions that may not be changed without shareholder approval. Shareholder approval means approval by the lesser of: (i) more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities of the Trust (or a particular Fund or particular class of shares if a matter affects just that Fund or that class of shares) or (ii) 67% or more of the voting securities present at a meeting if the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities of the Trust (or a particular Fund or class of shares) are present or represented by proxy. The following policies are fundamental policies of the Funds. Each of these policies applies to each Fund.
 
(1) With respect to 75% of its total assets, Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund and Perkins Small Cap Value Fund may not purchase securities of an issuer (other than the U.S. Government, its agencies, instrumentalities or authorities, or repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. Government securities, and securities of other investment companies) if: (a) such purchase would, at the time, cause more than 5% of the Fund’s total assets taken at market value to be invested in the securities of such issuer or (b) such purchase would, at the time, result in more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of such issuer being held by the Fund.
 
Each Fund may not:
 
(2) Invest 25% or more of the value of its total assets in any particular industry (other than U.S. Government securities).
 
(3) Purchase or sell physical commodities unless acquired as a result of ownership of securities or other instruments (but this limitation shall not prevent a Fund from purchasing or selling foreign currencies, options, futures, swaps, forward contracts, or other derivative instruments, or from investing in securities or other instruments backed by physical commodities).
 
(4) Lend any security or make any other loan if, as a result, more than one-third of a Fund’s total assets would be lent to other parties (but this limitation does not apply to investments in repurchase agreements, commercial paper, debt securities, or loans, including assignments and participation interests).
 
(5) Act as an underwriter of securities issued by others, except to the extent that a Fund may be deemed an underwriter in connection with the disposition of its portfolio securities.
 
(6) Borrow money except that a Fund may borrow money for temporary or emergency purposes (not for leveraging or investment). Borrowings from banks will not, in any event, exceed one-third of the value of a Fund’s total assets (including the amount borrowed). This policy shall not prohibit short sales transactions or futures, options, swaps, or forward transactions. The Funds may not issue “senior securities” in contravention of the 1940 Act.
 
(7) Invest directly in real estate or interests in real estate; however, a Fund may own debt or equity securities issued by companies engaged in those businesses.
 
As a fundamental policy, a Fund may, notwithstanding any other investment policy or limitation (whether or not fundamental), invest all of its assets in the securities of a single open-end management investment company with substantially the same fundamental investment objectives, policies, and limitations as such Fund.
 
 
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The Board of Trustees (“Trustees”) has adopted additional investment restrictions for the Funds. These restrictions are operating policies of the Funds and may be changed by the Trustees without shareholder approval. The additional restrictions adopted by the Trustees to date include the following:
 
(1) If a Fund is an approved underlying fund in a Janus fund of funds, the Fund may not acquire the securities of other investment companies or registered unit investment trusts in excess of the limits of Section 12(d)(1) of the 1940 Act in reliance on subparagraph (F) or subparagraph (G) of Section 12(d)(1).
 
(2) The Funds may sell securities short if they own or have the right to obtain securities equivalent in kind and amount to the securities sold short without the payment of any additional consideration therefor (“short sales against the box”). In addition, each Fund may engage in short sales other than against the box, which involve selling a security that a Fund borrows and does not own. The Trustees may impose limits on a Fund’s investments in short sales, as described in the Fund’s Prospectuses. Transactions in futures, options, swaps, and forward contracts not involving short sales are not deemed to constitute selling securities short.
 
(3) The Funds do not intend to purchase securities on margin, except that the Funds may obtain such short-term credits as are necessary for the clearance of transactions, and provided that margin payments and other deposits in connection with transactions involving short sales, futures, options, swaps, forward contracts, and other permitted investment techniques shall not be deemed to constitute purchasing securities on margin.
 
(4) A Fund may not mortgage or pledge any securities owned or held by such Fund in amounts that exceed, in the aggregate, 15% of that Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”), provided that this limitation does not apply to: reverse repurchase agreements; deposits of assets to margin; guarantee positions in futures, options, swaps, or forward contracts; or the segregation of assets in connection with such contracts.
 
(5) The Funds do not currently intend to purchase any security or enter into a repurchase agreement if, as a result, more than 15% of their respective net assets would be invested in repurchase agreements not entitling the holder to payment of principal and interest within seven days and in securities that are illiquid by virtue of legal or contractual restrictions on resale or the absence of a readily available market. The Trustees, or the Funds’ investment adviser acting pursuant to authority delegated by the Trustees, may determine that a readily available market exists for: securities eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Rule 144A Securities”), or any successor to such rule; Section 4(2) commercial paper; and municipal lease obligations. Accordingly, such securities may not be subject to the foregoing limitation.
 
(6) The Funds may not invest in companies for the purpose of exercising control of management.
 
Under the terms of an exemptive order received from the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), each Fund may borrow money from or lend money to other funds that permit such transactions and for which Janus Capital or one of its affiliates serves as investment adviser. All such borrowing and lending will be subject to the above limits and to the limits and other conditions in such exemptive order. A Fund will borrow money through the program only when the costs are equal to or lower than the cost of bank loans. Interfund loans and borrowings normally extend overnight, but can have a maximum duration of seven days. A Fund will lend through the program only when the returns are higher than those available from other short-term instruments (such as repurchase agreements). A Fund may have to borrow from a bank at a higher interest rate if an interfund loan is called or not renewed. Any delay in repayment to a lending Fund could result in a lost investment opportunity or additional borrowing costs.
 
For the purposes of these investment restrictions, the identification of the issuer of a municipal obligation depends on the terms and conditions of the security. When assets and revenues of a political subdivision are separate from those of the government that created the subdivision and the security is backed only by the assets and revenues of the subdivision, the subdivision is deemed to be the sole issuer. Similarly, in the case of an industrial development bond, if the bond is backed only by assets and revenues of a nongovernmental user, then the nongovernmental user would be deemed to be the sole issuer. If, however, in either case, the creating government or some other entity guarantees the security, the guarantee would be considered a separate security that would be treated as an issue of the guaranteeing entity.
 
For purposes of each Fund’s policies on investing in particular industries, the Funds will rely primarily on industry or industry group classifications as published by Bloomberg L.P. To the extent that Bloomberg L.P. industry classifications are so broad that the primary economic characteristics in a single class are materially different, the Funds may further classify issuers in accordance with industry classifications as published by the SEC. The Funds may change the source used for determining industry classifications without prior shareholder notice or approval.

 
 
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INVESTMENT STRATEGIES AND RISKS
 
Diversification
Diversification is a way to reduce risk by investing in a broad range of stocks or other securities. A fund that is classified as “nondiversified” has the ability to take larger positions in a smaller number of issuers than a fund that is classified as “diversified.” This gives a fund which is classified as nondiversified more flexibility to focus its investments in companies that the portfolio managers have identified as the most attractive for the investment objective and strategy of the fund. However, because the appreciation or depreciation of a single security may have a greater impact on the NAV of a fund which is classified as nondiversified, its share price can be expected to fluctuate more than a comparable fund which is classified as diversified. This fluctuation, if significant, may affect the performance of a fund.
 
Cash Position
As discussed in the Prospectuses, a Fund’s cash position may temporarily increase under various circumstances. Securities that the Funds may invest in as a means of receiving a return on idle cash include domestic or foreign currency denominated commercial paper, certificates of deposit, repurchase agreements, or other short-term debt obligations. These securities may include U.S. and foreign short-term cash instruments. Each Fund may also invest in money market funds, including funds managed by Janus Capital. (Refer to “Investment Company Securities.”)
 
Illiquid Investments
Each Fund may invest up to 15% of its net assets in illiquid investments (i.e., securities that are not readily marketable). The Trustees have authorized Janus Capital to make liquidity determinations with respect to certain securities, including Rule 144A Securities, commercial paper, and municipal lease obligations purchased by the Funds. Under the guidelines established by the Trustees, Janus Capital will consider the following factors: (i) the frequency of trades and quoted prices for the security; (ii) the number of dealers willing to purchase or sell the security and the number of other potential purchasers; (iii) the willingness of dealers to undertake to make a market in the security; and (iv) the nature of the security and the nature of the marketplace trades, including the time needed to dispose of the security, the method of soliciting offers, and the mechanics of the transfer. In the case of commercial paper, Janus Capital will also consider whether the paper is traded flat or in default as to principal and interest and any ratings of the paper by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization (“NRSRO”). Investments in Rule 144A Securities could have the effect of increasing the level of a Fund’s illiquidity to the extent that qualified institutional buyers become, for a time, uninterested in purchasing such securities. Certain securities previously deemed liquid may become illiquid in any subsequent assessment of the foregoing factors or other changes affecting the security. Foreign securities that may be freely traded on or through the facilities of an offshore exchange or other established offshore securities market are not restricted under the Funds’ liquidity procedures if traded in that market. Such securities will be treated as “restricted” if traded in the United States because foreign securities are not registered for sale under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”).
 
If illiquid securities exceed 15% of a Fund’s net assets after the time of purchase, the Fund will take steps to reduce in an orderly fashion its holdings of illiquid securities. Because illiquid securities may not be readily marketable, the portfolio managers may not be able to dispose of them in a timely manner. As a result, the Fund may be forced to hold illiquid securities while their price depreciates. Depreciation in the price of illiquid securities may cause the NAV of a Fund to decline.
 
Each Fund may invest up to 5% of its total assets in venture capital investments measured at the time of an investment. A later increase or decrease in this percentage resulting from changes in values of assets will not constitute a violation of such limitation. Each Fund may make an initial investment of up to 0.5% of its total assets in any one venture capital company. A Fund may not invest in aggregate more than 1% of its total assets, measured at the time of the subsequent purchase, in any one venture capital company.
 
Venture capital investments are investments in new and early stage companies whose securities are not publicly traded. These investments may present significant opportunities for capital appreciation but involve a high degree of risk that can result in substantial losses. The Funds may not be able to sell such investments when the portfolio managers deem it appropriate to do so due to restrictions on their sale. In addition, the Funds may be forced to sell their venture capital investments at less than fair market value. Where venture capital investments must be registered prior to their sale, the Funds may be obligated to pay all or part of the registration expenses. Any of these situations may result in a decrease in a Fund’s NAV.

 
 
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Securities Lending
Under procedures adopted by the Trustees, the Funds may seek to earn additional income by lending securities to qualified parties (typically brokers or other financial institutions) who need to borrow securities in order to complete certain transactions such as covering short sales, avoiding failures to deliver securities, or completing arbitrage activities. There is the risk of delay in recovering a loaned security or the risk of loss in collateral rights if the borrower fails financially. In addition, Janus Capital makes efforts to balance the benefits and risks from granting such loans. The Funds do not have the right to vote on securities while they are being lent; however, the Funds may attempt to call back the loan and vote the proxy if time permits. All loans will be continuously secured by collateral which may consist of cash, U.S. Government securities, domestic and foreign short-term debt instruments, letters of credit, time deposits, repurchase agreements, money market mutual funds or other money market accounts, or such other collateral as permitted by the SEC. If a Fund is unable to recover a security on loan, the Fund may use the collateral to purchase replacement securities in the market. There is a risk that the value of the collateral could decrease below the value of the replacement security, resulting in a loss to the Fund.
 
Upon receipt of cash collateral, Janus Capital may invest it in affiliated or non-affiliated cash management vehicles, whether registered or unregistered entities, as permitted by the 1940 Act and rules promulgated thereunder. Janus Capital currently intends to invest the cash collateral in a cash management vehicle for which Janus Capital serves as investment adviser. An investment in a cash management vehicle is generally subject to the same risks that shareholders experience when investing in similarly structured vehicles, such as the potential for significant fluctuations in assets as a result of the purchase and redemption activity of the securities lending program, a decline in the value of the collateral and possible liquidity issues. Such risks may delay the return of the cash collateral and cause a Fund to violate its agreement to return the cash collateral to a borrower in a timely manner. As adviser to the Funds and the affiliated cash management vehicle in which the cash collateral is invested, Janus Capital has an inherent conflict of interest as a result of its fiduciary duties to both the Funds and the cash management vehicle. Additionally, Janus Capital receives an investment advisory fee for managing the cash management vehicle used for the securities lending program, but it may not receive a fee for managing certain other affiliated cash management vehicles, and therefore may have an incentive to allocate preferred investment opportunities to investment vehicles for which it is receiving a fee.
 
Equity Securities
The Funds may invest in equity securities, which include, but are not limited to, common and preferred stocks, securities convertible or exchangeable into common stock, and warrants.
 
Common Stock. Common stock represents a proportionate share of the ownership of a company. Common stocks sometimes are divided into several classes, with each class having different voting rights, dividend rights, or other differences in their rights and priorities. The value of a stock is based on the market’s assessment of the current and future success of a company’s business, any income paid to stockholders, the value of the company’s assets, and general market conditions. The value of a stock may also be adversely affected by other factors such as accounting irregularities, actual or perceived weaknesses in corporate governance practices of a company’s board or management, and changes in company management. Common stock values can fluctuate dramatically over short periods.
 
Preferred Stock. A preferred stock represents an ownership interest in a company, but pays dividends at a specific rate and has priority over common stock in payment of dividends and liquidation claims. Preferred stock dividends are generally cumulative, noncumulative, or participating. “Cumulative” dividend provisions require all or a portion of prior unpaid dividends to be paid before dividends can be paid to the issuer’s common stock. “Participating” preferred stock may be entitled to a dividend exceeding the stated dividend in certain cases. Like debt securities, the value of a preferred stock often fluctuates more in response to changes in interest rates and the creditworthiness of the issuer, rather than in response to changes in the issuer’s profitability and business prospects. Preferred stock is subject to similar risks as common stock and debt securities.
 
Convertible Security. A convertible security is generally a debt obligation or preferred stock that may be converted within a specified period of time into a certain amount of common stock of the same or a different issuer. A convertible security, such as a “convertible preferred stock,” provides a fixed-income stream and the opportunity, through its conversion feature, to participate in the capital appreciation resulting from a market price advance in its underlying common stock. Like a common stock, the value of a convertible security tends to increase as the market value of the underlying stock rises, and it tends to decrease as the market value of the underlying stock declines. As with a fixed-income security, a convertible security tends to increase in market value when interest rates decline and decrease in value when interest rates rise. Because both interest rate

 
 
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and market movements can influence its value, a convertible security is not as sensitive to interest rates as a similar fixed-income security, nor is it as sensitive to changes in share price as its underlying stock.
 
Convertible securities generally have less potential for gain or loss than common stocks. Convertible securities generally provide yields higher than the underlying common stocks, but generally lower than comparable non-convertible securities. Because of this higher yield, convertible securities generally sell at prices above their “conversion value,” which is the current market value of the stock to be received upon conversion. The difference between this conversion value and the price of convertible securities will vary over time depending on changes in the value of the underlying common stocks and interest rates.
 
A convertible security may also be called for redemption or conversion by the issuer after a particular date and under certain circumstances (including a specified price) established upon issue. If a convertible security held by a Fund is called for redemption or conversion, the Fund could be required to tender it for redemption, convert it into the underlying common stock, or sell it to a third party.
 
Warrants. Warrants constitute options to purchase equity securities at a specific price and are valid for a specific period of time. They do not represent ownership of the equity securities, but only the right to buy them. Warrants have no voting rights, pay no dividends, and have no rights with respect to the assets of the corporation issuing them. Warrants differ from call options in that warrants are issued by the issuer of the security that may be purchased on their exercise, whereas call options may be issued by anyone. The prices of warrants do not necessarily move parallel to the prices of the underlying equity securities. The price usually represents a premium over the applicable market value of the common stock at the time of the warrant’s issuance. Investments in warrants involve certain risks, including the possible lack of a liquid market for the resale of the warrants, potential price fluctuations as a result of speculation or other factors, and failure of the price of the common stock to rise. The price of a warrant may be more volatile than the price of its underlying security. A warrant becomes worthless if it is not exercised within the specified time period.
 
Foreign Securities
Within the parameters of its specific investment policies, each Fund may invest in foreign securities either indirectly (e.g., depositary receipts, depositary shares, and passive foreign investment companies) or directly in foreign markets, including emerging markets. Investments in foreign securities, including those of foreign governments, may involve greater risks than investing in domestic securities because a Fund’s performance may depend on factors other than the performance of a particular company. These factors include:
 
Currency Risk. As long as a Fund holds a foreign security, its value will be affected by the value of the local currency relative to the U.S. dollar. When a Fund sells a foreign currency denominated security, its value may be worth less in U.S. dollars even if the security increases in value in its home country. U.S. dollar-denominated securities of foreign issuers may also be affected by currency risk, as the value of these securities may also be affected by changes in the issuer’s local currency.
 
Political and Economic Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to heightened political and economic risks, particularly in emerging markets which may have relatively unstable governments, immature economic structures, national policies restricting investments by foreigners, different legal systems, and economies based on only a few industries. In some countries, there is the risk that the government may take over the assets or operations of a company or that the government may impose taxes or limits on the removal of a Fund’s assets from that country.
 
Regulatory Risk. There may be less government supervision of foreign markets. As a result, foreign issuers may not be subject to the uniform accounting, auditing, and financial reporting standards and practices applicable to domestic issuers, and there may be less publicly available information about foreign issuers.
 
Foreign Market Risk. Foreign securities markets, particularly those of emerging market countries, may be less liquid and more volatile than domestic markets. Certain markets may require payment for securities before delivery, and delays may be encountered in settling securities transactions. In some foreign markets, there may not be protection against failure by other parties to complete transactions. Such factors may hinder a Fund’s ability to buy and sell emerging market securities in a timely manner, affecting the Fund’s investment strategies and potentially affecting the value of the Fund.
 
Transaction Costs. Costs of buying, selling, and holding foreign securities, including brokerage, tax, and custody costs, may be higher than those involved in domestic transactions.
 
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included in the Morgan Stanley Capital International (“MSCI”) Emerging Markets Indexsm. Investing in emerging markets involves certain risks not typically associated with investing in the United States and imposes risks greater than, or in addition to, risks of investing in more developed foreign countries. The price of investments in emerging markets can experience sudden and sharp price swings. In many developing markets, there is less government supervision and regulation of business and industry practices, stock exchanges, brokers, and listed companies than in more developed markets. There is a risk in developing countries that a future economic or political crisis could lead to price controls, forced mergers of companies, expropriation or confiscatory taxation, seizure, nationalization, or creation of government monopolies, any of which may have a detrimental effect on a Fund’s investments. Many emerging market countries have experienced substantial, and in some periods extremely high, rates of inflation or deflation for many years, and future inflation may adversely affect the economies and securities markets of such countries. The securities markets of many of the countries in which the Funds may invest may also be smaller, less liquid, and subject to greater price volatility than those in the United States. In the event of a default on any investments in foreign debt obligations, it may be more difficult for the Funds to obtain or to enforce a judgment against the issuers of such securities. In addition, there may be little financial or accounting information available with respect to issuers of emerging market securities, and it may be difficult as a result to assess the value of an investment in such securities. The Funds may be subject to emerging markets risk to the extent that they invest in companies which are not considered to be from emerging markets, but which have customers, products, or transactions associated with emerging markets. A summary of each Fund’s investments by country is contained in the Funds’ shareholder reports and Form N-Q reports, which are filed with the SEC.
 
Short Sales
Each Fund may engage in “short sales against the box.” This technique involves either selling short a security that a Fund owns, or selling short a security that a Fund has the right to obtain, for delivery at a specified date in the future. A Fund does not deliver from its portfolio the securities sold short and does not immediately receive the proceeds of the short sale. A Fund borrows the securities sold short and receives proceeds from the short sale only when it delivers the securities to the lender. If the value of the securities sold short increases prior to the scheduled delivery date, a Fund loses the opportunity to participate in the gain.
 
Each Fund may also engage in other short sales. A Fund may engage in short sales when the portfolio managers anticipate that a security’s market purchase price will be less than its borrowing price. In a short sale transaction, a Fund sells a security it does not own to a purchaser at a specified price. To complete a short sale, the Fund must: (i) borrow the security to deliver it to the purchaser and (ii) buy that same security in the market to return it to the lender. Short sales involve the same fundamental risk as short sales against the box, as described in the previous paragraph. In addition, the Fund may incur a loss as a result of the short sale if the price of the security increases between the date of the short sale and the date on which the Fund replaces the borrowed security, and the Fund may realize a gain if the security declines in price between those same dates. Although a Fund’s potential for gain as a result of a short sale is limited to the price at which it sold the security short less the cost of borrowing the security, the potential for loss is theoretically unlimited because there is no limit to the cost of replacing the borrowed security. To borrow the security, the Fund may also be required to pay a premium, which would increase the cost of the security sold.
 
The Funds may not always be able to close out a short position at a particular time or at an acceptable price. A lender may request that the borrowed securities be returned to it on short notice, and a Fund may have to buy the borrowed securities at an unfavorable price. If this occurs at a time when other short sellers of the same security also want to close out their positions, it is more likely that a Fund will have to cover its short sale at an unfavorable price and potentially reduce or eliminate any gain, or cause a loss, as a result of the short sale.
 
Until a Fund closes its short position or replaces the borrowed security, the Fund may designate liquid assets it owns (other than the short sale proceeds) as segregated assets to the books of the broker and/or its custodian in an amount equal to its obligation to purchase the securities sold short, as required by the 1940 Act. The amount segregated in this manner is expected to be increased or decreased each business day equal to the change in market value of the Fund’s obligation to purchase the security sold short. The proceeds of the short sale will be retained by the broker, to the extent necessary to meet the margin requirements, until the short position is closed out. If the lending broker requires the Fund to deposit additional collateral (in addition to the short sales proceeds that the broker holds during the period of the short sale), which may be as much as 50% of the value of the securities sold short, the amount of the additional collateral may be deducted in determining the amount of cash or liquid assets the Fund is required to segregate to cover the short sale obligation pursuant to the 1940 Act. The amount segregated must be unencumbered by any other obligation or claim other than the obligation that is being covered. A Fund believes that short sale obligations that are covered, either by an offsetting asset or right

 
 
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(acquiring the security sold short or having an option to purchase the security sold short at an exercise price that covers the obligation), or by the Fund’s segregated asset procedures (or a combination thereof), are not senior securities under the 1940 Act and are not subject to the Fund’s borrowing restrictions. This requirement to segregate assets limits a Fund’s leveraging of its investments and the related risk of losses from leveraging. A Fund also is required to pay the lender of the security any dividends or interest that accrues on a borrowed security during the period of the loan. Depending on the arrangements made with the broker or custodian, a Fund may or may not receive any payments (including interest) on collateral it has deposited with the broker. A Fund’s ability to invest in short sales may be limited, as described in the Fund’s Prospectuses.
 
Zero Coupon, Step Coupon, and Pay-In-Kind Securities
Within the parameters of its specific investment policies, each Fund may invest up to 10% of its net assets in zero coupon, step coupon, and pay-in-kind securities. Zero coupon bonds are issued and traded at a discount from their face value. They do not entitle the holder to any periodic payment of interest prior to maturity. Step coupon bonds are high-quality issues with above-market interest rates and a coupon that increases over the life of the bond. They may pay monthly, semiannual, or annual interest payments. On the date of each coupon payment, the issuer decides whether to call the bond at par or whether to extend it until the next payment date at the new coupon rate. Pay-in-kind bonds normally give the issuer an option to pay cash at a coupon payment date or give the holder of the security a similar bond with the same coupon rate and a face value equal to the amount of the coupon payment that would have been made. For the purposes of a Fund’s restriction on investing in income-producing securities, income-producing securities include securities that make periodic interest payments as well as those that make interest payments on a deferred basis or pay interest only at maturity (e.g., Treasury bills or zero coupon bonds).
 
For federal income tax purposes, holders of zero coupon securities and step coupon securities are required to recognize income even though the holders receive no cash payments of interest during the year. Similarly, holders of payment-in-kind securities must include in their gross income the value of securities they receive as “interest.” In order to qualify as a “regulated investment company” under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations thereunder, a Fund must distribute its investment company taxable income, including the original issue discount accrued on zero coupon or step coupon bonds and non-cash income from payment-in-kind securities. Because a Fund will not receive cash payments on a current basis with respect to accrued original-issue discount on zero coupon bonds or step coupon bonds during the period before interest payments begin or may receive non-cash interest payments, in some years that Fund may have to distribute cash obtained from other sources in order to satisfy the distribution requirements under the Internal Revenue Code. A Fund may obtain such cash from selling other portfolio holdings, which may cause that Fund to incur capital gains or losses on the sale. Additionally, these actions are likely to reduce the amount of cash available for investment by a Fund, to reduce the assets to which Fund expenses could be allocated, and to reduce the rate of return for that Fund. In some circumstances, such sales might be necessary in order to satisfy cash distribution requirements even though investment considerations might otherwise make it undesirable for a Fund to sell the securities at the time.
 
Generally, the market prices of zero coupon, step coupon, and pay-in-kind securities are more volatile than the prices of securities that pay interest periodically and in cash and are likely to respond to changes in interest rates to a greater degree than other types of debt securities having similar maturities and credit quality.
 
Pass-Through Securities
The Funds may invest in various types of pass-through securities, such as mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities, credit-linked trust certificates, traded custody receipts, and participation interests. A pass-through security is a share or certificate of interest in a pool of debt obligations that have been repackaged by an intermediary, such as a bank or broker-dealer. The purchaser of a pass-through security receives an undivided interest in the underlying pool of securities. The issuers of the underlying securities make interest and principal payments to the intermediary which are passed through to purchasers, such as the Funds. The most common type of pass-through securities are mortgage-backed securities. Government National Mortgage Association (“Ginnie Mae”) Certificates are mortgage-backed securities that evidence an undivided interest in a pool of mortgage loans. Ginnie Mae Certificates differ from bonds in that principal is paid back monthly by the borrowers over the term of the loan rather than returned in a lump sum at maturity. A Fund will generally purchase “modified pass-through” Ginnie Mae Certificates, which entitle the holder to receive a share of all interest and principal payments paid and owned on the mortgage pool, net of fees paid to the “issuer” and Ginnie Mae, regardless of whether or not the mortgagor actually makes the payment. Ginnie Mae Certificates are backed as to the timely payment of principal and interest by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

 
 
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The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”) issues two types of mortgage pass-through securities: mortgage participation certificates (“PCs”) and guaranteed mortgage certificates (“GMCs”). PCs resemble Ginnie Mae Certificates in that each PC represents a pro rata share of all interest and principal payments made and owned on the underlying pool. Freddie Mac guarantees timely payments of interest on PCs and the full return of principal. GMCs also represent a pro rata interest in a pool of mortgages. However, these instruments pay interest semiannually and return principal once a year in guaranteed minimum payments. This type of security is guaranteed by Freddie Mac as to timely payment of principal and interest, but it is not guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.
 
The Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”) issues guaranteed mortgage pass-through certificates (“Fannie Mae Certificates”). Fannie Mae Certificates resemble Ginnie Mae Certificates in that each Fannie Mae Certificate represents a pro rata share of all interest and principal payments made and owned on the underlying pool. This type of security is guaranteed by Fannie Mae as to timely payment of principal and interest, but it is not guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.
 
In September 2008, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (“FHFA”), an agency of the U.S. Government, placed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac under conservatorship to provide stability in the financial markets, mortgage availability and taxpayer protection by preserving Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s assets, and placing them in a sound and solvent condition. Under the conservatorship, the management of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac was replaced. The effect that the FHFA’s conservatorship will have on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s debt and equities is unclear.
 
Except for GMCs, each of the mortgage-backed securities described above is characterized by monthly payments to the holder, reflecting the monthly payments made by the borrowers who received the underlying mortgage loans. The payments to the security holders (such as the Funds), like the payments on the underlying loans, represent both principal and interest. Although the underlying mortgage loans are for specified periods of time, such as 20 or 30 years, the borrowers can, and typically do, pay them off sooner. Thus, the security holders frequently receive prepayments of principal in addition to the principal that is part of the regular monthly payments. The portfolio managers will consider estimated prepayment rates in calculating the average-weighted maturity of a Fund. A borrower is more likely to prepay a mortgage that bears a relatively high rate of interest. This means that in times of declining interest rates, higher yielding mortgage-backed securities held by a Fund might be converted to cash, and the Fund will be forced to accept lower interest rates when that cash is used to purchase additional securities in the mortgage-backed securities sector or in other investment sectors. Additionally, prepayments during such periods will limit a Fund’s ability to participate in as large a market gain as may be experienced with a comparable security not subject to prepayment.
 
The Funds’ investments in mortgage-backed securities may be backed by subprime mortgages. Subprime mortgages are loans made to borrowers with weakened credit histories or with a lower capacity to make timely payments on their mortgages. Investments in mortgage-backed securities comprised of subprime mortgages may be subject to a higher degree of credit risk, valuation risk, and liquidity risk.
 
Asset-backed securities represent interests in pools of consumer loans and are backed by paper or accounts receivables originated by banks, credit card companies, or other providers of credit. Generally, the originating bank or credit provider is neither the obligor nor the guarantor of the security, and interest and principal payments ultimately depend upon payment of the underlying loans by individuals. Tax-exempt asset-backed securities include units of beneficial interests in pools of purchase contracts, financing leases, and sales agreements that may be created when a municipality enters into an installment purchase contract or lease with a vendor. Such securities may be secured by the assets purchased or leased by the municipality; however, if the municipality stops making payments, there generally will be no recourse against the vendor. The market for tax-exempt, asset-backed securities is still relatively new. These obligations are likely to involve unscheduled prepayments of principal.
 
The Funds also may invest in other types of pass-through securities, such as credit-linked trust certificates, traded custody receipts, and participation interests. Holders of the interests are entitled to receive distributions of interest, principal, and other payments on each of the underlying debt securities (less expenses), and in some cases distributions of the underlying debt securities. The underlying debt securities have a specified maturity but are subject to prepayment risk because if an issuer prepays the principal, a Fund may have additional cash to invest at a time when prevailing interest rates have declined and reinvestment of such additional funds is made at a lower rate. The value of the underlying debt securities may change due to changes in market interest rates. If interest rates rise, the value of the underlying debt securities, and therefore the value of the pass-through security, may decline. If the underlying debt securities are high-yield securities, the risks associated with high-yield/high-risk securities discussed in this SAI and in the Funds’ Prospectuses may apply.

 
 
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Investment Company Securities
From time to time, the Funds may invest in securities of other investment companies, subject to the provisions of the 1940 Act and any applicable SEC exemptive orders. Section 12(d)(1) of the 1940 Act prohibits a Fund from acquiring: (i) more than 3% of another investment company’s voting stock; (ii) securities of another investment company with a value in excess of 5% of a Fund’s total assets; or (iii) securities of such other investment company and all other investment companies owned by a Fund having a value in excess of 10% of the Fund’s total assets. In addition, Section 12(d)(1) prohibits another investment company from selling its shares to a Fund if, after the sale: (i) the Fund owns more than 3% of the other investment company’s voting stock or (ii) the Fund and other investment companies, and companies controlled by them, own more than 10% of the voting stock of such other investment company. If a Fund is an approved underlying fund in a Janus fund of funds, the Fund may not acquire the securities of other investment companies or registered unit investment trusts in excess of the limits of Section 12(d)(1) of the 1940 Act in reliance on subparagraph (F) or subparagraph (G) of Section 12(d)(1). The Funds may invest their cash holdings in affiliated or non-affiliated money market funds as part of a cash sweep program. The Funds may purchase unlimited shares of affiliated or non-affiliated money market funds and of other funds managed by Janus Capital, whether registered or unregistered entities, as permitted by the 1940 Act and rules promulgated thereunder and/or an SEC exemptive order. To the extent the Funds invest in money market funds or other funds, the Funds will be subject to the same risks that investors experience when investing in such other funds. These risks may include the impact of significant fluctuations in assets as a result of the cash sweep program or purchase and redemption activity by affiliated or non-affiliated shareholders in such other funds. Additionally, as the adviser to the Funds and the money market funds or other funds or investment vehicles in which the Funds may invest, Janus Capital has an inherent conflict of interest because it has fiduciary duties to both the Funds and the money market funds and other funds.
 
Investment companies may include index-based investments such as exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), which hold substantially all of their assets in investments representing specific indices. The main risk of investing in index-based investments is the same as investing in a portfolio of investments comprising the index. As a shareholder of another investment company, a Fund would bear its pro rata portion of the other investment company’s expenses, including advisory fees, in addition to the expenses the Fund bears directly in connection with its own operation. The market prices of index-based investments will fluctuate in accordance with both changes in the market value of their underlying portfolio investments and due to supply and demand for the instruments on the exchanges on which they are traded (which may result in their trading at a discount or premium to their NAVs). Index-based investments may not replicate exactly the performance of their specific index because of transaction costs and because of the temporary unavailability of certain component securities of the index. Some ETFs have obtained exemptive orders permitting other investment companies, such as the Funds, to acquire their securities in excess of the limits of the 1940 Act.
 
Exchange-Traded Notes
The Funds may invest in exchange-traded notes (“ETNs”), which are senior, unsecured, unsubordinated debt securities whose returns are linked to a particular index and provide exposure to the total returns of various market indices, including indices linked to stocks, bonds, commodities and currencies. This type of debt security differs from other types of bonds and notes. ETN returns are based upon the performance of a market index minus applicable fees; no period coupon payments are distributed and no principal protections exist. ETNs do not pay cash distributions. Instead, the value of dividends, interest, and investment gains are captured in a Fund’s total return. A Fund may invest in these securities when desiring exposure to debt securities or commodities. When evaluating ETNs for investment, Janus Capital or the subadviser, as applicable, will consider the potential risks involved, expected tax efficiency, rate of return, and credit risk. When a Fund invests in ETNs, it will bear its proportionate share of any fees and expenses borne by the ETN. There may be restrictions on a Fund’s right to redeem its investment in an ETN, which are meant to be held until maturity. A Fund’s decision to sell its ETN holdings may be limited by the availability of a secondary market.
 
Depositary Receipts
Each Fund may invest in sponsored and unsponsored American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”), which are receipts issued by an American bank or trust company evidencing ownership of underlying securities issued by a foreign issuer. ADRs, in registered form, are designed for use in U.S. securities markets. Unsponsored ADRs may be created without the participation of the foreign issuer. Holders of these ADRs generally bear all the costs of the ADR facility, whereas foreign issuers typically bear certain costs in a sponsored ADR. The bank or trust company depositary of an unsponsored ADR may be under no obligation to distribute shareholder communications received from the foreign issuer or to pass through voting rights. The Funds may also invest in European Depositary Receipts (“EDRs”), Global Depositary Receipts (“GDRs”), and in other similar instruments representing securities of foreign companies. EDRs and GDRs are securities that are typically issued by foreign

 
 
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banks or foreign trust companies, although U.S. banks or U.S. trust companies may issue them. EDRs and GDRs are structured similarly to the arrangements of ADRs. EDRs, in bearer form, are designed for use in European securities markets.
 
Depositary Receipts are generally subject to the same sort of risks as direct investments in a foreign country, such as currency risk, political and economic risk, and market risk, because their values depend on the performance of a foreign security denominated in its home currency. The risks of foreign investing are addressed in some detail in the Funds’ Prospectuses.
 
U.S. Government Securities
To the extent permitted by its investment objective and policies, each Fund may invest in U.S. Government securities. The 1940 Act defines U.S. Government securities to include securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies, and its instrumentalities. U.S. Government securities may also include repurchase agreements collateralized by and municipal securities escrowed with or refunded with U.S. Government securities. U.S. Government securities in which a Fund may invest include U.S. Treasury securities, including Treasury Inflation Protection Securities (“TIPS”), and obligations issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies and instrumentalities that are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government, such as those issued or guaranteed by the Small Business Administration, Maritime Administration, Export-Import Bank of the United States, Farmers Home Administration, Federal Housing Administration, and Ginnie Mae. In addition, U.S. Government securities in which a Fund may invest include securities backed only by the rights of the issuers to borrow from the U.S. Treasury, such as those issued by the Federal Farm Credit Bank, Federal Intermediate Credit Banks, Tennessee Valley Authority, and Freddie Mac. Securities issued by Fannie Mae, the Federal Home Loan Banks, and the Student Loan Marketing Association (“Sallie Mae”) are supported by the discretionary authority of the U.S. Government to purchase the obligations. There is no guarantee that the U.S. Government will support securities not backed by its full faith and credit. Accordingly, although these securities have historically involved little risk of loss of principal if held to maturity, they may involve more risk than securities backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government because the Funds must look principally to the agency or instrumentality issuing or guaranteeing the securities for repayment and may not be able to assert a claim against the United States if the agency or instrumentality does not meet its commitment.
 
Municipal Obligations
The Funds may invest in municipal obligations issued by states, territories, and possessions of the United States and the District of Columbia. The value of municipal obligations can be affected by changes in their actual or perceived credit quality. The credit quality of municipal obligations can be affected by, among other things, the financial condition of the issuer or guarantor, the issuer’s future borrowing plans and sources of revenue, the economic feasibility of the revenue bond project or general borrowing purpose, political or economic developments in the region where the security is issued, and the liquidity of the security. Because municipal securities are generally traded over-the-counter, the liquidity of a particular issue often depends on the willingness of dealers to make a market in the security. The liquidity of some municipal obligations may be enhanced by demand features, which would enable a Fund to demand payment on short notice from the issuer or a financial intermediary.
 
Other Income-Producing Securities
Other types of income-producing securities that the Funds may purchase include, but are not limited to, the following types of securities:
 
Inverse floaters. Inverse floaters are debt instruments whose interest bears an inverse relationship to the interest rate on another security. No Fund will invest more than 5% of its assets in inverse floaters. Similar to variable and floating rate obligations, effective use of inverse floaters requires skills different from those needed to select most portfolio securities. If movements in interest rates are incorrectly anticipated, a Fund could lose money, or its NAV could decline by the use of inverse floaters.
 
Standby commitments. Standby commitments are the rights to sell a specified underlying security or securities within a specified period of time and at an exercise price equal to the amortized cost of the underlying security or securities plus accrued interest, if any, at the time of exercise, that may be sold, transferred, or assigned only with the underlying security or securities. A standby commitment entitles the holder to receive same day settlement and will be considered to be from the party to whom the investment company will look for payment of the exercise price.
 
Strip bonds. Strip bonds are debt securities that are stripped of their interest (usually by a financial intermediary) after the securities are issued. The market value of these securities generally fluctuates more in response to changes in interest rates than interest-paying securities of comparable maturity.

 
 
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Tender option bonds. Tender option bonds are relatively long-term bonds that are coupled with the option to tender the securities to a bank, broker-dealer, or other financial institution at periodic intervals and receive the face value of the bonds. This investment structure is commonly used as a means of enhancing a security’s liquidity.
 
The Funds will purchase standby commitments, tender option bonds, and instruments with demand features primarily for the purpose of increasing the liquidity of their portfolio holdings.
 
Variable and floating rate obligations. These types of securities have variable or floating rates of interest and, under certain limited circumstances, may have varying principal amounts. Variable and floating rate securities pay interest at rates that are adjusted periodically according to a specified formula, usually with reference to some interest rate index or market interest rate (the “underlying index”). The floating rate tends to decrease the security’s price sensitivity to changes in interest rates. These types of securities are relatively long-term instruments that often carry demand features permitting the holder to demand payment of principal at any time or at specified intervals prior to maturity.
 
In order to most effectively use these investments, the portfolio managers must correctly assess probable movements in interest rates. This involves different skills than those used to select most portfolio securities. If the portfolio managers incorrectly forecast such movements, a Fund could be adversely affected by the use of variable or floating rate obligations.
 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (“REITs”)
Within the parameters of its specific investment policies, each Fund may invest in REITs. REITs are sometimes informally characterized as equity REITs, mortgage REITs, and hybrid REITs. Investment in REITs may subject a Fund to risks associated with the direct ownership of real estate, such as decreases in real estate values, overbuilding, increased competition, and other risks related to local or general economic conditions, increases in operating costs and property taxes, changes in zoning laws, casualty or condemnation losses, possible environmental liabilities, regulatory limitations on rent, and fluctuations in rental income. Equity REITs generally experience these risks directly through fee or leasehold interests, whereas mortgage REITs generally experience these risks indirectly through mortgage interests, unless the mortgage REIT forecloses on the underlying real estate. Changes in interest rates may also affect the value of a Fund’s investment in REITs. For instance, during periods of declining interest rates, certain mortgage REITs may hold mortgages that the mortgagors elect to prepay, and prepayment may diminish the yield on securities issued by those REITs.
 
Certain REITs have relatively small market capitalizations, which may tend to increase the volatility of the market price of their securities. Furthermore, REITs are dependent upon specialized management skills, have limited diversification and are, therefore, subject to risks inherent in operating and financing a limited number of projects. REITs are also subject to heavy cash flow dependency, defaults by borrowers, and the possibility of failing to qualify for tax-free pass-through of income under the Internal Revenue Code and to maintain exemption from the registration requirements of the 1940 Act. By investing in REITs indirectly through a Fund, a shareholder will bear not only his or her proportionate share of the expenses of a Fund, but also, indirectly, similar expenses of the REITs. In addition, REITs depend generally on their ability to generate cash flow to make distributions to shareholders.
 
Repurchase and Reverse Repurchase Agreements
In a repurchase agreement, a Fund purchases a security and simultaneously commits to resell that security to the seller at an agreed upon price on an agreed upon date within a number of days (usually not more than seven) from the date of purchase. The resale price consists of the purchase price plus an agreed upon incremental amount that is unrelated to the coupon rate or maturity of the purchased security. A repurchase agreement involves the obligation of the seller to pay the agreed upon price, which obligation is in effect secured by the value (at least equal to the amount of the agreed upon resale price and marked-to-market daily) of the underlying security or “collateral.” A risk associated with repurchase agreements is the failure of the seller to repurchase the securities as agreed, which may cause a Fund to suffer a loss if the market value of such securities declines before they can be liquidated on the open market. In the event of bankruptcy or insolvency of the seller, a Fund may encounter delays and incur costs in liquidating the underlying security. In addition, the collateral received in the repurchase transaction may become worthless. To the extent a Fund’s collateral focuses in one or more sectors, such as banks and financial services, the Fund is subject to increased risk as a result of that exposure. Repurchase agreements that mature in more than seven days are subject to the 15% limit on illiquid investments. While it is not possible to eliminate all risks from these transactions, it is the policy of the Funds to limit repurchase agreements to those parties whose creditworthiness has been reviewed and found satisfactory by Janus Capital. There is no guarantee that Janus Capital’s analysis of the creditworthiness of the counterparty will be accurate, and the underlying collateral involved in the transaction can expose a Fund to additional risk regardless of the creditworthiness of the parties involved in the transaction.

 
 
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Reverse repurchase agreements are transactions in which a Fund sells a security and simultaneously commits to repurchase that security from the buyer, such as a bank or broker-dealer, at an agreed upon price on an agreed upon future date. The resale price in a reverse repurchase agreement reflects a market rate of interest that is not related to the coupon rate or maturity of the sold security. For certain demand agreements, there is no agreed upon repurchase date and interest payments are calculated daily, often based upon the prevailing overnight repurchase rate. The Funds will use the proceeds of reverse repurchase agreements only to satisfy unusually heavy redemption requests or for other temporary or emergency purposes without the necessity of selling portfolio securities, or to earn additional income on portfolio securities, such as Treasury bills or notes.
 
Generally, a reverse repurchase agreement enables a Fund to recover for the term of the reverse repurchase agreement all or most of the cash invested in the portfolio securities sold and to keep the interest income associated with those portfolio securities. Such transactions are only advantageous if the interest cost to a Fund of the reverse repurchase transaction is less than the cost of obtaining the cash otherwise. In addition, interest costs on the money received in a reverse repurchase agreement may exceed the return received on the investments made by a Fund with those monies. Using reverse repurchase agreements to earn additional income involves the risk that the interest earned on the invested proceeds is less than the expense of the reverse repurchase agreement transaction. This technique may also have a leveraging effect on a Fund’s portfolio, although a Fund’s intent to segregate assets in the amount of the reverse repurchase agreement minimizes this effect. While a reverse repurchase agreement is outstanding, a Fund will maintain cash and appropriate liquid assets in a segregated custodial account to cover its obligation under the agreement. A Fund will enter into reverse repurchase agreements only with parties that Janus Capital deems creditworthy.
 
High-Yield/High-Risk Bonds
Within the parameters of its specific investment policies, each Fund may invest in bonds that are rated below investment grade (i.e., bonds rated BB+ or lower by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service and Fitch, Inc., or Ba or lower by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.). Under normal circumstances, each Fund will limit its investments in such bonds to 20% or less of its net assets.
 
Lower rated bonds involve a higher degree of credit risk, which is the risk that the issuer will not make interest or principal payments when due. In the event of an unanticipated default, a Fund would experience a reduction in its income, and could expect a decline in the market value of the bonds so affected.
 
A Fund may also invest in unrated bonds of foreign and domestic issuers. Unrated bonds will be included in the Fund’s limit on investments in bonds rated below investment grade unless its portfolio managers deem such securities to be the equivalent of investment grade bonds. Unrated bonds, while not necessarily of lower quality than rated bonds, may not have as broad a market. Because of the size and perceived demand of the issue, among other factors, certain municipalities may not incur the costs of obtaining a rating. A Fund’s portfolio managers will analyze the creditworthiness of the issuer, as well as any financial institution or other party responsible for payments on the bond, in determining whether to purchase unrated municipal bonds.
 
The secondary market on which high-yield securities are traded may be less liquid than the market for investment grade securities. The lack of a liquid secondary market may have an adverse impact on the market price of the security. Secondary markets for high-yield securities are less liquid than the market for investment grade securities; therefore, it may be more difficult to value the securities because valuation may require more research, and elements of judgment may play a larger role in the valuation because there is less reliable, objective data available.
 
Please refer to the “Explanation of Rating Categories” section of this SAI for a description of bond rating categories.
 
Defaulted Securities
A Fund may hold defaulted securities if the portfolio managers believe, based upon an analysis of the financial condition, results of operations, and economic outlook of an issuer, that there is potential for resumption of income payments and that the securities offer an unusual opportunity for capital appreciation. Defaulted securities will be included in each Fund’s limit on investments in bonds rated below investment grade. Notwithstanding the portfolio managers’ belief about the resumption of income, however, the purchase of any security on which payment of interest or dividends is suspended involves a high degree of risk. Such risk includes, among other things, the following:
 
Financial and Market Risks. Investments in securities that are in default involve a high degree of financial and market risks that can result in substantial or, at times, even total losses. Issuers of defaulted securities may have substantial capital needs and may become involved in bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings. Among the problems involved in investments in such

 
 
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issuers is the fact that it may be difficult to obtain information about the condition of such issuers. The market prices of such securities also are subject to abrupt and erratic movements and above average price volatility, and the spread between the bid and asked prices of such securities may be greater than normally expected.
 
Disposition of Portfolio Securities. Although the Funds generally will purchase securities for which the portfolio managers expect an active market to be maintained, defaulted securities may be less actively traded than other securities, and it may be difficult to dispose of substantial holdings of such securities at prevailing market prices. The Funds will limit holdings of any such securities to amounts that the portfolio managers believe could be readily sold, and holdings of such securities would, in any event, be limited so as not to limit a Fund’s ability to readily dispose of securities to meet redemptions.
 
Other. Defaulted securities require active monitoring and may, at times, require participation in bankruptcy or receivership proceedings on behalf of the Funds.
 
Futures, Options, and Other Derivative Instruments
The Funds may invest in various types of derivatives, which may at times result in significant derivative exposure. A derivative is a financial instrument whose performance is derived from the performance of another asset. The Funds may invest in derivative instruments including, but not limited to: futures contracts, put options, call options, options on future contracts, options on foreign currencies, swaps, forward contracts, structured investments, and other equity-linked derivatives.
 
A Fund may use derivative instruments for hedging (to offset risks associated with an investment, currency exposure, or market conditions) or for speculative (to seek to enhance returns) purposes. When a Fund invests in a derivative for speculative purposes, the Fund will be fully exposed to the risks of loss of that derivative, which may sometimes be greater than the derivative’s cost. The Funds may not use any derivative to gain exposure to an asset or class of assets that they would be prohibited by their investment restrictions from purchasing directly. A Fund’s ability to use derivative instruments may also be limited by tax considerations. (See “Income Dividends, Capital Gains Distributions, and Tax Status.”)
 
Investments in derivatives in general are subject to market risks that may cause their prices to fluctuate over time. Investments in derivatives may not directly correlate with the price movements of the underlying instrument. As a result, the use of derivatives may expose a Fund to additional risks that it would not be subject to if it invested directly in the securities underlying those derivatives. The use of derivatives may result in larger losses or smaller gains than otherwise would be the case. Derivatives can be volatile and may involve significant risks, including:
 
Counterparty risk – the risk that the counterparty (the party on the other side of the transaction) on a derivative transaction will be unable to honor its financial obligation to the Fund.
 
Currency risk – the risk that changes in the exchange rate between currencies will adversely affect the value (in U.S. dollar terms) of an investment.
 
Leverage risk – the risk associated with certain types of leveraged investments or trading strategies pursuant to which relatively small market movements may result in large changes in the value of an investment. A Fund creates leverage by using borrowed capital to increase the amount invested, or investing in instruments, including derivatives, where the investment loss can exceed the original amount invested. Certain investments or trading strategies that involve leverage can result in losses that greatly exceed the amount originally invested.
 
Liquidity risk – the risk that certain securities may be difficult or impossible to sell at the time that the seller would like or at the price that the seller believes the security is currently worth.
 
Index risk – if the derivative is linked to the performance of an index, it will be subject to the risks associated with changes in that index. If the index changes, the Fund could receive lower interest payments or experience a reduction in the value of the derivative to below what the Fund paid. Certain indexed securities, including inverse securities (which move in an opposite direction to the index), may create leverage, to the extent that they increase or decrease in value at a rate that is a multiple of the changes in the applicable index.
 
Derivatives may generally be traded over-the-counter (“OTC”) or on an exchange. Derivatives traded OTC, such as structured notes, are agreements that are individually negotiated between parties and can be tailored to meet a purchaser’s needs. OTC derivatives are not guaranteed by a clearing agency and may be subject to increased credit risk.
 
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counterparty to post collateral if the Fund has a net aggregate unrealized gain on all OTC derivative contracts with a particular counterparty. There is no guarantee that counterparty exposure is reduced and these arrangements are dependent on Janus Capital’s ability to establish and maintain appropriate systems and trading.
 
Futures Contracts. The Funds may enter into contracts for the purchase or sale for future delivery of equity securities, fixed-income securities, foreign currencies, commodities, and commodity-linked derivatives (to the extent permitted by the Fund and the Internal Revenue Code), or contracts based on financial indices, including indices of U.S. Government securities, foreign government securities, commodities, and equity or fixed-income securities. U.S. futures contracts are traded on exchanges which have been designated “contract markets” by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) and must be executed through a futures commission merchant (“FCM”) or brokerage firm, which are members of a relevant contract market. Through their clearing corporations, the exchanges guarantee performance of the contracts as between the clearing members of the exchange.
 
The buyer or seller of a futures contract is not required to deliver or pay for the underlying instrument unless the contract is held until the delivery date. However, both the buyer and seller are required to deposit “initial margin” for the benefit of the FCM when the contract is entered into. Initial margin deposits are equal to a percentage of the contract’s value, as set by the exchange on which the contract is traded, and currently are maintained in cash or certain other liquid assets held by the Funds. Initial margin payments are similar to good faith deposits or performance bonds. Unlike margin extended by a securities broker, initial margin payments do not constitute purchasing securities on margin for purposes of a Fund’s investment limitations. If the value of either party’s position declines, that party will be required to make additional “variation margin” payments for the benefit of the FCM to settle the change in value on a daily basis. The party that has a gain may be entitled to receive all or a portion of this amount. In the event of the bankruptcy of the FCM that holds margin on behalf of a Fund, that Fund may be entitled to return of margin owed to such Fund only in proportion to the amount received by the FCM’s other customers. Janus Capital or the subadviser will attempt to minimize the risk by careful monitoring of the creditworthiness of the FCMs with which the Funds do business.
 
The Funds may enter into futures contracts and related options as permitted under CFTC Rule 4.5. The Funds have claimed exclusion from the definition of the term “commodity pool operator” adopted by the CFTC and the National Futures Association, which regulate trading in the futures markets. Therefore, the Funds are not subject to commodity pool operator registration and regulation under the Commodity Exchange Act.
 
Although a Fund will segregate cash and liquid assets in an amount sufficient to cover its open futures obligations, the segregated assets would be available to that Fund immediately upon closing out the futures position; however, closing out open futures positions through customary settlement procedures could take several days. Because a Fund’s cash that may otherwise be invested would be held uninvested or invested in other liquid assets so long as the futures position remains open, such Fund’s return could be diminished due to the opportunity losses of foregoing other potential investments.
 
The Funds may enter into futures contracts to gain exposure to the stock market or other markets pending investment of cash balances or to meet liquidity needs. A Fund may also enter into futures contracts to protect itself from fluctuations in the value of individual securities, the securities markets generally, or interest rate fluctuations, without actually buying or selling the underlying debt or equity security. For example, if the Fund anticipates an increase in the price of stocks, and it intends to purchase stocks at a later time, that Fund could enter into a futures contract to purchase a stock index as a temporary substitute for stock purchases. If an increase in the market occurs that influences the stock index as anticipated, the value of the futures contracts will increase, thereby serving as a hedge against that Fund not participating in a market advance. This technique is sometimes known as an anticipatory hedge. A Fund may also use this technique with respect to an individual company’s stock. To the extent a Fund enters into futures contracts for this purpose, the segregated assets maintained to cover such Fund’s obligations with respect to the futures contracts will consist of liquid assets from its portfolio in an amount equal to the difference between the contract price and the aggregate value of the initial and variation margin payments made by that Fund with respect to the futures contracts. Conversely, if a Fund holds stocks and seeks to protect itself from a decrease in stock prices, the Fund might sell stock index futures contracts, thereby hoping to offset the potential decline in the value of its portfolio securities by a corresponding increase in the value of the futures contract position. Similarly, if a Fund holds an individual company’s stock and expects the price of that stock to decline, the Fund may sell a futures contract on that stock in hopes of offsetting the potential decline in the company’s stock price. A Fund could protect against a decline in stock prices by selling portfolio securities and investing in money market instruments, but the use of futures contracts enables it to maintain a defensive position without having to sell portfolio securities.

 
 
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If a Fund owns interest rate sensitive securities and the portfolio managers expect interest rates to increase, that Fund may take a short position in interest rate futures contracts. Taking such a position would have much the same effect as that Fund selling such securities in its portfolio. If interest rates increase as anticipated, the value of the securities would decline, but the value of that Fund’s interest rate futures contract would increase, thereby keeping the NAV of that Fund from declining as much as it may have otherwise. If, on the other hand, the portfolio managers expect interest rates to decline, that Fund may take a long position in interest rate futures contracts in anticipation of later closing out the futures position and purchasing the securities. Although a Fund can accomplish similar results by buying securities with long maturities and selling securities with short maturities, given the greater liquidity of the futures market than the cash market, it may be possible to accomplish the same result more easily and more quickly by using futures contracts as an investment tool to reduce risk.
 
The ordinary spreads between prices in the cash and futures markets, due to differences in the nature of those markets, are subject to distortions. First, all participants in the futures market are subject to initial margin and variation margin requirements. Rather than meeting additional variation margin requirements, investors may close out futures contracts through offsetting transactions which could distort the normal price relationship between the cash and futures markets. Second, the liquidity of the futures market depends on participants entering into offsetting transactions rather than making or taking delivery of the instrument underlying a futures contract. To the extent participants decide to make or take delivery, liquidity in the futures market could be reduced and prices in the futures market distorted. Third, from the point of view of speculators, the margin deposit requirements in the futures market are less onerous than margin requirements in the securities market. Therefore, increased participation by speculators in the futures market may cause temporary price distortions. Due to the possibility of the foregoing distortions, a correct forecast of general price trends by the portfolio managers still may not result in a successful use of futures.
 
Futures contracts entail risks. There is no guarantee that derivative investments will benefit the Funds. A Fund’s performance could be worse than if the Fund had not used such instruments. For example, if a Fund has hedged against the effects of a possible decrease in prices of securities held in its portfolio and prices increase instead, that Fund will lose part or all of the benefit of the increased value of these securities because of offsetting losses in its futures positions. This risk may be magnified for single stock futures transactions, as the portfolio managers must predict the direction of the price of an individual stock, as opposed to securities prices generally. In addition, if a Fund has insufficient cash, it may have to sell securities from its portfolio to meet daily variation margin requirements. Those sales may be, but will not necessarily be, at increased prices which reflect the rising market and may occur at a time when the sales are disadvantageous to such Fund.
 
The prices of futures contracts depend primarily on the value of their underlying instruments. Because there are a limited number of types of futures contracts, it is possible that the standardized futures contracts available to a Fund will not match exactly such Fund’s current or potential investments. A Fund may buy and sell futures contracts based on underlying instruments with different characteristics from the securities in which it typically invests – for example, by hedging investments in portfolio securities with a futures contract based on a broad index of securities – which involves a risk that the futures position will not correlate precisely with the performance of such Fund’s investments.
 
Futures prices can also diverge from the prices of their underlying instruments, even if the underlying instruments closely correlate with a Fund’s investments, such as with a single stock futures contract. Futures prices are affected by factors such as current and anticipated short-term interest rates, changes in volatility of the underlying instruments, and the time remaining until expiration of the contract. Those factors may affect securities prices differently from futures prices. Imperfect correlations between a Fund’s investments and its futures positions also may result from differing levels of demand in the futures markets and the securities markets, from structural differences in how futures and securities are traded, and from imposition of daily price fluctuation limits for futures contracts. A Fund may buy or sell futures contracts with a greater or lesser value than the securities it wishes to hedge or is considering purchasing in order to attempt to compensate for differences in historical volatility between the futures contract and the securities, although this may not be successful in all cases. If price changes in a Fund’s futures positions are poorly correlated with its other investments, its futures positions may fail to produce desired gains or result in losses that are not offset by the gains in that Fund’s other investments.
 
Because futures contracts are generally settled within a day from the date they are closed out, compared with a settlement period of three days for some types of securities, the futures markets can provide superior liquidity to the securities markets. Nevertheless, there is no assurance that a liquid secondary market will exist for any particular futures contract at any particular time. In addition, futures exchanges may establish daily price fluctuation limits for futures contracts and may halt trading if a contract’s price moves upward or downward more than the limit in a given day. On volatile trading days when the price fluctuation limit is reached, it may be impossible for a Fund to enter into new positions or close out existing positions. If the secondary market for a futures contract is not liquid because of price fluctuation limits or otherwise, a Fund

 
 
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may not be able to promptly liquidate unfavorable futures positions and potentially could be required to continue to hold a futures position until the delivery date, regardless of changes in its value. As a result, such Fund’s access to other assets held to cover its futures positions also could be impaired.
 
Options on Futures Contracts. The Funds may buy and write put and call options on futures contracts. A purchased option on a future gives a Fund the right (but not the obligation) to buy or sell a futures contract at a specified price on or before a specified date. The purchase of a call option on a futures contract is similar in some respects to the purchase of a call option on an individual security. As with other option transactions, securities will be segregated to cover applicable margin or segregation requirements on open futures contracts. Depending on the pricing of the option compared to either the price of the futures contract upon which it is based or the price of the underlying instrument, ownership of the option may or may not be less risky than ownership of the futures contract or the underlying instrument. As with the purchase of futures contracts, when a Fund is not fully invested, it may buy a call option on a futures contract to hedge against a market advance.
 
The writing of a call option on a futures contract constitutes a partial hedge against declining prices of a security, commodity, or foreign currency which is deliverable under, or of the index comprising, the futures contract. If the futures price at the expiration of the option is below the exercise price, a Fund will retain the full amount of the option premium which provides a partial hedge against any decline that may have occurred in that Fund’s portfolio holdings. The writing of a put option on a futures contract constitutes a partial hedge against increasing prices of a security, commodity, or foreign currency which is deliverable under, or of the index comprising, the futures contract. If the futures price at expiration of the option is higher than the exercise price, a Fund will retain the full amount of the option premium which provides a partial hedge against any increase in the price of securities which that Fund is considering buying. If a call or put option a Fund has written is exercised, such Fund will incur a loss which will be reduced by the amount of the premium it received. Depending on the degree of correlation between the change in the value of its portfolio securities and changes in the value of the futures positions, a Fund’s losses from existing options on futures may to some extent be reduced or increased by changes in the value of portfolio securities.
 
The purchase of a put option on a futures contract is similar in some respects to the purchase of protective put options on portfolio securities. For example, a Fund may buy a put option on a futures contract to hedge its portfolio against the risk of falling prices or rising interest rates.
 
The amount of risk a Fund assumes when it buys an option on a futures contract is the premium paid for the option plus related transaction costs. In addition to the correlation risks discussed above, the purchase of an option also entails the risk that changes in the value of the underlying futures contract will not be fully reflected in the value of the options bought.
 
Forward Contracts. A forward contract is an agreement between two parties in which one party is obligated to deliver a stated amount of a stated asset at a specified time in the future and the other party is obligated to pay a specified amount for the asset at the time of delivery. The Funds may enter into forward contracts to purchase and sell government securities, equity or income securities, foreign currencies, or other financial instruments. Currently, the Funds do not intend to invest in forward contracts other than forward currency contracts. Forward contracts generally are traded in an interbank market conducted directly between traders (usually large commercial banks) and their customers. Unlike futures contracts, which are standardized contracts, forward contracts can be specifically drawn to meet the needs of the parties that enter into them. The parties to a forward contract may agree to offset or terminate the contract before its maturity, or may hold the contract to maturity and complete the contemplated exchange.
 
The following discussion summarizes the Funds’ principal uses of forward foreign currency exchange contracts (“forward currency contracts”). A Fund may enter into forward currency contracts with stated contract values of up to the value of that Fund’s assets. A forward currency contract is an obligation to buy or sell an amount of a specified currency for an agreed price (which may be in U.S. dollars or a foreign currency). A Fund may invest in forward currency contracts for nonhedging purposes such as seeking to enhance return. A Fund will exchange foreign currencies for U.S. dollars and for other foreign currencies in the normal course of business and may buy and sell currencies through forward currency contracts in order to fix a price for securities it has agreed to buy or sell (“transaction hedge”). A Fund also may hedge some or all of its investments denominated in a foreign currency or exposed to foreign currency fluctuations against a decline in the value of that currency relative to the U.S. dollar by entering into forward currency contracts to sell an amount of that currency (or a proxy currency whose performance is expected to replicate or exceed the performance of that currency relative to the U.S. dollar) approximating the value of some or all of its portfolio securities denominated in or exposed to that currency (“position hedge”) or by participating in options or futures contracts with respect to the currency. A Fund also may enter into a forward

 
 
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currency contract with respect to a currency where the Fund is considering the purchase or sale of investments denominated in that currency but has not yet selected the specific investments (“anticipatory hedge”). In any of these circumstances a Fund may, alternatively, enter into a forward currency contract to purchase or sell one foreign currency for a second currency that is expected to perform more favorably relative to the U.S. dollar if the portfolio managers believe there is a reasonable degree of correlation between movements in the two currencies (“cross-hedge”).
 
These types of hedging minimize the effect of currency appreciation as well as depreciation, but do not eliminate fluctuations in the underlying U.S. dollar equivalent value of the proceeds of or rates of return on a Fund’s foreign currency denominated portfolio securities. The matching of the increase in value of a forward contract and the decline in the U.S. dollar equivalent value of the foreign currency denominated asset that is the subject of the hedge generally will not be precise. Shifting a Fund’s currency exposure from one foreign currency to another removes that Fund’s opportunity to profit from increases in the value of the original currency and involves a risk of increased losses to such Fund if the portfolio managers’ projection of future exchange rates is inaccurate. Proxy hedges and cross-hedges may result in losses if the currency used to hedge does not perform similarly to the currency in which hedged securities are denominated. Unforeseen changes in currency prices may result in poorer overall performance for a Fund than if it had not entered into such contracts.
 
In general, the Funds cover outstanding forward currency contracts by maintaining liquid portfolio securities denominated in, or whose value is tied to, the currency underlying the forward contract or the currency being hedged. To the extent that a Fund is not able to cover its forward currency positions with underlying portfolio securities, the Fund’s custodian segregates cash or other liquid assets having a value equal to the aggregate amount of such Fund’s commitments under forward contracts entered into with respect to position hedges, cross-hedges, and anticipatory hedges. If the value of the securities used to cover a position or the value of segregated assets declines, a Fund will find alternative cover or segregate additional cash or other liquid assets on a daily basis so that the value of the covered and segregated assets will be equal to the amount of such Fund’s commitments with respect to such contracts. As an alternative to segregating assets, a Fund may buy call options permitting such Fund to buy the amount of foreign currency being hedged by a forward sale contract, or a Fund may buy put options permitting it to sell the amount of foreign currency subject to a forward buy contract.
 
While forward contracts are not currently regulated by the CFTC, the CFTC may in the future assert authority to regulate forward contracts. In such event, the Funds’ ability to utilize forward contracts may be restricted. In addition, a Fund may not always be able to enter into forward contracts at attractive prices and may be limited in its ability to use these contracts to hedge Fund assets.
 
Options on Foreign Currencies. The Funds may buy and write options on foreign currencies in a manner similar to that in which futures or forward contracts on foreign currencies will be utilized. For example, a decline in the U.S. dollar value of a foreign currency in which portfolio securities are denominated will reduce the U.S. dollar value of such securities, even if their value in the foreign currency remains constant. In order to protect against such diminutions in the value of portfolio securities, a Fund may buy put options on the foreign currency. If the value of the currency declines, such Fund will have the right to sell such currency for a fixed amount in U.S. dollars, thereby offsetting, in whole or in part, the adverse effect on its portfolio.
 
Conversely, when a rise in the U.S. dollar value of a currency in which securities to be acquired are denominated is projected, thereby increasing the cost of such securities, a Fund may buy call options on the foreign currency. The purchase of such options could offset, at least partially, the effects of the adverse movements in exchange rates. As in the case of other types of options, however, the benefit to a Fund from purchases of foreign currency options will be reduced by the amount of the premium and related transaction costs. In addition, if currency exchange rates do not move in the direction or to the extent projected, a Fund could sustain losses on transactions in foreign currency options that would require such Fund to forego a portion or all of the benefits of advantageous changes in those rates.
 
The Funds may also write options on foreign currencies. For example, to hedge against a potential decline in the U.S. dollar value of foreign currency denominated securities due to adverse fluctuations in exchange rates, a Fund could, instead of purchasing a put option, write a call option on the relevant currency. If the expected decline occurs, the option will most likely not be exercised, and the decline in value of portfolio securities will be offset by the amount of the premium received.
 
Similarly, instead of purchasing a call option to hedge against a potential increase in the U.S. dollar cost of securities to be acquired, a Fund could write a put option on the relevant currency which, if rates move in the manner projected, should expire unexercised and allow that Fund to hedge the increased cost up to the amount of the premium. As in the case of other types of options, however, the writing of a foreign currency option will constitute only a partial hedge up to the amount of the premium. If exchange rates do not move in the expected direction, the option may be exercised, and a Fund

 
 
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would be required to buy or sell the underlying currency at a loss which may not be offset by the amount of the premium. Through the writing of options on foreign currencies, a Fund also may lose all or a portion of the benefits which might otherwise have been obtained from favorable movements in exchange rates.
 
The Funds may write covered call options on foreign currencies. A call option written on a foreign currency by a Fund is “covered” if that Fund owns the foreign currency underlying the call or has an absolute and immediate right to acquire that foreign currency without additional cash consideration (or for additional cash consideration held in a segregated account by its custodian) upon conversion or exchange of other foreign currencies held in its portfolio. A call option is also covered if a Fund has a call on the same foreign currency in the same principal amount as the call written if the exercise price of the call held: (i) is equal to or less than the exercise price of the call written or (ii) is greater than the exercise price of the call written, if the difference is maintained by such Fund in cash or other liquid assets in a segregated account with the Fund’s custodian.
 
The Funds also may write call options on foreign currencies for cross-hedging purposes. A call option on a foreign currency is for cross-hedging purposes if it is designed to provide a hedge against a decline due to an adverse change in the exchange rate in the U.S. dollar value of a security which a Fund owns or has the right to acquire and which is denominated in the currency underlying the option. Call options on foreign currencies which are entered into for cross-hedging purposes are not covered. However, in such circumstances, a Fund will collateralize the option by segregating cash or other liquid assets in an amount not less than the value of the underlying foreign currency in U.S. dollars marked-to-market daily.
 
Eurodollar Instruments. Each Fund may make investments in Eurodollar instruments. Eurodollar instruments are U.S. dollar-denominated futures contracts or options thereon which are linked to the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”), although foreign currency denominated instruments are available from time to time. Eurodollar futures contracts enable purchasers to obtain a fixed rate for the lending of funds and sellers to obtain a fixed rate for borrowings. A Fund might use Eurodollar futures contracts and options thereon to hedge against changes in LIBOR, to which many interest rate swaps and fixed-income instruments are linked.
 
Additional Risks of Options on Foreign Currencies, Forward Contracts, and Foreign Instruments. Unlike transactions entered into by the Funds in futures contracts, options on foreign currencies and forward contracts are not traded on contract markets regulated by the CFTC or (with the exception of certain foreign currency options) by the SEC. To the contrary, such instruments are traded through financial institutions acting as market-makers, although foreign currency options are also traded on certain Exchanges, such as the Philadelphia Stock Exchange and the Chicago Board Options Exchange, subject to SEC regulation.
 
Similarly, options on currencies may be traded over-the-counter. In an OTC trading environment, many of the protections afforded to Exchange participants will not be available. For example, there are no daily price fluctuation limits, and adverse market movements could therefore continue to an unlimited extent over a period of time. Although the buyer of an option cannot lose more than the amount of the premium plus related transaction costs, this entire amount could be lost. Moreover, an option writer and a buyer or seller of futures or forward contracts could lose amounts substantially in excess of any premium received or initial margin or collateral posted due to the potential additional margin and collateral requirements associated with such positions.
 
Options on foreign currencies traded on Exchanges are within the jurisdiction of the SEC, as are other securities traded on Exchanges. As a result, many of the protections provided to traders on organized Exchanges will be available with respect to such transactions. In particular, all foreign currency option positions entered into on an Exchange are cleared and guaranteed by the Options Clearing Corporation (“OCC”), thereby reducing the risk of credit default. Further, a liquid secondary market in options traded on an Exchange may be more readily available than in the OTC market, potentially permitting a Fund to liquidate open positions at a profit prior to exercise or expiration or to limit losses in the event of adverse market movements.
 
The purchase and sale of exchange-traded foreign currency options, however, is subject to the risks of the availability of a liquid secondary market described above, as well as the risks regarding adverse market movements, margining of options written, the nature of the foreign currency market, possible intervention by governmental authorities, and the effects of other political and economic events. In addition, exchange-traded options on foreign currencies involve certain risks not presented by the OTC market. For example, exercise and settlement of such options must be made exclusively through the OCC, which has established banking relationships in applicable foreign countries for this purpose. As a result, the OCC may, if it determines that foreign governmental restrictions or taxes would prevent the orderly settlement of foreign currency option exercises, or would result in undue burdens on the OCC or its clearing member, impose special procedures on exercise and

 
 
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settlement, such as technical changes in the mechanics of delivery of currency, the fixing of dollar settlement prices, or prohibitions on exercise.
 
In addition, options on U.S. Government securities, futures contracts, options on futures contracts, forward contracts, and options on foreign currencies may be traded on foreign exchanges and OTC in foreign countries. Such transactions are subject to the risk of governmental actions affecting trading in or the prices of foreign currencies or securities. The value of such positions also could be adversely affected by: (i) other complex foreign political and economic factors; (ii) lesser availability than in the United States of data on which to make trading decisions; (iii) delays in a Fund’s ability to act upon economic events occurring in foreign markets during nonbusiness hours in the United States; (iv) the imposition of different exercise and settlement terms and procedures and margin requirements than in the United States; and (v) low trading volume.
 
A Fund may from time to time participate on committees formed by creditors to negotiate with the management of financially troubled issuers of securities held by that Fund. Such participation may subject a Fund to expenses such as legal fees and may make that Fund an “insider” of the issuer for purposes of the federal securities laws, which may restrict that Fund’s ability to trade in or acquire additional positions in a particular security or other securities of the issuer when it might otherwise desire to do so. Participation by a Fund on such committees also may expose that Fund to potential liabilities under the federal bankruptcy laws or other laws governing the rights of creditors and debtors. A Fund would participate on such committees only when Janus Capital believes that such participation is necessary or desirable to enforce that Fund’s rights as a creditor or to protect the value of securities held by that Fund.
 
Options on Securities. In an effort to increase current income and to reduce fluctuations in NAV, the Funds may write covered and uncovered put and call options and buy put and call options on securities that are traded on U.S. and foreign securities exchanges and OTC. Examples of covering transactions include: (i) for a written put, selling short the underlying instrument at the same or higher price than the put’s exercise price; and (ii) for a written call, owning the underlying instrument. The Funds may write and buy options on the same types of securities that the Funds may purchase directly. The Funds may utilize American-style and European-style options. An American-style option is an option contract that can be exercised at any time between the time of purchase and the option’s expiration date. A European-style option is an option contract that can only be exercised on the option’s expiration date.
 
A Fund may cover its obligations on a put option by segregating cash or other liquid assets with the Fund’s custodian for a value equal to: (i) the full notional value of the put for physically settled options; or (ii) the in-the-money value of the put for cash settled options. A Fund may also cover its obligations on a put option by holding a put on the same security and in the same principal amount as the put written where the exercise price of the put held: (i) is equal to or greater than the exercise price of the put written; or (ii) is less than the exercise price of the put written if the difference is maintained by that Fund in cash or other liquid assets in a segregated account with its custodian. The premium paid by the buyer of an option will normally reflect, among other things, the relationship of the exercise price to the market price and the volatility of the underlying security, the remaining term of the option, supply and demand, and interest rates.
 
A Fund may cover its obligations on a call option by segregating cash or other liquid assets with the Fund’s custodian for a value equal to: (i) the full notional value of the call for physically settled options; or (ii) the in-the-money value of the call for cash settled options. A Fund may also cover its obligations on a written call option by (i) owning the underlying security covered by the call or having an absolute and immediate right to acquire that security without additional cash consideration (or for additional cash consideration held in a segregated account by the Fund’s custodian) upon conversion or exchange of other securities held in its portfolio; or (ii) holding a call on the same security and in the same principal amount as the call written where the exercise price of the call held: (a) is equal to or less than the exercise price of the call written; or (b) is greater than the exercise price of the call written if the difference is maintained by that Fund in cash or other liquid assets in a segregated account with its custodian.
 
A Fund would write a call option for hedging purposes, instead of writing a covered call option, when the premium to be received from the cross-hedge transaction would exceed that which would be received from writing a covered call option and the portfolio managers believe that writing the option would achieve the desired hedge.
 
The premium paid by the buyer of an option will normally reflect, among other things, the relationship of the exercise price to the market price and the volatility of the underlying security, the remaining term of the option, supply and demand, and interest rates.

 
 
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The writer of an option may have no control over when the underlying securities must be sold, in the case of a call option, or bought, in the case of a put option, since with regard to certain options, the writer may be assigned an exercise notice at any time prior to the termination of the obligation. Whether or not an option expires unexercised, the writer retains the amount of the premium. This amount, of course, may, in the case of a covered call option, be offset by a decline in the market value of the underlying security during the option period. If a call option is exercised, the writer experiences a profit or loss from the sale of the underlying security. If a put option is exercised, the writer must fulfill the obligation to buy the underlying security at the exercise price, which will usually exceed the then market value of the underlying security.
 
The writer of an option that wishes to terminate its obligation may effect a “closing purchase transaction.” This is accomplished by buying an option of the same series as the option previously written. The effect of the purchase is that the writer’s position will be canceled by the clearing corporation. However, a writer may not effect a closing purchase transaction after being notified of the exercise of an option. Likewise, an investor who is the holder of an option may liquidate its position by effecting a “closing sale transaction.” This is accomplished by selling an option of the same series as the option previously bought. There is no guarantee that either a closing purchase or a closing sale transaction can be effected.
 
In the case of a written call option, effecting a closing transaction will permit a Fund to write another call option on the underlying security with either a different exercise price or expiration date or both. In the case of a written put option, such transaction will permit a Fund to write another put option to the extent that the exercise price is secured by deposited liquid assets. Effecting a closing transaction also will permit a Fund to use the cash or proceeds from the concurrent sale of any securities subject to the option for other investments. If a Fund desires to sell a particular security from its portfolio on which it has written a call option, such Fund will effect a closing transaction prior to or concurrent with the sale of the security.
 
A Fund will realize a profit from a closing transaction if the price of the purchase transaction is less than the premium received from writing the option or the price received from a sale transaction is more than the premium paid to buy the option. A Fund will realize a loss from a closing transaction if the price of the purchase transaction is more than the premium received from writing the option or the price received from a sale transaction is less than the premium paid to buy the option. Because increases in the market price of a call option generally will reflect increases in the market price of the underlying security, any loss resulting from the repurchase of a call option is likely to be offset in whole or in part by appreciation of the underlying security owned by a Fund.
 
An option position may be closed out only where a secondary market for an option of the same series exists. If a secondary market does not exist, a Fund may not be able to effect closing transactions in particular options and that Fund would have to exercise the options in order to realize any profit. If a Fund is unable to effect a closing purchase transaction in a secondary market, it will not be able to sell the underlying security until the option expires or it delivers the underlying security upon exercise. The absence of a liquid secondary market may be due to the following: (i) insufficient trading interest in certain options; (ii) restrictions imposed by a national securities exchange (“Exchange”) on which the option is traded on opening or closing transactions or both; (iii) trading halts, suspensions, or other restrictions imposed with respect to particular classes or series of options or underlying securities; (iv) unusual or unforeseen circumstances that interrupt normal operations on an Exchange; (v) the facilities of an Exchange or of the OCC may not at all times be adequate to handle current trading volume; or (vi) one or more Exchanges could, for economic or other reasons, decide or be compelled at some future date to discontinue the trading of options (or a particular class or series of options), in which event the secondary market on that Exchange (or in that class or series of options) would cease to exist, although outstanding options on that Exchange that had been issued by the OCC as a result of trades on that Exchange would continue to be exercisable in accordance with their terms.
 
A Fund may write options in connection with buy-and-write transactions. In other words, a Fund may buy a security and then write a call option against that security. The exercise price of such call will depend upon the expected price movement of the underlying security. The exercise price of a call option may be below (“in-the-money”), equal to (“at-the-money”), or above (“out-of-the-money”) the current value of the underlying security at the time the option is written. Buy-and-write transactions using in-the-money call options may be used when it is expected that the price of the underlying security will remain flat or decline moderately during the option period. Buy-and-write transactions using at-the-money call options may be used when it is expected that the price of the underlying security will remain fixed or advance moderately during the option period. Buy-and-write transactions using out-of-the-money call options may be used when it is expected that the premiums received from writing the call option plus the appreciation in the market price of the underlying security up to the exercise price will be greater than the appreciation in the price of the underlying security alone. If the call options are exercised in such transactions, a Fund’s maximum gain will be the premium received by it for writing the option, adjusted

 
 
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upwards or downwards by the difference between that Fund’s purchase price of the security and the exercise price. If the options are not exercised and the price of the underlying security declines, the amount of such decline will be offset by the amount of premium received.
 
The writing of covered put options is similar in terms of risk and return characteristics to buy-and-write transactions. If the market price of the underlying security rises or otherwise is above the exercise price, the put option will expire worthless and a Fund’s gain will be limited to the premium received. If the market price of the underlying security declines or otherwise is below the exercise price, a Fund may elect to close the position or take delivery of the security at the exercise price and that Fund’s return will be the premium received from the put options minus the amount by which the market price of the security is below the exercise price.
 
A Fund may buy put options to hedge against a decline in the value of its portfolio. By using put options in this way, a Fund will reduce any profit it might otherwise have realized in the underlying security by the amount of the premium paid for the put option and by transaction costs.
 
A Fund may buy call options to hedge against an increase in the price of securities that it may buy in the future. The premium paid for the call option plus any transaction costs will reduce the benefit, if any, realized by such Fund upon exercise of the option, and, unless the price of the underlying security rises sufficiently, the option may expire worthless to that Fund.
 
A Fund may write straddles (combinations of put and call options on the same underlying security), which are generally a nonhedging technique used for purposes such as seeking to enhance return. Because combined options positions involve multiple trades, they result in higher transaction costs and may be more difficult to open and close out than individual options contracts. The straddle rules of the Internal Revenue Code require deferral of certain losses realized on positions of a straddle to the extent that a Fund has unrealized gains in offsetting positions at year end. The holding period of the securities comprising the straddle will be suspended until the straddle is terminated.
 
Options on Securities Indices. The Funds may also purchase and write exchange-listed and OTC put and call options on securities indices. A securities index measures the movement of a certain group of securities by assigning relative values to the securities. The index may fluctuate as a result of changes in the market values of the securities included in the index. Some securities index options are based on a broad market index, such as the New York Stock Exchange Composite Index, or a narrower market index such as the Standard & Poor’s 100. Indices may also be based on a particular industry, market segment, or certain currencies such as the U.S. Dollar Index or DXY Index.
 
Options on securities indices are similar to options on securities except that (1) the expiration cycles of securities index options are monthly, while those of securities options are currently quarterly, and (2) the delivery requirements are different. Instead of giving the right to take or make delivery of securities at a specified price, an option on a securities index gives the holder the right to receive a cash “exercise settlement amount” equal to (a) the amount, if any, by which the fixed exercise price of the option exceeds (in the case of a put) or is less than (in the case of a call) the closing value of the underlying index on the date of exercise, multiplied by (b) a fixed “index multiplier.” Receipt of this cash amount will depend upon the closing level of the securities index upon which the option is based being greater than, in the case of a call, or less than, in the case of a put, the exercise price of the index and the exercise price of the option times a specified multiple. The writer of the option is obligated, in return for the premium received, to make delivery of this amount. Securities index options may be offset by entering into closing transactions as described above for securities options.
 
Options on Non-U.S. Securities Indices. The Funds may purchase and write put and call options on foreign securities indices listed on domestic and foreign securities exchanges. The Funds may also purchase and write OTC options on foreign securities indices.
 
The Funds may, to the extent allowed by federal and state securities laws, invest in options on non-U.S. securities indices instead of investing directly in individual non-U.S. securities. The Funds may also use foreign securities index options for bona fide hedging and non-hedging purposes.
 
Options on securities indices entail risks in addition to the risks of options on securities. The absence of a liquid secondary market to close out options positions on securities indices may be more likely to occur, although the Funds generally will only purchase or write such an option if Janus Capital or the subadviser, as applicable, believes the option can be closed out. Use of options on securities indices also entails the risk that trading in such options may be interrupted if trading in certain securities included in the index is interrupted. The Funds will not purchase such options unless Janus Capital or the

 
 
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subadviser believes the market is sufficiently developed such that the risk of trading in such options is no greater than the risk of trading in options on securities.
 
Price movements in a Fund’s portfolio may not correlate precisely with movements in the level of an index and, therefore, the use of options on indices cannot serve as a complete hedge. Because options on securities indices require settlement in cash, the portfolio managers may be forced to liquidate portfolio securities to meet settlement obligations. A Fund’s activities in index options may also be restricted by the requirements of the Code for qualification as a regulated investment company.
 
In addition, the hours of trading for options on the securities indices may not conform to the hours during which the underlying securities are traded. To the extent that the option markets close before the markets for the underlying securities, significant price and rate movements can take place in the underlying securities markets that cannot be reflected in the option markets. It is impossible to predict the volume of trading that may exist in such options, and there can be no assurance that viable exchange markets will develop or exist.
 
Other Options. In addition to the option strategies described above and in the Prospectuses, a Fund may purchase and sell a variety of options with non-standard payout structures or other features (“exotic options”). Exotic options are traded OTC and typically have price movements that can vary markedly from simple put or call options. The risks associated with exotic options are that they cannot be as easily priced and may be subject to liquidity risk. While some exotic options have fairly active markets others are mostly thinly traded instruments. Some options are pure two-party transactions and may have no liquidity. Each Fund may treat such instruments as illiquid and will limit its investments in such instruments to no more than 15% of its net assets, when combined with all other illiquid investments of the Fund. A Fund may use exotic options to the extent that they are consistent with the Fund’s investment objective and investment policies, and applicable regulations.
 
The Funds may purchase and sell exotic options that have values which are determined by the correlation of two or more underlying assets. These types of options include, but are not limited to, outperformance options, yield curve options, or other spread options.
 
Outperformance Option – An option that pays the holder the difference in the performance of two assets. The value of an outperformance option is based on the relative difference, i.e. the percentage outperformance of one underlying security or index compared to another. Outperformance options allow the Fund to gain leveraged exposure to the percentage price performance of one security or index over another. The holder of an outperformance option will only receive payment under the option contract if a designated underlying asset outperforms the other underlying asset. If outperformance does not occur, the holder will not receive payment. The option may expire worthless despite positive performance by the designated underlying asset. Outperformance options are typically cash settled and have European-style exercise provisions.
 
Yield Curve Options – An option whose value is based on the yield spread or yield differential between two securities. In contrast to other types of options, a yield curve option is based on the difference between the yields of designated securities, rather than the prices of the individual securities, and is settled through cash payments. Accordingly, a yield curve option is profitable to the holder if this differential widens (in the case of a call) or narrows (in the case of a put), regardless of whether the yields of the underlying securities increase or decrease.
 
Spread Option – A type of option that derives its value from the price differential between two or more assets, or the same asset at different times or places. Spread options can be written on all types of financial products including equities, bonds and currencies.
 
Swaps and Swap-Related Products. The Funds may enter into swap agreements or utilize swap-related products, including, but not limited to, total return swaps, equity swaps, interest rate swaps, caps, and floors (either on an asset-based or liability-based basis, depending upon whether it is hedging its assets or its liabilities). Swap agreements are two-party contracts entered into primarily by institutional investors for periods ranging from a day to more than one year. A Fund may enter into swap agreements in an attempt to gain exposure to the stocks making up an index of securities in a market without actually purchasing those stocks, or to hedge a position. The most significant factor in the performance of swap agreements is the change in value of the specific index, security, or currency, or other factors that determine the amounts of payments due to and from a Fund. The Funds will usually enter into interest rate swaps on a net basis (i.e., the two payment streams are netted out, with a Fund receiving or paying, as the case may be, only the net amount of the two payments). The net amount of the excess, if any, of a Fund’s obligations over its entitlement with respect to each swap will be calculated on a daily basis, and an amount of cash or other liquid assets having an aggregate NAV at least equal to the accrued excess will be maintained in a segregated account by the Fund’s custodian. If a Fund enters into a swap on other than a net basis, it would maintain a segregated account in the full amount accrued on a daily basis of its obligations with respect to the swap.

 
 
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Swap agreements entail the risk that a party will default on its payment obligations to the Fund. If there is a default by the other party to such a transaction, a Fund normally will have contractual remedies pursuant to the agreements related to the transaction. Swap agreements also bear the risk that a Fund will not be able to meet its obligation to the counterparty.
 
A Fund normally will not enter into any total return, equity, or interest rate swap, cap, or floor transaction unless the claims-paying ability of the other party thereto meets guidelines established by Janus Capital. Janus Capital’s guidelines may be adjusted in accordance with market conditions. Janus Capital or the subadviser will monitor the creditworthiness of all counterparties on an ongoing basis. Generally, parties that are rated in the highest short-term rating category by an NRSRO will meet Janus Capital’s guidelines. The ratings of NRSROs represent their opinions of the claims-paying ability of entities rated by them. NRSRO ratings are general and are not absolute standards of quality.
 
The swap market has grown substantially in recent years, with a large number of banks and investment banking firms acting both as principals and as agents utilizing standardized swap documentation. Janus Capital has determined that, as a result, the swap market has become relatively liquid. Caps and floors are more recent innovations for which standardized documentation has not yet been developed and, accordingly, they are less liquid than swaps. To the extent a Fund sells (i.e., writes) caps and floors, it will segregate cash or other liquid assets having an aggregate NAV at least equal to the full amount, accrued on a daily basis, of its obligations with respect to any caps or floors.
 
There is no limit on the amount of total return, equity, or interest rate swap transactions that may be entered into by a Fund. The use of equity swaps is a highly specialized activity which involves investment techniques and risks different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. Swap transactions may in some instances involve the delivery of securities or other underlying assets by a Fund or its counterparty to collateralize obligations under the swap. Under the documentation currently used in those markets, the risk of loss with respect to swaps is limited to the net amount of the payments that a Fund is contractually obligated to make. If the other party to a swap that is not collateralized defaults, a Fund would risk the loss of the net amount of the payments that it contractually is entitled to receive. A Fund may buy and sell (i.e., write) caps and floors, without limitation, subject to the segregation requirement described above.
 
Another form of a swap agreement is the credit default swap. A Fund may enter into various types of credit default swap agreements (with values not to exceed 10% of the net assets of the Fund) for investment purposes and to add leverage to its portfolio. As the seller in a credit default swap contract, the Fund would be required to pay the par value (the “notional value”) (or other agreed-upon value) of a referenced debt obligation to the counterparty in the event of a default by a third party, such as a U.S. or foreign corporate issuer, on the debt obligation. In return, the Fund would receive from the counterparty a periodic stream of payments over the term of the contract provided that no event of default has occurred. If no default occurs, the Fund would keep the stream of payments and would have no payment obligations. As the seller, the Fund would effectively add leverage to its portfolio because, in addition to its total net assets, that Fund would be subject to investment exposure on the notional value of the swap. The maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) that the Fund as a seller in a credit default transaction would be the notional amount of the agreement. A Fund may also purchase credit default swap contracts in order to hedge against the risk of default of debt securities held in its portfolio, in which case the Fund would function as the counterparty referenced in the preceding paragraph. Credit default swaps could result in losses if the Fund does not correctly evaluate the creditworthiness of the company or companies on which the credit default swap is based.
 
Credit default swap agreements may involve greater risks than if a Fund had invested in the reference obligation directly since, in addition to risks relating to the reference obligation, credit default swaps are subject to illiquidity risk, counterparty risk, and credit risk. A Fund will generally incur a greater degree of risk when it sells a credit default swap option than when it purchases a credit default swap. As a buyer of a credit default swap, the Fund may lose its investment and recover nothing should no credit event occur and the swap is held to its termination date. As seller of a credit default swap, if a credit event were to occur, the value of any deliverable obligation received by the Fund, coupled with the upfront or periodic payments previously received, may be less than what it pays to the buyer, resulting in a loss of value to the Fund.
 
A Fund may invest in funded (notional value of contract paid up front) or unfunded (notional value only paid in case of default) credit default swaps that are based on an index of credit default swaps (“CDXs”) or other similarly structured products. CDXs are designed to track segments of the credit default swap market and provide investors with exposure to specific reference baskets of issuers of bonds or loans. These instruments have the potential to allow an investor to obtain the same investment exposure as an investor who invests in an individual credit default swap, but with the potential added benefit of diversification. The CDX reference baskets are normally priced daily and rebalanced every six months in

 
 
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conjunction with leading market makers in the credit industry. The liquidity of the market for CDXs is normally subject to liquidity in the secured loan and credit derivatives markets.
 
A Fund investing in CDXs is normally only permitted to take long positions in these instruments. A Fund holding a long position in CDXs typically receives income from principal or interest paid on the underlying securities. A Fund also normally indirectly bears its proportionate share of any expenses paid by a CDX in addition to the expenses of the Fund. By investing in CDXs, a Fund could be exposed to risks relating to, among other things, the reference obligation, illiquidity risk, counterparty risk, and credit risk.
 
Structured Investments. A structured investment is a security having a return tied to an underlying index or other security or asset class. Structured investments generally are individually negotiated agreements and may be traded over-the-counter. Structured investments are organized and operated to restructure the investment characteristics of the underlying security. This restructuring involves the deposit with or purchase by an entity, such as a corporation or trust, or specified instruments (such as commercial bank loans) and the issuance by that entity of one or more classes of securities (“structured securities”) backed by, or representing interests in, the underlying instruments. The cash flow on the underlying instruments may be apportioned among the newly issued structured securities to create securities with different investment characteristics, such as varying maturities, payment priorities, and interest rate provisions, and the extent of such payments made with respect to structured securities is dependent on the extent of the cash flow on the underlying instruments. Because structured securities typically involve no credit enhancement, their credit risk generally will be equivalent to that of the underlying instruments. Investments in structured securities are generally of a class of structured securities that is either subordinated or unsubordinated to the right of payment of another class. Subordinated structured securities typically have higher yields and present greater risks than unsubordinated structured securities. Structured securities are typically sold in private placement transactions, and there currently is no active trading market for structured securities.
 
Investments in government and government-related restructured debt instruments are subject to special risks, including the inability or unwillingness to repay principal and interest, requests to reschedule or restructure outstanding debt, and requests to extend additional loan amounts. Structured investments include a wide variety of instruments which are also subject to special risk such as inverse floaters and collateralized debt obligations. Inverse floaters involve leverage which may magnify a Fund’s gains or losses. The risk of collateral debt obligations depends largely on the type of collateral securing the obligations. There is a risk that the collateral will not be adequate to make interest or other payments related to the debt obligation the collateral supports.
 
Structured instruments that are registered under the federal securities laws may be treated as liquid. In addition, many structured instruments may not be registered under the federal securities laws. In that event, a Fund’s ability to resell such a structured instrument may be more limited than its ability to resell other Fund securities. The Funds may treat such instruments as illiquid and will limit their investments in such instruments to no more than 15% of each Fund’s net assets, when combined with all other illiquid investments of each Fund.
 
PORTFOLIO TURNOVER
 
As a reference point, a portfolio turnover rate of 100% would mean that a Fund had sold or purchased securities valued at 100% of its average net assets within a one-year period. A Fund cannot accurately predict its turnover rate. Variations in portfolio turnover rates shown may be due to market conditions, changes in the size of a Fund, fluctuating volume of shareholder purchase and redemption orders, the nature of a Fund’s investments, and the investment style and/or outlook of the portfolio managers and/or investment personnel. A Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher when a Fund finds it necessary to significantly change its portfolio to adopt a temporary defensive position or respond to economic or market events. Higher levels of portfolio turnover may result in higher costs for brokerage commissions, dealer mark-ups, and other transaction costs, and may also result in taxable capital gains. Higher costs associated with increased portfolio turnover may offset gains in Fund performance. The following table summarizes the portfolio turnover rates for the Funds for the fiscal years or period noted. Each Fund has changed its fiscal year end to June 30.
 
                         
    Portfolio Turnover Rate for
  Portfolio Turnover Rate for
  Portfolio Turnover Rate for
    the fiscal period ended
  the fiscal year ended
  the fiscal year ended
Fund Name   June 30, 2010(1)(2)   October 31, 2009(3)   October 31, 2008(3)
Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund
    66%       88%       103%  
Perkins Small Cap Value Fund
    59%       85%       112% (4)
 
(1)  Annualized for periods of less than one full year.

 
 
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(2)  For the fiscal period November 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010 (the Funds’ new fiscal year end).
(3)  The Funds’ previous fiscal year end.
(4)  The increase in portfolio turnover rate was due to changes in the portfolio in response to extremely volatile market conditions and fluctuating shareholder transactions.
 
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS DISCLOSURE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
 
The Mutual Fund Holdings Disclosure Policies and Procedures adopted by Janus Capital and all mutual funds managed within the Janus fund complex are designed to be in the best interests of the funds and to protect the confidentiality of the funds’ portfolio holdings. The following describes policies and procedures with respect to disclosure of portfolio holdings.
 
•  Full Holdings. Each Fund is required to disclose its complete holdings in the quarterly holdings report on Form N-Q within 60 days of the end of each fiscal quarter, and in the annual report and semiannual report to Fund shareholders. These reports (i) are available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov; (ii) may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. (information on the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330); and (iii) are available without charge, upon request, by calling a Janus representative at 1-800-525-0020 (toll free). Portfolio holdings (excluding derivatives, short positions, and other investment positions), consisting of at least the names of the holdings, are generally available on a calendar quarter-end basis with a 30-day lag. Holdings are generally posted approximately two business days thereafter under the Holdings & Details tab of each Fund at janus.com/advisor/mutual-funds.
 
Each Fund may provide, upon request, historical full holdings on a monthly basis for periods prior to the previous quarter-end subject to a written confidentiality agreement.
 
•  Top Holdings. Each Fund’s top portfolio holdings, in order of position size and as a percentage of a Fund’s total portfolio, are available monthly with a 15-day lag and on a calendar quarter-end basis with a 15-day lag. Most Janus funds disclose their top ten portfolio holdings. However, certain Janus funds disclose only their top five portfolio holdings.
 
•  Other Information. Each Fund may occasionally provide security breakdowns (e.g., industry, sector, regional, market capitalization, and asset allocation), top performance contributors/detractors (consisting of security names in alphabetical order), and specific portfolio level performance attribution information and statistics monthly with a 15-day lag and on a calendar quarter-end basis with a 15-day lag. Top performance contributors/detractors provided at calendar quarter-end may include the percentage of contribution/detraction to Fund performance.
 
Full portfolio holdings will remain available on the Janus websites at least until a Form N-CSR or Form N-Q is filed with the SEC for the period that includes the date as of which the website information is current. Funds disclose their short positions, if applicable, only to the extent required in regulatory reports. Janus Capital may exclude from publication all or any portion of portfolio holdings or change the time periods of disclosure as deemed necessary to protect the interests of the Janus funds.
 
The Janus funds’ Trustees, officers, and primary service providers, including investment advisers, distributors, administrators, transfer agents, custodians, and their respective personnel, may receive or have access to nonpublic portfolio holdings information. In addition, third parties, including but not limited to those that provide services to the Janus funds, Janus Capital, and its affiliates, such as trade execution measurement systems providers, independent pricing services, proxy voting service providers, the funds’ insurers, computer systems service providers, lenders, counsel, accountants/auditors, and rating and ranking organizations may also receive or have access to nonpublic portfolio holdings information. Other recipients of nonpublic portfolio holdings information may include, but may not be limited to, third parties such as consultants, data aggregators, and asset allocation services which calculate information derived from holdings for use by Janus Capital, and which supply their analyses (but not the holdings themselves) to their clients. Such parties, either by agreement or by virtue of their duties, are required to maintain confidentiality with respect to such nonpublic portfolio holdings.
 
Nonpublic portfolio holdings information may be disclosed to certain third parties upon a good faith determination made by Janus Capital’s Chief Compliance Officer or Ethics Committee that a Fund has a legitimate business purpose for such disclosure and the recipient agrees to maintain confidentiality. Preapproval by the Chief Compliance Officer or Ethics Committee is not required for certain routine service providers and in response to regulatory, administrative, and judicial requirements. The Chief Compliance Officer reports to the Janus funds’ Trustees regarding material compliance matters with respect to the portfolio holdings disclosure policies and procedures.
 
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best interest of the Janus funds and when such waiver or exception is consistent with federal securities laws and applicable fiduciary duties. The frequency with which portfolio holdings are disclosed, as well as the lag time associated with such disclosure, may vary as deemed appropriate under the circumstances. All waivers and exceptions involving any of the Janus funds shall be pre-approved by the Chief Compliance Officer or a designee.
 
As of the date of this SAI, the following non-affiliated third parties, which consist of service providers and consultants as described above, receive or may have access to nonpublic portfolio holdings information, which may include the full holdings of a fund. Certain of the arrangements below reflect relationships of an affiliated subadviser, INTECH Investment Management LLC, and its products.
 
         
Name   Frequency   Lag Time
ACA Compliance Group
  As needed   Current
Axioma Inc.
  Daily   Current
Barclays Capital Inc.
  Daily   Current
BNY Mellon Performance and Risk Analytics, LLC
  Monthly   Current
Bowne & Company Inc. 
  Daily   Current
Brockhouse & Cooper Inc.
  Quarterly   Current
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
  Daily   Current
Callan Associates Inc.
  As needed   Current
Cambridge Associates LLC
  Quarterly   Current
Canterbury Consulting Inc. 
  Monthly   Current
Charles River Systems, Inc.
  As needed   Current
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. 
  As needed   Current
CMS BondEdge
  As needed   Current
Consulting Services Group, LLC
  As needed   Current
Deloitte & Touche LLP
  As needed   Current
Deloitte Tax LLP
  As needed   Current
Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch
  As needed   Current
Eagle Investment Systems Corp.
  As needed   Current
Eaton Vance Management
  As needed   Current
Ennis, Knupp & Associates, Inc.
  As needed   Current
Envestnet Asset Management Inc.
  As needed   Current
Ernst & Young LLP
  As needed   Current
FactSet Research Systems, Inc. 
  As needed   Current
Financial Models Company, Inc. 
  As needed   Current
FlexTrade LLC
  Daily   Current
FT Interactive Data Corporation
  Daily   Current
Hewitt Associates LLC
  As needed   Current
Imagine Software Inc.
  As needed   Current
Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc.
  Daily   Current
International Data Corporation
  Daily   Current
Investment Technology Group, Inc.
  Daily   Current
Jeffrey Slocum & Associates, Inc.
  As needed   Current
Lipper Inc.
  Quarterly   Current
Marco Consulting Group, Inc.
  Monthly   Current
Marquette Associates
  As needed   Current
Markit Loans, Inc. 
  Daily   Current
Mercer Investment Consulting, Inc. 
  As needed   Current
Merrill Communications LLC 
  Semi-annually   5 days
Moody’s Investors Service Inc. 
  Weekly   7 days or more
New England Pension Consultants
  Monthly   Current
Nikko AM Americas
  As needed   Current

 
 
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Name   Frequency   Lag Time
Nomura Funds Research & Technologies America Inc.
  As needed   Current
Olmstead Associates, Inc.
  Daily   Current
Omgeo LLC
  Daily   Current
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
  As needed   Current
Prima Capital Holding, Inc.
  As needed   Current
Prima Capital Management, Inc.
  Quarterly   15 days
R.V. Kuhns & Associates
  As needed   Current
Reuters America Inc. 
  Daily   Current
Rocaton Investment Advisors, LLC
  As needed   Current
Rogerscasey, Inc.
  Quarterly   Current
Russell/Mellon Analytical Services, LLC
  Monthly   Current
Sapient Corporation
  As needed   Current
SEI Investments
  As needed   Current
SimCorp USA, Inc.
  As needed   Current
Standard & Poor’s
  Daily   Current
Standard & Poor’s Financial Services
  Weekly   2 days or more
Standard & Poor’s Securities Evaluation
  Daily   Current
State Street Bank and Trust Company
  Daily   Current
State Street Global Advisors
  Monthly   Current
Stratford Advisory Group, Inc.
  As needed   Current
Summit Strategies Group
  Monthly; Quarterly   Current
The Yield Book Inc.
  Daily   Current
Tower Investment
  As needed   30 days
Wachovia Securities LLC
  As needed   Current
Wall Street On Demand, Inc. 
  Monthly; Quarterly   30 days; 15 days
Wilshire Associates Incorporated
  As needed   Current
Yanni Partners, Inc.
  Quarterly   Current
Zephyr Associates, Inc. 
  Quarterly   Current
 
In addition to the categories of persons and names of persons described above who may receive nonpublic portfolio holdings information, brokers executing portfolio trades on behalf of the funds may receive nonpublic portfolio holdings information.
 
Janus Capital manages other accounts such as separate accounts, unregistered products, and funds sponsored by companies other than Janus Capital. These other accounts may be managed in a similar fashion to certain Janus funds and thus may have similar portfolio holdings. Such accounts may be subject to different portfolio holdings disclosure policies that permit public disclosure of portfolio holdings information in different forms and at different times than the Funds’ portfolio holdings disclosure policies. Additionally, clients of such accounts have access to their portfolio holdings, and may not be subject to the Funds’ portfolio holdings disclosure policies.

 
 
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Investment adviser and subadviser

 
INVESTMENT ADVISER – JANUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
 
As stated in the Prospectuses, each Fund has an Investment Advisory Agreement with Janus Capital Management LLC, 151 Detroit Street, Denver, Colorado 80206-4805. Janus Capital is a direct subsidiary of Janus Capital Group Inc. (“JCGI”), a publicly traded company with principal operations in financial asset management businesses. JCGI owns approximately 95% of Janus Capital, with the remaining 5% held by Janus Management Holdings Corporation.
 
Each Advisory Agreement provides that Janus Capital will furnish continuous advice and recommendations concerning the Funds’ investments, provide office space for the Funds, and pay the salaries, fees, and expenses of all Fund officers (with some shared expenses with the Funds of compensation payable to the Funds’ Chief Compliance Officer and compliance staff) and of those Trustees who are considered to be interested persons of Janus Capital. As of the date of this SAI, none of the members of the Board of Trustees are “interested persons” of Janus Capital as that term is defined by the 1940 Act. Janus Capital also serves as administrator and is authorized to perform the management and administration services necessary for the operation of the Funds, including, but not limited to, NAV determination, portfolio accounting, recordkeeping, and blue sky registration and monitoring services, and other services for which the Funds may reimburse Janus Capital for its costs. Each Fund pays custodian fees and expenses, brokerage commissions and dealer spreads, and other expenses in connection with the execution of portfolio transactions, legal and accounting expenses, interest and taxes, a portion of trade or other investment company dues and expenses, registration fees, expenses of shareholders’ meetings and reports to shareholders, fees and expenses of Fund Trustees who are not interested persons of Janus Capital, other costs of complying with applicable laws regulating the sale of Fund shares, and compensation to the Funds’ transfer agent and other shareholder servicing costs. Many of these costs vary from year to year which can make it difficult to predict the total impact to your Fund’s expense ratio, in particular during times of declining asset values of a Fund. As discussed in this section, Janus Capital has delegated certain management duties for the Funds to Perkins pursuant to subadvisory agreements (“Sub-Advisory Agreements”) between Janus Capital and Perkins.
 
Each Fund’s Advisory Agreement continues in effect from year to year so long as such continuance is approved annually by a majority of the Funds’ Trustees who are not parties to the Advisory Agreements or “interested persons” (as defined by the 1940 Act) of any such party (the “Independent Trustees”), and by either a majority of the outstanding voting shares of each Fund or the Trustees of the Funds. Each Advisory Agreement: (i) may be terminated without the payment of any penalty by a Fund or Janus Capital on 60 days’ written notice; (ii) terminates automatically in the event of its assignment; and (iii) generally, may not be amended without the approval by vote of a majority of the Trustees of the affected Fund, including a majority of the Independent Trustees and, to the extent required by the 1940 Act, the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of that Fund.
 
A discussion regarding the basis for the Trustees’ approval of the Funds’ Investment Advisory Agreements and Sub-Advisory Agreements will be included in the Funds’ next annual or semiannual report to shareholders, following such approval. You can request the Funds’ annual or semiannual reports, free of charge, by contacting your plan sponsor, broker-dealer, or financial intermediary, or by contacting a Janus representative at 1-877-335-2687. The reports are also available, free of charge, on janus.com/info.
 
The Funds pay a monthly investment advisory fee to Janus Capital for its services. The fee may adjust up or down based on each Fund’s performance relative to its benchmark index over the performance measurement period. The following table reflects the Funds’ “base fee” rate prior to any performance fee adjustment.
 
             
        Base Fee Rate (%)
Fund Name       (annual rate)
Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund
        0.64  
             
Perkins Small Cap Value Fund
        0.72  
             
 
 
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PERFORMANCE-BASED INVESTMENT ADVISORY FEE
 
Effective on the dates shown below, Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund and Perkins Small Cap Value Fund implemented an investment advisory fee rate that adjusts up or down based upon each Fund’s performance relative to the cumulative investment record of its respective benchmark index over the performance measurement period. Any performance adjustment commenced on the date shown below. Prior to the effective date of the performance adjustment, only the base fee applied.
 
             
    Effective Date of
  Effective Date of
    Performance Fee
  First Adjustment
Fund Name   Arrangement   to Advisory Fee
Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund
  02/01/06     02/01/07  
Perkins Small Cap Value Fund
  01/01/09     01/01/10  
 
Under the performance-based fee structure, the investment advisory fee paid to Janus Capital by each Fund consists of two components: (1) a base fee calculated by applying the contractual fixed rate of the advisory fee to the Fund’s average daily net assets during the previous month (“Base Fee Rate”), plus or minus (2) a performance-fee adjustment (“Performance Adjustment”) calculated by applying a variable rate of up to 0.15% (positive or negative) to the Fund’s average daily net assets during the applicable performance measurement period. The performance measurement period generally is the previous 36 months, although no Performance Adjustment will be made until the performance-based fee structure has been in effect for at least 12 months and, accordingly, only the Fund’s Base Fee Rate applies for the initial 12 months. When the performance-based fee structure has been in effect for at least 12 months, but less than 36 months, the performance measurement period will be equal to the time that has elapsed since the performance-based fee structure took effect. The Base Fee Rate is calculated and accrued daily. The Performance Adjustment is calculated monthly in arrears and is accrued throughout the month. The investment advisory fee is paid monthly in arrears.
 
The Performance Adjustment may result in an increase or decrease in the investment advisory fee paid by a Fund, depending upon the investment performance of the Fund relative to its benchmark index over the performance measurement period. No Performance Adjustment is applied unless the difference between the Fund’s investment performance and the cumulative investment record of the Fund’s benchmark index is 0.50% or greater (positive or negative) during the applicable performance measurement period. The Base Fee Rate is subject to an upward or downward Performance Adjustment for every full 0.50% increment by which the Fund outperforms or underperforms its benchmark index. Because the Performance Adjustment is tied to a Fund’s performance relative to its benchmark index (and not its absolute performance), the Performance Adjustment could increase Janus Capital’s fee even if the Fund’s shares lose value during the performance measurement period and could decrease Janus Capital’s fee even if the Fund’s shares increase in value during the performance measurement period. For purposes of computing the Base Fee Rate and the Performance Adjustment, net assets are averaged over different periods (average daily net assets during the previous month for the Base Fee Rate, versus average daily net assets during the performance measurement period for the Performance Adjustment). Performance of a Fund is calculated net of expenses, whereas a Fund’s benchmark index does not have any fees or expenses. Reinvestment of dividends and distributions is included in calculating both the performance of a Fund and the Fund’s benchmark index. Under extreme circumstances involving underperformance by a rapidly shrinking Fund, the dollar amount of the Performance Adjustment could be more than the dollar amount of the Base Fee Rate. In such circumstances, Janus Capital would reimburse the applicable Fund.
 
The application of an expense limit, if any, will have a positive effect upon a Fund’s performance and may result in an increase in the Performance Adjustment. It is possible that the cumulative dollar amount of additional compensation ultimately payable to Janus Capital may, under some circumstances, exceed the cumulative dollar amount of management fees waived by Janus Capital.
 
The investment performance of a Fund’s Class A Shares (waiving the upfront sales load) for the performance measurement period is used to calculate the Performance Adjustment. For performance measurement periods prior to July 6, 2009, each Fund calculated its Performance Adjustment by comparing the performance of Class T Shares (formerly named Class J Shares) against the investment record of its benchmark index. For periods beginning July 6, 2009, the investment performance of each Fund’s Class A Shares (waiving the upfront sales load) for the performance measurement period is used to calculate the Performance Adjustment. After Janus Capital determines whether a Fund’s performance was above or below its benchmark index by comparing the investment performance of the Fund’s load-waived Class A Shares, or Class T Shares (formerly named Class J Shares) as the case may be, against the cumulative investment record of that Fund’s benchmark

 
 
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index, Janus Capital applies the same Performance Adjustment (positive or negative) across each other class of shares of a Fund.
 
As noted, effective July 6, 2009, the investment performance of each Fund’s load-waived Class A Shares is used to calculate the Performance Adjustment. However, because the Fund’s Performance Adjustment is based upon a rolling 36-month performance measurement period, calculations based on the Fund’s load-waived Class A Shares will not be fully implemented for 36 months after July 6, 2009. During this transition period, the Fund’s performance will be compared to a blended investment performance record that includes the Fund’s Class T Shares (formerly named Class J Shares) performance (the prior share class used for performance calculations) for the portion of the performance measurement period prior to July 6, 2009, and the Fund’s load-waived Class A Shares for the remainder of the period. At the conclusion of the transition period, the Fund’s Class T Shares will be eliminated from the Performance Adjustment calculation, and the calculation will be based solely upon the Fund’s load-waived Class A Shares.
 
The Trustees may determine that a class of shares of a Fund other than Class A Shares is the most appropriate for use in calculating the Performance Adjustment. If a different class of shares is substituted in calculating the Performance Adjustment, the use of that successor class of shares may apply to the entire performance measurement period so long as the successor class was outstanding at the beginning of such period. If the successor class of shares was not outstanding for all or a portion of the performance measurement period, it may only be used in calculating that portion of the Performance Adjustment attributable to the period during which the successor class was outstanding, and any prior portion of the performance measurement period would be calculated using the class of shares previously designated. Any change to the class of shares used to calculate the Performance Adjustment is subject to applicable law. It is currently the position of the staff of the SEC (the “Staff”) that any changes to a class of shares selected for purposes of calculating the Performance Adjustment will require shareholder approval. If there is a change in the Staff’s position, the Trustees intend to notify shareholders of such change in position at such time as the Trustees may determine that a change in such selected class is appropriate.
 
The Trustees may from time to time determine that another securities index for a Fund is a more appropriate benchmark index for purposes of evaluating the performance of that Fund. In that event, the Trustees may approve the substitution of a successor index for the Fund’s benchmark index. However, the calculation of the Performance Adjustment for any portion of the performance measurement period prior to the adoption of the successor index will still be based upon the Fund’s performance compared to its former benchmark index. Any change to a particular Fund’s benchmark index for purposes of calculating the Performance Adjustment is subject to applicable law. It is currently the position of the Staff that any changes to a Fund’s benchmark index will require shareholder approval. If there is a change in the Staff’s position, the Trustees intend to notify shareholders of such change in position at such time as the Trustees may determine that a change in a Fund’s benchmark index is appropriate.
 
It is not possible to predict the effect of the Performance Adjustment on future overall compensation to Janus Capital since it will depend on the performance of each Fund relative to the record of the Fund’s benchmark index and future changes to the size of each Fund.
 
If the average daily net assets of a Fund remain constant during a 36-month performance measurement period, current net assets will be the same as average net assets over the performance measurement period and the maximum Performance Adjustment will be equivalent to 0.15% of current net assets. When current net assets vary from net assets over the 36-month performance measurement period, the Performance Adjustment, as a percentage of current assets, may vary significantly, including at a rate more or less than 0.15%, depending upon whether the net assets of the Fund had been increasing or decreasing (and the amount of such increase or decrease) during the performance measurement period. Note that if net assets for a Fund were increasing during the performance measurement period, the total performance fee paid, measured in dollars, would be more than if that Fund had not increased its net assets during the performance measurement period.
 
Suppose, for example, that the Performance Adjustment was being computed after the assets of a Fund had been shrinking. Assume its monthly Base Fee Rate was 1/12th of 0.60% of average daily net assets during the previous month. Assume also that average daily net assets during the 36-month performance measurement period were $500 million, but that average daily net assets during the preceding month were just $200 million.

 
 
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The Base Fee Rate would be computed as follows:
 
$200 million x 0.60% ¸ 12 = $100,000
 
If the Fund outperformed or underperformed its benchmark index by an amount which triggered the maximum Performance Adjustment, the Performance Adjustment would be computed as follows:
 
$500 million x 0.15% ¸ 12 = $62,500, which is approximately 1/12th of 0.375% of $200 million.
 
If the Fund had outperformed its benchmark index, the total advisory fee rate for that month would be $162,500, which is approximately 1/12th of 0.975% of $200 million.
 
If the Fund had underperformed its benchmark index, the total advisory fee rate for that month would be $37,500, which is approximately 1/12th of 0.225% of $200 million.
 
Therefore, the total advisory fee rate for that month, as a percentage of average net assets during the preceding month, would be approximately 1/12th of 0.975% in the case of outperformance, or approximately 1/12th of 0.225% in the case of underperformance. Under extreme circumstances involving underperformance by a rapidly shrinking Fund, the dollar amount of the Performance Adjustment could be more than the dollar amount of the Base Fee Rate. In such circumstances, Janus Capital would reimburse the applicable Fund.
 
By contrast, the Performance Adjustment would be a smaller percentage of current assets if the net assets of the Fund were increasing during the performance measurement period. Suppose, for example, that the Performance Adjustment was being computed after the assets of a Fund had been growing. Assume its average daily net assets during the 36-month performance measurement period were $500 million, but that average daily net assets during the preceding month were $800 million.
 
The Base Fee Rate would be computed as follows:
 
$800 million x 0.60% ¸ 12 = $400,000
 
If the Fund outperformed or underperformed its benchmark index by an amount which triggered the maximum Performance Adjustment, the Performance Adjustment would be computed as follows:
 
$500 million x 0.15% ¸ 12 = $62,500, which is approximately 1/12th of 0.094% of $800 million.
 
If the Fund had outperformed its benchmark index, the total advisory fee rate for that month would be $462,500, which is approximately 1/12th of 0.694% of $800 million.
 
If the Fund had underperformed its benchmark index, the total advisory fee rate for that month would be $337,500, which is approximately 1/12th of 0.506% of $800 million.
 
Therefore, the total advisory fee rate for that month, as a percentage of average net assets during the preceding month, would be approximately 1/12th of 0.694% in the case of outperformance, or approximately 1/12th of 0.506% in the case of underperformance.
 
The Base Fee Rate for each Fund and the Fund’s benchmark index used for purposes of calculating the Performance Adjustment are shown in the following table:
 
               
        Base Fee Rate (%)
Fund Name   Benchmark Index   (annual rate)
Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund
  Russell Midcap® Value Index(1)     0.64 (2 )
Perkins Small Cap Value Fund
  Russell 2000® Value Index(3)     0.72 (2 )
 
(1)  The Russell Midcap® Value Index measures the performance of those Russell Midcap® companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values. The stocks are also members of the Russell 1000® Value Index.
(2)  Janus Capital pays Perkins, the Fund’s subadviser, a fee for its services provided pursuant to a Sub-Advisory Agreement between Janus Capital, on behalf of the Fund, and Perkins. The subadvisory fee paid by Janus Capital to Perkins adjusts up or down based on the Fund’s performance relative to its benchmark index over the performance measurement period. Under the Sub-Advisory Agreement, Janus Capital pays Perkins a fee equal to 50% of the investment advisory fee paid by the Fund to Janus Capital (net of any performance fee adjustments and reimbursements of expenses incurred or fees waived by Janus Capital).
(3)  The Russell 2000® Value Index measures the performance of those Russell 2000® companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values.
 
The following hypothetical examples illustrate the application of the Performance Adjustment for each Fund. The examples assume that the average daily net assets of the Fund remain constant during a 36-month performance measurement period.

 
 
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The Performance Adjustment would be a smaller percentage of current assets if the net assets of the Fund were increasing during the performance measurement period, and a greater percentage of current assets if the net assets of the Fund were decreasing during the performance measurement period. All numbers in the examples are rounded to the nearest hundredth percent. The net assets of each Fund as of the fiscal period ended June 30, 2010 are shown below. Each Fund has changed its fiscal year end to June 30.
 
         
Fund Name   Net Assets (000s)
Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund
  $ 11,764,746  
Perkins Small Cap Value Fund
  $ 2,464,473  
 
Examples: Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund
The monthly maximum positive or negative Performance Adjustment of 1/12th of 0.15% of average net assets during the prior 36 months occurs if the Fund outperforms or underperforms its benchmark index by 4.00% over the same period. The Performance Adjustment is made in even increments for every 0.50% difference in the investment performance of the Fund’s Class A Shares (waiving the upfront sales load) compared to the cumulative investment record of the Russell Midcap® Value Index.
 
Example 1: Fund Outperforms Its Benchmark Index By 4.00%
 
If the Fund has outperformed the Russell Midcap® Value Index by 4.00% during the preceding 36 months, the Fund would calculate the investment advisory fee as follows:
 
         
        Total Advisory Fee Rate
Base Fee Rate   Performance Adjustment Rate   for that Month
1/12th of 0.64%
  1/12th of 0.15%   1/12th of 0.79%
 
Example 2: Fund Performance Tracks Its Benchmark Index
 
If the Fund performance has tracked the performance of the Russell Midcap® Value Index during the preceding 36 months, the Fund would calculate the investment advisory fee as follows:
 
         
        Total Advisory Fee Rate
Base Fee Rate   Performance Adjustment Rate   for that Month
1/12th of 0.64%
  0.00   1/12th of 0.64%
 
Example 3: Fund Underperforms Its Benchmark Index By 4.00%
 
If the Fund has underperformed the Russell Midcap® Value Index by 4.00% during the preceding 36 months, the Fund would calculate the investment advisory fee as follows:
 
         
        Total Advisory Fee Rate
Base Fee Rate   Performance Adjustment Rate   for that Month
1/12th of 0.64%
  1/12th of -0.15%   1/12th of 0.49%
 
Under the terms of the current Sub-Advisory Agreement between Janus Capital, on behalf of Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund, and Perkins, Janus Capital pays Perkins a fee equal to 50% of the advisory fee paid by the Fund to Janus Capital (plus or minus half of any performance fee adjustment, and net of any reimbursement of expenses incurred or fees waived by Janus Capital). This means that the subadvisory fee rate for fees paid by Janus Capital to Perkins will adjust up or down in line with the advisory fee rate for fees paid by the Fund to Janus Capital based on Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund’s Class A Shares’ (waiving the upfront sales load) performance compared to the investment record of the Russell Midcap® Value Index.
 
Examples: Perkins Small Cap Value Fund
The monthly maximum positive or negative Performance Adjustment of 1/12th of 0.15% of average net assets during the prior 36 months occurs if the Fund outperforms or underperforms its benchmark index by 5.50% over the same period. The Performance Adjustment is made in even increments for every 0.50% difference in the investment performance of the Fund’s Class A Shares (waiving the upfront sales load) compared to the cumulative investment record of the Russell 2000® Value Index.

 
 
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Example 1: Fund Outperforms Its Benchmark Index By 5.50%
 
If the Fund has outperformed the Russell 2000® Value Index by 5.50% during the preceding 36 months, the Fund would calculate the investment advisory fee as follows:
 
         
        Total Advisory Fee Rate
Base Fee Rate   Performance Adjustment Rate   for that Month
1/12th of 0.72%
  1/12th of 0.15%   1/12th of 0.87%
 
Example 2:  Fund Performance Tracks Its Benchmark Index
 
If the Fund performance has tracked the performance of the Russell 2000® Value Index during the preceding 36 months, the Fund would calculate the investment advisory fee as follows:
 
         
        Total Advisory Fee Rate
Base Fee Rate   Performance Adjustment Rate   for that Month
1/12th of 0.72%
  0.00   1/12th of 0.72%
 
Example 3: Fund Underperforms Its Benchmark Index By 5.50%
 
If the Fund has underperformed the Russell 2000® Value Index by 5.50% during the preceding 36 months, the Fund would calculate the investment advisory fee as follows:
 
         
        Total Advisory Fee Rate
Base Fee Rate   Performance Adjustment Rate   for that Month
1/12th of 0.72%
  1/12th of -0.15%   1/12th of 0.57%
 
Under the terms of the current Sub-Advisory Agreement between Janus Capital, on behalf of Perkins Small Cap Value Fund, Janus Capital pays Perkins a fee equal to 50% of the advisory fee otherwise paid by the Fund to Janus Capital (plus or minus half of any performance fee adjustment, and net of any reimbursement of expenses incurred or fees waived by Janus Capital). This means that the subadvisory fee rate for fees paid by Janus Capital to Perkins will adjust up or down in line with the advisory fee rate for fees paid by the Fund to Janus Capital based on Perkins Small Cap Value Fund’s Class A Shares (waiving the upfront sales load) performance compared to the investment record of the Russell 2000® Value Index.
 
EXPENSE LIMITATIONS
 
Janus Capital agreed by contract to waive the advisory fee payable by each Fund in an amount equal to the amount, if any, that such Fund’s normal operating expenses in any fiscal year, including the investment advisory fee, but excluding any performance adjustments to management fees, the administrative services fees payable pursuant to the Transfer Agency Agreement, brokerage commissions, interest, dividends, taxes, and extraordinary expenses including, but not limited to, acquired fund fees and expenses, exceed the annual rate shown below. For information about how these expense limits affect the total expenses of each class of the Funds, refer to the “Fees and Expenses of the Fund” table in each Fund Summary of each Prospectus. Provided that Janus Capital remains investment adviser to the Funds, Janus Capital has agreed to continue each waiver until at least November 1, 2011.
 
         
    Expense Limit
Fund Name   Percentage (%)
Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund
    0.86 (1)
Perkins Small Cap Value Fund
    0.96 (1)
 
(1)  Effective February 1, 2006 for Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund and January 1, 2009 for Perkins Small Cap Value Fund, each Fund has a performance-based investment advisory fee with a rate that adjusts up or down based upon each Fund’s performance relative to its respective benchmark index over the performance measurement period. Additional details are included in the “Performance-Based Investment Advisory Fee” section of this SAI. Because a fee waiver will have a positive effect upon the Fund’s performance, a fee waiver that is in place during the period when the performance adjustment applies may affect the performance adjustment in a way that is favorable to Janus Capital. Unless terminated, revised, or extended, each Fund’s expense limit will be in effect until November 1, 2011.

 
 
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The following table summarizes the investment advisory fees paid by each Fund and any advisory fee waivers pursuant to the investment advisory fee agreement in effect during the fiscal years or periods noted. Each Fund has changed its fiscal year end to June 30.
 
                                                                 
    June 30, 2010(1)   October 31, 2009(2)   October 31, 2008(2)   October 31, 2007(2)
    Advisory
      Advisory
      Advisory
      Advisory
   
Fund Name   Fees   Waivers(−)   Fees   Waivers(−)   Fees   Waivers(−)   Fees   Waivers(−)
Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund
  $ 57,481,696     $     $ 54,312,622     −$ 881,432     $ 52,609,154       N/A     $ 38,796,970       N/A  
Perkins Small Cap Value Fund
  $ 11,529,805     $     $ 7,805,774     −$ 1,531,360     $ 9,539,483       N/A     $ 12,859,291       N/A  
 
(1)  For the fiscal period November 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010 (the Funds’ new fiscal year end).
(2)  The Funds’ previous fiscal year end.
 
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES FEES
 
Prior to February 1, 2010, Janus Capital received an administrative services fee at an annual rate of up to 0.05% of the average daily net assets of Class L Shares of Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund and Perkins Small Cap Value Fund for providing certain administrative services including, but not limited to, recordkeeping and registration functions.
 
The following table summarizes the administrative services fees paid by the Funds for the fiscal years or period noted.
 
                                 
    2010(1)
  2009(2)
  2008(2)
  2007(2)
    Administrative
  Administrative
  Administrative
  Administrative
Fund Name   Services Fees   Services Fees   Services Fees   Services Fees
Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund
  $ 46,830     $ 149,370     $ 379,673     $ 521,783  
Perkins Small Cap Value Fund
  $ 86,592     $ 306,912     $ 332,469     $ 415,546  
 
(1)  For the fiscal period November 1, 2009 to January 31, 2010.
(2)  For the fiscal year ended October 31 (the Funds’ previous fiscal year end).
 
SUBADVISER                       
PERKINS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC
 
Janus Capital has entered into Sub-Advisory Agreements with Perkins Investment Management LLC, 311 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 6000, Chicago, Illinois 60606, on behalf of Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund and Perkins Small Cap Value Fund.
 
Perkins and its predecessors have been in the investment advisory business since 1984. Perkins also serves as investment adviser or subadviser to separately managed accounts and other registered investment companies. Janus Capital owns approximately 78% of Perkins.
 
Under the Sub-Advisory Agreements between Janus Capital and Perkins, Perkins is responsible for the day-to-day investment operations of Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund and Perkins Small Cap Value Fund. Investments will be acquired, held, disposed of or loaned, consistent with the investment objectives, policies and restrictions established by the Trustees and set forth in the Trust’s registration statement. Perkins: (i) manages the investment operations of the Funds; (ii) keeps Janus Capital fully informed as to the valuation of assets of the Funds, their condition, investment decisions and considerations; (iii) maintains all books and records required under federal securities law relating to day-to-day portfolio management of the Funds; (iv) performs certain limited related administrative functions; and (v) provides the Trustees and Janus Capital with economic, operational, and investment data and reports. The Sub-Advisory Agreements provide that Perkins shall not be liable for any error of judgment or mistake of law or for any loss arising out of any investment or for any act or omission taken with respect to the Funds, except for willful malfeasance, bad faith, or gross negligence in the performance of its duties, or by reason of reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under the Sub-Advisory Agreements and except to the extent otherwise provided by law.
 
Under the Sub-Advisory Agreements, Janus Capital pays Perkins a fee equal to 50% of the advisory fee payable by each of Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund and Perkins Small Cap Value Fund to Janus Capital (calculated after any applicable performance fee adjustment, fee waivers, and expense reimbursements).
 
The Sub-Advisory Agreements with Perkins will continue in effect from year to year if such continuation is specifically approved at least annually by the Trustees or by vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Funds, and in either case

 
 
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by vote of a majority of the Independent Trustees of the Funds. The Sub-Advisory Agreements are subject to termination at any time by Janus Capital or Perkins by giving 90 days’ advance written notice to the other party (Perkins shall allow up to an additional 90 days at the request of Janus Capital or the Trust in order to find a replacement for Perkins) or by Janus Capital or the Trust without advance notice if Perkins is unable to discharge its duties and obligations. Each Fund’s Sub-Advisory Agreement terminates automatically in the event of the assignment or termination of each Fund’s respective Investment Advisory Agreement.
 
Performance-Based Sub-Advisory Fee
As a result of shareholder approval of Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund’s and Perkins Small Cap Value Fund’s amended investment advisory agreement between Janus Capital and the Trust, on behalf of each Fund, effective February 1, 2006 for Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund and January 1, 2009 for Perkins Small Cap Value Fund, the subadvisory fee paid to Perkins changed from a fixed-rate fee to a fee that adjusts up or down based upon the performance of each Fund’s Class A Shares (waiving the upfront sales load) relative to the Russell Midcap® Value Index for Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund and the Russell 2000® Value Index for Perkins Small Cap Value Fund, each Fund’s respective benchmark index. Any performance adjustment commenced February 2007 for Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund and January 2010 for Perkins Small Cap Value Fund. Until that time, only the previous fixed rate applied. In accordance with the Sub-Advisory Agreement, Perkins receives a fee from Janus Capital equal to 50% of the advisory fee payable to Janus Capital from each Fund (net of any performance fee adjustments, reimbursement of expenses incurred, or fees waived by Janus Capital).
 
Under each Sub-Advisory Agreement, the subadviser was compensated according to the following schedule for the fiscal period ended June 30, 2010. Each Fund has changed its fiscal year end to June 30.
 
             
Fund Name   Subadviser   Contractual Rate(1)(%)
Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund
  Perkins     0.32 (2)
Perkins Small Cap Value Fund
  Perkins     0.36 (2)(3)
 
(1)  Prior to any fee reimbursement, if applicable.
(2)  Prior to any performance adjustment, if applicable.
(3)  Effective January 1, 2009, the subadvisory fee rate paid by Janus Capital changed from a fixed rate based on the Fund’s annual average daily net assets to a fee equal to 50% of the investment advisory fee rate paid by the Fund to Janus Capital (net of any applicable performance fee adjustment).
 
For the fiscal period ended June 30, 2010, Janus Capital paid subadvisory fees to Perkins in the amount of $28,816,821 for Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund and $5,862,284 for Perkins Small Cap Value Fund.
 
PAYMENTS TO FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES BY JANUS CAPITAL OR ITS AFFILIATES
 
With respect to other share classes not offered in this SAI, Janus Capital or its affiliates may pay, from their own assets, selected brokerage firms or other financial intermediaries that sell the Janus funds for distribution, marketing, promotional, or related services. Such payments may be based on gross sales, assets under management, or transactional charges, or on a combination of these factors. The amount of these payments is determined from time to time by Janus Capital, may be substantial, and may differ for different financial intermediaries. Janus Capital and its affiliates consider a number of factors in making payments to financial intermediaries.
 
Janus Capital and its affiliates may make payments out of their own assets to financial intermediaries for providing other marketing or distribution-related services, as well as recordkeeping, subaccounting, transaction processing, and other shareholder or administrative services in connection with investments in the Janus funds. These fees are in addition to any fees that may be paid by the Janus funds for these types of services or other services.
 
In addition, from their own assets, Janus Capital, Janus Distributors LLC (“Janus Distributors”), or their affiliates may pay brokerage firms, banks, financial advisors, retirement plan service providers, and other financial intermediaries’ fees for providing recordkeeping, subaccounting, transaction processing, and other shareholder or administrative services in connection with investments in the Janus funds. These fees are in addition to any fees that may be paid by the Janus funds for these types of services or other services.
 
In addition, Janus Capital or its affiliates may also share certain marketing expenses with intermediaries, or pay for or sponsor informational meetings, seminars, client awareness events, support for marketing materials, sales reporting, or business building programs for financial intermediaries, to raise awareness of the Funds. Such payments may be in addition to, or in lieu of, the payments described above. These payments are intended to promote the sales of Janus funds and to reimburse financial intermediaries, directly or indirectly, for the costs that they or their salespersons incur in connection with

 
 
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educational seminars, meetings, and training efforts about the Janus funds to enable the intermediaries and their salespersons to make suitable recommendations, provide useful services, and maintain the necessary infrastructure to make the Janus funds available to their customers.
 
The receipt of (or prospect of receiving) payments described above may provide a financial intermediary and its salespersons with an incentive to favor sales of Janus funds’ shares over sales of other mutual funds (or non-mutual fund investments) or to favor sales of one class of Janus funds’ shares over sales of another Janus funds’ share class, with respect to which the financial intermediary does not receive such payments or receives them in a lower amount. The receipt of these payments may cause certain financial intermediaries to elevate the prominence of the Janus funds within such financial intermediary’s organization by, for example, placement on a list of preferred or recommended funds and/or the provision of preferential or enhanced opportunities to promote the Janus funds in various ways within such financial intermediary’s organization.
 
The payment arrangements described above will not change the price an investor pays for Shares nor the amount that a Janus fund receives to invest on behalf of the investor. You should consider whether such arrangements exist when evaluating any recommendations from an intermediary to purchase or sell Shares of the Funds and, if applicable, when considering which share class of a Fund is most appropriate for you.
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT JANUS CAPITAL AND THE SUBADVISER
 
Janus Capital acts as subadviser for a number of private-label mutual funds and provides separate account advisory services for institutional accounts. Janus Capital may also manage its own proprietary accounts. Investment decisions for each account managed by Janus Capital, including the Funds, are made independently from those for any other account that is or may in the future become managed by Janus Capital or its affiliates. If, however, a number of accounts managed by Janus Capital are contemporaneously engaged in the purchase or sale of the same security, the orders may be aggregated and/or the transactions may be averaged as to price and allocated to each account in accordance with allocation procedures adopted by Janus Capital. Partial fills for the accounts of two or more portfolio managers will be allocated pro rata under procedures adopted by Janus Capital. Circumstances may arise under which Janus Capital may determine that, although it may be desirable and/or suitable that a particular security or other investment be purchased or sold for more than one account, there exists a limited supply or demand for the security or other investment. Janus Capital seeks to allocate the opportunity to purchase or sell that security or other investment among accounts on an equitable basis by taking into consideration factors including, but not limited to, size of the portfolio, concentration of holdings, investment objectives and guidelines, purchase costs, and cash availability. Janus Capital, however, cannot assure equality of allocations among all its accounts, nor can it assure that the opportunity to purchase or sell a security or other investment will be proportionally allocated among accounts according to any particular or predetermined standards or criteria. In some cases, these allocation procedures may adversely affect the price paid or received by an account or the size of the position obtained or liquidated for an account. In others, however, the accounts’ ability to participate in volume transactions may produce better executions and prices for the accounts.
 
With respect to allocations of initial public offerings (“IPOs”), under IPO allocation procedures adopted by Janus Capital and Perkins, accounts will participate in an IPO if the portfolio managers believe the IPO is an appropriate investment based on the account’s investment restrictions, risk profile, asset composition, and/or cash levels. These IPO allocation procedures require that each account be assigned to a pre-defined group (“IPO Group”) based on objective criteria set forth in the procedures such as the investment strategy of the account. If the portfolio managers indicate an interest in participating in an IPO for an account within a particular IPO group, all accounts managed by the same portfolio managers within that IPO group must participate unless they qualify for an exception as outlined within the procedures. All shares of an IPO purchased will be allocated on a pro rata basis to all participating accounts based upon the total assets of each account. A “de minimis” exception to the IPO allocation procedures has been established to recognize that, generally, smaller positions are not economical to an account. As such, an account with an IPO allocation resulting in a position of less than 0.25% of an account’s total assets may be excluded from the allocation as a de minimis position. Therefore, the IPO allocation procedures may result in certain accounts, particularly larger accounts, participating in fewer IPOs than other accounts, which may impact performance. Other exceptions from the IPO allocation procedures are permitted provided that they are properly documented and, if necessary, approved by senior management.
 
Janus Capital is permitted to adjust its allocation procedures to eliminate fractional shares or odd lots and has the discretion to deviate from its allocation procedures in certain circumstances. For example, additional securities may be allocated to the portfolio managers who are instrumental in originating or developing an investment opportunity or to comply with the portfolio managers’ request to ensure that their accounts receive sufficient securities to satisfy specialized investment objectives.

 
 
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Janus Capital manages long and short portfolios. The simultaneous management of long and short portfolios creates potential conflicts of interest in fund management and creates potential risks such as the risk that short sale activity could adversely affect the market value of long positions in one or more Janus funds (and vice versa), the risk arising from the sequential orders in long and short positions, and the risks associated with the trade desk receiving opposing orders in the same security at the same time.
 
Janus Capital has adopted procedures that it believes are reasonably designed to mitigate these potential conflicts and risks. Among other things, Janus Capital has trade allocation procedures in place as previously described. In addition, procedures prohibit a portfolio manager from executing a short sale on a security held long in any other portfolio that he or she manages but not held long in the account the manager is placing the short in. Note this does not prohibit shorting against the box. The procedures also require approvals of Janus Capital senior management in other situations that raise potential conflicts of interest, as well as periodic monitoring of long and short trading activity of the Janus funds and accounts.
 
Perkins, the subadviser for the Funds, may buy and sell securities or engage in other investments on behalf of multiple clients, including the Funds. Perkins seeks to allocate trades among its clients on an equitable basis, taking into consideration such factors as the size of the client’s portfolio, concentration of holdings, investment objectives and guidelines, purchase costs, and cash availability.
 
The Funds and other funds advised by Janus Capital or its affiliates may also transfer daily uninvested cash balances into one or more joint trading accounts. Assets in the joint trading accounts are invested in money market instruments and the proceeds are allocated to the participating funds on a pro rata basis.
 
Pursuant to the provisions of the 1940 Act, Janus mutual funds may participate in an affiliated or non-affiliated cash sweep program. In the cash sweep program, uninvested cash balances of Janus funds may be used to purchase shares of affiliated or non-affiliated money market funds or cash management pooled investment vehicles. All Janus funds are eligible to participate in the cash sweep program (the “Investing Funds”). As adviser, Janus Capital has an inherent conflict of interest because of its fiduciary duties to the affiliated money market funds or cash management pooled investment vehicles and the Investing Funds. In addition, Janus Capital receives an investment advisory fee for managing the cash management vehicle used for its securities lending program, but it may not receive a fee for managing certain other affiliated cash management vehicles, and therefore may have an incentive to allocate preferred investment opportunities to investment vehicles for which it is receiving a fee.
 
Each account managed by Janus Capital or the subadvisers has its own investment objective and policies and is managed accordingly by the respective portfolio managers. As a result, from time to time, two or more different managed accounts may pursue divergent investment strategies with respect to investments or categories of investments.
 
The officers and Trustees of the Funds may also serve as officers and Trustees of the Janus “funds of funds,” which are funds that primarily invest in other mutual funds. Conflicts may arise as the officers and Trustees seek to fulfill their fiduciary responsibilities to both the Janus funds of funds and the Funds. The Trustees intend to address any such conflicts as deemed appropriate.
 
Janus Ethics Rules
Janus Capital, Perkins, and Janus Distributors currently have in place Ethics Rules, which are comprised of the Personal Trading Code of Ethics, Gift Policy, Portfolio Holdings Disclosure Policy, and Outside Employment Policy. The Ethics Rules are designed to ensure Janus Capital, Perkins, and Janus Distributors personnel: (i) observe applicable legal (including compliance with applicable federal securities laws) and ethical standards in the performance of their duties; (ii) at all times place the interests of the Fund shareholders first; (iii) disclose all actual or potential conflicts; (iv) adhere to the highest standards of loyalty, candor, and care in all matters relating to the Fund shareholders; (v) conduct all personal trading, including transactions in the Funds and other securities, consistent with the Ethics Rules and in such a manner as to avoid any actual or potential conflict of interest or any abuse of their position of trust and responsibility; and (vi) do not use any material nonpublic information in securities trading. The Ethics Rules are on file with and available from the SEC through the SEC website at http://www.sec.gov.
 
Under the Personal Trading Code of Ethics (the “Code of Ethics”), all Janus Capital, Perkins, and Janus Distributors personnel, as well as the Trustees and Officers of the Funds, are required to conduct their personal investment activities in a manner that Janus Capital believes is not detrimental to the Funds. In addition, Janus Capital, Perkins, and Janus Distributors personnel are not permitted to transact in securities held by the Funds for their personal accounts except under circumstances specified in the Code of Ethics. All personnel of Janus Capital, Perkins, Janus Distributors, and the Funds, as

 
 
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well as certain other designated employees deemed to have access to current trading information, are required to pre-clear all transactions in securities not otherwise exempt. Requests for trading authorization will be denied when, among other reasons, the proposed personal transaction would be contrary to the provisions of the Code of Ethics.
 
In addition to the pre-clearance requirement described above, the Code of Ethics subjects such personnel to various trading restrictions and reporting obligations. All reportable transactions are reviewed for compliance with the Code of Ethics and under certain circumstances Janus Capital, Perkins, and Janus Distributors personnel may be required to forfeit profits made from personal trading.
 
PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
 
Each Fund’s Trustees have delegated to Janus Capital or the Fund’s subadviser, as applicable, the authority to vote all proxies relating to such Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with Janus Capital’s or the applicable subadviser’s own policies and procedures. Summaries of Janus Capital’s or the applicable subadviser’s policies and procedures are available without charge: (i) upon request, by calling 1-800-525-0020; (ii) on the Funds’ website at janus.com/proxyvoting; and (iii) on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
 
A complete copy of Janus Capital’s proxy voting policies and procedures, including specific guidelines, is available at janus.com/proxyvoting.
 
Each Fund’s proxy voting record for the one-year period ending each June 30th is available, free of charge, through janus.com/proxyvoting and from the SEC through the SEC website at http://www.sec.gov.
 
JANUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC         
PROXY VOTING SUMMARY FOR MUTUAL FUNDS
 
Janus Capital votes proxies in the best interest of its shareholders and without regard to any other Janus Capital relationship (business or otherwise). Janus Capital will not accept direction as to how to vote individual proxies for which it has voting responsibility from any other person or organization other than the research and information provided by its independent proxy voting service (“Proxy Voting Service”).
 
Proxy Voting Procedures
Janus Capital has developed proxy voting guidelines (the “Janus Guidelines”) that outline how Janus Capital generally votes proxies on securities held by the portfolios Janus Capital manages. The Janus Guidelines, which include recommendations on most major corporate issues, have been developed by the Janus Proxy Voting Committee (the “Proxy Voting Committee”) in consultation with Janus Capital’s portfolio managers. In creating proxy voting recommendations, the Proxy Voting Committee analyzes proxy proposals, from the Proxy Voting Service, from the prior year and evaluates whether those proposals would adversely or beneficially affect shareholders’ interests. Once the Proxy Voting Committee establishes its recommendations, they are distributed to Janus Capital’s portfolio managers for input. Following portfolio manager input on the recommendations, they are implemented as the Janus Guidelines. While the Proxy Voting Committee sets the Janus Guidelines and serves as a resource for Janus Capital’s portfolio managers, it does not have proxy voting authority for any proprietary or non-proprietary mutual fund. Janus Capital’s portfolio managers are responsible for proxy votes on securities they own in the portfolios they manage. The portfolio managers do not have the right to vote on securities while they are being lent; however, the portfolio managers may attempt to call back the loan and vote the proxy if time permits. Most portfolio managers vote consistently with the Janus Guidelines; however, a portfolio manager may choose to vote differently than the Janus Guidelines. Additionally, Janus Capital has engaged the Proxy Voting Service to assist in the voting of proxies. The Proxy Voting Service also provides research and recommendations on proxy issues.
 
The role of the Proxy Voting Committee is to work with Janus Capital’s portfolio management to develop the Janus Guidelines. The Proxy Voting Committee also serves as a resource to portfolio management with respect to proxy voting and oversees the proxy voting process. The Proxy Voting Committee’s oversight responsibilities include monitoring for, and resolving, material conflicts of interest with respect to proxy voting. Janus Capital believes that application of the Janus Guidelines to vote mutual fund proxies should, in most cases, adequately address any possible conflicts of interest since the Janus Guidelines are predetermined. However, for proxy votes that are inconsistent with the Janus Guidelines, the Proxy Voting Committee will review the proxy votes in order to determine whether a portfolio manager’s voting rationale appears reasonable. If the Proxy Voting Committee does not agree that a portfolio manager’s rationale is reasonable, the Proxy Voting Committee will refer the matter to Janus Capital’s Chief Investment Officer(s) (or Director of Research).

 
 
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Proxy Voting Policies
As discussed above, the Proxy Voting Committee has developed the Janus Guidelines for use in voting proxies. Below is a summary of some of the Janus Guidelines.
 
Board of Directors Issues
Janus Capital will generally vote in favor of slates of director candidates that are comprised of a majority of independent directors. Janus Capital will generally vote in favor of proposals to increase the minimum number of independent directors. Janus Capital will generally oppose non-independent directors who serve on the audit, compensation, and/or nominating committees of the board.
 
Auditor Issues
Janus Capital will generally oppose proposals asking for approval of auditors that have a financial interest in or association with the company and are therefore not independent.
 
Executive Compensation Issues
Janus Capital reviews executive compensation plans on a case-by-case basis using research provided by the Proxy Voting Service. The research is designed to estimate the total cost of a proposed plan. If the proposed cost is above an allowable cap, Janus Capital will generally oppose the proposed equity-based compensation plan. In addition, Janus Capital will generally oppose proposals regarding the re-pricing of underwater options (stock options in which the price the employee is contracted to buy shares is higher than the current market price) and the issuance of reload options (stock options that are automatically granted if outstanding stock options are exercised during a window period).
 
General Corporate Issues
Janus Capital will generally oppose proposals regarding supermajority voting rights (for example, to approve acquisitions or mergers). Janus Capital will generally oppose proposals for different classes of stock with different voting rights. Janus Capital will generally oppose proposals seeking to implement measures designed to prevent or obstruct corporate takeovers, unless such measures are designed primarily as a short-term means to protect a tax benefit. Janus Capital will review proposals relating to mergers, acquisitions, tender offers, and other similar actions on a case-by-case basis.
 
Shareholder Proposals
If a shareholder proposal is specifically addressed by the Janus Guidelines, Janus Capital will generally vote pursuant to that Janus Guideline. Janus Capital will generally abstain from voting shareholder proposals that are social, moral, or ethical in nature or place arbitrary constraints on the board or management of a company. Janus Capital will solicit additional research from its Proxy Voting Service for proposals outside the scope of the Janus Guidelines.
 
PERKINS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC    
PROXY VOTING SUMMARY FOR MUTUAL FUNDS
 
Perkins votes proxies in the best interest of its shareholders and without regard to any other Perkins relationship (business or otherwise). Perkins will not accept direction as to how to vote individual proxies for which it has voting responsibility from any other person or organization (other than the research and information provided by the Proxy Voting Service).
 
Proxy Voting Procedures
Perkins has developed proxy voting guidelines (the “Perkins Guidelines”) that outline how Perkins generally votes proxies on securities held by the portfolios Perkins manages. The Perkins Guidelines, which include recommendations on most major corporate issues, have been developed by the Perkins Proxy Voting Committee. Perkins portfolio managers are responsible for proxy votes on securities they own in the portfolios they manage. Most portfolio managers vote consistently with the Perkins Guidelines; however, a portfolio manager may choose to vote differently than the Perkins Guidelines. Perkins has delegated the administration of its proxy voting to Janus Capital. Janus Capital, on Perkins’ behalf, has engaged the Proxy Voting Service to assist in the voting of proxies. The Proxy Voting Service also provides research and recommendations on proxy issues.
 
The role of the Perkins Proxy Voting Committee is to develop the Perkins Guidelines. The Perkins Proxy Voting Committee also serves as a resource to portfolio management with respect to proxy voting and oversees the proxy voting process. The Perkins Proxy Voting Committee’s oversight responsibilities include monitoring for and resolving material conflicts of interest with respect to proxy voting. Perkins believes that application of the Perkins Guidelines to vote mutual fund proxies should, in most cases, adequately address any possible conflicts of interest since the Perkins Guidelines are predetermined. However, for proxy votes that are inconsistent with the Perkins Guidelines, the Perkins Proxy Voting Committee will review the proxy

 
 
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votes in order to determine whether the portfolio manager’s voting rationale appears reasonable. If the Perkins Proxy Voting Committee does not agree that the portfolio manager’s rationale is reasonable, the Perkins Proxy Voting Committee will refer the matter to the Chief Investment Officer(s) (or the Director of Research).
 
Proxy Voting Policies
As discussed above, the Perkins Proxy Voting Committee has developed the Perkins Guidelines for use in voting proxies. Below is a summary of some of the Perkins Guidelines.
 
Board of Directors Issues
Perkins will generally vote in favor of slates of director candidates that are comprised of a majority of independent directors. Perkins will generally vote in favor of proposals to increase the minimum number of independent directors. Perkins will generally oppose non-independent directors who serve on the audit, compensation, and/or nominating committees of the board.
 
Auditor Issues
Perkins will generally oppose proposals asking for approval of auditors that have a financial interest in or association with the company and are therefore not independent.
 
Executive Compensation Issues
Perkins reviews executive compensation plans on a case-by-case basis using research provided by the Proxy Voting Service. The research is designed to estimate the total cost of a proposed plan. If the proposed cost is above an allowable cap, Perkins will generally oppose the proposed equity-based compensation plan. In addition, Perkins will generally oppose proposals regarding the re-pricing of underwater options (stock options in which the price the employee is contracted to buy shares is higher than the current market price) and the issuance of reload options (stock options that are automatically granted if outstanding stock options are exercised during a window period).
 
General Corporate Issues
Perkins will generally oppose proposals regarding supermajority voting rights (for example, to approve acquisitions or mergers). Perkins will generally oppose proposals for different classes of stock with different voting rights. Perkins will generally oppose proposals seeking to implement measures designed to prevent or obstruct corporate takeovers, unless such measures are designed primarily as a short-term means to protect a tax benefit. Perkins will review proposals relating to mergers, acquisitions, tender offers, and other similar actions on a case-by-case basis.
 
Shareholder Proposals
If a shareholder proposal is specifically addressed by the Perkins Guidelines, Perkins will generally vote pursuant to that Perkins Guideline. Perkins will generally abstain from voting shareholder proposals that are social, moral, or ethical in nature or place arbitrary constraints on the board or management of a company. Perkins will solicit additional research from its Proxy Voting Service for proposals outside the scope of the Perkins Guidelines.

 
 
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Custodian, transfer agent, and certain affiliations

 
State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street”), P.O. Box 0351, Boston, Massachusetts 02117-0351 is the custodian of the domestic securities and cash of the Funds. State Street is the designated Foreign Custody Manager (as the term is defined in Rule 17f-5 under the 1940 Act) of the Funds’ securities and cash held outside the United States. The Funds’ Trustees have delegated to State Street certain responsibilities for such assets, as permitted by Rule 17f-5. State Street and the foreign subcustodians selected by it hold the Funds’ assets in safekeeping and collect and remit the income thereon, subject to the instructions of each Fund.
 
Janus Services LLC (“Janus Services”), P.O. Box 173375, Denver, Colorado 80217-3375, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Janus Capital, is the Funds’ transfer agent. In addition, Janus Services provides certain other administrative, recordkeeping, and shareholder relations services for the Funds.
 
For transfer agency and other services, Janus Services receives an asset-weighted fee from each Fund based on the average proportion of each Fund’s total net assets sold directly and the average proportion of each Fund’s net assets sold through financial intermediaries on a monthly basis. The asset-weighted fee is calculated by applying a blended annual fee rate of 0.12% on average net assets for the proportion of assets sold directly and 0.25% on average net assets for the proportion of assets sold through financial intermediaries. Depending on the shareholder composition of a Fund each month, the asset-weighted fee could increase or decrease from the amount that otherwise would have been paid under the prior transfer agency fee structure. Through Janus Services, the Funds pay DST Systems, Inc. (“DST”) fees for the use of DST’s shareholder accounting system, as well as for certain broker-controlled accounts and closed accounts. These fees are in addition to any transfer agency fees paid to Janus Services. The Funds also use and pay for DST systems to track and process redemption fees and contingent deferred sales charges. These fees are only charged to classes of the Funds with redemption fees or contingent deferred sales charges, as applicable.
 
Janus Services has agreed to waive all or a portion of the transfer agency fees payable by the Class L Shares of each Fund. Such waiver is voluntary and could change or be terminated at any time at the discretion of Janus Services or Janus Capital without prior notification to shareholders. Transfer agency fees paid on behalf of Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund and Perkins Small Cap Value Fund are summarized below. Each Fund has changed its fiscal year end to June 30.
 
                                                                 
    June 30, 2010(1)   October 31, 2009(2)   October 31, 2008(2)   October 31, 2007(2)
    Transfer Agency   Transfer Agency   Transfer Agency   Transfer Agency
Fund Name   Fees   Waivers(−)   Fees   Waivers(−)   Fees   Waivers(−)   Fees   Waivers(−)
Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund
  $ 576,197     −$ 576,197     $ 766,270     −$ 766,270     $ 12,802,780     −$ 1,498,030     $ 1,669,705     −$ 381,296  
Perkins Small Cap Value Fund
  $ 1,132,406     −$ 1,132,406     $ 1,520,465     −$ 1,520,465     $ 1,445,876     −$ 1,365,702     $ 1,417,965     −$ 1,417, 965  
 
(1)  For the fiscal period November 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010 (the Funds’ new fiscal year end).
(2)  The Funds’ previous fiscal year end.
 
Janus Distributors, 151 Detroit Street, Denver, Colorado 80206-4805, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Janus Capital, is the principal underwriter for the Funds. Janus Distributors is registered as a broker-dealer under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. Janus Distributors acts as the agent of the Funds in connection with the sale of their Shares in all states in which such Shares are registered and in which Janus Distributors is qualified as a broker-dealer. Under the Distribution Agreement, Janus Distributors continuously offers each Fund’s Shares and accepts orders at NAV per share of the relevant class. The cash-compensation rate at which Janus Distributors’ registered representatives are paid for sales of institutional products may differ based on a type of fund or a specific trust. The receipt of (or prospect of receiving) compensation described above may provide an incentive for a registered representative to favor sales of funds, or certain share classes of a fund, for which they receive a higher compensation rate. You should consider these arrangements when evaluating any recommendations of your registered representative.
 
 
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Portfolio transactions and brokerage

 
Janus Capital places all portfolio transactions of the Funds solely upon Perkins’ direction. Janus Capital and Perkins have a policy of seeking to obtain the “best execution” of all portfolio transactions (the best net prices under the circumstances based upon a number of factors including and subject to the factors discussed below) provided that Janus Capital and Perkins may occasionally pay higher commissions for research services as described below. The Funds may trade foreign securities in foreign countries because the best available market for these securities is often on foreign exchanges. In transactions on foreign stock exchanges, brokers’ commissions are frequently fixed and are often higher than in the United States, where commissions are negotiated.
 
Janus Capital considers a number of factors in seeking best execution in selecting brokers and dealers and in negotiating commissions on agency transactions. In seeking best execution on trades for funds subadvised by Perkins, Janus Capital acts on behalf of and in consultation with Perkins. Those factors include, but are not limited to: Janus Capital’s and Perkins’ knowledge of currently available negotiated commission rates or prices of securities currently available and other current transaction costs; the nature of the security being traded; the size and type of the transaction; the nature and character of the markets for the security to be purchased or sold; the desired timing of the trade; the activity existing and expected in the market for the particular security; confidentiality, including trade anonymity; liquidity; the quality of the execution, clearance, and settlement services; financial stability of the broker or dealer; the existence of actual or apparent operational problems of any broker or dealer; rebates of commissions by a broker to a Fund or to a third party service provider to the Fund to pay Fund expenses; and the value of research products or services provided by brokers. In recognition of the value of the foregoing factors, and as permitted by Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, Janus Capital may place portfolio transactions with a broker or dealer with whom it has negotiated a commission that is in excess of the commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if Janus Capital (or Janus Capital acting on behalf of and in consultation with Perkins) determines in good faith that such amount of commission was reasonable in light of the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or of the overall responsibilities of Janus Capital or Perkins, as applicable. To constitute eligible “research services,” such services must qualify as “advice,” “analyses,” or “reports.” To determine that a service constitutes research services, Janus Capital or Perkins, as applicable, must conclude that it reflects the “expression of reasoning or knowledge” relating to the value of securities, advisability of effecting transactions in securities or analyses, or reports concerning issuers, securities, economic factors, investment strategies, or the performance of accounts. To constitute eligible “brokerage services,” such services must effect securities transactions and functions incidental thereto, and include clearance, settlement, and the related custody services. Additionally, brokerage services have been interpreted to include services relating to the execution of securities transactions. Research received from brokers or dealers is supplemental to Janus Capital’s and Perkins’ own research efforts. Because Janus Capital and Perkins receive a benefit from research they receive from broker-dealers, Janus Capital and Perkins may have an incentive to continue to use those broker-dealers to effect transactions. Janus Capital and Perkins do not consider a broker-dealer’s sale of Fund shares when choosing a broker-dealer to effect transactions.
 
“Cross trades,” in which one Janus Capital account sells a particular security to another account (potentially saving transaction costs for both accounts), may also pose a potential conflict of interest. Cross trades may be seen to involve a potential conflict of interest if, for example, one account is permitted to sell a security to another account at a higher price than an independent third party would pay. Janus Capital and the funds’ Trustees have adopted compliance procedures that provide that any transactions between the Fund and another Janus-advised account are to be made at an independent current market price, as required by law. There is also a potential conflict of interest when cross trades involve a Janus fund that has substantial ownership by Janus Capital. At times, Janus Capital may have a controlling interest of a fund involved in a cross trade.
 
For the fiscal year or period noted, the total brokerage commissions paid by the Funds to brokers and dealers in transactions identified for execution primarily on the basis of research and other services provided to the Funds are summarized below. Each Fund has changed its fiscal year end to June 30.
 
                             
    June 30, 2010(1)   October 31, 2009(2)
Fund Name   Commissions   Transactions   Commissions   Transactions
Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund
  $4,434,811   $ 4,568,222,263     $ 6,049,831     $ 5,564,348,498  
                             
Perkins Small Cap Value Fund
  $1,148,763   $ 876,798,493     $ 1,068,855     $ 716,914,702  
                             
 
(1)  For the fiscal period November 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010 (the Funds’ new fiscal year end).
(2)  The Funds’ previous fiscal year end.
 
 
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Janus Capital and Perkins do not guarantee any broker the placement of a predetermined amount of securities transactions in return for the research or brokerage services it provides. Janus Capital and Perkins do, however, have internal procedures for allocating transactions in a manner consistent with their execution policies to brokers that they have identified as providing research, research-related products or services, or execution-related services of a particular benefit to their clients. Janus Capital and Perkins have entered into client commission agreements (“CCAs”) with certain broker-dealers under which the broker-dealers may use a portion of their commissions to pay third-parties or other broker-dealers that provide Janus Capital and Perkins with research or brokerage services, as permitted under Section 28(e) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934. CCAs allow Janus Capital and Perkins to direct broker-dealers to pool commissions that are generated from orders executed at that broker-dealer, and then periodically direct the broker-dealer to pay third parties or other broker-dealers for research or brokerage services. All uses of CCAs by Janus Capital and Perkins are subject to applicable law and their best execution obligations. Brokerage and research products and services furnished by brokers may be used in servicing any or all of the clients of Janus Capital or Perkins and such research may not necessarily be used by Janus Capital or Perkins in connection with the accounts which paid commissions to the broker providing such brokerage and research products and services. Similarly, research and brokerage services paid for with commissions generated by equity trades may be used for fixed-income clients that normally do not pay brokerage commissions or other clients whose commissions are generally not used to obtain such research and brokerage services. Perkins may make its own separate arrangements with and maintain internal allocation procedures for allocating transactions to brokers who provide research products and services to encourage them to provide services expected to be useful to Perkins’ clients, including Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund and Perkins Small Cap Value Fund.
 
Janus Capital and Perkins may also use step-out transactions in order to receive research products and related services. In a step-out transaction, Janus Capital or Perkins directs trades to a broker-dealer with the instruction that the broker-dealer execute the transaction, but “step-out” all or a portion of the transaction or commission in favor of another broker-dealer that provides such products and/or services. The second broker-dealer may clear and settle and receive commissions for the stepped-in portion. In a new issue designation, Janus Capital or Perkins directs purchase orders to a broker-dealer that is a selling group member or underwriter of an equity or fixed-income new issue offering. Janus Capital or Perkins directs that broker-dealer to designate a portion of the broker-dealer’s commission on the new issue purchase to a second broker-dealer(s) that provides such products and/or services. Given Janus Capital’s and Perkins’ receipt of such products and services in connection with step-out transactions and new issue designations, Janus Capital and Perkins have an incentive to continue to engage in such transactions; however, Janus Capital and Perkins only intend to utilize step-out transactions and new issue designations when they believe that doing so would not hinder best execution efforts.
 
When the Funds purchase or sell a security in the over-the-counter market, the transaction takes place directly with a principal market-maker, without the use of a broker, except in those circumstances where, in the opinion of Janus Capital or the subadviser, better prices and executions will be achieved through the use of a broker.
 
The following table lists the total amount of brokerage commissions paid by the Funds for the fiscal years or period noted. Each Fund has changed its fiscal year end to June 30.
 
                             
Fund Name   June 30, 2010(1)   October 31, 2009(2)   October 31, 2008(2)   October 31, 2007(2)
Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund
  $9,910,170   $ 14,261,959     $ 11,715,427     $ 11,054,464  
                             
Perkins Small Cap Value Fund
  $2,548,354   $ 2,640,400     $ 3,523,048     $ 3,278,110  
                             
 
(1)  For the fiscal period November 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010 (the Funds’ new fiscal year end).
(2)  The Funds’ previous fiscal year end.
 
Brokerage commissions paid by a Fund may vary significantly from year to year because of portfolio turnover rates, shareholder, broker-dealer, or other financial intermediary purchase/redemption activity, varying market conditions, changes to investment strategies or processes, and other factors.

 
 
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As of June 30, 2010, certain Funds owned securities of their regular broker-dealers (or parents) as shown below:
 
             
        Value of
    Name of
  Securities
Fund Name   Broker-Dealer   Owned
Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund
 
Calyon Corp. & Inv. Bank
  $ 643,393,000  
   
Deutsche Bank Group
    125,000,000  
   
HSBC Holdings PLC
    75,223,500  
   
ING Financial Markets
    400,000,000  
             
Perkins Small Cap Value Fund
 
Calyon Corp. & Inv. Bank
  $ 376,002,000  
             

 
 
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Trustees and officers

 
The following are the Trustees and officers of the Trust, together with a brief description of their principal occupations during the last five years (principal occupations for certain Trustees may include periods over five years).
 
Each Trustee has served in that capacity since he or she was originally elected or appointed. The Trustees do not serve a specified term of office. Each Trustee will hold office until the termination of the Trust or his or her earlier death, resignation, retirement, incapacity, or removal. Pursuant to the Funds’ Governance Procedures and Guidelines, Trustees are required to retire no later than the end of the calendar year in which the Trustee turns 72. The Trustees review the Funds’ Governance Procedures and Guidelines from time to time and may make changes they deem appropriate. The Funds’ Nominating and Governance Committee will consider nominees for the position of Trustee recommended by shareholders. Shareholders may submit the name of a candidate for consideration by the Committee by submitting their recommendations to the Trust’s Secretary. Each Trustee is currently a Trustee of one other registered investment company advised by Janus Capital: Janus Aspen Series. As of the date of this SAI, collectively, the two registered investment companies consist of 48 series or funds.
 
The Trust’s officers are elected annually by the Trustees for a one-year term. Certain officers also serve as officers of Janus Aspen Series. Certain officers of the Funds may also be officers and/or directors of Janus Capital. Fund officers receive no compensation from the Funds, except for the Funds’ Chief Compliance Officer, as authorized by the Trustees.
 
                               
                               
TRUSTEES
                               



Name, Address,
and Age
    Positions
Held with
the Trust
    Length of
Time Served
    Principal Occupations During the Past Five Years     Number of
Portfolios/Funds
in Fund Complex
Overseen by Trustee
    Other Directorships Held by Trustee During the Past Five Years
                               
Independent Trustees
                               
William F. McCalpin
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1957
    Chairman

Trustee
    1/08-Present

6/02-Present
    Managing Director, Holos Consulting LLC (provides consulting services to foundations and other nonprofit organizations). Formerly, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of The Rockefeller Brothers Fund (a private family foundation) (1998-2006).     48     Chairman of the Board and Director of The Investment Fund for Foundations Investment Program (TIP) (consisting of 4 funds); and Director of the F.B. Heron Foundation (a private grantmaking foundation).
                               
Jerome S. Contro
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1956
    Trustee     11/05-Present     General partner of Crosslink Capital, a private investment firm (since 2008). Formerly, partner of Tango Group, a private investment firm (1999-2008).     48     Formerly, Director of Envysion, Inc. (internet technology), Lijit Networks, Inc. (internet technology), LogRhythm Inc. (software solutions), IZZE Beverages, Ancestry.com, Inc. (genealogical research website), and Trustee and Chairman of RS Investment Trust.
                               
John W. McCarter, Jr.
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1938
    Trustee     6/02-Present     President, Trustee Emeritus, and Chief Executive Officer of The Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago, IL) (since 1996).     48     Chairman of the Board and Director of Divergence Inc. (biotechnology firm); Director of W.W. Grainger, Inc. (industrial distributor); Trustee of WTTW (Chicago public television station) and the University of Chicago; Regent, Smithsonian Institution; and Member of the Board of Governors for Argonne National Laboratory.
                               
 
 
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TRUSTEES
                               



Name, Address,
and Age
    Positions
Held with
the Trust
    Length of
Time Served
    Principal Occupations During the Past Five Years     Number of
Portfolios/Funds
in Fund Complex
Overseen by Trustee
    Other Directorships Held by Trustee During the Past Five Years
                               
Independent Trustees (cont’d.)
                               
John P. McGonigle
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1955
    Trustee     6/10-Present     Formerly, Vice President, Senior Vice President, and Executive Vice President of Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (1989-2006).     48     Trustee of PayPal Funds (since 2008). Formerly, Director of Charles Schwab International Holdings (a brokerage service division for joint ventures outside the U.S.) (1999-2006).
                               
Dennis B. Mullen
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1943
    Trustee     2/71-Present     Formerly, Chief Executive Officer of Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. (2005-2010). Formerly, private investor.     48*     Director of Janus Capital Funds Plc (Dublin-based, non-U.S. funds). Formerly, Chairman of the Board (2005-2010) and Director (2002-2010) of Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. (RRGB).
                               
James T. Rothe
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1943
    Trustee     1/97-Present     Co-founder and Managing Director of Roaring Fork Capital SBIC, LP (SBA SBIC fund focusing on private investment in public equity firms), and Professor Emeritus of Business of the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO (since 2004). Formerly, Professor of Business of the University of Colorado (2002-2004); and Distinguished Visiting Professor of Business (2001-2002) of Thunderbird (American Graduate School of International Management), Glendale, AZ.     48     Director of Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. (RRGB).
                               
William D. Stewart
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1944
    Trustee     6/84-Present     Corporate Vice President and General Manager of MKS Instruments – HPS Products, Boulder, CO (a manufacturer of vacuum fittings and valves) and PMFC Division, Andover, MA (manufacturing pressure measurement and flow products).     48     None
                               
Martin H. Waldinger
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1938
    Trustee     8/69-Present     Private investor and Consultant to California Planned Unit Developments (since 1994). Formerly, CEO and President of Marwal, Inc. (homeowner association management company).     48     None
                               
 *  Mr. Mullen also serves as director of Janus Capital Funds Plc, an offshore product, consisting of 19 funds. Including Janus Capital Funds Plc and the 48 funds comprising the Janus funds, Mr. Mullen oversees 67 funds.

 
 
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TRUSTEES
                               



Name, Address,
and Age
    Positions
Held with
the Trust
    Length of
Time Served
    Principal Occupations During the Past Five Years     Number of
Portfolios/Funds
in Fund Complex
Overseen by Trustee
    Other Directorships Held by Trustee During the Past Five Years
                               
Independent Trustees (cont’d.)
                               
Linda S. Wolf
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1947
    Trustee     11/05-Present     Retired. Formerly, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Leo Burnett (Worldwide) (advertising agency) (2001-2005).     48     Director of Wal-Mart, The Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago, IL), Children’s Memorial Hospital (Chicago, IL), Chicago Council on Global Affairs, and InnerWorkings (U.S. provider of print procurement solutions to corporate clients).
                               

 
 
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OFFICERS
                   


Name, Address,
and Age
    Positions Held with the Trust     Term of
Office* and
Length of
Time Served
    Principal Occupations During the Past Five Years
                   
Robin C. Beery
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1967
    President and Chief Executive Officer     4/08-Present     Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer, and Head of Intermediary Distribution, Global Marketing and Product of Janus Capital Group Inc. and Janus Capital; Executive Vice President, and Head of Intermediary Distribution, Global Marketing and Product of Janus Distributors LLC and Janus Services LLC; Director of Perkins Investment Management LLC; and Working Director of INTECH Investment Management LLC. Formerly, President (2002-2007) and Director (2000-2007) of The Janus Foundation; President (2004-2006) of Janus Services LLC; and Senior Vice President (2003-2005) of Janus Capital Group Inc. and Janus Capital.
                   
Stephanie Grauerholz-Lofton
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1970
    Chief Legal Counsel and Secretary

Vice President
    1/06-Present

3/06-Present
    Vice President and Assistant General Counsel of Janus Capital, and Vice President and Assistant Secretary of Janus Distributors LLC. Formerly, Assistant Vice President of Janus Capital and Janus Distributors LLC (2006).
                   
David R. Kowalski
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1957
    Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer, and
Anti-Money Laundering Officer
    6/02-Present     Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of Janus Capital, Janus Distributors LLC, and Janus Services LLC; and Vice President of INTECH Investment Management LLC and Perkins Investment Management LLC. Formerly, Chief Compliance Officer of Bay Isle Financial LLC (2003-2008) and INTECH Investment Management LLC (2003-2005); and Vice President of Janus Capital (2000-2005) and Janus Services LLC (2004-2005).
                   
Jesper Nergaard
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1962
    Chief Financial Officer

Vice President, Treasurer, and Principal Accounting Officer
    3/05-Present

2/05-Present
    Vice President of Janus Capital. Formerly, Director of Financial Reporting for OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (2004-2005).
                   
 *  Officers are elected at least annually by the Trustees for a one-year term and may also be elected from time to time by the Trustees for an interim period.
 
As discussed below, the Board’s Nominating and Governance Committee is responsible for identifying and recommending candidates for nomination or election by the Board based on a variety of diverse criteria. In its most recent evaluation of the qualifications of each Trustee prior to the Trustee’s election in 2010, the Committee and the Board considered the totality of the information available to them, including the specific experience, qualifications, attributes or skills, as noted below, and concluded that each of the Trustees should serve as members of the Board of Trustees based on the Trust’s business structure. In reaching these conclusions, the Committee and the Board, in the exercise of their reasonable business judgment, evaluated each Trustee based on their specific experience, qualifications, attributes and/or skills on an individual basis and in combination with the other Trustees, none of which by itself was considered dispositive.
 
Jerome S. Contro: General Partner in private investment firms, service on multiple corporate boards, and a Fund Independent Trustee since 2005.
 
William F. McCalpin: Service as Chief Operating Officer of a large private family foundation, Chairman and Director of an unaffiliated fund complex, and a Fund Independent Trustee since 2002 and Independent Chairman of the Board of Trustees since 2008.

 
 
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John W. McCarter, Jr.: President and CEO of large non-profit organization, service on multiple corporate and non-profit boards, and a Fund Independent Trustee since 2002.
 
John P. McGonigle: Service in multiple capacities with a leading financial services firm, including as Head of Mutual Funds and Asset Management, as an independent trustee of a money market fund, and a Fund Independent Trustee since 2010.
 
Dennis B. Mullen: Chairman of the Board and CEO of NASDAQ-listed company, director of off-shore fund complex, and a Fund Independent Trustee since 1971 and Independent Chairman of the Board of Trustees from 2004 to 2007.
 
James T. Rothe: Co-founder and Managing Director of a private investment firm, former business school professor, service as a corporate director, and a Fund Independent Trustee since 1997.
 
William D. Stewart: Corporate vice-president of a NASDAQ-listed industrial manufacturer, and a Fund Independent Trustee since 1984.
 
Martin H. Waldinger: Service as CEO of a homeowner association management company, and a Fund Independent Trustee since 1969.
 
Linda S. Wolf: Service as Chairman and CEO of a global advertising firm, service on multiple corporate and non-profit boards, and a Fund Independent Trustee since 2005.
 
General Information Regarding the Board of Trustees and Leadership Structure
The Trust is governed by the Board of Trustees, which is responsible for and oversees the management and operations of the Trust and each of the Janus funds on behalf of fund shareholders. Each member of the Board is an Independent Trustee, including the Board’s Chairman. The Board’s responsibilities include, but are not limited to, oversight of the Janus funds’ officers and service providers, including Janus Capital, which is responsible for the Trust’s day-to-day operations. The Trustees approve all of the agreements entered into with the Janus funds’ service providers, including the investment management agreements with Janus Capital and any applicable subadviser. The Trustees are also responsible for determining or changing each Janus fund’s investment objective, policies, and available investment techniques, as well as for overseeing the fund’s Chief Compliance Officer. In carrying out these responsibilities, the Trustees are assisted by the Trust’s independent auditor (who reports directly to the Trust’s Audit Committee), independent counsel, an independent fee consultant, and other specialists as appropriate, all of whom are selected by the Trustees. The Trustees also meet regularly without representatives of Janus Capital or its affiliates present.
 
The Trustees discharge their responsibilities collectively as a Board, as well as through Board committees, each of which operates pursuant to a Board-approved charter that delineates the specific responsibilities of that committee. For example, the Board as a whole is responsible for oversight of the annual process by which the Board considers and approves each fund’s investment advisory agreement with Janus Capital, but specific matters related to oversight of the Janus funds’ independent auditors have been delegated by the Board to its Audit Committee, subject to approval of the Audit Committee’s recommendations by the Board. The members and responsibilities of each Board committee are summarized below. In addition to serving on certain committees, the Chairman of the Board (“Board Chairman”) is responsible for presiding at all meetings of the Board, and has other duties as may be assigned by the Trustees from time to time. The Board Chairman also serves as the Board’s liaison to Janus Capital with respect to all matters related to the Janus funds that are not otherwise delegated to the chair of a Board committee. The Board has determined that this leadership structure is appropriate based on (1) the number of Janus funds overseen and the various investment objectives of those funds; (2) the manner in which the Janus funds’ shares are marketed and distributed; and (3) the responsibilities entrusted to Janus Capital and its affiliates to oversee the Trust’s day-to-day operations, including the management of each Janus fund’s holdings and the distribution of fund shares. On an annual basis, the Board conducts a self-evaluation that considers, among other matters, whether the Board and its committees are functioning effectively and whether, given the size and composition of the Board and each of its committees, the Trustees are able to oversee effectively the number of Janus funds in the complex.

 
 
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Committees of the Board
The Board of Trustees has seven standing committees that each perform specialized functions: an Audit Committee, Brokerage Committee, Investment Oversight Committee, Legal and Regulatory Committee, Money Market Committee, Nominating and Governance Committee, and Pricing Committee. Each committee is comprised entirely of Independent Trustees. Information about each committee’s functions is provided in the following table:
 
                   
                  Number of Meetings
            Members(1)
    Held During Last
      Summary of Functions     (Independent Trustees)     Fiscal Period(2)
Audit Committee     Reviews the financial reporting process, the system of internal controls over financial reporting, disclosure controls and procedures, Form N-CSR filings, and the audit process. The Committee’s review of the audit process includes, among other things, the appointment, compensation, and oversight of the Trust’s independent auditor and pre-approval of all audit and nonaudit services.     Jerome S. Contro (Chair)
John W. McCarter, Jr.
Dennis B. Mullen
    4
                   
Brokerage Committee     Reviews and makes recommendations regarding matters related to the Trust’s use of brokerage commissions and placement of portfolio transactions.     James T. Rothe (Chair)
Jerome S. Contro
Martin H. Waldinger
    3
                   
Investment Oversight Committee     Oversees the investment activities of the Trust’s non-money market funds.     Dennis B. Mullen (Chair)
Jerome S. Contro
William F. McCalpin
John W. McCarter, Jr.
James T. Rothe
William D. Stewart
Martin H. Waldinger
Linda S. Wolf
    4
                   
Legal and Regulatory Committee     Oversees compliance with various procedures adopted by the Trust, reviews certain regulatory filings made with the SEC, oversees the implementation and administration of the Trust’s Proxy Voting Guidelines.     Linda S. Wolf (Chair)
William F. McCalpin
William D. Stewart
    9
                   
Money Market Committee     Reviews various matters related to the operations of the Janus money market funds, including compliance with their Money Market Fund Procedures.     Jerome S. Contro (Chair)
James T. Rothe
Martin H. Waldinger
    4
                   
Nominating and
Governance Committee
    Identifies and recommends individuals for election as Trustee, consults with Management in planning Trustee meetings, and oversees the administration of, and ensures compliance with, the Trust’s Governance Procedures and Guidelines, which includes review of and proposed changes to Trustee compensation.     John W. McCarter, Jr. (Chair)
William F. McCalpin
Dennis B. Mullen
    6
                   
Pricing Committee     Determines a fair value of restricted and other securities for which market quotations are not readily available or are deemed not to be reliable, pursuant to procedures adopted by the Trustees and reviews other matters related to the pricing of securities.     William D. Stewart (Chair)
James T. Rothe
Linda S. Wolf
    6
                   
(1)  Effective June 24, 2010, the composition of certain Committees changed as follows: members of the Brokerage Committee include James T. Rothe as Chair, John P. McGonigle, William D. Stewart, and Martin H. Waldinger; members of the Investment Oversight Committee include William F. McCalpin as Chair, Jerome S. Contro, John W. McCarter, Jr., John P. McGonigle, Dennis B. Mullen, James T. Rothe, William D. Stewart, Martin H. Waldinger, and Linda S. Wolf; members of the Legal and Regulatory Committee include Linda S. Wolf as Chair, William F. McCalpin, and John P. McGonigle; members of the Money Market Committee include John P. McGonigle as Chair, Jerome S. Contro, William D. Stewart, and Martin H. Waldinger; and members of the Nominating and Governance Committee include Dennis B. Mullen as Chair, William F. McCalpin, and James T. Rothe.
(2)  For the fiscal period November 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010.

 
 
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Board Oversight of Risk Management
Janus Capital, as part of its responsibilities for the day-to-day operations of the Janus funds, is responsible for day-to-day risk management for the funds. The Board, as part of its overall oversight responsibilities for the funds’ operations, oversees Janus Capital’s risk management efforts with respect to the funds. The Board, in the exercise of its reasonable business judgment, also separately considers potential risks that may impact the Janus funds. The Board discharges its oversight duties and considers potential risks in a number of different ways, including, but not limited to, receiving reports on a regular basis, either directly or through an appropriate committee, from Janus Capital and its officers. Reports received include those from, among others, Janus Capital’s (1) senior managers responsible for oversight of global risk; (2) senior managers responsible for oversight of fund construction and trading risk; (3) Chief Compliance Officer; and (4) Director of Internal Audit. At the time these reports are presented, the Board or the committee receiving the report will, as it deems necessary, invite the presenter to participate in an executive session to discuss matters outside the presence of any other officers or representatives of Janus Capital or its affiliates. The Board also receives reports from other entities and individuals unaffiliated with Janus Capital, including reports from the Janus funds’ other service providers and from independent consultants hired by the Board.
 
Various Board committees also will consider particular risk items as the committee addresses items and issues specific to the jurisdiction of that committee. For example, the Pricing Committee will consider valuation risk as part of its regular oversight responsibilities, and similarly, the Brokerage Committee will consider counterparty risk associated with Janus fund transactions. The Board also may be apprised of particular risk management matters in connection with its general oversight and approval of various Janus fund matters brought before the Board. The Board has appointed a Chief Compliance Officer for the Janus funds (“Fund CCO”) who (1) reports directly to the Board and (2) provides a comprehensive written report annually and presents quarterly at the Board’s regular meetings. The Fund CCO, who also serves as Janus Capital’s Chief Compliance Officer, discusses relevant risk issues that may impact the Janus funds and/or Janus Capital’s services to the funds, and routinely meets with the Board in private without representatives of Janus Capital or its affiliates present. The Fund CCO also provides the Board with updates on the application of the Janus funds’ compliance policies and procedures, including how these procedures are designed to mitigate risk and what, if any, changes have been made to enhance the procedures. The Fund CCO may also report to the Board on an ad hoc basis in the event that he identifies issues associated with the Janus funds’ compliance policies and procedures that could expose the funds to additional risk or adversely impact the ability of Janus Capital to provide services to the funds.
 
The Board believes that its leadership structure permits it to effectively discharge its oversight responsibilities with respect to the Janus funds’ risk management process.
 
Additional Information About Trustees
Under the Trust’s Governance Procedures and Guidelines, the Trustees are expected to invest in one or more (but not necessarily all) funds advised by Janus Capital for which they serve as Trustee, to the extent they are directly eligible to do so. These investments may include amounts held under a deferred compensation plan that are valued based on “shadow investments” in such funds. Such investments, including the amount and which funds, are dictated by each Trustee’s individual financial circumstances and investment goals. The table below gives the dollar range of shares of the Funds that the Trustees own and which are described in this SAI, as well as the aggregate dollar range of shares of all mutual funds

 
 
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advised by Janus Capital and overseen by the Trustees (collectively, the “Janus Funds”), owned by each Trustee as of December 31, 2009.
 
                 
                 
Name of Trustee
    Dollar Range of Equity Securities in the Funds     Aggregate Dollar Range of Equity Securities in All Registered Investment Companies Overseen by Trustee in Janus Funds
                 
Independent Trustees
                 
William F. McCalpin
    Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund   $10,001-$50,000        Over $100,000   
                 
Jerome S. Contro
    Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund   $50,001-$100,000        Over $100,000(1)
                 
John W. McCarter, Jr.
    None         Over $100,000   
                 
John P. McGonigle(2)
    None         Over $100,000   
                 
Dennis B. Mullen
    None         Over $100,000(1)
                 
James T. Rothe
    None         Over $100,000   
                 
William D. Stewart
    None         Over $100,000   
                 
Martin H. Waldinger
    None         Over $100,000(1)
                 
Linda S. Wolf
    None         Over $100,000(1)
                 
(1)  Ownership shown includes amounts held under a deferred compensation plan that are valued based on “shadow investments” in one or more funds.
(2)  At a Special Meeting of Shareholders on June 10, 2010, John P. McGonigle was elected as a new Trustee.
 
The Trust pays each Independent Trustee an annual retainer plus a fee for each regular in-person meeting of the Trustees attended, a fee for in-person meetings of committees attended if convened on a date other than that of a regularly scheduled meeting, and a fee for telephone meetings of the Trustees and committees. In addition, committee chairs and the Chairman of the Board of Trustees receive an additional supplemental retainer. Each current Independent Trustee also receives fees from other Janus funds for serving as Trustee of those funds. Janus Capital pays persons who are directors, officers, or employees of Janus Capital or any affiliate thereof, or any Trustee considered an “interested” Trustee, for their services as Trustees or officers. The Trust and other funds managed by Janus Capital may pay all or a portion of the compensation and related expenses of the Funds’ Chief Compliance Officer and compliance staff, as authorized from time to time by the Trustees.
 
The following table shows the aggregate compensation paid to each Independent Trustee by the Funds described in this SAI and all Janus Funds for the periods indicated. None of the Trustees receives any pension or retirement benefits from the Funds or the Janus Funds. Effective January 1, 2006, the Trustees established a deferred compensation plan under which the Trustees may elect to defer receipt of all, or a portion, of the compensation they earn for their services to the Funds, in lieu of receiving current payments of such compensation. Any deferred amount is treated as though an equivalent dollar amount has been invested in shares of one or more funds advised by Janus Capital (“shadow investments”).
 
                 
    Aggregate
  Total
    Compensation from
  Compensation from
    the Funds for
  the Janus Funds for
    fiscal period ended
  calendar year ended
Name of Person, Position   June 30, 2010   December 31, 2009(1)(2)
Independent Trustees
               
                 
William F. McCalpin, Chairman and Trustee(3)
  $ 3,896     $ 376,000  
                 
Jerome S. Contro, Trustee(4)
  $ 2,770     $ 305,500  
                 
John W. McCarter, Jr., Trustee(4)
  $ 3,117     $ 300,750  
                 
John P. McGonigle, Trustee(5)
  $ 265       N/A  
                 
Dennis B. Mullen, Trustee(4)
  $ 2,854     $ 328,661  
                 
James T. Rothe, Trustee(4)
  $ 3,096     $ 312,750  
                 
William D. Stewart, Trustee(4)
  $ 2,962     $ 296,750  
                 
Martin H. Waldinger, Trustee
  $ 2,571     $ 267,000  
                 
Linda S. Wolf, Trustee(4)
  $ 2,716     $ 273,750  
                 
(1)  For all Trustees (with the exception of John P. McGonigle), includes compensation for service on the boards of three Janus trusts (the Trust, Janus Adviser Series, and Janus Aspen Series), for the period January 1, 2009 to July 2, 2009, comprised of 68 portfolios, and for two trusts (the Trust and Janus Aspen Series) from July 2, 2009 to December 31, 2009, comprised of 52 portfolios. In addition, Mr. Mullen’s compensation includes service on the board of an additional trust, Janus Capital Funds Plc (an offshore product), comprised of 17 portfolios.

 
 
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(2)  Total compensation received from the Janus Funds includes any amounts deferred under the deferred compensation plan. The deferred compensation amounts for the period shown are as follows: Jerome S. Contro $123,750; Martin H. Waldinger $54,375; and Linda S. Wolf $59,938.
(3)  Aggregate Compensation received from the Funds and Total Compensation received from all Janus Funds includes additional compensation paid for service as Independent Chairman of the Board of Trustees.
(4)  Aggregate Compensation received from the Funds and Total Compensation received from all Janus Funds includes additional compensation paid for service as chair of one or more committees of the Board of Trustees.
(5)  At a Special Meeting of Shareholders on June 10, 2010, John P. McGonigle was elected as a new Trustee. Prior to such election, Mr. McGonigle was a consultant to the Trustees and was paid by the Trust in this capacity. As of the fiscal period ended June 30, 2010, Mr. McGonigle received aggregate compensation of $716 from the Funds for serving as a consultant to the Trustees. Mr. McGonigle did not receive any compensation from the Janus Funds as of the calendar year ended December 31, 2009.
 
PERKINS INVESTMENT PERSONNEL
 
Other Accounts Managed
The following table provides information relating to other accounts managed by the portfolio managers as of June 30, 2010. To the extent that any of the accounts pay advisory fees based on account performance, information on those accounts is separately listed.
 
                             
        Other Registered
  Other Pooled
   
        Investment
  Investment
   
        Companies   Vehicles   Other Accounts
Jeffrey R. Kautz
  Number of Other Accounts Managed     4 (1)     None       17  
    Assets in Other Accounts Managed   $ 1,102,151,445       None     $ 679,795,667  
Robert H. Perkins
  Number of Other Accounts Managed     1       None       121  
    Assets in Other Accounts Managed   $ 21,900,583       None     $ 207,450,717  
Thomas M. Perkins
  Number of Other Accounts Managed     5 (1)     None       13  
    Assets in Other Accounts Managed   $ 1,146,056,067       None     $ 693,289,971  
Todd H. Perkins
  Number of Other Accounts Managed     1       None       4  
    Assets in Other Accounts Managed   $ 21,900,583       None     $ 46,400,305  
Justin Tugman
  Number of Other Accounts Managed     1       None       4  
    Assets in Other Accounts Managed   $ 21,900,583       None     $ 46,400,305  
 
(1)  One of the accounts included in the total, consisting of $103,143,302 of the total assets in the category, has a performance-based advisory fee.
 
Material Conflicts
As shown in the table above, Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund’s and Perkins Small Cap Value Fund’s portfolio managers may manage other funds and accounts with investment strategies similar to the Funds. Fees earned by the adviser may vary among these accounts, the portfolio managers may personally invest in some but not all of these accounts, and certain of these accounts may have a greater impact on their compensation than others. These factors could create conflicts of interest because a portfolio manager may have incentives to favor certain accounts over others, resulting in the potential for other accounts outperforming the Funds. A conflict may also exist if a portfolio manager identifies a limited investment opportunity that may be appropriate for more than one account, but the Funds are not able to take full advantage of that opportunity due to the need to allocate that opportunity among multiple accounts. In addition, the portfolio managers may execute transactions for another account that may adversely impact the value of securities held by the Funds. However, Perkins believes that these conflicts may be mitigated to a certain extent by the fact that accounts with like investment strategies managed by the portfolio managers are generally managed in a similar fashion, subject to a variety of exceptions, for example, to account for particular investment restrictions or policies applicable only to certain accounts, certain portfolio holdings that may be transferred in-kind when an account is opened, differences in cash flows and account sizes, and similar factors. Information regarding Perkins’ trade allocation procedures is described under “Additional Information About Janus Capital and the Subadviser.”
 
Compensation Information
As described under “Investment Adviser and Subadviser,” Janus Capital has entered into Sub-Advisory Agreements on behalf of Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund and Perkins Small Cap Value Fund. The following describes the structure and method of calculating a portfolio manager’s compensation as of June 30, 2010.
 
Portfolio managers and, if applicable, co-portfolio managers (“portfolio manager” or “portfolio managers”) are compensated for managing a Fund and any other funds, portfolios, or accounts for which they have exclusive or shared responsibilities (collectively, the “Managed Funds”) through two components: fixed compensation and variable compensation. Certain portfolio managers are eligible to receive additional discretionary compensation in recognition of their continued analyst

 
 
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responsibilities, and the Chief Investment Officer (“CIO”) of Perkins is eligible for additional variable compensation in recognition of his CIO role. In addition, certain portfolio managers who have an ownership interest or profits interest in Perkins may receive compensation through those interests.
 
Fixed Compensation: Fixed compensation is paid in cash and is comprised of an annual base salary established based on factors such as the complexity of managing funds and other accounts and scope of responsibility (including assets under management).
 
Variable Compensation: Variable compensation is paid in cash and long-term incentive awards (consisting of a mixture of JCGI restricted stock, stock options, and a cash-deferred award that is credited with income, gains, and losses based on the performance of mutual fund investments selected by the portfolio manager). Variable compensation is calculated based on pre-tax performance of the Managed Funds.
 
Variable compensation is structured to pay a portfolio manager primarily on the Managed Funds’ performance, with additional discretionary compensation available from a discretionary bonus pool.
 
Aggregate compensation derived from the Managed Funds’ performance is calculated based upon a percentage of the total revenue received on the Managed Funds adjusted to reflect the actual performance of such Managed Funds. Actual performance is calculated based on the Managed Funds’ aggregate asset-weighted Lipper peer group performance ranking on a one-, three-, and five-year rolling period basis with a predominant weighting on the Managed Funds’ performance in the three- and five-year periods. The compensation determined from the Managed Funds’ performance is then allocated to the respective portfolio manager(s).
 
A portfolio manager is also eligible to participate in a Perkins discretionary bonus pool. The size of the discretionary bonus pool fluctuates depending on both the revenue derived from firm-wide managed assets and the investment performance of such firm-wide managed assets. Compensation from the discretionary bonus pool is then allocated among the eligible respective participants at the discretion of Perkins based upon, among other things: (i) teamwork and support of team culture; (ii) mentoring of analysts; (iii) contributions to the sales process; and (iv) client relationships.
 
Analyst Variable Compensation: If a portfolio manager also has analyst responsibilities, then such portfolio manager is further eligible to participate in the Perkins discretionary bonus pool. The discretionary bonus pool is allocated among the eligible analysts at the discretion of Perkins based on factors which may include performance of investment recommendations, performance of an analyst run paper-based portfolio, individual and team contributions, scope of coverage, and other subjective criteria.
 
Each Fund’s Lipper peer group for compensation purposes is shown in the following table:
 
     
Fund Name   Lipper Peer Group
Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund
  Mid Cap Value Funds
Perkins Small Cap Value Fund
  Small-Cap Core Funds
 
OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
 
As of June 30, 2010, the portfolio managers of the Funds beneficially owned securities of the Fund(s) they manage in the dollar range shown in the following table. The last column of the table also reflects each individual’s aggregate beneficial ownership of all mutual funds advised by Janus Capital within the Janus family of funds (collectively, the “Janus Funds”).
 
                 
                 
Investment Personnel
    Dollar Range of Equity
Securities in the Fund(s) Managed
    Aggregate Dollar Range of Equity
Securities in Janus Funds
                 
Perkins
                 
Jeffrey R. Kautz
    Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund   Over $1,000,000     Over $1,000,000
                 
Robert H. Perkins
    Perkins Small Cap Value Fund   Over $1,000,000     Over $1,000,000
                 
Thomas M. Perkins
    Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund   Over $1,000,000     Over $1,000,000
                 
Todd H. Perkins
    Perkins Small Cap Value Fund   $500,001-$1,000,000     Over $1,000,000
                 
Justin Tugman
    Perkins Small Cap Value Fund   $50,001-$100,000     $500,001-$1,000,000
                 

 
 
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Shares of the Trust

 
Although Perkins Small Cap Value Fund is closed, certain investors may continue to invest in the Fund. Once an account is closed, additional investments will not be accepted. Shares of the Fund are purchased at the NAV per share as determined as of the close of the regular trading session of the New York Stock Exchange next occurring after a purchase order is received in good order by the Fund. The “Shareholder’s Manual” or “Shareholder’s Guide” section of the Fund’s Prospectuses contains detailed information about the purchase of shares.
 
NET ASSET VALUE DETERMINATION
 
As stated in the Funds’ Prospectuses, the net asset value (“NAV”) of the Shares of each class of each Fund is determined once each day the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) is open, as of the close of its regular trading session (normally 4:00 p.m., New York time, Monday through Friday). The per share NAV for each class of each Fund is computed by dividing the total value of securities and other assets allocated to the class, less liabilities allocated to that class, by the total number of outstanding shares for the class. In determining NAV, securities listed on an Exchange, the Nasdaq National Market, and foreign markets are generally valued at the closing prices on such markets. If such price is lacking for the trading period immediately preceding the time of determination, such securities are valued at their current bid price. Municipal securities held by the Funds are traded primarily in the over-the-counter markets. Valuations of such securities are furnished by one or more pricing services employed by the Funds and approved by the Trustees and are based upon a computerized matrix system or appraisals obtained by a pricing service, in each case in reliance upon information concerning market transactions and quotations from recognized municipal securities dealers. Other securities that are traded on the over-the-counter markets are generally valued at their closing bid prices. Foreign securities and currencies are converted to U.S. dollars using the applicable exchange rate in effect at the close of the NYSE. Each Fund will determine the market value of individual securities held by it by using prices provided by one or more professional pricing services which may provide market prices to other funds or, as needed, by obtaining market quotations from independent broker-dealers. Short-term securities maturing within 60 days or less are valued on an amortized cost basis. Debt securities with a remaining maturity of greater than 60 days are valued in accordance with the evaluated bid price supplied by the pricing service. The evaluated bid price supplied by the pricing service is an evaluation that reflects such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, and ratings.
 
Securities for which market quotations are not readily available or are deemed unreliable are valued at fair value determined in good faith under procedures established by and under the supervision of the Trustees (the “Valuation Procedures”). Circumstances in which fair value pricing may be utilized include, but are not limited to: (i) a significant event that may affect the securities of a single issuer, such as a merger, bankruptcy, or significant issuer specific development; (ii) an event that may affect an entire market, such as a natural disaster or significant governmental action; (iii) a nonsignificant event such as a market closing early or not opening, or a security trading halt; and (iv) pricing of a non-valued security and a restricted or non-public security. The Funds may use a systematic fair valuation model provided by an independent third party to value international equity securities in order to adjust for stale pricing, which may occur between the close of certain foreign exchanges and the NYSE.
 
Trading in securities on European and Far Eastern securities exchanges and over-the-counter markets is normally completed well before the close of business on each business day in New York (i.e., a day on which the NYSE is open). In addition, European or Far Eastern securities trading generally or in a particular country or countries may not take place on all business days in New York. Furthermore, trading takes place in Japanese markets on certain Saturdays and in various foreign markets on days which are not business days in New York and on which a Fund’s NAV is not calculated. A Fund calculates its NAV per share, and therefore effects sales, redemptions, and repurchases of its shares, as of the close of the NYSE once each day on which the NYSE is open. Such calculation may not take place contemporaneously with the determination of the prices of the foreign portfolio securities used in such calculation. If an event that is expected to affect the value of a portfolio security occurs after the close of the principal exchange or market on which that security is traded, and before the close of the NYSE, then that security may be valued in good faith under the Valuation Procedures.
 
To the extent there are any errors in a Fund’s NAV calculation, Janus Capital may, at its discretion, reprocess individual shareholder transactions so that each shareholder’s account reflects the accurate corrected NAV.
 
PURCHASES
 
Class L Shares of the Funds can generally be purchased only through institutional channels such as financial intermediaries and retirement platforms. Class L Shares may be purchased directly with the Funds in certain circumstances as provided in the Funds’ Prospectuses. Not all financial intermediaries offer all classes. Shares or classes of the Funds may be purchased
 
 
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without upfront sales charges by certain retirement plans and clients of investment advisers, but these clients will typically pay asset-based fees for their investment advisers’ advice, which are on top of the Funds’ expenses. Certain Shares or classes of the Funds may also be purchased without upfront sales charges or transactional charges by persons who invest through mutual fund “supermarket” programs of certain financial intermediaries that typically do not provide investment recommendations or the assistance of an investment professional.
 
Certain designated organizations are authorized to receive purchase orders on the Funds’ behalf and those organizations are authorized to designate their agents and affiliates as intermediaries to receive purchase orders. Purchase orders are deemed received by a Fund when authorized organizations, their agents, or affiliates receive the order provided that such designated organizations or their agents or affiliates transmit the order to the Fund within contractually specified periods. The Funds are not responsible for the failure of any designated organization or its agents or affiliates to carry out its obligations to its customers. In order to receive a day’s price, your order for any class of Shares must be received in good order by the close of the regular trading session of the NYSE as described above in “Net Asset Value Determination.” Your financial intermediary may charge you a separate or additional fee for processing purchases of Shares. Your financial intermediary, plan documents, or the Funds’ Prospectuses will provide you with detailed information about investing in the Funds.
 
The Trust has established an Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Program (the “Program”) as required by the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (“USA PATRIOT Act”). In order to ensure compliance with this law, the Trust’s Program provides for the development of internal practices, procedures and controls, designation of anti-money laundering compliance officers, an ongoing training program, and an independent audit function to determine the effectiveness of the Program.
 
Procedures to implement the Program include, but are not limited to, determining that financial intermediaries have established proper anti-money laundering procedures, reporting suspicious and/or fraudulent activity, checking shareholder names against designated government lists, including the Office of Foreign Asset Control (“OFAC”), and a review of all new account applications. The Trust does not intend to transact business with any person or entity whose identity cannot be adequately verified under the provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act.
 
REDEMPTIONS
 
Redemptions, like purchases, may generally be effected only through institutional channels such as financial intermediaries and retirement platforms. In certain circumstances, Class L Shares may be redeemed directly with the Funds. Certain designated organizations are authorized to receive redemption orders on the Funds’ behalf and those organizations are authorized to designate their agents and affiliates as intermediaries to receive redemption orders. Redemption orders are deemed received by a Fund when authorized organizations, their agents, or affiliates receive the order. The Funds are not responsible for the failure of any designated organization or its agents or affiliates to carry out its obligations to its customers.
 
Certain accounts or Janus affiliates may from time to time own (beneficially or of record) or control a significant percentage of the Funds’ Shares. Redemptions by these accounts of their holdings in the Funds may impact the Funds’ liquidity and NAV. These redemptions may also force the Funds to sell securities, which may negatively impact the Funds’ brokerage costs.
 
Shares normally will be redeemed for cash, although each Fund retains the right to redeem some or all of its shares in-kind under unusual circumstances, in order to protect the interests of remaining shareholders, to accommodate a request by a particular shareholder that does not adversely affect the interests of the remaining shareholders, or in connection with the liquidation of a Fund, by delivery of securities selected from its assets at its discretion. However, the Funds are governed by Rule 18f-1 under the 1940 Act, which requires each Fund to redeem shares solely for cash up to the lesser of $250,000 or 1% of the NAV of that Fund during any 90-day period for any one shareholder. Should redemptions by any shareholder exceed such limitation, a Fund will have the option of redeeming the excess in cash or in-kind. If shares are redeemed in-kind, the redeeming shareholder may incur brokerage costs in converting the assets to cash, whereas such costs are borne by the Fund for cash redemptions. The method of valuing securities used to make redemptions in-kind will be the same as the method of valuing portfolio securities described under “Shares of the Trust – Net Asset Value Determination” and such valuation will be made as of the same time the redemption price is determined.
 
The Funds reserve the right to postpone payment of redemption proceeds for up to seven calendar days. Additionally, the right to require the Funds to redeem their Shares may be suspended, or the date of payment may be postponed beyond seven calendar days, whenever: (i) trading on the NYSE is restricted, as determined by the SEC, or the NYSE is closed (except

 
 
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for holidays and weekends); (ii) the SEC permits such suspension and so orders; or (iii) an emergency exists as determined by the SEC so that disposal of securities or determination of NAV is not reasonably practicable.

 
 
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Income dividends, capital gains distributions, and tax status

 
The following is intended to be a general summary of certain U.S. federal income tax consequences of investing in the Funds. It is not intended to be a complete discussion of all such federal income tax consequences, nor does it purport to deal with all categories of investors. This discussion reflects applicable tax laws of the United States as of the date of this SAI. However, tax laws may change or be subject to new interpretation by the courts or the IRS, possibly with retroactive effect. Investors are therefore advised to consult with their own tax advisers before making an investment in the Funds.
 
It is a policy of the Funds’ Shares to make distributions of substantially all of their respective investment income and any net realized capital gains. Any capital gains realized during each fiscal year, as defined by the Internal Revenue Code, are normally declared and payable to shareholders in December but, if necessary, may be distributed at other times as well. The Funds declare and make annual distributions of income (if any).
 
The Funds intend to qualify as regulated investment companies by satisfying certain requirements prescribed by Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code. If a Fund failed to qualify as a regulated investment company in any taxable year, the Fund may be subject to federal income tax on its taxable income at corporate rates. In addition, all distributions from earnings and profits, including any distributions of net tax-exempt income and net long-term capital gains, would generally be taxable to shareholders as ordinary income but may, at least in part, qualify for the dividends received deduction applicable to corporations or the reduced rate of taxation applicable to noncorporate holders for “qualified dividend income.” In addition, the Funds could be required to recognize unrealized gains, pay taxes and interest, and make distributions before requalifying as regulated investment companies that are accorded special tax treatment.
 
All income dividends and capital gains distributions, if any, on a Fund’s Shares are reinvested automatically in additional shares of the same class of Shares of that Fund at the NAV determined on the first business day following the record date.
 
The Funds may purchase securities of certain foreign corporations considered to be passive foreign investment companies by the Internal Revenue Code. In order to avoid taxes and interest that must be paid by the Funds, the Funds may make various elections permitted by the tax laws. However, these elections could require that the Funds recognize taxable income, which in turn must be distributed even though the Funds may not have received any income upon such an event.
 
Some foreign securities purchased by the Funds may be subject to foreign taxes which could reduce the yield on such securities. If the amount of foreign taxes is significant in a particular year, the Funds that qualify under Section 853 of the Internal Revenue Code may elect to pass through such taxes to shareholders, who will each decide whether to deduct such taxes or claim a foreign tax credit. If such election is not made by a Fund, any foreign taxes paid or accrued will represent an expense to the Fund, which will reduce its investment company taxable income.
 
A Fund’s investments in REIT equity securities may require the Fund to accrue and distribute income not yet received. In order to generate sufficient cash to make the requisite distributions, the Fund may be required to sell securities at a time when fundamental investment considerations would not favor such sales. The Fund’s investments in REIT equity securities may result in the receipt of cash in excess of the REIT’s earnings. If a Fund distributes such amounts, such distribution could constitute a return of capital to shareholders for federal income tax purposes.
 
Some REITs are permitted to hold “residual interests” in real estate mortgage investment conduits (REMICs). Pursuant to the Internal Revenue Service rules, a portion of a Fund’s income from a REIT or “excess inclusion income” that is attributable to the REIT may be subject to federal income tax. Excess inclusion income will normally be allocated to shareholders in proportion to the dividends received by such shareholders. There may be instances in which the Fund may be unaware of a REIT’s excess inclusion income.
 
As a result of excess inclusion income, the Fund may be subject to additional tax depending on the type of record holder of Fund shares, such as certain federal, state, and foreign governmental entities, tax exempt organizations, and certain rural electrical and telephone cooperatives (“disqualified organizations”). This may impact the Fund’s performance.
 
Please consult a tax adviser regarding tax consequences of Fund distributions and to determine whether you will need to file a tax return.
 
Certain fund transactions involving short sales, futures, options, swap agreements, hedged investments, and other similar transactions, if any, may be subject to special provisions of the Internal Revenue Code that, among other things, may affect the character, amount, and timing of distributions to shareholders. The Funds will monitor their transactions and may make certain tax elections where applicable in order to mitigate the effect of these provisions, if possible. Certain transactions or strategies utilized by a Fund may generate nonqualified income that can impact an investor’s taxes.
 
 
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Principal shareholders

 
As of September 30, 2010, the officers and Trustees as a group owned approximately 1.6% of Class L Shares of Perkins Small Cap Value Fund, and less than 1% of the outstanding Shares of Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund. As of September 30, 2010, the percentage ownership of any person or entity owning 5% or more of the outstanding Shares of any class of the Funds is listed below. In addition, the percentage ownership of any person or entity owning 25% or more of the outstanding Shares of any class of the Funds is listed below. Any person who owns, directly or through one or more controlled companies, more than 25% of the voting securities of a company is presumed to “control” such company. Accordingly, to the extent that a person is identified as the beneficial owner of more than 25% of a Fund, or is identified as the record owner of more than 25% of a Fund and has voting and/or investment powers, that person may be presumed to control such Fund. A controlling person’s vote could have a more significant effect on matters presented to shareholders for approval than the vote of other Fund shareholders.
 
To the best knowledge of the Trust, as of September 30, 2010, no other person or entity owned beneficially more than 5% of the outstanding Shares of any class of the Funds, except as shown. Additionally, to the best knowledge of the Trust, no other person or entity beneficially owned 25% or more of the outstanding Shares of any class of the Funds, except as shown. To the best knowledge of the Trust, entities shown as owning more than 25% of the outstanding Shares of a class of a Fund are not the beneficial owners of such Shares, unless otherwise indicated.
 
             
Fund Name   Shareholder and Address of Record   Percentage Ownership
Janus Mid Cap Value Fund
Class L Shares
  American Trust Center
Dickinson, ND
    21.17%  
             
    Prudential Investment Mgmt Service
FBO Mutual Fund Clients
Newark, NJ
    16.25%  
             
    Wachovia Bank     10.03%  
    FBO Various Retirement Plans
A/C #9888888836 NC 1151
Charlotte, NC
       
             
    National Financial Services Corp     8.39%  
    For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
New York, NY
       
             
    Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.     6.64%  
    For the Sole Benefit of Customers
Jacksonville, FL
       
             
    Charles Schwab & Co Inc.     6.46%  
    Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
Reinvest Account
San Francisco, CA
       
             
    Pershing LLC     5.69%  
    Jersey City, NJ        
             
Janus Small Cap Value Fund
  Vangard Fiduciary Trust Co     38.10%  
Class L Shares
  Valley Forge, PA        
             
    National Financial Services Corp     22.08%  
    For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
New York, NY
       
             
    Charles Schwab & Co Inc.     5.18%  
    Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
Reinvest Account
San Francisco, CA
       
             
 
 
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Miscellaneous information

 
Each Fund is a series of the Trust, an open-end management investment company registered under the 1940 Act and organized as a Massachusetts business trust on February 11, 1986. As of the date of this SAI, the Trust offers thirty-eight series of shares, known as “Funds.” Each Fund presently offers interests in different classes of shares as described in the table below.
 
                                                                 
    Class A
  Class C
  Class D
  Class I
  Class L
  Class R
  Class S
  Class T
Fund Name   Shares   Shares   Shares   Shares   Shares   Shares   Shares   Shares
INTECH Risk-Managed Core Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
INTECH Risk-Managed Growth Fund
    x       x               x                       x       x  
INTECH Risk-Managed International Fund
    x       x               x                       x       x  
INTECH Risk-Managed Value Fund
    x       x               x                       x       x  
Janus Balanced Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Janus Conservative Allocation Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
Janus Contrarian Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Janus Dynamic Allocation Fund
    x       x               x                       x       x  
Janus Enterprise Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Janus Flexible Bond Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Janus Forty Fund
    x       x               x               x       x       x  
Janus Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Janus Global Life Sciences Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
Janus Global Real Estate Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
Janus Global Research Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
Janus Global Select Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Janus Global Technology Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
Janus Government Money Market Fund
                    x                                       x  
Janus Growth Allocation Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
Janus Growth and Income Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Janus High-Yield Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Janus International Equity Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Janus Long/Short Fund
    x       x               x               x       x       x  
Janus Moderate Allocation Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
Janus Money Market Fund
                    x                                       x  
Janus Overseas Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Janus Research Core Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Janus Research Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
Janus Short-Term Bond Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
Janus Triton Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Janus Twenty Fund
                    x                                       x  
Janus Venture Fund
                    x                                       x  
Janus Worldwide Fund
    x       x       x       x               x       x       x  
Perkins Global Value Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
Perkins Large Cap Value Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund
    x       x       x       x       x       x       x       x  
Perkins Small Cap Value Fund
    x       x       x       x       x       x       x       x  
Perkins Value Plus Income Fund
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
 
On July 6, 2009, as a result of the reorganization of funds of the Janus Adviser Series trust into the Trust, certain Funds noted above assumed the assets and liabilities of the corresponding Janus Adviser Series fund. Each Fund has changed its fiscal year end to June 30.
 
Janus Capital reserves the right to the name “Janus.” In the event that Janus Capital does not continue to provide investment advice to the Funds, the Funds must cease to use the name “Janus” as soon as reasonably practicable.
 
 
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Under Massachusetts law, shareholders of the Funds could, under certain circumstances, be held liable for the obligations of their Fund. However, the Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust disclaims shareholder liability for acts or obligations of the Funds and requires that notice of this disclaimer be given in each agreement, obligation, or instrument entered into or executed by the Funds or the Trustees. The Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust also provides for indemnification from the assets of the Funds for all losses and expenses of any Fund shareholder held liable for the obligations of their Fund. Thus, the risk of shareholders incurring a financial loss on account of their liability as a shareholder of one of the Funds is limited to circumstances in which their Fund would be unable to meet its obligations. The possibility that these circumstances would occur is remote. The Trustees intend to conduct the operations of the Funds to avoid, to the extent possible, liability of shareholders for liabilities of their Fund.
 
It is important to know that, pursuant to the Trust’s Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust and in accordance with any applicable regulations and laws, such as the 1940 Act, the Trustees have the authority to merge, liquidate, and/or reorganize a Fund into another fund without seeking shareholder vote or consent. Any such consolidation, merger, or reorganization may be authorized at any time by a vote of a majority of the Trustees then in office.
 
SHARES OF THE TRUST
 
The Trust is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest with a par value of one cent per share for each series of the Trust. Shares of each series of the Trust are fully paid and nonassessable when issued. Shares of a Fund participate equally in dividends and other distributions by the Shares of the same class of that Fund, and in residual assets of that class of that Fund in the event of liquidation. Shares of each Fund have no preemptive, conversion, or subscription rights. Shares of each Fund may be transferred by endorsement or stock power as is customary, but a Fund is not bound to recognize any transfer until it is recorded on its books.
 
SHAREHOLDER MEETINGS
 
The Trust does not intend to hold annual or regular shareholder meetings unless otherwise required by the Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust or the 1940 Act. Special meetings may be called for a specific Fund or for the Trust as a whole for purposes such as changing fundamental policies, electing or removing Trustees, making any changes to the Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust that would materially adversely affect shareholders’ rights, determining whether to bring certain derivative actions, or for any other purpose requiring a shareholder vote under applicable law or the Trust’s governing documents, or as the Trustees consider necessary or desirable. Commencing in 2005 and not less than every fifth calendar year thereafter, a meeting of shareholders shall be held to elect Trustees.
 
Under the Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust, special meetings of shareholders of the Trust or of any Fund shall be called subject to certain conditions, upon written request of shareholders owning shares representing at least 10% of the shares then outstanding. The Funds will assist these shareholders in communicating with other shareholders in connection with such a meeting similar to that referred to in Section 16(c) of the 1940 Act.
 
VOTING RIGHTS
 
The Trustees of the Trust (including Mr. McGonigle, a new Trustee) were elected at a Special Meeting of Shareholders on June 10, 2010. Under the Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust, each Trustee will continue in office until the termination of the Trust or his or her earlier death, retirement, resignation, incapacity, or removal. Vacancies will be filled by appointment by a majority of the remaining Trustees, subject to the 1940 Act.
 
As a shareholder, you are entitled to one vote for each whole dollar and a proportionate fractional vote for each fractional dollar of NAV of the Fund that you own. Generally, all funds and classes vote together as a single group, except where a separate vote of one or more funds or classes is required by law or where the interests of one or more funds or classes are affected differently from other funds or classes. Shares of all series of the Trust have noncumulative voting rights, which means that the holders of more than 50% of the value of shares of all series of the Trust voting for the election of Trustees can elect 100% of the Trustees if they choose to do so. In such event, the holders of the remaining value of shares will not be able to elect any Trustees.

 
 
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MASTER/FEEDER OPTION
 
The Trust may in the future seek to achieve a fund’s objective by investing all of that fund’s assets in another investment company having the same investment objective and substantially the same investment policies and restrictions as those applicable to that fund. Unless otherwise required by law, this policy may be implemented by the Trustees without shareholder approval.
 
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
 
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, 1670 Broadway, Suite 1000, Denver, Colorado 80202, the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Funds, audits the Funds’ annual financial statements and compiles their tax returns.
 
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
 
The Trust has filed with the SEC, Washington, D.C., a Registration Statement under the 1933 Act with respect to the securities to which this SAI relates. If further information is desired with respect to the Funds or such securities, reference is made to the Registration Statement and the exhibits filed as a part thereof.

 
 
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Financial statements

 
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE TO THE VALUE FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT OF JANUS
INVESTMENT FUND (AUDITED)
 
The following audited financial statements for the period ended June 30, 2010 are hereby incorporated into this SAI by reference to the Annual Report dated June 30, 2010.
 
•  Schedules of Investments as of June 30, 2010
 
•  Statements of Operations for the periods indicated
 
•  Statements of Assets and Liabilities as of June 30, 2010
 
•  Statements of Changes in Net Assets for the periods indicated
 
•  Financial Highlights for each of the periods indicated
 
•  Notes to Financial Statements
 
•  Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE TO THE VALUE FUNDS SEMIANNUAL REPORT OF
JANUS INVESTMENT FUND (UNAUDITED)
 
The following unaudited financial statements for the period ended December 31, 2009 are hereby incorporated into this SAI by reference to the Semiannual Report dated December 31, 2009.
 
•  Schedules of Investments as of December 31, 2009
 
•  Statements of Operations for the period ended December 31, 2009
 
•  Statements of Assets and Liabilities as of December 31, 2009
 
•  Statements of Changes in Net Assets for each of the periods indicated
 
•  Financial Highlights for each of the periods indicated
 
•  Notes to Financial Statements
 
The portions of the Annual and Semiannual Reports that are not specifically listed above are not incorporated by reference into this SAI and are not part of the Registration Statement.
 
 
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Appendix A

 
EXPLANATION OF RATING CATEGORIES
 
The following is a description of credit ratings issued by three of the major credit rating agencies. Credit ratings evaluate only the safety of principal and interest payments, not the market value risk of lower quality securities. Credit rating agencies may fail to change credit ratings to reflect subsequent events on a timely basis. Although Janus Capital and Perkins consider security ratings when making investment decisions, they also perform their own investment analyses and do not rely solely on the ratings assigned by credit agencies.
 
STANDARD & POOR’S RATINGS SERVICE
 
     
Bond Rating
  Explanation
Investment Grade
   
AAA
  Highest rating; extremely strong capacity to pay principal and interest.
AA
  High quality; very strong capacity to pay principal and interest.
A
  Strong capacity to pay principal and interest; somewhat more susceptible to the adverse effects of changing circumstances and economic conditions.
BBB
  Adequate capacity to pay principal and interest; normally exhibit adequate protection parameters, but adverse economic conditions or changing circumstances more likely to lead to a weakened capacity to pay principal and interest than for higher rated bonds.
Non-Investment Grade
   
BB
  Less vulnerable to nonpayment than other speculative issues; 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.
B
  More vulnerable to nonpayment than obligations rated ‘BB’, but 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.
CCC
  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.
CC
  Currently highly vulnerable to nonpayment.
C
  Currently highly vulnerable to nonpayment; a bankruptcy petition may have been filed or similar action taken, but payments on the obligation are being continued.
D
  In default.
 
 
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FITCH, INC.
 
     
Long-Term Bond Rating
  Explanation
Investment Grade
   
AAA
  Highest credit quality. Denotes the lowest expectation of credit risk. Exceptionally strong capacity for payment of financial commitments.
AA
  Very high credit quality. Denotes expectations of very low credit risk. Very strong capacity for payment of financial commitments.
A
  High credit quality. Denotes expectations of low credit risk. Strong capacity for payment of financial commitments. May be more vulnerable to changes in circumstances or in economic conditions than is the case for higher ratings.
BBB
  Good credit quality. Currently expectations of low credit risk. Capacity for payment of financial commitments is considered adequate, but adverse changes in circumstances and economic conditions are more likely to impair this capacity than is the case for higher ratings.
Non-Investment Grade
   
BB
  Speculative. Indicates possibility of credit risk developing, particularly as the result of adverse economic change over time. Business or financial alternatives may be available to allow financial commitments to be met.
B
  Highly speculative. May indicate distressed or defaulted obligations with potential for extremely high recoveries.
CCC
  May indicate distressed or defaulted obligations with potential for superior to average levels of recovery.
CC
  May indicate distressed or defaulted obligations with potential for average or below-average levels of recovery.
C
  May indicate distressed or defaulted obligations with potential for below-average to poor recoveries.
D
  In default.
 
FITCH, INC.
 
     
Short-Term Bond Rating
  Explanation
F-1+
  Exceptionally strong credit quality. Issues assigned this rating are regarded as having the strongest degree of assurance for timely payment.
F-1
  Very strong credit quality. Issues assigned this rating reflect an assurance for timely payment only slightly less in degree than issues rated F-1+.
F-2
  Good credit quality. Issues assigned this rating have a satisfactory degree of assurance for timely payments, but the margin of safety is not as great as the F-1+ and F-1 ratings.

 
 
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MOODY’S INVESTORS SERVICE, INC.
 
     
Bond Rating
  Explanation
Investment Grade
   
Aaa
  Highest quality, smallest degree of investment risk.
Aa
  High quality; together with Aaa bonds, they compose the high-grade bond group.
A
  Upper to medium-grade obligations; many favorable investment attributes.
Baa
  Medium-grade obligations; neither highly protected nor poorly secured. Interest and principal appear adequate for the present but certain protective elements may be lacking or may be unreliable over any great length of time.
Non-Investment Grade
   
Ba
  More uncertain, with speculative elements. Protection of interest and principal payments not well safeguarded during good and bad times.
B
  Lack characteristics of desirable investment; potentially low assurance of timely interest and principal payments or maintenance of other contract terms over time.
Caa
  Poor standing, may be in default; elements of danger with respect to principal or interest payments.
Ca
  Speculative in a high degree; could be in default or have other marked shortcomings.
C
  Lowest rated; extremely poor prospects of ever attaining investment standing.
 
Unrated securities will be treated as non-investment grade securities unless the portfolio managers and/or investment personnel determine that such securities are the equivalent of investment grade securities. When calculating the quality assigned to securities that receive different ratings from two or more agencies (“split rated securities”), the security will receive: (i) the middle rating from the three reporting agencies if three agencies provide a rating for the security or (ii) the lowest rating if only two agencies provide a rating for the security.

 
 
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