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Eagle Investment Grade Bond Fund
SUMMARY PROSPECTUS   |    3.1.2012
 
Class A EGBAX
Class C EGBCX
Class I EGBLX
Class R-3 EGBRX
Class R-5 EGBTX

Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund’s Prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. You can find the Fund’s Prospectus, Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”), Annual Report and other information about the Fund online at www.eagleasset.com/prospectus.htm. You can also get this information at no cost by calling 800.421.4184 or by sending an email to EagleFundServices@eagleasset.com. The Fund’s Prospectus and SAI, both dated March 1, 2012, are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus.
 
Investment objective | The Eagle Investment Grade Bond Fund (“Investment Grade Bond Fund” or the “fund”) seeks current income and preservation of capital.
 
Fees and expenses | The tables that follow describe the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Investment Grade Bond Fund. You may qualify for sales discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $25,000 in the Class A shares of the Eagle Family of Funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional, on page 33 of the fund’s prospectus and on page 24 of the fund’s statement of additional information.
 
Shareholder fees (fees paid directly from your investment):
 
Class
A
Class
C
Class
I
Class
R-3
Class
R-5
Class
R-6
Maximum Sales Charge Imposed on Purchases (as a % of offering price)
3.75%
None
None
None
None
None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (as a % of original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is lower)
None (a)
1%
None
None
None
None
Redemption Fee (as a % of amount redeemed, if applicable)
None
None
None
None
None
None
 
 
Annual fund operating expenses (expenses deducted from fund assets):
 
Class
A
Class
C
Class
I
Class
R-3
Class
R-5
Class
R-6
Investment Advisory Fees
0.30%
0.30%
0.30%
0.30%
0.30%
0.30%
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees
0.25%
1.00%
0.00%
0.50%
0.00%
0.00%
Other Expenses (b)
0.49%
0.49%
0.44%
0.59%
5.71%
0.69%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (c)
1.04%
1.79%
0.74%
1.39%
6.01%
0.99%
Fee Caps and Expense Reimbursements
(0.19)%
(0.14)%
(0.14)%
(0.24)%
(5.41)%
(0.14)%
Net Expenses
0.85%
1.65%
0.60%
1.15%
0.60%
0.85%
 
(a) If you purchased $1,000,000 or more of Class A shares of an Eagle mutual fund that were not otherwise eligible for a sales charge waiver and sell the shares within 18 months from the date of purchase, you may pay up to a 1% contingent deferred sales charge at the time of sale. (b) For Class R-6 shares, shareholder service fees represent 0.00% of other expenses. (c) Eagle Asset Management, Inc. (“Eagle”) has contractually agreed to cap its investment advisory fee and/or reimburse certain expenses of the fund to the extent that: annual operating expenses of each class exceed a percentage of that class’ average daily net assets through February 28, 2013 as follows: Class A - 0.85%, Class C - 1.65%, Class I - 0.60%, Class R-3 - 1.15%, Class R-5 - 0.60%, and Class R-6 - 0.50%. This expense limitation excludes interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, costs relating to investments in other investment companies, dividends, and extraordinary expenses, and includes offset expense arrangements with the fund’s custodian. The fund’s Board of Trustees may agree to change fee limitations or reimbursements without the approval of fund shareholders. Any reimbursement of fund expenses or reduction in Eagle’s investment advisory fees is subject to reimbursement by the fund within the following two fiscal years, if overall expenses fall below the lesser of its then current expense cap or the expense cap in effect at the time of the fee reimbursement.
 
Expense 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 and that the fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
 
Share Class
Year 1
Year 3
Year 5
Year 10
Class A
$459
$675
$910
$1,582
Class C
$268
$550
$957
$2,094
Class I
$61
$222
$398
$905
Class R-3
$117
$416
$738
$1,648
Class R-5
$61
$1,304
$2,521
$5,458
Class R-6
$87
$301
$533
$1,200
 
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 expense example, affect the fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 78% of the average value of its portfolio.
 
Principal investment strategies | During normal market conditions, the Investment Grade Bond Fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in a portfolio of U.S. and foreign investment grade fixed income instruments of varying maturities. Investment grade is defined as securities rated BBB- or better by Standard & Poor’s Rating Services or an equivalent rating by at least one other nationally recognized statistical rating organization or, for unrated securities, those that are determined to be of equivalent quality by the fund’s Portfolio Managers. The average portfolio duration of the fund is expected to vary and may generally range anywhere from two to seven years based upon economic and market
 
 
 
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Eagle Investment Grade Bond Fund
SUMMARY PROSPECTUS   |    3.1.2012

conditions. The fund’s strategy is to actively allocate assets among market sectors. The fund expects to invest in a variety of fixed income securities including, but not limited to:
 
corporate debt securities of U.S. and non-U.S. issuers, including corporate commercial paper;
bank certificates of deposit;
debt securities issued by states or local governments and their agencies;
obligations of non-U.S. governments and their subdivisions, agencies and government sponsored enterprises;
obligations of international agencies or supranational entities (such as the European Union);
obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government and its agencies;
mortgage-backed securities and asset-backed securities;
commercial real estate securities; and
floating rate instruments.
 
In addition, the fund may invest a portion of its assets in lower-rated corporate bonds and other fixed income securities that focus on delivering high income.
 
Principal risks | The greatest risk of investing in this fund is that you could lose money. The values of most debt securities held by the fund may be affected by changing interest rates and by changes in the effective maturities and credit ratings of these securities. For example, the values of debt securities in the fund’s portfolio generally will decline when interest rates rise and increase when interest rates fall. As a result, the fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) may also increase or decrease. Investments in this fund are subject to the following primary risks and these risks are further explained in the statutory prospectus under “Additional Information on Investment Strategies” and “Additional Information on Risks.”
 
Call risk is the possibility that, as interest rates decline, issuers of callable bonds may call fixed income securities with high interest rates prior to their maturity dates;
Credit risk arises if an issuer of a fixed income security is unable to meet its financial obligations or goes bankrupt;
Foreign security risk is the risk of instability in currency exchange rates, political unrest, economic conditions or foreign law changes;
Government sponsored enterprises (“GSE”) (which are obligations issued by agencies and instrumentalities of the U.S. government) risk is due to investments in GSEs having variations in the level of support they receive from the U.S. government and may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government;
High-yield security risk results from investments in below investment grade bonds, which have a greater risk of loss, are susceptible to rising interest rates and have greater volatility;
Inflation risk is the risk that high rates of inflation or changes in the market’s inflation expectations may adversely affect the market value of inflation-sensitive securities;
Interest rate risk is the risk that the value of a fund’s investments in fixed income securities will fall when interest rates rise. The effect of increasing interest rates is more pronounced for any intermediate- or longer-term fixed income obligations owned by the fund;
Issuer and market risk is the risk that market conditions or other events that impact specific fixed income issuers will have an adverse effect on the fund’s yield;
Liquidity risk is the possibility that, during times of widespread market turbulence, trading activity in certain securities may be significantly hampered, which may reduce the returns of the fund because it may be unable to sell the securities at an advantageous price or time;
Mortgage- and asset-backed security risk, which is possible in an unstable or depressed housing market, arises from the potential for mortgage failure or premature repayment of principal; and
Investing in other investment companies and exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) carries with it the risk that, by investing in another investment company or ETF, the fund, and therefore its shareholders, indirectly bear the fund’s proportionate share of the fees and expenses paid by shareholders of the other investment company or ETF, in addition to the fees and expenses fund shareholders directly bear in connection with the fund’s own operations.
 
Performance | The bar chart that follows illustrates annual fund returns for the periods ended December 31. The table that follows compares the fund’s returns for various periods with benchmark returns. This information is intended to give you some indication of the risk of investing in the fund by demonstrating how its returns have varied over time. The bar chart shows the fund’s Class A share performance from one year to another. The fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how the fund will perform in the future. To obtain more current performance data as of the most recent month-end, please visit our website at eagleasset.com.
 
 
During performance period (Class A shares):
 
Return
Quarter Ended
Best Quarter
3.14%
June 30, 2010
Worst Quarter
(1.95)%
December 31, 2010
 
The returns in the preceding tables do not reflect sales charges. If the sales charges were reflected, the returns would be lower than those shown.
 
 
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Average annual total returns (for the periods ended December 31, 2011):
Fund return (after deduction of sales charges and expenses)
Share Class
Inception
Date
1-yr
5-yr
10-yr
Lifetime
Class A – Return Before Taxes
3/1/10
1.68%
   
2.78%
Return After Taxes on Distributions
 
1.02%
   
2.06%
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
 
1.20%
   
1.97%
Class C
3/1/10
4.80%
   
4.12%
Class I
3/1/10
5.96%
   
5.24%
Class R-3
3/1/10
5.32%
   
4.64%
Class R-5
3/1/10
5.68%
   
5.09%
 
 
Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
 
1-yr
5-yr
10-yr
Lifetime
Barclays Intermediate Government/Credit Bond Index
(Lifetime period is measured from the inception date of Class I shares)
5.80%
5.88%
5.20%
5.35%
 
No performance information is presented for Class R-6 shares because Class R-6 shares have not yet commenced operations for this fund. If and when Class R-6 shares commence operations for this fund, current performance data as of the most recent month-end may be found on our website at eagleasset.com.
 
After-tax returns are calculated using the historically 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. 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. After-tax returns are shown for Class A only and after-tax returns for Class C, Class I, Class R-3, Class R-5, and Class R-6 will vary.
 
Manager | Eagle Asset Management, Inc., 880 Carillon Parkway, St. Petersburg, Florida 33716, is the fund’s investment adviser.
 
Portfolio Managers | James C. Camp, CFA®, and Joseph Jackson, CFA®, are Co-Portfolio Managers of the fund and are jointly responsible for the day-to-day management of the fund’s investment portfolio. Messrs. Camp and Jackson have been Co-Portfolio managers of the fund since inception.
 
Purchase and sale of fund shares | You may purchase, redeem, or exchange Class A, C and I shares of the fund on any business day through your financial intermediary, by mail at Eagle Family of Funds, c/o U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC, P.O. Box 701, Milwaukee, WI 53201-0701 (for regular mail) or 615 East Michigan Street, Third Floor, Milwaukee, WI, 53202 (for overnight service), or by telephone (800.421.4184). Shares may also be purchased by check, wire, or electronic bank transfer. In Class A and Class C shares, the minimum purchase amount is $1,000 for regular accounts, $500 for retirement accounts and $50 through a periodic investment program, with a minimum subsequent investment plan of $50 per month. For individual investors, the minimum initial purchase for Class I shares is $2,500,000, while fee-based plan sponsors set their own minimum requirements. Class R-3 and Class R-5 shares can only be purchased through a participating retirement plan and the minimum initial purchase for Class R-3 shares and Class R-5 shares is set by the plan administrator. Class R-6 shares can only be purchased through a qualifying retirement plan or Section 529 college savings plan. To be eligible, shares must be held through plan administrator level or omnibus accounts held on the books of the fund. The minimum initial purchase amount for individual investors is set by the plan administrator.
 
Tax information | The dividends you receive from the fund will be taxed as ordinary income or net capital gain (i.e., the excess of net long-term capital gain over net short-term capital loss) unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account, in which case you may be subject to federal income tax upon withdrawal from such tax-deferred arrangement.
 
Payments to broker-dealers and other financial intermediaries | If you purchase the fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of fund shares and related services. These payments may influence 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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