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  <vmf:SupplementTextBlock contextRef="Duration_28Feb2017_28Feb2017">&lt;p style=" margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;VOYA MUTUAL FUNDS&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style=" margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"&gt;Voya Global Bond Fund&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style=" margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"&gt;(&amp;#8220;Fund&amp;#8221;)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style=" margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style=" margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"&gt;Supplement dated May 24, 2017&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style=" margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"&gt;to the Fund&amp;#8217;s Class A, Class C, Class I, Class O, Class P, Class R and&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style=" margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"&gt;Class W Prospectus, and Class R6 Prospectus (each a &amp;#8220;Prospectus&amp;#8221; and collectively the &amp;#8220;Prospectuses&amp;#8221;)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style=" margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"&gt;each dated February 28, 2017&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style=" margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style=" margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"&gt;Pursuant to the 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 24, 2017. 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: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style=" margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"&gt;Effective immediately, the Fund&amp;#8217;s Prospectuses are hereby revised as follows:&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style=" margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style=" margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"&gt;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: top"&gt; &lt;td style="width: 0"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 13.5pt"&gt;1.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: justify"&gt;The eighth paragraph of the section entitled &amp;#8220;Principal Investment Strategies&amp;#8221; of the Fund&amp;#8217;s Prospectuses is deleted in its entirety.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;p style=" margin: 0pt 0 0pt 13.5pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.5pt"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style=" margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"&gt;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: top"&gt; &lt;td style="width: 0"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 13.5pt"&gt;2.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: justify"&gt;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 Prospectuses is hereby deleted in its entirety.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</vmf:SupplementTextBlock>
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