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Thornburg Low Duration Income Fund
FUND SUMMARY

Low Duration Income Fund
Investment Goal
The Fund seeks current income, consistent with preservation of capital.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for discounts from the sales charges applicable to Class A shares if you or other qualifying account holders invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in the Thornburg Funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in “Opening Your Account – Buying Fund Shares” on page 82 of this Prospectus.
Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your investment)
Shareholder Fees Thornburg Low Duration Income Fund
Class A
Class I
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 1.50%rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of redemption proceeds or original purchase price, whichever is lower) none [1] none
[1] A 0.50% contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) is imposed on redemptions of any part or all of a purchase of $1 million or more within 12 months of purchase.
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Annual Fund Operating Expenses Thornburg Low Duration Income Fund
Class A
Class I
Management Fees 0.40%rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 0.40%rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees 0.20%rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets none
Other Expenses 2.54%rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 2.79%rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 3.14%rr_ExpensesOverAssets 3.19%rr_ExpensesOverAssets
Fee Waiver/Expense Reimbursement (2.44%)rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (2.69%)rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver/Expense Reimbursement [1] 0.70%rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 0.50%rr_NetExpensesOverAssets
[1] Thornburg Investment Management, Inc. (“Thornburg”) and/or Thornburg Securities Corporation (“TSC”) have contractually agreed to waive fees and reimburse expenses incurred by the Fund so that actual Class A and Class I expenses do not exceed 0.70% and 0.50%, respectively. The agreement to waive fees and reimburse expenses may be terminated by the Fund at any time, but may not be terminated by Thornburg or TSC before February 1, 2016, unless Thornburg or TSC ceases to be the investment advisor or distributor of the Fund prior to that date. Thornburg and TSC retain the ability to be repaid by the Fund for fee waivers and expense reimbursements during a fiscal year if Fund expenses fall below the relevant percentage threshold before the end of that fiscal year.
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. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year, dividends and distributions are reinvested, and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions (and giving effect to fee waivers and expense reimbursements in the first year) your costs would be:
Expense Example Thornburg Low Duration Income Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Class A Shares
220 878 1,560 3,378
Class I Shares
51 730 1,434 3,307
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 period from the commencement of the Fund’s operations through September 30, 2014, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 23.70% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
Thornburg Investment Management Inc. (“Thornburg”) actively manages the Fund’s holdings in pursuing the Fund’s investment goal. While Thornburg follows domestic and international economic developments, outlooks for securities markets, interest rates and inflation, the supply and demand for debt obligations, and other factors, the Fund’s investments are determined by individual security analysis. The Fund ordinarily acquires and holds securities for investment rather than for realization of gains by short-term trading on market fluctuations. However, it may dispose of any security prior to its scheduled maturity to enhance income or reduce loss, to change the portfolio’s average duration or average maturity, or to otherwise respond to current market conditions.

The Fund invests 100% of its net assets in (i) obligations of the U.S. government, its agencies and instrumentalities, and (ii) debt obligations rated at the time of purchase in one of the four highest ratings of Standard & Poor’s Corporation (AAA, AA, A, or BBB) or Moody’s Investors Services, Inc. (Aaa, Aa, A, or Baa) or, if no credit rating is available, judged to be of comparable quality by Thornburg. The Fund may purchase debt obligations such as corporate debt, mortgage-backed securities, other asset-backed securities, municipal securities, and commercial paper and bankers’ acceptances. The Fund may purchase foreign securities of the same types and quality as the domestic securities it purchases when Thornburg anticipates foreign securities offer more investment potential.

Because the magnitude of changes in the value of interest- bearing obligations is greater for obligations with longer durations given an equivalent change in interest rates, the Fund seeks to reduce changes in its share value compared to longer duration fixed income portfolios by maintaining a portfolio of investments with a dollar-weighted average duration of normally no more than three years. Duration is a measure of estimated sensitivity to interest rate changes, and a debt obligation or a portfolio of obligations with a higher duration will typically be more sensitive to interest rate changes than an obligation or a portfolio with a lower duration. Duration is commonly expressed as a number, which is the expected percentage change in an obligation’s price upon a 1% change in interest rates. For example, an obligation with a duration of 2 would be expected to change in price by approximately 2% in response to a 1% change in interest rates. There is no limitation on the duration or maturity of any specific security the Fund may purchase, and the Fund may sell any security before it matures. The Fund also attempts to reduce changes in share value through credit analysis, selection, and diversification.
Principal Investment Risks
Although the Fund may acquire obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government and its agencies, instrumentalities and enterprises, neither the Fund’s net asset value nor its dividends are guaranteed by the U.S. government. An investment in the Fund is not a deposit in any bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Accordingly, the loss of money is a risk of investing in the Fund. The value of the Fund’s shares and its dividends may fluctuate from day to day and over time, and when you sell your shares they may be worth less than what you paid for them. The Fund seeks higher income than is typically available, across market cycles, from investment in a money market fund. Consequently, if your sole objective is preservation of capital, then the Fund may not be suitable for you because the Fund’s share value will fluctuate, including as interest rates change. Investors whose sole objective is preservation of capital may wish to consider a high quality money market fund. The following is a summary of the principal risks of investing in the Fund.

Management Risk – The Fund is an actively managed portfolio, and the value of the Fund may be reduced if Thornburg pursues unsuccessful investments or fails to correctly identify risks affecting the broad economy or specific issuers in which the Fund invests.

Interest Rate Risk – When interest rates increase, the value of the Fund’s investments may decline and the Fund’s share value may be reduced. This effect is typically more pronounced for intermediate and longer-term obligations. When interest rates decrease, the Fund’s dividends may decline.

Prepayment Risk – When market interest rates decline, certain debt obligations held by the Fund may be repaid more quickly than anticipated, requiring the Fund to reinvest the proceeds of those repayments in obligations which bear a lower interest rate. Conversely, when market interest rates increase, certain debt obligations held by the Fund may be repaid more slowly than anticipated, causing assets of the Fund to remain invested in relatively lower yielding obligations. These risks may be more pronounced for the Fund’s investments in mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities.

Credit Risk – All securities owned by the Fund may be subject to default, delays in payment, adverse legislation or other government action, or could be downgraded by ratings agencies, reducing the value of the Fund’s shares. Securities backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government, such as U.S. Treasury obligations, are commonly regarded as having small exposure to credit risk. Obligations of certain U.S. government agencies, instrumentalities and government sponsored enterprises (sometimes referred to as “agency obligations”) are not direct obligations of the United States, may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government, and may have a greater exposure to credit risk. Although the U.S. government is required by law to provide credit support for some agency obligations, there is no assurance that the U.S. government would provide financial support for any such obligation on a default by the issuing agency, instrumentality or enterprise in the absence of a legal requirement to do so. As of the date of this Prospectus, securities backed by the U.S. government, and the securities of U.S. government agencies, instrumentalities and enterprises that may be purchased by the Fund are rated “Aaa” by Moody’s Investors Services or “AA+” by Standard and Poor’s Corporation. Ratings agencies may reduce the ratings of any securities in the future.

Market and Economic Risk – The value of the Fund’s investments may decline and its share value may be reduced due to changes in general economic and market conditions. For example, a fall in worldwide demand for U.S. government securities or general economic decline could lower the value of those securities.

Foreign Investment Risk – Investments in the debt obligations of foreign issuers may involve risks including adverse fluctuations in currency exchange rates, political instability, confiscations, taxes, or restrictions on currency exchange, difficulty in selling foreign investments, and reduced legal protection.

Liquidity Risk – Due to lack of demand in the marketplace or other factors, the Fund may not be able to sell some or all of its obligations promptly, or may only be able to sell obligations at less than desired prices.

Additional information about Fund investments, investment strategies and risks of investing in the Fund appears below beginning on page 74.
Past Performance of the Fund
The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in Low Duration Income Fund by showing the Fund’s investment results. The bar chart shows the annual total return for Class A shares in the one full calendar year of the Fund’s operations. The average annual total return figures compare Class A and Class I share performance to the Barclays U.S. 1-3 Year Aggregate Bond Index, a broad measure of market performance. Past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. The performance information shown below is as of the calendar year ended December 31, 2014. Updated performance information may be obtained on the Thornburg website at www.thornburg. com or by calling 1-800-847-0200.
Annual Total Returns – Class A Shares
Bar Chart
Highest quarterly results for time period shown: 0.69%
(quarter ended 3-31-14).

Lowest quarterly results for time period shown: 0.02%
(quarter ended 12-31-14).

The sales charge for Class A shares is not reflected in the returns shown in the bar chart above, and the returns would be less if the charge was taken into account.
Average Annual Total Returns (periods ended 12-31-14)
Average Annual Total Returns Thornburg Low Duration Income Fund
1 Year
Since Inception
Inception Date
Class A Shares
(0.20%) (0.20%) Dec. 30, 2013
Class A Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
(0.58%) (0.58%) Dec. 30, 2013
Class A Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
(0.10%) (0.32%) Dec. 30, 2013
Class A Shares Barclays U.S. 1-3 Yr Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)
0.82% 0.81% Dec. 30, 2013
Class I Shares
1.55% 1.54% Dec. 30, 2013
Class I Shares Barclays U.S. 1-3 Yr Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)
0.82% 0.81% Dec. 30, 2013
After-tax returns are calculated using the highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates, and do not reflect state or local income taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s own tax situation, and may differ from the returns shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts. The after-tax returns shown relate only to Class A shares, and after-tax returns will vary for Class I shares because the returns of the classes are different.