497 1 durationprospclassi022602.htm TCF SHORT DURATION PROSPECTUS CLASS I 3: Prospectus

Prospectus

 

February 25, 2002

Calvert Short Duration

Income Fund

Class I (Institutional) Shares

 

 

Table of Contents

 

About the Fund

Investment Objective, Strategy 2

Fees and Expenses 2

Investment Practices and Risks 3

About Your Investment

About Calvert 5

Advisory Fees 5

How to Open an Account 6

Important - How Shares are Priced 6

When Your Account Will be Credited 6

Other Calvert Features (Exchanges, Minimum Account Balance, etc.) 6

Dividends, Capital Gains, and Taxes 7

How to Sell Shares 8

 

 

These securities have not been approved or disapproved by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) or any State Securities Commission, nor has the SEC or any State Securities Commission passed on the accuracy or adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

Calvert Short Duration Income Fund

Advisor: Calvert Asset Management Company, Inc.

Objective

Calvert Short Duration Income Fund seeks to maximize income to the extent consistent with prudent investment management and preservation of capital, through investment in short term bonds and with other income producing securities.

Principal investment strategies

The Fund uses an active strategy, seeking relative value to earn incremental income. The Fund typically invests at least 65% of its assets in investment grade debt securities. Under normal circumstances, the Fund's average portfolio duration will range from one to three years. Duration is a measure of the expected life of a fixed income security that is used to determine the sensitivity of a security's price to changes in interest rates. The longer a security's duration, the more sensitive it will be to changes in interest rates. Similarly, a Fund with longer average portfolio duration will be more sensitive to changes in interest rates than a Fund with a shorter average portfolio duration. Although the Fund seeks to purchase securities with independent credit ratings, there is no limit on the amount of unrated securities that may be purchased.

Principal risks

You could lose money on your investment in the Fund, or the Fund could underperform, most likely for any of the following reasons:

- The market prices of bonds decline

- The credit quality of the securities deteriorates such as an event of bankruptcy

- The individual bonds in the Fund do not perform as well as expected

- The Advisor's forecast as to interest rates is not correct

- The Advisor's allocation among different sectors of the bond market does not perform as well as expected

- The Fund is non-diversified. Compared to other funds, the Fund may invest more of its assets in a smaller number of companies. Gains or losses on a single bond may have greater impact on the Fund.

- The Fund may invest up to 35% of its net assets in below-investment grade bonds. They are subject to greater credit risk than investment grade bonds.

The Fund's active trading strategy may cause the Fund to have a relatively high amount of short-term capital gains, which are taxable to you at the ordinary income tax rate.

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

(No performance results are shown for the Fund since it has been in existence for less than one calendar year.)

Fees and Expenses

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. Annual Fund operating expenses are deducted from Fund assets.

Shareholder fees

(paid directly from your account)

Maximum sales charge (load)

imposed on purchases None

(as a percentage of offering price)

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) None

(as a percentage of purchase or

redemption proceeds, whichever is lower)

Annual fund operating expenses1

(expenses deducted from Fund assets)

Management fees 0.45%

Distribution and service (12b-1) fees None

Other expenses 0.56%

Total annual fund operating expenses 1.01%

Fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement2 0.26%

Net Expenses 0.75%

1. Expenses are based on estimates for the Fund's current fiscal year. Management fees include fees paid to the Advisor, Calvert Asset Management Company, Inc. ("CAMCO" or "Calvert"), and the administrative fee paid by the Fund to Calvert Administrative Services Company, an affiliate of CAMCO.

2. The Advisor has agreed to limit annual fund operating expenses (net of any expense offset arrangements) through January 31, 2003. For the purposes of this expense limit, operating expenses do not include interest expense, brokerage commissions, extraordinary expenses, taxes and capital items. The Fund has an offset arrangement with its custodian bank whereby the custodian and transfer agents fees may be paid indirectly by credits on the Fund's uninvested cash balances. These credits are used to reduce the Fund's expenses.

3. The contractual expense cap is 0.75%. The contractual expense cap is shown as "Net expenses", this is the maximum amount of operating expenses that may be charged to the Fund through January 31, 2003.

4. Other classes of shares for the Fund with different charges and expenses are available. A description of each class is available in a separate prospectus.

Example

This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in a Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

The example assumes that:

- You invest $1,000,000 in the Fund for the time periods

indicated;

- Your investment has a 5% return each year;

- The Fund's operating expenses remain the same; and

- You redeem all shares at the end of the periods.

Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, under these assumptions your costs would be as follows if the Class I shares are held for 1, or 3 years:

Number of Years Investment is Held

1 Year 3 Years

$7,659 $29,567

Investment Practices and Risks

The most concise description of the Portfolio's principal investment strategies and associated risks is under the risk-return summary. The Portfolio is also permitted to invest in certain other investments and to use certain investment techniques that have higher risks associated with them. On the following pages are brief descriptions of these other principal investments and techniques, summarized earlier, along with their risks.

For each of the investment practices listed, the following table shows the Fund's limitations as a percentage of its assets and the principal types of risk involved. (See the pages following the table for a description of the types of risks). Numbers in this table show maximum allowable amount only; for actual usage, consult the Fund's annual/semi-annual reports.

 

Key to Table

J Portfolio currently uses as a principal investment practice

q Permitted, but not typically used as a principal

investment practice (% of assets allowable, if restricted)

8 Not permitted

xN Allowed up to x% of Portfolio's net assets

xT Allowed up to x% of Portfolio's total assets

NA Not applicable to this type of fund

Investment Practices

Active Trading Strategy/Turnover involves selling a security soon after purchase. An active trading strategy causes a fund to have higher portfolio turnover compared to other funds and higher transaction costs, such as commissions and custodian and settlement fees, and may increase a Fund's tax liability.

Risks: Opportunity, Market, and Transaction. J

Temporary Defensive Positions.

During adverse market, economic or political conditions, the Fund may depart from its principal investment strategies by increasing its investment in U.S. government securities and other short-term interest-bearing securities. Risks: Opportunity. q

Hedging Strategies. The use of short sales of US Treasury securities for the limited purpose of hedging the Fund's duration (duration is a measure of the interest rate-sensitivity of the Fund). Any short sales are "covered" with an equivalent amount of high quality, liquid securities in a segregated account at the Fund's custodian. This technique is intended to lower the Fund's interest rate risk. Risks: Correlation, Management, and Opportunity. J

Conventional Securities

Foreign Securities. Securities issued by companies located outside the U.S. and/or traded primarily on a foreign exchange. This includes debt instruments denominated in other currencies such as Eurobonds.

Risks: Market, Currency, Transaction, Liquidity, Information, and Political. 30N

Investment Grade Bonds. Bonds rated BBB/Baa or higher or comparable unrated bonds. Risks: Interest Rate, Market, and Credit. J

 

 

Investment Practices (cont'd)

Conventional Securities (cont'd)

Below Investment Grade Bonds. Bonds rated below BBB/Baa or comparable unrated bonds are considered junk bonds. They are subject to greater credit risk than investment grade bonds. Risks: Credit, Market, Interest Rate, Liquidity, and Information. 35N

Unrated Debt Securities. Bonds that have not been rated by a recognized rating agency; the Advisor has determined the credit quality based on its own research.

Risks: Credit, Market, Interest Rate, Liquidity, and Information. J

Illiquid Securities. Securities which cannot be readily sold because there is no active market. Risks: Liquidity, Market, and Transaction. 15N

Unleveraged Deravitive Securities

Asset-backed Securities. Securities are backed by unsecured debt, such as credit card debt. These securities are often guaranteed or over-collateralized to enhance their credit quality. Risks: Credit, Interest Rate, and Liquidity. J

Mortgage-backed Securities. Securities are backed by pools of mortgages, including passthrough certificates, and other senior classes of collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs). Risks: Credit, Extension, Prepayment, Liquidity, and Interest Rate. J

Participation Interests. Securities representing an interest in another security or in bank loans. Risks: Credit, Interest Rate, and Liquidity. q

Currency Contracts. Contracts involving the right or obligation to buy or sell a given amount of foreign currency at a specified price and future date. Risks: Currency, Leverage, Correlation, Liquidity, and Opportunity. q 5N

 

Leveraged Derivitive Instruments

Options on Securities and Indices. Contracts giving the holder the right but not the obligation to purchase or sell a security (or the cash value, in the case of an option on an index) at a specified price within a specified time. In the case of selling (writing) options, the Fund will write call options only if it already owns the security (if it is "covered"). Risks: Interest Rate, Currency, Market, Leverage, Correlation, Liquidity, Credit, and Opportunity. q

Futures Contract. Agreement to buy or sell a specific amount of a commodity or financial instrument at a particular price on a specific future date. Risks: Interest Rate, Currency, Market, Leverage, Correlation, Liquidity, and Opportunity. 5N

Structured Securities. Indexed and/or leveraged mortgage-backed and other debt securities, including principal-only and interest-only securities, leveraged floating rate securities, and others. These securities tend to be highly sensitive to interest rate movements and their performance may not correlate to these movements in a conventional fashion.

Risks: Credit, Interest Rate, Extension, Prepayment, Market, Leverage, Liquidity, and Correlation. q

 

 

The Fund has additional investment policies and restrictions (for example, repurchase agreements, borrowing, pledging, and reverse repurchase agreements, securities lending, when-issued securities, swap agreements and short sales.) These policies and restrictions are discussed in the Statement of Additional Information ("SAI").

Types of Investment Risk

Correlation risk

This occurs when a Fund "hedges"- uses one investment to offset the Fund's position in another. If the two investments do not behave in relation to one another the way Fund managers expect them to, then unexpected or undesired results may occur. For example, a hedge may eliminate or reduce gains as well as offset losses.

Credit risk

The risk that the issuer of a security or the counter-party to an investment contract may default or become unable to pay its obligations when due.

Currency risk

Currency risk occurs when a Fund buys or sells a security denominated in foreign currency. Foreign currencies "float" in value against the U.S. dollar. Adverse changes in foreign currency values can cause investment losses when a Fund's investments are converted to U.S. dollars.

Extension risk

The risk that an unexpected rise in interest rates will extend the life of a mortgage-backed security beyond the expected prepayment time, typically reducing the security's value.

Information risk

The risk that information about a security or issuer might not be available, complete, accurate or comparable.

Interest rate risk

The risk that changes in interest rates will adversely affect the value of an investor's securities. When interest rates rise, the value of fixed-income securities will generally fall. Conversely, a drop in interest rates will generally cause an increase in the value of fixed-income securities. Longer-term (duration and/or maturity) securities and zero coupon/"stripped" coupon securities ("strips") are subject to greater interest rate risk.

Leverage risk

The risk that occurs in some securities or techniques which tend to magnify the effect of small changes in an index or a market. This can result in a loss that exceeds the amount actually invested.

Liquidity risk

The risk that occurs when investments cannot be readily sold. A Fund may have to accept a less-than-desirable price to complete the sale of an illiquid security or may not be able to sell it at all.

Management risk

The risk that a Fund's portfolio management practices might not work to achieve their desired result.

Market risk

The risk that securities prices in a market, a sector or an industry will fluctuate, and that such movements might reduce an investment's value.

Opportunity risk

The risk of missing out on an investment opportunity because the assets needed to take advantage of it are committed to less advantageous investments or strategies.

Political risk

The risk that may occur with foreign investments, and means that the value of an investment may be adversely affected by nationalization, taxation, war, government instability or other economic or political actions or factors.

Prepayment risk

The risk that anticipated prepayments may occur, reducing the value of a mortgage-backed security. The Fund must then reinvest those assets at the current market rate which may be lower.

Transaction risk

The risk that a Fund may be delayed or unable to settle a transaction or that commissions and settlement expenses may be higher than usual.

About Calvert

Calvert Asset Management Company, Inc., ("Calvert") (4550 Montgomery Avenue, Suite 1000N, Bethesda, MD 20814), is the Fund's investment advisor. Calvert provides the Fund with investment supervision and management and office space; furnishes executive and other personnel to the Fund; and pays the salaries and fees of all Trustees who are affiliated persons of the Advisor. It has been managing mutual funds since 1976. Calvert is the investment advisor for over 25 mutual fund portfolios, including the first and largest family of socially screened funds. As of December 31, 2001, Calvert had over $7 billion in assets under management.

Calvert uses a team approach to its management of the Fund. Reno J. Martini, Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer, heads this team and oversees the investment strategy and management of all Calvert Funds for Calvert while Gregory Habeeb manages the day-to-day investments of Calvert's taxable fixed-income portfolios. Mr. Habeeb has over 20 years of experience as an analyst, trader, and portfolio manager.

Advisory Fees

The Fund's advisory agreement provides for the Fund to pay CAMCO a fee of 0.35% of the Fund's average daily net assets.

How to Open an Account

Complete and sign an application for each new account. Be sure to specify Class I. All purchases must be made by bankwire in U.S. dollars. For more information and wire instructions, call Calvert at 800-327-2109.

Minimum To Open an Account $1,000,000

Important - How Shares are Priced

The price of shares is based on each Fund's net asset value ("NAV"). NAV is computed by adding the value of a Fund's holdings plus other assets, subtracting liabilities, and then dividing the result by the number of shares outstanding. If a Fund has more than one class of shares, the NAV of each class will be different, depending on the number of shares outstanding for each class.

Portfolio securities and other assets are valued based on market quotations. If market quotations are not readily available, securities are valued by a method that the Fund's Board of Trustees believes accurately reflects fair value.

Foreign Securities are valued based on quotations from the principal market in which such securities are normally traded. If events that are expected to materially affect the value of those securities occur after the close of the principal market in which foreign securities are traded and before the close of business of the Fund, then they are valued at their fair value taking these events into account.

The NAV is calculated as of the close of each business day, which coincides with the closing of the regular session of the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") (normally 4 p.m. ET). The Fund is open for business each day the NYSE is open. Please note that there are some federal holidays, however, such as Columbus Day and Veteran's Day, when the NYSE is open and the Fund is open but purchases cannot be received because the banks and post offices are closed.

The Fund may hold securities that are primarily listed on foreign exchanges that trade on days when the NYSE is closed. The Fund does not price shares on days when the NYSE is closed, even if foreign markets may be open. As a result, the value of the Fund's shares may change on days when you will not be able to buy or sell your shares.

When Your Account Will be Credited

Your purchase will be processed at the next NAV calculated after your order is received in good order. The Fund reserves the right to suspend the offering of shares for a period of time or to reject any specific purchase order. All purchases will be confirmed and credited to your account in full and fractional shares (rounded to the nearest 1/1000th of a share).

 

Other Calvert Features

CALVERT INFORMATION NETWORK

For 24 hour performance and account information call

800-368-2745 or visit www.calvert.com

You can obtain current performance and pricing information, verify account balances, and authorize certain transactions with the convenience of one phone call, 24 hours a day.

Note: The information on our website is not incorporated by reference into this prospectus; our website address is included as an inactive textual reference only.

Account Services

By signing up for services when you open your account, you avoid having to obtain a signature guarantee. If you wish to add services at a later date, a signature guarantee to verify your signature may be obtained from any bank, trust company and savings and loan association, credit union, broker-dealer firm or member of a domestic stock exchange. A notary public cannot provide a signature guarantee.

Calvert Money Controller

Calvert Money Controller allows you to purchase or sell shares by electronic funds transfer without the time delay of mailing a check or the added expense of a wire. Use this service to transfer up to $300,000 electronically. Allow one or two business days after you place your request for the transfer to take place. Money transferred to purchase new shares will be subject to a hold of up to 10 business days before redemption requests are honored. Transaction requests must be received by 4 p.m. ET. You may request this service on your initial account application. Calvert Money Controller transactions returned for insufficient funds will incur a $25 charge.

TELEPHONE TRANSACTIONS

You may purchase, redeem, or exchange shares and wire funds by telephone if you have pre-authorized service instructions. You receive telephone privileges automatically when you open your account unless you elect otherwise. For our mutual protection, the Fund, the shareholder servicing agent and their affiliates use precautions such as verifying shareholder identity and recording telephone calls to confirm instructions given by phone. A confirmation statement is sent for most transactions; please review this statement and verify the accuracy of your transaction immediately.

EXCHANGES

Calvert offers a wide variety of investment options that includes common stock funds, tax-exempt and corporate bond funds, and money market funds (call your broker or Calvert representative for more information). We make it easy for you to purchase shares in other Calvert funds if your investment goals change.

Complete and sign an account application, taking care to register your new account in the same name and taxpayer identification number as your existing Calvert account(s). Exchange instructions may then be given by telephone if telephone redemptions have been authorized and the shares are not in certificate form.

Before you make an exchange, please note the following:

Each exchange represents the sale of shares of one Fund and the purchase of shares of another. Therefore, you could realize a taxable gain or loss.

Shares may only be exchanged for Class I shares of another Calvert Fund.

Exchange requests will not be accepted on any day Calvert is open but the Fund's custodian bank is closed (e.g., Columbus Day and Veteran's Day); these exchange requests will be processed the next day the Fund's custodian bank is open.

The Fund and the distributor reserve the right at any time to reject or cancel any part of any purchase or exchange order; modify any terms or conditions of purchase of shares of any Fund; or withdraw all or any part of the offering made by this prospectus. To protect the interests of investors, the Fund and the distributor may reject any order considered market-timing activity.

The Fund reserves the right to terminate or modify the exchange privilege with 60 days' written notice.

ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF PROSPECTUSES AND SHAREHOLDER REPORTS

You may request to receive electronic delivery of prospectuses and annual and semi- annual reports.

COMBINED GENERAL MAILINGS (HOUSEHOLDING)

Multiple accounts with the same social security number will receive one mailing per household of information such as prospectuses and semi-annual and annual reports. Call customer service at 800-368-2745 to request further grouping of accounts to receive fewer mailings or to request that each account still receive a separate mailing. Separate statements will be generated for each separate account and will be mailed in one envelope for each combination above.

SPECIAL SERVICES AND CHARGES

The Fund pays for shareholder services but not for special services that are required by a few shareholders, such as a request for a historical transcript of an account. You may be required to pay a fee for these special services.

MINIMUM ACCOUNT BALANCE

Please maintain a balance in each of your Fund accounts of at least $1,000,000 per Fund. If due to redemptions, the account falls below the minimum, your account may be closed and the proceeds mailed to the address of record. You will be given a notice that your account is below the minimum and will be closed, or moved to Class A (at NAV) after 30 days if the balance is not brought up to the required minimum amount.

Dividends, Capital Gains, and Taxes

The Fund pays dividends from its net investment income annually. Net investment income consists of interest income, net short-term capital gains, if any, and dividends declared and on investments, less expenses. Distributions of net short-term capital gains (treated as dividends for tax purposes) and net long-term capital gains, if any, are normally paid once a year; however, the Fund does not anticipate making any such distributions unless available capital loss carryovers have been used or have expired. Dividend and distribution payments will vary between classes.

Dividend payment options

Dividends and any distributions are automatically reinvested in the same Fund at NAV, unless you elect to have amounts of $10 or more paid to you by wire to a predesignated bank account. Dividends and distributions from any Calvert Group Fund may be automatically invested in an identically registered account in the came share class of any other Calvert Group Fund at NAV. If reinvested in the same account, new shares will be purchased at NAV on the reinvestment date, which is generally 1 to 3 days prior to the payment date. You must notify the Fund in writing to change your payment options.

Buying a Dividend

At the time of purchase, the share price of each class may reflect undistributed income, capital gains or unrealized appreciation of securities. Any income or capital gains from these amounts which are later distributed to you are fully taxable. On the record date for a distribution, share value is reduced by the amount of the distribution. If you buy shares just before the record date ("buying a dividend") you will pay the full price for the shares and then receive a portion of the price back as a taxable distribution.

Federal Taxes

In January, the Fund will mail you Form 1099-DIV indicating the federal tax status of dividends and any capital gain distributions paid to you during the past year. Generally, dividends and distributions are taxable in the year they are paid. However, any dividends and distributions paid in January but declared during the prior three months are taxable in the year declared. Dividends and distributions are taxable to you regardless of whether they are taken in cash or reinvested. Dividends, including short-term capital gains, are taxable as ordinary income. Distributions from long-term capital gains are taxable as long-term capital gains,

You may realize a capital gain or loss when you sell or exchange shares. This capital gain or loss will be short- or long-term, depending on how long you have owned the shares which were sold. In January, the Fund will mail you Form 1099-B indicating the total amount of all sales, including exchanges. You should keep your annual year-end account statements to determine the cost (basis) of the shares to report on your tax returns.

Other Tax Information

In addition to federal taxes, you may be subject to state or local taxes on your investment, depending on the laws in your area. You will be notified to the extent, if any, that dividends reflect interest received from US government securities. Such dividends may be exempt from certain state income taxes.

Taxpayer Identification Number

If we do not have your correct Social Security or Taxpayer Identification Number ("TIN") and a signed certified application or Form W-9, Federal law requires us to withhold 31% of your reportable dividends, and possibly 31% of certain redemptions. In addition, you may be subject to a fine by the Internal Revenue Service. You will also be prohibited from opening another account by exchange. Calvert Group reserves the right to reject any new account or any purchase order for failure to supply a certified TIN.

How to Sell Shares

You may redeem all or a portion of your shares on any day your Fund is open for business. Your shares will be redeemed at the next NAV calculated after your redemption request is received by the transfer agent in good order (see below). The proceeds will normally be sent to you on the next business day, but if making immediate payment could adversely affect the Fund, it may take up to seven (7) days to make payment. The Funds have the right to redeem shares in assets other than cash for redemption amounts exceeding, in any 90-day period, $250,000 or 1% of the net asset value of the Fund, whichever is less. When the NYSE is closed (or when trading is restricted) for any reason other than its customary weekend or holiday closings, or under any emergency circumstances as determined by the Securities and Exchange Commission, redemptions may be suspended or payment dates postponed. Please note that there are some federal holidays, however, such as Columbus Day and Veterans' Day, when the NYSE is open and the Fund is open but redemptions cannot be mailed or wired because the post offices and banks are closed.

Request in "Good Order"

All redemption requests must be received by the transfer agent in "good order." This means that your request must include:

- The Fund name and account number

- The amount of the transaction (in dollars or shares).

- Signatures of all owners exactly as registered on the

account (for mail requests).

- Signature guarantees (if required).*

- Any supporting legal documentation that may be

required.

- Any outstanding certificates representing shares to be

redeemed.

*For instance, a signature guarantee must be provided by all registered account shareholders when redemption proceeds are sent to a different person or address. A signature guarantee can be obtained from most commercial and savings banks, credit unions, trust companies, or member firms of a U.S. stock exchange. Please note: Notarization is not the equivalent of a signature guarantee.

Transactions are processed at the next determined share price after the transfer agent has received all required information.

Follow these suggestions to ensure timely processing of your redemption request:

By Telephone - call 800-368-2745

You may redeem shares from your account by telephone and have your money wired to an address or bank you have previously authorized. Class I redemptions must be made by wire.

If you want the money to be wired to a bank not previously authorized, then a voided bank check must be provided. To add instructions to wire to a destination not previously established, or if you would like funds sent to a different address or another person, your letter must be signature guaranteed.

To Open an Institutional (Class I) Account:

800-327-2109

 

Performance and Prices:

www.calvert.com

Calvert Information Network

24 hours, 7 days a week

800-368-2745

 

Service for Existing Accounts:

Shareholders 800-327-2109

 

TDD for Hearing-Impaired:

800-541-1524

 

Calvert Office:

4550 Montgomery Avenue

Suite 1000N

Bethesda, MD 20814

 

Registered, Certified, or

Overnight Mail:

Calvert

c/o NFDS

330 West 9th Street

Kansas City, MO 64105

 

Calvert Web-Site

www.calvert.com

 

PRINCIPAL UNDERWRITER

Calvert Distributors, Inc.

4550 Montgomery Avenue

Suite 1000N

Bethesda, MD 20814

 

 

For investors who want more information about the Fund, the following documents will be available, once filed, free upon request:

Annual/Semi-Annual Reports: Additional information about the Fund's investments is available in the Fund's Annual and Semi-Annual reports to shareholders. In the Fund's annual report, you will find a discussion of the market conditions and investment strategies that significantly affected the Fund's performance during its last fiscal year.

Statement of Additional Information (SAI): The SAI for the Fund provides more detailed information about the Fund and is incorporated into this prospectus by reference.

You can get free copies of reports and SAIs, request other information and discuss your questions about the Funds by contacting your financial professional, or the Fund at:

Calvert

4550 Montgomery Ave, Suite 1000N

Bethesda, MD 20814

Telephone: 1-800-368-2745

Calvert Group Web-Site

www.calvert.com

You can review the Fund's reports and SAIs at the Public Reference Room of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

You can get text-only copies:

For a fee, by writing to or calling the Public Reference Section of the Commission, Washington, D.C. 20549-0102; by telephone at 202-942-8090; or by electronic request at the following E-mail address: publicinfo@sec.gov.

Free from the Commission's Internet website at

www.sec.gov.

Investment Company Act file:

no. 811-3416