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First Eagle U.S. Smid Cap Opportunity Fund | First Eagle U.S. Smid Cap Opportunity Fund
Investment Objective

First Eagle U.S. Smid Cap Opportunity Fund (“Smid Cap Fund” or the “Fund”) seeks long-term growth of capital.

Fees and Expenses of the Smid Cap Fund

The following information describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Smid Cap Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below.

You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you, together with certain related accounts, invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $25,000 in the Smid Cap Fund. Information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in the How to Purchase Shares and Public Offering Price of Class A Shares sections on pages 190 and 197, respectively, and in the appendix to this Prospectus titled Intermediary-Specific Front-End Sales Load and Waiver Terms.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class A

 

Class I

 

Class R6

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum Sales Charge (Load) on Purchases (as a percentage of public offering price)

 

 

 

5.00

 

 

 

 

None

 

 

 

 

None

 

 

Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of the lesser of your purchase or redemption price)

 

 

 

1.00*

 

 

 

 

None

 

 

 

 

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Management Fees**

 

 

 

0.75

 

 

 

 

0.75

 

 

 

 

0.75

 

 

Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees

 

 

 

0.25

 

 

 

 

None

 

 

 

 

None

 

 

Other Expenses

 

 

 

1.27

   

 

 

1.11

   

 

 

1.13

 

Total Annual Operating Expenses (%)

 

 

2.27

   

 

1.86

   

 

1.88

 

Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement**

 

 

-1.07

   

 

-0.91

   

 

-0.93

 

Total Annual Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement (%)

 

 

1.20

   

 

0.95

   

 

0.95

 
 

*

 

A contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% may apply on certain redemptions of Class A shares made within 18 months following a purchase of $1,000,000 or more without an initial sales charge.

 

**

 

First Eagle Investment Management, LLC (the “Adviser”) has contractually agreed to waive and/or reimburse certain fees and expenses of Classes A, I and R6 so that the total annual operating expenses (excluding interest charges on any borrowings, taxes, brokerage commissions and other expenses incurred in placing orders for the purchase and sale of securities and other

 

 

 

investment instruments, acquired fund fees and expenses, dividend and other expenses relating to short sales, and extraordinary expenses, if any) (“annual operating expenses”) of each class are limited to 1.20%, 0.95% and 0.95% of average net assets, respectively. Each of these undertakings lasts until February 28, 2026 and may not be terminated during its term without the consent of the Board of Trustees. The Fund has agreed that each of Classes A, I and R6 will repay the Adviser for fees and expenses waived or reimbursed for the class provided that repayment does not cause annual operating expenses (after the repayment is taken into account) to exceed the lesser of: (1) 1.20%, 0.95% and 0.95% of the class’ average net assets, respectively; or (2) if applicable, the then-current expense limitations. Any such repayment must be made within three years after the year in which the Adviser incurred the expense.

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class A

 

Class I

 

Class R6

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum Sales Charge (Load) on Purchases (as a percentage of public offering price)

 

 

 

5.00

 

 

 

 

None

 

 

 

 

None

 

 

Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of the lesser of your purchase or redemption price)

 

 

 

1.00*

 

 

 

 

None

 

 

 

 

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Management Fees**

 

 

 

0.75

 

 

 

 

0.75

 

 

 

 

0.75

 

 

Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees

 

 

 

0.25

 

 

 

 

None

 

 

 

 

None

 

 

Other Expenses

 

 

 

1.27

   

 

 

1.11

   

 

 

1.13

 

Total Annual Operating Expenses (%)

 

 

2.27

   

 

1.86

   

 

1.88

 

Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement**

 

 

-1.07

   

 

-0.91

   

 

-0.93

 

Total Annual Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement (%)

 

 

1.20

   

 

0.95

   

 

0.95

 
 

*

 

A contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% may apply on certain redemptions of Class A shares made within 18 months following a purchase of $1,000,000 or more without an initial sales charge.

 

**

 

First Eagle Investment Management, LLC (the “Adviser”) has contractually agreed to waive and/or reimburse certain fees and expenses of Classes A, I and R6 so that the total annual operating expenses (excluding interest charges on any borrowings, taxes, brokerage commissions and other expenses incurred in placing orders for the purchase and sale of securities and other

 

 

 

investment instruments, acquired fund fees and expenses, dividend and other expenses relating to short sales, and extraordinary expenses, if any) (“annual operating expenses”) of each class are limited to 1.20%, 0.95% and 0.95% of average net assets, respectively. Each of these undertakings lasts until February 28, 2026 and may not be terminated during its term without the consent of the Board of Trustees. The Fund has agreed that each of Classes A, I and R6 will repay the Adviser for fees and expenses waived or reimbursed for the class provided that repayment does not cause annual operating expenses (after the repayment is taken into account) to exceed the lesser of: (1) 1.20%, 0.95% and 0.95% of the class’ average net assets, respectively; or (2) if applicable, the then-current expense limitations. Any such repayment must be made within three years after the year in which the Adviser incurred the expense.

Example

The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Smid Cap Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. This hypothetical example assumes you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then either redeem or do not redeem all shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes the average annual return is 5% and operating expenses remain the same (except that the fee waiver is taken into account only for the one-year expense example). Please keep in mind your actual costs may be higher or lower.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Share Status

 

1 Year

 

3 Years

 

5 Years

 

10 Years

Class A

Sold or Held

 

 

 

$616

 

 

 

 

$1,076

 

 

 

 

$1,562

 

 

 

 

$2,896

 

Class I

Sold or Held

 

 

 

$97

 

 

 

 

$496

 

 

 

 

$921

 

 

 

 

$2,105

 

Class R6

Sold or Held

 

 

 

$97

 

 

 

 

$500

 

 

 

 

$930

 

 

 

 

$2,125

 

 

Portfolio Turnover Rate

The Smid Cap 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 above, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Smid Cap Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 26.23% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

The Fund invests, under normal circumstances, in equity securities of small-and mid-cap (“smid cap”) companies in an attempt to take advantage of what

the Adviser believes are opportunistic situations for undervalued securities. Normally, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in the equity securities (e.g., common stocks, warrants, rights and preferred stocks) of U.S. smid cap companies. The Adviser defines smid cap companies as those that have at the time of investment a market capitalization not greater than that of the largest company in the Russell 2500TM Index. The Russell 2500TM Index is reconstituted annually. As of December 31, 2024, the market capitalization range of the companies included within the Russell 2500TM Index was between $43.5 billion and $6 million.

Potential investments that the Adviser considers to be opportunistic may include situations involving company turnarounds (e.g., a company that may be experiencing periods of poor financial or stock performance but may be exhibiting potential for financial recovery), emerging growth companies with interrupted earnings patterns (e.g., companies without a long or consistent history of earnings but that the Adviser believes have the potential for earnings growth), companies with unrecognized asset values, or undervalued growth companies (e.g., companies that have low multiples of price-to book or price-to sales ratios, or companies with securities that are trading at a price below what the Adviser believes the security is worth). The Adviser also considers investments in companies that have the potential to benefit from a perceived catalyst for positive change, such as companies with new management, a more favorable business cycle, product innovation and/or margin improvement. In certain market environments, the Fund may invest up to 10% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes and measured at the time of investment) in foreign investments (including American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”), Global Depositary Receipts (“GDRs”) and European Depositary Receipts (“EDRs”)).

The Fund may invest in other investment companies (e.g., exchange-traded funds) that invest in equity securities. The Fund may sell securities to, among other things, secure gains, limit losses, redeploy assets into what the Adviser deems to be more promising opportunities, and/or manage cash levels in the Fund’s portfolio. In managing the Fund’s assets, the Adviser uses various methods of analysis primarily rooted in drawing a view on the valuation of each security and a related evaluation of each company. In selecting securities for the Fund, the Adviser generally evaluates the quality of a company’s balance sheet and other measures of a company’s financial condition and profitability, such as the history and/or potential for improvement in cash flow generation, internal rates of return, and sustainable earnings. The Adviser generally seeks to invest in equity securities of companies that are trading below the Adviser’s estimate of the company’s current worth in an attempt to reduce the risk of overpaying for such securities.

For more information about the Smid Cap Fund’s principal investment strategies, please see the More Information about the Funds’ Investments section.

Investment Results

The following information provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Smid Cap Fund by showing changes in the Fund’s performance from year to year, and by showing how the Fund’s average annual returns for the periods shown compare with those of one or more broad measures of market performance, which have characteristics relevant to the Fund’s investment strategy. The indices are described in the Fund Indices section. As with all mutual funds, past performance is not an indication of future performance (before or after taxes).

After-tax returns are calculated using the highest individual U.S. federal income tax rate for each year, and do not reflect the effect of state and local taxes.

Actual after-tax returns depend on your individual tax situation. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors in tax-deferred accounts, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Updated performance information is available at www.firsteagle.com/funds/us-smid-cap-opportunity-fund or by calling 800.334.2143.

The following bar chart assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions and does not reflect any sales charges. If sales charges were included the returns would be lower.

Calendar Year Total Returns—Class A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Best Quarter*

 

 

 

Worst Quarter*

Fourth Quarter 2023

 

11.28%

 

 

 

Third Quarter 2023

 

-6.81%

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

For the period presented in the bar chart above.

Average Annual Total Returns as of December 31, 2024

The following table discloses after-tax returns only for Class A shares. After-tax returns for Class I and Class R6 shares will vary. Comparative expense information is in the Fees and Expenses table.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Year

 

Class A
Inception
(8/15/22)

 

Class I
Inception
(8/15/22)

 

Class R6
Inception
(8/15/22)

First Eagle U.S. Smid Cap Opportunity Fund

Class A Shares

Return Before Taxes

 

 

 

5.80%

   

 

 

3.95%

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Return After Taxes on Distributions

 

 

 

5.75%

   

 

 

3.72%

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sales of Fund Shares

 

 

 

3.47%

   

 

 

3.00%

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class I Shares

Return Before Taxes

 

 

 

11.51%

   

 

 

   

 

 

6.52%

   

 

 

 

Class R6 Shares

Return Before Taxes

 

 

 

11.61%

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

6.51%

 

S&P 500 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)

 

 

25.02%

   

 

15.99%

   

 

15.99%

   

 

15.99%

 

 

Russell 2500TM Value Index (reflects no deduction for fees or expenses, but reflects net of withholding taxes)

 

 

10.98%

   

 

6.57%

   

 

6.57%

   

 

6.57%

 

 

Russell 2500TM Index (reflects no deduction for fees or expenses, but reflects net of withholding taxes)

 

 

12.00%

   

 

7.03%

   

 

7.03%

   

 

7.03%