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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

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AMG FUNDS

AMG FUNDS I

AMG FUNDS II

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AMG FUNDS IV

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August 28, 2023

AMG FUNDS

AMG FUNDS I

AMG FUNDS II

AMG FUNDS III

AMG FUNDS IV

Dear Shareholder:

I am writing to you about important proposals relating to AMG Funds, AMG Funds I, AMG Funds II, AMG Funds III and AMG Funds IV (each, a “Trust” and collectively, the “Trusts”) and each of its series (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”). This joint proxy statement asks you to consider and vote on the following proposals:

 

Proposal Summary

  

Fund(s) Voting on the Proposal

1. Election of Trustees.    All Funds in each Trust will vote together on a Trust-by-Trust, Trust-level basis.
2. Approval of the amendment of certain fundamental investment restrictions of each applicable Fund.   

Each applicable Fund will vote separately on a Fund-by-Fund, sub-proposal-by-sub-proposal basis.

 

AMG Funds II

AMG GW&K Global Allocation Fund

 

AMG Funds III

AMG GW&K High Income Fund

AMG Veritas Asia Pacific Fund

 

AMG Funds IV

AMG River Road Dividend All Cap Value Fund

AMG River Road Focused Absolute Value Fund

AMG River Road Small-Mid Cap Value Fund

AMG River Road Small Cap Value Fund

A combined special meeting of shareholders (the “Meeting”) of the Funds has been scheduled for October 10, 2023 to vote on these matters. If you are a shareholder of record of any of the Funds as of the close of business on August 22, 2023, you are entitled to vote at the Meeting and any adjournment(s) or postponement(s) of all or any portion of the Meeting, even if you no longer own your shares.

Pursuant to these materials, you are being asked to vote on certain proposals, as noted above. For the reasons discussed in the enclosed materials, the Boards of Trustees of the Trusts recommend that you vote “FOR” all proposals.

You can vote in one of four ways:

 

   

Over the Internet, through the website listed on the proxy card(s),

 

   

By telephone, using the toll-free number listed on the proxy card(s),

 

   

By mail, using the enclosed proxy card(s) – be sure to sign, date and return the proxy card(s) in the enclosed postage-paid envelope, or

 

   

In person at the shareholder meeting on October 10, 2023. Please see additional information regarding the shareholder meeting in the enclosed materials.


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We encourage you to vote over the Internet or by telephone using the voting control number that appears on your proxy card(s).

Please take the time to carefully consider and vote on these important proposals. Please also read the enclosed information carefully before voting. If you have questions, please call EQ Fund Solutions, LLC, the Funds’ proxy solicitor, toll-free at (866) 521-4487.

Proxies may be revoked prior to the Meeting by timely executing and submitting a revised proxy (following the methods noted above), by giving written notice of revocation to the Trust(s) or the Fund(s) prior to the Meeting, or by voting in person at the Meeting.

We appreciate your participation and prompt response in this matter and thank you for your continued support.

 

Sincerely,

/s/ Keitha L. Kinne

Keitha L. Kinne
President

PROMPT EXECUTION AND RETURN OF THE ENCLOSED PROXY CARD(S) IS REQUESTED. A SELF-ADDRESSED, POSTAGE-PAID ENVELOPE IS ENCLOSED FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE ALONG WITH INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO VOTE OVER THE INTERNET OR BY TELEPHONE SHOULD YOU PREFER TO VOTE BY ONE OF THOSE METHODS.


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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

The following “Questions and Answers” section is a summary and is not intended to be as detailed as the discussion found in the proxy materials. For this reason, the information is qualified in its entirety by reference to the enclosed joint proxy statement to shareholders (“Joint Proxy Statement”).

 

Q.

Why am I receiving this Joint Proxy Statement?

 

A.

You are receiving these proxy materials — that include the Joint Proxy Statement and your proxy card(s) — because you have the right to vote on important proposals concerning AMG Funds, AMG Funds I, AMG Funds II, AMG Funds III and AMG Funds IV (each, a “Trust” and collectively, the “Trusts” or the “AMG Funds Family of Funds”) and each of its series (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”).

The Funds in AMG Funds are: AMG GW&K Emerging Markets Equity Fund, AMG GW&K Emerging Wealth Equity Fund, AMG GW&K Municipal Bond Fund, AMG GW&K Municipal Enhanced SMA Shares, AMG GW&K Municipal Enhanced Yield Fund, AMG GW&K Small Cap Core Fund, AMG GW&K Small Cap Value Fund, AMG GW&K Small/Mid Cap Core Fund, AMG Renaissance Large Cap Growth Fund, AMG TimesSquare Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund, AMG TimesSquare Global Small Cap Fund, AMG TimesSquare International Small Cap Fund, AMG TimesSquare Mid Cap Growth Fund, AMG TimesSquare Small Cap Growth Fund, AMG Yacktman Focused Fund, AMG Yacktman Fund, AMG Yacktman Global Fund and AMG Yacktman Special Opportunities Fund.

The Fund in AMG Funds I are: AMG Boston Common Global Impact Fund, AMG Frontier Small Cap Growth Fund, AMG GW&K Core Bond ESG Fund, AMG River Road Large Cap Value Select Fund, AMG Veritas China Fund, AMG Veritas Global Focus Fund and AMG Veritas Global Real Return Fund.

The Funds in AMG Funds II are: AMG GW&K Enhanced Core Bond ESG Fund and AMG GW&K Global Allocation Fund.

The Funds in AMG Funds III are: AMG GW&K ESG Bond Fund, AMG GW&K High Income Fund, AMG GW&K International Small Cap Fund and AMG Veritas Asia Pacific Fund.

The Funds in AMG Funds IV are: AMG Beutel Goodman Core Plus Bond Fund, AMG Beutel Goodman International Equity Fund, AMG GW&K Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund, AMG Montrusco Bolton Large Cap Growth Fund, AMG River Road Mid Cap Value Fund, AMG River Road Dividend All Cap Value Fund, AMG River Road Focused Absolute Value Fund, AMG River Road International Value Equity Fund, AMG River Road Small-Mid Cap Value Fund and AMG River Road Small Cap Value Fund.

Each of the proposals is described below.

 

Q.

What are the proposals about?

 

A.

This proxy statement presents two proposals, which the Boards of Trustees of the Trusts (collectively, the “Board”) and AMG Funds LLC (the “Investment Manager”), the Funds’ investment manager, believe are in the best interests of the Funds for the reasons described below.

Proposal 1: Election of Trustees

Affected Funds: All Funds

Proposal 1 relates to the election of trustees (each, a “Nominee”) to the Board. Over recent years, due to the policy of the AMG Funds Family of Funds that each trustee retire at the end of the calendar year (or, for AMG Funds IV, the end of the applicable Funds’ fiscal year) during which such trustee reaches the age of 75, there have been several retirements and the number of trustees serving on the Board has decreased. In light of this development, and as part of the Board’s succession planning efforts to ensure continuity in the

 

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oversight of the AMG Funds Family of Funds and the Board’s continuing discharge of its fiduciary duties to the AMG Funds Family of Funds on a long-term basis, the Board has determined to increase the number of Trustees from six to eight. The Board is proposing that shareholders vote on the election or reelection of seven out of the eight trustees. You are being asked to elect five incumbent Trustees and two new nominees to the Board. The incumbent Trustee nominees are Kurt A. Keilhacker, Steven J. Paggioli, Eric Rakowski, Victoria L. Sassine, and Garret W. Weston. The new nominees are Jill R. Cuniff and Peter W. MacEwen. The remaining trustee is Bruce B. Bingham, who was previously elected by shareholders and who is set to retire on October 31, 2023, with respect to AMG Funds IV and December 31, 2023, with respect to AMG Funds, AMG Funds I, AMG Funds II and AMG Funds III. Due to Mr. Bingham’s upcoming retirement, shareholders are not being asked to reelect Mr. Bingham at this time, although he will continue to serve as a trustee of the Trusts until his retirement date. For the reasons discussed in the Joint Proxy Statement, the Board recommends that you vote “FOR” Proposal 1. Shareholders of the Funds have the option of voting on the election of each Nominee separately.

Proposal 2: Approval of the Amendment of Certain Fundamental Investment Restrictions of each Applicable Fund

Affected Funds (each, a “Proposal 2 Fund,” and collectively, the “Proposal 2 Funds”):

 

AMG Funds II    AMG Funds IV
AMG GW&K Global Allocation Fund    AMG River Road Dividend All Cap Value Fund
   AMG River Road Focused Absolute Value Fund
AMG Funds III    AMG River Road Small-Mid Cap Value Fund
AMG GW&K High Income Fund    AMG River Road Small Cap Value Fund
AMG Veritas Asia Pacific Fund   

Proposal 2 relates to the proposed amendment of certain fundamental investment restrictions of each Proposal 2 Fund. The proposed changes are intended to update and standardize the Proposal 2 Funds’ fundamental investment restrictions with the other Funds in the AMG Funds Family of Funds, while continuing to fully satisfy the requirements of the 1940 Act, and the rules and regulations thereunder. The proposed changes are designed to provide the Proposal 2 Funds increased flexibility to respond to market, industry and regulatory changes. There may be additional risks associated with such increased flexibility, as described in Proposal 2. Also, the proposed changes are intended to reduce administrative burdens and ongoing costs to the AMG Funds Family of Funds by simplifying and making uniform the fundamental investment restrictions across most of the other Funds in the AMG Funds Family of Funds. Furthermore, the Investment Manager has indicated that, other than as described in the Joint Proxy Statement, it has no current intention to change in any significant way the Proposal 2 Funds’ investment strategies or the manner in which the Proposal 2 Funds are managed in connection with the approval of this proposal. For the reasons discussed in the Joint Proxy Statement, the Board recommends that you vote “FOR” Proposal 2. Shareholders of each Proposal 2 Fund have the option of voting on the amendment of each fundamental investment restriction of such Fund separately.

 

Q.

When is the Meeting?

 

A.

The enclosed proxy is being solicited for use at the combined special meeting of shareholders of the Funds to be held on October 10, 2023 (the “Meeting”) at the offices of the Investment Manager, 680 Washington Boulevard, Suite 500, Stamford, Connecticut 06901, at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time, and, if the Meeting is adjourned or postponed, at any later meetings, for the purposes stated in the Notice of Combined Special Meeting of Shareholders.

 

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How does the Board suggest that I vote?

 

A.

After careful consideration, the Board unanimously recommends that you vote “FOR” each proposal. Please see the sections of the proxy materials discussing each proposal for a discussion of the Board’s considerations in making such recommendations.

 

Q.

Why am I receiving information about Funds I do not own?

 

A.

Proposal 1 is relevant to all of the Funds, and management of the Funds has concluded that it is cost-effective to hold the Meeting concurrently for all Funds. Shares of all the Funds in a particular Trust will vote in the aggregate by Trust and not separately by Fund with respect to Proposal 1 (election of Trustees).

Only shares of the Proposal 2 Funds will vote on Proposal 2 and will vote separately by Fund on each of the applicable sub-proposals in Proposal 2 (amendment of certain fundamental investment restrictions). An unfavorable vote on any sub-proposal in Proposal 2 by the shareholders of one Fund will not affect the implementation of any other sub-proposal by such Fund if such sub-proposal is approved by shareholders of such Fund nor will it affect the implementation of a comparable sub-proposal by another Fund if such sub-proposal is approved by shareholders of such other Fund.

 

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What vote is required to approve the proposals?

 

A.

With respect to Proposal 1, the election of Trustees, an affirmative vote of the holders of a plurality of each Trust’s shares present at the meeting in person or by proxy is required to elect each individual nominated as a Trustee for such Trust. Under a plurality vote, the seven Nominees who receive the highest number of votes will be elected. Proposal 1 will be voted on by all shareholders of each Trust.

With respect to Proposal 2, shareholders of each Proposal 2 Fund will vote separately on a sub-proposal-by-sub-proposal basis and each sub-proposal must be approved by a “vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities” of the Fund.

The “vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities” is defined in the 1940 Act as the lesser of the vote of (i) 67% or more of the voting securities of the Fund entitled to vote on the proposal present at the Meeting or represented by proxy, if more than 50% of the Fund’s outstanding voting securities are present or represented by proxy; or (ii) more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund entitled to vote on the proposal.

 

Q.

What happens if shareholders do not approve the proposals?

 

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The Board unanimously recommends that shareholders approve each proposal. However, if quorum for Proposal 1 is not obtained, the incumbent Trustees will continue to serve on the Board but the two new nominees will not be elected to the Board. If quorum for Proposal 1 is obtained, the Nominees will be elected by the affirmative vote of the holders of a plurality of each Trust’s shares present at the meeting in person or by proxy. Please see the section of the Joint Proxy Statement entitled “Overview of the Proposals – Voting Procedures” on page 4 for the quorum requirements for each Trust.

If shareholders of a Proposal 2 Fund do not approve a Proposal 2 sub-proposal, the applicable Fund will continue to be managed with its corresponding current fundamental investment restriction.

 

Q.

Will my vote make a difference?

 

A.

Yes! Your vote is needed to ensure that the proposals can be acted upon. We encourage all shareholders to participate in the governance of their Fund(s). Additionally, you will help save the costs of any further solicitations by providing your immediate response on the enclosed proxy card(s), over the Internet or by telephone. You may also vote in person at the Meeting.

 

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If I am a small investor, why should I vote?

 

A.

You should vote because every vote is important. If numerous shareholders just like you fail to vote, the Funds may not receive enough votes to go forward with the Meeting. If this happens, the Funds will need to solicit votes again. This may delay the Meeting and the approval of the proposals and generate unnecessary costs.

 

Q.

How do I vote?

 

A.

You may provide a Trust or a Fund with your vote by mail using the enclosed proxy card(s), over the Internet by following the instructions on the proxy card(s), by telephone using the toll-free number listed on the proxy card(s), or at the Meeting. You may use the enclosed postage-paid envelope to mail your proxy card(s). Please follow the enclosed instructions to utilize any of these voting methods. If you need more information on how to vote, or if you have any questions, please call EQ Fund Solutions, LLC, the Funds’ proxy solicitor (the “Solicitor”), toll-free at (866) 521-4487.

 

Q.

Whom do I call if I have questions?

 

A.

We will be happy to answer your questions about this proxy solicitation. If you have questions, please call the Solicitor toll-free at (866) 521-4487.

Proxies may be revoked prior to the Meeting by timely executing and submitting a revised proxy (following the methods noted above), by giving written notice of revocation to the Fund(s) prior to the Meeting, or by voting at the Meeting.

PROMPT VOTING IS REQUESTED.

 

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AMG FUNDS

AMG FUNDS I

AMG FUNDS II

AMG FUNDS III

AMG FUNDS IV

NOTICE OF COMBINED SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

TO BE HELD ON OCTOBER 10, 2023

Notice is hereby given that a combined special meeting of shareholders (the “Meeting”) will be held at the offices of AMG Funds LLC (the “Investment Manager”), 680 Washington Boulevard, Suite 500, Stamford, Connecticut 06901 on October 10, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The Meeting is a combined special meeting of shareholders of AMG Funds and each of its series, AMG GW&K Emerging Markets Equity Fund, AMG GW&K Emerging Wealth Equity Fund, AMG GW&K Municipal Bond Fund, AMG GW&K Municipal Enhanced SMA Shares, AMG GW&K Municipal Enhanced Yield Fund, AMG GW&K Small Cap Core Fund, AMG GW&K Small Cap Value Fund, AMG GW&K Small/Mid Cap Core Fund, AMG Renaissance Large Cap Growth Fund, AMG TimesSquare Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund, AMG TimesSquare Global Small Cap Fund, AMG TimesSquare International Small Cap Fund, AMG TimesSquare Mid Cap Growth Fund, AMG TimesSquare Small Cap Growth Fund, AMG Yacktman Focused Fund, AMG Yacktman Fund, AMG Yacktman Global Fund and AMG Yacktman Special Opportunities Fund; AMG Funds I and each of its series, AMG Boston Common Global Impact Fund, AMG Frontier Small Cap Growth Fund, AMG GW&K Core Bond ESG Fund, AMG River Road Large Cap Value Select Fund, AMG Veritas China Fund, AMG Veritas Global Focus Fund and AMG Veritas Global Real Return Fund; AMG Funds II and each of its series, AMG GW&K Enhanced Core Bond ESG Fund and AMG GW&K Global Allocation Fund; AMG Funds III and each of its series, AMG GW&K ESG Bond Fund, AMG GW&K High Income Fund, AMG GW&K International Small Cap Fund and AMG Veritas Asia Pacific Fund; and AMG Funds IV and each of its series, AMG Beutel Goodman Core Plus Bond Fund, AMG Beutel Goodman International Equity Fund, AMG GW&K Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund, AMG Montrusco Bolton Large Cap Growth Fund, AMG River Road Mid Cap Value Fund, AMG River Road Dividend All Cap Value Fund, AMG River Road Focused Absolute Value Fund, AMG River Road International Value Equity Fund, AMG River Road Small-Mid Cap Value Fund and AMG River Road Small Cap Value Fund. AMG Funds, AMG Funds I, AMG Funds II, AMG Funds III and AMG Funds IV are each referred to as a “Trust” and collectively as the “Trusts” herein, and the series of the Trusts are each referred to as a “Fund” and collectively as the “Funds” herein.

At the Meeting, shareholders of the Funds will be asked to vote on the following proposals with respect to each Fund in which they own shares:

 

Proposal Summary

  

Fund(s) Voting on the Proposal

1. Election of Trustees.    All Funds in each Trust will vote together on a Trust-by-Trust, Trust-level basis.
2. Approval of the amendment of certain fundamental investment restrictions of each applicable Fund.   

Each applicable Fund will vote separately on a Fund-by-Fund, sub-proposal-by-sub-proposal basis.

 

AMG Funds II

AMG GW&K Global Allocation Fund

 

AMG Funds III

AMG GW&K High Income Fund

AMG Veritas Asia Pacific Fund

 

AMG Funds IV

AMG River Road Dividend All Cap Value Fund

AMG River Road Focused Absolute Value Fund

AMG River Road Small-Mid Cap Value Fund

AMG River Road Small Cap Value Fund

 

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After careful consideration, the Boards of Trustees of the Trusts (collectively, the “Board” or the “Trustees”) unanimously recommends that shareholders vote “FOR” each proposal.

Shareholders of record at the close of business on August 22, 2023 are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Meeting and any adjournment(s) or postponement(s) of all or any portion of the Meeting, even if such shareholders no longer own shares.

We call your attention to the accompanying joint proxy statement. The Funds request that you complete, date, and sign the enclosed proxy card(s) and return it/them promptly in the envelope provided for that purpose. Each proxy card also provides instructions for voting by telephone or over the Internet if you wish to take advantage of these voting options. Proxies may be revoked prior to the Meeting by timely executing and submitting a revised proxy (following the methods noted above), by giving written notice of revocation to the Trust(s)/Fund(s) prior to the Meeting, or by voting at the Meeting. Please call EQ Fund Solutions, LLC, the Funds’ proxy solicitor, toll-free at (866) 521-4487 if you have any questions relating to attending the Meeting or your vote instructions.

 

By Order of the Boards of Trustees,

/s/ Mark Duggan

Mark Duggan
Secretary

 

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IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS

FOR THE MEETING TO BE HELD ON OCTOBER 10, 2023

This Joint Proxy Statement and the accompanying Notice of Combined Special Meeting of Shareholders are available at the website listed on your proxy card(s). In addition, shareholders can find important information about AMG GW&K International Small Cap Fund in such Fund’s annual report, dated May 31, 2023, including financial reports for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2023. Shareholders can find important information about each of AMG Boston Common Global Impact Fund and AMG Veritas Global Real Return Fund in such Fund’s annual report, dated September 30, 2022, including financial reports for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2022, and in such Fund’s semi-annual report, dated March 31, 2023. Shareholders can find important information about each of AMG Beutel Goodman Core Plus Bond Fund, AMG Beutel Goodman International Equity Fund, AMG Frontier Small Cap Growth Fund, AMG GW&K Core Bond ESG Fund, AMG GW&K Emerging Markets Equity Fund, AMG GW&K Emerging Wealth Equity Fund, AMG GW&K Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund, AMG Montrusco Bolton Large Cap Growth Fund, AMG River Road Dividend All Cap Value Fund, AMG River Road Focused Absolute Value Fund, AMG River Road International Value Equity Fund, AMG River Road Large Cap Value Select Fund, AMG River Road Mid Cap Value Fund, AMG River Road Small-Mid Cap Value Fund, AMG River Road Small Cap Value Fund, AMG Veritas China Fund and AMG Veritas Global Focus Fund in such Fund’s annual report, dated October 31, 2022, including financial reports for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2022, and in such Fund’s semi-annual report, dated April 30, 2023. Shareholders can find important information about each of AMG GW&K Enhanced Core Bond ESG Fund, AMG GW&K ESG Bond Fund, AMG GW&K Global Allocation Fund, AMG GW&K High Income Fund, AMG GW&K Municipal Bond Fund, AMG GW&K Municipal Enhanced Yield Fund, AMG GW&K Small Cap Core Fund, AMG GW&K Small Cap Value Fund, AMG GW&K Small/Mid Cap Core Fund, AMG Renaissance Large Cap Growth Fund, AMG TimesSquare Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund, AMG TimesSquare Global Small Cap Fund, AMG TimesSquare International Small Cap Fund, AMG TimesSquare Mid Cap Growth Fund, AMG TimesSquare Small Cap Growth Fund, AMG Veritas Asia Pacific Fund, AMG Yacktman Focused Fund, AMG Yacktman Fund, AMG Yacktman Global Fund and AMG Yacktman Special Opportunities Fund in such Fund’s annual report, dated December 31, 2022, including financial reports for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022. Shareholders will be able to find important information about AMG GW&K Municipal Enhanced SMA Shares in such Fund’s semi-annual report for the period ending June 30, 2023. You may obtain copies of these reports without charge, upon request, by writing to AMG Funds LLC, 680 Washington Boulevard, Suite 500, Stamford, Connecticut 06901, or by calling 1-800-548-4539, or on the Funds’ website at www.amgfunds.com.

YOUR VOTE IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER OF SHARES YOU HOLD. IF YOU DO NOT EXPECT TO PERSONALLY ATTEND THE MEETING, PLEASE COMPLETE, SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THE ACCOMPANYING PROXY CARD(S) IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE, WHICH NEEDS NO POSTAGE IF MAILED IN THE UNITED STATES. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOUR PROXY CARD(S) BE RETURNED PROMPTLY.

FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE, YOU MAY ALSO VOTE BY TELEPHONE OR OVER THE INTERNET BY FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE PROXY CARD(S). IF YOU VOTE BY TELEPHONE OR OVER THE INTERNET, PLEASE DO NOT RETURN YOUR PROXY CARD(S) UNLESS YOU ELECT TO CHANGE YOUR VOTE.

 

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OVERVIEW OF THE PROPOSALS

     3  

Introduction

     3  

Proposal 1: Election of Trustees

     3  

Proposal 2: Approval of the Amendment of Certain Fundamental Investment Restrictions of each Applicable Fund

     4  

PROPOSAL 1: ELECTION OF TRUSTEES

     7  

Reason for the Proposal

     7  

Information About the Board and the Nominees

     8  

Principal Officers of the Trusts

     14  

Trustee/Nominee Ownership of Shares

     16  

Board Compensation

     18  

Committees and Meetings of the Board

     21  

PROPOSAL 2: APPROVAL OF THE AMENDMENT OF CERTAIN FUNDAMENTAL INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS OF EACH APPLICABLE FUND

     24  

OTHER BUSINESS

     35  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

     35  

Investment Adviser and Investment Subadvisers

     35  

Principal Underwriter

     37  

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

     37  

Other Information

     41  

Voting Information

     42  

Shareholder Proposals

     43  

APPENDICES

 

Appendix A

  

Outstanding Shares

     A-1  

Appendix B

  

Record or Beneficial Ownership

     B-1  

Appendix C

  

Governance Committee Charters

     C-1  

 

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AMG FUNDS

AMG FUNDS I

AMG FUNDS II

AMG FUNDS III

AMG FUNDS IV

JOINT PROXY STATEMENT

COMBINED SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

TO BE HELD ON OCTOBER 10, 2023

This joint proxy statement (“Joint Proxy Statement”) and enclosed notice and proxy card(s) are being furnished in connection with the solicitation of proxies by the Boards of Trustees (collectively, the “Board” or the “Trustees”) of AMG Funds and its series, AMG GW&K Emerging Markets Equity Fund, AMG GW&K Emerging Wealth Equity Fund, AMG GW&K Municipal Bond Fund, AMG GW&K Municipal Enhanced SMA Shares, AMG GW&K Municipal Enhanced Yield Fund, AMG GW&K Small Cap Core Fund, AMG GW&K Small Cap Value Fund, AMG GW&K Small/Mid Cap Core Fund, AMG Renaissance Large Cap Growth Fund, AMG TimesSquare Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund, AMG TimesSquare Global Small Cap Fund, AMG TimesSquare International Small Cap Fund, AMG TimesSquare Mid Cap Growth Fund, AMG TimesSquare Small Cap Growth Fund, AMG Yacktman Focused Fund, AMG Yacktman Fund, AMG Yacktman Global Fund and AMG Yacktman Special Opportunities Fund; AMG Funds I and its series, AMG Boston Common Global Impact Fund, AMG Frontier Small Cap Growth Fund, AMG GW&K Core Bond ESG Fund, AMG River Road Large Cap Value Select Fund, AMG Veritas China Fund, AMG Veritas Global Focus Fund and AMG Veritas Global Real Return Fund; AMG Funds II and its series, AMG GW&K Enhanced Core Bond ESG Fund and AMG GW&K Global Allocation Fund; AMG Funds III and its series, AMG GW&K ESG Bond Fund, AMG GW&K High Income Fund, AMG GW&K International Small Cap Fund and AMG Veritas Asia Pacific Fund; and AMG Funds IV and its series, AMG Beutel Goodman Core Plus Bond Fund, AMG Beutel Goodman International Equity Fund, AMG GW&K Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund, AMG Montrusco Bolton Large Cap Growth Fund, AMG River Road Mid Cap Value Fund, AMG River Road Dividend All Cap Value Fund, AMG River Road Focused Absolute Value Fund, AMG River Road International Value Equity Fund, AMG River Road Small-Mid Cap Value Fund and AMG River Road Small Cap Value Fund. AMG Funds, AMG Funds I, AMG Funds II, AMG Funds III and AMG Funds IV are each referred to as a “Trust” and collectively as the “Trusts” herein, and the series of the Trusts are each referred to as a “Fund” and collectively as the “Funds” herein. The proxies are being solicited for use at a combined special meeting of shareholders to be held at the offices of AMG Funds LLC (the “Investment Manager”), 680 Washington Boulevard, Suite 500, Stamford, Connecticut 06901 on October 10, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time, and at any and all adjournments or postponements of all or any portion thereof (the “Meeting”).


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The Board has called the Meeting and is soliciting proxies from shareholders of the Funds for the purposes listed below:

 

Proposal Summary

  

Fund(s) Voting on the Proposal

1. Election of Trustees.    All Funds in each Trust will vote together on a Trust-by-Trust, Trust-level basis.
2. Approval of the amendment of certain fundamental investment restrictions of each applicable Fund.   

Each applicable Fund will vote separately on a Fund-by-Fund, sub-proposal-by-sub-proposal basis.

 

AMG Funds II

AMG GW&K Global Allocation Fund

 

AMG Funds III

AMG GW&K High Income Fund

AMG Veritas Asia Pacific Fund

 

AMG Funds IV

AMG River Road Dividend All Cap Value Fund

AMG River Road Focused Absolute Value Fund

AMG River Road Small-Mid Cap Value Fund

AMG River Road Small Cap Value Fund

This Joint Proxy Statement and the accompanying notice and the proxy card(s) are being first mailed to shareholders on or about September 1, 2023.

The Board has determined that the use of this Joint Proxy Statement for the Meeting is in the best interests of each Fund and its shareholders in light of the similar matters being considered and voted on by the shareholders of the Funds. Shareholders of record at the close of business on August 22, 2023 (the “Record Date”) are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Meeting, even if such shareholders no longer own shares.

If you have any questions about the proposals or about voting, please call EQ Fund Solutions, LLC, the Funds’ proxy solicitor, toll-free at (866) 521-4487.

 

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OVERVIEW OF THE PROPOSALS

Introduction

AMG Funds is comprised of eighteen mutual funds, AMG Funds I is comprised of seven mutual funds, AMG Funds II is comprised of two mutual funds, AMG Funds III is comprised of four mutual funds, and AMG Funds IV is comprised of ten mutual funds, all of which are the subject of this proxy statement. Each of AMG Funds, AMG Funds I, AMG Funds II and AMG Funds III is a registered management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), and is organized as a Massachusetts business trust. AMG Funds IV is a registered management investment company under the 1940 Act, and is organized as a Delaware statutory trust. The Investment Manager, located at 680 Washington Boulevard, Suite 500, Stamford, Connecticut 06901, is a subsidiary of Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (“AMG”), located at 777 South Flagler Drive, West Palm Beach, Florida 33401. The Investment Manager serves as investment manager and administrator of the Funds and is responsible for the Funds’ overall administration and operations.

AMG Distributors, Inc. (the “Distributor”), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Investment Manager, located at 680 Washington Boulevard, Suite 500, Stamford, Connecticut 06901, serves as the Funds’ distributor.

The principal executive offices of each Trust are located at 680 Washington Boulevard, Suite 500, Stamford, Connecticut 06901.

Proposal 1: Election of Trustees

Affected Funds: All Funds

The first proposal relates to the election of trustees (each, a “Nominee”) to the Board (“Proposal 1”). Over recent years, due to the policy of AMG Funds, AMG Funds I, AMG Funds II, AMG Funds III and AMG Funds IV (the “AMG Funds Family of Funds”) that each trustee retire at the end of the calendar year (or, for AMG Funds IV, the end of the applicable Funds’ fiscal year) during which such trustee reaches the age of 75, there have been several retirements and the number of trustees serving on the Board has decreased. In light of this development, and as part of the Board’s succession planning efforts to ensure continuity in the oversight of the AMG Funds Family of Funds and the Board’s continuing discharge of its fiduciary duties to the AMG Funds Family of Funds on a long-term basis, the Board has determined to increase the number of Trustees from six to eight. The Board is proposing that shareholders vote on the election or reelection of seven out of the eight trustees. You are being asked to elect five incumbent Trustees and two new nominees to the Board. The incumbent Trustee nominees are Kurt A. Keilhacker, Steven J. Paggioli, Eric Rakowski, Victoria L. Sassine, and Garret W. Weston. The new nominees are Jill R. Cuniff and Peter W. MacEwen. The remaining trustee is Bruce B. Bingham, who was previously elected by shareholders and who is set to retire on October 31, 2023, with respect to AMG Funds IV and December 31, 2023, with respect to AMG Funds, AMG Funds I, AMG Funds II and AMG Funds III. Due to Mr. Bingham’s upcoming retirement, shareholders are not being asked to reelect Mr. Bingham at this time, although he will continue to serve as a trustee of the Trusts until his retirement date. As discussed in greater detail below, the Board has unanimously determined to recommend a vote “FOR” the election of each nominee.

 

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Proposal 2: Approval of the Amendment of Certain Fundamental Investment Restrictions of each Applicable Fund

Affected Funds (each, a “Proposal 2 Fund,” and collectively, the “Proposal 2 Funds”):

 

AMG Funds II    AMG Funds IV
AMG GW&K Global Allocation Fund    AMG River Road Dividend All Cap Value Fund
   AMG River Road Focused Absolute Value Fund
AMG Funds III    AMG River Road Small-Mid Cap Value Fund
AMG GW&K High Income Fund    AMG River Road Small Cap Value Fund
AMG Veritas Asia Pacific Fund   

The second proposal relates to the proposed amendment of certain fundamental investment restrictions of each Proposal 2 Fund (“Proposal 2”). The proposed changes are intended to update and standardize the Proposal 2 Funds’ fundamental investment restrictions with the other Funds in the AMG Funds Family of Funds, while continuing to fully satisfy the requirements of the 1940 Act, and the rules and regulations thereunder. The proposed changes are designed to provide the Proposal 2 Funds increased flexibility to respond to market, industry and regulatory changes. There may be additional risks associated with such increased flexibility, as described in Proposal 2. Also, the proposed changes are intended to reduce administrative burdens and ongoing costs to the AMG Funds Family of Funds by simplifying and making uniform the fundamental investment restrictions across most of the other Funds in the AMG Funds Family of Funds. Furthermore, the Investment Manager has indicated that, other than as described in the Joint Proxy Statement, it has no current intention to change in any significant way the Proposal 2 Funds’ investment strategies or the manner in which the Proposal 2 Funds are managed in connection with the approval of this proposal. For the reasons discussed below, the Board recommends that you vote “FOR” Proposal 2.

As to sub-proposals 2.A through 2.D, the shareholders of each applicable Proposal 2 Fund will vote separately on a Fund-by-Fund and sub-proposal-by-sub-proposal basis. If shareholders of a Proposal 2 Fund approve a sub-proposal, the Fund’s fundamental investment restriction as set forth in the approved sub-proposal will be changed. However, if shareholders of a Proposal 2 Fund do not approve a change to a fundamental investment restriction, the Fund’s current corresponding fundamental investment restriction would continue to apply.

Voting Procedures

Shareholders of the Funds who own shares at the close of business on the Record Date will be entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Meeting and any adjournment(s) or postponement(s) thereof. You are entitled to one vote, or fraction thereof, for each share of any Fund, or fraction thereof, that you own on each matter as to which such shares are to be voted at the Meeting. Shares may be voted in person or by proxy. Where shareholders may pursuant to the terms of a notice of a meeting of shareholders (which may be amended from time to time) participate in and vote at such meeting by means of remote communication, shares voted by means of such remote communication shall constitute shares voted in person.

A quorum must be present at the Meeting for the transaction of business. With respect to each of AMG Funds, AMG Funds II and AMG Funds III, the holders of 30% of the shares of a Fund or the Trust, as applicable, entitled to vote present in person or by proxy constitute a quorum for the transaction of business with respect to such Fund or the Trust. With respect to AMG Funds I, the holders of 10% of the shares of a Fund or the Trust, as applicable, entitled to vote present in person or by proxy constitute a quorum for the transaction of business with respect to such Fund or the Trust. With respect to AMG Funds IV, one-third of the shares of a Fund or the Trust, as applicable, entitled to vote present in person or by proxy constitute a quorum for the transaction of business with respect to such Fund or the Trust.

 

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A broker-dealer that is a member of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) that holds shares of a Fund in “street name” and has not received voting instructions from a client prior to the date specified in the broker-dealer’s request for voting instructions is permitted under the rules of the NYSE to vote the shares on uncontested matters that are considered to be “routine,” but is not permitted to vote the shares on “non-routine” matters. Proposal 1 (the election of the Trustees to the Board) is considered a routine matter. Proposal 2 (the amendment of certain fundamental investment restrictions of each applicable Fund) is considered a non-routine matter. Abstentions and broker non-votes do not represent votes cast for a proposal but will be counted for purposes of determining whether a quorum is present. Because the affirmative “vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities” of a Fund is required to approve Proposal 2, abstentions and broker non-votes will have the effect of a vote against Proposal 2.

At the time of the Meeting or any adjournment thereof, the Funds’ custodian may be permitted to vote shares held by certain individual retirement accounts for which it is the trustee and that are not otherwise voted by such account holder. If the Funds’ custodian votes such shares, it will vote them in the same proportions as other retirement account shareholders for which it is the trustee and that have submitted voting instructions for their shares. If the Funds’ custodian is authorized to vote the shares and so votes, shareholders should be aware that this practice, known as “echo-voting,” may have the effect of increasing the likelihood that the proposals will be approved.

Whether or not a quorum is present at the Meeting, the Meeting may, by action of the chair of the Meeting, be adjourned from time to time with respect to one or more proposals to permit further solicitation of proxies. Any adjourned session or sessions may be held, any time after the date set for the Meeting, without the necessity of further notice; provided, with respect to AMG Funds IV, that the time and place of any adjourned session or sessions are announced at the Meeting or reasonable notice is given to persons present at the Meeting. Upon motion of the chair of the Meeting, the question of adjournment may be (but is not required to be) submitted to a vote of the shareholders, and in that case, any adjournment with respect to one or more matters must be approved by the vote of a majority of the votes cast in person or by proxy at the Meeting with respect to the matter or matters adjourned, whether or not a quorum is present with respect to such matter or matters, and, if approved, such adjournment shall take place without the necessity of further notice; provided, with respect to AMG Funds IV, that the time and place of any adjourned session or sessions are announced at the Meeting or reasonable notice is given to persons present at the Meeting. Unless a proxy is otherwise limited in this regard, any shares present and entitled to vote at a meeting may, at the discretion of the proxies named therein, be voted “FOR” a proposal in favor of such an adjournment.

Information regarding the number of issued and outstanding shares of each Fund as of the Record Date is provided in Appendix A, representing the same number of votes for each of the Funds. The persons who are known to have owned beneficially or of record 5% or more of any Fund’s outstanding shares as of the Record Date are listed in Appendix B.

The person(s) named as proxies on the enclosed proxy card(s) will vote in accordance with your directions, if your proxy card(s) is/are received properly executed or if you vote appropriately by phone or over the Internet. If we receive your proxy card(s), and it/they is/are executed properly, but you give no voting instructions with respect to any proposal on which you are entitled to vote, your shares will be voted in accordance with management’s recommendation with respect to each such proposal. The duly appointed proxies may, in their discretion, vote upon such other matters as may properly come before the Meeting and any adjournment(s) or postponement(s) thereof.

Under the Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust of each of AMG Funds and AMG Funds I and the By-Laws of each of AMG Funds II, AMG Funds III and AMG Funds IV, a proxy with respect to shares held in the name of two or more persons shall be valid if executed by any one of them unless at or prior to exercise of the proxy the Trust receives a specific written notice to the contrary from any one of them.

 

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In order that your shares may be represented at the Meeting, you are requested to vote your shares by mail, over the Internet or by telephone by following the instructions on your proxy card(s). IF YOU VOTE BY TELEPHONE OR OVER THE INTERNET, PLEASE DO NOT RETURN YOUR PROXY CARD(S), UNLESS YOU LATER ELECT TO CHANGE YOUR VOTE. You may revoke your proxy: (a) at any time prior to its exercise by written notice of its revocation to the Secretary of the Trust prior to the Meeting; (b) by the subsequent execution and timely return of another proxy prior to the Meeting (following the methods noted above); or (c) by being present and voting at the Meeting and giving oral notice of revocation to the chair of the Meeting. However, attendance at the Meeting, by itself, will not revoke a previously-tendered proxy.

The cost of preparing, printing and mailing the enclosed proxy card(s) and proxy statement and all other costs incurred in connection with the solicitation of proxies, including any additional solicitation made by letter, telephone or facsimile will be paid by the Funds. Please see “Additional Information” below for more information regarding solicitation of proxies. We encourage you to vote your shares prior to the Meeting.

 

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PROPOSAL 1: ELECTION OF TRUSTEES

Affected Funds:

All Funds

Over recent years, due to the policy of the AMG Funds Family of Funds that each Trustee retire at the end of the calendar year (or, for AMG Funds IV, the end of the applicable Funds’ fiscal year) during which such Trustee reaches the age of 75, there have been several retirements and the number of Trustees serving on the Board has decreased. In light of this development, and as part of the Board’s succession planning efforts to ensure continuity in the oversight of the AMG Funds Family of Funds and the Board’s continuing discharge of its fiduciary duties to the AMG Funds Family of Funds on a long-term basis, the Board has determined to increase the number of Trustees from six to eight. The Board has proposed the following seven nominees for election by shareholders (each a “Nominee”), each to hold office for an indefinite term: Jill R. Cuniff, Kurt A. Keilhacker, Peter W. MacEwen, Steven J. Paggioli, Eric Rakowski, Victoria L. Sassine, and Garret W. Weston. Messrs. Keilhacker, Paggioli, Rakowski and Weston and Ms. Sassine are collectively referred to herein as the “Incumbent Trustee Nominees.” Mr. MacEwen and Ms. Cuniff are collectively referred to herein as the “New Trustee Nominees.” The remaining Trustee is Bruce B. Bingham, who was previously elected by shareholders and who is set to retire on October 31, 2023, with respect to AMG Funds IV and December 31, 2023, with respect to AMG Funds, AMG Funds I, AMG Funds II and AMG Funds III. Due to Mr. Bingham’s upcoming retirement, shareholders are not being asked to reelect Mr. Bingham at this time, although he will continue to serve as a Trustee until his retirement date. Each of the Nominees has consented to serve or continue to serve, as the case may be, as a Trustee. Trustees of each of AMG Funds, AMG Funds I and AMG Funds IV serve during the continued lifetime of the Trust until he or she dies, resigned or is removed, or, if sooner, until the next meeting of shareholders called for the purpose of electing Trustees and until the election and qualification of his or her successor in accordance with the Trust’s organizational documents and policies adopted by the Board from time to time. Trustees of each of AMG Funds II and AMG Funds III serve during the continued lifetime of the Trust until his or her death, resignation, retirement, removal, bankruptcy, adjudicated incompetence or other incapacity to perform the duties of the office of a Trustee in accordance with the Trust’s organizational documents and policies adopted by the Board from time to time.

Certain biographical and other information relating to the Nominees, including each Nominee’s experience, qualifications, attributes and skills for Board membership, is set forth below. Six of the Nominees are expected to be Independent Trustees (meaning that they would not be considered “interested persons” as defined in the 1940 Act) and one of the Nominees would continue to be an Interested Trustee (meaning that he is considered an “interested person” as defined in the 1940 Act) of each Trust by virtue of his position with, and interest in securities of, Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (“AMG”). Messrs. Keilhacker, Paggioli, and Rakowski and Ms. Sassine are Independent Trustee incumbents who were previously elected by shareholders. Mr. Weston is an Interested Trustee incumbent who was previously appointed by the Board and is standing for election by shareholders for the first time. Mr. MacEwen and Ms. Cuniff are expected to be Independent Trustees, if elected. On July 25, 2023, the members of each Trust’s Governance Committee (described below) presented their recommended nominees to the Independent Trustees, and the Independent Trustees selected and nominated the Incumbent Trustee Nominees and the New Trustee Nominees, and on July 25, 2023, the Board voted to submit the Incumbent Trustee Nominees and the New Trustee Nominees to a vote of shareholders of each Trust. The Board knows of no reason why any of these Nominees would be unable to serve.

Reason for the Proposal

Section 16(a) of the 1940 Act provides that no person shall serve as a director of a registered investment company unless elected to that office by the holders of the outstanding voting securities of such company, at an annual or a special meeting duly called for that purpose; except that vacancies occurring between such meetings may be filled in any otherwise legal manner if immediately after filling any such vacancy at least two-thirds of the directors then holding office shall have been elected to such office by the shareholders of the company at such an annual or special meeting.

 

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Of the five Incumbent Trustee Nominees, two (Mr. Keilhacker and Ms. Sassine) were elected by shareholders in 2013, one (Mr. Rakowski) was initially elected by shareholders in 1999, and one (Mr. Paggioli) was initially elected by shareholders in 1993. Mr. Weston was appointed to the Board without a vote of shareholders, as permitted by Section 16(a) of the 1940 Act. It is necessary to hold a shareholder meeting for the purpose of electing Mr. MacEwen and Ms. Cuniff to the Board. The Board has considered it appropriate that five of the six current Trustees stand for election by the shareholders. Mr. Bingham is not being put up for reelection due to his upcoming retirement.

Information About the Board and the Nominees

The Board provides broad supervision over the affairs of the Trusts and the Funds. An Independent Trustee serves as Chairman of the Board. A separate individual serves as Principal Executive Officer of the Trusts, as described below under “Principal Officers of the Trusts.” In addition, the Board also has two standing committees, the Audit Committee and Governance Committee (each a “Committee”, and collectively, the “Committees”), each comprised of all of the Independent Trustees, to which the Board has delegated certain authority and oversight responsibilities.

The Board’s role in supervising the Trusts is oversight, including oversight of the Funds’ risk management process. The Board meets regularly on at least a quarterly basis, and at these meetings the officers of the Funds and the Funds’ Chief Compliance Officer report to the Board on a variety of matters. A portion of each regular meeting is devoted to an executive session of the Independent Trustees, the Independent Trustees’ separate, independent legal counsel, and the Funds’ Chief Compliance Officer, at which no members of management are present. In a separate executive session of the Independent Trustees and the Independent Trustees’ independent legal counsel, the Independent Trustees consider a variety of matters that are required by law to be considered by the Independent Trustees, as well as matters that are scheduled to come before the full Board, including fund governance, compliance, and leadership issues. When considering these matters, the Independent Trustees are advised by their independent legal counsel. The Board reviews its leadership structure periodically and believes that its structure is appropriate to enable the Board to exercise its oversight of the Funds.

Each Trust has retained the Investment Manager as the Funds’ investment adviser and administrator. The Investment Manager is responsible for the Funds’ overall administration and operations, including management of the risks that arise from the Funds’ investments and operations. Employees of the Investment Manager serve as several of the Funds’ officers, including the Funds’ President. The Board provides oversight of the services provided by the Investment Manager, the Funds’ other service providers, and the Funds’ officers, including their risk management activities. On an annual basis, the Funds’ Chief Compliance Officer conducts a compliance review and risk assessment and prepares a written report relating to the review that is provided to the Board for review and discussion. The assessment includes a broad-based review of the risks inherent to the Funds, the controls designed to address those risks, and selective testing of those controls to determine whether they are operating effectively and are reasonably designed. In the course of providing oversight, the Board and the Committees receive a wide range of reports on the Funds’ activities, including regarding each Fund’s investment portfolio, the compliance of the Funds with applicable laws, and the Funds’ financial accounting and reporting. The Board receives periodic reports from the Funds’ Chief Legal Officer on the Investment Manager’s risk management activities. The Board also receives periodic reports from the Funds’ Chief Compliance Officer regarding the compliance of the Funds with federal and state securities laws and the Funds’ internal compliance policies and procedures. In addition, the Board receives periodic reports from the portfolio managers of the Funds’ subadvisers and the Investment Manager’s investment research team regarding the management of the Funds, including their investment risks. The Board also receives periodic reports from the Funds’ Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer, and other senior personnel of the Investment Manager regarding the Investment Manager’s general business operations.

 

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The Board met five times during each of the fiscal years ended September 30, 2022, October 31, 2022, December 31, 2022 and May 31, 2023. Each Incumbent Trustee Nominee was present for all of the meetings of the Board and meetings held by all Committees on which he or she served.

The following table lists the current Trustees and Nominees, their names and ages, the positions held with the Trusts and length of time served, their principal business occupations during the past five years, the number of Funds in the AMG Funds Family of Funds that they oversee, and other directorships held in any publicly-traded company or any registered investment company, as well as the experience, qualifications, attributes and skills for serving as Trustees.

All of the Funds in the Trusts are overseen by the Board (and would be overseen by all Nominees, if elected). The address of each Nominee is 680 Washington Boulevard, Stamford, Connecticut 06901. Correspondence intended for a current Trustee may be sent to this address.

 

Name and
Age at June 30,
2023
 

Position(s)

Held with

the Trusts

and Length

of Time

Served

  

Principal
Occupation(s) During
Past 5 Years

   Number
of Funds
in Fund
Complex*
Overseen
or to be
Overseen
by
Trustee/
Nominee
  

Other Directorships
Held by Nominee

  

Experience,

Qualifications,

Attributes, Skills for

Board Membership

Trustees/Nominees who are not “interested persons” of the Trusts:
Bruce B.
Bingham,
74**
  Trustee since 2012 for AMG Funds, AMG Funds I, AMG Funds II and AMG Funds III and 2014 for AMG Funds IV    Partner, Hamilton Partners (real estate development firm) (1987-Present)    41    Director of The Yacktman Funds, Inc. (2 portfolios)    Significant experience as a board member of mutual funds; business experience as a partner of a real estate development and investment firm; familiar with financial statements.
Jill R. Cuniff,
59
  Nominee    Retired (2016 to Present); President & Portfolio Manager, Edge Asset Management (2009-2016); President & Chief Investment Officer, Morley Financial Services (2001-2009); President, Union Bond & Trust Company (2001-2009)    41    Director of Harding, Loevner Funds, Inc. (12 portfolios) (2018-Present).    Significant experience as a board member of mutual funds; significant business experience as president of executive teams; experience with institutional and retail distribution; experience as a co-portfolio manager.

 

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Name and
Age at June 30,
2023
  

Position(s)

Held with

the Trusts

and Length

of Time

Served

  

Principal
Occupation(s) During
Past 5 Years

   Number
of Funds
in Fund
Complex*
Overseen
or to be
Overseen
by
Trustee/
Nominee
  

Other Directorships
Held by Nominee

  

Experience,

Qualifications,

Attributes, Skills for

Board Membership

Kurt A.
Keilhacker,
59
   Trustee since 2013 for AMG Funds, AMG Funds I, AMG Funds II and AMG Funds III and 2014 for AMG Funds IV; Chairman of the Audit Committee since 2021 for AMG Funds, AMG Funds I, AMG Funds II and AMG Funds III and 2020 for AMG Funds IV   

Managing Partner, Elementum Ventures (2013-Present);

Managing Partner, TechFund Europe (2000-Present); Managing Partner, TechFund Capital (1997-Present); Adjunct Professor, University of San Francisco (2022-Present); Trustee, Wheaton College (2018-Present); Director, Wheaton College Trust Company, N.A. (2018-Present)

   43    None    Significant board experience, including as a board member of private companies; significant experience as a managing member of private companies; significant experience in the venture capital industry; significant experience as co-founder of a number of technology companies.
Peter W.
MacEwen,
58
   Nominee    Private investor (2019-Present); Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (2003-2018): Chief Administrative Officer, Office of the CEO (2013-2018); Senior Vice President, Finance (2007-2013); Vice President, Finance (2003-2007)    41    None    Significant experience in the financial services industry, including as a senior executive of an S&P 500 asset management firm where responsibilities included: corporate finance and capital raising; strategy development and execution; internal audit and risk management; and oversight of global operations.

 

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Name and
Age at June 30,
2023
  

Position(s)

Held with

the Trusts

and Length

of Time

Served

  

Principal
Occupation(s) During
Past 5 Years

   Number
of Funds
in Fund
Complex*
Overseen
or to be
Overseen
by
Trustee/
Nominee
  

Other Directorships
Held by Nominee

  

Experience,

Qualifications,

Attributes, Skills for

Board Membership

Steven J.
Paggioli,
73
   Trustee since 1993 for AMG Funds III, 2000 for AMG Funds I and AMG Funds II, 2004 for AMG Funds, and 2010 for AMG Funds IV    Independent Consultant (2002-Present); Executive Vice President, Secretary and Director, Investment Company Administration, LLC (1990-2001)    41    Trustee, Professionally Managed Portfolios (28 portfolios); Independent Director, Muzinich BDC, Inc. (business development company) (2019-Present); Independent Director, Chase Investment Counsel (2008-2019)    Significant board experience, including as a board member of mutual funds; significant executive experience with several financial services firms; former service with financial service regulator; Audit Committee financial expert.
Eric
Rakowski,
65
  

Trustee since 1999 for AMG Funds and AMG Funds III, 2000 for AMG Funds I and AMG Funds II, and 2010 for AMG Funds IV

 

Independent Chairman of the Board since 2017

 

Chairman of the Governance Committee since 2017

   Professor of Law, University of California at Berkeley School of Law (1990- Present)    43    Trustee of Parnassus Funds (4 portfolios) (2021-Present); Trustee of Parnassus Income Funds (2 portfolios) (2021-Present); Director of Harding, Loevner Funds, Inc. (12 portfolios) (2008-Present); Trustee of Third Avenue Trust (3 portfolios) (2002-2019); Trustee of Third Avenue Variable Trust (1 portfolio) (2002-2019)    Significant experience as a board member of mutual funds; former practicing attorney; currently professor of law.

 

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Name and
Age at June 30,
2023
  

Position(s)

Held with

the Trusts

and Length

of Time

Served

  

Principal
Occupation(s) During
Past 5 Years

   Number
of Funds
in Fund
Complex*
Overseen
or to be
Overseen
by
Trustee/
Nominee
  

Other Directorships
Held by Nominee

  

Experience,

Qualifications,

Attributes, Skills for

Board Membership

Victoria L.
Sassine,
57
   Trustee since 2013 for AMG Funds, AMG Funds I, AMG Funds II and AMG Funds III and 2014 for AMG Funds IV    Adjunct Professor, Babson College (2007-Present); Director, Board of Directors, PRG Group (2017-Present); CEO, Founder, Scale Smarter Partners, LLC (2018-Present); Adviser, EVOFEM Biosciences (2019-Present); Chairperson, Board of Directors, Business Management Associates (2018-2019)    43    None    Significant board experience, including as a board member of private companies; finance experience in strategic financial and operation management positions in a variety of industries; audit and tax experience in a global accounting firm; experience as a board member of various organizations; Certified Public Accountant (inactive); current adjunct professor of finance.

 

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Name and
Age at June 30,
2023
 

Position(s)

Held with

the Trusts

and Length

of Time

Served

  

Principal
Occupation(s) During
Past 5 Years

   Number
of Funds
in Fund
Complex*
Overseen
or to be
Overseen
by
Trustee/
Nominee
  

Other Directorships
Held by Nominee

  

Experience,

Qualifications,

Attributes, Skills for

Board Membership

Trustee/Nominee who is an “interested person” of the Trusts:
Garret W.
Weston,
41***
  Trustee since 2021    Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (2008-Present): Managing Director, Head of Affiliate Product Strategy and Development (2023-Present), Managing Director, Co-Head of Affiliate Engagement, Distribution (2021-2022), Senior Vice President, Office of the CEO (2019-2021), Senior Vice President, Affiliate Development (2016-2019), Vice President, Office of the CEO (2015-2016), Vice President, New Investments (2008-2015); Associate, Madison Dearborn Partners (2006-2008); Analyst, Merrill Lynch (2004-2006)    43    None    Significant senior leadership role within AMG across a number of areas, including responsibilities since 2020 for the AMG Funds business and other distribution related activities, as well as prior significant experience with AMG’s investments and relationships with its affiliates. Prior to AMG, significant business, investment and corporate finance experience within the financial services industry.

 

*

The Fund Complex consists of the 41 series of AMG Funds, AMG Funds I, AMG Funds II, AMG Funds III and AMG Funds IV, as well as AMG Pantheon Fund, LLC, and AMG Pantheon Master Fund, LLC.

**

Bruce Bingham was previously elected by shareholders and is set to retire on October 31, 2023, with respect to AMG Funds IV and December 31, 2023, with respect to AMG Funds, AMG Funds I, AMG Funds II and AMG Funds III. Due to Mr. Bingham’s upcoming retirement, he is not being put up for reelection, but will continue to serve until his retirement date.

***

Mr. Weston is an “interested person” of the Trusts within the meaning of the 1940 Act by virtue of his position with, and interest in securities of, AMG.

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“SEC”), do not constitute holding out the Board or any Nominee as having any special expertise or experience, and do not impose any greater responsibility or liability on any such person or on the Board as a whole than would otherwise be the case. The Board believes that the significance of each Nominee’s experience, qualifications, attributes or skills is an individual matter (meaning that experience that is important for one Nominee may not have the same value for another) and that these factors are best evaluated at the Board level, with no single Nominee, or particular factor, being indicative of Board effectiveness. However, the Board believes that Trustees need to be able to critically review, evaluate, question and discuss information provided to them, and to interact effectively with Trust management, service providers and counsel, in order to exercise effective business judgment in the performance of their duties. The Board believes that each of the Nominees has these abilities. Experience relevant to having these abilities may be achieved through a Nominee’s educational background; business, professional training or practice (e.g., finance or law), or academic positions; experience from service as a board member (including the Board) or as an executive of investment funds, significant private or not-for-profit entities or other organizations; and/or other life experiences. To assist them in evaluating matters under federal and state law, the Independent Trustees are counseled by their own separate, independent legal counsel, who participates in Board meetings and interacts with the Investment Manager, and also may benefit from information provided by the Trusts’ and the Investment Manager’s legal counsel. Both Independent Trustee and Trust counsel have significant experience advising funds and fund board members. The Board and its Committees have the ability to engage other experts, including the Funds’ independent public accounting firm, as appropriate. The Board evaluates its performance on an annual basis.

If the Nominees are elected, Mr. Rakowski would remain Independent Chairman.

Principal Officers of the Trusts

The Board elects the officers of the Trusts, provided that the Chief Compliance Officer must be approved by a majority of the Independent Trustees. The President, Treasurer and Secretary hold office until a successor has been duly elected and qualified, or in each case until he or she sooner dies, resigns, is removed or becomes disqualified. Other officers serve at the pleasure of the Trustees. The following table lists the names and ages of the officers, the positions held with the Trusts and length of time served, their principal business occupations during the past five years, and any directorships held in a public company or registered investment company during the past five years. The business address of each officer is 680 Washington Boulevard, Suite 500, Stamford, Connecticut 06901. None of the officers listed below receives compensation from any of the Funds. No changes to the officers of the Trusts are being proposed.

 

Name and

Age

at June 30, 2023

  

Position(s)

Held with the

Trusts and

Length of Time

Served

  

Principal Occupation(s) During

Past 5 Years

   Other Directorships

Held by Officer
During the Past 5 Years

Keitha L. Kinne,
65
   Chief Operating Officer of AMG Funds, AMG Funds I, AMG Funds II and AMG Funds III since 2007 and of AMG Funds IV since 2016; President, Chief Executive Officer and Principal Executive Officer since 2018    Managing Director, Head of Platform and Operations, AMG Funds LLC (2023-Present); Chief Operating Officer, AMG Funds LLC (2007-Present); Chief Investment Officer, AMG Funds LLC (2008-Present); President and Principal, AMG Distributors, Inc. (2018-Present); Chief Operating Officer, AMG Distributors, Inc. (2007-Present); President, Chief Executive Officer and Principal Executive Officer, AMG Funds, AMG Funds I, AMG Funds II, AMG Funds III and AMG Funds IV (2018-Present); Chief Operating Officer, AMG Funds, AMG Funds I, AMG Funds II and AMG    None.

 

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      Funds III (2007-Present); Chief Operating Officer, AMG Funds IV (2016-Present); Chief Operating Officer and Chief Investment Officer, Aston Asset Management, LLC (2016); President and Principal Executive Officer, AMG Funds, AMG Funds I, AMG Funds II and AMG Funds III (2012-2014); Managing Partner, AMG Funds LLC (2007-2014); President and Principal, AMG Distributors, Inc. (2012-2014); Managing Director, Legg Mason & Co., LLC (2006-2007); Managing Director, Citigroup Asset Management (2004-2006)   
Thomas G.
Disbrow,
57
   Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer since 2017    Vice President, Mutual Fund Treasurer & CFO, AMG Funds, AMG Funds LLC (2017-Present); Chief Financial Officer, Principal Financial Officer, Treasurer and Principal Accounting Officer, AMG Funds, AMG Funds I, AMG Funds II, AMG Funds III and AMG Funds IV (2017-Present); Managing Director—Global Head of Traditional Funds Product Control, UBS Asset Management (Americas), Inc. (2015-2017); Managing Director—Head of North American Funds Treasury, UBS Asset Management (Americas), Inc. (2011-2015)    None.
Mark J. Duggan,
58
   Secretary and Chief Legal Officer since 2015    Managing Director and Senior Counsel, AMG Funds LLC (2021-Present); Senior Vice President and Senior Counsel, AMG Funds LLC (2015-2021); Secretary and Chief Legal Officer, AMG Funds, AMG Funds I, AMG Funds II, AMG Funds III and AMG Funds IV (2015-Present); Attorney, K&L Gates, LLP (2009-2015)    None.
Patrick J.
Spellman,
49
   Chief Compliance Officer and Sarbanes-Oxley Code of Ethics Compliance Officer since 2019; Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer since 2022    Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer, AMG Funds LLC (2017-Present); Chief Compliance Officer, AMG Distributors, Inc. (2010-Present); Chief Compliance Officer and Sarbanes-Oxley Code of Ethics Compliance Officer, AMG Funds, AMG Funds I, AMG Funds II, AMG Funds III and AMG Funds IV (2019-Present); Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer, AMG Funds, AMG Funds I, AMG Funds II, and AMG Funds III (2014-2019; 2022-Present); Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer, AMG Funds IV (2016-2019; 2022-Present); Senior Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer, AMG Funds LLC (2011-2017); Compliance Manager, Legal and Compliance, Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (2005-2011)    None.

 

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John A. Starace,
52
   Deputy Treasurer since 2017    Vice President, Mutual Fund Accounting, AMG Funds LLC (2021-Present); Director, Mutual Fund Accounting, AMG Funds LLC (2017-2021); Vice President, Deputy Treasurer of Mutual Funds Services, AMG Funds LLC (2014-2017); Deputy Treasurer, AMG Funds, AMG Funds I, AMG Funds II, AMG Funds III and AMG Funds IV (2017-Present); Vice President, Citi Hedge Fund Services (2010-2014); Audit Senior Manager (2005-2010) and Audit Manager (2001-2005), Deloitte & Touche LLP    None.
Maureen M.
Kerrigan,
38
   Assistant Secretary since 2016    Vice President, Senior Counsel, AMG Funds LLC (2021-Present); Vice President, Counsel, AMG Funds LLC (2019-2021); Director, Counsel, AMG Funds LLC (2017-2018); Vice President, Counsel, AMG Funds LLC (2015-2017); Assistant Secretary, AMG Funds, AMG Funds I, AMG Funds II, AMG Funds III and AMG Funds IV (2016-Present); Associate, Ropes & Gray LLP (2011-2015); Law Fellow, Massachusetts Appleseed Center for Law and Justice (2010-2011)    None.

Trustee/Nominee Ownership of Shares

The following table illustrates the dollar range of shares of each Fund beneficially owned (as determined pursuant to Rule 16a-1(a)(2) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) by the Nominees, including all current Trustees, as of July 31, 2023. The dollar range for the securities represented in the table was determined using the net asset value of a share of each Fund as of the close of business on July 31, 2023.

 

  

Name of Fund(s)

   Dollar Range of
Securities in each
Fund
   Aggregate Dollar
Range of Securities
in All Registered
Investment
Companies Overseen
or to be Overseen by
Nominee in the
Family of Investment
Companies*
Trustees/Nominees who are not “interested persons” of the Trusts:
Bruce B. Bingham**   

AMG Yacktman Fund

AMG Yacktman Focused Fund

   Over $100,000

Over $100,000

   Over $100,000
Jill R. Cuniff    None    None    None
Kurt A. Keilhacker    AMG GW&K ESG Bond Fund    $50,001-$100,000    Over $100,000
Peter W. MacEwen    None    None    None

 

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Steven J. Paggioli  

AMG Montrusco Bolton Large Cap Growth Fund

AMG River Road Dividend All Cap Value Fund

AMG Yacktman Focused Fund

AMG Yacktman Special Opportunities Fund

  $50,001-$100,000

Over $100,000

$10,001-$50,000

$10,001-$50,000

  Over $100,000
Eric Rakowski  

AMG GW&K Global Allocation Fund

AMG TimesSquare Mid Cap Growth Fund

  $10,001-$50,000

$10,001-$50,000

  Over $100,000
Victoria L. Sassine  

AMG Boston Common Global Impact Fund

AMG GW&K Small/Mid Cap Core Fund

AMG River Road Focused Absolute Value Fund

AMG River Road Small Cap Value Fund

  $1-$10,000

$50,001-$100,000

$1-$10,000

Over $100,000

  Over $100,000
Trustee/Nominee who is an “interested person” of the Trusts:

Garret W. Weston

 

None

  None   $50,001-$100,000

 

*

The Family of Investment Companies consists of the series of AMG Funds, AMG Funds I, AMG Funds II, AMG Funds III, and AMG Funds IV, as well as AMG Pantheon Fund, LLC and AMG Pantheon Master Fund, LLC.

**

Mr. Bingham was previously elected by shareholders and is set to retire on October 31, 2023, with respect to AMG Funds IV and December 31, 2023, with respect to AMG Funds, AMG Funds I, AMG Funds II and AMG Funds III. Due to Mr. Bingham’s upcoming retirement, he is not being put up for reelection, but will continue to serve until his retirement date.

As of August 12, 2023, none of the Nominees who would be Independent Trustees of the Trust or their immediate family members had any interest in the Investment Manager or the Distributor, or any person controlling, controlled by or under common control with such persons, excluding the funds in the AMG Funds Family of Funds, AMG Pantheon Fund, LLC, and AMG Pantheon Master Fund, LLC. For this purpose, “immediate family member” includes a Nominee’s spouse, children residing in a Nominee’s household and dependents of a Nominee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, during the past five years, Mr. MacEwen did hold 2,536 shares of Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (“AMG”), the Investment Manager’s parent company, which he sold on August 11, 2023. As of August 12, 2023, Mr. MacEwen no longer holds any shares of AMG.

 

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Board Compensation

AMG Boston Common Global Impact Fund and AMG Veritas Global Real Return Fund

The following table sets forth the aggregate compensation paid by AMG Boston Common Global Impact Fund and AMG Veritas Global Real Return Fund to each Trustee and Incumbent Trustee Nominee for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2022.

 

Name of Trustee/Nominee

   Aggregate Compensation
from the Funds (a)
   Total Compensation
from the Fund Complex
Paid to Trustees (b)
Trustees/Nominees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust

Bruce B. Bingham (c)

   $9,063    $250,000

Kurt A. Keilhacker (d)

   $9,970    $316,000

Steven J. Paggioli

   $9,063    $250,000

Eric Rakowski (e)

   $11,058    $355,000

Victoria L. Sassine

   $9,063    $299,750
Trustee/Nominee who is an “interested person” of the Trust

Garret W. Weston

   None    None

 

(a)

Compensation is calculated for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2022. The Trust does not provide any pension or retirement benefits for the Trustees.

(b)

Total compensation includes compensation paid during the 12-month period ended September 30, 2022 for services as a Trustee to any fund currently in the Fund Complex, which consists of the series of AMG Funds, AMG Funds I, AMG Funds II, AMG Funds III, and AMG Funds IV, as well as AMG Pantheon Fund, LLC and AMG Pantheon Master Fund, LLC. As of September 30, 2022, each of Messrs. Bingham and Paggioli served as a trustee to 40 funds in the Fund Complex and each of Messrs. Keilhacker, Rakowski and Weston and Ms. Sassine served as a trustee or director to 42 funds in the Fund Complex.

(c)

Mr. Bingham was previously elected by shareholders and is set to retire on October 31, 2023, with respect to AMG Funds IV and December 31, 2023, with respect to AMG Funds, AMG Funds I, AMG Funds II and AMG Funds III. Due to Mr. Bingham’s upcoming retirement, he is not being put up for reelection, but will continue to serve until his retirement date.

(d)

Mr. Keilhacker receives an additional $25,000 annually for serving as the Audit Committee Chairman, which is reflected in the chart above.

(e)

Mr. Rakowski receives an additional $55,000 annually for serving as the Independent Chairman, which is reflected in the chart above.

AMG Beutel Goodman Core Plus Bond Fund, AMG Beutel Goodman International Equity Fund, AMG Frontier Small Cap Growth Fund, AMG GW&K Core Bond ESG Fund, AMG GW&K Emerging Markets Equity Fund, AMG GW&K Emerging Wealth Equity Fund, AMG GW&K Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund, AMG Montrusco Bolton Large Cap Growth Fund, AMG River Road Dividend All Cap Value Fund, AMG River Road Focused Absolute Value Fund, AMG River Road International Value Equity Fund, AMG River Road Large Cap Value Select Fund, AMG River Road Mid Cap Value Fund, AMG River Road Small-Mid Cap Value Fund, AMG River Road Small Cap Value Fund, AMG Veritas China Fund and AMG Veritas Global Focus Fund

The following table sets forth the aggregate compensation paid by AMG Beutel Goodman Core Plus Bond Fund, AMG Beutel Goodman International Equity Fund, AMG Frontier Small Cap Growth Fund, AMG GW&K Core Bond ESG Fund, AMG GW&K Emerging Markets Equity Fund, AMG GW&K Emerging Wealth Equity Fund, AMG GW&K Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund, AMG Montrusco Bolton Large Cap Growth Fund, AMG River Road Dividend All Cap Value Fund, AMG River Road Focused Absolute Value Fund, AMG River Road International Value Equity Fund, AMG River Road Large Cap Value Select Fund, AMG River Road Mid Cap Value Fund, AMG River Road Small-Mid Cap Value Fund, AMG River Road Small Cap Value Fund, AMG

 

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Veritas China Fund and AMG Veritas Global Focus Fund to each Trustee and Incumbent Trustee Nominee for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2022.

 

Name of Trustee/Nominee

   Aggregate Compensation
from the Funds (a)
   Total Compensation
from the Fund Complex
Paid to Trustees (b)
Trustees/Nominees who are not “interested persons” of the Trusts

Bruce B. Bingham (c)

   $32,758    $250,000

Kurt A. Keilhacker (d)

   $36,034    $316,000

Steven J. Paggioli

   $32,758    $250,000

Eric Rakowski (e)

   $39,964    $355,000

Victoria L. Sassine

   $32,758    $299,750
Trustee/Nominee who is an “interested person” of the Trusts

Garret W. Weston

   None    None

 

(a)

Compensation is calculated for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2022. The Trust does not provide any pension or retirement benefits for the Trustees.

(b)

Total compensation includes compensation paid during the 12-month period ended October 31, 2022 for services as a Trustee to any fund currently in the Fund Complex, which consists of the series of AMG Funds, AMG Funds I, AMG Funds II, AMG Funds III, and AMG Funds IV, as well as AMG Pantheon Fund, LLC and AMG Pantheon Master Fund, LLC. As of October 31, 2022, each of Messrs. Bingham and Paggioli served as a trustee to 40 funds in the Fund Complex and each of Messrs. Keilhacker, Rakowski and Weston and Ms. Sassine served as a trustee or director to 42 funds in the Fund Complex.

(c)

Mr. Bingham was previously elected by shareholders and is set to retire on October 31, 2023, with respect to AMG Funds IV and December 31, 2023, with respect to AMG Funds, AMG Funds I, AMG Funds II and AMG Funds III. Due to Mr. Bingham’s upcoming retirement, he is not being put up for reelection, but will continue to serve until his retirement date.

(d)

Mr. Keilhacker receives an additional $25,000 annually for serving as the Audit Committee Chairman, which is reflected in the chart above.

(e)

Mr. Rakowski receives an additional $55,000 annually for serving as the Independent Chairman, which is reflected in the chart above.

AMG GW&K Enhanced Core Bond ESG Fund, AMG GW&K ESG Bond Fund, AMG GW&K Global Allocation Fund, AMG GW&K High Income Fund, AMG GW&K Municipal Bond Fund, AMG GW&K Municipal Enhanced Yield Fund, AMG GW&K Small Cap Core Fund, AMG GW&K Small Cap Value Fund, AMG GW&K Small/Mid Cap Core Fund, AMG Renaissance Large Cap Growth Fund, AMG TimesSquare Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund, AMG TimesSquare Global Small Cap Fund, AMG TimesSquare International Small Cap Fund, AMG TimesSquare Mid Cap Growth Fund, AMG TimesSquare Small Cap Growth Fund, AMG Veritas Asia Pacific Fund, AMG Yacktman Focused Fund, AMG Yacktman Fund, AMG Yacktman Global Fund and AMG Yacktman Special Opportunities Fund

The following table sets forth the aggregate compensation paid by AMG GW&K Enhanced Core Bond ESG Fund, AMG GW&K ESG Bond Fund, AMG GW&K Global Allocation Fund, AMG GW&K High Income Fund, AMG GW&K Municipal Bond Fund, AMG GW&K Municipal Enhanced Yield Fund, AMG GW&K Small Cap Core Fund, AMG GW&K Small Cap Value Fund, AMG GW&K Small/Mid Cap Core Fund, AMG Renaissance Large Cap Growth Fund, AMG TimesSquare Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund, AMG TimesSquare Global Small Cap Fund, AMG TimesSquare International Small Cap Fund, AMG TimesSquare Mid Cap Growth Fund, AMG TimesSquare Small Cap Growth Fund, AMG Veritas Asia Pacific Fund, AMG Yacktman Focused Fund, AMG Yacktman Fund, AMG Yacktman Global Fund and AMG Yacktman Special Opportunities Fund to each Trustee and Incumbent Trustee Nominee for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022.

 

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Name of Trustee/Nominee

   Aggregate Compensation
from the Funds (a)
   Total Compensation
from the Fund Complex
Paid to Trustees (b)
Trustees/Nominees who are not “interested persons” of the Trusts

Bruce B. Bingham (c)

   $213,480    $250,000

Kurt A. Keilhacker (d)

   $234,829    $316,000

Steven J. Paggioli

   $213,480    $250,000

Eric Rakowski (e)

   $260,446    $356,000

Victoria L. Sassine

   $213,480    $301,000
Trustee/Nominee who is an “interested person” of the Trusts

Garret W. Weston

   None    None

 

(a)

Compensation is calculated for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022. The Trust does not provide any pension or retirement benefits for the Trustees.

(b)

Total compensation includes compensation paid during the 12-month period ended December 31, 2022 for services as a Trustee to any fund currently in the Fund Complex, which consists of the series of AMG Funds, AMG Funds I, AMG Funds II, AMG Funds III, and AMG Funds IV, as well as AMG Pantheon Fund, LLC and AMG Pantheon Master Fund, LLC. As of December 31, 2022, each of Messrs. Bingham and Paggioli served as a trustee to 40 funds in the Fund Complex and each of Messrs. Keilhacker, Rakowski and Weston and Ms. Sassine served as a trustee or director to 42 funds in the Fund Complex.

(c)

Mr. Bingham was previously elected by shareholders and is set to retire on October 31, 2023, with respect to AMG Funds IV and December 31, 2023, with respect to AMG Funds, AMG Funds I, AMG Funds II and AMG Funds III. Due to Mr. Bingham’s upcoming retirement, he is not being put up for reelection, but will continue to serve until his retirement date.

(d)

Mr. Keilhacker receives an additional $25,000 annually for serving as the Audit Committee Chairman, which is reflected in the chart above.

(e)

Mr. Rakowski receives an additional $55,000 annually for serving as the Independent Chairman, which is reflected in the chart above.

AMG GW&K International Small Cap Fund

The following table sets forth the aggregate compensation paid by AMG GW&K International Small Cap Fund to each Trustee and Incumbent Trustee Nominee for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2023.

 

Name of Trustee/Nominee

   Aggregate Compensation
from the Fund (a)
   Total Compensation from
the Fund Complex Paid
to Trustees (b)
Trustees/Nominees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust

Bruce B. Bingham (c)

   $379    $250,000

Kurt A. Keilhacker (d)

   $417    $321,500

Steven J. Paggioli

   $379    $250,000

Eric Rakowski (e)

   $464    $361,500

Victoria L. Sassine

   $379    $306,500
Trustee/Nominee who is an “interested person” of the Trust

Garret W. Weston

   None    None

 

(a)

Compensation is calculated for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2023. The Trust does not provide any pension or retirement benefits for the Trustees.

(b)

Total compensation includes compensation paid during the 12-month period ended May 31, 2023 for services as a Trustee to any fund currently in the Fund Complex, which consists of the series of AMG Funds, AMG Funds I, AMG Funds II, AMG Funds III, and AMG Funds IV, as well as AMG Pantheon Fund, LLC and AMG Pantheon Master Fund, LLC. As of May 31, 2023, each of Messrs. Bingham and

 

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  Paggioli served as a trustee to 41 funds in the Fund Complex, and each of Messrs. Keilhacker, Rakowski and Weston and Ms. Sassine served as a trustee or director to 43 funds in the Fund Complex.
(c)

Mr. Bingham was previously elected by shareholders and is set to retire on October 31, 2023, with respect to AMG Funds IV and December 31, 2023, with respect to AMG Funds, AMG Funds I, AMG Funds II and AMG Funds III. Due to Mr. Bingham’s upcoming retirement, he is not being put up for reelection, but will continue to serve until his retirement date.

(d)

Mr. Keilhacker receives an additional $25,000 annually for serving as the Audit Committee Chairman, which is reflected in the chart above.

(e)

Mr. Rakowski receives an additional $55,000 annually for serving as the Independent Chairman, which is reflected in the chart above.

In addition, on July 25, 2023, the Board appointed Ms. Cuniff and Mr. MacEwen as consultants to the Board with respect to the Funds until terminated by each Trust in its sole discretion or by Ms. Cuniff or Mr. MacEwen, as applicable, in their sole discretion. As compensation for their services, Ms. Cuniff and Mr.  MacEwen each receive a retainer of $31,250 per calendar quarter, payable by the Funds.

Committees and Meetings of the Board

The Board has an Audit Committee and a Governance Committee. The Audit Committee and Governance Committee are composed solely of Independent Trustees. The following table identifies the members of those committees, the number of meetings of each committee held during the fiscal years ended September 30, 2022, October 31, 2022, December 31, 2022, and May 31, 2023, and the function of each committee:

 

Committee

   Members of Committee   Number
of
Meetings
  

Principal Functions of Committee

Governance Committee    Bruce B. Bingham

Kurt A. Keilhacker

Steven J. Paggioli

Eric Rakowski*

Victoria L. Sassine

  Fiscal year
ended
9/30/22: 2

 

Fiscal year
ended
10/31/22: 2

 

Fiscal year
ended
12/31/22: 2

 

Fiscal year
ended
5/31/23: 2

   Under the terms of its charter, the Governance Committee is empowered to perform a variety of functions on behalf of the Board, including responsibility to make recommendations with respect to the following matters: (i) individuals to be appointed or nominated for election as Independent Trustees; (ii) the designation and responsibilities of the chairperson of the Board (who shall be an Independent Trustee) and Board committees, such other officers of the Board, if any, as the Governance Committee deems appropriate, and officers of the Funds; (iii) the compensation to be paid to Independent Trustees; and (iv) other matters the Governance Committee deems necessary or appropriate. The Governance Committee is also empowered to: (i) set any desired standards or qualifications for service as a Trustee; (ii) conduct self-evaluations of the performance of the Trustees and help facilitate the Board’s evaluation of the performance of the Board at least annually; (iii) oversee the selection of independent legal counsel to the Independent Trustees and review reports from independent legal counsel regarding potential conflicts of interest; and (iv) consider and evaluate any other matter the Governance Committee deems necessary or appropriate. It is the policy of the Governance Committee to consider nominees recommended by shareholders.

 

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Audit
Committee
   Bruce B. Bingham

Kurt A.
Keilhacker*

Steven J. Paggioli

Eric Rakowski

Victoria L. Sassine

  Fiscal year
ended
9/30/22: 2

 

Fiscal year
ended
10/31/22: 2

 

Fiscal year
ended
12/31/22: 2

 

Fiscal year
ended
5/31/23: 2

   Under the terms of its charter, the Audit Committee (a) acts for the Trustees in overseeing the Trusts’ financial reporting and auditing processes; (b) receives and reviews communications from the independent registered public accounting firm relating to its review of the Funds’ financial statements; (c) reviews and assesses the performance, approves the compensation, and approves or ratifies the appointment, retention or termination of the Trusts’ independent registered public accounting firm; (d) meets periodically with the independent registered public accounting firm to review the annual audits of the series of the Trusts, including the audits of the Funds, and pre-approves the audit services provided by the independent registered public accounting firm; (e) considers and acts upon proposals for the independent registered public accounting firm to provide non-audit services to the Trusts or the Investment Manager or its affiliates to the extent that such approval is required by applicable laws or regulations; (f) considers and reviews with the independent registered public accounting firm, periodically as the need arises, but not less frequently than annually, matters bearing upon the registered public accounting firm’s status as “independent” under applicable standards of independence established from time to time by the SEC and other regulatory authorities; and (g) reviews and reports to the full Board with respect to any material accounting, tax, valuation or recordkeeping issues of which the Audit Committee is aware that may affect the Trusts, the Trusts’ financial statements or the amount of any dividend or distribution right, among other matters. The chairman of the Audit Committee or his designee also may carry out the duties of the Board’s pricing oversight committee from time to time.

 

*

Chairman of committee.

Governance Committee.

The Governance Committee of each Trust operates pursuant to a written charter. The charters were most recently amended on December 17, 2014 and are included in Appendix C.

When a vacancy on the Board exists or is anticipated, the Governance Committee or a sub-committee thereof shall identify candidates by obtaining referrals from such sources as it may deem appropriate, which may include current Trustees, management of the Funds, counsel and other advisors to the Trustees, and shareholders of a Fund who submit recommendations in accordance with these procedures.

The Governance Committee shall consider any such candidate recommended by a shareholder of a Fund if such recommendation contains sufficient background information concerning the candidate and is received in a sufficiently timely manner (and in any event no later than the date specified for receipt of shareholder proposals in any applicable proxy statement with respect to a Fund). Shareholders shall be directed to address any such recommendations to the attention of the Governance Committee, c/o the Secretary of the Funds, 680 Washington Boulevard, Suite 500, Stamford, Connecticut 06901.

 

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In evaluating a candidate for a position on the Board, including any candidate recommended by shareholders of a Fund, the Governance Committee shall consider the following: (i) the candidate’s knowledge in matters relating to the mutual fund industry; (ii) any experience possessed by the candidate as a director or senior officer of other public companies; (iii) the candidate’s educational background, reputation for high ethical standards and professional integrity; (iv) any specific financial, technical or other expertise possessed by the candidate, and the extent to which such expertise would complement the Board’s existing mix of skills, core competencies and qualifications; (v) the candidate’s perceived ability to contribute to the ongoing functions of the Board, including the candidate’s ability and commitment to attend meetings regularly and work collaboratively with other members of the Board; (vi) the candidate’s ability to qualify as an Independent Trustee for purposes of the 1940 Act if it is intended that the candidate serve as an Independent Trustee; and (vii) such other factors as the Governance Committee determines to be relevant in light of the existing composition of the Board and any anticipated vacancies. Prior to making a final recommendation to the Board, the Governance Committee shall conduct personal interviews with those candidates it concludes are the most qualified candidates.

The Governance Committee takes the overall diversity of the Board into account when considering and evaluating candidates for Independent Trustee. While the Governance Committee has not adopted a specific policy on diversity or a particular definition of diversity, when considering candidates, the Governance Committee generally considers the manner in which each candidate’s business experience, background, race, gender and national origin are complementary to the existing Independent Trustees’ attributes.

Each incumbent Independent Trustee Nominee was originally recommended to the Board for approval as an Independent Trustee by the Independent Trustees. Each New Trustee Nominee was recommended to the Board for approval as an Independent Trustee by the Independent Trustees.

Shareholder Communications.

The Board provides a process by which shareholders may send communications to the Board. Shareholders may mail written communications to the attention of the Board, or specified individual Trustees, 680 Washington Boulevard, Suite 500, Stamford, Connecticut 06901. All shareholder communications are reviewed by the Trusts’ Chief Legal Officer, who will forward them to the Board as appropriate.

Required Vote

With respect to Proposal 1, Trustees of each Trust are elected by the affirmative vote of a plurality of shares of that Trust voting at the Meeting, either in person or by proxy with respect to such proposal. This means that the Nominees who receive the largest number of votes will be elected as Trustees. In the election of Trustees, votes may be cast in favor of a Nominee or withheld. Proposal 1 will be voted on by all shareholders of each Trust on a Trust-by-Trust basis.

If quorum for Proposal 1 is not obtained, the Incumbent Trustee Nominees, as well as Mr. Bingham, will continue to serve on the Board but the two new nominees will not be elected to the Board. If quorum for Proposal 1 is obtained, the Nominees will be elected by the affirmative vote of the holders of a plurality of each Trust’s shares present at the meeting in person or by proxy. Please see the section entitled “Overview of the Proposals – Voting Procedures” on page 4 for the quorum requirements for each Trust.

Board recommendation on Proposal 1

THE TRUSTEES UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMEND THAT SHAREHOLDERS OF THE FUNDS VOTE “FOR” PROPOSAL 1.

 

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PROPOSAL 2: APPROVAL OF THE AMENDMENT OF CERTAIN FUNDAMENTAL INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS OF EACH APPLICABLE FUND

Affected Funds

 

AMG Funds II    AMG Funds IV
AMG GW&K Global Allocation Fund    AMG River Road Dividend All Cap Value Fund
   AMG River Road Focused Absolute Value Fund
AMG Funds III    AMG River Road Small-Mid Cap Value Fund
AMG GW&K High Income Fund    AMG River Road Small Cap Value Fund
AMG Veritas Asia Pacific Fund   

As described in the following sub-proposals, the Trustees recommend that the shareholders of the Proposal 2 Funds approve updates to, and the standardization of, certain of such Funds’ fundamental investment restrictions with the other Funds in the AMG Funds Family of Funds through the amendment of the restrictions as described below. The proposed changes are intended to update and standardize certain of the Proposal 2 Funds’ fundamental investment restrictions, while continuing to fully satisfy the requirements of the 1940 Act, and the rules and regulations thereunder. The proposed changes are designed to provide the Proposal 2 Funds with increased flexibility to respond to market, industry and regulatory changes. There may be additional risks associated with such increased flexibility, as described below. Also, the proposed changes are intended to reduce administrative burdens and ongoing costs to the AMG Funds Family of Funds by simplifying and making uniform the fundamental investment restrictions across most of the other Funds in the AMG Funds Family of Funds. Furthermore, the Investment Manager has indicated that, other than as described in this Joint Proxy Statement, it has no present intention to change in any significant way the Proposal 2 Funds’ investment strategies or the manner in which the Proposal 2 Funds are managed in connection with the approval of these sub-proposals. Each Proposal 2 Fund has additional fundamental investment restrictions that are not intended to be changed in connection with, and are beyond the scope of, this Joint Proxy Statement.

As to sub-proposals 2.A through 2.D, the shareholders of each applicable Proposal 2 Fund will vote separately on a sub-proposal-by-sub-proposal basis.

The 1940 Act requires registered investment companies like the Funds to adopt “fundamental” investment restrictions governing certain of their investment practices. Investment companies may also voluntarily designate restrictions relating to other investment practices as “fundamental.” The following charts set forth the existing and proposed fundamental investment restrictions of the Proposal 2 Funds with respect to borrowing, issuing senior securities and lending.

 

   

Existing
Fundamental
Investment
Restriction of AMG
GW&K Global
Allocation Fund,
AMG GW&K High
Income Fund and
AMG Veritas Asia
Pacific Fund

 

Existing
Fundamental
Investment
Restriction of AMG
River Road Focused
Absolute Value Fund

 

Existing
Fundamental
Investment
Restriction of AMG
River Road Dividend
All Cap Value Fund
and AMG River
Road Small Cap
Value Fund

 

Existing
Fundamental
Investment
Restriction of AMG
River Road
Small-Mid Cap
Value Fund

 

Proposed
Fundamental
Investment
Restriction

Borrowing   The Fund may not borrow money, except (i) in amounts not to exceed 33 1/3% of the value of the Fund’s total assets   The Fund may not borrow money, except that the Fund may borrow from banks and enter into reverse repurchase       The Fund may borrow money to the extent permitted by the Investment Company Act of 1940, or the rules or regulations

 

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Existing
Fundamental
Investment
Restriction of AMG
GW&K Global
Allocation Fund,
AMG GW&K High
Income Fund and
AMG Veritas Asia
Pacific Fund

 

Existing
Fundamental
Investment
Restriction of AMG
River Road Focused
Absolute Value Fund

 

Existing
Fundamental
Investment
Restriction of AMG
River Road Dividend
All Cap Value Fund
and AMG River
Road Small Cap
Value Fund

 

Existing
Fundamental
Investment
Restriction of AMG
River Road
Small-Mid Cap
Value Fund

 

Proposed
Fundamental
Investment
Restriction

 

(including the amount borrowed) taken at market value from banks or through reverse repurchase agreements or

forward roll transactions, (ii) up to an additional 5% of its total assets for temporary purposes, (iii) in connection with short-term credits as may be necessary for the clearance of purchases and sales of portfolio securities and (iv) the Fund may purchase securities on margin to the extent permitted by applicable law.

  agreements for temporary purposes in amounts up to one-third of the value of its total assets at the time of such borrowing.       thereunder, as such statute, rules or regulations may be amended from time to time, or by regulatory guidance or interpretations of, or any exemptive order or other relief issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor organization or their staff under, such Act, rules or regulations.
Issuing Senior Securities   The Fund may not issue senior securities.         The Fund may issue senior securities to the extent permitted by the Investment Company Act of 1940, or the rules or regulations thereunder, as such statute, rules or regulations may be amended from time to time, or by regulatory

 

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Existing
Fundamental
Investment
Restriction of AMG
GW&K Global
Allocation Fund,
AMG GW&K High
Income Fund and
AMG Veritas Asia
Pacific Fund

 

Existing
Fundamental
Investment
Restriction of AMG
River Road Focused
Absolute Value Fund

 

Existing
Fundamental
Investment
Restriction of AMG
River Road Dividend
All Cap Value Fund
and AMG River
Road Small Cap
Value Fund

 

Existing
Fundamental
Investment
Restriction of AMG
River Road
Small-Mid Cap
Value Fund

 

Proposed
Fundamental
Investment
Restriction

          guidance or interpretations of, or any exemptive order or other relief issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor organization or their staff under, such Act, rules or regulations.
Borrowing and Issuing Senior Securities       The Fund may not borrow money or issue senior securities, except that the Fund may borrow from banks and enter into reverse repurchase agreements for temporary purposes in amounts up to one-third of the value of its total assets at the time of such borrowing. The Funds may not mortgage, pledge or hypothecate any assets, except in connection with any such borrowing and in amounts not in excess of the lesser of the dollar amounts borrowed or 10% of the value of the  

The Fund may not borrow money or issue senior securities, except that a Fund may borrow from banks and enter into reverse repurchase agreements for temporary purposes in amounts up to one-third of the value of its total assets at the time of such borrowing.

 

The Fund may not issue senior securities (as defined in the 1940 Act), except in connection with permitted borrowings as described above or as permitted by rule, regulation or order of the SEC.

  The Fund may borrow money and issue senior securities to the extent permitted by the Investment Company Act of 1940, or the rules or regulations thereunder, as such statute, rules or regulations may be amended from time to time, or by regulatory guidance or interpretations of, or any exemptive order or other relief issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor organization or their staff under, such Act, rules or regulations.

 

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Existing
Fundamental
Investment
Restriction of AMG
GW&K Global
Allocation Fund,
AMG GW&K High
Income Fund and
AMG Veritas Asia
Pacific Fund

 

Existing
Fundamental
Investment
Restriction of AMG
River Road Focused
Absolute Value Fund

 

Existing
Fundamental
Investment
Restriction of AMG
River Road Dividend
All Cap Value Fund
and AMG River
Road Small Cap
Value Fund

 

Existing
Fundamental
Investment
Restriction of AMG
River Road
Small-Mid Cap
Value Fund

 

Proposed
Fundamental
Investment
Restriction

     

total assets of the Fund at the time of its borrowing. All borrowings will be done from a bank and asset coverage of at least 300% is required. A Fund will not purchase securities when borrowings exceed 5% of that Fund’s total assets.

 

The Fund may not issue senior securities (as defined in the 1940 Act), except in connection with permitted borrowings as described above or as permitted by rule, regulation or order of the SEC.

   

 

    

Existing Fundamental Investment Restriction of AMG
River Road Dividend All Cap Value Fund, AMG River
Road Small Cap Value Fund and AMG River Road
Small-Mid Cap Value Fund

  

Proposed Fundamental Investment Restriction

Lending    The Fund may not make loans, except that this restriction shall not prohibit (a) the purchase and holding of debt instruments in accordance with the Fund’s investment objectives and policies, (b) the lending of portfolio securities, or (c) the entry into repurchase agreements with banks or broker-dealers.    The Fund may lend money to the extent permitted by the Investment Company Act of 1940, or the rules or regulations thereunder, as such statute, rules or regulations may be amended from time to time, or by regulatory guidance or interpretations of, or any exemptive order or other relief issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor organization or their staff under, such Act, rules or regulations.

 

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Background

As noted above, the 1940 Act requires registered investment companies like the Funds to adopt fundamental investment restrictions governing certain of their investment practices. Under the 1940 Act, a “fundamental” policy of a fund cannot be changed without the vote of a “majority of the outstanding voting securities” of the fund. A majority of the outstanding voting securities is defined in the 1940 Act as the lesser of (a) 67% or more of the voting securities present at a meeting if the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities are present or represented by proxy, or (b) more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities.

The differences between the current and proposed fundamental investment restrictions of the Proposal 2 Funds are discussed below. The Investment Manager believes that the fundamental investment restrictions as proposed to be amended preserve important investor protections while providing increased flexibility to respond to changing markets, new investment opportunities and future changes in applicable law. There may be additional risks associated with such increased flexibility, as described below. Furthermore, the Investment Manager has indicated that, other than as described in this Joint Proxy Statement, it has no current intention to change in any significant way the Proposal 2 Funds’ investment strategies or the manner in which the Proposal 2 Funds are managed in connection with the approval of this proposal. To the extent that the 1940 Act, or the rules and regulations thereunder, as such statute, rules or regulations may be amended from time to time, require a Trust to seek a shareholder vote before changing a Fund’s fundamental investment restriction, the Trust will seek to obtain such shareholder vote.

 

  2.A.

AMEND FUNDAMENTAL INVESTMENT RESTRICTION WITH RESPECT TO BORROWING

Affected Funds: AMG GW&K Global Allocation Fund, AMG GW&K High Income Fund, AMG River Road Focused Absolute Value Fund and AMG Veritas Asia Pacific Fund

The 1940 Act generally permits a fund to borrow money in amounts of up to 33 1/3% of its total assets (including the amount borrowed) from banks for any purpose. The 1940 Act requires that after any borrowing from a bank a fund shall maintain an asset coverage of at least 300% for all of the fund’s borrowings, and, in the event that such asset coverage shall at any time fall below 300%, a fund must, within three days thereafter (not including Sundays and holidays), reduce the amount of its borrowings to an extent that the asset coverage of all of the fund’s borrowings shall be at least 300%. In addition to the foregoing borrowings, a fund may borrow up to 5% of its total assets from banks or other lenders for temporary purposes (a loan is presumed to be for temporary purposes if it is repaid within 60 days and is not extended or renewed).

The current fundamental investment restriction of each of AMG GW&K Global Allocation Fund, AMG GW&K High Income Fund and AMG Veritas Asia Pacific Fund with respect to borrowing is as follows:

The Fund may not borrow money, except (i) in amounts not to exceed 33 1/3% of the value of the Fund’s total assets (including the amount borrowed) taken at market value from banks or through reverse repurchase agreements or forward roll transactions, (ii) up to an additional 5% of its total assets for temporary purposes, (iii) in connection with short-term credits as may be necessary for the clearance of purchases and sales of portfolio securities and (iv) the Fund may purchase securities on margin to the extent permitted by applicable law.

AMG River Road Focused Absolute Value Fund’s fundamental investment restriction with respect to borrowing is as follows:

The Fund may not borrow money, except that the Fund may borrow from banks and enter into reverse repurchase agreements for temporary purposes in amounts up to one-third of the value of its total assets at the time of such borrowing.

 

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If this sub-proposal is approved, the new fundamental investment restriction of each of AMG GW&K Global Allocation Fund, AMG GW&K High Income Fund, AMG River Road Focused Absolute Value Fund and AMG Veritas Asia Pacific Fund with respect to borrowing would read:

The Fund may borrow money to the extent permitted by the Investment Company Act of 1940, or the rules or regulations thereunder, as such statute, rules or regulations may be amended from time to time, or by regulatory guidance or interpretations of, or any exemptive order or other relief issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor organization or their staff under, such Act, rules or regulations.

The Trustees recommend that the Funds noted above amend their current fundamental restriction to allow each such Fund to borrow money to the extent permitted under applicable law or any applicable exemptive order or orders or other relief. The proposed amendment would have the effect of conforming the Funds’ restriction more closely to the 1940 Act statutory and regulatory requirements and restrictions, as they may exist from time to time, as modified by any applicable exemptive order or other relief, without incurring the time and expense of obtaining shareholder approval to change the restriction as those requirements change. In addition, the proposed amendment would reduce administrative burdens by simplifying and making uniform the fundamental investment restriction with respect to borrowing money across most of the other Funds in the AMG Funds Family of Funds.

To satisfy redemption requests or to cover unanticipated cash shortfalls (due to “sales fails” or other factors), eligible Funds in the AMG Funds Family of Funds have entered into a master interfund lending agreement (“Interfund Lending Agreement”) under which a Fund would lend money and borrow money for temporary purposes directly to and from another eligible Fund in the AMG Funds Family of Funds through a credit facility (each an “Interfund Loan”), subject to meeting the conditions of an SEC exemptive order granted to the AMG Funds Family of Funds permitting such interfund lending (AMG Funds LLC, et al., Investment Company Release Nos. 28748 (May 28, 2009) (notice) and 28770 (June 23, 2009) (order)) (the “AMG Funds Interfund Lending Order”). No Fund may borrow more than the lesser of the amount permitted by Section 18 of the 1940 Act, and the rules and regulations thereunder, as modified by the AMG Funds Interfund Lending Order and any other applicable SEC exemptive order or other relief, or the amount permitted by its fundamental investment restrictions. All Interfund Loans will consist only of uninvested cash reserves that a Fund otherwise would invest in short-term repurchase agreements or other short-term instruments either directly or through a money market fund. The current fundamental investment restriction on borrowing for each of AMG GW&K Global Allocation Fund, AMG GW&K High Income Fund and AMG Veritas Asia Pacific Fund limits the extent to which the Fund can participate in the Interfund Lending Agreement as a borrower. AMG River Road Focused Absolute Value Fund’s current fundamental investment restriction on borrowing does not permit the Fund to participate in the Interfund Lending Agreement as a borrower. The proposed amendment to the Funds’ fundamental investment restriction with respect to borrowing would have the effect of increasing the Funds’ current ability to borrow money and of permitting the Funds to participate in the Interfund Lending Agreement to the same extent as other eligible Funds in the AMG Funds Family of Funds. The Investment Manager and the Board believe that the ability to participate in the Interfund Lending Agreement to such an extent would benefit the Funds, including because Funds engaging in interfund lending are generally able to borrow at lower interest rates than those that would be payable under short-term loans by banks or custodian overdrafts. If this sub-proposal is approved, under current laws, as modified by the AMG Funds Interfund Lending Order, generally a Fund would be able to borrow through an Interfund Loan on an unsecured basis if its outstanding borrowings from all sources immediately after the interfund borrowing would total 10% or less of its total assets, and if a Fund’s total outstanding borrowings immediately after the interfund borrowing would be greater than 10% of its total assets, the Fund would be able to borrow through an Interfund Loan on a secured basis, provided that the Fund may not borrow through an Interfund Loan or from any other source if its total outstanding borrowings immediately after such borrowing would exceed 33 1/3% of the value of the Fund’s total assets. The Investment Manager and the Board believe that the ability to engage in interfund lending is in the best interests of each Fund. The Investment Manager anticipates that the Funds will engage in interfund lending if this sub-proposal is approved.

 

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  2.B.

AMEND FUNDAMENTAL INVESTMENT RESTRICTION WITH RESPECT TO ISSUING SENIOR SECURITIES

Affected Funds: AMG GW&K Global Allocation Fund, AMG GW&K High Income Fund and AMG Veritas Asia Pacific Fund

Under Section 18(f)(1) of the 1940 Act, an open-end investment company may not issue senior securities, except that it may borrow from banks, for any purpose, up to 33 1/3% of its total assets (including the amount borrowed). Generally, a “senior security” means any bond, debenture, note or similar instrument or obligation having priority over a fund’s common shares for purposes of distributions and the payment of dividends. Under the 1940 Act, a senior security does not include any promissory note or evidence of indebtedness where such loan is for temporary purposes only and in an amount not exceeding 5% of the value of the total assets of the fund at the time the loan is made (a loan is presumed to be for temporary purposes if it is repaid within 60 days and is not extended or renewed).

The current fundamental investment restriction of each of AMG GW&K Global Allocation Fund, AMG GW&K High Income Fund and AMG Veritas Asia Pacific Fund with respect to issuing senior securities is as follows:

The Fund may not issue senior securities.

In addition, with respect to each Fund, the following disclosure in the SAI further clarifies the restriction. This language is not part of the fundamental investment restriction:

For purposes of [the investment restriction], issuing senior securities shall not be considered to include (without limitation): borrowing money, making loans, the issuance of shares of beneficial interest in multiple classes or series, the deferral of Trustees’ fees, the purchase or sale of derivative instruments, such as options, futures contracts, options on futures contracts, forward commitments and swaps, and entering into repurchase agreements, reverse repurchase agreements, roll transactions and short sales, in accordance with the Fund’s investment policies and applicable law.

If this sub-proposal is approved, the new fundamental investment restriction of each of AMG GW&K Global Allocation Fund, AMG GW&K High Income Fund and AMG Veritas Asia Pacific Fund with respect to issuing senior securities would read:

The Fund may issue senior securities to the extent permitted by the Investment Company Act of 1940, or the rules or regulations thereunder, as such statute, rules or regulations may be amended from time to time, or by regulatory guidance or interpretations of, or any exemptive order or other relief issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor organization or their staff under, such Act, rules or regulations.

The Trustees recommend that the Funds noted above amend their current fundamental restriction to allow each such Fund to issue senior securities to the extent permitted under applicable law or any applicable exemptive order or orders or other relief. Due to the added flexibility provided in the proposed amendment, if the proposed amendment is adopted, then the explanatory note clarifying the existing fundamental investment restriction relating to senior securities and pledging assets in the SAIs, as noted above, would be removed. The proposed amendment would have the effect of conforming the Funds’ restriction more closely to the 1940 Act statutory and regulatory requirements and restrictions, as they may exist from time to time, as modified by any applicable exemptive order or other relief, without incurring the time and expense of obtaining shareholder approval to change the restriction as those requirements change. In addition, the proposed amendment would reduce administrative burdens by simplifying and making uniform the fundamental investment restriction with respect to issuing senior securities across most of the other Funds in the AMG Funds Family of Funds. The Investment Manager has indicated that it has no current intention to change the investment strategy of any of the applicable Funds in connection with this change in fundamental investment restriction.

 

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  2.C.

AMEND FUNDAMENTAL INVESTMENT RESTRICTION WITH RESPECT TO BORROWING AND ISSUING SENIOR SECURITIES

Affected Funds: AMG River Road Dividend All Cap Value Fund, AMG River Road Small-Mid Cap Value Fund and AMG River Road Small Cap Value Fund

The 1940 Act generally permits a fund to borrow money in amounts of up to 33 1/3% of its total assets (including the amount borrowed) from banks for any purpose. The 1940 Act requires that after any borrowing from a bank a fund shall maintain an asset coverage of at least 300% for all of the fund’s borrowings, and, in the event that such asset coverage shall at any time fall below 300%, a fund must, within three days thereafter (not including Sundays and holidays), reduce the amount of its borrowings to an extent that the asset coverage of all of the fund’s borrowings shall be at least 300%. In addition to the foregoing borrowings, a fund may borrow up to 5% of its total assets from banks or other lenders for temporary purposes (a loan is presumed to be for temporary purposes if it is repaid within 60 days and is not extended or renewed).

Under Section 18(f)(1) of the 1940 Act, an open-end investment company may not issue senior securities, except that it may borrow from banks, for any purpose, up to 33 1/3% of its total assets (including the amount borrowed). Generally, a “senior security” means any bond, debenture, note or similar instrument or obligation having priority over a fund’s common shares for purposes of distributions and the payment of dividends. Under the 1940 Act, a senior security does not include any promissory note or evidence of indebtedness where such loan is for temporary purposes only and in an amount not exceeding 5% of the value of the total assets of the fund at the time the loan is made (a loan is presumed to be for temporary purposes if it is repaid within 60 days and is not extended or renewed).

The current fundamental investment restrictions of each of AMG River Road Dividend All Cap Value Fund and AMG River Road Small Cap Value Fund with respect to borrowing and issuing senior securities are as follows:

The Fund may not borrow money or issue senior securities, except that the Fund may borrow from banks and enter into reverse repurchase agreements for temporary purposes in amounts up to one-third of the value of its total assets at the time of such borrowing. The Funds may not mortgage, pledge or hypothecate any assets, except in connection with any such borrowing and in amounts not in excess of the lesser of the dollar amounts borrowed or 10% of the value of the total assets of the Fund at the time of its borrowing. All borrowings will be done from a bank and asset coverage of at least 300% is required. A Fund will not purchase securities when borrowings exceed 5% of that Fund’s total assets.

The Fund may not issue senior securities (as defined in the 1940 Act), except in connection with permitted borrowings as described above or as permitted by rule, regulation or order of the SEC.

The AMG River Road Small-Mid Cap Value Fund’s fundamental investment restrictions with respect to borrowing and issuing senior securities are as follows:

The Fund may not borrow money or issue senior securities, except that a Fund may borrow from banks and enter into reverse repurchase agreements for temporary purposes in amounts up to one-third of the value of its total assets at the time of such borrowing.

The Fund may not issue senior securities (as defined in the 1940 Act), except in connection with permitted borrowings as described above or as permitted by rule, regulation or order of the SEC.

 

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If this sub-proposal is approved, the new fundamental investment restriction of each of AMG River Road Dividend All Cap Value Fund, AMG River Road Small-Mid Cap Value Fund and AMG River Road Small Cap Value Fund with respect to borrowing and issuing senior securities would read:

The Fund may borrow money and issue senior securities to the extent permitted by the Investment Company Act of 1940, or the rules or regulations thereunder, as such statute, rules or regulations may be amended from time to time, or by regulatory guidance or interpretations of, or any exemptive order or other relief issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor organization or their staff under, such Act, rules or regulations.

The Trustees recommend that the Funds noted above amend their current fundamental restrictions to allow each such Fund to borrow money and issue senior securities to the extent permitted under applicable law or any applicable exemptive order or orders or other relief. The proposed amendment would have the effect of conforming the Funds’ restrictions more closely to the 1940 Act statutory and regulatory requirements and restrictions, as they may exist from time to time, as modified by any applicable exemptive order or other relief, without incurring the time and expense of obtaining shareholder approval to change the restrictions as those requirements change. In addition, the proposed amendment would reduce administrative burdens by simplifying and making uniform the fundamental investment restriction with respect to borrowing money and issuing senior securities across most of the other Funds in the AMG Funds Family of Funds.

To satisfy redemption requests or to cover unanticipated cash shortfalls (due to “sales fails” or other factors), eligible Funds in the AMG Funds Family of Funds have entered into an Interfund Lending Agreement under which a Fund would lend money and borrow money for temporary purposes directly to and from another eligible Fund in the AMG Funds Family of Funds through a credit facility, subject to meeting the conditions of the AMG Funds Interfund Lending Order. No Fund may borrow more than the lesser of the amount permitted by Section 18 of the 1940 Act, and the rules and regulations thereunder, as modified by the AMG Funds Interfund Lending Order and any other applicable SEC exemptive order or other relief, or the amount permitted by its fundamental investment restrictions. All Interfund Loans will consist only of uninvested cash reserves that a fund otherwise would invest in short-term repurchase agreements or other short-term instruments either directly or through a money market fund. The current fundamental investment restrictions on borrowing and issuing senior securities for each of AMG River Road Dividend All Cap Value Fund, AMG River Road Small-Mid Cap Value Fund and AMG River Road Small Cap Value Fund do not permit the Fund to participate in the Interfund Lending Agreement as a borrower. The proposed amendment to the Funds’ fundamental investment restriction with respect to borrowing would have the effect of increasing the Funds’ current ability to borrow money and of permitting the Funds to participate in the Interfund Lending Agreement to the same extent as other eligible Funds in the AMG Funds Family of Funds. The Investment Manager and the Board believe that the ability to participate in the Interfund Lending Agreement to such an extent would benefit the Funds, including because Funds engaging in interfund lending are generally able to borrow at lower interest rates than those that would be payable under short-term loans by banks or custodian overdrafts. If this sub-proposal is approved, under current laws, as modified by the AMG Funds Interfund Lending Order, generally a Fund would be able to borrow through an Interfund Loan on an unsecured basis if its outstanding borrowings from all sources immediately after the interfund borrowing would total 10% or less of its total assets, and if a Fund’s total outstanding borrowings immediately after the interfund borrowing would be greater than 10% of its total assets, the Fund would be able to borrow through an Interfund Loan on a secured basis, provided that the Fund may not borrow through an Interfund Loan or from any other source if its total outstanding borrowings immediately after such borrowing would exceed 33 1/3% of the value of the Fund’s total assets. The Investment Manager and the Board believe that the ability to engage in interfund lending is in the best interests of each Fund. The Investment Manager anticipates that the Funds will engage in interfund lending if this sub-proposal is approved.

 

  2.D.

AMEND FUNDAMENTAL INVESTMENT RESTRICTION WITH RESPECT TO LENDING

Affected Funds: AMG River Road Dividend All Cap Value Fund, AMG River Road Small-Mid Cap Value Fund and AMG River Road Small Cap Value Fund

 

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The 1940 Act requires a fund to state the extent to which it intends to make loans to other persons. Under the 1940 Act, a fund generally may not lend portfolio securities representing more than one-third of its total asset value (including the value of collateral received for loans of portfolio securities).

The current fundamental investment restriction of each of AMG River Road Dividend All Cap Value Fund, AMG River Road Small-Mid Cap Value Fund and AMG River Road Small Cap Value Fund with respect to making loans is as follows:

The Fund may not make loans, except that this restriction shall not prohibit (a) the purchase and holding of debt instruments in accordance with the Fund’s investment objectives and policies, (b) the lending of portfolio securities, or (c) the entry into repurchase agreements with banks or broker-dealers.

If this sub-proposal is approved, the new fundamental investment restriction of each of AMG River Road Dividend All Cap Value Fund, AMG River Road Small-Mid Cap Value Fund and AMG River Road Small Cap Value Fund with respect to lending would read:

The Fund may lend money to the extent permitted by the Investment Company Act of 1940, or the rules or regulations thereunder, as such statute, rules or regulations may be amended from time to time, or by regulatory guidance or interpretations of, or any exemptive order or other relief issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor organization or their staff under, such Act, rules or regulations.

The Trustees recommend that the Funds noted above amend their current fundamental restriction to allow each such Fund to lend money to the extent permitted under applicable law or any applicable exemptive order or orders or other relief. The proposed amendment would have the effect of conforming the Funds’ restriction more closely to the 1940 Act statutory and regulatory requirements and restrictions, as they may exist from time to time, as modified by any applicable exemptive order or other relief, without incurring the time and expense of obtaining shareholder approval to change the restriction as those requirements change. In addition, the proposed amendment would reduce administrative burdens by simplifying and making uniform the fundamental investment restriction with respect to lending money across most of the other Funds in the AMG Funds Family of Funds.

As discussed in Sections 2.A and 2.C above, to satisfy redemption requests or to cover unanticipated cash shortfalls (due to “sales fails” or other factors), eligible Funds in the AMG Funds Family of Funds have entered into an Interfund Lending Agreement under which a Fund would lend money and borrow money for temporary purposes directly to and from another eligible Fund in the AMG Funds Family of Funds through a credit facility, subject to meeting the conditions of the AMG Funds Interfund Lending Order. No Fund may lend more than the lesser of the amount permitted by Section 18 of the 1940 Act, and the rules and regulations thereunder, as modified by the AMG Funds Interfund Lending Order and any other applicable SEC exemptive order or other relief, or the amount permitted by its fundamental investment restrictions. All Interfund Loans will consist only of uninvested cash reserves that the applicable Fund otherwise would invest in short-term repurchase agreements or other short-term instruments either directly or through a money market fund. The current fundamental investment restriction regarding lending for each of AMG River Road Dividend All Cap Value Fund, AMG River Road Small-Mid Cap Value Fund and AMG River Road Small Cap Value Fund does not permit the Fund to participate in the Interfund Lending Agreement as a lender. The proposed amendment to the Funds’ fundamental investment restriction with respect to lending would have the effect of increasing the Funds’ current ability to lend money and permitting the Funds to participate in the Interfund Lending Agreement to the same extent as other eligible Funds in the AMG Funds Family of Funds, to the extent permitted by Section 18 of the 1940 Act, and the rules and regulations thereunder, as modified by the AMG Funds Interfund Lending Order and any other applicable SEC exemptive order or other relief. The Investment Manager and the Board believe that the ability to participate in the Interfund Lending Agreement to such an extent would benefit the Funds, including because Funds making short-term cash loans directly to other Funds may earn interest at a rate higher than they otherwise could obtain from investing their cash in repurchase agreements or purchasing shares of a money

 

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market fund. If this sub-proposal is approved, under current laws, as modified by the AMG Funds Interfund Lending Order, generally a Fund would be able to lend up to 15% of its current net assets through the interfund lending credit facility, provided that the Fund’s Interfund Loans to any eligible Fund in the AMG Funds Family of Funds does not exceed 5% of the lending Fund’s net assets. Under current laws, a Fund may not lend portfolio securities representing more than 33 1/3% of its total asset value (including the value of collateral received for loans of portfolio securities). The Investment Manager and the Board believe that the ability to engage in interfund lending is in the best interests of each Fund. The Investment Manager anticipates that the Funds will engage in interfund lending if this sub-proposal is approved.

Required Vote

Each of sub-proposals 2.A through 2.D must be approved by a “vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities” of the applicable Proposal 2 Fund. The “vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities” is defined in the 1940 Act as the lesser of the vote of (i) 67% or more of the voting securities of the Fund entitled to vote on Proposal 2 present at the Meeting or represented by proxy, if more than 50% of the Fund’s outstanding voting securities are present or represented by proxy; or (ii) more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund entitled to vote on Proposal 2. Shareholders will vote on Proposal 2 on a Fund-by-Fund and sub-proposal-by-sub-proposal basis.

If the vote required to approve a Proposal 2 sub-proposal is not obtained from a Proposal 2 Fund, the Fund’s current fundamental investment restriction would continue to apply.

THE TRUSTEES UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMEND THAT SHAREHOLDERS OF EACH APPLICABLE PROPOSAL 2 FUND VOTE “FOR” SUB-PROPOSALS 2.A THROUGH 2.D.

 

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OTHER BUSINESS

The Trustees do not know of any additional matters to be presented at the Meeting other than those set forth in this Joint Proxy Statement. If other business should properly come before the Meeting, proxies will be voted in accordance with the judgment of the persons named in the accompanying proxy or any adjournment(s) or postponement(s) thereof.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Investment Adviser and Investment Subadvisers

AMG Funds LLC, a subsidiary of AMG, serves as investment manager of the Funds and is responsible for the Funds’ overall administration. The principal business address of the Investment Manager is 680 Washington Boulevard, Suite 500, Stamford, Connecticut 06901.

The following table provides the name and principal business address of each of the Funds’ subadvisers (each, a “Subadviser”):

 

Subadviser

  

Fund(s)

  

Principal Business Address

Beutel, Goodman & Company Ltd.   

AMG Beutel Goodman Core Plus Bond Fund

AMG Beutel Goodman International Equity Fund

  

20 Eglinton Avenue West, Suite 2000

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M4R 1K8

Boston Common Asset Management, LLC    AMG Boston Common Global Impact Fund   

200 State Street, 7th Floor

Boston, Massachusetts 02109

Frontier Capital Management Company, LLC    AMG Frontier Small Cap Growth Fund   

99 Summer Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02110

GW&K Investment Management, LLC   

AMG GW&K Core Bond ESG Fund

AMG GW&K Emerging Markets Equity Fund

AMG GW&K Emerging Wealth Equity Fund

AMG GW&K Enhanced Core Bond ESG Fund

AMG GW&K ESG Bond Fund

AMG GW&K Global Allocation Fund

AMG GW&K High Income Fund

AMG GW&K International Small Cap Fund

AMG GW&K Municipal Bond Fund

AMG GW&K Municipal Enhanced SMA Shares

AMG GW&K Municipal Enhanced Yield Fund

AMG GW&K Small Cap Core Fund

  

222 Berkeley Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02116

 

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Subadviser

  

Fund(s)

  

Principal Business Address

  

AMG GW&K Small Cap Value Fund

AMG GW&K Small/Mid Cap Core Fund

AMG GW&K Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund

  
Montrusco Bolton Investments, Inc.    AMG Montrusco Bolton Large Cap Growth Fund   

1501 McGill College Avenue, Suite 1200

Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A3M8

The Renaissance Group LLC    AMG Renaissance Large Cap Growth Fund   

50 East RiverCenter Boulevard, Suite 1200

Covington, Kentucky 41011

River Road Asset Management, LLC   

AMG River Road Dividend All Cap Value Fund

AMG River Road Focused Absolute Value Fund

AMG River Road International Value Equity Fund

AMG River Road Large Cap Value Select Fund

AMG River Road Mid Cap Value Fund

AMG River Road Small Cap Value Fund

AMG River Road Small-Mid Cap Value Fund

  

Meidinger Tower

462 South Fourth Street, Suite 2000

Louisville, Kentucky 40202

TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC   

AMG TimesSquare Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund

AMG TimesSquare Global Small Cap Fund

AMG TimesSquare International Small Cap Fund

AMG TimesSquare Mid Cap Growth Fund

AMG TimesSquare Small Cap Growth Fund

  

7 Times Square, 42nd Floor

New York, New York 10036

Veritas Asset Management LLP   

AMG Veritas Asia Pacific Fund

AMG Veritas China Fund

AMG Veritas Global Focus Fund

AMG Veritas Global Real Return Fund

  

1 Smart’s Place

London WC2B 5LW

Yacktman Asset Management LP   

AMG Yacktman Focused Fund

AMG Yacktman Fund

AMG Yacktman Global Fund

AMG Yacktman Special Opportunities Fund

  

6300 Bridgepoint Parkway Building One, Suite 500

Austin, Texas 78730

 

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Principal Underwriter

AMG Distributors, Inc. (the “Distributor”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Investment Manager, serves as the Funds’ distributor. The principal business address of the Distributor is 680 Washington Boulevard, Suite 500, Stamford, Connecticut 06901.

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

In connection with the proposed election of the Trustees at the Meeting, as set forth above, the following information is required to be presented.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”), located at 101 Seaport Boulevard, Suite 500, Boston, Massachusetts 02210, serves as the Funds’ independent registered public accounting firm. The Funds know of no direct or indirect financial interest of PwC in any of the Funds. Representatives of PwC are not expected to be present at the Meeting, but will have the opportunity to make a statement if they wish, and will be available should any matter arise requiring their presence.

The information below is provided for the two most recently completed fiscal years for each Fund.

Audit Fees

The aggregate fees billed by PwC to the Funds for the Funds’ two most recent fiscal years for professional services rendered for audits of annual financial statements, or services that are normally provided in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements (“Audit Fees”) were as follows:

 

Fund

   Fiscal Year
Ended
September 30,
2022
     Fiscal Year
Ended
September 30,
2021
 

AMG Boston Common Global Impact Fund

   $ 31,542      $ 30,934  

AMG Veritas Global Real Return Fund

   $ 26,948      $ 25,656  

 

Fund

   Fiscal Year
Ended
October 31,
2022
     Fiscal Year
Ended
October 31,
2021
 

AMG Beutel Goodman Core Plus Bond Fund

   $ 52,145      $ 50,083  

AMG Beutel Goodman International Equity Fund

   $ 21,846      $ 20,913  

AMG Frontier Small Cap Growth Fund

   $ 24,079      $ 22,507  

AMG GW&K Core Bond ESG Fund

   $ 43,229      $ 39,320  

AMG GW&K Emerging Markets Equity Fund

   $ 32,576      $ 30,823  

AMG GW&K Emerging Wealth Equity Fund

   $ 32,368      $ 31,209  

AMG GW&K Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund

   $ 20,460      $ 19,243  

AMG Montrusco Bolton Large Cap Growth Fund

   $ 35,421      $ 33,809  

AMG River Road Dividend All Cap Value Fund

   $ 25,898      $ 24,736  

AMG River Road Focused Absolute Value Fund

   $ 22,458      $ 21,817  

AMG River Road International Value Equity Fund

   $ 24,152      $ 23,083  

AMG River Road Large Cap Value Select Fund

   $ 27,983      $ 26,059  

AMG River Road Mid Cap Value Fund

   $ 24,644      $ 23,169  

AMG River Road Small-Mid Cap Value Fund

   $ 22,078      $ 20,505  

AMG River Road Small Cap Value Fund

   $ 28,205      $ 25,147  

AMG Veritas China Fund

   $ 22,910      $ 21,797  

AMG Veritas Global Focus Fund

   $ 25,315      $ 23,575  

 

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Fund

   Fiscal Year
Ended
December 31,
2022
     Fiscal Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
 

AMG GW&K Enhanced Core Bond ESG Fund

   $ 43,757      $ 40,913  

AMG GW&K ESG Bond Fund

   $ 48,965      $ 46,779  

AMG GW&K Global Allocation Fund

   $ 32,473      $ 30,358  

AMG GW&K High Income Fund

   $ 36,340      $ 33,982  

AMG GW&K Municipal Bond Fund

   $ 47,220      $ 43,315  

AMG GW&K Municipal Enhanced Yield Fund

   $ 35,531      $ 31,356  

AMG GW&K Small Cap Core Fund

   $ 30,944      $ 23,719  

AMG GW&K Small Cap Value Fund

   $ 32,631      $ 28,515  

AMG GW&K Small/Mid Cap Core Fund

   $ 34,064      $ 42,484  

AMG Renaissance Large Cap Growth Fund

   $ 26,158      $ 24,541  

AMG TimesSquare Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund

   $ 30,527      $ 28,650  

AMG TimesSquare Global Small Cap Fund

   $ 26,089      $ 24,831  

AMG TimesSquare International Small Cap Fund

   $ 32,709      $ 33,511  

AMG TimesSquare Mid Cap Growth Fund

   $ 39,048      $ 25,695  

AMG TimesSquare Small Cap Growth Fund

   $ 33,298      $ 29,370  

AMG Veritas Asia Pacific Fund

   $ 26,664      $ 25,473  

AMG Yacktman Focused Fund

   $ 63,822      $ 59,000  

AMG Yacktman Fund

   $ 101,012      $ 88,314  

AMG Yacktman Global Fund

   $ 28,667      $ 27,685  

AMG Yacktman Special Opportunities Fund

   $ 29,042      $ 27,416  

 

Fund

   Fiscal Year
Ended
May 31, 2023
     Fiscal Year
Ended
May 31, 2022
 

AMG GW&K International Small Cap Fund

   $ 25,315      $ 24,038  

Audit-Related Fees

There were no fees billed by PwC to the Funds in their two most recent fiscal years for services rendered for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of the Funds’ financial statements, but are not reported as Audit Fees (“Audit-Related Fees”).

For the Funds’ two most recent fiscal years, there were no Audit-Related Fees billed by PwC to a Fund Service Provider for engagements related directly to the operations and financial reporting of one or more Funds. A Fund Service Provider is (a) any investment adviser to the Fund (not including any subadviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser) or (b) any entity that provides ongoing services to the Fund and is controlling, controlled by or under common control with a Fund investment adviser described in (a).

Tax Fees

The aggregate fees billed by PwC to the Funds for the two most recent fiscal years for professional services rendered for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning (“Tax Fees”) were as follows:

 

Fund

   Fiscal Year
Ended
September 30,
2022
     Fiscal Year
Ended
September 30,
2021
 

AMG Boston Common Global Impact Fund

   $ 8,050      $ 7,595  

AMG Veritas Global Real Return Fund

   $ 8,050      $ 7,595  

 

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Fund

   Fiscal Year
Ended
October 31,
2022
     Fiscal Year
Ended
October 31,
2021
 

AMG Beutel Goodman Core Plus Bond Fund

   $ 7,570      $ 7,140  

AMG Beutel Goodman International Equity Fund

   $ 6,540      $ 6,170  

AMG Frontier Small Cap Growth Fund

   $ 5,245      $ 5,945  

AMG GW&K Core Bond ESG Fund

   $ 5,245      $ 4,945  

AMG GW&K Emerging Markets Equity Fund

   $ 6,540      $ 6,170  

AMG GW&K Emerging Wealth Equity Fund

   $ 6,540      $ 6,170  

AMG GW&K Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund

   $ 5,245      $ 4,945  

AMG Montrusco Bolton Large Cap Growth Fund

   $ 6,245      $ 5,945  

AMG River Road Dividend All Cap Value Fund

   $ 7,975      $ 6,580  

AMG River Road Focused Absolute Value Fund

   $ 7,540      $ 6,170  

AMG River Road International Value Equity Fund

   $ 6,540      $ 7,140  

AMG River Road Large Cap Value Select Fund

   $ 6,540      $ 7,140  

AMG River Road Mid Cap Value Fund

   $ 6,245      $ 4,945  

AMG River Road Small-Mid Cap Value Fund

   $ 6,245      $ 4,945  

AMG River Road Small Cap Value Fund

   $ 6,245      $ 4,945  

AMG Veritas China Fund

   $ 6,540      $ 6,170  

AMG Veritas Global Focus Fund

   $ 7,540      $ 7,170  

 

Fund

   Fiscal Year
Ended
December 31,
2022
     Fiscal Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
 

AMG GW&K Enhanced Core Bond ESG Fund

   $ 6,760      $ 6,375  

AMG GW&K ESG Bond Fund

   $ 9,085      $ 11,820  

AMG GW&K Global Allocation Fund

   $ 10,085      $ 8,570  

AMG GW&K High Income Fund

   $ 8,050      $ 7,895  

AMG GW&K Municipal Bond Fund

   $ 6,760      $ 6,375  

AMG GW&K Municipal Enhanced Yield Fund

   $ 6,760      $ 6,375  

AMG GW&K Small Cap Core Fund

   $ 6,760      $ 6,375  

AMG GW&K Small Cap Value Fund

   $ 6,760      $ 11,325  

AMG GW&K Small/Mid Cap Core Fund

   $ 7,760      $ 7,575  

AMG Renaissance Large Cap Growth Fund

   $ 7,760      $ 6,375  

AMG TimesSquare Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund

   $ 8,050      $ 7,595  

AMG TimesSquare Global Small Cap Fund

   $ 8,050      $ 7,595  

AMG TimesSquare International Small Cap Fund

   $ 8,050      $ 7,595  

AMG TimesSquare Mid Cap Growth Fund

   $ 6,760      $ 7,575  

AMG TimesSquare Small Cap Growth Fund

   $ 6,760      $ 7,375  

AMG Veritas Asia Pacific Fund

   $ 8,050      $ 11,595  

AMG Yacktman Focused Fund

   $ 7,760      $ 6,675  

AMG Yacktman Fund

   $ 7,760      $ 6,675  

AMG Yacktman Global Fund

   $ 8,050      $ 7,895  

AMG Yacktman Special Opportunities Fund

   $ 7,760      $ 6,375  

 

Fund

   Fiscal Year
Ended
May 31, 2023
     Fiscal Year
Ended
May 31, 2022
 

AMG GW&K International Small Cap Fund

   $ 8,050      $ 7,595  

For the Funds’ two most recent fiscal years, there were no Tax Fees billed by PwC to Fund Service Providers for engagements related directly to the operations and financial reporting of one or more Funds.

 

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The services for which Tax Fees were charged comprise all services performed by professional staff in PwC’s tax division except those services related to the audit. Typically, this category would include fees for tax compliance, tax planning, and tax advice. Tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning services include preparation of original and amended tax returns, claims for refund and tax payment-planning services, assistance with tax audits and appeals, tax advice related to mergers and acquisitions and requests for rulings or technical advice from taxing authorities.

All Other Fees

There were no other fees billed by PwC to the Funds for all other non-audit services (“Other Fees”) during the Funds’ two most recent fiscal years. During the same period, there were no Other Fees billed by PwC to Fund Service Providers for engagements related directly to the operations and financial reporting of one or more Funds.

According to policies adopted by the Audit Committee, services provided by PwC to the Funds must be pre-approved by the Audit Committee. On an annual basis, the Audit Committee reviews and pre-approves various types of services that PwC may perform for the Funds without specific approval of each engagement, subject to specified budget limitations. As contemplated by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and related SEC rules, the Audit Committee also pre-approves non-audit services provided by PwC to any Fund Service Provider for any engagement that relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Funds. Any engagement that is not already pre-approved or that will exceed a pre-approved budget must be submitted to the Audit Committee for pre-approval. The Chairman of the Audit Committee is authorized on behalf of the Board and the Audit Committee to approve the engagement of PwC to perform non-audit services subject to certain conditions, including notification to the Audit Committee of such pre-approval not later than the next meeting of the Audit Committee following the date of such pre-approval. Under paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X, pre-approval of non-audit services may be waived provided that: 1) the aggregate fees for all such services provided constitutes no more than five percent of the total amount of fees paid by the applicable Trust to its principal accountant during the fiscal year in which services are provided, 2) such services were not recognized by the Trust at the time of engagement as non-audit services and 3) such services are promptly brought to the attention of the Audit Committee of the Trust and approved prior to the completion of the audit.

No services included under Audit-Related Fees, Tax Fees or All Other Fees above were approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

Less than 50% of the hours expended on PwC’s engagement to audit the Funds’ financial statements for the most recent fiscal year were attributed to work performed by persons other than PwC’s full-time, permanent employees.

The aggregate fees billed by PwC for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2022 and September 30, 2021 for non-audit services rendered to AMG Boston Common Global Impact Fund and AMG Veritas Global Real Return Fund and Fund Service Providers were $53,100 and $57,565, respectively. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2022, this amount reflects the amounts disclosed above under Audit-Related Fees, Tax Fees and All Other Fees, plus $37,000 in fees billed to the Fund Service Providers for non-audit services that did not relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Funds. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2021, this amount reflects the amounts disclosed above under Audit-Related Fees, Tax Fees and All Other Fees, plus $42,375 in fees billed to the Fund Service Providers for non-audit services that did not relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Funds.

The aggregate fees billed by PwC for the fiscal years ended October 31, 2022 and October 31, 2021 for non-audit services rendered to AMG Beutel Goodman Core Plus Bond Fund, AMG Beutel Goodman International Equity Fund, AMG Frontier Small Cap Growth Fund, AMG GW&K Core Bond ESG Fund, AMG GW&K Emerging Markets Equity Fund, AMG GW&K Emerging Wealth Equity Fund, AMG GW&K Small/

 

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Mid Cap Growth Fund, AMG Montrusco Bolton Large Cap Growth Fund, AMG River Road Dividend All Cap Value Fund, AMG River Road Focused Absolute Value Fund, AMG River Road International Value Equity Fund, AMG River Road Large Cap Value Select Fund, AMG River Road Mid Cap Value Fund, AMG River Road Small-Mid Cap Value Fund, AMG River Road Small Cap Value Fund, AMG Veritas China Fund and AMG Veritas Global Focus Fund and Fund Service Providers were $147,247 and $144,218, respectively. For the fiscal year ended October 31, 2022, this amount reflects the amounts disclosed above under Audit-Related Fees, Tax Fees and All Other Fees, plus $36,667 in fees billed to the Fund Service Providers for non-audit services that did not relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Funds. For the fiscal year ended October 31, 2021, this amount reflects the amounts disclosed above under Audit-Related Fees, Tax Fees and All Other Fees, plus $41,583 in fees billed to the Fund Service Providers for non-audit services that did not relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Funds.

The aggregate fees billed by PwC for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021 for non-audit services rendered to AMG GW&K Enhanced Core Bond ESG Fund, AMG GW&K ESG Bond Fund, AMG GW&K Global Allocation Fund, AMG GW&K High Income Fund, AMG GW&K Municipal Bond Fund, AMG GW&K Municipal Enhanced Yield Fund, AMG GW&K Small Cap Core Fund, AMG GW&K Small Cap Value Fund, AMG GW&K Small/Mid Cap Core Fund, AMG Renaissance Large Cap Growth Fund, AMG TimesSquare Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund, AMG TimesSquare Global Small Cap Fund, AMG TimesSquare International Small Cap Fund, AMG TimesSquare Mid Cap Growth Fund, AMG TimesSquare Small Cap Growth Fund, AMG Veritas Asia Pacific Fund, AMG Yacktman Focused Fund, AMG Yacktman Fund, AMG Yacktman Global Fund and AMG Yacktman Special Opportunities Fund and Fund Service Providers were $189,590 and $202,510, respectively. For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, this amount reflects the amounts disclosed above under Audit-Related Fees, Tax Fees and All Other Fees, plus $36,000 in fees billed to the Fund Service Providers for non-audit services that did not relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Funds. For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, this amount reflects the amounts disclosed above under Audit-Related Fees, Tax Fees and All Other Fees, plus $46,500 in fees billed to the Fund Service Providers for non-audit services that did not relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Funds.

The aggregate fees billed by PwC for the fiscal years ended May 31, 2023 and May 31, 2022 for non-audit services rendered to AMG GW&K International Small Cap Fund and Fund Service Providers were $44,050 and $45,928, respectively. For the fiscal year ended May 31, 2023, this amount reflects the amounts disclosed above under Audit-Related Fees, Tax Fees and All Other Fees, plus $36,000 in fees billed to the Fund Service Providers for non-audit services that did not relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Fund. For the fiscal year ended May 31, 2022, this amount reflects the amounts disclosed above under Audit-Related Fees, Tax Fees and All Other Fees, plus $38,333 in fees billed to the Fund Service Providers for non-audit services that did not relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Fund.

The Trust’s Audit Committee has considered whether the provision of non-audit services by PwC to the Investment Manager, and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Investment Manager that provided ongoing services to the Funds that were not pre-approved by the Committee (because such services did not relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Funds) was compatible with maintaining PwC’s independence.

Other Information

The SEC maintains an Internet web site (at http://www.sec.gov), which contains proxy materials, reports, and other information filed by the Funds.

 

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Voting Information

AMG and its affiliates intend to vote Fund shares they own, whether as seed capital or otherwise, in favor of all of the proposals. Unless otherwise provided in client guidelines, AMG and its affiliates generally intend to vote Fund shares owned in a client account over which AMG or an affiliate has discretionary authority in favor of all of the proposals. If AMG’s (or its affiliate’s) ownership, or the ownership of a client account over which AMG (or an affiliate) has discretionary authority, represents a sizeable enough portion of a Fund’s outstanding shares, the AMG (or its affiliate’s) vote will ensure that the proposals for the Fund will be approved. Please see “Principal Holders and Management Ownership” below for information regarding persons, including AMG and its affiliates, if any, that beneficially owned or owned of record 5% or more of the outstanding shares of a class of a Fund.

The adoption of any of these proposals is not contingent on the adoption of any other proposal by shareholders of a Fund.

Proxy Solicitation

The cost of preparing, printing and mailing the enclosed proxy card(s) and proxy statement and all other costs incurred in connection with the solicitation of proxies, including any additional solicitation made by letter, telephone or facsimile, will be paid by the Funds. Representatives of the Investment Manager may solicit proxies by telephone, letter or personally and will receive no additional compensation for these services. The Trusts may also use one or more proxy solicitation firms to assist with the mailing and tabulation effort and any special personal solicitation of proxies. Banks, brokers, fiduciaries and nominees will, upon request, be reimbursed for their reasonable expenses in sending proxy material to beneficial owners of shares of the Funds.

EQ Fund Solutions, LLC (the “Solicitor”) has been engaged to assist in the solicitation of proxies, at an estimated cost of approximately $1,300,000, plus expenses, for the Trusts. As the Meeting date approaches, certain shareholders of the Funds may receive a telephone call from a representative of the Solicitor if their votes have not yet been received. Proxies that are obtained telephonically will be recorded in accordance with the procedures described below. The Trustees believe that these procedures are reasonably designed to ensure that both the identity of the shareholder casting the vote and the voting instructions of the shareholder are accurately determined.

In all cases where a telephonic proxy is solicited, the Solicitor’s representative is required to ask for each shareholder’s full name and address, or the zip code or employer identification number, and to confirm that the shareholder has received the proxy materials in the mail. If the shareholder is a corporation or other entity, the Solicitor’s representative is required to ask for the person’s title and confirmation that the person is authorized to direct the voting of the shares. If the information solicited agrees with the information provided to the Solicitor, then the Solicitor’s representative has the responsibility to explain the process, read the proposals listed on the proxy card(s) and ask for the shareholder’s instructions on the proposals. Although the Solicitor’s representative is permitted to answer questions about the process, he or she is not permitted to recommend to the shareholder how to vote, other than to read any recommendation set forth in this Proxy Statement. The Solicitor will record the shareholder’s instructions and, within 72 hours, the shareholder will be sent a letter or e-mail that confirms his or her vote and asks the shareholder to call the Solicitor immediately if his or her instructions are not correctly reflected in the confirmation.

If a shareholder wishes to participate in the Meeting and does not wish to authorize the execution of a proxy by telephone, mail, facsimile or internet, the shareholder may vote at the Meeting.

If you require additional information regarding the proxy or replacement proxy card(s), please call the Solicitor toll-free at (866) 521-4487. Any proxy given by a shareholder, whether in writing, by telephone, by facsimile or the internet, is revocable until voted at the Meeting.

 

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Householding

Each Fund will mail only one copy of this Joint Proxy Statement to a shareholder holding shares in multiple accounts within a Fund if the shareholder’s name and address are exactly the same across such accounts, unless the Fund has received contrary instructions from the shareholder. If you need additional copies of this Joint Proxy Statement and you are a holder of record of your shares, please call the Funds at 1-800-548-4539. If your shares are held in broker street name, please contact your financial service firm to obtain additional copies of this Joint Proxy Statement. If in the future you do not want the mailing of proxy statements to be combined for the accounts described above, or if you have received multiple copies of this Joint Proxy Statement and want future mailings to be combined with those of other members of your household, please contact the Funds in writing at 680 Washington Boulevard, Suite 500, Stamford, Connecticut 06901, or by telephone at 1-800-548-4539, or contact your financial service firm. The Funds undertake to deliver promptly upon written or oral request a separate copy of the Joint Proxy Statement to a security holder to which a single copy of the document was delivered.

Shareholder Proposals

The Trusts do not hold regularly scheduled meetings of the shareholders of the Funds. Any shareholder desiring to present a proposal for inclusion at the meeting of shareholders next following this Meeting should submit such proposal to the Trusts at a reasonable time before the solicitation is made.

TO ENSURE THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM AT THE COMBINED SPECIAL MEETING, PROMPT VOTING IS REQUESTED. A SELF-ADDRESSED, POSTAGE-PAID ENVELOPE IS ENCLOSED FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE IF YOU WISH TO VOTE BY MAIL, ALONG WITH INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO VOTE OVER THE INTERNET OR BY TELEPHONE SHOULD YOU PREFER TO VOTE BY ONE OF THOSE METHODS.

 

By Order of the Boards of Trustees,
/s/ Mark Duggan
Mark Duggan
Secretary

 

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APPENDIX A

OUTSTANDING SHARES

As of the Record Date (August 22, 2023), the total number of shares outstanding for each Fund is set forth in the table below:

 

Fund

   Class N Shares      Class I Shares      Class Z Shares      Total  

AMG Beutel Goodman Core Plus Bond Fund

     2,218,384.550        11,198,096.052        195,933.128        13,612,413.73  

AMG Beutel Goodman International Equity Fund

     129,295.057        845,862.331        223,364.160        1,198,521.548  

AMG Boston Common Global Impact Fund

     N/A        16,210,536.329        N/A        16,210,536.329  

AMG Frontier Small Cap Growth Fund

     352,254.155        5,481,732.481        830,261.353        6,664,247.989  

AMG GW&K Core Bond ESG Fund

     232,846.270        15,030,189.906        141,818.802        15,404,854.978  

AMG GW&K Emerging Markets Equity Fund

     34,225.713        1,645,805.765        1,053,562.006        2,733,593.484  

AMG GW&K Emerging Wealth Equity Fund

     53,893.531        4,520,479.894        2,479,228.746        7,053,602.171  

AMG GW&K Enhanced Core Bond ESG Fund

     1,173,245.366        2,329,572.547        909,714.739        4,412,532.652  

AMG GW&K ESG Bond Fund

     13,037,152.020        8,345,177.764        N/A        21,382,329.784  

AMG GW&K Global Allocation Fund

     1,536,969.979        811,864.910        97,195.677        2,446,030.566  

AMG GW&K High Income Fund

     328,247.363        387,740.292        N/A        715,987.655  

AMG GW&K International Small Cap Fund

     98,680.545        627,537.294        80,464.867        806,682.706  

AMG GW&K Municipal Bond Fund

     1,173,515.182        93,519,193.890        N/A        94,692,709.072  

AMG GW&K Municipal Enhanced SMA Shares

     N/A        N/A        N/A        5,054,263.708  

AMG GW&K Municipal Enhanced Yield Fund

     28,889,762.267        400,328.494        13,606.970        29,303,697.731  

AMG GW&K Small Cap Core Fund

     286,454.289        14,909,869.579        8,275,482.037        23,471,805.905  

AMG GW&K Small Cap Value Fund

     5,807,876.631        3,071,250.436        202,181.041        9,081,308.108  

AMG GW&K Small/Mid Cap Core Fund

     3,266,423.695        16,933,211.242        22,264,256.385        42,463,891.322  

AMG GW&K Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund

     2,043,442.418        518,978.984        1,702.522        2,564,123.924  

AMG Montrusco Bolton Large Cap Growth Fund

     11,162,959.804        6,961,120.476        N/A        18,124,080.280  

 

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   Class N Shares      Class I Shares      Class Z Shares      Total  

AMG Renaissance Large Cap Growth Fund

     3,821,952.500        2,445,679.627        1,471,538.788        7,739,170.915  

AMG River Road Dividend All Cap Value Fund

     3,392,137.671        24,039,871.673        377,693.782        27,809,703.126  

AMG River Road Focused Absolute Value Fund

     173,866.414        3,492,493.333        558,739.552        4,225,099.299  

AMG River Road International Value Equity Fund

     199,319.534        669,880.795        120,506.198        989,706.527  

AMG River Road Large Cap Value Select Fund

     228,247.256        1,906,699.816        N/A        2,134,947.072  

AMG River Road Mid Cap Value Fund

     12,903,316.873        4,250,484.955        385,484.427        17,539,286.255  

AMG River Road Small Cap Value Fund

     3,009,856.196        57,630,611.721        710,856.577        61,351,324.494  

AMG River Road Small-Mid Cap Value Fund

     2,196,293.238        24,452,014.509        3,306,073.569        29,954,381.316  

AMG TimesSquare Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund

     8,860.027        40,886.553        132,321.330        182,067.910  

AMG TimesSquare Global Small Cap Fund

     5,340.995        3,264.661        156,325.413        164,931.069  

AMG TimesSquare International Small Cap Fund

     745,603.230        9,283,379.961        11,273,714.778        21,302,697.969  

AMG TimesSquare Mid Cap Growth Fund

     26,990,793.487        24,150,526.812        28,193,484.037        79,334,804.336  

AMG TimesSquare Small Cap Growth Fund

     1,395,051.403        799,074.074        14,049,906.153        16,244,031.63  

AMG Veritas Asia Pacific Fund

     1,552,396.386        125,727.132        N/A        1,678,123.518  

AMG Veritas China Fund

     3,390,405.082        412,892.589        N/A        3,803,297.671  

AMG Veritas Global Focus Fund

     128,598.045        1,784,741.691        N/A        1,913,339.736  

AMG Veritas Global Real Return Fund

     N/A        3,256,634.227        N/A        3,256,634.227  

AMG Yacktman Focused Fund

     89,800,896.919        94,213,621.764        N/A        184,014,518.683  

AMG Yacktman Fund

     N/A        361,769,930.765        N/A        361,769,930.765  

AMG Yacktman Global Fund

     136,471.130        11,696,066.411        N/A        11,832,537.541  

AMG Yacktman Special Opportunities Fund

     N/A        3,642,890.363        3,268,661.236        6,911,551.599  

 

 

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RECORD OR BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

As of July 31, 2023, the following persons or entities owned beneficially or of record 5% or more of each class of each Fund’s outstanding securities:

AMG Beutel Goodman Core Plus Bond Fund

 

Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Class N

     

National Financial Services Corp.

(FBO) Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310

     1,232,884.059        55.46

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     647,011.277        29.10

Class I

     

First Community Trust NA*

3385 Hillcrest Road, Suite 100

Dubuque, Iowa 52002

     6,824,818.890        60.01

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     1,609,331.833        14.15

National Financial Services Corp.

(FBO) Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310

     759,741.246        6.68

UBS WM USA

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers of UBSFSI

1000 Harbor Boulevard

Weehawken, New Jersey 07086

     576,148.966        5.07

Class Z

     

Gerald Dillenburg & Cheryl

Dillenburg JTWROS

316 Ridge Avenue

Clarendon Hills, Illinois 60514-1313

     66,111.255        33.74

 

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Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

BNYM I S Trust Co Cust Rollover IRA

Annie Faye Carter Powell

68 Pinnacle Shores Drive

Okatie, South Carolina 29909

     49,437.493        25.23

BNYM I S Trust Co Cust Roth IRA

FBO Pradeep Y. Naik

732 North Lenore Street

Addison, Illinois 60101-2621

     30,775.418        15.71

BNYM I S Trust Co Cust Rollover IRA

Michael J. Wszolek

8908 Saddle Red Avenue

Las Vegas, Nevada 89143

     15,551.267        7.94

BNYM I S Trust Co Cust Rollover IRA

Edith A. Etheridge

Patricia Ray

P.O. Box 186

Byron, Georgia 31008

     11,647.871        5.94

AMG Beutel Goodman International Equity Fund

 

Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Class N

     

National Financial Services Corp.

(FBO) Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310

     53,240.401        41.18

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     28,260.248        21.86

TD Ameritrade Inc.

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Clients

P.O. Box 2226

Omaha, Nebraska 68103-2226

     19,635.358        15.19

LPL Financial

Omnibus Customer Account

Attn: Lindsay O’Toole

4707 Executive Drive

San Diego, California 92121

     12,407.455        9.60

 

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Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Pershing LLC

1 Pershing Plaza

Jersey City, New Jersey 07399-0002

     7,714.871        5.97

Class I

     

National Financial Services Corp.*

(FBO) Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310

     415,096.458        48.64

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     142,301.549        16.68

TD Ameritrade Inc.

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Clients

P.O. Box 2226

Omaha, Nebraska 68103-2226

     64,194.890        7.52

LPL Financial

Omnibus Customer Account

Attn: Lindsay O’Toole

4707 Executive Drive

San Diego, California 92121

     63,460.371        7.44

Class Z

     

JP Morgan Securities LLC

Omnibus Account for the Exclusive

Benefit of Customers

4 Chase Metrotech Center, 3rd Floor

Mutual Fund Department

Brooklyn, New York 11245

     168,408.947        75.28

Gerald Dillenburg & Cheryl

Dillenburg JTWROS

316 Ridge Avenue

Clarendon Hills, Illinois 60514-1313

     12,954.610        5.79

AMG Boston Common Global Impact Fund

 

Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Class I

     

National Financial Services LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310-2010

     1,193,814.718        7.35

 

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Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Reinvest Account

Attn: Mutual Funds Department

211 Main Street

San Francisco, California 94105-1905

     1,106,778.409        6.81

AMG Frontier Small Cap Growth Fund

 

Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Class N

     

National Financial Services LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310-2010

     91,383.726        27.23

Pershing LLC

1 Pershing Plaza

Jersey City, New Jersey 07399-0002

     66,767.367        19.90

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     45,785.139        13.64

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Account FBO Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

211 Main Street

San Francisco, California 94105

     31,668.504        9.44

Class I

     

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     1,217,307.351        23.98

LPL Financial

Omnibus Customer Account

Attn: Lindsay O’Toole

4707 Executive Drive

San Diego, California 92121

     863,689.733        17.01

Raymond James

Omnibus for Mutual Funds

Attn: Courtney Waller

880 Carillon Parkway

St. Petersburg, Florida 33716

     615,016.508        12.11

 

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Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Pershing LLC

1 Pershing Plaza

Jersey City, New Jersey 07399-0002

     571,179.195        11.25

National Financial Services LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers

499 Washington Boulevard, Floor 5

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310-2010

     472,882.408        9.31

Class Z

     

SEI Private Trust Company

c/o Principal Financial

Attn: Mutual Fund Admin

One Freedom Valley Drive

Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456

     539,135.294        65.36

BNYM I S Trust Co. Cust

SEP IRA FBO

Stephen B. Heilman

1032 Lenox Place

Cincinnati, Ohio 45229-1912

     112,107.630        13.59

BNYM I S Trust Co. Cust

Rollover IRA

Lehman E. Moses, Jr.

15144 Mateo Prado Way

Victorville, California 92394-3723

     59,184.636        7.18

AMG GW&K Core Bond ESG Fund

 

Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Class N

     

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     69,683.026        30.17

National Financial Services LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310-2010

     56,878.023        24.63

Vanguard Brokerage Services

P.O. Box 1170

Valley Forge, Pennsylvania 19482-1170

     38,361.848        16.61

TD Ameritrade Inc.

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Clients

P.O. Box 2226

Omaha, Nebraska 68103-2226

     19,744.344        8.55

 

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Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC

2801 Market Street

Saint Louis, Missouri 63103

     13,457.601        5.83

Class I

     

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.*

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     4,342,478.481        28.62

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Its Customers

1 New York Plaza, 39th Floor

New York, New York 10004

     3,075,390.974        20.27

National Financial Services LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310-2010

     1,899,490.306        12.52

Class Z

     

BNYM I S Trust Co. Cust

IRA FBO

Alana S. Silvea

2503 Potomac Drive, Unit B

Houston, Texas 77057-4571

     102,636.463        72.02

Alana S. Silvea Trustee

Silvea Family Living Trust

2503 Potomac Drive, Unit B

Houston, Texas 77057-4571

     24,309.990        17.06

BNY Mellon NA

P.O. Box 534005

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15253

     9,941.879        6.98

AMG GW&K Emerging Markets Equity Fund

 

Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Class N

     

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     17,648.562        51.89

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Its Customers

1 New York Plaza, 39th Floor

New York, New York 10004

     6,120.733        18.00

 

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Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

National Financial Services LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310-2010

     5,638.801        16.58

BNYM I S Trust Co Cust Roth IRA

Andrew Mecca

146 Century Drive

Syracuse, New York 13209-2204

     2,586.850        7.61

Class I

     

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.*

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     936,208.425        56.38

SEI Private Trust Company

c/o FNZ

Attn: Mutual Fund Admin

One Freedom Valley Drive

Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456

     359,200.283        21.63

Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC

2801 Market Street

Saint Louis, Missouri 63103

     138,865.963        8.36

SEI Private Trust Company

c/o Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP

Attn: Mutual Fund Admin

One Freedom Valley Drive

Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456

     113,221.274        6.82

Class Z

     

Empower Trust

FBO Recordkeeping for Large Benefit PL

8525 East Orchard Road

Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111

     428,448.127        40.43

Cora L. Sterling & William P. Sterling Trustees

Cora L. Sterling 2012 Trust

c/o GW&K Investment Management, LLC

222 Berkeley Street, 15th Floor

Boston, Massachusetts 02116

     269,387.207        25.42

William P. Sterling & Cora Lee Sterling Trustees

William P. Sterling Trust

c/o GW&K Investment Management, LLC

222 Berkeley Street, 15th Floor

Boston, Massachusetts 02116

     216,975.418        20.47

Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC

2801 Market Street

Saint Louis, Missouri 63103

     130,388.301        12.30

 

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AMG GW&K Emerging Wealth Equity Fund

 

Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Class N

     

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     23,066.706        42.74

UBS WM USA

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers of UBSFSI

1000 Harbor Boulevard

Weehawken, New Jersey 07086

     10,302.688        19.09

TD Ameritrade Inc.

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Clients

P.O. Box 2226

Omaha, Nebraska 68103-2226

     8,351.900        15.48

Vanguard Brokerage Services

P.O. Box 1170

Valley Forge, Pennsylvania 19482-1170

     6,051.024        11.21

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Its Customers

1 New York Plaza, 39th Floor

New York, New York 10004

     5,135.563        9.52

Class I

     

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.*

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     2,068,939.803        45.00

Goulstorrs & Co. Inc.

400 Atlantic Avenue

Boston, Massachusetts 02110

     799,618.321        17.39

National Financial Services LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310-2010

     576,514.106        12.54

SEI Private Trust Company

c/o FNZ

Attn: Mutual Fund Admin

One Freedom Valley Drive

Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456

     488,651.634        10.63

 

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Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

UBS WM USA

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers of UBSFSI

1000 Harbor Boulevard

Weehawken, New Jersey 07086

     397,489.030        8.65

Class Z

     

Band & Co.*

c/o U.S. Bank NA

1555 North Rivercenter Drive, Suite 302

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53212

     2,030,941.268        81.42

Thomas A. Masi and O. Luby Masi JTWROS

c/o GW&K Investment Management, LLC

222 Berkeley Street, 15th Floor

Boston, Massachusetts 02116

     279,920.915        11.22

AMG GW&K Enhanced Core Bond ESG Fund

 

Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Class N

     

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     205,231.804        17.09

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith

For the Sole Benefit of Its Customers

4800 Deer Lake Drive East

Jacksonville, Florida 32246-6484

     201,839.296        16.81

National Financial Services LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310-2010

     199,847.212        16.64

Empower Trust

FBO Recordkeeping for Large Benefit PL

8525 East Orchard Road

Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111

     160,090.856        13.33

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Its Customers

1 New York Plaza, 39th Floor

New York, New York 10004-1901

     88,522.662        7.37

 

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Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Class I

     

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     883,201.301        39.51

Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC

2801 Market Street

Saint Louis, Missouri 63103

     384,098.217        17.18

Pershing LLC

1 Pershing Plaza

Jersey City, New Jersey 07399-0002

     154,151.082        6.90

National Financial Services LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310-2010

     140,015.058        6.26

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith

For the Sole Benefit of Its Customers

4800 Deer Lake Drive East

Jacksonville, Florida 32246-6484

     121,460.824        5.43

Raymond James

Omnibus for Mutual Funds

Attn: Courtney Waller

880 Carillon Parkway

St. Petersburg, Florida 33716

     113,146.372        5.06

Class Z

     

National Financial Services LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310-2010

     342,361.858        38.29

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     263,830.918        29.66

South Tahoe Public Utility District Trust

FBO South Tahoe Pub Deferred Comp Plan & Trust

c/o Fascore LLC

8515 East Orchard Road 2T2

Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111-5002

     97,379.377        10.95

 

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Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

BNYM I S Trust Co Cust Rollover IRA

Leslie B. Bridges

13316 Springford Drive

La Mirada, California 90638-3025

     44,492.536        5.00

AMG GW&K ESG Bond Fund

 

Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Class N

     

National Financial Services LLC*

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310-2010

     8,687,768.668        66.36

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     1,612,607.500        12.32

Class I

     

UBS WM USA

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers of UBSFSI

1000 Harbor Boulevard

Weehawken, New Jersey 07086

     2,609,814.572        30.41

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Its Customers

1 New York Plaza, Floor 12

New York, New York 10004-1901

     1,675,305.738        19.52

NFS LLC FEBO

NFSC Fund/SERV No Load Automated

Trade Rollup of Combined Orders

Attn: R. Rocco, OSG

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310

     1,419,204.433        16.54

Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC

2801 Market Street

Saint Louis, Missouri 63103

     703,329.549        8.20

 

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AMG GW&K Global Allocation Fund

 

Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Class N

     

National Financial Services LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310-2010

     588,819.407        38.10

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     252,283.004        16.32

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith

For the Sole Benefit of Its Customers

4800 Deer Lake Drive East

Jacksonville, Florida 32246-6484

     128,138.902        8.29

TD Ameritrade Inc.

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Clients

P.O. Box 2226

Omaha, Nebraska 68103-2226

     113,868.169        7.37

Class I

     

National Financial Services LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310-2010

     145,073.311        17.55

UBS WM USA

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers of UBSFSI

1000 Harbor Boulevard

Weehawken, New Jersey 07086

     117,882.874        14.26

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Account FBO Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

211 Main Street

San Francisco, California 94105-1905

     54,490.524        6.59

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     53,710.802        6.50

 

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Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Class Z

     

RBC Capital Markets LLC

Mutual Fund Omnibus Processing Omnibus

Attn: Mutual Fund Ops Manager

250 Nicollet Mall, Suite 1400

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401-1931

     34,898.827        35.82

BNYM I S Trust Co Cust Rollover IRA

Yvonne Moritz

6413 Tilden Lane

Rockville, Maryland 20852-3742

     10,203.812        10.47

BNYM I S Trust Co Cust Rollover IRA

William T. Lutzen

W226N4033 Country Lane

Pewaukee, Wisconsin 53072-2713

     8,610.862        8.84

BNYM I S Trust Co Cust Rollover IRA

Patricia Lewandowski BENE

Stanley Lewandowski DECD

1213 West Brookwood Street

Bensenville, Illinois 60106-1703

     5,863.013        6.02

Eric Rakowski, Trustee

Eric P. Rakowski Living Trust

c/o AMG Funds LLC

680 Washington Boulevard, Suite 500

Stamford, Connecticut 06901

     5,058.454        5.19

Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC

2801 Market Street

Saint Louis, Missouri 63103

     4,942.686        5.07

AMG GW&K High Income Fund

 

Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Class N

     

National Financial Services LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310-2010

     122,800.835        38.13

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     40,596.184        12.60

LPL Financial

Omnibus Customer Account

Attn: Lindsay O’Toole

4707 Executive Drive

San Diego, California 92121

     40,346.030        12.53

 

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Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

TD Ameritrade Inc.

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Clients

P.O. Box 2226

Omaha, Nebraska 68103-2226

     23,183.579        7.20

Class I

     

National Financial Services LLC*

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310-2010

     388,853.284        95.29

AMG GW&K International Small Cap Fund

 

Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Class N

     

Town of Addison

c/o ICMA Retirement Corporation

777 North Capitol Street, NE

Washington, D.C. 20002

     20,370.244        20.30

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     18,171.120        18.11

TD Ameritrade Inc.

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Clients

P.O. Box 2226

Omaha, Nebraska 68103-2226

     11,805.266        11.76

National Financial Services LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310-2010

     8,374.605        8.34

Vanguard Brokerage Services

P.O. Box 1170

Valley Forge, Pennsylvania 19482-1170

     7,352.727        7.33

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Its Customers

1 New York Plaza, 39th Floor

New York, New York 10004

     6,112.904        6.09

Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC

2801 Market Street

Saint Louis, Missouri 63103

     5,224.989        5.21

 

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Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Class I

     

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.*

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     353,774.066        57.74

SEI Private Trust Company

c/o FNZ

Attn: Mutual Fund Admin

One Freedom Valley Drive

Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456

     76,931.737        12.56

National Financial Services LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310-2010

     38,798.104        6.33

Pershing LLC

1 Pershing Plaza

Jersey City, New Jersey 07399-0002

     35,112.251        5.73

Class Z

     

Bank of America NA

FBO MFO

P.O. Box 843869

Dallas, Texas 75284-3869

     57,586.738        72.04

Empower Trust

FBO Recordkeeping for Large Benefit PL

8525 East Orchard Road

Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111

     18,116.361        22.66

AMG GW&K Municipal Bond Fund

 

Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Class N

     

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     246,539.685        19.91

Pershing LLC

1 Pershing Plaza

Jersey City, New Jersey 07399-0002

     218,186.703        17.62

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith

For the Sole Benefit of Its Customers

4800 Deer Lake Drive East

Jacksonville, Florida 32246-6484

     190,180.150        15.36

 

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Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Its Customers

1 New York Plaza, 39th Floor

New York, New York 10004

     166,471.634        13.45

National Financial Services LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310-2010

     133,112.203        10.75

UBS WM USA

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers of UBSFSI

1000 Harbor Boulevard

Weehawken, New Jersey 07086

     94,799.693        7.66

Class I

     

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.*

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     28,881,572.622        30.88

National Financial Services LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310-2010

     18,356,679.081        19.63

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith

For the Sole Benefit of Its Customers

4800 Deer Lake Drive East

Jacksonville, Florida 32246-6484

     8,375,632.145        8.95

UBS WM USA

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers of UBSFSI

1000 Harbor Boulevard

Weehawken, New Jersey 07086

     7,633,682.301        8.16

SEI Private Trust Company

c/o Trust

Attn: Mutual Fund Admin

One Freedom Valley Drive

Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456

     6,925,190.372        7.40

 

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AMG GW&K Municipal Enhanced SMA Shares

 

Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.*

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     3,558,910.995        75.31

SEI Private Trust Company

c/o FNZ

Attn: Mutual Fund Admin

One Freedom Valley Drive

Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456

     861,909.507        18.24

SEI Private Trust Company

c/o FNZ

Attn: Mutual Fund Admin

One Freedom Valley Drive

Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456

     305,044.891        6.45

AMG GW&K Municipal Enhanced Yield Fund

 

Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Class N

     

National Financial Services LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310-2010

     152,609.263        34.76

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith

For the Sole Benefit of Its Customers

4800 Deer Lake Drive East

Jacksonville, Florida 32246-6484

     135,102.402        30.77

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     81,240.026        18.50

Class I

     

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith*

For the Sole Benefit of Its Customers

4800 Deer Lake Drive East

Jacksonville, Florida 32246-6484

     17,521,835.738        63.82

RBC Capital Markets LLC

Mutual Fund Omnibus Processing Omnibus

Attn: Mutual Fund Ops Manager

250 Nicollet Mall, Suite 1400

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401-1931

     2,888,779.314        10.52

 

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Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     2,703,354.869        9.85

National Financial Services LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310-2010

     1,669,115.644        6.08

Class Z

     

AMG Funds LLC

680 Washington Boulevard, Suite 500

Stamford, Connecticut 06901

     13,443.717        98.80

AMG GW&K Small Cap Core Fund

 

Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Class N

     

National Financial Services LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310-2010

     130,031.335        44.01

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Its Customers

1 New York Plaza, Floor 12

New York, New York 10004-1901

     41,514.638        14.05

Mid Atlantic Trust Company

FBO Shaheen & Gordon PA 401(k) Profit S

1251 Waterfront Place, Suite 525

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222

     34,684.331        11.74

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     26,671.773        9.03

Capital Bank & Trust Co. TTEE

FBO Johns Byrne Company 401K

c/o Fascore LLC

8515 East Orchard Road 2T2

Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111

     26,151.350        8.85

 

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Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Class I

     

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     5,216,015.439        35.08

National Financial Services LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310-2010

     3,688,656.121        24.81

Saxon & Co.

P.O. Box 7780-1888

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19182

     1,147,688.349        7.72

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Its Customers

1 New York Plaza, Floor 12

New York, New York 10004-1901

     1,114,091.363        7.49

Class Z

     

National Financial Services LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310-2010

     5,160,950.352        62.47

Vanguard Brokerage Services

P.O. Box 1170

Valley Forge, Pennsylvania 19482-1170

     840,958.010        10.18

Keybank NA

UJF – Balanced Pool PRI USD

P.O. Box 94871

Cleveland, Ohio 44101-4871

     499,168.053        6.04

AMG GW&K Small Cap Value Fund

 

Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Class N

     

National Financial Services LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310-2010

     1,302,165.639        22.20

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4151

     1,181,421.262        20.14

 

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Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Talcott Resolution Life Insurance C

P.O. Box 5051

Hartford, Connecticut 06102

     1,078,085.602        18.38

Pershing LLC

1 Pershing Plaza

Jersey City, New Jersey 07399-0002

     393,184.833        6.70

Class I

     

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     523,297.659        16.97

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Its Customers

1 New York Plaza, Floor 12

New York, New York 10004-1901

     425,312.733        13.79

National Financial Services LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310-2010

     347,980.448        11.28

Class Z

     

Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Co.

ABN AMRO Funds

P.O. Box 2600

Attn: Outside Funds

Valley Forge, Pennsylvania 19482

     134,576.534        65.44

Nabank & Co.

P.O. Box 2180

Tulsa, Oklahoma 74101

     48,059.385        23.37

AMG GW&K Small/Mid Cap Core Fund

 

Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Class N

     

Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC

2801 Market Street

Saint Louis, Missouri 63103

     389,996.104        11.88

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Its Customers

1 New York Plaza, Floor 12

New York, New York 10004-1901

     315,369.501        9.61

National Financial Services LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310-2010

     261,616.688        7.97

 

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Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Pershing LLC

1 Pershing Plaza

Jersey City, New Jersey 07399-0002

     202,633.103        6.17

LPL Financial

Omnibus Customer Account

Attn: Lindsay O’Toole

4707 Executive Drive

San Diego, California 92121

     190,544.021        5.81

Raymond James

Omnibus for Mutual Funds

Attn: Courtney Waller

880 Carillon Parkway

St. Petersburg, Florida 33716

     172,482.937        5.26

Class I

     

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     9,239,762.171        54.69

National Financial Services LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310-2010

     5,214,774.807        30.87

Class Z

     

TIAA Trust NA as Cust/TTEE of Retirement Plans Recordkept by TIAA

Attn: Fund Operations

8500 Andrew Carnegie Boulevard

Charlotte, North Carolina 28262-8500

     5,448,142.207        24.37

National Financial Services LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310-2010

     3,770,275.452        16.87

Matrix Trust Company

As Agent for Newport Trust Company

St. Jude Medical, Inc. Management S

35 Iron Point Circle, Suite 300

Folsom, California 95630

     3,233,580.894        14.47

Empower Trust

FBO Mercy Health Corp EES Ret Plan

c/o Empower

8525 East Orchard Road 2T2

Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111

     2,952,881.985        13.21

 

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Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     1,312,170.766        5.87

AMG GW&K Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund

 

Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Class N

     

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.*

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     759,462.755        35.46

National Financial Services Corp

(FBO) Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310

     422,303.602        19.72

TD Ameritrade Inc.

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Clients

P.O. Box 2226

Omaha, Nebraska 68103-2226

     129,243.608        6.03

Class I

     

LPL Financial

Omnibus Customer Account

Attn: Lindsay O’Toole

4707 Executive Drive

San Diego, California 92121

     103,037.979        19.79

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     97,006.719        18.63

Pershing LLC

1 Pershing Plaza

Jersey City, New Jersey 07399-0002

     79,107.177        15.19

Gerald Dillenburg & Cheryl Dillenburg JTWROS

316 Ridge Avenue

Clarendon Hills, Illinois 60514-1313

     57,600.776        11.06

 

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Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

National Financial Services Corp

(FBO) Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310

     41,675.266        8.00

Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC

2801 Market Street

Saint Louis, Missouri 63103

     31,221.150        6.00

Class Z

     

AMG Funds LLC

680 Washington Boulevard, Suite 500

Stamford, Connecticut 06901

     857.136        50.35

David H. Voelkel

101 North 5th Street

Bellevue, Iowa 52031-1501

     845.386        49.65

AMG Montrusco Bolton Large Cap Growth Fund

 

Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Class N

     

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     1,869,791.464        16.65

National Financial Services Corp

(FBO) Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310

     1,626,881.862        14.48

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Its Customers

1 New York Plaza, Floor 12

New York, New York 10004-1901

     591,397.243        5.27

Class I

     

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     1,562,115.989        22.29

National Financial Services Corp

(FBO) Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310

     900,949.527        12.85

 

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Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

UBS WM USA

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers of UBSFSI

1000 Harbor Boulevard

Weehawken, New Jersey 07086

     751,788.472        10.73

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Its Customers

1 New York Plaza, Floor 12

New York, New York 10004-1901

     532,495.856        7.60

Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC

2801 Market Street

Saint Louis, Missouri 63103

     449,463.572        6.41

AMG Renaissance Large Cap Growth Fund

 

Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Class N

     

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith

For the Sole Benefit of Its Customers

4800 Deer Lake Drive East

Jacksonville, Florida 32246-6484

     482,696.915        12.60

National Financial Services LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310-2010

     366,141.019        9.55

Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC

2801 Market Street

Saint Louis, Missouri 63103

     327,173.987        8.54

Raymond James

Omnibus for Mutual Funds

Attn: Courtney Waller

880 Carillon Parkway

St. Petersburg, Florida 33716

     252,887.235        6.60

Pershing LLC

1 Pershing Plaza

Jersey City, New Jersey 07399-0002

     239,222.798        6.24

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Its Customers

1 New York Plaza, Floor 12

New York, New York 10004-1901

     214,198.855        5.59

Class I

     

UBS WM USA

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers of UBSFSI

1000 Harbor Boulevard

Weehawken, New Jersey 07086

     724,704.273        29.76

 

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Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

LPL Financial

Omnibus Customer Account

Attn: Lindsay O’Toole

4707 Executive Drive

San Diego, California 92121

     331,081.511        13.60

National Financial Services LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310-2010

     222,558.750        9.14

Lincoln Retirement Services Company

FBO University of Texas

P.O. Box 7876

Fort Wayne, Indiana 46801-7876

     162,666.109        6.68

Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC

2801 Market Street

Saint Louis, Missouri 63103

     160,444.348        6.59

Pershing LLC

1 Pershing Plaza

Jersey City, New Jersey 07399-0002

     158,423.945        6.51

Class Z

     

NFS LLC FEBO

NFSC Fund/SERV No Load Automated

Trade Rollup of Combined Orders

Attn: R. Rocco, OSG

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310

     490,071.098        33.05

RBC Capital Markets LLC

Mutual Fund Omnibus Processing Omnibus

Attn: Mutual Fund Ops Manager

250 Nicollet Mall, Suite 1400

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401-1931

     368,100.935        24.83

Theodore T. Bolliger

11340 NE 67th Street, Apartment A3

Kirkland, Washington 8033-7112

     138,537.869        9.34

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     111,400.074        7.51

Michael E. Schroer

c/o The Renaissance Group LLC

50 East RiverCenter Boulevard, Suite 1200

Covington, Kentucky 41011

     78,779.461        5.31

 

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AMG River Road Dividend All Cap Value Fund

 

Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Class N

     

National Financial Services Corp

(FBO) Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310

     1,852,781.815        54.08

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     831,815.196        24.28

JP Morgan Securities LLC

Omnibus Account for the Exclusive

Benefit of Customers

4 Chase Metrotech Center, 3rd Floor

Mutual Fund Department

Brooklyn, New York 11245

     173,390.717        5.06

Class I

     

Raymond James*

Omnibus for Mutual Funds

Attn: Courtney Waller

880 Carillon Parkway

St. Petersburg, Florida 33716

     18,125,170.500        74.76

National Financial Services Corp

(FBO) Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310

     2,460,786.260        10.15

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     1,700,076.592        7.01

Class Z

     

Empower Trust

FBO Empower Benefit Plans

8515 East Orchard Road 2T2

Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111

     315,318.015        83.66

BNYM I S Trust Co. Cust IRA FBO Charlene Dixon

7712 South Vernon

Chicago, Illinois 60619-2923

     18,889.210        5.01

 

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AMG River Road Focused Absolute Value Fund

 

Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Class N

     

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     64,175.316        35.39

National Financial Services Corp

(FBO) Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310

     61,616.125        33.98

TD Ameritrade Inc.

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Clients

P.O. Box 2226

Omaha, Nebraska 68103-2226

     20,386.733        11.24

Raymond James

Omnibus for Mutual Funds

Attn: Courtney Waller

880 Carillon Parkway

St. Petersburg, Florida 33716

     13,943.703        7.69

Class I

     

National Financial Services Corp*

(FBO) Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310

     1,585,979.818        45.25

Reliance Trust Company

FBO CHI STD WM Blair Equity

P.O. Box 78446

Atlanta, Georgia 30357

     749,625.941        21.39

Reliance Trust Company

FBO CHICAGOSRDINSVA

P.O. Box 78446

Atlanta, Georgia 30357

     505,034.247        14.41

Raymond James

Omnibus for Mutual Funds

Attn: Courtney Waller

880 Carillon Parkway

St. Petersburg, Florida 33716

     370,169.616        10.56

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     210,657.821        6.01

 

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Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Class Z

     

SEI Private Trust Company

c/o Trust

Attn: Mutual Fund Admin

One Freedom Valley Drive

Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456

     310,665.662        55.17

Empower Trust

FBO Empower Benefit Plans

8515 East Orchard Road 2T2

Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111

     211,805.298        37.62

AMG River Road International Value Equity Fund

 

Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Class N

     

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     67,916.896        36.64

National Financial Services Corp

(FBO) Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310

     66,988.916        36.14

Pershing LLC

1 Pershing Plaza

Jersey City, New Jersey 07399-0002

     15,214.973        8.21

Vanguard Brokerage Services

P.O. Box 1170

Valley Forge, Pennsylvania 19482-1170

     11,957.188        6.45

Class I

     

National Financial Services Corp*

(FBO) Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310

     574,460.576        85.73

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     50,365.354        7.52

Class Z

     

Empower Trust

FBO Empower Benefit Plans

8515 East Orchard Road 2T2

Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111

     116,804.660        97.11

 

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AMG River Road Large Cap Value Select Fund

 

Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Class N

     

National Financial Services LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310-2010

     69,835.781        29.87

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith

For the Sole Benefit of Its Customers

4800 Deer Lake Drive East

Jacksonville, Florida 32246-6484

     50,230.043        21.49

BNYM I S Trust Co Cust Rollover IRA

Timothy R. Smith

9287 Tan Bay

Commerce Township, Michigan 48382-4362

     25,887.543        11.07

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     12,514.050        5.35

Class I

     

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     148,992.106        7.69

National Financial Services LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310-2010

     121,166.343        6.25

AMG River Road Mid Cap Value Fund

 

Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Class N

     

National Financial Services Corp

(FBO) Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310

     2,669,847.689        20.56

 

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Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     1,991,881.471        15.34

John Hancock Life Insurance Co. USA

Attn: JHRPS Trading Ops ST6

200 Berkeley Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02116-5010

     1,477,204.421        11.38

Voya Retirement Insurance and Annuity Company

1 Orange Way

Windsor, Connecticut 06095-4774

     1,185,317.003        9.13

UMB Bank N/A FBO

Fiduciary for Tax Deferred Accounts

1 Security Benefit Place

Topeka, Kansas 66636-0001

     1,073,543.327        8.27

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Its Customers

1 New York Plaza, 39th Floor

New York, New York 10004

     710,619.516        5.47

Class I

     

National Financial Services Corp

(FBO) Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310

     1,383,779.568        32.57

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     622,176.847        14.64

Class Z

     

BNC Partnership FBO BNCCORP

In 401(k) Savings Plan

322 East Main Avenue

Bismarck, North Dakota 58501

     33,255.827        8.59

JP Morgan Securities LLC

Omnibus Account for the Exclusive

Benefit of Customers

4 Chase Metrotech Center, 3rd Floor

Mutual Fund Department

Brooklyn, New York 11245

     22,368.596        5.78

 

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Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

National Financial Services LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310-2010

     21,815.652        5.63

AMG River Road Small Cap Value Fund

 

Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Class N

     

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     1,594,692.993        52.64

National Financial Services Corp

(FBO) Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310

     1,148,495.217        37.91

Class I

     

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     11,816,808.236        20.56

Raymond James

Omnibus for Mutual Funds

Attn: Courtney Waller

880 Carillon Parkway

St. Petersburg, Florida 33716

     11,713,805.240        20.38

National Financial Services Corp

(FBO) Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310

     9,011,626.577        15.68

SEI Private Trust Company

Attn: Mutual Fund Admin

One Freedom Valley Drive

Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456

     6,372,221.308        11.09

Pershing LLC

1 Pershing Plaza

Jersey City, New Jersey 07399-0002

     6,171,038.527        10.74

 

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Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Class Z

     

Associated Trust Company

FBO Plumbers & Steamfitters

Custody

P.O. Box 22037

Green Bay, Wisconsin 54305

     456,305.297        64.95

Empower Trust

FBO Empower Benefit Plans

8515 East Orchard Road 2T2

Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111

     114,880.910        16.35

Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Co.

P.O. Box 2600

Attn: Outside Funds

Valley Forge, Pennsylvania 19482-2600

     74,380.376        10.59

AMG River Road Small-Mid Cap Value Fund

 

Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Class N

     

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     1,119,990.017        50.62

National Financial Services Corp

(FBO) Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310

     415,733.383        18.79

TD Ameritrade Inc.

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Clients

P.O. Box 2226

Omaha, Nebraska 68103-2226

     137,330.194        6.21

Class I

     

National Financial Services Corp*

(FBO) Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310

     7,519,355.648        30.67

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     5,173,785.990        21.10

 

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Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Raymond James

Omnibus for Mutual Funds

Attn: Courtney Waller

880 Carillon Parkway

St. Petersburg, Florida 33716

     2,140,438.844        8.73

UBS WM USA

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers of UBSFSI

1000 Harbor Boulevard

Weehawken, New Jersey 07086

     1,249,809.367        5.10

SEI Private Trust Company

c/o Legacy SWP

One Freedom Valley Drive

Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456

     1,233,968.684        5.03

Class Z

     

Shepherd Center Inc.

2020 Peachtree Road NW

Atlanta, Georgia 30309-1426

     2,018,628.692        60.50

SEI Private Trust Company

c/o Truist

Attn: Mutual Fund Admin

One Freedom Valley Drive

Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456

     1,137,152.677        34.08

AMG TimesSquare Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund

 

Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Class N

     

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     6,827.643        80.94

Pershing LLC

1 Pershing Plaza

Jersey City, New Jersey 07399-0002

     890.311        10.56

Class I

     

Tremont Partners LLC

Defined Benefit Plan

639 East Ocean Avenue #309

Boynton Beach, Florida

     39,196.625        95.87

Class Z

     

Grant R. Babyak and Nicole Abbatecola JTWROS*

c/o TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC

7 Times Square, 42nd Floor

New York, New York 10036

     73,533.071        55.57

 

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   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Nicole Abbatecola Trust

Babyak Family Trust

c/o TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC

7 Times Square, 42nd Floor

New York, New York 10036

     10,693.171        8.08

David Oh

c/o TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC

7 Times Square, 42nd Floor

New York, New York 10036

     9,942.186        7.51

Kenneth C. Duca and Kristen J. Duca JTWROS

c/o TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC

7 Times Square, 42nd Floor

New York, New York 10036

     8,622.397        6.52

Magnus Larsson

c/o TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC

7 Times Square, 42nd Floor

New York, New York 10036

     8,622.397        6.52

Katy D. Chih

21 Wellesley Road

Upper Montclair, New Jersey 07043-0000

     8,622.397        6.52

AMG TimesSquare Global Small Cap Fund

 

Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Class N

     

AMG Funds LLC

680 Washington Boulevard, Suite 500

Stamford, Connecticut 06901

     3,241.667        60.69

Aleksandar Dogandzic

1321 Upland Drive, Apartment 10915

Houston, Texas 77043

     1,124.619        21.06

BNYM I S Trust Co Cust Roth IRA

FBO Stuart Cane

10 Hanover Square, Apartment 8G

New York, New York 10005-3560

     974.709        18.25

Class I

     

AMG Funds LLC

680 Washington Boulevard, Suite 500

Stamford, Connecticut 06901

     3,264.661        100.00

Class Z

     

Grant R. Babyak and Nicole Abbatecola JTWROS*

c/o TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC

7 Times Square, 42nd Floor

New York, New York 10036

     89,635.803        57.34

 

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Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Kenneth C. Duca and Kristen J. Duca JTWROS

c/o TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC

7 Times Square, 42nd Floor

New York, New York 10036

     29,980.774        19.18

TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC

A Partnership

7 Times Square, 42nd Floor

New York, New York 10036-0000

     17,938.606        11.48

AMG TimesSquare International Small Cap Fund

 

Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Class N

     

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     316,278.496        40.88

National Financial Services LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310-2010

     266,965.933        34.51

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Its Customers

1 New York Plaza, Floor 12

New York, New York 10004-1901

     42,518.301        5.50

TD Ameritrade Inc.

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Clients

P.O. Box 2226

Omaha, Nebraska 68103-2226

     40,068.651        5.18

Class I

     

Pershing LLC

1 Pershing Plaza

Jersey City, New Jersey 07399-0002

     2,812,556.828        29.16

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Its Customers

1 New York Plaza, Floor 12

New York, New York 10004-1901

     1,672,779.121        17.34

UBS WM USA

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers of UBSFSI

1000 Harbor Boulevard

Weehawken, New Jersey 07086

     1,553,725.630        16.11

 

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Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

National Financial Services LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310-2010

     851,288.315        8.83

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     725,450.187        7.52

Class Z

     

Edward D. Jones & Co.

For the Benefit of Customers

12555 Manchester Road

Saint Louis, Missouri 63131-3729

     4,611,863.758        45.00

National Financial Services LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310-2010

     4,378,654.962        42.72

AMG TimesSquare Mid Cap Growth Fund

 

Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Class N

     

VantageTrust – Unitized

c/o ICMA Retirement Corporation

777 North Capitol Street, NE

Washington, D.C. 20002

     18,507,718.844        68.27

Matrix Trust Company Cust FBO

PHX-OneAmerica (WI Office)

P.O. Box 52129

Phoenix, Arizona 85072

     2,181,236.355        8.05

Empower Trust

FBO North Memorial Health

c/o Fascore LLC

8515 East Orchard Road 2T2

Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111

     1,375,745.129        5.07

Class I

     

Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC*

2801 Market Street

Saint Louis, Missouri 63103

     20,038,627.442        83.33

 

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Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Class Z

     

National Financial Services LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310-2010

     9,569,902.332        33.87

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     3,014,773.452        10.67

Nationwide Trust Company, FSB

FBO Participating Plans

NTC-PLNS

c/o IPO Portfolio Accounting

P.O. Box 182029

Columbus, Ohio 43218-2029

     1,943,130.978        6.88

DCGT as Trustee and/or Cust FBO

PLIC Various Retirement Plans Omnibus

Attn: NPIO Trade Desk

711 High Street

Des Moines, Iowa 50392

     1,931,721.030        6.84

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Its Customers

1 New York Plaza, Floor 12

New York, New York 10004-1901

     1,460,532.359        5.17

AMG TimesSquare Small Cap Growth Fund

 

Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Class N

     

SEI Private Trust Company

c/o Principal Financial

Attn: Mutual Fund Admin

One Freedom Valley Drive

Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456

     630,829.500        44.57

Matrix Trust Company Custodian

FBO Sikacorporation Nonqualified Deferred

P.O. Box 52129

Phoenix, Arizona 85072-2129

     235,652.120        16.65

Pershing LLC

1 Pershing Plaza

Jersey City, New Jersey 07399-0002

     138,117.579        9.76

 

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Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

National Financial Services LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310-2010

     127,842.952        9.03

City of Corpus Christi, TX 457

c/o ICMA Retirement Corporation

777 North Capitol Street NE

Washington, D.C. 20002

     97,955.675        6.92

Class I

     

National Financial Services LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310-2010

     380,807.671        47.82

Grant R. Babyak and Nicole Abbatecola JTWROS

c/o TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC

7 Times Square, 42nd Floor

New York, New York 10036

     113,922.265        14.31

Marley Management Corporation

Discretionary Contribution Pension Plan

Attn: Nancy Ball

P.O. Box 10392

Phoenix, Arizona 85064-0392

     108,634.228        13.64

Raymond James

Omnibus for Mutual Funds

Attn: Courtney Waller

880 Carillon Parkway

St. Petersburg, Florida 33716

     67,570.685        8.49

Class Z

     

Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Co.

P.O. Box 2600

Attn: Outside Funds

Valley Forge, Pennsylvania 19482-2600

     3,104,591.477        21.99

National Financial Services LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310-2010

     2,004,262.940        14.19

DCGT as Trustee and/or Cust FBO

PLIC Various Retirement Plans Omnibus

Attn: NPIO Trade Desk

711 High Street

Des Moines, Iowa 50392

     1,804,918.735        12.78

 

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Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Northern Trust as Custodian

FBO Desert States Employers & UFCW Pension Plans Trust

P.O. Box 92956

Chicago, Illinois 60675-2994

     1,678,440.858        11.89

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Account FBO Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

211 Main Street

San Francisco, California 94105

     898,084.899        6.36

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Account FBO Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     819,344.155        5.80

AMG Veritas Asia Pacific Fund

 

Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Class N

     

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.*

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     582,648.489        37.34

National Financial Services LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310-2010

     232,101.669        14.87

Class I

     

National Financial Services LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310-2010

     33,014.633        26.26

John Hancock Trust Company LLC

200 Berkeley Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02116

     29,212.369        23.23

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     20,115.195        16.00

 

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Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Raymond James

Omnibus for Mutual Funds

Attn: Courtney Waller

880 Carillon Parkway

St. Petersburg, Florida 33716

     10,529.098        8.37

Pershing LLC

1 Pershing Plaza

Jersey City, New Jersey 07399-0002

     8,133.169        6.47

AMG Veritas China Fund

 

Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Class N

     

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.*

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     1,186,993.683        34.61

National Financial Services LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310-2010

     428,190.675        12.48

Class I

     

BNYM I S Trust Co Cust Rollover IRA

William G. Weinzierl

211 Veranda Drive

Madison, Alabama 35758-3008

     49,393.911        11.94

Michael L. Thiele II

2301 Carondelet Street

New Orleans, Louisiana 70130-5811

     31,293.430        7.56

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     27,342.449        6.61

Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC

2801 Market Street

Saint Louis, Missouri 63103

     26,244.134        6.34

Charles J. Kruse and Laurie E. Kruse JTWROS

TOD Beneficiaries On File

22945 War Eagle Blacktop Road

Springdale, Arkansas 72764

     24,972.392        6.04

 

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AMG Veritas Global Focus Fund

 

Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Class N

     

National Financial Services LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310-2010

     26,247.206        20.08

TD Ameritrade Inc.

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Clients

P.O. Box 2226

Omaha, Nebraska 68103-2226

     19,744.934        15.11

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     17,731.210        13.57

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith

For the Sole Benefit of Its Customers

4800 Deer Lake Drive East

Jacksonville, Florida 32246-6484

     11,740.116        8.98

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Its Customers

1 New York Plaza, Floor 12

New York, New York 10004-1901

     9,230.622        7.06

Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC

2801 Market Street

Saint Louis, Missouri 63103

     8,719.169        6.67

Christine T. O’Shaughnessy

1592 Ashbury Place

Eagan, Minnesota 55122-1224

     6,756.490        5.17

Class I

     

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.*

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     541,215.342        30.28

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Its Customers

1 New York Plaza, 39th Floor

New York, New York 10004

     186,502.796        10.43

NFS LLC FEBO

NFSC Fund/SERV No Load Automated

Trade Rollup of Combined Orders

Attn: R. Rocco, OSG

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310

     186,136.072        10.41

 

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AMG Veritas Global Real Return Fund

 

Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Class I

     

National Financial Services LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310-2010

     431,497.290        13.20

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

211 Main Street

San Francisco, California 94105-1905

     386,065.339        11.81

Raymond James

Omnibus for Mutual Funds

Attn: Courtney Waller

880 Carillon Parkway

St. Petersburg, Florida 33716

     198,041.439        6.06

AMG Yacktman Focused Fund

 

Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Class N

     

National Financial Services LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers

499 Washington Boulevard, Floor 5

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310-2010

     44,605,644.102        49.28

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Attn: Mutual Funds

211 Main Street

San Francisco, California 94105-1905

     20,031,388.868        22.13

TD Ameritrade Inc.

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Clients

P.O. Box 2226

Omaha, Nebraska 68103-2226

     10,690,630.178        11.81

Class I

     

National Financial Services LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers

499 Washington Boulevard, Floor 5

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310-2010

     17,975,405.071        19.01

Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC

2801 Market Street

Saint Louis, Missouri 63103

     10,839,380.800        11.46

 

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Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Attn: Mutual Funds Department

211 Main Street

San Francisco, California 94105-1905

     7,324,182.627        7.75

Pershing LLC

1 Pershing Plaza

Jersey City, New Jersey 07399-0002

     6,802,790.778        7.20

UBS WM USA

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers of UBSFSI

1000 Harbor Boulevard

Weehawken, New Jersey 07086

     6,644,062.396        7.03

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Its Customers

1 New York Plaza, Floor 12

New York, New York 10004-1901

     6,179,708.680        6.54

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith

For the Sole Benefit of Its Customers

4800 Deer Lake Drive East

Jacksonville, Florida 32246-6484

     5,665,669.376        5.99

Raymond James

Omnibus for Mutual Funds

Attn: Courtney Waller

880 Carillon Parkway

St. Petersburg, Florida 33716

     5,228,250.013        5.53

AMG Yacktman Fund

 

Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Class I

     

National Financial Services LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers

499 Washington Boulevard, Floor 5

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310-2010

     90,727,552.941        24.96

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

211 Main Street

San Francisco, California 94105-1905

     50,516,538.525        13.90

Pershing LLC

1 Pershing Plaza

Jersey City, New Jersey 07399-0002

     29,345,687.826        8.07

Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC

2801 Market Street

Saint Louis, Missouri 63103

     23,991,744.083        6.60

 

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Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith

For the Sole Benefit of Its Customers

4800 Deer Lake Drive East

Jacksonville, Florida 32246-6484

     23,852,833.575        6.56

Raymond James

Omnibus for Mutual Funds

Attn: Courtney Waller

880 Carillon Parkway

St. Petersburg, Florida 33716

     21,024,027.254        5.78

AMG Yacktman Global Fund

 

Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Class N

     

National Financial Services LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310-2010

     78,729.611        56.22

Vanguard Brokerage Services

P.O. Box 1170

Valley Forge, Pennsylvania 19482-1170

     29,098.917        20.78

Class I

     

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith*

For the Sole Benefit of Its Customers

4800 Deer Lake Drive East

Jacksonville, Florida 32246-6484

     4,563,090.553        39.28

UBS WM USA*

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers of UBSFSI

1000 Harbor Boulevard

Weehawken, New Jersey 07086

     3,049,401.043        26.25

National Financial Services LLC

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310-2010

     2,406,634.559        20.72

AMG Yacktman Special Opportunities Fund

 

Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

Class I

     

National Financial Services LLC*

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4th Floor

499 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310-2010

     2,168,879.053        58.42

 

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Name and Address

   Number of Shares      Percentage  

TD Ameritrade Inc.

For the Exclusive Benefit of Our Clients

P.O. Box 2226

Omaha, Nebraska 68103-2226

     615,589.868        16.58

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers

Attn: Mutual Funds

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California 94104-4122

     485,847.446        13.09

Pershing LLC

1 Pershing Plaza

Jersey City, New Jersey 07399-0002

     279,494.276        7.53

Class Z

     

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Inc.

For the Sole Benefit of Its Customers

Attn: Service Team

4800 Deer Lake Drive East, 3rd Floor

Jacksonville, Florida 32246

     1,320,929.118        40.41

Yacktman Asset Management LP

6300 Bridgepoint Parkway

Building One, Suite 500

Austin, Texas 78730-5076

     688,978.701        21.08

UBS WM USA

Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers of UBSFSI

1000 Harbor Boulevard

Weehawken, New Jersey 07086

     593,354.184        18.15

 

*

Denotes persons or entities that owned 25% or more of the outstanding shares of beneficial interest of a Fund as of July 31, 2023, and therefore may be presumed to “control” the Fund under the 1940 Act. Except for these persons or entities, the Trust did not know of any person or entity who, as of July 31, 2023, “controlled” (within the meaning of the 1940 Act) a Fund. A person or entity that “controls” a Fund could have effective voting control over the Fund. It may not be possible for matters subject to a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of a Fund to be approved without the affirmative vote of such “controlling” shareholders, and it may be possible for such matters to be approved by such shareholders without the affirmative vote of any other shareholders.

Since the beginning of each Fund’s most recently completed fiscal year, no Trustee or Nominee has purchased or sold securities of the Investment Manager, a Subadviser, or any of their respective parents or subsidiaries exceeding 1% of the outstanding securities of any class of securities issued by the Investment Manager, a Subadviser, or any of their respective parents or subsidiaries.

As of July 31, 2023, all management personnel (i.e., Trustees and Officers of the Trust) as a group owned beneficially 3.621% of the outstanding Class Z shares of AMG GW&K Core Bond ESG Fund, 3.517% of the outstanding Class Z shares of AMG GW&K Global Allocation Fund, 5.539% of the outstanding Class Z shares of AMG River Road Dividend All Cap Value Fund, and less than 1% of the outstanding shares of each other class of each Fund.

 

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As of July 31, 2023, each of the Trustees, Nominees and named executive officers owned, of record and beneficially, 3.621% of the outstanding Class Z shares of AMG GW&K Core Bond ESG Fund, 3.517% of the outstanding Class Z shares of AMG GW&K Global Allocation Fund, 5.539% of the outstanding Class Z shares of AMG River Road Dividend All Cap Value Fund, and less than 1% of the outstanding shares of each other class of each Fund.

 

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APPENDIX C

GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE CHARTERS

 

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AMG FUNDS, AMG FUNDS I, AMG FUNDS II AND AMG FUNDS III

GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE CHARTER

Each of the Boards of Trustees (each, a “Board”) of AMG Funds, AMG Funds I, AMG Funds II and AMG Funds III (each, a “Trust” and collectively, the “Trusts” and each series thereof, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”) has established a Governance Committee of the Board (each, a “Governance Committee”). This document constitutes the charter of the Governance Committee. The Board has delegated authority to the Governance Committee to perform the activities set forth herein.

 

1.

Membership, Composition and Governance.

The Governance Committee shall consist of all Trustees (each, a “Trustee” and collectively, the “Trustees”) of the Board who are not “interested persons” (as defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) of any Trust or of the adviser or sub-adviser of any Fund (each, an “Independent Trustee” and collectively, the “Independent Trustees”). Unless otherwise determined by the Board, the Governance Committee shall elect one member thereof to serve as the Chairperson of the Governance Committee.

 

2.

Meetings.

Meetings of the Governance Committee shall be held at such times and at such places as determined from time to time by the Board, the Governance Committee or the Chairperson of the Governance Committee, but not less frequently than annually. A majority of the members of the Governance Committee shall constitute a quorum for purposes of transacting business at any meeting of the Governance Committee. The Governance Committee may adopt such procedures or rules as it deems appropriate to govern its conduct under this charter.

 

3.

Powers.

The Governance Committee shall have the following powers, which it shall exercise in its sole discretion:

a.    To consider and adopt procedures for identifying and evaluating candidates for the position of Independent Trustee, including the procedures to be followed by shareholders of the Funds that wish to recommend such candidates for consideration by the Governance Committee, which procedures are set forth as Appendix A attached hereto, as the same may be amended from time to time.

b.    To recommend to the Board from time to time individuals to be appointed or nominated for election as Independent Trustees.

c.    To set any desired standards or qualifications for service as a Trustee.

d.    To make recommendations to the Board from time to time regarding the designation and responsibilities of: (i) the Chairperson of the Board (who shall be an Independent Trustee) and Board committees; (ii) such other officers of the Board, if any, as the Governance Committee deems appropriate; and (iii) officers of the Funds.

e.    To conduct self-evaluations of the performance of the Trustees and to help facilitate the Board’s evaluation of the performance of the Board at least annually, including consideration of the effectiveness of the committee structure and number of Funds on whose Boards each Trustee serves, and, taking into consideration appropriate input from management, make recommendations to the Board for any appropriate actions to enhance such performance.

 

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f.    To review periodically the compensation of the Trustees and to make recommendations to the Board regarding any appropriate changes to such compensation.

g.    To review periodically the Board’s membership, structure and operation and to make recommendations to the Board with respect to the development and maintenance thereof, including recommendations with respect to policies governing retirement and term limits of Trustees.

h.    To review periodically and make recommendations to the Board with respect to the duties, composition and frequency of meetings of the various committees of the Board and the chairpersons of such committees, including the Chairperson of the Governance Committee.

i.    To review periodically the adequacy of this charter and to evaluate the Governance Committee’s performance of its duties and responsibilities hereunder, and to make recommendations to the Board for any appropriate changes or other actions with respect thereto.

j.    To oversee the selection of independent legal counsel to the Independent Trustees and review reports from independent legal counsel regarding potential conflicts of interest.

k.    To report its activities to the Board on a periodic basis and to make such determinations or recommendations with respect to the foregoing matters as the Governance Committee may deem necessary.

l.    To consider and evaluate any other matter the Governance Committee deems necessary or appropriate.

m.    To act on such other matters as may be delegated to the Governance Committee by the Board from time to time.

 

4.

Resources and Authority.

The Governance Committee shall have the resources and authority necessary or appropriate for purposes of discharging its responsibilities under this charter, including the authority to retain, at the Trusts’ expense, and consult with such legal counsel and other experts or consultants as the Governance Committee, in its discretion, deems necessary or appropriate to fulfill its responsibilities.

 

5.

Scope of Responsibility and Standard of Care.

This charter shall not be read to impose on the Governance Committee or any member thereof any responsibility to take any action or supervise any activity of any Trust not otherwise specifically imposed by applicable law on the Governance Committee (acting as a body) or any member of the Governance Committee (acting individually). The Governance Committee and members thereof shall be held to the same standard of care, as applicable, generally applied to the Board or a Trustee under applicable law, and service on the Governance Committee shall not cause any member thereof to be held to a standard of care different from that applicable to his or her service on the Board generally.

Adopted: December 3, 2004, as revised September 20, 2013 and December 17, 2014

 

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APPENDIX A

PROCEDURES WITH RESPECT TO INDEPENDENT TRUSTEE

NOMINEES TO THE BOARD

 

1.

Identification of Candidates.

When a vacancy on the Board exists or is anticipated, the Governance Committee or a sub-committee thereof shall identify candidates by obtaining referrals from such sources as it may deem appropriate, which may include current Trustees, management of the Funds, counsel and other advisors to the Trustees, and shareholders of a Fund who submit recommendations in accordance with these procedures.

 

2.

Shareholder Candidates.

The Governance Committee shall consider any such candidate recommended by a shareholder of a Fund if such recommendation contains sufficient background information concerning the candidate and is received in a sufficiently timely manner (and in any event no later than the date specified for receipt of shareholder proposals in any applicable proxy statement with respect to a Fund). Shareholders shall be directed to address any such recommendations to the attention of the Governance Committee, c/o the Secretary of the Fund.

 

3.

Evaluation of Candidates.

In evaluating a candidate for a position on the Board, including any candidate recommended by shareholders of a Fund, the Governance Committee shall consider the following: (i) the candidate’s knowledge in matters relating to the mutual fund industry; (ii) any experience possessed by the candidate as a director or senior officer of other public companies; (iii) the candidate’s educational background, reputation for high ethical standards and professional integrity; (iv) any specific financial, technical or other expertise possessed by the candidate, and the extent to which such expertise would complement the Board’s existing mix of skills, core competencies and qualifications; (v) the candidate’s perceived ability to contribute to the ongoing functions of the Board, including the candidate’s ability and commitment to attend meetings regularly and work collaboratively with other members of the Board; (vi) the candidate’s ability to qualify as an Independent Trustee for purposes of the 1940 Act if it is intended that the candidate serve as an Independent Trustee; and (vii) such other factors as the Governance Committee determines to be relevant in light of the existing composition of the Board and any anticipated vacancies. Prior to making a final recommendation to the Board, the Governance Committee shall conduct personal interviews with those candidates it concludes are the most qualified candidates.

 

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AMG FUNDS IV

GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE CHARTER

The Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of AMG Funds IV (the “Trust” and each series thereof, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”) has established a Governance Committee of the Board (the “Governance Committee”). This document constitutes the charter of the Governance Committee. The Board has delegated authority to the Governance Committee to perform the activities set forth herein.

 

1.

Membership, Composition and Governance.

The Governance Committee shall consist of all Trustees (each, a “Trustee” and collectively, the “Trustees”) of the Board who are not “interested persons” (as defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) of the Trust or of the adviser or sub-adviser of any Fund (each, an “Independent Trustee” and collectively, the “Independent Trustees”). Unless otherwise determined by the Board, the Governance Committee shall elect one member thereof to serve as the Chairperson of the Governance Committee.

 

2.

Meetings.

Meetings of the Governance Committee shall be held at such times and at such places as determined from time to time by the Board, the Governance Committee or the Chairperson of the Governance Committee, but not less frequently than annually. A majority of the members of the Governance Committee shall constitute a quorum for purposes of transacting business at any meeting of the Governance Committee. The Governance Committee may adopt such procedures or rules as it deems appropriate to govern its conduct under this charter.

 

3.

Powers.

The Governance Committee shall have the following powers, which it shall exercise in its sole discretion:

a.    To consider and adopt procedures for identifying and evaluating candidates for the position of Independent Trustee, including the procedures to be followed by shareholders of the Funds that wish to recommend such candidates for consideration by the Governance Committee, which procedures are set forth as Appendix A attached hereto, as the same may be amended from time to time.

b.    To recommend to the Board from time to time individuals to be appointed or nominated for election as Independent Trustees.

c.    To set any desired standards or qualifications for service as a Trustee.

d.    To make recommendations to the Board from time to time regarding the designation and responsibilities of: (i) the Chairperson of the Board (who shall be an Independent Trustee) and Board committees; (ii) such other officers of the Board, if any, as the Governance Committee deems appropriate; and (iii) officers of the Funds.

e.    To conduct self-evaluations of the performance of the Trustees and to help facilitate the Board’s evaluation of the performance of the Board at least annually, including consideration of the effectiveness of the committee structure and number of Funds overseen by the Board, and, taking into consideration appropriate input from management, make recommendations to the Board for any appropriate actions to enhance such performance.

f.    To review periodically the compensation of the Trustees and to make recommendations to the Board regarding any appropriate changes to such compensation.

 

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g.    To review periodically the Board’s membership, structure and operation and to make recommendations to the Board with respect to the development and maintenance thereof, including recommendations with respect to policies governing retirement and term limits of Trustees.

h.    To review periodically and make recommendations to the Board with respect to the duties, composition and frequency of meetings of the various committees of the Board and the chairpersons of such committees, including the Chairperson of the Governance Committee.

i.    To review periodically the adequacy of this charter and to evaluate the Governance Committee’s performance of its duties and responsibilities hereunder, and to make recommendations to the Board for any appropriate changes or other actions with respect thereto.

j.    To oversee the selection of independent legal counsel to the Independent Trustees and review reports from independent legal counsel regarding potential conflicts of interest.

k.    To report its activities to the Board on a periodic basis and to make such determinations or recommendations with respect to the foregoing matters as the Governance Committee may deem necessary.

l.    To consider and evaluate any other matter the Governance Committee deems necessary or appropriate.

m.    To act on such other matters as may be delegated to the Governance Committee by the Board from time to time.

 

4.

Resources and Authority.

The Governance Committee shall have the resources and authority necessary or appropriate for purposes of discharging its responsibilities under this charter, including the authority to retain, at the Trust’s expense, and consult with such legal counsel and other experts or consultants as the Governance Committee, in its discretion, deems necessary or appropriate to fulfill its responsibilities.

 

5.

Scope of Responsibility and Standard of Care.

This charter shall not be read to impose on the Governance Committee or any member thereof any responsibility to take any action or supervise any activity of any Trust not otherwise specifically imposed by applicable law on the Governance Committee (acting as a body) or any member of the Governance Committee (acting individually). The Governance Committee and members thereof shall be held to the same standard of care, as applicable, generally applied to the Board or a Trustee under applicable law, and service on the Governance Committee shall not cause any member thereof to be held to a standard of care different from that applicable to his or her service on the Board generally.

Adopted: December 17, 2014

 

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APPENDIX A

PROCEDURES WITH RESPECT TO INDEPENDENT TRUSTEE

NOMINEES TO THE BOARD

 

6.

Identification of Candidates.

When a vacancy on the Board exists or is anticipated, the Governance Committee or a sub-committee thereof shall identify candidates by obtaining referrals from such sources as it may deem appropriate, which may include current Trustees, management of the Funds, counsel and other advisors to the Trustees, and shareholders of a Fund who submit recommendations in accordance with these procedures.

 

7.

Shareholder Candidates.

The Governance Committee shall consider any such candidate recommended by a shareholder of a Fund if such recommendation contains sufficient background information concerning the candidate and is received in a sufficiently timely manner (and in any event no later than the date specified for receipt of shareholder proposals in any applicable proxy statement with respect to a Fund). Shareholders shall be directed to address any such recommendations to the attention of the Governance Committee, c/o the Secretary of the Fund.

 

8.

Evaluation of Candidates.

In evaluating a candidate for a position on the Board, including any candidate recommended by shareholders of a Fund, the Governance Committee shall consider the following: (i) the candidate’s knowledge in matters relating to the mutual fund industry; (ii) any experience possessed by the candidate as a director or senior officer of other public companies; (iii) the candidate’s educational background, reputation for high ethical standards and professional integrity; (iv) any specific financial, technical or other expertise possessed by the candidate, and the extent to which such expertise would complement the Board’s existing mix of skills, core competencies and qualifications; (v) the candidate’s perceived ability to contribute to the ongoing functions of the Board, including the candidate’s ability and commitment to attend meetings regularly and work collaboratively with other members of the Board; (vi) the candidate’s ability to qualify as an Independent Trustee for purposes of the 1940 Act if it is intended that the candidate serve as an Independent Trustee; and (vii) such other factors as the Governance Committee determines to be relevant in light of the existing composition of the Board and any anticipated vacancies. Prior to making a final recommendation to the Board, the Governance Committee shall conduct personal interviews with those candidates it concludes are the most qualified candidates.

 

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INSTRUCTIONS FOR EXECUTING PROXY CARD

The following general rules for signing proxy cards may be of assistance to you and may help to avoid the time and expense involved in validating your vote if you fail to sign your proxy card properly.

 

1.

Individual Accounts: Sign your name exactly as it appears on the proxy card.

 

2.

Joint Accounts: Either party may sign, but the name of the party signing should conform exactly to a name shown on the proxy card.

 

3.

All Other Accounts: The capacity of the individual signing the proxy card should be indicated unless it is reflected in the name of the proxy card. For example:

 

Registration

  

Valid Signature

Corporate Accounts   

(1)   ABC Corp.

  

(1)   ABC Corp.
John Doe, Treasurer

(2)   ABC Corp.
c/o John Doe, Treasurer

  

(2)   John Doe, Treasurer

(3)   ABC Corp. Profit Sharing Plan

  

(3)   John Doe, Trustee

Trust Accounts   

(1)   ABC Trust

  

(1)   Jane Doe, Trustee

(2)   Jane Doe, Trustee
u/t/d 12/28/78

  

(2)   Jane Doe

Custodial Accounts   

(1)   John Smith, Custodian
f/b/o John Smith, Jr. UGMA

  

(1)   John Smith

(2)   John Smith

  

(2)   John Smith, Executor


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PROXY CARD AMG SIGN, DATE AND VOTE ON THE REVERSE SIDE VOTER PROFILE: Voter ID: Security ID: 123123123 Shares to Vote: ** confidential Household ID: 123456 **please call the phone number to the right for more information VOTE REGISTERED TO: SHAREHOLDER REGISTRATION YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT NO MATTER HOW MANY SHARES YOU OWN. PLEASE CAST YOUR PROXY VOTE TODAY! CONTROL NUMBER: 1234 5678 9101 Vote on the internet Go to the website below and enter your control number or simply use your camera on your smart phone to scan this QR code. Internet voting is available 24 hours a day. vote.proxyonline.com Vote by phone Call (888) 227-9349 to reach an automated touch-tone voting line or call the number below to speak with a live representative. (866) 521-4487 Toll Free Vote by mail Mail your signed and voted proxy back in the postage paid envelope provided. Postage-Paid Envelope AMG FUNDS FUND NAME MERGED HERE PROXY FOR A SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON OCTOBER 10, 2023 The undersigned, revoking all previous proxies, if any, with respect to the Shares (defined below), hereby appoints Thomas G. Disbrow, Mark J. Duggan and Maureen M. Kerrigan proxies, each with full power of substitution, to vote at the Combined Special Meeting of Shareholders and at any adjournments or postponements thereof (the “Meeting”) of the above listed Fund (the “Fund”) (the shares of beneficial interest of the Fund, the “Shares”) to be held at the offices of AMG Funds LLC (the “Investment Manager”), 680 Washington Boulevard, Suite 500, Stamford, Connecticut 06901 on October 10, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time, or at any adjournments or postponements thereof, upon the Proposals described in the Notice of Combined Special Meeting and accompanying Proxy Statement, which have been received by the undersigned. Do you have questions? If you have any questions about how to vote your proxy or about the meeting in general, please call toll-free (866) 521-4487. Representatives are available to assist you Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Eastern Time. Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Meeting To Be Held on October 10, 2023: The Notice of Combined Special Meeting and Proxy Statement are available at https://vote.proxyonline.com/AMG/docs/AMGFunds2023.pdf


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FUND NAME MERGED HERE PROXY CARD NOTE: PLEASE SIGN EXACTLY AS YOUR NAME(S) APPEAR ON THIS PROXY. If joint owners, EITHER may sign this Proxy. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, or custodian for a minor, please give your full title. When signing on behalf of a corporation or as a partner for a partnership, please give the full corporate or partnership name and your title, if any. SIGNATURE (AND TITLE IF APPLICABLE) DATE SIGNATURE (IF HELD JOINTLY) DATE This proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board of Trustees of AMG Funds (the “Trust”), and may be revoked (i) prior to its exercise by written notice of its revocation to the Secretary of the Trust, (ii) subsequent execution and timely return of another proxy prior to the Meeting, or (iii) by attending and voting at the Meeting and giving oral notice of revocation to the chair of the Meeting. After careful consideration, the Trust’s Board of Trustees unanimously recommends that shareholders vote “FOR” each Proposal. THIS PROXY WILL, WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED, BE VOTED AS DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE SIGNING SHAREHOLDER(S). IF NO CONTRARY DIRECTION IS GIVEN WHEN THE DULY EXECUTED PROXY IS RETURNED, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED “FOR” THE FOLLOWING PROPOSALS AND WILL BE VOTED IN THE APPOINTED PROXIES’ DISCRETION UPON SUCH OTHER BUSINESS AS MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING OR ANY ADJOURNMENT(S) OR POSTPONEMENT(S) THEREOF. TO VOTE, MARK ONE CIRCLE IN BLUE OR BLACK INK. Example: • PROPOSALS: FOR WITHHOLD 1.To elect the following seven Nominees of the Board of Trustees of the Trust (All Funds) a.Kurt A. Keilhacker o o b.Steven J. Paggioli o o c.Eric Rakowski o o d.Victoria L. Sassine o o e.Garret W. Weston o o f.Jill R. Cuniff o o g. Peter W. MacEwen o o PLEASE DATE, SIGN AND RETURN THIS CARD USING THE ENCLOSED, POSTAGE PAID ENVELOPE THANK YOU FOR VOTING[PROXY ID NUMBER HERE] [BAR CODE HERE] [CUSIP HERE]


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AMG PROXY CARD SIGN, DATE AND VOTE ON THE REVERSE SIDE VOTER PROFILE: Voter ID: Security ID: 123123123 Shares to Vote: ** confidential Household ID: 123456 **please call the phone number to the right for more information VOTE REGISTERED TO: SHAREHOLDER REGISTRATION YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT NO MATTER HOW MANY SHARES YOU OWN. PLEASE CAST YOUR PROXY VOTE TODAY! CONTROL NUMBER:    1234 5678 9101 Vote on the internet Go to the website below and enter your control number or simply use your camera on your smart phone to scan this QR code. Internet voting is available 24 hours a day. Vote by phone Call (888) 227-9349 to reach an automated touch-tone voting line or call the number below to speak with a live representative. (866) 521-4487 Toll Free Vote by mail Mail your signed and voted proxy back in the postage paid envelope provided. Postage-Paid Envelope AMG FUNDS I FUND NAME MERGED HERE PROXY FOR A SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON OCTOBER 10, 2023 The undersigned, revoking all previous proxies, if any, with respect to the Shares (defined below), hereby appoints Thomas G. Disbrow, Mark J. Duggan and Maureen M. Kerrigan proxies, each with full power of substitution, to vote at the Combined Special Meeting of Shareholders and at any adjournments or postponements thereof (the “Meeting”) of the above listed Fund (the “Fund”) (the shares of beneficial interest of the Fund, the “Shares”) to be held at the offices of AMG Funds LLC (the “Investment Manager”), 680 Washington Boulevard, Suite 500, Stamford, Connecticut 06901 on October 10, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time, or at any adjournments or postponements thereof, upon the Proposals described in the Notice of Combined Special Meeting and accompanying Proxy Statement, which have been received by the undersigned. Do you have questions? If you have any questions about how to vote your proxy or about the meeting in general, please call toll-free (866) 521-4487. Representatives are available to assist you Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Eastern Time. Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Meeting To Be Held on October 10, 2023: The Notice of Combined Special Meeting and Proxy Statement are available at https://vote.proxyonline.com/AMG/docs/AMGFunds2023.pdf


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FUND NAME MERGED HERE NOTE: PLEASE SIGN EXACTLY AS YOUR NAME(S) APPEAR ON THIS PROXY. If joint owners, EITHER may sign this Proxy. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, or custodian for a minor, please give your full title. When signing on behalf of a corporation or as a partner for a partnership, please give the full corporate or partnership name and your title, if any. SIGNATURE (AND TITLE IF APPLICABLE) DATE SIGNATURE (IF HELD JOINTLY) DATE This proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board of Trustees of AMG Funds I (the “Trust”), and may be revoked (i) prior to its exercise by written notice of its revocation to the Secretary of the Trust, (ii) subsequent execution and timely return of another proxy prior to the Meeting, or (iii) by attending and voting at the Meeting and giving oral notice of revocation to the chair of the Meeting. After careful consideration, the Trust’s Board of Trustees unanimously recommends that shareholders vote “FOR” each Proposal. THIS PROXY WILL, WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED, BE VOTED AS DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE SIGNING SHAREHOLDER(S). IF NO CONTRARY DIRECTION IS GIVEN WHEN THE DULY EXECUTED PROXY IS RETURNED, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED “FOR” THE FOLLOWING PROPOSALS AND WILL BE VOTED IN THE APPOINTED PROXIES’ DISCRETION UPON SUCH OTHER BUSINESS AS MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING OR ANY ADJOURNMENT(S) OR POSTPONEMENT(S) THEREOF. TO VOTE, MARK ONE CIRCLE IN BLUE OR BLACK INK. Example: • PROPOSALS: FOR WITHHOLD 1.To elect the following seven Nominees of the Board of Trustees of the Trust (All Funds) a.Kurt A. Keilhacker o o b.Steven J. Paggioli o o c.Eric Rakowski o o d.Victoria L. Sassine o o e.Garret W. Weston o o f.Jill R. Cuniff o o g.Peter W. MacEwen o o PLEASE DATE, SIGN AND RETURN THIS CARD USING THE ENCLOSED, POSTAGE PAID ENVELOPE THANK YOU FOR VOTING [PROXY ID NUMBER HERE] [BAR CODE HERE] [CUSIP HERE]


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PROXY CARD AMG SIGN, DATE AND VOTE ON THE REVERSE SIDE VOTER PROFILE: Voter ID:                Security ID: 123123123 Shares to Vote: ** confidential                Household ID: 123456 **please call the phone number to the right for more information VOTE REGISTERED TO: SHAREHOLDER REGISTRATION YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT NO MATTER HOW MANY SHARES YOU OWN. PLEASE CAST YOUR PROXY VOTE TODAY! CONTROL NUMBER:    1234 5678 9101 Vote on the internet Go to the website below and enter your control number or simply use your camera on your smart phone to scan this QR code. Internet voting is available 24 hours a day. vote.proxyonline.com Vote by phone Call (888) 227-9349 to reach an automated touch-tone voting line or call the number below to speak with a live representative. (866) 521-4487 Toll Free Vote by mail Mail your signed and voted proxy back in the postage paid envelope provided. Postage-Paid Envelope AMG FUNDS II FUND NAME MERGED HERE PROXY FOR A SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON OCTOBER 10, 2023 The undersigned, revoking all previous proxies, if any, with respect to the Shares (defined below), hereby appoints Thomas G. Disbrow, Mark J. Duggan and Maureen M. Kerrigan proxies, each with full power of substitution, to vote at the Combined Special Meeting of Shareholders and at any adjournments or postponements thereof (the “Meeting”) of the above listed Fund (the “Fund”) (the shares of beneficial interest of the Fund, the “Shares”) to be held at the offices of AMG Funds LLC (the “Investment Manager”), 680 Washington Boulevard, Suite 500, Stamford, Connecticut 06901 on October 10, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time, or at any adjournments or postponements thereof, upon the Proposals described in the Notice of Combined Special Meeting and accompanying Proxy Statement, which have been received by the undersigned. Do you have questions? If you have any questions about how to vote your proxy or about the meeting in general, please call toll-free (866) 521-4487. Representatives are available to assist you Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Eastern Time. Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Meeting To Be Held on October 10, 2023: The Notice of Combined Special Meeting and Proxy Statement are available at https://vote.proxyonline.com/AMG/docs/AMGFunds2023.pdf


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FUND NAME MERGED HERE PROXY CARD NOTE: PLEASE SIGN EXACTLY AS YOUR NAME(S) APPEAR ON THIS PROXY. If joint owners, EITHER may sign this Proxy. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, or custodian for a minor, please give your full title. When signing on behalf of a corporation or as a partner for a partnership, please give the full corporate or partnership name and your title, if any. SIGNATURE (AND TITLE IF APPLICABLE) DATE SIGNATURE (IF HELD JOINTLY) DATE This proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board of Trustees of AMG Funds II (the “Trust”), and may be revoked (i) prior to its exercise by written notice of its revocation to the Secretary of the Trust, (ii) subsequent execution and timely return of another proxy prior to the Meeting, or (iii) by attending and voting at the Meeting and giving oral notice of revocation to the chair of the Meeting. After careful consideration, the Trust’s Board of Trustees unanimously recommends that shareholders vote “FOR” each Proposal. THIS PROXY WILL, WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED, BE VOTED AS DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE SIGNING SHAREHOLDER(S). IF NO CONTRARY DIRECTION IS GIVEN WHEN THE DULY EXECUTED PROXY IS RETURNED, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED “FOR” THE FOLLOWING PROPOSALS AND WILL BE VOTED IN THE APPOINTED PROXIES’ DISCRETION UPON SUCH OTHER BUSINESS AS MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING OR ANY ADJOURNMENT(S) OR POSTPONEMENT(S) THEREOF. TO VOTE, MARK ONE CIRCLE IN BLUE OR BLACK INK. Example: • PROPOSALS: FOR WITHHOLD 1.To elect the following seven Nominees of the Board of Trustees of the Trust a.Kurt A. Keilhacker o o b.Steven J. Paggioli o o c.Eric Rakowski o o d.Victoria L. Sassine o o e.Garret W. Weston o o f.Jill R. Cuniff o o g.Peter W. MacEwen o o PLEASE DATE, SIGN AND RETURN THIS CARD USING THE ENCLOSED, POSTAGE PAID ENVELOPE THANK YOU FOR VOTING [PROXY ID NUMBER HERE] [BAR CODE HERE] [CUSIP HERE]


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PROXY CARD AMG SIGN, DATE AND VOTE ON THE REVERSE SIDE VOTER PROFILE: Voter ID: Security ID: 123123123 Shares to Vote: ** confidential Household ID: 123456 **please call the phone number to the right for more information VOTE REGISTERED TO: YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT NO MATTER HOW MANY SHARES YOU OWN. PLEASE CAST YOUR PROXY VOTE TODAY! CONTROL NUMBER: 1234 5678 9101 Vote on the internet Go to the website below and enter your control number or simply use your camera on your smart phone to scan this QR code. Internet voting is available 24 hours a day. vote.proxyonline.com Vote by phone Call (888) 227-9349 to reach an automated touch-tone voting line or call the number below to speak with a live representative. (866) 521-4487 Toll Free Vote by mail Mail your signed and voted proxy back in the postage paid envelope provided. Postage-Paid Envelope AMG FUNDS II FUND NAME MERGED HERE PROXY FOR A SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON OCTOBER 10, 2023 The undersigned, revoking all previous proxies, if any, with respect to the Shares (defined below), hereby appoints Thomas G. Disbrow, Mark J. Duggan and Maureen M. Kerrigan proxies, each with full power of substitution, to vote at the Combined Special Meeting of Shareholders and at any adjournments or postponements thereof (the “Meeting”) of the above listed Fund (the “Fund”) (the shares of beneficial interest of the Fund, the “Shares”) to be held at the offices of AMG Funds LLC (the “Investment Manager”), 680 Washington Boulevard, Suite 500, Stamford, Connecticut 06901 on October 10, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time, or at any adjournments or postponements thereof, upon the Proposals described in the Notice of Combined Special Meeting and accompanying Proxy Statement, which have been received by the undersigned. Do you have questions? If you have any questions about how to vote your proxy or about the meeting in general, please call toll-free (866) 521-4487. Representatives are available to assist you Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Eastern Time. Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Meeting To Be Held on October 10, 2023: The Notice of Combined Special Meeting and Proxy Statement are available at https://vote.proxyonline.com/AMG/docs/AMGFunds2023.pdf


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FUND NAME MERGED HERE PROXY CARD NOTE: PLEASE SIGN EXACTLY AS YOUR NAME(S) APPEAR ON THIS PROXY. If joint owners, EITHER may sign this Proxy. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, or custodian for a minor, please give your full title. When signing on behalf of a corporation or as a partner for a partnership, please give the full corporate or partnership name and your title, if any. SIGNATURE (AND TITLE IF APPLICABLE) DATE SIGNATURE (IF HELD JOINTLY) DATE This proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board of Trustees of AMG Funds II (the “Trust”), and may be revoked (i) prior to its exercise by written notice of its revocation to the Secretary of the Trust, (ii) subsequent execution and timely return of another proxy prior to the Meeting, or (iii) by attending and voting at the Meeting and giving oral notice of revocation to the chair of the Meeting. After careful consideration, the Trust’s Board of Trustees unanimously recommends that shareholders vote “FOR” each Proposal. THIS PROXY WILL, WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED, BE VOTED AS DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE SIGNING SHAREHOLDER(S). IF NO CONTRARY DIRECTION IS GIVEN WHEN THE DULY EXECUTED PROXY IS RETURNED, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED “FOR” THE FOLLOWING PROPOSALS AND WILL BE VOTED IN THE APPOINTED PROXIES’ DISCRETION UPON SUCH OTHER BUSINESS AS MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING OR ANY ADJOURNMENT(S) OR POSTPONEMENT(S) THEREOF. TO VOTE, MARK ONE CIRCLE IN BLUE OR BLACK INK. Example: • PROPOSALS: FOR WITHHOLD 1.To elect the following seven Nominees of the Board of Trustees of the Trust a.Kurt A. Keilhacker o o b.Steven J. Paggioli o o c.Eric Rakowski o o d.Victoria L. Sassine o o e.Garret W. Weston o o f.Jill R. Cuniff o o g.Peter W. MacEwen o o 2.To approve the amendment of certain of the fundamental investment restrictions of AMG GW&K Global Allocation Fund:FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN a.To approve the amendment of the Fund’s fundamental investment restriction with respect to borrowing o o o b.To approve the amendment of the Fund’s fundamental investment restriction with respect to issuing senior securities o o o PLEASE DATE, SIGN AND RETURN THIS CARD USING THE ENCLOSED, POSTAGE PAID ENVELOPE THANK YOU FOR VOTING[PROXY ID NUMBER HERE] [BAR CODE HERE] [CUSIP HERE]


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PROXY CARD AMG SIGN, DATE AND VOTE ON THE REVERSE SIDE VOTER PROFILE: Voter ID: Security ID: 123123123 Shares to Vote: ** confidential Household ID: 123456 **please call the phone number to the right for more information VOTE REGISTERED TO: SHAREHOLDER REGISTRATION YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT NO MATTER HOW MANY SHARES YOU OWN. PLEASE CAST YOUR PROXY VOTE TODAY! CONTROL NUMBER: 1234 5678 9101 Vote on the internet Go to the website below and enter your control number or simply use your camera on your smart phone to scan this QR code. Internet voting is available 24 hours a day. vote.proxyonline.com AMG FUNDS III FUND NAME MERGED HERE PROXY FOR A SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON OCTOBER 10, 2023 The undersigned, revoking all previous proxies, if any, with respect to the Shares (defined below), hereby appoints Thomas G. Disbrow, Mark J. Duggan and Maureen M. Kerrigan proxies, each with full power of substitution, to vote at the Combined Special Meeting of Shareholders and at any adjournments or postponements thereof (the “Meeting”) of the above listed Fund (the “Fund”) (the shares of beneficial interest of the Fund, the “Shares”) to be held at the offices of AMG Funds LLC (the “Investment Manager”), 680 Washington Boulevard, Suite 500, Stamford, Connecticut 06901 on October 10, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time, or at any adjournments or postponements thereof, upon the Proposals described in the Notice of Combined Special Meeting and accompanying Proxy Statement, which have been received by the undersigned. Do you have questions? If you have any questions about how to vote your proxy or about the meeting in general, please call toll-free (866) 521-4487. Representatives are available to assist you Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Eastern Time. Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Meeting To Be Held on October 10, 2023: The Notice of Combined Special Meeting and Proxy Statement are available at https://vote.proxyonline.com/AMG/docs/AMGFunds2023.pdf


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FUND NAME MERGED HERE PROXY CARD NOTE: PLEASE SIGN EXACTLY AS YOUR NAME(S) APPEAR ON THIS PROXY. If joint owners, EITHER may sign this Proxy. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, or custodian for a minor, please give your full title. When signing on behalf of a corporation or as a partner for a partnership, please give the full corporate or partnership name and your title, if any. SIGNATURE (AND TITLE IF APPLICABLE) DATE SIGNATURE (IF HELD JOINTLY) DATE This proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board of Trustees of AMG Funds III (the “Trust”), and may be revoked (i) prior to its exercise by written notice of its revocation to the Secretary of the Trust, (ii) subsequent execution and timely return of another proxy prior to the Meeting, or (iii) by attending and voting at the Meeting and giving oral notice of revocation to the chair of the Meeting. After careful consideration, the Trust’s Board of Trustees unanimously recommends that shareholders vote “FOR” each Proposal. THIS PROXY WILL, WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED, BE VOTED AS DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE SIGNING SHAREHOLDER(S). IF NO CONTRARY DIRECTION IS GIVEN WHEN THE DULY EXECUTED PROXY IS RETURNED, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED “FOR” THE FOLLOWING PROPOSALS AND WILL BE VOTED IN THE APPOINTED PROXIES’ DISCRETION UPON SUCH OTHER BUSINESS AS MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING OR ANY ADJOURNMENT(S) OR POSTPONEMENT(S) THEREOF. TO VOTE, MARK ONE CIRCLE IN BLUE OR BLACK INK. Example: • PROPOSALS: FOR WITHHOLD 1.To elect the following seven Nominees of the Board of Trustees of the Trust (All Funds) a.Kurt A. Keilhacker o o b.Steven J. Paggioli o o c.Eric Rakowski o o d.Victoria L. Sassine o o e.Garret W. Weston o o f.Jill R. Cuniff o o g.Peter W. MacEwen o o PLEASE DATE, SIGN AND RETURN THIS CARD USING THE ENCLOSED, POSTAGE PAID ENVELOPE THANK YOU FOR VOTING [PROXY ID NUMBER HERE] [BAR CODE HERE] [CUSIP HERE]


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AMG PROXY CARD SIGN, DATE AND VOTE ON THE REVERSE SIDE VOTER PROFILE: Voter ID: Security ID: 123123123 Shares to Vote: ** confidential Household ID: 123456 **please call the phone number to the right for more information VOTE REGISTERED TO: SHAREHOLDER REGISTRATION YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT NO MATTER HOW MANY SHARES YOU OWN. PLEASE CAST YOUR PROXY VOTE TODAY! CONTROL NUMBER:    1234 5678 9101 Vote on the internet Go to the website below and enter your control number or simply use your camera on your smart phone to scan this QR code. Internet voting is available 24 hours a day. vote.proxyonline.com Vote by phone Call (888) 227-9349 to reach an automated touch-tone voting line or call the number below to speak with a live representative. (866) 521-4487 Toll Free Vote by mail Mail your signed and voted proxy back in the postage paid envelope provided. Postage-Paid Envelope AMG FUNDS III FUND NAME MERGED HERE PROXY FOR A SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON OCTOBER 10, 2023 The undersigned, revoking all previous proxies, if any, with respect to the Shares (defined below), hereby appoints Thomas G. Disbrow, Mark J. Duggan and Maureen M. Kerrigan proxies, each with full power of substitution, to vote at the Combined Special Meeting of Shareholders and at any adjournments or postponements thereof (the “Meeting”) of the above listed Fund (the “Fund”) (the shares of beneficial interest of the Fund, the “Shares”) to be held at the offices of AMG Funds LLC (the “Investment Manager”), 680 Washington Boulevard, Suite 500, Stamford, Connecticut 06901 on October 10, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time, or at any adjournments or postponements thereof, upon the Proposals described in the Notice of Combined Special Meeting and accompanying Proxy Statement, which have been received by the undersigned. Do you have questions? If you have any questions about how to vote your proxy or about the meeting in general, please call toll-free (866) 521-4487. Representatives are available to assist you Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Eastern Time. Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Meeting To Be Held on October 10, 2023: The Notice of Combined Special Meeting and Proxy Statement are available at https://vote.proxyonline.com/AMG/docs/AMGFunds2023.pdf


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FUND NAME MERGED HERE PROXY CARD NOTE: PLEASE SIGN EXACTLY AS YOUR NAME(S) APPEAR ON THIS PROXY. If joint owners, EITHER may sign this Proxy. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, or custodian for a minor, please give your full title. When signing on behalf of a corporation or as a partner for a partnership, please give the full corporate or partnership name and your title, if any. SIGNATURE (AND TITLE IF APPLICABLE) SIGNATURE (IF HELD JOINTLY) DATE DATE This proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board of Trustees of AMG Funds III (the “Trust”), and may be revoked (i) prior to its exercise by written notice of its revocation to the Secretary of the Trust, (ii) subsequent execution and timely return of another proxy prior to the Meeting, or (iii) by attending and voting at the Meeting and giving oral notice of revocation to the chair of the Meeting. After careful consideration, the Trust’s Board of Trustees unanimously recommends that shareholders vote “FOR” each Proposal. THIS PROXY WILL, WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED, BE VOTED AS DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE SIGNING SHAREHOLDER(S). IF NO CONTRARY DIRECTION IS GIVEN WHEN THE DULY EXECUTED PROXY IS RETURNED, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED “FOR” THE FOLLOWING PROPOSALS AND WILL BE VOTED IN THE APPOINTED PROXIES’ DISCRETION UPON SUCH OTHER BUSINESS AS MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING OR ANY ADJOURNMENT(S) OR POSTPONEMENT(S) THEREOF. TO VOTE, MARK ONE CIRCLE IN BLUE OR BLACK INK. Example: • PROPOSALS: PROPOSALS: FOR WITHHOLD 1.To elect the following seven Nominees of the Board of Trustees of the Trust (All Funds) a.Kurt A. Keilhacker o o b.Steven J. Paggioli o o c.Eric Rakowski o o d.Victoria L. Sassine o o e.Garret W. Weston o o f.Jill R. Cuniff o o g.Peter W. MacEwen o o 2.To approve the amendment of certain of the fundamental investment restrictions of certain Funds: FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN a.To approve the amendment of the Funds’ fundamental investment restriction with respect to borrowing (AMG GW&K High Income Fund and AMG Veritas Asia Pacific Fund only) o o o b.To approve the amendment of the Funds’ fundamental investment restriction with respect to issuing senior securities (AMG GW&K High Income Fund and AMG Veritas Asia Pacific Fund only) o o o PLEASE DATE, SIGN AND RETURN THIS CARD USING THE ENCLOSED, POSTAGE PAID ENVELOPE THANK YOU FOR VOTING [PROXY ID NUMBER HERE] [BAR CODE HERE] [CUSIP HERE]


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PROXY CARD AMG VOTER PROFILE: SIGN, DATE AND VOTE ON THE REVERSE SIDE Voter ID: Security ID: 123123123 Shares to Vote: ** confidential Household ID: 123456 **please call the phone number to the right for more information VOTE REGISTERED TO SHAREHOLDER REGISTRATION YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT NO MATTER HOW MANY SHARES YOU OWN. PLEASE CAST YOUR PROXY VOTE TODAY! CONTROL NUMBER:    1234 5678 9101 Vote on the internet Go to the website below and enter your control number or simply use your camera on your smart phone to scan this QR code. Internet voting is available 24 hours a day. vote.proxyonline.com Vote by phone Call (888) 227-9349 to reach an automated touch-tone voting line or call the number below to speak with a live representative. (866) 521-4487 Toll Free Vote by mail Mail your signed and voted proxy back in the postage paid envelope provided. Postage-Paid Envelope AMG FUNDS IV FUND NAME MERGED HERE PROXY FOR A SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON OCTOBER 10, 2023 The undersigned, revoking all previous proxies, if any, with respect to the Shares (defined below), hereby appoints Thomas G. Disbrow, Mark J. Duggan and Maureen M. Kerrigan proxies, each with full power of substitution, to vote at the Combined Special Meeting of Shareholders and at any adjournments or postponements thereof (the “Meeting”) of the above listed Fund (the “Fund”) (the shares of beneficial interest of the Fund, the “Shares”) to be held at the offices of AMG Funds LLC (the “Investment Manager”), 680 Washington Boulevard, Suite 500, Stamford, Connecticut 06901 on October 10, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time, or at any adjournments or postponements thereof, upon the Proposals described in the Notice of Combined Special Meeting and accompanying Proxy Statement, which have been received by the undersigned. Do you have questions? If you have any questions about how to vote your proxy or about the meeting in general, please call toll-free (866) 521-4487. Representatives are available to assist you Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Eastern Time. Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Meeting To Be Held on October 10, 2023: The Notice of Combined Special Meeting and Proxy Statement are available at https://vote.proxyonline.com/AMG/docs/AMGFunds2023.pdf


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FUND NAME MERGED HERE NOTE: PLEASE SIGN EXACTLY AS YOUR NAME(S) APPEAR ON THIS PROXY. If joint owners, EITHER may sign this Proxy. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, or custodian for a minor, please give your full title. When signing on behalf of a corporation or as a partner for a partnership, please give the full corporate or partnership name and your title, if any. SIGNATURE (AND TITLE IF APPLICABLE) DATE SIGNATURE (IF HELD JOINTLY) DATE This proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board of Trustees of AMG Funds IV (the “Trust”), and may be revoked (i) prior to its exercise by written notice of its revocation to the Secretary of the Trust, (ii) subsequent execution and timely return of another proxy prior to the Meeting, or (iii) by attending and voting at the Meeting and giving oral notice of revocation to the chair of the Meeting. After careful consideration, the Trust’s Board of Trustees unanimously recommends that shareholders vote “FOR” each Proposal. THIS PROXY WILL, WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED, BE VOTED AS DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE SIGNING SHAREHOLDER(S). IF NO CONTRARY DIRECTION IS GIVEN WHEN THE DULY EXECUTED PROXY IS RETURNED, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED “FOR” THE FOLLOWING PROPOSALS AND WILL BE VOTED IN THE APPOINTED PROXIES’ DISCRETION UPON SUCH OTHER BUSINESS AS MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING OR ANY ADJOURNMENT(S) OR POSTPONEMENT(S) THEREOF. TO VOTE, MARK ONE CIRCLE IN BLUE OR BLACK INK. Example: • PROPOSALS: FOR WITHHOLD 1.To elect the following seven Nominees of the Board of Trustees of the Trust (All Funds) a.Kurt A. Keilhacker o o b.Steven J. Paggioli o o c.Eric Rakowski o o d.Victoria L. Sassine o o e.Garret W. Weston o o f.Jill R. Cuniff o o g.Peter W. MacEwen o o PLEASE DATE, SIGN AND RETURN THIS CARD USING THE ENCLOSED, POSTAGE PAID ENVELOPE THANK YOU FOR VOTING [PROXY ID NUMBER HERE] [BAR CODE HERE] [CUSIP HERE]


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PROXY CARD AMG SIGN, DATE AND VOTE ON THE REVERSE SIDE Vote on the internet Go to the website below and enter your control number or simply use your camera on your smart phone to scan this QR code. Internet voting is available 24 hours a day. vote.proxyonline.com Vote by phone Call (888) 227-9349 to reach an automated touch-tone voting line or call the number below to speak with a live representative. (866) 521-4487 Toll Free Vote by mail Mail your signed and voted proxy back in the postage paid envelope provided. Postage-Paid Envelope VOTER PROFILE: Voter ID: Security ID: 123123123 Shares to Vote: ** confidential Household ID: 123456 **please call the phone number to the right for more information VOTE REGISTERED TO: SHAREHOLDER REGISTRATION YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT NO MATTER HOW MANY SHARES YOU OWN. PLEASE CAST YOUR PROXY VOTE TODAY! CONTROL NUMBER:    1234 5678 9101 AMG FUNDS IV FUND NAME MERGED HERE PROXY FOR A SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON OCTOBER 10, 2023 The undersigned, revoking all previous proxies, if any, with respect to the Shares (defined below), hereby appoints Thomas G. Disbrow, Mark J. Duggan and Maureen M. Kerrigan proxies, each with full power of substitution, to vote at the Combined Special Meeting of Shareholders and at any adjournments or postponements thereof (the “Meeting”) of the above listed Fund (the “Fund”) (the shares of beneficial interest of the Fund, the “Shares”) to be held at the offices of AMG Funds LLC (the “Investment Manager”), 680 Washington Boulevard, Suite 500, Stamford, Connecticut 06901 on October 10, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time, or at any adjournments or postponements thereof, upon the Proposals described in the Notice of Combined Special Meeting and accompanying Proxy Statement, which have been received by the undersigned. Do you have questions? If you have any questions about how to vote your proxy or about the meeting in general, please call toll-free (866) 521-4487. Representatives are available to assist you Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Eastern Time. Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Meeting To Be Held on October 10, 2023: The Notice of Combined Special Meeting and Proxy Statement are available at https://vote.proxyonline.com/AMG/docs/AMGFunds2023.pdf


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FUND NAME MERGED HERE NOTE: PLEASE SIGN EXACTLY AS YOUR NAME(S) APPEAR ON THIS PROXY. If joint owners, EITHER may sign this Proxy. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, or custodian for a minor, please give your full title. When signing on behalf of a corporation or as a partner for a partnership, please give the full corporate or partnership name and your title, if any. SIGNATURE (AND TITLE IF APPLICABLE) DATE SIGNATURE (IF HELD JOINTLY) SIGNATURE (IF HELD JOINTLY) DATE This proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board of Trustees of AMG Funds IV (the “Trust”), and may be revoked (i) prior to its exercise by written notice of its revocation to the Secretary of the Trust, (ii) subsequent execution and timely return of another proxy prior to the Meeting, or (iii) by attending and voting at the Meeting and giving oral notice of revocation to the chair of the Meeting. After careful consideration, the Trust’s Board of Trustees unanimously recommends that shareholders vote “FOR” each Proposal. THIS PROXY WILL, WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED, BE VOTED AS DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE SIGNING SHAREHOLDER(S). IF NO CONTRARY DIRECTION IS GIVEN WHEN THE DULY EXECUTED PROXY IS RETURNED, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED “FOR” THE FOLLOWING PROPOSALS AND WILL BE VOTED IN THE APPOINTED PROXIES’ DISCRETION UPON SUCH OTHER BUSINESS AS MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING OR ANY ADJOURNMENT(S) OR POSTPONEMENT(S) THEREOF. TO VOTE, MARK ONE CIRCLE IN BLUE OR BLACK INK. Example: • PROPOSALS: FOR WITHHOLD 1.To elect the following seven Nominees of the Board of Trustees of the Trust a.Kurt A. Keilhacker o o b.Steven J. Paggioli o o c.Eric Rakowski o o d.Victoria L. Sassine o o e.Garret W. Weston o o f.Jill R. Cuniff o o g.Peter W. MacEwen o o 2.To approve the amendment of certain of the fundamental investment restrictions of AMG River Road Focused Absolute Value Fund: FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN a.To approve the amendment of the Fund’s fundamental investment restriction with respect to borrowing o o o PLEASE DATE, SIGN AND RETURN THIS CARD USING THE ENCLOSED, POSTAGE PAID ENVELOPE THANK YOU FOR VOTING [PROXY ID NUMBER HERE] [BAR CODE HERE] [CUSIP HERE]


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AMG PROXY CARD SIGN, DATE AND VOTE ON THE REVERSE SIDE VOTER PROFILE: Voter ID: Security ID: 123123123 Shares to Vote: ** confidential Household ID: 123456 **please call the phone number to the right for more information VOTE REGISTERED TO: SHAREHOLDER REGISTRATION YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT NO MATTER HOW MANY SHARES YOU OWN. PLEASE CAST YOUR PROXY VOTE TODAY! CONTROL NUMBER: 1234 5678 9101 Vote on the internet Go to the website below and enter your control number or simply use your camera on your smart phone to scan this QR code. Internet voting is available 24 hours a day. Vote by phone Call (888) 227-9349 to reach an automated touch-tone voting line or call the number below to speak with a live representative. (866) 521-4487 Toll Free Vote by mail Mail your signed and voted proxy back in the postage paid envelope provided. Postage-Paid Envelope AMG FUNDS IV FUND NAME MERGED HERE PROXY FOR A SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON OCTOBER 10, 2023 The undersigned, revoking all previous proxies, if any, with respect to the Shares (defined below), hereby appoints Thomas G. Disbrow, Mark J. Duggan and Maureen M. Kerrigan proxies, each with full power of substitution, to vote at the Combined Special Meeting of Shareholders and at any adjournments or postponements thereof (the “Meeting”) of the above listed Fund (the “Fund”) (the shares of beneficial interest of the Fund, the “Shares”) to be held at the offices of AMG Funds LLC (the “Investment Manager”), 680 Washington Boulevard, Suite 500, Stamford, Connecticut 06901 on October 10, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time, or at any adjournments or postponements thereof, upon the Proposals described in the Notice of Combined Special Meeting and accompanying Proxy Statement, which have been received by the undersigned. Do you have questions? If you have any questions about how to vote your proxy or about the meeting in general, please call toll-free (866) 521-4487. Representatives are available to assist you Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Eastern Time. Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Meeting To Be Held on October 10, 2023: The Notice of Combined Special Meeting and Proxy Statement are available at https://vote.proxyonline.com/AMG/docs/AMGFunds2023.pdf


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FUND NAME MERGED HERE NOTE: PLEASE SIGN EXACTLY AS YOUR NAME(S) APPEAR ON THIS PROXY. If joint owners, EITHER may sign this Proxy. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, or custodian for a minor, please give your full title. When signing on behalf of a corporation or as a partner for a partnership, please give the full corporate or partnership name and your title, if any. SIGNATURE (AND TITLE IF APPLICABLE) DATE SIGNATURE (IF HELD JOINTLY) DATE This proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board of Trustees of AMG Funds IV (the “Trust”), and may be revoked (i) prior to its exercise by written notice of its revocation to the Secretary of the Trust, (ii) subsequent execution and timely return of another proxy prior to the Meeting, or (iii) by attending and voting at the Meeting and giving oral notice of revocation to the chair of the Meeting. After careful consideration, the Trust’s Board of Trustees unanimously recommends that shareholders vote “FOR” each Proposal. THIS PROXY WILL, WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED, BE VOTED AS DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE SIGNING SHAREHOLDER(S). IF NO CONTRARY DIRECTION IS GIVEN WHEN THE DULY EXECUTED PROXY IS RETURNED, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED “FOR” THE FOLLOWING PROPOSALS AND WILL BE VOTED IN THE APPOINTED PROXIES’ DISCRETION UPON SUCH OTHER BUSINESS AS MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING OR ANY ADJOURNMENT(S) OR POSTPONEMENT(S) THEREOF. TO VOTE, MARK ONE CIRCLE IN BLUE OR BLACK INK. Example: • PROPOSALS: FOR WITHHOLD 1.To elect the following seven Nominees of the Board of Trustees of the Trust (All Funds) a.Kurt A. Keilhacker o o b.Steven J. Paggioli o o c.Eric Rakowski o o d.Victoria L. Sassine o o e.Garret W. Weston o o f.Jill R. Cuniff o o g.Peter W. MacEwen o o 2.To approve the amendment of certain of the fundamental investment restrictions of certain Funds: FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN c.To approve the amendment of the Funds’ fundamental investment restriction with respect to borrowing and issuing senior securities (AMG River Road Dividend All Cap Value Fund, AMG River Road Small-Mid Cap Value Fund, and AMG River Road Small Cap Value Fund only) o o o d.Amend fundamental investment restriction with respect to lending (AMG River Road Dividend All Cap Value Fund, AMGRiver Road Small-Mid Cap Value Fund, and AMG River Road Small Cap Value Fund only) o o o PLEASE DATE, SIGN AND RETURN THIS CARD USING THE ENCLOSED, POSTAGE PAID ENVELOPE THANK YOU FOR VOTING [PROXY ID NUMBER HERE] [BAR CODE HERE] [CUSIP HERE]