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Eagle Small Cap Growth Fund
SUMMARY OF SMALL CAP GROWTH FUND |  3.1.2015
Investment objective
The Eagle Small Cap Growth Fund (“Small Cap Growth Fund” or the “fund”) seeks long-term capital appreciation.
Fees and expenses of the fund
The tables that follow describe the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Small Cap Growth 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 35 of the fund’s Prospectus and on page 27 of the fund’s Statement of Additional Information.
Shareholder fees
(fees paid directly from your investment):
Shareholder Fees Eagle Small Cap Growth Fund
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) 4.75%rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice none none none none none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (as a % of original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is lower) none [1] 1.00%rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOther none none none none
Redemption Fee none none none none none none
[1] 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.
Annual fund operating expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment):
Annual Fund Operating Expenses Eagle Small Cap Growth Fund
Class A
Class C
Class I
Class R-3
Class R-5
Class R-6
Management Fees 0.52%rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 0.52%rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 0.52%rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 0.52%rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 0.52%rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 0.52%rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25%rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets 1.00%rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets none 0.50%rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets none none
Other Expenses 0.34%rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.30%rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.26%rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.40%rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.25%rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.14%rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.11%rr_ExpensesOverAssets 1.82%rr_ExpensesOverAssets 0.78%rr_ExpensesOverAssets 1.42%rr_ExpensesOverAssets 0.77%rr_ExpensesOverAssets 0.66%rr_ExpensesOverAssets
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:
Expense Example Eagle Small Cap Growth Fund (USD $)
Year 1
Year 3
Year 5
Year 10
Class A
583 811 1,058 1,762
Class C
285 573 985 2,137
Class I
80 249 433 966
Class R-3
145 449 776 1,702
Class R-5
79 246 428 954
Class R-6
67 211 368 822
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 37% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal investment strategies
During normal market conditions, the Small Cap Growth 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 the stocks of small-capitalization companies. The fund’s portfolio manager considers small-capitalization companies to be those companies that, at the time of initial purchase, have a market capitalization equal to or less than the largest company in the Russell 2000® Growth Index during the most recent 12-month period (approximately $10.6 billion during the 12-month period ended December 31, 2014).

When making their investment decisions, the portfolio managers generally focus on investing in the securities of companies that the portfolio managers believe have accelerating earnings growth rates, reasonable valuations (typically with a price-to-earnings ratio of no more than the earnings growth rate), strong management that participates in the ownership of the company, reasonable debt levels and/or a high or expanding return on equity. The fund will sell securities when they no longer meet the portfolio managers’ investment criteria.
Principal risks
The greatest risk of investing in this fund is that you could lose money. The fund invests primarily in common stocks whose values increase and decrease in response to the activities of the companies that issued such stocks, general market conditions and/or economic conditions. As a result, the fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) also increases and decreases. Investments in this fund are subject to the following primary risks:
  • Equity securities are subject to stock market risk. In addition, common stock generally is subordinate to preferred stock upon the liquidation or bankruptcy of the issuing company;
  • Growth stock risk is the risk of a lack of earnings increase or lack of dividend yield;
  • Market timing risk arises because certain types of securities in which the fund invests, including small-cap securities, could cause the fund to be at greater risk of market timing activities by fund shareholders;
  • Mid-cap company risk arises because mid-cap companies may have narrower commercial markets, limited managerial and financial resources, and more volatile performance, compared to larger, more established companies;
  • Sector risk is the risk associated with the fund holding a core portfolio of stocks invested in similar businesses, all of which could be affected by the same economic or market conditions;
  • Small-cap company risk arises because small-cap companies may have less liquid stock, a more volatile share price, a limited product or service base, narrower commercial markets and limited access to capital, compared to larger, more established companies; and
  • Stock market risk is the risk of broad stock market decline or volatility or a decline in particular holdings in response to adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, economic or other developments, public perceptions concerning these developments, and adverse investor sentiment.
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.
Bar Chart
During 10 year period
Return
Quarter Ended
(Class A shares):
   
Best Quarter
20.03%
June 30, 2009
Worst Quarter
(27.14)%
December 31, 2008
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.
Average annual total returns
(for the periods ended December 31, 2014):

Fund return (after deduction of sales charges and expenses)
Average Annual Total Returns Eagle Small Cap Growth Fund
Inception Date
1-yr
5-yr
10-yr
Lifetime
Class A
May 07, 1993 0.10% 15.29% 8.30%   
Class A After Taxes on Distributions
May 07, 1993 (2.49%) 14.62% 7.52%   
Class A After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
May 07, 1993 2.19% 12.35% 6.72%   
Class C
Apr. 03, 1995 4.34% 15.61% 8.03%   
Class I
Jun. 27, 2006 5.43% 16.76%    10.50%
Class R-3
Sep. 19, 2006 4.77% 16.16%    9.33%
Class R-5
Oct. 02, 2006 5.45% 16.83%    10.05%
Class R-6
Aug. 15, 2011 5.59%       16.02%
Russell 2000® Growth Index (Lifetime period is measured from the inception date of Class I shares) (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
Jun. 27, 2006 5.60% 16.80% 8.54% 9.52%
To obtain more current performance data as of the most recent month-end, please visit 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 a 401(k) plan or individual retirement account (“IRA”). 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. The return after taxes on distributions and sale of fund shares may exceed the return before taxes due to an assumed tax benefit from any losses on a sale of fund shares at the end of the measurement period.