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                                                                                                                 6  December 28, 2010
As Supplemented October 28, 2011

                         
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Janus Emerging Markets Fund
  JMFAX   JMFCX   JMFDX   JMFIX   JMFSX   JMFTX

 
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 Fund listed above, 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.
 
This SAI is not a Prospectus and should be read in conjunction with the Fund’s Prospectuses dated December 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 Fund’s operations and activities than the Prospectuses. The Annual and Semiannual Reports (as they become available) contain important financial information about the Fund, and are 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).
 
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Classification, Investment Policies and Restrictions, and Investment Strategies and Risks   2
     
Investment Adviser   31
     
Custodian, Transfer Agent, and Certain Affiliations   40
     
Portfolio Transactions and Brokerage   41
     
Trustees and Officers   43
     
Shares of the Trust   54
Net Asset Value Determination
  54
Purchases
  54
Distribution and Shareholder Servicing Plans
  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
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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 Emerging Markets Fund (the “Fund”), which 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 Fund is classified as diversified.
 
INVESTMENT POLICIES AND RESTRICTIONS
 
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).
 
(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.
 
(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) If the 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 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,
 
 
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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.
 
(3) 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.
 
(4) 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.
 
(5) 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.
 
(6) The Fund 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”), 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.
 
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 will rely primarily on industry or industry group classifications as published by Bloomberg L.P. (for the Fund’s fixed-income investments) and Global Industry Classification Standard (“GICS”) (for the Fund’s equity investments). To the extent that Bloomberg L.P. and/or GICS industry classifications are so broad that the primary economic characteristics in a single class are materially different, the Fund may further classify issuers in accordance with industry classifications as published by the SEC. The Fund may change any source used for determining industry classifications without prior shareholder notice or approval.
 
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,

 
 
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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, the Fund’s cash position may temporarily increase under various circumstances. Securities that the Fund 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 may also invest in money market funds, including funds managed by Janus Capital. (Refer to “Investment Company Securities.”)
 
Illiquid Investments
The 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 Fund. 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 the 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 Fund’s 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 the 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 the Fund to decline.
 
The 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. The Fund may make an initial investment of up to 0.5% of its total assets in any one venture capital company. The 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 Fund 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 Fund may be forced to sell its venture capital investments at less than fair market value. Where venture capital investments must be registered prior to their sale, the Fund may be obligated to pay all or part of the registration expenses. Any of these situations may result in a decrease in the Fund’s NAV.
 
Securities Lending
Under procedures adopted by the Trustees, the 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, among other things, 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 Fund does not have the right to vote on securities while they are being lent; however, the 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

 
 
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agreements, money market mutual funds or other money market accounts, or such other collateral as permitted by the SEC. If the 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 the Fund to violate its agreement to return the cash collateral to a borrower in a timely manner. As adviser to the Fund 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 Fund and the cash management vehicle. Additionally, Janus Capital receives an investment advisory fee of 0.05% 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 in which the Fund invests, and therefore may have an incentive to allocate preferred investment opportunities to investment vehicles for which it is receiving a fee.
 
Equity Securities
The Fund 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.

 
 
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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 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
The Fund will invest in foreign securities, particularly “emerging markets,” either indirectly through various derivative instruments (including, but not limited to, total return swap agreements, participatory notes, depositary receipts, depositary shares, and passive foreign investment companies) or directly in foreign markets. Investments in foreign securities, including securities of foreign and emerging markets governments, may involve greater risks than investing in domestic securities because the Fund’s performance may depend on factors other than the performance of a particular company. These factors include:
 
Currency Risk. As long as the Fund holds a foreign security, its value will be affected by the value of the local currency relative to the U.S. dollar. When the 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, social instability, and different and/or developing legal systems. 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 withholding and other taxes or limits on the removal of the Fund’s assets from that country. In addition, the economies of emerging markets may be predominately based on only a few industries, may be highly vulnerable to changes in local or global trade conditions, and may suffer from extreme and volatile debt burdens or inflation rates.
 
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. These securities markets may trade a small number of securities, may have a limited number of issuers and a high proportion of shares or may be held by a relatively small number of persons or institutions. Local securities markets may be unable to respond effectively to increases in trading volume, potentially making prompt liquidation of substantial holdings difficult or impossible at times. It is also possible that 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. In addition, securities of issuers located in countries with emerging markets may have limited marketability and may be subject to more abrupt or erratic price movements which could also have a negative effect on the Fund. Such factors may hinder the 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.
 
Geographical Investment Risk. To the extent that the Fund invests a significant portion of its assets in a particular country or geographic region, the Fund will generally have more exposure to certain risks due to possible political, economic, social, or regulatory events in that country or region. Adverse developments in certain regions could also adversely affect securities of other countries whose economies appear to be unrelated and could have a negative impact on the Fund’s performance.

 
 
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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. The Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets in companies from one or more “developing countries” or “emerging markets.” Such countries include any country that has been determined by an international organization, such as the World Bank, to have a low to middle income economy and/or any country that is not included in the Morgan Stanley Capital International World Index, which measures the equity market performance of developed markets. 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, the risks associated with investing in securities of more developed foreign countries as previously discussed under “Foreign Securities.” 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 the 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. In addition, the economies of developing countries tend to be heavily dependent upon international trade and, as such, have been, and may continue to be, adversely impacted by trade barriers, exchange controls, managed adjustments in relative currency values, and other protectionist measures. These economies also have been, and may continue to be, adversely affected by economic conditions in the countries with which they do business.
 
The securities markets of many of the countries in which the Fund 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 Fund 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. Further, the Fund’s ability to participate fully in the smaller, less liquid emerging markets may be limited by the policy restricting its investments in illiquid securities. The Fund may be subject to emerging markets risk to the extent that it invests 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 the Fund’s investments by country is contained in the Fund’s shareholder reports and Form N-Q reports, which are filed with the SEC.
 
Short Sales
The Fund may engage in “short sales against the box.” This technique involves either selling short a security that the Fund owns, or selling short a security that the Fund has the right to obtain, for delivery at a specified date in the future. The Fund does not deliver from its portfolio the securities sold short and does not immediately receive the proceeds of the short sale. The 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, the Fund loses the opportunity to participate in the gain.
 
The Fund may also engage in other short sales. The 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, the 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 the 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 Fund 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 the 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 the 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.

 
 
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Until the 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. The 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 the Fund’s leveraging of its investments and the related risk of losses from leveraging. The 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, the Fund may or may not receive any payments (including interest) on collateral it has deposited with the broker. The 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, the 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 the 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, the 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 the 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 the Fund may have to distribute cash obtained from other sources in order to satisfy the distribution requirements under the Internal Revenue Code. The Fund may obtain such cash from selling other portfolio holdings, which may cause the 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 the Fund, to reduce the assets to which Fund expenses could be allocated, and to reduce the rate of return for the 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 the 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 Fund 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

 
 
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issuers of the underlying securities make interest and principal payments to the intermediary which are passed through to purchasers, such as the Fund. 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. The 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’s 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’s 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 Fund), 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 the 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 the 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 the Fund’s ability to participate in as large a market gain as may be experienced with a comparable security not subject to prepayment.
 
The Fund’s 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.

 
 
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The Fund 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, the 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 Fund’s Prospectuses may apply.
 
Investment Company Securities
From time to time, the Fund 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 the 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 the Fund’s total assets; or (iii) securities of such other investment company and all other investment companies owned by the 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 the 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 the 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 Fund may invest its cash holdings in affiliated or non-affiliated money market funds as part of a cash sweep program. The Fund 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 Fund invests in money market funds or other funds, the Fund 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 Fund and the money market funds or other funds or investment vehicles in which the Fund may invest, Janus Capital has an inherent conflict of interest because it has fiduciary duties to both the Fund 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, the 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 Fund, to acquire their securities in excess of the limits of the 1940 Act.
 
Exchange-Traded Notes
The Fund 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 the Fund’s total return. The Fund may invest in these securities when desiring exposure to debt securities or commodities. When evaluating ETNs for investment, Janus Capital will consider the potential risks involved, expected tax efficiency, rate of return, and credit risk. When the 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 right to redeem its investment in an ETN, which are meant to be held until maturity. The Fund’s decision to sell its ETN holdings may be limited by the availability of a secondary market.

 
 
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Depositary Receipts
The 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 Fund 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 Fund’s Prospectuses.
 
U.S. Government Securities
To the extent permitted by its investment objective and policies, the 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 the 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 the 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 Fund 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 Fund 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 the 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 Fund 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. The Fund will not 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, the Fund could lose money, or its NAV could decline by the use of inverse floaters.

 
 
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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 Fund will purchase standby commitments, tender option bonds, and instruments with demand features primarily for the purpose of increasing the liquidity of its 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, the 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, the Fund may invest in REITs. REITs are sometimes informally characterized as equity REITs, mortgage REITs, and hybrid REITs. Investment in REITs may subject the 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 the 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 the Fund, a shareholder will bear not only his or her proportionate share of the expenses of the 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, the 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 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

 
 
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seller, the 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 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 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 to additional risk regardless of the creditworthiness of the parties involved in the transaction.
 
Reverse repurchase agreements are transactions in which the 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 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 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 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 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 portfolio, although the 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 will maintain cash and appropriate liquid assets in a segregated custodial account to cover its obligation under the agreement. The Fund will enter into reverse repurchase agreements only with parties that Janus Capital deems creditworthy.
 
Mortgage Dollar Rolls
Certain 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 a 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 a 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.

 
 
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Bank Loans
Certain funds may invest in bank loans (no more than 20% of a 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. A fund generally invests 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, a 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 the 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, 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 a fund and may likely reduce the value of its assets, which would be reflected by a reduction in a 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 a 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 a fund, and the agent may determine to waive certain covenants contained in the loan agreement that a 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, a 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. A fund may attempt to hedge against interest rate fluctuations by entering into interest rate swaps or by using other hedging techniques.
 
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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, a 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. A fund 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 a fund’s return.
 
A fund does 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 a 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 a 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, 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
A fund 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, the 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, the 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, the Fund would experience a reduction in its income, and could expect a decline in the market value of the bonds so affected.
 
The 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. The 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.
 
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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
The 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 the 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 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 Fund generally will purchase securities for which its 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 Fund 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 the 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 Fund.
 
Futures, Options, and Other Derivative Instruments
The Fund 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.
 
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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.
 
In an effort to mitigate credit risk associated with derivatives traded OTC, the Fund may enter into collateral agreements with certain counterparties whereby, subject to certain minimum exposure requirements, the Fund may require the 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 Fund 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. 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 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, the Fund may be entitled to return of margin owed to the Fund only in proportion to the amount received by the FCM’s other customers. Janus Capital will attempt to minimize the risk by careful monitoring of the creditworthiness of the FCMs with which the Fund does business.
 
The Fund may enter into futures contracts and related options as permitted under CFTC Rule 4.5. The Fund has 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 is not subject to commodity pool operator registration and regulation under the Commodity Exchange Act.
 
Although the 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 immediately upon closing out the futures position; however, closing out open futures positions through customary settlement procedures could take several days. Because the 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’s return could be diminished due to the opportunity losses of foregoing other potential investments.
 
The Fund 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. The 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

 
 
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to purchase stocks at a later time, the 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 the Fund not participating in a market advance. This technique is sometimes known as an anticipatory hedge. The Fund may also use this technique with respect to an individual company’s stock. To the extent the Fund enters into futures contracts for this purpose, the segregated assets maintained to cover the 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 the Fund with respect to the futures contracts. Conversely, if the 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 the 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. The 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 the Fund owns interest rate sensitive securities and the portfolio managers expect interest rates to increase, the Fund may take a short position in interest rate futures contracts. Taking such a position would have much the same effect as the 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 expect interest rates to decline, the 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 the 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 Fund. The Fund’s performance could be worse than if the Fund had not used such instruments. For example, if the Fund has hedged against the effects of a possible decrease in prices of securities held in its portfolio and prices increase instead, the 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 the 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 the 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 will not match exactly the Fund’s current or potential investments. The 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 the Fund’s investments.
 
Futures prices can also diverge from the prices of their underlying instruments, even if the underlying instruments closely correlate with the 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

 
 
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correlations between the 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. The 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 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 the 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 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 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, the Fund’s access to other assets held to cover its futures positions also could be impaired.
 
Options on Futures Contracts. The Fund may buy and write put and call options on futures contracts. A purchased option on a future gives the 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 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 will retain the full amount of the option premium which provides a partial hedge against any decline that may have occurred in the 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 will retain the full amount of the option premium which provides a partial hedge against any increase in the price of securities which the Fund is considering buying. If a call or put option the Fund has written is exercised, the 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’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 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 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 Fund may enter into forward contracts to purchase and sell government securities, equity or income securities, foreign currencies, or other financial instruments. Currently, the Fund does 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

 
 
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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 principal uses of forward foreign currency exchange contracts (“forward currency contracts”). The Fund may enter into forward currency contracts with stated contract values of up to the value of the 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 may invest in forward currency contracts for nonhedging purposes such as seeking to enhance return. The 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 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 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 the 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 the 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 currency exposure from one foreign currency to another removes the Fund’s opportunity to profit from increases in the value of the original currency and involves a risk of increased losses to the 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 the Fund than if it had not entered into such contracts.
 
In general, the Fund covers 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 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 the 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 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 the Fund’s commitments with respect to such contracts. As an alternative to segregating assets, the Fund may buy call options permitting the Fund to buy the amount of foreign currency being hedged by a forward sale contract, or the 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 Fund’s ability to utilize forward contracts may be restricted. In addition, the 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 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 may buy put options on the foreign currency. If the value of the currency declines, the 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.

 
 
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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 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 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, the Fund could sustain losses on transactions in foreign currency options that would require the Fund to forego a portion or all of the benefits of advantageous changes in those rates.
 
The Fund 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, the 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 could write a put option on the relevant currency which, if rates move in the manner projected, should expire unexercised and allow the 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 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 also may lose all or a portion of the benefits which might otherwise have been obtained from favorable movements in exchange rates.
 
The Fund may write covered call options on foreign currencies. A call option written on a foreign currency by the Fund is “covered” if the 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 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 the Fund in cash or other liquid assets in a segregated account with the Fund’s custodian.
 
The Fund 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 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 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 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. The 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 Fund 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

 
 
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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 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 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.
 
The 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 the Fund. Such participation may subject the Fund to expenses such as legal fees and may make the Fund an “insider” of the issuer for purposes of the federal securities laws, which may restrict the 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 the Fund on such committees also may expose the Fund to potential liabilities under the federal bankruptcy laws or other laws governing the rights of creditors and debtors. The Fund would participate on such committees only when Janus Capital believes that such participation is necessary or desirable to enforce the Fund’s rights as a creditor or to protect the value of securities held by the Fund.
 
Options on Securities. In an effort to increase current income and to reduce fluctuations in NAV, the Fund 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 Fund may write and buy options on the same types of securities that the Fund may purchase directly. The Fund 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 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. The 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 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.

 
 
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The 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. The 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 the Fund in cash or other liquid assets in a segregated account with its custodian.
 
The 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.
 
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 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 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 to use the cash or proceeds from the concurrent sale of any securities subject to the option for other investments. If the Fund desires to sell a particular security from its portfolio on which it has written a call option, the Fund will effect a closing transaction prior to or concurrent with the sale of the security.
 
The 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 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.
 
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 may not be able to effect closing transactions in particular options and the Fund would have to exercise the options in order to realize any profit. If the 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

 
 
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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 may write options in connection with buy-and-write transactions. In other words, the 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 maximum gain will be the premium received by it for writing the option, adjusted upwards or downwards by the difference between the 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 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 may elect to close the position or take delivery of the security at the exercise price and the 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 may buy put options to hedge against a decline in the value of its portfolio. By using put options in this way, the 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 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 the Fund upon exercise of the option, and, unless the price of the underlying security rises sufficiently, the option may expire worthless to the Fund.
 
The 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 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 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

 
 
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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 may purchase and write put and call options on foreign securities indices listed on domestic and foreign securities exchanges. The Fund may also purchase and write OTC options on foreign securities indices.
 
The Fund 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 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 generally will only purchase or write such an option if Janus Capital 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 will not purchase such options unless Janus Capital 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 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. The 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, the 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. The 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. The 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 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 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.

 
 
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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 Fund 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 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. The Fund will usually enter into interest rate swaps on a net basis (i.e., the two payment streams are netted out, with the 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 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 the 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, the Fund normally will have contractual remedies pursuant to the agreements related to the transaction. Swap agreements also bear the risk that the Fund will not be able to meet its obligation to the counterparty.
 
The 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 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 the 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. 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 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 is contractually obligated to make. If the other party to a swap that is not collateralized defaults, the Fund would risk the loss of the net amount of the payments that it contractually is entitled to receive. The 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. The 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, the 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. The 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

 
 
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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 the 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. The 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.
 
The 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.
 
The Fund investing in CDXs is normally only permitted to take long positions in these instruments. The Fund holding a long position in CDXs typically receives income from principal or interest paid on the underlying securities. The 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, the 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 the 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 ability to resell such a structured instrument may be more limited than its ability to resell other Fund securities. The Fund may treat such instruments as illiquid and will limit its investments in such instruments to no more than 15% of the Fund’s net assets, when combined with all other illiquid investments of the Fund.
 
PORTFOLIO TURNOVER
 
As of the date of this SAI, portfolio turnover rates are not available for the Fund because the Fund is new.

 
 
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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 (or janus.com/allfunds if you hold Class D Shares).
 
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 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 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
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 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 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.
 
The Fund’s Advisory Agreement will continue 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.
 
The Advisory Agreement provides that Janus Capital will furnish continuous advice and recommendations concerning the Fund’s investments, provide office space for the Fund, and certain other advisory-related services. The Fund pays custodian fees and expenses, any brokerage commissions and dealer spreads, and other expenses in connection with the execution of portfolio transactions, legal and audit expenses, interest and taxes, a portion of trade or other investment company dues and expenses, expenses of shareholders’ meetings, mailing of prospectuses, statements of additional information, and reports to shareholders, fees and expenses of all Fund Trustees, other costs of complying with applicable laws regulating the sale of Fund shares, compensation to the Fund’s transfer agent, and other costs, including shareholder servicing costs.
 
Janus Capital also serves as administrator and is authorized to perform, or cause others to perform, the administration services necessary for the operation of the Fund, including, but not limited to, NAV determination, portfolio accounting, recordkeeping, blue sky registration and monitoring services, preparation of prospectuses and other Fund documents, and other services for which the Fund reimburses Janus Capital as an out-of-pocket charge, for its costs. The Fund also pays for the salaries, fees, and expenses of certain Janus Capital employees and Fund officers, with respect to certain specified administration functions they perform on behalf of the Fund. Administration costs are separate and apart from advisory fees and other expenses paid in connection with the investment advisory services Janus Capital (or any subadviser) provides to the Fund. Some expenses related to compensation payable to the Fund’s Chief Compliance Officer and compliance staff are shared with the Fund.
 
Many of these costs vary from year to year which can make it difficult to predict the total impact to the Fund’s expense ratio, in particular during times of declining asset values of the Fund. Certain costs may be waived and/or reimbursed by Janus Capital to the Fund pursuant to expense limitation agreements with 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, 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 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 1.00%.
 
PERFORMANCE-BASED INVESTMENT ADVISORY FEE
 
Effective on the date shown below, the Fund implemented an investment advisory fee rate that adjusts up or down based upon the Fund’s performance relative to the cumulative investment record of its benchmark index over the performance measurement period. Any performance adjustment will commence on the date shown below. Prior to the effective date of the performance adjustment, only the base fee will apply.
 
             
    Effective Date of
  Effective Date of
    Performance Fee
  First Adjustment
Fund Name   Arrangement   to Advisory Fee
Janus Emerging Markets Fund
  01/01/11     01/01/12  
 
 
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Under the performance-based fee structure, the investment advisory fee paid to Janus Capital by the 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 (“Initial Performance Measurement Period”), and accordingly, only the Fund’s Base Fee Rate applies for the Initial Performance Measurement Period. When the performance-based fee structure has been in effect for at least the Initial Performance Measurement Period, 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 the 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 the 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 the Fund is calculated net of expenses, whereas the Fund’s benchmark index does not have any fees or expenses. Reinvestment of dividends and distributions is included in calculating both the performance of the 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 Fund.
 
The application of an expense limit, if any, will have a positive effect upon the 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 the 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 the Fund’s performance was above or below its benchmark index by comparing the investment performance of the Fund’s load-waived Class A Shares, against the cumulative investment record of the Fund’s benchmark index, Janus Capital applies the same Performance Adjustment (positive or negative) across each other class of shares of the Fund.
 
The Trustees may determine that a class of shares of the 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.
 
The Trustees may from time to time determine that another securities index for the Fund is a more appropriate benchmark index for purposes of evaluating the performance of the 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 the 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 the Fund’s benchmark index will require shareholder approval. If there is a change in the Staff’s position, the Trustees

 
 
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intend to notify shareholders of such change in position at such time as the Trustees may determine that a change in the 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 the Fund relative to the record of the Fund’s benchmark index and future changes to the size of the Fund.
 
If the average daily net assets of the 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 the Fund were increasing during the performance measurement period, the total performance fee paid, measured in dollars, would be more than if the 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 the 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 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 the 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.

 
 
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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 the 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)
Janus Emerging Markets Fund
  MSCI Emerging Markets Indexsm(1)     1.00    
 
(1)  The Morgan Stanley Capital International (“MSCI”) Emerging Markets Indexsm is a free float-adjusted, market capitalization index that is designed to measure equity market performance in the global emerging markets.
 
The following hypothetical examples illustrate the application of the Performance Adjustment for the 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.
 
Examples: Janus Emerging Markets 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 6.00% 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 MSCI Emerging Markets Indexsm.
 
Example 1: Fund Outperforms Its Benchmark Index By 6.00%
 
If the Fund has outperformed the MSCI Emerging Markets Indexsm by 6.00% 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 1.00%
  1/12th of 0.15%   1/12th of 1.15%
 
Example 2: Fund Performance Tracks Its Benchmark Index
 
If the Fund performance has tracked the performance of the MSCI Emerging Markets Indexsm 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 1.00%
  0.00   1/12th of 1.00%
 
Example 3: Fund Underperforms Its Benchmark Index By 6.00%
 
If the Fund has underperformed the MSCI Emerging Markets Indexsm by 6.00% 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 1.00%
  1/12th of -0.15%   1/12th of 0.85%
 
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 performance adjustments to management fees, the 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 including, but not limited to, acquired fund fees and 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

 
 
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“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 February 1, 2012.
 
         
    Expense Limit
Fund Name   Percentage (%)
Janus Emerging Markets Fund
    1.25 (1)
 
(1)  The Fund has a performance-based investment advisory fee with a rate that adjusts up or down based upon the Fund’s performance relative to its benchmark index over the performance measurement period. Any adjustment to this fee will commence January 2012. 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, the Fund’s expense limit will be in effect until February 1, 2012.
 
As of the date of this SAI, no advisory fees were paid 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.; Commonwealth Equity Services, LLP; 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 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.

 
 
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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 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, 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

 
 
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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.
 
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 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 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.
 
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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.
 
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 custodian of the domestic securities and cash of the Fund. 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 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.
 
Class D Shares of the Fund pays an annual administrative services fee of 0.12% of net assets. These administrative services fees are paid by Class D Shares of the Fund for shareholder services provided by Janus Services.
 
Janus Services receives an administrative services fee at an annual rate of 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 Class S Shares and Class T Shares of the Fund.
 
As of the date of this SAI, Janus Services did not receive any administrative services fees from Class D Shares, Class S Shares, or Class T Shares of the Fund because the Fund is new.
 
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 administrative services 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.
 
Janus Distributors, 151 Detroit Street, Denver, Colorado 80206-4805, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Janus Capital, is the principal underwriter for the Fund. 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

 
Janus Capital places all portfolio transactions of the Fund. Janus Capital 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) provided that Janus Capital may occasionally pay higher commissions for research services as described below. The Fund 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. 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 the 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.
 
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 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.
 
 
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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 the 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, better prices and executions will be achieved through the use of a broker.
 
As of the date of this SAI, the Fund did not pay any brokerage commissions because the Fund is new.
 
Brokerage commissions paid by the 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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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 50 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).     50     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).     50     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).     50     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).     50     Independent Trustee of PayPal Funds (a money market fund) (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.     50*     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.     50     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).     50     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).     50     None
                               
 *  Mr. Mullen also serves as director of Janus Capital Funds Plc, an offshore product, consisting of 20 funds. Including Janus Capital Funds Plc and the 50 funds comprising the Janus funds, Mr. Mullen oversees 70 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).     50     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
                   
Wahid Chammas
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1975
    Executive Vice President and
Co-Portfolio Manager
Janus Emerging Markets Fund
    12/10-Present     Portfolio Manager for other Janus accounts and Research Analyst for Janus Capital.
                   
Matt Hochstetler
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1979
    Executive Vice President and
Co-Portfolio Manager
Janus Emerging Markets Fund
    12/10-Present     Portfolio Manager for other Janus accounts and Research Analyst for Janus Capital.
                   
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 a 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: Service as Chairman of the Board and CEO of a 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

 
 
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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:
 
                   
                   
      Summary of Functions     Members
(Independent Trustees)
    Number of Meetings
Held During Last
Fiscal Year(1)
                   
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
    5
                   
Brokerage Committee(2)     Reviews and makes recommendations regarding matters related to the Trust’s use of brokerage commissions and placement of portfolio transactions.     James T. Rothe (Chair)
John P. McGonigle
William D. Stewart
Martin H. Waldinger
    4
                   
Investment Oversight Committee(2)     Oversees the investment activities of the Trust’s non-money market funds.     William F. McCalpin (Chair)
Jerome S. Contro
John W. McCarter, Jr.
John P. McGonigle
Dennis B. Mullen
James T. Rothe
William D. Stewart
Martin H. Waldinger
Linda S. Wolf
    5
                   
Legal and Regulatory Committee(2)     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
John P. McGonigle
    10
                   
Money Market Committee(2)     Reviews various matters related to the operations of the Janus money market funds, including compliance with their Money Market Fund Procedures.     John P. McGonigle (Chair)
Jerome S. Contro
William D. Stewart
Martin H. Waldinger
    5
                   
Nominating and
Governance Committee(2)
    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.     Dennis B. Mullen (Chair)
William F. McCalpin
James T. Rothe
    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
    10
                   
(1)  The Fund commenced operations on December 28, 2010.
(2)  Prior to June 24, 2010, members of the Brokerage Committee included James T. Rothe as Chair, Jerome S. Contro, and Martin H. Waldinger; members of the Investment Oversight Committee included Dennis B. Mullen as Chair, Jerome S. Contro, William F. McCalpin, John W. McCarter, Jr., James T. Rothe, William D. Stewart, Martin H. Waldinger, and Linda S. Wolf; members of the Legal and Regulatory Committee included Linda S. Wolf as Chair, William F. McCalpin, and William D. Stewart; members of the Money Market Committee included Jerome S. Contro as Chair, James T. Rothe, and Martin H.

 
 
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Waldinger; and members of the Nominating and Governance Committee included John W. McCarter, Jr. as Chair, William F. McCalpin, and Dennis B. Mullen.
 
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 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 year ended
  calendar year ended
Name of Person, Position   September 30, 2010(1)   December 31, 2009(2)(3)
Independent Trustees
               
                 
William F. McCalpin, Chairman and Trustee(4)
    N/A     $ 376,000  
                 
Jerome S. Contro, Trustee(5)
    N/A     $ 305,500  
                 
John W. McCarter, Jr., Trustee(5)
    N/A     $ 300,750  
                 
John P. McGonigle, Trustee(6)
    N/A       N/A  
                 
Dennis B. Mullen, Trustee(5)
    N/A     $ 328,661  
                 
James T. Rothe, Trustee(5)
    N/A     $ 312,750  
                 
William D. Stewart, Trustee(5)
    N/A     $ 296,750  
                 
Martin H. Waldinger, Trustee
    N/A     $ 267,000  
                 
Linda S. Wolf, Trustee(5)
    N/A     $ 273,750  
                 
(1)  Since the Fund is new, no fees were paid during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2010. The aggregate compensation paid by the Fund is estimated for the period ending September 30, 2011 as follows: William F. McCalpin $251; Jerome S. Contro $190; John W. McCarter, Jr. $173; John P. McGonigle $165; Dennis B. Mullen $173; James T. Rothe $176; William D. Stewart $176; Martin H. Waldinger $165; and Linda S. Wolf $180.

 
 
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(2)  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.
(3)  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 $152,750; Martin H. Waldinger $66,750; and Linda S. Wolf $68,438.
(4)  Total Compensation received from all Janus Funds includes additional compensation paid for service as Independent Chairman of the Board of Trustees.
(5)  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.
(6)  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. 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 managers as of September 30, 2011. No accounts included in the totals listed below have a performance-based advisory fee.
 
                             
        Other Registered
  Other Pooled
   
        Investment
  Investment
   
        Companies   Vehicles   Other Accounts
Wahid Chammas
  Number of Other Accounts Managed     2       None       None  
    Assets in Other Accounts Managed   $ 7,336,556       None       None  
Matt Hochstetler
  Number of Other Accounts Managed     1       None       None  
    Assets in Other Accounts Managed   $ 4,322,838       None       None  
                             
 
Material Conflicts
As shown in the table above, the Fund’s portfolio managers 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 pooled investment vehicles, such as hedge funds, which may have materially higher fees than the Fund or may have a performance-based management fee. As such, fees earned by Janus Capital may vary among these accounts. In addition, 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. 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 the 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 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.”
 
Janus Capital is the adviser to the Fund 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 Fund, it is subject to certain potential conflicts of interest when allocating the assets of a Janus “fund of funds” to the Fund. 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 Fund, as well as knowledge of, and potential impact on, investment strategies and techniques of the Fund. 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.

 
 
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Compensation Information
The following describes the structure and method of calculating a portfolio manager’s compensation as of July 1, 2011.
 
The portfolio managers and, if applicable, co-portfolio managers (“portfolio manager” or “portfolio managers”) are compensated for managing the 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, as noted below.
 
Fixed Compensation: Fixed compensation is paid in cash and is comprised of an annual base salary 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 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). The overall investment team compensation pool is funded each year by an amount equal to a percentage of Janus Capital’s pre-incentive operating income.
 
Variable compensation is structured to pay a portfolio manager on a quarterly basis primarily on the Managed Funds’ performance, with additional discretionary compensation available from a discretionary variable compensation pool described below.
 
With respect to any individual portfolio manager’s quarterly variable compensation, the management fee revenue received by Janus Capital in connection with such portfolio manager’s Managed Funds determines the maximum compensation that the individual portfolio manager can receive on a quarterly basis, which is then adjusted downward depending on the portfolio manager’s investment performance 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. Actual performance is calculated based on the Managed Funds’ aggregate asset-weighted Lipper peer group performance ranking (or, as may be applicable, a combination of two or more Lipper peer groups).
 
A portfolio manager is also eligible to participate in a discretionary variable compensation pool. The aggregate compensation available under such pool is determined by management at its sole discretion from the overall investment team pool described above. Compensation from the discretionary investment team pool is then allocated among the eligible respective participants at the discretion of Janus Capital based upon, among other things: (i) thought leadership; (ii) mentoring of analysts; (iii) contributions to the sales process; (iv) teamwork and support of team culture; and (v) client relationships.
 
Newly hired portfolio managers may have guaranteed compensation levels during the first few years of their employment with Janus.
 
Analyst Variable Compensation: If a portfolio manager also has analyst responsibilities, then such portfolio manager is eligible to participate in a discretionary variable compensation pool. The aggregate compensation available under such pool is determined by management at its sole discretion from the overall investment team pool described above. The aggregate compensation is then allocated among the eligible respective participants at the discretion of Janus Capital based on factors which may include performance of investment recommendations, individual and team contributions, scope of coverage, and subjective criteria.
 
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.
 
The Fund’s Lipper peer group for compensation purposes is shown in the following table:
 
     
Fund Name   Lipper Peer Group
Janus Emerging Markets Fund
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OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
 
Since the Fund is new, the Fund’s portfolio managers did not own Shares of the Fund as of the date of this SAI. The portfolio managers may, however, own shares of certain other Janus mutual funds which have comparable investment objectives and strategies to the Fund.

 
 
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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 D Shares and Class I Shares, Shares of the Fund 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 Fund in certain circumstances as provided in the Fund’s Prospectuses. Not all financial intermediaries offer all classes. Shares or classes of the Fund 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 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 an effort 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.
 
As of the date of this SAI, Janus Distributors did not receive any underwriting commissions from the Fund because the Fund is new.

 
 
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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 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.
 
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.

 
 
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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.
 
As of the date of this SAI, Janus Distributors did not receive any 12b-1 fees from Class A Shares, Class C Shares, and Class S Shares of the Fund because the Fund is new.
 
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 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.
 
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 the 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.
 
Janus Distributors receives the proceeds of contingent deferred sales charges paid by investors upon certain redemptions of Class A Shares and Class C Shares. As of the date of this SAI, Janus Distributors did not receive any proceeds of contingent deferred sales charges paid by investors in Class A Shares and Class C Shares because the Fund is new.

 
 
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Class D Shares, Class I 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 S Shares, and Class T Shares of the Fund 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 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 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 Fund, the Fund may make various elections permitted by the tax laws. However, these elections could require that the Fund recognize taxable income, which in turn must be distributed even though the Fund may not have received any income upon such an event.
 
Some foreign securities purchased by the Fund 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 Fund that qualifies 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 the Fund, any foreign taxes paid or accrued will represent an expense to the Fund, which will reduce its investment company taxable income.
 
The 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 the 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 the 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 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 may generate nonqualified income that can impact an investor’s taxes.
 
 
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Principal shareholders

 
As of the date of this SAI, all of the outstanding Shares of the Fund were owned by Janus Capital or an affiliate, which provided seed capital 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 forty 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 Emerging Markets Fund
    x       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 Bond Fund
    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  
 
 
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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.
 
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 the 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 the Fund. Thus, the risk of a shareholder incurring a financial loss on account of its liability as a shareholder of the Fund is limited to circumstances in which the 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 the 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 the 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 the Fund participate equally in dividends and other distributions by the Shares of the same class of the 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 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 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

 
 
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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 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

 
No financial statements are available for the Fund because the Fund is new.
 
 
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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 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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                                                                                                      6  January 28, 2011
As Supplemented October 28, 2011

                             
    Class A
Shares
Ticker
  Class C
Shares
Ticker
  Class D
Shares

Ticker
  Class I
Shares
Ticker
  Class R
Shares
Ticker
  Class S
Shares
Ticker
  Class T
Shares
Ticker
Alternative
                           
Janus Global Real Estate Fund
  JERAX   JERCX   JNGSX   JERIX   N/A   JERSX   JERTX
Janus Long/Short Fund
  JALSX   JCLSX   N/A   JLSIX   JRLSX   JSLSX   JLSTX
Global & International
                           
Janus Global Life Sciences Fund*
  JFNAX   JFNCX   JNGLX   JFNIX   N/A   JFNSX   JAGLX
Janus Global Research Fund*
  JRGAX   JRGCX   JANGX   JRGIX   N/A   JRGSX   JARFX
Janus Global Select Fund*
  JORAX   JORCX   JANRX   JORFX   JORRX   JORIX   JORNX
(formerly named Janus Orion Fund)
                           
Janus Global Technology Fund*
  JATAX   JAGCX   JNGTX   JATIX   N/A   JATSX   JAGTX
Janus International Equity Fund
  JAIEX   JCIEX   JNISX   JIIEX   JRIEX   JSIEX   JAITX
Janus Overseas Fund*
  JDIAX   JIGCX   JNOSX   JIGFX   JDIRX   JIGRX   JAOSX
Janus Worldwide Fund*
  JDWAX   JWWCX   JANWX   JWWFX   JDWRX   JWGRX   JAWWX
Growth & Core
                           
Janus Balanced Fund*
  JDBAX   JABCX   JANBX   JBALX   JDBRX   JABRX   JABAX
Janus Contrarian Fund*
  JCNAX   JCNCX   JACNX   JCONX   JCNRX   JCNIX   JSVAX
Janus Enterprise Fund*
  JDMAX   JGRCX   JANEX   JMGRX   JDMRX   JGRTX   JAENX
Janus Forty Fund
  JDCAX   JACCX   N/A   JCAPX   JDCRX   JARTX   JACTX
Janus Fund*
  JDGAX   JGOCX   JANDX   JGROX   JDGRX   JGORX   JANSX
Janus Growth and Income Fund*
  JDNAX   JGICX   JNGIX   JGINX   JDNRX   JADGX   JAGIX
Janus Research Fund*
  JRAAX   JRACX   JNRFX   JRAIX   N/A   JRASX   JAMRX
Janus Triton Fund*
  JGMAX   JGMCX   JANIX   JSMGX   JGMRX   JGMIX   JATTX
Janus Twenty Fund*
  N/A   N/A   JNTFX   N/A   N/A   N/A   JAVLX
Janus Venture Fund*
  N/A   N/A   JANVX   N/A   N/A   N/A   JAVTX
Value
                           
Perkins Global Value Fund*
  JPPAX   JPPCX   JNGOX   JPPIX   N/A   JPPSX   JGVAX
(formerly named Janus Global Opportunities 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 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, a subadviser is responsible for the day-to-day operations of Perkins Global Value Fund. Certain Funds do not offer all classes of the Shares. The name change for Janus Global Select Fund was effective September 15, 2010. The name change for Perkins Global Value Fund was effective July 1, 2010.
 
This SAI is not a Prospectus and should be read in conjunction with the Funds’ Prospectuses dated January 28, 2011, 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 certain new investors.
* The Fund’s Class T Shares were formerly named Class J Shares.
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Classification, Investment Policies and Restrictions, and Investment Strategies and Risks   2
     
Investment Adviser and Subadviser   34
     
Custodian, Transfer Agent, and Certain Affiliations   56
     
Portfolio Transactions and Brokerage   60
     
Trustees and Officers   66
     
Shares of the Trust   84
Net Asset Value Determination
  84
Purchases
  85
Distribution and Shareholder Servicing Plans
  88
Redemptions
  91
     
Income Dividends, Capital Gains Distributions, and Tax Status   94
     
Principal Shareholders   96
     
Miscellaneous Information   122
Shares of the Trust
  123
Shareholder Meetings
  123
Voting Rights
  123
Master/Feeder Option
  124
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
  124
Registration Statement
  124
     
Financial Statements   125
     
Appendix A   126
Explanation of Rating Categories
  126
 
 
 
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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 20 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.
 
CLASSIFICATION
 
The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”), classifies mutual funds as either diversified or nondiversified. Janus Global Real Estate Fund, Janus Long/Short Fund, Janus Global Select Fund, Janus Contrarian Fund, Janus Forty Fund, and Janus Twenty Fund are classified as nondiversified. Janus Global Life Sciences Fund, Janus Global Research Fund, Janus Global Technology Fund, Janus International Equity Fund, Janus Overseas Fund, Janus Worldwide Fund, Janus Balanced Fund, Janus Enterprise Fund, Janus Fund, Janus Growth and Income Fund, Janus Research Fund, Janus Triton Fund, Janus Venture Fund, and Perkins Global Value Fund are classified as diversified.
 
SUBADVISER
 
Perkins Investment Management LLC (“Perkins”) is the investment subadviser for Perkins Global Value Fund.
 
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, except policies (1) and (2), which apply only to the Funds specifically listed in those policies.
 
(1) With respect to 75% of its total assets, Janus Global Life Sciences Fund, Janus Global Research Fund, Janus Global Technology Fund, Janus International Equity Fund, Janus Overseas Fund, Janus Worldwide Fund, Janus Balanced Fund, Janus Enterprise Fund, Janus Fund, Janus Growth and Income Fund, Janus Research Fund, Janus Triton Fund, Janus Venture Fund, and Perkins Global 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), and for Janus Long/Short Fund only (U.S. Government securities and securities of other investment companies), except that:
 
     (i)  Janus Global Real Estate Fund will invest 25% or more of the value of its total assets in the real estate industries or real estate-related industries.
 
    (ii)  Janus Global Life Sciences Fund will normally invest 25% or more of the value of its total assets, in aggregate, in the following industry groups: health care, pharmaceuticals, agriculture, cosmetics/personal care, and biotechnology.
 
 
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(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, with the exception of Janus Long/Short 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.
 
In the case of Janus Long/Short Fund, the Fund may not borrow money, except as permitted by the 1940 Act or exemptions therefrom and the rules and interpretive provisions of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.
 
(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.
 
In the case of Janus Long/Short Fund, the Fund may not mortgage, pledge, hypothecate, or in manner transfer any securities or other assets owned or held by the Fund except in connection with permitted borrowings and in connection with margin deposits, security interests, liens, and collateral arrangements with respect to transactions involving short sales, options, futures contracts, and other permitted investment techniques.
 
(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

 
 
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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, as of the date of this SAI, each Fund relies primarily on industry or industry group classifications as published by Bloomberg L.P. To the extent that the Bloomberg L.P. classifications are so broad that the primary economic characteristics in a single class are materially different, a Fund may further classify issuers in accordance with industry classifications as published by the SEC. The Funds intend to change industry or industry group classifications with respect to equity investments to Global Industry Classification Standard (“GICS”), but would continue to use Bloomberg L.P. for fixed-income investments. The Funds may change any source used for determining industry classifications without prior shareholder notice or approval.
 
INVESTMENT POLICIES APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN FUNDS
 
Janus Global Real Estate Fund. As a fundamental policy, the Fund will concentrate 25% or more of its total assets in securities of issuers in real estate industries or real estate-related industries.
 
Janus Global Life Sciences Fund. As a fundamental policy, Janus Global Life Sciences Fund will normally invest at least 25% of its total assets, in aggregate, in the following industry groups: health care, pharmaceuticals, agriculture, cosmetics/personal care, and biotechnology. Janus Global Life Sciences Fund does not have a policy to concentrate in any industry other than those listed above.
 
Janus Balanced Fund. As an operational policy, at least 25% of the assets of Janus Balanced Fund will normally be invested in fixed-income senior securities.
 
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.

 
 
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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 affiliated or non-affiliated money market funds. (Refer to “Investment Company Securities.”)
 
Illiquid Investments
Although the Funds intend to invest in liquid securities, 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, among other things, 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.

 
 
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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 cost of the replacement security by the time the replacement investment is made, 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 of 0.05% 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 in which the Funds may invest, 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.
 
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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 securities of foreign and emerging markets 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, social instability, and different and/or developing legal systems. 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 withholding and other taxes or limits on the removal of a Fund’s assets from that country. In addition, the economies of emerging markets may be predominately based on only a few industries, may be highly vulnerable to changes in local or global trade conditions, and may suffer from extreme and volatile debt burdens or inflation rates.
 
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. These securities markets may trade a small number of securities, may have a limited number of issuers and a high proportion of shares or may be held by a relatively small number of persons or institutions. Local securities markets may be unable to respond effectively to increases in trading volume, potentially making prompt liquidation of substantial holdings difficult or impossible at times. It is also possible that 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. It may not be possible for a Fund to repatriate capital, dividends, interest, and other income from a particular country or governmental entity. In addition, securities of issuers located in countries with emerging markets may have limited marketability and may be subject to more abrupt or erratic price movements which could also have a negative effect on a Fund. 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.
 
Geographical Investment Risk. To the extent that a Fund invests a significant portion of its assets in a particular country or geographic region, the Fund will generally have more exposure to certain risks due to possible political, economic, social, or regulatory events in that country or region. Adverse developments in certain regions could also adversely affect securities of other countries whose economies appear to be unrelated and could have a negative impact on a Fund’s performance.
 
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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Emerging Markets. Within the parameters of its specific investment policies, each 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 its assets in securities of issuers or 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 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. Each of Janus Long/Short Fund and Janus Contrarian Fund has, 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, the risks associated with investing in securities of more developed foreign countries as previously discussed under “Foreign Securities.” The prices 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, making these investments potentially more volatile in price and less liquid than investments in developed securities markets, resulting in greater risk to investors. 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. In addition, the economies of developing countries tend to be heavily dependent upon international trade and, as such, have been, and may continue to be, adversely impacted by trade barriers, exchange controls, managed adjustments in relative currency values, and other protectionist measures. These economies also have been, and may continue to be, adversely affected by economic conditions in the countries with which they do business.
 
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. Further, a Fund’s ability to participate fully in the smaller, less liquid emerging markets may be limited by the policy restricting its investments in illiquid 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.
 
Borrowing
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 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 a 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 Janus Long/Short Fund involves special risk considerations that may not be associated with other funds having similar policies. Because substantially all of a Fund’s assets fluctuate in value, whereas the interest obligation resulting from a borrowing will be fixed by the terms of the Fund’s agreement with its lender, the NAV per share of the 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 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, a 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 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

 
 
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costs of borrowing, the use of leverage will diminish the investment performance of a Fund compared with what it would have been without leverage.
 
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 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 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

 
 
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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.
 
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’s and Freddie Mac’s assets, and placing them in a sound and solvent condition. Under

 
 
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the conservatorship, the management of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac was replaced. The effect that the FHFA’s conservatorship will have on Fannie Mae’s 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 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 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

 
 
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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 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 Balanced 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

 
 
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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.
 
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. 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 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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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.
 
Mortgage Dollar Rolls
Certain Funds, particularly Janus Global Real Estate Fund and Janus Long/Short Fund, 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, particularly Janus Long/Short Fund (no more than 5% of the Fund’s total assets) and Janus Balanced Fund (no more than 20% of the Fund’s total assets), may invest in bank loans, 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 the borrower’s obligations or that the collateral could be liquidated.

 
 
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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, 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.
 
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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, 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.). Under normal circumstances, each of the Funds indicated will limit its investments in such bonds to 35% or less of its net assets (Janus Global Real Estate Fund, Janus Long/Short Fund, Janus Global Life Sciences Fund, Janus Global Research Fund, Janus Global Select Fund, Janus Global Technology Fund, Janus Overseas Fund, Janus Worldwide Fund, Janus Balanced Fund, Janus Enterprise Fund, Janus Forty Fund, Janus Fund, Janus Growth and Income Fund, Janus Research Fund, Janus Triton Fund, Janus Twenty Fund, Janus Venture Fund, and Perkins Global Value Fund) or 20% or less of its net assets (Janus International Equity Fund and Janus Contrarian Fund).
 
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 each 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:

 
 
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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 Funds generally will purchase securities for which their 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
Certain 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.

 
 
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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 Funds may enter into collateral agreements with certain counterparties whereby, subject to certain minimum exposure requirements, a Fund may require the 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.

 
 
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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.
 
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.

 
 
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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 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

 
 
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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 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 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.

 
 
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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 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 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

 
 
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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 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

 
 
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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.
 
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.

 
 
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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 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.

 
 
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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 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 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 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 a 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.

 
 
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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.
 
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.
 
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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 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

 
 
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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 September 30.
 
                         
    Portfolio Turnover Rate for
  Portfolio Turnover Rate for
  Portfolio Turnover Rate for
    the fiscal year or period ended
  the fiscal period ended
  the fiscal year ended
Fund Name   September 30, 2010(1)   September 30, 2009(1)   July 31, 2009
Alternative
                       
Janus Global Real Estate Fund
    14%       19% (2)     78% (3)
Janus Long/Short Fund
    140%       148% (2)     261% (3)(4)
Global & International
                       
Janus Global Life Sciences Fund
    46% (5)     N/A       N/A  
Janus Global Research Fund
    74% (5)     N/A       N/A  
Janus Global Select Fund
    127% (4)(5)     N/A       N/A  
Janus Global Technology Fund
    76% (5)     N/A       N/A  
Janus International Equity Fund
    132% (4)(6)     115% (2)(4)     176% (3)(4)(6)
Janus Overseas Fund
    33% (5)     N/A       N/A  
Janus Worldwide Fund
    94% (5)     N/A       N/A  
Growth & Core
                       
Janus Balanced Fund
    83% (5)     N/A       N/A  
Janus Contrarian Fund
    104% (4)(5)     N/A       N/A  
Janus Enterprise Fund
    24% (5)     N/A       N/A  
Janus Forty Fund
    40%       22% (2)     53% (3)
Janus Fund
    44% (5)     N/A       N/A  
Janus Growth and Income Fund
    47% (5)     N/A       N/A  
Janus Research Fund
    75% (5)     N/A       N/A  
Janus Triton Fund
    35% (5)     N/A       N/A  
Janus Twenty Fund
    39% (5)     N/A       N/A  
Janus Venture Fund
    64% (5)     N/A       N/A  
Value
                       
Perkins Global Value Fund
    54% (5)     N/A       N/A  
 
(1)  Annualized for periods of less than one full year.
(2)  For the fiscal period August 1, 2009 to September 30, 2009 (the Fund’s new fiscal year end).
(3)  The Fund’s or predecessor fund’s previous fiscal year end.
(4)  The increase in the portfolio turnover rate was due to changes in the portfolio in response to extremely volatile market conditions and fluctuating shareholder transactions.
(5)  For the fiscal period November 1, 2009 to September 30, 2010 (the Fund’s new fiscal year end).
(6)  The increase in the portfolio turnover rate was partially due to a restructuring of the Fund’s portfolio as a result of a change in portfolio management.
 
                 
    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)
Global & International
               
Janus Global Life Sciences Fund
    70%       81%  
Janus Global Research Fund
    99%       95% (2)
Janus Global Select Fund
    125% (2)     144% (3)
Janus Global Technology Fund
    111% (2)     90% (2)
Janus Overseas Fund
    45%       50%  
Janus Worldwide Fund
    195% (2)(3)     16%  
Growth & Core
               
Janus Balanced Fund
    158% (2)     109% (2)
Janus Contrarian Fund
    80%       52%  
Janus Enterprise Fund
    41%       69%  
Janus Fund
    60%       95% (2)

 
 
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    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)
Janus Growth and Income Fund
    40%       76%  
Janus Research Fund
    83%       102% (2)
Janus Triton Fund
    50%       88%  
Janus Twenty Fund
    32%       42%  
Janus Venture Fund
    40%       31%  
Value
               
Perkins Global Value Fund
    62%       18%  
 
(1)  The Funds’ previous fiscal year end.
(2)  The increase in the portfolio turnover rate was due to changes in the portfolio in response to extremely volatile market conditions and fluctuating shareholder transactions.
(3)  The increase in the portfolio turnover rate was partially due to a restructuring of the Fund’s portfolio as a result of a change in portfolio management.
 
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. 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

 
 
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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.
 
         
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

 
 
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Name   Frequency   Lag Time
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
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 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.
 
Each Advisory Agreement provides that Janus Capital will furnish continuous advice and recommendations concerning the Funds’ investments, provide office space for the Funds, and certain other advisory-related services. Each Fund pays custodian fees and expenses, any brokerage commissions and dealer spreads, and other expenses in connection with the execution of portfolio transactions, legal and audit expenses, interest and taxes, a portion of trade or other investment company dues and expenses, expenses of shareholders’ meetings, mailing of prospectuses, statements of additional information, and reports to shareholders, fees and expenses of all Fund Trustees, other costs of complying with applicable laws regulating the sale of Fund shares, compensation to the Funds’ transfer agent, and other costs, including shareholder servicing costs. As discussed in this section, Janus Capital has delegated certain management duties for Perkins Global Value Fund to Perkins pursuant to a subadvisory agreement (“Sub-Advisory Agreement”) between Janus Capital and Perkins.
 
Janus Capital also serves as administrator and is authorized to perform, or cause others to perform, the administration services necessary for the operation of the Funds, including, but not limited to, NAV determination, portfolio accounting, recordkeeping, blue sky registration and monitoring services, preparation of prospectuses and other Fund documents, and other services for which the Funds reimburse Janus Capital as an out-of-pocket charge, for its costs. Each Fund also pays for the salaries, fees, and expenses of certain Janus Capital employees and Fund officers, with respect to certain specified administration functions they perform on behalf of the Funds. Administration costs are separate and apart from advisory fees and other expenses paid in connection with the investment advisory services Janus Capital (or any subadviser) provides to each Fund. Some expenses related to compensation payable to the Funds’ Chief Compliance Officer and compliance staff are shared with the Funds.
 
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. Certain costs may be waived and/or reimbursed by Janus Capital to the Funds pursuant to expense limitation agreements with a 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, at 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)
Alternative
           
             
Janus Global Real Estate Fund
  N/A     0.75  
             
Janus Long/Short Fund
  All Asset Levels     1.25  
             
Global & International
           
             
Janus Global Life Sciences Fund
  All Asset Levels     0.64  
             
Janus Global Research Fund
  N/A     0.64  
             
Janus Global Select Fund
  All Asset Levels     0.64  
             
Janus Global Technology Fund
  All Asset Levels     0.64  
             
Janus International Equity Fund
  N/A     0.68  
             
Janus Overseas Fund
  N/A     0.64  
             
Janus Worldwide Fund
  N/A     0.60  
             
Growth & Core
           
             
Janus Balanced Fund
  All Asset Levels     0.55  
             
Janus Contrarian Fund
  N/A     0.64  
             
Janus Enterprise Fund
  All Asset Levels     0.64  
             
Janus Forty Fund
  N/A     0.64  
             
Janus Fund
  N/A     0.64  
             
Janus Growth and Income Fund
  All Asset Levels     0.60  
             
Janus Research Fund
  N/A     0.64  
             
Janus Triton Fund
  All Asset Levels     0.64  
             
Janus Twenty Fund
  N/A     0.64  
             
Janus Venture Fund
  All Asset Levels     0.64  
             
Value
           
             
Perkins Global Value Fund
  N/A     0.64  
             
 
PERFORMANCE-BASED INVESTMENT ADVISORY FEE
 
Applies to Janus Global Research Fund, Janus Worldwide Fund, Janus Contrarian Fund, Janus Research Fund, Janus International Equity Fund, Janus Global Real Estate Fund, Janus Fund, Perkins Global Value Fund, Janus Forty Fund, Janus Twenty Fund, and Janus Overseas Fund only
Effective on the dates shown below, each of Janus Global Research Fund, Janus Worldwide Fund, Janus Contrarian Fund, Janus Research Fund, Janus International Equity Fund, Janus Global Real Estate Fund, Janus Fund, Perkins Global Value Fund, Janus Forty Fund, Janus Twenty Fund, and Janus Overseas 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

 
 
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benchmark index over the performance measurement period. Any performance adjustment commenced or will commence on the date shown below. Prior to the effective date of the performance adjustment, only the base fee applies.
 
             
    Effective Date of
  Effective Date of
    Performance Fee
  First Adjustment
Fund Name   Arrangement   to Advisory Fee
Janus Global Research Fund
  01/01/06     01/01/07  
Janus Worldwide Fund
  02/01/06     02/01/07  
Janus Contrarian Fund
  02/01/06     02/01/07  
Janus Research Fund
  02/01/06     02/01/07  
Janus International Equity Fund
  12/01/06     12/01/07  
Janus Global Real Estate Fund
  12/01/07     12/01/08  
Janus Fund
  07/01/10     07/01/11  
Perkins Global Value Fund
  07/01/10     07/01/11  
Janus Forty Fund
  07/01/10     01/01/12  
Janus Twenty Fund
  07/01/10     01/01/12  
Janus Overseas Fund
  08/01/10     11/01/11  
 
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 (15 months for Janus Overseas Fund; or 18 months for Janus Forty Fund and Janus Twenty Fund) (“Initial Performance Measurement Period”), and accordingly only the Fund’s Base Fee Rate applies for the Initial Performance Measurement Period. When the performance-based fee structure has been in effect for at least the Initial Performance Measurement Period, 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.

 
 
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With the exception of Janus Twenty Fund, 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.
 
Because Janus Twenty Fund does not offer Class A Shares, the investment performance of the Fund’s Class T Shares (formerly named Class J Shares) will be used for purposes of calculating the Fund’s Performance Adjustment. After Janus Capital determines whether Janus Twenty Fund’s performance was above or below its benchmark index by comparing the investment performance of the Fund’s Class T Shares against the cumulative investment record of the Fund’s benchmark index, Janus Capital will apply the same Performance Adjustment (positive or negative) across any other class of shares of Janus Twenty Fund.
 
The Trustees may determine that a class of shares of a Fund other than Class A Shares (Class T Shares for Janus Twenty Fund) 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.
 
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.
 
Effective July 1, 2010, the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Global Index became Janus Global Real Estate Fund’s benchmark index for purposes of measuring the Fund’s performance and calculating the Performance Adjustment to the investment advisory fee paid by the Fund to Janus Capital. However, because the Fund’s Performance Adjustment is based upon a rolling 36-month performance measurement period, comparisons to the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Global Index will not be fully implemented until 36 months after July 1, 2010. During this transition period, the Fund’s returns will be compared to a blended index return that reflects a measurement of the Fund’s performance relative to the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Index, the Fund’s prior benchmark index, for the portion of the performance measurement period prior to July 1, 2010, and a measurement of the Fund’s performance relative to the performance of the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Global Index for periods following July 1, 2010. For periods through July 1, 2013, the performance measurement period will reflect one less month of Performance Adjustment to the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Index. At the conclusion of the transition period, the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT

 
 
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Developed Index will be eliminated from the Performance Adjustment calculation, and the calculation will include only the Fund’s performance relative to the FTSE EPRA NAREIT Global Index.
 
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 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.

 
 
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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)
Janus Global Research Fund
  MSCI World Growth Index(1)     0.64    
Janus Worldwide Fund
  MSCI World Indexsm(2)     0.60    
Janus Contrarian Fund
  S&P 500® Index(3)     0.64    
Janus Research Fund
  Russell 1000® Growth Index(4)     0.64    
Janus International Equity Fund
  MSCI EAFE® Index(5)     0.68    
Janus Global Real Estate Fund
  FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Global Index(6)     0.75    
Janus Fund
  Core Growth Index(7)     0.64    
Perkins Global Value Fund
  MSCI World Indexsm(2)     0.64 (8 )
Janus Forty Fund
  Russell 1000® Growth Index(4)     0.64    
Janus Twenty Fund
  Russell 1000® Growth Index(4)     0.64    
Janus Overseas Fund
  MSCI All Country World ex-U.S. Indexsm(9)     0.64    
 
(1)  The MSCI World Growth Index measures the performance of growth stocks in developed countries throughout the world. The index includes reinvestment of dividends, net of foreign withholding taxes.
(2)  The MSCI World Indexsm is a market capitalization weighted index composed of companies representative of the market structure of developed market countries in North America, Europe, and the Asia/Pacific Region. The index includes reinvestment of dividends, net of foreign withholding taxes.
(3)  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.
(4)  The Russell 1000® Growth Index measures the performance of those Russell 1000® companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values.
(5)  The MSCI EAFE® Index is a market capitalization weighted index composed of companies representative of the market structure of developed market countries in Europe, Australasia, and the Far East. The index includes reinvestment of dividends, net of foreign withholding taxes.
(6)  As previously noted, effective July 1, 2010, Janus Global Real Estate Fund’s benchmark changed from the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Index to the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Global Index for purposes of measuring the Fund’s performance and calculating the Performance Adjustment. The FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Global Index is a global market capitalization weighted index composed of listed real estate securities in the North American, European, Asian, and South American real estate markets including both developed and emerging markets.
(7)  The Core Growth Index is an internally calculated, hypothetical combination of unmanaged indices that combines total returns from the Russell 1000® Growth Index (50%) and the S&P 500® Index (50%).
(8)  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).
(9)  The MSCI All Country World ex-U.S. Indexsm is an unmanaged, free float-adjusted, market capitalization weighted index composed of stocks of companies located in countries throughout the world, excluding the United States. It is designed to measure equity market performance in global developed and emerging markets. The index includes reinvestment of dividends, net of foreign withholding taxes.
 
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

 
 
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percent. The net assets of each Fund as of the fiscal year or period ended September 30, 2010 are shown below. Each Fund has changed its fiscal year end to September 30.
 
         
Fund Name   Net Assets (000s)
Janus Global Research Fund
  $ 241,605  
Janus Worldwide Fund
  $ 2,387,086  
Janus Contrarian Fund
  $ 4,108,718  
Janus Research Fund
  $ 3,182,801  
Janus International Equity Fund
  $ 243,406  
Janus Global Real Estate Fund
  $ 45,380  
Janus Fund
  $ 8,109,492  
Perkins Global Value Fund
  $ 98,938  
Janus Forty Fund
  $ 6,624,753  
Janus Twenty Fund
  $ 8,755,359  
Janus Overseas Fund
  $ 13,038,655  
 
Examples: Janus Global Research 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 6.00% 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 MSCI World Growth Index.
 
Example 1: Fund Outperforms Its Benchmark Index By 6.00%
 
If the Fund has outperformed the MSCI World Growth Index by 6.00% 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 MSCI World Growth 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 6.00%
 
If the Fund has underperformed the MSCI World Growth Index by 6.00% 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%
 
Examples: Janus Worldwide 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 6.00% 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 MSCI World Indexsm.
 
Example 1: Fund Outperforms Its Benchmark Index By 6.00%

 
 
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If the Fund has outperformed the MSCI World Indexsm by 6.00% 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 0.60%
  1/12th of 0.15%   1/12th of 0.75%
 
Example 2: Fund Performance Tracks Its Benchmark Index
 
If the Fund performance has tracked the performance of the MSCI World Indexsm 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 0.60%
  0.00   1/12th of 0.60%
 
Example 3: Fund Underperforms Its Benchmark Index By 6.00%
 
If the Fund has underperformed the MSCI World Indexsm by 6.00% 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 0.60%
  1/12th of -0.15%   1/12th of 0.45%
 
Examples: Janus Contrarian 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 7.00% 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 7.00%
 
If the Fund has outperformed the S&P 500® Index by 7.00% 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 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 0.64%
  0.00   1/12th of 0.64%
 
Example 3: Fund Underperforms Its Benchmark Index By 7.00%
 
If the Fund has underperformed the S&P 500® Index by 7.00% 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%
 
Examples: Janus Research 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 5.00% 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 1000® Growth Index.

 
 
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Example 1: Fund Outperforms Its Benchmark Index By 5.00%
 
If the Fund has outperformed the Russell 1000® Growth Index by 5.00% 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 1000® Growth 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 5.00%
 
If the Fund has underperformed the Russell 1000® Growth Index by 5.00% 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%
 
Examples: Janus International Equity 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 7.00% 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 MSCI EAFE® Index.
 
Example 1: Fund Outperforms Its Benchmark Index By 7.00%
 
If the Fund has outperformed the MSCI EAFE® Index by 7.00% 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 0.68%
  1/12th of 0.15%   1/12th of 0.83%
 
Example 2: Fund Performance Tracks Its Benchmark Index
 
If the Fund performance has tracked the performance of the MSCI EAFE® 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 0.68%
  0.00   1/12th of 0.68%
 
Example 3: Fund Underperforms Its Benchmark Index By 7.00%
 
If the Fund has underperformed the MSCI EAFE® Index by 7.00% 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 0.68%
  1/12th of -0.15%   1/12th of 0.53%
 
Examples: Janus Global Real Estate 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 indices 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 FTSE

 
 
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EPRA/NAREIT Developed Index (for periods prior to July 1, 2010) and the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Global Index (for periods commencing July 1, 2010). The sum of the percentage changes in these two benchmark indices is used for purposes of calculating the Performance Adjustment.
 
Example 1: Fund Outperforms Its Benchmark Indices By 4.00%
 
If the Fund has outperformed the Indices 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 0.75%
  1/12th of 0.15%   1/12th of 0.90%
 
Example 2: Fund Performance Tracks Its Benchmark Indices
 
If the Fund performance has tracked the performance of the Indices 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 0.75%
  0.00   1/12th of 0.75%
 
Example 3: Fund Underperforms Its Benchmark Indices By 4.00%
 
If the Fund has underperformed the Indices 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 0.75%
  1/12th of -0.15%   1/12th of 0.60%
 
Examples: Janus 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 4.50% 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 Core Growth Index, which is calculated using an equal weighting (50% / 50%) of the Russell 1000® Growth Index and the S&P 500® Index.
 
Example 1: Fund Outperforms Its Benchmark Index By 4.50%
 
If the Fund has outperformed the Core Growth Index by 4.50% 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 Core Growth 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 4.50%
 
If the Fund has underperformed the Core Growth Index by 4.50% 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%

 
 
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Examples: Perkins Global 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 7.00% 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 MSCI World Indexsm.
 
Example 1: Fund Outperforms Its Benchmark Index By 7.00%
 
If the Fund has outperformed the MSCI World Indexsm by 7.00% 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 MSCI World Indexsm 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 7.00%
 
If the Fund has underperformed the MSCI World Indexsm by 7.00% 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 Global 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 MSCI World Indexsm.
 
Examples: Janus Forty 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 8.50% 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® Growth Index.
 
Example 1: Fund Outperforms Its Benchmark Index By 8.50%
 
If the Fund has outperformed the Russell 1000® Growth Index by 8.50% 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® Growth 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 8.50%
 
If the Fund has underperformed the Russell 1000® Growth Index by 8.50% 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%
 
Examples: Janus Twenty 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 8.50% 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 T Shares compared to the cumulative investment record of the Russell 1000® Growth Index.
 
Example 1: Fund Outperforms Its Benchmark Index By 8.50%
 
If the Fund has outperformed the Russell 1000® Growth Index by 8.50% 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® Growth 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 8.50%
 
If the Fund has underperformed the Russell 1000® Growth Index by 8.50% 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%
 
Examples: Janus Overseas 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 7.00% 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 MSCI All Country World ex-U.S. Indexsm.
 
Example 1: Fund Outperforms Its Benchmark Index By 7.00%
 
If the Fund has outperformed the MSCI All Country World ex-U.S. Indexsm by 7.00% 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

 
 
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If the Fund performance has tracked the performance of the MSCI All Country World ex-U.S. Indexsm 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 7.00%
 
If the Fund has underperformed the MSCI All Country World ex-U.S. Indexsm by 7.00% 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%
 
EXPENSE LIMITATIONS
 
Janus Capital agreed by contract to waive the advisory fee payable by each Fund listed below 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, with the exception of Janus Global Select Fund, until at least February 1, 2012 (until at least January 31, 2012 for Janus Global Select Fund).
 
         
    Expense Limit
Fund Name   Percentage (%)
Alternative
       
Janus Global Real Estate Fund
    1.25 (1)
Janus Long/Short Fund
    1.75  
Global & International
       
Janus Global Research Fund
    1.00 (1)
Janus Global Select Fund
    0.90  
Janus International Equity Fund
    1.25 (1)
Janus Overseas Fund
    0.92 (1)
Janus Worldwide Fund
    1.00 (1)
Growth & Core
       
Janus Balanced Fund
    0.76  
Janus Contrarian Fund
    0.89 (1)
Janus Enterprise Fund
    0.90  
Janus Forty Fund
    0.78 (1)
Janus Fund
    0.78 (1)
Janus Growth and Income Fund
    0.70  
Janus Triton Fund
    1.05  
 
(1)  Effective January 1, 2006 for Janus Global Research Fund, February 1, 2006 for Janus Contrarian Fund and Janus Worldwide Fund, December 1, 2006 for Janus International Equity Fund, December 1, 2007 for Janus Global Real Estate Fund, July 1, 2010 for Janus Forty Fund and Janus Fund, and August 1, 2010 for Janus Overseas 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, with the exception of Janus Global Select Fund, will be in effect until February 1, 2012 (until January 31, 2012 for Janus Global Select Fund).

 
 
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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 September 30.
 
                                                                 
    September 30, 2010   September 30, 2009   July 31, 2009   July 31, 2008
    Advisory
      Advisory
      Advisory
  Waivers(−)/
  Advisory
  Waivers(−)/
Fund Name   Fees   Waivers(−)   Fees   Waivers(−)   Fees   Recoupment   Fees   Recoupment
Alternative
                                                               
Janus Global Real Estate Fund
  $ 205,788     −$ 107,979     $ 18,152 (1)   −$ 18,152 (1)(2)   $ 44,102 (3)   −$ 44,102 (2)(3)   $ 30,285 (3)(4)   −$ 30,285 (2)(3)(4)
Janus Long/Short
                                          −$ 10,176/                  
Fund
  $ 1,556,991     −$ 178,178     $ 395,127 (1)   $ (1)   $ 5,501,369 (3)   $ 313 (3)   $ 9,473,341 (3)   $ 72,749 (3)
Global & International
Janus Global Life Sciences Fund
  $ 3,945,704 (5)     N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
Janus Global Research Fund
  $ 1,601,831 (5)   $ (5)     N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
Janus Global Select Fund
  $ 20,365,180 (5)   $ (5)     N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
Janus Global Technology Fund
  $ 4,593,999 (5)     N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
Janus International Equity Fund
  $ 1,568,685     $     $ 207,161 (1)   $ (1)   $ 910,405 (3)   $ (3)   $ 524,895 (3)   −$ 418 (3)
Janus Overseas Fund
  $ 67,862,594 (5)   −$ 201,500 (5)     N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
Janus Worldwide Fund
  $ 12,263,614 (5)   −$ 23,511 (5)     N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
Growth & Core
                                                               
Janus Balanced Fund
  $ 27,461,678 (5)   $ (5)     N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
Janus Contrarian Fund
  $ 22,573,040 (5)   $ (5)     N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
Janus Enterprise Fund
  $ 14,334,485 (5)   −$ 302,303 (5)     N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
Janus Forty Fund
  $ 40,679,565     −$ 963,713     $ 5,985,828 (1)   $ (1)   $ 28,102,563 (3)   −$ 1,560,885 (3)   $ 34,246,897 (3)   −$ 771,650 (3)
Janus Fund
  $ 50,619,015 (5)   −$ 289,194 (5)     N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
Janus Growth and Income Fund
  $ 21,141,364 (5)   −$ 10,905 (5)     N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
Janus Research Fund
  $ 19,575,715 (5)     N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
Janus Triton Fund
  $ 2,984,598 (5)   $ (5)     N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
Janus Twenty Fund
  $ 53,614,127 (5)     N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
Janus Venture Fund
  $ 5,950,188 (5)     N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
Value
                                                               
Perkins Global Value Fund
  $ 583,183 (5)     N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
 
(1)  For the fiscal period August 1, 2009 to September 30, 2009 (the Fund’s new fiscal year end).
(2)  The fee waiver by Janus Capital exceeded the advisory fee.
(3)  The Fund’s or predecessor fund’s previous fiscal year end.
(4)  November 28, 2007 (effective date) to July 31, 2008 (the predecessor fund’s fiscal year end).
(5)  For the fiscal period November 1, 2009 to September 30, 2010 (the Fund’s new fiscal year end).
 

 
 
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    October 31, 2009(1)   October 31, 2008(1)   October 31, 2007(1)
Fund Name   Advisory Fees   Waivers(−)   Advisory Fees   Waivers(−)   Advisory Fees   Waivers(−)
Global & International
                                               
Janus Global Life Sciences Fund
  $ 3,951,384       N/A     $ 5,333,729       N/A     $ 5,596,005       N/A  
Janus Global Research Fund
  $ 1,247,901     −$ 1     $ 1,901,921     $     $ 1,234,760     $  
Janus Global Select Fund
  $ 16,733,322     −$ 6,442     $ 29,960,291       N/A     $ 23,952,394       N/A  
Janus Global Technology Fund
  $ 3,732,270       N/A     $ 5,266,654       N/A     $ 5,839,588       N/A  
Janus Overseas Fund
  $ 38,343,958     −$ 43,066     $ 58,814,747       N/A     $ 50,544,718       N/A  
Janus Worldwide Fund
  $ 10,392,924     −$ 730     $ 18,638,446       N/A     $ 28,429,056     −$ 552,015 (2)
Growth & Core
                                               
Janus Balanced Fund
  $ 17,030,046     $     $ 14,917,536       N/A     $ 14,198,711       N/A  
Janus Contrarian Fund
  $ 24,048,033     −$ 75,436     $ 54,842,153       N/A     $ 45,726,477       N/A  
Janus Enterprise Fund
  $ 10,106,796     −$ 31,333     $ 12,885,701       N/A     $ 12,306,342       N/A  
Janus Fund
  $ 46,943,494     −$ 2,203     $ 69,966,745       N/A     $ 75,421,017       N/A  
Janus Growth and Income Fund
  $ 20,168,797     −$ 15,958     $ 33,599,579       N/A     $ 41,690,681       N/A  
Janus Research Fund
  $ 17,670,660       N/A     $ 32,041,183       N/A     $ 30,871,258       N/A  
Janus Triton Fund
  $ 1,277,944     −$ 4,970     $ 907,910     $     $ 764,844     $  
Janus Twenty Fund
  $ 49,894,228       N/A     $ 74,737,057       N/A     $ 65,993,160       N/A  
Janus Venture Fund
  $ 4,968,303       N/A     $ 8,118,656       N/A     $ 9,914,651       N/A  
Value
                                               
Perkins Global Value Fund
  $ 543,001       N/A     $ 873,746       N/A     $ 1,035,652       N/A  
 
(1)  The Funds’ previous fiscal year end.
(2)  The amount shown reflects a fee waiver which was in effect for a portion of the fiscal year. For the period from July 1, 2006 through January 31, 2007 (“Waiver Period”), Janus Capital contractually agreed to waive its right to receive a portion of the Fund’s base management fee, at the annual rate up to 0.15% of average daily net assets, under certain conditions. This waiver was applied for any calendar month in the Waiver Period if the total return performance of the Fund for the period from February 1, 2006 through the end of the preceding calendar month, calculated as though there had been no waiver of the base management fee, was less than the performance of the Fund’s primary benchmark index performance for the period (reduced for certain percentages of underperformance).
 
SUBADVISER                       
PERKINS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC
 
As a result of shareholder approval of an amended investment advisory agreement effective July 1, 2010, Janus Capital has entered into a Sub-Advisory Agreement with Perkins Investment Management LLC, 311 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 6000, Chicago, Illinois 60606, on behalf of Perkins Global 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 Agreement between Janus Capital and Perkins, Perkins is responsible for the day-to-day investment operations of Perkins Global 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 Fund; (ii) keeps Janus Capital fully informed as to the valuation of assets of the Fund, its 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 Fund; (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 Agreement provides 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 Fund, 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 Agreement and except to the extent otherwise provided by law.
 
Under the Sub-Advisory Agreement, Janus Capital pays Perkins a fee equal to 50% of the advisory fee payable by Perkins Global Value Fund to Janus Capital (calculated after any applicable performance fee adjustments).

 
 
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The Sub-Advisory Agreement 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 Fund, and in either case by vote of a majority of the Independent Trustees of the Fund. The Sub-Advisory Agreement is 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. The Fund’s Sub-Advisory Agreement terminates automatically in the event of the assignment or termination of the Fund’s Investment Advisory Agreement.
 
PERFORMANCE-BASED SUB-ADVISORY FEE
 
As a result of shareholder approval of Perkins Global Value Fund’s amended investment advisory agreement between Janus Capital and the Trust, on behalf of the Fund, effective July 1, 2010, the subadvisory fee paid to Perkins is a fee that adjusts up or down based upon the performance of the Fund’s Class A Shares (waiving the upfront sales load) relative to the MSCI World Indexsm, the Fund’s benchmark index. Any performance adjustment will commence July 1, 2011 for Perkins Global Value Fund. Until that time, only the fixed rate applies. 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).
 
Under the Sub-Advisory Agreement, Perkins was compensated according to the following schedule for the fiscal period ended September 30, 2010. The Fund has changed its fiscal year end to September 30.
 
             
Fund Name   Subadviser   Contractual Rate(%)
Perkins Global Value Fund
  Perkins     0.32 (1)
 
(1)  Prior to any performance adjustment, if applicable.
 
For the fiscal period ended September 30, 2010, Janus Capital paid subadvisory fees to Perkins in the amount of $77,053 for Perkins Global Value Fund.
 
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.; Commonwealth Equity Services, LLP; 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.

 
 
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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 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 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 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

 
 
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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.
 
Perkins, the subadviser for Perkins Global Value Fund, may buy and sell securities or engage in other investments on behalf of multiple clients, including the Fund. 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.

 
 
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Each account managed by Janus Capital or the subadviser 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 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 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”).

 
 
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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).
 
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.

 
 
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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 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
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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 services fee of 0.12% of net assets. These administrative fees are paid by Class D Shares of each Fund for shareholder services provided by Janus Services.
 
Janus Services receives an administrative services fee at an annual rate of 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 Class R Shares, Class S Shares, and Class T Shares of each Fund.
 
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 September 30.
 
                                     
    Administrative
  Administrative
  Administrative
  Administrative
   
    Services Fees
  Services Fees
  Services Fees
  Services Fees
   
Fund Name   September 30, 2010   2009   2008   2007    
Alternative
                                   
                                     
Janus Global Real Estate Fund
                                   
Class D Shares
  $ 3,534 (1)     N/A       N/A       N/A      
Class S Shares
  $ 1,192     $ 910 (2)   $ 738 (3)(4)     N/A      
Class T Shares
  $ 1,321     $ 1 (5)     N/A       N/A      
                                     
Janus Long/Short Fund
                                   
Class R Shares
  $ 483     $ 445 (2)   $ 1,503 (4)   $ 2,855 (4)    
Class S Shares
  $ 4,938     $ 33,777 (2)   $ 148,150 (4)   $ 17,162 (4)    
Class T Shares
  $ 1,854     $ (5)     N/A       N/A      
                                     
 
 
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    Administrative
  Administrative
  Administrative
  Administrative
   
    Services Fees
  Services Fees
  Services Fees
  Services Fees
   
Fund Name   September 30, 2010   2009   2008   2007    
Global & International
                                   
                                     
Janus Global Life Sciences Fund
                                   
Class D Shares
  $ 317,164 (1)     N/A       N/A       N/A      
Class S Shares
  $ 342 (6)   $ 1 (7)     N/A       N/A      
Class T Shares
  $ 701,179 (8)   $ 1,195,660 (9)   $ 1,582,327 (9)   $ 2,290,660 (9)    
                                     
Janus Global Research Fund
                                   
Class D Shares
  $ 78,903 (1)     N/A       N/A       N/A      
Class S Shares
  $ 28 (6)   $ 1 (7)     N/A       N/A      
Class T Shares
  $ 285,542 (8)   $ 336,219 (9)   $ 501,330 (9)   $ 411,436 (9)    
                                     
Janus Global Select Fund
                                   
Class D Shares
  $ 1,518,484 (1)     N/A       N/A       N/A      
Class R Shares
  $ 5,339 (6)   $ 1,110 (7)     N/A       N/A      
Class S Shares
  $ 30,651 (6)   $ 8,388 (7)     N/A       N/A      
Class T Shares
  $ 3,828,777 (8)   $ 5,174,721 (9)   $ 9,078,817 (9)   $ 9,280,348 (9)    
                                     
Janus Global Technology Fund
                                   
Class D Shares
  $ 391,437 (1)     N/A       N/A       N/A      
Class S Shares
  $ 377 (6)   $ 30 (7)     N/A       N/A      
Class T Shares
  $ 772,323 (8)   $ 1,104,724 (9)   $ 1,529,628 (9)   $ 2,664,864 (9)    
                                     
Janus International Equity Fund
                                   
Class D Shares
  $ 2,095 (1)     N/A       N/A       N/A      
Class R Shares
  $ 1,679     $ 1,635 (2)   $ 1,619 (4)   $ 931 (4)(10)    
Class S Shares
  $ 13,775     $ 8,750 (2)   $ 7,093 (4)   $ 952 (4)(10)    
Class T Shares
  $ 1,611     $ (5)     N/A       N/A      
                                     
Janus Overseas Fund
                                   
Class D Shares
  $ 1,715,539 (1)     N/A       N/A       N/A      
Class R Shares
  $ 294,294 (6)   $ 77,073 (7)     N/A       N/A      
Class S Shares
  $ 3,662,600 (6)   $ 1,086,906 (7)     N/A       N/A      
Class T Shares
  $ 14,078,737 (8)   $ 11,134,470 (9)   $ 17,941,300 (9)   $ 16,161,945 (9)    
                                     
Janus Worldwide Fund
                                   
Class D Shares
  $ 899,108 (1)     N/A       N/A       N/A      
Class R Shares
  $ 1,244 (6)   $ 399 (7)     N/A       N/A      
Class S Shares
  $ 142,312 (6)   $ 50,320 (7)     N/A       N/A      
Class T Shares
  $ 2,863,134 (8)   $ 2,716,319 (9)   $ 6,674,727 (9)   $ 9,910,243 (9)    
                                     
Growth & Core
                                   
                                     
Janus Balanced Fund
                                   
Class D Shares
  $ 713,905 (1)     N/A       N/A       N/A      
Class R Shares
  $ 190,942 (6)   $ 31,828 (7)     N/A       N/A      
Class S Shares
  $ 1,334,489 (6)   $ 388,402 (7)     N/A       N/A      
Class T Shares
  $ 6,807,885 (8)   $ 5,957,217 (9)   $ 5,428,492 (9)   $ 5,524,581 (9)    
                                     
Janus Contrarian Fund
                                   
Class D Shares
  $ 1,570,526 (1)     N/A       N/A       N/A      
Class R Shares
  $ 7,448 (6)   $ 2,167 (7)     N/A       N/A      
Class S Shares
  $ 17,486 (6)   $ 3,678 (7)     N/A       N/A      
Class T Shares
  $ 4,819,092 (8)   $ 6,603,714 (9)   $ 13,897,558 (9)   $ 13,226,231 (9)    
                                     
Janus Enterprise Fund
                                   
Class D Shares
  $ 575,729 (1)     N/A       N/A       N/A      
Class R Shares
  $ 111,062 (6)   $ 33,560 (7)     N/A       N/A      
Class S Shares
  $ 489,259 (6)   $ 174,373 (7)     N/A       N/A      
Class T Shares
  $ 2,166,623 (8)   $ 2,754,914 (9)   $ 4,050,411 (9)   $ 4,666,111 (9)    
                                     
Janus Forty Fund
                                   
Class R Shares
  $ 509,275     $ 309,516 (2)   $ 134,528 (4)   $ 31,829 (4)    
Class S Shares
  $ 7,411,316     $ 7,142,178 (2)   $ 8,839,597 (4)   $ 4,917,081 (4)    
Class T Shares
  $ 25,580     $ 32 (5)     N/A       N/A      
                                     

 
 
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    Administrative
  Administrative
  Administrative
  Administrative
   
    Services Fees
  Services Fees
  Services Fees
  Services Fees
   
Fund Name   September 30, 2010   2009   2008   2007    
Janus Fund
                                   
Class D Shares
  $ 3,475,973 (1)     N/A       N/A       N/A      
Class R Shares
  $ 2,509 (6)   $ 628 (7)     N/A       N/A      
Class S Shares
  $ 182,461 (6)   $ 69,214 (7)     N/A       N/A      
Class T Shares
  $ 9,916,568 (8)   $ 13,965,934 (9)   $ 20,706,009 (9)   $ 24,650,900 (9)    
                                     
Janus Growth and Income Fund
                                   
Class D Shares
  $ 1,327,708 (1)     N/A       N/A       N/A      
Class R Shares
  $ 4,636 (6)   $ 1,498 (7)     N/A       N/A      
Class S Shares
  $ 145,168 (6)   $ 54,066 (7)     N/A       N/A      
Class T Shares
  $ 4,743,771 (8)   $ 6,483,530 (9)   $ 10,571,130 (9)   $ 14,345,493 (9)    
                                     
Janus Research Fund
                                   
Class D Shares
  $ 1,263,479 (1)     N/A       N/A       N/A      
Class S Shares
  $ 40 (6)   $ 1 (7)     N/A       N/A      
Class T Shares
  $ 3,651,389 (8)   $ 5,046,762 (9)   $ 7,917,757 (9)   $ 9,981,218 (9)    
                                     
Janus Triton Fund
                                   
Class D Shares
  $ 143,333 (1)     N/A       N/A       N/A      
Class R Shares
  $ 5,270 (6)   $ 794 (7)     N/A       N/A      
Class S Shares
  $ 13,131 (6)   $ 1,815 (7)     N/A       N/A      
Class T Shares
  $ 657,209 (8)   $ 388,420 (9)   $ 277,449 (9)   $ 325,322 (9)    
                                     
Janus Twenty Fund
                                   
Class D Shares
  $ 3,692,450 (1)     N/A       N/A       N/A      
Class T Shares
  $ 11,284,878 (8)   $ 14,012,336 (9)   $ 21,500,253 (9)   $ 20,031,689 (9)    
                                     
Janus Venture Fund
                                   
Class D Shares
  $ 612,237 (1)     N/A       N/A       N/A      
Class T Shares
  $ 742,733 (8)   $ 1,149,828 (9)   $ 2,147,338 (9)   $ 2,897,725 (9)    
                                     
Value
                                   
                                     
Perkins Global Value Fund
                                   
Class D Shares
  $ 55,103 (1)     N/A       N/A       N/A      
Class S Shares
  $ 1,005 (6)   $ 8 (7)     N/A       N/A      
Class T Shares
  $ 80,507 (8)   $ 154,854 (9)   $ 260,419 (9)   $ 459,329 (9)    
                                     
(1)   For the fiscal period February 16, 2010 (commencement of Class D Shares) to September 30, 2010 (the Fund’s new fiscal year end).
(2)   For the fiscal year August 1, 2008 to July 31, 2009 (the Fund’s or predecessor fund’s previous fiscal year end) and the fiscal period August 1, 2009 to September 30, 2009 (the Fund’s new fiscal year end).
(3)   November 28, 2007 (effective date) to July 31, 2008 (the predecessor fund’s fiscal year end).
(4)   For the fiscal year ended July 31 (the predecessor fund’s fiscal year end).
(5)   For the fiscal period July 6, 2009 (commencement of Class T Shares) to July 31, 2009 (the Fund’s previous fiscal year end) and the fiscal period August 1, 2009 to September 30, 2009 (the Fund’s new fiscal year end).
(6)   For the fiscal period November 1, 2009 to September 30, 2010 (the Fund’s new fiscal year end).
(7)   For the fiscal period July 6, 2009 (commencement of Class S Shares and Class R Shares, if applicable) to October 31, 2009 (the Fund’s previous fiscal year end).
(8)   For the fiscal period November 1, 2009 to September 30, 2010 (the Fund’s new fiscal year end); the amount shown includes a blended annual fee rate of 0.12% for assets invested directly with Janus Capital and 0.25% for assets invested through a third-party intermediary, which was in effect prior to the restructuring of Class J Shares, the Fund’s initial share class, on February 16, 2010.
(9)   Amount reflects a blended annual fee rate, as well as a $4 per open account fee (terminated effective July 6, 2009), in effect during the fiscal year ended October 31 (the Fund’s previous fiscal year end). The annual fee rate was blended based on assets invested directly with Janus Capital and assets invested through a third-party intermediary.
(10)  November 28, 2006 (effective date) to July 31, 2007 (the predecessor fund’s fiscal year end).
 
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 administrative services fees paid to Janus Services. The Funds also use and pay for DST systems to track and process redemption fees and contingent

 
 
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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 Perkins Global Value Fund. Janus Capital places all portfolio transactions of Perkins Global Value Fund 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.
 
Janus Long/Short Fund intends to maintain a prime brokerage arrangement to facilitate short sale transactions. A prime broker may provide, and the current prime broker of the Fund is expected to provide, services and products to Janus Capital in connection with the lending, short selling facilities, and related services the prime broker provides to the Fund and other clients. These services may include, without limitation, electronic interfaces, software and various reports in connection with short sale activity. As a result of these services and products, Janus Capital may have an incentive to use the prime broker to effect transactions for the Fund or to accept less favorable pricing for prime brokerage services (including interest and similar charges on short positions).
 
 
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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 September 30.
 
                                                 
    September 30, 2010   September 30, 2009   July 31, 2009
Fund Name   Commissions   Transactions   Commissions   Transactions   Commissions   Transactions
Alternative
                                               
                                                 
Janus Global Real Estate Fund
  $ 12,613     $ 8,492,692     $ 1,159 (1)   $ 707,915 (1)   $ 12,607 (2)   $ 4,446,226 (2)
                                                 
Janus Long/Short Fund
  $ 611,511     $ 457,535,391     $ 241,531 (1)   $ 133,578,764 (1)   $ 3,616,580 (2)   $ 1,800,332,398 (2)
                                                 
Global & International
                                                 
Janus Global Life Sciences Fund
  $ 317,008 (3)   $ 264,267,991 (3)     N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
                                                 
Janus Global Research Fund
  $ 178,072 (3)   $ 133,818,616 (3)     N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
                                                 
Janus Global Select Fund
  $ 5,443,620 (3)   $ 4,719,601,102 (3)     N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
                                                 
Janus Global Technology Fund
  $ 972,665 (3)   $ 699,577,188 (3)     N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
                                                 
Janus International Equity Fund
  $ 233,702     $ 155,464,814     $ 48,511 (1)   $ 31,111,952 (1)   $ 337,854 (2)   $ 206,151,814 (2)
                                                 
Janus Overseas Fund
  $ 6,304,185 (3)   $ 3,245,731,551 (3)     N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
                                                 
Janus Worldwide Fund
  $ 1,993,851 (3)   $ 1,781,377,843 (3)     N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
                                                 
Growth & Core
                                               
                                                 
Janus Balanced Fund
  $ 1,279,740 (3)   $ 1,565,650,943 (3)     N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
                                                 
Janus Contrarian Fund
  $ 6,083,619 (3)   $ 3,724,901,924 (3)     N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
                                                 
Janus Enterprise Fund
  $ 595,305 (3)   $ 610,703,744 (3)     N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
                                                 
Janus Forty Fund
  $ 2,700,205     $ 2,413,080,698     $ 211,420 (1)   $ 193,400,841 (1)   $ 1,865,812 (2)   $ 5,812,742,162 (2)
                                                 
Janus Fund
  $ 3,097,332 (3)   $ 3,332,069,581 (3)     N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
                                                 
Janus Growth and Income Fund
  $ 1,484,643 (3)   $ 1,569,701,958 (3)     N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
                                                 
Janus Research Fund
  $ 1,981,661 (3)   $ 1,894,896,789 (3)     N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
                                                 
Janus Triton Fund
  $ 285,529 (3)   $ 244,725,192 (3)     N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
                                                 
Janus Twenty Fund
  $ 3,449,196 (3)   $ 2,989,714,689 (3)     N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
                                                 
Janus Venture Fund
  $ 881,170 (3)   $ 492,222,224 (3)     N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
                                                 
Value
                                               
                                                 
Perkins Global Value Fund
  $ 44,315 (3)   $ 36,840,226 (3)     N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
                                                 
 
(1)  For the fiscal period August 1, 2009 to September 30, 2009 (the Fund’s new fiscal year end).
(2)  The Fund’s or predecessor fund’s previous fiscal year end.
(3)  For the fiscal period November 1, 2009 to September 30, 2010 (the Fund’s new fiscal year end).
 

 
 
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            October 31, 2009(1)
Fund Name           Commissions   Transactions
Global & International
                               
                                 
Janus Global Life Sciences Fund
                  $ 509,423     $ 386,990,897  
                                 
Janus Global Research Fund
                  $ 189,919     $ 144,611,653  
                                 
Janus Global Select Fund
                  $ 6,009,924     $ 7,447,772,907  
                                 
Janus Global Technology Fund
                  $ 1,295,357     $ 587,182,643  
                                 
Janus Overseas Fund
                  $ 6,218,641     $ 3,135,990,936  
                                 
Janus Worldwide Fund
                  $ 4,844,993     $ 3,280,439,790  
                                 
Growth & Core
                               
                                 
Janus Balanced Fund
                  $ 1,009,611     $ 929,846,129  
                                 
Janus Contrarian Fund
                  $ 6,137,398     $ 2,724,494,340  
                                 
Janus Enterprise Fund
                  $ 952,518     $ 705,066,386  
                                 
Janus Fund
                  $ 4,005,275     $ 3,467,595,547  
                                 
Janus Growth and Income Fund
                  $ 1,333,653     $ 1,091,243,621  
                                 
Janus Research Fund
                  $ 2,535,530     $ 1,859,040,778  
                                 
Janus Triton Fund
                  $ 204,776     $ 136,027,645  
                                 
Janus Twenty Fund
                  $ 2,122,135     $ 6,805,852,261  
                                 
Janus Venture Fund
                  $ 554,646     $ 243,480,307  
                                 
Value
                               
                                 
Perkins Global Value Fund
                  $ 76,334     $ 48,308,327  
                                 
 
(1)  The Funds’ previous fiscal year end.
 
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 Global 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

 
 
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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 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 September 30.
 
                                 
Fund Name   September 30, 2010   September 30, 2009   July 31, 2009    July 31, 2008
Alternative
                               
                                 
Janus Global Real Estate Fund
  $ 16,954     $ 2,767 (1)   $ 24,375 (2)   $ 5,292 (2)(3)
                                 
Janus Long/Short Fund
  $ 949,495     $ 472,170 (1)   $ 6,431,074 (2)   $ 7,668,176 (2)
                                 
Global & International
                               
                                 
Janus Global Life Sciences Fund
  $ 558,335 (4)     N/A       N/A       N/A  
                                 
Janus Global Research Fund
  $ 152,752 (4)     N/A       N/A       N/A  
                                 
Janus Global Select Fund
  $ 8,299,110 (4)     N/A       N/A       N/A  
                                 
Janus Global Technology Fund
  $ 1,616,414 (4)     N/A       N/A       N/A  
                                 
Janus International Equity Fund
  $ 59,924     $ 96,597 (1)   $ 684,007 (2)   $ 236,981 (2)
                                 
Janus Overseas Fund
  $ 4,530,478 (4)     N/A       N/A       N/A  
                                 
Janus Worldwide Fund
  $ 1,832,598 (4)     N/A       N/A       N/A  
                                 
Growth & Core
                               
                                 
Janus Balanced Fund
  $ 1,945,062 (4)     N/A       N/A       N/A  
                                 
Janus Contrarian Fund
  $ 9,096,580 (4)     N/A       N/A       N/A  
                                 
Janus Enterprise Fund
  $ 1,205,055 (4)     N/A       N/A       N/A  
                                 
Janus Forty Fund
  $ 4,076,735     $ 419,702 (1)   $ 3,797,915 (2)   $ 3,773,022 (2)
                                 
Janus Fund
  $ 5,303,743 (4)     N/A       N/A       N/A  
                                 
Janus Growth and Income Fund
  $ 2,144,802 (4)     N/A       N/A       N/A  
                                 
Janus Research Fund
  $ 3,039,797 (4)     N/A       N/A       N/A  
                                 
Janus Triton Fund
  $ 595,172 (4)     N/A       N/A       N/A  
                                 
Janus Twenty Fund
  $ 5,021,771 (4)     N/A       N/A       N/A  
                                 
Janus Venture Fund
  $ 1,990,552 (4)     N/A       N/A       N/A  
                                 
Value
                               
                                 
Perkins Global Value Fund
  $ 54,267 (4)     N/A       N/A       N/A  
                                 
 
(1)  For the fiscal period August 1, 2009 to September 30, 2009 (the Fund’s new fiscal year end).
(2)  The Fund’s or predecessor fund’s previous fiscal year end.
(3)  November 28, 2007 (effective date) to July 31, 2008 (the predecessor fund’s fiscal year end).
(4)  For the fiscal period November 1, 2009 to September 30, 2010 (the Fund’s new fiscal year end).
 
                         
Fund Name   October 31, 2009(1)   October 31, 2008(1)   October 31, 2007(1)
Global & International
                       
                         
Janus Global Life Sciences Fund
  $ 1,078,547     $ 1,516,959     $ 2,006,557  
                         
Janus Global Research Fund
  $ 411,702     $ 576,607     $ 346,281  
                         
Janus Global Select Fund
  $ 12,029,396     $ 16,244,354     $ 2,218,774  
                         
Janus Global Technology Fund
  $ 2,669,811     $ 2,437,846     $ 2,427,722  
                         
Janus Overseas Fund
  $ 13,546,611     $ 17,469,441     $ 17,758,308  
                         
Janus Worldwide Fund
  $ 10,229,529     $ 1,865,443     $ 3,439,200  
                         

 
 
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Fund Name   October 31, 2009(1)   October 31, 2008(1)   October 31, 2007(1)
Growth & Core
                       
                         
Janus Balanced Fund
  $ 2,366,654     $ 1,081,459     $ 913,654  
                         
Janus Contrarian Fund
  $ 11,022,577     $ 13,252,242     $ 9,558,075  
                         
Janus Enterprise Fund
  $ 2,260,243     $ 2,574,625     $ 3,017,403  
                         
Janus Fund
  $ 9,130,356     $ 19,126,047     $ 8,043,325  
                         
Janus Growth and Income Fund
  $ 3,069,602     $ 8,372,659     $ 7,368,646  
                         
Janus Research Fund
  $ 5,730,008     $ 7,858,858     $ 5,269,861  
                         
Janus Triton Fund
  $ 474,890     $ 444,078     $ 736,104  
                         
Janus Twenty Fund
  $ 4,294,393     $ 7,592,448     $ 3,889,898  
                         
Janus Venture Fund
  $ 1,321,780     $ 1,593,586     $ 13,686,982  
                         
Value
                       
                         
Perkins Global Value Fund
  $ 171,125     $ 118,939     $ 41,129  
                         
 
(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 September 30, 2010, certain Funds owned securities of their regular broker-dealers (or parents) as shown below:
 
             
Fund Name   Name of Broker-Dealer   Value of Securities Owned
Global & International
           
             
Janus Global Research Fund
  Bank of America Corp.   $ 993,305  
    Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.     1,221,990  
    JPMorgan Chase & Co.     1,126,453  
    Morgan Stanley     1,008,746  
             
Janus Global Select Fund
  ING Groep N.V.   $ 54,207,247  
    Morgan Stanley     111,553,477  
             
Janus International Equity Fund
  Barclays PLC   $ 2,196,252  
    Credit Suisse Group A.G.     3,453,025  
    ING Groep N.V.     3,118,835  
    UBS A.G.     2,198,368  
             
Janus Overseas Fund
  Bank of America Corp.   $ 438,222,031  
    Credit Suisse Group A.G.     119,285,623  
    Deutsche Bank A.G.     240,396,746  
    Deutsche Bank A.G.     15,598,389  
    ING Groep N.V.     86,963,547  
             
Janus Worldwide Fund
  Bank of America Corp.   $ 66,106,427  
    Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.     49,445,348  
    JPMorgan Chase & Co.     42,456,806  
    JPMorgan Chase & Co.     23,644,074  
             

 
 
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Fund Name   Name of Broker-Dealer   Value of Securities Owned
Growth & Core
           
             
Janus Balanced Fund
  Bank of America Corp.   $ 79,883,137  
    Bank of America Corp.     20,443,956  
    Citigroup, Inc.     23,061,946  
    Citigroup, Inc.     12,875,497  
    Citigroup, Inc.     10,693,234  
    Citigroup, Inc.     5,868,575  
    Credit Suisse Group A.G.     65,471,623  
    Credit Suisse Group A.G.     16,040,920  
    Credit Suisse Group A.G.     9,712,295  
    Credit Suisse Group A.G.     7,789,467  
    Goldman Sachs     20,779,065  
    Goldman Sachs     2,649,857  
    JPMorgan Chase & Co.     10,760,868  
    JPMorgan Chase & Co.     5,663,312  
    Morgan Stanley     81,474,060  
    Morgan Stanley     6,852,704  
    Morgan Stanley     5,697,106  
    Morgan Stanley     5,607,639  
    Morgan Stanley     3,517,890  
    Morgan Stanley     3,453,523  
    UBS A.G.     9,527,739  
             
Janus Forty Fund
  Bank of America Corp.   $ 232,439,788  
    Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.     67,724,164  
    JPMorgan Chase & Co.     132,568,496  
             
Janus Fund
  Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.   $ 107,288,480  
    JPMorgan Chase & Co.     99,535,538  
    Morgan Stanley     28,423,339  
             
Janus Growth and Income Fund
  Bank of America Corp.   $ 94,819,898  
    Credit Suisse Group A.G.     28,410,290  
    Morgan Stanley     85,528,046  
             
Janus Research Fund
  Bank of America Corp.   $ 15,299,514  
    Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.     15,470,060  
    JPMorgan Chase & Co.     14,588,995  
    Morgan Stanley     16,312,271  
             
Janus Twenty Fund
  Bank of America Corp.   $ 306,753,023  
    Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.     95,679,430  
    JPMorgan Chase & Co.     185,817,767  
             
Value
           
             
Perkins Global Value Fund
  ING Groep N.V.   $ 19,323,000  
             

 
 
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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 49 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).     49     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).     49     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.
                               
 
 
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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.)
                               
William Cvengros
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1948
    Trustee     1/11-Present     Managing Member and Chief Executive Officer of SJC Capital, LLC (a personal investment company and consulting firm) (since 2002). Formerly, Venture Partner for The Edgewater Funds (a middle market private equity firm) (2002-2004); Chief Executive Officer and President of PIMCO Advisors Holdings L.P. (a publicly traded investment management firm) (1994-2000); and Chief Investment Officer of Pacific Life Insurance Company (a mutual life insurance and annuity company) (1987-1994).     49     Chairman, National Retirement Partners, Inc. (network of advisors to 401(k) plans) (since 2005). Formerly, Director of Prospect Acquisition Corp. (a special purpose acquisition corporation) (2007-2009); Director of RemedyTemp, Inc. (temporary help services company) (1996-2006); and Trustee of PIMCO Funds Multi-Manager Series (1990-2000) and Pacific Life Variable Life & Annuity Trusts (1987-1994).
                               
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).     49     Independent Trustee of PayPal Funds (a money market fund) (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.     49*     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).
                               
 *  Mr. Mullen also serves as director of Janus Capital Funds Plc, an offshore product, consisting of 20 funds. Including Janus Capital Funds Plc and the 49 funds comprising the Janus funds, Mr. Mullen oversees 69 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.)
                               
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.     49     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).     49     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).     49     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
                   
Andrew Acker
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1972
    Executive Vice President and Portfolio Manager
Janus Global Life Sciences Fund
    5/07-Present     Vice President and Research Analyst of Janus Capital, and Portfolio Manager for other Janus accounts.
                   
Patrick Brophy
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1965
    Executive Vice President and Portfolio Manager
Janus Global Real Estate Fund
    11/07-Present     Portfolio Manager for other Janus accounts.
                   
Jonathan D. Coleman
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1971
    Executive Vice President and Co-Portfolio Manager
Janus Fund
    11/07-Present     Co-Chief Investment Officer and Executive Vice President of Janus Capital, and Portfolio Manager for other Janus accounts. Formerly, Vice President (1998-2006) of Janus Capital.
                   
David C. Decker
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1966
    Executive Vice President and Portfolio Manager
Janus Contrarian Fund

Executive Vice President and Co-Portfolio Manager Janus Long/Short Fund
    9/96-Present


8/06-Present
    Vice President of Janus Capital and Portfolio Manager for other Janus accounts.
                   
Brian Demain
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1977
    Executive Vice President and Portfolio Manager
Janus Enterprise Fund
    11/07-Present     Vice President of Janus Capital and Portfolio Manager for other Janus accounts. Formerly, Analyst (1999-2007) for Janus Capital.
                   
John Eisinger
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1977
    Executive Vice President and Portfolio Manager
Janus Global Select Fund
    1/08-Present     Portfolio Manager for other Janus accounts. Formerly, Research Analyst (2003-2007) for Janus Capital.
                   
James P. Goff
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1964
    Executive Vice President
Janus Global Research Fund

Executive Vice President
Janus Research Fund
    2/05-Present


2/06-Present
    Vice President and Director of Equity Research of Janus Capital.
                   
Brent A. Lynn
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1964
    Executive Vice President and Portfolio Manager
Janus Overseas Fund

Executive Vice President and Portfolio Manager
Janus Worldwide Fund
    1/01-Present


5/10-Present
    Vice President of Janus Capital and Portfolio Manager for other Janus accounts.
                   
Julian McManus
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1970
    Executive Vice President and Co-Portfolio Manager
Janus International Equity Fund
    6/10-Present     Research Analyst for Janus Capital.
                   
Chad Meade
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1977
    Executive Vice President and Co-Portfolio Manager
Janus Triton Fund

Executive Vice President and Co-Portfolio Manager
Janus Venture Fund
    7/06-Present


7/10-Present
    Portfolio Manager for other Janus accounts and Research Analyst for Janus Capital.
                   
Marc Pinto
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1961
    Executive Vice President and Co-Portfolio Manager
Janus Balanced Fund

Executive Vice President and Portfolio Manager
Janus Growth and Income Fund
    5/05-Present


11/07-Present
    Vice President of Janus Capital and Portfolio Manager for other Janus accounts.
                   
 *  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
                   
Daniel Riff
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1972
    Co-Portfolio Manager
Janus Long/Short Fund

Executive Vice President and Co-Portfolio Manager
Janus Fund
    8/06-Present


11/07-Present
    Portfolio Manager for other Janus accounts. Formerly, Analyst (2003-2007) for Janus Capital.
                   
Ron Sachs
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1967
    Executive Vice President and Portfolio Manager
Janus Forty Fund

Executive Vice President and Portfolio Manager
Janus Twenty Fund
    1/08-Present


1/08-Present
    Vice President of Janus Capital and Portfolio Manager for other Janus accounts.
                   
Brian A. Schaub
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1978
    Executive Vice President and Co-Portfolio Manager
Janus Triton Fund

Executive Vice President and Co-Portfolio Manager
Janus Venture Fund
    7/06-Present


7/10-Present
    Portfolio Manager for other Janus accounts and Research Analyst for Janus Capital.
                   
Guy Scott
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1966
    Executive Vice President and Co-Portfolio Manager
Janus International Equity Fund
    6/10-Present     Research Analyst for Janus Capital.
                   
Gibson Smith
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1968
    Executive Vice President and Co-Portfolio Manager
Janus Balanced Fund
    5/05-Present     Co-Chief Investment Officer and Executive Vice President of Janus Capital; Executive Vice President of Janus Distributors LLC and Janus Services LLC; and Portfolio Manager for other Janus accounts. Formerly, Vice President (2003-2006) of Janus Capital.
                   
Carmel Wellso
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1964
    Executive Vice President and Co-Portfolio Manager
Janus International Equity Fund
    6/10-Present     Research Analyst for Janus Capital.
                   
Burton H. Wilson
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1963
    Executive Vice President and Portfolio Manager
Janus Global Technology Fund
    2/06-Present     Vice President and Assistant Director of Equity Research of Janus Capital, and Portfolio Manager for other Janus accounts. Formerly, Research Analyst (2004-2009) for Janus Capital.
                   
Robin C. Beery
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1967
    President and Chief Executive Officer     4/08-Present     Executive Vice President and Head of U.S. Distribution of Janus Capital Group Inc., Janus Capital, Janus Distributors LLC, and Janus Services LLC; Director of The Janus Foundation; Director of Perkins Investment Management LLC; and Working Director of INTECH Investment Management LLC. Formerly, Head of Intermediary Distribution, Global Marketing and Product of Janus Capital Group Inc., Janus Capital, Janus Distributors LLC, and Janus Services LLC (2009-2010); Chief Marketing Officer of Janus Capital Group Inc. and Janus Capital (2002-2009); President of The Janus Foundation (2002-2007); and President of Janus Services LLC (2004-2006).
                   
 *  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
                   
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).
                   
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.
                   
 *  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 election of Trustees in 2010 and in connection with the assessment of candidates prior to the appointment of a new Trustee effective January 1, 2011, 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 Cvengros: Service as Chief Executive Officer and President of a leading publicly traded investment management firm, Chief Investment Officer of a major life insurance company, a corporate and fund director, and in various capacities with private investment firms, and a Fund Independent Trustee since 2011.
 
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 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: Service as Chairman of the Board and CEO of a 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.
 
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.

 
 
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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(s), 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:
 
                   
                   
      Summary of Functions     Members
(Independent Trustees)
    Number of Meetings
Held During Last
Fiscal Year(1)
                   
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)
William Cvengros(2)
Dennis B. Mullen
    5
                   
Brokerage Committee(3)     Reviews and makes recommendations regarding matters related to the Trust’s use of brokerage commissions and placement of portfolio transactions.     James T. Rothe (Chair)
John P. McGonigle
William D. Stewart
    4
                   
Investment Oversight
Committee(3)
    Oversees the investment activities of the Trust’s non-money market funds.     William F. McCalpin (Chair)
Jerome S. Contro
William Cvengros(2)
John P. McGonigle
Dennis B. Mullen
James T. Rothe
William D. Stewart
Linda S. Wolf
    5
                   
Legal and Regulatory
Committee(3)
    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
John P. McGonigle
    10
                   
Money Market Committee(3)     Reviews various matters related to the operations of the Janus money market funds, including compliance with their Money Market Fund Procedures.     John P. McGonigle (Chair)
Jerome S. Contro
William D. Stewart
    5
                   
Nominating and
Governance Committee(3)
    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.     Dennis B. Mullen (Chair)
William F. McCalpin
James T. Rothe
    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
    10
                   
(1)  For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2010.
(2)  Mr. Cvengros joined the Board as a new Trustee effective January 1, 2011.
(3)  Prior to June 24, 2010, members of the Brokerage Committee included James T. Rothe as Chair and Jerome S. Contro; members of the Investment Oversight Committee included Dennis B. Mullen as Chair, Jerome S. Contro, William F. McCalpin, James T. Rothe, William D. Stewart, and Linda S. Wolf; members of the Legal and Regulatory Committee included Linda S. Wolf as Chair, William F. McCalpin, and William D. Stewart; members of the Money Market Committee included Jerome S. Contro as Chair and James T. Rothe; and members of the Nominating and Governance Committee included William F. McCalpin and Dennis B. Mullen.

 
 
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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, 2010.
 

 
 
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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 Balanced Fund   $10,001-$50,000     Over $100,000   
      Janus Contrarian Fund   $10,001-$50,000      
      Janus Enterprise Fund   $10,001-$50,000      
      Janus Global Life Sciences Fund   $1-$10,000      
      Janus Global Research Fund   $10,001-$50,000      
      Janus Global Technology Fund   $10,001-$50,000      
      Janus Overseas Fund   $10,001-$50,000      
      Janus Triton Fund   $10,001-$50,000      
      Janus Worldwide Fund   $1-$10,000      
                 
Jerome S. Contro
    Janus Global Research Fund   $10,001-$50,000     Over $100,000(1)
      Janus International Equity Fund   $10,001-$50,000      
      Janus Long/Short Fund   Over $100,000      
      Janus Overseas Fund   $50,001-$100,000      
      Janus Research Core Fund(2)   $50,001-$100,000      
                 
William Cvengros(3)
    Janus Fund   $50,001-$100,000     Over $100,000   
                 
John P. McGonigle 
    Janus Overseas Fund   Over $100,000     Over $100,000   
      Janus Research Fund   $10,001-$50,000      
      Janus Venture Fund   $10,001-$50,000      
                 
Dennis B. Mullen
    Janus Contrarian Fund   Over $100,000     Over $100,000(1)
      Janus Enterprise Fund   Over $100,000      
      Janus Global Life Sciences Fund   Over $100,000      
      Janus Global Real Estate Fund   Over $100,000      
      Janus Global Research Fund   Over $100,000      
      Janus Global Select Fund   Over $100,000      
      Janus Global Technology Fund   Over $100,000      
      Janus Overseas Fund   Over $100,000      
      Janus Research Fund   Over $100,000      
      Janus Triton Fund   Over $100,000      
      Janus Venture Fund   Over $100,000      
      Janus Worldwide Fund   Over $100,000      
                 
James T. Rothe
    Janus Contrarian Fund   Over $100,000     Over $100,000   
      Janus Enterprise Fund   $50,001-$100,000      
      Janus Global Research Fund   Over $100,000      
      Janus Global Select Fund   $50,001-$100,000      
                 
William D. Stewart
    Janus Global Research Fund   $10,001-$50,000     Over $100,000   
      Janus Overseas Fund   Over $100,000      
                 
Linda S. Wolf
    Janus Fund   Over $100,000     Over $100,000(1)
      Janus Global Research Fund   Over $100,000      
      Janus Overseas Fund   Over $100,000      
      Janus Triton Fund   Over $100,000      
      Janus Twenty Fund   Over $100,000      
                 
(1)  Ownership shown includes amounts held under a deferred compensation plan that are valued based on “shadow investments” in one or more funds.
(2)  Effective January 28, 2011, Janus Research Core Fund merged into Janus Growth and Income Fund.
(3)  Mr. Cvengros joined the Board as a new Trustee effective January 1, 2011.
 
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   September 30, 2010   December 31, 2010(1)(2)
Independent Trustees
               
                 
William F. McCalpin, Chairman and Trustee(3)(4)
  $ 237,274     $ 378,000  
                 
Jerome S. Contro, Trustee(4)
  $ 169,137     $ 264,000  
                 
William Cvengros, Trustee(5)
    N/A       N/A  
                 
John P. McGonigle, Trustee(4)(6)
  $ 62,880     $ 177,167  
                 
Dennis B. Mullen, Trustee(4)
  $ 179,268     $ 330,135  
                 
James T. Rothe, Trustee(4)
  $ 185,841     $ 288,000  
                 
William D. Stewart, Trustee(4)
  $ 181,845     $ 280,000  
                 
Linda S. Wolf, Trustee(4)
  $ 168,742     $ 282,250  
                 
(1)  For all Trustees, includes compensation for service on the boards of two Janus trusts, comprised of 49 portfolios. Mr. Mullen’s compensation also includes service on the board of an additional trust, Janus Capital Funds Plc (an offshore product), comprised of 20 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 $132,000 and Linda S. Wolf $70,563.
(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 during certain periods.
(5)  Mr. Cvengros joined the Board as a new Trustee effective January 1, 2011.
(6)  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. During the calendar year ended December 31, 2010, Mr. McGonigle received total compensation of $75,000 from the Janus Funds for serving as a consultant to the Trustees.

 
 
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JANUS INVESTMENT PERSONNEL
 
Other Accounts Managed
The following table provides information relating to other accounts managed by the portfolio managers as of September 30, 2010, unless otherwise noted. 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
Andrew Acker
  Number of Other Accounts Managed     2       None       1 (1)
    Assets in Other Accounts Managed   $ 113,852,738       None     $ 835,823,243  
Patrick Brophy
  Number of Other Accounts Managed     2       None       2  
    Assets in Other Accounts Managed   $ 189,675,464       None     $ 2,232,022  
Jonathan D. Coleman
  Number of Other Accounts Managed     7 (2)     None       4  
    Assets in Other Accounts Managed   $ 2,689,183,489       None     $ 39,978,134  
Brian Demain
  Number of Other Accounts Managed     1       None       4  
    Assets in Other Accounts Managed   $ 577,277,608       None     $ 199,941,713  
John Eisinger
  Number of Other Accounts Managed     1       None       None  
    Assets in Other Accounts Managed   $ 545,506,380       None       None  
James P. Goff
  Number of Other Accounts Managed     8       None       6  
    Assets in Other Accounts Managed   $ 775,572,784       None     $ 41,172,839  
Daniel Kozlowski*
  Number of Other Accounts Managed     1       1       7  
    Assets in Other Accounts Managed   $ 47,373,744     $ 26,904,902     $ 255,459,318  
Brent A. Lynn*
  Number of Other Accounts Managed     1 (3)     None       None  
    Assets in Other Accounts Managed   $ 1,586,271,157       None       None  
Julian McManus
  Number of Other Accounts Managed     2       None       None  
    Assets in Other Accounts Managed   $ 381,973,505       None       None  
George P. Maris*
  Number of Other Accounts Managed     1 (4)     None       None  
    Assets in Other Accounts Managed   $ 613,837,350       None       None  
Chad Meade
  Number of Other Accounts Managed     5       None       3 (5)
    Assets in Other Accounts Managed   $ 363,853,280       None     $ 272,418,542  
Marc Pinto
  Number of Other Accounts Managed     5       None       24 (6)
    Assets in Other Accounts Managed   $ 1,043,555,956       None     $ 223,330,472  
Daniel Riff*
  Number of Other Accounts Managed     None       None       None  
    Assets in Other Accounts Managed     None       None       None  
Ron Sachs
  Number of Other Accounts Managed     16 (7)     1       8  
    Assets in Other Accounts Managed   $ 4,974,032,860     $ 56,542,926     $ 2,140,795,290  
Brian A. Schaub
  Number of Other Accounts Managed     5       None       3 (5)
    Assets in Other Accounts Managed   $ 363,853,280       None     $ 272,418,542  
Guy Scott
  Number of Other Accounts Managed     2       None       None  
    Assets in Other Accounts Managed   $ 381,973,505       None       None  
J. Bradley Slingerlend*
  Number of Other Accounts Managed     3       None       2  
    Assets in Other Accounts Managed   $ 184,504,421       None     $ 109,535,438  
Gibson Smith
  Number of Other Accounts Managed     14       None       6  
    Assets in Other Accounts Managed   $ 10,736,172,197       None     $ 798,084,583  
Carmel Wellso
  Number of Other Accounts Managed     2       None       None  
    Assets in Other Accounts Managed   $ 381,973,505       None       None  
Burton H. Wilson*
  Number of Other Accounts Managed     7 (8)     None       4  
    Assets in Other Accounts Managed   $ 1,926,375,288       None     $ 31,822,088  
                             
 
  *  As a result of portfolio management changes, the information reflected is as of September 30, 2011.
(1)  One of the accounts included in the total, consisting of $835,823,243 of the total assets in the category, has a performance-based advisory fee.

 
 
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(2)  One of the accounts included in the total, consisting of $628,898,516 of the total assets in the category, has a performance-based advisory fee.
(3)  One of the accounts included in the total, consisting of $1,586,271,157 of the total assets in the category, has performance-based advisory fees.
(4)  One of the accounts included in the total, consisting of $613,837,350 of the total assets in the category, has a performance-based advisory fee.
(5)  One of the accounts included in the total, consisting of $107,827,876 of the total assets in the category, has a performance-based advisory fee.
(6)  One of the accounts included in the total, consisting of $138,772,683 of the total assets in the category, has a performance-based advisory fee.
(7)  One of the accounts included in the total, consisting of $1,085,128,065 of the total assets in the category, has a performance-based advisory fee.
(8)  One of the accounts included in the total, consisting of $510,825,421 of the total assets in the category, has a performance-based advisory fee.
 
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 pooled investment vehicles, such as hedge funds, which may have materially higher fees than a Fund or may have a performance-based management fee. As such, fees earned by Janus Capital may vary among these accounts. In addition, 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. 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 Subadviser.”
 
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 July 1, 2011.
 
The 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.
 
Fixed Compensation: Fixed compensation is paid in cash and is comprised of an annual base salary 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 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). The overall investment team compensation pool is funded each year by an amount equal to a percentage of Janus Capital’s pre-incentive operating income.

 
 
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Variable compensation is structured to pay a portfolio manager on a quarterly basis primarily on the Managed Funds’ performance, with additional discretionary compensation available from a discretionary variable compensation pool described below.
 
With respect to any individual portfolio manager’s quarterly variable compensation, the management fee revenue received by Janus Capital in connection with such portfolio manager’s Managed Funds determines the maximum compensation that the individual portfolio manager can receive on a quarterly basis, which is then adjusted downward depending on the portfolio manager’s investment performance 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. Actual performance is calculated based on the Managed Funds’ aggregate asset-weighted Lipper peer group performance ranking (or, as may be applicable, a combination of two or more Lipper peer groups).
 
A portfolio manager is also eligible to participate in a discretionary variable compensation pool. The aggregate compensation available under such pool is determined by management at its sole discretion from the overall investment team pool described above. Compensation from the discretionary investment team pool is then allocated among the eligible respective participants at the discretion of Janus Capital based upon, among other things: (i) thought leadership; (ii) mentoring of analysts; (iii) contributions to the sales process; (iv) teamwork and support of team culture; and (v) client relationships.
 
Newly hired portfolio managers may have guaranteed compensation levels during the first few years of their employment with Janus.
 
Analyst Variable Compensation: If a portfolio manager also has analyst responsibilities, then such portfolio manager is eligible to participate in a discretionary variable compensation pool. The aggregate compensation available under such pool is determined by management at its sole discretion from the overall investment team pool described above. The aggregate compensation is then allocated among the eligible respective participants at the discretion of Janus Capital based on factors which may include performance of investment recommendations, individual and team contributions, scope of coverage, and subjective criteria.
 
CIO Variable Compensation: The CIOs are entitled to additional compensation at management’s sole discretion in consideration of their role as CIOs 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.
 
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.
 
Additional Compensation Information
The following describes the structure and method of calculating compensation for James Goff, Director of Equity Research, as of July 1, 2011.
 
Mr. Goff is compensated for his role as Director of Equity Research and for managing a Fund and any other funds, portfolios, or accounts managed by Mr. Goff through two components: fixed compensation and variable compensation.
 
Fixed Compensation: Fixed compensation is paid in cash and is comprised of an annual base salary based on factors such as his scope of responsibility, tenure, his performance as the Director of Research, and for managing funds.
 
Variable Compensation: Variable compensation is paid in the form of cash and long-term incentive awards (consisting of a mixture of JCGI restricted stock and a cash-deferred award that is credited with income, gains, and losses based on the performance of Janus mutual fund investments selected by Mr. Goff). Mr. Goff’s variable compensation opportunity is based on four components: (i) firm-wide investment performance; (ii) Janus Capital long-term net flows (excluding assets managed by subadvisers and money market funds); (iii) certain strategic objectives, including investment team culture, analyst recruitment and development, continued enhancements to the research process, and contributions to sales and client efforts; and (iv) the research portfolios’ investment performance. Variable compensation from firm-wide investment performance and the research portfolios’ investment performance is calculated based upon a percentage of the revenue received from the applicable funds (excluding assets managed by subadvisers) and is adjusted to reflect the actual performance of such funds. Actual performance is calculated based on the applicable funds’ aggregate asset-weighted Lipper peer group performance (or, as may be applicable, a combination of two or more Lipper peer groups) ranking on a one- and three-year rolling period basis (with a predominant weighting on three-year performance for the research portfolios investment performance calculation).

 
 
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Mr. Goff 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.
 
Each Fund’s Lipper peer group for compensation purposes is shown in the following table:
 
     
Fund Name   Lipper Peer Group
Alternative
   
Janus Global Market Neutral Fund
  Absolute Return Funds
Janus Global Real Estate Fund
  Global Real Estate Funds
Global & International
   
Janus Global Life Sciences Fund
  Global Health/Biotechnology Funds
Janus Global Research Fund
  Global Funds
Janus Global Select Fund
  Global Funds
Janus Global Technology Fund
  Global Science & Technology Funds
Janus International Equity Fund
  International Funds
Janus Overseas Fund
  International Funds
Janus Worldwide Fund
  Global Funds
Growth & Core
   
Janus Balanced Fund
  Mixed-Asset Target Allocation Moderate Funds
Janus Contrarian Fund
  Multi-Cap Core Funds
Janus Enterprise Fund
  Mid-Cap Growth Funds
Janus Forty Fund
  Large-Cap Growth Funds
Janus Fund
  Large-Cap Growth Funds
Janus Growth and Income Fund
  Large-Cap Core Funds
Janus Research Fund
  Large-Cap Growth Funds
Janus Triton Fund
  Small-Cap Growth Funds
Janus Twenty Fund
  Large-Cap Growth Funds
Janus Venture Fund
  Small-Cap Growth Funds

 
 
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PERKINS INVESTMENT PERSONNEL
 
Other Accounts Managed
The following table provides information relating to other accounts managed by the portfolio manager as of September 30, 2010. To the extent that any of the accounts pay advisory fees based on account performance, information on those accounts is separately listed. No accounts included in the totals listed below have a performance-based advisory fee.
 
                             
        Other Registered
  Other Pooled
   
        Investment
  Investment
   
        Companies   Vehicles   Other Accounts
Gregory R. Kolb
  Number of Other Accounts Managed     2       None       None  
    Assets in Other Accounts Managed   $ 4,705,544       None       None  
                             
 
Material Conflicts
As shown in the table above, the Perkins Global Value Fund’s portfolio manager may manage other funds and accounts with investment strategies similar to the Fund. Fees earned by the adviser may vary among these accounts, the portfolio manager may personally invest in some but not all of these accounts, and certain of these accounts may have a greater impact on the portfolio manager’s compensation than others. 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, 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 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. Information regarding Perkins’ trade allocation procedures is described under “Additional Information About Janus Capital and the Subadviser.”
 
Compensation Information
The following describes the structure and method of calculating the portfolio manager’s compensation as of July 1, 2011.
 
The portfolio manager is compensated for managing the Fund and any other funds, portfolios, or accounts for which he has exclusive or shared responsibilities (collectively, the “Managed Funds”) through two components: fixed compensation and variable compensation. 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 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 (potentially consisting of all or a mixture of JCGI restricted stock and/or 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). The overall Perkins’ compensation pool is funded each year based upon a percentage of the total eligible revenue received by Perkins, with a potential increase in funding based on Perkins’ aggregate revenue-weighted Lipper peer group performance ranking on a trailing three-year basis.
 
From the overall Perkins’ compensation pool described above, variable compensation is paid to a portfolio manager based primarily on the Managed Funds’ performance, with additional discretionary compensation opportunities. 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 allocated among the eligible respective participants at the discretion of Perkins management based upon, among other things: (i) teamwork and support of team culture; (ii) mentoring of analysts; (iii) contributions to the sales process; (iv) client relationships; and (v) if applicable, CIO duties.

 
 
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The Fund’s Lipper peer group for compensation purposes is shown in the following table:
 
     
Fund Name   Lipper Peer Group
Value
   
Perkins Global Value Fund
  Global Funds

 
 
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OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
 
As of September 30, 2010, the portfolio managers and/or investment personnel of the Funds described in this SAI 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
                 
Janus Capital
                 
Andrew Acker
    Janus Global Life Sciences Fund   Over $1,000,000     Over $1,000,000
                 
Patrick Brophy
    Janus Global Real Estate Fund   $100,001-$500,000     $500,001-$1,000,000
                 
Jonathan D. Coleman
    Janus Fund   Over $1,000,000     Over $1,000,000
                 
David C. Decker
    Janus Contrarian Fund   Over $1,000,000     Over $1,000,000
      Janus Long/Short Fund   Over $1,000,000      
                 
Brian Demain
    Janus Enterprise Fund   Over $1,000,000     Over $1,000,000
                 
John Eisinger
    Janus Global Select Fund   Over $1,000,000     Over $1,000,000
                 
James P. Goff
    Janus Global Research Fund   Over $1,000,000     Over $1,000,000
      Janus Research Fund   Over $1,000,000      
                 
Brent A. Lynn
    Janus Overseas Fund   Over $1,000,000     Over $1,000,000
      Janus Worldwide Fund   None      
                 
Julian McManus
    Janus International Equity Fund   $500,001-$1,000,000     $500,001-$1,000,000
                 
Chad Meade
    Janus Triton Fund   Over $1,000,000     Over $1,000,000
      Janus Venture Fund   None      
                 
Marc Pinto
    Janus Balanced Fund   Over $1,000,000     Over $1,000,000
      Janus Growth and Income Fund   Over $1,000,000      
                 
Daniel Riff
    Janus Fund   Over $1,000,000     Over $1,000,000
      Janus Long/Short Fund   Over $1,000,000      
                 
Ron Sachs
    Janus Forty Fund   None     Over $1,000,000
      Janus Twenty Fund   Over $1,000,000      
                 
Brian A. Schaub
    Janus Triton Fund   Over $1,000,000     Over $1,000,000
      Janus Venture Fund   $100,001-$500,000      
                 
Guy Scott
    Janus International Equity Fund   Over $1,000,000     Over $1,000,000
                 
Gibson Smith
    Janus Balanced Fund   Over $1,000,000     Over $1,000,000
                 
Carmel Wellso
    Janus International Equity Fund   None     $500,001-$1,000,000
                 
Burton H. Wilson
    Janus Global Technology Fund   Over $1,000,000     Over $1,000,000
                 
Perkins
                 
Gregory R. Kolb
    Perkins Global Value Fund   Over $1,000,000     Over $1,000,000
                 

 
 
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Shares of the trust

 
Although Janus Twenty Fund and Janus Venture Fund are closed, certain investors may continue to invest in the Funds and/or open new Fund accounts as described in each Fund’s Prospectuses. 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
 
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 an effort 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
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.
 
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 September 30.
 
                                 
    Aggregate Sales Commissions
Fund Name   2010   2009   2008   2007
Alternative
                               
                                 
Janus Global Real Estate Fund
                               
Class A Shares
  $ 32,731     $ 5,120 (1)   $ 254 (2)     N/A  
                                 
Janus Long/Short Fund
                               
Class A Shares
  $ 33,623     $ 56,260 (1)   $ 2,899,061     $ 471,437  
                                 
Global & International
                               
                                 
Janus Global Life Sciences Fund
                               
Class A Shares
  $ 25,074 (3)   $ 2,155 (4)     N/A       N/A  
                                 
Janus Global Research Fund
                               
Class A Shares
  $ 3,543 (3)   $ 4,287 (4)     N/A       N/A  
                                 
Janus Global Select Fund
                               
Class A Shares
  $ 104,918 (3)   $ 29,152 (4)     N/A       N/A  
                                 
Janus Global Technology Fund
                               
Class A Shares
  $ 14,926 (3)   $ 3,011 (4)     N/A       N/A  
                                 
Janus International Equity Fund
                               
Class A Shares
  $ 109,050     $ 89,985 (1)   $ 207,212     $ 6,465 (5)
                                 
Janus Overseas Fund
                               
Class A Shares
  $ 915,282 (3)   $ 591,732 (4)     N/A       N/A  
                                 
Janus Worldwide Fund
                               
Class A Shares
  $ 7,167 (3)   $ 3,617 (4)     N/A       N/A  
                                 

 
 
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    Aggregate Sales Commissions
Fund Name   2010   2009   2008   2007
Growth & Core
                               
                                 
Janus Balanced Fund
                               
Class A Shares
  $ 2,906,478 (3)   $ 2,342,506 (4)     N/A       N/A  
                                 
Janus Contrarian Fund
                               
Class A Shares
  $ 77,820 (3)   $ 86,705 (4)     N/A       N/A  
                                 
Janus Enterprise Fund
                               
Class A Shares
  $ 32,582 (3)   $ 64,137 (4)     N/A       N/A  
                                 
Janus Forty Fund
                               
Class A Shares
  $ 2,410,522     $ 2,644,520 (1)   $ 3,821,845     $ 430,024  
                                 
Janus Fund
                               
Class A Shares
  $ 31,402 (3)   $ 24,608 (4)     N/A       N/A  
                                 
Janus Growth and Income Fund
                               
Class A Shares
  $ 43,033 (3)   $ 29,827 (4)     N/A       N/A  
                                 
Janus Research Fund
                               
Class A Shares
  $ 5,674 (3)   $ 950 (4)     N/A       N/A  
                                 
Janus Triton Fund
                               
Class A Shares
  $ 232,412 (3)   $ 78,656 (4)     N/A       N/A  
                                 
Value
                               
                                 
Perkins Global Value Fund
                               
Class A Shares
  $ 3,675 (3)   $ 138 (4)     N/A       N/A  
                                 
 
(1)  For the fiscal year August 1, 2008 to July 31, 2009 (the Fund’s or predecessor fund’s previous fiscal year end) and the fiscal period, August 1, 2009 to September 30, 2009 (the Fund’s new fiscal year end).
(2)  November 28, 2007 (effective date) to July 31, 2008 (the predecessor fund’s fiscal year end).
(3)  For the fiscal period November 1, 2009 to September 30, 2010 (the Fund’s new fiscal year end).
(4)  For the fiscal period July 6, 2009 to October 31, 2009 (the Fund’s previous fiscal year end).
(5)  November 28, 2006 (effective date) to July 31, 2007 (the predecessor fund’s fiscal year end).
 
During the fiscal periods noted, Janus Distributors retained the following upfront sales charges. Each Fund has changed its fiscal year end to September 30.
 
                 
    Upfront Sales Charges
Fund Name   2010   2009
Alternative
               
                 
Janus Global Real Estate Fund
Class A Shares
  $ 4,841     $ 828 (1)
                 
Janus Long/Short Fund
Class A Shares
  $ 2,300     $ 258 (1)
                 
Global & International
               
                 
Janus Global Life Sciences Fund
Class A Shares
  $ 4,521 (2)   $ 359 (3)
                 
Janus Global Research Fund
Class A Shares
  $ 488 (2)   $ 652 (3)
                 
Janus Global Select Fund
Class A Shares
  $ 14,984 (2)   $ 1,437 (3)
                 
Janus Global Technology Fund
Class A Shares
  $ 2,169 (2)   $ 479 (3)
                 
Janus International Equity Fund
Class A Shares
  $ 16,470     $ 2,540 (1)
                 
Janus Overseas Fund
Class A Shares
  $ 122,163 (2)   $ 49,333 (3)
                 
Janus Worldwide Fund
Class A Shares
  $ 1,010 (2)   $ 460 (3)
                 

 
 
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    Upfront Sales Charges
Fund Name   2010   2009
Growth & Core
               
                 
Janus Balanced Fund
Class A Shares
  $ 400,128 (2)   $ 130,977 (3)
                 
Janus Contrarian Fund
Class A Shares
  $ 10,049 (2)   $ 3,775 (3)
                 
Janus Enterprise Fund
Class A Shares
  $ 2,941 (2)   $ 2,283 (3)
                 
Janus Forty Fund
Class A Shares
  $ 320,061     $ 68,276 (1)
                 
Janus Fund
Class A Shares
  $ 4,260 (2)   $ 1,528 (3)
                 
Janus Growth and Income Fund
Class A Shares
  $ 3,947 (2)   $ 2,388 (3)
                 
Janus Research Fund
Class A Shares
  $ 1,098 (2)   $ 125 (3)
                 
Janus Triton Fund
Class A Shares
  $ 31,800 (2)   $ 7,902 (3)
                 
Value
               
                 
Perkins Global Value Fund
Class A Shares
  $ 541 (2)   $ 18 (3)
                 
 
(1)  For the fiscal period August 1, 2009 to September 30, 2009 (the Fund’s new fiscal year end).
(2)  For the fiscal period November 1, 2009 to September 30, 2010 (the Fund’s new fiscal year end).
(3)  For the fiscal period July 6, 2009 to October 31, 2009 (the Fund’s previous fiscal year end).
 
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

 
 
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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.
 
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 year or period ended September 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 September 30.
 
                                         
        Prospectus
           
        Preparation,
           
    Advertising and
  Printing
  Payment to
  Compensation to
  Total Fund 12b-1
Fund Name   Literature   and Mailing   Brokers   Sales Personnel   Payments
Alternative
                                       
                                         
Janus Global Real Estate Fund
                                       
Class A Shares
  $ 122     $ 589     $ 6,377     $ 10,331     $ 7,841  
Class C Shares
  $ 26     $ 152     $ 624     $ 1,051     $ 8,444  
Class S Shares
  $ 12     $ 399     $ 104     $ 82     $ 1,192  
                                         
Janus Long/Short Fund
                                       
Class A Shares
  $ 1,507     $ 4,401     $ 77,685     $ 15,893     $ 79,994  
Class C Shares
  $ 2,368     $ 6,963     $ 471,057     $ 7,436     $ 508,952  
Class R Shares
  $ 90     $ 1,511     $ 964     $ 432     $ 966  
Class S Shares
  $ 8     $ 4,897     $ 4,908     $ 252     $ 4,938  
                                         

 
 
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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
Global & International
                                       
                                         
Janus Global Life Sciences Fund(1)
                                       
Class A Shares
  $ 28     $ 460     $ 1,862     $ 2,095     $ 1,942  
Class C Shares
  $ 2     $ 444     $ 197     $ 488     $ 686  
Class S Shares
  $ 5     $ 746     $ 317     $ 442     $ 342  
                                         
Janus Global Research Fund(1)
                                       
Class A Shares
  $ 10     $ 493     $ 664     $ 994     $ 666  
Class C Shares
  $ 9     $ 497     $ 1,513     $ 880     $ 2,274  
Class S Shares
  $ 0     $ 888     $ 1     −$ 2     $ 28  
                                         
Janus Global Select Fund(1)
                                       
Class A Shares
  $ 1,145     $ 879     $ 67,121     $ 26,726     $ 67,488  
Class C Shares
  $ 467     $ 686     $ 81,985     $ 12,087     $ 110,417  
Class R Shares
  $ 88     $ 860     $ 10,353     $ 0     $ 10,678  
Class S Shares
  $ 535     $ 1,102     $ 30,525     $ 2,131     $ 30,651  
                                         
Janus Global Technology Fund(1)
                                       
Class A Shares
  $ 29     $ 478     $ 1,527     $ 1,672     $ 1,871  
Class C Shares
  $ 15     $ 477     $ 790     $ 1,529     $ 4,040  
Class S Shares
  $ 6     $ 865     $ 376     $ 184     $ 377  
                                         
Janus International Equity Fund
                                       
Class A Shares
  $ 2,948     $ 1,425     $ 167,625     $ 51,997     $ 170,892  
Class C Shares
  $ 816     $ 690     $ 137,668     $ 13,625     $ 189,792  
Class R Shares
  $ 236     $ 139     $ 1,522     $ 4,154     $ 3,358  
Class S Shares
  $ 24     $ 229     $ 13,711     $ 385     $ 13,775  
                                         
Janus Overseas Fund(1)
                                       
Class A Shares
  $ 23,576     $ 12,347     $ 1,399,084     $ 707,912     $ 1,405,557  
Class C Shares
  $ 9,191     $ 8,748     $ 1,420,490     $ 202,852     $ 2,188,423  
Class R Shares
  $ 4,952     $ 4,502     $ 585,369     $ 80,321     $ 588,587  
Class S Shares
  $ 62,659     $ 40,688     $ 3,661,312     $ 427,858     $ 3,662,600  
                                         
Janus Worldwide Fund(1)
                                       
Class A Shares
  $ 108     $ 492     $ 5,817     $ 487     $ 5,993  
Class C Shares
  $ 49     $ 481     $ 9,361     $ 327     $ 11,172  
Class R Shares
  $ 22     $ 823     $ 2,336     $ 142     $ 2,488  
Class S Shares
  $ 2,493     $ 2,452     $ 141,605     $ 4,136     $ 142,312  
                                         
Growth & Core
                                       
                                         
Janus Balanced Fund(1)
                                       
Class A Shares
  $ 16,733     $ 8,105     $ 1,010,489     $ 0     $ 997,959  
Class C Shares
  $ 13,104     $ 8,266     $ 1,411,017     $ 0     $ 3,141,678  
Class R Shares
  $ 3,121     $ 6,353     $ 376,210     $ 0     $ 381,884  
Class S Shares
  $ 22,968     $ 13,423     $ 1,325,700     $ 0     $ 1,334,489  
                                         
Janus Contrarian Fund(1)
                                       
Class A Shares
  $ 2,883     $ 1,494     $ 165,627     $ 28,162     $ 166,217  
Class C Shares
  $ 2,623     $ 1,568     $ 548,245     $ 16,325     $ 600,607  
Class R Shares
  $ 127     $ 1,549     $ 14,578     $ 869     $ 14,897  
Class S Shares
  $ 286     $ 1,061     $ 17,192     $ 4,819     $ 17,486  
                                         
Janus Enterprise Fund(1)
                                       
Class A Shares
  $ 3,068     $ 1,725     $ 173,887     $ 25,486     $ 175,472  
Class C Shares
  $ 913     $ 951     $ 184,003     $ 7,905     $ 210,142  
Class R Shares
  $ 1,918     $ 2,006     $ 220,552     $ 15,195     $ 222,125  
Class S Shares
  $ 8,619     $ 4,731     $ 496,781     $ 23,764     $ 489,259  
                                         
Janus Forty Fund
                                       
Class A Shares
  $ 41,545     $ 15,730     $ 2,348,265     $ 842,570     $ 2,392,001  
Class C Shares
  $ 26,509     $ 14,089     $ 4,049,146     $ 497,802     $ 6,130,795  
Class R Shares
  $ 129,640     $ 54,796     $ 1,005,482     $ 1,464,196     $ 1,018,550  
Class S Shares
  $ 8,671     $ 5,454     $ 7,674,186     $ 158,504     $ 7,411,316  
                                         

 
 
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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
Janus Fund(1)
                                       
Class A Shares
  $ 5,113     $ 3,030     $ 375,654     $ 676,441     $ 364,084  
Class C Shares
  $ 233     $ 578     $ 47,462     $ 2,341     $ 54,165  
Class R Shares
  $ 42     $ 1,192     $ 4,819     $ 1,366     $ 5,017  
Class S Shares
  $ 3,239     $ 2,367     $ 188,155     $ 17,437     $ 182,461  
                                         
Janus Growth and Income Fund(1)
                                       
Class A Shares
  $ 756     $ 720     $ 42,985     $ 6,398     $ 43,015  
Class C Shares
  $ 199     $ 554     $ 40,942     $ 1,558     $ 45,748  
Class R Shares
  $ 80     $ 863     $ 9,480     $ 684     $ 9,271  
Class S Shares
  $ 2,570     $ 2,362     $ 150,751     $ 4,773     $ 145,168  
                                         
Janus Research Fund(1)
                                       
Class A Shares
  $ 23     $ 489     $ 1,551     $ 1,711     $ 1,601  
Class C Shares
  $ 5     $ 483     $ 737     $ 0     $ 1,220  
Class S Shares
  $ 0     $ 839     $ 13     $ 42     $ 40  
                                         
Janus Triton Fund(1)
                                       
Class A Shares
  $ 876     $ 833     $ 54,259     $ 57,248     $ 54,244  
Class C Shares
  $ 371     $ 681     $ 36,963     $ 17,449     $ 91,110  
Class R Shares
  $ 83     $ 918     $ 10,096     $ 0     $ 10,540  
Class S Shares
  $ 213     $ 914     $ 12,942     $ 11,125     $ 13,131  
                                         
Value
                                       
                                         
Perkins Global Value Fund(1)
                                       
Class A Shares
  $ 6     $ 421     $ 202     $ 351     $ 433  
Class C Shares
  $ 0     $ 417     $ 15     $ 7     $ 120  
Class S Shares
  $ 15     $ 866     $ 1,015     $ 197     $ 1,005  
                                         
 
(1)  For the fiscal period November 1, 2009 to September 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. 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 a Fund’s Shares. Redemptions by these accounts of their holdings in a Fund may impact the Fund’s liquidity and NAV. These redemptions may also force a Fund to sell securities, which may negatively impact the Fund’s 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.

 
 
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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 September 30.
 
                 
    Contingent
    Deferred
   
Sales Charge
Fund Name   2010   2009
Alternative
               
                 
Janus Global Real Estate Fund
               
Class A Shares
  $     $ (1)
Class C Shares
  $ 141     $ (1)
                 
Janus Long/Short Fund
               
Class A Shares
  $     $ (1)
Class C Shares
  $ 1,913     $ 387 (1)
                 
Global & International
               
                 
Janus Global Life Sciences Fund
               
Class A Shares
  $ (2)   $ (3)
Class C Shares
  $ (2)   $ (3)
                 
Janus Global Research Fund
               
Class A Shares
  $ (2)   $ (3)
Class C Shares
  $ (2)   $ 35 (3)
                 
Janus Global Select Fund
               
Class A Shares
  $ (2)   $ (3)
Class C Shares
  $ 4,520 (2)   $ 150 (3)
                 
Janus Global Technology Fund
               
Class A Shares
  $ (2)   $ (3)
Class C Shares
  $ (2)   $ (3)
                 
Janus International Equity Fund
               
Class A Shares
  $     $ (1)
Class C Shares
  $ 692     $ 164 (1)
                 
Janus Overseas Fund
               
Class A Shares
  $ (2)   $ (3)
Class C Shares
  $ 22,397 (2)   $ 2,580 (3)
                 
Janus Worldwide Fund
               
Class A Shares
  $ (2)   $ (3)
Class C Shares
  $ 163 (2)   $ 55 (3)
                 

 
 
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    Contingent
    Deferred
   
Sales Charge
Fund Name   2010   2009
Growth & Core
               
                 
Janus Balanced Fund
               
Class A Shares
  $ 542 (2)   $ (3)
Class C Shares
  $ 39,951 (2)   $ 12,569 (3)
                 
Janus Contrarian Fund
               
Class A Shares
  $ (2)   $ (3)
Class C Shares
  $ 1,730 (2)   $ 948 (3)
                 
Janus Enterprise Fund
               
Class A Shares
  $ (2)   $ (3)
Class C Shares
  $ 356 (2)   $ 253 (3)
                 
Janus Forty Fund
               
Class A Shares
  $ 100     $ (1)
Class C Shares
  $ 39,878     $ 6,163 (1)
                 
Janus Fund
               
Class A Shares
  $ (2)   $ (3)
Class C Shares
  $ 761 (2)   $ 346 (3)
                 
Janus Growth and Income Fund
               
Class A Shares
  $ (2)   $ (3)
Class C Shares
  $ 291 (2)   $ (3)
                 
Janus Research Fund
               
Class A Shares
  $ (2)   $ (3)
Class C Shares
  $ (2)   $ (3)
                 
Janus Triton Fund
               
Class A Shares
  $ (2)   $ (3)
Class C Shares
  $ 2,353 (2)   $ 37 (3)
                 
Value
               
                 
Perkins Global Value Fund
               
Class A Shares
  $ (2)   $ (3)
Class C Shares
  $ (2)   $ (3)
                 
(1)  For the fiscal period August 1, 2009 to September 30, 2009 (the Fund’s new fiscal year end).
(2)  For the fiscal period November 1, 2009 to September 30, 2010 (the Fund’s new fiscal year end).
(3)  For the fiscal period July 6, 2009 to October 31, 2009 (the Fund’s previous fiscal year end).
 
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 Global Real Estate Fund, Janus Long/Short Fund, Janus Global Life Sciences Fund, Janus Global Research Fund, Janus Global Select Fund, Janus Global Technology Fund, Janus International Equity Fund, Janus Overseas Fund, Janus Worldwide Fund, and Perkins Global Value Fund 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. With the exception of Janus Balanced Fund and Janus Growth and Income Fund, each Fund declares and makes annual distributions of income (if any). Janus Balanced Fund and Janus Growth and Income Fund declare and make quarterly distributions of income.
 
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.
 
Please note that shareholders of Janus Global Real Estate Fund may receive account tax information from the Fund at the end of February of the following year, which is one month later than when most such forms are sent.
 
 
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Janus Global Real Estate Fund’s investments in REITs may require the Fund to pass through certain “excess inclusion income” as “unrelated business taxable income” (“UBTI”). Tax-exempt investors sensitive to UBTI are strongly encouraged to consult their tax advisers prior to investment in the Fund regarding recent IRS pronouncements about the treatment of such income for certain tax-exempt investors.
 
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 December 31, 2010, the officers and Trustees as a group owned approximately 2.3% of Class T Shares of Janus Global Real Estate Fund, 2.8% of Class A Shares of Janus Long/Short Fund, 2.1% of Class I Shares of Janus Long/Short Fund, 9.6% of Class I Shares of Janus Global Life Sciences Fund, 8.7% of Class I Shares of Janus Global Research Fund, 14.5% of Class T Shares of Janus International Equity Fund, 13.4% of Class I Shares of Perkins Global Value Fund, 9.5% of Class T Shares of Perkins Global Value Fund, and less than 1% of the outstanding Shares of any class of each of the other Funds in this SAI. As of December 31, 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 December 31, 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 Global Real Estate Fund
Class A Shares
  American Enterprise Investment Svc
FBO 890000611
Minneapolis, MN
    23.17%  
             
    Raymond James
House Acct Firm #92500015
Omnibus for Mutual Funds
St. Petersburg, FL
    22.34%  
             
    Pershing LLC
Jersey City, NJ
    15.69%  
             
Janus Long/Short Fund
Class A Shares
  American Enterprise Investment Svc
FBO 890000611
Minneapolis, MN
    35.32%  
             
    Citigroup Global Markets
House Account
Owings Mills, MD
    18.43%  
             
    UBS WM USA
0O0 11011 6100
Omni account M/F
Jersey City, NJ
    11.68%  
             
    Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.
For the Sole Benefit of Customers
Jacksonville, FL
    5.45%  
             
    Pershing LLC
Jersey City, NJ
    5.10%  
             
    Morgan Stanley & Co
Jersey City, NJ
    5.00%  
             
Janus Global Life Sciences Fund
Class A Shares
  Raymond James
House Acct Firm #92500015
Omnibus for Mutual Funds
St. Petersburg, FL
    36.82%  
             
    Morgan Stanley & Co
Jersey City, NJ
    33.68%  
             
 
 
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Fund Name   Shareholder and Address of Record   Percentage Ownership
Janus Global Research Fund
Class A Shares
  Raymond James
House Acct Firm #92500015
Omnibus for Mutual Funds
St. Petersburg, FL
    34.75%  
             
    American Enterprise Investment Svc
FBO 890000611
Minneapolis, MN
    14.39%  
             
    Pershing LLC
Jersey City, NJ
    9.95%  
             
    American Enterprise Investment Svc
FBO 41999970
Minneapolis, MN
    6.64%  
             
    LPL Financial
Account 2483-6286
San Diego, CA
    6.22%  
             
Janus Global Select Fund
Class A Shares
  American Enterprise Investment Svc
FBO 890000611
Minneapolis, MN
    48.28%  
             
    Pershing LLC
Jersey City, NJ
    9.83%  
             
    Raymond James
House Acct Firm #92500015
Omnibus for Mutual Funds
St. Petersburg, FL
    7.95%  
             
    Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.
For the Sole Benefit of Customers
Jacksonville, FL
    6.57%  
             
Janus Global Technology Fund
Class A Shares
  American Enterprise Investment Svc
FBO 890000611
Minneapolis, MN
    39.24%  
             
    Raymond James
House Acct Firm #92500015
Omnibus for Mutual Funds
St. Petersburg, FL
    15.31%  
             
    Pershing LLC
Jersey City, NJ
    8.51%  
             
    UBS WM USA
0O0 11011 6100
Omni account M/F
Jersey City, NJ
    8.12%  
             
    Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.
For the Sole Benefit of Customers
Jacksonville, FL
    7.73%  
             
    Morgan Stanley & Co
Jersey City, NJ
    6.38%  
             
Janus International Equity Fund
Class A Shares
  American Enterprise Investment Svc
FBO 890000611
Minneapolis, MN
    73.36%  
             
    Morgan Stanley & Co
Jersey City, NJ
    7.28%  
             

 
 
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Fund Name   Shareholder and Address of Record   Percentage Ownership
Janus Overseas Fund
Class A Shares
  American Enterprise Investment Svc
FBO 890000611
Minneapolis, MN
    25.67%  
             
    Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.
For the Sole Benefit of Customers
Jacksonville, FL
    11.46%  
             
    Morgan Stanley & Co
Jersey City, NJ
    10.34%  
             
    UBS WM USA
0O0 11011 6100
Omni account M/F
Jersey City, NJ
    6.82%  
             
    Pershing LLC
Jersey City, NJ
    5.08%  
             
Janus Worldwide Fund
  American Enterprise Investment Svc     42.62%  
Class A Shares
  FBO 890000611
Minneapolis, MN
       
             
    Raymond James     25.84%  
    House Acct Firm #92500015
Omnibus for Mutual Funds
St. Petersburg, FL
       
             
Janus Balanced Fund
  American Enterprise Investment Svc     31.32%  
Class A Shares
  FBO 890000611
Minneapolis, MN
       
             
    Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.     13.99%  
    For the Sole Benefit of Customers
Jacksonville, FL
       
             
    Raymond James     7.50%  
    House Acct Firm #92500015        
    Omnibus for Mutual Funds
St. Petersburg, FL
       
             
    UBS WM USA     5.32%  
    0O0 11011 6100
Omni account M/F
Jersey City, NJ
       
             
Janus Contrarian Fund
  American Enterprise Investment Svc     60.22%  
Class A Shares
  FBO 890000611
Minneapolis, MN
       
             
    Raymond James     6.85%  
    House Acct Firm #92500015
Omnibus for Mutual Funds
St. Petersburg, FL
       
             
    Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.     5.25%  
    For the Sole Benefit of Customers
Jacksonville, FL
       
             

 
 
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Fund Name   Shareholder and Address of Record   Percentage Ownership
Janus Enterprise Fund
  American Enterprise Investment Svc     15.73%  
Class A Shares
  FBO 890000611
Minneapolis, MN
       
             
    Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.     12.70%  
    For the Sole Benefit of Customers
Jacksonville, FL
       
             
    Merrill Lynch Life Ins Co     12.17%  
    Cedar Rapids, IA        
             
    NFS LLC     11.29%  
    FEBO Marshall & Ilsley Trust CO NA
FBO BANK 98 DLY RCRDKPG
Milwaukee, WI
       
             
    UBS WM USA     6.43%  
    0O0 11011 6100
Omni account M/F
Jersey City, NJ
       
             
Janus Forty Fund
  American Enterprise Investment Svc     25.73%  
Class A Shares
  FBO 890000611
Minneapolis, MN
       
             
    Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.     17.67%  
    For the Sole Benefit of Customers
Jacksonville, FL
       
             
    UBS WM USA     14.11%  
    0O0 11011 6100
Omni account M/F
Jersey City, NJ
       
             
Janus Fund
  American Enterprise Investment Svc     99.20%  
Class A Shares
  FBO 890000611        
    Minneapolis, MN        
             
Janus Growth and Income Fund
  American Enterprise Investment Svc     71.21%  
Class A Shares
  FBO 890000611        
    Minneapolis, MN        
             
    Citigroup Global Markets     8.39%  
    House Account        
    Owings Mills, MD        
             
    UBS WM USA     6.65%  
    0O0 11011 6100        
    Omni account M/F        
    Jersey City, NJ        
             
    Raymond James     5.74%  
    House Acct Firm #92500015        
    Omnibus for Mutual Funds        
    St. Petersburg, FL        
             
Janus Research Fund
  Raymond James     34.09%  
Class A Shares
  House Acct Firm #92500015        
    Omnibus for Mutual Funds        
    St. Petersburg, FL        
             
    American Enterprise Investment Svc     27.33%  
    FBO 890000611        
    Minneapolis, MN        
             
    Morgan Stanley & Co     24.49%  
    Jersey City, NJ        
             
    Citigroup Global Markets     11.08%  
    House Account        
    Owings Mills, MD        
             

 
 
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Fund Name   Shareholder and Address of Record   Percentage Ownership
Janus Triton Fund
  American Enterprise Investment Svc     39.17%  
Class A Shares
  FBO 890000611        
    Minneapolis, MN        
             
    Morgan Stanley & Co     7.67%  
    Jersey City, NJ        
             
    Pershing LLC     7.38%  
    Jersey City, NJ        
             
    Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.     6.93%  
    For the Sole Benefit of Customers        
    Jacksonville, FL        
             
    UBS WM USA     5.87%  
    0O0 11011 6100        
    Omni account M/F        
    Jersey City, NJ        
             
    Raymond James     5.83%  
    House Acct Firm #92500015        
    Omnibus for Mutual Funds        
    St. Petersburg, FL        
             
Perkins Global Value Fund
  American Enterprise Investment Svc     47.66%  
Class A Shares
  FBO 890000611        
    Minneapolis, MN        
             
    Raymond James     29.32%  
    House Acct Firm #92500015        
    Omnibus for Mutual Funds        
    St. Petersburg, FL        
             
    Pershing LLC     23.20%  
    Jersey City, NJ        
             
Janus Global Real Estate Fund
  Pershing LLC     30.08%  
Class C Shares
  Jersey City, NJ        
             
    Janus Capital Group Inc.     24.91% *
    Denver, CO        
             
    Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.     21.32%  
    For the Sole Benefit of Customers        
    Jacksonville, FL        
             
Janus Long/Short Fund
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.     39.24%  
Class C Shares
  For the Sole Benefit of Customers        
    Jacksonville, FL        
             
    Citigroup Global Markets     23.19%  
    House Account        
    Owings Mills, MD        
             
    UBS WM USA     6.05%  
    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 Global Life Sciences Fund
  First Clearing LLC     27.02%  
Class C Shares
  Account 5946-9982        
    St. Louis, MO        
             
    First Clearing LLC     24.88%  
    Account 3712-8407        
    St. Louis, MO        
             
    Oppenheimer & Co Inc Custodian     13.89%  
    FBO Annette M. Nolan DECD IRA        
    Annette M. Nolan INTVTR Bene        
    Ellen & Richard Nolan Trustees        
    Brooklyn, NY        
             
    American Enterprise Investment Svc     11.98%  
    FBO 890000611        
    Minneapolis, MN        
             
    Stifel Nicolaus & Co Inc     8.71%  
    Account 4233-9855        
    Laurel K. Wicktor IRA        
    St. Louis, MO        
             
    Raymond James     7.53%  
    House Acct Firm #92500015        
    Omnibus for Mutual Funds        
    St. Petersburg, FL        
             
    Wells Fargo Investments LLC     5.49%  
    Account 8964-2031        
    Minneapolis, MN        
             
Janus Global Research Fund
  NFS LLC     14.57%  
Class C Shares
  FEBO Carole G. Howard-Crumley        
    Dripping Springs, TX        
             
    Pershing LLC     11.92%  
    Jersey City, NJ        
             
    Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.     10.30%  
    For the Sole Benefit of Customers        
    Jacksonville, FL        
             
    Morgan Stanley & Co     10.27%  
    Jersey City, NJ        
             
    American Enterprise Investment Svc     8.78%  
    FBO 890000611        
    Minneapolis, MN        
             
    First Clearing LLC     8.27%  
    Account 2456-2359        
    St. Louis, MO        
             
    NFS LLC     7.44%  
    FEBO Carole G. Howard Trustee        
    Amanda G. Howard Education Trust UA 12/30/92        
    Dripping Springs, TX        
             
    Raymond James     6.52%  
    House Acct Firm #92500015        
    Omnibus for Mutual Funds        
    St. Petersburg, FL        
             
    NFS LLC     5.33%  
    FEBO NFS/FMTC SEP IRA        
    FBO Carole G. Howard-Crumley        
    Dripping Springs, TX        
             

 
 
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Fund Name   Shareholder and Address of Record   Percentage Ownership
Janus Global Select Fund
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.     35.40%  
Class C Shares
  For the Sole Benefit of Customers        
    Jacksonville, FL        
             
    Citigroup Global Markets     14.92%  
    House Account        
    Owings Mills, MD        
             
    American Enterprise Investment Svc     11.31%  
    FBO 890000611        
    Minneapolis, MN        
             
    Pershing LLC     5.78%  
    Jersey City, NJ        
             
Janus Global Technology Fund
  Citigroup Global Markets     37.84%  
Class C Shares
  House Account        
    Owings Mills, MD        
             
    Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.     12.69%  
    For the Sole Benefit of Customers        
    Jacksonville, FL        
             
    American Enterprise Investment Svc     8.28%  
    FBO 890000611        
    Minneapolis, MN        
             
    Pershing LLC     7.77%  
    Jersey City, NJ        
             
    NFS LLC     6.36%  
    FEBO Arefive Family LTD Partnership        
    West Bloomfield, MI        
             
    First Clearing LLC     5.15%  
    A/C 4052-8277        
    Doria A. Trombetta        
    Santa Rosa, CA        
             
Janus International Equity Fund
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.     28.52%  
Class C Shares
  For the Sole Benefit of Customers        
    Jacksonville, FL        
             
    Citigroup Global Markets     19.39%  
    House Account        
    Owings Mills, MD        
             
    American Enterprise Investment Svc     16.21%  
    FBO 890000611        
    Minneapolis, MN        
             
    Morgan Stanley & Co     13.46%  
    Jersey City, NJ        
             

 
 
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Fund Name   Shareholder and Address of Record   Percentage Ownership
Janus Overseas Fund
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.     30.98%  
Class C Shares
  For the Sole Benefit of Customers        
    Jacksonville, FL        
             
    Citigroup Global Markets     18.80%  
    House Account        
    Owings Mills, MD        
             
    Morgan Stanley & Co     6.73%  
    Jersey City, NJ        
             
    Pershing LLC     6.06%  
    Jersey City, NJ        
             
    American Enterprise Investment Svc     6.04%  
    FBO 890000611        
    Minneapolis, MN        
             
    UBS WM USA     5.15%  
    0O0 11011 6100        
    Omni account M/F        
    Jersey City, NJ        
             
Janus Worldwide Fund
  Citigroup Global Markets     25.82%  
Class C Shares
  House Account        
    Owings Mills, MD        
             
    Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.     18.94%  
    For the Sole Benefit of Customers        
    Jacksonville, FL        
             
    American Enterprise Investment Svc     16.01%  
    FBO 890000611        
    Minneapolis, MN        
             
    UBS WM USA     11.50%  
    0O0 11011 6100        
    Omni account M/F        
    Jersey City, NJ        
             
Janus Balanced Fund
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.     25.52%  
Class C Shares
  For the Sole Benefit of Customers        
    Jacksonville, FL        
             
    Citigroup Global Markets     12.14%  
    House Account        
    Owings Mills, MD        
             
    American Enterprise Investment Svc     10.40%  
    FBO 890000611        
    Minneapolis, MN        
             
    Raymond James     6.51%  
    House Acct Firm #92500015        
    Omnibus for Mutual Funds        
    St. Petersburg, FL        
             
    Morgan Stanley & Co     5.56%  
    Jersey City, NJ        
             

 
 
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Fund Name   Shareholder and Address of Record   Percentage Ownership
Janus Contrarian Fund
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.     32.59%  
Class C Shares
  For the Sole Benefit of Customers        
    Jacksonville, FL        
             
    Citigroup Global Markets     13.18%  
    House Account        
    Owings Mills, MD        
             
    American Enterprise Investment Svc     7.96%  
    FBO 890000611        
    Minneapolis, MN        
             
    UBS WM USA     6.01%  
    0O0 11011 6100        
    Omni account M/F        
    Jersey City, NJ        
             
Janus Enterprise Fund
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.     23.17%  
Class C Shares
  For the Sole Benefit of Customers        
    Jacksonville, FL        
             
    Citigroup Global Markets     19.38%  
    House Account        
    Owings Mills, MD        
             
Janus Forty Fund
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.     50.89%  
Class C Shares
  For the Sole Benefit of Customers        
    Jacksonville, FL        
             
    Citigroup Global Markets     15.07%  
    House Account        
    Owings Mills, MD        
             
Janus Fund
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.     40.06%  
Class C Shares
  For the Sole Benefit of Customers        
    Jacksonville, FL        
             
    Citigroup Global Markets     9.63%  
    House Account        
    Owings Mills, MD        
             
    UBS WM USA     8.39%  
    0O0 11011 6100        
    Omni account M/F        
    Jersey City, NJ        
             
    SEI Private Trust Co     6.79%  
    FBO SunTrust ID866        
    Oaks, PA        
             
Janus Growth and Income Fund
  Citigroup Global Markets     22.08%  
Class C Shares
  House Account        
    Owings Mills, MD        
             
    Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.     15.33%  
    For the Sole Benefit of Customers        
    Jacksonville, FL        
             
    Raymond James     9.73%  
    House Acct Firm #92500015        
    Omnibus for Mutual Funds        
    St. Petersburg, FL        
             
    Charlie Prisendorf     7.15%  
    FBO Ever Ready Oil Co Inc 401 K        
    Profit Sharing Plan & Trust        
    Hackensack, NJ        
             

 
 
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Fund Name   Shareholder and Address of Record   Percentage Ownership
Janus Research Fund
  Pershing LLC     23.56%  
Class C Shares
  Jersey City, NJ        
             
    American Enterprise Investment Svc     22.92%  
    FBO 890000611        
    Minneapolis, MN        
             
    Citigroup Global Markets     20.89%  
    House Account        
    Owings Mills, MD        
             
    Morgan Stanley & Co     11.79%  
    Jersey City, NJ        
             
    Richard Wiklund     6.56%  
    Wedbush Morgan SEC CTDN        
    IRA rollover 11/04/04        
    Elk Grove, CA        
             
    Raymond James     6.39%  
    House Acct Firm #92500015        
    Omnibus for Mutual Funds        
    St. Petersburg, FL        
             
Janus Triton Fund
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.     25.02%  
Class C Shares
  For the Sole Benefit of Customers        
    Jacksonville, FL        
             
    UBS WM USA     11.78%  
    0O0 11011 6100        
    Omni account M/F        
    Jersey City, NJ        
             
    Pershing LLC     7.22%  
    Jersey City, NJ        
             
    American Enterprise Investment Svc     6.87%  
    FBO 890000611        
    Minneapolis, MN        
             
    Citigroup Global Markets     5.75%  
    House Account        
    Owings Mills, MD        
             
Perkins Global Value Fund
  Janus Capital Group Inc.     69.49% *
Class C Shares
  Denver, CO        
             
    American Enterprise Investment Svc     31.87%  
    FBO 890000611        
    Minneapolis, MN        
             
Janus Global Real Estate Fund
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.     48.85%  
Class I Shares
  Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers        
    Reinvest Account        
    San Francisco, CA        
             
    Janus Growth Allocation Fund     23.61%  
    Global Real Estate Omnibus Account        
    Denver, CO        
             
    Janus Moderate Allocation Fund     16.59%  
    Global Real Estate Omnibus Account        
    Denver, CO        
             
    Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.     6.13%  
    For the Sole Benefit of Customers        
    Jacksonville, FL        
             
    Janus Conservative Allocation Fund     6.09%  
    Global Real Estate Omnibus Account        
    Denver, CO        
             
 
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Fund Name   Shareholder and Address of Record   Percentage Ownership
Janus Long/Short Fund
  Citigroup Global Markets Inc.     37.19%  
Class I Shares
  109801250        
    New York, NY        
             
    Charles Schwab & Co Inc.     27.73%  
    Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers        
    Reinvest Account        
    San Francisco, CA        
             
    Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.     14.94%  
    For the Sole Benefit of Customers        
    Jacksonville, FL        
             
Janus Global Life Sciences Fund
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.     51.11%  
Class I Shares
  Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers        
    Reinvest Account        
    San Francisco, CA        
             
    Prudential Investment Mgmt Service     17.04%  
    FBO Mutual Fund Clients/PruChoice        
    Newark, NJ        
             
    Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.     14.31%  
    For the Sole Benefit of Customers        
    Jacksonville, FL        
             
    Janus Dynamic Allocation Fund     6.87%  
    Global Life Sciences Omnibus Account        
    Denver, CO        
             
Janus Global Research Fund
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.     94.78%  
Class I Shares
  Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers        
    Reinvest Account        
    San Francisco, CA        
             
Janus Global Select Fund
  Prudential Investment Mgmt Service     29.47%  
Class I Shares
  FBO Mutual Fund Clients/PruChoice        
    Newark, NJ        
             
    Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.     19.37%  
    For the Sole Benefit of Customers        
    Jacksonville, FL        
             
    Citigroup Global Markets Inc.     16.75%  
    00109801250        
    New York, NY        
             
    Charles Schwab & Co Inc.     12.32%  
    Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers        
    Reinvest Account        
    San Francisco, CA        
             
Janus Global Technology Fund
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.     53.88%  
Class I Shares
  Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers        
    Reinvest Account        
    San Francisco, CA        
             
    Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.     24.39%  
    For the Sole Benefit of Customers        
    Jacksonville, FL        
             
    Citigroup Global Markets Inc.     11.91%  
    00109801250        
    New York, NY        
             

 
 
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Fund Name   Shareholder and Address of Record   Percentage Ownership
Janus International Equity Fund
  Janus Growth Allocation Fund     28.76%  
Class I Shares
  International Equity Omnibus Account        
    Denver, CO        
             
    Janus Moderate Allocation Fund     19.40%  
    International Equity Omnibus Account        
    Denver, CO        
             
    Janus Conservative Allocation Fund     8.02%  
    International Equity Omnibus Account        
    Denver, CO        
             
    Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.     6.92%  
    For the Sole Benefit of Customers        
    Jacksonville, FL        
             
Janus Overseas Fund
  NFS LLC     15.74%  
Class I Shares
  FEBO FIIOC As Agent for Qualified Employee Benefit Plans        
    401k FINOPS-IC Funds        
    Covington, KY        
             
    Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.     10.71%  
    For the Sole Benefit of Customers        
    Jacksonville, FL        
             
    Minnesota Life Insurance Company     9.47%  
    St. Paul, MN        
             
    Citigroup Global Markets Inc.     9.45%  
    00109801250        
    New York, NY        
             
    Prudential Investment Mgmt Service     7.87%  
    FBO Mutual Fund Clients/PruChoice        
    Newark, NJ        
             
    NFS LLC     6.27%  
    FEBO Transamerica Life Ins Company        
    Los Angeles, CA        
             
    Charles Schwab & Co Inc.     6.01%  
    Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers        
    Reinvest Account        
    San Francisco, CA        
             
Janus Worldwide Fund
  Prudential Investment Mgmt Service     36.22%  
Class I Shares
  FBO Mutual Fund Clients/PruChoice        
    Newark, NJ        
             
    NFS LLC     21.65%  
    FEBO FIIOC As Agent for Qualified Employee Benefit Plans        
    401k FINOPS-IC Funds        
    Covington, KY        
             
    Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.     15.02%  
    For the Sole Benefit of Customers        
    Jacksonville, FL        
             
    Charles Schwab & Co Inc.     11.00%  
    Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers        
    Reinvest Account        
    San Francisco, CA        
             
    Citigroup Global Markets Inc.     8.69%  
    00109801250        
    New York, NY        
             

 
 
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Fund Name   Shareholder and Address of Record   Percentage Ownership
Janus Balanced Fund
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.     24.32%  
Class I Shares
  For the Sole Benefit of Customers        
    Jacksonville, FL        
             
    Mac & Co
A/C RAYF6003002
    16.09%  
    Pittsburgh, PA        
             
    JP Morgan Chase as Trustee     13.20%  
    FBO St. Jude Medical Inc. Retirement Savings Plan        
    Kansas City, MO        
             
    Prudential Investment Mgmt Service     8.70%  
    FBO Mutual Fund Clients/PruChoice        
    Newark, NJ        
             
    Citigroup Global Markets Inc.     6.23%  
    00109801250        
    New York, NY        
             
Janus Contrarian Fund
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.     20.53%  
Class I Shares
  For the Sole Benefit of Customers        
    Jacksonville, FL        
             
    Prudential Investment Mgmt Service     16.13%  
    FBO Mutual Fund Clients/PruChoice        
    Newark, NJ        
             
    Charles Schwab & Co Inc.     12.45%  
    Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers        
    Reinvest Account        
    San Francisco, CA        
             
    Strafe & Co     9.88%  
    FAO Everest Reinsurance Retire Plan        
    AC 6800288900        
    Westerville, OH        
             
    Citigroup Global Markets Inc.     8.19%  
    00109801250        
    New York, NY        
             
Janus Enterprise Fund
  NFS LLC     45.97%  
Class I Shares
  FEBO Bank Of America NA        
    Trustee F/B/O Our Clients        
    Omnibus Cash Cash        
    Dallas, TX        
             
    Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.     10.49%  
    For the Sole Benefit of Customers        
    Jacksonville, FL        
             
    Cardinal Bank     9.65%  
    FBO Its Clients        
    McLean, VA        
             
    NFS LLC     5.05%  
    FEBO FIIOC As Agent for Qualified Employee Benefit Plans        
    401k FINOPS-IC Funds        
    Covington, KY        
             

 
 
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Fund Name   Shareholder and Address of Record   Percentage Ownership
Janus Forty Fund
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.     35.05%  
Class I Shares
  For the Sole Benefit of Customers        
    Jacksonville, FL        
             
    Citigroup Global Markets Inc.     18.08%  
    00109801250        
    New York, NY        
             
    Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company     7.44%  
    Valley Forge, PA        
             
    Prudential Investment Mgmt Service     5.76%  
    FBO Mutual Fund Clients/PruChoice        
    Newark, NJ        
             
    Mori & Co     5.40%  
    Kansas City, MO        
             
Janus Fund
  JP Morgan Chase Bank as Directed     58.44%  
Class I Shares
  Trustee for the Super Saver Capital Accumulation        
    Plan for Employees of Participating AMR Corp Subsidiaries        
    New York, NY        
             
    NFS LLC     7.15%  
    FEBO FIIOC Agent FBO Qualified Employee Plans        
    401k FINOPS-IC Funds        
    Covington, KY        
             
    Charles Schwab & Co Inc.     6.94%  
    Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers        
    Reinvest Account        
    San Francisco, CA        
             
    Janus Moderate Allocation Fund     5.06%  
    Janus Fund Omnibus Account        
    Denver, CO        
             
Janus Growth and Income Fund
  T. Rowe Price Retirement Plan Services Inc.     38.94%  
Class I Shares
  FBO Retirement Plan Clients        
    Owings Mills, MD        
             
    Prudential Investment Mgmt Service     15.31%  
    FBO Mutual Fund Clients/PruChoice        
    Newark, NJ        
             
    Janus Moderate Allocation Fund     9.77%  
    Growth & Income Fund Omnibus Account        
    Denver, CO        
             
    Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.     8.56%  
    For the Sole Benefit of Customers        
    Jacksonville, FL        
             
    Janus Growth Allocation Fund     8.01%  
    Growth & Income Omnibus Account        
    Denver, CO        
             
    Wells Fargo Bank NA     7.41%  
    FBO Retirement Plan Svcs 99021105        
    Minneapolis, MN        
             

 
 
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Fund Name   Shareholder and Address of Record   Percentage Ownership
Janus Research Fund
  Janus Moderate Allocation Fund     15.30%  
Class I Shares
  Research Fund Omnibus Account        
    Denver, CO        
             
    Janus Growth Allocation Fund     14.98%  
    Research Fund Omnibus Account        
    Denver, CO        
             
    Charles Schwab & Co Inc.     13.80%  
    Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers        
    Reinvest Account        
    San Francisco, CA        
             
    Citigroup Global Markets Inc.     13.66%  
    00109801250        
    New York, NY        
             
    James M. Andersen TR     12.60%  
    Mendocino County Employees        
    Retirement U/A 01/01/1948        
    Ukiah, CA        
             
    Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.     10.13%  
    For the Sole Benefit of Customers        
    Jacksonville, FL        
             
    Janus Conservative Allocation Fund     8.47%  
    Research Fund Omnibus Account        
    Denver, CO        
             
    Prudential Investment Mgmt Service     7.32%  
    FBO Mutual Fund Clients/PruChoice        
    Newark, NJ        
             
Janus Triton Fund
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.     16.69%  
Class I Shares
  Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers        
    Reinvest Account        
    San Francisco, CA        
             
    Prudential Investment Mgmt Service     15.29%  
    FBO Mutual Fund Clients/PruChoice        
    Newark, NJ        
             
    Egap & Co     10.68%  
    Burlington, VT        
             
    Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.     8.98%  
    For the Sole Benefit of Customers        
    Jacksonville, FL        
             
    Pershing LLC     8.50%  
    Jersey City, NJ        
             
Perkins Global Value Fund
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.     78.64%  
Class I Shares
  Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers        
    Reinvest Account        
    San Francisco, CA        
             
    Prudential Investment Mgmt Service     8.12%  
    FBO Mutual Fund Clients/PruChoice        
    Newark, NJ        
             
    PWMCO LLC     7.58%  
    FBO 101134        
    Chicago, IL        
             

 
 
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Fund Name   Shareholder and Address of Record   Percentage Ownership
Janus Long/Short Fund
  Merrill Lynch     33.53%  
Class R Shares
  Jacksonville, FL        
             
    Capital Bank & Trust Company Trustee     25.64%  
    Senior Market Sales Inc. 401k        
    Greenwood Village, CO        
             
    Capital Bank & Trust Company Trustee     23.84%  
    Bernardin Lochmueller & Assoc RPS        
    Greenwood Village, CO        
             
    Reliance Trust Co Custodian     12.87%  
    FBO Molded Fiber Glass Companies DE        
    Atlanta, GA        
             
Janus Global Select Fund
  Capital Bank & Trust Co Trustee     10.42%  
Class R Shares
  FBO City Financial Corp 401(K) & Profit Sharing Plan C/O        
    PlanPremier/FASCore LLC        
    Greenwood Village, CO        
             
    Merrill Lynch     7.98%  
    Jacksonville, FL        
             
    Capital Bank & Trust Company Trustee     7.59%  
    Profit Sharing Plan 401K        
    Greenwood Village, CO        
             
    GPC Agent For Reliance Trust Co     6.72%  
    FBO Lyman Davidson Dooley Inc. 401k        
    Atlanta, GA        
             
    GPC Agent For Reliance Trust Co     6.15%  
    USU Charter FCU 401k EE RETPLAN SVG        
    Atlanta, GA        
             
    Mercer Trust Company Trustee     5.65%  
    FBO NY Hotel Trades Council & Hotel        
    Assoc Of NYC Health Ctr Inc EE BEN        
    Norwood, MA        
             
Janus International Equity Fund
  Janus Capital Group Inc.     19.60% *
Class R Shares
  Denver, CO        
             
    Orchard Trust Co LLC Cust     15.77%  
    Opp Funds Recordk Pro Ret Pl        
    Greenwood Village, CO        
             
    Counsel Trust DBA MATC     14.07%  
    FBO International Language Services Defined Benefit Plan        
    Pittsburgh, PA        
             
    PIMS/Prudential Retirement     11.09%  
    As Nominee for the Ttee/Cust PL 002        
    Celsis 401k Retirement        
    Chicago, IL        
             
    MG Trust Company Cust     6.05%  
    FBO Warfield & Walsh Inc. and Faith Di        
    Denver, CO        
             
    Frontier Trust Company     5.97%  
    FBO Wingfield Scale Inc. Profit Sharing 205984        
    Fargo, ND        
             
    MG Trust Company Cust     5.24%  
    FBO The Sentencing Project 403b Plan        
    Denver, CO        
             
 
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 Overseas Fund
  Hartford Life Insurance Co     38.14%  
Class R Shares
  Separate Account DC IV        
    Hartford, CT        
             
    Merrill Lynch     23.41%  
    Jacksonville, FL        
             
    State Street Corporation Trustee     8.86%  
    FBO ADP Access        
    Boston, MA        
             
Janus Worldwide Fund
  Capital Bank & Trust Co Ttee     36.79%  
Class R Shares
  FBO Alcan Rolled Products-Ravenswood LLC        
    Savings PL For USW Represented        
    Employees C/O PlanPremier/ FASCorp        
    Greenwood Village, CO        
             
    MG Trust Company Cust     13.66%  
    FBO Meyer Engineers Ltd        
    Denver, CO        
             
    MG Trust Company Cust     10.93%  
    FBO Midship Marine Inc        
    Denver, CO        
             
    Frontier Trust Company     10.14%  
    FBO NDP LLC 401 K Plan 209764        
    Fargo, ND        
             
    Frontier Trust Company     8.44%  
    FBO Glacier Interactive Solutions 401 K        
    204009        
    Fargo, ND        
             
    GPC Securities Inc Agent For     6.58%  
    Reliance Trust Company        
    FBO Alpha Solutions Corporation EE Plan        
    Atlanta, GA        
             
Janus Balanced Fund
  Hartford Life Insurance Co     19.28%  
Class R Shares
  Separate Account DC IV        
    Hartford, CT        
             
    State Street Corporation Trustee     16.00%  
    FBO ADP Access        
    Boston, MA        
             
    Merrill Lynch     12.54%  
    Jacksonville, FL        
             
    NFS LLC     11.65%  
    FEBO State Street Bank Trust Co Trustee        
    Various Retirement Plans        
    Harrison, NY        
             

 
 
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Fund Name   Shareholder and Address of Record   Percentage Ownership
Janus Contrarian Fund
  Frontier Trust Company     21.65%  
Class R Shares
  FBO Comweb Packaging Corp Employees 4 192170        
    Fargo, ND        
             
    EMJAYCO     12.50%  
    FBO Reinders Inc. 401K #351898        
    C/O FASCore LLC        
    Greenwood Village, CO        
             
    GPC Securities Inc. As Agent For     6.36%  
    Reliance Trust Company        
    FBO Security Packaging Inc 401K PS Plan        
    Atlanta, GA        
             
    GPC Securities Inc. As Agent For     5.02%  
    Reliance Trust Company        
    FBO Springdale Family Dental 401K Plan        
    Atlanta, GA        
             
Janus Enterprise Fund
  Hartford Life Insurance Co     29.01%  
Class R Shares
  Separate Account DC IV        
    Hartford, CT        
             
    Merrill Lynch     10.71%  
    Jacksonville, FL        
             
Janus Forty Fund
  Hartford Life Insurance Co     35.14%  
Class R Shares
  Separate Account DC IV        
    Hartford, CT        
             
    Merrill Lynch     17.32%  
    Jacksonville, FL        
             
    State Street Corporation Trustee     9.21%  
    FBO ADP Access        
    Boston, MA        
             
    American United Life Ins Co     6.30%  
    AUL American Group Retirement Annuity        
    Indianapolis, IN        
             
Janus Fund
  State Street Corporation Trustee     40.42%  
Class R Shares
  FBO ADP Access        
    Boston, MA        
             
    FASCore LLC     26.38%  
    The Kenrich Group LLC Trustee        
    FBO The Kenrich Group LLC 401k        
    Greenwood Village, CO        
             
    Merrill Lynch     10.01%  
    Jacksonville, FL        
             
    Chris Weddle     7.32%  
    FBO Weddle Industries 401K Profit Sharing Plan & Trust        
    Goleta, CA        
             
    GPC Securities Inc Agent For     5.24%  
    Reliance Trust Company        
    FBO Suburban Gastroenterology 401K Plan        
    Atlanta, GA        
             

 
 
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Fund Name   Shareholder and Address of Record   Percentage Ownership
Janus Growth and Income Fund
  American United Life Ins Co     27.63%  
Class R Shares
  AUL American Unit Trust        
    Indianapolis, IN        
             
    GPC Securities Inc Agent For     20.02%  
    Reliance Trust Company        
    FBO Rasmussen College 401K Plan        
    Atlanta, GA        
             
    Fifth Third Bank Trustee     13.59%  
    FBO Rollover Shareholder Svs LLC        
    A/C # 47-5-9360991        
    Cincinnati, OH        
             
    FASCore LLC     9.55%  
    Jahnke & Jahnke Associates Inc. Trustee        
    Jahnke & Jahnke Associates Inc. 401k        
    Greenwood Village, CO        
             
    Frontier Trust Company     6.80%  
    FBO Human Management Services Inc 401K        
    207210        
    Fargo, ND        
             
Janus Triton Fund
  Merrill Lynch     16.72%  
Class R Shares
  Jacksonville, FL        
             
    Capital Bank and Trust Company     6.88%  
    FBO The Atlantic Tractor LLC 401K        
    Greenwood Village, CO        
             
    NFS LLC     5.57%  
    FEBO Richard J Kent Trustee        
    Kent Power Svc Defnd Benefit P        
    Kent City, MI        
             
Janus Global Real Estate Fund
  Janus Capital Group Inc.     92.90% *
Class S Shares
  Denver, CO        
             
    Wells Fargo Investments LLC     8.76%  
    Account 2377-3750        
    Minneapolis, MN        
             
Janus Long/Short Fund
  Orchard Trust Co LLC/TTEE     22.89%  
Class S Shares
  FBO CT Charlton & Assoc Inc. EE SP 401k        
    Greenwood Village, CO        
             
    LPL Financial     19.93%  
    FBO Customer Accounts        
    San Diego, CA        
             
    FIIOC     13.38%  
    FBO Orthopedic Associates Inc        
    Covington, KY        
             
    FIIOC     12.07%  
    FBO McLanahan Corporation Non-Union        
    Covington, KY        
             
    National Financial Services LLC Trust     10.01%  
    For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers        
    New York, NY        
             
    FIIOC     6.69%  
    FBO Coldwater Machine Company LLC        
    Covington, KY        
             
    FIIOC     6.37%  
    FBO Brewster Dairy Inc        
    Covington, KY        
             
 
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 Global Life Sciences Fund
  FIIOC     85.55%  
Class S Shares
  FBO Foam Supplies Inc        
    Profit Sharing 401K Plan        
    Covington, KY        
             
    Saxon & Co     8.14%  
    FBO 20-01-302-9912426        
    Philadelphia, PA        
             
    Janus Capital Group Inc.     6.42% *
    Denver, CO        
             
Janus Global Research Fund
  Janus Capital Group Inc.     100.00% *
Class S Shares
  Denver, CO        
             
Janus Global Select Fund
  National Financial Services LLC Trust     86.75%  
Class S Shares
  For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers        
    New York, NY        
             
Janus Global Technology Fund
  Saxon & Co     56.76%  
Class S Shares
  FBO 20-01-302-9912426        
    Philadelphia, PA        
             
    LPL Financial     29.35%  
    FBO Customer Accounts        
    San Diego, CA        
             
    Charles Schwab & Co Inc.     11.81%  
    Special Custody Account        
    FBO Institutional Client Accounts        
    San Francisco, CA        
             
Janus International Equity Fund
  LPL Financial     82.35%  
Class S Shares
  FBO Customer Accounts        
    San Diego, CA        
             
    National Financial Services LLC Trust     7.31%  
    For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers        
    New York, NY        
             
Janus Overseas Fund
  National Financial Services LLC Trust     14.18%  
Class S Shares
  For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers        
    New York, NY        
             
    State Street Corporation Trustee     13.64%  
    FBO ADP Access        
    Boston, MA        
             
    Hartford Life Insurance Co     10.54%  
    Separate Account DC IV        
    Hartford, CT        
             
    Nationwide Trust Company FSB     5.97%  
    C/O IPO Portfolio Accounting        
    Columbus, OH        
             
 
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 Worldwide Fund
  Nationwide Trust Company FSB     16.12%  
Class S Shares
  C/O IPO Portfolio Accounting        
    Columbus, OH        
             
    Guardian Insurance & Annuity Co     12.31%  
    Sep-Acct L        
    Bethlehem, PA        
             
    Prudential Retirement-Alliance     10.55%  
    Separate Acct Investment Products & Advisory Services        
    Hartford, CT        
             
    Ohio National Life Insurance Co     10.16%  
    FBO Its Separate Accounts        
    Cincinnati, OH        
             
    Nationwide Life Ins Company QPVA     6.94%  
    C/O IPO Portfolio Accounting        
    Columbus, OH        
             
Janus Balanced Fund
  National Financial Services LLC Trust     14.55%  
Class S Shares
  For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers        
    New York, NY        
             
    Saxon & Co     7.98%  
    FBO 91 Vested Interest Omnibus Asset        
    A/C #20-01-302-9912426        
    Philadelphia, PA        
             
    State Street Corporation Trustee     6.47%  
    FBO ADP Access        
    Boston, MA        
             
    Nationwide Trust Company FSB     6.45%  
    C/O IPO Portfolio Accounting        
    Columbus, OH        
             
Janus Contrarian Fund
  LPL Financial     53.72%  
Class S Shares
  FBO Customer Accounts        
    San Diego, CA        
             
    New York Life Trust Company     16.21%  
    Parsippany, NJ        
             
    Wachovia Bank     8.58%  
    FBO Various Retirement Plans        
    9888888836 NC 1076        
    Charlotte, NC        
             
Janus Enterprise Fund
  National Financial Services LLC Trust     24.89%  
Class S Shares
  For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers        
    New York, NY        
             
    Nationwide Trust Company FSB     6.73%  
    C/O IPO Portfolio Accounting        
    Columbus, OH        
             
    Saxon & Co     5.16%  
    FBO 91 Vested Interest Omnibus Asset        
    A/C #20-01-302-9912426        
    Philadelphia, PA        
             
    First Union National Bank     5.10%  
    Cust for Various Retirement Plans        
    Charlotte, NC        
             

 
 
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Fund Name   Shareholder and Address of Record   Percentage Ownership
Janus Forty Fund
  Citigroup Global Markets Inc.     30.93%  
Class S Shares
  109801250        
    New York, NY        
             
    National Financial Services LLC Trust     18.13%  
    For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers        
    New York, NY        
             
    State Street Corporation Trustee     7.90%  
    FBO ADP Access        
    Boston, MA        
             
Janus Fund
  Citigroup Global Markets Inc.     16.60%  
Class S Shares
  00109801250        
    New York, NY        
             
    Saxon & Co     10.03%  
    FBO 91 Vested Interest Omnibus Asset        
    A/C #20-01-302-9912426        
    Philadelphia, PA        
             
    Ohio National Life Insurance Co     9.54%  
    FBO Its Separate Accounts        
    Cincinnati, OH        
             
    Charles Schwab & Co Inc.     8.90%  
    Special Custody Account        
    FBO Institutional Client Accounts        
    San Francisco, CA        
             
    Nationwide Trust Company FSB     6.78%  
    C/O IPO Portfolio Accounting        
    Columbus, OH        
             
    Prudential Retirement-Alliance     6.73%  
    Separate Acct Investment Products & Advisory Services        
    Hartford, CT        
             
    Orchard Trust Company LLC Trustee     5.43%  
    FBO Retirement Plans        
    Greenwood Village, CO        
             
Janus Growth and Income Fund
  Saxon & Co     27.50%  
Class S Shares
  FBO 91 Vested Interest Omnibus Asset        
    A/C #20-01-302-9912426        
    Philadelphia, PA        
             
    Nationwide Trust Company FSB     19.11%  
    C/O IPO Portfolio Accounting        
    Columbus, OH        
             
    Charles Schwab & Co Inc.     13.09%  
    Special Custody Account        
    FBO Institutional Client Accounts        
    San Francisco, CA        
             
Janus Research Fund
  Janus Capital Group Inc.     84.10% *
Class S Shares
  Denver, CO        
             
    Charles Schwab & Co Inc.     15.87%  
    Special Custody Account        
    FBO Institutional Client Accounts        
    San Francisco, CA        
             
 
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 Triton Fund
  LPL Financial     36.38%  
Class S Shares
  FBO Customer Accounts        
    San Diego, CA        
             
    SunTrust Bank     12.39%  
    FBO VSC Fire & Security 401k        
    Greenwood Village, CO        
             
    SunTrust Bank     5.76%  
    FBO Piedmont National Corp 401k        
    Greenwood Village, CO        
             
    SunTrust Bank     5.40%  
    FBO Nasco LTIP Deferral Account 401k        
    Greenwood Village, CO        
             
    Wells Fargo     5.22%  
    FBO Various Retirement Plans
9888888836 NC 1151
Charlotte, NC
       
             
Perkins Global Value Fund
  LPL Financial     100.00%  
Class S Shares
  FBO Customer Accounts
San Diego, CA
       
             
Janus Global Real Estate Fund
  National Financial Services Co     52.46%  
Class T Shares
  For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
New York, NY
       
             
    Charles Schwab & Co Inc.     23.22%  
    Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers        
    Reinvest Account        
    San Francisco, CA        
             
    LPL Financial     15.99%  
    FBO Customer Accounts        
    San Diego, CA        
             
Janus Long/Short Fund
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.     90.01%  
Class T Shares
  Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers        
    Reinvest Account        
    San Francisco, CA        
             
    Pershing LLC     9.43%  
    Jersey City, NJ        
             
Janus Global Life Sciences Fund
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.     46.74%  
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        
             
    TD Ameritrade Inc.     6.79%  
    For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Clients        
    Omaha, NE        
             
Janus Global Research Fund
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.     57.42%  
Class T Shares
  Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers        
    Reinvest Account        
    San Francisco, CA        
             
    National Financial Services Co     25.97%  
    For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers        
    New York, NY        
             

 
 
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Fund Name   Shareholder and Address of Record   Percentage Ownership
Janus Global Select Fund
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.     34.04%  
Class T Shares
  Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers        
    Reinvest Account        
    San Francisco, CA        
             
    National Financial Services Co     33.17%  
    For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers        
    New York, NY        
             
    TD Ameritrade Inc.     6.00%  
    For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Clients        
    Omaha, NE        
             
    Pershing LLC     5.12%  
    Jersey City, NJ        
             
Janus Global Technology Fund
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.     40.58%  
Class T Shares
  Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers        
    Reinvest Account        
    San Francisco, CA        
             
    National Financial Services Co     28.83%  
    For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers        
    New York, NY        
             
    TD Ameritrade Inc.     6.11%  
    For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Clients        
    Omaha, NE        
             
    Pershing LLC     5.23%  
    Jersey City, NJ        
             
Janus International Equity Fund
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.     57.61%  
Class T Shares
  Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers        
    Reinvest Account        
    San Francisco, CA        
             
    LPL Financial     27.98%  
    FBO Customer Accounts        
    San Diego, CA        
             
    National Financial Services Co     11.31%  
    For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers        
    New York, NY        
             
Janus Overseas Fund
  National Financial Services Co     37.14%  
Class T Shares
  For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers        
    New York, NY        
             
    Charles Schwab & Co Inc.     32.60%  
    Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers        
    Reinvest Account        
    San Francisco, CA        
             
Janus Worldwide Fund
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.     36.75%  
Class T Shares
  Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers        
    Reinvest Account        
    San Francisco, CA        
             
    National Financial Services Co     31.18%  
    For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers        
    New York, NY        
             
Janus Balanced Fund
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.     41.96%  
Class T Shares
  Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers        
    Reinvest Account        
    San Francisco, CA        
             
    National Financial Services Co     29.09%  
    For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers        
    New York, NY        
             

 
 
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Fund Name   Shareholder and Address of Record   Percentage Ownership
Janus Contrarian Fund
  National Financial Services Co     39.16%  
Class T Shares
  For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers        
    New York, NY        
             
    Charles Schwab & Co Inc.     34.36%  
    Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers        
    Reinvest Account        
    San Francisco, CA        
             
Janus Enterprise Fund
  National Financial Services Co     40.09%  
Class T Shares
  For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers        
    New York, NY        
             
    Charles Schwab & Co Inc.     29.87%  
    Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers        
    Reinvest Account        
    San Francisco, CA        
             
Janus Forty Fund
  Saxon & Co     39.16%  
Class T Shares
  FBO 20-01-302-9912426        
    Philadelphia, PA        
             
    National Financial Services Co     18.00%  
    For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers        
    New York, NY        
             
    Charles Schwab & Co Inc.     16.62%  
    Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers        
    Reinvest Account        
    San Francisco, CA        
             
    LPL Financial     12.64%  
    FBO Customer Accounts        
    San Diego, CA        
             
    ICMA Retirement Corporation     8.06%  
    Washington, DC        
             
Janus Fund
  National Financial Services Co     33.53%  
Class T Shares
  For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers        
    New York, NY        
             
    Charles Schwab & Co Inc.     25.81%  
    Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers        
    Reinvest Account        
    San Francisco, CA        
             
    Mac & Co     12.77%  
    A/C NYPF3002002        
    FBO NY State Deferred Comp Plan        
    Pittsburgh, PA        
             
Janus Growth and Income Fund
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.     50.50%  
Class T Shares
  Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers        
    Reinvest Account        
    San Francisco, CA        
             
    National Financial Services Co     17.88%  
    For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers        
    New York, NY        
             
Janus Research Fund
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.     39.81%  
Class T Shares
  Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers        
    Reinvest Account        
    San Francisco, CA        
             
    National Financial Services Co     27.46%  
    For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers        
    New York, NY        
             

 
 
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Fund Name   Shareholder and Address of Record   Percentage Ownership
Janus Triton Fund
  National Financial Services Co     54.66%  
Class T Shares
  For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers        
    New York, NY        
             
    Charles Schwab & Co Inc.     27.65%  
    Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers        
    Reinvest Account        
    San Francisco, CA        
             
Janus Twenty Fund
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.     18.42%  
Class T Shares
  Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers        
    Reinvest Account        
    San Francisco, CA        
             
    National Financial Services Co     16.37%  
    For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers        
    New York, NY        
             
    Minnesota State Retirement System Defined Contribution Plans     10.70%  
    St. Paul, MN        
             
    Ohio Public Employee Deferred Compensation Program     6.82%  
    Columbus, OH        
             
    Nationwide Life Ins Company QPVA     5.69%  
    C/O IPO Portfolio Accounting        
    Columbus, OH        
             
    Hartford Life Insurance Co     5.54%  
    DC III Separate Account        
    Hartford, CT        
             
Janus Venture Fund
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.     41.92%  
Class T Shares
  Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
Reinvest Account
San Francisco, CA
       
             
    National Financial Services Co     25.54%  
    For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
New York, NY
       
             
    TD Ameritrade Inc.     5.37%  
    For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Clients
Omaha, NE
       
             
Perkins Global Value Fund
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.     63.50%  
Class T Shares
  Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
Reinvest Account
San Francisco, CA
       
             
    National Financial Services Co     16.51%  
    For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
New York, NY
       
             

 
 
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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 39 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 Emerging Markets Fund
    x       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 Bond Fund
    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 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 September 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.
 
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 ALTERNATIVE, GLOBAL & INTERNATIONAL,
GROWTH & CORE, AND VALUE FUNDS ANNUAL REPORTS OF JANUS INVESTMENT FUND
(AUDITED)
 
The following audited financial statements for the period ended September 30, 2010 are hereby incorporated into this SAI by reference to the Annual Reports dated September 30, 2010, as applicable.
 
•  Schedules of Investments as of September 30, 2010
 
•  Statements of Assets and Liabilities as of September 30, 2010
 
•  Statements of Operations for each of the periods indicated
 
•  Statements of Changes in Net Assets for each of 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 ALTERNATIVE, GLOBAL & INTERNATIONAL,
AND GROWTH & CORE FUNDS SEMIANNUAL REPORTS OF JANUS INVESTMENT FUND
(UNAUDITED)
 
The following unaudited financial statements for the period ended March 31, 2010 are hereby incorporated into this SAI by reference to the Semiannual Reports dated March 31, 2010.
 
•  Schedules of Investments as of March 31, 2010
 
•  Statements of Assets and Liabilities as of March 31, 2010
 
•  Statements of Operations for the periods ended March 31, 2010
 
•  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
 
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                                                                                                                     6  May 4, 2011
As Supplemented October 28, 2011

                             
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Janus Protected Series – Growth
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Janus Investment Fund
 
Statement of Additional Information
 
 
 
 Class D Shares are closed to certain new investors.
 
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 Janus Protected Series – Growth, 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.
 
This SAI is not a Prospectus and should be read in conjunction with the Fund’s Prospectuses dated May 4, 2011, 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 Fund’s operations and activities than the Prospectuses. The Annual and Semiannual Reports (as they become available) contain important financial information about the Fund, and are 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).


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Classification, Investment Policies and Restrictions, and Investment Strategies and Risks   2
     
Investment Adviser   34
     
Custodian, Transfer Agent, and Certain Affiliations   41
     
Portfolio Transactions and Brokerage   43
     
Trustees and Officers   45
     
Shares of the Trust   55
Net Asset Value Determination
  55
Purchases
  55
Distribution and Shareholder Servicing Plans
  57
Redemptions
  58
     
Income Dividends, Capital Gains Distributions, and Tax Status   60
     
Principal Shareholders   62
     
Miscellaneous Information   63
Shares of the Trust
  64
Shareholder Meetings
  64
Voting Rights
  64
Master/Feeder Option
  64
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
  65
Registration Statement
  65
     
Financial Statements   66
     
Appendix A   67
Explanation of Rating Categories
  67
     
Appendix B   70
Summary of Capital Protection Agreement Termination Events
  70
 
 
 
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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 Protected Series – Growth (the “Fund”), which 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 Fund is classified as diversified.
 
ADVISER
 
Janus Capital Management LLC (“Janus Capital”) is the investment adviser for the Fund.
 
INVESTMENT POLICIES AND RESTRICTIONS
 
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).
 
(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, 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.
 
(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, 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 Fund’s 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) If the 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).
 
 
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(2) 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, and forward contracts not involving short sales are not deemed to constitute selling securities short.
 
(3) 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, forward contracts, and other permitted investment techniques shall not be deemed to constitute purchasing securities on margin.
 
(4) 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, or forward contracts; or the segregation of assets in connection with such contracts.
 
(5) 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.
 
(6) The Fund 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”), 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.
 
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, as of the date of this SAI, the Fund relies primarily on industry or industry group classifications as published by Bloomberg L.P. To the extent that the Bloomberg L.P. classifications are so broad that the primary economic characteristics in a single class are materially different, the Fund may further classify issuers in accordance with industry classifications as published by the SEC. The Fund intends to change industry or industry group classifications with respect to equity investments to Global Industry Classification Standard (“GICS”), but would continue to use Bloomberg L.P. for fixed-income investments. The Fund may change any source used for determining industry classifications without prior shareholder notice or approval.
 
INVESTMENT STRATEGIES AND RISKS
 
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certain investments on behalf of the Fund may be restricted and/or limited by the Capital Protection Agreement (the “Capital Protection Agreement”) by and between the Fund and BNP Paribas Prime Brokerage, Inc., a U.S. registered broker-dealer and a member of FINRA (the “Capital Protection Provider”). Janus Capital and the Parent Guarantor are also parties to the Capital Protection Agreement, but specifically in relation to certain sections of the agreement. Janus Capital may also be limited from making certain investments, pursuing certain investment strategies, and in the amount of equity exposure it can subject the Fund to. Further, it is possible that certain types of financial instruments or investment techniques described herein may not be available, permissible under the Fund’s Capital Protection Agreement or otherwise, economically feasible or effective for their intended purposes in all markets or because of limitations contained in the Capital Protection Agreement. Certain practices, techniques or instruments may not be principal activities of the Fund, but, to the extent employed, could from time to time have a material impact on the Fund’s performance.
 
Capital Protection Arrangement
Capital Protection. In an effort to protect against significant downward movement of the NAV per share for a share class, the Fund has entered into a Capital Protection Agreement with the Capital Protection Provider. As an added measure of protection, BNP Paribas, the parent company of the Capital Protection Provider (the “Parent Guarantor”), has issued an absolute, irrevocable and continuing guaranty pursuant to which it guarantees any and all financial obligations of the Capital Protection Provider under the Capital Protection Agreement (“Parent Guaranty”).
 
Pursuant to the Capital Protection Agreement, under certain conditions, the Capital Protection Provider will provide capital protection to the Fund (the “Protection”) in the event that any share class’ NAV per share falls below its “Protected NAV” (80% of the highest NAV attained separately by each share class during the life of the Fund, reduced for dividends, distributions, any extraordinary expenses, and certain extraordinary items). More specifically, the Capital Protection Provider has agreed to initially extend $1.5 billion in aggregate protection coverage to the Fund with such amount being reviewed periodically to determine whether additional coverage is necessary or available to support the Fund’s rising assets (the “Maximum Settlement Amount”). As such, under the Capital Protection Agreement, the NAV of each share class is protected to at least the Protected NAV for such share class, subject to an aggregate limit on the overall payout to the Fund of the Maximum Settlement Amount. In the event that the Protection is triggered, meaning at least one share class’ NAV is below its Protected NAV, the Capital Protection Provider is obligated to pay the Fund the “Settlement Amount,” which is the lesser of (i) the sum of the shortfall amounts per share class (the “Aggregate Shortfall Amount”) and (ii) the Maximum Settlement Amount. For each share class, the shortfall amount is calculated by first establishing, among those share classes that have a NAV below their Protected NAV, the highest percentage difference among all of those share classes between the Protected NAV per share and the current NAV per share, and applying that percentage to each Fund share class’ current NAV per share. The Aggregate Shortfall Amount is thus allocated on a pro rata basis to each share class. The Settlement Amount will be capped at a Maximum Settlement Amount of $1.5 billion. Any increases in the Maximum Settlement Amount are subject to the Capital Protection Provider’s agreement.
 
Note that with respect to the adjustment to the Protected NAV on account of dividends, at least three business days prior to the payment of any dividend, the Fund is required to provide the Capital Protection Provider an estimate of the portion of the dividend that it expects to pay out in cash and the portion that it expects will be reinvested in the Fund. If the Fund materially underestimates the portion of the dividend that will be paid out in cash, the reduction to the Protected NAV applied on account of such dividend will be more than the reduction that would have been applied had there been no estimation error. However, it is expected that any such increase in the dividend adjustment will not have a material impact on the Protected NAV.
 
Under the Capital Protection Agreement, the Settlement Amount is due from the Capital Protection Provider within three business days after the termination of the Capital Protection Agreement, unless there is a “market disruption event” or if no amount is due from the Capital Protection Provider. The Settlement Amount is generally based on the value of the Fund’s shares on a “reference date,” which is generally the first business day after the termination unless there is a market disruption event on such reference date or a reasonable dispute regarding reports provided by the Fund to establish valuation. In such event, the reference date for the valuation of the shares will change so that the shares can be valued when there is no market disruption event or when the reports are not subject to dispute. As a result, the Settlement Amount of the Protection will not be based on the value of the shares on the first business day after termination, and the occurrence of market disruption events at such time could therefore impact the Settlement Amount and the date of payment. If a market disruption event lasts 14 days or less, the reference date of the shares will be the first business day on which there is no market disruption. If a market disruption event lasts longer than 14 days, the amount a shareholder will collect per share may be based on a lower shortfall amount. “Market disruption events” may include a trading disruption such as the suspension of trading of various

 
 
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securities, an exchange disruption or, in certain situations, the early closing of an exchange, or a reasonable dispute regarding reports provided by the Fund to establish valuation.
 
The Capital Protection Agreement is an agreement between the Fund and the Capital Protection Provider and, for this reason, as a shareholder, you do not have any direct rights or claims against the Capital Protection Provider, the Parent Guarantor, or Janus Capital under the Capital Protection Agreement or the Parent Guaranty in the event that the Capital Protection Provider fails to perform its obligations under the agreement. The Settlement Amount under the Capital Protection Agreement is owed directly to the Fund and not the Fund’s shareholders. Therefore, as a shareholder you will not have any action against or recourse to the Capital Protection Provider or the Parent Guarantor under the Capital Protection Agreement or the Parent Guaranty. Further, no shareholder will have any right to receive payment, or any other rights whatsoever, under the Capital Protection Agreement or the Parent Guaranty. Furthermore, Janus Capital does not guarantee and will not indemnify the Fund or its shareholders against any default, including default of any party to the Capital Protection Agreement and/or any third party service provider. Neither the Fund nor Janus Capital will cover any Settlement Amount not paid by the Capital Protection Provider possibly resulting in a shareholder’s investment being protected at less than 80%.
 
Neither the Capital Protection Provider nor the Parent Guarantor is an insurance company or an insurance provider. Nor is the Capital Protection Provider, the Parent Guarantor, or any of their affiliates acting as an investment adviser or subadviser to the Fund.
 
Investment Allocation. In order to comply with the terms of the Capital Protection Agreement, the Fund must provide certain information to the Capital Protection Provider and the Fund’s portfolio manager is required to manage the Fund within certain risk parameters as identified on a daily basis by the Capital Protection Provider based on a risk allocation methodology. This risk allocation methodology factors in, among other things, market volatility, the Fund’s exposure to industries, sectors, or countries, and liquidity of the Fund’s holdings. In general, as equity markets are rising, the Fund’s assets will be allocated to the “Equity Component,” through which the Fund seeks to achieve growth of capital by investing primarily in common stocks selected for their growth potential. The Equity Component may also consist of derivatives such as options and futures. As equity markets are falling, the Fund’s portfolio manager will allocate more of the Fund’s assets to the “Protection Component” in an effort to protect the Fund from a potential ongoing decrease in the market. The Protection Component will consist of investments in cash and other investments including, but not limited to, money market instruments, U.S. Treasuries, and other equity market instruments intended to reduce risk, primarily short index futures. The investments that are eligible as investments in the Protection Component can be amended from time to time. The Fund’s asset allocation is done at the Fund level, not at the individual share class level, and will vary over time depending on equity market conditions and the Fund’s portfolio composition. As a result, the Fund’s allocation to each investment component could change as frequently as daily, resulting in a higher portfolio turnover rate than other mutual funds.
 
Reporting Requirements. The Capital Protection Agreement provides the Fund a certain level of protection subject to the terms and conditions of the agreement. In order to comply with the terms of the Capital Protection Agreement and to maintain the Protection, the Fund’s portfolio manager is required to manage the Fund within certain risk parameters as identified on a daily basis by the Capital Protection Provider based on a risk allocation methodology. In addition, the Capital Protection Agreement imposes very specific reporting and monitoring obligations on the Fund, on Janus Capital, and indirectly on the Fund’s custodian. The Capital Protection Provider will monitor the conditions and requirements of the Capital Protection Agreement on a daily basis to ensure that the Fund, Janus Capital, and the Fund’s custodian satisfy those conditions and requirements. The Capital Protection Provider will rely on Janus Capital as well as on the Fund’s custodian for the information necessary to monitor compliance with the terms of the Capital Protection Agreement. The attendant risks to the Fund and shareholders are if Janus Capital or the Fund’s custodian fails to provide the information required by the Capital Protection Agreement. While in some instances the parties will be afforded some opportunity to remedy certain breaches, failure to do so within specified cure periods could result in the termination of the Capital Protection Agreement at the option of the Capital Protection Provider.
 
Termination of the Capital Protection Agreement. The Protection is not a guarantee and therefore the availability of the Protection on the Termination Date will be conditioned upon the Fund, Janus Capital or any other third party service provider, such as the custodian, continually complying with the terms and conditions of the Capital Protection Agreement, including the allocation of Fund assets in accordance with specified risk parameters. While in some instances the parties will be afforded some opportunity to remedy certain breaches, failure to do so within specified cure periods could result in the termination of the Capital Protection Agreement. In the event of termination of the Capital Protection Agreement, the Capital Protection Provider is obligated to pay any Settlement Amount due to the Fund as of the reference date. However, the Protection will terminate without any obligation by the Capital Protection Provider, and therefore by the Parent Guarantor, to

 
 
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make any payment to the Fund if the termination of the Capital Protection Agreement results from acts or omissions of the Fund, Janus Capital or certain key employees of Janus Capital, or the Fund’s custodian that constitute gross negligence, fraud, bad faith, willful misconduct, or a criminal act that negatively impacts a share class’ NAV by 1% or more.
 
The Fund has delegated to Janus Capital the responsibility for developing internal procedures to ensure compliance with the terms of the Capital Protection Agreement; however, there is no assurance that such procedures will be successful. Only shareholders who hold their shares on the Termination Date are covered by the Protection. Shareholders who redeem prior to the Termination Date receive the then-current NAV, which will be higher than the Protected NAV for their share class and will not include any payment of the Protection. (Please refer to Appendix B for a list of events that could result in termination of the Capital Protection Agreement, but not a termination of the Capital Protection Provider’s obligation to pay the Settlement Amount due under the Capital Protection Agreement.)
 
•  Termination as a Result of Market Activity – The Capital Protection Agreement will terminate and the Fund will liquidate if, pursuant to the terms of the Capital Protection Agreement, the Protection is triggered by the NAV of one or more share classes falling below the Protected NAV applicable to the corresponding share class. Because the NAV per share for a share class is protected to at least 80%, and not 100%, of its highest attained NAV since the inception of the share class (as reduced to account for dividends, distributions, any extraordinary expenses, and certain extraordinary items), it is possible that in the event that equity markets fall a shareholder could lose money, even if the Protection is triggered.
 
•  Termination by the Capital Protection Provider – The Capital Protection Agreement has an initial term of 10 years and may be extended for additional 10-year terms, but it may be terminated, under certain circumstances, prior to the expiration of any effective term, which in any case would become the Termination Date. The Capital Protection Agreement contains numerous covenants of the Fund and obligations of Janus Capital. Any failure of the Fund, Janus Capital or certain key employees of Janus Capital, or the Fund’s custodian, to comply with its obligations after the expiration of any applicable remedy period will permit the Capital Protection Provider to terminate the Capital Protection Agreement. In addition, there are other events that will also permit the Capital Protection Provider to terminate the Capital Protection Agreement including, but not limited to: (i) any failure of the Fund or Janus Capital to comply in all material respects with applicable law, including any failure of the Fund to be a registered investment company; (ii) defaults to material indebtedness and contracts of the Fund; (iii) any merger of the Fund; (iv) any change of control of the Fund, the replacement or departure of certain key employees of Janus Capital or the Fund or any change in investment adviser; (v) the commencement of formal charges or enforcement proceedings alleging possible fraud and significant securities law violations; (vi) changes in law that adversely impact the Capital Protection Provider’s tax treatment with respect to the Capital Protection Agreement or that materially impairs the rights or remedies of the Capital Protection Provider or the Parent Guarantor under the Capital Protection Agreement or the Guaranty; (vii) changes in the policies and objectives of the Fund in a manner that is inconsistent with those in the Prospectus; (viii) if the Aggregate Protected Amount exceeds the Maximum Settlement Amount; (ix) the bankruptcy or insolvency of the Fund, Janus Capital or certain key employees of Janus Capital; (x) suspension of the publication of the NAV with respect to any share class; (xi) bankruptcy, insolvency or credit downgrade of the custodian or amendments to the custody agreement that are materially adverse to the Capital Protection Provider or the Parent Guarantor; (xii) any withholding tax on payments by either the Capital Protection Provider or the Fund, which cannot be avoided through reasonable means; (xiii) any material judgment is entered against the Fund; and (xiv) any judicial determination that the Fund has violated a criminal law.
 
Although Janus Capital intends to meet all obligations under the Capital Protection Agreement, a failure to fully comply with the terms of the agreement would provide the Capital Protection Provider with the option to terminate the Capital Protection Agreement. Upon the termination of the Capital Protection Agreement under the circumstances described above, it is expected that the Fund will follow an orderly liquidation process. In addition, following the termination of the Capital Protection Agreement the liability of the Capital Protection Provider will be determined and any monetary obligation will be settled following which the Capital Protection Provider will owe no further duties to the Fund under the Capital Protection Agreement. The Settlement Amount payable by the Capital Protection Provider is limited to the Maximum Settlement Amount.
 
•  Automatic Cancellation of the Protection – If an action or omission of the Fund, Janus Capital or certain key employees of Janus Capital, or the Fund’s custodian constitutes gross negligence, bad faith, willful misconduct, fraud, or a criminal act, that negatively impacts a share class’ NAV by 1% or more, the Capital Protection Agreement will automatically terminate and the Protection will be cancelled. As a result, the Capital Protection Provider will have no payment obligation to the Fund under the Capital Protection Agreement, even where the NAV of a share class is below its Protected NAV. The foregoing events are the only contractual events that terminate both the Capital Protection Agreement and the obligation for the Capital Protection Provider to pay the Settlement Amount. Upon the occurrence of such an event, shareholders will not

 
 
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receive the Protected NAV but will instead receive the then-current NAV at the time their shares are redeemed, which may be lower than the Protected NAV and lower than the price per share of the shareholder’s initial investment. It is important to understand that if an event occurs that results in the cancellation of the Protection and the Fund is subsequently liquidated, none of the Fund, Janus Capital, or any affiliate thereof, will be responsible for any shortfall between the then-current NAV of any share class and the corresponding Protected NAV. Also, in such events, the Parent Guarantor will have no obligations to the Fund under the Parent Guaranty. The Capital Protection Provider does not have the right to terminate the Fund, however, and the Fund may, at the discretion of the Fund’s Board of Trustees, continue operations under a new agreement with a different capital protection provider.
 
•  Automatic Termination as a Result of a Cash Recomposition Event – The Capital Protection Agreement requires that the Fund reallocate its portfolio if, as reported by the Capital Protection Provider, the Capital Protection Provider provides the Fund with a report that indicates that a certain “cushion” amount is less than (i) a specified percentage of the aggregate net asset value of the Fund or (ii) the aggregate amount of haircuts applied by the Capital Protection Provider to the various investments and other positions of the Fund. The reallocation of assets needs to be done in accordance with a plan submitted to the Capital Protection Provider. If the Fund fails to provide a satisfactory portfolio reallocation plan or fails to reallocate its portfolio in accordance with the plan, the Capital Protection Agreement will immediately terminate. To determine the “cushion,” the Capital Protection Provider will calculate for each share class the difference between the NAV and the Protected NAV of such share class, as a percentage of the NAV of such share class, and the lowest percentage will be multiplied by the aggregate net asset value of the Fund. Upon the termination of the Capital Protection Agreement under these circumstances, the liability of the Capital Protection Provider under the Capital Protection Agreement, if any, will be determined and cash settled, following which the Capital Protection Provider will have no further liability under the Capital Protection Agreement, including with respect to the Protection.
 
•  Termination upon Reporting Event – Under the Capital Protection Agreement, Janus Capital is required to submit daily reports to the Capital Protection Provider. In the event that the Capital Protection Provider disputes any of the information contained in such reports, notice of such dispute is provided to the Fund. If the Capital Protection Provider and the Fund are unable to resolve such dispute within two business days after receipt of the report, the Capital Protection Provider is permitted to terminate the Protection. Upon the termination of the Capital Protection Agreement under these circumstances, the liability of the Capital Protection Provider under the Capital Protection Agreement, if any, will be determined and cash settled based on the latest undisputed report, following which the Capital Protection Provider will have no further liability under the Capital Protection Agreement, including with respect to the Protection.
 
•  Termination by the Fund – The Fund may terminate the Capital Protection Agreement and the Protection for a number of reasons, including, but not limited to, a bankruptcy of the Capital Protection Provider or the Parent Guarantor, a ratings downgrade of the Parent Guarantor below Baa3 by Moody’s or BBB- by S&P or if the Fund’s Board of Trustees determines that it is in the best interest of the Fund to terminate the Capital Protection Agreement or to liquidate the Fund. Upon the termination of the Capital Protection Agreement under these circumstances, the liability of the Capital Protection Provider under the Capital Protection Agreement will be determined and be settled, following which the Capital Protection Provider will have no further liability under the Capital Protection Agreement, including with respect to the Protection.
 
•  Termination by either the Capital Protection Provider or the Fund – Upon written notice, the Capital Protection Agreement may also be terminated by any party to the agreement after five years to be effective on a date that is five years, following the non-terminating Party’s receipt of such notice. Therefore, the earliest date that the Capital Protection Agreement and the Protection can terminate under this provision is at the expiration of the initial 10-year term of the Agreement. Upon the termination of the Capital Protection Agreement under the circumstances described in this paragraph, it is expected that the Fund will follow an orderly liquidation process. In addition, following the termination of the Capital Protection Agreement the liability of the Capital Protection Provider will be determined and any monetary obligation will be settled following which the Capital Protection Provider will owe no further duties to the Fund under the Capital Protection Agreement.
 
•  Automatic Termination Relating to Valuation of the Capital Protection Agreement – The Fund intends to take the position that the right to receive a payment from the Capital Protection Provider is itself a capital asset. However, until the Protection is triggered, the Fund expects that the value of the Capital Protection Agreement will be $0. If, however, the Fund assigns a value greater than $0 to the Capital Protection Agreement or any other Capital Protection Document in calculating the net asset value per share of the shares of any share class, the Capital Protection Agreement will automatically terminate.
 
Please refer to the Fund’s Prospectuses for additional detail related to the Capital Protection Agreement.

 
 
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Diversification
Funds are classified as either “diversified” or “nondiversified.” Diversification is a way to reduce risk by investing in a broad range of stocks or other securities. To be classified as “diversified” under the 1940 Act, a fund may not, with respect to 75% of its total assets, invest more than 5% of its total assets in any issuer and may not own more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of an issuer. A fund that is classified as “nondiversified” under the 1940 Act is not subject to the same restrictions and therefore 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 manager has 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, the Fund’s use of a risk allocation methodology may result in a significant portion of the Fund’s assets being held in cash. The Fund’s allocation to cash and/or cash equivalent investments may depend on prevailing market conditions and could be as high as 100% of its assets. Additionally, the Fund’s cash position may temporarily increase under various circumstances. Securities that the Fund 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 may also invest in affiliated or non-affiliated money market funds. (Refer to “Investment Company Securities.”)
 
Illiquid Investments
Although the Fund intends to invest in liquid securities, it may hold 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. 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 the 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 Fund’s 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 the 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 manager 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 the Fund to decline.
 
Securities Lending
Under procedures adopted by the Trustees, the 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, among other things, 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 Fund does not have the right to vote on securities while they are being lent; however, the 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 the Fund is unable to recover a security on loan, the Fund may use the collateral to purchase replacement securities in the

 
 
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market. There is a risk that the value of the collateral could decrease below the cost of the replacement security by the time the replacement investment is made, 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 the Fund to violate its agreement to return the cash collateral to a borrower in a timely manner. As adviser to the Fund 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 Fund and the cash management vehicle. Additionally, Janus Capital receives an investment advisory fee of 0.05% 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 in which the Fund may invest, and therefore may have an incentive to allocate preferred investment opportunities to investment vehicles for which it is receiving a fee.
 
Equity Securities
The Fund 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.
 
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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.
 
Natural Disasters and Extreme Weather Conditions
Certain areas of the world have historically been prone to and economically sensitive to environmental events such as, but not limited to, hurricanes, earthquakes, typhoons, flooding, tidal waves, tsunamis, erupting volcanoes, wildfires or droughts, tornados, mudslides or other weather-related phenomena. Such disasters, and the resulting physical or economic damage, could have a severe and negative impact on the Fund’s investment portfolio and, in the longer term, could impair the ability of issuers in which the Fund invests to conduct their businesses as they would under normal conditions. Adverse weather conditions may also have a particularly significant negative effect on issuers in the agricultural sector and on insurance companies that insure against the impact of natural disasters.
 
Foreign Securities
The Fund may invest in foreign securities either indirectly through various derivative instruments (including, but not limited to, participatory notes, depositary receipts, depositary shares, and passive foreign investment companies) or directly in foreign markets, including emerging markets. Investments in foreign securities, including securities of foreign and emerging markets governments, may involve greater risks than investing in domestic securities because the Fund’s performance may depend on factors other than the performance of a particular company. These factors include:
 
Currency Risk. As long as the Fund holds a foreign security, its value will be affected by the value of the local currency relative to the U.S. dollar. When the 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, social instability, and different and/or developing legal systems. 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 withholding and other taxes or limits on the removal of the Fund’s assets from that country. In addition, the economies of emerging markets may be predominately based on only a few industries, may be highly vulnerable to changes in local or global trade conditions, and may suffer from extreme and volatile debt burdens or inflation rates.
 
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. These securities markets may trade a small number of securities, may have a limited number of issuers and a high proportion of shares, or may be held by a relatively small number of persons or institutions. Local securities markets may be unable to respond effectively to increases in trading volume, potentially making prompt liquidation of substantial holdings difficult or impossible at times. It is also possible that 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. It may not be possible for the Fund to repatriate capital, dividends, interest, and other income from a particular country or governmental entity. In addition, securities of issuers located in countries with emerging markets may have limited marketability and may be subject to more abrupt or erratic price movements which could also have a negative effect on the Fund. Such factors may hinder the Fund’s

 
 
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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.
 
Geographical Investment Risk. To the extent that the Fund invests a significant portion of its assets in a particular country or geographic region, the Fund will generally have more exposure to certain risks due to possible political, economic, social, or regulatory events in that country or region. Adverse developments in certain regions could also adversely affect securities of other countries whose economies appear to be unrelated and could have a negative impact on the Fund’s performance.
 
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. The Fund may invest its assets in securities of issuers or companies from one or more “developing countries” or “emerging markets.” Under the Capital Protection Agreement, such countries include, but might not be limited to, Brazil, China, Hong Kong, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Russia, Turkey, Hungary, Vietnam, or South Africa. 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, the risks associated with investing in securities of more developed foreign countries as previously discussed under “Foreign Securities.” The prices 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, making these investments potentially more volatile in price and less liquid than investments in developed securities markets, resulting in greater risk to investors. 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 the 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. In addition, the economies of developing countries tend to be heavily dependent upon international trade and, as such, have been, and may continue to be, adversely impacted by trade barriers, exchange controls, managed adjustments in relative currency values, and other protectionist measures. These economies also have been, and may continue to be, adversely affected by economic conditions in the countries with which they do business.
 
The securities markets of many of the countries in which the Fund 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 Fund 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. Further, the Fund’s ability to participate fully in the smaller, less liquid emerging markets may be limited by the policy restricting its investments in illiquid securities. The Fund may be subject to emerging markets risk to the extent that it invests in securities of issuers or companies which are not considered to be from emerging markets, but which have customers, products, or transactions associated with emerging markets. A summary of the Fund’s investments by country is contained in the Fund’s shareholder reports and Form N-Q reports, which are filed with the SEC, when available.
 
Short Sales
The Fund may engage in “short sales against the box.” This technique involves either selling short a security that the Fund owns, or selling short a security that the Fund has the right to obtain, for delivery at a specified date in the future. The Fund does not deliver from its portfolio the securities sold short and does not immediately receive the proceeds of the short sale. The 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, the Fund loses the opportunity to participate in the gain.
 
The Fund may also engage in other short sales. The Fund may engage in short sales when the portfolio manager anticipates that a security’s market purchase price will be less than its borrowing price. In a short sale transaction, the 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 the Fund’s potential for gain as a result of a short sale is limited to the price at which it sold the

 
 
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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 Fund 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 the 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 the 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 the 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. The 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 the Fund’s leveraging of its investments and the related risk of losses from leveraging. The 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, the Fund may or may not receive any payments (including interest) on collateral it has deposited with the broker. The 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, the 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 the 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, the 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 the 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 the Fund may have to distribute cash obtained from other sources in order to satisfy the distribution requirements under the Internal Revenue Code. The Fund may obtain such cash from selling other portfolio holdings, which may cause the 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 the Fund, to reduce the assets to which Fund expenses could be allocated, and to reduce the rate of return for the 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 the 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 Fund 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 Fund. 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. The 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’s 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’s 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 Fund), 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 manager will consider estimated prepayment rates in calculating the average-weighted maturity of the 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 the 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 the Fund’s ability to participate in as large a market gain as may be experienced with a comparable security not subject to prepayment.
 
The Fund’s 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 Fund 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, the 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 Fund’s Prospectuses may apply.
 
Investment Company Securities
From time to time, the Fund 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 the 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 the Fund’s total assets; or (iii) securities of such other investment company and all other investment companies owned by the 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 the 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 the 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 Fund may invest its cash holdings in affiliated or non-affiliated money market funds as part of a cash sweep program. The Fund 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 Fund invests in money market funds or other funds, the Fund 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 Fund and the money market funds or other funds or investment vehicles in which the Fund may invest, Janus Capital has an inherent conflict of interest because it has fiduciary duties to both the Fund 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, the 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 Fund, to acquire their securities in excess of the limits of the 1940 Act.
 
Exchange-Traded Notes
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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 Fund’s total return. The Fund may invest in these securities when desiring exposure to debt securities or commodities. When evaluating ETNs for investment, Janus Capital will consider the potential risks involved, expected tax efficiency, rate of return, and credit risk. When the 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 right to redeem its investment in an ETN, which are meant to be held until maturity. The Fund’s decision to sell its ETN holdings may be limited by the availability of a secondary market.
 
Depositary Receipts
The 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 Fund 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, regulatory risk, market risk, and geographical investment 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 Fund’s Prospectuses.
 
U.S. Government Securities
To the extent permitted by its investment objective and policies, the 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 the 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 the 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 Fund 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 Fund 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 the 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 Fund 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. The Fund will not 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, the 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 Fund will purchase standby commitments, tender option bonds, and instruments with demand features primarily for the purpose of increasing the liquidity of its 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 manager must correctly assess probable movements in interest rates. This involves different skills than those used to select most portfolio securities. If the portfolio manager incorrectly forecasts such movements, the 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, the Fund may invest in REITs. REITs are sometimes informally characterized as equity REITs, mortgage REITs, and hybrid REITs. Investment in REITs may subject the 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 the 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 the Fund, a shareholder will bear not only his or her proportionate share of the expenses of the 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.

 
 
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Repurchase and Reverse Repurchase Agreements
In a repurchase agreement, the 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 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 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 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 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 to additional risk regardless of the creditworthiness of the parties involved in the transaction.
 
Reverse repurchase agreements are transactions in which the 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 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 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 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 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 portfolio, although the 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 will maintain cash and appropriate liquid assets in a segregated custodial account to cover its obligation under the agreement. The Fund will enter into reverse repurchase agreements only with parties that Janus Capital deems creditworthy.
 
Mortgage Dollar Rolls
The Fund may enter into “mortgage dollar rolls,” which are similar to reverse repurchase agreements in certain respects. In a “mortgage dollar roll” transaction, the 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 the Fund pledges a mortgage-related security to a dealer to obtain cash. Unlike in the case of reverse repurchase agreements, the dealer with which the 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 the 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.
 
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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, the Fund foregoes principal and interest paid on the mortgage-backed security. The 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 the Fund’s ability to predict interest rates and mortgage payments. Dollar roll transactions involve the risk that the market value of the securities the Fund is required to purchase may decline below the agreed upon repurchase price.
 
Bank Loans
The Fund may invest in bank loans (no more than 20% of the 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 Fund generally invests 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 the 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 the 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, the 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, the 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. The 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 the Fund purchases a participation interest, it typically will have a contractual relationship with the lender and not with the borrower. The 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. The 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 the 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 the 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 the 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 the 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, the 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

 
 
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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 the Fund’s NAV as a result of changes in interest rates.
 
While the Fund generally expects to invest in fully funded term loans, certain of the loans in which the Fund 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, the Fund would need to maintain amounts sufficient to meet its contractual obligations. In cases where the 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 the Fund than investments in floating rate loans. Loans involving revolving credit facilities or delayed terms may require the Fund to increase its investment in a particular floating rate loan when it otherwise would not have done so. Further, the 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 Fund may receive fees such as covenant waiver fees or prepayment penalty fees. The Fund may pay fees such as facility fees. Such fees may affect the Fund’s return.
 
The Fund does not intend to purchase floating rate loans through private placements or other transactions that may involve confidential information. Such a policy may place the 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 the Fund’s holdings. To the extent required by applicable law, Janus Capital’s ability to trade in these loans for the account of the Fund could potentially be limited by its possession of such information, which could have an adverse effect on the 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.
 
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, the 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 Fund 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, the 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, the Fund will limit its investments in such bonds to 35% 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, the Fund would experience a reduction in its income, and could expect a decline in the market value of the bonds so affected.

 
 
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The 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 manager deems 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. The Fund’s portfolio manager 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 is 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
The Fund may hold defaulted securities if the portfolio manager believes, 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 the Fund’s limit on investments in bonds rated below investment grade. Notwithstanding the portfolio manager’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 Fund generally will purchase securities for which its portfolio manager expects 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 Fund will limit holdings of any such securities to amounts that the portfolio manager believes could be readily sold, and holdings of such securities would, in any event, be limited so as not to limit the 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 Fund.
 
Futures, Options, and Other Derivative Instruments
The Fund 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 may invest in derivative instruments including, but not limited to: futures contracts, put options, call options, options on future contracts, options on foreign currencies, forward contracts, structured investments, and other equity-linked derivatives.
 
The 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 the 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 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 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 to additional risks that it would not be subject to if it invested directly in the

 
 
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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. The 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.
 
In an effort to mitigate credit risk associated with derivatives traded OTC, the Fund may enter into collateral agreements with certain counterparties whereby, subject to certain minimum exposure requirements, the Fund may require the 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 Fund 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 Fund intends to, but may not always, invest in U.S. futures contracts that are listed on the S&P 500® Index, the Russell 1000® Index, or the NASDAQ Composite Index which have a remaining term of less than 120 days.
 
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. 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 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, the Fund may be entitled to return of margin owed to the Fund only in proportion to the amount received by the FCM’s other customers. Janus Capital will attempt to minimize the risk by careful monitoring of the creditworthiness of the FCMs with which the Fund does business.

 
 
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The Fund may enter into futures contracts and related options as permitted under CFTC Rule 4.5. The Fund has 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 is not subject to commodity pool operator registration and regulation under the Commodity Exchange Act.
 
Although the 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 immediately upon closing out the futures position; however, closing out open futures positions through customary settlement procedures could take several days. Because the 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’s return could be diminished due to the opportunity losses of foregoing other potential investments.
 
The Fund 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. The 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, the 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 the Fund not participating in a market advance. This technique is sometimes known as an anticipatory hedge. The Fund may also use this technique with respect to an individual company’s stock. To the extent the Fund enters into futures contracts for this purpose, the segregated assets maintained to cover the 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 the Fund with respect to the futures contracts. Conversely, if the 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 the 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. The 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 the Fund owns interest rate sensitive securities and the portfolio manager expects interest rates to increase, the Fund may take a short position in interest rate futures contracts. Taking such a position would have much the same effect as the 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 manager expects interest rates to decline, the 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 the 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 manager 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. The Fund’s performance could be worse than if the Fund had not used such instruments. For example, if the Fund has hedged against the effects of a possible decrease in prices of securities held in its portfolio and prices increase instead, the 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 manager must predict the direction of the price of an

 
 
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individual stock, as opposed to securities prices generally. In addition, if the 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 the 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 will not match exactly the Fund’s current or potential investments. The 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 the Fund’s investments.
 
Futures prices can also diverge from the prices of their underlying instruments, even if the underlying instruments closely correlate with the 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 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. The 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 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 the 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 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 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, the Fund’s access to other assets held to cover its futures positions also could be impaired.
 
Options on Futures Contracts. The Fund may buy and write put and call options on futures contracts. A purchased option on a future gives the 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 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 will retain the full amount of the option premium which provides a partial hedge against any decline that may have occurred in the 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 will retain the full amount of the option premium which provides a partial hedge against any increase in the price of securities which the Fund is considering buying. If a call or put option the Fund has written is exercised, the 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’s losses from existing options on futures may to some extent be reduced or increased by changes in the value of portfolio securities.

 
 
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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 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 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 Fund may enter into forward contracts to purchase and sell government securities, equity or income securities, foreign currencies, or other financial instruments. Currently, the Fund does 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 principal uses of forward foreign currency exchange contracts (“forward currency contracts”). The Fund may enter into forward currency contracts with stated contract values of up to the value of the 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 may invest in forward currency contracts for nonhedging purposes such as seeking to enhance return. The 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 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 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 the 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 manager believes 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 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 currency exposure from one foreign currency to another removes the Fund’s opportunity to profit from increases in the value of the original currency and involves a risk of increased losses to the Fund if the portfolio manager’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 than if it had not entered into such contracts.
 
In general, the Fund covers 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 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 the 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 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 the Fund’s commitments with respect to such contracts. As an alternative to segregating assets, the Fund may buy call options permitting the Fund to buy the amount of foreign currency being hedged by a forward sale contract, or the Fund may buy put options permitting it to sell the amount of foreign currency subject to a forward buy contract.

 
 
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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 Fund’s ability to utilize forward contracts may be restricted. In addition, the 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 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 may buy put options on the foreign currency. If the value of the currency declines, the 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 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 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, the Fund could sustain losses on transactions in foreign currency options that would require the Fund to forego a portion or all of the benefits of advantageous changes in those rates.
 
The Fund 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, the 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 could write a put option on the relevant currency which, if rates move in the manner projected, should expire unexercised and allow the 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 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 also may lose all or a portion of the benefits which might otherwise have been obtained from favorable movements in exchange rates.
 
The Fund may write covered call options on foreign currencies. A call option written on a foreign currency by the Fund is “covered” if the 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 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 the Fund in cash or other liquid assets in a segregated account with the Fund’s custodian.
 
The Fund 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 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 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 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. The Fund might use Eurodollar futures contracts and options thereon to hedge against changes in LIBOR, to which many fixed-income instruments are linked.

 
 
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Additional Risks of Options on Foreign Currencies, Forward Contracts, and Foreign Instruments. Unlike transactions entered into by the Fund 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 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 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.
 
The 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 the Fund. Such participation may subject the Fund to expenses such as legal fees and may make the Fund an “insider” of the issuer for purposes of the federal securities laws, which may restrict the 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 the Fund on such committees also may expose the Fund to potential liabilities under the federal bankruptcy laws or other laws governing the rights of creditors and debtors. The Fund would participate on such committees only when Janus Capital believes that such participation is necessary or desirable to enforce the Fund’s rights as a creditor or to protect the value of securities held by the Fund.
 
Options on Securities. In an effort to increase current income and to reduce fluctuations in NAV, the Fund 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 Fund may write and buy options on the same types of securities that the Fund may purchase directly. The

 
 
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Fund 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 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. The 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 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.
 
The 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. The 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 the Fund in cash or other liquid assets in a segregated account with its custodian.
 
The 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 manager believes 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 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 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 to use the cash or proceeds from the concurrent sale of any securities subject to the option for other investments. If the Fund desires to sell a particular security from its portfolio on which it has written a call option, the Fund will effect a closing transaction prior to or concurrent with the sale of the security.
 
The 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 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

 
 
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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.
 
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 may not be able to effect closing transactions in particular options and the Fund would have to exercise the options in order to realize any profit. If the 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 may write options in connection with buy-and-write transactions. In other words, the 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 maximum gain will be the premium received by it for writing the option, adjusted upwards or downwards by the difference between the 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 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 may elect to close the position or take delivery of the security at the exercise price and the 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 may buy put options to hedge against a decline in the value of its portfolio. By using put options in this way, the 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 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 the Fund upon exercise of the option, and, unless the price of the underlying security rises sufficiently, the option may expire worthless to the Fund.
 
The 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 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.
 
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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 may purchase and write put and call options on foreign securities indices listed on domestic and foreign securities exchanges. The Fund may also purchase and write OTC options on foreign securities indices.
 
The Fund 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 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 generally will only purchase or write such an option if Janus Capital 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 will not purchase such options unless Janus Capital 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 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 manager may be forced to liquidate portfolio securities to meet settlement obligations. The Fund’s activities in index options may also be restricted by the requirements of the Internal Revenue 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, the 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. The 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. The 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 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.
 
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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.
 
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 the 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 ability to resell such a structured instrument may be more limited than its ability to resell other Fund securities. The Fund may treat such instruments as illiquid and will limit its investments in such instruments to no more than 15% of the Fund’s net assets, when combined with all other illiquid investments of the Fund.
 
PORTFOLIO TURNOVER
 
As of the date of this SAI, portfolio turnover rates are not available for the Fund because the Fund is new.
 
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. In addition to the below, the Protected NAV will be available at janus.com/advisor/mutual-funds, or janus.com/allfunds if you hold Class D Shares, and updated to reflect any change to the Protected NAV within one business day of such change.

 
 
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•  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 of the Fund at janus.com/advisor/mutual-funds (or janus.com/allfunds if you hold Class D Shares).
 
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.
 
•  Equity Component vs. Protection Component. The percentages of the Fund’s portfolio that are allocated to the Equity Component and the Protection Component are available monthly with a 15-day lag.
 
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 Janus 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
Aprimo, Inc.
  As needed   Current
Axioma Inc.
  Daily   Current
Barclays Capital Inc.
  Daily   Current
BNP Paribas
  Daily   Current
BNP Paribas Prime Brokerage, Inc.
  Daily   Current
BNP Securities Corp.
  Daily   Current
BNY Mellon Performance and Risk Analytics, LLC
  Monthly   Current
Bowne & Company Inc. 
  Daily   Current
Bowne of Dallas
  Semi-annually   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
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
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 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 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.
 
The Fund’s Advisory Agreement will continue in effect for an initial term through February 2013 and from year to year thereafter 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.
 
The Advisory Agreement provides that Janus Capital will furnish continuous advice and recommendations concerning the Fund’s investments, provide office space for the Fund, and certain other advisory-related services. The Fund pays custodian fees and expenses, any brokerage commissions and dealer spreads, and other expenses in connection with the execution of portfolio transactions, legal and audit expenses, interest and taxes, a portion of trade or other investment company dues and expenses, expenses of shareholders’ meetings, mailing of prospectuses, statements of additional information, and reports to shareholders, fees and expenses of all Fund Trustees, other costs of complying with applicable laws regulating the sale of Fund shares, compensation to the Fund’s transfer agent, and other costs, including shareholder servicing costs.
 
Janus Capital also serves as administrator and is authorized to perform, or cause others to perform, the administration services necessary for the operation of the Fund, including, but not limited to, NAV determination, portfolio accounting, recordkeeping, blue sky registration and monitoring services, preparation of prospectuses and other Fund documents, and other services for which the Fund reimburses Janus Capital as an out-of-pocket charge, for its costs. The Fund also pays for the salaries, fees, and expenses of certain Janus Capital employees and Fund officers, with respect to certain specified administration functions they perform on behalf of the Fund. Administration costs are separate and apart from advisory fees and other expenses paid in connection with the investment advisory services Janus Capital (or any subadviser) provides to the Fund. Some expenses related to compensation payable to the Fund’s Chief Compliance Officer and compliance staff are shared with the Fund.
 
Many of these costs vary from year to year which can make it difficult to predict the total impact to the Fund’s expense ratio, in particular during times of declining asset values of the Fund. Certain costs may be waived and/or reimbursed by Janus Capital to the Fund pursuant to expense limitation agreements with the Fund. Janus Capital also has specific obligations under the Capital Protection Agreement, such as monthly reporting requirements. Janus Capital does not receive any compensation or out of pocket payment under the Capital Protection Agreement.
 
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, 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, at janus.com/info (or janus.com/reports if you hold Class D Shares).
 
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 0.64%.
 
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, including the Capital Protection Fee, in any fiscal year, including the investment advisory fee, but excluding the 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 including, but not limited to, acquired fund fees and 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
 
 
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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 the waiver until at least February 1, 2013.
 
         
    Expense Limit
Fund Name   Percentage (%)
Janus Protected Series – Growth
    1.38 - 1.53*  
         
Varies based on the amount of the Capital Protection Fee.
 
As of the date of this SAI, no advisory fees were paid 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 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
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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.
 
From time to time, certain financial intermediaries approach Janus Capital to request that Janus Capital make contributions to certain charitable organizations. In these cases, Janus Capital’s contribution may result in the financial intermediary, or its salespersons, recommending Janus funds over other mutual funds (or non-mutual fund investments).
 
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 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 of equity securities or syndicate offerings of bonds (each a “Primary Offering”), under Primary Offering allocation procedures adopted by Janus Capital, an account may participate in a Primary Offering if the portfolio managers believe the Primary Offering is an appropriate investment based on the account’s investment restrictions, risk profile, asset composition, and/or cash levels. For equity securities, these Primary Offering allocation procedures generally require that all shares purchased in a Primary Offering be allocated on a pro rata basis to all participating accounts based upon the total assets of each account. For syndicated bond offerings, the Primary Offering procedures generally require that all bonds purchased be allocated on a pro rata basis to all participating accounts within the same investment strategy (as opposed to pro rata across all participating accounts).
 
Janus Capital is permitted to adjust its allocation procedures to address fractional shares, odd lots, or minimum issue sizes 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

 
 
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investment objectives. Participation in Primary Offerings may impact performance. In particular, the allocation of securities may have the unintended consequence of having a greater impact (positive or negative) on the performance of one or more accounts compared to other accounts.
 
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 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 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

 
 
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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.
 
JANUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
PROXY VOTING SUMMARY FOR MUTUAL FUNDS
 
Janus Capital seeks to vote 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”), subject to specific provisions in a client’s account documentation related to exception voting.
 
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. The Proxy Voting Committee also reviews policy rationale provided by the Proxy Voting Service related to voting recommendations for the upcoming proxy season. Once the Proxy Voting Committee establishes its recommendations and revises the Janus Guidelines, they are distributed to Janus Capital’s portfolio managers for review and implementation. 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 nonproprietary 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 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. On a quarterly basis, the Proxy Voting Committee reviews records of any votes that were cast differently than the Janus Guidelines and the related rationales for such votes. Additionally, and in instances where a portfolio manager proposes to vote a proxy inconsistent with the Janus Guidelines and a potential conflict is identified, 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.
 
CAPITAL PROTECTION PROVIDER AND GUARANTOR
 
BNP Paribas Prime Brokerage, Inc., a Delaware corporation, a U.S. registered broker-dealer under the 1934 Act and a member of FINRA, is the Fund’s Capital Protection Provider. As set forth in more detail above, pursuant to the Capital Protection Agreement, the Capital Protection Provider has agreed to provide capital protection up to $1.5 billion to protect against a decrease in the NAV per share for each share class of the Fund below 80% of the highest NAV per share for such share class attained since the inception of the share class, reduced for dividends, distributions, any extraordinary expenses, and certain extraordinary items, provided the terms and conditions of the Capital Protection Agreement are satisfied and the agreement is not otherwise void (please refer to Appendix B for a summary of certain material terms of the Capital Protection Agreement). For this capital protection, the Fund pays a monthly fee to the Capital Protection Provider. The fee is based on the Aggregate Protected Amount and is calculated at an annual rate equal to 0.75% (“Capital Protection Fee”). Because the Capital Protection Fee is based on the aggregate protected assets of the Fund rather than the Fund’s total net assets, it can fluctuate between 0.60% and 0.75%.
 
BNP Paribas, the Parent Guarantor and the Capital Protection Provider’s ultimate parent company, has issued an irrevocable guaranty (the “Parent Guaranty”) pursuant to which the Parent Guarantor guarantees any and all financial obligations of the Capital Protection Provider to pay or deliver cash to the Fund in the amount obligated to be paid under the Capital Protection Agreement. The Parent Guarantor is organized under the laws of France as a société anonyme. Under the Parent Guaranty, the Parent Guarantor can assert the same defenses, rights, set offs, or counterclaims as the Capital Protection Provider would have under the Capital Protection Agreement.
 
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to the Fund. The Settlement Amount under the Capital Protection Agreement is owed directly to the Fund and not the Fund’s investors. Therefore, as a shareholder you will not have any action against or recourse to the Capital Protection Provider or the Parent Guarantor pursuant to the Capital Protection Agreement of the Parent Guaranty. Further, no shareholder will have any right to receive payment, or any other rights whatsoever, under the Capital Protection Agreement or the Parent Guaranty.
 
Neither the Capital Protection Provider, the Parent Guarantor, nor any of their affiliates, have participated in the organization of the Fund nor do they make any representations regarding the advisability of investing in the Fund.
 
The Capital Protection Provider’s audited Statement of Financial Condition for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010 is included as an exhibit to the Fund’s registration statement. You may request a copy of the most recent Statement of Financial Condition of the Capital Protection Provider, free of charge, by calling Janus Capital at 1-877-335-2687 (or 1-800-525-3713 if you hold Class D Shares).

 
 
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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. 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 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.
 
Class D Shares of the Fund pay an annual administrative services fee of 0.12% of net assets. These administrative services fees are paid by Class D Shares of the Fund for shareholder services provided by Janus Services.
 
Janus Services receives an administrative services fee at an annual rate of 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. 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 Class S Shares and Class T Shares of the Fund.
 
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.
 
As of the date of this SAI, Janus Services did not receive any administrative services fees from Class D Shares, Class S Shares, or Class T Shares of the Fund because the Fund is new.
 
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 administrative services 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.
 
Janus Distributors, 151 Detroit Street, Denver, Colorado 80206-4805, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Janus Capital, is the principal underwriter for the Fund. 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
 
 
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Portfolio transactions and brokerage

 
Janus Capital places all portfolio transactions of the Fund. Janus Capital 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) provided that Janus Capital may occasionally pay higher commissions for research services as described below. The Fund 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. 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 the 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.
 
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 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.
 
 
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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 the 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, better prices and executions will be achieved through the use of a broker.
 
As of the date of this SAI, the Fund did not pay any brokerage commissions because the Fund is new.
 
Brokerage commissions paid by the 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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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 50 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).     50     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).     50     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.
                               
 
 
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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.)
                               
William Cvengros
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1948
    Trustee     1/11-Present     Managing Member and Chief Executive Officer of SJC Capital, LLC (a personal investment company and consulting firm) (since 2002). Formerly, Venture Partner for The Edgewater Funds (a middle market private equity firm) (2002-2004); Chief Executive Officer and President of PIMCO Advisors Holdings L.P. (a publicly traded investment management firm) (1994-2000); and Chief Investment Officer of Pacific Life Insurance Company (a mutual life insurance and annuity company) (1987-1994).     50     Formerly, Chairman, National Retirement Partners, Inc. (network of advisors to 401(k) plans) (2005-2011); Director of Prospect Acquisition Corp. (a special purpose acquisition corporation) (2007-2009); Director of RemedyTemp, Inc. (temporary help services company) (1996-2006); and Trustee of PIMCO Funds Multi-Manager Series (1990-2000) and Pacific Life Variable Life & Annuity Trusts (1987-1994).
                               
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).     50     Independent Trustee of PayPal Funds (a money market fund) (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.     50*     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.     50     Director of Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. (RRGB).
                               
 *  Mr. Mullen also serves as director of Janus Capital Funds Plc, an offshore product, consisting of 20 funds. Including Janus Capital Funds Plc and the 50 funds comprising the Janus funds, Mr. Mullen oversees 70 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.)
                               
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).     50     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).     50     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
                   
Jonathan D. Coleman 151 Detroit Street Denver, CO 80206 DOB: 1971     Executive Vice President and Portfolio Manager Janus Protected Series – Growth     4/11-Present     Co-Chief Investment Officer and Executive Vice President of Janus Capital, and Portfolio Manager for other Janus accounts. Formerly, Vice President (1998-2006) of Janus Capital.
                   
Robin C. Beery
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1967
    President and Chief Executive Officer     4/08-Present     Executive Vice President and Head of U.S. Distribution of Janus Capital Group Inc., Janus Capital, Janus Distributors LLC, and Janus Services LLC; Director of The Janus Foundation; Director of Perkins Investment Management LLC; and Working Director of INTECH Investment Management LLC. Formerly, Head of Intermediary Distribution, Global Marketing and Product of Janus Capital Group Inc., Janus Capital, Janus Distributors LLC, and Janus Services LLC (2009-2010); Chief Marketing Officer of Janus Capital Group Inc. and Janus Capital (2002-2009); President of The Janus Foundation (2002-2007); and President of Janus Services LLC (2004-2006).
                   
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).
                   
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.
                   
 *  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 election of Trustees in 2010 and in connection with the assessment of candidates prior to the appointment of a new Trustee effective January 1, 2011, 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.

 
 
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William Cvengros: Service as Chief Executive Officer and President of a leading publicly traded investment management firm, Chief Investment Officer of a major life insurance company, a corporate and fund director, and in various capacities with private investment firms, and a Fund Independent Trustee since 2011.
 
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 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: Service as Chairman of the Board and CEO of a 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.
 
Linda S. Wolf: Service as Chairman and CEO of a global advertising firm, service on multiple corporate and nonprofit 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(s), 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.
 
Committees of the Board
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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:
 
                   
                   
      Summary of Functions     Members
(Independent Trustees)
    Number of Meetings
Held During Last
Fiscal Year Ended
September 30, 2010(1)
                   
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 preapproval of all audit and nonaudit services.     Jerome S. Contro (Chair)
William Cvengros*
Dennis B. Mullen
    5
                   
Brokerage Committee(2)     Reviews and makes recommendations regarding matters related to the Trust’s use of brokerage commissions and placement of portfolio transactions.     James T. Rothe (Chair)
John P. McGonigle
William D. Stewart
    4
                   
Investment Oversight Committee(2)     Oversees the investment activities of the Trust’s non-money market funds.     William F. McCalpin (Chair)
Jerome S. Contro
William Cvengros*
John P. McGonigle
Dennis B. Mullen
James T. Rothe
William D. Stewart
Linda S. Wolf
    5
                   
Legal and Regulatory Committee(2)     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
John P. McGonigle
    10
                   
Money Market Committee(2)     Reviews various matters related to the operations of the Janus money market funds, including compliance with their Money Market Fund Procedures.     John P. McGonigle (Chair)
Jerome S. Contro
William D. Stewart
    5
                   
Nominating and Governance Committee(2)     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 proposed changes to Trustee compensation.     Dennis B. Mullen (Chair)
William F. McCalpin
James T. Rothe
    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
    10
                   
 *   Mr. Cvengros joined the Board as a new Trustee effective January 1, 2011.
(1)  The Fund commenced operations on May 4, 2011.
(2)  Prior to June 24, 2010, members of the Brokerage Committee included James T. Rothe as Chair and Jerome S. Contro; members of the Investment Oversight Committee included Dennis B. Mullen as Chair, Jerome S. Contro, William F. McCalpin, James T. Rothe, William D. Stewart, and Linda S. Wolf; members of the Legal and Regulatory Committee included Linda S. Wolf as Chair, William F. McCalpin, and William D. Stewart; members of the Money Market Committee included Jerome S. Contro as Chair and James T. Rothe; and members of the Nominating and Governance Committee included William F. McCalpin and Dennis B. Mullen.
 
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,

 
 
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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 by Janus Capital and overseen by the Trustees (collectively, the “Janus Funds”), owned by each Trustee as of December 31, 2010.
 
                 
                 
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)
                 
William Cvengros(2)
    None         Over $100,000   
                 
John P. McGonigle
    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   
                 
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)  Mr. Cvengros joined the Board as a new Trustee effective January 1, 2011.
 
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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 year ended
  calendar year ended
Name of Person, Position   September 30, 2010(1)   December 31, 2010(2)(3)
Independent Trustees
               
                 
William F. McCalpin, Chairman and Trustee(4)(5)
    N/A     $ 378,000  
                 
Jerome S. Contro, Trustee(5)
    N/A     $ 264,000  
                 
William Cvengros, Trustee(6)
    N/A       N/A  
                 
John P. McGonigle, Trustee(5)(7)
    N/A     $ 177,167  
                 
Dennis B. Mullen, Trustee(5)
    N/A     $ 330,135  
                 
James T. Rothe, Trustee(5)
    N/A     $ 288,000  
                 
William D. Stewart, Trustee(5)
    N/A     $ 280,000  
                 
Linda S. Wolf, Trustee(5)
    N/A     $ 282,250  
                 
(1)  Since the Fund is new, no fees were paid during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2010. The aggregate compensation paid by the Fund is estimated for its initial fiscal period ending September 30, 2011 as follows: William F. McCalpin $630; Jerome S. Contro $471; William Cvengros $455; John P. McGonigle $468; Dennis B. Mullen $524; James T. Rothe $524; William D. Stewart $455; and Linda S. Wolf $474.
(2)  For all Trustees (with the exception of Mr. Cvengros), includes compensation for service on the boards of two Janus trusts comprised of 49 portfolios. Mr. Mullen’s compensation also includes service on the board of an additional trust, Janus Capital Funds Plc (an offshore product), comprised of 20 portfolios.
(3)  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 $132,000 and Linda S. Wolf $70,563.
(4)  Total Compensation received from all Janus Funds includes additional compensation paid for service as Independent Chairman of the Board of Trustees.
(5)  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 during certain periods.
(6)  Mr. Cvengros joined the Board as a new Trustee effective January 1, 2011.
(7)  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. During the calendar year ended December 31, 2010, Mr. McGonigle received total compensation of $75,000 from the Janus Funds for serving as a consultant to the Trustees, which is not reflected in the table above.

 
 
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JANUS INVESTMENT PERSONNEL
 
Other Accounts Managed
The following table provides information relating to other accounts managed by the portfolio manager as of February 28, 2011. 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
Jonathan D. Coleman
  Number of Other Accounts Managed     8 (1)     None       4  
    Assets in Other Accounts Managed   $ 11,593,933,587       None     $ 44,028,506  
                             
(1)  Two of the accounts included in the total, consisting of $9,346,450,798 of the total assets in the category, have performance-based advisory fees.
 
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 pooled investment vehicles, such as hedge funds, which may have materially higher fees than the Fund or may have a performance-based management fee. As such, fees earned by Janus Capital may vary among these accounts. In addition, 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. 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 the 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 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.”
 
Janus Capital is the adviser to the Fund 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 Fund, it is subject to certain potential conflicts of interest when allocating the assets of a Janus “fund of funds” to the Fund. 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 Fund, as well as knowledge of, and potential impact on, investment strategies and techniques of the Fund. 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 the portfolio manager’s compensation as of July 1, 2011.
 
The portfolio manager is compensated for managing the Fund and any other funds, portfolios, or accounts for which he has exclusive or shared responsibilities (collectively, the “Managed Funds”) through two components: fixed compensation and variable compensation. The Chief Investment Officers (“CIO”) of Janus Capital are eligible for additional variable compensation in recognition of their CIO roles, as noted below.
 
Fixed Compensation: Fixed compensation is paid in cash and is comprised of an annual base salary based on factors such as the complexity of managing funds and other accounts and scope of responsibility (including assets under management).

 
 
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Variable Compensation: Variable compensation is paid in the form of cash and long-term incentive awards (consisting of a mixture of JCGI restricted stock 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). The overall investment team compensation pool is funded each year by an amount equal to a percentage of Janus Capital’s pre-incentive operating income.
 
Variable compensation is structured to pay a portfolio manager on a quarterly basis primarily on the Managed Funds’ performance, with additional discretionary compensation available from a discretionary variable compensation pool described below.
 
With respect to any individual portfolio manager’s quarterly variable compensation, the management fee revenue received by Janus Capital in connection with such portfolio manager’s Managed Funds determines the maximum compensation that the individual portfolio manager can receive on a quarterly basis, which is then adjusted downward depending on the portfolio manager’s investment performance 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. Actual performance is calculated based on the Managed Funds’ aggregate asset-weighted Lipper peer group performance ranking (or, as may be applicable, a combination of two or more Lipper peer groups).
 
The portfolio manager is also eligible to participate in a discretionary variable compensation pool. The aggregate compensation available under such pool is determined by management at its sole discretion from the overall investment team pool described above. Compensation from the discretionary investment team pool is then allocated among the eligible respective participants at the discretion of Janus Capital based upon, among other things: (i) thought leadership; (ii) mentoring of analysts; (iii) contributions to the sales process; (iv) teamwork and support of team culture; and (v) client relationships.
 
CIO Variable Compensation: The CIOs are entitled to additional compensation at management’s sole discretion in consideration of their role as CIOs 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.
 
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.
 
The Fund’s Lipper peer group for compensation purposes is shown in the following table:
 
     
Fund Name   Lipper Peer Group
Janus Protected Series – Growth
  Large-Cap Growth Funds
     
 
OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
 
Since the Fund is new, the Fund’s portfolio manager did not own Shares of the Fund as of the date of this SAI. The portfolio manager may, however, own shares of certain other Janus mutual funds which have comparable investment objectives and strategies to the Fund.

 
 
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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. The Protected NAV is determined separately for each share class and is based on at least 80% of the share class’ highest NAV attained (subject to adjustments for dividends, distributions, any extraordinary expenses, and certain extraordinary items). 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 systematic fair valuation models provided by independent third parties to value international equity securities in order to adjust for stale pricing, which may occur between the close of certain foreign exchanges and the close of the NYSE. The Capital Protection Agreement will be fair valued on a daily basis in accordance with the Fund’s Fair Valuation Procedures. Factors considered in determining a fair value are expected to be based on standard option pricing models which take into account, among other factors, market volatility, whether a shortfall exists or is likely to occur, and the amount and timing of any payments owed.
 
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 D Shares and Class I Shares, Shares of the Fund 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 Fund in certain circumstances as provided in the Fund’s Prospectuses. Not all financial intermediaries offer all classes. Shares or classes of the Fund may be purchased without upfront sales charges by certain
 
 
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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 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.
 
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 an effort 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. Class A shareholders should consider the Protected NAV of each share class as part of their investment decision since any upfront sales charge is not reimbursed as part of a Fund liquidation. 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  
                         
 
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**  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.
 
As of the date of this SAI, Janus Distributors did not receive any underwriting commissions from the Fund because the Fund is new.
 
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 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.
 
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.
 
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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.
 
As of the date of this SAI, Janus Distributors did not receive any 12b-1 fees from Class A Shares, Class C Shares, and Class S Shares of the Fund because the Fund is new.
 
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 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.
 
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 the 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.

 
 
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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.
 
Janus Distributors receives the proceeds of contingent deferred sales charges paid by investors upon certain redemptions of Class A Shares and Class C Shares. As of the date of this SAI, Janus Distributors did not receive any proceeds of contingent deferred sales charges paid by investors in Class A Shares and Class C Shares because the Fund is new.
 
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. Any distributions in excess of the Fund’s net investment income and net capital gains would be considered a nontaxable return of capital, with any amount in excess of basis treated as a gain on the disposition of the Fund. Because the payment of dividends and distributions could have the effect of reducing the Fund’s NAV as a result of the reduction in the aggregate value of the Fund’s assets, any such distribution made during the term of the Capital Protection Agreement, including those made before you became a shareholder, will reduce the Protected NAV of each share class and therefore the amount of protection afforded to the Fund by the Capital Protection Provider. This means that the Protected NAV could be less than 80% of the highest attained NAV.
 
Note that with respect to the adjustment to the Protected NAV on account of dividends, at least three business days prior to the payment of any dividend, the Fund is required to provide the Capital Protection Provider an estimate of the portion of the dividend that it expects to pay out in cash and the portion that it expects will be reinvested in the Fund. If the Fund materially underestimates the portion of the dividend that will be paid out in cash, the reduction to the Protected NAV applied on account of such dividend will be more than the reduction that would have been applied had there been no estimation error. However, it is expected that any such increase in the dividend adjustment will not have a material impact on the Protected NAV.
 
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 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 Fund, the Fund may make various elections permitted by the tax laws. However, these elections could require that the Fund recognize taxable income, which in turn must be distributed even though the Fund may not have received any income upon such an event.
 
Some foreign securities purchased by the Fund 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 and the Fund qualifies under Section 853 of the Internal Revenue Code, the Fund 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 the Fund, any foreign taxes paid or accrued will represent an expense to the Fund, which will reduce its investment company taxable income.
 
The federal income tax treatment of any payment made by the Capital Protection Provider to the Fund is uncertain. The Fund intends to take the position that the right to receive a payment from the Capital Protection Provider is itself a capital asset and that in the event the Protection is triggered and cash is received by the Fund, the Protection payment will be considered a capital gain to the Fund; however, it is possible that some or all of the Protection payment could be treated as ordinary income. It is expected the Protection payment will be part of the redemption proceeds paid out to shareholders as part of the Fund liquidation. In such an event, the Protection payment would be part of the final distribution of the Fund and the shareholders will receive the full value of the Protection amount in the form of a final distribution and redemption proceeds. Any amount distributed to shareholders as a final distribution for the Fund as part of the liquidation would be taxed at the appropriate rate depending on its classification.
 
 
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Fees paid by the Fund to the Capital Protection Provider, if viewed as a carrying charge for a position substantially diminishing the risk of the Fund’s portfolio, could be deemed nondeductible under certain circumstances during the term of the relevant Capital Protection Agreement. Similarly, the Capital Protection Agreement may be considered a straddle with respect to the Fund’s portfolio under certain circumstances, resulting in the deferral of realized losses of the Fund, the recharacterization of such Fund’s short-term losses to long-term losses and long-term gains to short-term gains and the reduction or elimination of the Fund’s holding periods in its portfolio securities.
 
The Fund’s investments in REIT equity securities, if any, 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 the 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 the 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, 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 may generate nonqualified income that can impact an investor’s taxes.

 
 
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Principal shareholders

 
As of the date of this SAI, all of the outstanding Shares of the Fund were owned by Janus Capital or an affiliate, which provided seed capital 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 40 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 Emerging Markets Fund
    x       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 Bond Fund
    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 Protected Series – Growth
    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.
 
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.
 
 
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Under Massachusetts law, shareholders of the Fund could, under certain circumstances, be held liable for the obligations of the 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 the Fund. Thus, the risk of a shareholder incurring a financial loss on account of its liability as a shareholder of the Fund is limited to circumstances in which the 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 the 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 the 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 the Fund participate equally in dividends and other distributions by the Shares of the same class of the 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.
 
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 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 (excluding Mr. Cvengros, 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
 
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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, 1900 16th Street, Suite 1600, 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

 
No financial statements are available for the Fund because the Fund is new.
 
 
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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 manager determines 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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Appendix B

 
SUMMARY OF CAPITAL PROTECTION AGREEMENT TERMINATION EVENTS
 
The following is a summary of certain material terms of the Capital Protection Agreement related to its termination. The Capital Protection Agreement has an initial 10-year term and may be renewed for additional 10-year periods as mutually agreed upon by the Fund and the Capital Protection Provider. Termination events considered “early termination events” during a 10-year period do not relieve the Capital Protection Provider from its obligation to pay any shortfall amounts due to the Fund. This summary is qualified in its entirety by the Capital Protection Agreement, which has been filed with the SEC as an exhibit to this registration statement. Any capitalized terms not defined herein have the meaning set forth in the Capital Protection Agreement. Section references are to the Capital Protection Agreement. For certain events described below, the Fund and/or Janus Capital have an opportunity to fix the event that created the termination.
 
Early Termination Events – Termination by the Capital Protection Provider Based on the Occurrence of Fund Events (Section 7.01)
The Capital Protection Provider shall have the right to terminate the Capital Protection Agreement (and, if so terminated, the Guarantor’s obligations to the Fund under the Guaranty shall terminate, provided, in both instances, that all amounts, if any, presently due and payable by the Capital Protection Provider at the time of such termination (including amounts due and payable as a result of such termination on the Settlement Date (as that term is defined in the Capital Protection Agreement)) have been paid in full by the Capital Protection Provider) upon written notice to the Fund on any Business Day (as such term is defined in the Capital Protection Agreement) when any of the following events (each, a “Fund Event”) shall occur:
 
(a) Any representation or warranty made by the Fund or Janus Capital in any Capital Protection Document or in connection with any Capital Protection Document, or amendment or waiver thereof, or any certificate delivered in connection therewith, shall be incorrect in any material respect when made; or
 
(b) The Fund fails to perform or observe certain terms, covenants, requirements or agreements and in certain circumstances, such failure could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and such failure shall continue for the period of time specified in the Capital Protection Agreement; or
 
(c) The Fund fails to provide reporting to the Capital Protection Provider in a timely manner; or
 
(d) Any suspension of the publication of the calculation of the NAV Per Share of any Fund Share Class, except to the extent such suspension is due solely to a Market Disruption Event or pursuant to an order of the Commission, in each case, in the Capital Protection Provider’s reasonable discretion and does not continue for more than three Business Days; or
 
(e) The Fund shall fail to pay the Capital Protection Fee or any interest thereon or any other amount due and such failure shall continue for more than 10 Business Days following notice of such failure by the Capital Protection Provider to the Fund; or
 
(f) The Fund (A) fails to make any payment when due (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, margin call, acceleration, demand or otherwise and after giving effect to any grace periods, to the extent applicable), in respect of any Contractual Obligation, Derivative Obligation, Debt, Contingent Obligation or Off-Balance Sheet Liability, of more than $10,000,000; provided, that the failure of the Fund to make a payment for a transaction that does not settle on the contracted settlement date (i.e., a failed trade) shall not constitute a Fund Event, or (B) fails to observe or perform any other agreement or condition relating to any Contractual Obligation, Derivative Obligation, Debt, Contingent Obligation or Off-Balance Sheet Liability, with an amount outstanding or an amount required to be paid by the Fund upon termination (including notional, principal, undrawn committed, available or contingent amounts and including amounts owing to all creditors under any combined or syndicated credit arrangement) of more than $10,000,000 (each, a “Material Financial Obligation”), or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event occurs, the effect of which is to cause, or to permit the counterparty, holder or holders, creditor or creditors, or beneficiary or beneficiaries of such Material Financial Obligation (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such Persons) to cause, with the giving of notice if required, such Material Financial Obligation (1) in the case of any Contractual Obligation or Derivative Obligation, to be in default or terminated, (2) in the case of any Debt, Contingent Obligation or Off-Balance Sheet Liability, to be demanded or to become due or to be repurchased, prepaid, defeased or redeemed (in each case, automatically or otherwise), or an offer to repurchase, prepay, defease or redeem such Debt, Contingent Obligation or Off-Balance Sheet Liability to be made, prior to its stated maturity, or (3) in the case of any guaranty, to become payable; or
 
(g) The Trust shall cease to be registered as an “investment company” under the 1940 Act; or
 
 
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(h) A Change of Control or a Change in Key Management shall occur; or
 
(i) Any merger or consolidation of the Fund with or into, or the conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition by the Fund, whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions, of all or substantially all of its property and assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to, any Person (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any other series of the Trust).
 
(j) A Bankruptcy Event shall occur with respect to the Trust, the Fund or Janus Capital; or
 
(k) The Capital Protection Provider shall have reasonably determined that any Law (i) has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any of the Capital Protection Provider, the Fund and/or the Guarantor to maintain any Capital Protection Document to which it is a party or to perform its respective obligations thereunder or (ii) would allow any Governmental Authority to impose a sanction on or withhold a meaningful benefit from the Capital Protection Provider or Guarantor or any of their respective Affiliates if the Capital Protection Provider, the Fund and/or the Guarantor were to maintain, or in connection with any of them maintaining, any Capital Protection Document to which it is a party or were to perform, or in connection with any of them performing, its respective obligations thereunder; or
 
(l) (A) the adoption of any Law (other than a Tax Event), (B) any Change in Law (other than a Tax Event), (C) any change in compliance by the Capital Protection Provider or the Guarantor with any Law (other than a Tax Event) issued or created after the date hereof, whether or not having the force of Law, that in any case, in the Capital Protection Provider’s reasonable judgment, (i) subject to Section 7.04, has an adverse impact when compared to the tax treatment in effect on the date of this Agreement on the Capital Protection Provider’s or the Guarantor’s tax treatment under the Capital Protection Agreement or the Guaranty (including any tax or increased tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to this Agreement or any change in the basis or rate of taxation of payments to or by the Capital Protection Provider in respect thereof), (ii) would result in a Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Capital Protection Provider or the Guarantor if it were to continue performing its obligations hereunder or under the Capital Protection Agreement or the Guaranty, as applicable, or (iii) materially impairs the rights or remedies afforded the Capital Protection Provider or the Guarantor under the Capital Protection Agreement or the Guaranty; or
 
(m) The Fund shall fail to perform or observe any other term, condition, covenant, requirement or agreement applicable to the Fund contained in any Capital Protection Document, and such failure shall continue for 30 days after notice thereof; or
 
(n) A Tax Event shall occur that becomes a Fund Event; or
 
(o) A Reporting Event shall occur; or
 
(p) Any Custodian Event shall occur and, solely in the case of a Custodian Event that results from a Bankruptcy Event with respect to the Custodian in which the Custodian is under receivership, conservatorship or similar resolution process of any Governmental Authority that is, in the sole judgment of the Capital Protection Provider, not adversely effecting the Custodian’s execution of transactions or the Fund’s performance of its Obligations, a new Custodian is not appointed by the Trust within five Business Days after such Custodian Event; or
 
(q) Any judgment or order shall be entered against the Fund in any investigative, administrative or judicial proceeding involving a determination that the Fund shall have violated in any material respect any civil Law or for the payment of money in excess of $10,000,000 and (A) enforcement proceedings are commenced by the judgment creditor upon such judgment or order, or (B) there is a period of 10 consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, is not in effect; or
 
(r) The Trust, with respect to the Fund, ceases to be a regulated investment company eligible to receive pass through tax treatment under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) or fails to be in compliance with Subchapter M of the Code; or
 
(s) Janus Capital shall fail to comply with any requirement of Law (including, but not limited to, the 1940 Act) or any order, writ, injunction or decree applicable to it or to its business or property except where the noncompliance therewith could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Fund, and such failure shall continue for 10 Business Days; or
 
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10 consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, is not in effect; or
 
(u) There occurs (a) the public commencement of formal criminal charges or proceedings by a court, or a formal arrest of, or (b) the public filing or public announcement by any Governmental Authority of enforcement proceedings against, the Trust, the Fund, Janus Capital or any Key Employee, as the case may be, alleging a possible fraud, embezzlement, money laundering, insider trading, market manipulation, other violations of securities Laws (which other violation of securities laws, in the Capital Protection Provider’s reasonable judgment, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect), or a felony related to any of the foregoing; or
 
(v) Any Capital Protection Document, at any time after its execution and delivery and for any reason other than as expressly permitted in the Capital Protection Agreement, ceases to be in full force and effect against the Fund; or the Fund or any Affiliate of the Fund contests in any manner the validity or enforceability of any Capital Protection Document with respect to the Fund, denies that the Fund has any further liability or obligation under any Capital Protection Document and/or otherwise purports to revoke, terminate or rescind any Capital Protection Document; or
 
(w) The Aggregate Protected Amount shall exceed the Maximum Settlement Amount; or
 
(x) Either (i) the Prospectus is amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in form or substance as it relates to the investment policies and objectives of the Fund, or (ii) the investment policies and objectives of the Fund, or the Trust acting in relation to the Fund, are amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in form or substance, in any respect from those set forth in the Prospectus and, in each case, in the Capital Protection Provider’s judgment, such amendments, supplements or modifications could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Capital Protection Provider’s rights or obligations under any Capital Protection Document.
 
Optional Termination by each Party (Section 7.02)
From and after the fifth anniversary of launch of the Fund, each Party shall have the right on any Business Day to terminate the Agreement by written notice to the other Party, which termination shall be effective on the date that is five years following the non-terminating Party’s receipt of such notice, or if such date is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day thereafter.
 
Optional Termination by the Fund (Section 7.03)
The Capital Protection Agreement may be terminated by the Fund upon written notice to the Capital Protection Provider at the time of the occurrence of (i) a Bankruptcy Event with respect to the Capital Protection Provider or the Guarantor, (ii) a failure by the Guarantor to maintain a long-term unsecured, unsubordinated debt rating and any successor rating of at least Baa3 by Moody’s or BBB- by S&P, (iii) the Guaranty terminates or is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, (iv) the Capital Protection Provider or the Guarantor is subject to any litigation, regulatory action or other proceeding that may affect their respective abilities to perform their obligations under any of the Capital Protection Documents, (v) a material breach of this Agreement by the Capital Protection Provider including a failure to deliver the information set forth in the Capital Protection Provider Information Letter, or (vi) the determination by the Fund’s Board of Trustees that it is in the best interest of the Fund to terminate this Agreement (including in connection with replacing this Agreement) or to liquidate the Fund.
 
Certain Cure Rights (Section 7.04)
If an event occurs that would be a Fund Event as defined in the Capital Protection Agreement that is quantifiable in Dollars in the reasonable judgment of the Capital Protection Provider, written notice (the “Tax Treatment Notice”) shall be submitted to the Fund by the Capital Protection Provider specifying the basis for such event (including the applicable Law, Change in Law or change in compliance by the Capital Protection Provider or the Guarantor with respect to such event) and a reasonable good faith estimate of the costs to the Capital Protection Provider or the Guarantor associated with such event. If the Fund provides irrevocable written notice (the “Reimbursement Notice”) of its intent to reimburse the Capital Protection Provider or the Guarantor for such costs in the amounts actually incurred on an after-tax basis within 15 Business Days after its receipt of the Tax Treatment Notice, it will reimburse the Capital Protection Provider or the Guarantor (as the case may be) the amount of such costs in the amounts actually incurred on an after-tax basis within 5 Business Days following demand for payment, and such event shall not constitute a Fund Event. In the event that the Fund fails to deliver the Reimbursement Notice within 15 Business Days of its receipt of the Tax Treatment Notice, such event shall be a Fund Event, effective as of the day upon which the Tax Treatment Notice was delivered. The failure of the Fund to pay such costs will be a Fund Event upon the expiration of the cure period.

 
 
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Other Termination Events
There are certain other events which will cause the Capital Protection Agreement to terminate prior to its scheduled termination. These events include (i) the Fund assigning a value greater than $0 to the Capital Protection Agreement or any other Capital Protection Document in calculating the net asset value per share of the shares of any share class, (ii) the Aggregate Shortfall Amount being greater than $0, and (iii) the occurrence of a Cash Recomposition Event.

 
 
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(JANUS LOGO)
 
janus.com
 
151 Detroit Street
Denver, Colorado 80206-4805
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May 6, 2011
As Supplemented October 28, 2011
                                 
    Class A     Class C     Class I     Class S  
    Shares     Shares     Shares     Shares  
    Ticker     Ticker     Ticker     Ticker  
Growth & Core
                               
Janus Venture Fund
  JVTAX   JVTCX   JVTIX   JVTSX
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, and Class S Shares (collectively, the “Shares”) of Janus Venture 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.
This SAI is not a Prospectus and should be read in conjunction with the Fund’s Prospectuses dated May 6, 2011, 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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Classification, investment policies and restrictions,
and investment strategies and risks
JANUS INVESTMENT FUND
This Statement of Additional Information includes information about Janus Venture Fund (the “Fund”), which 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 Fund is classified as diversified.
ADVISER
Janus Capital Management LLC (“Janus Capital”) is the investment adviser for the Fund.
INVESTMENT POLICIES AND RESTRICTIONS
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).
(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.
(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.

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(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) If the 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 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.
(3) 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.
(4) 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.
(5) 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.
(6) The Fund 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”), 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.
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

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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, as of the date of this SAI, the Fund relies primarily on industry or industry group classifications as published by Bloomberg L.P. To the extent that the Bloomberg L.P. classifications are so broad that the primary economic characteristics in a single class are materially different, the Fund may further classify issuers in accordance with industry classifications as published by the SEC. The Fund intends to change industry or industry group classifications with respect to equity investments to Global Industry Classification Standard (“GICS”), but would continue to use Bloomberg L.P. for fixed-income investments. The Fund may change any source used for determining industry classifications without prior shareholder notice or approval.
INVESTMENT STRATEGIES AND RISKS
Diversification
Funds are classified as either “diversified” or “nondiversified.” Diversification is a way to reduce risk by investing in a broad range of stocks or other securities. To be classified as “diversified” under the 1940 Act, a fund may not, with respect to 75% of its total assets, invest more than 5% of its total assets in any issuer and may not own more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of an issuer. A fund that is classified as “nondiversified” under the 1940 Act is not subject to the same restrictions and therefore 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, the Fund’s cash position may temporarily increase under various circumstances. Securities that the Fund 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 may also invest in affiliated or non-affiliated money market funds. (Refer to “Investment Company Securities.”)
Illiquid Investments
Although the Fund intends to invest in liquid securities, the 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 Fund. 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 the 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 Fund’s 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”).

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If illiquid securities exceed 15% of the 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 the Fund to decline.
The 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. The Fund may make an initial investment of up to 0.5% of its total assets in any one venture capital company. The 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 Fund 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 Fund may be forced to sell its venture capital investments at less than fair market value. Where venture capital investments must be registered prior to their sale, the Fund may be obligated to pay all or part of the registration expenses. Any of these situations may result in a decrease in the Fund’s NAV.
Securities Lending
Under procedures adopted by the Trustees, the 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, among other things, 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 Fund does not have the right to vote on securities while they are being lent; however, the 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 the 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 cost of the replacement security by the time the replacement investment is made, 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 the Fund to violate its agreement to return the cash collateral to a borrower in a timely manner. As adviser to the Fund 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 Fund and the cash management vehicle. Additionally, Janus Capital receives an investment advisory fee of 0.05% 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 in which the Fund may invest, and therefore may have an incentive to allocate preferred investment opportunities to investment vehicles for which it is receiving a fee.
Equity Securities
The Fund 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.
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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 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.
Natural Disasters and Extreme Weather Conditions
Certain areas of the world have historically been prone to and economically sensitive to environmental events such as, but not limited to, hurricanes, earthquakes, typhoons, flooding, tidal waves, tsunamis, erupting volcanoes, wildfires or droughts, tornados, mudslides or other weather-related phenomena. Such disasters, and the resulting physical or economic damage, could have a severe and negative impact on the Fund’s investment portfolio and, in

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the longer term, could impair the ability of issuers in which the Fund invests to conduct their businesses as they would under normal conditions. Adverse weather conditions may also have a particularly significant negative effect on issuers in the agricultural sector and on insurance companies that insure against the impact of natural disasters.
Foreign Securities
Within the parameters of its specific investment policies, the 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 securities of foreign and emerging markets governments, may involve greater risks than investing in domestic securities because the Fund’s performance may depend on factors other than the performance of a particular company. These factors include:
Currency Risk. As long as the Fund holds a foreign security, its value will be affected by the value of the local currency relative to the U.S. dollar. When the 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, social instability, and different and/or developing legal systems. 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 withholding and other taxes or limits on the removal of the Fund’s assets from that country. In addition, the economies of emerging markets may be predominately based on only a few industries, may be highly vulnerable to changes in local or global trade conditions, and may suffer from extreme and volatile debt burdens or inflation rates.
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. These securities markets may trade a small number of securities, may have a limited number of issuers and a high proportion of shares, or may be held by a relatively small number of persons or institutions. Local securities markets may be unable to respond effectively to increases in trading volume, potentially making prompt liquidation of substantial holdings difficult or impossible at times. It is also possible that 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. It may not be possible for the Fund to repatriate capital, dividends, interest, and other income from a particular country or governmental entity. In addition, securities of issuers located in countries with emerging markets may have limited marketability and may be subject to more abrupt or erratic price movements which could also have a negative effect on the Fund. Such factors may hinder the 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.
Geographical Investment Risk. To the extent that the Fund invests a significant portion of its assets in a particular country or geographic region, the Fund will generally have more exposure to certain risks due to possible political, economic, social, or regulatory events in that country or region. Adverse developments in certain regions could also adversely affect securities of other countries whose economies appear to be unrelated and could have a negative impact on the Fund’s performance.
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, the Fund may invest its assets in securities of issuers or 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

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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, the risks associated with investing in securities of more developed foreign countries as previously discussed under “Foreign Securities.” The prices 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, making these investments potentially more volatile in price and less liquid than investments in developed securities markets, resulting in greater risk to investors. 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 the 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. In addition, the economies of developing countries tend to be heavily dependent upon international trade and, as such, have been, and may continue to be, adversely impacted by trade barriers, exchange controls, managed adjustments in relative currency values, and other protectionist measures. These economies also have been, and may continue to be, adversely affected by economic conditions in the countries with which they do business.
The securities markets of many of the countries in which the Fund 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 Fund 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. Further, the Fund’s ability to participate fully in the smaller, less liquid emerging markets may be limited by the policy restricting its investments in illiquid securities. The Fund may be subject to emerging markets risk to the extent that it invests in securities of issuers or companies which are not considered to be from emerging markets, but which have customers, products, or transactions associated with emerging markets. A summary of the Fund’s investments by country is contained in the Fund’s shareholder reports and Form N-Q reports, which are filed with the SEC, when available.
Short Sales
The Fund may engage in “short sales against the box.” This technique involves either selling short a security that the Fund owns, or selling short a security that the Fund has the right to obtain, for delivery at a specified date in the future. The Fund does not deliver from its portfolio the securities sold short and does not immediately receive the proceeds of the short sale. The 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, the Fund loses the opportunity to participate in the gain.
The Fund may also engage in other short sales. The 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, the 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 the 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 Fund 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 the 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 the 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.

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Until the 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. The 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 the Fund’s leveraging of its investments and the related risk of losses from leveraging. The 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, the Fund may or may not receive any payments (including interest) on collateral it has deposited with the broker. The 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, the 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 the 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, the 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 the 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 the Fund may have to distribute cash obtained from other sources in order to satisfy the distribution requirements under the Internal Revenue Code. The Fund may obtain such cash from selling other portfolio holdings, which may cause the 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 the Fund, to reduce the assets to which Fund expenses could be allocated, and to reduce the rate of return for the 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 the 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.

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Pass-Through Securities
The Fund 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 Fund. 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. The 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’s 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’s 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 Fund), 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 the 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 the 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 the Fund’s ability to participate in as large a market gain as may be experienced with a comparable security not subject to prepayment.
The Fund’s 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 Fund 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, the 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 Fund’s Prospectuses may apply.
Investment Company Securities
From time to time, the Fund 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 the 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 the Fund’s total assets; or (iii) securities of such other investment company and all other investment companies owned by the 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 the 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 the 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 Fund may invest its cash holdings in affiliated or non-affiliated money market funds as part of a cash sweep program. The Fund 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 Fund invests in money market funds or other funds, the Fund 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 Fund and the money market funds or other funds or investment vehicles in which the Fund may invest, Janus Capital has an inherent conflict of interest because it has fiduciary duties to both the Fund 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, the 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 Fund, to acquire their securities in excess of the limits of the 1940 Act.

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Exchange-Traded Notes
Certain 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 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
Certain funds 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. A fund 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, regulatory risk, market risk, and geographical investment 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 Fund’s Prospectuses.
U.S. Government Securities
To the extent permitted by its investment objective and policies, the 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 the 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 the 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 Fund 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
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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 Fund 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. The Fund will not 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, the 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 Fund will purchase standby commitments, tender option bonds, and instruments with demand features primarily for the purpose of increasing the liquidity of its 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, the 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, the Fund may invest in REITs. REITs are sometimes informally characterized as equity REITs, mortgage REITs, and hybrid REITs. Investment in REITs may subject the 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

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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 the 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 the Fund, a shareholder will bear not only his or her proportionate share of the expenses of the 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, the 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 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 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 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 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 to additional risk regardless of the creditworthiness of the parties involved in the transaction.
Reverse repurchase agreements are transactions in which the 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 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 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 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 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 portfolio, although the 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 will maintain cash and appropriate liquid assets in a segregated custodial account to cover its obligation under the agreement. The Fund will enter into reverse repurchase agreements only with parties that Janus Capital deems creditworthy.

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Mortgage Dollar Rolls
Certain 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 a 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 a 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 (no more than 20% of a 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. A fund generally invests 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, a 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 the 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, 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 a fund and may likely reduce the value of its assets, which would be reflected by a reduction in a fund’s NAV.

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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 a 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 a fund, and the agent may determine to waive certain covenants contained in the loan agreement that a 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, a 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 NAV as a result of changes in interest rates. A fund may attempt to hedge against interest rate fluctuations by entering into interest rate swaps or by using other hedging techniques.
While a fund generally expects to invest in fully funded term loans, certain of the loans in which a fund 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, a 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. A fund 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 a fund’s return.
A fund does 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 a 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 a 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
A fund 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, the 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, the Fund will limit its investments in such bonds to 35% 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, the Fund would experience a reduction in its income, and could expect a decline in the market value of the bonds so affected.
The 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. The 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 is 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
The 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 the 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

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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 Fund generally will purchase securities for which its 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 Fund 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 the 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 Fund.
Futures, Options, and Other Derivative Instruments
The Fund 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 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 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 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 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 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 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. The 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

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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 may enter into collateral agreements with certain counterparties whereby, subject to certain minimum exposure requirements, the Fund may require the 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 Fund 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. 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 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, the Fund may be entitled to return of margin owed to the Fund only in proportion to the amount received by the FCM’s other customers. Janus Capital will attempt to minimize the risk by careful monitoring of the creditworthiness of the FCMs with which the Fund does business.
The Fund may enter into futures contracts and related options as permitted under CFTC Rule 4.5. The Fund has 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 is not subject to commodity pool operator registration and regulation under the Commodity Exchange Act.
Although the 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 immediately upon closing out the futures position; however, closing out open futures positions through customary settlement procedures could take several days. Because the 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’s return could be diminished due to the opportunity losses of foregoing other potential investments.
The Fund 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. The 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, the 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 the Fund not participating in a market advance. This technique is sometimes known as an anticipatory

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hedge. The Fund may also use this technique with respect to an individual company’s stock. To the extent the Fund enters into futures contracts for this purpose, the segregated assets maintained to cover the 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 the Fund with respect to the futures contracts. Conversely, if the 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 the 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. The 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 the Fund owns interest rate sensitive securities and the portfolio managers expect interest rates to increase, the Fund may take a short position in interest rate futures contracts. Taking such a position would have much the same effect as the 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 expect interest rates to decline, the 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 the 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 Fund. The Fund’s performance could be worse than if the Fund had not used such instruments. For example, if the Fund has hedged against the effects of a possible decrease in prices of securities held in its portfolio and prices increase instead, the 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 the 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 the 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 will not match exactly the Fund’s current or potential investments. The 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 the 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 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 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. The 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 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 the 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 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 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, the Fund’s access to other assets held to cover its futures positions also could be impaired.
Options on Futures Contracts. The Fund may buy and write put and call options on futures contracts. A purchased option on a future gives the 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 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 will retain the full amount of the option premium which provides a partial hedge against any decline that may have occurred in the 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 will retain the full amount of the option premium which provides a partial hedge against any increase in the price of securities which the Fund is considering buying. If a call or put option the Fund has written is exercised, the 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’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 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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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 Fund may enter into forward contracts to purchase and sell government securities, equity or income securities, foreign currencies, or other financial instruments. Currently, the Fund does 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 principal uses of forward foreign currency exchange contracts (“forward currency contracts”). The Fund may enter into forward currency contracts with stated contract values of up to the value of the 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 may invest in forward currency contracts for nonhedging purposes such as seeking to enhance return. The 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 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 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 the 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 the 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 currency exposure from one foreign currency to another removes the Fund’s opportunity to profit from increases in the value of the original currency and involves a risk of increased losses to the 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 the Fund than if it had not entered into such contracts.
In general, the Fund covers 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 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 the 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 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 the Fund’s commitments with respect to such contracts. As an alternative to segregating assets, the Fund may buy call options permitting the Fund to buy the amount of foreign currency being hedged by a forward sale contract, or the Fund may buy put options permitting it to sell the amount of foreign currency subject to a forward buy contract.

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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 Fund’s ability to utilize forward contracts may be restricted. In addition, the 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 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 may buy put options on the foreign currency. If the value of the currency declines, the 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 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 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, the Fund could sustain losses on transactions in foreign currency options that would require the Fund to forego a portion or all of the benefits of advantageous changes in those rates.
The Fund 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, the 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 could write a put option on the relevant currency which, if rates move in the manner projected, should expire unexercised and allow the 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 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 also may lose all or a portion of the benefits which might otherwise have been obtained from favorable movements in exchange rates.
The Fund may write covered call options on foreign currencies. A call option written on a foreign currency by the Fund is “covered” if the 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 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 the Fund in cash or other liquid assets in a segregated account with the Fund’s custodian.
The Fund 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 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 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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Eurodollar Instruments. The Fund 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. The 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 Fund 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 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 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.
The 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 the Fund. Such participation may subject the Fund to expenses such as legal fees and may make the Fund an “insider” of the issuer for purposes of the federal securities laws, which may restrict the 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 the Fund on such committees also may expose the Fund to potential liabilities under the federal bankruptcy laws or other laws governing the rights of creditors and

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debtors. The Fund would participate on such committees only when Janus Capital believes that such participation is necessary or desirable to enforce the Fund’s rights as a creditor or to protect the value of securities held by the Fund.
Options on Securities. In an effort to increase current income and to reduce fluctuations in NAV, the Fund 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 Fund may write and buy options on the same types of securities that the Fund may purchase directly. The Fund 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 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. The 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 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.
The 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. The 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 the Fund in cash or other liquid assets in a segregated account with its custodian.
The 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.
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

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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 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 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 to use the cash or proceeds from the concurrent sale of any securities subject to the option for other investments. If the Fund desires to sell a particular security from its portfolio on which it has written a call option, the Fund will effect a closing transaction prior to or concurrent with the sale of the security.
The 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 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.
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 may not be able to effect closing transactions in particular options and the Fund would have to exercise the options in order to realize any profit. If the 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 may write options in connection with buy-and-write transactions. In other words, the 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 maximum gain will be the premium received by it for writing the option, adjusted upwards or downwards by the difference between the 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 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 may elect to close the position or take delivery of the

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security at the exercise price and the 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 may buy put options to hedge against a decline in the value of its portfolio. By using put options in this way, the 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 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 the Fund upon exercise of the option, and, unless the price of the underlying security rises sufficiently, the option may expire worthless to the Fund.
The 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 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 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 may purchase and write put and call options on foreign securities indices listed on domestic and foreign securities exchanges. The Fund may also purchase and write OTC options on foreign securities indices.
The Fund 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 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 generally will only purchase or write such an option if Janus Capital 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 will not purchase such options unless Janus Capital 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.

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Price movements in the 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. The Fund’s activities in index options may also be restricted by the requirements of the Internal Revenue 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, the 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. The 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. The 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 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 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 Fund 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 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. The Fund will usually enter into interest rate swaps on a net basis (i.e., the two payment streams are netted out, with the 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 obligations over its entitlement with respect to each swap will be calculated on a daily basis, and an amount

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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 the 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, the Fund normally will have contractual remedies pursuant to the agreements related to the transaction. Swap agreements also bear the risk that the Fund will not be able to meet its obligation to the counterparty.
The 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 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 the 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. 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 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 is contractually obligated to make. If the other party to a swap that is not collateralized defaults, the Fund would risk the loss of the net amount of the payments that it contractually is entitled to receive. The 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. The 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, the 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 could be required to make in a credit default transaction would be the notional amount of the agreement. The 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 the 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. The 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

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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.
The 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.
The Fund investing in CDXs is normally only permitted to take long positions in these instruments. The Fund holding a long position in CDXs typically receives income from principal or interest paid on the underlying securities. The 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, the 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 the 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 ability to resell such a structured instrument may be more limited than its ability to resell other Fund securities. The Fund may treat such instruments as illiquid and will limit its investments in such instruments to no more than 15% of the Fund’s net assets, when combined with all other illiquid investments of the Fund.
PORTFOLIO TURNOVER
The portfolio turnover rate of the Fund is calculated by dividing the lesser of purchases or sales of portfolio securities (exclusive of purchases or sales of U.S. Government securities and all other securities whose maturities at the time of acquisition were one year or less) by the monthly average of the value of the portfolio securities owned by the Fund during the year. Proceeds from short sales and assets used to cover short positions undertaken are included in the amounts of securities sold and purchased, respectively, during the fiscal year. A 100% portfolio turnover rate would occur, for example, if all of the securities held by the Fund were replaced once during the fiscal year. The Fund cannot accurately predict its turnover rate. Variations in portfolio turnover rates shown may be due

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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 managers. 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 years or period noted. The Fund has changed its fiscal year end to September 30.
                         
    Portfolio Turnover Rate for     Portfolio Turnover Rate     Portfolio Turnover Rate for  
    the fiscal period ended     for the fiscal year ended     the fiscal year ended  
Fund Name   September 30,2010(1)(2)     October 31, 2009(3)     October 31, 2008(3)  
Janus Venture Fund
    64 %     40 %     31 %
 
(1)   Annualized for periods of less than one full year.
 
(2)   For the fiscal period November 1, 2009 to September 30, 2010 (the Fund’s new fiscal year end).
 
(3)   The Fund’s previous fiscal year end.
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

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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 Janus 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.
         
Name   Frequency   Lag Time
ACA Compliance Group
  As needed   Current
Aprimo, Inc.
  As needed   Current
Axioma Inc.
  Daily   Current
Barclays Capital Inc.
  Daily   Current
BNP Securities Corp.
  Daily   Current
BNY Mellon Performance and Risk Analytics, LLC
  Monthly   Current
Bowne & Company Inc.
  Daily   Current
Bowne of Dallas
  Semi annually   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
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

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Name   Frequency   Lag Time
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
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
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 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.
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.
The Advisory Agreement provides that Janus Capital will furnish continuous advice and recommendations concerning the Fund’s investments, provide office space for the Fund, and certain other advisory-related services. The Fund pays custodian fees and expenses, any brokerage commissions and dealer spreads, and other expenses in connection with the execution of portfolio transactions, legal and audit expenses, interest and taxes, a portion of trade or other investment company dues and expenses, expenses of shareholders’ meetings, mailing of prospectuses, statements of additional information, and reports to shareholders, fees and expenses of all Fund Trustees, other costs of complying with applicable laws regulating the sale of Fund shares, compensation to the Fund’s transfer agent, and other costs, including shareholder servicing costs.
Janus Capital also serves as administrator and is authorized to perform, or cause others to perform, the administration services necessary for the operation of the Fund, including, but not limited to, NAV determination, portfolio accounting, recordkeeping, blue sky registration and monitoring services, preparation of prospectuses and other Fund documents, and other services for which the Fund reimburses Janus Capital as an out-of-pocket charge, for its costs. The Fund also pays for the salaries, fees, and expenses of certain Janus Capital employees and Fund officers, with respect to certain specified administration functions they perform on behalf of the Fund. Administration costs are separate and apart from advisory fees and other expenses paid in connection with the investment advisory services Janus Capital (or any subadviser) provides to the Fund. Some expenses related to compensation payable to the Fund’s Chief Compliance Officer and compliance staff are shared with the Fund.
Many of these costs vary from year to year which can make it difficult to predict the total impact to the Fund’s expense ratio, in particular during times of declining asset values of the Fund. Certain costs may be waived and/or reimbursed by Janus Capital to the Fund pursuant to expense limitation agreements with 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, or by contacting a Janus representative at 1-877-335-2687. The reports are also available, free of charge, at janus.com/info.
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.
                 
            Contractual  
            Investment Advisory  
    Average Daily Net     Fees/Base Fees (%)  
Fund Name   Assets of the Fund     (annual rate)  
Janus Venture Fund
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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 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, 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 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 the waiver until at least February 1, 2012.
         
    Expense Limit  
Fund Name   Percentage (%)  
Janus Venture Fund
    1.05  
The following table summarizes the investment advisory fees paid by the Fund pursuant to the investment advisory fee agreement in effect during the fiscal years or period noted. The Fund has changed its fiscal year end to September 30.
                                                                 
    September 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 Venture Fund
  $ 5,950,188       N/A     $ 4,968,303       N/A     $ 8,118,656       N/A     $ 9,914,651       N/A  
 
(1)   For the fiscal period November 1, 2009 to September 30, 2010 (the Fund’s new fiscal year end).
 
(2)   The Fund’s previous fiscal year end.
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 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.

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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 and Class S Shares
Janus Capital, Janus Distributors, or their affiliates may pay, from their own assets, 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.
From time to time, certain financial intermediaries approach Janus Capital to request that Janus Capital make contributions to certain charitable organizations. In these cases, Janus Capital’s contribution may result in the financial intermediary, or its salespersons, recommending Janus funds over other mutual funds (or non-mutual fund investments).
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 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

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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 of equity securities or syndicate offerings of bonds (each a “Primary Offering”), under Primary Offering allocation procedures adopted by Janus Capital, an account may participate in a Primary Offering if the portfolio managers believe the Primary Offering is an appropriate investment based on the account’s investment restrictions, risk profile, asset composition, and/or cash levels. For equity securities, these Primary Offering allocation procedures generally require that all shares purchased in a Primary Offering be allocated on a pro rata basis to all participating accounts based upon the total assets of each account. For syndicated bond offerings, the Primary Offering procedures generally require that all bonds purchased be allocated on a pro rata basis to all participating accounts within the same investment strategy (as opposed to pro rata across all participating accounts).
Janus Capital is permitted to adjust its allocation procedures to address fractional shares, odd lots, or minimum issue sizes 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. Participation in Primary Offerings may impact performance. In particular, the allocation of securities may have the unintended consequence of having a greater impact (positive or negative) on the performance of one or more accounts compared to other accounts.
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 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.

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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 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.
JANUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
PROXY VOTING SUMMARY FOR MUTUAL FUNDS
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information provided by its independent proxy voting service (“Proxy Voting Service”), subject to specific provisions in a client’s account documentation related to exception voting.
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. The Proxy Voting Committee also reviews policy rationale provided by the Proxy Voting Service related to voting recommendations for the upcoming proxy season. Once the Proxy Voting Committee establishes its recommendations and revises the Janus Guidelines, they are distributed to Janus Capital’s portfolio managers for review and implementation. 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 nonproprietary 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 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. On a quarterly basis, the Proxy Voting Committee reviews records of any votes that were cast differently than the Janus Guidelines and the related rationales for such votes. Additionally, and in instances where a portfolio manager proposes to vote a proxy inconsistent with the Janus Guidelines and a potential conflict is identified, 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

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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. 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 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 0.25% of the average daily net assets of Class S Shares of the Fund for providing or procuring administrative services to investors 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. 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 Class S Shares of the Fund.
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.
As of the date of this SAI, Janus Services did not receive any administrative services fees from Class S Shares of the Fund because the Fund’s Class S Shares are new.
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 administrative services 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.
Janus Distributors, 151 Detroit Street, Denver, Colorado 80206-4805, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Janus Capital, is the principal underwriter for the Fund. 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

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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
Janus Capital places all portfolio transactions of the Fund. Janus Capital 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) provided that Janus Capital may occasionally pay higher commissions for research services as described below. The Fund 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. 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 the 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 year or period noted, the total brokerage 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 is summarized below. The Fund has changed its fiscal year end to September 30.
                                 
    September 30, 2010(1)     October 31, 2009(2)  
Fund Name   Commissions     Transactions     Commissions     Transactions  
Janus Venture Fund
  $ 881,170     $ 492,222,224     $ 554,646     $ 243,480,307  
 
(1)   For the fiscal period November 1, 2009 to September 30, 2010 (the Fund’s new fiscal year end).
 
(2)   The Fund’s previous fiscal year end.

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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 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 the 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, 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 years or period noted. The Fund has changed its fiscal year end to September 30.
                                 
Fund Name   September 30, 2010(1)     October 31, 2009(2)     October 31, 2008(2)     October 31, 2007(2)  
Janus Venture Fund
  $ 1,990,552     $ 1,321,780     $ 1,593,586     $ 13,686,982  
 
(1)   For the fiscal period November 1, 2009 to September 30, 2010 (the Fund’s new fiscal year end).
 
(2)   The Fund’s previous fiscal year end.
Brokerage commissions paid by the 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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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 49 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
                Number of    
            Principal   Portfolios/Funds in   Other Directorships Held
Name, Address,   Positions Held with   Length of   Occupations During   Fund Complex   by Trustee During the
and Age   the Trust   Time Served   the Past Five Years   Overseen by Trustee   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).     49     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).     49     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.

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TRUSTEES
                Number of    
            Principal   Portfolios/Funds in   Other Directorships Held
Name, Address,   Positions Held with   Length of   Occupations During   Fund Complex   by Trustee During the
and Age   the Trust   Time Served   the Past Five Years   Overseen by Trustee   Past Five Years
William Cvengros
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1948
  Trustee   1/11-Present   Managing Member and Chief Executive Officer of SJC Capital, LLC (a personal investment company and consulting firm) (since 2002). Formerly, Venture Partner for The Edgewater Funds (a middle market private equity firm) (2002-2004); Chief Executive Officer and President of PIMCO Advisors Holdings L.P. (a publicly traded investment management firm) (1994-2000); and Chief Investment Officer of Pacific Life Insurance Company (a mutual life insurance and annuity company) (1987-1994).     49     Formerly, Chairman, National Retirement Partners, Inc. (network of advisors to 401(k) plans) (2005-2011);Director of Prospect Acquisition Corp. (a special purpose acquisition corporation) (2007-2009); Director of RemedyTemp, Inc. (temporary help services company) (1996-2006); and Trustee of PIMCO Funds Multi-Manager Series (1990-2000) and Pacific Life Variable Life & Annuity Trusts (1987-1994).
 
                       
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).     49     Independent Trustee of PayPal Funds (a money market fund) (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.     49*     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).
 
*   Mr. Mullen also serves as director of Janus Capital Funds Plc, an offshore product, consisting of 20 funds. Including Janus Capital Funds Plc and the 49 funds comprising the Janus funds, Mr. Mullen oversees 69 funds.

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TRUSTEES
                Number of Portfolios/Funds   Other Directorships
    Positions       Principal   in Fund   Held by Trustee
Name, Address, and   Held with   Length of   Occupations During   Complex   During the
Age   the Trust   Time Served   the Past Five Years   Overseen by Trustee   Past Five Years
Independent Trustees
                       
 
                       
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.     49     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).     49     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).     49     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
        Term of    
        Office* and    
Name, Address,       Length of   Principal Occupations During
and Age   Positions Held with the Trust   Time Served   the Past Five Years
Chad Meade
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1977
  Executive Vice President and Co-Portfolio Manager Janus Venture Fund   7/10-Present   Portfolio Manager for other Janus accounts and Research Analyst for Janus Capital.
 
           
Brian A. Schaub
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1978
  Executive Vice President and Co-Portfolio Manager Janus Venture Fund   7/10-Present   Portfolio Manager for other Janus accounts and Research Analyst for Janus Capital.
 
           
Robin C. Beery
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1967
  President and Chief Executive Officer   4/08-Present   Executive Vice President and Head of U.S. Distribution of Janus Capital Group Inc., Janus Capital, Janus Distributors LLC, and Janus Services LLC; Director of The Janus Foundation; Director of Perkins Investment Management LLC; and Working Director of INTECH Investment Management LLC. Formerly, Head of Intermediary Distribution, Global Marketing and Product of Janus Capital Group Inc., Janus Capital, Janus Distributors LLC, and Janus Services LLC (2009-2010); Chief Marketing Officer of Janus Capital Group Inc. and Janus Capital (2002-2009); President of The Janus Foundation (2002-2007); and President of Janus Services LLC (2004-2006).
 
           
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).
 
           
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.
 
*   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 election of Trustees in 2010 and in connection with the assessment of candidates prior to the appointment of a new Trustee effective January 1, 2011, 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 Cvengros: Service as Chief Executive Officer and President of a leading publicly traded investment management firm, Chief Investment Officer of a major life insurance company, a corporate and fund director, and in various capacities with private investment firms, and a Fund Independent Trustee since 2011.

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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 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: Service as Chairman of the Board and CEO of a 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.
Linda S. Wolf: Service as Chairman and CEO of a global advertising firm, service on multiple corporate and nonprofit 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(s), 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
            Held During Last
        Members   Fiscal
    Summary of Functions   (Independent Trustees)   Year(1)
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 preapproval of all audit and nonaudit services.   Jerome S. Contro (Chair)
William Cvengros(2)
Dennis B. Mullen
    5  
 
               
Brokerage Committee(3)
  Reviews and makes recommendations regarding matters related to the Trust’s use of brokerage commissions and placement of portfolio transactions.   James T. Rothe (Chair)
John P. McGonigle
William D. Stewart
    4  
 
               
Investment Oversight
Committee
(3)
  Oversees the investment activities of the Trust’s non-money market funds.   William F. McCalpin (Chair)
Jerome S. Contro
William Cvengros(2)
John P. McGonigle
Dennis B. Mullen
James T. Rothe
William D. Stewart
Linda S. Wolf
    5  
 
               
Legal and Regulatory Committee(3)
  Oversees compliance with various procedures adopted by the Trust, reviews certain regulatory filings made with the SEC, oversees the implementation and administration of theTrust’s Proxy Voting Guidelines.   Linda S. Wolf (Chair)
William F. McCalpin
John P. McGonigle
    10  
 
               
Money Market
Committee
(3)
  Reviews various matters related to the operations of the Janus money market funds, including compliance with their Money Market Fund Procedures.   John P. McGonigle (Chair)
Jerome S. Contro
William D. Stewart
    5  
 
               
Nominating and Governance Committee(3)
  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.   Dennis B. Mullen (Chair)
William F. McCalpin
James T. Rothe
    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
    10  
 
(1)   For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2010.
 
(2)   Mr. Cvengros joined the Board as a new Trustee effective January 1, 2011.
 
(3)   Prior to June 24, 2010, members of the Brokerage Committee included James T. Rothe as Chair and Jerome S. Contro; members of the Investment Oversight Committee included Dennis B. Mullen as Chair, Jerome S. Contro, William F. McCalpin, James T. Rothe, William D. Stewart, and Linda S. Wolf; members of the Legal and Regulatory Committee included Linda S. Wolf as Chair, William F. McCalpin, and William D. Stewart; members of the Money Market Committee included Jerome S. Contro as Chair and James T. Rothe; and members of the Nominating and Governance Committee included William F. McCalpin and Dennis B. Mullen.
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

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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 by Janus Capital and overseen by the Trustees (collectively, the “Janus Funds”), owned by each Trustee as of December 31, 2010.
             
        Aggregate Dollar Range of Equity Securities in All  
    Dollar Range of Equity Securities in the   Registered Investment Companies Overseen by Trustee  
Name of Trustee   Fund   in Janus Funds  
Independent Trustees
           
William F. McCalpin
  None   Over $100,000  
Jerome S. Contro
  None   Over $100,000 (1)
William Cvengros(2)
  None   Over $100,000  
John P. McGonigle
  Janus Venture Fund         $10,001-$50,000   Over $100,000  
Dennis B. Mullen
  Janus Venture Fund           Over $100,000   Over $100,000 (1)
James T. Rothe
  None   Over $100,000  
William D. Stewart
  None   Over $100,000  
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)   Mr. Cvengros joined the Board as a new Trustee effective January 1, 2011.
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

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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 year ended     calendar year ended  
Name of Person, Position   September 30, 2010     December 31, 2010 (1)(2)  
Independent Trustees
               
William F. McCalpin, Chairman and Trustee(3)(4)
  $ 4,022     $ 378,000  
Jerome S. Contro, Trustee(4)
  $ 2,867     $ 264,000  
William Cvengros, Trustee(5)
    N/A       N/A  
John P. McGonigle, Trustee(6)
  $ 1,066     $ 177,167  
Dennis B. Mullen, Trustee(4)
  $ 3,039     $ 330,135  
James T. Rothe, Trustee(4)
  $ 3,150     $ 288,000  
William D. Stewart, Trustee(4)
  $ 3,082     $ 280,000  
Linda S. Wolf, Trustee(4)
  $ 2,860     $ 282,250  
 
(1)   For all Trustees (with the exception of Mr. Cvengros), includes compensation for service on the boards of two Janus trusts comprised of 49 portfolios. Mr. Mullen’s compensation also includes service on the board of an additional trust, Janus Capital Funds Plc (an offshore product), comprised of 20 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 $132,000 and Linda S. Wolf $70,563.
 
(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 during certain periods.
 
(5)   Mr. Cvengros joined the Board as a new Trustee effective January 1, 2011.
 
(6)   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. During the calendar year ended December 31, 2010, Mr. McGonigle received total compensation of $75,000 from the Janus Funds for serving as a consultant to the Trustees, which is not reflected in the table above.
JANUS INVESTMENT PERSONNEL
Other Accounts Managed
The following table provides information relating to other accounts managed by the portfolio managers as of February 28, 2011. 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  
Chad Meade
  Number of Other Accounts Managed     6     None     3 (1)
 
  Assets in Other Accounts Managed   $ 2,060,045,226     None   $ 232,631,649  
Brian A. Schaub
  Number of Other Accounts Managed     6     None     3 (1)
 
  Assets in Other Accounts Managed   $ 2,060,045,226     None   $ 232,631,649  
 
(1)   One of the accounts included in the total, consisting of $137,214,353 of the total assets in the category, has a performance-based advisory fee.
Material Conflicts
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Capital serves as subadviser, and separately managed accounts or other pooled investment vehicles, such as hedge funds, which may have materially higher fees than the Fund or may have a performance-based management fee. As such, fees earned by Janus Capital may vary among these accounts. In addition, 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. 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 the 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 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.”
Janus Capital is the adviser to the Fund 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 Fund, it is subject to certain potential conflicts of interest when allocating the assets of a Janus “fund of funds” to the Fund. 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 Fund, as well as knowledge of, and potential impact on, investment strategies and techniques of the Fund. 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 July 1, 2011.
The 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.
Fixed Compensation: Fixed compensation is paid in cash and is comprised of an annual base salary 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 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). The overall investment team compensation pool is funded each year by an amount equal to a percentage of Janus Capital’s pre-incentive operating income.
Variable compensation is structured to pay a portfolio manager on a quarterly basis primarily on the Managed Funds’ performance, with additional discretionary compensation available from a discretionary variable compensation pool described below.

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With respect to any individual portfolio manager’s quarterly variable compensation, the management fee revenue received by Janus Capital in connection with such portfolio manager’s Managed Funds determines the maximum compensation that the individual portfolio manager can receive on a quarterly basis, which is then adjusted downward depending on the portfolio manager’s investment performance 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. Actual performance is calculated based on the Managed Funds’ aggregate asset-weighted Lipper peer group performance ranking (or, as may be applicable, a combination of two or more Lipper peer groups).
A portfolio manager is also eligible to participate in a discretionary variable compensation pool. The aggregate compensation available under such pool is determined by management at its sole discretion from the overall investment team pool described above. Compensation from the discretionary investment team pool is then allocated among the eligible respective participants at the discretion of Janus Capital based upon, among other things: (i) thought leadership; (ii) mentoring of analysts; (iii) contributions to the sales process; (iv) teamwork and support of team culture; and (v) client relationships.
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.
The Fund’s Lipper peer group for compensation purposes is shown in the following table:
     
Fund Name   Lipper Peer Group
Janus Venture Fund
  Small-Cap Growth Funds
OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
As of September 30, 2010, the portfolio managers of the Fund beneficially owned securities of the Fund 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”).
                 
    Dollar Range of Equity   Aggregate Dollar Range of Equity  
Investment Personnel   Securities in the Fund Managed   Securities in Janus Funds  
Janus Capital
               
Chad Meade
  Janus Venture Fund   None   Over $1,000,000
Brian A. Schaub
  Janus Venture Fund   $100,001-$500,000   Over $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 systematic fair valuation models provided by independent third parties 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.

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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 Prospectuses. Not all financial intermediaries offer all classes. Shares or classes of the Fund 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 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.
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 an effort 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.

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                    Amount of Sales Charge
    Sales Charge as a   Sales Charge as a   Reallowed to Financial
Amount of Purchase at   Percentage of   Percentage of Net   Intermediaries as a
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.
As of the date of this SAI, Janus Distributors did not receive any underwriting commissions from the Fund because the Fund’s Class A Shares are new.
Class C Shares, Class I Shares, and Class S Shares
Class C Shares, Class I Shares, and Class S 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

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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.
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.
As of the date of this SAI, Janus Distributors did not receive any 12b-1 fees from Class A Shares, Class C Shares, and Class S Shares of the Fund because the Fund’s Class A Shares, Class C Shares, and Class S Shares are new.
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.
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 the Fund, by delivery of securities selected from its assets at its discretion.

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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.
Janus Distributors receives the proceeds of contingent deferred sales charges paid by investors upon certain redemptions of Class A Shares and Class C Shares. As of the date of this SAI, Janus Distributors did not receive any proceeds of contingent deferred sales charges paid by investors in Class A Shares and Class C Shares because the Fund’s Class A Shares and Class C Shares are new.
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 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 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 Fund, the Fund may make various elections permitted by the tax laws. However, these elections could require that the Fund recognize taxable income, which in turn must be distributed even though the Fund may not have received any income upon such an event.
Some foreign securities purchased by the Fund 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 and the Fund qualifies under Section 853 of the Internal Revenue Code, the Fund 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 the Fund, any foreign taxes paid or accrued will represent an expense to the Fund, which will reduce its investment company taxable income.
The Fund’s investments in REIT equity securities, if any, 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 the 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 the 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.

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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 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 may generate nonqualified income that can impact an investor’s taxes.

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Principal shareholders
As of the date of this SAI, all of the outstanding Shares of the Fund were owned by Janus Capital or an affiliate, which provided seed capital for Class A Shares, Class C Shares, Class I Shares, and Class S Shares of 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 39 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 Emerging Markets Fund
    x       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 Bond Fund
    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 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       x       x                       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.
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 the 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 the Fund. Thus, the risk of a shareholder incurring a financial loss on account of its liability as a shareholder of the Fund is limited to circumstances in which the Fund would be unable to meet its obligations. The possibility that these circumstances

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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 the 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 the 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 the Fund participate equally in dividends and other distributions by the Shares of the same class of the 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.
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 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 (excluding Mr. Cvengros, 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 applicable to that fund. Unless otherwise required by law, this policy may be implemented by the Trustees without shareholder approval.

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INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, 1900 16th Street, Suite 1600, 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 GROWTH & CORE FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT OF JANUS INVESTMENT FUND
(AUDITED)
The following audited financial statements for the period ended September 30, 2010 are hereby incorporated into this SAI by reference to the Annual Reports dated September 30, 2010, as applicable.
  Schedules of Investments as of September 30, 2010
 
  Statements of Assets and Liabilities as of September 30, 2010
 
  Statements of Operations for each of the periods indicated
 
  Statements of Changes in Net Assets for each of 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 GROWTH & CORE FUNDS SEMIANNUAL REPORT OF JANUS INVESTMENT FUND
(UNAUDITED)
The following unaudited financial statements for the period ended March 31, 2010 are hereby incorporated into this SAI by reference to the Semiannual Reports dated March 31, 2010.
  Schedules of Investments as of March 31, 2010
 
  Statements of Assets and Liabilities as of March 31, 2010
 
  Statements of Operations for the periods ended March 31, 2010
 
  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 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
125-22-79215 10-11

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                                                                                                      6  July 29, 2011
As Supplemented October 28, 2011

                             
    Class A
Shares
Ticker
  Class C
Shares
Ticker
  Class D
Shares

Ticker
  Class I
Shares
Ticker
  Class S
Shares
Ticker
  Class T
Shares
Ticker
   
Global & International
                           
Janus Asia Equity Fund
  JAQAX   JAQCX   JAQDX   JAQIX   JAQSX   JAQTX    

 
 
Janus Investment Fund
 
Statement of Additional Information
 
 
 Class D Shares are closed to certain new investors.
 
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 Janus Asia Equity 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.
 
This SAI is not a Prospectus and should be read in conjunction with the Fund’s Prospectuses dated July 29, 2011, 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 Fund’s operations and activities than the Prospectuses. The Annual and Semiannual Reports (as they become available) contain important financial information about the Fund, and are 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).


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Classification, Investment Policies and Restrictions, and Investment Strategies and Risks   2
     
Investment Adviser and Subadviser   33
     
Custodian, Transfer Agent, and Certain Affiliations   44
     
Portfolio Transactions and Brokerage   46
     
Trustees and Officers   48
     
Shares of the Trust   58
Net Asset Value Determination
  58
Purchases
  58
Distribution and Shareholder Servicing Plans
  60
Redemptions
  61
     
Income Dividends, Capital Gains Distributions, and Tax Status   63
     
Principal Shareholders   64
     
Miscellaneous Information   65
Shares of the Trust
  66
Shareholder Meetings
  66
Voting Rights
  66
Master/Feeder Option
  67
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
  67
Registration Statement
  67
     
Financial Statements   68
     
Appendix A   69
Explanation of Rating Categories
  69
 
 
 
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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 Asia Equity Fund (the “Fund”), which 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 Fund is classified as diversified.
 
ADVISER
 
Janus Capital Management LLC (“Janus Capital”) is the investment adviser for the Fund and oversees the subadviser.
 
SUBADVISER
 
Janus Capital Singapore Pte. Limited (“Janus Singapore”) is the investment subadviser for the Fund.
 
INVESTMENT POLICIES AND RESTRICTIONS
 
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).
 
(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.
 
(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.
 
 
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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) If the 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 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.
 
(3) 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.
 
(4) 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.
 
(5) 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.
 
(6) The Fund 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”), 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.
 
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, as of the date of this SAI, the Fund relies primarily on industry or industry group classifications as published by Bloomberg L.P. To the extent that the Bloomberg L.P. classifications are so broad that the primary economic characteristics in a single class are materially different, the Fund may further classify issuers in accordance with industry classifications as published by the SEC. The Fund intends to change industry or industry group classifications with respect to equity investments to Global Industry Classification Standard

 
 
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(“GICS”), but would continue to use Bloomberg L.P. for fixed-income investments. The Fund may change any source used for determining industry classifications without prior shareholder notice or approval.
 
INVESTMENT STRATEGIES AND RISKS
 
Diversification
Funds are classified as either “diversified” or “nondiversified.” Diversification is a way to reduce risk by investing in a broad range of stocks or other securities. To be classified as “diversified” under the 1940 Act, a fund may not, with respect to 75% of its total assets, invest more than 5% of its total assets in any issuer and may not own more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of an issuer. A fund that is classified as “nondiversified” under the 1940 Act is not subject to the same restrictions and therefore 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 manager has 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, the Fund’s cash position may temporarily increase under various circumstances. Securities that the Fund 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 may also invest in affiliated or non-affiliated money market funds. (Refer to “Investment Company Securities.”)
 
Illiquid Investments
Although the Fund intends to invest in liquid securities, the 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 Fund. 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 the 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 Fund’s 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 the 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 manager 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 the Fund to decline.
 
The 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. The Fund may make an initial investment of up to 0.5% of its total assets in any one venture capital company. The 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.
 
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substantial losses. The Fund may not be able to sell such investments when the portfolio manager deems it appropriate to do so due to restrictions on their sale. In addition, the Fund may be forced to sell its venture capital investments at less than fair market value. Where venture capital investments must be registered prior to their sale, the Fund may be obligated to pay all or part of the registration expenses. Any of these situations may result in a decrease in the Fund’s NAV.
 
Securities Lending
Under procedures adopted by the Trustees, the 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, among other things, 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 Fund does not have the right to vote on securities while they are being lent; however, the 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 the 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 cost of the replacement security by the time the replacement investment is made, 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 the Fund to violate its agreement to return the cash collateral to a borrower in a timely manner. As adviser to the Fund 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 Fund and the cash management vehicle. Additionally, Janus Capital receives an investment advisory fee of 0.05% 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 in which the Fund may invest, and therefore may have an incentive to allocate preferred investment opportunities to investment vehicles for which it is receiving a fee.
 
Equity Securities
The Fund 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

 
 
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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 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.
 
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies. The Fund may invest in stock, warrants, and other securities of special purpose acquisition companies (“SPACs”) or similar entities that raise investor funds in order to seek acquisition or business combination opportunities. A SPAC may identify a specific industry or geographical region in which it intends to focus acquisition efforts, although many retain flexibility to invest in any industry or sector. Unless and until an acquisition is completed, a SPAC typically invests its assets (less a portion retained to cover expenses) in U.S. Government securities, money market securities, and cash. If a transaction that meets the requirements for the SPAC is not completed within a pre-established period of time, the invested funds are returned to the entity’s shareholders. Because SPACs and similar entities are in essence blank check companies without an operating history or ongoing business other than seeking acquisitions, the value of their securities is particularly dependent on the ability of the entity’s management to timely identify and complete a profitable acquisition. SPACs which pursue acquisitions only within certain industries or regions may be subject to price volatility related to such industries or regions. SPACs which trade in the over-the-counter market may be considered illiquid and/or be subject to restrictions on resale.
 
Natural Disasters and Extreme Weather Conditions
Certain areas of the world have historically been prone to and economically sensitive to environmental events such as, but not limited to, hurricanes, earthquakes, typhoons, flooding, tidal waves, tsunamis, erupting volcanoes, wildfires or droughts, tornadoes, mudslides or other weather-related phenomena. Such disasters, and the resulting physical or economic damage, could have a severe and negative impact on the Fund’s investment portfolio and, in the longer term, could impair the ability of issuers in which the Fund invests to conduct their businesses as they would under normal conditions. Adverse weather conditions may also have a particularly significant negative effect on issuers in the agricultural sector and on insurance companies that insure against the impact of natural disasters.
 
Foreign Securities
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because the Fund’s performance may depend on factors other than the performance of a particular company. These factors include:
 
Currency Risk. As long as the Fund holds a foreign security, its value will be affected by the value of the local currency relative to the U.S. dollar. When the 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, social instability, and different and/or developing legal systems. 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 withholding and other taxes or limits on the removal of the Fund’s assets from that country. In addition, the economies of emerging markets may be predominately based on only a few industries, may be highly vulnerable to changes in local or global trade conditions, and may suffer from extreme and volatile debt burdens or inflation rates.
 
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. These securities markets may trade a small number of securities, may have a limited number of issuers and a high proportion of shares, or may be held by a relatively small number of persons or institutions. Local securities markets may be unable to respond effectively to increases in trading volume, potentially making prompt liquidation of substantial holdings difficult or impossible at times. It is also possible that 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. It may not be possible for the Fund to repatriate capital, dividends, interest, and other income from a particular country or governmental entity. In addition, securities of issuers located in countries with emerging markets may have limited marketability and may be subject to more abrupt or erratic price movements which could also have a negative effect on the Fund. Such factors may hinder the 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.
 
Geographic Concentration Risk. Because the Fund intends to focus its investments in a particular geographic region, the Fund’s performance is expected to be closely tied to various factors such as the social, financial, economic, and political conditions within that region or country. Specifically, the Fund’s investments in Asian issuers increases the Fund’s exposure to various risks including, but not limited to, risks associated with volatile securities markets, currency fluctuations, social, political, and regulatory developments, economic environmental events (such as natural disasters), and changes in tax or economic policies, each of which, among others, may be particular to Asian countries or region.
 
Because of the Fund’s investment focus on Asian issuers, its investments will be more sensitive to social, financial, economic, political, and regulatory developments affecting the fiscal stability of a particular country and/or the broader region. Events that negatively affect the fiscal stability of a particular country and/or the broader region may cause the value of the Fund’s holdings to decrease, in some cases significantly. As a result, the Fund is likely to be more volatile than a fund that is more geographically diverse in its investments.
 
The Asian region within which the Fund will focus its investments comprises countries in various stages of economic and political development. As a result, some countries may have relatively unstable governments or may experience adverse conditions such as overextension of credit, currency devaluations and restrictions, less efficient markets, rising unemployment, high inflation, underdeveloped financial services sectors, heavy reliance on international trade, prolonged economic recessions, and political instability, including military disruption, which could result in significant downturns and volatility in the economies of Asian countries and therefore have an adverse effect on the value of the Fund’s portfolio. Certain Asian countries may be vulnerable to trade barriers and other protectionist measures. Some countries have restricted the flow of money in and out of the country. Further, if Asian securities fall out of favor, it may cause the Fund to underperform funds that do not focus their investments in a single region of the world.

 
 
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It is also possible that from time to time, a small number of companies and industries may represent a large portion of the market in a particular country or region, and these companies and industries can be sensitive to social, financial, economic, political, and regulatory developments. The economies of the Asian countries in which the Fund invests may be interdependent, which could increase the possibility that conditions in one country will adversely impact the issuers of securities in a different country or region, or that the impact of such conditions will be experienced at the same time by the region as a whole. Likewise, the economies of the Asian region may also be dependent on the economies of other countries, such as the United States and Europe and events in these economies could negatively impact the economies of the Asian region.
 
The trading volume on some Asian stock exchanges tends to be much lower than in the United States, and Asian securities of some companies are less liquid and more volatile than similar United States securities which could lead to a significant possibility of loss to the Fund. In addition, brokerage commissions on regional stock exchanges are fixed and are generally higher than the negotiated commissions in the United States.
 
Emerging Markets. Within the parameters of its specific investment policies, the Fund will invest its assets in securities of issuers or 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, the risks associated with investing in securities of more developed foreign countries as previously discussed under “Foreign Securities.” The prices 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 (including the potential lack of strict finance and accounting controls and standards), stock exchanges, brokers, and listed companies than in more developed markets, making these investments potentially more volatile in price and less liquid than investments in developed securities markets, resulting in greater risk to investors. 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 the 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. In addition, the economies of developing countries tend to be heavily dependent upon international trade and, as such, have been, and may continue to be, adversely impacted by trade barriers, exchange controls, managed adjustments in relative currency values, and other protectionist measures. These economies also have been, and may continue to be, adversely affected by economic conditions in the countries with which they do business.
 
The securities markets of many of the countries in which the Fund 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 Fund 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. Further, the Fund’s ability to participate fully in the smaller, less liquid emerging markets may be limited by the policy restricting its investments in illiquid securities. The Fund may be subject to emerging markets risk to the extent that it invests in securities of issuers or companies which are not considered to be from emerging markets, but which have customers, products, or transactions associated with emerging markets. A summary of the Fund’s investments by country is contained in the Fund’s shareholder reports and Form N-Q reports, which are filed with the SEC, when available.
 
Short Sales
The Fund may engage in “short sales against the box.” This technique involves either selling short a security that the Fund owns, or selling short a security that the Fund has the right to obtain, for delivery at a specified date in the future. The Fund does not deliver from its portfolio the securities sold short and does not immediately receive the proceeds of the short sale. The 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, the Fund loses the opportunity to participate in the gain.
 
The Fund may also engage in other short sales. The Fund may engage in short sales when the portfolio manager anticipates that a security’s market purchase price will be less than its borrowing price. In a short sale transaction, the 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

 
 
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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 the 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 Fund 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 the 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 the 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 the 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. The 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 the Fund’s leveraging of its investments and the related risk of losses from leveraging. The 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, the Fund may or may not receive any payments (including interest) on collateral it has deposited with the broker. The 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, the 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 the 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, the 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 the 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 the Fund may have to distribute cash obtained from other sources in order to satisfy the distribution requirements under the Internal Revenue Code. The Fund may obtain such cash from selling other portfolio holdings, which may cause the Fund to incur capital gains or losses on the sale. Additionally, these actions are likely to reduce the amount of cash available for

 
 
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investment by the Fund, to reduce the assets to which Fund expenses could be allocated, and to reduce the rate of return for the 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 the 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 Fund 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 Fund. The most common type of pass-through securities is 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. The 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’s 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’s 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 Fund), 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 manager will consider estimated prepayment rates in calculating the average-weighted maturity of the 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 the 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 the Fund’s ability to participate in as large a market gain as may be experienced with a comparable security not subject to prepayment.
 
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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 Fund 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, the 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 Fund’s Prospectuses may apply.
 
Investment Company Securities
From time to time, the Fund 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 the 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 the Fund’s total assets; or (iii) securities of such other investment company and all other investment companies owned by the 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 the 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 the 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 Fund may invest its cash holdings in affiliated or non-affiliated money market funds as part of a cash sweep program. The Fund 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 Fund invests in money market funds or other funds, the Fund 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 Fund and the money market funds or other funds or investment vehicles in which the Fund may invest, Janus Capital has an inherent conflict of interest because it has fiduciary duties to both the Fund 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, the 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 Fund, to acquire their securities in excess of the limits of the 1940 Act.

 
 
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Exchange-Traded Notes
The Fund 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 the Fund’s total return. The 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 the 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 right to redeem its investment in an ETN, which are meant to be held until maturity. The Fund’s decision to sell its ETN holdings may be limited by the availability of a secondary market.
 
Depositary Receipts
The 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 Fund 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, regulatory risk, market risk, and geographical investment 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 Fund’s Prospectuses.
 
U.S. Government Securities
To the extent permitted by its investment objective and policies, the 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 the 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 the 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 Fund 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 Fund 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

 
 
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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 the 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 Fund 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. The Fund will not 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, the 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 Fund will purchase standby commitments, tender option bonds, and instruments with demand features primarily for the purpose of increasing the liquidity of its 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 manager must correctly assess probable movements in interest rates. This involves different skills than those used to select most portfolio securities. If the portfolio manager incorrectly forecasts such movements, the 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, the Fund may invest in REITs. REITs are sometimes informally characterized as equity REITs, mortgage REITs, and hybrid REITs. Investment in REITs may subject the 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 the 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.
 
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in REITs indirectly through the Fund, a shareholder will bear not only his or her proportionate share of the expenses of the 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, the 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 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 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 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 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 to additional risk regardless of the creditworthiness of the parties involved in the transaction.
 
Reverse repurchase agreements are transactions in which the 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 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 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 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 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 portfolio, although the 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 will maintain cash and appropriate liquid assets in a segregated custodial account to cover its obligation under the agreement. The Fund will enter into reverse repurchase agreements only with parties that Janus Capital deems creditworthy.
 
Mortgage Dollar Rolls
Certain 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 a 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.

 
 
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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 a 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 (no more than 20% of a 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. A fund generally invests 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, a 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 the 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, 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 a fund and may likely reduce the value of its assets, which would be reflected by a reduction in a 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 a 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 a fund, and the agent may determine to waive certain covenants contained in the loan agreement that a 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, a 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.

 
 
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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 NAV as a result of changes in interest rates. A fund may attempt to hedge against interest rate fluctuations by entering into interest rate swaps or by using other hedging techniques.
 
While a fund generally expects to invest in fully funded term loans, certain of the loans in which a fund 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, a 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. A fund 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 a fund’s return.
 
A fund does 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 a 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 a 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, 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
A fund 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, the 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, the Fund will limit its investments in such bonds to 20% or less of its net assets.

 
 
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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, the Fund would experience a reduction in its income, and could expect a decline in the market value of the bonds so affected.
 
The 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 manager deems 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. The Fund’s portfolio manager 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 is 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
The Fund may hold defaulted securities if the portfolio manager believes, 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 the Fund’s limit on investments in bonds rated below investment grade. Notwithstanding the portfolio manager’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 Fund generally will purchase securities for which its portfolio manager expects 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 Fund will limit holdings of any such securities to amounts that the portfolio manager believes could be readily sold, and holdings of such securities would, in any event, be limited so as not to limit the 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 Fund.
 
Futures, Options, and Other Derivative Instruments
The Fund 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 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 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 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 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 ability to use derivative instruments may also be limited by tax considerations. (See “Income Dividends, Capital Gains Distributions, and Tax Status.”)
 
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use of derivatives may expose the 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. The 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.
 
In an effort to mitigate credit risk associated with derivatives traded OTC, the Fund may enter into collateral agreements with certain counterparties whereby, subject to certain minimum exposure requirements, the Fund may require the 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 Fund 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. 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 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, the Fund may be entitled to return of margin owed to the 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 does business.
 
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Association, which regulate trading in the futures markets. Therefore, the Fund is not subject to commodity pool operator registration and regulation under the Commodity Exchange Act.
 
Although the 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 immediately upon closing out the futures position; however, closing out open futures positions through customary settlement procedures could take several days. Because the 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’s return could be diminished due to the opportunity losses of foregoing other potential investments.
 
The Fund 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. The 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, the 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 the Fund not participating in a market advance. This technique is sometimes known as an anticipatory hedge. The Fund may also use this technique with respect to an individual company’s stock. To the extent the Fund enters into futures contracts for this purpose, the segregated assets maintained to cover the 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 the Fund with respect to the futures contracts. Conversely, if the 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 the 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. The 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 the Fund owns interest rate sensitive securities and the portfolio manager expects interest rates to increase, the Fund may take a short position in interest rate futures contracts. Taking such a position would have much the same effect as the 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 manager expects interest rates to decline, the 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 the 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 manager 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. The Fund’s performance could be worse than if the Fund had not used such instruments. For example, if the Fund has hedged against the effects of a possible decrease in prices of securities held in its portfolio and prices increase instead, the 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 manager must predict the direction of the price of an individual stock, as opposed to securities prices generally. In addition, if the Fund has insufficient cash, it may have to sell

 
 
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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 the 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 will not match exactly the Fund’s current or potential investments. The 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 the Fund’s investments.
 
Futures prices can also diverge from the prices of their underlying instruments, even if the underlying instruments closely correlate with the 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 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. The 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 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 the 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 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 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, the Fund’s access to other assets held to cover its futures positions also could be impaired.
 
Options on Futures Contracts. The Fund may buy and write put and call options on futures contracts. A purchased option on a future gives the 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 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 will retain the full amount of the option premium which provides a partial hedge against any decline that may have occurred in the 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 will retain the full amount of the option premium which provides a partial hedge against any increase in the price of securities which the Fund is considering buying. If a call or put option the Fund has written is exercised, the 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’s losses from existing options on futures may to some extent be reduced or increased by changes in the value of portfolio securities.

 
 
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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 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 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 Fund may enter into forward contracts to purchase and sell government securities, equity or income securities, foreign currencies, or other financial instruments. Currently, the Fund does 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 principal uses of forward foreign currency exchange contracts (“forward currency contracts”). The Fund may enter into forward currency contracts with stated contract values of up to the value of the 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 may invest in forward currency contracts for nonhedging purposes such as seeking to enhance return. The 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 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 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 the 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 manager believes 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 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 currency exposure from one foreign currency to another removes the Fund’s opportunity to profit from increases in the value of the original currency and involves a risk of increased losses to the Fund if the portfolio manager’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 than if it had not entered into such contracts.
 
In general, the Fund covers 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 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 the 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 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 the Fund’s commitments with respect to such contracts. As an alternative to segregating assets, the Fund may buy call options permitting the Fund to buy the amount of foreign currency being hedged by a forward sale contract, or the Fund may buy put options permitting it to sell the amount of foreign currency subject to a forward buy contract.

 
 
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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 Fund’s ability to utilize forward contracts may be restricted. In addition, the 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 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 may buy put options on the foreign currency. If the value of the currency declines, the 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 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 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, the Fund could sustain losses on transactions in foreign currency options that would require the Fund to forego a portion or all of the benefits of advantageous changes in those rates.
 
The Fund 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, the 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 could write a put option on the relevant currency which, if rates move in the manner projected, should expire unexercised and allow the 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 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 also may lose all or a portion of the benefits which might otherwise have been obtained from favorable movements in exchange rates.
 
The Fund may write covered call options on foreign currencies. A call option written on a foreign currency by the Fund is “covered” if the 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 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 the Fund in cash or other liquid assets in a segregated account with the Fund’s custodian.
 
The Fund 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 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 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 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. The 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.

 
 
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Additional Risks of Options on Foreign Currencies, Forward Contracts, and Foreign Instruments. Unlike transactions entered into by the Fund 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 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 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.
 
The 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 the Fund. Such participation may subject the Fund to expenses such as legal fees and may make the Fund an “insider” of the issuer for purposes of the federal securities laws, which may restrict the 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 the Fund on such committees also may expose the Fund to potential liabilities under the federal bankruptcy laws or other laws governing the rights of creditors and debtors. The Fund would participate on such committees only when Janus Capital believes that such participation is necessary or desirable to enforce the Fund’s rights as a creditor or to protect the value of securities held by the Fund.
 
Options on Securities. In an effort to increase current income and to reduce fluctuations in NAV, the Fund 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 Fund may write and buy options on the same types of securities that the Fund may purchase directly. The

 
 
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Fund 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 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. The 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 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.
 
The 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. The 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 the Fund in cash or other liquid assets in a segregated account with its custodian.
 
The 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 manager believes 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 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 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 to use the cash or proceeds from the concurrent sale of any securities subject to the option for other investments. If the Fund desires to sell a particular security from its portfolio on which it has written a call option, the Fund will effect a closing transaction prior to or concurrent with the sale of the security.
 
The 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 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

 
 
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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.
 
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 may not be able to effect closing transactions in particular options and the Fund would have to exercise the options in order to realize any profit. If the 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 may write options in connection with buy-and-write transactions. In other words, the 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 maximum gain will be the premium received by it for writing the option, adjusted upwards or downwards by the difference between the 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 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 may elect to close the position or take delivery of the security at the exercise price and the 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 may buy put options to hedge against a decline in the value of its portfolio. By using put options in this way, the 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 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 the Fund upon exercise of the option, and, unless the price of the underlying security rises sufficiently, the option may expire worthless to the Fund.
 
The 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 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.
 
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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 may purchase and write put and call options on foreign securities indices listed on domestic and foreign securities exchanges. The Fund may also purchase and write OTC options on foreign securities indices.
 
The Fund 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 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 generally will only purchase or write such an option if Janus Capital or the subadviser 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 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 the 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 manager may be forced to liquidate portfolio securities to meet settlement obligations. The Fund’s activities in index options may also be restricted by the requirements of the Internal Revenue 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, the 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. The 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. The 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 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.

 
 
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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 Fund 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 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. The Fund will usually enter into interest rate swaps on a net basis (i.e., the two payment streams are netted out, with the 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 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 the 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, the Fund normally will have contractual remedies pursuant to the agreements related to the transaction. Swap agreements also bear the risk that the Fund will not be able to meet its obligation to the counterparty.
 
The 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, therefore, they are less liquid than swaps. To the extent the 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. 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 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 is contractually obligated to make. If the other party to a swap that is not collateralized defaults, the Fund would risk the loss of the net amount of the payments that it contractually is entitled to receive. The Fund may buy and sell (i.e., write) caps and floors, without limitation, subject to the segregation requirement described above.

 
 
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Another form of a swap agreement is the credit default swap. The 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, the 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 could be required to make in a credit default transaction would be the notional amount of the agreement. The 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 the 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. The 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.
 
The 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.
 
The Fund investing in CDXs is normally only permitted to take long positions in these instruments. The Fund holding a long position in CDXs typically receives income from principal or interest paid on the underlying securities. The 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, the 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

 
 
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the 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 ability to resell such a structured instrument may be more limited than its ability to resell other Fund securities. The Fund may treat such instruments as illiquid and will limit its investments in such instruments to no more than 15% of the Fund’s net assets, when combined with all other illiquid investments of the Fund.
 
PORTFOLIO TURNOVER
 
As of the date of this SAI, portfolio turnover rates are not available for the Fund because the Fund is new.
 
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 Full Holdings for the Fund at janus.com/info (or under the Fund’s Holdings & Details tab at janus.com/allfunds if you hold Class D Shares).
 
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 identified in this SAI, 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.

 
 
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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 Janus 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.
 
         
Name   Frequency   Lag Time
ACA Compliance Group
  As needed   Current
Aprimo, Inc.
  As needed   Current
Axioma Inc.
  Daily   Current
Barclays Capital Inc.
  Daily   Current
Barra, Inc.
  Daily   Current
BNP Paribas
  Daily   Current
BNP Paribas Prime Brokerage, Inc.
  Daily   Current
BNP Securities Corp.
  Daily   Current
BNY Mellon Performance and Risk Analytics, LLC
  Monthly   Current
Bowne & Company Inc. 
  Daily   Current
Bowne of Dallas
  Semi-annually   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 Brokerage, LLC
  As needed   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
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 Express Limited
  As needed   Current
Financial Models Company, Inc. 
  As needed   Current
FlexTrade LLC
  Daily   Current
FT Interactive Data Corporation
  Daily   Current

 
 
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Name   Frequency   Lag Time
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
KPMG LLP
  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
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
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.
 
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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 and subadviser

 
INVESTMENT ADVISER – JANUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
 
As stated in the Prospectuses, the 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.
 
The Fund’s Advisory Agreement will continue in effect for an initial term through February 2013, and then from year to year thereafter 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.
 
The Advisory Agreement provides that Janus Capital will furnish continuous advice and recommendations concerning the Fund’s investments, provide office space for the Fund, and certain other advisory-related services. The Fund pays custodian fees and expenses, any brokerage commissions and dealer spreads, and other expenses in connection with the execution of portfolio transactions, legal and audit expenses, interest and taxes, a portion of trade or other investment company dues and expenses, expenses of shareholders’ meetings, mailing of prospectuses, statements of additional information, and reports to shareholders, fees and expenses of all Fund Trustees, other costs of complying with applicable laws regulating the sale of Fund shares, compensation to the Fund’s transfer agent, and other costs, including shareholder servicing costs. As discussed in this section, Janus Capital has delegated certain management duties for the Fund to Janus Singapore pursuant to a subadvisory agreement (“Sub-Advisory Agreement”) between Janus Capital and Janus Singapore.
 
Janus Capital also serves as administrator and is authorized to perform, or cause others to perform, the administration services necessary for the operation of the Fund, including, but not limited to, NAV determination, portfolio accounting, recordkeeping, blue sky registration and monitoring services, preparation of prospectuses and other Fund documents, and other services for which the Fund reimburses Janus Capital as an out-of-pocket charge, for its costs. The Fund also pays for the salaries, fees, and expenses of certain Janus Capital employees and Fund officers, with respect to certain specified administration functions they perform on behalf of the Fund. Administration costs are separate and apart from advisory fees and other expenses paid in connection with the investment advisory services Janus Capital (or any subadviser) provides to the Fund. Some expenses related to compensation payable to the Fund’s Chief Compliance Officer and compliance staff are shared with the Fund.
 
Many of these costs vary from year to year which can make it difficult to predict the total impact to the Fund’s expense ratio, in particular during times of declining asset values of the Fund. Certain costs may be waived and/or reimbursed by Janus Capital to the Fund pursuant to expense limitation agreements with the Fund.
 
A discussion regarding the basis for the Trustees’ approval of the Fund’s Investment Advisory Agreement and Sub-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, 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, at janus.com/info (or janus.com/reports if you hold Class D Shares).
 
The Fund pays a monthly investment advisory fee to Janus Capital for its services. The fee may adjust up or down based on the Fund’s performance relative to its benchmark index over the performance measurement period. The Fund’s “base fee” rate prior to any performance fee adjustment is 0.92%.
 
PERFORMANCE-BASED INVESTMENT ADVISORY FEE
 
Effective on the date shown below, the Fund implemented an investment advisory fee rate that adjusts up or down based upon the Fund’s performance relative to the cumulative investment record of its benchmark index over the performance
 
 
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measurement period. Any performance adjustment will commence on the date shown below. Prior to the effective date of the performance adjustment, only the base fee will apply.
 
             
    Effective Date of
  Effective Date of
    Performance Fee
  First Adjustment
Fund Name   Arrangement   to Advisory Fee
Janus Asia Equity Fund
  08/01/11     08/01/12  
 
Under the performance-based fee structure, the investment advisory fee paid to Janus Capital by the 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 (“Initial Performance Measurement Period”), and accordingly, only the Fund’s Base Fee Rate applies for the Initial Performance Measurement Period. When the performance-based fee structure has been in effect for at least the Initial Performance Measurement Period, 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 the 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 the 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 the Fund is calculated net of expenses, whereas the Fund’s benchmark index does not have any fees or expenses. Reinvestment of dividends and distributions is included in calculating both the performance of the 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 Fund.
 
The application of an expense limit, if any, will have a positive effect upon the 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 the 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 the Fund’s performance was above or below its benchmark index by comparing the investment performance of the Fund’s load-waived Class A Shares, against the cumulative investment record of the Fund’s benchmark index, Janus Capital applies the same Performance Adjustment (positive or negative) across each other class of shares of the Fund.
 
The Trustees may determine that a class of shares of the 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.

 
 
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The Trustees may from time to time determine that another securities index for the Fund is a more appropriate benchmark index for purposes of evaluating the performance of the 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 the Fund’s benchmark index for purposes of calculating 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 the 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 the 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 the Fund relative to the record of the Fund’s benchmark index and future changes to the size of the Fund.
 
If the average daily net assets of the 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 the Fund were increasing during the performance measurement period, the total performance fee paid, measured in dollars, would be more than if the 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 the 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 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 the 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

 
 
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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 the 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)
Janus Asia Equity Fund
  MSCI All Country Asia ex-Japan Index(1)     0.92 (2 )
               
 
(1)  The MSCI All Country Asia ex-Japan Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of Asia, excluding Japan.
(2)  Janus Capital pays Janus Singapore, 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 Janus Singapore. The subadvisory fee paid by Janus Capital to Janus Singapore 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 Janus Singapore 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).
 
The following hypothetical examples illustrate the application of the Performance Adjustment for the 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.
 
Examples: Janus Asia Equity 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 7.00% 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 MSCI All Country Asia ex-Japan Index.
 
Example 1: Fund Outperforms Its Benchmark Index By 7.00%
 
If the Fund has outperformed the MSCI All Country Asia ex-Japan Index by 7.00% 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 0.92%
  1/12th of 0.15%   1/12th of 1.07%
 
Example 2: Fund Performance Tracks Its Benchmark Index
 
If the Fund performance has tracked the performance of the MSCI All Country Asia ex-Japan 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 0.92%
  0.00   1/12th of 0.92%
 
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If the Fund has underperformed the MSCI All Country Asia ex-Japan Index by 7.00% 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 0.92%
  1/12th of -0.15%   1/12th of 0.77%
 
Because the Fund is a newer fund that commenced operations on July 29, 2011, 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 and Janus Singapore, on behalf of the Fund, Janus Capital pays Janus Singapore 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 Janus Singapore will adjust up or down in line with the advisory fee rate for fees paid by the Fund to Janus Capital based on Janus Asia Equity Fund’s Class A Shares (waiving the upfront sales load) performance compared to the investment record of the MSCI All Country Asia ex-Japan Index.
 
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 performance adjustments to management fees, 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 including, but not limited to, acquired fund fees and 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 the waiver until at least February 1, 2012.
 
         
    Expense Limit
Fund Name   Percentage (%)
Janus Asia Equity Fund
    1.25 (1)
         
 
(1)  The Fund has a performance-based investment advisory fee with a rate that adjusts up or down based upon the Fund’s performance relative to its benchmark index over the performance measurement period. Any adjustment to this fee will commence August 1, 2012. 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, the Fund’s expense limit will be in effect until February 1, 2012.
 
As of the date of this SAI, no advisory fees were paid because the Fund is new.
 
SUBADVISER
JANUS CAPITAL SINGAPORE PTE. LIMITED
 
Janus Capital has entered into a Sub-Advisory Agreement with Janus Capital Singapore Pte. Limited, #36-02 AXA Tower, 8 Shenton Way, Singapore 068811, on behalf of the Fund.
 
Janus Singapore has been in the investment advisory business since 2011. Janus Singapore also serves as subadviser to offshore investment funds. Janus Singapore is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Janus Capital.
 
Under the Sub-Advisory Agreement between Janus Capital and Janus Singapore, Janus Singapore is responsible for the day-to-day investment operations of the 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. Janus Singapore: (i) manages the investment operations of the Fund; (ii) keeps Janus Capital fully informed as to the valuation of assets of the Fund, its 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 Fund; (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 Agreement provides that Janus Singapore shall not be liable for any error of judgment or

 
 
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mistake of law or for any loss arising out of any investment or for any act or omission taken with respect to the Fund, 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 Agreement and except to the extent otherwise provided by law.
 
Under the Sub-Advisory Agreement, Janus Capital pays Janus Singapore a fee equal to 50% of the advisory fee payable by Janus Asia Equity Fund to Janus Capital (calculated after any applicable performance fee adjustments, fee waivers, and expense reimbursements).
 
The Sub-Advisory Agreement with Janus Singapore will continue in effect for an initial term through February 2013, and then from year to year thereafter if such continuation is specifically approved at least annually by the Trustees or by vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Fund, and in either case by vote of a majority of the Independent Trustees of the Fund. The Sub-Advisory Agreement is subject to termination at any time by Janus Capital or Janus Singapore by giving 90 days’ advance written notice to the other party (Janus Singapore shall allow up to an additional 90 days at the request of Janus Capital or the Trust in order to find a replacement for Janus Singapore) or by Janus Capital or the Trust without advance notice if Janus Singapore is unable to discharge its duties and obligations. The Fund’s Sub-Advisory Agreement terminates automatically in the event of the assignment or termination of the Fund’s Investment Advisory Agreement.
 
PERFORMANCE-BASED SUB-ADVISORY FEE
 
Janus Asia Equity 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 will commence August 1, 2012. Until that time, only the fixed rate applies. In accordance with the Sub-Advisory Agreement, Janus Singapore 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).
 
Janus Asia Equity Fund pays no fees directly to Janus Singapore. Janus Capital pays the subadvisory fee out of its advisory fee. As of the date of this SAI, no subadvisory fees were paid to Janus Singapore 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 Smith Barney, LLC; Oppenheimer & Co., Inc.; Raymond James & Associates, Inc.; Raymond James Financial Services, Inc.; UBS Financial Services Inc.; and Wells Fargo Advisors, 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.

 
 
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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.
 
From time to time, certain financial intermediaries approach Janus Capital to request that Janus Capital make contributions to certain charitable organizations. In these cases, Janus Capital’s contribution may result in the financial intermediary, or its salespersons, recommending Janus funds over other mutual funds (or non-mutual fund investments).
 
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 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 as well as other pooled investment vehicles, such as hedge funds. Janus Capital has a fiduciary responsibility to manage all client accounts in a fair and equitable manner. As such, 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 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

 
 
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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 of equity securities or syndicate offerings of bonds (each a “Primary Offering”), under Primary Offering allocation procedures adopted by Janus Capital and Janus Singapore, an account may participate in a Primary Offering if the portfolio managers believe the Primary Offering is an appropriate investment based on the account’s investment restrictions, risk profile, asset composition, and/or cash levels. For equity securities, these Primary Offering allocation procedures generally require that all shares purchased in a Primary Offering be allocated on a pro rata basis to all participating accounts based upon the total assets of each account. For syndicated bond offerings, the Primary Offering procedures generally require that all bonds purchased be allocated on a pro rata basis to all participating accounts within the same investment strategy (as opposed to pro rata across all participating accounts).
 
Janus Capital is permitted to adjust its allocation procedures to address fractional shares, odd lots, or minimum issue sizes 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. Participation in Primary Offerings may impact performance. In particular, the allocation of securities may have the unintended consequence of having a greater impact (positive or negative) on the performance of one or more accounts compared to other accounts.
 
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 and other 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.
 
Janus Singapore, the subadviser for Janus Asia Equity Fund, may buy and sell securities or engage in other investments on behalf of multiple clients, including Janus Asia Equity Fund. Janus Singapore 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 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 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.

 
 
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Each account managed by Janus Capital or the subadviser has its own investment objective and policies and is managed accordingly by the respective portfolio manager. 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, Janus Singapore, and Janus Distributors currently have in place Ethics Rules, which are comprised of the Personal Trading Code of Ethics, Gift and Entertainment Policy, and Outside Employment Policy. The Ethics Rules are designed to ensure Janus Capital, Janus Singapore, 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, Janus Singapore, 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, Janus Singapore, 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 Singapore, 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, Janus Singapore, 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 or the Fund’s subadviser the authority to vote all proxies relating to the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with Janus Capital’s or the Fund’s subadviser’s own policies and procedures. Summaries of Janus Capital’s and the subadviser’s policies and procedures are 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.
 
JANUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
JANUS CAPITAL SINGAPORE PTE. LIMITED
PROXY VOTING SUMMARY FOR MUTUAL FUNDS
 
Janus Capital and Janus Singapore each seek to vote proxies in the best interest of shareholders and without regard to any other Janus Capital or Janus Singapore relationship (business or otherwise). Each of Janus Capital and Janus Singapore 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”), subject to specific provisions in a client’s account documentation related to exception voting.

 
 
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Proxy Voting Procedures
The proxy voting guidelines (the “Guidelines”) outline how Janus Capital and Janus Singapore generally vote proxies on securities held by the portfolios managed by each adviser. The 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 and Janus Singapore’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. The Proxy Voting Committee also reviews policy rationale provided by the Proxy Voting Service related to voting recommendations for the upcoming proxy season. Once the Proxy Voting Committee establishes its recommendations and revises the Guidelines, they are distributed to the portfolio managers for review and implementation. While the Proxy Voting Committee sets the Guidelines and serves as a resource for the portfolio managers, it does not have proxy voting authority for any proprietary or nonproprietary mutual fund. The 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 Guidelines; however, a portfolio manager may choose to vote differently than the Guidelines. Additionally, Janus Capital and Janus Singapore have 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 Proxy Voting Committee’s oversight responsibilities include monitoring for, and resolving, material conflicts of interest with respect to proxy voting. Janus Capital and Janus Singapore believe that application of the Guidelines to vote mutual fund proxies should, in most cases, adequately address any possible conflicts of interest since the Guidelines are predetermined. On a quarterly basis, the Proxy Voting Committee reviews records of any votes that were cast differently than the Guidelines and the related rationales for such votes. Additionally, and in instances where a portfolio manager proposes to vote a proxy inconsistent with the Guidelines and a potential conflict is identified, 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 Guidelines for use in voting proxies. Below is a summary of some of the Guidelines.
 
Board of Directors Issues
Janus Capital and Janus Singapore: (i) will generally vote in favor of slates of director candidates that are comprised of a majority of independent directors; (ii) will generally vote in favor of proposals to increase the minimum number of independent directors; and (iii) will generally oppose non-independent directors who serve on the audit, compensation, and/or nominating committees of the board.
 
Auditor Issues
Janus Capital and Janus Singapore 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 and Janus Singapore review 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, the proposed equity-based compensation plan will generally be opposed. In addition, 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) will generally be opposed.
 
General Corporate Issues
Janus Capital and Janus Singapore: (i) will generally oppose proposals regarding supermajority voting rights (for example, to approve acquisitions or mergers); (ii) will generally oppose proposals for different classes of stock with different voting rights; and (iii) 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 and Janus Singapore will review proposals relating to mergers, acquisitions, tender offers, and other similar actions on a case-by-case basis.

 
 
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Shareholder Proposals
If a shareholder proposal is specifically addressed by the Guidelines, Janus Capital and Janus Singapore will generally vote pursuant to that Guideline. Janus Capital and Janus Singapore 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 and Janus Singapore will solicit additional research from its Proxy Voting Service for proposals outside the scope of the 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. 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”), 151 Detroit Street, Denver, Colorado 80206-4805, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Janus Capital, is the Fund’s 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.
 
Class D Shares of the Fund pay an annual administrative services fee of 0.12% of net assets. These administrative services fees are paid by Class D Shares of the Fund for shareholder services provided by Janus Services.
 
Janus Services receives an administrative services fee at an annual rate of 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. 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 Class S Shares and Class T Shares of the Fund.
 
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.
 
As of the date of this SAI, Janus Services did not receive any administrative services fees from Class D Shares, Class S Shares, or Class T Shares of the Fund because the Fund is new.
 
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 administrative services 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.
 
Janus Distributors, 151 Detroit Street, Denver, Colorado 80206-4805, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Janus Capital, is the principal underwriter for the Fund. 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
 
 
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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 Fund solely upon Janus Singapore’s direction. Janus Capital and Janus Singapore 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 Janus Singapore may occasionally pay higher commissions for research services as described below. The Fund 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 Janus Asia Equity Fund, subadvised by Janus Singapore, Janus Capital acts on behalf of and in consultation with Janus Singapore. Those factors include, but are not limited to: Janus Capital’s and Janus Singapore’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 the 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 Janus Singapore) 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 Janus Singapore, 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 Janus Singapore, 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 or Janus Singapore’s own research efforts. Because Janus Capital and Janus Singapore receive a benefit from research they receive from broker-dealers, Janus Capital and Janus Singapore may have an incentive to continue to use those broker-dealers to effect transactions. Janus Capital and Janus Singapore 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.
 
Janus Capital and Janus Singapore 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 Janus Singapore 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 Janus Singapore 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 Janus Singapore with research or brokerage services, as permitted under Section 28(e) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934. CCAs allow Janus Capital and Janus Singapore 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 Janus Singapore are subject to applicable law and their best execution obligations. Brokerage and research products and services
 
 
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furnished by brokers may be used in servicing any or all of the clients of Janus Capital or Janus Singapore and such research may not necessarily be used by Janus Capital or Janus Singapore 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 Singapore 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 Janus Singapore’s clients, including Janus Asia Equity Fund.
 
Janus Capital and Janus Singapore may also use step-out transactions in order to receive research products and related services. In a step-out transaction, Janus Capital or Janus Singapore 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 Janus Singapore 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 Janus Singapore 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 Janus Singapore’s receipt of such products and services in connection with step-out transactions and new issue designations, Janus Capital and Janus Singapore have an incentive to continue to engage in such transactions; however, Janus Capital and Janus Singapore 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 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 the subadviser, better prices and executions will be achieved through the use of a broker.
 
As of the date of this SAI, the Fund did not pay any brokerage commissions because the Fund is new.
 
Brokerage commissions paid by the 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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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). As of the date of this SAI, none of the Trustees are “interested persons” of Janus Capital as that term is defined by the 1940 Act.
 
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 52 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).     52     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).     52     Formerly, Director of Envysion, Inc. (internet technology), Lijit Networks, Inc. (internet technology), LogRhythm Inc. (software solutions), IZZE Beverage Co., Ancestry.com, Inc. (genealogical research website), and Trustee and Chairman of RS Investment Trust.
                               
 
 
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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.)
                               
William D. Cvengros
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1948
    Trustee     1/11-Present     Managing Member and Chief Executive Officer of SJC Capital, LLC (a personal investment company and consulting firm) (since 2002). Formerly, Venture Partner for The Edgewater Funds (a middle market private equity firm) (2002-2004); Chief Executive Officer and President of PIMCO Advisors Holdings L.P. (a publicly traded investment management firm) (1994-2000); and Chief Investment Officer of Pacific Life Insurance Company (a mutual life insurance and annuity company) (1987-1994).     52     Formerly, Chairman, National Retirement Partners, Inc. (network of advisors to 401(k) plans) (2005-2011); Director of Prospect Acquisition Corp. (a special purpose acquisition corporation) (2007-2009); Director of RemedyTemp, Inc. (temporary help services company) (1996-2006); and Trustee of PIMCO Funds Multi-Manager Series (1990-2000) and Pacific Life Variable Life & Annuity Trusts (1987-1994).
                               
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).     52     Independent Trustee of PayPal Funds (a money market fund) (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.     52*     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.     52     Director of Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. (RRGB) (since 2004).
                               
 *  Mr. Mullen also serves as director of Janus Capital Funds Plc, an offshore product, consisting of 20 funds. Including Janus Capital Funds Plc and the 52 funds comprising the Janus funds, Mr. Mullen oversees 72 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.)
                               
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).     52     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).     52     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
                   
Hiroshi Yoh
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1963
    Executive Vice President and Portfolio Manager Janus Asia Equity Fund     7/11-Present     Portfolio Manager for other Janus accounts.
Formerly, Chief Investment Officer and a portfolio manager with Tokio Marine Asset Management International Pte. Ltd., a Singapore-based asset management firm from 1999 to 2011.
                   
Robin C. Beery
151 Detroit Street
Denver, CO 80206
DOB: 1967
    President and Chief Executive Officer     4/08-Present     Executive Vice President and Head of U.S. Distribution of Janus Capital Group Inc., Janus Capital, Janus Distributors LLC, and Janus Services LLC; Director of The Janus Foundation; Director of Perkins Investment Management LLC; and Working Director of INTECH Investment Management LLC. Formerly, Head of Intermediary Distribution, Global Marketing and Product of Janus Capital Group Inc., Janus Capital, Janus Distributors LLC, and Janus Services LLC (2009-2010); Chief Marketing Officer of Janus Capital Group Inc. and Janus Capital (2002-2009); President of The Janus Foundation (2002-2007); and President of Janus Services LLC (2004-2006).
                   
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).
                   
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 and Janus Services LLC.
                   
 *  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 election of Trustees in 2010 and in connection with the assessment of candidates prior to the appointment of a new Trustee effective January 1, 2011, 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.

 
 
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William D. Cvengros: Service as Chief Executive Officer and President of a leading publicly traded investment management firm, Chief Investment Officer of a major life insurance company, a corporate and fund director, and in various capacities with private investment firms, and a Fund Independent Trustee since 2011.
 
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 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: Service as Chairman of the Board and CEO of a 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.
 
Linda S. Wolf: Service as Chairman and CEO of a global advertising firm, service on multiple corporate and nonprofit 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(s), 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.
 
Committees of the Board
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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:
 
                   
                   
      Summary of Functions     Members
(Independent Trustees)
    Number of Meetings
Held During Last
Fiscal Year Ended
September 30, 2010(1)
                   
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 preapproval of all audit and nonaudit services.     Jerome S. Contro (Chair)
William D. Cvengros(2)
Dennis B. Mullen
    5
                   
Brokerage Committee(3)     Reviews and makes recommendations regarding matters related to the Trust’s use of brokerage commissions and placement of portfolio transactions.     James T. Rothe (Chair)
John P. McGonigle
William D. Stewart
    4
                   
Investment Oversight Committee(3)     Oversees the investment activities of the Trust’s non-money market funds.     William F. McCalpin (Chair)
Jerome S. Contro
William D. Cvengros(2)
John P. McGonigle
Dennis B. Mullen
James T. Rothe
William D. Stewart
Linda S. Wolf
    5
                   
Legal and Regulatory Committee(3)     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
John P. McGonigle
    10
                   
Money Market Committee(3)(4)     Reviews various matters related to the operations of the Janus money market funds, including compliance with their Money Market Fund Procedures.     John P. McGonigle (Chair)
Jerome S. Contro
William D. Stewart
    5
                   
Nominating and Governance Committee(3)     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 proposed changes to Trustee compensation.     Dennis B. Mullen (Chair)
William F. McCalpin
James T. Rothe
    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
    10
                   
(1)  The Fund commenced operations on July 29, 2011.
(2)  Mr. Cvengros joined the Board as a new Trustee effective January 1, 2011.
(3)  Prior to June 24, 2010, members of the Brokerage Committee included James T. Rothe as Chair and Jerome S. Contro; members of the Investment Oversight Committee included Dennis B. Mullen as Chair, Jerome S. Contro, William F. McCalpin, James T. Rothe, William D. Stewart, and Linda S. Wolf; members of the Legal and Regulatory Committee included Linda S. Wolf as Chair, William F. McCalpin, and William D. Stewart; members of the Money Market Committee included Jerome S. Contro as Chair and James T. Rothe; and members of the Nominating and Governance Committee included William F. McCalpin and Dennis B. Mullen.
(4)  Effective June 23, 2011, the composition of the Money Market Committee changed. Members include John P. McGonigle (Chair), Jerome S. Contro, and William D. Cvengros.

 
 
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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 by Janus Capital and overseen by the Trustees (collectively, the “Janus Funds”), owned by each Trustee as of December 31, 2010.
 
                 
                 
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)
                 
William D. Cvengros(2)
    None         Over $100,000   
                 
John P. McGonigle
    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   
                 
Linda S. Wolf
    None         Over $100,000(1)
                 

 
 
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(1)  Ownership shown includes amounts held under a deferred compensation plan that are valued based on “shadow investments” in one or more funds.
(2)  Mr. Cvengros joined the Board as a new Trustee effective January 1, 2011.
 
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 year ended
  calendar year ended
Name of Person, Position   September 30, 2010(1)   December 31, 2010(2)(3)
Independent Trustees
               
                 
William F. McCalpin, Chairman and Trustee(4)(5)
    N/A     $ 378,000  
                 
Jerome S. Contro, Trustee(5)
    N/A     $ 264,000  
                 
William D. Cvengros, Trustee(6)
    N/A       N/A  
                 
John P. McGonigle, Trustee(5)(7)
    N/A     $ 177,167  
                 
Dennis B. Mullen, Trustee(5)
    N/A     $ 330,135  
                 
James T. Rothe, Trustee(5)
    N/A     $ 288,000  
                 
William D. Stewart, Trustee(5)
    N/A     $ 280,000  
                 
Linda S. Wolf, Trustee(5)
    N/A     $ 282,250  
                 
(1)  Since the Fund is new, no fees were paid during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2010. The aggregate compensation paid by the Fund is estimated for its initial fiscal period ending September 30, 2011 and for its first full fiscal year, October 1, 2011 through September 30, 2012 as follows: William F. McCalpin $353; Jerome S. Contro $249; William D. Cvengros $225; John P. McGonigle $257; Dennis B. Mullen $239; James T. Rothe $261; William D. Stewart $261; and Linda S. Wolf $280.
(2)  For all Trustees (with the exception of Mr. Cvengros), includes compensation for service on the boards of two Janus trusts comprised of 49 portfolios. Mr. Mullen’s compensation also includes service on the board of an additional trust, Janus Capital Funds Plc (an offshore product), comprised of 20 portfolios.
(3)  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 $132,000 and Linda S. Wolf $70,563.
(4)  Total Compensation received from all Janus Funds includes additional compensation paid for service as Independent Chairman of the Board of Trustees.
(5)  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 during certain periods.
(6)  Mr. Cvengros joined the Board as a new Trustee effective January 1, 2011.
(7)  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. During the calendar year ended December 31, 2010, Mr. McGonigle received total compensation of $75,000 from the Janus Funds for serving as a consultant to the Trustees, which is not reflected in the table above.

 
 
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JANUS INVESTMENT PERSONNEL
 
Other Accounts Managed
The following table provides information relating to other accounts managed by the portfolio manager as of September 30, 2011. No accounts included in the totals listed below have a performance-based advisory fee.
 
                             
        Other Registered
  Other Pooled
   
        Investment
  Investment
   
        Companies   Vehicles   Other Accounts
Hiroshi Yoh
  Number of Other Accounts Managed     1       None       None  
    Assets in Other Accounts Managed   $ 3,766,131       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 pooled investment vehicles, such as hedge funds, which may have materially higher fees than the Fund or may have a performance-based management fee. As such, fees earned by Janus Capital may vary among these accounts. In addition, 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. 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 the 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 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 and the Subadviser.”
 
Janus Capital is the adviser to the Fund 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 Fund, it is subject to certain potential conflicts of interest when allocating the assets of a Janus “fund of funds” to the Fund. 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 Fund, as well as knowledge of, and potential impact on, investment strategies and techniques of the Fund. 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 the portfolio manager’s compensation as of July 1, 2011.
 
The portfolio manager is compensated for managing the Fund and any other funds, portfolios, or accounts for which he has exclusive or shared responsibilities (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 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 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). The overall investment team compensation pool is funded each year by an amount equal to a percentage of Janus Capital’s pre-incentive operating income.

 
 
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Variable compensation is structured to pay the portfolio manager on a quarterly basis primarily on the Managed Funds’ performance, with additional discretionary compensation available from a discretionary variable compensation pool described below.
 
With respect to any individual portfolio manager’s quarterly variable compensation, the management fee revenue received by Janus Capital in connection with such portfolio manager’s Managed Funds determines the maximum compensation that the individual portfolio manager can receive on a quarterly basis, which is then adjusted downward depending on the portfolio manager’s investment performance 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 portfolio manager is also eligible to participate in a discretionary variable compensation pool. The aggregate compensation available under such pool is determined by management at its sole discretion from the overall investment team pool described above. Compensation from the discretionary investment team pool is then allocated among the eligible respective participants at the discretion of Janus Capital based upon, among other things: (i) thought leadership; (ii) mentoring of analysts; (iii) contributions to the sales process; (iv) teamwork and support of team culture; and (v) client relationships.
 
Newly hired portfolio managers may have guaranteed compensation levels during the first few years of their employment with Janus.
 
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.
 
OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
 
Since the Fund is new, the Fund’s portfolio manager did not own Shares of the Fund as of the date of this SAI. The portfolio manager may, however, own shares of certain other Janus mutual funds which have comparable investment objectives and strategies to the Fund.

 
 
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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 systematic fair valuation models provided by independent third parties to value international equity securities in order to adjust for stale pricing, which may occur between the close of certain foreign exchanges and the close of 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 D Shares and Class I Shares, Shares of the Fund 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 Fund in certain circumstances as provided in the Fund’s Prospectuses. Not all financial intermediaries offer all classes. Shares or classes of the Fund 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 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 an effort 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.
 
As of the date of this SAI, Janus Distributors did not receive any underwriting commissions from the Fund because the Fund is new.

 
 
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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 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.
 
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.

 
 
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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.
 
As of the date of this SAI, Janus Distributors did not receive any 12b-1 fees from Class A Shares, Class C Shares, and Class S Shares of the Fund because the Fund is new.
 
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 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.
 
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 the 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.
 
Janus Distributors receives the proceeds of contingent deferred sales charges paid by investors upon certain redemptions of Class A Shares and Class C Shares. As of the date of this SAI, Janus Distributors did not receive any proceeds of contingent deferred sales charges paid by investors in Class A Shares and Class C Shares because the Fund is new.

 
 
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Class D Shares, Class I 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 S Shares, and Class T Shares of the Fund 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 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 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 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 Fund, the Fund may make various elections permitted by the tax laws. However, these elections could require that the Fund recognize taxable income, which in turn must be distributed even though the Fund may not have received any income upon such an event.
 
Some foreign securities purchased by the Fund 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 and the Fund qualifies under Section 853 of the Internal Revenue Code, the Fund 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 the Fund, any foreign taxes paid or accrued will represent an expense to the Fund, which will reduce its investment company taxable income.
 
The Fund’s investments in REIT equity securities, if any, 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 the 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 the 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 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 may generate nonqualified income that can impact an investor’s taxes.
 
 
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Principal shareholders

 
As of the date of this SAI, all of the outstanding Shares of the Fund were owned by Janus Capital or an affiliate, which provided seed capital 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 42 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 Asia Equity Fund
    x       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 Emerging Markets Fund
    x       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 Bond Fund
    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 Protected Series – Growth
    x       x       x       x                       x       x  
Janus Real Return Allocation Fund
    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       x       x                       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.
 
 
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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 the 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 the Fund. Thus, the risk of a shareholder incurring a financial loss on account of its liability as a shareholder of the Fund is limited to circumstances in which the 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 the 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 the 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 the Fund participate equally in dividends and other distributions by the Shares of the same class of the 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.
 
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 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 (excluding Mr. Cvengros, 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, 1900 16th Street, Suite 1600, 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

 
No financial statements are available for the Fund because the Fund is new.
 
 
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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 Janus Singapore 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 manager determines 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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