497 1 d497.htm NATIXIS FUNDS TRUST I Natixis Funds Trust I

NATIXIS U.S. DIVERSIFIED PORTFOLIO

Supplement dated November 26, 2008, to the Statement of Additional Information – Part II, dated

May 1, 2008, as may be revised and supplemented from time to time

Effective immediately, Thomas Burke no longer serves as portfolio manager of the BlackRock segment of Natixis U.S. Diversified Portfolio (the “Fund”). Edward P. Dowd and Jeffrey R. Lindsey now serve as co-portfolio managers of the BlackRock segment of the Fund. The following information supplements the sub-section “Portfolio Managers’ Management of Other Accounts” within the section “Portfolio Management Information.”

The following table provides information relating to other accounts managed by Edward P. Dowd and Jeffrey R. Lindsey as of November 18, 2008:

 

     Registered Investment
Companies
   Other Pooled Investment Vehicles    Other Accounts
     Other Accounts
Managed
   Advisory fee
is based on
performance
   Other Accounts
Managed
   Advisory fee
is based on
performance
   Other Accounts
Managed
   Advisory fee
is based on
performance

Name of Portfolio Manager (Firm)

   # of
Accts
   Total
Assets
   # of
Accts
   Total
Assets
   # of
Accts
   Total
Assets
   # of
Accts
   Total
Assets
   # of
Accts
   Total
Assets
   # of
Accts
   Total
Assets

Edward P. Dowd (BlackRock)

   10    $3.55
Billion
   0    $0    3    $114
Million
   0    $0    9    $1.07
Billion
   1    $108.4
Million

Jeffrey R. Lindsey (BlackRock)

   10    $3.55
Billion
   0    $0    3    $114
Million
   0    $0    9    $1.07
Billion
   1    $108.4
Million

The following table sets forth the dollar range* of equity securities of the Fund beneficially owned by Edward P. Dowd and Jeffrey R. Lindsey as of November 18, 2008:

 

Name of Portfolio Manager

 

Fund(s) Managed

 

Dollar Range of Equity Securities Invested

Edward P. Dowd

  Natixis U.S. Diversified Portfolio   A

Jeffrey R. Lindsey

  Natixis U.S. Diversified Portfolio   A

 

* A. None

   B. $1–10,000

   C. $10,001–$50,000

   D. $50,001–$100,000

 

E. $100,001–$500,000

F. $500,001–$1,000,000

G. over $1,000,000