0001193125-25-114527.txt : 20250507 0001193125-25-114527.hdr.sgml : 20250507 20250507094852 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-25-114527 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20250507 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20250507 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20250507 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BARON INVESTMENT FUNDS TRUST (f/k/a BARON ASSET FUND) CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000810902 ORGANIZATION NAME: EIN: 136891420 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 497 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 033-12112 FILM NUMBER: 25919654 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 767 FIFTH AVE STREET 2: 49TH FL CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10153 BUSINESS PHONE: 2125832000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 767 FIFTH AVE STREET 2: 49TH FL CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10153 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BARON ASSET FUND DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 0000810902 S000000582 BARON ASSET FUND C000001635 BARON ASSET FUND BARAX C000077818 Institutional Shares BARIX C000165210 R6 Shares BARUX 0000810902 S000000583 BARON GROWTH FUND C000001636 BARON GROWTH FUND BGRFX C000077819 Institutional Shares BGRIX C000165211 R6 Shares BGRUX 0000810902 S000000584 BARON SMALL CAP FUND C000001637 BARON SMALL CAP FUND BSCFX C000077820 Institutional Shares BSFIX C000165212 R6 Shares BSCUX 0000810902 S000000585 BARON OPPORTUNITY FUND C000001638 BARON OPPORTUNITY FUND BIOPX C000077821 Institutional Shares BIOIX C000174753 R6 Shares BIOUX 0000810902 S000000586 BARON FIFTH AVENUE GROWTH FUND C000001639 BARON FIFTH AVENUE GROWTH FUND BFTHX C000077822 Institutional Shares BFTIX C000165213 R6 Shares BFTUX 0000810902 S000042178 BARON DISCOVERY FUND C000130959 BARON DISCOVERY FUND BDFFX C000130960 Institutional Shares BDFIX C000174754 R6 Shares BDFUX 0000810902 S000060168 Baron Durable Advantage Fund C000196921 Baron Durable Advantage Fund BDAFX C000196922 Institutional Shares BDAIX C000196923 R6 Shares BDAUX 497 1 d774275d497.htm BARON INVESTMENT FUNDS TRUST BARON INVESTMENT FUNDS TRUST

BARON

FUNDS®

BARON INVESTMENT FUNDS TRUST®

Supplement to the Statement of Additional Information dated January 28, 2025

Effective immediately, the following information supersedes and replaces the information contained in the section “Description of the Funds and their Investment Risks-Disclosure of Portfolio Holdings”:

The Board has adopted policies and procedures governing the disclosure of each Fund’s portfolio holdings.

Quarterly: The Funds post on the Baron Funds® website, usually on the fifth business day after the quarter end, the top ten long positions held by each Fund, stated as a percentage of net assets (as a percentage of total long positions if the Fund is leveraged). In addition, the Funds post on the Baron Funds® website, usually on the fifth business day after the quarter end, all long securities positions of each Fund’s net assets (as a percentage of total long positions if the Fund is leveraged) and the cash position at the most recent quarter end. All of this information will remain on the Baron Funds® website until the next quarter end’s information is posted.

Monthly: In addition, the Funds post on the Baron Funds® website, usually the fifth business day after month end, the ten largest long positions of each Fund, stated as a percentage of net assets (as a percentage of total long positions if the Fund is leveraged). This information will remain on the Baron Funds® website until the next month end’s information is posted.

The Funds disclose portfolio holdings in connection with the day-to-day operations and management of the Funds, including to the Funds’ custodian (daily) and auditors (annually). Portfolio holdings may also be disclosed to other service providers of the Funds, including pricing services (as requested), portfolio management and trading systems (daily) and proxy voting systems (quarterly). In these situations, the Funds, the Adviser or the Funds’ distributor, Baron Capital, Inc. (“BCI” or the “Distributor”), have entered into agreements with service providers whereby they agree to keep the information confidential and to refrain from trading on the basis of the information. When engaged in purchasing and selling securities for the Funds

through brokers, dealers or other financial intermediaries, the Funds disclose certain information about one or more of the securities positions they own. The Funds do not have separate non-disclosure agreements with these entities, but the Funds would immediately cease doing business with any entity that the Adviser believes is misusing the information.

Other information that may be of interest to investors, such as industry breakdowns and a historical analysis of security impact, may be available on the Baron Funds® website. The website address is www.BaronCapitalGroup.com. The link to Fund information is www.BaronCapitalGroup.com/products. Holdings information for each Fund can be accessed from this link.

A Fund may release the portfolio information to persons earlier than the dates stated above only if certain members of senior management of the Fund determine that the release of such information is in the best interest of the Fund’s shareholders. Senior Management will approve such release only if there is a legitimate business purpose, where the recipient agrees in writing to maintain the confidentiality of the information, and the recipient agrees not to trade on the information, except that the recipient of non-public portfolio holdings information received in connection with certain redemptions pursuant to a contractual arrangement will not be prohibited from hedging or otherwise managing its own risk exposure from the expected distribution of portfolio securities to be received in the in-kind redemption.

If the Funds inadvertently release the information prior to the dates stated above to any person, and there was no agreement as described, the Funds will promptly post the information to the website. A Fund may also release what the Adviser reasonably believes to be immaterial information as the Adviser deems appropriate.

No employee of the Funds or the Adviser is allowed to accept compensation or consideration in any form with respect to the release of the Funds’ portfolio holdings. “Consideration” includes any agreement to maintain assets in the Funds or in other investment companies or accounts managed by the Adviser. Any exceptions to any of the Funds’ disclosure policies are reported to the Board.

Dated: May 7, 2025

STICKER-SAITRUST 5/7/2025

 

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