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  <vmf:SupplementTextBlock contextRef="Duration_01Mar2013_28Feb2014S000010034_Member">&lt;p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;VOYA MUTUAL FUNDS&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"&gt;Voya International Real Estate Fund&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"&gt;(&amp;#8220;Fund&amp;#8221;)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"&gt;Supplement dated May&amp;nbsp;30, 2014&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"&gt;to the Fund&amp;#8217;s Class&amp;nbsp;A, Class&amp;nbsp;B, Class&amp;nbsp;C, Class&amp;nbsp;I&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"&gt;and Class&amp;nbsp;W Prospectus dated February&amp;nbsp;28, 2014, as supplemented May&amp;nbsp;1, 2014&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"&gt;(&amp;#8220;Prospectus&amp;#8221;)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"&gt;Pursuant to guidance from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, as the Fund was originally classified as non-diversified but has been managed as diversified for a period of at least three years, the Fund&amp;#8217;s classification has changed from a non-diversified fund to a diversified fund effective May&amp;nbsp;30, 2014. As a result of this classification change, the Fund is limited in the proportion of its assets that may be invested in the securities of a single issuer. Further, the classification change to a diversified fund may cause the Fund to benefit less from appreciation in a single issuer than if it had greater exposure to that issuer. Voya Mutual Funds is organized as a Delaware statutory trust.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"&gt;Effective May&amp;nbsp;30, 2014, the Fund&amp;#8217;s Prospectus is hereby revised as follows:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"&gt;1.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The fifth paragraph of the section entitled &amp;#8220;Principal Investment Strategies&amp;#8221; of the Fund&amp;#8217;s Prospectus is hereby deleted in its entirety.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"&gt;2.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The risk entitled &amp;#8220;Issuer Non-Diversification&amp;#8221; of the section entitled &amp;#8220;Principal Risks&amp;#8221; of the Fund&amp;#8217;s Prospectus is hereby deleted in its entirety.&lt;/p&gt;</vmf:SupplementTextBlock>
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