497K 1 d555686d497k.htm ARTISAN PARTNERS FUNDS, INC. Artisan Partners Funds, Inc.
LOGO    ARTISAN GLOBAL SMALL CAP FUND

 

    Summary Prospectus
Investor Shares – ARTWX       June 21, 2013

 

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 and other information about the Fund, including the statement of additional information, online at http://hosted.rightprospectus.com/Artisan. You can also get this information at no cost by calling 1-800-344-1770 or by sending an e-mail request to artisanprospectus@rrd.com. The Fund’s current prospectus and statement of additional information, both dated June 21, 2013, are incorporated by reference into this summary prospectus.

 

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

Artisan Global Small Cap Fund seeks maximum long-term capital growth.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment):

 

Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)      None   
Exchange Fee      None   
Redemption Fee (as a percentage of amount redeemed or exchanged within 90 days or less)      2.00

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

 

Management Fees      1.00
Distribution (12b-1) Fees      None   
Other Expenses1      0.94   
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses      1.94   
Fee Waiver and Expense Reimbursement2      0.44   
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and Expense Reimbursement      1.50   

 

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Because the Fund is new, the amount shown for “Other Expenses” is based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.

 

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Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, the Fund’s investment adviser (“Artisan Partners”), has contractually agreed to reimburse the Fund for its management fee and any other ordinary operating expenses (excluding taxes, interest, all commissions and other normal charges incident to the purchase and sale of portfolio securities, and extraordinary charges such as litigation costs) in excess of 1.50% of its average daily net assets. This contract continues through July 1, 2014, at which time Artisan Partners will determine whether to renew, revise or discontinue it.

EXPENSE EXAMPLE

The 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 a 5% return each year, and that the Fund’s operating expenses are equal to Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and Expense Reimbursement in the first year and Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses thereafter. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

1 Year    3 Years
$153    $567

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.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

Artisan employs a fundamental stock selection process focused on identifying long-term growth opportunities to build a global portfolio of small-cap growth companies. Artisan seeks to invest in companies within its preferred themes with sustainable growth characteristics at attractive valuations that do not fully reflect their long-term potential.

 

 

Themes. Artisan identifies long-term secular (as opposed to cyclical) growth trends with the objective of investing in companies that have meaningful exposure to these trends. Artisan’s fundamental analysis focuses on those industry leaders with attractive growth and valuation characteristics that will be long-term beneficiaries of any structural change and/or trend.

 

 

Sustainable Growth. Artisan applies a fundamental approach to identifying the long-term, sustainable growth characteristics of potential investments. Artisan seeks high-quality companies that typically have a sustainable competitive advantage, a superior business model and a high-quality management team.

 

 

Valuation. Artisan uses multiple valuation metrics to establish a target price range. Artisan assesses the relationship between its estimate of a company’s sustainable growth prospects and its current valuation.

 

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The Fund invests in developed markets, as well as emerging and less developed markets. Investments in emerging and less developed markets are normally limited to no more than 50% of the Fund’s total assets at market value at the time of purchase. Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests no less than 80% of its net assets plus any borrowings for investment purposes at market value at the time of purchase in common stocks and other securities of small U.S. and non-U.S. companies. A “small” company for this purpose is one with a market capitalization of less than $4 billion at the time of the Fund’s investment. Some of these non-U.S. companies, although small by U.S. standards, might rank among the largest in their countries by market capitalization. The Fund does not invest more than 35% of its total assets at market value at the time of purchase in issuers from any single country other than the U.S. The Fund may also invest to a limited extent in equity-linked securities that provide economic exposure to a security of one or more non-U.S. companies without a direct investment in the underlying securities (called “participation certificates” in this prospectus, but may be called different names by issuers).

PRINCIPAL RISKS

Like all mutual funds that invest primarily in stocks, the Fund takes investment risks and it is possible for you to lose money by investing in the Fund. Artisan’s ability to choose suitable investments for the Fund has a significant impact on the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective. The Fund’s principal risks include:

 

 

Stock Market Risks. The value of a company’s stock may rise or fall in response to company, market, economic or other news.

 

 

Foreign Investing Risks. Foreign stocks as an asset class may underperform U.S. stocks, and foreign stocks may be more volatile than U.S. stocks. Risks relating to investments in foreign securities (including, but not limited to, depositary receipts and participation certificates) include: currency exchange rate fluctuation; less available public information about the issuers of securities; less stringent regulatory standards; lack of uniform accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards; and country risks including less liquidity, high inflation rates, unfavorable economic practices; political instability and expropriation and nationalization risks.

The risks of foreign investments typically are greater in emerging and less developed markets. For example, political and economic structures in these less developed countries may be new and changing rapidly, which may cause instability and greater risk of loss. Their securities markets may be less developed, and securities in those markets are generally more volatile and less liquid than those in the developed markets. Emerging market countries also are more likely to experience high levels of inflation, deflation or currency devaluations, which could hurt their economies and securities markets. Certain emerging markets also may face other significant internal or external risks, including a heightened risk of war, and ethnic, religious and racial conflicts. In addition, governments in many emerging market countries participate to a significant degree in their economies and securities markets, which may impair investment and economic growth of companies in those markets. High levels of national debt tend to make such markets also heavily reliant on foreign capital and, therefore, vulnerable to capital flight.

Also, because foreign securities usually are denominated and traded in foreign currencies, while the Fund values its assets in U.S. dollars, the values of the Fund’s non-U.S. investments will be affected favorably or unfavorably by changes in currency exchange rates relative to the U.S. dollar. The Fund usually does not hedge against possible variations in exchange rates, but, in limited circumstances, exposure to a particular currency that Artisan believes is overvalued may be hedged if the Fund has, or is initiating, positions in securities traded in that currency.

 

 

Small and Medium-Sized Company Risks. Stocks of small and medium-sized companies tend to be more volatile and less liquid than stocks of large companies. Compared to large companies, small and medium-sized companies typically may have analyst coverage by fewer brokerage firms – meaning they may trade at prices that reflect incomplete or inaccurate information. Small companies may have a shorter history of operations, less access to financing, and a less diversified product line – making them more susceptible to market pressures and more likely to have a volatile stock price. During some periods, stocks of small and medium-sized companies, as an asset class, have underperformed the stocks of larger companies.

 

 

Growth Investing Risks. Growth stocks may fall out of favor with investors and underperform other asset types during given periods. A company may never achieve the earnings growth Artisan anticipated.

 

 

Risks of Emphasizing a Region, Sector or Industry. If the Fund has invested a higher percentage of its total assets in a particular region, sector or industry, changes affecting that region, sector or industry may have a significant impact on the performance of the Fund’s overall portfolio.

 

 

Participation Certificates Risks. Investing in a participation certificate subjects the Fund to the risks associated with an investment in the underlying equity security and also exposes the Fund to counterparty risk, which is the risk that the bank or broker-dealer that issues the certificate will not fulfill its contractual obligation to timely pay the Fund the amount owed under the certificate.

 

 

Impact of Actions by Other Shareholders. The Fund, like all mutual funds, pools the investments of many investors. Actions by one investor or multiple investors may have an impact on the Fund and on other investors. For example, shareholder purchase and redemption activity may affect the per share amount of the Fund’s distributions of its net income and net realized gains, if any, thereby increasing or reducing the tax burden on the Fund’s shareholders subject to income tax who receive Fund distributions.

PERFORMANCE

Performance information has not been presented because the Fund has not been in existence for a full calendar year as of the date of this prospectus.

 

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PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT

Investment Adviser:

Artisan Partners Limited Partnership (“Artisan Partners”)

Portfolio Managers:

 

Name   Title   Length of Service

Mark L. Yockey

  Managing Director and Portfolio Manager, Artisan Partners   Since June 2013
(inception)

Charles-Henri Hamker

  Managing Director and Portfolio Manager, Artisan Partners   Since June 2013
(inception)

David Geisler

  Portfolio Manager, Artisan Partners  

Since June 2013

(inception)

PURCHASE AND SALE OF FUND SHARES

Minimum Investments:

 

To open an account      $1,000   
To add to an account      $     50   
Minimum balance required      $1,000   

The Fund may waive the initial minimum under certain circumstances.

You may purchase or redeem shares by telephone, written request sent to the Fund by mail, or systematically on any day that the New York Stock Exchange is open for regular session trading. Some redemptions require Medallion guarantees.

TAX INFORMATION

The Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxed as ordinary income or capital gains, except when you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account.

PAYMENTS TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES

If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank or financial advisor), the Fund and its related companies may pay the financial intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other financial intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s Web site for more information.

 

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