497K 1 d897934d497k.htm THRIVENT LARGE CAP GROWTH FUND - CLASS A Thrivent Large Cap Growth Fund - Class A
FEBRUARY 28, 2020 (AS SUPPLEMENTED MARCH 31, 2020)
CLASS A SHARES
AAAGX
Thrivent Large Cap Growth Fund
SUMMARY PROSPECTUS
This Summary Prospectus is designed to provide investors with key information about the Fund in a clear and concise format. Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund’s complete prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. You can find the Fund’s prospectus, reports to shareholders, and other information about the Fund online at ThriventFunds.com. You can also get this information at no cost by calling 800-847-4836 or by sending an email request to ContactUs@ThriventFunds.com. If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, the prospectus and other information will also be available from your financial intermediary. The Fund’s prospectus and statement of additional information, both dated February 28, 2020 are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus and may be obtained, free of charge, at the website, phone number or email address noted above.
Beginning on January 1, 2021, as permitted by regulations adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, paper copies of the Funds’ annual and semi-annual shareholder reports will no longer be sent by mail, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports. Instead, the reports will be made available on the Funds’ website (ThriventFunds.com), and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website address to access the report.
If you already elected to receive shareholder reports electronically, you will not be affected by this change and you do not need to take any action. You may elect to receive shareholder reports and other communications from a Fund electronically by contacting your financial intermediary (such as a broker-dealer or bank) where you purchased shares or, if you purchased shares through Thrivent Financial, by enrolling at Thrivent.com/gopaperless or, if you purchased directly online, by enrolling at ThriventFunds.com.
You may elect to receive all future shareholder reports in paper free of charge. If you invest directly with a Fund, you can call 800-847-4836 to let us know you wish to continue receiving paper copies of your shareholder reports. Your election to receive shareholder reports in paper will apply to all funds held in your account. If you invest through a financial intermediary, you can contact your financial intermediary to request that you continue to receive paper copies of your shareholder reports.

 

Thrivent Large Cap Growth Fund
AAAGX

Investment Objective
Thrivent Large Cap Growth Fund (the "Fund") seeks long-term capital appreciation.
Fees and Expenses
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in Class A shares of a fund or funds of Thrivent Mutual Funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in the “Class A Shares” section on pages 97 through 98 of the Fund’s prospectus and the “Sales Charges” section under the heading “Purchase, Redemption and Pricing of Shares” of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information.
SHAREHOLDER FEES
(fees paid directly from your investment)
Maximum Sales Charge (load) Imposed On Purchases (as a % of offering price) 4.50%
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (load) (as a percentage of the lower of the original purchase price or current net asset value)1 1.00%
ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of
the value of your investment)
Management Fees 0.68%
Distribution and Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25%
Other Expenses 0.23%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.16%
Less Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements2 0.04%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements 1.12%
1 When you invest $1,000,000 or more, a deferred sales charge of 1% will apply to shares redeemed within one year.
2 The Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least February 28, 2021, to waive a portion of the management fees associated with the Class A shares of the Thrivent Large Cap Growth Fund in order to limit the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements to an annual rate of 1.12% of the average daily net assets of the Class A shares. This contractual provision, however, may be terminated before the indicated termination date upon the mutual agreement between the Independent Trustees of the Fund and the Adviser.
EXAMPLE
This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.
The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. In addition, the example for the 1 Year period reflects the effect of the contractual fee waiver and/or
expense reimbursement. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year, and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual cost may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your cost would be:
1 Year 3 Years 5 Years 10 Years
$559 $798 $1,056 $1,792
Portfolio Turnover
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 58% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Strategies
Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowing for investment purposes) in equity securities of large companies. The Adviser focuses mainly on the equity securities of large domestic and international companies which have market capitalizations equivalent to those included in widely known indices such as the Russell 1000 Growth Index, S&P 500 Index, or the large company market capitalization classifications published by Lipper, Inc. These companies typically have a market capitalization of approximately $8 billion or more. Should the Adviser change the investments used for purposes of this 80% threshold, you will be notified at least 60 days prior to the change.
The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in common stocks. The Adviser uses fundamental, quantitative, and technical investment research techniques and focuses on stocks of companies that it believes have demonstrated and will sustain above-average earnings growth over time, or which are expected to develop rapid sales and earnings growth in the future when compared to the economy and stock market as a whole. Many such companies are in the technology sector and the Fund may at times have a higher concentration in this industry.
The Fund may sell securities for a variety of reasons, such as to secure gains, limit losses, or reposition assets into more promising opportunities.
 
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Principal Risks
The Fund is subject to the following principal investment risks, which you should review carefully and in entirety. The Fund may not achieve its investment objective and you could lose money by investing in the Fund.
Large Cap Risk. Large-sized companies may be unable to respond quickly to new competitive challenges such as changes in technology. They may also not be able to attain the high growth rate of successful smaller companies, especially during extended periods of economic expansion.
Growth Investing Risk. Growth style investing includes the risk of investing in securities whose prices historically have been more volatile than other securities, especially over the short term. Growth stock prices reflect projections of future earnings or revenues and, if a company’s earnings or revenues fall short of expectations, its stock price may fall dramatically.
Equity Security Risk. Equity securities held by the Fund may decline significantly in price, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, over short or extended periods of time, and such declines may occur because of declines in the equity market as a whole, or because of declines in only a particular country, company, industry, or sector of the market. From time to time, the Fund may invest a significant portion of its assets in companies in one or more related sectors or industries which would make the Fund more vulnerable to adverse developments affecting such sectors or industries. Equity securities are generally more volatile than most debt securities.
Market Risk. Over time, securities markets generally tend to move in cycles with periods when security prices rise and periods when security prices decline. The value of the Fund’s investments may move with these cycles and, in some instances, increase or decrease more than the applicable market(s) as measured by the Fund’s benchmark index(es). The securities markets may also decline because of factors that affect a particular industry.
Technology-Oriented Companies Risk. Common stocks of companies that rely extensively on technology, science or communications in their product development or operations may be more volatile than the overall stock market and may or may not move in tandem with the overall stock market. Technology, science and communications are rapidly changing fields, and stocks of these companies, especially of smaller or unseasoned companies, may be subject to more abrupt or erratic market movements than the stock market in general. There are significant competitive pressures among technology-oriented companies and the products or operations of such companies may become obsolete quickly. In addition, these companies may have limited product lines, markets or financial resources and the management of such companies may be more dependent upon one or a few key people.
Issuer Risk. Issuer risk is the possibility that factors specific to an issuer to which the Fund is exposed will affect the market prices of the issuer’s securities and therefore the value of the Fund.
Investment Adviser Risk. The Fund is actively managed and the success of its investment strategy depends significantly on the skills of the Adviser in assessing the potential of the investments in which the Fund invests. This assessment of investments may prove incorrect, resulting in losses or poor performance, even in rising markets. There is also no guarantee that the Adviser will be able to effectively implement the Fund’s investment objective.
Foreign Securities Risk. Foreign securities generally carry more risk and are more volatile than their domestic counterparts, in part because of potential for higher political and economic risks, lack of reliable information and fluctuations in currency exchange rates where investments are denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. The Fund’s investment in any country could be subject to governmental actions such as capital or currency controls, nationalizing a company or industry, expropriating assets, or imposing punitive taxes that would have an adverse effect on security prices, and impair the Fund’s ability to repatriate capital or income. Foreign securities may also be more difficult to resell than comparable U.S. securities because the markets for foreign securities are often less liquid. Even when a foreign security increases in price in its local currency, the appreciation may be diluted by adverse changes in exchange rates when the security’s value is converted to U.S. dollars. Foreign withholding taxes also may apply and errors and delays may occur in the settlement process for foreign securities.
Non-Diversified Risk. The Fund is not “diversified” within the meaning of the 1940 Act. That means the Fund may invest a greater percentage of its assets in the securities of any single issuer compared to other funds. A non-diversified portfolio is generally more susceptible than a diversified portfolio to the risk that events or developments affecting a particular issuer or industry will significantly affect the Fund’s performance.
Health Crisis Risk. The global pandemic outbreak of the novel coronavirus known as COVID-19 has resulted in substantial market volatility and global business disruption. The duration and full effects of the outbreak are uncertain and may result in trading suspensions and market closures, limit liquidity and the ability of the Fund to process shareholder redemptions, and negatively impact Fund performance. The COVID-19 outbreak and future pandemics could affect the global economy in ways that cannot be foreseen and may exacerbate other types of risks, negatively impacting the value of the Fund.
Performance
The following bar chart and table provide an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund’s performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund’s average annual returns for one-, five- and ten-year periods compared to broad-based securities market indices. These indices are the Russell 1000 Growth Index, which is an unmanaged market capitalization-weighted index of growth-oriented stocks of the largest companies that are included in the Russell 1000 Index, and the S&P 500 Growth Index, which measures the performance of the growth stocks in the S&P 500 Index. The Fund now compares its returns to the Russell 1000 Growth Index because it is commonly used by funds with the same investment
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objective and principal strategies as the Fund. Call 800-847-4836 or visit ThriventFunds.com for performance results current to the most recent month-end.
The bar chart includes the effects of Fund expenses, but not sales charges. If sales charges were included, returns would be lower than those shown. The table includes the effects of Fund expenses and maximum sales charges and assumes that you sold your shares at the end of the period. The after-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.
How the Fund has performed in the past (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how it will perform in the future. Performance information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund’s performance over time.
YEAR-BY-YEAR TOTAL RETURN
Best Quarter: Q1 '12 +16.35%
Worst Quarter: Q3 '11 (17.18)%
    
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS
(PERIODS ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2019)
Thrivent Large Cap Growth Fund 1 Year 5 Years 10 Years
Class A (before taxes) 25.67% 11.81% 12.11%
(after taxes on distributions) 24.10% 10.47% 11.39%
(after taxes on distributions and redemptions) 16.27% 9.16% 9.98%
Russell 1000 Growth Index
(reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
36.39% 14.63% 15.22%
S&P 500 Growth Index®
(reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
31.13% 13.52% 14.78%
Management
Investment Adviser(s)
The Fund is managed by Thrivent Asset Management, LLC (“Thrivent Asset Mgt.” or the “Adviser”).
Portfolio Manager(s)
Lauri Brunner is primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund, and she has served as portfolio manager of the Fund since September 2018. Ms. Brunner has been with Thrivent Financial since 2007 and currently is a Senior Portfolio Manager.
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
You may purchase, redeem or exchange shares of the Fund through certain broker-dealers.
The minimum initial investment requirement for this Fund is $2,000 and the minimum subsequent investment requirement is $50 for taxable accounts. For IRA or tax-deferred accounts, the minimum initial investment requirement for this Fund is $1,000 and the minimum subsequent investment requirement is $50. These investment requirements may be different, however, for investors investing in the Fund through an automatic investment plan.
You may purchase or redeem Fund shares on days that the New York Stock Exchange is open. You may conduct such transactions by mail, telephone 800-847-4836, the Internet (Thrivent.com), by wire/ACH transfer or through an automatic investment plan (for purchases) or a systematic withdrawal plan (for redemptions), subject to certain limitations.
Tax Information
The Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxed as ordinary income or capital gains. Investing in the Fund through a retirement plan could have different tax consequences.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as an insurance company), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.
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The principal underwriter for Thrivent Mutual Funds is Thrivent Distributors, LLC, a registered broker/dealer and member of FINRA and SIPC and a subsidiary of Thrivent Financial, the marketing name for Thrivent Financial for Lutherans.
The Securities and Exchange Commission has not approved or disapproved these securities or determined if this Summary Prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense. Shares of Thrivent Mutual Funds are not deposits or other obligations of Thrivent Trust Company or any bank, or insured or otherwise protected by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other federal agency. Shares of Thrivent Mutual Funds are subject to investment risk, including possible loss of the principal amount invested.
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