0000930413-20-002660.txt : 20201229 0000930413-20-002660.hdr.sgml : 20201229 20201229162609 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000930413-20-002660 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20201229 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20201229 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20201229 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FIRST EAGLE FUNDS CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000906352 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1031 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 497 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 033-63560 FILM NUMBER: 201422673 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10105 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-698-3393 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10105 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FIRST EAGLE FUNDS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20030103 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FIRST EAGLE SOGEN FUNDS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20000403 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SOGEN FUNDS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19930714 0000906352 S000011211 First Eagle Global Fund C000030894 Class A SGENX C000030895 Class I SGIIX C000030896 Class C FESGX C000179763 Class R3 EARGX C000179764 Class R4 EAGRX C000179765 Class R5 FRGLX C000179766 Class R6 FEGRX 0000906352 S000011212 First Eagle Overseas Fund C000030897 Class A SGOVX C000030898 Class I SGOIX C000030899 Class C FESOX C000179767 Class R3 EAROX C000179768 Class R4 FIORX C000179769 Class R5 FEROX C000179770 Class R6 FEORX 0000906352 S000011213 First Eagle U.S. Value Fund C000030900 Class A FEVAX C000030901 Class I FEVIX C000030902 Class C FEVCX C000179771 Class R4 FIVRX C000179772 Class R5 FERVX C000179773 Class R6 FEVRX C000179774 Class R3 EARVX 0000906352 S000011214 First Eagle Gold Fund C000030903 Class A SGGDX C000030904 Class I FEGIX C000030905 Class C FEGOX C000179775 Class R3 EAURX C000179776 Class R4 FIURX C000179777 Class R5 FERUX C000179778 Class R6 FEURX 0000906352 S000011215 First Eagle Fund of America C000030906 Class Y FEAFX C000030907 Class C FEAMX C000030908 Class A FEFAX C000124490 Class I FEAIX C000179779 Class R3 EARFX C000179780 Class R4 EAFRX C000179781 Class R5 FERFX C000179782 Class R6 FEFRX 0000906352 S000035180 First Eagle High Income Fund C000108220 Class A FEHAX C000108221 Class C FEHCX C000108222 Class I FEHIX C000179783 Class R3 EARHX C000179784 Class R4 FIHRX C000179785 Class R5 FERHX C000179786 Class R6 FEHRX 0000906352 S000035750 First Eagle Global Income Builder Fund C000109583 Class A FEBAX C000109584 Class C FEBCX C000109585 Class I FEBIX C000179787 Class R3 FBRRX C000179788 Class R4 FIBRX C000179789 Class R5 EABRX C000179790 Class R6 FEBRX 497 1 c100825_497.htm 3B2 EDGAR HTML -- c100825_preflight.htm

FIRST EAGLE FUNDS

First Eagle Global Fund
First Eagle Overseas Fund
First Eagle U.S. Value Fund
First Eagle Gold Fund
First Eagle Global Income Builder Fund
First Eagle High Income Fund
First Eagle Fund of America

1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10105
(800) 334-2143

SUPPLEMENT DATED DECEMBER 29, 2020
TO PROSPECTUS DATED AUGUST 14, 2020

This Supplement is intended to highlight certain changes to the Prospectus dated August 14, 2020, as may be amended or supplemented. Please review these matters carefully.

The following replaces the information appearing in the Appendix of the Prospectus entitled “Intermediary-Specific Front-End Sales Load and Waiver Terms—Class A Shares Front-end Sales Charge Waivers Available at Ameriprise Financial”:

Shareholders who have an account with or otherwise purchase Fund shares through Ameriprise Financial:

Effective January 15, 2021, shareholders purchasing Fund shares through an Ameriprise Financial retail brokerage account are eligible for the following front-end sales charge waivers, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in this Fund’s prospectus or SAI:

Class A Shares Front-End Sales Charge Waivers Available at Ameriprise Financial
 

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Employer-sponsored retirement plans (e.g., 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans). For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored

 

 

 

 

  

retirement plans do not include SEP IRAs, Simple IRAs or SAR-SEPs.

 

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Shares purchased through reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment when purchasing shares of the same Fund (but not any other fund within the same fund family).

 

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Shares exchanged from Class C shares of the same fund in the month of or following the 7-year anniversary of the purchase date. To the extent that this prospectus elsewhere provides for a waiver with respect to exchanges of Class C shares or conversion of Class C shares following a shorter holding period, that waiver will apply.

 

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Employees and registered representatives of Ameriprise Financial or its affiliates and their immediate family members.
 

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Shares purchased by or through qualified accounts (including IRAs, Coverdell Education Savings Accounts, 401(k)s, 403(b) TSCAs subject to ERISA and defined benefit plans) that are held by a covered family member, defined as an Ameriprise financial advisor and/or the advisor’s spouse, advisor’s lineal ascendant (mother, father, grandmother, grandfather, great grandmother, great grandfather), advisor’s lineal descendant (son, step-son, daughter, step-daughter, grandson, granddaughter, great grandson, great granddaughter) or any spouse of a covered family member who is a lineal descendant.

 

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Shares purchased from the proceeds of redemptions within the same fund family, provided (1) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred sales load (i.e. Rights of Reinstatement).

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The information in this Supplement modifies the First Eagle Funds’ Prospectus dated August 14, 2020. Except as noted above, no other provisions of the Prospectus are modified by this Supplement.