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Aug. 31, 2025
Neuberger Large Cap Value Fund | Class E Shares (NPNEX)
GOAL
The Fund seeks long-term growth of capital.
Fees and Expenses
These tables describe the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold or sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table and example below.
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a % of the value of your investment)
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a % of the value of your investment)
Management fees
0.42
Distribution and/or shareholder service (12b-1) fees
None
Other expenses
0.03
Total annual operating expenses
0.45
Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursement
0.42
Total annual operating expenses after fee waivers and/or expense reimbursement1
0.03
1
Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC (“Manager”) has contractually agreed to waive its advisory fee for the Fund’s Class E shares. This undertaking lasts until 8/31/2027 and may not be terminated during its term without the consent of the Board of Trustees.
Expense Example
The expense example can help you compare costs among mutual funds. The example assumes that you invested $10,000 for the periods shown, that you redeemed all of your shares at the end of those periods, that the Fund earned a hypothetical 5% total return each year, and that the Fund’s expenses were those in the table. Actual performance and expenses may be higher or lower.
 
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Class E
$3
$102
$210
$526
Portfolio Turnover
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 106% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
To pursue its goal, the Fund normally invests at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities of large-capitalization companies, which it defines as those with a market capitalization within the market capitalization range of the Russell 1000® Value Index at the time of purchase.
The Portfolio Managers look for what they believe to be well-managed companies whose stock prices are undervalued. The Portfolio Managers seek to identify companies with catalysts that they believe have the potential to improve the companies’ earnings from depressed levels. Such catalysts may include: management changes, restructurings, new products, new services, or new markets. The Portfolio Managers may also look for other characteristics in a company, such as a strong market position relative to competitors, a high level of stock ownership among management, and a recent sharp decline in stock price that appears to be the result of a short-term market overreaction to negative news.
Although the Fund invests primarily in domestic stocks, it may also invest in stocks of foreign companies. The Fund may also invest in real estate investment trusts (“REITs”).
The Fund seeks to reduce risk by diversifying among many companies and industries. At times, the Portfolio Managers may emphasize certain sectors or industries that they believe are undervalued relative to their historical valuations.
The Fund may also use options, including, but not limited to, buying and selling (writing) put and call options on individual stocks, to attempt to enhance returns. The Fund will only sell (write) call options on individual stocks if it simultaneously holds an equivalent position in the stock underlying the option (“covered call option”).
The Portfolio Managers follow a disciplined selling strategy and may sell a security when it reaches a target price, if a company’s business fails to perform as expected, or when other opportunities appear more attractive. In an effort to achieve its goal, the Fund may have elevated portfolio turnover.
The Fund will not change its strategy of normally investing at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities of large-capitalization companies, without providing shareholders at least 60 days’ notice. This test is applied at the time the Fund invests; later percentage changes caused by a change in Fund assets, market values or company circumstances will not require the Fund to dispose of a holding.
PERFORMANCE
The following bar chart and table provide an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows how the Fund’s performance has varied from year to year. The table below the bar chart shows what the returns would equal if you averaged out actual performance over various lengths of time and compares the returns with the returns of a broad based market index and additional indices. The broad-based market index is required by regulation. The additional index or indices have characteristics relevant to the Fund’s investment strategy. The indices are described in “Descriptions of Indices” in the prospectus.
The performance prior to January 11, 2022 is that of the Fund’s Investor Class, which is not offered through this prospectus. Class E would have substantially similar performance to Investor Class because the classes invest in the same portfolio of securities. Because Investor Class has higher expenses than Class E, its performance would have been lower than that of Class E.
Returns would have been lower if the Manager had not reimbursed certain expenses and/or waived a portion of the investment management fees during certain of the periods shown.
Past performance (before and after taxes) is not a prediction of future results. Visit www.nb.com or call 800-366-6264 for updated performance information.
year-by-year % Returns as of 12/31 each year
Best quarter:
Q4 2020
28.65%
Worst quarter:
Q1 2020
-26.83%
Year to Date performance as of:
09/30/2025
14.30%
average annual total % returns as of 12/31/2024 
Large Cap Value Fund
Large Cap Value Fund
1 Year
5 Years
10 Years
Return Before Taxes
11.74
10.04
9.71
Return After Taxes on Distributions
10.99
9.24
8.26
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
7.50
7.88
7.45
Russell 1000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
24.51
14.28
12.87
Russell 1000® Value Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
14.37
8.68
8.49
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local
taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who
hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.